13-0807_CC_Minutes_Special MeetingMINUTES
August 7, 2013
Joint Special Meeting
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
CITY COUNCIL
PLANNING COMMISSION
Mayor Taylor called the Special Joint Meeting of the San Juan Capistrano
City Council, and the Planning Commission to order at 4:02 p.m. in the
City Council Chamber.
ROLL CALL:
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Roy L. Byrnes, M.D., Derek Reeve, Larry Kramer,
Mayor pro tem Sam Allevato and Mayor John Taylor
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None.
PLANNING COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Ian Gardiner, Evan Chaffee,
Roy Nunn, Vice -Chair Tim Neely and Chair Sheldon Cohen
PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Chair Cohen
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
• Dennis Holan, City resident.
DISCUSSION ITEM:
C1. CONSIDERATION OF DUTIES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PLANNING
COMMISSION (110.10)
Nelson Miller, Interim Development Services Director, provided a staff report and
responded to questions.
Council Action: Moved by Council Member Kramer, seconded by Mayor pro tem
Allevato, and carried unanimously to direct staff to include design review of
projects to the Planning Commission duties, including all the former duties of the
Design Review Committee.
C2. CONSIDERATION OF 2008-2014 HOUSING ELEMENT STATUS, TASKS TO
COMPLETE THE 2008-2014 HOUSING ELEMENT OBJECTIVES, AND
REVIEW 2014-2021 HOUSING ELEMENT QUANTITATIVE GOALS (440.20)
Nelson Miller, Interim Development Services Director, provided a staff report and
responded to questions.
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Council Action: Moved by Council Member Byrnes, seconded by Council
Member Kramer, and carried unanimously to approve the appropriation of
$15,000 from the General Fund Reserves to Planning Services, Professional and
Contract Services (Account Number 01-62100-62501-0000-000) to assist staff in
the completion of a Draft 2014-2021 Housing Element for submittal to the
State Department of Housing and Community Development.
C3. CONSIDERATION OF POLICY DIRECTION FOR THE HISTORIC TOWN
CENTER MASTER PLAN AND FORM -BASED CODE; AND ADOPTED
MASTER PLAN AND FORM -BASED CODE FOR THE 150 ACRE HISTORIC
TOWN CENTER PLANNING AREA AND INITIATE THE DISCRETIONARY USE
PERMIT (DUP) REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE PROPOSED
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MCDONALDS RESTAURANT (400.20)
Bill Ramsey, Assistant Development Services Director, provided a staff report
and responded to questions.
• Public Comments: Laura Freese, City resident; and Ross Pollard, McDonalds
Owner.
Council Action: Moved by Mayor pro tem Allevato, seconded by Council Member
Reeve, and carried unanimously to 1) confirm the Development Services
Director's determination of Form Based Code Section 2.3C that rezoning the
"TCE" (Town Center Edge) Zone District requires express legislative action by
the City Council; 2) approve initiation of a Discretionary Use Permit (DUP) review
process for the "drive-through facilities" for the proposed reconstruction of the
McDonalds Restaurant on Del Obispo Street.
ADJOURNMENT:
Planning Commission: Chair Cohen adjourned the meeting at 5:57 p.m. to Tuesday,
August 13, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. for the Regular Business Session, in the City Council
Chamber.
City Council: Mayor Taylor adjourned the meeting at 5:57 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug,gst 20',2012, at 5:00 p.m. for Closed Session and 6:00 p.m. for a public Business
Ses�iop in the City Council Chamber.
submitted,
CLE
Approved. August 20, _20'
Respectfully submitted,
BILL RAMSEY, COMMISSION SECRETARY
8/7/2013