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Home My WebLink AboutPC Minutes - 10-20-2005-GPPlanning Commission Minutes 10/20/2005 CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Planning Commission Minutes • October 20, 2005 Regular Meeting - 6:30 p.m. 4 Page 1 of 5 file: / /H: \Plancomm \2005 \102005gp.htm 11/21/2005 INDEX ROLL CALL Commissioners Eaton, Hawkins, Cole, Toerge, Tucker, McDaniel and Henn - Michael Henn - Excused STAFF PRESENT: Patricia L. Temple, Planning Director Sharon Wood, Assistant City Manager Aaron C. Harp, Assistant City Attorney aylene Olson, Department Assistant oodie Tescher, Consultant, EIP Associates PUBLIC COMMENTS: PUBLIC COMMENTS tricia Temple introduced the newest member of the Planning Department, Assistant lanner Russell Bunim POSTING OF THE AGENDA: POSTING OF THE AGENDA The Planning Commission Agenda was posted on October 14, 2005. CONSENT CALENDAR SUBJECT: ITEM NO. 1 Minutes of Special Meeting of October 4, 2005 Approved Motion was made by Commissioner Hawkins to approve the minutes. yes: Eaton, Hawkins, Toerge, McDaniel and Tucker Noes: None bsent: Henn bstain: Cole HEARING ITEMS SUBJECT: General Plan Update — Review draft goals and policies for the ITEM NO. 2 file: / /H: \Plancomm \2005 \102005gp.htm 11/21/2005 Planning Commission Minutes 10/20/2005 Page 2 of 5 Natural Resources Element Discussion Item haron Wood, Assistant City Manager, stated that what staff is asking the Planning mmission and the Council to decide on over the next two meetings is the project scription for the EIR. We should remember that it's possible to approve a Genera Plan that has less capacity than what was analyzed in the EIR, but you can't go above hat you've analyzed in the EIR unless you re -do and re- circulate the EIR. So if you're oing to err on one side or the other, I would encourage you to err on the high side s e don't find ourselves at the end of the process hung up by an EIR that considered to little. This is not to suggest that you do something that's unreasonable, or that you ould never consider approving; but, if you're on the borderline I think we should keep hat in mind. Tescher presented an overview of the element and introduced each goal lion discussion. The document reviewed indicated changes made by Plan Advisory Committee at their meeting of October 15, 2005. sion made the following changes to the goals and policies presented. were made by consensus except where a straw vote is noted. nan Toerge thought it was confusing the way Newport Village (Newport C was referenced in the document. Ms. Wood indicated it would be changed to )ort Center Park (formerly Newport Village)." Eaton recommended adding "irrigation" to Policy NR1.1. rman Toerge asked that the policies throughout both elements be changed tinue to enforce" to "Enforce..." iissioner Hawkins recommended Policy NR1.3 regarding tiered water rates J because that administrative consideration should not be in the General Plan. n, he recommended that Policy NR3 be deleted because no recharge facilities the City of Newport Beach and the City does not overlie a producing groundw< nan Toerge opened the Water Supply discussion to the public. No one from was present. nissioner Eaton thought the Water Quality Control Board had jurisdiction the Department of Toxic Substances Control in Policy NR4.5. Commis: it suggested the language be changed to "...approved by the City and the ;y with jurisdiction." ioner Tucker asked that the language in Policy 4.8 be changed to Quality Control Board" and Policy 5.1 "Regional Board." s. Wood indicated that in Policy NR5.2, GPAC had recommended changing the capitalization of the Upper Newport Bay Ecosystem Restoration Project; however since hat meeting she confirmed this was a project supported by the City and recommended he Commission approve of the original language. The Commission agreed. file : //H:1Plancomm120051102005gp.htm 11/21/2005 Planning Commission Minutes 10/20/2005 Hawkins asked staff to review the use of parentheses throughout for consistency. nan Toerge opened the Water Quality discussion to the public. No one from was present. n Toerge suggested the language in Policy NR7.3 be changed to read �s to reduce vehicle -trip generation, such as at -work day care facilities, machines, and other measures." missioner Tucker suggested changing the language in NR7.1 to "Provide able neighborhoods to reduce vehicle trips by siting amenities such as servii >, and schools in close proximity to residential areas." nmissioner Tucker pointed out that Policy NR8.3 seemed to be missing words. correct the language. NR8.4 generated a discussion regarding air and noise created by blowers. Ih the Commission agreed to delete the policy after taking a straw vote, the) the blowers should be regulated by ordinance rather than the general plan. rman Toerge opened the air quality discussion to the public. No one from the present. r. Tescher indicated staff recommended deleting Policy NR10.1 which was added PAC. Staff was concerned that there would be no effective means of implementing Acy. The Commission agreed. nmissioner Eaton pointed out that the LCP had been changed by the C nmission and asked if staff would