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RESOLUTION NO. 06-82
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL DENYING: THE PROPOSED
MODIFICATIONS TO AINSLEY PARK, THE SIMPLIFICATION OF THE
ARCHITECTURE AND REDUCTION OF THE SIZE OF THE COLUMBUS
SQUARE RECREATION CENTER, DEFERRAL OF CONSTRUCTION
OF THE RECREATION CENTER UNTIL THE 9501h BUILDING PERMIT;
AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE PHASING PLAN FOR THE SENIOR
HOUSING PROJECT TO EIGHT PHASES BUT APPROVING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT WITHIN FIVE
PHASES, AND RELOCATION OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT
FROM THE MODEL HOME SITE (CAMDEN PLACE) TO PHASE ONE
FOR THE PROJECTS LOCATED IN PLANNING AREAS 4, 5 AND 21
OF MCAS TUSTIN KNOWN AS COLUMBUS SQUARE AND
COLUMBUS GROVE (TENTATIVE TRACT MAPS 16581, 16582 AND
DESIGN REVIEW 04-004 AND 04-006)
I. The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows:
A. An application was filed by Lennar Homes on behalf of Moffett Meadows
Partners on May 3, 2006, to modify Tentative Tract Maps 16581 and 16582
and Affordable Housing Plan to reduce the size of the Columbus Square
recreation center from 5,467 to 3,765 square feet and simplify the
architectural design, defer completion of the Columbus Square recreation
center from the 420th building permit to the 950th building permit, relocate an
affordable unit in Camden Place from a model home site to a phase one
production unit, and revise the phasing plan for senior housing to eight (8)
construction phases for the project sites located within planning Area 4, 5
and 21 of MCAS Tustin. An amendment to revise the architectural design of
the Ainsley Park duplex product to simplify the structures so that the same
architecture is carried out on both residences was requested by the
applicant.
B. The properties are located at the southwest corner of Edinger Avenue and
West Connector and Harvard Avenue south of Moffett Avenue within
Planning Areas 4, 5 and 21 of MCAS Tustin Specific Plan designated as
Low Density and Medium Density Residential and the MCAS Tustin
Planned Community General Plan land use designation.
C. Low density and Medium density residential development are permitted in
Planning Areas 4, 5, and 21 of MCAS Tustin Specific Plan and the
proposed amendments will not modify the approved uses.
D. On February 22, 2005, the City Council approved the site and
architectural design of 1,077 residential units in Columbus Square and
465 units in Columbus Grove with adoption of Resolutions 05-37 and 05-
40.
E. A public hearing was duly noticed and held by the Planning Commission
on June 26, 2006, and by the City Council on July 3, 2006.
F. An amendment to revise the architectural design of the Ainsley Park duplex
product to simplify the structures so that the same architecture is carried out
on both residences was requested by the applicant.
The City Council denies the requested revisions and directs the applicant to
work with staff to provide a compatible design for Ainsley Park that suits the
approved dominant architectural styles within the community and continues
to provide distinctive character for both units.
G. An amendment to reduce the approved size of the recreation building for
Columbus Square from 5,467 square feet to 3,765 square feet was
requested and simplify the architectural design with removing the towers
and decorative parapets.
The City Council denies the proposed architectural revisions and denies the
proposed modifications to reduce the size of the Columbus Square
recreation center since the center should accommodate a variety of uses
and conflicting events, and if approved the recreation center at Columbus
Square (a community of 835 total units including 552 multiple family units
with no private yards) would be approximately 1,300 square feet smaller
than the recreation center at Columbus Grove (a community of 465 homes
including 279 single family homes with private backyards). Considering that
there are 835 single family and multiple family residential units in
Columbus Square, the community would not benefit from a smaller sized
community center.
H. An amendment to Condition 2.2 of Resolution No. 05-40 of Tentative
Tract Map 16581 (Columbus Square) to defer completion of the required
recreation center from prior to issuance of the 420lh building permit to prior
to the issuance of the 950lh building permit was requested.
The City Council hereby denies the request to defer construction of the
Columbus Square recreation center prior to the issuance of the 950lh
building permit but directs staff to work with the developer on establishing a
time frame that would ensure substantial progress be accomplished in
constructing the recreation building before the issuance of permits beyond
the current 420lh building permit limitation.
I. An amendment to the affordable housing plan to relocate an affordable
housing unit (Low income) within a multiple family product (Camden
Place) in Columbus Square from a proposed model home unit to a
production unit in phase one was requested.
The City Council hereby approves the proposed modifications to relocate
an affordable from the Camden Place model home complex to a Phase
One production unit.
J. An amendment to the phasing plan of Columbus Square to allow
construction of the senior housing project in eight (8) phases instead of
the approved three (3) phases was requested.
The City Council denies the proposed phasing plan with eight (8) phases
since this revision could negatively impact the Planning Commission and
City Council's original intent that the entire project site be developed
concurrently. The senior housing project includes 63 percent of the
required affordable housing for the Villages of Columbus, and it is
essential that the construction of these units be accomplished
proportionately with construction of the market rate units. Given that this
site will have a late start, eight (8) phases of construction could lead to a
major delay in delivering the affordable housing units and defeat the
original intent of the project's phasing. As a compromise, the City Council
approves an amendment that would allow construction of minimum two
structures concurrently for a total of five (5) phases including models and
built-out to allow the developer additional time and lead the project toward
completion within a reasonable time.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tus!' City Council, held on the 3rd
day of July, 2006.
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c/or- PAMELA STOKER
t' CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of
the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 06-82 was duly
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 3rd day
of July, 2006, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBERAYES: DAVERT, HAGEN, AMANTE, BONE, KAWASHIMA 5
COUNCILMEMBER NOES: NONE 0
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: NONE 0
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: NONE 0
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PAMELA STOKER ~
CITY CLERK