PC Agenda-2022-11-09
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advance to enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility.
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located at 32400 Paseo Adelanto. Correspondence may be sent to: planning@sanjuancapistrano.org and for additional information call the Development Services Department at (949) 443-6331.
AGENDA PLANNING COMMISSION
Regular Meeting November 9, 2022 Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, this meeting may be conducted by
teleconference. The public is able to attend the meeting in person.
A. ORGANIZATION:
1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:00 p.m. – City Council Chamber
2. ROLL CALL: Chair Tami Wilhelm, Commissioners Matt Gaffney, Stan Braden, Anna Dickinson, and Darren Fancher.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
B. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Persons wishing to address the Governing Body on city business that is not listed
on the agenda may do so in person by attending the meeting, by email or
telephone. If you would prefer to submit correspondence or speak by telephone,
please submit your correspondence or request to the Secretary at least an hour
prior to the meeting at jrojas@sanjuancapistrano.org or (949) 234-4410. The public may also call the agenda public comment line at (949) 493-1172 at the
beginning of the meeting. The Secretary will call persons wishing to speak and/or
receive calls in the order received.
Please limit all comments to 3 minutes. C. CONSENT CALENDAR:
Items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be enacted
by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items.
If discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the Consent Calendar and
will be considered separately.
Planning Commission 2 November 9, 2022
1. 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. 2. Draft October 26, 2022, Planning Commission Minutes.
D. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
None. E. NEW BUSINESS: 1. General Plan Conformity Determination for the sale of 1.2 acres of City-owned Property Located at 26874 Ortega Highway and 31776 El Camino Real (124-160-55, 56 & 57) to 26874 Ortega Highway LLC for the
development of the El Camino Specific Plan 22-01 consisting of a new commercial project 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 finding the same exempt from CEQA pursuant to State
CEQA Guidelines, Section 15332 (APNs: 124-160-27, 124-160-55, 124-160-57, 124-160-63); and for the sale of a 0-.13 acres of City-owned property located at 31681 Camino Capistrano (Portion of APNs: 124-181-02, 124-181-03, 124-181-10,124-181-11) to SJC Mission Ventures LLC and finding the same exempt from CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines,
Sections 15312 and 15301 (Project Manager: David Contreras, Principal Planner & Matisse Reischl, Assistant to the City Manager). 2. Determine if the acceptance of a Quitclaim Deed from the County of Orange for a parcel located at Avenida La Pata and Stallion Ridge is consistent with
the City’s General Plan and said action is exempt from CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15060(b)(3) (Project Manager: Joe Parco). 3. Determine if 1) the acceptance of an easement from Arroyo Cap II-1 LLC for public recreational use, 2) the dedication of an easement within public
property from the City of San Juan Capistrano to Santa Margarita Water District for public water line purposes, and 3) the quitclaim deed of a portion of public property from the City of San Juan Capistrano to Santa Margarita Water District for groundwater well purposes within and adjacent to the Petra Avelina Development, Tract 18148, located at 2700 Calle Arroyo is
consistent with the City’s General Plan and the certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Tirador Project; thus, no further CEQA review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21166 (Project Manager: Joe Parco).
4. General Plan Conformity Determination for the City of San Juan Capistrano to Convey an Easement of 2,676 Square Feet for Replacement of the Railroad Bridge over San Juan Creek to the Orange County Transportation Authority (APN: 668-101-23) and Finding Said Action Exempt from CEQA
Planning Commission 3 November 9, 2022
Pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15060(b)(3) (Project Manager:
George Alvarez).
5. General Plan Conformity Determination for the City of San Juan Capistrano to Convey Easements of 20,646 Square Feet for Sewer, Water, and Access Purposes to Santa Margarita Water District (APN: 668-101-23) and Finding
the Same Exempt from CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section
15061(b)(3) (Project Manager: George Alvarez). F. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
None.
G. INFORMATION ITEM:
None.
H. COMMISSION/STAFF COMMENTS:
I. ADJOURNMENT: to Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. in the
Temporary Council Chambers at the Nydegger Building, 31421 La Matanza Street,
San Juan Capistrano. J. CERTIFICATION: The foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall and the Community Center Reception area.
Approved:
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Joel Rojas, Development Services Director Planning Commission Secretary