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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017/03/22 - Minutes - PC-HPCMARCH HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA A. 7:00 P.M. - CALL TO ORDER Roll Call: Chairman Oaxaca X Vice Chairman Macias X Commissioner Fletcher A Excused Commissioner Munoz Commissioner Wimberly _X_ Additional Staff Present Candyce Burnett, City Planner; Jeff Bloom, Deputy City Manager/Economic and Community Development: Steven Flower, Assistant City Attorney, Donald Granger, Senior Planner, Brian • Sandona, Associate Engineer; Albert Espinoza, Asst.City Engineer: Jennifer Nakamura, Associate Planner: Associate Planner, Lois Schrader, Planning Commission Secretary; Mike Smith, Senior Planner: Tabe van der Zwaag. Associate Planner: Dat Tran, Assistant Planner Chairman Oaxaca announced that Item E6 would be moved to the top of the agenda and opened the floor to Candyce Burnett, City Planner, to make a comment. Candyce Burnett, City Planner noted that several letters have been received in reference to Item E-6 of the agenda regarding Public Art. She asked to pull the item to allow an opportunity to meet with the specific groups to discuss the proposed Development Code Amendment. She said the item will be rescheduled on a future agenda approximately 30 days from now. The Commission offered no objection to pulling the item. B. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Historic Preservation Commission or Planning Commission on any item listed on the agenda. State law prohibits the Commission from addressing any issue not previously included on the Agenda. The Commission may receive testimony and set the matter for a subsequent meeting. Comments are to be limited to five minutes per individual or less, as deemed necessary by the Chair, depending upon the number of individuals embers of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, making loud noises or engaging in any activity which might be . disruptive to the decorum of the meeting. Page 1 of 9 MARCH 22, 2017 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA Dan Titus, a resident submitted a letter re: Item D1 —The Sustainable Community Action Plan. He said he is confused regarding the process and said he was unaware of this meeting. He asked for the plan to be rejected pending further review for fiscal reasons, centrally planned economies and social justice. discriminatory policies re: "green businesses", conservation rationings schemes for utilities, arbitrary GHG reduction goals and promotes high density. TOD's and Mixed Use Development. Carlos Rodriguez of the BIA Baldy View Chapter spoke regarding Item E6. He said they appreciate a 30-clay period however, they requested 90 days. He said a fee is only one approach and there should be alternative options. He said the Chamber has not been engaged. He asked for a written response to the letter from the Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation. C. CONSENT CALENDAR/HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and non -controversial. They will be acted upon by the Commission at one time without discussion. Any item may be removed for discussion. C1. Consideration to approve Regular Meeting Minutes of March 8, 2017 Moved by Munoz, seconded by Wimberly, to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of March 8, 2017 carried 4-0-1 (Fletcher absent) D. DIRECTOR'S STAFF REPORTS The following items do not legally require any public testimony, although the Chairman may open the meeting for public input. D1. Review of the Sustainable Community Action Plan Presentation by Fabian Villenas, Principal Management Analyst (copy on file). Candyce Burnett, City Planner said this was another partnering opportunity to develop additional planning documents to guide policies and this document will next be incorporated in our next General Plan Update and master circulation plans. She said it is not a project according to CEQA but a guiding policy document. She said it will be helpful when we are . reviewing possible environmental impacts of development and how these goals and policies can offset those impacts. She said these plans will be implemented in the near future as goals Page 2 of 9 MARCH HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA and policies and then later into the goals and policies of the General Plan and then changes to the Development Code. Mr. Vallenas noted that staff will forward the plan to the City Council and is slated for the April 5th meeting date. Chairman Oaxaca asked with respect to emissions monitoring what would 'success' took like in metrics. He also asked if the plan will be revisited by staff to adjust or change in the future. Mr. Villenas said tools have been developed to track GHG reductions and in the next fiscal year they would like to budget money to develop ways to measure other parts of the plan as well. They have not determined what they would measure yet. He said there is community • collaboration included and it is the City's desire to lead by example. He said the plan will likely be revisited with the next General Plan update and they will have an internal green team to monitor and update it as well. Commissioner Munoz commented for clarity and noted that many items contained in this plan are already in play in our community but this plan is a holistic manner of approach. Is said it is being done using grant funds at no cost to the City and not a lot of incremental costs. hie said many things are already being done in this effort. He said there was a concern expressed about money, but there is none. Mr. Villenas confirmed Commissioner Munoz' statement and said this is form of reinforcement. Some things are new. He noted that although some items are in the plan, we are not necessarily going to do all of Them as they have to make financial sense and be feasible. They would be individually evaluated and approved. Commissioner Macias noted that this is a framework for policy more than a plan -this framework will help us implement policy in the General Plan and then used in the Development Code for developments that will adhere to the original goals. There are a lot of strategies that we would like to implement that would be cost effective and possibly save money for the taxpayer and developer. He said it is irrelevant as to what the Federal government does -we still have State requirements (CEQA, SCAG, etc) and this does not diminish what those documents already require us to do. He said we have positives to gain with this and he supports the spirit and intent. Moved by Wimberly, seconded by Macias, to accept by Minute Action the Sustainable . Community Action Plan and forward to the City Council carried 4-0-1 (Fletcher absent) Page 3 of 9 MARCH 22, 2017 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA E. PUBLIC HEARINGS/PLANNING COMMISSION The following items have been advertised and/or posted as public hearings as required by law. The Chairman will open the public hearing to receive testimony. All such opinions shall be limited to 5 minutes per individual or less as determined by the Chairman. Please sign in after speaking. E1. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP SUBTPM19615 — RAYMOND WANG —A request to subdivide a 0.94-acre parcel of land into two parcels in the Very Low (VL) District and the Equestrian Overlay and Hillside Overlay Districts, located at the northeast corner of Almond Street and Almond Court - APN: 1074-041-01. Related files: Variance DRC2015-00177 Staff has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of • environmental impacts for consideration. E2. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND VARIANCE DRC2015-00177 — RAYMOND WANG — A request to reduce the required average parcel size related to the subdivision of a 0.94- acre parcel of land into two parcels in the Very Low (VL) District and the Equestrian Overlay and Hillside Overlay Districts, located at the northeast corner of Almond Street and Almond Court - APN: 1074-041-01. Related files: Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM19615. Staff has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for consideration. Tabe van der Zwaag. Associate Planner, gave the PowerPoint presentation and staff report (copy on file). Chairman Oaxaca opened the public hearing and hearing no comment, closed the public hearing. Robert Close with Monte Vista said it meets standards and flows with the neighborhood. He said they met with the neighbor to the north and he is also in support. Moved by Macias. seconded by Wimberly, to approve Tentative Parcel Map SUBTPM19615 and Variance DRC2015-00177 and adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for the project - carried 4-0-1 (Fletcher absent) E3. ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT DRC2016-00918 - PUNCH BOWL SOCIAL - A request for live entertainment at a new restaurant at the Victoria Gardens Lifestyle Center in the Mixed Use (MU) District of the Victoria Arbors Master Plan located at 12635 North Main Street - APN: . 109053103. This project is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Page 4 of 9 MARCH HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA guidelines under Section 15301 as a Class 1 exemption — Existing Facilities. Jennifer Nakamura, Associate Planner gave the staff report and PowerPoint presentation (copy on file). Before the Commission is a revised resolution and a revised Exhibit C which explains what their Guest Ambassadors are for. Chairman Oaxaca opened the public hearing and seeing and hearing no further comment. closed the public hearing. Steve Rawlings, representing the applicants agreed to all conditions and said he appreciates their consideration of the minor changes to the resolution. • Commissioner Wimberly asked if this is the first of these in California. Mr. Rawlings said there is a location in Sacramento and in San Diego. Ms. Nakamura said they expect a soft opening in May. Commissioner Wimberly said they should adhere to all security policies and advertising rules. He said how they advertise may affect who comes to the parking lot and your facility. Commissioner Munoz said it is a great new use, and good for Victoria Gardens. He said he is familiar with the location in Schaumberg, Illinois. Chairman Oaxaca said it is attractive and good for our demographics.. Moved by Munoz, seconded by Wimberly, to approve Entertainment Permit DRC2016-00918 as amended - carried 4-0-1 (Fletcher absent) E4. DESIGN REVIEW DRC2016-00294 — CARTER GROUP — A request for site plan and architectural review of an industrial building totaling 42,875 square feet on 1.9 acres of land located east of Hyssop Drive and south of 6th Street in the General Industrial (GI) District; APN: 0229-321-07. This project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA guidelines under CEQA Section 15332 — In -Fill Development Projects. Dat Tran, Assistant Planner gave the staff report and PowerPoint presentation (copy on file). . Chairman Oaxaca opened the public hearing and seeing and hearing not comment closed the public hearing. Page 5 of 9 MARCH 22, 2017 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA Carter Redish, representing the applicants, agreed to the conditions and said he looks forward to moving forward with the development. Commissioner Munoz said they saw it at DRC and it seemed complete at that time and offered his support. Commissioner Wimberly said he liked the building materials. Commissioner Macias said it is a good design and offered his support. Chairman Oaxaca offered his support and thanked the applicant for working well with staff. Moved by Macias, seconded by Wimberly, to approve Design Review DRC2016-00294 - • carried 4-0-1 (Fletcher absent) E5. DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT DRC2016-00906 — CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A request to amend Title 17 (Development Code) of the Municipal Code to amend the land use description for the "Shooting Range" land use category to include ancillary retail sales of firearms. 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 the City Council for final action. Dat Tran, Assistant Planner gave the report and Powerpoint presentation (copy on file). Commissioner Oaxaca opened the public hearing and seeing and hearing no comment, closed the public hearing. Commissioner Macias noted Turners runs a legitimate business and a clean operation. Commissioner Munoz offered his support and said he looks forward to the new use. Commissioner Wimberly agreed. Chairman Oaxaca said he appreciates staff for working with Turners towards a customized solution. Page 6 of 9 MARCH 22, 2017 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA Moved by Munoz, seconded by Macias, to recommend approval of Development Code Amendment DRC2016-00906 to be forwarded to the City Council for final action - carried 4-0- 1 (Fletcher absent) E6. DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT DRC2017-00177 — CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA — A request to amend Title 17 of the Development Code to enact requirements and standards for art in public places. This item is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's CEQA guidelines under CEQA section 15601(b)(3). This item will be forwarded to the City Council for final action. Item moved to Section A Staff requested the item be pulled from the agenda to allow time for further review and it would • be heard on a future date approximately 30 days from now. The request was made at the beginning of the meeting. No further discussion occurred. F. COMMISSION BUSINESS/HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND PLANNING COMMISSION INTER -AGENCY UPDATES: None COMMISSION ANNOUNCEMENTS: None G. ADJOURNMENT 8:10 PM I, Lois J. Schrader, Planning Commission Secretary of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, or my designee, hereby certify that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on March 16, 2017, seventy two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive. IS/ Page 7 of 9 MARCH 22, 2017 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES RANCHO CUCAMONGA CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 10500 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA Lois J. 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