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Home My WebLink AboutRCC MIN 2002/07/01 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION July 1, 2002 Mercy Building Conference Room 430 "F" Street MEETING CALLED TO ORDER by Chair Charles Bull at 6:34 p.m. ROLL CALL/MOTION TO EXCUSE MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Charles Bull, Vice-Chair Doug Reid, Commissioners Juan Diaz, Stanley Jasek, Cindy Burrascano (6:40 p.m.), Teresa Thomas (6:53 p.m.) and Pamela Bensoussan (6:53 p.m.) STAFF PRESENT: Marilyn Ponseggi, Environmental Review Coordinator Brian Hunter, Planning & Environmental Manager Mark Stephens, Principal Planner Lynnette Tessitore-Lopez, Associate Planner Miguel Tapia, Sr. Community Development Specialist Linda Bond, Recording Secretary OTHERS PRESENT: Jerry Scott, 462 "E" Street Carlene Scott, 462 "E" Street Elizabeth A. Galligan, 466 "E" Street Jon Rilling, Otay Land Company, LLC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None. OLD BUSINESS 1. IS-02-048 - Southwest Redevelopment Plan Amendment to Extend Eminent Domain Authority Chair Bull indicated that this item has been brought back because of questions regarding advertising and noticing. Mr. Brian Hunter (Planning & Environmental Manager) stated that an English and Spanish notice of the proposed negative declaration was noticed in the newspaper and to 12 different agencies. There are 3,000 people that live out there; therefore, staff did not notice them individually. No public comments have been received. When the item goes forward to the City Council for public hearing, staff will notice RCC Minutes - 2 - July 1 , 2002 everyone within the Southwest Redevelopment area. The public review period for the Mitigated Negative Declaration has been extended to July 21, 2002. MSc (Reid/Jasek) to recommend adoption of the Negative Declaration. Vote: (4-0-0-3) with Burrascano, Thomas and Bensoussan absent. Ms. Marilyn ponseggi (Environmental Revi ew Coordinator) requested that Item #4 be taken out of order since members of the public were present for that item. NEW BUSINESS 4. Historic Designation, 462 "E" Street Ms. Lynnette Tessitore-Lopez (Associate Planner) reported that Mr. & Mrs. Scott of 462 "E" Street have requested historic designation. Their home is next door to Historic Site #50 (The Galligan House). This home was not included in the original historical resource inventory. Staff has no knowledge as to why it was not included. The homeowners have provided background information similar to what would have been contained in the inventory for the home. From all available research, the house appears to retain evidence of the original featu res (Criteria #4) and has distinguishing architectural character (Criteria #6). Staff recommends designation. Vice-Chair Reid noted that, since the original owner Mr. Cleaton Robertson (1929- 1940) was the branch manager for California Water & Telephone Company, the house should also meet Criteria #2. MSC (Reid/Jasek) to recommend that this site be included in the list of historical sites based on Criteria #2, #4 and #6. Vote: (5-0-0-2) with Thomas and Bensoussan absent. OLD BUSINESS (Cont'd) 2. Transit First Update Mr. Mark Stephens (Principal Planner) reported that, when he presented the General Plan Update to the RCC on April 29, 2002, he did not have enough time to properly discuss the South Bay Transit First Program. Via PowerPoint, Mr. Stephens presented the following transit topics in detail: a) previous transit planning; b) regional transit Yision; c) South Bay Transit First Program; and 4) Showcase Project. The Commissions asked questions regarding how traffic demand is determined, the width of the transit right-of-way, what type of energy would be utilized, and the Transit First Showcase Project, which were responded to by Mr. Stephens. RCC Minutes - 3 - July 1, 2002 Ms. Ponseggi stated that a presentation would be given to the RCC in the next couple months regarding alternative fuel vehicles. At the request of staff, the Commission took a short break at this time. 3. General Plan Visioneering Commissioner Sensoussan explained the General Plan Visioneering process. She gave each Commissioner a set of three cards containing questions. Commissioner Jasek asked why the RCC was doing this, and what did it have to do with the RCC? Ms. Ponseggi stated that every Board and Commission in the City was being asked to do it along with the various neighborhood and community groups. This is all part of the community input process to help the team that is working on the General Plan Update get an idea of what the real issues are out in the community. The Commissioners wrote their responses on the cards, which were in turn repeated to Commissioner Bensoussan who recorded them on an easel pad. The questions were as follows: a) Name the two cross-streets nearest to your residence? b) What do you like best about your neighborhood? c) What would you like to improve in your neighborhood? d) What aspects of Chula Vista do you feel are most important to preserve? e) What is currently missing from Chula Vista that you would like to see added? f) When you think about Chula Vista's future, what are you most worried about? g) When you think about Chula Vista's future, what are you most optimistic about? Ms. Ponseggi stated that she would personally deliver everything to the General Plan Update Team in the morning. