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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1991 0904 CC REG ITEM 08KThe Honorable City Council August 29, 1991 Page 2 It is very unlikely that separate processing of a General Plan Amendment, zone change, CPD permit and parcel map could be accomplished for the McDonald's project prior to Spring 1992. However, due to past General Plan Update processing delays, staff is recommending that this matter be deferred to the Community Development Committee for a recommendation. Recommendation Continue this item until October 2, 1991, and refer to Community Development Committee for a recommendation prior to October 2. Attachments: Letter from John Newton dated 8-25-91 Excerpts from 2-20-91, 6-6-90, 10-4-89, and 9-6-89 CC Minutes PJR/DST The Planning Commission September 14, 1969 Page 2 5.During the intervening time, MacDonald's is to pay their fair share of all General Plan Update costs, and may not rcc�fvo a refund of the funds already paid for the General Plan Uprlate. 6.Staff was directed to provide11 st11tus h11ck to the Council as soon as possible. 7.No promise of approval was made. As this project progresses in the future, staff wi 11 keep the commission informed. Should there be any questions please feel free to call Deborah Traffenstedt, Senior Planner, or myself. Recommendation Receive and file. PJR/DST Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 8 February 20, 1991 10. 11. There were no speaker cards presented for this item. Mayor Lawrason said that because of a perception of a conflict of interest because of his relationship with the Boys and Girls Club as a member of the Board of Directors, he would abstain from voting. He indicated that with Councilmember Montgomery absent he believed the item should be continued to an adjourned meeting next week. MOTION: Mayor Lawrason moved and Councilmember Perez seconded a motion to continue the item to an adjourned meeting on Monday, February 25, 1991 at 5:30 p.m., the public hearing to remain open. The motion carried by voice vote 3-0, Councilmember Montgomery absent. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS: Councilmember Perez stated that the City would benefit from CITYLINK and that the City should take action to install the system. Mayor Lawrason concurred. Councilmember Wozniak spoke concerning a recycling day to be held at the Community Center on February 23, 1991. Mayor Lawrason commented on the gang task force which will be meeting February 28. He indicated that both he and Councilmember Perez would be attendi ng. ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS: BY CONSENSUS: By consensus the Council determined to hear item 11.D. prior to the other Action/Discussion Items. D.Consider Review of Revised Study. Staff Recommendation: deemed appropriate. McDonald's Traffic Direct staff as John Dawson, 21300 Victory Blvd, #800, Woodland Hills, representing McDonald's, said they would like to have their application considered as a separate action from the current General Plan Update process with hopes that it will expedite the process. He said historically it takes cities long periods of time to complete the General Plan Update process and the McDonald's Corporation was hoping to be excluded from what they thought would be a lengthy process. Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 9 February 20, 1991 Mr. Kueny stated that the General Plan Updated will be decided before a general plan amendment could be completed outside the general plan update process. He recommended receiving and filing the report and not proceeding with separate processing. MOTION: Councilmember Perez moved and Councilmember Wozniak seconded a motion to receive and file the report and to deny the request for separate processing of a general plan amendment for this project. The motion carried by voice vote 3-0, Councilmember Montgomery absent. A.Consider Planned Development Permit Nos. 1062/1063(The Embassy Group Inc.) Request for an AdditionalTime Extension. Staff Recommendation: Grantconditional six month time extension. (ContinuedItem .11.A. from January 23, 1991) Mr. Kueny said that the Parcel Map that accompaniedthe planned development permits was recorded. Hesaid there is a subdivision agreement in place andbonds. The original PD's were approved inSeptember 1987. MOTION: Mayor Lawrason moved and Councilmember Perez seconded a motion to deny the request for an additional time extension. The motion carried by voice vote 3-0, Councilmember Montgomery absent. B.Consider Ordinance to Provide that Written Contracts may be Signed by the City Manager as an Officer of the City. Staff Recommendation: Introduce Ordinance No. 139 for first reading. In response to Mayor Lawrason, Mr. Kueny clarified the situations under which the City Manager would be authorized to execute contracts if the