For the City Council Meeting [December 12, 2017]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Michael E. Story, City Administrator
FROM: Robb Steel, Assistant CA/Development Services Director
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Request City Council to Conduct a Public Hearing Approving Resolution No. 7258 for the Draft Environmental Impact Report (Environmental Assessment Review 2017-0072) and Resolution No. 7259 for Specific Plan 2017-0001, commonly known as the Pepper Avenue Specific Plan (Master Case 2017-0042).
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BACKGROUND:
Location
The site is located east of Eucalyptus Avenue, south of the 210 Freeway, west of Meridian Avenue and north of Walnut Avenue. Pepper Avenue bisects the Project into two east and west halves.
Developer Initiated Specific Plan and Pepper Avenue Extension
On September 20, 2006, Mr. Everett Hughes filed the original Pepper Avenue Specific Plan for a 112-acre master planned community consisting of residential and commercial development. Mr. Everett Hughes withdrew the project in 2007.
Thereafter, the City independently completed the task of securing environmental clearance and Federal permits to initiate construction of the roadway extension. The City completed the Pepper Avenue roadway extension in 2014. The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority is currently constructing the on-and off-ramps to Pepper Avenue from the 210 Freeway with completion tentatively scheduled for the first quarter of 2018.
City Initiated Specific Plan
A specific plan is a tool to implement the general plan. It establishes a link between policies of the general plan and individual development proposals in a defined area. A specific plan may encompass a large area or an area as small as a single acre.
On February 25, 2014, the City Council approved a Professional Service Agreement with KTGY for preparation of the Pepper Avenue Specific Plan. Preparation of the Specific Plan and Environmental Impact Report began in March 2014.
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