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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-01-27 - Minutes - PC-HPCHistoric Preservation Commission and Planning Commission Agenda January 27, 2021 MINUTES Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729 7:00 p.m. The meeting of the Historic Presentation Commission and Planning Commission was held on January 27, 2021. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Guglielmo at 7:03pm. Planning Commission present: Chairman Guglielmo, Vice Chair Oaxaca, Commissioner Dopp, Commissioner Morales, Commissioner Williams. Staff Present: Darrelle Field, City Attorney; Anne McIntosh, Planning Director; Matt Burris, Deputy City Manager; Jennifer Nakamura, Analyst II; Dat Tran, Assistant Planner; David Eoff, Sr. Planner; Elizabeth Thornhill, Executive Assistant; Jason Welday, Engineering Director; Mike Smith, Principal Planner. B. Public Communications Chairman Guglielmo opened for public communications. Received one comment regarding trees the City planted and is concerned they will fall over due to the high winds and damage properties. Requesting to have them removed. Mike Smith, Principal Planner, provided his contact information to discuss further. Chairman Guglielmo hearing no other comments, closed communications. C. Consent Calendar C1. Consideration to adopt Regular Meeting Minutes of January 13, 2021 Motion by Vice Chair Oaxaca, second by Commissioner Morales. Motion carried 4-0 to adopt the minutes as presented. Commissioner Williams abstain. D. Public Hearings D1. DESIGN REVIEW MODIFICATION DRC2020-00482 — DR HORTON— A request for a design review modification to SUBTPM19762, SUBTT20032, DRC2016-00449, DRC2016- 00450, DRC2016-00451, DRC2016-00452, DRC2016-00508 by modifying the current conditions of approval with the removal of Condition #13 that places restrictions on the residential occupancy of the community. The project site is located at the southwest corner of Day Creek Boulevard and Base Line Road — APN: 1090-695-90. Pursuant to the California Environment Quality Act (CEQA), a Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted and approved in 2017 as part of the original project approval and was determined that the project would not have any significant impacts on the environment. The request to modify a condition of approval will not result in any significant impacts or additional impacts that weren't previous addressed by the Mitigated Negative Declaration. Therefore, no further environmental review is required. David Eoff, Sr. Planner, presented Commissioners with a Staff Report and oral presentation (copy on file). He noted a modification to the current conditions of approval with the removal of Condition #13, that places restriction on the residential occupancy of the community. Vice Chair Oaxaca stated with the conditions as it stands now serves as a guarantee for the City that the project will be built out as it was approved. He said the condition connected everything together so when the project was done, we would have a complete development but removing this condition seems it will disconnect from the hotel portion of project from the rest of the development and his concern is are there any other guarantees it will ever be completed the way we expect it to be if that condition is removed. David Eoff answered there is no guarantee with this condition being. removed because the hotel property is under a separate ownership. He said the hotel owner remains excited about the project, but we really do not have a guarantee. Anne McIntosh, Planning Director, mentioned there is an incentive because it's entitled. She said because the project has already started construction that entitlement adds value to the property. Chairman Guglielmo asked what type of condition is the lot in currently. Are there any plans to beautify the parcel should it remain vacant for a length of time. David Eoff answered the lot is currently rough graded. There are separate requirements in place just from a code enforcement standpoint for maintaining vacant property. He said there is nothing specific to improve that site to accommodate the timeline while waiting on the hotel. Chairman Guglielmo opened the Public Hearing. Phil Burum, Applicant, said site is builder ready. "unintelligible*" Megan Kay Whieldon, Applicant, stated the hotel issued a building permit to proceed with building that pad but due to COVID it is the reason why they did not proceed. She said they do have an active HOA on site at all times which helps with management of the area. Karen H., resident, state she understands the owners of the hotel, commercial and residential areas are separate and would like to know if they are all owned by a corporation. David Eoff answered no, they are all under separate ownership. With no more public comments. Chairman Guglielmo closed public hearing. Commissioner Dopp mentioned it is a project we would like to have seen done all at once. He does not have a problem to remove the request in the condition. He said for the record, he is disappointed it had to come to this. Commissioner Williams agrees with Dopp of being disappointed. Her concern is that the site will end up looking bad but believes the commercial company will keep up with the management of the property. She does not have a problem removing the condition. HPC/PC Minutes — January 27, 2021 Page 2 of 6 FINAL Commissioner Morales stated the hotel