2014 - February 19Planning Commission
February 19, 2014
Minutes
Planning Commission February 19, 2014
City of Orange Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Commissioners Buttress, Correa and Gladson
ABSENT: Commissioners Steiner and Cathcart
STAFF
PRESENT: Leslie Aranda Roseberry, Planning Manager
Chad Ortlieb, Senior Planner
Gary Sheatz, Assistant City Attorney
Angie lbarra, Recording Secretary
REGULAR SESSION
1. OPENING:
Vice -Chair Buttress called the meeting to order at 7: 04 p.m.
1.2 FLAG SALUTE:
Commissioner Gladson led the flag salute.
1.3 ROLL CALL:
Commissioners Steiner and Cathcart were absent; all others were present.
1.4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION None
1.5 CONTINUED OR WITHDRAWN ITEMS: None
1.6 PLANNING MANAGER REPORT:
1.7 APPEAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Vice -Chair Buttress reviewed the appeal process.
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2. CONSENT CALENDAR:
2.1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULARLY
SCHEDULED MEETING OF FEBRUARY 3, 2014
Motion was made to approve the minutes as written.
MOTION:
Commissioner Correa
SECOND:
Commissioner Gladson
AYES:
Commissioners Buttress, Correa, and Gladson
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
Commissioners Steiner and Cathcart
MOTION CARRIED
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3. CONTINUED 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
This item was continued from the January 13, 2014 Special Session of the
Planning Commission and the regularly scheduled meeting of January 20, 2014.
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.
Vice -Chair Buttress brought the item back to the Commissioners for their questions and
comments regarding the 22 issues in the staff report.
Discussion was continued of original staff report regarding:
• Hydrology and Water Quality, Dam Emulation
• Transportation/Traffic
• Land Use and Planning
Senior Planner Chad Ortlieb responded to the commissioner's questions and concerns.
Ken Ryan, KTGY, applicant's representative, responded directly to questions and
concerns from the commissioners.
Fred Talarico, Environmental Consultant, answered questions concerning the
environmental document regarding flooding.
Dino Capannelli, applicant's Engineer, answered questions regarding the dam fault,
flooding and emergency action.
Frank Sun, Public Works City Engineer, answered questions regarding a letter from the
Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board dated 1 -31 -2014.
Amir Farahani, City Traffic Engineer, answered questions and concerns regarding road
ways and intersections.
Marie Knight, Community Services Director, answered questions and concerns regarding
the definition of City Parks' criteria.
Ryan Hawkins, Chief Volunteer Officer for the YMCA, answered the Commissioner's
question whether the YMCA program had a Written Capital and Paying Development
Plan for the building of the facility that is currently being proposed.
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Vice Chair Buttress made a motion that this item be continued to March 3, 2014,
including the second item for the Development Agreement for consideration on that
agenda.
MOTION: Commissioner Gladson
SECOND: Commissioner Correa
AYES: Commissioners Buttress, Correa, and Gladson
NOES: None
MOTION CARRIED
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4. ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting was adjourned to the next regularly scheduled meeting on March 3, 2014.
MOTION: Commissioner Gladson
SECOND: Commissioner Correa
AYES: Commissioners Buttress, Correa, and Gladson
NOES: None
MOTION CARRIED
Meeting adjourned at 11:13 pm