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MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL
HELD
October 21,1996
The Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Cypress City Council was called to order at 4:35
p.m., MOnday, October 21,1996, in the Administrative Conference Room, West wing of
the City Hall, 5275 orange Avenue, cypress by Mayor Walter K. Bowman.
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
Council members Age, carroll, Jones and Bowman
Council member Kerry
Also present were City Manager Mark ochenduszko, City Attorney John Cavanaugh,
community Development Director Chris Kelly, City Planner Alice Angus, Public Works
Director Mark Chrlstoffels and Traffic Engineer Keith Carter.
COUNCILMEMBER KERRY ARRIVED AT 4:37 P.M.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: For Matters on the Agenda. No one wished to speak.
WORKSHOP SESSION:
CONSIDERATION OF LAND USE AND TRAFFIC ISSUES RELATED TO CYPRESS BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL CENTER'S SPECIFIC PLAN: The City Manager provided an introduction for
the meeting to review Information with the City Council prior to meeting with the
applicant, Brethren Church Junior and Senior High SChool. The implications were
important for the development of the Race Track property itself. Before
communicating with the developer, the Information should be provided to update the
Council.
The community Development Director reported that the City Is In the midst of
preparing a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIRI to analyze and assess the
Impacts of the proposed Brethren Church Junior and Senior High SChool Facility and
related specific Plan Amendment. Based on the draft traffic study, It is evident that this
type of use generates a much higher rate of AM peak hour trips than other business
park uses. The addition of the school use as proposed would utilize nearly all the
remaining AM peak hour trips allocated to the entire cypress Business and Professional
Center SpeCific Plan (CB&PCSPI area. Therefore, to ensure that future development on
the remainder of the CB&PCSP area Is not adversely Impacted, it is necessary to consider
alternative modifications of the proposed project. Staff will be meeting with the
applicant to discuss this information and explore alternatives. This item will be brought
back to the City Council for consideration as a specific Plan Amendment and subsequent
project approval once the application processing is completed. The three options
Identified were a busing component, a change In the school start time so as to not
coincide with the AM peak or to undertake a subsequent EIR for the proposal to
incorporate higher traffic generation assumptions for the entire CB&PCSP.
After a question and answer period on intersection capacities, trip totals, circulation
improvements, longer leases with Anaheim School District, the Community Development
Director advised that the next step would be to meet with the landowner and with
Brethren Christian to explain the circumstances and review the options.
The City Manager said that this would be explained to the applicant and staff would
support them with the information they need so they can look at the problem and
attempt to arrive at solutions.
The Traffic Engineer advised that staff will be working with the residents in five
different areas to help resolve some of the traffic speed problems, with signs, legends,
warnings to the schools, ticketing and red curbing. The residents on Grindlay were
concerned about Brethren and st. Irenaeus traffic so staff is working with the schools
and parents on the speeding issue.
It was moved by council member CarrOll and seconded by Councilmember Jones to
receive and file the staff report. The motion unanimously carried by the fOllOwing roll
call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5 COUNCILMEMBERS: Age, Carroll, Jones, Kerry and Bowman
o COUNCILMEMBERS: None
o COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
October 21,1996
ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Bowman adjoUrned the meeting at 5:00 p.m. //
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