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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-08-25- ARC Minutes0 City of Palm Springs ARCHITECTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Council Chamber, 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, California 92262 Minutes of August 25, 2014 CALL TO ORDER: Chair Fauber called the meeting to order at 3:04 pm. ROLL CALL: Committee Members Present: Cassady, Hirschbein, Purnel, Secoy-Jensen, Song, Vice -Chair Fredricks and Chair Fauber Committee Members Absent: None Planning Commissioner Present: None Also Present: Interim Director Evans, Principal Planner Robertson and Associate Planner Newell REPORT OF THE POSTING OF AGENDA: The Agenda was posted for public access at the City Hall bulletin board (west side of Council Chamber) and the Planning Department counter by 6 pm on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA: The agenda was accepted, as presented. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None. CONSENT CALENDAR: APPROVAL OF MINUTES: JULY 21 AND AUGUST 11, 2014 MISIC (Secoy-Jensen/Cassady, 7-0) Approve the minutes of July 21, 2014. MISIC (Purnel/Fauber, 6-0-1 abstention Secoy-Jensen) Approve the minutes of August 11, 2014, as amended. Architectural Advisory Committee Minutes August 25, 2014 NEW BUSINESS: 2. GAIN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FOR A SINGLE -STORY, DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THREE PROPOSED LOTS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 0.91-ACRES LOCATED AT 260 WEST VISTA CHINO ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF KAWEAH ROAD, ZONE R-3 (CASE 5.1333 GPA, PD-368 AND TPM 36686). (DN) ASSOCIATE PLANNER NEWELL presented the proposed project as outlined the staff memorandum. HUGH KAPTUR, project architect, was available to answer questions from the Board and explained their request for reduced setbacks. THE BOARD asked questions pertaining to the exact location of property with the reduced setbacks and elevations. MEMBER SONG spoke in favor of the project noting that since this project is going from R3 to R1 and the walls, fences and landscape design will return for review and the garage is closer to the driveway_ MEMBERS CASSADY, SECOY-JENSEN AND CHAIR FAUBER concurred. MISIC (Song/Secoy-Jensen, 7-0) Approve the project with the exterior elevations flipped or mirrored so that the garage is located closest to the driveway and the landscaping and surrounding walls are submitted for review and approval. 3. ALTA VERDE, LLC, APPLICATION FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO CONSTRUCT FOURTEEN (14) SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON APPROXIMATELY 7.21-ACRE LAND WITHIN THE CANYON PARK SPECIFIC PLAN SREA LOCATED AT 1000 BOGERT TRAIL, ZONE R-1- B, (5.1342-PD-371). (ER) PRINCIPAL PLANNER ROBERTSON presented the proposed project as outlined in the staff memorandum. EMILY HEMPHILL, legal representative, provided details pertaining to the Canyon Specific Plan, minor deviations internal to the project, height will be 19' 6" and density is two dwelling units per acre. She spoke about the neighborhood meeting that was held. ANTHONY POON, project architect, spoke about the architectural style and was available for questions from the Board. 2 0 Architectural Advisory Committee Minutes Augus125, 2014 ANDREW ADLER, the developer, spoke about the architectural design of the project. He said in the process that an enormous amount of time was given to the setbacks to adjacent properties. He commented on the energy efficient features incorporated into the project. EDWARD PERRY said he is greatly affected by this project because five homes abut his property. He spoke in favor of the proposed gated development and height of the residential homes. SKIP RODZEKA, president, Monte Sereno HOA, spoke highly about the development team working on this project. THE BOARD asked questions pertaining to the height of the parapets, finished ceilings, elevations, roof drains and type of material for fascia. MEMBERS SECOY-JENSEN and PURNEL spoke in favor of the project; its beams and posts are refreshing and modern. MEMBER SONG expressed concern with how the details of the fascia will be constructed. STAFF responded that the final details will return to the AAC for review in the final PD. MIS/C (Song/Purnel, 7-0) to recommend approval to the Planning Commission. A recess was taken at 3:55 pm. The meeting resumed at 4:00 pm. 4. PALM SPRINGS, LLC, REQUEST FOR FINAL PDD PLANS APPROVAL FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 324 TO CONSTRUCT A MIXED - USE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF A 150-ROOM HOTEL WITH RETAIL AND PARKING STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 400 NORTH PALM CANYON DRIVE, ZONE PD324, (5.1091-PD-324)_ (ER) MEMBER PURNEL noted his abstention on this project. PRINCIPAL PLANNER ROBERTSON summarized the staff report. He also stated that it is the staffs recommendation to approve the final PDD plans to submit to the planning commission. 