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[Call to Order]
THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER.WE WILL NOW TAKE A MOMENT FOR SILENT PRAYER OR MEDITATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BACK TO THE SHAREWELL UNITED STATES UNDER GOD.
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? GOOD EVENING.
MADAM CHAIR, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT MISSIONER GUTIERREZ HERE.
I MENTIONED OUR HANG, UH, VICE CHAIR, LEWIS CHAIR, VISCERA YOUR, I DON'T HAVE ANY MINUTES TO APPROVE ON THIS AGENDA.
[1. NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 20-03]
TO THE CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED FROM SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2021 FROM OUR REGULAR MEETING PAULINA WHO WILL REPRESENT THE STAFF REPORT AND MADAM CHAIR, UM, CHOICE OR FLOODING CONSULTANT WILL, UH, PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
YOU MEAN, UH, KARA SARA MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, THE PLAN IS I'M GOING TO JUST DO A REAL BRIEF OVERVIEW FOR THE, UH, ANY NEW, UH, PUBLIC MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE THAT DID NOT HEAR THE PRESENTATION LAST TIME.
AND THEN YOUR S UH, THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, JENNA ROBBINS WILL, UH, DO A PRESENTATION ON TRAFFIC.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE APPLICANT IS HERE, THEIR POWERPOINT AS REQUESTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP AT YOUR LAST MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST FOR AN AMAZON PARCEL DELIVERY STATION, THE PERMITS RELATED TO THE REQUESTS ARE A PRECISE PLAN, A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT, UM, AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, A ZONE CHANGE, A TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP, AND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
THE PARCEL DELIVERY STATION IS PROPOSED IN THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT WAS USED BY FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH ADDRESS OF 12, 11 WEST OR EAST BY DOE.
AND IT IS, UM, THE SITE WILL BE, UH, REHABBED, UH, INCLUDING THE NEW BUILDING, UH, OR THE EXISTING BUILDING.
THERE WILL BE NO NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO THE EXISTING BUILDING WILL BE MODERNIZED AND A REMODEL.
AND THEN THE SURROUNDING, UH, PARKING LOT WILL BE UPGRADED TO ACCOMMODATE THE PARCEL DELIVERY STATION.
THERE ARE 811, UH, PARKING SPACES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
UH, 185 OF THEM ARE PASSENGER VEHICLES.
THOSE ARE FOR THE MOST PART, THE EMPLOYEES THERE ARE, UH, THE EMPLOYEES WILL, UM, PARK GENERALLY IN TWO LOCATIONS.
THE FIRST WOULD BE THIS PARKING, THIS PARKING LOT TO DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDING.
THAT'S THE EMPLOYEES THAT WILL WORK INSIDE THE BUILDING.
THEY WILL BE THE ONES WORKING THE LATE NIGHT SHIFT, UM, BASICALLY SORTING THE PARCELS AND GETTING THE, UH, STATION READY FOR THE VANS THE NEXT DAY.
AND AGAIN, THAT IS IN THIS AREA HERE.
AND THEN WHEN THE, UH, UH, VAN DRIVERS, UH, ARRIVING IN THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLE, THEY WILL PARK IN THIS PARKING LOT, UH, IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE PARKING IS FOR, UM, THE VANS THAT ARE STORED THERE.
WHEN THE DRIVERS ARRIVE, UH, FOR THEIR SHIFT, THEY WILL PARK THEIR VEHICLE AND THEN WALK OVER TO THEIR VAN AND THEN MOVE THE VAN INTO A WHAT'S CALLED A STAGING AREA.
AND THAT'S THIS AREA DIRECTLY EAST OF THE BUILDING.
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WILL STAGE THERE AND THEN ENTER THE BUILDING, UH, ON THE SOUTH, THROUGH OVERHEAD DOORS.ONCE THEY ENTER THE BUILDING, THEY WILL BE THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL BE NOTED.
AND THEN THEY WILL EXIT THE, UH, THE SITE OUT, UH, THROUGH A NEW, UH, DRIVEWAY ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, UH, ALONG WITH, UM, THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL, AND THAT WILL BE ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD AT CUTTER WAY.
AND THE EXISTING, UM, DRIVEWAY INSIDE THE SITE WILL BE MOVED TO THE EAST TO LINEUP WITH CUT WAY.
AND THAT IS THE ROUTE THAT THE TRUCKS WILL TAKE.
AND THOSE ARE THE, THE TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS.
THERE'S 14 OF THOSE, UH, GENERALLY, UH, MOST OF THEM ARRIVE AT NIGHT, UM, AFTER THE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND THE REST DURING THE DAY WHEN THEY ARRIVE, THEY WILL USE SAN BERNARDINO ROAD BECAUSE IT IS A TRUCK ROUTE.
THEY WILL HEAD EASTBOUND ON AZUSA, AND THEN AT THE LIGHT TURN LEFT INTO THE FACILITY, AND I'M DOWN HERE TO THE LOADING DOCK AREA.
IN ADDITION TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING OF THE LANDSCAPING WILL BE UPGRADED.
A NEW TREES WILL BE ADDED, THERE'LL BE A TOTAL OF 230 TREES, BOTH EXISTING, UM, AND THE, UH, NEW TREES AND THE SIX FOOT WIDE PLANTER THAT EXISTS OUT THERE NOW, UH, ON THE EAST PROPERTY LINE THAT ABUTS THE MARK ELLEN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WILL REMAIN.
