Planning Commission Meeting

MINUTES Planning Commission Regular Meeting Council Chambers, 380 Civic Drive, Galt, California Thursday, September 14, 2017 6:30 p.m. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair Morris. Commissioners present: Daley, McFaddin, Sandhu. Absent; Cannell Staff members present: Community Development Director Chris Erias, Pubic Works Deputy Director, Mark Clarkson, Development Engineer Bill Forrest, Assistant Planner/PC Secretary Tia Klumpp and Interim City Attorney, Kimberly Hood PUBLIC COMMENTS – None INFORMATION/CONSENT CALENDAR 4. SUBJECT: Minutes of the July 13, 2017 Regular Meeting. ACTION: Chair Morris motioned to approve the minutes of the July 13, 2017, Regular Meeting. Commissioner Daley second the motion. Motion passed unanimously. Absent; Cannell PUBLIC COMMENTS – The Secretary announced that members of the audience could address Commissioners on any matter which was not on the agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction. She advised the location of the speaker sheets, asked that speaker sheets be presented to the Secretary prior to addressing Commissioners and advised that each person would have a three-minute time limit to speak PUBLIC HEARING: 5. A. SUBJECT: 4th & C Street Apartments Conditional Use Permit (CUP) AGENDA REPORT: Staff Erias RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the resolution approving a Conditional Use Permit for multi-family dwelling use at 408 C Street. Staff Erias gave the presentation for the project. The historical presence of the building and the importance of this project for our downtown area. The presentation included the project description, the floor plan layout of the apartments, parking around the building and the required conditions of approval to be in place as part of the Conditional Use Permit. Chair Morris noted that he walked the area and did a parking space count; concerned about the sufficient parking and maybe the need for limited use on parking or possibly tenants having special parking permit. Vice Chair McFaddin concerned with the noise to the tenants in the building. Was a noise mitigation study done? Staff Erias addressed this; no noise mitigation was required for this project. City of Galt Planning Commission Minutes Page 2 of 4 Regular Meeting of September 14, 2017 Public Speaker; Mr. John Henke concerned with the noise from the Estrellita Ballroom may upset the tenants. Public Speaker; Ms. Heather Farmer also voiced concern over the noise from the ballroom can be up to midnight and may be upsetting to the tenants. Parking is very limited with the ballroom is in attendance; the possibility of limited time; 2 hour parking may be needed. Public Speaker; Mr. Loren Thompson of Spaans expressed concern that the noise created from the exhaust fans during early morning production; 4:30 am – 2:30 pm of the bakery may be upsetting to the tenants. He also noted the concern for parking. Garbage pickup in the alley may be an issues. Staff Erias addressed this noting there will be sufficient garbage storage area and will not interfere with alley pickup. The other concern of sharing the current transformer that is currently located on Spaans property. This may need to be addressed with SMUD. Commissioner Daley noted that this type of project and use is normal in the downtown mixed use area. This is common in the downtown Sacramento area and tenants who do choose to live there, expect that there will be more noise. As for the limited amount of parking; would like a traffic and parking study done. Asked the city attorney if Planning Commission can approve CUP and have traffic study done at a later date. Interim City Attorney Hood stated that Planning Commission can adopt the CUP and direct staff to look into a traffic and parking study in the future. Staff Forrest: The City has added additional parking at the SW corner of C on 4th St.; 16 regular spaces and 2 accessibility spaces. Commissioner Sandhu also concerned with the lack of parking and would like this addressed by staff. Chair Morris requested that the project applicants address these concerns. Bernice Nickols, the designer and Connie Rodriguez, the property manager addressed the commissioners and audience with the concerns on parking and noise. Ms. Nickols noted that the previous occupant for the building was considering eleven commercial offices which would have created a larger issue for parking, so this project is a better overall fit for the downtown area. Ms. Rodriguez will be the property manager on behalf of the owners. She noted that the applicants will be screened, noise and parking will be disclosed. She also noted that there will be 24-hour property management availability to address any issues. ACTION: Commissioner Daley motioned to approve the adoption of the resolution approving the Conditional Use Permit. Vice Chair McFaddin second the motion. Motion passed unanimously. Absent; Cannell. At the request of the commissioners, a traffic study shall be done in the near future. Commissioner Daley motioned to approve. Chair Morris second the motion. Motion passed unanimously. Absent; Cannell City of Galt Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 of 4 Regular Meeting of September 14, 2017 B. SUBJECT: The Industrial Park Expansion Annexation Project RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Commission recommend the following to City Council: 1. That the City Council adopt the resolution approving the Initial Study, Mitigated Negative Declaration, and adopting the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Industrial Park Annexation and approving the proposed annexation; and 2. Recommend that City Council introduce the ordinance approving the proposed pre-zone for the Industrial Park Annexation Area. Staff Erias gave presentation and history on project. Public Speaker; Jack Hornor, lives on Spring Street and concerned that having Industrial zoning across the street could result in a recycling or manufacturing plant directly in front of him. Staff Erias addressed this concern. Directly across Spring Street a portion will be zoned as Office Professional (OP) as a buffer, thus not allowing any industrial use. ACTION: Commissioner Daley motioned to approve. Vice Chair McFaddin second the motion. Motion passed unanimously. Absent; Cannell. 6. PUBLIC MEETING: A. SUBJECT: SCT/LINK Fueling & Maintenance Facility Project RECOMMENDED ACTION: Review and comment on the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration IS/MND for the SCT/LINK Fueling & Maintenance Facility Project. Staff Erias gave presentation and asked Planning Commissioners to review and comment. Vice Chair McFaddin addressed the location as a major issue. Staff Clarkson addressed this as although the City isn’t happy with the site and will continue to look for alternate locations, in order to proceed with the grant requirement deadline, we need to proceed with the original site that the application was submitted under. They will continue to look for a better location. B. SUBJECT: Planning Commission Meeting start time. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and vote on whether or not to move the meeting start time to 6:00 pm to be consistent with City Council meeting start time. Interim City Attorney Hood noted that any change in meeting start time would need to be adopted into the municipal code. This would need to go through City Council for approval. ACTION: Commissioners directed staff to provide procedures for Planning Commission meeting start time. City of Galt Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 of 4 Regular Meeting of September 14, 2017 C. SUBJECT: Public Speaker time RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discuss and vote on whether or not to increase the public speaker time from 3 minutes to 5 minutes. Interim City Attorney Hood noted that no roll call needed. Staff should provide procedures to Planning Commission to address this. ACTION: Planning Commission directed staff to discuss this in further detail at a future date. 7. COMMENTS BY STAFF/DIRECTORS REPORT Staff Erias gave update on current development, annexations and grant funding Staff Klumpp gave update on ongoing projects; commercial and residential building. An update was also given on approved and issued Minor Use Permits. 8. COMMENTS BY PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 9. ADJOURN Meeting adjourned at 7:55 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 Tia Klumpp, Assistant Planner and Planning Commission Secretary /S/ _____________________________________ Tia Klumpp, Assistant Planner and Planning Commission Secretary