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Agenda Item 10. City of Brea PLANNING COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TO:Honorable Chair and Planning Commission FROM:Jennifer Lilley DATE:03/28/2017 SUBJECT:CONSIDERATION OF ADDENDUM NO. 16-01, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 2016-178, PRECISE DEVELOPMENT NO. 16-04, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NOS. 16-10 AND 16-11 FOR A PROPOSED MIXED USE, IN-FILL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING 747 RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS, 16,900 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACE AND A 150-ROOM HOTEL LOCATED ON AN APPROXIMATELY THIRTY- ACRE SITE AT THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST CORNERS OF STATE COLLEGE BOULEVARD AND BIRCH STREET. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION BACKGROUND The Planning Commission received the staff report, associated materials and a staff presentation regarding the proposed project and related actions at its February 28, 2017 meeting. At that time the Commission received public testimony on the proposed project and continued the public hearing to its meeting of March 28, 2017. Since the February 28 meeting, staff has received additional written comments regarding the project which are attached to this report for the Commission’s reference. DISCUSSION The Commission received public testimony during the February 28, 2017 hearing. Several speakers addressed similar areas of concern or had similar questions. Staff has summarized the issues raised to-date and grouped similar questions into the topics below. The list of major topics is a summary of the statements or concerns common to multiple speakers and is intended to provide the Planning Commission additional information. This is not meant to be a verbatim transcription of speaker’s comments or an exhaustive list of issues. The clarification and information provided is meant for the Commission’s reference for the next steps in your review. Staff will look to the Commission to provide direction with any additional information or clarification as needed. Additionally, staff will look to the Commission regarding direction on the preparation of draft Resolutions for Commission action on the project. Critically, the project actions must include legal findings and be backed by facts of support from the public hearing record. To assist those considerations the required findings are provided within this report. GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS: The General Plan is out-of-date or wrong. This kind of development is too intense and doesn’t match the community vision for Brea. This is too much density and too many units for this property. Clarification/Information –The current and existing General Plan and Zoning designations for the site allow for the level and type of development proposed by the applicant. These existing designations actually allow for a density and intensity above the proposed plans, as outlined in the 2.28.17 staff report to the Commission. The applicant is not proposing to amend the General Plan or Zoning for the property. Importantly, the applicant has an active and complete development application and the City is legally precluded from retroactively imposing a change in General Plan regulations for the site at this time.