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Rill Velto, Mayor
James Breitling,Mayor Pro Tem -District 2 Michael Blay, City Manager Carlos A.Garcia, Councilmember- District 3 Stephen P.Deitsch,City Attorney Sharman Maust,Councilmember-District 1 Keri Johnson,City Clerk Rudy Zuniga,Councilmember- District 4
Monday, September 23, 2024
4:00 p.m.
SPECIAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that Mayor Bill Velto of the Upland City Council, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956, does hereby call a Special Meeting of the Upland City Council Council Chamber
City Hall, 460 N. Euclid Avenue
Residents may observe the City Council meetings remotely via livestream on the City website, Spectrum Cable TV Channel 3, or Frontier Cable TV Channel 26.
City of Upland Mission Statement
The City of Upland is committed to delivering superior services that meet community needs with transparency and integrity.
City of Upland Vision Statement
Upland is a safe community with historic character where residents enjoy a high quality of life.
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1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
2. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, any member of the public may address any item listed on the agenda. Anyone wishing to address the legislative body should submit a speaker card to the City Clerk at or prior to speaking. Speakers shall keep their comments to no more than three (3) minutes.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION DISCLOSURE: Pursuant Gov. Code § 84308, any party to a permit, license, contract, or other entitlement before the Council is required to disclose on the record any contribution, including aggregated contributions, of more than $250 made by the party or the party's agents within the preceding 12 months to any City official. Participants and agents are requested to make this disclosure as well. The disclosure must include the name of the party, participant, or agent, and any other person making the contribution; the name of the recipient, the amount of the contribution, and the date the contribution was made.
3. AGENDA ITEMS
a. FINAL WORKSHOP— DOWNTOWN UPLAND PARKING STRUCTURE 3
CEQA: Determined to be Exempt pursuant to §15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
Recommended Action:
Receive the presentation and provide comments and direction to staff regarding the conceptual layout and designs of the Downtown Upland parking structure project. (Staff Person: Robert Dalquest)
4. ADJOURNMENT
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting is Monday, September 23, 2024 at 5 p.m.
NOTE: If you challenge the public hearing(s) or the related environmental determinations in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Upland, at, or prior to, the public hearing.
All Agenda items and back-up materials are available for public review at the Upland Public Library, at 450 North Euclid Avenue, the City Clerk's Office at 460 North Euclid Avenue and the City website at www.uplandca.gov .
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office, 909-931-4120.
Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. [28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II] On September 18, 2024 a true and correct copy of this agenda was posted on the bulletin boards at 450 N. Euclid Avenue (Upland Public Library) and 460 N. Euclid Avenue (Upland City Hall) and the City website at www.uplandca.gov
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DATE: September 23,2024
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MICHAEL BLAY,CITY MANAGER
PREPARED BY:ROBERT D.DALQUEST,DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR
JOSHUA WINTER, SENIOR PLANNER
SUBJECT: FINAL WORKSHOP—DOWNTOWN UPLAND PARKING STRUCTURE RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is recommended that the City Council receive the presentation and provide comments and direction to staff regarding the conceptual layout and designs of the Downtown Upland parking structure project.
GOAL STATEMENT
The proposed action supports the City's goal of revitalizing Historic Downtown Upland.
BACKGROUND
On June 10,2024,the City Council approved a Professional Services Agreement(PSA) with Watry Design, Inc. to complete conceptual and schematic design and preliminary engineering services for a multiple-story parking structure in Downtown Upland.
Upon execution of the PSA, the Planning Division staff worked with Watry to discuss the scope of work in their proposal and in the request for proposal that staff distributed. This included a"span over"design where the parking structure utilized the northeast and southeast parking lots at the intersection of C street and First Avenue, and a "Standalone" design utilizing only the parking lot at southeast corner of C Street and First Avenue. Several initial concepts and preliminary designs were developed, as well as preliminary costs. The "span-over" design was eliminated due to substantial costs to construct the structure, and design constraints created by the height required for the second level to span over C Street. The"span over"design resulted in the second level on the northeast parking lot to be eliminated. Staff and Watry focused on the standalone design and developed two concepts. Both design concepts were proposed to be 4-stories-tall, with one design being all parking, and the other design including retail/commercial space on the ground floor. Both conceptual designs were presented at a public workshop held in the Carnegie Library on July 15, 2024, and at a City Council workshop on August 12, 2024. A third workshop was held with the Upland Planning Commission on August 28,2024.