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Cont'd) Chair Bull recognized a member of the public who wished to speak under oral communications and advised the Commission that they could not take any action or discuss the issue but could put it on a later agenda for discussion. Commissioner Jasek left the meeting at 8:20 p.m. Mr. Jon Rilling (Otay Land Company, LLC, 1903 Wright Place, Suite 220, Carlsbad, CA 92008-6528) handed out the following information to brief the RCC on some issues on the conveyance plan: 1) letter to Ann Moore from Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe dated February 8, 2002; 2) letter to Ann Moore from Piper Rudnick dated May 1, 2002; 3) letter to Ann Moore from Thomas F. Geselbracht dated June 20,2002; and 4) unofficial RCC Minutes - 4 - July 1 , 2002 transcript of the minutes of the September 17, 1999 County of San Diego Planning Commission Hearing. Mr. Rilling presented his concerns regarding the way the Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Otay Ranch is being implemented. According to Mr. Rilling the Otay Land Company is the owner of approximately 4,700 acres in Otay Ranch. He questioned how amendments to the conveyance plan have been adopted. Mr. Rilling stated that the Otay Land Company is a ready and willing seller of initial conveyance land to satisfy the obligations of the RMP 1 and 2. Chair Bull thanked Mr. Rilling for his presentation and asked the Commission if they wished to discuss the issues raised on a future agenda. By unanimous consent, the Commission took action to put an item on an upcoming agenda to address the issues raised by Mr. Rilling. Ms. Ponseggi stated that the item would be brought back as quickly as staff could gather all of the information necessary, but that it likely would not be the next meeting. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd) 5. Election of Officers Commissioner Thomas made a motion for Charles Bull to continue as Chair and Doug Reid as Vice-Chair of the RCC. Chair Bull stated that he would be more than happy to stay on but felt it would be best if someone else were selected because he would be moving out of the area in a couple months. Commissioner Thomas made a motion to elect Doug Reid as Chair and Juan Diaz as Vice-Chair. Commissioner Diaz declined. Commissioner Bensoussan suggested that Teresa Thomas be the Chair. MSC (Diaz/Bensoussan) to elect Teresa Thomas as Chair and Doug Reid as Vice-Chair. Vote: (6-0-0-1) with Jasek absent. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COORDINATOR COMMENTS: Ms. Ponseggi announced that, as of last Friday, an Associate Planner had been hired whose sole responsibility is mitigation monitoring. CHAIR COMMENTS: Chair Bull presented Commissioner Cindy Burrascano with a plaque for her service on the Resource Conservation Commission from March 1993 to June 2002. RCC Minutes - 5 - July 1 , 2002 COMMISSIONER COMMENTS Vice-Chair Reid asked for a matrix of the status of the various historic sites that the Commission has considered and what the status is on whether they have a historic plaque. Ms. Ponseggi responded in the affirmative. Commissioner Burrascano wanted to thank everyone for letting her be on the Commission. Ms. Ponseggi asked if staff could continue sending her a packet until her seat was filled. Commissioner Burrascano responded in the affirmative. Commissioner Bensoussan stated that about a year ago, when the Mills Act was adopted by the City Council, the RCC recommended to staff that they send a letter to all the homeowners that currently have designated property to inform them of the Mills Act Program. She thought it was even expanded to include everybody on the 250 Windshield Survey List:. She requested that the RCC go back and look at what the minutes said because it was discussed at length. Ms. Ponseggi recommended that the letter be sent out to everyone who is actually designated rather than everyone in the inventory until after we have the Blue Ribbon Committee. Commissioner Bensoussan thought that made sense. Ms. Ponseggi stated that she would speak to Ms. Tessitore- Lopez the next day about getting that letter sent out to the designated properties. ADJOURNMENT: Chair Bull adjourned the meeting at 8:35 p.m. to a regular meeting on Monday, July 15, 2002, at 6:30 p.m. in the Mercy Building Conference Room, 430 "F" Street, Chula Vista, CA. Prepared by: ~ ..~ h.-l W_.L--- Lin a Bond Recording Secretary (A:\lIb\RCC#2\RCC070102Mins.doc) * Historical Society streetwalkina survey