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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-11-30; Child Care Commission Ad Hoc; MinutesMINUTES Meeting of: Time of Meeting: Date of Meeting: Place of Meeting: CHILD CARE COMMISSION 6:00 p.m. November 30, 1989 City Council Chambers COMMISSIONERS CALL TO ORDER; Chairman Baker called the Meeting to order at 6:29 p.m. ROLL CALL; Present - Commissioners Baker, Cutler, Gilk, L'Esperance, Mead, and Schwei Absent - Commissioner Nygaard Staff Members Present: Phil Carter, Assistant to the City Manager Jim Hagaman, Research Manager Joni Wiltgen, Management Analyst Adrienne Landers, Senior Planner NEW BUSINESS; 3) Changes to Land Use Ordinance; Adrienne Landers, Senior Planner, distributed a draft of the proposed Child Care Ordinance. She reviewed the five items which the City Council requested to be included in the Zoning Ordinance as a result of recommendations made by the Child Care Task Force, staff progress to date, and those items still needing direction from the City Council. Commissioner Mead arrived at 6:40 p.m. Staff requested recommendations to the City Council from the Child Care Commission to resolve four issues currently under consideration with regard to the ordinance. A complete overview of the pros and cons of this issue was presented to the Commission. Motion was duly made, seconded, and carried to recommend to discontinue public noticing of large family day care homes in the R-l zones. Motion was duly made, seconded, and carried to allow small child care centers in R-l zones with a Conditional Use Permit. Motion was duly made, seconded, and carried to affirm that staff should maintain consistent development standards for all child care facilities. Chairman Baker appointed Commissioner Cutler to review the child care ordinance to determine consistencies to State and County laws. The final item presented to the Commission by Adrienne Landers dealt with how child care related items are codified. A brief review was presented of how the code is broken into Baker Cutler Gilk L'Esperance Mead Schwei Baker Cutler Gilk L'Esperance Mead Schwei Baker Cutler Gilk L'Esperance Mead Schwei MINUTES November 30, 1989 CHILD CARE COMMISSION Page 2 COMMISSIONERS sections based on specific zoning, as opposed to subject or topic areas, such as child care issues. Adrienne Landers described two ways that child care related issues could be covered: 1) to allow each specific item to be placed according to the zoning category. Then an administrative manual, or packet, could be developed to combine all these sections for easy reference; 2) to create a separate section within the Zoning Ordinance dealing only with child care issues. It was again pointed out that the current code was not structured in this fashion. Motion was duly made, seconded, and carried to implement an "exclusive" child care section of the land use ordinance in addition to amending the individual zone sections, with cross references. Since much of the zoning terminology is unfamiliar to the Commissioners, staff was requested to provide a copy of the portion of the Zoning Ordinance which defines the different types of zones. MINUTES; The Child Care Commission approved the minutes of October 26, 1989 as presented. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD; There were no comments from the audience. OLD BUSINESS; 1) Request for Proposal (R.F.P.) Update; Jim Hagaman, Research Manager, reported that six applications had been received as a result of the R.F.P. and that one of the six did not meet the general qualifications. The subcommittee agreed to meet shortly after the meeting to discuss when they will review the applications. 2) Work Session Summary A summary review of the work session was provided in each Commissioner's packet. 4) December Meeting Dates Motion was duly made, seconded, and carried to cancel the December 28, 1989 meeting and replace it with a workshop to be held on December 14, 1989. Baker Cutler Gilk L'Esperance Mead Schwei Baker Cutler Gilk L1Esperance Mead Schwei Baker Cutler Gilk L1Esperance Mead Schwei MINUTES November 30, 1989 CHILD CARE COMMISSION Pa§e 3 COMMISSIONERS ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA; Commissioner Mead noted that she and Commissioners Cutler and Schwei had attended a video presentation on child care in San Marcos and felt that it would be beneficial for other Commissioners to view at a future meeting, if possible. COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS; Commissioner Baker reported on some new trends regarding senior citizen involvement with child care. Phil Carter, Assistant to the City Manager, passed out a packet of information from the Fieldstone Company regarding a child care center they are proposing in their new housing development. Mr. Carter announced that there would be a child care symposium in Los Angeles on January 26, 1990 and requested Commissioners interested in attending to contact him prior to December 14, 1989. ADJOURNMENT; By proper motion, the meeting of November 30, 1989 was adjourned at 8:08 p.m. to a workshop to be held on December 14, 1989 at 6;00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, /AX, A PHIL CARTER Assistant to the City Manager BETTY/BUCKNER Minutfe/s Clerk MINUTES ARE ALSO TAPED AND KEPT ON FILE UNTIL THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. Baker Cutler Gilk L'Esperance Mead Schwei