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NO. 17
9-5-95
,.~ATE:
SEPTEMBER 5, 1995
TO' WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM' COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
SUBJEC~ PLANNING COMMISSION REPRESENTATION ON THE BASE CLOSURE TASK
FORCE
RECOMMENDATION
Pleasure of the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for the'activities of the Base Closure Task Force has been
appropriated within past and proposed City of Tustin budgets. The
recommended actions does not pose any additional fiscal impact to
the City.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The 1991 announcement that Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Tustin
would be closing resulted in the City of Tustin taking immediate
steps to plan for the installation's reuse and economic
redevelopment. One of the first actions taken by the City Council
at that time was the appointment of a Base Closure Task Force (Task
Force) to guide the development of a Reuse/Specific Plan for the
base. The Task Force was established to be representative of the
interests of a variety of jurisdictional'and citizen interests and
was to include membership by representatives of neighboring cities
and the County of Orange as well as representatives of the City
Council, Planning Commission, nearby homeowner associations, the
Marine Corps, the Chamber of Commerce and various other interests.
Due to the fact that the reuse planning effort would also culminate
in Tustin's Planning Commission having to consider and provide the
City Council with a recommendation on the Specific Plan, General
Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental
Impact Report related to the project, Planning Commission
membership on the Task Force was seen as being essential. It was
originally desired that at least two members be appointed and
participate with the Task Force in order to accurately and
effectively communicate City of Tustin planning concerns to the
Task Force and also for the two Planning Commissioners to keep
other members of the Planning Commission updated on reuse related
activities.
City Council Report
Planning Commission Appointment to Task Force
September 5, 1995
Page 2
Over the years, changes in Planning Commission membership has
resulted in the fact that there are no active members of the
Planning Commission currently serving on the Task Force. In the
past, two ex-members of the Planning Commission (Mr. Casper
Kasparian and Mr. William Stracker) were left on the Task Force.
An additional former Planning Commissioner Ms. Kathy Weil would
also continue to serve on the Task Force at the discretion of the
City Council. Ms. Weil has been also very active on the
Housing/State and Local Screening Subcommittee of the Task Force.
This Subcommittee's~ work is important to the continuity of the
City's work on response to interests in the base from the homeless
and other state and local agencies. Current Planning Commission
members Mr. Lou Bone and Ms. Marge Kasalek have expressed an
interest to staff in serving as members to the Task Force with Mr.
Dave Vandaveer offering to serve as an alternate member to the Task
Force.
Task Force membership has risen from the 14 members appointed in
1991 to its current level of 17 members. Staff would recommend
that two members of the Planning Commission be appointed to be
represented on the Task Force and that the City Council provide
direction as to which former Planning Commissioner (William
Stracker, Casper Kasparian and Kathy Weil) that they wish to remain
on the Task Force. The number of Task Force members, and
appointment or removal of members.to the Task Force is accomplished
at the prerogative of the City Council.
Dana Ogd~
Senior Pl~anner
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Christine A. Shi~gleton
Assistant City ~anager