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Home My WebLink AboutCC MINUTES 2006 09 05 (SPEC) MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 CALL TO ORDER-4:05 P.M. ATTENDANCE Present: Mayor Doug Davert; Mayor Pro Tem Tracy Worley Hagen; Councilmembers Jerry Amante, Lou Bone, and Tony Kawashima Absent: None City Clerk: Maria R. Huizar, Chief Deputy Others Present: William A. Huston, City Manager and Douglas C. Holland, City Attorney PUBLIC INPUT - None WORKSHOP - Presentation by City/TLCP: Implementation Strategy for the Master Block and Design Guidelines Presentation Outline · Introductions · Design Guideline Overview · Master Block Implementation Strategy Overview · Next Steps - Entitlement Process Key Participants City Team · Christine Shingleton, ACM · Tim Serlet, Public Works · Doug Anderson, Public Works · Elizabeth Binsack, Community Development · John Buchanan, RDA · Frank Fuller, Field Paoli · Gerry Trimble, Keyser Marston TLCP Team · Legacy Park Partners o Simon Whitmey, Vice President and General Manager - LPP o Elizabeth Cobb, Director Community DevY- LPP · Centex Homes o Richard Douglass, Division President · Shea Properties o Colm Macken, President & CEO o Jack Godard, Senior Vice President · Shea Homes o Les Thomas, Division President Consultant Team City Council Meeting Minutes September 5,2006 Page 1 of 5 · AI Zelinka, RBF Consulting · Nate Cherry, Norm Garden, RTKL · Thomas Cox, David Smith, TCA · Mark Rios, RCHS · Joseph Smart, MBH · Martin Schwartz, RSM · Mark Lorge, EDAW Design Guidelines · Required by DDA · To be attached to Master Association Documents at Sector B Map Level · Used in Design Review/Entitlement Process Minimum design criteria · Ensures functional and attractive development · Based on Planning and Design Principles · Reinforces Legacy Park's vision Organized into 10 Districts representative of land use contextual differences · Community Core · Campus · Technology · Research · Central Core · Neighborhood Core · Village Service Park · Garden · Linear Park Each District identifies · Site Character Description · Planning Guidelines · Architectural Guidelines · Landscape Guidelines · Signage Guidelines District 10 - Linear Park · Continuous open space system diagonally across Legacy Park · Water features are integrated throughout · Comprised of active and passive recreational areas, pedestrian oriented and walkable to all districts · Park uses will be as programmed in the DDA District 8 & 9 - Garden District · Intimate environment, with network of paseos and garden-like common areas · Variety of densities · Connectivity reinforced Park District · Open, Park-like environment oriented to the public realm · Variety of densities · Connectivity reinforced City Council Meeting Minutes September 5,2006 Page 2 of 5 Campus District · Business, Corporate Office, campus-like environment with supporting Retail and services · Mid-rise buildings · Clustering, with park-like common areas · Surface and structured parking District 2 - Campus District · Business, Corporate Office, campus-like environment with supporting Retail and services · Mid-rise buildings · Clustering, with park-like common areas · Surface and structured parking District 3 - Technology District · Business/industrial park environment with wide variety of businesses · Single or multi-tenant, low-rise buildings, one to four stories · Building massing aligned with Redhill and Warner · Surface parking lots Community Core District · A mixed use district that integrates a variety of activities within an eclectic, diverse and urban environment · Sub-districts define mixture of uses o Residential o Office Campus o Main Street o Plaza o Park Street/Promenade · Horizontal and vertical mixed use · On-street parking and structured parking · Pedestrian oriented Core Implementation Strategy Required by DDA and needs to include a written strategy addressing: · Development and marketing strategy · Specific responsibilities of construction of infrastructure and amenities that will strengthen main street concept of retail and pedestrian activity · Development entity Marketing and Positioning · Competition · Opportunities Capture The Design Process · The Team · Charette Collaboration Precedent Study- Elements of Comparison · Overall Area and FAR · Land Use Mix · Circulation Pattern / Block Dimension · Commercial Diagram · Residential Types City Council Meeting Minutes September 5, 2006 Page 3 of 5 · Open Space Network · Street Environment / Public Art Overall Area & FAR Street Environment Charette Collaboration · Maintain Modified Grid Pattern · Main Street relocates parallel to Tustin Ranch Road "Layering" of plan w/ in mixed use core · Urban Arterial Configuration · 300' -350' grid pattern · "Park Place" as resid'l connector · Connections to perimeter · Alternative Hotel Locations Reinforces Park Edge · Opens for expansion opportunities to Armstrong Urban Design Diagram Illustrative Plan Aerial View Looking Southwest Site Section 1- Looking North Ground Floor Land Use Sub-District Diagram District Concepts - Central Plaza · Active and Passive Areas Well defined shape · Dense Mixed Use retail, residential, office, hotel, civic · Active Uses around ground plane · Cafe uses spill out onto sidewalk at key corners · Hotel at "prow" District Concepts - Main Street · Anchored by Theater at one end, Grocery/Healthclub at other · Wide sidewalks, pedestrian amenity w/ street trees, public art · 4-6 story mixed use: office, retail, residential · Transparency, great storefronts/galleries, cafes, etc. · Lofts and studios above, some come down to street level ,( "- · Integration of several office towers activates daytime " . · "Park once" strategy includes several "magazines" immediately adjacent · Mix of on-street parking; angle and parallel District Concepts - Office District Gateway into project off of TRR · Massing of towers to be seen from a distance 10-12 stories · Clusters of office wrapping and/or concealing 5 level parking "magazines" of 1000-2000 spaces each · Campuses each with unique identity - "quad concept" · Shared parking strategy · Events space for corporate outings District Concepts - Resid'l Neighborhoods · Intimate scale- possibly 1 to 1 relationship between buildings & street City Council Meeting Minutes September 5, 2006 Page 4 of 5 · Units come down to street as live/work units or front stoops · Small blocks/pedestrian scale · Mix of units- lofts, towns, live/work, flats, apartments, etc. · Concealed parking w/ access off side streets · Denser planting/smaller canopy · Small cafes and/or convenience shopping at primary corners District Concepts - Park Street and Promenade · Grand entry to Linear Park through Community Core · Primary public linkage from Tustin Ranch Road · Generous streetscape · "Park Street" primary address street & park gateway · "Park Promenade" reinforces park edge with active streetscape, strolling environment Entity to Proceed with Core Development Responsibilities · Backbone infrastructure: TLCP · Surface and in-track: TLCP 2 · Testing and financial feasibility assumptions need to be tested against DDA business plan Next Steps / Upcoming Activities · Staff approvals on Design Guidelines, Implementation Strategy, Hydrology Study · Demolition and tarmac removals · Escrow closing on Phase 1 parcels · Sector B maps for neighborhood E, G, and portion of D (create parcels for infrastructure & Phase 1 transfer to vertical builders) · Mass grading · Conveyances to vertical builders · Design and construction of Phase 1 infrastructure commencing · Design and construction of vertical builder improvements ADJOURNMENT - 5:01 P.M. DOUG DAVERT Mayor PAMELA STOKER, City Clerk City Council Meeting Minutes September 5,2006 Page 5 of 5