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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1974/07/25 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA~ CALIFORNIA Held Thursday HILLSIDE MODIFYING DISTRICT July 25, 1974 An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California was held on the above date beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, Civic Center, 276 Fourth Avenue, with the following Councilmen present: Councilmen Scott, lIobel, Hamilton, Hyde, Egdahl Councilmen absent; None Staff present: City Manager Thomson, Director of Planning Peterson, City Attorney Lindberg, Assistant Director of Planning 1~illiams NOT A PUBLIC HEARING Mayor Hamilton called the meeting to order and told the audience that this was not a public hear- ing and that he would entertain no comments from the floor at this time - that the purpose of this conference is to discuss two things: The entire E1 Rancho del Rey P-C Zone and Hillside Modifying District. Mayor Hamilton then turned the meeting over to Director of Planning Peterson for his presentation. PRESENTATION BY Mr. Peterson brought the Council up to date on what DIRECTOR OF had transpired previously, pointing out on the maps PLANNING PETERSON the various phases of development. He reiterated that pending still before Council is the question of rezoning the 18 separate parcels of E1 Rancho del Rey, which is scheduled for August 6, 1974. This, he said, would be the first step to begin to apply the Hillside Modifying District. The second step, Mr. Peterson said, dealt with E1 Rancho del Rey itself and staff was not contem- plating rezoning the property from P-C to R-i-t{ or any other R-1 designation but instead it was staff's intent to modify the general development plan under that existing P-C zone to cause the general development plan to reflect the Hillside criteria. Mr. Peterson discussed the staff's first plan of applying the Hillside Modifying District to E1 Rancho del Rey: to basically preserve the north, middle and south leg of Rice Canyon. However, the Council could decide not to preserve the canyons but to preserve the ridges instead. COb~4ENTS BY Mr. Williams pointed out various aspects of the ASSISTANT DIRECTOR maps, such as open spaces, potential population, OF PLANNING ~VILLIAMS areas of density, potential schools, etc. Mr. Peterson said there had been some concern about the cost of maintaining the open spaces and if the City did not participate at all, the average monthly fee per home owner would be approximately $4.00, which is fairly comparable to what it has been running so far in the open space districts. CITY ATTORNEY'S At this point City Attorney Lindberg said he was OPINION concerned that the Council would get into a dis- cussion of opinions, that those present in the City Council Meeting 2 July 25, 1974 audience would want to testify and make comments, and it was not appropriate at this time to get into any discussion of such matters; he added that, in his opinion, any questions which the Council has regarding the information presented by staff must be very carefully weighed so that there will be no form of debate and opinions - this is not a public hearing, it has not been noticed as such, and there is no leeway at all other than the Coun- cil directing staff to return this to the Commission and have the process start, MOTION FOR At this point Mayor ttamilton asked if it were ap- EXECUTIVE SESSION propriate to call an Executive Session from this Council Conference and City Attorney Lindberg re- plied that it was, whereupon Mayor Hamilton moved that they retire to an Executive Session for per- sonnel reasons; this was seconded by Councilman Hobel and carried by the following vote~ to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Hamilton, Hyde, Egdahl, Hobel Noes: Councilman Scott Absent: None EXECUTIVE SESSION The Council recessed to Executive Session at 7:50 p,m. and reconvened at 7:53 p.m. 5~TION NOT TO It was moved by Councilman Hyde and seconded by MODIFY "H" ZONE Councilman Scott not to modify the"N" zone at this time. The motion carried by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Hyde, Egdahl, Scott Noes: Councilmen Hobel, Hamilton Absent: None Mayor Hamilton asked the question - referring back to the five parcels which conform in density what would be the difference if the grading of the Hillside Ordinance were applied to those same parcels? Mr. Peterson replied that they would vary from one tract to another. Mayor Hamilton asked Mr. Feterson what criteria the Planning Commission would use to select the ridges and canyons which should be preserved. Mr. Peterson said his staff would recommend that those which formed the readily visible natural features be considered for preservation. Mayor Hamilton asked Mr. Peterson how staff felt the Hillside Ordinance would shape urban growth to which he replied, "It will shape urban growth by causing certain areas to be preserved in their natural condition." MOTION FOR PLANNING A motion was made by Councilman Egdahl and seconded COF~qlSSION TO CON- by Councilman llyde that the Planning Commission SIDER PROPOSAL OF consider the proposal of the staff relating to STAFF RELATING TO modification of the P-C Zone. F-C ZONE City Council Meeting 3 July 25, 1974 The motion carried by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Egdahl, Scott~ Nobel, ~de Noes: Mayor Hamilton Absent: None MOTION TO ADJOURN Mayor Hamilton adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p~m. to the meeting scheduled for Tuesday, August 6, 1974 at 7: p.m,