3 Architectural Advisory Committee Minutes August 25, 2014 MEMBER HIRSCHBEIN asked if the presentation that was approved last October could be viewed again. PRINCIPAL PLANNER ROBERTSON showed the board the previous plans. CHAIR FAUBER noted the only change was the addition of an access to the parking lot on Alejo Road. PRINCIPAL PLANNER ROBERTSON acknowledged that was a recommendation. MEMBER FREDRICKS asked if there was a more detailed landscape plan. PRINCIPAL PLANNER ROBERTSON answered that there is one as stated in the staff report. CHAIR FAUBER invited the applicants to present their case. GRAHAM RAEL explained the attributes the project would bring to the City of Palm Springs. JOSEPH SMART, architect, summarized the proposed project objectives and the Board's previous comments and concerns. BORIS MATHIS, architect, explained the improvements to the plans and the additional architectural designs. RON GREGGORY, landscape architect, detailed the proposed landscape design. BORIS MATHIS answered that the plan has a center division. MEMBER HIRSCHBEIN stated that he would like to see a site plan with Palm Canyon Drive's elevations. He also asked if there was a reason as to why the retail space did not expand to the property line. BORIS MATHIS explained that the City Council had made it a condition to have a 10 foot gap. The purpose is also to provide an additional access point other than the parking lot. MEMBER HIRSCHBEIN stated that the 10 foot gap disrupts pedestrian flow. BORIS MATHIS maintained that the addition space is not necessary for the overall proposed project. 4 C M Architectural Advisory Committee Minutes August 25, 2014 MEMBER HIRSCHBEIN questioned how much space lies between the store fronts and the property lines. BORIS MATHIS answered that there is a 10 foot setback. MEMBER FREDRICKS asked if the tree box sizes would remain the specified size. RON GREGGORY explained that the boxes are shown with their minimum size and have potential to be larger. MEMBER SECOY-JENSEN asked if there had been another restaurant added. PRINCIPAL PLANNER ROBERTSON stated that there is still one tenant restaurant and the other shown is outdoor seating for the hotel's restaurant. This would not affect parking. MEMBER SECOY-JENSEN expressed her excitement for the project and reminded the applicant that the wooden louvers could become an eye sore if not done properly. MEMBER SONG stated that the overall look of clean white linear shapes is disrupted by the wooden trellis. JOSEPH SMART said the wooden trellis adds on as a compliment to the design. CHAIR FAUBER asked if there would be additional wood structures beside the trellis. BORIS MATHIS answered there would not be any other structures. The wooden trellis is a piece of furnitur6. MEMBER SONG questioned if the floor to ceiling glass store front would provide an excessive amount of sunlight. She also questioned if the proposed project has too many elements that may not end in a cohesive manner. Additional renderings are needed to provide a better understanding. BORIS MATHIS showed some details on the presentation. MEMBER HIRSCHBEIN asked why the pilasters that separate the store fronts were 30 feet wide. BORIS MATHIS said the purpose was to distinguish each establishment. 5 Architectural Advisory Committee Minutes August 25. 2014 CHAIR FAUBER asked if the guest room doors were also going to be wooden. Also if the roof that was coming down to the pavement would be one plane, BORIS MATHIS answered that the guest room doors would be wooden and the roof would be one continuous plane of the cement plaster. CHAIR FAUBER asked how much control would be placed on the facade of the store fronts. He also asked if the fountain would have small structures. BORIS MATHIS said the objective of the proposed project is to maintain a cohesive project with minimal change to the proposed project designs. The fountain would not have small structures it is only water splashes. MEMBER SONG asked if more of the natural stone structures could be placed and why the location of the faux turf was set as it was. RON GREGGORY answered that they did not want the stones to become places to have people sleep on and the turf cannot be where it will have car wheel disturb it. MEMBER SECOY-JENSEN moved to approve as submitted to planning commission. PRINCIPAL PLANNER ROBERTSON added that no more comments could be made as this would be the final decision for the Architectural Advisory Committee. The board may add conditions to its approval_ Any significance change will be subject to additional review by the board. MIS/C (Secoy-Jensen/Fauber, 6-0) Approved to submit to the Planning Commission on the condition that if the columns that separate the store fronts exceed 8 feet the board will review it. MEMBER PURNEL returned to the council chamber. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS: No comments STAFF MEMBER COMMENTS: No comments C-1 w ADJOURNMENT: Architectural Advisory Committee Minutes August 25, 2014 The Architectural Advisory Committee adjourned at 5:15 pm to the next regular meeting at 3:00 pm on Monday, September 8, 2014, Council Chamber, City Hall, 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs. Z0,10)C'e-1z' Douglas ans Interim Director of Planning Services o c