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Home My WebLink About08-31-1982 Planning Commission Minutes CITY OF SARATOGA PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES DATE: Tuesday, August 31, 1982 - 7:30 P.M. PLACE: Community Center Meeting Room, 13777.Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA TYPE: Regular Adjourned Meeting ROUTINE ORGANIZATION Roll Call Present: Commissioners Schaefer, Bolger, Crowther, Siegfried and Monia Absent: Commissioner Nellis GENERAL'PLAN REVISIONS Staff indicated that the Commission had reached a consensus on all the Circulation Goals including the two new ones, #10 and #11 which were in the memo dated July 23, 1982. Discussion then followed on the Circulation Policies which the Commission wished to modify. Actions on CirculaEion Policies Policy #5 - Add the following wording: Emergency access roads shall be a maximum of 20 feet in width and shall be protected from any construction or parking in the easement. Commissioner Bolger moved, seconded by Commissioner Crowther. 'The motion carried unanimously. Policy #8 - Approved as written in Staff memo of 8/18/82. Commissioner Bolger moved, Commissioner Monia seconded. The motion carried unanimously.~..' .., Policy #10 - Approved as written in staff memo dated 8/18/82 but with the word adopted replacing the word developed. Commissioner Bolger moved, seconded by Commissioner Monia. The motion carried unanimously.il. .., Policy #13 - Approved as written in 'staff memo of 8/18/82. Commissioner Siegfried moved, Commissioner Bolger: seconded. The motion carried unanimously.~... Policy #16 - After considerable discussion as to what the term "level of service" meant and its impii~ations, it was left until the end of the meeting. ~ Policy #30 - Approved as written in staff memo of 8/18/82 but striking the wor~"~new" in the secon~ sentence. Commissioner Bolger moved, Commissioner Monia seconded. The motion carried unanimously. Policy #33 - Approved as written i~ staff memo of 8/18/82 with addition of sentence "Additional landscaping may also be required in the public right-of-way" after sentence #2. Commissioner Bolger moved and Commissioner Siegfried seconded. The motion carried unanimously. The Commission then voted on those items they had reached consensus on at previous Committee-of-the-Whole meetings. GOALS - Circulation GO'al #5 - Approved as modified adding the phrase "and acceptable development densities" and deleting Policy #15 as referencing Goal 5. Commissioner Crowther moved and Commissioner Bolger seconded the motion. ·The motion carried unanimously. G0al'~.~l~#4'=- Approved as written with Commissioner Monia making' the motion and Commissioner Bolger seconding the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Goal #6-11 - Approved as written with Commissioner Crowther making' the motion and .Commissioner Siegfried seconding the motion. The motion carried unanimously. POLICIES -.Circulation Approved Circulation Policies #1-4., 6, 7, 9, 11, 12,._14, 15, 17-29, 31 and 32 as written. Motion made..! by Commissioner Monia and seconded by Commissioner Bolger. The motion carried unanimously. Staff then came back with a revised wording for Circulation Policy #16 which read: "The City shall establish an acceptable level of service for city streets for each new development and potential future development taking into consideration the cumulative impacts of traffic. safety, noise, air pollution and maintenance. Acceptable level of service shall consider the potential of increased traffic through neighborhood streets at peak level time." Commissioner Bolger moved with Commissioner. Siegfried seconding the motion. The motion carried unanimously. The Commission then discussed the two remaining General Plan Policies the Commission had not voted on and added two new policies to Environmental Resource Management section. Actions on~Environmental' Resource.Management Policies Policy #30 - This policy will read "The impacts of new development on runoff, peak stream flows and flooding shall be evaluated in developing maximum impervious surface standards." (reference Goal 4 - Policy 7,8,9 and 30). Commissioner Bolger made,. the motion with Commissioner Monia seconding the motion. The motion carried unanimously. ' Policy #28 - This policy will read"' If public ownership of school sites is not possible, restrict the use of the property to residential development at a density not higher than the lowest adjacent residential density and zoning. Saratoga School on Oak Street, being adjacent to multiple residential zoning, shall have a use with a minimum impact on residential zoning." Moved by Commissioner Monia and seconded by CommissionerrCrowther. The motion carried unanimously. Policy #31 - This policy will read="Encourage the preservation of Saratoga School on Oak Street for its historical value." Moved by Commissioner Bolger and seconded by Commissioner Monia. The motion carried unanimously. Actions of Community Devel6pment Policies Policy #31 - This policy will read "The natural beauty of the ridgelines shall be protected as prescribed in the Northwestern Hillside Specific Plan. Only minimum ~ut and fill should be permitted." Motion made.~ by CommiSsioner Crowther and seconded by Commissioner Siegfried. The motion carried unanimously. The Commission then turned its attention to the remaining Action Programs of the area plans that had not been voted on. The following actions were then taken by the Commission. Action Programs Area E, Action Program #5 - This item will read, "The freeway right- of-way should be preserved in its entirety for eventual use as a freeway or expressway". Motion was m~'de' by Commissioner Bolger and seconded by Commissioner Siegfried. The motion was unanimously approved. After discussion on eliminating the P-D category from the General Plan, Area F was dealt with. Area F, Action Program #3 - This program will read, "The vacant parcel located on the southeast side of Saratoga Avenue between MacFarland and Cox ~venue should be developed only under conditions of uniform design and with consideration given to combined land uses. Such development may include professional, administrative, and multiple residential land uses, especially for Seniors, which minimize traffic and noise. Particular attention should be given to landscaping, access, parking and site coverage.· The area meeting indicated the residents overwhelmingly object to another shopping center on this parcel. The motion was made by Commissioner Bolger and seconded by Commissioner Crowther. The motion carried unanimously. Area F, Action Program #5 - This program was approved as written. The motion was made by Commissioner Monia and seconded by Commissioner· Siegfried. The motion carried unanimously. Area F, Action Programs #10-#17 - Action Programs #10-#17 were approved with the following corrections: #12. Should read, "A pedestrian crosswalk shall be installed from Paseo Lado to the. Quito Shopping Center." #17. Should read, "The City ·shall study the traffic problem at Quito and Westmont as to the feasibility of a left turn'lane. The motion was made by Commissioner Bolger and seconded by Commissioner Monia. The motion carried unanimously. Area G, Action Program #8 - Was added to read, "The Odd Fellows Home property has been developed to its maximum capacity and no ' new development should be carried out on this site.J! The motion was made by Commissioner Crowther and·seconded by Commissioner Bolger. The motion carried unanimously. Area I, Action Programs #3-#6 - Approved as written with the exception of #3 which should read, "Oak Street School should be retained as an operating school. If it is necessary to close the school only the lowest adjacent residential zoning should be permitted." Commissioner Monia made the motion and COmmissioner Siegfried seconded. The motion carried unanimously. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Bolger moved to adjourn the meeting and Commissioner Ziegf. ried seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 10:10 P·.M. Respectfully submitted,