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AGENDA REPORT
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MEETING DATE
TO
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FEBRUARY 18, 2025
ALDO E. SCHINDLER, CITY MANAGER
ERICA N. YASUDA, CITY CLERK
Agenda Item 7
Reviewed: Initial
City Manager QS
Finance Director N/A
SUBJECT: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1560 -
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 2024-0007, AMENDING
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 2020-0001 REGARDING TERMS
AND PUBLIC BENEFIT
SUMMARY:
Adoption of Ordinance No. 1560 approves Development Agreement (DA) 2024-0007
amending the term and sponsorship contributions previously established in DA 2020-0001.
The proposed amendment will extend the term of the agreement and establish a
methodology for calculating the annual sponsorship contribution.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council have second reading by title only and adoption of Ordinance No.
1560.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The proposed amendment would have a positive fiscal impact, as it includes an escalated
financial contribution from the Tustin Auto Center Merchants Association based on the
average annual growth rate of car sales tax, providing proportional increases to the City's
public benefit funding for Parks and Recreation events and programming.
CORRELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN:
This amendment supports Strategic Plan Goal A — Economic and Neighborhood
Development, by enabling business growth and fostering economic vitality through
strategic public -private partnerships. Additionally, it aligns with Goal C — Financial Strength,
by ensuring increased fiscal contributions proportional to economic growth, and Goal D —
Strong Community and Regional Relationships, by maintaining collaborative partnerships
with local businesses.
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City Council Agenda Report
Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 1560
February 18, 2025
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BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
On February 4, 2025, the City Council had first reading by title only of Ordinance No. 1560.
ORDINANCE NO. 1560
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 2024-0007 AMENDING THE TERM AND
SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTION PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED BY DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT 2020-0001 BETWEEN THE CITY OF TUSTIN AND TUSTIN AUTO
CENTER MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION FOR A FREEWAY ADJACENT DIGITAL
DISPLAY BILLBOARD AT THE TUSTIN AUTO CENTER
Erica N. yasuda
Erica N. Yasuda
City Clerk
Attachment:
1. Ordinance No. 1560
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ORDINANCE NO. 1560
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT 2024-0007 AMENDING THE TERM AND
SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTION PREVIOUSLY
ESTABLISHED BY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 2020-0001
BETWEEN THE CITY OF TUSTIN AND TUSTIN AUTO
CENTER MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION FOR A FREEWAY
ADJACENT DIGITAL DISPLAY BILLBOARD AT THE TUSTIN
AUTO CENTER
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 on June 16, 2020, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1507
approving Development Agreement (DA) 2020-001, which established
terms and conditions addressing public benefits and annual performance
review in conjunction with the operation of a freeway adjacent digital
display billboard at the Tustin Auto Center.
B. That the DA 2020-0001 term expires on December 31, 2024.
C. That DA 2020-0001 provided public benefits in the form of a $25,000
annual contribution towards four (4) Parks & Recreation events and it was
understood the contribution would be negotiated annually.
D. That DA 2020-0001 did not establish a methodology for the annual
negotiation of the sponsorship contribution.
E. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on December
10, 2024, by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission
adopted Resolution No. 4511 recommending that the City Council adopt
Ordinance No.1560.
F. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on said
application on February 4, 2025, by the City Council.
G. That this project has been determined to be Categorically Exempt
pursuant to Section 15301 (Class 1) of the California Environmental
Quality Act in that the subject project involves no physical modifications
to an existing structure and results in negligible expansion of an existing
use.
Ordinance No. 1560
DA 2024-0007
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H. That the DA can be supported by the following findings:
The project is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land
uses and programs specified in the General Plan and the Auto Center
Planned Community regulations in that the proposed freeway adjacent
digital display billboard use is a conditionally permitted use that
supports the Tustin Auto Center and City programs.
2. The project is compatible with the uses authorized in the district in
which the real property is located in that the site is approved for a
freeway digital display billboard and the proposed project is a minor
expansion of the allowed use.
3. 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 advertisements
for city events and financial contributions to City programs.
4. The project will not be detrimental to the health, safety, and general
welfare in that the freeway adjacent digital display billboard structure
is existing. That, as conditioned, the billboard structure and use will
not be detrimental to health, safety, and general welfare.
5. The project will not adversely affect the orderly development of
property in that the existing and surrounding properties are already
improved with landscaping, signage and multiple automobile
dealerships.
6. 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 2024-0007 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.
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DA-2024-0007
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PASSED AND ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the City Council for the City of Tustin
on this February 4t", 2025.
AUSTIN LUMBARD
Mayor
ERICA N. YASUDA
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DocuSigned by:
D�,W&&X&NDIG
City Attorney
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DA 2024-0007
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF TUSTIN )
ORDINANCE NO. 1560
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. 1560
was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held
on February 4, 2025, and was given its second reading, passed, and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on , 2025, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBER RECUSED:
ERICA N. YASUDA
City Clerk
Ordinance No. 1560
DA-2024-0007
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