CITY OF LA HABRA HEIGHTS

MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LA HABRA HEIGHTS

CITY COUNCIL

July 17, 2003

OPENING CEREMONIES

1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER

Mayor Stan Carroll called the Special Meeting of the La Habra Heights City Council to order at 7:05 p. m. at the Community Center, 1245 N. Hacienda Road, La Habra Heights, California.

2. ROLL CALL

Those present: Mayor Stan Carroll, Mayor Pro Tem Ed Borrowe, Councilmember Bruce Douglas, Councilmember Fred Klein, Councilmember Tela Millsap. Also present City Manager, John Hendrickson; Director of Planning Sheryl Brady; Planning Technician Barbara Doppieri; City Attorney Ken Rozell and General Plan Consultant Marc Blodgett.

3. FLAG SALUTE

John Smith led the flag salute.

SCHEDULED MATTERS

Mayor Carroll opened the public hearing to take comments from the public.

Margarita McCoy, Kashlan – spoke regarding Circulation Policy 6; was deleted from the plan by the Planning Commission; spoke regarding the AERA Development; asked to restore Policy 6 to the General Plan.

John Beau, Casalero – stated he does not support the AERA Development; felt policy 6 applies to everyone; spoke regarding the survey; asked the Council to keep their options open.

Bob Karman, Encanada – spoke regarding the survey; recommended a policy regarding the 3 minute rule; City has a duty to require quality services from our provider.

Norman Zezula, Canonita – spoke regarding new land use policies; spoke regarding landowner rights.

Judy Ennis, Virazon – asked to have the GPAC policy regarding ridgelines be put back in the plan.

Julia Higgs, El Cajonita – suggested in Land Use Policy 13 that the word “existing” be changed to “original”.

Gene Beckman, Avocado Crest – spoke regarding the survey; Policy 12 & 13; asked that GPAC Policy 14 be reinstated in the Circulation Element.

John Smith, Shawnan Lane – asked to have Land Use Policy 6 removed; Land Use Policy 4 should stay as the Planning Commission wrote it; Land Use Policy 5.

Mayor Carroll continued the public comments until the end of the meeting.

The Council then began their review of the Land Use Element starting with Policy 23.

Land Use Element

Issue – Grading and Landform

Policy 23 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 24 Mayor Pro Tem Borrowe asked to pull this policy, the GPAC policy was better. Staff to

rework.

Issue – Significant Remodeling of Existing Structures

Policy 25 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 26 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 27 Mayor Pro Tem Borrowe asked to pull this policy wants the word significant defined. He asked to eliminate the words “where necessary”.

Policy 28 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Issue – Open Space for Resource Production

Policy 29 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 30 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy

Issue – Open Space for Recreation

Text Mayor Carroll asked that this be pulled for further discussion.

Policy 31 Councilmember Douglas asked staff to check on the Las Palomas Riding ring to see if it is less than one acre. Mayor Carroll asked if someone wanted to gift the City with a parcel that is less than one acre, would this prohibit the City from accepting that gift. Mr. Rozell stated that yes it would prohibit the City from accepting that gift. Mayor Carroll asked to pull this policy.

Policy 32 Mayor Carroll asked that this policy be pulled for further discussion regarding Powder Canyon.

Policy 33 Councilmember Douglas suggested pulling this policy as well to look at active/passive recreational use.

Policy 34 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy

Issue – Open Space for Conservation

Policy 35 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 36 Councilmember Millsap moved to reword the policy to read “The City shall support the designation of lands as Open Space Conservation on publicly owned lands at such time as additional areas are acquired and dedicated to that purpose.”; seconded by Mayor Carroll. Vote: 5 – 0.

Issue – Institutional Land Uses

Policy 37 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 38 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 39 Councilmember Douglas asked to pull this policy so it could be reworked and combined with Policy 41.

Policy 40 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 41 Councilmember Douglas asked to pull this policy so it could be reworked and combined with Policy 39.

Policy 42 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 43 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Issue – Public Facilities

Mayor Pro Tem Borrowe moved to have staff clean up the text language; removing the sentence “Additional facilities for which local control is presently limited by state and federal law are the cellular towers, located on the grounds of the Hacienda Golf Club and the Water Department property on Hacienda Road”. Seconded By Councilmember Douglas. Vote 5-0.

Policy 44 Councilmember Douglas asked to have this policy pulled, so staff could clean up the language; wants it changed to include all public facilities.

Issue – Citywide Issues

Policy 45 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 46 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 47 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 48 Councilmember Douglas asked that this policy be pulled for rewording of introductory text to be added between Policies 47 and 48 and change institutional use at the end of the policy to non-residential use. Councilmember Klein was concerned how this would affect the building of a new fire station.

Policy 49 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 50 Mayor Pro Tem Borrowe asked to pull this policy to include signal lights and streetlights. Councilmember Klein was concerned regarding public safety.

Policy 51 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 52 Mayor Pro Tem Borrowe asked to have this policy pulled until “significant primary” are defined.

Policy 53 Mayor Pro Tem Borrowe asked to have this policy pulled until significant view is defined.

Policy 54 Councilmember Douglas stated this is a City Wide Issue; doesn’t understand what it is doing in this section; wants staff to determine where it best fits. This policy was pulled.

Policy 55 Mayor Pro Tem Borrowe asked to have this policy pulled stating he needs more time to think about it. Councilmember Klein wanted to soften the policy.

Policy 56 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 57 Councilmember Klein asked to have this policy pulled; asked whether this is legally

enforceable; will it create a hardship.

Policy 58 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Issue – The Region

Policy 59 The City Council did not raise any issues with this policy.

Policy 60 Mayor Carroll moved to change the word “require that” to “seek”; seconded by Councilmember Douglas. Vote 4 – 1. Mayor Pro Tem Borrowe voted no.

Mayor Pro Tem Borrowe asked to bring back GPAC Policy 49 and asked the Council to consider its intent.

Mayor Carroll asked staff to clean up Page 2-11; right column at the top of the page is a junk paragraph to be removed.

PUBLIC COMMENT

Mayor Carroll reopened the Public Comment.

John Beau, Casalero – stated voting has legal protection; there needs to be a statement regarding property rights; suggested adding another goal to that effect.

ADJOURNMENT

Councilmember Klein moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:30 p.m. to the special City Council Meeting with the Public Works Committee on July 21, 2003. Seconded by Councilmember Millsap and approved as follows:

July 17, 2003

AYES: Borrowe, Carroll, Douglas, Klein and Millsap

NOES: None

ABSENT: None

ABSTAIN: None

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