CHC Minutes-2022-07-26 MINUTES JULY 26, 2022 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION REGULAR AND TELEPHONIC CONFERENCE MEETING ORGANIZATION:
Chair Ronan called the Regular and Telephonic Conference Meeting of July 26, 2022, of the Cultural Heritage Commission of the City of San Juan Capistrano to order at 4:30 p.m. ROLL CALL: CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Commissioners Jan Siegel, Ann Ronan, Anna Dickinson, Paul Lopez, and Lorie Porter. COMMISSIONER ABSENT: None.
STAFF PRESENT: Joel Rojas, Development Services Director David Contreras, Principal Planner Paul Garcia, Senior 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:
Commissioner Ronan led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None. CONSENT CALENDAR:
Commission Action: Moved by Commissioner Siegel, seconded by Commissioner Lopez, to approve the consent calendar Items C1 & C2 by a 5-0 vote. C1. MOTION FINDING THAT CONDUCTING TELEPHONIC/VIRTUAL MEETINGS
FOR THE REGULAR OPEN SESSION MEETING AS ALLOWED PER ASSEMBLY BILL 361, PROMOTES SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
C2. CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION MINUTES – REGULAR MEETING OF
APRIL 26, 2022, APPROVED AS PRESENTED. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Ronan, Dickinson, Lopez, Porter, and Siegel.
NOES: COMMISSIONER: None
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ABSENT: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1. Consideration of Site Plan Review (SPR) 22-005 and a determination of physical
and aesthetic compatibility with structures and places identified on the Inventory of Historic Cultural Landmarks (IHCL), Taylor Residence Accessory Structure, Love House Addition, and Labat House Lattice Removal: A request to construct a 1,152 sq. ft. accessory structure, designed as a barn and consisting of a guest
house with an attached workshop, and a 431 sq. ft. addition to the Love House
on property located at 31661 Los Rios Street (APN 121-142-11) within the Los Rios Historic District as listed on the City’s Inventory of Historic & Cultural Landmarks (IHCL) and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Additionally, the removal of 702 square feet of lattice and impervious concrete slab that is
attached to the entire north side of the Labat House is proposed, to be replaced
with gardens. (Applicant: John Taylor)(Project Manager: Paul Garcia, Senior Planner). Paul Garcia provided the staff presentation and responded to questions.
Chair Ronan opened the public hearing, and Dan Almquist provided public testimony. Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Lopez made a motion, seconded by
COMMISSIONER Siegel, to adopt a resolution approving SPR 22-005 and make a finding that the proposed land use improvements are of physical and aesthetic compatibility with adjacent IHCL structures and places, as described in City Council Policy 603. The motion passed by a 5-0 vote.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Ronan, Dickinson, Lopez, Porter, and Siegel. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None ABSENT: COMMISSIONER: None
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None.
NEW BUSINESS: 1. Consideration of Architectural Control (AC) 16-029, Compliance with Condition of
Approval Item 43, River Street Marketplace; Review of a Historic Depiction
Program for a new commercial and office development located at 31825 Los Rios Street (Assessor Parcel Numbers 121-160-22, 28, 49)(Applicant: Dan Almquist, River Street SJC, LLC).(Project Manager: David Contreras, Principal Planner).
David Contreras provided the staff presentation and responded to questions. Dan Almquist, applicant, provided presentation and responded to questions.
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Chair Ronan opened the public meeting, and no one provided public testimony. Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Siegel made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Porter, to approve the Historic Depiction Program for the River Street Marketplace project. The motion passed by a 5-0 vote.
ROLL CALL: AYES: COMMISSIONER: Ronan, Dickinson, Lopez, Porter, and Siegel. NOES: COMMISSIONER: None
ABSENT: COMMISSIONER: None
ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None. 2. Consideration of El Camino Specific Plan (GPA 22-001), a new 1.68-acre Specific Plan to facilitate the development of a new commercial development
consisting of two, 2-story buildings with approximately 27,457 square feet of
retail, restaurant and office uses, and a 4-story parking structure with a 2,607 square foot retail space located at 31776 El Camino Real, and the physical and aesthetic compatibility of proposed land use improvements adjacent to the Blas Aguilar Adobe in accordance with City Council Policy 603, Section 5 (Assessor
Parcel Numbers 124-160-27, 124-160-55, 124-160-57, 124-160-63) (Applicant:
Dan Almquist, 26874 Ortega Highway, LLC).(Project Manager: David Contreras, Principal Planner). David Contreras provided the staff presentation and responded to questions.
Dan Alquist, applicant, provided presentation and responded to questions. Jim Bickel, Bickel Group Architecture, provided presentation and responded to questions.
Chair Ronan opened the public meeting, and no one provided public testimony. Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Lopez made a motion, seconded by COMMISSIONER Siegel, to find that in accordance with City Council Policy 603,
the proposed land use improvements associated with the El Camino Specific
Plan are physically and aesthetically compatible with the Blas Aguilar Adobe, a structure identified on the City’s Inventory of Historic and Cultural Landmarks, the California Register of Historical Resources, and the National Register of Historic Places; and find the said action exempt from the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15332, In-Fill Development Projects
(Class 32). The motion passed by a 4-1 vote. ROLL CALL:
AYES: COMMISSIONER: Ronan, Dickinson, Lopez, and Siegel. NOES: COMMISSIONER: Porter. ABSENT: COMMISSIONER: None
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ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Continued Consideration of City Seal Design Ideas. (Applicant: City of SJC) (Project Manager: David Contreras, Principal Planner).
David Contreras provided the staff presentation and responded to questions. Chair Ronan opened the public meeting, and no one provided public testimony.
Commission Action: COMMISSIONER Porter made a motion, seconded by
COMMISSIONER Lopez, that the City Council consider for adoption a seal design submitted by Kimberleigh Gavin with the following recommended revisions:
• Remove the multiple small background swallows
• Remove the small background horse rider
• Reduce the size of the foreground horse rider and move the image further back
• Make the horse rider gender neutral
• Reduce the size of the oranges and walnuts
The motion passed by a 5-0 vote.
ROLL CALL: AYES: COMMISSIONER: Ronan, Dickinson, Lopez, Porter, and Siegel.
NOES: COMMISSIONER: None
ABSENT: COMMISSIONER: None ABSTAINED: COMMISSIONER: None. COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENTS:
None ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business Chair Ronan adjourned the meeting at 6:04 p.m. to Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber.
Approved on January 24, 2023.
______________________________ David Contreras, Principal Planner Cultural Heritage Commission Secretary