HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988/02/16 - Minutes - AdjournedFebruary 16, 1988
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
Adjourned Meetinz
A. CALL TO ORDER
A adjourned joint meeting of the City Council and the Planning Conmlssion of the
City of Rancho Cucamonga met on Tuesday, February 16, 1988, at the Magic Lamp
Restaurant, Genie Room, 8189 Foothill Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga. The meeting was
called to order at 7:05 P.M. by Mayor Dennis L. Stout.
Present were Councilmembers:
L. Stout.
Deborah N. Brown, Jeffrey King, and Mayor Dennis
Absent were Councilmembers: Charles J. Buquet II and Pamela J. Wright.
Present were Planning Commission Members: Peter Tolstoy, Bruce Emerick, Suzanne
Chitlea, David Blakesley, and Chairman Larry McNiel.
Also present were: City Manager, Lauren M. Wasserman; Deputy City Attorney,
Ralph Hansen; City Clerk, Beverly A. Authelet; Community Development Director,
Jack Lam; Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, Marti Higgins; City Planner, Brad
Bullet; Deputy City Planner, Otto Kroutil; St. Planner, Dan Coleman; Sr.
Planner, Larry Henderson; Assistant Planner, Miki Bratt.
Guest: Judy Ofttung, RS, MPH Environmental Specialist for Hazardous Materials,
Risk Management and Planning of San Bernardino County.
B. PRO~AM PRIORITIES
B1. Draft Hazardous Waste Management Plan (AB 2948, Tanner). (1170-09 WASTE SOLID) (1)
Judy Orttung, RS, MPH Environmental Specialist for Hazardous Materials, Risk
Management and Planning of San Bernardino County. Ms. Ofttung presented an
overview of the Countyts Hazardous Waste Management Plan. Ms. Orttungts
presentation was followed by a question an answer period.
ACTION: The report was received and filed.
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B2. Appeal Procedure. (0701-06 APPEAL)
Look back over last two years.
Look forward.
Methods for Improving Appeal Reporting.
Inclusion of Precedents.
The item was placed on the agenda at the request of Mayor Stout.
Staff report was presented by Brad Bullet, City Planner.
Councilman King stated that a concern of his ~egardlng appeals is where the
Planning Commission is requiring undergroundlng. He felt the Planning
Commission was ignoring the cost of such undergrounding.
Planning Commissioner Chitlea stated they were trying to develop procedures
which were consistent.
Planning Commissioner McNiel stated they were encouraged because a number of
appeals has decreased. They felt that was because they were getting support
from the Council.
Mayor Stout stated he liked consistency also and requested that when staff did
their staff report, to llst all other cases which were similar but had not
appealed. Perhaps a special section could be included in the staff report
giving this information and what the Planning Commission and City Council has
done in the past in similar situations. He also expressed that a copy of the
approved Planning Commission Minutes be included in the staff report, which was
not always being done.
(Larry McNiel left at 8:45 P.M.)
B3. City Council/Planning Commission Goals. (0205-01 GOALS)
Quality Development.
Council purpose may be different than Commission by Design versus
Economic Consideration
MayorStout stated their position was to make those living in the Community
happy not the developer,
Planning Commissioner Chitlea stated we are being told that our City was tough,
but often developers are coming back and thanking us because what we are getting
out of the process is one of their best projects.
Councilwoman Brown also expressed that the Planning Commission should make their
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decisions based on what is good for Rancho Cucamonga not the developer,
Commissioner Tolstoy asked about densities in the City.
Both Councilmembers Brown and King responded that this was in the Council's
goals, and they were looking at it.
Commissioner Tolstoy also stated he felt the City should take a look at the
quality of life, and one of those things is space.
Councilwoman Brown stated one of the problems has been not making a developer
build the main arterial streets along with his development in order to get those
people out of town.
Discussion followed regarding traffic and development of Day Creek Boulevard,
Mill iken Avenue, and Rochester Avenue.
C ~ ADJOU RNHENT
Mayor Stout adjourned the meeting at 9:41 P'M~
Respectfully submitted,
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City Clerk
Approved: April 6, 1988