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Home My WebLink AboutDRC_2020-11-04_MinutesI�OV , 8 2020 OF ATASCADERO PLANNING CITY OF ATASCADERO DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES Regular Meeting — Wednesday, November 4, 2020 — 2:00 P.M. City Hall, 6500 Palma Avenue, Atascadero, CA (Meeting held by teleconference) CALL TO ORDER — 2:00 p.m. Chairperson Fonzi called the meeting to order at 2:03 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Committee Member Duane Anderson Committee Member Mark Dariz Committee Member Emily Baranek Committee Member Heather Newsom Chairperson Roberta Fonzi Absent: None Staff Present: Community Development Director, Phil Dunsmore Senior Planner, Kelly Gleason Associate Planner, John Holder Assistant Planner, Mariah Gasch Others Present: Various members of the public via zoom Ted Lawton Don Love APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: By Committee Member Newsom and seconded by Committee Member Anderson to approve the Agenda. Motion passed 5:0 by a roll call vote. PUBLIC COMMENT None. Chairperson Fonzi closed the Public Comment period. DRC Minutes of 11/4/2020 Page 1 of 5 CONSENT CALENDAR 1. APPROVAL OF DRAFT MINUTES OF OCTOBER 14, 2020 MOTION: By Committee Member Anderson and seconded by Committee Member Newsom to approve the Consent Calendar. Motion passed 5:0 by unanimous consent. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS All Committee members stated they received the same emails. DEVELOPMENT PROJECT REVIEW 2. DESIGN REVIEW OF A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT 11700/11600 EL CAMINO REAL (Dove Creek Commercial Amendment) The applicants are proposing a mixed-use development concept that includes retail, residential and lodging uses on an approximately 5 -acre site within the Dove Creek development. Two concepts are proposed, each with 80 residential units, 100 hotel rooms and approximately 37,000 square feet of commercial uses for review and consideration: • Concept 1 is designed with a more public plaza setting surrounded by retail and restaurant uses with residential and a hotel use on the upper floors; • Concept 2 is designed with a resort focus bringing the hotel pool down to the plaza level with pool membership to residents of Dove Creek. • Recommendation: Staff requests the DRC review the proposed design and direct the applicant to make any modifications to the site or building design as necessary. (AMND19-0086) Director Dunsmore introduced the project and stated that due to the large amount of public comment received, and to allow the public more time to comment, the project will be presented; however, he asked the Committee not deliberate on this project. Instead, the project will be presented but the item will be continued to December 2, 2020 and new noticing will go out. In light of comments received stating the noticing was not done properly, Director Dunsmore stated that the City Attorney verified the noticing was adequate. Director Dunsmore provided a history on the project. Planner Gleason gave a presentation on the project. The CEQA document will be distributed to the public in the future prior to this project moving on to Planning Commission and City Council. Ted Lawton with Cal Coastal Communities presented the project and introduced his team as follows: • Don Love, Project Architect, Love Architecture • Matt Walsh, Civil Engineer • David Pickering, General Contractor • Jen Kim, Owner • Wes Arrola, Landscape Architect DRC Minutes of 11/4/2020 Page 2 of 5 Cal Coastal team members made comments on the project. Mr. Lawton stated that his team is open to hearing the needs and concerns of the community, and will take any feedback received as a way to strengthen the overall project. PUBLIC COMMENT The following members of the public spoke during public comment: Sue Gibson, Loreli Cappel, Amoreena Anker, Dymtro Mausivich, James Santos, Julie McKnight, and John Tucker. Members of the public submitted numerous emails, and they are listed as exhibits to the minutes. Chairperson Fonzi closed the Public Comment period. Ted Lawton, Don Love, and Planner Gleason addressed questions raised by members of the public, as well as the Committee members. Topics that were discussed included the following: • Perimeter lighting • Construction schedule and impact on roads, resurfacing Wickson • Garbage, delivery trucks using roads later • Noise affecting the neighborhood • Tenants • Architecture, domes • Scale Buildings B and C could be lowered to make more compatible • Pool affordability • HOA