THAT IS A CODE REQUIREMENT, UH, TO SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL FROM COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL IN TERMS OF WALLS AND FENCING, UH, THE EMPLOYEE, UH, PARKING LOT IN WHICH, UM, ON THE EAST SIDE OR THE, I'M SORRY, THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT WILL BE FENCED.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK LATE AT NIGHT TO SEPARATE THE PACKAGES WILL PARK ALSO, THERE'LL BE TWO 12 FOOT WALLS, AND AS, UH, WILL, UH, BASICALLY BE AROUND THE LOADING DOCK, UM, TO PREVENT, UH, THE NOISE FROM THE TRUCKS AND THE LOADING DOCK AREA.
UM, AND THAT YOU SEE THAT YOU SEE OVER HERE, UH, THE, UH, THE GRAY LINE, THAT'S ABOUT LITTLE OVER 500 SQUARE FOOT, 12 FOOT HIGH WALL, UH, TO THE SOUTH.
AND THEN TO THE NORTH, THERE WILL BE ALSO A WELL FOOT WALL SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD YOUR LAST MEETING ON THE 28TH, THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE LARK ELLEN, UH, COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LARK ELLEN COMMUNITY.
AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO INSTALL A 12 FOOT WALL ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY LINE, UH, RIGHT HERE.
AND SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WHEN I GET TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING THE APPLICANT, UH, AS AGREED TO DO SEXUAL RENDERINGS.
UH, THIS SHOWS A, UH, VIEW THE PARKING THAT YOU SEE, UH, CLOSEST IS, UM, THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT.
I WAS SPEAKING OF YOU SEE THE TRUCKS THERE IN THE BACK, AND THIS IS SAN BERNARDINO ROAD OVER HERE.
AND THEN THE, UH, VANS WHEN THEY LEAVE WILL, UM, EXIT OUT OF THIS NEW DRIVEWAY ONTO THE STREET ON SAND, ON THE SAN BERNARDINO.
THIS IS A SOUTHWEST PERSPECTIVE.
UH, THIS IS A WELL AS A GOOD VIEW OF THE LOADING DOCK AREA AND THE, UH, PROPOSED 12 FOOT WALL, UH, TO SCREEN THE LOADING DOCK AREA.
AND THIS IS THE SOUTHEAST PERSPECTIVE.
AND WITH THIS ONE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE, UH, VANS, ONCE THE DRIVERS, UH, GO OVER TO, UH, PARK IN THE STAGING AREA, THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL STAGE HERE.
AND THEN THEY WILL COME AROUND TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND GO THROUGH THIS OVERHEAD DOOR, ENTER THE FACILITY, LOAD THEIR VEHICLES, AND THEN OUT THROUGH TO SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, I'M ONLY GOING TO TOUCH ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TONIGHT.
IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTS ME TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER PERMITS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO IT, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS THE ONLY, UH, PERMIT WHERE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
AND SO THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW IS A SLIDE THAT YOU SAW AT YOUR LAST MEETING.
AGAIN, I WILL GO OVER THE POINTS OF, UH, THIS SLIDE, UH, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC MEMBERS THAT WEREN'T HERE AT YOUR LAST MEETING, BUT THE, UH, APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO PAY $4 MILLION IN TOTAL SALES TAX FEE TO THE CITY.
OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THERE'LL ALSO BE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ADDED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND, UH, THE REASON THEY WILL BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS THAT THERE IS NO USE PERMIT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.
SO THE CONDITIONS WILL BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO THE CONDITIONS ARE THAT THERE'LL BE AN ANNUAL DRIVEWAY
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COUNT TO MONITOR THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES.AND THIS IS TO KEEP TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, UM, ENTERING AND LEAVING THE SITE TO ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'T EXCEED WHAT WAS STUDIED IN THE SECRET DOCUMENT.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO MAINTAIN A, UH, 24 HOUR, SEVEN DAY A WEEK COMPLAINT HOTLINE THAT PEOPLE CAN CALL, UH, BACKUP ALARMS, BACKUP ALARMS ARE UTILIZED BOTH IN THE, UH, LONG HAUL TRUCKS OR THE TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS AND THE VANS.
SO, UM, IF THEY, UH, THE NOISE STUDY DETERMINED THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, UH, HOWEVER, IF THEY, UH, IF THE, UM, BACKUP ALARMS DO CAUSE ANY TYPE OF ISSUE, UH, AND, UH, EXCEED WHAT'S ALLOWED, OR WHAT'S REQUIRED BY OSHA, THEN THE APPLICANT WILL WORK WITH THE CITY TO PERHAPS DO SOME, UH, OPERATIONAL CHANGES, UM, UH, MINIMIZE THE BACKUP SOUND FROM THE BACKUP ALARMS. THERE IS A LEFT TURN POCKET IN SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, AND THAT WILL BE ADDED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SO WHEN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL GOES IN THE LEFT TURN POCKET WILL GO IN.
UM, I FORGOT TO MENTION IT TO THE LAST SLIDE THAT WHEN THAT OCCURS, THE, UM, THE ROAD WILL NEED TO BE THE PARKING SPACES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE FACILITY.
UM, ON-STREET WILL BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT LEFT TURN LANE.
