01-22-1991 Council MinutesAPPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
OF A REGULAR MEETING
l2, 1991.
ORANGE, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 22, 1991
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The City Counci1 of the city of Orange, California convened this 22nd
day of January, 1991 at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 300 E.
Chacman Avenue. Oranae. California.
1. OPENING
Mayor Beyer recognized the pro-troop demonstration that
was held in the Orange Plaza on Monday, January 21, 1991 that
was organized by Mrs. De la Cruz. Hundreds of peop1e attended
in suppport of our servicemen and servicewomen in the
Persian
Gulf.1.1 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG 1.2 ROLL
CALL PRESENT - Steiner, Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon
ABSENT - None 1.
3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES Regular
Meeting - January 8, 1991 MOTION - Steiner
SECOND - Barrera AYES -
Steiner, Barrera, Mayor
Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon ACTION: Approved.1.4 PRESENTATIONS/
ANNOUNCEMENTS/INTRODUCTIONS -
None 1.5 PROCLAMATIONS - None 2.CONSENT
CALENDAR TAPE 75 2.1
Declaration of City Clerk Marilyn
J. Jensen declaring posting of City Council Agenda of a regular
meeting of January 22,1991, at the City of Orange, Main
Library, the Eisenhower Park Bulletin Board, and the New Police Facility
at 1107 N. Batavia,all of said locations being in the
city of Orange and freely accessible to members of the public at
least 72 hours before commencement of said regular meeting.ACTION: Accepted
Declaration of Agenda posting and
authorized its retention as a public record in
the Office of the City Clerk.2.2 Authorize Mayor and Director
of
Finance to draw warrants on City Treasurer in payment of demands.ACTION:
Approved payment.Page 1
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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
2.CONSENT CALENDAR
JANUARY 22, 1991
Continued)
2.3 Authorize transfer
to 100-
6033-471302
reader/printer.of $4,000.00 from
Account #100-6033-427800 for the purchase
of a
16mm film
C2500.G)ACTION: Approved.2.4 Request City Council approve waiver of sixty
day notice to the County of Orange to enter into a lease for
space in an existing office building at 625 The City
Drive South for Administrative Offices. (Refer to Item #8.3, Page 8). (
A2l00.0.
A.1678)ACTION: Approved.2.5 Request by the Orange Coin & Stamp Club for
approval to use the City of orange, California Coat of Arms
and Logo for the purpose of producing an envelope using
the Sister Cities theme in conjunction with Orange,
Australia. (OR1800.
014.3)ACTION: Approved.2.6 Request City Council reject all proposals received
1/3/91 on Bid #901-28, for the
Installation of Street
Name signs.B4100.0 #901-
28)ACTION: Rejected
all
proposals
received.2.7 Request
Parking Avenue.City Council approve
installation Anytime' signs
on Featherhill Dr.Fund No:
250-5032-427100 of
red curb or 'No
in proximity
to Meats S4000.S.3.1)ACTION: Approved.2.8 Request City
Council approve relocation of the OCTD Bus stop from the
north leg of Main Street at the Walnut
Avenue/orangewood Avenue intersection to the south
leg.Funding
by OCTD. (S4000.S.3.1)ACTION:
Approved.2.9 Request City Council approve installation curb/
bus loading zone
on the west side
of of Palmyra
Avenue.of a painted
red Lincoln
Street north S4000.S.3.l)ACTION: Denied.2.10 Request
City Council approve installation of 'No Parking -Friday 7-11
A.M. street Sweeping' signs on Marywood Drive between Villa
Real Drive and Meadow Grove Road.
Funding No:
250-5032-
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2. CONSENT CALENDAR (Continued)
2.11 Request city Council approve installation of a STOP sign on
Crawford Canyon Road at Creekside Avenue. (S4000.0.S.3.3)
ACTION: Denied.
2.12 Request the city Council approve installation of 'Ped Xing'
signs or pavement markers on White Oak Ridge at the westerly
end of santiago Hills Park. Funding No: 250-
5032-427100.S4000.0.S.
3.3)
ACTION: Approved.2.13 Request authorization of City Council for either Fire
Chief or Fire Training Director to sign annually a
Hold Harmless Agreement covering Orange Fire Department's use of
the Anaheim Stadium parking lots for driver
training purposes.A2100.0.
