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Home My WebLink About2/18/2000 Minutes - Regular MeetingMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR FEBRUARY 18, 2000 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor O'Connor called the Special Meeting of the City Council to order at 3:37 p.m. in Conference Room A, Diamond Bar City Hall, 21660 E. Copley Drive, Suite 100, Diamond Bar, California 91765. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor O'Connor. ROLL CALL: Council Members Chang, Herrera, Mayor Pro Tem Ansari, Mayor O'Connor. Council Member Huff arrived at 4:08 p.m. Also present were: Terrence L. Belanger, City Manager; James DeStefano, Deputy City Manager; David Liu, Deputy Public Works Director; Rose Manela, Associate Civil Engineer and Lynda Burgess, City Clerk. 2. PUBLIC COMMENT: Bob Schwartz, 24038 Highcrest Dr., expressed concern that there are too many unresolved issues such as locations of gates with respect to this project. He felt the City should be acting on behalf of the citizens who live in D.B. Randy Nayudu stated that he has lived on Highcrest Drive for 11 years and paid a premium to live on one of the best streets in D.B. He asked if the gate on Highcrest is supposed to be an emergency gate only or an ingress/egress gate for the homeowners in the proposed project. If it is an emergency gate only, then the residents have no problem. If the gate is going to be used for an entrance to the tract, then Council and the Mayor need to fight for the residents to include them in that association without having to pay the penalty of $200 or $300 a month for association dues. Rafik Tadros, 24069 Highcrest Drive, asked what the purpose of the ingress/egress on Highcrest would be when there is ingress/egress on D.B. Blvd. Highcrest is not a major passageway to any place in the city except possibly Pantera School. Goldrush Dr. has enough traffic in the morning hours and his tract does not need the additional traffic. At the direction of M/O'Connor, DCM/DeStefano indicated that the condition, as written when the Vesting Tentative Tract Map condition was approved in September/October, 1998, reads as follows: "The connection to Highcrest Drive from VTTM No. 52267 shall be utilized as a secondary access into VTTM No. 52267." The issue of access at that portion of this property was one that was discussed at the Planning Commission level as well as Council level. This is where Council concluded with its decision. The purpose of the access is one that provides the ability to enter into the site from Highcrest Dr., which affords residents of the new project an opportunity to utilize Goldrush Dr. as a means of access into their project. This condition does not permit secondary egress or exiting. It specifically says "into." The purpose for any connection at Highcrest would have been to FEBRUARY 18, 2000 PAGE 2 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING provide the potential for ingress or egress while the project was being considered and to provide an opportunity for emergency ingress and egress. The developer's primary gate as submitted is to take place off of Tin Dr. With respect to the staging, he understood that Pulte Homes would have a construction headquarters trailer at the corner of Goldrush and D.B. Blvd. The large equipment utilized in the grading operation will be located on-site. Staff has advised the developer that construction access from Highcrest is not permitted. RECESS: M/O'Connor recessed the meeting at 3:46 p.m. RECONVENE: M/O'Connor reconvened the meeting at 3:50 p.m. 3. CONSENT CALENDAR: MATTERS WITHDRAWN FROM CONSENT CALENDAR: 3.1 ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2000 -: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR FOR APPROVAL OF FINAL TRACT MAP NO. 52267, FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF A 65 ACRE SITE INTO 127 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR, CALIFORNIA - This project consists of construction of 127 single family units on 65 acres of a 339 acre site. The Final Tract Map has been submitted by SunCal Companies to the City for approval and staff has technically approved the map. DCM/DeStefano reported that this matter was held over from the Regular Council Meeting of February 15 in order to obtain the necessary resolution between the subdivider and the Walnut Valley Water District, which concluded with a letter forwarded to the City today dated February 18 indicating that the Water District Board has approved the exchange agreement, joint escrow instructions, grant deeds and quitclaim deed for the Diamond Hills Ranch Partnership, i.e. SunCal Development. In addition, there have been technical changes to the Subdivision Agreement. The revised Subdivision Agreement contained in tonight's packet corrected a variety of typographical errors. The Resolution has been modified to include 1) the date of February 18, where appropriate and 2) a paragraph added by the City's legal counsel that, in summary states, that this Final Map approval would be contingent upon payment of $1,256,000 to the City through a specific escrow account that has been set aside between SunCal Development and Pulte Corporation and would also include the conveyance of the property behind Pantera Park, known specifically as Lot 9 of Tract 31479 and Lots 50 and 51 of Tract 42576 as well as dedication of Open Space as indicated on the face sheet of the map. The action will not be binding until the City receives a direct wire transmission or check in the amount indicated as well as the grant deed. Furthermore, the Mayor is directed to sign the Final Map only upon receipt and assurance by the FEBRUARY 18, 2000 PAGE 3 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING escrow holder that the payment has been made and that the license for construction improvements has been released and that the grading permit has been released upon the close of escrow. Otherwise, as pointed out in the Resolution, this approval of the Final Map will be null and void and of no effect whatsoever. He recommends that Council a) approve the Final Map; b) authorize the Mayor to execute the Subdivision Agreement; c) adopt the Resolution authorizing the Deputy Director of Public Works to sign the Map; d) direct the City Clerk to certify and process the map and CC&R's for recordation; and f) direct the City Manager to sign the Escrow Instructions and Entry Permit. Following discussion, C/Herrera moved, C/Chang seconded, to approve Resolution No. 2000-14: A Resolution of the City of Diamond Bar approving Final Tract Map No. 52267, for the subdivision of a 65 acre site into 127 single family residences, located in the City of Diamond Bar, California. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Chang, Herrera, Huff, MPT/Ansari, M/ O'Connor NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None 3.2 APPROVED AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BONTERRA CONSULTING REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR PROPOSED VTM 52267 (SunCal) - In order to provide environmental services necessary to monitor the mitigation measures as outlined within the previously -approved VTM 52267, approval of an amendment to the existing agreement is necessary. DCM/DeStefano recommended that Council approve an amendment to the agreement with BonTerra Consulting in the amount of $99,446. C/Herrera moved, MPT/Ansari seconded, to approve Amendment No. 5 to a Professional Services Agreement with BonTerra Consulting regarding environmental services for proposed VTM 52267 (SunCal). Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Chang, Herrera, Huff, MPT/Ansari, M/ O'Connor NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None C/Chang recommended that the developer work closely with the surrounding neighborhoods to insure a smooth transition during construction. FEBRUARY 18, 2000 PAGE 4 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING 4. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to conduct, M/O'Connor adjourned the meeting at 4:15 p.m. 4LYDA BURGESS, City Clerk ATTEST: ' Tia �. , •/,at�r