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HomeMy Public PortalAbout10/19/93 MinutesMINUTES OF BEAUMONT PLANNING COMMISSION OCTOBER 19, 1993 Meeting was called to Order at 7:00 p.m. Roll Call: Commissioners Echlin, DePalatis, Kirkland and Chairman Prouty. Commissioner Moreno was absent and was excused. Affidavit of Posting was read. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was observed. 1. Approval of Minutes: Commissioner DePalatis offered a motion to approve the Minutes for Special Planning Commission of September 7, 1993 and the Meeting of September 21, 1993, seconded by Commissioner Echlin. Motion carried unanimously with the following roll call vote: AYES: Commissioners Echlin, DePalatis, Kirkland and Chairman Prouty. NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: Commissioner Moreno. 2. Oral Communication: None. 3. Director's Report: PC Egger reported to the Commission that the Redevelopment program is moving along and the next step is a community meeting scheduled for Wednesday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m. at the high school. He noted that staff is hopeful the process will be completed by the end of the year and that a Redevelopment project area will then be in place. There are however some negotiations needed to be completed with the other taxing districts and these negotiations are presently underway. Mr. Egger further noted that should the Redevelopment project not get adopted this year, there is a new Bill that was recently signed into Law, SB 1290, which creates a mandatory split among the taxes and agencies after January 1. He then stated that the danger with SB 1290 is that it may be litigated for a substantial period of time so the City would definitely be best served to have the Redevelopment process completed this year. Mr. Egger went on stating that at this month's LAFCO meeting the entire community of Cherry Valley was placed within Beaumont's sphere which is a protective move on Cherry Valley's part to keep them from being annexed by other adjoining cities. On the easterly side, LAFCO placed its sphere line at the San Bernardino meridian and everything west of the Banning Bench belongs in Beaumont's sphere. On the southerly side all of Lockheed's project was placed within the City's sphere; however, a small area that is designated for open space in the specific plan was placed in San Jacinto's sphere of influence. In terms of potentially transferring the open space to some public entity (which is what Lockheed has in mind), this complicates things slightly more than being exclusively within Beaumont, however, it does not disrupt the development in any way. Mr. Egger then pointed out that staff has prepared a draft code pertaining to the Sign Ordinance, that the City Council appointed a committee which has been looking at the draft and they will be making a recommendation to the Planning Commission and City Council. The Planning Commission will also be getting a draft copy to look at. Mr. Egger also mentioned that there is a handbook that is being developed which will provide some general information in terms of conducting meetings, the Commission's role and responsibility, and that the handbook is a general reference as to what the Commission is all about. At the present time the handbook is being reviewed by the City Manager and City PC minutes of October 19, 1993 Page 2 Attorney and should be available for the Commission in a couple of weeks. PUBLIC HEARING: 93 -RZ -9 and 93- ND -25, a request for a change in zoning from R- A (Residential Agriculture) to M -L (Light manufacturing) on a 5.52 are Street cand P Grace located Ave ue (APN #he417-160-018, c r 019 and 025)• California Aoption of a Negative Declaration pursuant to Environmental Quality Act ill also be considered. Applicant, Kenko, Inc. PC Egger presented the staff report outlining the background and analysis. He noted that ultimately, with respect to all of the properties in the area and throughout the City, staff will be proceeding with a consistency zoning exercise; however, this particular application is asking for zoning at this time in conformance with the General Plan. anticipated moves forward with the consistency zoning, that the surrounding areas will be zoned light zoning in order they be compatible with the surrounding areas. The consistency zoning should come before the Planning Commission in about 6 to 8 weeks. Staff is presently working on computerized mapping on a City wide basis and as soon as this is completed, the General Plan and tte create designations will be placed on the mapping system situation where the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance will agree. Commissioner DePalatis quests City if h there Egger portion o of this property owned by the there was a small parcel owned by the City and at this point it is not being transferred to the applicant. Chairman Prouty opened the public hearing at 7:15 p.m. asking for proponents/ opponents from the audience wishing to speak. Mr. Dave Sumner, Hallmark Consultants, Inc., 1294 Elm Avenue, Beaumont, addressed the Commission stating that the City of Beumont too transferoriginally title u until owned abo t small weeks parcel agobut the City failed he present time it no longer belongs to the City of Beaumont. Sumner sentence of the further noted n staff third paragraph under Background where ast mentions Grace Avenue and Olive with an 80' right -of -way that these streets were abandoned in 1893, recorded in 1940 and reconfirmed by a City resolution in 1989. Chairman Prouty closed the public hearing at 7:18 p.m. turning the matter back to the Commission. Commissioner Echlin offered a motion to recommend to City Council adoption of Negative Declaration 93 -ND -25 and adoption of an Ordinance to rezone the subject property from R -A (Residential Agriculture) to M -L (Light manufacturing), seconded by Commissioner Kirkland. motion carried unanimously with the following roll call vote: AYES: Commissioners Echlin, DePalatis, Kirkland and Chairman Prouty. NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: Commissioner Moreno. There being no further items on the agenda, the meeting adjourned at 7:19 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Cherr P ZYJ C Se reta