2021-05-26 Planning Commision SPECIAL MEETING - MinutesCity Council Chambers
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Menifee City Council
Special Meeting Minutes
29844 Haun Road
Menifee, CA 92586
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Monday, May 26, 2021
6:30 PM Special Meeting
Bill Zimmerman, Mayor
Benjamin Diederich, Chair
Bob Karwin, District 1
Jeff LaDue, Commissioner
Matthew Liesemeyer, District 2
Randy Madrid, Commissioner
LesaSobek, District
Chris Thomas, Commissioner
Dean Deines, District 4
David White, Commissioner
MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING (6:30 PM)
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Zimmerman called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Dean Deines, Bob Karwin, Matthew Liesemeyer, Lesa Sobek, Jeff LaDue,
Randy Madrid, Chris Thomas, David White, Benjamin Diederich, Bill Zimmerman
Absent: None
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Menifee resident Betty Bouris led the flag salute.
4. WORKSHOP
4.1 Joint City Council/Planning Commission Workshop Study Session on the 2021-2029
Housing Element Update
Community Development Director Cheryl Kitzerow provided a background of the item.
Ms. Kitzerow introduced the staff that would be presenting the item; Candyce Burnett
and David Barquist, Planning Consultants with Kimley-Horn, Senior Planner Doug
Darnell, and Planning Manager Orlando Hernandez. Ms. Burnett started the
presentation and reported on the community outreach; 6th Cycle Housing Element
StoryMap; and the interactive web map and results.
Mr. Darnell continued the presentation and reported on the adequate sites analysis;
Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) 6th Cycle (2021-2029); low and very low
income sites; inset of north side of McCall Boulevard and east side of Sherman Rd; inset
of south side of McCall Boulevard, easterly of Encanto Drive; inset of southwest corner
of Lazy Creek and Murrieta Roads; inset of Bradley Road north of Newport Road; inset
of La Piedra and Sherman Roads; moderate and above moderate income sites.
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Ms. Burnett continued and reported on the 6th Cycle Housing Element update; Housing
Element contents; Housing Element policies; land use element update; land use element
update within the Economic Development Corridor (EDC); safety element update;
environmental justice policies; environmental review process; tentative housing element
update schedule.
The Planning Commission and the City Council asked questions of staff regarding 15%
limitation and stand alone in the EDC; community outreach; low and very low income
sites; opportunity for site changes; utilities; EDC and residential; Boulders property;
RHNA allocation totals; lack of law enforcement credits; environmental review process
and cultural resource impacts; meeting RHNA numbers; and carry over from the 5th to
6th cycle; excluded sites; environmental review process and traffic pollutants; high
density and single family housing; environmental issues and mitigation policy; need of
moderate income sites; and creation of climate change adaptability goals and policies.
There were no public comments.
Councilmember Karwin inquired about the Womble and the LDS property.
Councilmember Liesemeyer stated concerns regarding financial impacts to the general
plan clean up.
Chair Diederich, Mayor Zimmerman and Councilmember Karwin commented on the
desire to maintain Inset 1 as EDC for commercial. Mayor Pro Tern Sobek inquired about
finding a different area in that location to change from residential to EDC.
Councilmember Deines stated his concerns with the high -density zones in district 4 and
traffic along McCall Boulevard.
Ms. Kitzerow stated there were other candidate site options for high density residential
at Chambers Avenue and Murrieta Road and the northeast corner of Antelope Road and
Garbani Road.
Mayor Pro Tern Sobek stated she was in favor of the location at Chambers Avenue and
Murrieta Road.
Councilmember Deines stated he was in favor of the other locations.
Councilmember Karwin and Liesemeyer stated they were in favor of the location on
Antelope Road and Garbani Road.
Mayor Pro Tern Sobek stated the reasons she was not in favor of the Antelope Road
and Garbani Road location.
5. ADJOURN
Mayor Zimmerman adjourned t4wrreeting at-'6-41 PM.
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