Planning Commission
Regular MeetingRiverside, CA · November 29, 2018
Agenda
City of Riverside 3900 Main St.
Riverside, CA 92522
Planning Division
Planning Commission (951) 826-5371
2,184th Meeting
Agenda - Final
Meeting Date: Thursday, November 29, 2018 9:00 AM City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber
Publication Date: Friday, November 16, 2018
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CHAIR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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PUBLIC COMMENT
1 Public Comments: This portion of the agenda will be limited to a cumulative total of
15 minutes, with individual speakers limited to a maximum time limit of 3 minutes.
Further discussion of any matter beyond 15 minutes will be continued to following
the public hearing calendar or scheduled for a later agenda. If there is no one from
the audience wishing to speak, the Commission will move to the next order of
business.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
2 PLANNING CASES P15-0989 (GPA), P17-0543 (SPA), P15-0987 (RZ), AND
P15-0990 (EIR): Proposal by California Baptist University (CBU) to consider a
Specific Plan Amendment to facilitate campus expansions to accommodate the
projected student population through 2025, entailing a maximum of 400,000 square
feet of academic, recreation, and student housing facilities and a maximum student
enrollment of 12,000 students. This proposal involves the following entitlements: 1) a
General Plan Amendment to change the General Plan land use designation for the
Health Sciences Campus and Wellness Center from PF – Public
Facilities/Institutional to CBUSP – California Baptist University Specific Plan
(CBUSP); 2) a Zoning Code Amendment to change the Planning Areas from MU/A -
Mixed Use/Academic, MU/R - Mixed Use/Residential, MU/U - Mixed Use/Urban, A -
Athletics, and OS - Open Space to CBUSP - California Baptist University Specific
Plan Zone; 3) a Zoning Code Amendment to change the Planning Areas from
MU/A-CR –Mixed Use/Academic and Cultural Resources Overlay Zones and
MU/R-CR –Mixed Use/Residential and Cultural Resources Overlay Zones to
CBUSP-CR – California Baptist University Specific Plan and Cultural Resources
Overlay Zones; 4) a Zoning Code Amendment to change the zone of the Health
Sciences Campus and Wellness Center from R-1-7000 – Single Family Residential
Zone to CBUSP - California Baptist University Specific Plan Zone; 5) Specific Plan
Amendments to remove the Health Sciences Campus and Wellness Center from the
Magnolia Avenue Specific Plan and to incorporate them into the California Baptist
University Specific Plan; and 6) an Environmental Impact Report related to the
proposed project. The property is located at 8432 Magnolia Avenue, generally
bounded by Adams Street, Monroe Street, Magnolia Avenue, and State Route
(SR-91), in Ward 5. The City of Riverside has prepared a Draft Environmental
Impact Report for this project. All significant effects of the proposed project have
been reduced to less than significant with implementation of mitigation measures
with the exception of impacts to traffic. Contact Planner: Candice Assadzadeh,
Senior Planner, (951) 826-5667, cassadzadeh@riversideca.gov
Attachments: Report_P15-0989
Exhibits 3-11
Exhibits 12-13
Presentation
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CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the CONSENT CALENDAR are considered routine by the
Planning Commission and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There
will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the Planning Commission
votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the Planning Commission or staff request
specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed
consent items will be discussed following the Discussion Calendar.
3 The minutes of November 1, 2018 to be presented for approval.
Attachments: PC Minutes 11-1-18
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
This portion of the Planning Commission Agenda is for all matters where staff and public
participation is anticipated. Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
5 Art Pick Council Chamber - Emergency Response Briefing (Carl Carey)
COMMUNICATIONS
6 Items for future agendas and updates from City Planner and Planning
Commissioners.
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The next regular Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, December 13, 2018
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