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2015 - August 17Planning Commission August 17, 2015 Minutes Planning Commission City of Orange August 17, 2015 Monday 7:00 p.m. PRESENT: Commissioners Correa, Gladson, Glasgow, and Willits ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Leslie Roseberry, Planning Manager Gary Sheatz, Senior Assistant City Attorney Anna Pehoushek, Acting Assistant Community Development Director Sharon Penttila, Recording Secretary REGULAR SESSION 1.1 CALL TO ORDER: Chair Gladson called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. 1.2 FLAG SALUTE: Commissioner Willits led the flag salute. 1.3 ROLL CALL: All Commissioners were present. 1.4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION None 1.5 CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN ITEMS: None 1.6 PLANNING MANAGER REPORTS None 2. CONSENT CALENDAR: 2.1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF AUGUST 3, 2015. Motion was made to approve the minutes as written: MOTION: Commissioner Correa SECOND: Commissioner Glasgow AYES: Commissioners Correa, Gladson, Glasgow, and Willits NOES: None ABSENT: None MOTION CARRIED. 1 Planning Commission August 17, 2015 3. NEW HEARING: 3.1 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 2014 -0001 General Plan Amendment 2014 -0001 involves an accuracy review of the City of Orange 2010 General Plan. Since adoption of the General Plan, a variety of City capital projects and plan updates anticipated in the General Plan have been completed. In addition, there have been changes in some of the outside agencies involved with the provision of City services, as well as the policy documents administered by regional and state agencies. The proposed revisions involve text and graphic updates and limited non - substantive changes to City policies identified in the General Plan. The affected General Plan Elements include: Land Use, Circulation and Mobility, Natural Resources, Noise, Cultural Resources & Historic Preservation, Infrastructure, and Economic Development. LOCATION: CITYWIDE NOTE: Final Program Environmental Impact Report 1815 -09 for the Comprehensive General Plan Update was certified on March 9, 2010 and prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. The proposed text and graphic revisions are not substantive and merely reflect actions related to General Plan implementation, accurate references to outside agencies and related policy documents, current City and inter- agency practices, and dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency. As such, the proposed GPA makes corrections to the General Plan, making the General Plan content consistent with the technical analysis provided in the EIR. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Planning Commission Resolution 25 -15 recommending that the City Council approve General Plan Amendment 2014- 0001 amending the Orange General Plan including text and graphic updates and limited changes to City policies for document accuracy. Discussion: Anna Pehoushek Acting Assistant Community Development Director, presented a project overview consistent with the staff report. She reviewed the General Plan Elements which were being amended. Ms. Pehoushek mentioned that Figure NR4, in the Commissioners' packets, was the old version and she distributed to them a corrected version. The Commission noted corrections needed on Page ED4 and ED22, which entailed removing the reference to the Orange Redevelopment Agency. The Commission made suggestions for staff to implement before the amendment moved forward to the City Council. Those included providing an index as to where to find the K Planning Commission August 17, 2015 revisions, and define what the red lines and blue lines are representing. Also the 2010 General Plan stated that the City would adopt a Climate Action Plan in 2012 and that timeline needs to be updated to a future date. Public Hearing was opened. There were no public speakers. Public Hearing was closed. The Commission commended the staff for their efforts on keeping the General Plan updated. Motion was made to adopt Planning Commission Resolution 25 -15 recommending that the City Council approve General Plan Amendment 2014 -0001 amending the Orange General Plan including text and graphic updates, and limited changes to City policies for document accuracy: MOTION: Commissioner Willits SECOND: Commissioner Gladson AYES: Commissioners Correa, Gladson, Glasgow, and Willits NOES: None ABSENT: None MOTION CARRIED. 4. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned to the regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, September 9, 2015. MOTION: Commissioner Correa SECOND: Commissioner Glasgow AYES: Commissioners Correa, Gladson, Glasgow, and Willits NOES: None ABSENT: None Meeting adjourned at 7:23 p.m. MOTION CARRIED.