PC Minutes-2020-06-09 MINUTES
June 9, 2020 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TELEPHONIC MEETING ORGANIZATION:
Chair Wilhelm called the Regular and Telephonic Meeting of June 9, 2020, of the Planning Commission of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 6:31 p.m. ROLL CALL: Chair Tami Wilhelm, Vice Chair Taylor, Commissioners Stan Braden and Howard Hart
PLANNING COMMISSIONER & CITY ATTORNEY ATTENDING BY TELECONFERENCE, PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20: Lisa Fenning, Elizabeth Hull, Deputy City Attorney and David Snow, City Attorney for F.2.
STAFF PRESENT: Joel Rojas, Development Services Director Sergio Klotz, Assistant Development Services Director David Contreras, Principal Planner
Laura Stokes, Housing Supervisor/ Associate Planner
Agenda items are presented in the originally agendized format for the benefit of the minutes’ reader but were not necessarily heard in that order. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Chair Wilhelm led the Pledge of Allegiance. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None.
CONSENT CALENDAR: Commission Action: Moved by Commissioner Fenning, seconded by Commissioner Hart, to approve the consent calendar (Item C1) with corrections by a 4-0-1 vote (Commissioner Taylor abstained).
C1. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 26, 2020,
APPROVED ROLL CALL: AYES: COMMISSIONER: Wilhelm, Braden, Hart and Fenning.
NOES: COMMISSIONER: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONER: None ABTAINED: COMMISSIONER: Taylor
Planning Commission Action Minutes 2 June 9, 2020
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
None. NEW BUSINESS:
None. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1. Consideration of Architectural Control (AC) 17-033, Sign Permit (SP) 20- 012,
Grading Plan Modification (GPM) 17-013, Floodplain Land Use Permit (FP) 20-001, and Tentative Tract Map (TTM) 17-002; Tirador: A request for approval of a new a 132-unit residential development on a 16.1-acre site located at 27000 Calle Arroyo (APNs 666-131- 07/08/09/13/14/15/16) (Applicant: Watt
Communities)(Project Manager: Laura Stokes, Housing SupervisorIAssociate Planner). Chair Wilhelm recused and removed herself from the meeting due to conflict of interest with item F1.
Committee Member Braden recused and removed himself from the meeting due to a conflict of interest with items F1. Laura Stokes made the staff presentation and responded to questions.
Moses Kim, applicant, made the applicant presentation and responded to questions. Vice Chair Taylor opened the Public Hearing and David Jackson, Ed Saul, Kenneth
Kaplan and Christine Erickson provided public testimony. Chair Taylor closed the
Public Hearing. Commission Action: VICE CHAIR Taylor made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Hart, recommending that the City Council certify the Final
Environmental Impact Report and adopt the Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program (SCH# 2019110154), and approve FP 20-001 and TTM 17-002 as conditioned; approving AC 17-033, SP 20-012, and GPM 17-013, as conditioned and contingent on City Council approval of FP 20-001 and TTM17-002; and finding that the sale of a 0.14-acre portion of City owned property to Watt Communities
for inclusion in the Tirador Residential Project is consistent with the City's General Plan. The motion passed by a 3-0 vote. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Fenning, Hart and Taylor. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: Wilhelm and Braden.
Planning Commission Action Minutes 3 June 9, 2020
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None
2. Consideration of Tentative Tract Map (TTM) 19-002; Architectural Control (AC) 19-020, Grading Plan Modification (GPM) 19-020, Sign Permit (SP) 19-032, and Tree Removal Permit (TRP) 19-041; The Farm, a request for approval of a new gated
169-unit residential subdivision, on a 35-acre site located at 32382 Del Obispo
Street (APN 121-182-17, 121-182-53) (Applicant: Andrew Han, Lennar)(Project Manager: David Contreras, Senior Planner). Committee Member Braden recused and removed himself from the meeting due
to a conflict of interest with item F2.
David Contreras made the staff presentation and responded to questions. Andrew Han, applicant made staff presentation and responded to questions.
Phillip Schwartz, representative responded to questions. Chair Wilhelm opened the Public Meeting and Kathleen Abney provided public testimony. Chair Wilhelm closed the public hearing.
Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Taylor made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Fenning, recommending that the City Council approve an Addendum to the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Farm Project and approve TTM 19-002; and approving AC 19-020, GPM 19-020, SP 19-032, and TRP 19-041.
The motion passed by a 4-0 vote. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Wilhelm, Fenning, Hart and Taylor.
NOES: COMMISSIONER: None RECUSED: COMMISSIONER: Braden ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None INFORMATION ITEM:
None. COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENTS:
Director Rojas informed the Commission that on June 2, the City Council considered the Planning Commission’s recommendation on the proposed Ganahl Project and approved the project as presented. ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business Chair Wilhelm adjourned the meeting at 9:09 p.m. to
Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber.
Planning Commission Action Minutes 4 June 9, 2020
Approved on July 14, 2020
____________________________ Sergio Klotz, Assistant Director Planning Commission Secretary