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HomeMy WebLinkAboutmin 08-03-81428 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 111 W. Church Ukiah, Ca. August 3, 1981 The City Council met in an adjourned session at 6:30 P.M. to discuss General Plan Amendment land use changes. Councilmembers present: Hickey, Feibusch, Riley, Myers. Councilmembers absent: Snyder. Staff present: Payne, Orchard, Harris, Melvin M/S: Feibusch/Hickey that any action taken would be subject o further review after all of the areas are addressed, the elements in their revised form are adopted and the environmental evaluation is modified to reflect those proposed changes and the General Plan is adopted as a complete document. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote. State Drive In-Theatre Property Pat Stefani, 225 Washington, stated the PD zone is acceptable to the surrounding neighbors but not R-3. She also expressed concern for the traffic that could be generated by a zone change. Ardice Brower, President, Board of Realtors, felt there was very little provision made for more affordable housing in the overall Planning Commission proposals and stressed the need for more affordable housing. Roque Brennan, 122 Cresta Drive, felt the density was high enough already. Wiley Wright, Baker & Co., stated that their concept was of 151 units for this property and they have done a traffic study. Lee Sandlin, 318 Jones, suggested that this property be used for a convention bureau or civic center. Councilmember Feibusch reported that Baker & Co. were receptive to the idea, but from the City Manager's conversation with TMI, they have indicated that they were not interested. A1 Stefani, 225 Washington, questioned the availability of water and sewer for this project. Letha Atkinson, 265 Mendocino, stated she was against the project and spoke to the sewer problem in this area. M/S: Feibusch/Hickey to accept tentatively the Planning Commission's recommendation of Medium High Density Residential with Commercial along Washington Street frontage. Bill Drake, 293 Carlton, stated as no building permit has been issued or EIR done, that any discussion dealing with traffic, sewer, water or ingress and egress are irrelevant. Motion carried by a 3-1 (Riley) voice vote. Clara Avenue South Jesse Stafford, 495 Clara, stated the property owners contained on the letter he presented to Council are opposed to changing the property to R-3. · Mark Walker, 441 Clara, felt Clara Avenue is an excellent buffer zone and was opposed to changing it to high density. Adj .Mtg. 8/3/81 Page 1 Dorothy Lawson, 415 Clara, was in favor of a commercial designation. M/S: Hickey/ Feibusch to accept tentatively medium high/commercial designation for Clara Avenue South. Motion carried by 4-0 unanimous voice vote. Orchard Avenue Extension/West Orchard Avenue Extension/East Pete Passof, 155 Debra, requested that no development in this area proceed until traffic problems are mitigated. Joe Mayfield, Banker Boulevard, asked if the City has purchased any property for the Orchard Extension? Planning Director Harris stated the City has purchased the corner of Gobbi and the freeway onramp for expansion of the substation. Councilmember Feibusch pointed out that the City is obligated to improve the street to the depth of that parcel. M/S: Feibusch/Riley to tentatively designate Orchard Avenue Extension/West and Orchard Avenue Extension/East as medium high density and that no development take place until the streets are dedicated. Letha Atkinson asked, as she already has a 20 unit development located there, what this designation would do to her property? City Manager Payne stated the Council is not addressing existing development. Motion carried by 4-0 unanimous voice vote. Waugh East/Gobbi Cooper Councilmember Feibusch suggested that Cooper Lane be extended to intersect with the proposed Orchard Avenue extension with a signal at Gobbi and Orchard as a means of relieving the traffic on Waugh. Donna Cooper, 420 Cooper, did not agree with Councilmember Feibusch's suggestion. She spoke to the dangerous traffic problems on Waugh and the trouble with the drainage ditches. Imogene Homes, 225 Cooper, spoke to the traffic problems. " Dwayne Hill, Director of Rural Communities Housing Development Corp.,' stated the reason this parcel was selected was the closeness to the freeway and two main arteries into Ukiah. He felt channeling the traffic would eliminate many problems that may exist. He stated that the project would generate about 1/2 car per household as it is an elderly project. He did not feel the land use plan should be controlled by traffic problems. George Burnham, 817 Waugh, did not want any more people or houses in this area. Charles Ruelle, 980 N. Oak, asked who will pay for widening the streets, the sewer system and felt the area should be low density until developers come in and ask for a permit. Rick Dawson, 801 Cooper, reported that he finds many cars in the creek because they miss the turn and stated more traffic is not needed there. A member of the Board of Directors for Rural Communities Housing Corp. felt the traffic problem has developed because of poor access onto Gobbi Street and once the Orchard extension is in, traffic circulation will improve. Elizabeth Gerkson, Waugh, felt there was too much traffic there already. Awana Rowland, 596 Park, stated she works on Leslie Street and reported it is very difficult to turn left onto Gobbi Street. Adj. Mtg. 8/3/81 Page 2 430 Jack Cox, Ukiah, asked how far back from Gobbi Street south is the commercial area? Planning Director Harris stated 200' or one parcel depth. Sally LaSalle, Manager of Walnut Village, reported they went through their waiting list and found that 48 elderly people are in need of immediate housing. Jack Simpson, Ukiah, felt if this area is developed