proposed ordinance were adopted. Councilmember Perez indicated his support of the ordinance. BY CONSENSUS: By consensus the previous minute action of January 20, 1986 concerning this matter was rescinded. Ms. Kane read the ordinance title. ) ) Draft Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 13 June 5, 1990 Councilmember Harper indicated that he felt the City should move forward in preparing the language for inclusion of the item as a measure on the ballot in November. CONSENSUS: By Consensus the Council determined to place t:ie item back on the agenda of June 20, 1990; the draft ordinance to be redrafted with all numbers included and the language to place it on the ballot for the Statewide election in November. Q.Consider Half cent Recommendation: Adopt Traffic Reduction and Expenditure Plan. Sales Tax Support. Staff a resolution in support of the Growth Management Ordinance and MOTION: Councilmember Brown moved and Councilmember Montgomery seconded a motion to continue this item to the meeting of June 20, 1990. The motion carried by unanimous voice vote. R.Reconsideration of a request for scope of work regarding aTraffic study proposed for a General Plan Amendment andZoning Change requested by the McDonald's Corporation.Staff Recommendation: Direct staff as deemed app ropriate. The Council discussed the report of the McDonald's Corporation Traffic Engineer with regard to mitigation strategies for traffic at the corne� of the proposed site. In response to Council question, Mr. Knipe indicated that he would need to review the information submitted by the McDonald's Corporation traffic engineer. MOTION: Councilmember Harper moved and Councilmember Brown seconded a motion to have the City Engineer review the information provided by McDonald's Traffic Engineer; the City"s Traffic Engineer to do a cost estimate for the installation of double left-turn lanes for north and southbound traffic; a deposit of $500.00 to be made to the City to cover cost of work done by City Engineer. The motion carried by unanimous voice vote. s..,. Consider Response to Ventura County Cablevisions on NewPricing Structure Councilmember Brown indicated that she was disturbed by the new rate structure adopted by Ventura County Cablevision. She requested that the Council authorize the Mayor to send letters strongly protesting the rate structure. MOTION: Councilmember Brown moved and Councilmember Montgomery seconded a motion to direct letters to be sent to Ventura County Cablevision locally and to their home office, strongly protesting the new rate structure; copies to go to Federal legislators. The motion carried by unanimous voice vote. , J ) ·;.)'j Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 8 October 4, 1989 C.Consider Request from Planning Commission seeking directionfrom the City Council concerning Draft Hillside PerformarceStandards. Staff Recommendation: Create a technicalcommittee to make recommendations regarding this matter. Councilmember Harper stated that without protection there would not continue to be open space on the hi 11 sides. He furtr.er indicated that he would like to take out the language which exempted specific plans. Councilmember Montgomery said he would like an analysis of the compatibility of the proposed ordinance with the General Plan. Mayor Brown indicated that she was concerned with the valley floor. Mr. Kueny suggested that the Community Development Committee meet with two Planning Commissioners and staff and report back to the Council. MOTION: Mayor Brown moved and Councilmember Montgomer y seconded a motion to move the joint meeting with the Planning Commission to October 30, 1989. The voice vote was unanimous. After discussion by the Council of the composixion of the group, the following motion was heard: MOTION: Councilmember Montgomery moved and Councilmember Harper seconded a motion to have the Community Development Committee meet with Planning Commissioners Wozniak and Scullin and staff on the Draft Hi 11 side · Performance Standards; a report to be compiled for discussion at the October 18, 1989 Council meeting. The voice vote was unanimous. D.Consider Proposed Traffic Study Scope of Work for N.E.Corner of New Los Ange 1 es Avenue and Spring Road (McDonald's). Staff Recommendation: Direct staff as deemed appropriate. ·councilmember Lawrason indicated that he had concerns about theextensiveness of the scope of work. Councilmember Harper said the City would very much like to havea McDonald's in the City but that the site selected wasinappropriate because of the existing traffic and the potentialimpacts of the 118/23 freeway connection. He indicated thatother possible sites should be considered. . ) ., Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 9 October 4, 1989 Mayor Brown stated her concerns regarding the traffic and impacts of the 118/23 connection and indicated