AGENDA DESIGN REVIEW BOARD

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1 1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Deletions from the Agenda. AGENDA DESIGN REVIEW BOARD Monday, March 12, :30 PM City Manager s Conference Room 8130 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, CA 3. Urgent Additions to the Agenda/Additions to the next Agenda. 4. INFORMATION ITEMS None. 5. BUSINESS a. Design Review DRB (AT&T Mobility) Consideration of a Design Review to construct a wireless communications facility at 5301 Lake Murray Boulevard in the C (General Commercial) zone. b. Approval of the minutes from the January 8, 2018 meeting. 6. PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 7. Adjournment Citizens who wish to make an audio/visual presentation pertaining to an item at a public meeting of the City, should contact Cheryl Davis at , no later than 12:00 noon, one business day prior to the start of the meeting. Advance notification will ensure compatibility with City equipment and allow meeting presentations to progress smoothly and in a consistent and equitable manner. Please note that all presentations/digital materials are considered part of the maximum time limit provided to speakers. Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Design Review Board after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the Community Development Department located at La Mesa City Hall, 8130 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, California, during normal business hours. The City of La Mesa encourages the participation of disabled individuals in the services, activities and programs provided by the City. Individuals with disabilities, who require reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the Design Review Board meetings, should contact the City's Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator, Rida Freeman, Human Resources Manager, 48 hours prior to the meeting at , fax , or rfreeman@ci.la-mesa.ca.us.

2 Hearing assisted devices are available for the hearing impaired. A City staff member is available to provide these devices upon entry to City Council meetings, commission meetings or public hearings held in the City Council Chambers. A photo i.d. or signature will be required to secure a device for the meeting. NOTICE OF APPEAL PROCEDURES Actions taken by the Design Review Board may be appealed to the City Council. If you disagree with any action of the Board and wish to file an appeal, you must do so within ten working days of today's meeting. In order to file an appeal, you must submit an appeal letter stating why you disagree with the Board's action to the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 8130 Allison Avenue along with a $ appeal fee. If no appeal is filed within this period, the action becomes final. Once the appeal is filed, the item will be scheduled for the next available City Council meeting. If the item was previously noticed to the neighborhood, new notices of the City Council meeting will be mailed out ten days prior to the hearing date. The Council will then hold a public hearing to consider the appeal. Design Review Board actions that are not appealed will automatically proceed to the City Council for ratification. Any questions regarding the appeal process should be directed to either the Office of the City Clerk at or the Community Development Department at E:\cp2018\Agendas\DRB\ docx

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37 Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Design Review Board January 8, 2018, 12:30 p.m. City Manager s Conference Room, 8130 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, CA CALL TO ORDER Chairman Soutowood called a regular meeting of the Design Review Board to order at 12:28 p.m. in the City Manager s Conference Room at 8130 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, California. ATTENDANCE Members Attending: Absent: Visitors: Staff: Chairman Soutowood, Board members Kusiak, Jacobs, and Langdon. McCullough. John Ziebarth, Ben Hester, John Brand, and Brent Ordonez, representing DRB Associate Planner Lee. INFORMATION ITEMS None. BUSINESS a. Design Review DRB (Peckham Family Trust) Consideration of two new commercial buildings including a drive-through at 5550 Lake Murray Boulevard in the CN-D (Neighborhood Commercial / Urban Design Overlay) zone Associate Planner Lee summarized the staff report, noting that the DRB had previously considered the project which thereafter required design changes to implement Ordinance No Project applicant John Ziebarth provided additional background information on design changes. Board member Soutowood stated that the project fits in architecturally and, thereafter, had no objections to the project. Board member Langdon had questions about the landscaping and its conformance with Ordinance Number He mentioned that the landscaping along Lake Park Way and a portion of the Lake Murray Boulevard frontage along building pad A is linear and suggested a condition to increase the variety of plant species to break up the linear appearance of the planting. He further stated that the required four-inch girth in the referenced ordinance was in appropriate. He suggested that the proposed 24-inch box trees were appropriate provided that the trees be staked and guyed to promote tree establishment and growth. E:\cp2018\Minutes\DRB\ docx Page 1

38 Board member Soutowood made a motion to recommend approval of the project based on the plans dated January 3, 2018 and a finding that the project is consistent with the City s Urban Design Program and Ordinance Number 1886 subject to the following conditions: 1. The variety of landscaping species shall be increased to break up the linear appearance of the planting along Lake Park Way and a portion of Lake Murray Boulevard fronting proposed building pad A. 2. Where Ordinance No prescribes a minimum 4-inch girth tree planting, the Design Review Board accepts the proposed tree species and minimum 24 box planting sizes provided that the trees be appropriately staked and guyed to promote tree establishment and growth. Board member Langdon seconded the motion. Aye: Board members Kusiak, Jacobs, Langdon, and Soutowood. Nay: None. Absent/Recused: McCullough. Abstain: None. b Work Plan Planning Director Kusiak presented a summary of the City s 2018 Work Plan and highlighted the Downtown Village Specific Plan (DVSP) as a work plan item. He mentioned that the DVSP may be brought to the DRB for consideration the first quarter of Board member Soutowood asked that the existing DVSP be presented in conjunction with the proposed DVSP to provide distinction between the current DVSP and the proposed revisions. Board member Soutowood made a motion to recommend approval of the 2018 Work Plan. Board member Langdon seconded the motion. Aye: Board members Kusiak, Jacobs, Langdon, and Soutowood. Nay: None. Absent/Recused: McCullough. Abstain: None. c. Approval of the minutes from the December 11, 2017 meeting. Board member Kusiak made a motion to approve the minutes from the December 11, 2017 DRB meeting. Board member Soutowood seconded the motion. E:\cp2018\Minutes\DRB\ docx Page 2

39 Aye: Nay: Absent/Recused: Abstain: Board members Kusiak, Jacobs, and Soutowood. None. McCullough. Langdon. PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION None. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 12:58 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Chris Jacobs, Senior Planner E:\cp2018\Minutes\DRB\ docx Page 3