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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-12-09 - Minutes - PC-HPC- 1W Historic Preservation Commission and Planning Commission Agenda December 9, 2020 MINUTES Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729 The meeting of the Historic Presentation Commission and Planning Commission was held on December 9, 2020. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Guglielmo at 7:00pm. Planning Commission present: Chairman Guglielmo, Vice Chair Oaxaca, Commissioner Dopp, Commissioner Morales, and Commissioner Williams. Staff Present: Nick Ghirelli, City Attorney; Darrelle Field, City Attorney (Temporary); Anne McIntosh, Planning Director; Sean McPherson, Sr. Planner; Dat Tran, Assistant Planner; David Eoff, Sr. Planner; Elizabeth Thornhill, Executive Assistant; Jason Welday, Engineering Director; Robert Ball, Fire Marshall; Mike Smith, Principal Planner; Brian Sandona, Senior Civil Engineer. B. Public Communications Chairman Guglielmo opened for public communications and hearing no comment, closed communications. C. Consent Calendar C1. Consideration to adopt Special Meeting Minutes of November 12, 2020. Motion by Vice Chair Oaxaca, second by Commissioner Williams. Motion carried 5-0 to adopt the minutes as presented. D. Public Hearings D1. KEN'S JAPANESE RESTAURANT - DESIGN REVIEW DRC2019-00985 (LOCATED AT 10006 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD) - TUCKER SCHOEMAN VENTURE FOR KEN'S JAPANESE RESTAURANT - A request to construct a 3,111 square -foot single -story restaurant (Ken's Japanese Restaurant) to replace an existing 2,822 square -foot restaurant building within the Commercial Office (CO) District, Foothill Overlay District — APNS: 1077- 621-26 and -027. This item is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA guidelines under CEQA Section 15303 — New Construction or Conversation of Small Structures. Related File: Conditional Use Permit DRC2020-00347. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT MODIFICATION DRC2020-00347 (Located at 10006 Foothill Blvd) - TUCKER SCHOEMAN VENTURE FOR KEN'S JAPANESE RESTAURANT - A request to modify an existing Conditional Use Permit for a Type 47 Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) License for Ken's Japanese Restaurant within the Commercial Office (CO) District, Foothill Overlay District - APNS: 1077-621-26 and -027. This item is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA guidelines under CEQA Section 15303 — New Construction or Conversation of Small Structures. Related File: Design Review DRC2019-00985. Vincent Acuna, Associate Planner, presented Commissioners with a Staff Report and oral presentation (copy on file). Chairman Guglielmo opened the public hearing. Mark Schoeman, Applicant, was available to answer any questions. Commissioner Morales asked what kind of art plan do they have in mind. Mr. Schoeman answered as part of the design review process, they have a suggestion for an architectural screen which will be placed in front of the patio and each individual piece will represent plates of sushi. He said it was very well received by the committee. Italo Pacheco, Resident, asked if the wall in the back (near his house) will go up from 6 ft. to 9 ft. Vincent Acuna responded yes; it is what the applicant is proposing to build a 9ft. wall. With no further public comments. Chairman Guglielmo closed public hearing. All of the Commissioners stated they were impressed with the modern design. Commissioner Williams expressed concern that the parking lot light does will not go into nearby neighbors' homes and disturb them. Motion by Commissioner Williams, second by Commissioner Morales. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0 vote to adopt Resolutions 20-47 and 20-48. D2. TIME EXTENSION DRC2020-00377 (LOCATED AT 10235 19th STREET) — 10235 ALTA LOMA, LLC — A request to allow for the second one (1) year time extension of a previously approved 6-lot Tentative Tract Map (SUBTT20026) on 1.67 acres of land within the Low (L) Residential District, APN: 1076-121-03. Planning Department staff has determined that the project is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA Guidelines as a Class 32 (CEQA Guidelines Section 15332) exemption, which covers in -fill development on no more than 5 acres substantially surrounded by urban uses. Vincent Acuna, Associate Planner, presented Commissioners with a Staff Report and oral presentation (copy on file). Chairman Guglielmo opened the public hearing. Peter Chou, Applicant, was available to answer any questions. There were no questions from Commissioners. With no public comments. Chairman Guglielmo closed public hearing. All Commissioners had no additional comments and concurred to move forward with request. Motion by Commissioner Williams, second by Vice Chair Oaxaca. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0 vote to adopt Resolutions 20-46. HPC/PC Minutes — December 9, 2020 Page 2 of 6 FINAL D3. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2020-00215 (LOCATED EAST OF INTERSTATE 15, SOUTH OF ARROW ROUTE, NORTH OF 4T" STREET, AND WEST OF THE CITY'S EASTERLY BOUNDARY) — CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA — A proposal to amend the 2010 General Plan of the City of Rancho Cucamonga to incorporate a new street network plan within the southeast industrial area of the City. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City certified an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH No. 2000061027) on May 19, 2010 in connection with the City's approval of the City's 2010 General Plan Update. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, an Addendum to the EIR has been prepared for consideration. (Continued from November 12, 2020 public hearing) Sean McPherson, Senior Planner, presented Commissioners with a Staff Report and oral presentation (copy on file). Chairman Guglielmo asked the Commission if there were any questions for Staff on their Staff Report. Commissioner Morales asked if Staff did everything possible to find resolutions to some of the concerns raised to this point. Sean McPherson answered that ongoing positive dialog continues. He said staff is listening to their concerns and in some cases listening to their recommendations from some of the stakeholders to build towards world class industrial neighborhood. Anne McIntosh, Planning Director, added our goal was not to resolve every single site related issue with General Plan Amendment but to the extent we can hear from stakeholders what their operational concerns will be. She said having site specific conversations to see if we can address any concerns. Commissioner Dopp stated the one site specific question with Edison map on the southern half of the SEIQ. He knows Edison's big concern is protruding their property. He asked what it looked like with Edison in terms of give and take. Jason Welday, Engineering Director, responded that they had a very good dialog with Edison during site tour. Their concern is the main road in blue would impact their buildable area for their plans for a center. He said they had a discussion to make sure their operations are not being impacted. It's still an ongoing conversation but in the end, the road that is now showing in blue, if it was a public road it would preclude their plans for that area. He said the lines in red we continue to have conversations and work out the details. Commissioner Dopp stated going through the process with this General Plan Amendment, asked what does it look like on a staff level in terms of recommendation with some of these developers who seeks to get rid of one or two roads and change some alignments depending on how they plan their projects moving forward. Anne McIntosh reiterated; how would we negotiate the General Plan policy with the specific site planning that needs to be done. She said we don't feel like we are done having those conversations and will continue. Still working through it with them. Chairman Guglielmo asked the proposed road off Etiwanda and Napa, what is it HPC/PC Minutes — December 9, 2020 Page 3 of 6 FINAL Jason Welday, explained we are in the process of designing and moving forward with Etiwanda grade separation and the frontage of the parcel just north of Etiwanda becomes blocked by walls for the bridge and that would be the road that would provide public street access for that parcel. With no more questions by Commissioners, Chairman Guglielmo opened the public hearing. The following persons commented on the project recommending denying and/or to continue Item D3: John Shardlow, Gresham Savage, Mark Rothenberg, speaker on behalf of CMC Steel; Paige Gosney, Represent CMC; Jonathan Sacks, GenOn Sr. V.P.; Chuck Buquet, GenOn Contractor; Robert Evans, NAIOP and Mike Condon. For the record, it is noted that the following correspondences were received after the preparation of the agenda packet and the following general concerns are noted. The actual correspondence could be referred to for details: • Letter from Paige Gosney of Gresham, Savage, Nolan & continue Item D3. • Letter from Virginia Loufek, SCE Corporate Real Estate, Item D3. • Comments received from Jonathan Shardlow of Gresham Law, requesting to continuate Item D3. Tilden Attorney at Law, requesting to requesting to defer consideration of Savage, Nolan & Tilden, Attorney at • Letter from Robert Evans, Executive Director NAIOP, requesting to continue Item D3. With no further public comments. Chairman Guglielmo closed public hearing. Vice Chair Oaxaca expressed to caution everyone to step back to what the visuals are. He said think about what the problems are we are trying to solve here and what the future looks like for the city. He would like to hear from staff clarity regarding conditional use permits. Anne McIntosh explained as we have been meeting with people daily not knowing each day how far along we would get in the conversation. She said we believe the Commission could make a recommendation to Council to endorse the concept of the road network with the caveat