be updating any policies affected by nges. Ms. Temple indicated changes would be made to keep the docu ommissioner Tucker asked if the language in Policy NR10.4 should be changed ..within or adjacent to..." to "within or contiguous with" in order to define )undaries. The Commission agreed. . Wood pointed out that Policy NR10.13 may have been deleted in error and added back in. The Commission agreed. iairman Toerge asked if Policy NR11.1 could be changed to read "....to the n asonable extent possible." Commissioner Hawkins recommended changing the pc read "Avoid impacts to eelgrass. Mitigate losses...... in Newport Harbor at appropr es, where feasible." Commissioner McDaniel indicated that policies regarc Igrass cannot be changed because of the federal mandates. Ms. Wood indicated velopment of a Harbor Area Management Plan may assist with some of indates. Commissioner Tucker suggested changing the language from "the grea tent possible" to "the extent feasible." Page 3 of 5 file: //H: \Plancomm\2005 \102005gp.htm 11/21/2005 Planning Commission Minutes 10/20/2005 nmissioner Hawkins recommended striking the first part of the language in G 14 so that it would read "Maintain existing deep water channels and ensure tl lain navigable by boats." Commissioner Eaton suggested also striking the w sting." Commissioner Hawkins wanted the goal to read "Maintain and enhance.... sioner Tucker asked to delete the reference to "wetland" in Policy NR14.4. isioner Hawkins recommended the policy read `Require that any project tha s diking, filling or dredging of an estuary must maintain the capacity of the as required by State or Federal law." He also recommended deleting the sentence. nmissioner Hawkins asked about the parenthetical Ecological Reserve in P 16.1. Ms. Wood indicated the language would be changed to "Upper Newport rine Park (formerly Ecological Reserve)." Commissioner Eaton asked staff to cc other references to this park for consistency. iissioner Hawkins asked that "from the County" be added to Policy NR16.3 to make it clear who has current responsibility. nission Tucker asked if it was appropriate to require the ,rofit corporations and volunteer organizations as stated I indicated the staff recommended the language because efforts on Sphere Issues. 16.5. City to collaborate in Policy NR16.2. it is consistent with Cole asked that the word "Ensure" be replaced with "Promote" rman Toerge opened the Biological Resources discussion to the public. the public was present. Tescher indicated GPAC thought the second policy in this section was too flexib recommended deletion; however staff feels this policy would be useful ar >mmended it be added back in. The Commission took a straw vote and agreed Policy NR18.2 back in after changing "significant public need" to "significant need." oner Tucker asked to delete "and expand" in Policy NR18.1 and also chE to "designated.' The Commission took a straw vote and agreed to make imissioner Hawkins suggested an additional policy for this section, "Exl ortunities to increase open space within the City." Commissioner Cole asked word "Consider" be used instead of "Explore." The Commission took a straw agreed to add Policy NR18.3. rman Toerge opened the Open Space Resources discussion to the public. the public was present. Tucker pointed out that the Commission had discussed this Page 4 of 5 file: //H:\Plancomm120051102005gp.htm 11/21/2005 Planning Commission Minutes 10/20/2005 iously and he wanted to use the same language from that discussion. Ms. " ated the discussion was in the Historic Resources Policy which read, "Require �Iopment to protect and preserve paleontological and archaeological resources 1 ruction and avoid and mitigate impacts to such resources in accordance with irements of CEQA." The Commission agreed to replace the first sentence in Pc 9.1 with that language and leave the rest as presented. changes /comments from the Commission. Toerge asked that "ocean and harbor" be added to Policy NR21.1. rmissioner Tucker asked if the goal should include language to specify public views. also recommended deleting the underlined language changes in the policy. rmissioner Tucker also asked if the list in Policy NR21.3 should be included. Ms id indicated a map would be prepared that might be more useful than a list. lan Toerge asked that the word "from" be changed to "of' in Goal NR22. He to replace the word "Continue" with "Support' in Policy NR22.3. Tescher indicated GPAC had deleted the second sentence in Policy NR23.1 ` recommended that sentence be restored because in the Land Use Element he istments could be considered in the Mariner's Mile area if the buildings were < near the bluffs where the views were not affected. The Commission agreed. Tucker recommended deleting the underlined language in Commission discussed the underlined language in Policy NR24.2; then took a and agreed to leave in the language as presented. corrections made by the Commission. airman Toerge opened the Natural Resources discussion to the public. No one public was present. was continued, Item Number 3 will be discussed at the conclusion of the aaenda at 6:30 D.M. 0 Page 5 of 5 file : //H:\Plancomm\2005 \l02005gp.htm 11/21/2005