fees, maintenance fees + Setbacks to help with privacy Landscaping • Road fees • Maintenance agreement, traffic circle • Use of walking trails • Towing of vehicles illegally parked Phasing plan • Privacy screening/visual barrier • Parking for residents and shops • Types of businesses going in • Shading and solar access analysis (sun path diagram) • Property values and economic impact study • 10 -foot setback • Height of hotel • Outdoor music (Noise Ordinance) • Drawings for 3rd level perimeter building, building massing DRC Minutes of 11/4/2020 Page 3 of 5 Committee Member Baranek stated that she would prefer the shading/solar to be included with the EIR and was not in favor of the rounded turrets. Committee Member Newsom would like to address the height. Committee Member Dariz would like to know if the value of the homes in Dove Creek will be affected by this development, and would like the applicant to possibly provide a study to addresses this. Chairperson Fonzi noted, for the record, that her recommendations for the project are as follows: 1. Domes (rounded turret) not preferred in Atascadero. 2. Landscaping should look more like Atascadero landscaping, not the landscaping in other cities, such as Santa Barbara. 3. Concerned about grading and garage being dug into the hillside because of parking issues. 4. Pool being accessible is a positive attribute. 5. General concern about the additional 80 units being added. This will increase traffic on Santa Barbara Road, impact on sewer, water, etc. 6. More information on affordability, provide actual numbers. 7. Apartment building should be a 2 -story building. 8. Parking on Bliss, lights may go into people's homes (can something be built to absorb light?) 9. Identify location of dumpsters, will they be hidden? Balconies, if there is not adequate storage, items tend to be placed on balconies, we may want to limit these balconies. 10. Uses of condos and apts. -- no vacation rentals or air bnb. This should be actual housing. All emails and letters received on this project are available as public record, are on file in City Hall, and will become part of the next staff report. Director Dunsmore stated that the item will be continued to December 2, 2020. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS AND REPORTS Chairperson Fonzi stated that she will be absent from the Dec. 2nd meeting and asked Committee Member Dariz to chair the meeting in her absence. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Director Dunsmore stated that the next DRC meeting is scheduled for November 18, 2020, to hear the Dove Creek mini -storage project. ADJOURNMENT— 4:15 p.m. The next regular meeting of the DRC is scheduled for November 18, 2020. DRC Minutes of 11/4/2020 Page 4 of 5 MINUTES PREPARED BY: ��L,4V-I* Annette Manier, Recording Secretary Administrative Assistant Adopted 11/18/2020 The following exhibits are available in the Community Development Department: Exhibit A — Email from Celeste & Russell Alfino Exhibit B — Email from Wayne & Cindi Armour Exhibit C — Email from Andrew Boortz Exhibit D — Email from Loreli Cappel, EVC Exhibit E — Email from Josh Cross Exhibit F — Email from Brianna Doran Exhibit G — Email from Nicole East Exhibit H — Email from Sonny Gerber Exhibit I — Email from Sonny Gerber Exhibit J — Email from Candice Gerber Exhibit K — Comments from Diana Heller Exhibit L — Email from Jonathan & Carrie Hansen Exhibit M — Email from Wendy Hirschman Exhibit N — Email from Chris Hoang Exhibit O — Email from Julie Exhibit P — Email from Daniel & Genae Jenkins Exhibit Q — Email from Kalle G. Kangas Exhibit R — Email from Cindy Kendall Exhibit S — Email from Dora & Gary Kuruma Exhibit T — Email from Hyemi Ko Exhibit U — Email from Taehee Kim Exhibit V — Email from Will McKnight Exhibit W — Email from Will McKnight Exhibit X — Email from Julie McKight Exhibit Y — Email from Chris Neary Exhibit Z — Email from Geoff Phillips Exhibit AA — Email from Kristene Pierini Exhibit BB — Email from David Pickering Exhibit CC — Email from Shi Qiu Exhibit DD — Email from Vance Ray Exhibit EE — Email from Dave Rennie Exhibit FF — Email from Willow Saloum Exhibit GG — Email from James Santos Exhibit HH — Email from Greg Squires Exhibit II — Email from Susan & Eric Sparling Exhibit JJ — Email from Kristen Tucker Exhibit KK — Email from Jeff Thies Exhibit LL — Email from Jennifer Wilkinson Exhibit MM — Email from George & Carol Wong Exhibit NN — Email from Justin Yoon Exhibit 00 — Email from Max Zappas Exhibit PP — Email from Emily Zhou DRC Minutes of 11/4/2020 Page 5 of 5