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Home My WebLink About1988-03-08Page 1 - Council/Agency Special Meeting Minutes - 3/8/88 (AS CORRECTED) 1 1 MINUTES CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Room B-8, Civic Center Huntington Beach, California Tuesday, March 8, 1988 A tape recording of this meeting is on file in the City Clerk's Office Mayor/Chairman Erskine called the Special Meeting of the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach to order at 5:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Winchell, Mays, Finley, Kelly, Erskine, Bannister Green (arrived at 6:01 p.m.) Absent: None The Deputy City Clerk was directed to read the Call for Special Meeting. CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY John Erskine, Mayor/Chairman Tom Mays, Mayor/Chairman Pro Tem Jack Kelly, Councilman/Agency Member Peter Green, Councilman/Agency Member Ruth Finley, Councilwoman/Agency Member Grace Winchell, Councilwoman/Agency Member Wes Bannister, Councilman/Agency Member You are hereby notified that a Special Meeting of the City Council/Redevelop- ment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach, California, is called for and will be held in Room B-8 in the Civic Center, at the hour of 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 1988, for the purpose of meeting jointly with the Planning Commission to discuss the Downtown Specific Plan and proposed changes thereto and providing direction to the Planning Commission. Dated: March 7, 1988 ATTEST: ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, CITY CLERK /s/ Alicia M. Wentworth City er er I hereby certify that I received the above of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency", March 7, 1988. /s/ John Erskine Mayor airman notice, "Call for Special Meeting prior to 5:30 p.m., on Monday, I /s/ John Erskine Mayor/Chairman 4, Page 2 - Council/Agency Special Meeting Minutes - 3/8/88 (AS CORRECTED) JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION Mayor/Chairman announced that a joint meeting of the City Council/ Redevelopment Agency and the Planning Commission had been called. PLANNING COMMISSION ROLL CALL Present: Livengood, Ortega, Higgins, Pierce, Silva, Bourguignon, Leipzig Absent: None (City Council/Redevelopment Amu - JOINT MEETING BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL/REDE- -VELOPMENT AGENCY & PLANNING COMMISSION RE: DOMM SPECIFIC I PROPOSED CHANGES & DIRECTION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION The following material was provided by staff to the Council/Agency members and Planning Commissioners: (1) Staff Report - Code Amendment 88-3 dated 3/3/88, (2) Downtown Parking, Transit and Financing Study prepared by Parsons, Bri nckerhoff, Quade & Douglas - August 1985, (3 ) Circulation Element 84-1 , Staff Report - Downtown Bus Routes 12/16/86, Ordinance No. 2871 adopting Precise Plan of Street Alignment 86-1 and the communication to Council from Paul Cook, City Administrator, dated March 7, 1988 entitled Downtown Redevelopment. Mike Adams, set forth i Downtown Soe n Planning Director, reviewed the items which would be discussed as the Planning Commission Agenda including Intent & Purpose of cific Plan. Downtown Specific Plan Circulation. Proposed Revisions Downtown 5 ecitic Flan and xevision of Single Family Dwellings in District6. __ Mr. Adams presented background information regarding the intent and purpose of the Downtown Specific Plan. He reviewed the areas within said Specific Plan. Planning Commissioner Higgins, referring to the wall map display gave reasons why he recommended that the length of commercial along Main Street be restricted to three blocks. He recommended separating commercial and residential, reducing the commercial to extend from Main Street to the east side of 5th Street and Main Street to the west side of 3rd Street, this would allow for an increase in residential in Area #5. He stated that with a parking structure taking up one-half block on Main Street and another parking structure taking up one-half block, this area is more than adequate to fulfill the needs of the residents and the visitors the City hopes to attract in the future. He recommended reduced retail in the Waterfront Project to help the commercial on Main Street. He stated that he believed the view corridors should be retained to help the areas in the second block. Commissioner Bourguignon spoke regarding the ten foot set back requirements relative to the subterranean parking structure, stating that he felt the parking plans too restrictive. Commissioner Livengood concurred with Mr. Higgin's comments and stated that he believes the major concern was the master plan for parking structures. Commissioner Leipzig addressed concerns about the apparent inconsistency of the plan relative to permitting commercial development along 5th Street and at the same time proposing to block access at the north and south. I - a Page 3 - Council/Agency Minutes - 3/8/88 Planning Commissioner Pierce gave reasons why he believes the plan is inconsistent and stated that there were conflicts in the proposed revisions. Discussion was held between the Council/Agency, Planning Commission and staff. Planning Commissioner Ortega questioned aspects of the Parking & Circulation Element. She spoke regarding the problem she foresaw with the closure of 5th Street at Walnut and the potential safety conflicts in the circulation plan euncerning the church school