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PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
Regular Meeting
February 10, 1999
Chairman McNiel 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 Chamber at Rancho
Cucamonga Civic Center, 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California. Chairman
McNiel then led in the pledge of allegiance.
ROLL CALL
COMMISSIONERS: PRESENT: Rich Macias, John Mannedno, Larry McNiel, Pam Stewart,
Peter Tolstoy
ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Brad Buller, City Planner;, Dan Coleman, Principal Planner; Bill Curly, Deputy
City Attorney; Donald Granger, Planning Technician; Dan James, Senior
Civil Engineer;, Jan Reynolds, Redevelopment Agency Analyst; Gail
Sanchez, Planning Commission Secretary; Rudy Zeledon, Assistant Planner
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Brad Bullet, City Planner, announced that this evening's meeting would adjourn to a workshop to
be held in the Rains Room.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion: Moved by Tolstoy, seconded by Mannedno, carried 5-0, to approve the minutes of the
January 13, 1999 Adjourned Meeting.
Motion: Moved by Mannedno, seconded by Stewart, carded 4-0-0-1 (Tolstoy abstain), to approve
the minutes of January 27, 1999.
Motion: Moved by Mannerino, seconded by Stewart, carded 3-0-0-2 (McNiel, Tolstoy abstain),
to approve the minutes of the January 30, 1999 Redevelopment Agency and Historic Preservation/
Planning Commission Joint Meeting.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 98-25 - CHEVRON -
A request to demolish an existing Chevron service station building and build a new 2,167
square foot service station/mini market, keeping the pump island and pump island canopy in
place on 0.74 acres of land in the Neighborhood Commercial District, located at 8687 Base
Line Road - APN: 207-022-041. Related files: Preliminary Review 98-01 and Tree Removal
Permit 98-36. Staff has prepared a Negative Declaration of environmental impacts for
consideration.
Chairman McNiel observed that there was a request to continue the item to February 24, 1999,
to allow the applicant time to resolve street dedication issues. He opened the public headng.
There were no public comments.
Motion: Moved by Stewart, seconded by M;annerino, to continue Environmental Assessment and
Conditional Use Permit 98-25 to February ~'!4, 1999. Motion carried by the following vote:
AYES: MAClAS, MANNERINO, MCNIEL, STEWART, TOLSTOY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE - carried
B. PRELIMINARY REVIEW 99-05 - CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT - A courtesy review of the
proposed site acquisition of 3.01 acres of land for the expansion of Coyote Canyon
Elementary School, located at 7889 East EImAvenue-APN: 1077-421-88.
Dan Coleman, Principal Planner, presented the staff report.
Commissioner Tolstoy observed that the City has little authority on construction on school
property. He asked if that also held true for administrative buildings.
Mr. Coleman responded that administrative buildings would be under the jurisdiction of the
Planning Commission only if they were built on property not belonging to the school.
Bill Cudy, Deputy City Attorney, concurred.
Chain~an McNiel invited public comment. He thought staff had done an excellent job in defining
the project and suggesting comments.
Motion: Moved by Mannerino, seconded by Tolstoy, to direct staff to forward the comments
raised in the staff report to the school district. Motion carried by the following vote:
AYES: MAClAS, MANNERINO, MCNIEL, STEWART, TOLSTOY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE - carded
Commissioner Tolstoy felt the use is a good use for the site.
Chairman McNiel remarked that the school is well laid out and is a good example for other
schools.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
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COMMISSION BUSINESS
Chairman McNiel observed that he had attended the Route 30 Task Force meeting on February
9. He asked that someone else from the Planning Commission volunteer as an alternate since
there is a vacancy with the resignation of Dave Barker.
Commissioner Tolstoy indicated that he had attended several of the meetings and he would be
willing to be an alternate.
It was the consensus of the Planning Commission that Commissioner Tolstoy be an alternate.
Brad Buller, City Planner, announced that the League of Califomia Cities Planners Institute will
be held from March 24 through March 26. He observed that March 24 is a Planning Commission
meeting night and asked if the Commissioners would be available to schedule a special meeting
on Tuesday, March 23 as an alternate date if necessary.
It was the consensus of the Commission that March 23 would be an acceptable date to hold a
meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion: Moved by Mannerino, seconded by Stewart, to adjourn. The Planning Commission
adjourned at 7:13 p.m. to a workshop in the Rains Room. The workshop adjourned at 10:25 p.m.
and those minutes appear separately.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary
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