that the traffic analysis was to determine whether there would be an improvement in traffic. She said that improvement should be clearly demonstrated. Counci lmember Montgomery said it should only be necessary to analysis the intersection of Spring Road and Los Angeles Avenue and not the others proposed in the scope of work. After further discuss ion by the Council on what the scope of work would include, the following motion was heard: MOTION: Counci lmember Montgomery moved and Counci lmember Lawrason seconded a motion to assign review of the scope of work to the Community Development Committee who would meet with staff and a representative of McDonald's Corp. and report back to the Council. The motion failed on a voice vote of 2 -3, Councilmembers Harper, Perez and Mayor Brown dissenting. MOTION: Councilmember Perez moved and Councilmember Montgomery seconded a motion to strike No. 8 (provide an analysis of the effects of the extension of New Los Angeles Avenue to Collins Drive as it would relate to the subject site) and No. 9 (provide an analysis of project impacts on at least two other sites in the City, one of which must be a mid-block site); No. 5 was amended to identify project impacts to the following intersection estimated and existing project level of service for each of the following scenarios: a) existing, b} cumulative, including Carlsberg Specific Plan and all filed projects but not the components of the General Plan update, and C} ultimate cumulative including the cumulative project 11st and Carlsberg Specific Plan and the components of the General Plan update. The voice vote was unanimous. CONSENSUS: By consensus the Council determined to go with scope of work as amended. E.Consider Minor Modification No. 1 Residential PlannedDevelopment No. 1071 (Tract 4341) and 1072 (Tract 4342) andMinor Modification No. 2 to Residential Planned DevelopmentNo. 1070 (Tract 4340) -Urban West Communities; a reportregarding modification to floor plans, elevations, andcommon landscaped areas for the West Village. StaffRecommendation: Direct staff as deemed appropriate. Counc1lmember Lawrason suggested a contribution on the part of Urban West to be used in the first phase of the Arroyo Vista Community Park of $100,000. Tom Zanic, of Urban West, in response to Councilmember Lawrason said that in consideration of their request they would agree to the park contribution . J Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 18 September 6, 1989 11. MOTION: Counci lmember Harper moved and Counci lmember Montgome.-y seconded the motion to authorize Mayor Brown and Council memb:;r Lawrason to attend the League Convention and designate May�r Brown as voting delegate for 1989 League of California Citi-:s Annual Conference and Councilmember Lawrason as voti�g alternate. The voice vote was unanimous. Mayor Brown requested that Lt. Rodriguez return with informaticn from the Van Nuys station of the Los Angeles Pol ice Department regarding their program for citizens allowing police to st:ip citizens at any time between 1:00 to 5:00 a.m. I.Consider restructuring of Youth Dance Program. Recommendation: Direct staff as deemed appropriate.Staff Phil Newhouse, Community Services Director, presented amodified recommendation that the dance inc 1 ude 7th to 9'thgraders and eliminate Identification Cards and use comput�rprintout of enrollment. This would include 12 to 15 yearold students. After discussion, staff suggested changingthe grade levels at the dance to include 7th to 10th grades. MOTION: Councilmember Harper moved and Councilmember Montgomery seconded the motion to approve amended staff recommendation with a change to the grades for the dance attendance to 7th to 10th grades. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote. B.Consider for reconsideration a request to expedite generalp 1 an amendment and zoning change for Northeast Corner ofNEW Los Angeles Avenue and Spring Road. StaffRecommendation: Direct Staff as Deemed Appropriate. Councilmember Montgomery stated that McDonald's should ::>eallowed to present their project. He stated he opposedzoning this site for multi-family residential use and tt'iatthe corner should be a commercial land use. He alsorecommended that McDona 1 d I s use their own money to producea proposal to be evaluated by the Council. Councilmember Harper stated that the McDonald's project andthe ba 1 ance of the property wi 11 be addressed during theGeneral Plan Update. He stated that a fast food restaurantwith traffic impact has no obvious benefit to the communityfor fast tracking. He stated there are other sites in thecommunity which would be appropriate locations for aMcDonald's. Councilmember Perez stated that a well-designedself-contained multi-family project could work. Herequested more information regarding the remainder of the ) Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 