at Orange and 5th Street. Mike Adams, Planning Director, reported on the circulation plan and considerable discussion was held. Commissioner Jim Silva, expressed concern as to whether there was a market for commercial development and also regarding parking needs. Councilwoman/Agency Member Finley spoke regarding the history of commercial planning going back to plans prepared by the Arroyo Group. Councilman/Agency Member Green expressed a preference for commercial to be concentrated on Beach Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway and not inland. Councilman/Agency Member Bannister stated that he believes the primary commercial corridor should include Beach Boulevard and that he agreed with the City Administrator on more commercial. He stated that he believes Huntington Beach will be a real tourist center in 15 to 20 years and that the city parking plans should be doubled. Mayor/Chairman Erskine spoke regarding the Halcyon Report La market study in the. Downtown). Planning Commissioner Higgins suggested that staff start looking at how much commercial is needed on either side of Main Street in square footage. Councilman/Agency Member Mays stated he did not believe there was a market for the extension of commercial development proposed in the 301 plan and that he saw a need for mixed development. Council/Agency Member Winchell stated that she would like to see numbers that would keep track of parking, the balance of commercial/residential and Circulation Element to go with it, in each and every area. She stated she does not believe the Circulation Element addresses the closure of 5th Street on each end and requested that staff keep looking into keeping.5th Street open as she did not believe it would affect the effectiveness of the loop and could provide at least two streets for the traffic as opposed to throwing it all into residential. Councilman/Agency Member Green gave reasons why he concurred with the shift toward more residential and less commercial, intensity and density in the. 0owntown Area. The conclusions of the Halcyon Report were discussed. Hal Simmons, Senior -Planner, and Mike Adams, Planning Director, displayed viewgraphs and reviewed the parking structure strategy and considerable discussion was held. The need to review the overall proposed parking policy was stated, and Mr. Adams stated that the actual walking distance would be included. He then reviewed the number of parking options downtown. - - -t Page 4 - Council/Agency Minutes - 3/8/88 SRgial Topics - Revised Dj stri ct 5 to 10-0% Comm r i Mike Adams, Planning Director, reported on this topic and Council gave direction that the area on west side of 5th Street be residential and the east side of 5th Street be commercial but not mixed use and that the "grandfathered and non --conforming issues" need to be resolved. S,�ngle Family Dwellings in District 6 Discussion was held regarding the Townsquare Area and economic evaluations were reviewed. Cultural Center Mike Adams, Planning Director, using a waligraph reviewed the proposed Center for the Arts planned to be located in District #5 or #6. The cultural center could be located in the vicinity of the Main Street Library and an art center at the Edison Building location. Commissioner Leipzig stated he believes a small center in that area is feasible but a large center of this nature should be located closer to Pacific Coast Highway due to traffic. Commissioner Livengood stated that he would like to have the Definitions - Section of 4.001 of the Downtown Specific Plan include parking requirements for downtown with the Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas Parking Study in mind and to include walking distance and a percentage of parking to be on -site. ADJOURNMENT - COUNCIU REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY The adjourned meeting of the Planning Commission was adjourned. The Mayor/Chairman adjourned the Special Meeting of the City Council/Redevel- opmen.t Agency of the City of Huntington Beach. Alicia M. WentwQrth Clerk of the Redevelopment Agency and City Clerk and ex--officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California. ATTEST; BY; Deputy C ty Clerk/Deput3eClerk Alicia M. Wentworth City Clerk/Clerk Mayor/Chairman BY: Deputy City Clerk/Deputy Cle k 5 CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH 2000 MAIN STREET OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL/REDEI/ELOPMENT AGENCY John Erskine, Mayor/Chairman Tom Mays, Mayor/Chairman Pro Tem Jack Kelly, Council/Agency Member Peter Green, Council/Agency Member Ruth Finley, Council/Agency Member Grace Winchell, Council/Agency Member Wes Bannister, Council/Agency Member CALIFORNIA 92648 You are hereby notified that a Special Meeting of the City Council/ Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach, California is called for and will be held in Room B-8 in the Civic Center, at the hour of 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 1988, for the purpose of meeting jointly with the Planning Commission to discuss the Downtown Specific Plan and proposed changes thereto and providing direction. to the Planning Commission. Dated: March 7, 1988 ATTEST: ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, CITY CLERK ,ter City Clerk/Clerk I hereby certify that I received the abov Meeting of the City Council/Redevelopment p.m., on Monday, March 7, 1988. e notice, "Call for Special Agency," prior to 5:30 (Telephone: 714-536-5227 )