BUT WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES IS THAT THERE'LL BE MORE, NO MORE THAN ONE TRUCK IN THAT, UH, LEFT TURN LANE AT ANY ONE TIME.
AND THAT'S TO PREVENT A SITUATION WHERE A TRUCK MAY, UH, NEED TO, UM, STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF SAN BERNARDINO ROAD IN THE TRAFFIC LANE, OR, UH, UH, THEIR VAN, OR I'M SORRY, THEIR TRUCK IS, UM, STICKS LIKE HALFWAY OUT INTO THE TRAFFIC CLAIM.
THERE IS NO, UH, THERE BE NO PUBLIC PICKUP OF THE PACKAGES THAT ALLOWED AT THE SITE.
AND THEN ALL INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS ON TRACTORS AND SELF EMPLOYED DRIVERS, UH, HAS TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN A WEST COVINA BUSINESS LICENSE.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED IN GOOD FAITH TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES FROM THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UH, BASED BUSINESSES AND REQUEST THAT THEIR CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS DO THE SAME.
THESE ARE THE NEW CONDITIONS THAT HAVE, UH, BEEN WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE LARK ELLEN REPRESENTATIVES.
AND THIS IS, UH, THE 12 FOOT HIGH MASONRY WALL ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, THE EXACT LENGTH OF THAT AND HOW FAR THAT GOES, WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A LINE OF SIGHT.
UM, THERE'S NO LINE OF SIGHT ISSUES FOR, UH, VEHICLES EXITING THE SITE.
UM, ALL OF THE, UH, LANDSCAPING THAT WILL BE REMOVED HAS TO BE, UH, UH, PLACED BACK, UM, SO THAT THE LE THERE'LL BE LANDSCAPING AROUND THE, UM, AROUND THE WALL AND THE REMOVAL WOULD, UH, MAY BE NECESSARY, UH, WHEN THEY DO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, OF THE NEW WALL AND TEAR DOWN THE OTHER WALL, THE LIGHTING, UM, OUT THERE HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THERE IS OUT THERE NOW.
AND SO, UH, FOR A, UM, LENGTH OF THE EAST PROPERTY LINE, AS YOU LOOK FROM SAN BERNARDINO, UM, BACK SOUTH, ALL OF THE LIGHT STANDARDS OUT THERE ARE THE ONES THAT DIRECTLY ABUT THE, THAT PROPERTY LINE ARE SHORTER THAN ALL OF THE LIGHT STANDARDS IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND SO LIKE ALLEN WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT HEIGHT AND ALSO TO KEEP THE BRIGHTNESS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THE APPLICANT, UH, HAD PROPOSED ANYWAY.
UM, THE CODE REQUIRES A MAXIMUM OF 0.5 FOOT CANDLES AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO, UM, AND THEY ACCOMMODATE THAT THROUGH HOW SHIELDS ON THOSE AT, AROUND THE PERIMETER.
AND IT PREVENTS THE LIGHT FROM SPILLING BACK ONTO THE PROPERTY.
UH, ANOTHER CONDITION IS TO PROHIBIT SMOKING AND PLAYING MUSIC WITH WINDOWS OPEN WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE IS, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO THIS, UH, CONDITION AND NO SPEAKERS OR MEGAPHONES ARE USED ON THE EXTERIOR.
AND, UH, THE EMPLOYEE INCENTIVES TO SUBSIDIZE, UH, ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES, LIKE TAKING A BUS INSTEAD OF DRIVING YOUR CAR THAT IS ACTUALLY ALREADY IN THE MITIGATED NEG DEC.
UM, SO THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO THAT ANYWAY TO COMPLY WITH THE, UH, MITIGATED NICK DECK, BUT THE LARK ELLEN COMMUNITY, UM, FELT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT BEING IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND SO, UM, IT'S BEEN PLACED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO THESE ARE THE NEW, UH, PROPOSED CONDITIONS.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOUR TRAFFIC AND A ROBINS, AND SHE'S GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION ON TRAFFIC
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GLASSES ON GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS RESIDENTS.I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER KIND OF THE FLOW OF WHAT WAS PREPARED FOR THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
UM, IT WAS ASKED THAT WE KIND OF JUST GO OVER THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF IT BECAUSE IT IS QUITE LENGTHY AND IT WAS QUITE SIGNIFICANT TO DIG THROUGH.
SO THE INTRODUCTION, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT WAS REQUIRED TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY.
SO THE E COMMERCE AMAZON HIRED IN V FIVE ENGINEERS AND CONSULTANTS.
THEY'RE A TRAFFIC STUDY, BUT THEIR PROPOSED PROJECT AND THE FINAL STUDY WAS DATED JUNE 22ND.
THEY ANALYZE THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED US COVINA DELIVERY STATION.
AND THE CITY OF COVINA HAS ALSO REVIEWED THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY.
WHY SO WHEN WE DO TRAFFIC STUDIES, THE BOTH CITIES HAVE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY GUIDELINES THAT THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, IN 2020 PUBLISHED A NEW TRAFFIC STUDY GUIDELINES BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE SB 7 43, THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AS WELL AS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ASSESSMENT.
AND I PUT UP HERE, CITY OF COVINA ALSO HAS IN JULY, 2020, THEY PASSED, UH, THEY ADOPTED THEIR TRAMPED TRANSPORTATION GUIDELINES IN OCTOBER.