19 September 6, 1989 site and questioned how the removal of this item would affect the General Plan Update. Councilmember Lawrason stated that he supports the proposal and that the zoning should be commercial. He recommended permitting the applicant to take the project out of the update process. Mayor Brown stated that those present tonight may not represent the entire community. She expressed her concern regarding impact on the General Plan. She asked if there was a way to continue to pay the costs of the General plan, but withdraw and pay for separate consideration, including staff time, attorney's time and processing. Mayor Brown indicated she would like to see the plans for the balance of the site. Armend Collen stated he would like to present the plans for the entire parcel, but the current zoning is inconsistent with a commercial application. He is requesting that they be pulled from the General Plan Update process. They have already waited two years and another �wo years is not financially possible. He stated that they are successful because they find appropriate locations. Mr. Collen also stated that they have located McDonald's at busier intersections. He indicated he only wants an opportunity to bring the project before the Council. Mr. Manual Asadurian, part owner of the property, stated McDonald's is the best restaurant for the property and that a quality project will be built. MOTION: Councilmember Harper moved that the applicant work with staff to develop the scope of the traffic study conducted by a designated traffic engineer, paid for by the applicant; that the traffic analysis will determine what is the present level of service of that interseciton and what is the likely level of service in that intersection after the proposed McDonald's goes -in that location; and after the results of the traffic analysis are comp 1 eted and brought back to the Council, determinationwill be made whether to pull the project from the General PlanAmendment. Motion failed due to lack of a second. MOTION: Councilmember Montgomery moved and Councilmember Lawra son seconded a motion to a 11 ow the app 1 i cant to separate from the General Plan Update and to direct the staff to prepare a scope of work which would include a traffic analysf s to be brought back to the Council for review at the earliest possible date; the traffic analyst to be selected by the City and the traffic analysis to be of the entire site; the applicant to pay -· . Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 20 September 6, 1989 all costs associated with the analys is, including staff ti1te and, in addition, to pay their share of the General Plan Update costs during the intervening time; and no promises for approval of the project to be implied. Motion carried with Counc11member Harper dissenting. 11.F. Consider funding intracity bus service for Moorpark CountryDays Event. Staff Recommendation: Approve transfer of reserve funds for Moorpark Country Days event. MOTION: Counci lmember Harper moved and Counci lmember Montgomery seconded the motion to approve staff recommendation to appropriate $345 (including 10% contingency) from the general fund reserve for intra-city bus service durfhg Country Days; and approve the routing of the bus and the absence of a fare during Country Days. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote. 11.H.Consider adopting Resolution No. 89-611 to restri ct parking on south side of Hearon street between Monroe Avenue and Collins Avenue. Staff Recommendation: Approve Resolution No.89-611. 11. 11. MOTION: Councilmember Montgomery moved and Councilmember Perez seconded a motion to approve Resolution No. 89-611. The voice vote was unanimous. J.Consider ResolutionSouthern Ca 1 f forn fa Staff Recommendation: 89-612 accepting membership in theJoint Powers Insurance Authority.Approve Resolution 89-612. MOTION: Councilmember Harper moved and Councilmember Perez seconded a motion to adopt Resolution No. 89-612, executing the agreement between the Authority and the Cf ty, and to authorize staff to convert 1 i abi 1 ity coverages from the previous carrier to the Authority; to authorize obtaining ta i1 coverage with a $25,000 S.I.R. back to 1986; and establish a reserve for claims of $45,000 ($25,000 for tail coverage and $20,000 for the Authority S.I.R.) by designating an additional $35,000 of General Fund Reserve for this purpose. The voice vote was 1Jnanimous. L.Consider Awarding Contract for Annual Overlay Project.Staff Recommendation: Award contract to S.P. MillingCompany. John Knipe indicated that the budget for this project is$210,000. However, the City will be receivin gapproximately $238,000 in FAU funding for a total of$448,000. The FAU funds can be used for other projects,but is recommended for use at this time since this projecthas already been bid and is ready now for construction.