we are continuing to talk to the property owners about specific locations that would be resolved before it gets to the Council. She said it's really up to the Commission who does have an obligation and authority to make sure the General Plan policies are adequate and feel that the comments from stakeholders are compelling, that might be the direction to go. She said regarding the CUP and its uses, it would be part of the code changes we are looking at. It's not before you tonight regarding the General Plan Amendment, but any comments the stakeholders have about either beneficial changes we can make to the codes to remove barriers or changes to the development standards will be considered as we move forward with the code update. Nick Ghirelli, City Attorney, mentioned part of this is that no one from the City can make any commitment that there will never be any changes to the land uses or zoning regulations that apply to any zone in the city. He is not saying that to suggest that staff is planning to make any of those changes, just saying that nobody can ever make that commitment indefinitely. Commissioner Morales stated this is a planning process for improving access to various properties and internal traffic circulation, public safety services access and responsiveness to southeast industrial HPC/PC Minutes — December 9, 2020 Page 4 of 6 FINAL quadrant and it can facilitate a variety of industrial users. He said it sets forth strategy for addressing infrastructure needs for circulation within the city. At this point the impacts on the road network requires the city amend the General Plan. He expressed it's important that we do this. Commissioner Dopp stated to some extent there seems to be a great deal of consensus that this is something that needs to happen in terms of finding ways to open up whether it's for traffic reason or property value. He said if there is still a lot to negotiate that needs to be done, maybe it is best to wait to move forward. Commissioner Williams stated she agrees with stakeholders who have made some good points tonight. She said the stakeholders have come forth with creative ideas that maybe staff did not know what they had in mind. She does not believe there is a hurry and suggested to continue it until after the holidays and have it in January. Chairman Guglielmo asked if Anne McIntosh could bring her input about continuing this item. Anne McIntosh responded if that is the consensus of the Commission and with the holidays coming up, we would need some time for a continued hearing. She recommends it would be helpful to hear the endorsement of the concept, although reluctant to set a specific date. Chairman Guglielmo stated he is worried the stakeholders feel they have not had enough of an opportunity to vent their concerns. He said if there can be an opportunity to give them more time for discussion and their vision. Vice chair Oaxaca stated if we are moving forward to continue this item, he would like to highlight the time be used wisely. He said everybody is not going to get to walk away with everything they wanted. He expressed this is something significant and not to be taken lightly. Commissioner Dopp stated if we are going to continue this, we are doing it with knowledge that staff has already recommended it to us twice. He said the expectation that when it does come up, we would vote on it at that point since staff has worked so hard on it. Commission Morales stated he is not convinced if we continue it again that much more will change. We have seen the changes staff has done already and a lot has been accomplished. He said it's a process to implement a vision for that southeast corner and do not see how much more will change to make people happy. We should move forward on it tonight. Chairman Guglielmo asked Anne McIntosh if she feels having more time will help to alleviate some concerns stakeholders have or will it be time wasted. Anne McIntosh responded we are making process with those we have talked to. She said we are continuing to consider specific proposals. The ongoing reminder has been that this is the ideal network we would like to see over a long period of time. Adjustments will need to be made as specific projects start to come in. She said whether or not you take action on it tonight, conversations will continue. Motion by Commissioner Dopp, second by Commissioner Williams to re -open public hearing and continue Item D3 to January 131h, 2021, Planning Commission regular meeting. Motion carried 4-1-0. Morales opposed. HPC/PC Minutes — December 9, 2020 Page 5 of 6 FINAL E. General Business - None F. Director Announcements - None G. Commission Announcements - None H. Workshop - None I. Adjournment Motion by Vice Chair Oaxaca, second by Commissioner Williams to adjourn the meeting; motion carried unanimously, 5-0 vote. Meeting was adjourned at 9:OOpm. Respectfully submitted, t Eli, th Thornhill r- Executive Assistant, Planning Department Approved: January 13, 2021 HPC/PC Meeting HPC/PC Minutes — December 9, 2020 Page 6 of 6 FINAL