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AGENDA
TEMECULA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING/WORKSHOP
CONFERENCE CENTER
41000 MAIN STREET
TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 — 3:00 PM
At approximately 9:45 P.M., the City Council will determine which of the remaining agenda items can
be considered and acted upon prior to 10:00 P.M. and may continue all other items on which
additional time is required until a future meeting. All meetings are scheduled to end at 10:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Mike Naggar
Flag Salute: To Be Announced
ROLL CALL: Comerchero, Edwards, McCracken, Rahn, Naggar
PUBLIC COMMENTS
For Council Business items on the agenda, a Request to Speak form may be filed with the
City Clerk prior to the City Council addressing that item. Each speaker is limited to five
minutes.
CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS
1 Conduct a Second Public Workshop (#2) for the Proposed Altair Specific Plan
ADJOURNMENT
Next regular meeting: Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at 5:30 PM, for a Closed Session, with
regular session commencing at 7:00 PM, City Council Chambers, 41000 Main Street,
Temecula, California.
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1
CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS
Approvals
City Attorney
Finance Director
City Manager
CITY OF TEMECULA
AGENDA REPORT
TO: City Manager/City Council
FROM: Luke Watson, Director of Community Development
DATE: September 27, 2016
SUBJECT: Conduct a Second Public Workshop (#2) for the Proposed Altair Specific Plan
PREPARED BY: Matt Peters, Senior Planner
BACKGROUND: A City Council Workshop for the Altair project was held on July 28,
2016. The meeting began at 9:00 a.m., and ended at approximately 3:00 p.m. The workshop
included presentations from City Staff (Matt Peters), the City's EIR Consultant (Jack Gorzeman,
ESA), and Ambient Communities (Rob Honer). The presentations addressed all aspects of the
project, including land use, community design, construction phasing, CEQA, and environmental
impacts. However, much of the discussion and comments from public speakers focused on
mountain lion corridors. Specifically, the potential impacts of the project, and location of the
proposed Civic Site as it relates to the functionality of the Multi -Species Habitat Conservation
Plan (MSHCP) Linkage 10, and constrained Linkages 13 and 14.
At the conclusion of the first workshop, City Staff, and the Applicant were directed to meet with
the appropriate speakers to address concerns about corridors and linkages, and report back on
progress at a subsequent workshop with the intent of identifying areas of resolution, and any
remaining issues. The City Council also directed staff to be prepared to discuss other aspects
including traffic and construction phasing.
PROJECT INFORMATION: Ambient Communities is proposing a Specific Plan, referred to as
"Altair," on 270 acres in the southwesterly portion of the City of Temecula, west of Old Town.
The proposed plan will include the four -lane Western Bypass and bridge over Murrieta Creek,
up to 1,750 residential units, a clubhouse, recreation center, an elementary school,
civic/education use, neighborhood commercial, parks, trails, and hillside preservation. In
addition to the Specific Plan, this project includes a General Plan Amendment, Subdivision Map,
Development Agreement, Fiscal Impact Analysis, and City -managed EIR. The project site is
generally bound by the undeveloped foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains to the west, Ridge
Park Drive and Vincent Moraga Drive to the north, Pujol Street and Murrieta Creek to the east,
and vacant land south of the future extension of Temecula Parkway (aka the western bypass).
To complete the necessary environmental review, as required by the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA), the City approved a contract with Environmental Science Associates (ESA)
on July 22, 2014, to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
The Draft EIR was provided to the State Clearinghouse and circulated for a 45 -day public
review as required by CEQA on May 2, 2016. The comment period ended on June 17, 2016.
The City received 26 comment letters from various agencies and jurisdictions concerning items
such as traffic, air quality, and noise, among others. However, the vast majority of comments
were concerning biological resources, specifically, mountain lion habitat and movement.
Given the size and complexity of the project, the workshops are intended to provide project
information to the City Council, and allow for discussion with City Staff, the City's EI R
Consultant, and the Applicant. The workshops are publicly noticed meetings, and all interested
parties are invited to attend the workshops. However, the workshops are for information
purposes only. Public comments will be taken at the end of the workshop discussion, but the
City Council will not make a final decision on any entitlements at this meeting.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
ATTACHMENTS: None