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AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE EASTVALE
GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
4:00 P.M.
Rosa Park Elementary School, 13830 Whispering Hills, Eastvale, CA 92880
1. CALL TO ORDER: 4 :00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALVPLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
General Plan Advisory Committee Members:
Mr. Bernard Adobayo-Ige
Ms. Maria Alido
Mr. Jason Ardery
Mr. Chad Blias
Mr. Kevin Canning
Mr. Eric Henry
Mr. William Link
Mr. Jeremy Roark
Mr. Joel Seigler
Ms. Jenny Ye
3. ADDITIONSIDELETIONS TO THE AGENDA:
4. PRESENTATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:
At this time. the Public Safety Commission may recognize citizens and organizations that have
made significant contributions to the community and it may accept awards on behalf of the
City.
4.1 Presentation -Overview of the Draft Updated Zoning Code No
decisions will be made at this meeting, which is informational only
5. PUBLIC COMMENT/CITIZEN PARTICIPATION:
This is the time when any member of the public may bring a matter to the attention of the
Public Safety Commission that is within the jurisdiction of the Commission. The Ralph M.
Brown act limits the Commission 's and staffs ability to respond to comments on non-
agendized matters at the time such comments are made. Thus, your comments may be
agendized for a future meeting or referred to staff. The Commission may discuss or ask
questions for clarification, if desired, at this time. Although voluntary, we ask that you fill out
a "Speaker Request Form ", available at the side table. The completed form is to be
submitted to the Interim City Clerk prior to being heard Public comment Is limited to two
(2) minutes eacll wltll a maximum of six (6) minutes,
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11-16-11 AGENDA
6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
6.1 Approval of Minutes from October 19,2011.
7. ADJOURNMENT:
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copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on November 9, 2011, seventy-two (72) hours prior
to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2.
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CITY OF EASTVALE
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITIEE
ERIC NORRIS, PLANNING
NOVEMBER 16, 2011
SUBJECT: OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT EASTVALE GENERAL PLAN
The Working Draft Eastvale General Plan is currently circulating for public review; the Draft
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the General Plan will circulate for public review starting
December 5, 2011. Deadline for comments on both documents is January 6, 2012.
The following is a brief overview of the Draft General Plan; staff will be providing a more detailed
presentation on the contents of the Plan at the Advisory Committee's Nov . 16 meeting. This will be
an informational meeting only; comments will be solicited later, as discussed later in this report.
Updating the General Plan
As directed by the City Council, Eastvale's Planning staff has focused on producing a new General
Plan that is a blend of existing (County of Riverside) goals and policies and new, Eastvale-specific
goals and policies. A list of the specific issues that staff was directed to address in the General Plan
is included in Chapter 2 , "Eastvale Issues."
Review of County-Prepared Policies
Staff's work included a complete review of all of the goals and policies in the current, County-
prepared General Plan . Where appropriate, goals and policies were retained, although many were
not.1 In general, policies that met one of more of the following criteria were not retained:
• The policy is specific to issues that do not exist in Eastvale (e.g. mountain communities,
deserts, wind farms, etc.)
• The policy is specific to the County's operations (for instance, creation of regional plans)
• The policy is specific to areas outside of Eastvale
1 Policies and implementation items which were not retained have been compiled into a separate document.
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PLANNING DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
• The policy is duplicated by other policies (the County General Plan is often redundant, with
several policies that say essentially the same thing)
• The policy is poorly worded and would be difficult or impossible to apply
Policy vs . Implementation
Staffs review of policies also found that many policies in the County-prepared General Plan fall into
the category of implementation items (the former being a statement of policy, the latter a listing of
future work to be done). Therefore, many County-prepared policies have become implementation
items in the Eastvale General Plan.
In general, the Eastvale General Plan includes fewer implementation items; only those items which
staff felt needed to be specifically listed are included. Most of the General Pian's policies will be
implemented through the regular, day-to-day operation of the planning, public works, building, and
other City departments.
