2014 - January 13Planning Commission
January 13, 2014
Minutes
Planning Commission
City of Orange
January 13, 2014
Monday 7:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Commissioners Buttress, Steiner, Cathcart, and Gladson
ABSENT: Commissioner Correa
STAFF
PRESENT: Leslie Roseberry, Planning Manager
Gary Sheatz, Assistant City Attorney
Angie Ibarra, Recording Secretary
Chad Ortlieb, Senior Planner
REGULAR SESSION
1. OPENING:
Chair Steiner called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.
1.2 FLAG SALUTE:
Commissioner Gladson led the flag salute.
1.3 ROLL CALL:
Commissioner Correa was absent; all other members were present.
1.4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION None.
1.5 CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN ITEMS: None.
1.6 PLANNING MANAGER REPORT: None.
1.7 APPEAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Chair Steiner advised the audience of the City's appeal process.
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2. CONSENT CALENDAR:
2.1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULARLY
SCHEDULED MEETING OF DECEMBER 16, 2013
Motion was made to approve the minutes as written.
MOTION:
Commissioner Gladson
SECOND:
Commissioner Cathcart
AYES:
Commissioners Gladson, Cathcart, & Steiner
ABSENT:
Commissioner Correa
ABSTAIN:
Commissioner Buttress
MOTION CARRIED
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3. NEW HEARING:
3.1 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (GPA 2009 -002 — INCLUDES
AMENDMENTS TO THE EAST ORANGE AND ORANGE PARK
ACRES PLANS), ZONE CHANGE (ZC 1254 -09), SPECIFIC PLAN
(SP 001 -09), TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP (TPM 2012 -101),
TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 17344 (TTM 0025 -09), MAJOR SITE
PLAN REVIEW (MJSP 0595 -09), DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE
(DRC 4413 -09), DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (DA 5825) AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR 1818 -09) — RIO
SANTIAGO
The applicant proposes to change the General Plan and Zoning Designations for
the 110 acre site and create a Specific Plan that would allow: a maximum of 130
single family homes; a maximum of 265 senior (age - restricted) housing units that
could include up to a three story building; pay- for -use private recreational facilities
which could include up to an 81,000 square foot building; and, open space areas
north of and including Santiago Creek. Publicly available trails, publicly available
open space and private streets are also proposed as part of the project.
LOCATION: 6118 East Santiago Canyon Road
NOTE: The project is subject to environmental review per the
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA). A Notice of Preparation (NOP) and Public
Scoping Meeting Notice regarding the project were
distributed to the public and public agencies via required
noticing procedures. The NOP disclosed that the City
intends to prepare an EIR for the project pursuant to CEQA
and the CEQA Guidelines. The public and agency
comment period ran from May 14, 2009 to June 12, 2009.
A scoping meeting was held on May 14, 2009. As a result
of the comments and concerns collected at the May 14,
2009 scoping session and during the public comment
period, the applicant revised the project and a new NOP
and Public Scoping Meeting Notice were distributed to the
public and public agencies via required noticing
procedures. The public and agency comment period ran
from April 7, 2011 to May 9, 2011. The second scoping
meeting was held on April 7, 2011. Comments received at
both scoping sessions and during the public and agency
comment period are contained in Appendix A of the DEIR.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Staff is seeking a Planning Commission recommendation
to the City Council on the project so that staff may return
with one or more resolutions for the Commission's
consideration. Staff is requesting that the Planning
Commission provide Staff with guidance regarding the
project findings outlined in this staff report to accompany
the Commission's direction to staff. The number of
resolutions that Staff will return will depend on the
Commission's recommendation for each of the project
components.
Commissioner Cathcart recused himself because he lives within 500' of the
project site.
Chair Steiner recused himself from the dais due to a conflict with his
employment.
4. ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting ended without a vote due to the lack of a quorum. Vice -Chair Buttress
continued the item to the next regularly scheduled meeting of January 20, 2014.
Meeting adjourned at 7:12 p.m.
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