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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-12-11 - Minutes - HPC-PCHPC/PC MINUTES – December 11, 2024 Page 1 of 8 Historic Preservation Commission and Planning Commission Agenda December 11, 2024 Final Minutes Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 7:00 p.m. The regular Joint meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission and Planning Commission was held on December 11, 2024. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Morales at 7:00 p.m. A. Roll Call Planning Commission present: Chairman Morales, Vice Chairman Boling, Commissioner Dopp, Commissioner Daniels and Commissioner Diaz. Staff Present: Serita Young, Assistant City Attorney; Jennifer Nakamura, Deputy Director of Planning; Tabe van der Zwaag, Associate Planner; Bond Mendez, Associate Planner; Sophia Serafin, Assistant Planner; Justine Garcia, Deputy Director of Engineering; Ulises Benavente, Associate Engineer; Albert Felix, Traffic Engineer; Lupe Biggs, Executive Assistant; Elizabeth Thornhill, Executive Assistant. B. Public Communications Chairman Morales opened the public communications. Hearing no comments from the public, Chairman Morales closed the public communications. C. Consent Calendar C1. Consideration to adopt Regular Meeting Minutes of November 11, 2024. Motion: Moved by Vice Chairman Boling; seconded by Commissioner Daniels. Motion carried 5-0 approved the minutes as presented. D. Public Hearings D1. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW – SC RANCHO DEVELOPMENT CORP. - A request for site plan and architectural review of 75 multi-family units located on approximately 3.18 acres of land within Planning Area N-12 in the Core Living (CL) Placetype of the Resort Specific Plan, Planning Area 1B, located north of 6th Street, south of the BNSF/Metrolink right of way, and west of Milliken Avenue; APN: 0209-272-20. (Design Review DRC2023-00360). Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City certified an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH No. 2015041083) on May 18, 2016, in connection with the City’s approval of General Plan Amendment DRC2015-00114, Specific Plan Amendment DRC2015-00040, and Development Code Amendment DRC2015-00115. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, no subsequent or supplemental EIR is required in connection with subsequent discretionary approvals of the same HPC/PC MINUTES – December 11, 2024 Page 2 of 8 project. (Continued from November 13, 2024, HPC/PC meeting). Associate Planner Bond Mendez presented a PowerPoint presentation (copy on file). She mentioned a copy of the red-lined version of the amended Conditions of Approval was placed on the dais indicating changes to the Engineering Services Department, Item 2. Chairman Morales re-opened the public hearing. Applicant Cendejas was in attendance and available to answer questions, along with his consultant team. Commissioner Daniels asked if the HOA’s will be for each planning area or the entire project. Applicant Cendejas answered that the HOA’s will be for the entire project, which will cover all the common areas. Commissioner Daniels asked what kind of amenities will be available for the 1st floor multi- generation suites. Architect Debra explained that the multi-generation suites have slightly bigger doors in the bathroom with an on-suite bedroom. Chairman Morales asked the applicant if he approves the amended Conditions of Approval. Applicant Cendejas confirmed. Hearing no comments from the public, Chairman Morales closed the public hearing. Commissioner Dopp expressed his appreciation of the layout, specifically the circulation of the vehicle flow which will help improve the overall ability for people to get around, as well as liking the Spanish style architecture. Commissioner Daniels expressed his appreciation that they adhered to the specific plan and there are no variances. Vice Chairman Boling mentioned he appreciates the variety of architecture this project is providing. He asked staff to confirm with this project being on the north side of sixth street, it’s adjacent to the master plan fiber network the city is investing in and that there are plans for future additions for the residents and future businesses going in they would be able to tap into the fiber network. Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura confirmed. Vice Chairman Boling stated with this project having 75-For Sale units and a number of these have a potential for families to move in, he wants to make it clear that the developers coordinate with the effected school districts the project is in, works with them and pays the schools impact fees. Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura confirmed. Chairman Morales expressed he likes the architecture and layout and appreciates the affordable housing. HPC/PC MINUTES – December 11, 2024 Page 3 of 8 Motion: Moved by Commissioner Diaz; seconded by Commissioner Daniels to adopt Resolution 2024-036, Design Review DRC2023-00360, with the amended Conditions of Approval. Motion carried 5-0. D2. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW – SC RANCHO DEVELOPMENT CORP. - A request for site plan and architectural review of 84 multi-family units located on approximately 3.4 acres of land within Planning Area N-14 in the Village Neighborhood (VN) Placetype of the Resort Specific Plan, Planning Area 1B, located north of 6th Street, south of the BNSF/Metrolink right of way, and west of Milliken Avenue; APN: 0209-272-20. (Design Review DRC2023-00331). Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City certified an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH No. 2015041083) on May 18, 2016, in connection with the City’s approval of General Plan Amendment DRC2015-00114, Specific Plan Amendment DRC2015- 00040, and Development Code Amendment DRC2015-00115. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, no subsequent or supplemental EIR is required in connection with subsequent discretionary approvals of the same project. (Continued from November 13, 2024, HPC/PC meeting). Associate Planner Bond Mendez presented a PowerPoint presentation (copy on file). She mentioned a copy of the red-lined version of the amended Conditions of Approval was placed on the dais indicating changes to the Engineering Services Department, Item 2. Chairman Morales re-opened the public hearing. Applicant Cendejas thanked staff for all their hard work and he is available to answer questions, along with his consultant team. Commissioner Dopp asked will the residents have access to south of 6th Street clubhouses now and forever more. Applicant Cendejas confirmed. Commissioner Daniels asked what a flex is. Architect Debra explained a flex, located on the first floor in some units, is a bathroom. She said a space was needed to have a bath to meet the accessible physical requirements. Chairman Morales asked if applicant approved the amended Conditions of Approval. Applicant Cendejas confirmed. Hearing no comments from the public, Chairman Morales closed the public hearing. Commissioner Dopp stated there is a pocket park located on the southeast corner of the parcel and maybe will not be accessible to a lot of the residents and want spaces to foster more communities. He recommended that could be something they can look at on future projects. Commissioner Daniels stated the elevations to the south does not look right to him. He said the pop-out does not work well with the roof. Also, the 84 units have tandem parking and seems there could be more vehicles on the street. Architect Debra explained the elevation and rendering, and stated it is only seen that way because it is a 2D rendering. HPC/PC MINUTES – December 11, 2024 Page 4 of 8 Vice Chairman Boling mentioned that he walked the project and said he did not see the hip roof compared to what he saw on the 2D rendering and seeing it in real life, he is more at ease. Chairman Morales expressed he liked the variety of design and site layout, and it is adding 84 more affordable townhomes to the community. Motion: Moved by Vice Chairman Boling; seconded by Commissioner Dopp to adopt Resolution 2024-035, Design Review DRC2023-00331, with the amended Conditions of Approval. Motion carried 5-0. D3. TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP – MADOLE & ASSOCIATES FOR CHASE PARTNERS – A request to subdivide a 5.85 acre lot into four (4) parcels within the Neo-Industrial (NI) Zone and the Neo-Industrial Employment District General Plan land use designation, located at the southeast corner of Eighth Street and Cottage Avenue at 9851 Eighth Street; APN: 0209-193-09. This item is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City’s CEQA guidelines under CEQA Section 15315 – Minor Land Divisions (SUBTPM20894). Assistant Planner Sophia Serafin presented a PowerPoint presentation (copy on file). Chairman Morales opened the public hearing. For the record, it is noted that the following correspondence was received after the preparation of the agenda packet and the following general concern was noted. The actual correspondence should be referred to for details: • Email received from Lisa Platz, Ironwood Packaging, concerns about the property flip and possibly having to leave Rancho Cucamonga. Applicant Carter thanked staff and was available to answer questions. Vice Chairman Boling asked if they plan to sell all or portions of the newly formed parcels. Applicant Carter answered it is to be determination but will probably sell all of them. Chairman Morales mentioned the letter that was received the tenant expressed concerns they would not be able to access their loading dock and he asked if parcels are sold off, how will that work for them. Applicant Carter replied that a reciprocal parking and access agreement will be filed with the recording of the map, so they will have access to their parcel and be able to get through to their dock. Hearing no comments from the public, Chairman Morales closed the public hearing. Commissioner Daniels stated the letter received indicated they may have to relocate. He said he talked to staff to contact that business owner. For the record, he also noted that he is not sure when development was built but a lot of times on older developments the city may not have required all the public improvements, and he asked staff to look into if there is any bonding when the original project was built. Vice Chairman Boling recommended that the tenant who has potential business concerns to reach out and work with Economic Development staff who can potentially assist with a new site selection process. HPC/PC MINUTES – December 11, 2024 Page 5 of 8 Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura confirmed. Motion: Moved by Commissioner Diaz; seconded by Vice Chairman Boling to adopt Resolution 2024-041, Tentative Tract Map SUBTPM20894. Motion carried 5-0. D4. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, TENTATIVE TRACT MAP, DESIGN REVIEW & VARIANCE – GRAND PACIFIC COMMUNITIES – A request to subdivide approximately 1.7 acres of land into 8 numbered and 4 lettered lots including site plan and design review of 8 two-family residential buildings (16 units total), and a variance to reduce the required streetscape setback and the height of property line walls for a site located in the Medium Residential (M) Zone at 10235 19th Street; APN: 1076-121-03. The project qualifies as a Class 32 exemption under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 – Infill Development Projects. Associate Planner Tabe van der Zwaag presented a PowerPoint presentation (copy on file). He mentioned a copy of the red-lined version of the amended Conditions of Approval was placed on the dais indicating changes to the Engineering Services Department Items 3, 4 and 11. Commissioner Dopp asked about underground powerlines on 19th Street and how much it might cost the developer. Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura indicated presently there are no firm numbers. Commissioner Daniels asked who will enforce the conditions with the signage on 19th Street. Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura stated through police action with a ticket. Commissioner Daniels stated there should be some exception for homeowners. Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura explained this is a common situation around schools. Commissioner Daniels expressed he is opposed to it. Vice Chairman Boling stated as the project moves forward on 19th Street there may be a need for new restriping. Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura asked Traffic Engineer Alberto Felix to look into shortening the left-hand turn lane onto Mayberry so there is adequate left hand turn space for those heading south onto the new street. Traffic Engineer Felix confirmed and stated as part of the condition that section will need to be restriped and will be addressed as plans come in. Vice Chairman Boling stated as the conditions are currently written, it will take place on the developers dime not the cities. Traffic Engineer Felix confirmed. Vice Chairman Boling stated regarding the construction on the bulb-outs to the south, he wanted to confirm that there is still sufficient green space to be utilized for the water quality management plan. Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura confirmed. HPC/PC MINUTES – December 11, 2024 Page 6 of 8 Vice Chairman Boling stated the placement of the crosswalk does not include any sidewalk work ADA ramps necessary on the south side and asked if those would be included and paid for by the developer and not the city or school district. Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura confirmed. Chairman Morales opened the public hearing. Applicant Pang thanked staff for their work over the years and available to answer questions. Chairman Morales asked if applicant approves the amended Conditions of Approval. Applicant Pang confirmed. Commissioner Diaz inquired about the number of duplexes and units being sold. Applicant Pang answered there are a total of 16 units being sold. The following persons commented on the project: Connie Grisby, Brad Buller, Rebecca Davies, Dr. Sherry Smith. The comments included the following concerns: • Traffic concerns • Student and staff safety • Width of street • School events Hearing no other comments from the public, Chairman Morales closed the public hearing. Applicant Pang responded to the traffic and parking concerns and said they are pre-existing, and the project is not contributing to it. Commissioner Dopp asked if Engineering and Planning believe a sign is going to be enough. He asked if there are any other ideas to limit people the ability to drive down that road during school hours, such as retractable bollards. Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura replied that more mechanical options in the right of way as Commissioner Dopp suggested become the responsibility of the city to maintain when the right of way is dedicated to us and there is no funding mechanism to maintain them. However, as the development gets completed, additional signage to limit turn movements onto Hamilton is an option. Commissioner Dopp commented on the project that the architecture does not match the character of the neighborhood. He said he does appreciate that there are duplexes. He suggested to find different strategies to limit the inflow onto Deer Canyon. Commissioner Daniels stated that having different architecture is not a bad thing. He said the smaller lots will be an asset to the community. He suggested to put Solar as part of the package to the new homeowners. He is opposed to signage on 19th Street because it will not be enforced. HPC/PC MINUTES – December 11, 2024 Page 7 of 8 Vice Chairman Boling stated he wants to make sure we all take a step back and look at everybody’s perspective and try to strike a balance. The school, and its existing traffic patterns, have and will continue to exist, but cannot limit future development of vacant properties nearby. He expressed his thanks to staff for trying to reach that balance and put forth recommendations to the Commission and working with the developer. He said regarding the project, it is a good product as far as sizing goes, it provides a wide variety of housing types, and hits the price point, which there is not a lot of. Commissioner Diaz expressed traffic concerns and asked if there would be parking allowed on the new street. Associate Planner Tabe confirmed. Commissioner Diaz stated with the many events that will be happening it is good to know there will be parking on the street. She expressed she likes it is a duplex and it affords people the potential for multi-generational living. As far as the traffic concerns, she said the city is doing the best they can and there is always a potential to address concerns as they arise. Commissioner Dopp stated for the record as a Commission and Staff we continue to see evolving trends in Planning. He said we see different kinds of strategies on how to curb traffic and how to make areas more pedestrian friendly with green space area for our community to come together. He said like bollards, there might be future opportunities to look at 19th Street with different types of traffic control devices. He said no matter what the vote will be tonight, we must continually be open to evolving trends and see what the city recommends at first and if not, look at different kind of mechanisms in the future and learn from other cities that have similar school neighborhood interfaces with high traffic densities. Chairman Morales expressed that the developer worked great with the city and also the school district got involved. He said everybody contributed and worked together making the best that this could be. He said ultimately with the family homes and improvements to the streets, the neighborhood will be enhanced. He is in support. Motion: Moved by Commissioner Diaz; seconded by Vice Chairman Boling to adopt Resolution 2024-038 Tentative Tract Map SUBTT20662, Resolution 2024-039 Design Review DRC2023- 00363 and Resolution 2024-040 Variance DRC2024-00300, with the amended Conditions of Approval. Motion carried 5-0. E. Director Announcements Deputy Director of Planning Nakamura announced that December 25th and January 8th meetings will be cancelled. The next meeting will be held on January 22nd, 2025. F. Commission Announcements - None G. Adjournment HPC/PC MINUTES – December 11, 2024 Page 8 of 8 Motion: Moved by Vice Chairman Boling, seconded by Commissioner Diaz to adjoin the meeting. Hearing no objections, Chairman Morales adjourned the meeting at 8:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth Thornhill, Executive Assistant Planning and Economic Development Dept. Approved: HPC/PC January 22, 2025 Meeting.