ISSUES AND ANALYSIS
With input received at the previous 3-workshops, the conceptual design options have been further refined. At this workshop,staff is seeking to finalize the conceptual design of the project with direction from the City Council before moving forward with the next phase to prepare the final design and preliminary engineering.These plans and drawings will be utilized to process the entitlements for the project. Comments from the previous workshops are summarized below:
• Incorporate a 5th story. Many members of the public, including the City Council, expressed support of increasing the height of the parking structure from 4-stories to 5-stories. A fifth story would increase the total parking provided by approximately 100 spaces and will reduce the cost-per-space of the structure. The height of the structure on the fifth story would be approximately 50 feet. The three-story office building to the south is 47 feet in height.A majority of the members of the City Council and Planning Commission have expressed support for a 5th Story.
• Retail/Commercial Component. The City Council, Planning Commission and members of the public were all in support of the project including a commercial component on the ground floor and expand the commercial frontage as much as possible by eliminating a second ingress/egress point from the street. The
inclusion of commercial square footage would generate a substantial amount of revenue that could be used for on-going maintenance costs and/or debt service on any loans to construct the parking structure. • Security.The public indicated the project should include security cameras and other security measures in the design of the structure to promote safety. Additional security measures could include a phone to connect directly to the Police Department.
• Overnight Parking. Most members of the public preferred prohibiting overnight parking in the structure.
Hours of operation would need to consider the operation of downtown businesses,which include at least one business that is open until 2:00 a.m. Additionally, as the parking structure would also accommodate additional parking for riders of the Metrolink, details on the Metrolink schedule, are shown below in Table A:
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• Solar Capability.Many attendees were interested in incorporating solar panels on the top floor of the project.
This will increase the cost of the project by approximately$2 Million,the other option could be to design the structure to be"solar ready"for a future solar installation project. • Electric Vehicle(EV)chargers. The Building Code requires the installation of EV Chargers. A total of 5% of spaces are required to have EV chargers,with an additional 20%required to be"EV-ready"for future EV installation.Most members of the public suggested that EV parking be located on the top floor. In addition, some suggested that more spaces should be"EV-ready".
• Eliminate Alley Egress. The City Council wanted the proposed egress onto the alley to be eliminated to reduce vehicle trips passing by neighboring buildings.
Design
Multiple design concepts have been presented at the public workshops. To date, the City Council has only been presented with 2 architectural styles:a Spanish design and an Art Deco design.Both styles are supported in the Historic Downtown Upland Specific Plan,but the Council was generally favorable towards the Spanish design. In addition, some members of the Council expressed open-mindedness to additional design styles.
As a result, the Planning Division discussed an additional design option with Watry, which was presented to the Planning Commission during the previous workshop.This new style is inspired by Upland's historic"packing house" structures within downtown. Most members of the Planning Commission preferred the"packing house"design over both the Spanish and Art Deco styles.
Landscape design concepts were also presented to the City Council,which included an enhanced pedestrian pathway on the east side of the structure. Comments from the Council included the installation of evergreen trees,pedestrian friendly lighting, no benches, and avoiding the use of bricks and or pavers as an enhanced paving material, instead opting for a stamped colored concrete.The Planning Commission was generally in agreement with Council comments, but some members favored benches along the pedestrian pathway.
Final Conceptual Design
The specific major design elements staff is seeking council direction on include the following:
1. Confirm the incorporation of a ground floor retail component. The Public, City Council, and Planning Commission have all favored the inclusion of ground floor retail.
2. Confirm the number of levels desired between a 4-level or 5-level structure. A majority of the Public, City Council and Planning Commission have spoken favorably towards a 5-level structure.However,many have also favored a 4-level structure.The 5-level structure reduces the cost-per-space of the structure,which may
enable the City to sell additional parking lots downtown. Both options are under the 55-foot height limitation permitted within the Old Town District—First Street Overlay zone.Table B shows details for both options:
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Structure Options 4-level 5-Level
Parking space 308 408
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Structure Height 40-feet 50.5-feet
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Commercial Space 9,900 SF 9,900 SF
3. Architectural Design.The Planning Division has eliminated the Art Deco Design as an option.As discussed above,the remaining options include the Spanish style and the recently revealed"Packing House"style.
Attached please find the presentation for the upcoming workshop. The presentation contains conceptual design information,as well as options for architecture and landscaping.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
Staff determined that the workshop activity is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA")pursuant to§15061(b)(3)of the CEQA Guidelines.This is known as the commonsense exemption covering activities with no possibility of having a significant effect on the environment.The workshop only concerns conceptual design discussion and does not entail any development approval of the project or other physical change to the environment.Once the final design is completed,the plans will be used to process the land use entitlement which will include the CEQA determination.
FISCAL IMPACTS
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. Any fiscal impacts resulting from the parking structure project will be analyzed after the project design is established.
ALTERNATIVES
Provide alternative direction to staff.
CEQA: Determined to be Exempt pursuant to §15061(b)(3)of the CEQA Guidelines.
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