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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978/04/09 - Minutes - Special Joint (Planning Commission) April 19, 1978 CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA JOINT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION Special Meeting CALL TO ORDER The special meeting of the City Council and Planning Commission was held at the Community Services Building, 9161 Baseline Road, Rancho Cucamonga, on Wednesday, April 19, 1978. The meeting was called to order by Mayor James C. Frost at 4:07 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Council members Jon D. Mikels, Michael Palombo, Charles West, and Mayor James C. Frost. Planning Commission members Richard Dahl, Jorge Garcia, Laura Jones, Peter Tolstoy and Chairman Herman Rempel. City Manager, Lauren M. Wasserman; and Interim City Attorney, Sam Crowe; Tommy Stephens, Planning Department; Marianne Cordova, Planning Department; and John Blayney, Planning Consultant. Absent: Phillip Schlosser PURPOSE OF MEETING Herman Rempel, Planning Commission Chairman, explained the purpose of the meeting was to review major issues which must be considered in the General Plan. DISCUSSION Blayney: Alternative Population Projections had been distributed in order to stimulate discussion concerning the future rate of growth for the City of Rancho Cucamonga. He explained that the City Council and Planning Commission are in a position to determine the rate of growth for the City. Blayney suggested that the City Council review the list of key issues and options reported at last week's adjourned City Council meeting. Rempel: Commented that he was assigned to a subcommittee to evaluate circulation transportation system. The city must be concerned with roads located within the city limits as well as those streets which go through the city, but link our community with neighboring cities. Palombo: City should plan alternative development plan for area now included within right-of-way of proposed Foothill Freeway in event the proposed freeway is not constructed. Blayney: Traffic patterns are key influence on future development of commercial properties. City must be concerned with proper planning in order to minimize traffic congestion at major intersections. Frost: It appears that the Foothill Freeway may not be built. Therefore, the city should be very concerned with land use. Doug Hone: Commented that there is still a chance that the State Legislature or State Transportation Commission will determine the fate of Foothill Freeway. City Council Minutes April 19, 1978 Page 2 Tom Stephens: Suggested that the General Plan have alternative plan showing no freeway. Also suggested that all rights-of-way be retained until the issue regarding the construction of the Foothill Freeway is definitely not going to be completed through Rancho Cucamonga. Garcia: Proposed that Circulation and Transportation element include reference to Ontario Airport, type of design of streets, and future transportation needs. Garcia also suggested that some limitation on growth be determined and included in the General Plan. Blayney: City has serious problem concerning design of present streets. Some effort should be made to deal with design of major arterials. Rempel: Development of equestrian trails, bikeways, and jogging trails should be included as a goal of our General Plan. Blayney: Automobiles will continue to have a major role in transportation for citizens of Rancho Cucamonga. Garcia: City should consider providing priority to buses on major arterials. Garcia: Land use is very important part of General Plan. Mikels: Sphere of influence should be subject to control by city to make certain that future development north of city limits is compatible with General Plan. Stephens: City should request county to use city's General Plan guidelines for unincorporated territory north of city limits. Stephens suggested that General Plan take in area between city limits and national forest boundary. Mikels: City should apply separate requirements for hillside development. Blayney: Retention of hillsides and wind-breaks should be retained. The city has an opportunity to have varied development because of the large undeveloped areas which now exist. Garcia: Ail future design standards should be compiled into a single document, rather than being assembled on a piecemeal basis. Mikels: It may be difficult for the city to have a set of uniform standards to all types of development. Tolstoy: General Plan may provide "guidelines" rather than specific standards for all developments. Blayney: It may be appropriate to have different sets of development and design standards for each of the three geographical villages within the City of Rancho Cucamonga in order to provide diversity in planning standards. Mikels: City should spell out its basic intent in the General Plan. Frost: In regard to community identity, many options available need not be included in General Plan. City identity is being sought, but the separate identity of the three district areas of city should be preserved if possible. City Council Minutes April 19, 1978 Page 3 Mrs. Jones: Development should not be allowed to "leap- frog" through the community. Growth patterns should expand from the corps areas. City needs to foster a cultural identity. Dahl: Growth and land use decisions are critical. Growth should be within industrial areas and into Etiwanda on a gradual basis. Growth west of Haven should be incremental and orderly, rather than scattered. City must be able to provide services before growth should be permitted. Mr. Dahl stated that Etiwanda development should not be encouraged until the Cucamonga and Alta Loma areas reach their peak growths. Rempel: City should consider encouraging more individualized construction by discouraging large projects from being developed. Blayney: Question of phasing is critical. It may be desirable to encourage development adjacent to some isolated developments which have already been constructed. Garcia: Council and Planning Commission should discuss maximum population which may be desirable for Rancho Cucamonga. City must be certain that adequate sewage treatment facilities exist. Mr. Hone: Commented that some effort should be devoted to preservation of water in the Cucamonga water basin. Blayney: Sewage treatment issue may be beyond control of city. Council and Planning Commission may wish to phase growth in accordance with available sewage capacity. City must assume that sewage capacity problem will eventually be worked out. Clustered developments in proper areas may be a good alternative to resolve sewage problems since those developments may be sewered by "package plants" or septic tanks. Joe DeIrio: Growth should be concentrated in areas nearest to transportation facilities. Stephens: Open space areas should be preserved by reserving park and open space areas for future. City should also be concerned with preservation of areas which are already within flood plain areas. Ail vacant land should not be used up on ½ acre residential developments. It may be best, for example, to encourage smaller lot development with open space areas in immediate vicinity. RECESS Mayor Frost called for a recess at 5:45 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 6:10 p.m. Ail members were present. Garcia: Commented --regarding the industrial-commercial development in the future hotels and other commercial development should be segregated from industrial areas of the city. Those in attendance concurred with Mr. Garcia's viewpoint. Frost: Noted that if the Foothill Freeway is ultimately completed, it may be appropriate for city to encourage some construction of hotels and motels in adjacent areas. Garcia: Designation of alternative sites for location of a future regional shopping center should be related to future growth and should not be detrimental to existing commercial developments. Garcia noted that the city is in an excellent position to attract an auto center. City Council Minutes April 19, 1978 Page 4 Dahl: Major shopping center should be visible from freeway. Joe Dilrio: Whatever locations identified for shopping must also be acceptable to the Shopping Center industry. Stephens: Eastern boundary of city should be viewed as a "window" to the city when development occurs. City will be pressured in next year or two to approve development in eastern portion of city adjacent to Devore Freeway. City should be extremely cautious and should be very selective about the types of development which may occur. Dilrio: City should make an int~e~sive effort to market its industrial development potential through adoption of its General Plan. Blayney: Discussed agenda for Saturday meeting at Alta Loma High School on April 29, 1978. ADJOURNMENT Motion for adjournment: Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to adjourn. Unanimously carried. Meeting of the City Council was adjourned at 7:02 p.m. by Mayor Frost. Chairman Rempel adjourned the Planning Commission meeting to Tuesday, April 25, at 7:00 p.m. in the County Library Conference Room to discuss the Flood Control needs of the community. Respectfully submitted, Lauren M. Wasserman