with single family residences, it will generate 2½ cars per family with approximately 50 trips per day where senior citizen housing would have only ½ car with ½ trip a day. Larry Kier, 425 W. Church, stated every development has conditions that must be met, such as, traffic mitigation or drainage, as part of the process. M/S: Hickey/Feibusch to tentatively designate Waugh East/Gobbi-Cooper as medium high density. Motion carried by unanimous voice 4-0 vote. RECESS: 8:30 P.M. Wau~h East/Cooper-City Limits George Burnham asked if the zoning would be changed for his vineyard? Mayor Myers stated the Planning Commission has recommended that the existing zoning be retained. Councilmember Feibusch made a motion to rezone the property to R-1. Motion died for lack of a second. Rick Dawson felt the whole street should be zoned R-1 or commercial and not be split. M/S: Riley/Feibusch to tentatively designate Waugh East/Cooper-City Limits as medium low density. Rick Dawson asked that medium low density be clarified. Councilmember Hickey stated it would be 6-7 dwelling units per acre. Motion carried by unanimous 4-0 voice vote. Wau~h & Betty/City Limits-Talmage Councilmember Riley asked the status of the Munson Subdivision? Planning Director stated the matter had been approved by Council to make application to LAFCO. LAFCO will hear the matter on September 10 and then it will come back to Council for a protest hearing in late October or early November. Velma Williams, 3 Betty, stated the property at 1 Betty has been split and a machine shop is located on it now. .She stated this is not shown on the map as commercial. Planning Director felt that the entire lot would be counted as commercial and the house counted as a nonconforming legal use. Councilmember Feibusch requested that subject matter be postponed so that councilmembers could revisit this area. Councilmember Riley made a motion to designate this area medium low density but later withdrew her motion. Jack Cox, 551 Pomo Lane, felt it would be unique to have low density next to commercial and it would be very short range planning. Adj .Mtg. 8/3/81 Page 3 Bob Enright, Ukiah, spoke to the 30'-40' dedicated to the City for.widening of Waugh and asked with the new zoning, what would happen with the street widening? Jack Cox stated the subdivision was created when there was a lot of land but to restrict the parcels to one house would be a gross error and felt the City Council should reexamine the area. M/S: Riley/Myers to tentatively retain the designation for subject area as medium low density. Mayor Myers felt the matter needed closer scrutiny. The maker of the motion, with the consent of the second, withdrew the motion. It was the consensus of Council to defer action on Waugh & Betty/City Limits-Talmage to August 17, 1981 meeting. Marsh Property William Lewis, who owns property adjacent to Marsh property, felt the property was not suitable for residential usage because of the noise generated by the airport. He felt the property should be zoned commercial. Francine Long, Century 21, showed a map of subject area. She reported a majority of motels in the area are being used on a month to month basis. She felt the commercial businesses in the area are compatible with residential. She did not feel the proposed project would be out of character for the area. A noise study was done by Scherf & Rau who found the property acceptable for residential use. She reported the flight pattern does not come over the property. Pat Stefani asked what the proposed increases in air traffic and size of the airport were? City Manager reported there are no plans to increase the size of the airport or size of aircraft using the airport. Larry Kier stated that aircraft built today are much quieter. William Lewis reported that last year during the fly in, he had to call the airport as the planes were flying over the top of his house. ~ Dr. Marsh, owner of property and former owner of Rancho Siesta Motel, reported that people who stayed at the motel on a nightly basis were the ones that complained about the airplane noise and not the monthly tenants. M/S: Riley/Hickey to tentatively retain the commercial designation for Marsh Property. Motion carried by unanimous 4-0 voice vote. East Yokayo ShoppingCenter Don Jenkins requested that subject matter be continued to next meeting. It was the consensus of Council to continue consideration of East Yokayo Shopping Center to the August 10, 1981 meeting. North Oak & School Streets Jack Cox felt the issue of residential type development in commercial areas should be addressed more fully. Virginia Brody, 1000 N. Oak, felt that the long parcels with frontages on State Street could be commercial and with any higher density to residential taking access only to State Street. Adj .Mtg. 8/3/81 Page 4 432 M/S: Riley/Feibusch to tentatively retain medium low designation for North Oak & School Streets. Motion carried by unanimous 4-0 voice vote. Comments From Audience Jack Cox reiterated his request that residential development in commercial area be addressed. Dr. Marsh stated the housing that was removed near the airport was done because of planes landing and not noise. Pat Stefani requested clarification of the noticing procedure. Planning Director stated that notices were placed in the newspaper and posted on the property for land use changes. At the time of zoning hearings, notices will be mailed out to everyone within 300 feet of subject property. Councilmember Riley was of the opinion that notification to everyone within 300' should also apply for land use changes. Francine Long asked for clarification of Council's decision regarding the Marsh property. Planning Director indicated the commercial designation would allow apartment development with a use permit. ADJOURNMENT - 10:10 P.M. MARY ~ELVIN Adj .Mtg. 8/3/81 Page 5