PRESENT:

Richard Eggerding, Chairman Bruce Wyckoff, Vice Chairman Harold Linton, Member Kit Donley, Member Nathan Basken, Member

 

ALSO PRESENT Joe Andrews, Chief Civil Deputy Attorney Lou Waters, Town Council Liaison Elisa Hamblin, General Plan Senior Planner

MOTION: A motion was made by Nathan Basken, Member and seconded by Kit Donley, Member to approve the March 11, 2014 Regular session meeting minutes.

MOTION carried, 5-0.

CDRB Draft Minutes March 11, 2014

Attachment 1 Architectural Elevations and Floor Plans

Attachment 2 Proposed Lots

Attachment 3 Photos of Surrounding Homes

Attachment 4 Materials and Color Palette

Rosevelt Arellano, Planner, presented the staff report which included the following:

-Site Map
-Vicinity Map
-Context: Nearby homes
-Nearby homes continued
-Applicant's proposal
-Typical design features
-Plan 2880
-Plan 3070
-Plan 3360
-Plan 3390
-Architectural design principles
-Design standards
-Summary and Recommendation

Applicant Representative Matt Suart of Meritage Homes responded to questions posed by the Board. Mr. Stuard detailed the overall design concepts and the desire of Meritage to blend the new designs with the existing homes. Mr. Stuart provided the Board copies of a letter given to  him by the Architectural and Design Review Specialist from Lewis Management Resources, Inc., for the Stone Canyon Design Review  Committee. Ms. Kent, the author of the letter, stated in the letter the Design Review Board would be in favor of the garage door materials and design as listed in the applicant's proposal.

MOTION: A motion was made by Nathan Basken, Member and seconded by Bruce Wyckoff, Vice Chairman to approve OV1314-01 subject to the conditions of approval listed in Attachment #1

MOTION carried, 5-0.

Elisa Hamblin, General Plan Senior Planner, presented an update on the Your Voice, Our Future project, as well as information to assist the Board members in appointing a member of the Conceptual Design Review Board to the Your Voice Development Committee.

Your Voice Project Update

March 2014 Project Update

Your Voice Committee Application

Bill Adler, Town of Oro Valley Resident, expressed his opinion regarding the draft of the General Plan and the Vision statement. Mr. Adler feels the vision statement is more of an endorsement of current status, rather than future planning.

MOTION: A motion was made by Richard Eggerding, Chairman to Appoint Kit Donley as representative and Harold Linton as the alternate representative to the Development Committee for the Your Voice, Our Future General Plan project. 

MOTION carried, 5-0.

David Williams, Planning Manager, provided the following updates and information to the Board and audience:

There are two new potential Conceptual Design Review Board members who will be voted on by Town Council, with the members in attendance at the May meeting.

April 17, 2014 there will be a community acadamy study session held in the Hopi conference room in the DIS building. The study session will begin at 6:00 P.M. and cover the impact of public input, as well as watch a video which will cover the history of the Town.

April 24, 2014 there will be the third and final community academy study session which will cover the elements of design, including site plan design, architectural design as well as public art.

Applications are being accepted for other committee work. If interested, please complete an application. We currently have about 25 applications and need about 70. The application deadline is April 30th. 

There are several neighborhood meetings in April regarding the General Plan Amendment. The first will be held at Resurrection Lutheran Monday, April 14th for the Rivers Edge Site Plan. April 15th, there will be a Plan Amendment meeting at Wilson Elementary School at 6:00 P.M. regarding Plan Amendments for the proposed development along LaCholla on the west side of Town. April 21, we will meet Wilson Elementary School again at 6:00 P.M. to discuss 80 acres of vacant land on the south side of the high school that fronts on Shannon. April 30, there will be a meeting at the Sun City Recreational Center at 6:00 P.M to discuss the Stone 7 Conceptual Site Plan for a proposed 45 lot subdivision on 49 acres located north of W. Tortolita Mountain Circle and west of N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd.

MOTION: A motion was made by Kit Donley, Member and seconded by Harold Linton, Member to adjourn

MOTION carried, 5-0.