HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC RES 4269The Planning Commission of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows:
I. The Planning Commission finds and determines as follows:
A. That the City of Tustin is proposing a text amendment to the MCAS Tustin
Specific Plan. The proposed amendment will not substantially alter the
current adopted MCAS Tustin Specific Plan, but will amend Section 3.3.2
(Planning Area 1) of the MCAS, Tustin Specific Plan district regulations by
adding uses such as ball fields, courts, playgrounds and other recreation
facilities, private recreational facilities, public park, sports field lighting,
nature center, and other civic and community center buildings as
permitted and conditionally permitted uses within Planning Area 1 of the
MCAS Tustin Specific Plan. Planning Area 1 is generally located between
Red Hill Avenue and Armstrong Avenue and between Warner Avenue and
Valencia Avenue, and along Lansdowne Road.
B. That the proposed SPA will allow park related uses within Planning Area 1
of the MCAS Tustin Specific Plan to accommodate a portion of the City's
Community Park Master Plan, which encompasses 31.5 acres.
C. That the proposed SPA is consistent with the current overall development
potential, intensity, and/or residential capacity allowed by the MCAS
Tustin Specific Plan.
D. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on said
application on October 14, 2014, by the Planning Commission.
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E. On January 16, 2001, the City of Tustin certified the program Final
Environmental Impact Statement/Environ mental Impact Report (FEIS/EIR)
for the reuse and disposal of MCAS Tustin. On December 6, 2004, the City
Council adopted Resolution No. 04-76 approving a Supplement to the
FEIS/EIR for the extension of Tustin Ranch Road between Walnut Avenue
and the future alignment of Valencia North Loop Road. On April 3, 2006,
the City Council adopted Resolution No. 06-43 approving an Addendum to
the FEIS/EIR and, on May 13, 2013, the City Council adopted Resolution
No. 13-32 approving a Second Addendum to the FEIS/EIR. The FEIS/EIR
along with its Addendums and Supplement is a program EIR under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The FEIS/EIR, Addendums
and Supplement considered the potential environmental impacts associated
with development on the former MCAS, Tustin.
F. An environmental checklist was prepared for the proposed project that
concluded no additional environmental impacts would occur from approval
of the project (Exhibit A). The Environmental Analysis Checklist concludes
that all of the proposed project's effects were previously examined in the
FEIS/EIR, Addendums and Supplement, that no new effects would occur,
that no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified
significant effects would occur, that no new mitigation measures would be
required, that no applicable mitigation measures previously not found to
be feasible would in fact be feasible and that there are no new mitigation
measures or alternatives applicable to the project that would substantially
reduce effects of the project that have not been considered and adopted.
G. That many of the proposed additional permitted uses for Planning Area 1,
such as ball fields, courts, playgrounds, lighted fields and buildings for
civic, cultural and community centers are often associated with existing
permitted uses in Planning Area 1, including public school, community
college, and private school.
H. SPA 2014-001 is consistent with the Tustin General Plan. The Land Use
Element includes the following City goals and policies for the long-term
growth, development, and revitalization of Tustin, including the MCAS
Tustin Specific Plan area.
1. Achieve balanced development.
2. Ensure that compatible and complementary development occurs.
3. Improve city-wide urban design.
4. Promote economic expansion and diversification.
5. Implement a reuse plan for MCAS Tustin which maximizes the
appeal of the site as a mixed-use, master-planned development.
II. The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council adopt
Ordinance No. 1450 approving SPA 2014-001 attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Tustin at a regular
meeting on the 14th day of October, 2014.
JEFF R. OMPSON
Chairperson
ELIZABETH A. BINSACK
Planning Commission Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY • ORANGE
CITY OF TUSTIN
1, Elizabeth A. Binsack, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am the Planning
Commission Secretary of the City of Tustin, California; that Resolution No. 4269 was
duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin Planning Commission, held
on the 14th day of October, 2014.
Altowaij i, Kozak, Lumbard, Smith, Thompson (5)