Tustin
City Council
11. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP
/SUBDIVISION, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, DESIGN REVIEW, AND
DENSITY BONUS REQUEST FOR THE CLEARWATER AT TUSTIN
LEGACY SENIOR LIVING PROJECT This item is consideration of the
proposed Clearwater at Tustin Legacy project, a senior living community
on a vacant, 6.14-acre City-owned site at the southeast corner of Warner
Avenue and Armstrong Avenue, within Neighborhood D South of the
Tustin Legacy Specific Plan. The project consists of a 172-unit residential
community for active, independent seniors, of which 26 units would be
affordable to Lower Income households, and an approximately 143,000
square foot assisted living and memory care facility containing 103 units
and 134 beds. The development proposal includes applications for
design review, request for a density bonus incentive and waivers, a
conditional use permit, a tentative parcel map, a development agreement,
and associated environmental analysis.
Recommendation: That the City Council: 1. Adopt City Council Resolution
No. 26-43, adopting the Addendum to the Tustin Legacy Specific Plan
2025 Supplemental Environmental Impact Report and approving: a.
Design Review 2025-0008 for the design and site layout of 172 residential
units for active seniors, an approximately 143,000 square foot assisted
living and memory care facility, surface and garage parking, landscaping,
and associated site improvements; b. A Density Bonus request to increase
the allowable density from 124 base units to 173 units (38.75 percent
density bonus), by providing 26 units affordable to Lower Income
households; one incentive related to the affordable unit bedroom mix; and
waivers related to private open space, building setbacks, patio wall height,
and architectural feature encroachment; c. Conditional Use Permit 2025-
0012 to establish and operate a 103-unit, 134-bed assisted living and
memory care facility; and d. Tentative Parcel Map 2025-151/Subdivision
2025-0003 to subdivide the 6.14-acre site into two parcels. 2. Introduce
and conduct first reading by title only of Ordinance No. 1580, approving
Development Agreement 2025-0001 to facilitate the development and
conveyance of the 6.14-acre City-owned site, and set the second reading
and adoption for the next available City Council meeting. RESOLUTION
NO. 26-43 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE TUSTIN
LEGACY SPECIFIC PLAN 2025 SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT AND APPROVING SUB 2025-0003 / TENTATIVE
PARCEL MAP 2025-151, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2025-0012,
DESIGN REVIEW 2025-0008, AND A DENSITY BONUS REQUEST FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF 172 RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR ACTIVE
SENIORS AND AN APPROXIMATELY 143,000 SQUARE FOOT
ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE FACILITY ON LOT 14 OF
TRACT 18197 WITHIN PLANNING AREA 8, 13, AND 14
(NEIGHBORHOOD D) OF THE TUSTIN LEGACY SPECIFIC PLAN
ORDINANCE NO. 1580 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT 2025-0001 BETWEEN THE CITY OF TUSTIN AND CD-
CW (TUSTIN) LLC (CONFLUENT DEVELOPMENT) FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A 6.14-ACRE SITE WITHIN TUSTIN LEGACY WITH
172 RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR ACTIVE SENIORS AND AN
APPROXIMATELY 143,000 SQUARE FOOT ASSISTED LIVING AND
MEMORY CARE FACILITY Fiscal Impact: There is no fiscal impact
associated with adoption of City Council Resolution No. 26-43 or City
Council Ordinance No. 1580. The fiscal impact resulting from the sale of
the City owned property, and other actions related to the sale, will be
addressed within the City Council's future consideration of the project's
Disposition and Development Agreement, which is not a part of this
request.