Laserfiche WebLink
Chair Allen asked the applicant if he had an answer to that question. <br /> Mr. Meyers replied that Shea Homes had proposed 150 homes at the time the Bonde <br /> Ranch project was approved. <br /> Referring to Mr. Dolan's statement that, in fact, people can cite different sections of the <br /> City Code to make a point, Commissioner Nagler stated that he thinks it would be fair to <br /> say that most of the comments this evening and certainly in written correspondence <br /> received try and make this argument whether the City Code states that a road is or is <br /> not a structure. He noted that the Municipal Code Section 18.08.535 provided by staff <br /> actually ends with the phrase `but not including a fence or a wall used as a fence if the <br /> height does not exceed six feet, or access drives or walks." He further noted that it is <br /> possible to interpret that an access road is a piece of cement that is constructed and put <br /> on the ground and somehow has some engineering tending to it, and therefore, <br /> according to this section, a road is actually exempt from the definition of a structure. He <br /> asked if that was true. <br /> Mr. Dolan replied that that is possible. He noted that that was a line of dialogue that the <br /> Commission had a couple of years ago and that some of the Commissioners were <br /> considering. <br /> Commissioner Nagler stated that he understands that a lot of this conversation about <br /> the interpretation of Measure PP is, for some people, potentially precedential for <br /> decisions that may be looming on other projects or other elements of the General Plan <br /> or site specific plan. He noted that in his conversations with people on the issue, the <br /> Callippe Bypass Road comes up as an item of some interest and even controversy and <br /> that a decision ultimately to connect into the Sycamore neighborhood might somehow <br /> be creating a precedent on the Callippe Bypass Road. He inquired if the need for that <br /> Callippe Bypass Road continues to exist, and if that road will still be built at some point <br /> in the future or if the need has somehow become less over time. <br /> Mr. Dolan noted that that is a very good question and not that easy to answer. He <br /> stated that if it were based on pure traffic analysis, how many trips and how many <br /> intersections operate, the current system, without the Bypass Road, collects the traffic <br /> and does its job without violating any of the City's Level of Standard. He noted, <br /> however, that as part of the discussion about the golf course and the surrounding <br /> neighborhood, the City agreed to have this completed and put it into the plans. He <br /> indicated that more important at this point than whether it is necessary or not is the <br /> question of whether it will ever be built. He explained that it comes down to a significant <br /> funding problem, as it was considered at a time when the Spotorno property also had a <br /> specific plan designation for a lot of units, pushing about 200 in total, and a project of <br /> that size might have been able to pay for the road. He added that with the adoption of <br /> Measure PP, that project is going to shrink considerably, like Lund Ranch II did, to the <br /> point where it is not going to be anywhere near that and at a certain point it just cannot <br /> pay for the Bypass Road. He indicated that it would cost millions of dollars to do it, and <br /> there is not enough development out there to make it happen. <br /> EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, June 24, 2015 Page 31 of 45 <br />