ARC Minutes 2018-02-05 ACTION MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2018
ARROYO GRANDE CITY HALL, 300 E. 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 Member
Keith Storton were present. Committee Members Mary Hertel and
Colleen Kubel were absent.
City Staff Present: Planning Manager Matt Downing and Planning Technician Sam
Anderson were present.
3. FLAG SALUTE
Vice Chair Berlin led the Flag Salute.
4. AGENDA REVIEW
None.
5. COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
None.
6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
None.
7. CONSENT AGENDA
Committee Member Storton made a motion, seconded by Vice Chair Berlin, to approve the
January 8, 2018 minutes as submitted. The motion passed on the following voice vote:
AYES: Storton, Berlin, Hoag
NOES: None
ABSENT: Hertel, Kubel
8. PROJECTS
8.a. CONSIDERATION OF PLANNED SIGN PROGRAM 17-002; TWO (2) NEW
MONUMENT SIGNS, ONE (1) NEW WALL SIGN, ONE (1) NEW VEHICLE DIRECTIONAL
SIGN, AND, TWO (2) NEW DIRECTORY SIGNS FOR A NEW MEDICAL CENTER;
LOCATION — 850 FAIR OAKS AVENUE; APPLICANT — TRIPLE, LLC; SIGN
CONTRACTOR—SEARS BEAUCHAMP, SOUTHPAW SIGNS (Anderson)
Planning Technician Anderson presented the staff report. The Committee had no questions.
Sean Beauchamp, sign contractor, and Will Drake, architect, spoke in support of the project
and responded to questions regarding illumination of the signs and the location of the
monument signs.
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The Committee spoke in support of the project, commenting that the size, amount, and
location of the signage felt appropriate, and that the proposed sign package is justified in
light of the scale of the structure the signage is to be located upon.
Vice Chair Berlin made a motion, seconded by Committee Member Storton, to recommend
approval of the project to the Planning Commission as submitted, with the comment that the
Committee felt that the proposed signage was proportionally appropriate for the scale of the
structure.
AYES: Berlin, Storton, Hoag
NOES: None
ABSENT: Hertel, Kubel
8.b. CONSIDERATION OF PLANNED SIGN PROGRAM 18-001; REVISION TO EXISTING
PLANNED SIGN PROGRAM; LOCATION — INTERSECTION OF EAST GRAND AVENUE
AND SOUTH ELM STREET; APPLICANT—JENNIFER DAW (Anderson)
Planning Technician Anderson presented the staff report and responded to questions from
the Committee regarding the Planned Sign Program, the existing Rite Aid sign, and color
choices and regulations.
Phil Fontes, property owner, spoke in support of the project and responded to questions
regarding the proposed location of the signs, the impact of the signage to existing
architectural features, and placement of signage upon monument signs.
The Committee spoke in support of the project, providing comments on the symmetry of the
proposed signage, the loss of architectural detailing created by the proposed sign
placement, and the colors of the signage.
Committee Member Storton made a motion, seconded by Vice Chair Berlin, to recommend
approval of the project to the Planning Commission as submitted, with the comment that the
Committee felt that the proposed signage was proportionally appropriate for the scale of the
structure.
AYES: Storton, Berlin, Hoag
NOES: None
ABSENT: Hertel, Kubel
9. DISCUSSION ITEMS
None.
10. COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS
Chair Hoag informed the Committee that he would be absent from the April 16, 2018 regular
meeting.
11. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
Planning Manager Downing updated the Committee the Jim Guthrie Community Service
Grant Panel, the Branch Street Hotel, the Heritage Square Bathroom project, and the
Matthew Will Memorial Medical Center.
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12. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 p.m. to a regular meeting on March 5, 2018 at 2:30 p.m.
SAM ANDE SONWARREN HOAG
PLANNING TECHNIGIA CHAIR
(Approved at ARC Meeting 05/08/2018)