A.174l)ACTION: Approved and authorized Mayor and City
Clerk to execute on behalf of
the City.2.14 Request that the city Council accept the revision of
the TSIP fees, per section 15.41.040 of Chapter 14.41 of
the orange Municipal Code. (
A2500.0)ACTION: Received and
filed report.2.15 Authorize agreement with law firm of McCuthen,
Doyle & Enersen to handle litigation in the matter of Thrifty oil
Company vs the City of Orange in an amount not to exceed $20,
000.00.A2100.0.
A.1742)ACTION: Authorized Mayor and City Clerk to execute
on behalf
of City.MOTION -
Barrera SECOND - Coontz
AYES - steiner, Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, spurgeon All
items on the Consent Calendar were approved as recommended.END
OF CONSENT CALENDAR 3.
REPORTS FROM MAYOR BEYER - None Page 3
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4.REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS TAPE 100
4.1 Recort from Councilwoman Coontz on Consideration of the
Rezoninq of the Santiaao Creek within the citv Limits to Recreation
Ocen Soace and Excloration of Potential Uses. (Report on file in the
city Clerk's office.) (C2500.D)
Councilwoman Coontz reported that in recent months, several projects
in the area of the santiago Creek have raised the issue of how the
city of Orange should be dealing with developments along the creek
from the standpoint of maintaining and enhancing the waterway as a
flood-control facility, as well as a scenic and recreational
amenity.There appear to be significant opportunities along the creek
for recreational use, such as a golf course, high-activity
parks, trails,etc., that should be explored before the opportunity is
eliminated by encroachment of other land uses. There are existing
land-fill issues in this area that need to be addressed as well.
Also, there are several large parcels owned by the county within this
reach that are not designated for a specific purpose on
the General Plan.The question of the design of the creek bed
as a flood-control facility, whether as an improved or
open channel (or other alternative designs) needs to be addressed
on a comprehensive basis for the overall length of the
creek within Orange. Different proposals have been submitted to the Council in
the past. The design concept utilized for the creek as
a flood-control facility directly impacts the scenic/recreational value of the
creek area, as well as the ability
to preserve the natural habitat.Although a County Regional Trail is shown
on the City and county General Plans for the Santiago Creek,
the precise location of this trail in relation to existing
and planned development and topographic changes has not been determined. This
trail alignment will have to be integrated into the comprehensive
trails planning soon to be undertaken in a separate study.
This matter has already
been discussed and acted upon.The last anticipated creek issue is
related to the gravel pits recently purchased by the orange
county Water District as water recharge basins, with
possible secondary use as recreation facilities. Although these gravel pits are
shown as open space uses on the city General Plan, a more specific
plan of uses along the creek, including recreational
facilities, would provide a more complete picture of the
area when reviewing future development proposals for adjacent properties. In
the past, the Council has looked at the creek on the basis of
applications that have been made,all of which have been different, with different
ideas as to how to
manage and integrate the creek.It is important that a comprehensive study
of the creek area be undertaken soon, since is the
last significant open-space area within the city and its character depends
so heavily
on future
planning
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4. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS (Continued)
As far as the impact on the budget is concerned, staff has indicated
that part of the ultimate recommendation on a program to address the
issues may include the hiring of a consultant or consultants.
MOTION - Coontz SECOND -
Spurgeon AYES - Steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon Moved to direct
Community Development, with the assistance of Public Works and Parks
and Recreation staff, to prepare a report addressing a method for
determining appropriate zoning and land uses for the general area of
the Santiago Creek within City limits.5.REPORTS FROM
BOARDS. COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS TAPE 245 Mayor Beyer reported
that boards, committees and commissions are currently being reviewed.
Council will be looking at possible new appointments. These recommendations
will be brought before Council for approval in
the near future.6.ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
TAPE 260 6.1 Request
adoption of Resolution Nos. 7744 and 7745, Solid Waste Facilities Approval/Siting
Resolutions (Pursuant to AB2296) in compliance with the
Orange County Local Task Force.The Director of
Public Works reported the following resolutions were made to fill
a gap between when the County Solid Waste Management Plan is not
in effect and A.B. 939 comes in. There are two types of facilities that could
fall through the gap: those that are transfer facilities and those
that recycle more than 15% of their materials,which then fall
into a different category because they are designated as recycling facilities.