The final chapter of the General Plan, Implementation, will be added after the January 6,2012, close
of public review. It will consist of a compilation of all of the final implementation items, and will assign
general priorities and responsibilities for implementation.
Reorganization
Staff created a new organization for the Eastvale General Plan that groups goals and policies into
chapters2. The most commonly used chapters (Land Use, Circulation, and Design) are placed near
the front of the Plan for easier access.
The table below compares the organization of the Working Draft Eastvale General Plan with the
County of Riverside General Plan. New chapters which were added to the Eastvale General Plan to
address local issues are highlighted.
2 Note: The Eastvale General Plan's sections are called "Chapters." The County General Plan uses the more technical term,
"Elements" in the title of most of its sections.
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PLANNING DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
Comparison of Eastvale and Riverside County Plan Organization
Eastvale General Plan County of Riverside General Plan
Chapter 1: Introduction -Primarily new Chapter 1: Introduction
language
'Chapte'r 2: Eastvale Issues New Chapter Chapter 2: Vision
Chapter 3: Land Use -Combination of Chapter 3: Land Use Element
existing and new goals and policies
Chapter 4: Circulati on -Combination of Chapter 4: Circulation Element
existing and new goals and policies
Chapter 5: Design -New Chapter
Chapter 6: Economic Development-
I New Chapter
Chapter 7: Air Quality and Chapter 9: Air Quality Element
Conservation -Combination of existing
and new goals and pol icies
Chapter 8: Healthy Community -New
I Chapter
Chapter 9: Housing -Combination of Chapter 8: Adopted Housing Element
existing and new goals and policies
Chapter 10: Noise -Combination of Chapter 7: Noise Element
existing and new goals and policies
Chapter 11 : Parks, Recreation, and Chapter 5: Multipurpose Open Space
Open Space -Combination of existing Element
and new goals and policies
Chapter 12: Safety -Combination of Chapter 6: Safety Element
existing and new goals and policies
Chapter, 13 : Sustainability -New
Chapter
Chapter 14: Implementation -This Chapter 10: Administration Eiement
Chapter will be added after public review
for the Public Hearing Draft General Plan ,
Review of the General Plan
CITY OF EASTVAlE
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
The following deadlines and tentative dates have been established . The public, other agencies, and
interested persons will have several opportunities to comment on both the Draft General Plan and its
environmental analysis, both in writing and at public hearings. Staffs goal is to begin hearings at the
Planning Commission in March or April of next year.
General Plan Review and Adoption Schedule (Tentative)
Event Date{s) Notes
Public Review of the November 11, 2011 to The Working Draft General Plan is
Working Draft Eastvale January 6, 2012 available for downloading at
General Plan Total of 56 days of review www.eastvalegeneralelan .com
and in printed form at city hall.
Staff will meet individually with
GPAC members upon request.
Public Review of the December 5, 2011 to The Environmental Impact Report is
Environmental Impact January 6, 2012 being finalized and will be circulated
Report for the Eastvale Total of 32 days of review online and in printed form as
General Plan required by stale law.
GPAC Meeting #3 Late January or early Staff will revise the General Plan to
February 2012 address comments and provide a
review copy to the GPAC prior to
meeting #3. Staff will also respond
to any comments on the General
Plan's environmental analysis and
prepare a Response to
Comments/Final EIR.
The GPAC meeting will be open to
the publiC. Comments will be
accepted at the meeting.
Event
Planning Commission
Public Hearings
City Council Public
Hearings
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PLANNING DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
Date s
March 2012
April/May 2012
Notes
Tentative date. The General Plan
will be revised as needed to
address comments from the final
GPAC meeting.
These hearings will be open to the
public.
Tentative date. The General Plan
will be revised as needed to
address comments from the
Planning Commission public
hearings.
These hearings will be open to the
public.
MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF
THE PLANNING COMMISSION
AND GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
OF THE CITY OF EASTV ALE
Wednesday Odober 19, 2011
6:00 P.M.
