06-19-2019 DRC MinutesCITY OF ORANGE
DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
MINUTES – FINAL
June 19, 2019
Committee Members Present: Anne McDermott – Chair
Mary Anne Skorpanich – Vice Chair
Tim McCormack
Carol Fox
Robert Imboden
Staff in Attendance: Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director
Monique Schwartz, Associate Planner
Jessica Wang, Administrative Specialist
Simonne Fannin, Recording Secretary
Administrative Session – 5:10 p.m.
Chair McDermott opened the Administrative Session at 5:10 p.m.
Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director explained that staff is working with the
Chair to identify special topics for discussion when the agenda is light , e.g., General Plan content and
senior housing.
The Committee provided edits to the June 5, 2019 meeting minutes.
Chair McDermott adjourned the administrative session at 5:17 p.m.
Regular Session – 5:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
Committee Members McDermott, Skorpanich, Imboden, McCormack, and Fox were present.
FLAG SALUTE:
Vice Chair Skorpanich led the flag salute.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
Opportunity for Members of the public to address the Design Review Committee on matters not listed
on the Agenda.
There were no speakers.
CONSENT ITEMS:
(1) APPROVAL OF MINUTES: June 5, 2019
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Committee Member Fox made a motion to approve the May 15, 2019 minutes as emended during in the
Administrative Session.
SECOND: Skorpanich
AYES: McCormack, McDermott, Fox, Skorpanich, and Imboden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
MOTION CARRIED.
AGENDA ITEMS:
Continued Items: None
New Agenda Items:
(2) Design Review No. 4914-17 - Town and Country Apartments and Townhomes
A proposal to redevelop an existing 12.13 acre office complex with 727 multi-family residential
units (653 apartments and 74 townhomes), multi-level parking structures, residential amenities,
and related site improvements.
702-1078 W. Town and Country Road
Staff Contact: Monique Schwartz, (714) 744-7224, mschwartz@cityoforange.org
DRC Action: Final Determination
Monique Schwartz, Associate Planner, provided an overview of the Town and Country Apartments and
Townhomes consistent with the staff report.
Mr. Trevor Boucher, applicant, and Mr. Daniel Delle, project landscape architect, distributed samples of
pavers, small-scale mockup of materials and colors, as well as the landscape concept for the project.
Chair McDermott opened the public comment portion of the meeting; there were no speakers.
The Committee had comments and questions on the following:
Color changing wall grazing luminaries and address numbers.
Type of soil on the rooftop decks.
Clarification on the bottom of a pit drain.
Placing a solid drip emitter in the main drain line can sometimes cause problems over time.
Location of artificial turf.
Reflection off of the glazing at certain times of the day.
Spacing of the Little Ollie trees could be more spread out.
Under planting for the Bird of Paradise and Dietes.
On Sheet LP.2 for Parking Structure B, the three row hedging could be reduced to a double row.
Recommendations to substitute the following choices of trees: Columbia instead of Platanus
along Town & Country Road, Indian Tribe variety of Crape Myrtle instead of Lagerstroemia Sp.
Crape Myrtle, and Aloe Striata instead of Alonium.
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Scale and lack of planting against the south elevation of Building A; the use of bamboo and
Columbia may help break up the mass.
The possibility of placing smaller or medium-size trees in between the palm trees along the south
side of Building A in order to create an understory and cast shadows.
Trees next to Building A are in a line, rather than staggered like the rest of the project.
There is need for an alternative plan if the desired citrus plants cannot be obtained.
The Committee questioned if the under soffit lighting point source along the north elevation of
Building B is visible from below.
The three-inch deep letters on Building A create shadowing and appear muddy on the dark
background.
The tone of the finish of the metal panels on Building A as one enters the driveway along Town
and Country Road.
The level of sheen of the metal panels on Building A.
Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director, asked the Committee to note the tree
changes as recommendations instead of conditions of approval. The Street Tree Coordinator needs to
approve the changes.
Committee Member Fox made a motion to approve DRC No. 4914-17 - Town and Country Apartments
and Townhomes based on the findings and conditions in the staff report and with the following additional
conditions:
1. Light type F-1 on Building B shall not alternate colors with flashing, strobing or pulsating effects.
2. On the south elevation of Building A, adjacent to the turnout area, the Fortnight Lilies shall be
changed to bamboo where the portion of the wall has no windows.
3. On page LP.7 of Building B, the Viburnum Tinus hedge along the eastern edge of the building
shall consist of a double row instead of a triple row.
And with the following recommendations:
4. The London Plane street trees could be replaced with Columbia and the Lagerstroemia Sp. variety
of Crape Myrtle could be changed to the Indian Tribe variety of Crape Myrtle to match the
existing flower color.
5. If citrus trees cannot be obtained, they can be substituted with Swan Hill Olive trees.
SECOND: Skorpanich
AYES: McCormack, Skorpanich, McDermott, Imboden, and Fox
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
MOTION CARRIED.
ADJOURNMENT:
Chair McDermott adjourned the meeting at 7:18 PM. An adjourned regular meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday July 10, 2019.