HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1501 (2019)ORDINANCE NO. 1501
_ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, APPROVING
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 2018-00001 BETWEEN THE CITY OF TUSTIN AND
SCHOOLSFIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT
OF AN OFFICE CAMPUS FACILITY WITH A 180,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE
BUILDING, A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BANK BRANCH BUILDING, FOUR (4)
LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN
PLANNING AREAS 7, 9, 11 AND 14 OF THE PACIFIC CENTER EAST SPECIFIC
PLAN.
The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and determines as follows:
A. That a proper application has been submitted by SchoolsFirst Federal Credit
Union for the development of an office campus facility including a 180,000
square foot office building, a 5,000 square foot retail bank branch building, four
(4) level parking structure and associated site improvements on an approximate
19 -acre site within Planning Areas 7, 9, 11 and 14 of the Pacific Center East
Specific Plan (PCESP).
B. That Development Agreement (DA) 2018-00001 serves to strengthen the public
planning process and provide for the orderly implementation of the General Plan,
PCESP, the phased development and completion in accordance with the
associated Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA), and certain
assurances to the Developer and the City. In compliance with TCC Section 9611,
the Tustin Planning Commission must make a recommendation on the proposed
DA to the City Council.
C. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on said application
on March 26, 2019, by the Planning Commission. That the Planning
Commission tabled the application to allow for sufficient time to finalize the
DDA and reimbursement agreement.
D. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on said application
on June 11, 2019, by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission
adopted Resolution No. 4379 determining that the disposition of Parcel 6 of
Parcel Map No. 2010-127 and portion of abandoned Del Amo Avenue is in
conformance with the adopted General Plan. The Planning Commission
adopted Resolution No. 4380 recommending that the City Council adopt
Ordinance No. 1501 and approve the project.
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E. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on said application
on July 2, 2019, by the City Council.
F. On December 18, 1990, the City Council certified Final Environmental Impact
Report (FEIR) 90-1 for the PCESP. On May 5, 2003, the City Council approved
Supplement #1 to FEIR 90-1 for the Pacific Center East Specific Plan. The
FEIR, along with its supplement, is a Program EIR under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The FEIR considered the potential
environmental impacts associated with the development of the PCESP.
An Environmental Checklist has been prepared and concluded that these
actions do not result in any new significant environmental impacts or a
substantial increase in the severity of any previously identified significant
impacts in the FEIR. Moreover, no new information of substantial importance
has surfaced since certification of the FEIR.
G. That the DA can be supported by the following findings:
That the Planning Commission determined that that the location, purpose,
and extent of the disposition of Parcel 6 of Parcel Map No. 2010-127 (APN
430-251-28) and portion of abandoned Del Amo Avenue for the
development an office campus including 180,000 square feet of office,
5,000 square feet of a retail bank branch, four (4) level parking structure
and associated site improvements is in conformance with the approved
General Plan.
2. The project is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses
and programs specified in the General Plan and the PCESP in that office
and retail bank uses are permitted uses within Planning Areas 7, 9, 11
and 14.
3. The project is compatible with the uses authorized in the district in which
the real property is located (Planning Areas 7, 9, 11 and 14) in that similar
and compatible uses exist and are envisioned within the close proximity
of the project site.
4. The project is in conformity with the public necessity, public convenience,
general welfare and good land use practices in that the agreement
incorporates public benefits in the form of reimbursable public
improvement.
5. The project will not be detrimental to the health, safety, and general
welfare. The project will comply with the PCESP, TCC, and other
regulations to ensure that the project will not be detrimental in any way.
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6. The project will not adversely affect the orderly development of the
property in that the proposed project complies with the PCESP and would
complete the applicant's office headquarters campus facility.
7. That the office headquarters campus will be limited to a maximum
451,715 square feet of building floor area, consistent with the floor -area
ratios identified within the PCESP. That the proposed parking structure
does not contain building floor area and is not included in floor area
calculations.
8. The project will have a positive fiscal impact on the City in that the
provisions of the proposed DA and conditions of approval will ensure that
the project will have a positive fiscal impact on the City.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby approves DA -2018-00001 attached hereto as
Exhibit A and subject to final approval of the City Attorney.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The City Council of the City of Tustin hereby declares that it
would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that
any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the City Council for the City of Tustin
on this 16th day of July, 2019.
CHARLES E. PUCKETT,
Mayor
L a.
ERICA N. YASUbA,
City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
ORDINANCE NO. 1501
I, Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the
City Council of the City of Tustin is 5; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1501
was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held
on the 2nd day of July, 2019, and was given its second reading, passed, and adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day of July, 2019, by the
following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Puckett, Bernstein, Clark, Cooper (4)
COUNCILMEMBER NOES: (0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: (0)
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: Lumbard (1)
ERICA N. YASUhK,
City Clerk
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