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TEMECULA PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
41000 MAIN STREET
TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 15, 2017 — 5:00 PM
Next in Order:
Resolution: 17-43
CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Telesio (5:00 p.m.)
Flag Salute: Ron Guerriero led the Flag Salute
ROLL CALL:
Commissioners Present: Guerriero, Telesio, Turley-Trejo, Watts and Youmans
Staff Present: Watson, Fisk, Marroquin, Giovinco, Thomas, Bhatia, Gonzalez,
Peters, Kelly-Lehner, Rabidou, Cardenas, and Jacobo
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no requests to speak during Public Comments.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
All matters listed under Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and all will be
enacted by one roll call vote. There will be no discussion of these items unless Members
of the Planning Commission request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar
for separate action.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1 Minutes APPROVED 3-0-2; MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TURLEY-TREJO, SECOND
BY COMMISSIONER WATTS; AYE VOTES FROM COMMISSIONERS TELESIO,
TURLEY-TREJO, AND WATTS; YOUMANS AND GUERRIERO ABSTAINED
RECOMMENDATION:
1.1 Approve the Action Minutes of November 1, 2017
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
2 The proposed project, referred to as "Altair," includes four Planning Applications for a
1) General Plan Amendment; 2) Specific Plan; 3) Tentative Tract Map; and
4) Development Agreement for subsequent permits such as grading, infrastructure
improvement permitting for on-site and off-site utilities, and resource agency permitting to
allow for development of up to 1,750 residential units, limited neighborhood-serving
commercial, civic/institutional uses, elementary school, parks, and open space within a
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270-acre area in the southwesterly portion of the City of Temecula, west of Old Town. In
addition, the proposed project would construct the Western Bypass that would link
Temecula Parkway with Diaz Road, including widening Vincent Moraga Road. The
proposed project site is located within the Murrieta Creek and Santa Rosa Plateau
Subunits of the Riverside County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan Southwest
Area Plan.
Planning Application No. PA14-0158, a proposed General Plan Amendment (GPA) by
Ambient Communities to revise the current alignment of the proposed Western Bypass,
and to replace the existing General Plan Land use designations of Industrial Park (IP)
Open Space (OS), Medium Density Residential (M), High Density Residential (H), and
Hillside Residential (HR) with Specific Plan Implementation (SPI) for land uses proposed
in the Altair Specific Plan as Active Open Space (AO), Natural Open Space (NO),
Residential (R), Mixed-Use (M), Mixed-Use Residential (MR), Educational (E), and
Institutional (I).
Planning Application No. PA14-0159, a proposed Specific Plan to include the four-lane
divided Western Bypass, up to 1,750 residential units, an elementary school, up to 7,000
square feet of neighborhood commercial, a clubhouse, civic site, parks, trails, and hillside
preservation. The Specific Plan will also include off-site improvements for public
infrastructure including, but not limited to, construction of the Western Bypass bridge over
Murrieta Creek, road widening of Vincent Moraga, construction of Main Street north of
Puiol, and off-site sewer, water and dry utility extensions.
Planning Application No. PA14-0160, a proposed Tentative Tract Map (TTM 36959) that
will create the residential planning areas consistent with the Specific Plan, and include the
four-lane divided Western Bypass, public and private roads, an elementary school site
civic site, open space, parks, trails, and hillside preservation.
