HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC RES 4257RESOLUTION NO. 4257
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN DETERMINING THAT
THE LOCATION, PURPOSE, AND EXTENT OF THE
PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF AN APPROXIMATE
FIVE (5) ACRE SITE COMPRISED OF TWO (2)
PARCELS (SITES A AND B) WITHIN PLANNING
AREA 1 OF NEIGHBORHOOD A OF THE MCAS
TUSTIN SPECIFIC PLAN IS IN CONFORMANCE
WITH THE APPROVED GENERAL PLAN. MORE
SPECIFICALLY, SITE A IS LOCATED NORTH OF
VALENCIA AVENUE, WEST OF SEVERYNS ROAD,
EAST OF LANSDOWNE DRIVE. SITE B IS
LOCATED NORTH OF THE VILLAGE OF HOPE,
SOUTH OF VALENCIA AVENUE, EAST OF RED
HILL AVENUE AND WEST OF HOPE DRIVE.
The Planning Commission does hereby resolve as follows:
I. The Planning Commission finds and determines as follows:
A. That the City wishes to acquire additional land (Site A: Planning Area 1-
E) to accommodate a potential future park site and a remnant strip of
land (Site B: Portion of Planning Area 1 -H) to be used for entry
monumentation and landscaping for Tustin Legacy and /or other uses
permitted under the MCAS Tustin Specific Plan. More specifically, Site
A is located north of Valencia Avenue, west of Severyns Road, east of
Lansdowne Drive. Site B is located north of the Village of Hope, south of
Valencia Avenue, east of Red Hill Avenue and west of Hope Drive.
B. That the City of Tustin ( "City ") and the South Orange County Community
College District ( "SOCCCD ") propose to enter into an agreement to
delineate the terms, purchase price and processes associated with the
City's purchase from SOCCCD of the strip parcel and SOCCCD's
relinquishment of its rights to acquire ownership of the Valencia Parcel
and ultimate City ownership of the two (2) parcels.
C. That Section 65402(a) of Government Code provides that no real
property shall be disposed or acquired until the location, purpose, and
extent of the project has been reported upon by the local planning
agency as to the conformity with the adopted general plan.
D. The proposed acquisition supports several General Plan Land Use
Element goals, including the following:
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1. Land Use Element Goal 1: Provide for a well - balanced land use
pattern that accommodates existing and future needs for housing,
commercial, and industrial land, open space and community facilities
and services, while maintaining a healthy, diversified economy
adequate to provide future City services.
2. Land Use Element Goal 3: Ensure that new development is
compatible with surrounding land uses in the community, the City's
circulation network, availability of public facilities, existing
development constraints, and the City's unique characteristics and
resources.
3. Land Use Element Goal 4: Assure a safe, healthy and aesthetically
pleasing community for residents and businesses.
4. Land Use Goal 6: Improve urban design in Tustin to ensure
development that is both architecturally and functionally compatible,
and to create uniquely identifiable neighborhoods.
5. Land Use Goal 13: Continue to implement the Specific Plan /Reuse
for MCAS Tustin which maximizes the appeal of the site as a mixed -
use and master planned development.
E. That future land uses of the affected parcels will be determined upon
findings of the feasibility study and future development proposals. Any
necessary amendment to the MCAS Tustin Specific Plan to
accommodate future uses will be made concurrently with such future
development proposals.
F. That Section 65402 (a) of the Government Code authorizes the Planning
Commission to determine whether the location, purpose, and extent of
the proposed disposition of real property are consistent with the General
Plan.
G. That the general plan conformity determinations required by Government
Code Section 65402(a) are not "projects" requiring environmental review
pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act.
II. The Planning Commission hereby determines that the location, purposes, and
extent of the acquisition of an approximately five (5) acre site comprised of
two (2) parcels (Site A: Planning Area 1 -E) and remnant strip of land (Site B:
Portion of Planning Area 1 -H) of the MCAS Tustin Specific Plan is in
conformance with the approved General Plan. More specifically, Site A is
located north of Valencia Avenue, west of Severyns Road, east of Lansdowne
Drive. Site B is located north of the Village of Hope, south of Valencia
Avenue, east of Red Hill Avenue and west of Hope Drive.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Tustin at a regular
meeting held on the 27th day of May, 2014.
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JaPFU0. T PSON
Chairperson
ELIZABETH A. BINSACK
Planning Commission Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF TUSTIN
I, ELIZABETH A. BINSACK, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am the Planning
Commission Secretary of the City of Tustin, California; that Resolution No. 4257 was duly
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin Planning Commission, held on the
27th day of May, 2014.
PLANNING COMMISSIONER AYES: Altowaiji, Kozak, smith, Thompson (4)
PLANNING COMMISSIONER NOES:
PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSTAINED: Lumbard (1)
PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSENT:
ELIZABETH A. BINSACK
Planning Commission Secretary