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Home My WebLink About2007-11-05 RCC MIN r MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION November 5, 2007 Ken Lee Building Conference Room 430 'F' Street MEETING CALLED TO ORDER by Chair Jasek at 4:34 p.m. ROLL CALL/MOTION TO EXCUSE MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Stanley Jasek, Vice-Chair Eric Mosolgo, Commis-sioners Doug Reid, Georgie Stillman, Lynda Gilgun, Brett Davis and Richie Macias, Jr. MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Marisa Lundstedt, Principal Planner Benjamin Guerrero, Senior Planner Luis Hernandez, Development Planning Manager Dave Kaplan, Transportation Engineer Tom Nikzad, Plan Check Supervisor Linda Bond, Recording Secretary - OTHERS PRESENT: Five guests APPROVAL OF MINUTES: None. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None. NEW BUSINESS 1. IS-07-015,--- EastLake Business Center, north side of Otay Lakes Road, west of Hunte Parkway Vice-Chair Mosolgo recused himself from this item as his company is involved with the project. Mr. Benjamin Guerrero (Senior Planner) presented an overview of the project. The project consists of 43.7 acres. Area A contains the existing EastLake Design District. An amendment to the existing design district is being proposed for Area A. Area B consists of flat vacant building pads. A zone change to BC-4 is being proposed for Area B. Area C is vacant. A hotel and office buildings are being proposed for Area C. Commission Comments Commissioner Reid asked the following questions: • Are there any General Plan Amendments scheduled with this project? • What is the parking ratio for the hotel? • Under the simulations in Appendix A, where were the photos taken? • On page 6, Table 3, of the Mitigated Negative Declaration, shouldn't the '8-hour AM' columns be PM? RCC Minutes - 2 - November 5, 2007 Chair Jasek asked if there was 'a record of how many notices were sent out? Mr. Guerrero responded that over 400 notices were mailed. He stated for the record that there was a public neighborhood meeting. About 40 people attended that meeting. There were no negative comments about the project. They were happy about the project and the quality of the proposal. Chair Jasek continued with the following questions: • What are examples of commercial/retail'that would be allowed with this zone change? • In light of the recent problems in that area with water and the devastating effect that it had on at least two businesses, have things been done in the system that we use to assure that the water will be hooked up properly? Commissioner Gilgun noted a typo in the first paragraph of Attachment A..."Bayvista Walk Townhome". Staff satisfactorily provided information and clarification to the Commissioners' questions and concerns. MSC (Stillman/Reid) that the RCC accept the Mitigated Negative Declaration on project IS- 07-015: Vote: (6-0-1-0)with Mosolgo abstaining. Vice-Chair Mosolgo returned to the meeting. INFORMATION ITEMS 2. Council Policy#110-03 Regarding Absences and RCC Attendance Records Ms. Marisa Lundstedt (Principal Planner) stated that this information is provided for your records. We have had a lot of meetings that have been cancelled. There was a question raised last meeting on what were the policies regarding successive absences. This is well defined in the Policy. Staff encourages everyone to call in if they want to be excused so we can mark it as an excused absence. 3. Mayors' Boards and Commissions Breakfast/Brown Act Chair Jasek stated that the Mayor spent several mornings inviting various people to breakfast over at City Hall...small groups of 18-20. Each person around the table was given an opportunity to identify who they were, what their Commissions' were involved with and what they were doing. The Mayor gave us a run down of what has been going on in the City. She also talked specifically about other items of concern: SDG&E Power Plant, the Gaylord Development and the University. Then she opened the meeting up for questions and answers. One thing ,I asked about... We have had in the RCC environment several occasions where a member has had to recuse themself for one reason or another. It has not always been clear in my mind what the legal reasons are for recusing oneself. On one occasion we had so many people recuse themselves that I'm not sure if we legally had a quorum to carry on business. As it turned out, there was probably no.reason"for all but one of us not to recuse themselves from that meeting. The reasons for recusing, among other things, is if you have a financial ownership in something or you will be financially receiving a benefit as a result of the vote. In the instance I'm thinking of (St. Rose) that.came through RCC, we have no financial gain from that vote nor do we have a financial interest. d RCC Minutes - 3 - November 5, 2007 There use to be the need to stand up in front of the Council and give your name and give your address. The address aspect of that is not required for safety reasons. If you don't want people to know where you live, you have a right not to broadcast where you live, and the City Council has no right to force you. Another topic of discussion has been special meetings; what does it take to have a special meeting; if there is a need for a special meeting. It could be for as little as one agenda item with as little as 24-hour notice. Also ethics training... We have all been required to attend ethics training and Brown Act training. If you have not had that training, they do offer the ethics training online where you can complete that requirement. I had asked the question, and so far have not received an answer, for the next opportunity for Brown Act training. PRINCIPAL PLANNER COMMENTS Ms Lundstedt stated that she has additional copies of the "Handbook for Board and Commission Members" that everybody should have. Ms Lundstedt briefly described the contents of the Handbook. The Brown Act... The approval of the minutes from the last meeting... I sent out an email to you from Commissioner Mosolgo in which he had ,questions about how things were discussed at the last meeting. Sending his email to all of you was an example of the Brown Act. I'm obligated to share it with the rest of the group. If I don't and people have different conversations with different Commissioners, it's against the Brown Act. It's called serial meetings, and it's not allowed. l In terms of the October 15 minutes, I didn't want to bring them forward for approval without making sure that you had a chance to vent your concern and how we wanted it done. That is why they were purposely not included in the packet. Ms Lundstedt went over the two items in the minutes that were of concern. The Commissioners discussed the previous RCC -meeting. Ms Lundstedt offered suggestions regarding content of the October 15 minutes. Ms Lundstedt stated that, if the Commissioners were not comfortable with the minutes presented at their next meeting, staff would summarize them accordingly. Chair Jasek quoted from the "Handbook for Board and Commission Members" regarding minutes. Based on that, Chair Jasek recommended that the public comments not be verbatim in the minutes. A majority of the Commissioners agreed that public comments should be summarized in the minutes rather than verbatim. Commissioner Stillman left the meeting at 5 :24 p.m. CHAIR COMMENTS: None. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS . Commissioner Reid suggested that, on the next agenda, we could have an item about the status of the MNDs and EIRs that are going through the system (i.e., the Home Depot on Third Avenue). The Commissioners discussed the,purpose of the RCC. Commissioner Gilgun asked to be excused from the November 19th RCC meeting. RCC Minutes - 4 - November 5, 2007 4. Development Advisory Committee (RAC) Update Vice-Chair Mosolgo reported that four items were discussed at the November RAC meeting: 1) Southwest Community Strength and Strategy 2) There is going to be a joint meeting of the CVRC and the RAC on December 6th where they will highlight issues that are important to the members. They want us to come back to our respective Commission and gather items that are important to all of us. 3) Orsa Office Complex on Third Avenue 4) Orange Avenue Professional Center at Third and Orange. ADJOURNMENT: Chair Jasek adjourned the meeting at 5:36 p.m. to a regular meeting on Monday, November 19, 2007, at 4:30 p.m. in the Ken Lee Building Conference Room, 430 "F" Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910. Prepared by: Li d da Bond Recording Secretary (J APlanning\RCC\2007\RCC110507Mins)