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Home My WebLink About10-15-2018 ARC Minutes - Final Minutes ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION Monday, October 15, 2018 Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission CALL TO ORDER A Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission was called to order on Monday, October 15, 2018 at 5:01 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room, located at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California, by Vice-Chair Amy Nemcik ROLL CALL Present: Commissioners Richard Beller, Brian Rolph (5:04), Angela Soll, Christie Withers, and Vice-Chair Amy Nemcik Absent: Commissioner Micah Smith and Chair Allen Root Staff: Deputy Director Doug Davidson, Senior Planner Shawna Scott, Consulting Planner Dave Watson, and Recording Secretary Summer Aburashed. Other staff members presented reports or responded to questions as indicated in the minutes. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA None --End of Public Comment-- APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Consideration of Minutes of the Regular Architectural Review Commission Meeting of August 27, 2018, September 17, 2018, and September 27, 2018 : ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WITHERS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SOLL, CARRIED 4-0-3 (COMMISSIONERS ROLPH, SMITH, AND CHAIR ROOT ABSENT), to approve the Minutes of the Regular Architectural Review Commission Meeting of August 27, 2018, as presented. ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SOLL, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BELLER CARRIED 4-0-3 (COMMISSIONERS ROLPH, SMITH, AND CHAIR ROOT ABSENT) to approve the Minutes, of the Regular Architectural Review Commission Meeting of September 17, 2018, as amended. Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of October 15, 2018 Page 2 Item #2 action votes should be amended to 6-0-1 from 6-1-0 as Vice-Chair Nemcik was absent at the 9/17/18 meeting. ACTION: UPON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SOLL, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, CARRIED 4-0-3, (COMMISSIONERS ROLPH, SMITH, AND CHAIR ROOT ABSENT) to approve the Minutes of the Special Architectural Review Commission Meeting of September 27, 2018, as presented. PUBLIC HEARINGS 2. 3895 Broad Street and 660 Tank Farm Road. Review of a mixed-use development project with approximately 45,000 square feet of retail space and assisted living facility with 111 assisted living suites and 28 memory care studio units; Case #: ARCH-1486-2018, C/OS- SP, BP-SP, and C-C-SF zones; NKT Development LLC and Westmont Development, applicants. Applicant Representatives, Principal Planner Carol Florence, Associate Planner Emily Ewer, Architects Aaron Clark, and Ken McKently provided a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Project Manager, Dave Watson presented the staff report with the use of a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Public Comments: James Lopes --End of Public Comment-- ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ROLPH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WITHERS, MOTION FAILED 1-4-2 (COMMISSIONERS BELLER, SOLL, WITHERS, AND VICE CHAIR NEMCIK VOTED NO, AND COMMISSIONER SMITH AND CHAIR ROOT ABSENT) to significantly redesign the project to be more pedestrian friendly, including clustered buildings and paseos, and bring material boards back to ARC to review. ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VICE CHAIR NEMCIK, CARRIED 5-0-2 (COMMISSIONER SMITH AND CHAIR ROOT ABSENT) to recommend to the Planning Commission that the project is consistent with Community Design Guidelines and Airport Area Specific Plan guidelines with significant recommended direction provided by the ARC as listed below: Community Connectivity and Site Design • Submittal plans should include a sidewalk for pedestrians walking between Westmont and the shopping center, include internal sidewalks/paths of travel from street frontages to the grocery, and distinguish pedestrian walkway materials from Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of October 15, 2018 Page 3 surroundings to encourage community co nnectivity and development density as a single item. • Provide internal paseo or plaza. • Create an internal street across north access with a sidewalk and shaded trees, between Buildings 1 and 5, close to the entrance. • Include/add sidewalk along woonerf st reet, and address conflict between truck loading and pedestrians, consider moving the designated truck loading area to the north, to avoid conflict with the senior housing. • Show bicycle parking and electronic vehicle (EV) stations dispersed over sites. • Increase setbacks along Tank Farm Road. • Make sidewalk along Tank Farm Road more pedestrian friendly (curvilinear, vertical elevation). Create as much landscaping as possible surrounding building 4, as it’s a busy corner and elevating the sidewalk near Tank Farm is necessary. • Suggest creating a walkway along the wetlands/creek edge, a sidewalk between the two projects, and more landscap ing between buildings 2 and 3. • Provide more variety in street trees along frontage. Architectural Design • There is inconsistency with truncated hips, consider making them full hips, to clean up the architectural language. Remove tack-on trellis on second floor, consider having true trellis/arbor on ground floor with ample ground floor growing areas and soil to support vegetation growth on trellis/arbor, to help with sun protection on south exposure. Consider something robust, a solid shading structure, and consider vertical fins. • Create canopies and arcades in commercial space to create visual links. • Add shading structures on elevations to provide passive solar benefit. • Show neutral, restrained color pallets, no white stucco or mustard colors. • Address billboard architecture by revisiting building elevations and signage; define true sign program based on available sign areas. • Consider toning down the step backs to make it more human scale architecture; review setbacks of upper floors per Guidelines (over 14 feet, step back upper floor). Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of October 15, 2018 Page 4 • Address the “angled” building at the corner versus keeping with the straight street edges. • Simplify and tone down the architecture, particularly the elements of the smaller buildings. Recess: Commission recessed at 7:02 p.m., returning at 7:06 p.m. with all commissioners present. 3. 3825 South Higuera Street. Review of a 30-unit live/work project consisting of façade improvements to the existing Tribune offices to remain adjacent to South Higuera Street, demolition and redevelopment of the eastern portion of the Tribune production building, including the construction of three new buildings totaling approximately 50,000 square feet (including the northern shell along Hind Lane to remain), reconstruction and expansion of the existing parking lot to provide a total of 226 parking spaces (including 117 existing parking spaces to remain), removal of 36 trees and the planting of 67 new trees and associated landscaping, and consideration of consistency with the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental Review (EID-1820-2018); Case #: ARCH-0932-2017, M-SP zone; Taylor Judkins, applicant. Senior Planner Shawna Scott presented the staff report with the use of a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Joel Snyder, Ten Over Studio provided a presentation with the use of a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Public Comments: None --End of Public Comment-- ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SOLL, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROLPH, CARRIED 5-0-2 (COMMISSIONER SMITH, AND CHAIR ROOT ABSENT) to adopt Resolution No. ARC-1018-2018 entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE DESIGN OF A NEW LIVE/WORK PROJECT, REMOVAL OF 36 TREES, WITH A DETERMINATION THAT THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT, AS REPRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND ATTACHMENTS DATED OCTOBER 15, 2018 (3825 SOUT H HIGUERA, ARCH-0932-2017) with the following suggestions provided: Use a metal siding that better complements the masonry. Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of October 15, 2018 Page 5 Recommend keeping the Tribune office building close to its current appearance, with a cleanup needed. Consider removal of wood panels on Tribune office building. Recommendation to the applicant to add public art on property. 4. 1251 Calle Joaquin. Architectural review of a sign program for the new BMW of San Luis Obispo auto dealership, including a request to allow a sign that will be approximately 34 feet above the adjacent grade where 25 feet above grade is normally allowed. This project is categorically exempt from environmental review; Case #: ARCH-1760-2018, C-T-SF zone; Richard A. Rice, applicant. Deputy Director Doug Davidson presented the staff report with the use of a PowerPoint presentation and responded to Commissioner inquiries. Rick Rice with R&R Signs responded to Commissioner inquiries. Public Comments: None --End of Public Comment-- ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BELLER, SECOND BY VICE CHAIR NEMCIK, CARRIED 5-0-2 (COMMISSIONER SMITH, AND CHAIR ROOT ABSENT) to adopt Resolution ARC-1019-2018 entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION APPROVING A SIGN PROGRAM FOR THE BMW OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP WITH A CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AS REPRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND ATTACHMENTS DATED OCTOBER 15, 2018 (1251 CALLE JOAQUIN ARCH-1760- 2018), as presented. COMMENT AND DISCUSSION Staff Updates- a. 2019-21 Financial Plan Advisory Body Goal Setting Deputy Director Davidson explained the financial plan and the ARC’s role in the Goal setting process. ACTION: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WITHERS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SOLL, CARRIED 5-0-2 (COMMISSIONER SMITH, AND CHAIR ROOT ABSENT) to update the Community Design Guidelines (CDG) as the one recommended goal of the ARC for the 2019-21 Financial Plan. Minutes – Architectural Review Commission Meeting of October 15, 2018 Page 6 b. Selection of a subcommittee to review the resubmitted plans for the Hotel at the Creamery (1027 Nipomo) in conjunction with a subcommittee of the Cultural Heritage Committee Deputy Director Davidson explained the process of selecting a subcommittee to review the resubmitted plans for the Hotel at the Creamery. By consensus, the Commission recommended COMMISSIONER WITHERS as a subcommittee member, along with CHAIR ROOT. COMMISSIONER BELLER will be an alternate if CHAIR ROOT or COMMISSIONER WITHERS are unavailable. c. Agenda Forecast Deputy Director Davidson provided a brief agenda forecast. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:09 p.m. The next Regular meeting of the Architectural Review Commission is scheduled for Monday, November 5, 2018 at 5:00 p.m., in the Council Hearing Room, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California. APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION: 12/03/2018