Staff recommends these resolutions be adopted in order
to be in compliance with A.B. 2296.RESOLUTION NO. 7744
A Resolution of
the City Council of the City of Orange specifying the process for approving
and siting in Orange County solid waste facilities reusing or
recycling less than 15% of material received and serving more
than one jurisdiction. (OC1300.0)MOTION - Barrera SECOND -
Coontz AYES - Steiner,
Barrera, Mayor, Beyer,
Coontz, Spurgeon That Resolution No. 7744 as introduced
be adopted and same was passed and adopted by the preceding vote.
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6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS (Continued)
RESOLUTION NO. 7745
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of orange specifying the
process for approving and siting in Orange county solid waste
facilities reusing or recycling less than 15% of material received
and serving only one jurisdiction. (OC1300.0)
MOTION - Coontz SECOND -
steiner AYES - Steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, spurgeon That Resolution No.
7745 as introduced be adopted and same was passed and adopted by
the preceding vote.6.2 Recort
from Finance Decartment on the 1990-91 Budaet file in
the City Clerk's office.)Copy on
TAPE 330
C2500.J.
1.1)The Assistant
City Manager reported that last June at budget time,the Council
asked Staff to come back at mid-year in January and give a
status report on the budget. Since that time, the recession has affected
city revenues. At this time, the Director of Finance estimates
the sales tax and other general purpose revenues will be down
about $3.7 million from that projected last July for the current fiscal
year.Some
funds have been transferred from the Capital Projects accounts back
into operations and some prior year carryover funds have been disencumbered.
Nothing has been done to reduce the appropriations to the
operating departments this year. The programs approved by Council
last June for the current fiscal year are still in place and will
go forward.The
Finance Director will report back to Council after March l5th,when
sales tax figures for the Christmas season have been received,with
a more accurate picture on how the city will end the fiscal year.
MOTION -
Beyer SECOND - Barrera
AYES - Steiner, Barrera,
Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon Moved that the City
Council confirm, through June 30, 1991, the city Manager's recommendations to
defer filling and remove from appropriations 43 new positions
and associated costs shown on Attachment A of report
from City Manager.Page 6
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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS (Continued)
MOTION - Beyer SECOND -
steiner AYES - steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, spurgeon Moved to authorize
the City Manager to approve departmental requests to defer filling
existing vacant positions in exchange for filling any of the
43 deferred positions provided the total number of authorized departmental positions
and budget authority is within revised appropriations levels.
MOTION - Beyer SECOND -
Barrera AYES - Steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer,
Coontz, Spurgeon Moved to direct the Finance Department
to make appropriation adjustments for the carry-over and
CIP projects shown on Attachments Band C. (See File Copy.)
MOTION - Beyer SECOND - Coontz AYES -
steiner, Barrera, Mayor
Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon
Moved to direct the Finance Department to make
the fund transfers shown on Attachment D. (See File Copy.)7.
REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER - None 8.LEGAL
AFFAIRS TAPE 553 8.1 RESOLUTION NO.
7742 A Resolution of the
City Council of the City
of Orange approving the reclassification of one Engineering Technician II position (Range 377: $
2338-$2998) in the Traffic Division of the
Public Works Department to the classification of Assistant Engineer (Range 432:
3076-$3944): and further, directing staff to amend the
position Control System and the budget to reflect the reclassification
range.C2500 .M.12)MOTION - Coontz SECOND - spurgeon AYES - Steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer,
coontz, Spurgeon That
Resolution No. 7742
as introduced be adopted and same was passed
and adopted by the preceding vote.Page 7
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8. LEGAL AFFAIRS (Continued)
8.2 RESOLUTION NO. 7743
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange providing
continuation of benefits to the dependents of City employees who are
involuntarily called to active duty with U.S. Armed Forces during the
crisis in the Middle East. (C2500.J.4)
MOTION - Barrera SECOND -
Spurgeon AYES - Steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon That Resolution No.
7743 as introduced be adopted and same was passed and adopted by
the preceding vote.8.3 RESOLUTION
NO. 7746 A Resolution of
the City Council of the City of Orange approving a waiver of Notification
by County of Orange of Intent to Lease for County Administrative Offices
at 625 The city Drive South pursuant to Government Code section
25351(d). (Refer to Item 2.4, Page 3)A2100.0.A.
1678)MOTION - Steiner SECOND -
Barrera AYES - Steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer,
Coontz, Spurgeon That Resolution No. 7746 as introduced
be adopted and same was passed and adopted by the preceding vote.
