HomeMy WebLinkAboutpcm_12112013 1 UKIAH PLANNING COMMISSION
2 December 11, 2013
3 Minutes
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5 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT COMMISSIONERS ABSENT
6 Mike Whetzel, Chair
7 Kevin Doble
8 Linda Sanders
9 Laura Christensen
10 Judy Pruden
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12 STAFF PRESENT OTHERS PRESENT
13 Charley Stump, Planning Director Listed below, Respectively
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16 1. CALL TO ORDER
17 The regular meeting of the City of Ukiah Planning Commission was called to order by Chair Whetzel at
18 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Ukiah Civic Center, 300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, California.
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20 2. ROLL CALL
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22 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Everyone cited.
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24 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES —The minutes from the November 21, 2013 meeting are available for
25 review and approval.
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27 Commissioner Sanders made the following correction:
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29 Page 11, line 5, revise sentence to read, `The Planning Department is not an enterprise fund that will be
30 able to increase their budget.'
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32 M/S Sanders/Doble to approve the November 21, 2013 minutes, as amended. Motion carried by an all
33 AYE voice vote with Commissioner Pruden abstaining.
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35 The minutes from the November 13 2013 meeting will be available to review and approval at the January
36 8, 2013 meeting.
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38 5. COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
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40 6. APPEAL PROCESS — Chair Whetzel read the appeal process. For matters at this meeting, the
41 final date to appeal is December 23, 2013.
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43 7. SITE VISIT VERIFICATION - Confirmed by Commission.
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45 8. VERIFICATION OF NOTICE - Confirmed by staff.
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47 9. PUBLIC HEARING
48 9A. Costco Wholesale and Fueling Station Site Development Permit (SDP), Airport Park
49 Boulevard (File No. 11-1-REZ-SDP-CC-PC and 11-16-EIR-CC). Planning Commission
50 consideration of the Costco Wholesale and Fueling Station site development permit. The Project
51 includes construction of a 148,000 square foot Costco Warehouse store and 20-ppump fueling
52 station, 607 parking spaces, landscaping, and associated site improvements on a 15.33 acre
53 parcel on the east side of Airport Park Boulevard, south of Ken Fowler Auto Center. The Project
54 includes: a Costco store with a bakery, pharmacy, optical center, hearing and testing center, food
55 court, photo center, tire sales and installation; fueling station with 16 pumps with the ability to
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1 expand to 20 pumps; sales of 4,000 products; and employment of 175 to 200 people. On
2 December 4th, the City Council considered the certification of the EIR and continued the
3 consideration of the certification of the EIR to its December 18, 2013 meeting. Since the
4 Planning Commission cannot consider the Site Development Permit until the EIR has been
5 certified by the City Council, staff is requesting that the Planning Commission continue
6 this public hearing to a date certain of January 22, 2014.
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8 Planning Director Stump gave a staff report and talked about City Council and Planning Commission
9 schedule of hearings on the Costco Project.
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11 Commissioner Sanders:
12 • Referred to City Council Agenda Summary Report dated December 4, 2013 for item 11 b, page 3,
13 2"d bullet that reads, 'Rather than rezoning these parcels now as part of this application, the City
14 Council could ask staff to look into a rezoning of parcels 2 and 3 as part of a future rezoning
15 separate from this application' and questioned why parcel 4 is not addressed and/or included in
16 the potential rezoning.
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18 Planning Director Stump:
19 • Will review the contents of this document. Is unable to comment since he does not have the
20 document with him tonight. It may very well be a typographical error.
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22 Commissioner Pruden:
23 • Asked about the agenda packet and what documents the Commissioners will receive for the Site
24 Development Permit hearing on the Costco Project?
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26 Planning Director Stump:
27 • Explained what documents will be included in the agenda packet for the public hearing on the
28 Costco Site Development Permit.
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30 M/S Doble/Pruden to continue Costco Wholesale and Fueling Station Site Development Permit (SDP),
31 Airport Park Boulevard (File No. 11-1-REZ-SDP-CC-PC and 11-16-EIR-CC) to a date certain of January
32 22, 2013. Motion carried by an all AYE voice vote (5-0).
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34 10. PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT
35 • The Zoning Administrator will conduct a public hearing for a sign project on the Selzer Realty
36 World building tomorrow.
37 • Addressed Planning Commission meeting schedule for January.
38 • The Planning Department is working on long range planning projects some of which include the
39 City Water Rights EIR, the Climate Action Plan, the Housing Element, and Sphere of Influence
40 Amendment.
41 • Public Works has been working on an update to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan.
42 • The Paths, Open Space, and Creeks Commission has been working on the Doolin Creek
43 Restoration and Enhancement Plan.
44 • The Planning and Building Department have been working and training on application of the
45 City's new software system that will change how permits/documents/cost recovery information
46 are currently processed and tracked. Implementation of the new system for Planning and Building
47 should happen early next year when the department `goes live'with the process electronically.
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49 11. PLANNING COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
50 Commissioner poble:
51 • Has observed a new e-cigarette smoke shop has opened on Mill Street and South State Street.
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53 Planning Director Stump:
54 • The store is located in the C-1 zoning district where a retail land use is allowed unlike the DZC
55 district where smoke shops are prohibited.
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1 • The individual that opened the aforementioned retail store is not the same person the
2 Commission saw for the proposed e-cigarette store located in the DZC.
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4 Commissioner Pruden:
5 • Has been in several airports lately and observed e-cigarettes are sold in shops inside the security
6 area. However, smoking of any kind is prohibited in the terminal areas so not even e-cigarettes
7 are allowed.
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9 Commissioner Sanders:
10 • Attended the annual Planning workshop at SSU and found it very informative/educational. One
11 aspect of the workshop that was most interesting was a new tool for local government planning
12 called the Summary and Guide - Integrated Water and Land Management Tool. This document is
13 essentially helpful for a small developer or the homeowner and explains how to
14 calculate/measure runoff on a particular site. In terms of output this tool can be used to figure out
15 land cover and water infrastructure for sites and contains water and monetary metrics so costs
16 can be calculated for implementation of LID and cost for maintenance of land over a given time
17 period. The conclusions were that this tool effectively demonstrates real differences in
18 'consumption' for a lot at neighborhood levels when applied to case study sites. The tool is easy
19 to use and is locally adaptable. It is most useful for preliminary planning and conceptual design
20 and should not be used in place of a more specific hydrological analysis to calculate volumes of
21 stormwater runoff. The other conclusion is that it helps to reduce hardscape and offers the
22 smaller developer or homeowner options for development of a property so as not to use so much
23 hardscape. The management tool also provides prices for common building materials that a
24 person would need for a project as well as sources where materials can be found.
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26 Commissioner Pruden:
27 • The Ukiah Chamber of Commerce and the Ukiah Main Street Program will host a New Year's
28 Eve party. Following Comedy Alley there will be dancing and food/drinks will be served. The cost
29 is $75 per person. The event should be a lot of fun.
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31 Chair Whetrel:
32 • Inquired about the process/mechanism regarding how to get a property owner to fix a sign that
33 has been damaged for some time.
34 • Asked about the process to establish a new ordinance.
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36 Planning Director Stump:
37 • Planning staff will look into the matter.
38 • Related to possibly establishing a new ordinance suggested the Commission make a
39 recommendation to Council where Council would make a determination and provide direction to
40 staff in this regard.
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42 12. ADJOURNMENT
43 There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:36 p.m.
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46 Cathy Elawadly, Recording Secretary
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