HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.0_Planning Commission Requalification for Koll Center Residences_PA2015-024CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
September 13, 2018
Agenda Item No. 5
SUBJECT: Planning Commissioner Requalification
for Koll Center Residences (PA2015-024)
SITE LOCATION: 4400 Von Karman Avenue
APPLICANT/OWNER: Shopoff Land Fund II, LP
PLANNER: Rosalinh Ung, Senior Planner
(949)644-3208, rung@newportbeachca.gov
SUMMARY
Four members of the Newport Beach Planning Commission have a conflict of interest that
prohibits their participation with the Koll Center Residences project. Because a majority
of the Planning Commissioners have a conflict, State law allows for the requalifica tion of
one Planning Commissioner by means of random selection to participate on this Project.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1)Find this event not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”)
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity
is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code
of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical
change to the environment, directly or indirectly;
2)Randomly select one conflicted Planning Commissioner by drawing lots to participate
in the process to consider the Koll Center Residences project; and
3)Identify a date for a future Planning Commission study session.
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DISCUSSION
Four of the seven-member Planning Commission have conflicts of interest with the
proposed project. This results in a lack of a quorum of the Planning Commission; the
Planning Commission must participate in the project review process.
Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations Section 18705 provides a procedure to
randomly select by lots one of the conflicted Planning Commissioners to participate in the
project review process. Commissioners Kleiman, Kramer, Lowery and Chair Zak will
participate in such a selection procedure during the meeting.
Once the selection procedure is complete, future project review proceedings before the
Planning Commission can be scheduled with the requalified Commissioner.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (24 hours in advance of
the special meeting at which the Planning Commission considers the item).
Prepared by: Submitted by:
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