8.4 RESOLUTION NO. 7747 A
Resolution of the City Council
of the city of orange upholding the recommendation of the Planning Commission of
the City of Orange granting a Conditional Use Permit to
allow creation of a lot without direct access to public streets and
an Administrative Adjustment to allow creation of nine lots with
lot widths less than minimum required upon property situated on the
north side of Via Escola, 2000 feet east of Meats Avenue. Conditional
Use Permit 1884-90,Administrative Adjustment 90-20, Applicant:
Tracy Development.T4000.0 #13984)MOTION -
Barrera SECOND - Spurgeon
AYES - Steiner, Barrera,
coontz, Spurgeon NOES -
Mayor Beyer That Resolution No. 7747
as introduced be adopted
and same was passed and adopted by the preceding vote.Page 8
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8. LEGAL AFFAIRS (Continued)
8.5 RESOLUTION NO. 7748
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of orange upholding the
recommendation of the Planning commission of the city of orange
approving the subdivision of property situated on the north side of
Via Escola, 2000 feet east of Meats Avenue. Tentative Tract 13984,
Applicant: Tracy Development. (T4000.0 #13984)
MOTION - Coontz SECOND -
Barrera AYES - steiner,
Barrera, Coontz, spurgeon NOES - Mayor Beyer
That Resolution No. 7748
as introduced be adopted and same was passed and adopted by the
preceding vote.8.6 RESOLUTION NO.
7749 A Resolution of the
City Council of the city of orange denying Appeal and upholding the recommendation
of the Planning Commission of the city of Orange denying
a Conditional Use Permit to allow conversion of a 4-unit
apartment building to a Board and Care facility for 22 developmentally disabled persons
upon property situated on the south side of Fairway
Drive at the intersection with Fashion Park Street.Appeal No. 381,
Conditional Use Permit 1849-90, Applicant: Diane Glenn. (C3300.
0 C.U.P. 1849-90)Councilman
steiner wanted to would
be without prejudice.so
noted.make
sure that if this was denied, it Legal
Counsel assured him that this was MOTION -
steiner SECOND - Barrera
AYES - Steiner, Barrera,
Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon That Resolution No. 7749
as introduced be adopted and same was passed and adopted by the
preceding vote.8.7 RESOLUTION NO.
7750 A Resolution of the
city Council of the City of Orange upholding recommendation of the Planning
Commission of the City of Orange granting a Conditional Use
Permit to allow an accessory second use in the R-1-6
District upon property situated at the southwest corner of walnut Avenue/
Newport Freeway crossing, addressed as 2234 E. Walnut Avenue. Conditional
Use Permit 1881-90, Applicants: Boonchoo &Sengdao
Vongruksuki. (C3300.0 C.U.P. 1881-90)
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8. LEGAL AFFAIRS (Continued)
MOTION - Barrera SECOND -
Steiner AYES - steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon That Resolution No.
7750 as introduced be adopted and same was passed and adopted by
the preceding vote.9. RECESS TO
THE MEETING OF THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 10. ORAL PRESENTATIONS -
None THE CITY COUNCIL RECESSED
AT 3:35 P.M. AND RECONVENED AT 7:00 P.M.MOTION - Mayor Beyer SECOND -
Barrera AYES - steiner, Barrera,
Mayor Beyer, Coontz,
spurgeon Moved to recess at 3:35 P.
M. to an Executive Session and excuse the City Clerk and/or her designee pursuant
to Government Code section 54957.6 in order to meet with
its Legal Counsel to discuss the following pending litigation: Cesena vs. citv of
Oranqe. Oranae Countv Sucerior Court Case #563453; and to
discuss Labor Relations.7:00 P.M.SESSION TAPE 935
11. INVOCATION - Pastor Orlando Barela,
One Way
Outreach Church 11.1 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
11.2 ANNOUNCEMENTS Mayor Beyer announced the Council
met in Executive
Session to discuss pending litigation in the case of Cesena vs.
citv of Oranae and Labor Relations. No action was taken.11.3 PRESENTATIONS -
None 12. PUBLIC HEARINGS 12.
1 APPEAL NO 382. CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT 1883-
90. COUNCILWOMAN COONTZ: TAPE lOl5 (A4000.0 #382)Time set
for a public hearing on petition
by Councilwoman Coontz to appeal the decision of the Planning commission of
December 19, 1990 to approve Conditional Use Permit 1883-90, (Max
and Penny Hall,Applicants) to allow the placement of a
small detached commercial building placed in the parking lot of
an existing retail commercial business (Standard Brands Paint).Page 10
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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 22, 1991
12. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Continued)
The project is zoned C-TR (Commercial - Tustin Street Redevelopment
District) and is on a rectangular-shaped parcel, approximately 1.
