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Home My WebLink AboutAPRIL 11,2007 I I I 49:0049 CITY COUNCIUREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGULAR MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2007 A Regular Meeting of the City Council was held at the Masonic Center, 50 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia, California. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Chandler called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. INVOCATION Captain Randy Kirby, Arcadia Police Department PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Roger Chandler ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIUREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMBERS: PRESENT: Council/Agency Member Amundson, Harbicht, Segal, Wuo and Chandler ABSENT: None REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY/AGENCY COUNSEL ON CLOSED SESSION/STUDY SESSION ITEMS None SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM CITY MANAGER REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS None Mayor Chandler thanked the Masonic Center for use of the facility. He reminded everyone of the Community event scheduled for Friday, April 13th, the Arcadia Fire Fighter Association annual pancake breakfast at Station 106 and the Community bike ride after the breakfast. He also explained the 3 minute speaker card process. 1. PUBLIC HEARING APPLICATIONS: Specific Plan (SP 05-01) "The Shops at Santa Anita" project at the Santa Anita Park Racetrack (285 W. Huntington Drive) The Specific Plan includes the following: 1. Development of an 829,250 square foot (sf) commercial, retail and office development on the southern parking lot of the Santa Anita Park Racetrack (804,250 sf of retail/commercial uses and 25,000 sf of office uses); 1 04-11-2007 49:0050 2. Relocation of the existing Saddling Barn in the Paddock Gardens to the west of the Kingsbury Memorial Fountain and I demolition of the south ticket gates; 3. Adaptive reuse of the western portion of the historic Santa Anita Park grandstand to construct an approximately 98,000 sf Simulcast Center within the grandstand area; 4. A 1,4 acre landscaped open space area linking the existing Paddock Gardens with the proposed new commercial, retail and office center; 5. A 7,5-acre landscaped open space area, including a 3.5-acre water feature, to be located at the southern end of the property; 6. Improvements to vehicle and pedestrian access, parking, infrastructure and other ancillary facilities throughout the property as well as off site; and 7. A new wireless electric trolley traveling on fixed rails between the Paddock Gardens at the north end of Main Street and the water feature and promenade at the south end of Main Street. General Plan Amendment (GP 05-01) 1. To amend the land use designation in the General Plan for the entire racetrack property from "Horse Racing" and "Commeroial" to "Specific Plan - Santa Anita (SP-SA)". 2. To amend the General Plan language to reflect the nature of the development anticipated in the Specific Plan and to reflect and further the implementation of the 1996 General Plan update. I 3. To amend language regarding view protection to ensure that development anticipated in the Specific Plan and encouraged by other language in the General Plan can be located where envisioned. Zone Change (ZC 05-04) The proposal will create new zoning designations for the entire 304 acres of Santa Anita Park that reflect the Specific Plan (SP), The Project area will include three distinct zoning categories including SP-S-1 (Special Use - horse racing), SP-R-1 (Single-Family) and a new category SP-CE (Commercial Entertainment) that will be located in the southerly 85 acres of the site. The area to be zoned CE is consistent with the 85 acres designated in the General Plan as "Commercial". Architectural Design Review Consideration of the conceptual architectural design of the proposed development as set forth in the Shops at Santa Anita Architectural Design Review packet and the Design Guidelines packet. Development Agreement A Development Agreement will be considered for the commercial portion of the project comprised of approximately 829,250 square I feet (sf). 2 04-11-2007 I I I PUBLIC COMMENTS (3 minutes per person) 1. Mary Helms 2. Robert Bartley 3. Dan Earp 4, Pat DePry 5. Dale Edington 6. Raub (Rob) Mathias 7. Tony Henrich 8. Craig Thomson 9, Ann Armenio 10. Sho Tay 11. Paul Marengo 12, Bryan Moos 13, Glenn Moore 14. Janice Holcomb 15. Arthur Fry 16. Vito Frankini 17, Kathleen Van der Veen 18, Larry Williams 19, Sonia WilliamS 20. Ross Gorgone 21, Norma Broyles 22, Robert Broyles 23, Marion Murphy 24. Joe M. Alexander THE CITY COUNCIL RECESSED AT 9:50 P.M, AND RECONVENED AT 10:00 P.M. 25, Donald Laughlin 3 49:0051 04-11-2007 49:0052 26. William Lee, I 27. John Jemelian 2B. Gary Kovacic 29. Ed Casey 30. Peter Ulrich 31. Beth Costanza, Director of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce 32. Ken Burrows 33. Leonor Hernandez 34. Vidal Hernandez 35. Nassef Eskander 36. Larry Bregman 37. Marc Greenfield 38. Dirk Hudson I 39. Sandy Chu 40. Mary Martinez 41. Larry Hasbrouck 42. Adriana Um 43. Bob Cripe 44. Victor Ceporius 45. Colleen Brennan 46. Joe W. Alexander 47. Felicitas Schroeder appeared 48. Kevin Tomkins, Rancho Santa Anita Residents Association. 49. Sigrid Balekjian 50. Laurie Thompson 51. David Sweeney I 4 04-11-2007 49:0053 52. Joann McCallum I 53. Steven Reid 54. Eva Jeng 55. Chen Suen 56, Natalie Collin 57. Jeff Bowen 58. Greg Palmer 59. Mark Bower 60. Scott Wardian 61. Virginia Konzelman 62. Steve Carmona, National Electrical Contractors Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. 63. Arthur Morales I 64. John Twitchell, Arcadia Fire Fighters Association. 65. Scott Hettrick 66. Vince Foley 67. George Juenemann 68. Bruce McCallum 69. Geoffrey Wu 70. Lula Eskander I 71, Art Leatherman 72. Mike O'Connor 73. John Fee 74. Mary Dougherty 75. Phyllis Nemeth 76, Matthew Sofer 77. Jerry Durgerian 5 04-11-2007 49:0054 78. Linda Kor-Pra-Pun 79. Adrian Velasquez 80. Kevin Norton, IBW Local 99 Electrician Union THE CITY COUNCIL RECESSED AT 12:15 A.M, AND RECONVENED 12:25 A.M. 81. Sung Tse 82. Joe Sciarra 83. Stewart Bell 84. Ron Morrison 85. Richard Martinez 86, Patrick Larkin 87. Douglas Carstens, Esq, Challen-Brown and Carstens 8B. Bemella Reade, Executive Director Arcadia First! B9. Jan Andersen APPLICANT REBUTTAL (15 minutes) Frank DeMarco, Vice President, Santa Anita Race Track Rick Caruso, Caruso Affiliated A motion was made by Council Member Harbicht seconded by Council Member Segal to close the public hearing. There being no objection, the public hearing was closed. THE CITY COUNCIL RECESSED AT 12:55 A.M. AND RECONVENED AT 1:15 A.M. A motion was made by Council Member Segal seconded by Council Member Wuo and carried on roll call to continue this meeting to April 17, 2007 at 8.00 a.m. in the City Council Chamber. AYES: Council Member Segal, Wuo, Harbicht, Amundson and Chandler NOES: None 6 04-11-2007 I I I I I I 49:0055 ADJOURNMENT At 1 :37 a.m. on Thursday, April 12,2007, the meeting was adjourned to a continued adjourned regular meeting on April 17, 2007 at 8:00 a,m. in the City Council Chamber at Arcadia City Hall at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. ATTEST: 7 04-11-2007