ARC Minutes 2017-12-18 ACTION MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2017
ARROYO GRANDE CITY HALL, 300 EAST BRANCH STREET
ARROYO GRANDE, CA
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Warren Hoag called the Regular Architectural Review Committee meeting to order at
2:30 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
ARC Members: Chair Warren Hoag, Vice Chair Bruce Berlin, and Committee
Members Mary Hertel and Keith Storton were present. Committee
Member Colleen Kubel was absent.
City Staff Present: Planning Manager Matt Downing, Associate Planner Kelly Heffernon,
Planning Technician Sam Anderson, and Planning Intern Christopher
Turner were present.
3. FLAG SALUTE
Chair Hoag led the Flag Salute.
4. AGENDA REVIEW
None.
5. COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
None.
6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
The Committee received the following material after the preparation of the agenda:
1. Memo dated December 18, 2017 from Associate Planner Kelly Heffernon
regarding Agenda Item 8.a.
7. CONSENT AGENDA
Committee Member Storton made a motion, seconded by Vice Chair Berlin, to approve the
November 20, 2017 minutes as submitted. The motion passed on the following voice vote:
AYES: Berlin, Hertel, Hoag, Storton
NOES: None
ABSENT: Kubel
8. PROJECTS
8.a. CONSIDERATION OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 17-003; MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
OF TWENTY (20) AFFORDABLE APARTMENT UNITS WITH A COMMUNITY ROOM;
LOCATION — 224 SOUTH HALCYON ROAD; APPLICANT — HOUSING AUTHORITY OF
SAN LUIS OBISPO (HASLO); REPRESENTATIVE — RRM DESIGN GROUP (Heffernon)
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Associate Planner Heffernon presented the staff report and responded to questions
regarding density requirements detailed in the supplemental memo, public notification
requirements, and the applicability of a traffic study.
Representatives Scott Smith and Michael Burke from HASLO, and Scott Martin and Darin
Cabral from RRM Design Group spoke in support of the project and responded to questions
regarding resident parking, off-street guest parking, the number of residents expected to live
in the complex, location of trash enclosures, lighting in the patio area, proximity of the
project to bus stops, the purpose of the community room, access for fire trucks, landscaping,
inclusion of artificial turf, the existing oak tree, drainage, removal of street trees, and
inclusion of a project name or monument sign.
The Committee spoke in support of the project and commended the architectural style and
layout of the project as well as the use of permeable pavement. The Committee expressed
concerns regarding overflow parking along Dodson Way, the use of Thuja occidentalis,
Carpenteria californica, Zauschneria californica, and Acer rubrum in the landscape plan, and
that the apartment portion of the project is one continuous building; however, the building is
well articulated
Vice Chair Berlin made a motion, seconded by Committee Member Hertel, to recommend
approval of the project to the Planning Commission as submitted, with suggested
consideration of a lighting plan for the common areas and adjustments to the landscape
pallet. The motion passed on the following voice vote:
AYES: Berlin, Hertel, Hoag, Storton
NOES: None
ABSENT: Kubel
8.b. CONSIDERATION OF VIEWSHED REVIEW 17-011; NEW 1,095 SQUARE FOOT
ADDITION INCLUDING A 390 SQUARE FOOT SECOND STORY COMPONENT;
LOCATION — 332 SOUTH MASON STREET; APPLICANT — DOUGLASS DUNN
(Anderson)
Planning Technician Anderson presented the staff report, explained alterations to the
submitted project, and responded to questions regarding sidewalk improvements,
differentiation between the new and historic portions of the structure, and fence height
regulations.
Applicant Douglass Dunn spoke in support of the project and responded to questions
regarding landscaping on the rear of the structure, intentions to repaint the entire house, and
the color scheme.
The Committee spoke in support of the project and appreciated the scale and architectural
detail.
Committee Member Storton made a motion, seconded by Vice Chair Berlin, to recommend
approval of the project to the Community Development Director as submitted. The motion
passed on the following voice vote:
AYES: Berlin, Hertel, Hoag, Storton
NOES: None
ABSENT: Kubel
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9. DISCUSSION ITEMS
9.a. CONSIDERATION OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT TO
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT PANEL (Heffernon)
Planning Manager Downing presented the item and explained the duties of the appointee to
the Jim Guthrie Community Service Grant Selection Panel.
Vice Chair Berlin made a motion, seconded by Committee Member Storton, to nominate
Mary Hertel as the representative and Colleen Kubel as the alternate to the Grant Panel.
The motion passed on the following voice vote:
AYES: Berlin, Hertel, Hoag, Storton
NOES: None
ABSENT: Kubel
10. COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS
Vice Chair Berlin reminded the Committee that he may miss the January 8, 2017 special
meeting due to jury duty.
11. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
Planning Manager Downing reminded the Committee that the January 1, 2018 meeting is
cancelled due to the holiday, and that there will be a special meeting on January 8, 2018.
Planning Manager Downing informed the Committee that the January 8, 2018 special
meeting may be held in the Council Chambers.
12. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m. to a special meeting on January 8, 2018 at 2:30
p.m.
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