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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-11-09 - Minutes - HPC-PC Historic Preservation Commission and Planning Commission Agenda November 09, 2022 FINAL MINUTES Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729 7:00 p.m. The regular meeting of the Historic Presentation Commission and Planning Commission was held on November 9, 2022. The meeting was called to order by Chair Dopp 7:00 p.m. A. Roll Call Planning Commission present: Chair Dopp, Vice Chair Williams, Commissioner Morales, Commissioner Boling, and Commissioner Daniels. Staff Present: Nicholas Ghirelli, City Attorney; Jennifer Nakamura, Deputy Director of Planning; Brian Sandona, Senior Civil Engineer; Sean McPherson, Acting Principal Planner; Tabe van der Zwaag, Associate Planner, Vincent Acuna, Associate Planner; Bond Mendez, Assistant Planner; Darleen Cervera, Executive Assistant II; Elizabeth Thornhill, Executive Assistant. B. Public Communications Chair Dopp opened public communications and hearing no one, closed public communications. C. Consent Calendar C1. Consideration to adopt Regular Meeting Minutes of October 12th, 2022. Motion to adopt the minutes by Commissioner Boling; second by Vice Chair Williams; Motion carried unanimously 5-0. D. Public Hearings D1. DESIGN REVIEW – WOOD PARTNERS – A request to allow a mixed-use development comprising of 328 apartment units and 7,650 square-feet of commercial space within the Corridor 2 (CO2) District, located at the northwest corner of Etiwanda Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. APNs: 1090-601-04, -07, -08, - 20 and -21 Design Review DRC2022-00054). Chair Dopp announced, Item D1 was pulled from the agenda per the request of the applicant and due to it being advertised Chair Dopp opened Public Hearing. No comments from the Public, Chair Dopp announced Public Hearing will remain open and will continue to December 13th meeting. D2. DESIGN REVIEW – ISLAND VIEW VENTURES, LLC – A request for a site plan and design review to construct a mixed-use development comprising 311 residential units and 16,000 square feet of commercial lease area on 7.94 acres of land at the southeast corner of Foothill Boulevard and Haven Avenue in the Mixed-Use Urban Corridor (MU-UCT) Zone: APN: 0208- 353-02. A CEQA Section 15183 Compliance Memorandum has been prepared for this project. Design Review DRC2019-00850. HPC/PC MINUTES – November 9, 2022 Page 2 of 4 FINAL Tabe van der Zwaag, Associate Planner, presented Commissioners with a Staff Report and presentation (copy on file). Chair Dopp opened public hearing. Jeff Warmoth, representing Island View Ventures, introduced his design team. Keith Labus, KTGY, Architect on the project provided background presentation (copy on file) explaining how they arrived at the project design. Chair Dopp asked about parking and how they will manage potential conflicts that might pop up. Mr. Warmoth explained there will have a full-time management on-site to ensure residents comply with the parking management plan. Chair Dopp expressed concern that some residents may need more vehicles than budgeted for per unit. He asked how that can be handled to avoid impacts to adjacent parcels. Mr. Warmoth replied that parking will be managed to avoid impacts. He said for mixed-use projects, the parking is successful when managed. Chair Dopp asked how electric vehicle space charging would be handled. Mr. Warmoth replied that every space will be EV ready and charging capabilities can be added as needed. Commissioner Daniels asked how parking would be indicated between the project and 2 adjacent parcels. Mr. Warmoth explained the will be differentiated with paint and signage. The following individuals expressed parking concerns: • Cathy Pereira • Henry Chen • Candie Y. Chang Correspondence from Lozeau Drury LLC, regarding environmental concerns was received prior to the hearing and distributed to the Commission (letter on file). Chair Dopp asked Mr. Warmoth how many parking spaces will be developed on the site. Mr. Warmoth stated 456. Chair Dopp closed public hearing. Commissioner Daniels asked if density law has any flexibility in parking requirements. Nicholas Ghirelli, City Attorney, explained if a project provides 5% affordable units, parking requirements are automatically reduced. Commissioner Daniels stated the development plans provided are excellent, very detailed and descriptive to help understand the project better. He appreciated the commercial square footage but wishes it was bigger, HPC/PC MINUTES – November 9, 2022 Page 3 of 4 FINAL given the location. He asked if Engineering has a space requirement of a certain distance between signalized intersections. Brian Sandona, Senior