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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2003 0115 CC REG ITEM 10DO • i � M f" • C TV (,T= "0r)PT? NPT , CAT.TT- ORN�TA City ('S)pinfl-i AT-rfjn7 ACT" ON: MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL P "': & .. ' �'� '�" , AGENDA REPORT TO: Honorable City Council FROM: Barry K. Hogan, Community Development Direct0 Prepared By: Laura Stringer, Senior Managem Analyst DATE: January 6, 2003 (CC Meeting of 1/15/03) jxt�; SUBJECT: Consider Report of Annual Development Agreement Review, Established in Connection with Moorpark Country Club Estates, Located Approximately 2,700 Feet South of Broadway between Grimes Canyon Road and Walnut Canyon Road (Tract 4928), on the Application of Toll Brothers, Inc. BACKGROUND Government Code Section 65864 and City of Moorpark Municipal Code Section 15.40 provide for Development Agreements between the City and property owners in connection with proposed plans of development for specific properties. Development Agreements are designed to strengthen the planning process, to provide developers some certainty in the development process and to assure development in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement. On May 1, 1996, the Moorpark City Council adopted Ordinance No. 215 (effective May 31, 1996), approving a Development Agreement between the City of Moorpark and Bollinger Development Corporation. The property was subsequently acquired by Toll Brothers, Inc., the developer currently responsible for compliance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement. The Agreement was approved in connection with Moorpark Country Club Estates, a 216 single- family residential development and golf course, located approximately 2,700 feet south of Broadway, between Grimes Canyon Road and Walnut Canyon Road. The Agreement remains in full force and effect for twenty (20) years from the operative date of the Agreement, March 10, 1998, the date that Bollinger Development took title to the property. The twenty (20) year term ends March 10, 2018. Provisions of the Agreement require an annual review and report to the City Council on the status of completion of all aspects of the OCGIGS Honorable City Council January 15, 2003 Page 2 Agreement. On July 18, 2001, the City Council accepted the Community Development Director's report and recommendation that, on the basis of substantial evidence, Toll Brothers, Inc. had complied in good faith with the terms and conditions of the Agreement, and deemed the annual review process complete for 2001. The developer has submitted the necessary application form, related materials, and fee /deposit for the 2002 annual review. In addition, the developer is currently in negotiations on a Second Amendment to the Settlement Agreement. This matter will be brought to City Council for consideration in the near future. The Community Development Director has reviewed the submitted information, including the project status and provides the following report. DISCUSSION Current Protect Status • Final Maps have been recorded for Phase 1 (Championship Drive, the 1St eighteen (18) holes of the golf course and the model home complex) and Phase 2 (89 residential lots near Grimes Canyon Road) . • Grading has been completed for Championship Drive, ninety -five (95) home sites and the 1St eighteen (18) holes of the golf course. • Zone Clearance for temporary use of the lst eighteen (18) holes of the golf course has been issued. • Three (3) model homes have been completed within Phase I of the Final Map. • As of January 1, 2003, Building Permits have been issued for fifty -seven (57) homes and six (6) accessory structures (casitas). • As of January 1, 2003, occupancy has occurred for eighteen (18) homes and two (2) accessory structures (casitas). • Final Tract Maps for Phases 3 and 4 are currently in map check process with the City Engineer. • Off -site improvements, including intersection improvements for Grimes Canyon Road /Highway 118, Grimes Canyon Road /Championship Drive and Walnut Canyon/ Championship Drive are in plan check process with the City Engineer. 