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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-01-07 LUEAAC MinutesCity of Newport Beach Land Use Element Amendment Advisory Committee Minutes Date: January 7, 2014 Location: Newport Beach Central Library — 1000 Avocado Avenue Friends Room Members Present: Edward Selich, Council Member (Chair) Nancy Gardner, Council Member Kory Kramer, Planning Commission Larry Tucker, Planning Commission Craig Batley, At -Large Michael Melby, At -Large Patricia Moore, At -Large Jim Walker, At -Large Paul Watkins, At -Large Members Absent: Staff: Kim Brandt, Community Development Director Brenda Wisneski, Deputy Community Development Director Tony Brine, Traffic Engineer Leonie Mulvihill, Assistant City Attorney Woodie Tescher, The Planning CenterjDC &E (consultant) Marissa Aho, The Planning CenterjDC &E (consultant) Call Meeting to Order The meeting was called to order at 3:31 p.m. by Chair Selich. II. Approval of the Minutes Watkins moved to approve the minutes from December 3rd and 16th as augmented by the audio tapes and comments received by Watkins and Jim Mosher. Minutes for December 3rd and 16th were unanimously approved per the motion. Staff was asked to record Yes votes, No votes, and abstentions for each action in the minutes. Action: December 3rd and 16th Minutes Approved Unanimously ( Selich, Gardner, Kramer, Tucker, Batley, Melby, Moore, Walker, Watkins) III. Review of Goals & Policies Tescher outlined the process of the Committee reviewing Attachments 2 -4 and additional comments that were distributed prior to and on 1/7/14. Changes proposed by the Committee were made directly into the draft policy document. The following is an account of specific votes taken by the Committee (that were not unanimous). All other changes were made unanimously. Goal LU1 - A request was made to retain the existing policy. (Committee members Gardner and Melby were opposed to changing the current General Plan language). Tescher reviewed the memo regarding climate change. Committee member Moore questioned the need to include the policies addressed green house gas emissions. The Committee asked staff to look at the definition of "reduce" and search for use of the words "reduce, reduction, reducing" to determine if any of the references are on a citywide basis. Public Comment: Recommended review of "complementary" and "non- complementary" in the glossary. Asked for clarification of the changes made to policy 9.12.1 (as the matrix indicated 9.11.1). Land Use Element Amendment Advisory Committee January 07, 2014 Minutes Page 2 Discussion about the districts specified in the General Plan. Discussion regarding the next steps of the project. Action: 1) Record no vote from Council Member Gardner and Committee Member Melby regarding changing the existing language in Goal LU1; 2) Bring back definition of reduction (to incorporate a baseline) and review reduction, reduce, reducing to confirm citywide or not citywide; 3) Bring back revision to Policy 6.14.4 — Fashion Island /Newport Center; and 4) accept all other amendments reflected in the policy document. Tucker made the motion to approve, Watkins second. Unanimous approval from the Committee (Selich, Gardner, Kramer, Tucker, Batley, Melby, Moore, Walker, Watkins) IV. Public Comment on Non Agenda Items A question was asked about the fiscal impact analysis for the Land Use Element Amendment. Staff indicated that they would be responsible for this task. V. Adjournment Next Meeting Date: February 4, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. The agenda for the for the Regular Meeting was posted on December 24, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in the Chambers binder located inside the vestibule of the Council Chambers at 100 Civic Center Drive and on the City's website on December 24, 2013, at 10:20 a.m.