Civil Engineer, replied that there is not a standard distance, but staff believes this is the best location for that new traffic signal. He said it provides traffic calming and meets the General Plans future vision for Foothill. Chair Dopp stated this parcel allows for more development intensities than what is proposed. He asked the Mr. Warmoth to if that was considered. Mr. Warmoth explained that they took over the project and has been in process for several years. They did respond to staff’s request to increase the non-residential uses. Chair Dopp asked about the agreements between the developer and surrounding office complex. Nicholas Ghirelli, City Attorney, stated the Planning Commission’s historic practice is they enforce the Development Code, and the General Plan interprets those documents. The City does not enforce CC&Rs. Mr. Ghirelli further stated after reviewing the comment letter received from Lozeau Drury, LLP, he does not agree it prevents acting on the CEQA determination tonight. Commissioner Boling stated he appreciates the applicant’s attention to design elements that would project a contemporary and urban design appropriate for this particular area. The inclusion of frontage road with two additional access points for the existing office buildings helps integrate the new development into the existing and surrounding neighbors. For multi-family and mixed-use, parking is a concern. He said it will be critical to work with your neighbors and make use of all available parking spaces. If parking becomes problematic, the City can intervene with the property owner. Jennifer Nakamura, Deputy Director of Planning, mentioned that for each project we always take lessons learned and apply them to successive projects over time. With each lesson learned, as the Commission has reviewed and approved successive projects, we have modified the conditions of the parking management plan accordingly to help elevate the issues in previous plans. Nicholas Ghirelli, City Attorney, added referring to the parking management plan, the violation of the conditions of approval and compliance with parking management plan equates to a violation of the municipal code and the City has various remedies to enforce that and it’s a powerful tool to ensure the parking management plan is enforced. Commissioner Boling explained the purpose of him bringing it up is to help the concerns and fears of the neighboring office buildings that once a parking management plan is in place, the City has the ability to enforce certain aspects, restrictions and regulations that is part of the plan to help assure some sense of peace amongst the neighbors as it pertains to parking. Commissioner Morales stated that parking is a concern to, but we have to work within the parameters of States Density Bonus Law. He said that a parking management plan is important to make the project successful. He expressed the project is a good mixed-use development that what we want in this important part of our city. Vice Chair Williams expressed that she loves the project. The idea of bringing the retail right out to the frontage road will hopefully be very successful. It will benefit the adjacent parcels and bring the urban feel that we are looking for in this area. She is hopeful that the parking management plan will work itself out. She likes the way the activity areas are located. It is all well done. HPC/PC MINUTES – November 9, 2022 Page 4 of 4 FINAL Chair Dopp appreciates bringing affordable housing to Rancho Cucamonga and that the project is appealing on one of our major thoroughfares. The balconies are taking advantage of our mountain views. He appreciates bringing a project that staff and our General Plan have been looking for to start to create along our major corridors developments that are going to enhance community access. Chair Dopp asked for motion to adopt Resolution 22-29 approving Design Review DRC2019-00850 with the added conditions identified by staff for the Parking Management Plan and Traffic Signal Maintenance. Motion by Vice Chair Williams, second by Commissioner Daniels. Motion carried unanimously 5-0 vote. E.Director Announcements November 23rd HPC/PC meeting will be cancelled. F.Commission Announcements Commissioner Daniels reiterated that, regarding Item D2: Although a good project, he feels that the residential to commercial use mix is still to low for Foothill Blvd. G. Adjournment Motion by Commissioner Boling, second by Commissioner Morales to adjourn the meeting. Hearing no objections, Chair Dopp adjourned the meeting at 8:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ Elizabeth Thornhill Executive Assistant, Planning and Economic Development Department Approved: HPC/PC Meeting December 13, 2022.