0004 69 Honorable City Council January 15, 2003 Page 3 Developer Compliance with Terms of Agreement The developer's responsibilities are included in Section 6 of the Development Agreement, and include requirements (a) through (j) , summarized below. Compliance with the terms and conditions of the Development Agreement will occur at various stages of the development process. Action by the developer and other clarifying information has been noted. Where no comment appears, no specific activity has occurred. # Requirement Status (a) (1) through (5) A subsequent agreement Payments to the City totaling between the developer and $5,000,000, on various dates the City has resulted in a related to the "Golf Course single payment of Commencement" date. $3,000,000 by the developer. (b) Agreement that the golf course(s) Although temporary shall be open to the public, occupancy has been granted without requirement for for the lst eighteen (18) membership, and that twelve hours holes of the golf course, each week be made available at the club house has not yet discount rates for City and been completed. The City school recreational /educational will be responsible for programs. determining eligible programs for the twelve (12) hours per week use. (c) Agreement that the clubhouse and This item is pending related facilities shall be occupancy of the club available to the public for rent house. and that the City shall be granted one (1) free rental each year. (d) Extension of the reclaimed Construction of the waterline to serve the medians waterline has been and parkways for "C" Street and completed. The pump any other publicly maintained or station is under common landscape areas. construction. Delivery of reclaimed water to the project is tentatively scheduled for early March 2003. 000 ,'® Honorable City Council January 15, 2003 Page 4 # Requirement Status (e) Grant an irrevocable offer of Minor Modification No. 1, easement dedication for the approved by the City equestrian trails. Council, relocated this trail to the south side of "C" Street from the south project property line and requires its construction as part of the public improvements. Portions of the trail system have been included in the right -of- way for Championship Drive ( "C" Street) per the Final Map for Phase 1. Additional trail dedication will occur with subsequent map phases. Staff is coordinating review of landscape plans, grading plans and final map dedications to ensure that the trail system is completed. (f) Grant a conservation easement to The conservation retain various lots in a easement(s) will be predominantly Open Space recorded concurrently with condition except for certain the recording of specified specified trail, golf course and Final Map phases. building pad uses. (g) Grant an irrevocable offer of Lot Q (formerly lot 217) dedication for Lot 217 (per was irrevocably offered Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. for dedication to the City 4928) to be used for public per the Final Map of Tract purposes, except the portion No. 4928 -2, recorded needed to meet the obligations of November 7, 2001. the Mitigation Monitoring Program. (h) Payment of an amount equal to To be collected prior to twenty -five cents ($.25) per "Golf Course Commencement" square foot of clubhouse building date. area to fund park improvements. Honorable City Council January 15, 2003 Page 5 # Requirement Status (i) Payment of Air Quality Mitigation The residential fee has Fee per the project Conditions of been collected with each Approval. zoning clearance for Moorpark Municipal Code. building permit. The fee for the golf course is tied to "Golf Course Commencement" date. (j) Payment of all outstanding City The project processing processing and environmental account balance is impact report costs related to current. (c) the project. May need to be used for City Compliance with Terms of Agreement The City's responsibilities are contained in Section 7 of the agreement and include provisions (a) through (i), summarized below. # Requirement Status (a) Exempt the project from the The grading plans are provisions of Chapter 17.38 exempt from the provisions (Hillside Management) of the of Municipal Code Chapter Moorpark Municipal Code. 17.38. The project is subject to all other applicable code provisions and city standards. (b) Exempt the project from any No growth management growth management ordinance that ordinance exists at this is adopted. time. (c) Proceed to acquire, if requested, May need to be used for and at developer's sole cost and Grimes Canyon improvements expense, easements or fee title north of Championship to land not held by the Drive. No request has developer, but required for been made at this time. construction of required improvements. Honorable City Council January 15, 2003 Page 6 # Requirement Status (d) Expedite plan check processing Implemented on each plan whenever possible. check, whenever possible. (e) Authorization for the City The developer entered into Manager to sign an early grading an early grading agreement agreement. with the City in April 2000. (f) Agreement that the Los Angeles The residential Los Avenue Area of Contribution (AOC) Angeles Avenue AOC Fee has for the