Planning Application No. PA14-0161, a Development Agreement for the proposed
Specific Plan by Ambient Communities, Matt Peters
RECOMMENDATION: APPROVED 5-0; MOTION BY COMMISSIONER YOUMANS,
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GUERRIERO; AYE VOTES FROM COMMISSIONERS
GUERRIERO, TELESIO, TURLEY-TREJO, WATTS AND YOUMANS
2.1 Adopt a resolution entitled:
PC RESOLUTION NO. 17-43
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CERTIFY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT PREPARED FOR THE ALTAIR
PROJECT, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 270 ACRES GENERALLY
LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF RIDGE PARK
DRIVE AND VINCENT MORAGA; WEST OF PUJOL STREET AND MURRIETA
CREEK; AND NORTH OF SANTA MARGARITA RIVER(APN 922-210-049, 940-
310-013, 940-310-015, 9401-310-016, 940-310-044 THROUGH 940-310-048,
AND 940-320-001 THROUGH 940-320-007)
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2.2 Adopt a resolution entitled:
PC RESOLUTION NO. 17-44
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A
RESOLUTION ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TEMECULA APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT
APPLICATION TO REVISE THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT OF THE PROPOSED
WESTERN BYPASS, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE PROPOSED LAND USES
IDENTIFIED IN THE ALTAIR SPECIFIC PLAN BY REPLACING INDUSTRIAL
PARK (IP), OPEN SPACE (OS), MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (M), HIGH
DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (H), AND HILLSIDE RESIDENTIAL (HR) WITH
SPECIFIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION (SPI) ON APPROXIMATELY 270 ACRES
GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF
RIDGE PARK DRIVE AND VINCENT MORAGA; WEST OF PUJOL STREET
AND MURRIETA CREEK; AND NORTH OF SANTA MARGARITA RIVER
(APNS 922-210-049, 940-310-013, 940-310-015, 940-310-016, 940-310-044
THROUGH 940-310-048, AND 940-320-001 THROUGH 940-320-007)"
2.3 Adopt a resolution entitled:
PC RESOLUTION NO.17-45
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN
ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TEMECULA APPROVING THE ALTAIR SPECIFIC PLAN #15 ON
APPROXIMATELY 270 ACRES GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST
OF THE INTERSECTION OF RIDGE PARK DRIVE AND VINCENT MORAGA;
WEST OF PUJOL STREET AND MURRIETA CREEK; AND NORTH OF SANTA
MARGARITA RIVER (APNS 922-210-049, 940-310-013, 940-310-015, 940-310-
016, 940-310-044 THROUGH 940-310-048, AND 940-320-001 THROUGH 940-
320-007"
2.4 Adopt a resolution entitled:
PC RESOLUTION NO. 17-46
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A
RESOLUTION ENTITLED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TEMECULA APPROVING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 36959 TO
SUBDIVIDE 270 ACRES INTO 63 NUMBERED LOTS TO DEFINE THE OPEN
SPACE AND THE VILLAGE AREAS, AND 20 LETTERED LOTS TO DEFINE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS FOR THE ALTAIR SPECIFIC PLAN
GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF
RIDGE PARK DRIVE AND VINCENT MORAGA; WEST OF PUJOL STREET
AND MURRIETA CREEK; AND NORTH OF SANTA MARGARITA RIVER
(APNS 922-210-049, 940-310-013, 940-310-015, 940-310-016, 940-310-044
THROUGH 940-310-048, AND 940-320-001 THROUGH 940-320-007)"
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2.5 Adopt a resolution entitled:
PC RESOLUTION NO. 17-47
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH AMBIENT
COMMUNITIES FOR THE ALTAIR SPECIFIC PLAN #15 ON APPROXIMATELY
270 ACRES GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF RIDGE PARK DRIVE AND VINCENT MORAGA; WEST OF
PUJOL STREET AND MURRIETA CREEK; AND NORTH OF SANTA MARGARITA
RIVER (APNS 922-210-049, 940-310-013, 940-310-015, 940-310-016, 940-310-044
THROUGH 940 310-048, AND 940-320-001 THROUGH 940-320-007"
Brian Connor addressed the Planning Commission
Cara Lacey addressed the Planning Commission
Monet Storkersen addressed the Planning Commission
Beth Abshire addressed the Planning Commission
Bernie Truax addressed the Planning Commission
John Kelliher addressed the Planning Commission
Gregg Brooks addressed the Planning Commission
Jeff Kurtz addressed the Planning Commission
Brian Mansell addressed the Planning Commission
Julie Ngo addressed the Planning Commission
Craig Puma addressed the Planning Commission
Darren Diesl addressed the Planning Commission
John Hernandez addressed the Planning Commission
Grant Anderson addressed the Planning Commission
Gene Wunderlich addressed the Planning Commission
Jj Gutowski addressed the Planning Commission
Matt Weaver addressed the Planning Commission
Pam Nelson addressed the Planning Commission
Eric Saenz addressed the Planning Commission
Jay Stables addressed the Planning Commission
Ed Dool addressed the Planning Commission
Mary Lou Rosczyk addressed the Planning Commission
Mark Broderick addressed the Planning Commission
Ileen Anderson addressed the Planning Commission
Maryann Byers addressed the Planning Commission
Teri Biancardi addressed the Planning Commission
Aaron Huelsman addressed the Planning Commission
Jane Santorumm addressed the Planning Commission
Letty Marquez addressed the Planning Commission
Ed Sauls addressed the Planning Commission
Wade Hall addressed the Planning Commission
REPORTS FROM COMMISSIONERS
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REPORTS FROM COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE(S
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REPORT
ADJOURNMENT The Planning Commission meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m., to the next
regular meeting: Planning Commission, Wednesday, December 6, 2017, 6:00 PM City Council
Chambers, 41000 Main Street, Temecula, California.
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