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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017/04/12 - Minutes - PC-HPC/ § 0%4� I�q �V•I HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA A. 7:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER Roll Call: Chairman Oaxaca X The meeting was called to order at T 13 PM Vice Chairman Macias X Commissioner Fletcher X Commissioner Munoz Commissioner Wimberly _X_ Other Staff Present: Mike Smith, Senior Planner, Albert Espinoza, Asst. City Engineer; Maricela Marroquin, Attorney, Donald Granger, Senior Planner. Lois Schrader, Planning Commission Secretary. Dat Tran, Assistant Planner. B. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Historic Preservation Commission or Planning Commission on any item listed on the agenda. State law prohibits the Commission from addressing any issue not previously included on the Agenda. The Commission may receive testimony and set the matter for a subsequent meeting. Comments are to be limited to five minutes per individual or less, as deemed necessary by the Chair, depending upon the number of individuals embers of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, making loud noises or engaging in any activity which might be disruptive to the decorum of the meeting. Luana Hernandez, residing at 6797 Hellman Avenue said she is the VP of the Route 66 ICEA historic group. She announced their museum hours, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 a.m. to -3:00 pm. She announced a wine tasting on April 22n° at the Sycamore Inn as well as their annual car show on June 241" at the Sycamore Inn. She said the car show includes 150 cars and a nice lunch. C. CONSENT CALENDAR/HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION Page 1 of 6 APRIL 12, 2017 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and non -controversial. They will be acted upon by the Commission at one time without discussion. Any item may be removed for discussion. C1. Consideration to approve regular meeting minutes dated March 22, 2017 Moved by Wimberly, seconded by Munoz. carried 4-0-1 (Fletcher abstain) to approve the minutes of March 22, 2017. D. PUBLIC HEARINGS/PLANNING COMMISSION The following items have been advertised and/or posted as public hearings as required by law. The Chairman will open the public hearing to receive testimony. All such opinions shall be limited to 5 minutes per individual or less as determined by the Chairman. Please sign in after speaking. D1. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW DRC2016-00695 — RANCHO CUCAMONGA PROPERTIES, LLC - A request for site plan and architectural review of two industrial buildings totaling 150,003 square feet on two separate parcels totaling 7.52 acres of land, located north of 8th Street and west of Industrial Lane in the General Industrial (GI) District, APNs: 0209-032-28 & 0209- 032-29. Staff has a prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for consideration. Dat Tran, Assistant Planner gave a brief staff report. It was noted that several letters had been received: 1) Department of Toxic Substances Control indicated more testing for toxic waste, pesticides, contaminate free imported soil and excavated soil should be done and/or mitigations added. 2) Native American Heritage Commission, indicated some technical sections of our environmental study Part II form was incomplete and 3) Moore Electric, Inc. sent a letter objecting to the proposal because of truck traffic (copies of all are on file). Because of the comments submitted by the Department of Toxic Substances Control. and upon consultation with our City Attorney, the environmental study is considered incomplete. Staff requested the item be continued to an unspecified date and will have to be re - advertised after the environmental documents are completed and recirculated. Mr. Tran , confirmed that the applicant agreed to the continuance. Page 2 of 6 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA Moved by Fletcher, seconded by Wimberly, carried 5-0 to continue the item to an unspecified date. D2. DESIGN REVIEW MODIFICATION DRC2017-00071 - NASSEF ESKANDER FOR ALTA LOMA ANIMAL HOSPITAL - A request to modify Design Review DRC2008-00909 by deleting a Condition of Approval in Planning Commission Resolution No. 14-05, that required an access easement on the subject property as part of the approval for the construction and operation of an animal hospital in the General Commercial (GC) located at 7289 Amethyst Avenue - APNs: 0202-161-10, -11, and -20. Related file: Design Review DRC2008-00909. The project qualifies as a Class 2 exemption under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15302 — Replacement or Reconstruction. . Mike Smith, Senior Planner, gave the staff report and PowerPoint presentation (copy on file). Councilwoman Diane Williams stated she resides at 7251 Amethyst Avenue and noted the little house on the property has been vacant since January and is in poor condition with code enforcement issues. She asked the applicant to be a better neighbor as the condition of the house has become a concern to the neighbors. She offered support of the request to delete the condition requiring the access easement. She had no issue with the construction proposal. She suggested that before they move further they should ask the applicant to clean it up. Se provided photos of the house exterior littered with discarded furnishings and trash. Nassef Eskander. project architect. apologized about the condition of the house and said he would ask the tenant to clean it up. He said they intend to use the house as a construction office. Commissioner Fletcher asked for a commitment to clean it up within a week and agreed that if he was the neighbor, he too would be concerned. Mr. Eskander said he