SO THE TARGET LEVEL SERVICE FOR INTERSECTIONS AT WEST COVINA IS LEVEL OF SERVICE E OR BETTER.
AND IF IT, IF WHEN YOU ADD PROJECT TO BASE CONDITIONS THAT INCREASES VIA OVERSEE BY 0.02 OR MORE, THEN IT IS CONSIDERED IMPACT PROJECT IMPACT.
A CITY OF COVINA TARGET LEVEL SERVICE FOR INTERSECTIONS IS LEVEL SERVICE D OR BETTER.
AND ALSO IF THE V OVERSEA INCREASES BY 0.02 OR MORE AS WELL, AND THEN IT'S CONSIDERED IMPACT AS PART OF THEIR STUDY, THEY LOOKED AT NINE INTERSECTIONS AS WELL AS THE SEVEN DRIVEWAYS FOR THE SITE.
AND THE REASON I INCLUDED SEE IF COVINA IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS WERE LOCATED OR ARE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF COVINA.
SO AS YOU SEE SAN BERDINO ROAD CUT HER WAY IS IN THE CITY OF COVINA.
IN FACT, SAN BERNARDINO ROAD IS IN THE CITY OF COVINA.
SO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT, UM, AMAZON HAS AGREED TO DO WILL HAVE TO ALSO BE APPROVED BY CITY OF COVINA WHEN IT GETS INTO THE PLANNING STAGE.
SO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT CUTTER WAY, THE LEFT TURN POCKETS, THAT TYPE OF THING WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY CITY VIENNA AS WELL AS BY CITY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
SO WE HAVE SAN BERNARDINO ROAD.
IT IS A MINOR ARTERIAL, AND IT IS A TRUCK.
ADT IS ABOUT 16,000 VEHICLES PER DAY, WHICH IS BELOW CAPACITY FOR MINE ARE ALL MATERIAL.
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 30,000 POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THE DILLO STREET AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS NOT A TRUCK ROUTE.
SO THAT'S WHY THE TRUCKS NEED TO BE RESTRICTED TO SAN BERNARDINO ROAD.
CLASSIFICATION IS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL, AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 18,000 VIEWS PER DAY, POSTED SPEED LIMIT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
AND WE HAVE AZUSA AVENUE, WHICH IS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL, AND THAT IS A TRUCK ROUTE.
AND IT'S BOTH CITY OF COVINA, AS WELL AS WEST COVINA TRUCK ROAD SPEED LIMIT IS 40 MILES AN HOUR.
SO WHAT THEY DID THE IN FIVE, THEY TOOK TRAFFIC COUNTS.
AND OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW IT WAS KIND OF DURING THE COVID PERIOD WHERE TRAFFIC
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WAS NOT NORMAL.SO WE HAD TO LOOK, THEY HAD TO LOOK AT HISTORIC TURNING MOVEMENT COUNTS, AND THEN THEY TOOK COUNTS AGAIN IN 2021.
AND THEY ADJUSTED THOSE COUNTS BY A FACTOR TO GET IT BACK TO 2021, WHICH IS A TYPICAL, WHAT WE'VE HAD TO DO WITH ALL PROJECTS COMING IN.
SO NEXT WE LOOK AT TRIP GENERATION.
SO IN THIS, THE REASON I POINT THIS OUT IS BECAUSE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IS NORMAL.
WHEN WE LOOK AT TRIP GENERATION, WE LOOK AT THE PEAK COMMUTE HOURS, WHICH IS SEVEN TO 9:00 AM AND FOUR TO 6:00 PM.
BUT IN THIS CASE, AMAZON IS HAVING MOST OF ITS OPERATION OFF PEAK HOURS.
SO TO BE FAIR, WE HAD THEM ALSO LOOK AT THE PEAK HOURS OF THE GENERATOR.
SO THAT IS 10:00 AM TO 11:00 AM AND 8:00 PM TO 9:00 PM.
SO I HAVE ON THE TABLE ON THE LEFT SHOWS WHAT PEAK HOURS.
IT WOULD ONLY HAVE LIKE TWO DURING THE ONE, UM, THE AM PEAK.
AND, UH, AFTER AN, AND I'M SORRY, AND 63 AND THE PMP, THAT IS THE, WHAT THEY CALL ADJACENT STREET, TYPICAL PEAK HOURS.
NOW, IF WE LOOK AT THE PEAK HOURS OF THE GENERATOR, WHICH IS WHEN AMAZON IS GOING TO BE THE MOST BUSY AT 10 TO 11:00 AM, WE JUMPED TO 182 TRIPS, AND THEN THE PM 163 TRIPS.
I HAVE THIS, UM, JOYCE KIND OF WENT OVER IT.
SO YOU HAVE ALL YOUR, IT SHOWS ALL THE DRIVEWAYS, THE DRIVEWAY ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, THE ONE ON THE LEFT WILL BE THE SIGNALIZE AND THAT'S WHERE THE TRUCKS WILL COME IN.
AND THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK INSIDE THE MIDDLE DRIVEWAY IT'S FOR RIGHT TURN, I'M SORRY, LEFT TURN EXIT ONLY.
THERE'S NO ENTERING INTO THAT DRIVEWAY.
