HomeMy WebLinkAbout071398cc_CCv0001.pdf MINUTES of a special meeting of the City Council of the City of .Redlands held in the
Council Chambers, Civic Center, 35 Cajon Street, at 7:00 P.M. on Monday,
July 13, 1998 .
PRESENT William E. Cunningham, Mayor
Geni A. S. Banda, Mayor Pro Tem
Pat Gilbreath, Councilmember
John L. Freedman, Councilmember
Gary George, Councilmember
Gary M. Luebbers, City Manager
Daniel J. McHugh, City Attorney
Lorrie Poyzer, City Clerk
Jeffrey L. Shaw, Community Development Director
Bonnie Johnson, Finance Director
Mel Enslow, Fire Chief
Gary G. Phelps, Municipal Utilities Director
Jim Bueermann, Police Chief
Ronald C. Mutter, Public Works Director
ABSENT None
The meeting was opened with the pledge of allegiance led by Mayor
Cunningham.
NEW BUSINESS
Donut Hole Annexation - Mayor Cunningham explained he called this special
meeting to provide an opportunity for the City Council to communicate to the
property owners in the donut hole its intentions and to clarify Majestic's
allegations. The Majestic application (LAFCO No. 2837) and the City's
Annexation No. 76 (LAFCO No. 2839) are scheduled for public hearing at
LAFCO on. July 15, 1998. Majestic's application is a proposal for the
annexation of 162 acres to the City of Redlands; the application was initiated by
the owners of the Citrus Plaza Mall site located within an island of
unincorporated territory that is totally surrounded by the City of Redlands and
commonly referred to as the "donut hole." Annexation No. 76 is the City's
proposal and involves four separate annexation areas. This reorganization
proposal includes the Citrus Plaza Mall site, the Redlands East Valley High
School site (in the Mentone area), the Sunchase PUD (also in the Mentone
area), property at Sixth and Wabash owned by John H. Danielson and Karin L.
Godfrey, and property at San Bernardino and Mountain View owned by Thermo
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Ecotek. As reported by LAFCO, this application will eliminate two islands of
unincorporated territory located in the northwestern portion of the Redlands'
sphere of influence that are surrounded by existing City boundaries.
Majestic has indicated they will ask for a continuance on their application and
will not proceed until they have a pre-annexation agreement with the City of
Redlands. Mayor Cunningham prepared a position paper which was available
at this meeting reflecting his opinions and intentions regarding Annexation No.
76, and indicated he wanted to explore landscaping and floor area ratios
requirements. He expressed his displeasure with a communication being
disseminated to property owners within the donut hole which he felt was full of
false statements and was grossly unfair. The following people spoke at this
meeting: Michelle Nelson, past president of the property owners, who warned
the property owners to get promises in writing and to be cautious; Mark
Stanson, representing people in the donut hole, asked the City Council to keep
the CSA 110 standards and entitlements, not to down-zone their property to
agriculture, and said they were looking for an understanding of the City's
implementation of Measure U and the socio-economic study; Keith
Cunningham, property owner, who said he wanted to be in the City but wanted
to know the ground rules and urged the City Council to provide a level playing
field; Denise Carrini, property owner, also wanted more information; James
Barton, general partner of property purchased in 1989, stated that everyone
needs to unite or nothing will take place and he supported the annexation; Tex
Moore, co-author of Measure U, explained the legal issues of Measure N and
clarified several points within Measure U as evidence of their concerns and
proof the proponents of the initiative were not trying to down-zone property;
Bob Pearce asked for an interpretation of Measure U as relates to residential
versus commercial; Terence Emershy, property owner in San Timoteo Canyon,
cautioned donut hole property owners to look very carefully at what happened
to property owners in the last annexation (Annexation No. 72) as he felt new
property regulations and standards were nothing like what was promoted at that
LAFCO hearing; and Tim Chaikovsky, representing Majestic, confirmed that
they will be asking for a continuance at LAFCO to allow additional time to
clarify matters.
Councilmember George explained what the Socio-Economic Committee has
accomplished and thanked the members for their dedicated service. Their report
was completed last week and has been forwarded to the Planning Department
for review by the Planning Commission and eventually the City Council.
Councilmember Banda said it was not to the City's advantage to leave property
as bare dirt. Councilmember Freedman told the property owners there would be
lots of benefits to come into the City; he expressed concern that no one from
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Majestic was explaining their motivations at this meeting and he had a problem
not hearing from them. Councilmember Gilbreath moved to ask LAFCO for an
extension to October to allow time but her motion died for lack of a second.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the City Council meeting adjourned at
8:40 P.M. The next regular meeting will be held on July 21, 1998.
City Clerk
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