08-05-19 PC Agenda Commissioners:
Ernest Glasgow, Chair
Dave Simpson, Vice-Chair
Rick Martinez
David Vazquez
Doug Willits
City of Orange
Planning Commission
Regular Agenda
Monday, August 5th, 2019
REGULAR SESSION
7:00 PM Council Chambers
Staff:
Anna Pehoushek,
Assistant Community
Development Director
Gary Sheatz
City Attorney
Robert Garcia
Senior Planner
Jessica Wang
Administrative Specialist
Simonne Fannin
Recording Secretary
Location:
Council Chambers
300 E. Chapman Avenue
Orange, CA 92866
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 449
Orange, CA 92866-1591
Telephone Number:
(714) 744-7220
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agenda, please PRINT today’s date, your full name, address (with zip code) and
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City Clerk counter at City Hall, 300 E. Chapman Avenue,
Orange, CA 92866.
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Planning Commission
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REGULAR SESSION – COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1. OPENING
1.1 Call to Order:
1.2 Flag Salute:
1.3 Roll Call:
1.4 Public Participation
Opportunity for members of the public to address the Commission on
matters not listed on this agenda.
1.5 Continued or Withdrawn Items: Trails at Santiago Creek
1.6 Assistant Community Development Director Reports
1.7 Announcement of Appeal Procedures (details found on last page of this
agenda)
2. CONSENT CALENDAR:
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the
Planning Commission and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate
discussion of said items unless members of the Planning Commission, staff or the
public request specific items removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action
Planning Commission
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3. CONTINUED HEARING:
3.1 General Plan Amendment No. 2018-0001, Zone Change No. 1286-18,
Development Agreement No. 0005-18, and Environmental Review
No. 1857-18. (Continued from July 15, 2019)
The proposed project proposes a Specific Plan consisting of: (1) 68.5
acres of open space including a 40.2-acre Greenway/Santiago Creek
open space environment in the north portion of the site and a 28.3-acre
Grasslands/Open Space element in the eastern portion of the site; and
(2) 128 Single-Family Detached Residential units in the south-central
and southwestern portion of the site (40.7 acres) commonly referred to
as the Sully Miller property at 6145 East Santiago Canyon Road.
NOTE: Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) No. 1857-18 was prepared
in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) per State CEQA Guidelines Section 15070 et seq.
and in conformance with the City of Orange Local CEQA Guidelines.
The 45-day public review period was initiated on February 23, 2018,
and ended on April 9, 2018. Staff received 130 comment letters during
the public review period relative to the Draft EIR, that included
comments related to air quality, biological resources, greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions, hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality,
land use, traffic, and alternatives. Subsequently, the City prepared a
Recirculated Draft EIR (RDEIR) to replace the DEIR in its entirety to
address comments made on the technical analysis of the project. The
RDEIR was prepared in accordance with the provisions of CEQA per
State CEQA Guidelines Section 15070 et seq. and in conformance with
the City of Orange Local CEQA Guidelines. The RDEIR was re -
circulated from November 14, 2018 to December 31, 2018.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Planning Commission Resolution PC NO. 07-19 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE (A) CERTIFY THE ADEQUACY OF
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT 1857-18 (SCH
NO. 2017031020) (B) ADOPT FINDINGS OF FACT, (C)
ADOPT A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING
CONSIDERATIONS, (D) ADOPT A MITIGATION
MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, AND (E)
IMPOSE OTHER PROJECT RELATED CONDITIONS FOR
RELATED PROJECT ENTITLEMENTS FOR THE
Planning Commission
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CONSTRUCTION OF 128 NEW DETACHED SINGLE-
FAMILY RESIDENCES AND APPROXIMATELY 68.5
ACRES OF OPEN SPACE ON A SITE COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS SULLY MILLER LOCATED AT 6145
EAST SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD, PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED AS 6118 EAST SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD.
Adopt Planning Commission Resolution PC NO. 08-19 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ORANGE APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 2018-0001, A REQUEST TO CHANGE
THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION OF AN
APPROXIMATELY 109.2 ACRE SITE FROM LOW
DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (LDR) (APPROXIMATELY 15.4
ACRES), RESOURCE AREA (RA) (APPROXIMATELY 77.3
ACRES), AND OPEN SPACE (OS) (APPROXIMATELY 16.5
ACRES) TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (LDR)
(APPROXIMATELY 40.7 ACRES), AND OPEN SPACE (OS)
(APPROXIMATELY 68.5 ACRES) ON A SITE COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS SULLY MILLER LOCATED AT 6145 E.
SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD, PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED
AS 6118 EAST SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD.
Adopt Planning Commission Resolution PC NO. 09-19 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ORANGE APPROVAL OF ZONE CHANGE NO. 1286-18,
A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM SAND AND
GRAVEL (S-G) AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 8,000
SQUARE FEET MINIMUM (R-1-8) TO SPECIFIC PLAN (SP)
CONSISTING OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R-1-8
AND R-1-10, AND OPEN SPACE ON A SITE COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS SULLY MILLER LOCATED AT 6145 E.
SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD, PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED
AS 6118 EAST SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD.
Planning Commission
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Adopt Planning Commission Resolution PC NO. 10-19 entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ORANGE APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT NO. 0005-18 ON A SITE COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS SULLY MILLER LOCATED AT 6145 E.
SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD, PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED
AS 6118 EAST SANTIAGO CANYON ROAD.
4. ADJOURNMENT:
The next regular Planning Commission Meeting will be held on August 19th,
2019.
APPEAL PROCEDURES
Any final determination by the Planning Commission may be appealed, and such
appeal must be filed within 15 calendar days after the Planning Commission
action. This appeal shall be made in written form to the Community
Development Department, accompanied by an initial appeal deposit of $1,000.00.
The City Clerk, upon filing of said appeal, will set petition for public hearing
before the City Council at the earliest date. All owners of property located within
300 feet of the project site will be notified by the City Clerk of said hearing. For
additional information, please call (714) 744-7220.
If you challenge any City of Orange decision in court, you may be limited to
raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing
described on this agenda or in written correspondence delivered to the
Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.