What Tustin considered

The commission convened at 6:00 PM in the Council Chamber and by video conference, with Commissioners Douthit, Gullo, Higuchi, Kozak, and Mason on the roll. The agenda listed two public hearings and no regular business. These are the items the commission was scheduled to consider from the posted agenda — official results are pending; as of this writing, Tustin had not posted minutes for this meeting. Every item links to the official record.

Source: official agenda · Next meeting: September 8, 2026

🏘️ Tustin Legacy: a church campus on city land

• Mariners Church at Warner Avenue and John Johnson Way: applicant Blake Crane, on behalf of Mariners Church (5001 Newport Coast Drive, Irvine), sought Design Review 2025-0020 for the site layout and building design, Conditional Use Permit 2025-0022 to establish and operate a religious assembly use in a 33,422-square-foot building, and Development Agreement 2026-0002 to facilitate development and conveyance of the 3.32-acre City-owned site (APN 430-481-015) in Neighborhood D South of the Tustin Legacy Specific Plan. The project includes 276 on-site parking spaces. Item 3
• Staff recommended two resolutions: Resolution No. 4556, finding under General Plan Conformity 2026-0003 that the disposition of the city-owned site conforms to the General Plan and the specific plan; and Resolution No. 4557, approving the design review and conditional use permit, recommending that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 1581 approving the development agreement, and adopting an addendum to the 2025 Tustin Legacy Specific Plan Supplemental EIR under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15164, 15162, and 15168 — concluding no subsequent or supplemental EIR is required. The council, not the commission, would make the final call on the development agreement. Presented by Senior Planner Erica H. Demkowicz. Item 3

🏗️ For developers & contractors: Michelle Drive warehouses

• 2441 Michelle Drive (APNs 432-471-16 and 432-391-59): applicant Jocelyn Wan of HPA, Inc., for property owner EBS Realty Partners, sought Design Review 2025-0009 for the site layout and building design of two new industrial warehouse buildings totaling approximately 177,696 square feet on an 8.3-acre site, and Subdivision 2025-0010 / Tentative Parcel Map 2026-108 to divide the site into two numbered parcels and one lettered lot. Staff recommended adopting Resolution No. 4555 approving both. Item 2
• Environmental review relied on a CEQA Section 15183 streamlining exemption, finding the project consistent with the city's previously certified General Plan EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 92101104), so no additional environmental document was prepared. Item 2

🪑 Also on the agenda

• Approval of the minutes of the August 11, 2026 meeting, the only consent item. Item 1

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