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Home My WebLink About2003-06-24 - AGENDA REPORTS - GATES KING APPROVAL (2)CONSENT CALENDAR DATE: SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT Agenda Item:_ CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AGENDA REPORT City Manager Approval: Item to be presented by: June 24, 2003 GATES/KING APPROVAL Planning and Building Services Vincent P. Bertoni RECOMMENDED ACTION City Council adopt the following: 1. Adopt a Resolution that certifies the Final Environmental Impact Report, which includes statements of overriding considerations, prepared for the Gate King Industrial Park project. 2. Adopt a Resolution that approves General Plan Amendment 99-003, Tentative Tract Map 50283, Conditional Use Permit 99-013, Oak Tree Permit 99-029, and Hillside Review 99-034. 3. Introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance that approves Development Agreement 99-002. 4. Introduce and pass to second reading an ordinance that approves Zone Change 99-002. BACKGROUND The City Council requested at the conclusion of the May 27, 2003 City Council meeting, that staff bring back resolutions and ordinances incorporating the following conditions to the June 24, 2003 City Council meeting in order to take action on the project: 1. All exterior lighting (including street lights on "A" Street) within the Industrial Park shall be directed downward and when adjacent to the wildlife corridor all exterior lighting shall be shielded and directed downward to minimize significant light spillage into the Adepted: i� t.. (CQ<d lQri:"e:1 et S`jP�� "Z? �i^CC �`12� IreZ:_Clr)•Z%. corridor. 2. The applicant shall not impact Newhall Creek in Lot 41 that runs along Sierra Highway. This lot shall be dedicated to the City of Santa Clarita and maintained by the City. Prior to dedication, the applicant shall eliminate illegally dumped non -natural materials (loose concrete, trash etc.) to allow native vegetation to grow and be restored. 3. The Industrial Park shall be subject to the City's Architectural Design Guidelines and at the same time be sensitive to Downtown Newhall's architectural guidelines. The Park shall provide a unified color scheme utilizing earth tone colors and avoid bright and glaring colors. 4. The applicant shall include in the Industrial Park's CC & R's that the Industrial Park is adjacent to a wildlife corridor and all tenants shall be aware and sensitive to the corridor. 5. If unanticipated cultural resource remains which includes human remains and artifacts are encountered during construction or land modifications, the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society shall be notified and provided with copies of any photographic and documentary evidence of these items. In addition, the applicant has agreed to work with the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society to record and preserve if possible any portion of or any artifact from the caretaker's house at the end of Pine Street and the former location of the Needham Ranch House, Andrew's Station, and Lyon's Station, if known, and the Rock Archway on Sierra Highway. 6. All mitigation oak trees on-site shall be provided with temporary hard line watering systems and monitored for 5 years after planting to ensure survivability. In addition, the applicant shall provide only native planting around the mitigation oak trees. 7. The applicant shall comply with the Development Agreement relating to the approved uses. All other uses shall be subject to the appropriate discretionary approvals as shown in the Permitted Use Chart in the Unified Development Code. 8. When fencing or masonry walls are required or needed, the applicant is strongly encouraged to provide wrought iron fencing and other alternative fencing materials approved by the City in conjunction with landscaping such as vines and shrubs to reduce graffiti within the Industrial Park. In addition, chain link fencing within the Industrial Park is strongly discouraged. 9. Prior to approving the planting and location of the mitigation oak trees on-site, the City of Santa Clarita shall consult with the Santa Clarita Oaks Conservancy. In addition, the City Council requested that the applicant deed over Lots 57, 58, 59 to the City as soon as possible. The applicant has agreed to deed over the three open space lots at the recordation of the large lot parcel map. The applicant has stated that he will be submitting the large lot parcel map soon after the appeal period for the project has expired and is committed to recording the large lot parcel map 90 to 120 days after that appeal period with the City's assistance. FISCAL IMPACT Council directed staff at the January 28, 2003 City Council meeting to hire a consultant to perform an economic feasibility analysis to verify the developer's claims of economic feasibility constraints. At the regular City Council meeting of February 11, 2003, the City Council appropriated $20,000.00 from the Council Contingency Fund to hire the Conley Consulting Group. The Conley Consulting Group did complete the report which concluded that the applicant's return on investment would be 8.1 %, which is lower than the industry standard of 15-20%. In addition, the applicant's return is based on the previous conditions, thus with the proposed amendments his investment return improves. Council can obtain further information on the deal points that relate to development fees and the cash contribution in the Development Agreement Contract on pages 3, 8, and 9. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS Other action as determined by the Council ATTACHMENTS Entitlement Resolution Final Conditions of Approval Environmental Resolution Zone Change Ordinance Development Agreement Ordinance Development Agreement Contract Gate King Factual Background Information Attachment Ridgeline Memo from EIR Consultant Final Environmental Impact Report available in the City Clerk's Reading file