AND LET ME KNOW, THE EASTERN MOST DRIVEWAY IS RESTRICTED TO RIGHT TURN IN AND RIGHT TURN OUT.
THERE WILL BE NO LEFT, TURN OUT AND NO LEFT TURN IN AT THIS DRIVEWAY.
THEN WE JUMPED DOWN TO THE DRIVEWAYS ON BADILLO ONE ON THE EAST, BECAUSE THE MEDIAN IS THERE.
IT IS RIGHT TURN IN AND OUT ONLY AS WELL.
AND THEN THE NEXT DRIVEWAY OVER TO IT, DRIVEWAY TWO ALSO HAS THE MEDIAN.
SO IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT AS WELL, DRIVEWAY, NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THIS ONE HAS A CUT IN THE MEDIA AND IT HAS A LEFT TURN POCKET IN THE MEDIAN.
SO IT WOULD ALLOW LEFT TURN IN RIGHT TURN IN OF COURSE, AND THEN LEFT OR RIGHT OUT.
AND THEN THE DRIVEWAY TO THE FAR WEST ALSO HAS A CUT IN THE MEDIAN.
SO IT WOULD ALLOW LEFT TURN IN LEFT TURNOUT.
SO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME LAST TIME WERE TRUCK ROUTES.
SO TRUCK ROUTES, ALL TRUCKS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO TRAVEL ON DEDICATED TRUCK ROUTES.
NOW, SOMETIMES IF THERE'S A DELIVERY, YOU WILL SEE A TRUCK, BUT MOST OF THE TIME, IF THEY'RE JUST TRAVELING, THEY NEED TO TRAVEL ONLY ON DEDICATED TRUCK ROUTES.
SO IN WEST COVINA TRUCK ROUTES, HERE'S, THE BLUE IS DEAD.
IT IS THE TRUCK ROUTES IN WEST COVINA, ZEUS TO AVENUE, NORTH CITY LIMIT TO SOUTH CITY LIMIT SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, EAST CITY LIMIT THE WEST CITY LIMIT DEAL.
A STREET IS NOT A TRUCK ROUTE.
WE ALSO LOOK THERE BECAUSE SOME OF THE STREETS ARE IN COVINA.
ZUCCA AVENUE IS ALSO A TRUCK ROUTE.
EL BADILLO STREET IS A TRUCK TRUCK ROUTE, BUT IT'S FROM AZUSA AVENUE TO THE EAST TO GRANT.
IT DOES NOT GO TO THE WEST SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, WEST CITY LIMIT TO GRAND AVENUE.
AND I JUST INCLUDE THIS WORKMAN, CITRUS TO BRANCA IS A TRUCK.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT INTERSECTIONS, WE LOOK AT LEVEL OF SERVICE.
AS YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL HEARD THIS MANY TIMES, INTERSECTIONS ARE JUDGE A THROUGH F SIMILAR TO SCHOOL, A BEING THE BEST F MOST OF FAILURE, WHERE A LOT OF GRIDLOCK EATS KIND OF APPROACHING IT.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT LEVELS OF SERVICE, THEY INCLUDED EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THEY LOOKED AT THE TYPICAL PEAK.
SO THEY DID SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITERATIONS.
SO TYPICAL PEAK EIGHT TO NINE, FOUR TO FIVE IS WHAT YOU'D NORMALLY SEE ON, ON TRAVIS' STUDIES.
BUT THEN THEY ALSO DID A LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
THEY STUDIED FOR THE PEAK OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS 10 TO 11 NINE.
THEN THEY ADDED PROJECT TRAFFIC TO EXISTING.
AND THEN THEY ALSO INCLUDED CUMULATIVE PROJECTS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THEM, BUT THEY DID LOOK AT RELATED PROJECTS, WHICH ARE THOSE PROJECTS THAT WOULD REASONABLY ASSUME TO BE ADD TO AD TRAFFIC BY THE TIME
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THIS PROJECT WOULD BE BUILT.SO IN WEST COVINA, THERE WAS 10 PROJECTS.
CAVITA 19 AND BALDWIN PARK, 19 PROJECTS.
SO HERE'S OUR FIRST SECTION CAPACITY.
SO THE NO BUILD IS CONSIDERED THE EXISTING.
SO THIS IS THE TYPICAL PEAK HOURS THEY CALLED IT ADJACENT ST.
SO YOU KINDA KNEW IN THIS CASE, IT WAS EIGHT TO 9:00 AM AND FOUR TO FIVE.
SO IF YOU NOTICE ALL THESE INTERSECTIONS, UH, THIS IS SO YOU LOOK AT NO BUILD.
THIS IS WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO BADILLO AT AZUSA IS A LEVEL OF SERVICE EAT IN THE MORNING.
AND IT IN THE EVENING IS LEVEL SERVICE D BUILD IS WHERE WE ADD THE AMAZON PROJECT TO IT.
SO IT IN THE CLOSEST ONE, THAT IS THE E IS BADILLO AT AZUSA.
SO IT STAYS AT E AND D FOR AM AND PM.
HERE'S WHERE WE LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE INCREASE, IS THIS CONSIDERED A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT? AND THAT HAS TO INCREASE AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES WAS 0.02 OR MORE, AND THE VIEW OVERSEE.
AND SO WE LOOK AT PADILLA AND AZUSA, WHICH IS THE ONLY INTERSECTION OPERATING II.