is making all reasonable efforts to get financing. He said to approve and recommend is the right thing to do considering all the circumstances. Vice Chair Oaxaca asked the property owner, where the hotel is planned to make sure as the other property advance and new residents move -in they keep the parcel aligned with all that is going on around them. He said he is comfortable with staffs recommendation to remove the condition. Chairman Guglielmo stated it is going to be a huge asset for the City. He believes the HOA will keep an eye on things and hope the owner of hotel will be a good neighbor and shortly we will be able to utilize the hotel. Motion by Commissioner Dopp, second by Commissioner Morales. Motion carried 5-0 vote to adopt Resolutions 21-8, with the modified condition. D2. TENTATIVE TRACT MAP SUBTT20295 - COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT -A review of a proposed subdivision of a property of about 1,166 acres into twelve (12) lots for sale and three (3) lettered lots to be retained by the project proponent, located within the Etiwanda Heights Neighborhood and Conservation Plan, located north of Banyan Street, east of Milliken Avenue, and west of Day Creek Boulevard -APNs: 0201-191-27; 0201-272-15, -16, -17, and -18; 0225-091-05 and -06; 0225-092-01; 1074-351-01, -04, -05, and -06; 1087-071-01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06, -07, -08, -09, -10, -11, -12, -13, 14, 18, -19, and -20. Pursuant to the California Environment Quality Act (CEQA), the City certified and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on October 2, 2019 in connection with the City's approval of Environmental Impact Report and General Plan Amendment DRC2015-00749, Etiwanda North Specific Plan Amendment DRC2015-00750, Zoning, Map Amendment DRC2015-00752, Etiwanda Heights Neighborhood and Conservation Plan (EHNCP) Specific Plan DRC2015-00751, Annexation DRC2015-00732, and Development Code Amendment DRC2019-00459. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, no subsequent or supplemental EIR is required in connection with subsequent discretionary approvals of the same project. Jason Welday, Engineering Director, presented Commissioners with a Staff Report and oral presentation (copy on file). Noted two minor things for the record: 1) Notices that were mailed reference the 12 lots that would be for sale however, the three letter lots were not included in the notice. Minor omission and it does not affect the nature of the subdivision or lots. 2) Copy of the Tentative map provided with Staff Report, the ownership was listed as County of San Bernardino and it should have been San Bernardino Flood Control District. The written Staff Report is correct, and we have updated Cities copy that is on file to reflect that change. Commissioner Oaxaca asked regarding the "Location" slide of presentation, the area was outlined in red. It encompassed all the neighborhood area except for a section in the southeast corner. He asked what the fate for that portion of the neighborhood area is and will there be a separate action considered for that section. Jason Welday explained there is a small amount of residential in that area under Etiwanda Heights Plan and there is also park space and other uses. The County Flood Control District's ownership is mostly the flood control area and area that is shown in the Plan as park area, however there is a small amount of planned residential areas that are owned by the District. These areas would still need to be developed in the plan as it was approved by City Council. HPC/PC Minutes - January 27, 2021 Page 3 of 6 FINAL Vice Chair Oaxaca asked regarding Page 8 the sizes of'different parcels and noticed Lot 8 - Acreage 185, the size is different from what shows on Exhibit B with respect to an area of 3 acres. There is inconsistency and wanted to confirm if it should be listedon the Tentative Map as 3 acres. Jason Welday responded it is a typo and should be listed as 3 acres for Lot 8. Commissioner Williams asked who will maintain and take care of the mitigation and make sure it's preserved in proper form. Jason Welday answered the requirements for the mitigation will be set up as part of the permitting process. He said it would have to go to an organization that's approved by the resource agencies to manage the plan and was not sure if it will be County Flood. His understanding was that it will be a separate entity. Commissioner Williams asked if big parcels could be broken down to small parcels and sold off to different developers. Jason Welday replied they would be subdivided further. The purpose of this map is more for phasing of the development. There is a lot of infrastructure that is required for this development. He said that further subdivisions would still have to be consistent with the Etiwanda Heights Plan. Commissioner Morales asked if the west set of powerlines are included in Lot A or are they outside of it running through Lots 4 and 6 and if they are, will it be planned out in the subdivision when it gets down to a more detailed level. He asked how that will work and where does if line up in the map. Jason Welday answered there are two corridors on the east side that shows as Lot A, which is the Flood Control District's property, and east of that is the Edison corridor. There is an easement for Edison over a portion what is being shown as Lot A as well as what Edison owns east of that. That would