63 acres in size, located on the west side of Tustin Street between
Taft Avenue and Chestnut Avenue (1650 N. Tustin
street).NOTE: This project is categorically exempt from the provisions
of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per State
CEQA Guidelines, section
15303.REASON FOR
APPEAL:THE APPELLANT STATES THE FOLLOWING REASONS FOR
APPEAL:I believe that the unique character of this project merits review
by the city
Council."MAYOR BEYER OPENED THE PUBLIC
HEARING.The Manager of Community Development reported the Applicant
proposes to construct a 24-hour video kiosk at the subject site.
At the Planning Commission hearing, a number of concerns were
raised, both by the Commissioners and by the
adjacent neighborhood.These concerns included the availability of adult-
only videos, lack of landscaping around the proposed kiosk, awkward
proximity to the existing parking stalls, excessive parking lot
lighting bothering the residential neighbors and concern the use would
encourage a bad element to congregate more than they already do
in the
darkened parking area.The commission, after consideration of all these
items, added a number of conditions to those recommended
by staff, including addition of another parking stall, landscaping. lighting
in the video kiosk area only. exclusion of X or NC-17 rated films
at the kiosk and prohibiting direct display of videos
from Tustin Street. The Planning Commission approved the C.U.P.
on a 3-2 vote.The following people spoke in
opposition to Appeal No. 382:Rudy Figueroa, Videomatic
Kiosk
Corporation, 2002 Locust street,ontario Harold Brown, President,
Videomatic Kiosk
Corporation, 2002 Locust Street, ontario
Max Hall, 6002 Yorktown Circle.Paul Reisch, 19661
parkview Terrace,
Yorba Linda,
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12. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Continued)
They made the following points:
They have had no problems with break-ins in two years at
their existing
locations.Videomatic does not allow X-rated movies, they are
a family-oriented video store. It is written into
the franchise agreement.They are agreeable to adding a clause in
the conditions precluding the rental of
non-rated adult movies.Standard Brands is willing to put up a fence and/
or lighting to keep people from
congregating in the area.Videomatic being there might prevent problems
in the area with
lighting around the kiosk.Police Sergeant Green reviewed the police
logs for the Standard Brands address for the past four years.
During that period, there were approximately 8-12 calls
resulting from complaints by the residential neighbors backing up to this address.
He has heard of no specific problems
with video stores in general.The following people spoke in
favor of Appeal No. 382:Charles and Joan
Emje, 1552 E. Concord Avenue Jeff
Fronk, 1551 E. Concord Avenue.
Their concerns were as follows:Cars could come and go through that parking lot
at all hours of the night escalating a noise
problem that is already there.They feel their property value would
decrease even further than it already has since
Standard Brands has been there.Lack of lighting in the parking lot
area which attracts a bad element using the area for drinking and
wild parties. They feel this problem would escalate with the
addition of the video kiosk.Lack of lighting could cause robberies
around the kiosk and the robbers would probably hop the fence into
their yards to get away.The
Council expressed the following concerns:Video movies which are not rated and
are in a different category
might be available for rental.The same problems encountered in the
past with businesses that are detrimental to the surrounding residences
because there
is no buffer between them.THERE BEING NO FURTHER SPEAKERS,
MAYOR
BEYER
CLOSED
THE
PUBLIC
HEARING.MOTION
SECOND AYES
NOES Coontz Beyer Mayor
Beyer, Coontz Steiner, Barrera,
Spurgeon Moved to uphold Appeal No. 382 and deny Conditional Use
Permit 1883-90. Motion
was defeated.
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12. PUBLIC HEARINGS - (Continued)MOTION -
steiner SECOND - spurgeon
AYES - steiner, Barrera,
spurgeon NOES - Mayor Beyer, Coontz
Moved to deny the appeal
and uphold Conditional Use Permit #1883-90 with all terms and
conditions imposed by the Planning commission,with Staff being directed
to work with Standard Brands on mitigation of the lighting issues,
the access to the property, the denial of non-rated or X-
rated movies and the limitation of operation hours not including midnight
to 6:00 A.M.MINUTE ORDER
MAYOR BEYER: "My first vote was predicated not only on some of
the concerns that were brought up about lighting activities,but also
related to the service station across the street from Firestone, which
has been a noise problem with people drinking in that area,
too. That was part of my thinking on my vote."13. PLANNING
AND ENVIRONMENT 13.1
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD # 2640. APPEAL #01-91:TAPE 3790 A4000.