SO THE INCREASE HERE IS LESS THAN 0.02 IT'S 0.01 AND 0.03.
SO IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
THEN WE LOOK AT TABLE FIVE B, WHICH IS THE GENERATOR PEAK.
SO WE ALSO LOOKED AT NO BILL, WHICH IS EXISTING CONDITIONS, BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS 10 TO 11:00 AM AND EIGHT TO 9:00 PM.
AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE EXISTING TRAFFIC IS NOT COMMUTERS.
THEY'RE ALREADY AT WORK, YOU'VE TAKEN YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL.
SO YOUR EXISTING CONDITIONS, YOUR BASE IS GOING TO BE LESS SO AS THIS TABLE SHOWS, ALL THE INTERSECTIONS ARE A'S AND B'S.
SO THERE, EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF BUILD, WHICH IS THE AMAZON PROJECT, THERE IS NO, UM, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.
SO CUMULATIVE IS ALL THOSE PROJECTS.
THE 19, FROM ALL THE OTHER CITIES, THEY ARE ADDED INTO THE BASE CONDITIONS.
SO THE NV FIVE REPORT ONLY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE TYPICAL PEAK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN MOST OF THE, UM, THE HIGHER TRAFFIC IS THE BASE CONDITIONS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT WITH ALL THE, UM, ADDED PROJECTS AND YOU ADD AMAZON, THE DILLO AT AZUSA IS NOW LEVEL SERVICE E BUT THEN SINCE THEY DO NOT INCREASE BY 0.02, IT SHOWS NOT SIGNIFICANT.
SO NONE OF THESE INTERSECTIONS ARE SIGNIFICANT WITH CUMULATIVE AND THE PROJECT.
SO TRANSPORTATION IMPACT JUST TO RERUN, UM, WHAT IS THE INTERSECTION CONSIDERED TO BE IMPACTED BY PROJECT TRAFFIC? SO THE TARGET LEVEL SERVICE FOR INTERSECTIONS IS SIT AT WEST COVINA IT'S LEVEL SERVICE E ARE BETTER ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN.
ANY INTERSECTION OPERATED SERVICE F IS CONSIDERED EFFICIENT.
NOW, IF PROJECT RELATED INCREASE IS 0.02, THEN IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED.
CITY OF COVINA CITY IS LEVEL SERVICE D OR BETTER, AND IT HAS TO BE GREATER THAN 0.02 B SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO THE FINDINGS OF THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS WAS A PROJECT WILL NOT IMPACT ANY OF THE STUDY OF INTERSECTIONS.
ALTHOUGH BADILLO AT AZUSA IS PROJECTED TO OPERATE IT LEVEL SERVICE II UNDER A GMP CONDITIONS.
THE PROJECT NOT INCREASE THE VIEW RECEIVE MORE.
AND ALSO THEY DID LOOK AT, I DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT TABLE.
THEY DID LOOK AT CUTTER WAY AND THE PROJECT DRIVEWAY, AND THIS IS A UNCIVILIZED INTERSECTION.
SO BECAUSE THE AMAZON HAS AGREED TO SIGNALIZE THAT INTERSECTION, THE OPERATIONS WERE L LEVEL SERVICES, A BECAUSE OF THE SIGNAL NOW, JUST, UM, ALL MY NOTES WERE, IT WAS A LEVEL OF SERVICE D WITH ALPHA SIGNAL, BUT NOW IT'S A MOBILE SERVICE.
A, THE SIGNAL, THE SIGNAL IS GOING TO HAVE VESTRY AND CROSSING, UM, LEFT TURN POCKETS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
SO THAT PEDESTRIANS WOULD BE ABLE TO CROSS AS WELL.
UM, NEXT PIECE OF EVERY TRAFFIC STUDY NOW TO MEET SB SEVEN 40 THREES VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL.
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SO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ADOPTED CRITERIA OR EVALUATING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED FOR DETERMINATION OF TRAFFIC RELATED SECRET IMPACT.SO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE LOOKED AT WITH THOSE TABLES, IT'S NOT SECRET IT'S TO BE IN LINE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
THE, UM, THE NEW GUIDELINES FROM THE STATE IS VMT IS WHAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S SECRET IMPACT.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS, WAYS THAT A PROJECT CAN SCREEN OUT FROM PREPARING A VMT IT'S IF A PROJECT GENERATES LESS THAN 110 DAILY TRIPS IS LOCATED IN A TRANS, UH, TRANSIT PRIORITY AREA, OR IS IN LOW VMT AREA.
SO BASED ON THESE GUIDELINES, THE PROJECT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE SCREENED OUT.
SO THEY HAVE TO DO A VMT ANALYSIS.
SO VMT ANALYSIS, I'M JUST GOING TO GO QUICKLY AND OVER IT, BUT THE REPURPOSING EXISTING CHURCH, BUT BECAUSE THE CHURCH WAS NOT DURING COVID DO DRIVEWAY COUNTS OF THE SCHOOL OR THE CHURCH, YOU WOULD S YOU SAW ON THE TRIP GENERATION THAT NORMALLY WE ALLOW A REDUCTION IN TRIP GENERATION DUE TO REMOVAL OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, BUT IN CASE, BUT IN THIS CASE, NO REDUCTION WAS TAKEN BECAUSE THE CHURCH WAS NOT, AT LEAST IN THAT TIME WAS OPERATIONAL.
