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Home My WebLink About2005 10-25 CC AGENDA PKTAgenda of a Special Meeting National City City Council Council Chambers Civic Center 1243 National City Boulevard Special Meeting - Tuesday — October 25, 2005 - 6:00 P.M. 1 Open To The Public Please complete a request to speak form prior to the commencement of the meeting and submit it to the City Clerk. It is the intention of your City Council to be receptive to your concerns in this community. Your participation in local government will assure a responsible and efficient City of National City. We invite you to bring to the attention of the City Manager any matter that you desire the City Council to consider. We thank you for your presence and wish you to know that we appreciate your involvement. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by Mayor Nick Inzunza Public Oral Communications (Three -Minute Time Limit) NOTE: Pursuant to state law, items requiring Council action must be brought back on a subsequent Council Agenda unless they are of a demonstrated emergency or urgent nature. Upon request, this agenda can be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact the City Clerk's Office at 336-4228 to request a disability -related modification or accommodation. Notification 24 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. Spanish audio interpretation is provided during Council Meetings. Audio headphones are available in the lobby at the beginning of the meetings. Audio interpretacion en espanol se proporciona durante sesiones del Consejo Municipal. Los audiofonos estan disponibles en el pasillo al principio de la junta. Council Requests That All Cell Phones And Pagers Be Turned Off During City Council Meetings COPIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDAS AND MINUTES MAY BE OBTAINED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AT www.ci.natlonal-city.ca.us BUSINESS 1. Amendment of Downtown Specific Plan to include the property located at the southeast corner of 11 th Street and "A" Avenue (APN 556-554-16) in Development Zone 5B or such other Development Zone as determined to be appropriate by the City Council. (Centro Residential Development Project — Constellation Property Group, LP) ADJOURNMENT Next Regular City Council Meeting — Tuesday, November 1, 2005 - 6:00 p.m. - Council Chambers, Civic Center TAPE RECORDINGS OF EACH CITY COUNCIL MEETING ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Upon request, this agenda can be made available in appropriate altemative formats to persons with a disability in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact the City Clerk's Office at 336-4228 to request a disability -related modification or accommodation. Notification 24 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. City of National City COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT MEETING DATE: October 25, 2005 AGENDA ITEM NO. 1 ITEM TITLE: INITIATE PROCEEDINGS: TO AMEND THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN TO INCLUDE WITHIN DEVELOPMENT ZONE 5B THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 11TH STREET AND A AVENUE (APN 556-554-16). PREPARED BY: Benjamin Martinez, Executive Director DEPARTMENT: CDC EXPLANATION: Please see attached explanation. Environmental Review Financial Statement Not applicable. X N/A J STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council INITIATE BY MINUTE ACTION proceedings to amend the Downtown Specific Plan to include within Development Zone 5B the subject property located at the southeast corner of 11 th Street and A Avenue (APN 556-554-16). ♦ ATTACHMENTS (Listed Below) 1. Explanation Resolution No. 2005- Explanation: Project Site The subject property is a 1.2 acre public parking lot located between 11th Street and 12th Street, at the intersection of A Avenue and 11th Street. The lot has approximately 68-feet of frontage along 11th Street and 153-feet of frontage along 12th Street. Surrounding land uses include the Civic Center complex and Kimball Park to the south of 12`h Street, office commercial uses to the west, and single family residences to the north and south. Proposed Development On October 18, 2005, the CDC Board adopted Resolution No. 2005-92 approving Consistency Review for a proposed development on the subject property by Constellation Property Group LP (developer). The project is a 5-story condominium building consisting of 60 residential units with parking on two basement levels. The low-rise scale of the project would be an appropriate transition and buffer between the more intensive uses envisioned for the National City Boulevard corridor to the west and the less intensive residential neighborhoods to the east. The adopted conditions of approval would insure that the development intensity proposed would not be exceeded in order to maintain this appropriate transition in building mass and form. Development Zone The adopted Resolution 2005-92 sets forth a condition of approval that the project is contingent on the amendment of the Downtown Specific Plan to include the subject property within Development Zone 5B or such other Development Zone as determined to be appropriate by the City. Although the subject property is located within the Downtown Specific Plan boundaries, it does not have a designated development zone. The property is adjacent to and in closest proximity to Development Zone 5B to the west. The project as proposed complies with all development standards for Development Zone 5B, including floor area ratio, building height, and parking. In fact, the project is well below the maximum FAR and height, and provides more than the required parking. Specifically, the adopted conditions of approval limit the maximum height to 50-feet (40-feet less than allowed by Development Zone 5B) and the maximum FAR to 1.82 FAR, or 91,900 square feet in floor area (109,329 square feet less than allowed by Development Zone 5B). Development Agreement Since the CDC has entered into a DDA with the developer for the development of the subject property, it is incumbent upon the CDC to provide appropriate direction with regard to land use and development standards that would apply to the development of the property. As there are no current land use or development standards for the property, the City should initiate the specific plan amendment to establish an appropriate development zone. Attachment 1