residential portion of been collected with zoning the project shall not be required clearance for each to be paid until time of issuance residential unit. The fee of Zone Clearance for the first for the golf course is residential building permit. The tied to "Golf Course AOC Fee for the golf course(s) Commencement" date. shall be paid prior to the "Golf Course Commencement" date. (g) Agreement that the Citywide These fees will be Traffic Mitigation Fee of three adjusted annually (until thousand dollars ($3,000) per paid) using the Consumer unit, for the residential portion Price Index (CPI) in of the project, shall not be accordance with the required to be paid until time of agreement. issuance of Zone Clearance for the first residential building Residential Traffic permit. The Citywide Traffic Mitigation fees (as Mitigation Fee of one hundred annually adjusted) have fifty four thousand two hundred been collected with zoning twenty four dollars ($154,224) clearance for each for the golf course(s) shall be residential unit. paid prior to the "Golf Course Commencement" date. Payment of Traffic Mitigation Fees for the golf course are tied to the "Golf Course Commencement" date. O C G ... 7 3 Honorable City Council January 15, 2003 Page 7 # Requirement Status (h) Except for fees in lieu of park Most residential dedication, all "Development development fees have Fees" (not including processing been, and will be, and plan check fees and deposits) collected at zoning shall not be required until Zone clearance for building Clearance for the first building permit. Certain permit, unless due at a later development fees are set time. per settlement agreement, or are tied to "Golf Course Commencement." (1) Upon effective date of the Agreement, the City shall allow the following: (1) Recordation of the final map (1) Phases 1 and 2 have in as many as eight (8) phases. been recorded. Phases 3 and 4 are in map check process. (2) Provisions for the (2) Staff is coordinating preservation, relocation, with the City's replacement, and creation of environmental consultant Valley Needle Grassland habitat. and the applicant on this item. (3) Deletion of language from (3) This Condition is no Condition No. 53 related to longer applicable, as surety for trail construction. trail will be bonded for and constructed as a public improvement. (4) Allow the developer to pay (4) The residential Air Air Quality Mitigation Fees of Quality Mitigation Fee has Eight Hundred Eleven Dollars been collected with zoning ($811) per dwelling unit prior to clearance for each unit. Zone Clearance for building Payment of the golf course permit rather that prior to fee is tied to "Golf recordation of the final map. Air Course Commencement" date. Quality Mitigation Fees for the golf course to be paid in three installments. 0 3. 7 i Honorable City Council January 15, 2003 Page 8 # Requirement Status (5) Certain streets as (5) Streets within Phases identified on the Street Plan, 1 and 2 are private. The dated April 17, 1996, shall be residential streets within allowed to be built as private subsequent phases will streets. also be private. (6) Provisions for specific (6) Specific construction construction requirements for "C" requirements for "C" Street. Street (Championship Drive) have been established. (7) Initiate consideration of a (7) The reduction in General Plan Amendment allowing setback standard required reduced minimum setback from by the Land Use Element of agricultural uses on the the General Plan was northerly side of the project. considered by the Planning Commission and recommended for denial on November 8, 1999. The applicant subsequently withdrew the request. (8) Provisions for parking and (8) Parking provisions access requirement for the golf for the golf course and course(s) and clubhouse. clubhouse have been established. (9) Extension of time for (9) Extension of time for inauguration for RPD 94 -1 from inauguration for RPD 94 -1 one (1) year to three (3) years. complete. (10) Extension of time for (10) Extension of time for inauguration for CUP 94 -1 from inauguration for CUP 94 -1 one (1) year to three (3) years. complete. Evaluation of Good Faith Compliance Based on a review of the Development Agreement Annual Review Application and the status of the project, the Community Development Director has determined, on the basis of substantial evidence that Toll Brothers, Inc. has, to date, complied in good faith with the terms and conditions of the agreement. Honorable City Council January 15, 2003 Page 9 STAFF RECOMMENDATION 1. Accept the Community Development Director's Report and recommendation that, on the basis of substantial evidence, Toll Brothers Inc. has complied in good faith with the terms and conditions of the agreement. 