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AGENDA REPORT
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| | | | | | | | DATE:
| February 18, 2020
| TO:
| Mayor and City Council
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| Stefan T. Chatwin, City Manager 
| | SUBJECT: | Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 2020-01 of the City Council of the City of Fairfield Amending Chapter 25, Article I of the Fairfield City Code (Also Known as the Zoning Ordinance and the Zoning Map) Rezoning Approximately 11.44 Acres at the Northeast Vorner of the Lopes and Gold Hill Road Intersection from CC (Community Commercial) to RLM (Low-Medium Density Residential) (APNs: 0180-080-290,0180-080-320, 0180-080-330) |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDED ACTION | | Provide second reading and adopt Ordinance. |
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| | | | | | | | | STATEMENT OF ISSUE | | On January 21, 2020, the Fairfield City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance that would amend the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map. Specifically, rezoning 11.44 acres at the northeast corner of the Lopes and Gold Hill Road intersection from CC (Community Commercial) to RLM (Low-Medium Density Residential) to facilitate the construction of a 79-unit subdivision on site. |
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| | | | | | | | | DISCUSSION | The City Council called up the Planning Commission’s action on the Gold Hill Village 3 project, which included denial of a Tentative Subdivision Map, Development Review, and Community Design Plan and a recommendation that the City Council deny Discovery Builder’s request that the City of Fairfield amend the General Plan with corresponding changes to the Zoning Ordinance, for review on September 3, 2019.
The City Council held a public hearing to consider the Call for Review of the Planning Commission’s action on the Gold Hill Village 3 project, a 79-unit single family residential subdivision on October 15, 2019. At the meeting, the City Council opened the public hearing, took testimony and directed staff to work with the applicant to prepare conditions for approval that included providing a safe pedestrian crossing across Lopes Road and open space to serve the subdivision.
Staff has worked with the applicant on conditions for the project which include the creation of a sidewalk and pedestrian crossing along the eastern side of Lopes Road, providing a minimum of 5% of the net project area as open space, and enhanced landscaping and design requirements necessary to ensure the Benicia Water line will not be negatively impacted. Additional conditions include Community Development Department standard conditions of approval relating to process, design, and landscaping.
On January 21, 2020, City Council approved Resolution 2020-15 adopting the Mitigation Negative Declaration and approving the General Plan Amendment and Resolution 2020-16 overturning the Planning Commission’s decision and approving the Tentative Subdivision Map, Development Review, and Community Design Plan.
It should be noted, that due to the project’s proximity to Travis Air Force Base, the project was reviewed and approved by Solano County’s Airport Land Use Commission on February 6, 2020.
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| | | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT | | There are no direct financial impacts to the City. |
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| | | | | | | | | CITY COUNCIL WORKPLAN | Community Safety
| Community Infrastructure | Quality of Life | | Financial and Operational Sustainability | Economic Development | Travis Air Force Base |
| City Council Goal this item supports:
Community Infrastructure |
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| | | | | | | | | PUBLIC CONTACT/ADVISORY BODY RECOMMENDATION | During the course of project review, the applicant held an open house community meeting on November 4, 2018 from 6:00 p.m-8:00 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2200 Gateway Court, Fairfield, to review and comment on the project. The City held an additional open house community meeting on February 28, 2019 from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at the Cordelia Library, 5050 Business Center Drive, Fairfield, to review and comment on the project.
At its August 28, 2019 meeting, the Planning Commission held a public hearing that was duly noted in the Daily Republic on August 1, 2019. Following the closure of the public hearing and deliberations, the Planning Commission unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2019-8 denying the Tentative Subdivision Map, Development Review, and Community Design Plan. The Commission also recommended that the City Council deny the General Plan Amendment, and Zone Change, and find the project exempt under Section 15270 of CEQA.
A Public Hearing Notice was published in the Daily Republic, mailed to all property owners within 500 feet of the site, emailed to all persons on the noticing list, and posted on site for the Planning Commission meeting on August 28, 2019, for the City Council meeting on October 15, 2019, and for the City Council meeting on January 21, 2020.
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| | | | | | | | | ALTERNATIVE ACTION | | The City Council may choose to deny any, or all, of the request and not adopt the corresponding proposed ordinance. In this case, the Gold Hill Village 3 project, as currently proposed, would not proceed. |
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| | | | | | | | | STAFF CONTACT | Amy Kreimeier, Associate Planner
707-428-7450
akreimeier@fairfield.ca.gov
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| | | | | | | | | COORDINATED WITH | City Attorney's Office, Public Works Department
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| REVIEWERS: | | Reviewer | Action | Date | | Answerer | Approved | 1/29/2020 - 7:44 PM | | Feinstein, David | Approved | 1/30/2020 - 8:22 PM | | Answerer | Approved | 2/4/2020 - 5:37 PM | | Alexander, Amber | Approved | 2/11/2020 - 1:45 PM |
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