0 #1-91)
The Appeal of a Design Review Board Decision endorsing the design of
a 3-Story group home proposed within the Old Towne District in
a Recommendation to the Planning Commission regarding Conditional
Use Permit No.
1890.
MOTION
SECOND
AYES Mayor Beyer
steiner Steiner,
Barrera,Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon Moved to
continue the Design Review Board appeal until the Planning Commission has
taken action on their public hearing application.The city
Clerk reported to the Council that over ninety letters and phone calls
were received on this appeal. All were in favor of establishment of
the mission. Copies of the letters are on file in the City
Clerk's office.community Development
Department will promptly address the procedural issues revolving
around the Design Review Board status and return with a
recommended solution within approximately 30 days.Page 13
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13. PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT (Continued)
13.2 ResDonse to reouest
Old Towne sDecific Plan.
from Old Towne preservation Association for
Continued from 10/9/90 and 1/15/91)
TAPE 4170 (C2300.I)
This item was originally a request to the City Council on October 9,
1990 by Mr. Boice of the Old Towne Preservation Association. On that
date, a request was made to look into the possibility of preparing a
specific plan for the entire Old Towne area.
community Development Director responded that staff is in the process
of doing a comprehensive update to the entire Zoning Code. Many of
the issues in question are items which are included in that
comprehensive update.
Staff has met with representatives of the Old Towne Preservation
Association and concluded that what Old Towne was attempting to
accomplish was to consolidate all of the zoning standards, design
guidelines and development criteria into a single document, to put
the wording of the guidelines and standards into more precise
language and to create a clear separation with the standards of the
past, not necessarily to create new standards, but to put them in
more clear terms and raise the consciousness of the community that
they do in fact exist.
The Community Development Department has not been working on a
specific plan, but looking more in terms of more traditional zoning
districts and unique overlay districts for the Old Towne area.
However, staff is not excluding the possibility of a specific plan.
There are some downsides to specific plans for that large an area.
Other specific plans already exist in the area: one for Chapman
college and another for the Depot area which is forthcoming.
Specific Plans are always difficult for people to understand. Staff
feels it would be in the City's best interest to continue on the
course we have set and to review the matter again at a later date.
Speaking in favor of a specific plan for Old Towne:
Dale Ron, 350 N. Harwood, Old Towne Orange
Gloria Boice, 143 N. pine Street
MOTION - Beyer SECOND -
Coontz AYES - steiner,
Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, spurgeon Moved to direct
Community Development Staff to continue with its efforts to update
Zoning Standards, Design Guidelines and Development criteria for the
Old Towne area to accomplish the stated objectives of the Council
and community and continue to pursue the idea of a specific plan, giving
Council some idea of what a specific plan would include.Page 14
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14. REPORTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS - None 15.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS TAPE 5315 Gloria
Boice, 143 N. Pine Street gave Councilmembers a copy of a letter
mailed to the City Attorney's office on November 14. Legal Counsel
was directed to respond to Mrs. Boice's letter within the next
week.Carol
Walters, 534 N. Shaffer Street, is concerned about the crosswalk
in front of city Hall at Center and Chapman which is not well-
lit.
The City Traffic Engineer indicated that the lighting in the area in
question is Old Towne street lighting. This problem was brought to
the attention of the Old Towne Steering Committee at their January
meeting. Staff recommended installing conventional street lights on
the arterial streets of Chapman and Glassell and continuing with the
pole-top mounted lights in the residential areas where there is
less
traffic.Valerie Miller, 1979 N. Lincoln street, reminded Council members
that leaders have a responsibility not to propulgate stereotypes
or labels. She took offense at a newspaper article on the Orange
Plaza demonstration in support of the troops in the Persian Gulf.
The article quoted one of the Council members and she felt it
intimated that people who protest the war are Unamerican. Council stated
the demonstration was in support of the troops, and not in support of
the
war.16.
ADJOURNMENT MOTION - Mayor Beyer
SECOND - Barrera AYES -
Steiner, Barrera, Mayor Beyer, Coontz, Spurgeon Moved to
adjourn at 9:17 P.M.J7L.tI..
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