HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2020 0708 CCPC SPC ITEM 05A SUPPLEMENTAL 2
MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AND PLANNING COMMISSION
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council and Planning Commission
FROM: Karen Vaughn, Community Development Director
BY: Douglas Spondello, Planning Manager
DATE: 07/08/2020 Special Joint Meeting
SUBJECT: Presentation Regarding the Draft Hitch Ranch Specific Plan (Specific
Plan No. 1) and Associated Development
CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED
Subsequent to the preparation of the staff report, the following correspondence was
received from a member of the public.
Attachment
Item: 5.A.
SUPPLEMENTAL #2
Brandt-Hawley Law Group
Chauvet House • PO Box 1659
Glen Ellen, California 95442
707.938.3900
preservationlawyers.com
July 8, 2020
Hon. Janice S. Parvin, Mayor
and Members of the Moorpark City Council
via email: citycouncil@moorparkca.gov
Hon. Diana S. Gould, Chair
and Members of the Moorpark Planning Commission
via email planningcommission@moorparkca.gov
Subject: Special Joint Meeting, July 8, 2020
Presentation re Draft Hitch Ranch Specific Plan
2020 0708 CCPC SPC Item O5A
Dear Mayor Parvin, Chair Gould, and members of the City Council
and Planning Commission:
On behalf of Colin Velazquez, I write to respectfully request that in the city’s
initial review of the Specific Plan at this presentation meeting, the members of the
City Council and Planning Commission direct city staff to alter the plan’s proposed
circulation grid to remove the proposed extension of High Street. The Committee does
not oppose this project but is sure that the circulation needs of the plan can be met
in many other ways and without destruction of historic resources.
I have not appeared before you in recent years but by way of introduction my
statewide law practice for over 30 years has focused on CEQA on behalf of citizen
groups and in particular on the adaptive reuse of historic resources. I represented
Mr. Velazquez and the Committee to Preserve Historic High Street in successful
CEQA litigation against this city in 2005 — for the same reason: to prevent
significant environmental impacts from proposed extension of High Street.
Removing the extension from the Draft Hitch Ranch Specific Plan at the outset
will allow Mr. Velazquez to support it without concern about compliance with
CEQA’s mandates to avoid significant environmental impacts when feasible to do so.
Thank you.
Sincerely
Susan Brandt-Hawley