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Planning commission recommends Measure U exemption for 3.15-acre transit-village site near Downtown Redlands
Summary
Staff recommended and the Planning Commission voted to recommend the City Council exempt a proposed 3.15-acre mixed-use project near the Downtown Redlands Metrolink station from Measure U, concluding the site meets staff criteria for station-proximity exemptions.
Staff presented a request that the Planning Commission recommend the City Council find a proposed 3.15-acre mixed-use development adjacent to the Downtown Redlands Metrolink station exempt from Measure U.
Kevin, a planning staff member, said the project site at the northeast corner of Stewart Avenue and Eureka Street sits inside the Transit Village Specific Plan area and that the application meets staff criteria for exemption based on proximity to the Metrolink station and a proposed density above 20 units per acre. "The proposal meets both criteria based on the site's proximity to the Downtown Redlands Metrolink station and the applicant's development plan," Kevin said.
Kevin summarized that Measure U, an initiative adopted by Redlands voters in 1997, imposes growth-management rules including requirements for socioeconomic studies, traffic analysis and findings unless a development qualifies for an exemption. He told the commission the city previously treated transit-oriented parcels with the Transit Village overlay as outside Measure U’s restrictions and that several prior exemptions tied to station proximity had been approved.
Commissioners asked whether traffic impacts would still be studied when the entitlement application is filed; staff replied that standard safety and traffic evaluations would continue under the entitlement process but that some Measure U traffic-level-of-service requirements (for example an LOS C requirement) would not apply if the exemption were granted.
Vice Chair Inslee, who moved the resolution recommending the Council approve the exemption, said he supported the proposal’s design and transit-oriented location. The motion, moved by Vice Chair Inslee and seconded by Commissioner Smith, carried with an affirmative vote recorded as "Aye." The commission recommended that the council determine the project qualifies for the Measure U exemption and directed staff to forward Resolution No. 1690 for City Council consideration.
The Planning Commission's recommendation is advisory; the City Council will take the final action on the Measure U exemption at a future meeting.