2. Deem the annual review process complete. Attachments: 1. Location Map 2. Site Plan 3. Narrative from Toll Brothers, Inc. LOCATION MAP �J CC ATTACHMENT 1 `o NT.$. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 95 -1 NARATIVE REGARDING SATISFACTION OF REQUIREMENTS Toll CA, L.P., the owner and developer of the property which is the subject of Development Agreement No. 95 -I, dated April 8, 1996, submits the following narrative, in conjunction with the current review by the City of Moorpark of the status of compliance by the developer with the terms of that Agreement. 1. Completed Aspects of Agreement. a. The Integrated Golf Course Management Plan, the Erosion and Sediment Control Plan, the Master Drainage and Flood Control Improvement Plan and the Bank Protection Plan have been approved by the City and any other applicable agencies. (DA Section 5) b. The annual payments required to the City have been prepaid in the entirety by the developer. (DA Sections 6(a)(1), 6(a)(2), and 6(a)(3). c. An early grading agreement was entered into between the developer and the City in April 2000, consistent with the conditions of approval of the project. (DA Section 7(e)) d. All outstanding City processing and environmental impact report costs related to land use approvals have been paid by the developer. (DA Section 60)) e. A General Plan Amendment allowing a reduced minimum setback from agricultural uses on the northerly side of the project has been considered but denied by the City. (DA Section 7(i)(7)) f. The developer has constructed the three model homes, which were completed November 2001. (DA Section 4) g. Final Architectural Design Guidelines have been approved by the Director of Community Development October 16, 2001. (DA Section 5) h. The equestrian trails shown on the subdivision map for Tract No. 4928 are located within the public rights of way for Championship Drive and Grimes Canyon Road. Street Improvement plans have been approved. (DA Section 6(e)) i. Plans for construction of the reclaimed water line extension have been approved by the County, and construction is almost complete, with the pump station the only remaining item of work. (DA Section 6(d)) j. Conservation easements pertaining to Lots 216 through 225, inclusive, has been granted to City by the developer in conjunction with recording of the final subdivision maps for Tracts 4928 -1 &2. (DA Section 6(f)) k. The developer has made an irrevocable offer of dedication to the City of Lot 217 in connection with recording of Final Map 4928 -2. (DA Section 6(g)) I. Conceptual plans have been prepared by the developer for the golf course clubhouse and support facilities and have been approved through Minor CC ATTACHMENT 3 1� Mod. #4 by the Director of Community Development on June 25, 2002. (DA Section 6(h)) m. The AOC fees for Los Angeles Avenue and Casey Road /Gabbert Road have been pre -paid per the June 20`h Settlement Agreement with the City. The balance of the fees will be pre -paid per the terns of the Settlement Agreement. (DA Section 7(f)) n. The developer and the City have formulated a Settlement Agreement, dated June 20, 2001 resolving the developer's obligations to pay park in -lieu fees. (DA Section 7(h)) o. The developer has received direction regarding preservation of the Valley Needle Grassland habitat within the golf course area and has completed the mitigation required. (DA Section 7(i)(2)) P. Aspects of Agreement in Progress. a. The developer is in the process of construction the golf course portion of the project, and expects to comply with the Golf Course Commencement Date, as modified by City Council Resolution No. 98 -1508, pending timely approvals by the City. (DA Section 4) b. The developer is in the process of constructing production homes and expects the first homes to be ready for occupancy by late July 2002, and complete construction well within 15 years. (DA Section 4) c. The developer is carrying out all construction on the property in accordance with the various Uniform Codes. (DA Section 5) d. The Citywide Traffic Mitigation Fee has been paid in connection with three model home lots to date. The balance of the fees will be paid in connection with zone clearances for each of the production lots. (DA Section 7(g)) e. The Air Quality Mitigation Fee has been paid in connection with three model home lots to date. The balance of the fees will be paid in connection with zoning clearances for each of the production lots. (DA Section 7(i)(4)) f The developer is preparing to submit final maps for the phases three and four of Tract No. 4928. (DA Section 7(i)) 2