all be taken into account. The specific plan kept those areas as corridors. They butt up to it butdo not cross over. Returning to Commissioner Oaxaca's question about Lot 8, Jason Welday confirmed that there is a missing line in the table on the Tentative Map. This will be corrected on the final version for the record. Chairman Guglielmo opened the Public Hearing. Terry Thompson, Director of Real Estate Services on behalf of the County Flood Control District. He mentioned this tentative tract map is in support of the City's specific plan. He stated their intention is not to sell to a number of developers but sell it to one master developer who will handle all the matters including conservation areas. Commissioner Dopp asked to confirm that the County does not have one specific buyer in mind but rather, that it be put up for auction for multiple developers to bid on. Terry Thompson replied it is a requirement to put it up for auction and anitem is now being prepared for it to go in front of their board for approval and then it will go through the process to go to auction. Chairman Guglielmo asked what is the estimated timeline. Terry Thompson answered they anticipate it would go to auction the first part of June this year HPC/PC Minutes — January 27, 2021' Page 4 of 6 FINAL Lee Sun, resident, asked a question regarding the lots if there is a limit of how many dwelling units per acre and will that be a requirement for the developer. He also asked if there will be a connection for Wilson.-. Jason Welday answered there will be a connection for Wilson between Milliken and Day Creek to properly circulate traffic. Regarding the question on zoning and dwelling per acre, the Etiwanda Height Plan outlined those details and that one of the Planners may be able to assist with more details. Anne McIntosh, Planning Director, placed a link of the website in the Chat box. She said all the information about the development plan and roads are in the actual planning documents and can be referred to on our website. Clay Sampson, resident of Haven View Estates, expressed his concerns of the development blocking his view and mentioned the value of homes will go down. Jason Welday mentioned a lot of the detail is in the specific plan and can see where it will line up in the areas. Anne McIntosh clarified the item being presented tonight and if needed can follow up with people separately. She explained the proposed developments do not have any bearing on how this map is subdivided and are not talking about the developments themselves tonight. She expressed we do want to talk to the public if there are questions on developments in the future. Mike Smith, Principal Planner, provided his contact information to Mr. Sampson to discuss further. Victor Fuentes, resident of Haven View Estates, asked if Parcel 8 and Parcel 10 would be sold to a developer or be part of the wilderness plan. He expressed his concern the development will block his view and the value of his property. Jason Welday answered Parcel 10 is part of the conservation area. Parcel 8 has the potential to be conservation or flood control depending on the ultimate needs of the flood control infrastructure in that area. With no more public comments. Chairman Guglielmo closed public hearing. Commissioner Morales mentioned the importance of Lot 10 and 11 being set aside for the conservation area buffer. He expressed his excitement for Etiwanda Heights, and this is the first step of the development of the master plan community. Commissioner Dopp stated it is a straightforward process and he approves this project. Commissioner Williams concurs and is also excited to move on with this project. Vice Chair Oaxaca concurs and has no issues. Chairman Guglielmo agrees and recommends for the public to refer to the planning documents for further clarification, especially the specific plan. It is detailed and specific. He does not see any issues with moving this project forward. Motion by Vice Chair Oaxaca, second by Commissioner Morales. Motion carried, 5-0 vote to Adopt resolutions #21-6. HPC/PC Minutes — January 27, 2021' Page 5 of 6 FINAL D3. MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT DRC2021-00003 - CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A request to amend Title 17 (Development Code) of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code to defer payment of public art in lieu fee from building permit issuance to final inspection. This item is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA guidelines under CEQA Section 15061(b)(3). This item will be forwarded to City Council for final action. Jennifer Nakamura, Management Analyst, presented Commissioners with a Staff Report and oral presentation (copy on file). Chairman Guglielmo opened the public hearing and hearing no comments, closed public hearing. All Commissioners concurred and are in favor of moving it forward to Council. Motion by Commissioner Williams, second by Commissioner Morales. Motion carried, 5-0 vote to Adopt resolutions #21-7. E. General Business - None F. Director Announcements — Anne McIntosh, Planning Director, reminded the Commissioners there will be items on the upcoming February 10t" PC Agenda. 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 8:41 pm. Respectfully submitted, l Eliz h Thornhill Executive Assistant, Planning Department Approved: HPC/PC Regular Meeting 2/10/2021 HPC/PC Minutes — January 27, 2021 Page 6 of 6 FINAL