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PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 2, 2020
ACTION MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE SANTA ANA PLANNING COMMISSION
APRIL 2, 2020
CALLED TO ORDER VIRTUAL MEETING
CITY HALL, ROSS ANNEX
20 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, ROOM 1600
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
5:30 P.M.
ATTENDANCE COMMISSIONERS Present:
ANGIE CANO
CYNTHIA CONTRERAS-LEO, Vice Chair
NORMA GARCIA
MARK MCLOUGHLIN, Chair
KENNETH NGUYEN
FELIX RIVERA
COMMISSIONERS Absent:
V. THAI PHAN
PLANNING & BUILDING AGENCY STAFF Present:
MINH THAI, Executive Director
VINCE FREGOSO, Planning Manager
LISA STORCK, Assistant City Attorney
ALI PEZESHKPOUR, Senior Planner
SARAH BERNAL, Recording Secretary
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC COMMENTS (on non-agenda items): None.
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
A. EXCUSED ABSENCES
MOTION: Excuse absent commission member: Phan (recused due to conflict of interest)
MOTION: Rivera SECOND: Nguyen
VOTE:: AYES: Cano, Contreras-Leo, Garcia, McLoughlin, Nguyen, Rivera (6)
NOES: None (0)
ABSTAIN: None (0)
ABSENT: Phan (1)
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BUSINESS CALENDAR ITEMS
Item no. 1 was continued from the Special Meeting of March 30, 2020.
1. GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2020-01 AND ZONING ORDINANCE
AMENDMENT NO. 2020-02
LOCATION: 1109 North Broadway located in the One Broadway Plaza Specific
Development No. 75 (SD-75) zoning district.
REQUEST: The applicant is requesting approval of the following land use entitlements for
the One Broadway Plaza project: (1) General Plan Amendment No. 2020-01 to allow
residential uses within the One Broadway Plaza District Center (OBPDC) general plan land
use designation, and (2) Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2020-02 to allow amendments
to the SD-75 zoning district and allow residential uses within the entitled office building as
well as to adopt residential development standards for the project.
Case Planner Fregoso discussed components of a previously approved and expired
Development Agreement as well as revisions to the project that will be included within a
Mutual Declaration of Acknowledgement between the City and applicant.
Commission discussion ensued regarding traffic, residential privacy, parking, and affordable
housing.
The applicant addressed the commission and answered questions regarding the residential
component of the project, traffic, economic benefits, utilization of local labor, neighborhood
traffic mitigation measures, and affordable housing.
Recording secretary reported out on written communication received for this item.
The following individuals spoke on the matter via conference call.
Doug Robbins, support
Ron Miller, support
Bill Bonnet, oppose
Connie Major, oppose
Ernesto Medrano, support
Roy Afusia, support
Luis Perez, support
Robert Escalante, support
Adrian Esparza, support
Doug Mangione, support
Jeff Dickman, general comment
Jesus Rodriguez, support
Jurado Reyes, support
Mark Sassoon, support
John Hanna, support
Further commission discussion ensued regarding the addendum to the EIR, in -lieu fees,
park fee allocations, and traffic mitigation funds.
Motion was made by Commissioner Nguyen to approve the project as recommended by
staff and it was seconded by Vice Chair Contreras- Leo. A friendly amendment was made
by Commissioner Garcia to allocate collected park-fee funds to parks in the adjacent
geographic area, and to prepare a new EIR to specifically review current traffic patterns.
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Assistant City Attorney Storck informed Commission that the project cannot move forward
if the EIR is not approved. It was clarified that only the park fee allocation would be part of
the friendly amendment.
MOTIONS:
Recommend that the City Council:
a) Adopt a Resolution. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA APPROVING AND ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE ONE BROADWAY PLAZA
PROJECT (SCH NO. 99101047) FOR THE ONE BROADWAY PLAZA MIXED-USE
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND RE-ADOPTION OF A MITIGATION MONITORING
AND REPORTING PROGRAM;
b) Adopt a Resolution. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2020 -01
AMENDING THE ONE BROADWAY PLAZA LAND USE ELEMENT FOR THE
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1109 NORTH BROADWAY; and
c) Adopt an Ordinance. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT NO. 75 (SD-75) TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USES
AND TO APPROVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE ONE
BROADWAY PLAZA MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT 1109 NORTH BROADWAY
MOTION: Nguyen SECOND: Contreras-Leo
VOTE: AYES: Cano, Contreras-Leo, Garcia, McLoughlin, Nguyen, Rivera (6)
NOES: None (0)
ABSTAIN: Phan (1)
ABSENT: None (0)
*All votes were taken by roll call
COMMENTS
2. STAFF COMMENTS – None.
3. COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS
Commissioners thanked Chair McLoughlin and staff for their efforts.
7:29 P.M.– The next regular meeting of April 13, 2020 is canceled. The next regular meeting will
be held on April 27, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.
Sarah Bernal
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Recording Secretary