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Revisions from Chair Pro Tem Thompson
to the June ll,, 2019 Draft Minutes
Pages 11 and 14
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Planning Commission adopt Resolution No. 4385, approving
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 2018-00018 and Design Review (DR)
2018-00026 to demolish the existing Goodyear Tire Center a nd adjacent
Goodyear parking area at 2541 El Carnino Real and replace with 56 new
parking stalls and to construct a new 16 pump Costco Gasoline fuel
station, with canopy, related equipment and landscaping at 2655 El
Caniino Real.
Jha Jha recused himself from this item due to a competing financial interest.
Demkowicz Presentation given.
Gallagher Gallagher referred to the traffic analysis and the comment in the Summary
Findings related to the need for adjusting the signal timing and if it was a
requirement for the City or the applicant.
Nis hikawa In response to Gallagher's question, Nishikawa referred to the applicant's
traffic study (Bryan Avenue & Market Way) and onib" -of the requirements for
the applicant is that they include a dedicated right turn on El Camino Real,
and is part of the project. Per Nishikawa, there is also a separate project
proposal at the intersection of El Camino Real (ECR) and Tustin Ranch
Road (TRR) and is part of the City's Capital Improvement Prograrn and the
Notice to Proceed is scheduled for June 17, 2019. He added that right turn
pockets, on all four 4) directions, at ECR and TRR. In addition, there will
be two (2) left turn lanes from ECR onto TIT because currently there is
congestion in that area; with these improvements, the City will take a look
at the impacts and whether the timing changes will be necessary on Bryan
Avenue. If it is, City staff can control the timing since but wanted to see if
the improver tints will alleviate the concern of a n y back up traffic..
Thompson Tho''mpson asked if the Costco Tire Center access would be
blocked by the queue line. His concern was that there would be an impact
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to t h e _..%_F N-f%-A J%_0%_4. ostco Tire Center parking spaces. Thompson asked staff
to explain further the 5:00 a.m. to 10.-00 p.m. business hours and how it
works with the approvals that already exist for the project site and what the
business hours for surrounding businesses.
Demkowicz Demkowicz referred the Com Missign to the stacking plan within the
PowerPoint presentation that Costco is proposing. She explained that the
queuing would take place in the middle aisle where there are rows of trees,
not the same drive aisle as the Costco hire center. Dernkowicz stated that
Costco was requesting the 5g00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. business hours. Typical
hours for other Costco stores in Orange County are 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The other hours for businesses within the shopping center are 530 a.m. to
9:30 p.m, with the exception of McDonald's which is open 24 hours.
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Ms. Valerie Ms. Valerie McNamara, resident, spoke in opposition of the item and her
McNamara concerns generally included: traffic impacts at the site; early morning traffic
to Beckman High School and after school- traffic impacts from the gas
station near Bryan Avenue and EC.R.
Mr. Daniel Sushel Mr. Daniel SUshel, resident, spoke in opposition of the item and his
concerns genera I ly included- traffic impacts; what will determine the amount
of traffic is people's tolerance for traffic jams; air pollution frorn cars in line
at the gas pumps; and the project will affect current Costco members who
live in the area, negatively and will affect their quality of life.
Mr. Barry Mr. Barry Harbayan, lives across from Costco near Bryan Avenue, spoke in
Harbayan opposition of the item and voiced his concern with regard to traffic, noise
and exhaust fumes affecting Bryan Avenue.
p.m. Closed the Public Comments Section.
Thotnpson Thompson's final comments after public input generally included-- he
thanked the public for their input and echoed the sarne concerns:' there are
some concerns within the purview of the Commission that need to be
addressed (the District and ongoing challenges - what has the City
learned?) and there are some concerns outside the Commission's purview
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Inarhc)l Iaat i.e. the impact on other gas stations); Q IA n r"t t
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&_1 I-F %.,?F IIIJ%_� .#k; how does this pmposal differ/corrects and
improves what is being done at the District's Costco; operating hours — is
this operating model consistent with the other businesses and within the
land use regulations; start off with shorter amount of operating hours to see
how it works and ensure it is working responsibly, and if it is, revisit at a later
date; parking — when the queue is in full operation, it appears to take out
three (3) aisles of parking, not just one (1) — how does it calculate into the
code requirements for Costco?; unfair to use McDonald's parking spaces
as surplus; need a better explanation of the shared parking and what
happens when the businesses are in full operation (i.e. how many parking
spaces are lost, what happens to traffic?); if there is a shared parking
arrangement, both parties need to be responsible for the cleanup of the
parking lot and homeless issue; and if not shared parking, do not count as
part of the inventory.
Gallagher Gallagher's final comments after public input generally included: he agreed
with a lot of the public's concerns, including the District's Costco; traffic
to/from the 1-5 Freeway to Costco; the reason Costco is busy is because it
is providing a service to the Tustin residents; if and when the Kmart building
is in full service, was the parking considered?; safety concern with the
deliveries -- was that considered?; did not see a reduction in the levels of
service in the traffic study, but there is concern there will be (what
percentage in increase is expected and does it reflect what is being
projected?, in favor of shorter operating hours to start off with; and having a
stronger back stop — if evei 1.4-hing the City was told by the applicant goes
wrong, and the proposed Costco gas station ends up like the District's
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