SO THE FULL TRIPS WERE, WERE USING.
SO STATE OF WEST COVINA IS INCLUDED IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY ON TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL.
AND THEY HAVE AS PART OF THEIR GUIDELINES, VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED EVALUATION.
SO THIS IS PART OF WHAT THEY HAD TO USE.
CITY HAS ADOPTED A 15% BELOW BASELINE VMT FOR SERVICE POPULATION FOR ALL LAND NEWSES.
AND THE THRESHOLD TEAM PERCENT BELOW IS 29.77.
SO WHEN USING THE EVALUATION TOOL, THE SITE AT 8 31 0.88 TO, WITHOUT THE PROJECT, AND THEN WITH, LET'S SEE, 31.82 WITH THE PROJECT, AS A RESULT, THE PROPOSED TENANT NEEDED TO LOWER THE VA VMT.
SO TO GET THEIR VMT TO LOWER THAN THE 31.2, I HAVE A TABLE HERE.
SO WHAT THEY ARE OFFERING IS WHAT IS IN LINE WITH WHAT HAP OFFERS FOR THE BMT, UM, THE STATE IT'S THE CALIFORNIA AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION.
IT'S AN ASSESSMENT I WANT TO FILE AND HAS GREENHOUSE GAS, EMISSION REDUCTION BENEFITS.
AND SO EACH MEASURE VINES, THE AMOUNT OR PERCENT OF REDUCTION THAT AMBIENT TO GET IT BELOW THE, UM, ACE LEVELS, 15% ARE LOW.
SO AS A RESULT, THOSE TENANT OFFERS ALL EMPLOYEES.
THE FOLLOWING, THE OPTION OF SETTING ASIDE $270 PER MONTH OF THEIR BEFORE TAX PAY TO BE USED TO SUBSIDIZE ALL TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES, REFERENTIAL PARKING FOR OUR VAMPIRES, CLOSE TO THE BUILDING INSURANCE WITH THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SPACES VARY BY THE DEMAND.
AND ADDITION IS NORMAL PRACTICE.
THE TENANT PROVIDES KIOSKS BULLETIN BOARDS FOR TRANSIT AND RIDE SHARE OPTIONS, OR PROVIDES A RIDE MATCHING PLATFORM, WHICH IS WAYS AND SIGNS EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR, OR DO YOU USE UP ALL THE PATIENT OFF APPLICATIONS OF APPLICATION OF THESE MEASURES QUALIFY AS TP 11 ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION BENEFITS ARE IN THE ARTS EXPECTED TO REDUCE THE VMT SERVICE POPULATION TO 29.72, WHICH IS 15% BELOW THE SIGNIFICANT.
SO THIS TABLE IS JUST ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT THEY HAD TO USE, AND IT SHOWS THE BASIS 35.02, AND YOU SUBTRACT 15%.
YOU GET THE TWO 9.77, WHICH IS THE LINE ON THE AUDIT AUDIT, UM, WRATH.
SO WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I READ A LOT DOWN TO 29.72,
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SO THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO DO VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.DOES THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? HOW DID THIS TIME COMMISSIONER HANG? I DO HAVE ONE IN TERMS OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, UM, SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE RIGHT NOW, WHAT ABOUT NUMBER OF CARS? WHAT DOES THAT TRANSLATE IT TO? I'M SORRY.
YEAH, BECAUSE SIGNIFICANT IT'S RIGHT NOW, IT'S, IT'S DONE ON A PERCENTAGE NUMBER.
IS THERE LIKE A, CAN YOU JUST CONVERT IT TO THE NUMBER OF CARS? ARE WE TALKING VMT OR LEVEL OF SERVICE LEVELS SIGNIFICANT WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU USE THE WORD SIGNIFICANCE, BECAUSE THE RACIAL COMPARISON WAS IN PERCENTAGE YEAH.
SO IT COULD RANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE INTERSECTION IS OPERATING AT.
IF AN INTERSECTION IS LEVEL SILVER'S D TO START OFF WITH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT LESS TO F TO, UM, MAKE IT, TO PUSH IT OVER THE EDGE, I SHOULD SAY.
SO THERE ISN'T A PERCENTAGE THAT'S FOR EVERY INTERSECTION.
SO LEVEL SERVICE, A, YOU MIGHT HAVE A HUNDRED CARS FOR LEVEL SERVICE F YOU KNOW, 10 CARS MIGHT PUSH IT OVER.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, TO THE NEW LIGHT THAT'S PROPOSED AT CUTTER WAY.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE, UM, WHAT, IF ANY IMPACTS DOES THE NEW PROPOSED LIGHT HAVE ON THE GRADING SYSTEM THAT, UH, THAT YOU PRESENTED TONIGHT IF BUILT FOR THAT INTERSECTION? SO, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF THAT LIGHT GOES IN, DOES THAT LIGHT HAVE ANY POTENTIAL DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS ON, LET'S SAY VINCENT OR LARK ELLEN, UM, ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD OR, UM, OR ELSEWHERE AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD NOT BECAUSE IT'S FAR ENOUGH AWAY.
SO IF IT WAS IN, YOU KNOW, LIKE 500 FEET OR SOMETHING, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT, UM, COORDINATION WITH THE SIGNALS.
