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Home My WebLink About2005/05/25 - Minutes - PC-HPCCITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES Regular Meeting May 25, 2005 Chairman Macias called the Regular Meeting of the City of Rancho Cucamonga Planning Commission to order at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was held in the Council Chambers at Rancho Cucamonga Civic Center, 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California. Chairman Macias then led in the pledge of allegiance. ROLL CALL COMMISSIONERS: PRESENT: Rich Macias, Larry McNiel, Cristine McPhail, Pam Stewart ABSENT: Richard Fletcher STAFF PRESENT: Emily Cameron, Associate Planner; Dan Coleman, Principal Planner; Michael Diaz, Senior Planner; Kevin Ennis, Assistant City Attorney; Dan James, Senior Civil Engineer; Flavio Nunez, Assistant RDA Analyst; Gail Sanchez, Planning Commission Secretary; Lois Schrader, Secretary; Mike Smith, Assistant Planner ..... ANNOUNCEMENTS Dan Coleman announced that the Inland Empire Section of American Planning Association was presenting an award to the City of Rancho Cucamonga for Outstanding Planning Project for the Victoria Gardens center. ...._ Mr. Coleman indicated that replacement pages for the resolution for Item B were placed in front of the Commissioners deleting the first 14 Engineering special conditions, which had inadvertently been placed in the resolution. He reported that applicant was in agreement with the change and there was no need to remove the item from the Consent Calendar. ..,.. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion: Moved by McNiel, seconded by Stewart, carried 3-0-1-1 (Fletcher absent, Macias abstain), to approve the minutes of May 11, 2005. ..«., CONSENT CALENDAR A. HILLSIDE DESIGN REVIEW DRC2004-00794 - EDDIE ROWLAND - A request to develop a 5,093 square foot single-family residence on .47 acre of land in the Very Low Residential District (.1 - 2 dwelling units per acre), located at 9010 Laramie Drive - APN: 1061-811-08. B. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DRC2004-00567 - STEVE WU -A review of site plan and elevations for eight single-family homes on 2.8 acres of land within previously approved Tentative Tract Map 16421 in the Low Residential District (2-4 dwelling units per acre), located on the south side of Wilson Avenue, east of Hermosa Elementary School - APN:0201-182-03. Related File: Tentative Tract Map SUBTT16421. Motion: Moved by Stewart, seconded by McNiel, to adoptthe Consent Calendarwith modification to the resolution on Item B as suggested by staff. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: MACIAS, McNIEL, McPHAIL, STEWART ' NOES: NONE ABSENT: FLETCHER -carried ...~. PUBLIC HEARINGS C. STREET NAME CHANGE DRC2005-00315 -CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA -The proposed renaming of N/olfson Drive to Coyote Drive for an existing street adjacent to Day Creek Intermediate School, located north of Wilson Avenue on the east side of Day Creek Boulevard. Michael Diaz, Senior Planner, presented the staff report Chairman Macias opened the public hearing. Doug Claflin, Etiwanda School District, 6061 East Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, expressed appreciation for Tom Grahn's assistance with the proposed name change. He requested approval of the name change because of the closeness in the sound of the names of Wolfson and Wilson and felt it would be good because parents would no longer get the names mixed up. Hearing no further testimony, Chairman Macias closed the public hearing. Motion: Moved by McNiel, seconded by McPhail, to adopt the resolution approving Street Name Change DRC2005-00315. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: MACIAS, McNIEL, McPHAIL, STEWART NOES: NONE ABSENT: FLETCHER -carried ...~. D. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP SUBTPM16445 -MARK CAPELLINO - A request to subdivide a 7.27 acre parcel into 10 parcels, with Parcel 2 for Condominium purposes, in the General Industrial District (Subarea 5), located at 9850 6th Street - APN: 0209-211-19. Related Files: Development Review DRC2003-01185 and Tree Removal Permit DRC2004-00804. Staff has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for consideration. Mike Smith, Assistant Planner, presented the staff report and indicated the proposed Negative Declaration had been inadvertently left out of the agenda packet and was in front of the Commissioners for their review. He also stated staff proposed addition of a Planning Condition requiring that an application to subdivide Parcel 2 for condominium purposes be submitted for Planning Commission review and approval prior to establishing individual.condominium units. Chairman Macias opened the public hearing. Mark Capellino, 2020 Del Amo Boulevard, Suite 105, Torrance, stated he agreed with the additional proposed condition. Planning Commission Minutes -2- May 25, 2005 Hearing no further testimony, Chairman Macias closed the public hearing. Motion: -Moved by McPhail, seconded by McNiel, to adopt the Negative Declaration and the resolution approving Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM16445 with modification to require approval of a condominium subdivision application prior to establishing individual condominium units. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: MACIAS, McNIEL, McPHAIL, STEWART NOES: NONE ABSENT: FLETCHER -carried ..... ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT DRC2005-00106 - RANCHO CUCAMONGA HOUSING PARTNERS, LP - A request to change the land use designation from General Commercial to Park for 3.36 acres of land located on the east side of Madrone Avenue, between Sandalwood Court and Richwood Drive and to change the land use designation from General Industrial (Subarea 1) to Medium Residential (8-14 dwelling units per acre) for 5.54 acres of land, located on the north side of 9th Street, approximately 600 feet east of Madrone Avenue -APN: 0207-262-18 (portion of) and 27. Related files: Development District Amendment DRC2005-00107, Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM17156, Tentative Tract Map SUBTT17455, and Development Review DRC2005-00220. Staff has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for consideration. F. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDMENT DRC2005-00107 - RANCHO CUCAMONGA HOUSING PARTNERS, LP -A request to change the zoning designation from General Commercial to Park for 3.36 acres of land located on the east side of Madrone Avenue, between Sandalwood Court and Richwood Drive and to change the land use designation from General Industrial (Subarea 1) to Medium Residential (8-14 dwelling units per acre) for 5.54 acres of land, located on the north side of 9th Street, approximately 600 feet east of Madrone Avenue -APN: 0207-262-18 (portion of) and 27. Related files: General Plan Amendment DRC2005-00106, Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM17156, Tentative Tract Map SUBTT17455, and Development Review DRC2005- 00220. Staff has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for consideration. G. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP SUBTPM17156 - RANCHO CUCAMONGA HOUSING PARTNERS, LP -A request to subdivide 12.8 gross acres of land into three parcels within the General Commercial and General Industrial (Subarea 1) Districts, located at the northeast corner of 9th Street and Madrone Avenue -APN: 0207-262- 18and 27. Related files: General Plan Amendment DRC2005-00106,- Development District Amendment DRC2005-00107, Tentative Tract Map SUBTT17455, and Development Review DRC2005-00220. Staff has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for consideration. Michael Diaz, Senior Planner, presented the staff report and indicated a summary of the Neighborhood meetings was in front of the Commissioners. Chairman Macias opened the public hearing. Stan Smith, Related Companies of California, 18201 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 90, Irvine, stated he was proud to be an 18-year resident of Rancho Cucamonga. He commented they have been working with the Redevelopment Agency and are excited about developing the project. Planning Commission Minutes -3- May 25, 2005 Commissioner McNiel asked if he had a site plan for the entire development and the anticipated yield. Mr. Smith replied there would be 64 sites and they would be providing 400-500 square foot private rear yards. He indicated 29 of the units would beset aside and purchased by the Redevelopment Agency for affordable housing. He stated six different site amenities are proposed, including a pool, spa, two large picnic and BBO areas, and tot lots. He said it would be a gated community. He thanked Mike Diaz, Dan Coleman, and other staff and said that it was nice to deal with people who understand things and deal with a practical application. He said he works with a lot of cities and seeing how Rancho Cucamonga staff dealt with him made him proud to be a Rancho Cucamonga citizen. Hearing no further testimony, Chairman Macias closed the public hearing Commissioner McNiel stated it was a very good cooperative effort between the City and developer and he felt it would help clean up the neighborhood. Commissioner Stewart concurred it is a good project and she appreciated the due diligence with respect to getting the neighborhood involved and explaining the project including the affordable housing. She appreciated the green space. Commissioner McPhail agreed it was great to have carefully managed affordable housing and park space. Chairman Macias agreed it is a win/win situation. Motion: Moved by McPhail, seconded by Stewart to adopt the Negative Declaration, the resolutions recommending approval of General Plan Amendment DRC2005-00106 and Development District Amendment DRC2005-00107, and the resolution approving Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM17156. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: MACIAS, McNIEL, McPHAIL, STEWART NOES: NONE ABSENT: FLETCHER -carried ..... DIRECTOR'S REPORTS H. ENGINEERING DIVISION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCALYEAR2005/06 Jerry Dyer, Senior Civil Engineer, presented the staff report. He said the Public Works Subcommittee reviewed and approved the budget proposal. He noted the Subcommittee added parkway landscaping fo.r Church Street between Ramona Avenue and Haven Avenue at a cost of around $300,000. Commissioner McNiel said he was delighted to see Milliken Avenue between 4th and 6th Streets on the list. Mr. Dyer said the.City has been waiting for the end of construction activities in the area. He noted Cucamonga Valley Water District came through twice in addition to the construction work done by developers in the area. Chairman Macias asked for public comments. There were none Planning Commission Minutes -4- May 25, 2005 Motion: Moved by McNiel, seconded by Stewart, to find the Capital Improvement Program in conformance with the General Plan. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: MACIAS, McNIEL, McPHAIL, STEWART NOES: NONE ABSENT: FLETCHER -carried ~•r~w• PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments at this time. ..... COMMISSION BUSINESS DISCUSSION OF DESIGN AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE Dan Coleman, Principal Planner, distributed the results of the voting for the awards and asked for concurrence. The Commissioners concurred with the results of the voting. Commissioner Stewart said she was in agreement. She felt the Wickes building is an example of an exceptional and creative use of glass. She also thought a couple of the buildings by Regency are very nice. Commissioner McNiel agreed there were several very nice buildings at Regency and he also felt the sidewalk work was exceptional. Commissioner Stewart felt it was an exceptional year and each project had something that was unique from what had been done in the past. She said she just loved Arbor Lane. Commissioner McNiel felt the Toll Brothers project was very good. ..... ADJOURNMENT Motion: Moved by McNiel, seconded by McPhail, carried 4-0-1 (Fletcher absent), to adjourn. The Planning Commission adjourned at 7:38 p.m. Respectfully submitted, n Acting Secretary Approved: June 8, 2005 Planning Commission Minutes -5- May 25, 2005