Planning Commission Meeting

MINUTES Planning Commission Regular Meeting Council Chambers, 380 Civic Drive, Galt, California Thursday, January 12, 2017 6:30 p.m. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair Daley. Commissioners present: McFaddin, Morris and Vice Chair Sandhu. Absent: Cannell Staff members present: City Attorney Steve Rudolph, Community Development Director Chris Erias, Senior Civil Engineer Bill Forrest, Armondo Solis, Parks and Recreation Department and PC Secretary Tina Barclay. PUBLIC COMMENTS – None 4 SUBJECT: Election of Officers ACTION: City Attorney Rudolph explained the nomination process. Commissioner McFaddin nominated Commissioner Morris for Chairperson. Second by Commissioner Sandhu. Vote: Ayes: Daley, McFaddin, Morris and Sandhu. Motion passed unanimously. Absent: Cannell Chair Morris nominated Commissioner McFaddin as Vice Chairperson. Second by Commissioner Sandhu. Vote: Ayes: Daley, McFaddin, Morris and Sandhu. Motion passed unanimously. Absent: Cannell INFORMATION/CONSENT CALENDAR 5A SUBJECT: Minutes of the December 1, 2016 Special Meeting. ACTION: Commissioner Daley moved to approve the minutes of the December 1, 2016 Special Meeting. Second by Commissioner Morris. Vote: Ayes: Daley, Vice Chair McFaddin, Chair Morris and Sandhu. Absent: Cannell. Motion passed unanimously. PUBLIC MEETING 6 None PUBLIC HEARING 7A SUBJECT: River Oaks 3 Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map Time Extension and Map Amendment Project. ACTION: Staff Erias gave a Power Point presentation. The project site is between Carillion Blvd and Marengo Blvd. River Oaks 3 is an approved 270 lot vesting tentative subdivision map. Subdivision was approved on August 212, 2004 with an expiration date of August 12, 2006. City of Galt has provided a three year extension based on the filing of a final map and the state provided 7 years of extensions resulting in the current expiration date of November 21, 2016. The River Oaks 3 project is City of Galt Planning Commission Minutes Page 2 of 4 Regular Meeting of 01-12-2017 eligible for three 1 year extensions. The City is recommending changes to condition #11, requiring the landscape deposit to be $1500 rather than $300. Staff recommends approving an additional one year time extension for the River Oaks 3 Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map and continue the map amendment request to the next Planning Commission meeting, February 9, 2017. Members of the public came to comment on the map amendment and the Planning Commissioners asked that they be allowed to speak. Staff Erias explained that a traffic study showed the removal of the currently proposed bridge is not a problem, but the study did show some other traffic problem areas. The following members of the public spoke in regards to the current proposed bridge and traffic issues: Lorrayne Graham, Bryce Morris, Patrick O’Flaherty, Janene Lawrence, Amelia Schendel, James Schendel. Their comments and concerns were as follows:  Traffic on Carillion already very high. As more homes come, more traffic  The bridge was in the master plan, Elliott Homes should be held to original concept.  Concern about emergency vehicle access to homes.  Do not want the bridge – Elk Hills currently used as a short cut, bridge will increase traffic.  Have asked City numerous times to do a traffic study as traffic and safety issues impact neighborhood. Only 2 ingress/egress which goes out to Elk Hills.  Need stop signs and speed bumps.  4 way stop at Carillion would be good.  Blind curve very dangerous.  Need to be able to get out onto Marengo. Price Walker of Elliott Homes spoke. He stated that he had gotten the traffic study and met with staff to visit various alternatives. Asking that the Planning Commission continue this item until next month and approve the map extension. Commissioner Sandhu stated that it is hard to comment without full report from the staff. Commissioner Daley moved to continue the amendment, and approve the condition and map extension. Second by Vice Chair McFaddin. Vote: Ayes: Daley, Vice Chair McFaddin, Chair Morris and Sandhu. Absent: Cannell. Motion passed unanimously. 7B SUBJECT: Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Modify the Formula for Dedication of Land – Population per Type of Dwelling Unit (Continued from 12-01-16 Special Meeting) ACTION: Staff Erias gave a Power Point presentation. This item was continued from the last meeting. Staff had been directed by council to amend the persons per household as it pertains to park dedication. Recommending to go with a sliding scale determined by type of home. The council direction was driven by the Dry Creeks Oaks project. The current code is flat 3.23 persons per household and does not take into account the different housing types in Dry Creek Oaks. Questions to staff: Daley: Objects to the whole thing. We will have less parks. People are happy with level of parks we have, why would we want to reduce that? Maybe we need to look at impact fees. Are we close to Folsom, City of Galt Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 of 4 Regular Meeting of 01-12-2017 Roseville? McFaddin: We have to look at housing costs. Higher in those areas so bring in more money. Daley: Houses are selling quickly. Seniors use parks, bring their grandchildren. Morris: Why did the city council bring this up? Staff Erias: The city had a persons per household table until 2015. The new code replaced it with a flat rate. Not losing parkland based on the type of development, it’s based on persons per household. May reduce in lieu fee but will not reduce the amount of parks the city has planned. Reducing the amount of developer dedication, not the overall size or quantity of the parks. Sandhu: Why did we change the fee? Staff Erias: Not sure. Council mentioned that they preferred the prior method. It was recognized at the time of the update that the flat rate scale was probably not the best. Sandhu: A flat rate is not fair for seniors. Daley: If you are going to reduce for fairness reasons (which I don’t buy), then need to be raised for single family. We cannot have a deficit. Staff Erias: In talking to developers, we are kind of on the high side. Other cities calculate on a wide variety. McFaddin: Sherry (Commissioner Daley), you think we’re losing money here? Daley: What builds a beautiful community are our schools and parks. We need another pool. We did this back in 2005 and not anywhere near what we planned. Lots of builders coming in. City Attorney Rudolph: Request is for staff to produce table or varying rate based on household type. Council did not ask for these exact figures or reduction of park dedication. They asked for a sliding scale. Staff Erias: I located the data from the US Census and used those numbers. The Planning Commission can recommend that the city council go to a sliding scale and increase the numbers to still have the net be the same so no loss of acreage. Commissioner Daley moved to recommend to council that the park fees go to a sliding scale but to increase the numbers to still have the net be the same so no loss of park acreage or fees. Second by Vice Chair McFaddin. Vote: Ayes: Daley, Vice Chair McFaddin, Chair Morris and Sandhu. Absent: Cannell. Motion passed unanimously. COMMENTS BY STAFF/DIRECTORS REPORT 8A SUBJECT: Presentation/Training for Galt Parks (heard prior to Item 7B) ACTION: Staff Erias and Solis gave an informational Power Point presentation about the City City of Galt Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 of 4 Regular Meeting of 01-12-2017 of Galt Parks Master Plan. 8B SUBJECT: The Planning Commissioners were informed about the League of California Cities’ upcoming Planning Commissioners Academy to be held in Los Angeles March 1-3, 2017. They were asked to let the Recording Secretary know if they wish to attend. 8C SUBJECT: All Planning Commissioners were given information binders. 8D SUBJECT: Staff informed all commissioners that there would be a training calendar for the year put together for them. 9. COMMENTS BY PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None 10. ADJOURN Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. MEETING MINUTES CAN BE HEARD IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REQUESTING A COPY OF THE AUDIO RECORDING FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY. Respectfully submitted by Tina Barclay, Planning Commission Secretary /S/ _____________________________________ Tina Barclay, Planning Commission Secretary Minutes Approved: March 9, 2017