will contact the owner immediately and take care of it. A general discussion followed about the possibility of withholding a grading permit or begin code enforcement action until the area is cleaned up. Maricela Marroquin, Attorney, noted the only issue before the Commission is the proposal to delete the easement condition. She suggested the applicant simply work with staff to resolve the . issue and Mr. Smith could report back to the Commission at the next meeting. Mike Smith, Senior Planner stated he would follow up on that commitment. Page 3 of 6 - -- - --- --7 -- - - HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA Commissioner Wimberly said he worked with the applicant on multiple occasions and he is glad to see this is finally moving forward. Commissioner Fletcher said he had no objection to the proposal as it was discussed before. He said the other property owner now may be limited with what he can do with the property with the lack of the easement condition but the access is sufficient. Moved by Munoz, seconded by Wimberly, carried 5-0 to adopt the Resolution of approval for Design Review Modification DRC2017-00071. F. COMMISSION BUSINESS/HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND PLANNING COMMISSION INTER -AGENCY UPDATES: Commissioner Munoz reported on the ambitious plan pushed through last week by Governor Brown that Will fund the repair of California's crumbling roads, highways and bridges. The main points are: • Raises the gas tax by 12 cents per gallon • Boosts diesel taxes by 20 cents per gallon • Creates a new annual fee on vehicle registration based on the value of the vehicle. He noted that it came at a high prices as fence -sitting lawmakers were promised $1 billion towards pet projects in exchange for their vote on the bill. Funding "arrangements" helped the governor and legislators break a 2-year Sacramento stalemate on transportation funding. COMMISSION ANNOUNCEMENTS: Chairman Oaxaca welcomed back Commissioner Fletcher. Commissioner Fletcher said he attended the groundbreaking of the new Stater Bros. store and said a nice memorial tribute was given to their prior CEO, Jack Brown. He said at Design Review we asked them to incorporate winemaking history into the exterior and project area and the market will include a tribute to Jack Brown inside the building. He said he liked the new staff report format particularly the new sections about fiscal impacts and Council goals. Commissioner Munoz agreed. Page 4 of 6 - -- - --- - -- - - HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA G. ADJOURNMENT The Commission adjourned at 7:50 PM to a workshop held in the Rains Room to discuss Pre -Application Review DRC2017-00052. Those minutes appear separately. I, Lois J. Schrader, Planning Commission Secretary of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, or my designee, hereby certify that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on April 6, seventy two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive. IS! Lois J. Schrader Planning Commission Secretary City of Rancho Cucamonga INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION The Planning Commission encourages free expression of all points of view. To allow all persons to speak, given the length of the agenda, please keep your remarks brief. If others have already expressed your position, you may simply indicate that you agree with a previous speaker. If appropriate, a spokesperson may present the views of your entire group. To encourage all views and promote courtesy to others, the audience should refrain from clapping, booing or shouts of approval or disagreement from the audience. The public may address the Planning Commission on any agenda item. To address the Planning Commission, please come forward to the podium located at the center of the staff table. State your name for the record and speak into the microphone. After speaking, please sign in on the clipboard located next to the speaker's podium. It is important to list your name, address and the agenda item letter your comments refer to. Comments are generally limited to 5 minutes per individual. If you wish to speak concerning an item not on the agenda, you may do so under "Public Comments." There is opportunity to speak under this section prior to the end of the agenda. Any handouts for the Planning Commission should be given to the Planning Commission Secretary for distribution to the Commissioners. A copy of any such materials should also be provided to the Secretary to be used for the official public record. All requests for items to be placed on a Planning Commission agenda must be in writing. Requests for scheduling Page 5 of 6 APRIL 12, 2017 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA agenda items will be at the discretion of the Commission and the Planning Director, AVAILABILITY OF STAFF REPORTS Copies of the staff reports or other documentation to each agenda item are on file in the offices of the Planning Department, City Hall, located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California 91730. These documents are available for public inspections during regular business hours, Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., except for legal City holidays. APPEALS Any interested party who disagrees with the City Planning Commission decision may appeal the Commission's decision to the City Council within 10 calendar days. Any appeal filed must be directed to the City Clerk's Office and must be accompanied by a fee of $2,662 for all decisions of the Commission. (Fees are established and governed by the City Council). . Please turn off all cellular phones and pagers while the meeting is in session. Copies of the Planning Commission agendas, staff reports and minutes can be found at www.CitvofRC.us. Page 6 of 6