Rosa Parks Elementary School
13830 Whispering Hills Drive
Eastvale, CA 92880
1. CALL TO ORDERIROLL CALL
Plaruting Commission Chairperson Patel called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
1.1 Deputy City Clerk Berry called the roll.
Plaruting Commissioners Present : Commissioners Link, Valentine,
Tessari, Vice-Chairperson Nissen and Chairperson Patel.
General Plan Advisory Committee Members Present: Bernard Adebayo-
Ige, Maria Alido, Jason Ardery, Chad Blias, Kevin Caruting, Eric Henry,
Jeremy Roarke, Joel Seigler, Jenny Yeo
Staff Members Present: Plaruting Director Eric Norris, Associate Plaruter
Bassi, Principal Engineer Crawford, City Attorney Cavanaugh and Deputy
City Clerk Berry.
1.2 The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Commissioner Tessari.
2. AGENDA APPROVAL
2.1 Approval of October 19, 2011 Agenda.
Recommendation: Approve the agenda. Agenda items may be considered
in a different order but any new items should be added to a future agenda
under "Planning Commission Matters".
Motion: Moved by Valentine, seconded by Nissen to approve the agenda
as presented.
Motion carried 5-0.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
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Dickie Simmons, a resident announced an upcoming Town Hall meetings and
asked that a Planning Commission member attend.
4. PRESENTATION
4.1 Eastvale General Plan.
Recommendation: Receive staffs presentation on the General Plan update
and provide comments.
Planning Director Norris, Mark Teague with PMC presented a PowerPoint
presentation regarding the process for updating the City of Eastvale's
General Plan.
The Planning Commission and General Plan Advisory Committee
provided staff with feedback regarding the General Plan Process.
Mr. Ledesma, a land owner, spoke on the subject of zoning vacant
property in the City.
5. ADJOURNMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The General Plan Advisory Committee adjourned at 7: 17 p.m.
The Planning Commission recessed at 7:17 p.m. and the Chair called the meeting
back to order at 7:22 p.m.
~ CONSENT CALENDAR
6.1 Approval ofthe Minutes of September 21, 2011 Regular Meeting.
Recommendation: Approve the Minutes as presented or revised.
Motion: Moved by Valentine, seconded by Tessari to approve as
presented.
Motion carried 5-0.
7. GENERAL BUSINESS ITEMS
7.1 Signs in Public Right-of-Way.
Recommendation: Make a recommendation to City Council regarding the
regulation of signs in the public right-of-way.
Planning Director Norris and City Attorney Cavanaugh provided the staff
report.
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Kathy Walker, Dickie Simmons, Bill Van Leewen and Thomas Donatorvi
spoke on the item.
Motion : Moved by Nissen, seconded by Link to recommend that the City
Council adopt an ordinance to allow signs in the public right-of-way with
time, place and manner considered, providing for cost recovery and
creating a process for permitting the signs.
Motion carried 4-1 with Commissioner Valentine voting no.
7.2 December Schedule.
Recommendation: Discussion about the scheduled Planning Commission
meetings in December.
After discussion it was decided that the Commission would hold its
regularly scheduled meeting on December 21st.
8. PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT
8.1 Conditions of Approval for Public Parks and Financing.
Recommendation: Receive staff's report on new conditions of approval
related to public parks and their financing.
Chairperson Patel asked that the last sentence of the conditions, regarding
the use of a CFD as funding, be removed.
8.2 Zoning Code Update.
Recommendation: Receive staff's update on the Zoning Code update
process.
Planning Director Norris stated that he would have a draft ready for
review in the following week.
8.3 Planning Commission Bylaws.
Recommendation: Receive and file the Planning Commission Bylaws as
modified per Planning Commission comments of April 20, 2011.
8.4 Planning Department Update.
Recommendation: Receive staffs update on development projects being
processed by the Planning Department.
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9. PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS
Chairperson Patel and Vice-Chairperson Nissen made announcements.
10. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairwoman Patel adjourned the
meeting at 9:04 p .m .
Respectfully submitted,
Ariel Berry
Deputy City Clerk
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