WAS IT ISN'T IT DIRECTLY IS ISN'T IT LIKE THE MAIN DRIVEWAY THAT, THAT IS CUT HER WAY, THAT THE NEW LIGHT IS GOING TO GO IN.
IT CUT AWAY IS THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE TRUCKS AND EMPLOYEES.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE MAIN DRIVEWAY.
IT, EACH DRIVEWAY THAT THEY HAVE IS DIFFERENT TYPE OF VEHICLE.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, DOES, DOES THAT NEW WHITE HAVE ANY IMPACTS ON THE GRADING SYSTEM WHATSOEVER? NO, I WOULDN'T THINK SO.
AND THEN YOU, YOU HAD A, UH, UH, UH, I'LL I'LL, I'LL ASK AN OVERALL QUESTION WITH REGARD TO SAN BERNARDINO ROAD.
WHAT IS THE, UM, WHAT IS THE VOLUME CAPACITY ON THAT STREET BETWEEN VINCENT AND MARK ELLEN? UM, I UNDERSTAND OUR, OUR, OUR NUMBER FOR THAT ON A, ON A DAILY VOLUME AMOUNT IS ABOUT 16,000 VEHICLES.
I MEAN, TRAFFIC STUDIES, NORMALLY THE SIGNAL IS WHAT DEBT DEFINES THE OPERATION.
WE DON'T NORMALLY INCLUDE CAPACITY OF ROADWAYS.
UM, I DID TAKE THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING OF CONCERN FROM THE WEST.
COVINA IS 2007 SPEED SURVEY DATA.
SO, UM, CAPACITY FOR A MINOR ARTERIAL IS AROUND 35,000.
SO WHAT WOULD BE PROBABLY A LEVEL SERVICE.
SO WITH, WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL VEHICLE TRIPS THAT ARE SET FORTH UNDER THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S 934,
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DOES THAT INCLUDE PEAK SEASON? IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING? DID I'M SORRY WITH THE SCREEN? IT'S LIKE, NO, NO, NO PROBLEM.SO MY, MY QUESTION IS UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THERE'S, THERE'S AN INDICATION THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VEHICLE TRIPS IS CAPTAIN I THINK 934 VEHICLE TRIPS.
UM, THE, THE, THE QUESTION IS, DOES THAT INCLUDE PEAK SEASON? NO.
SO WHAT IS THE ACTUAL CAP THEN THAT'S SHOOTING THROUGH THE PEAK SEASON? THAT'S DOES NOT INCLUDE PEAK SEASON, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
THE REGULAR 914 DAILY TRIPS IS WHAT THEY'RE ASSUMING IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS.
PEAK SEASON IS USUALLY FROM THANKSGIVING TO CHRISTMAS AND THEN TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.
I MEAN, NORMALLY WE DON'T LOOK AT PEAK SEASON CAUSE IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT THE MALL.
IF WE DESIGN FOR PEAK SEASON, THEN WE WOULD HAVE ASPHALT PAVEMENT THE REST OF THE 10 MONTHS.
SO FACE INDICATED, I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE DOUBLE.
I MEAN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER THAT.
BUT IT WAS TH THE, THE PROBLEM THAT I'M RUNNING INTO IS I DON'T KNOW HOW TO QUANTIFY THAT IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT.
SO IF WE'RE TALKING IT'S 914 VEHICLE TRIPS, YOU CAN DIVIDE THAT TWO.
IT'S A FAIRLY SIMPLE CALCULATION IN TERMS OF HOW MANY VEHICLES THAT IS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE MORE THAN 450 VEHICLES PER DAY.
BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SITUATION IN WHICH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL CAP IS, EVEN DURING PEAK SEASON, I GUESS I'M, I'M KIND OF A LITTLE LOST ON THAT IN TERMS OF HOW TO ASK IN TERMS OF HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT, UH, THE, THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RECONCILE IN TERMS OF ASKING YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, RIGHT.
UM, BUT I THINK, I THINK THERE WAS LIMITS ON HOW MANY VANS COULD GO IN AND OUT.
IS THAT CORRECT STAFF THERE'S MAXIMUM LIMITS RIGHT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT MAXIMUM LIMIT IS THE SAME LIMIT THAT WAS REFLECTED ON THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
SO, WHICH, SO IF THAT'S THE MAXIMUM LIMIT, WHICH MEANS NO MATTER IF IT'S PEAK SEASON OR NOT, UH, THERE'S A LIMIT IN PLACE, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LIMIT IN PLACE PER SE.
THAT'S WHAT AMAZON IS SAYING THAT THEY'RE HAVING ON A DAILY BASIS IS 900 AND SOMETHING CAR.
WHEREAS THIS PEAK SEASON, THEY MAY GO UP TO DOUBLE, WHICH IS CLOSE TO 2000 GIVE OR TAKE.
SO THERE'S NO LIMIT ON NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? JOANNE.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M READING THE AGREEMENT HERE AND IT SAYS PER THE TRAFFIC IMPACT OR THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT HERE, THE IT'S AS PER THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY CONDUCTED BY NV FIVE AND THE INITIAL STUDY MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION DOCUMENT, THE FACILITY SHALL NOT GENERATE MORE THAN 914 TRIPS PER DAY, 602 PASSENGER VEHICLES, 284, UH, DELIVERY VANS AND 28 TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS.
I DON'T SEE ANY LANGUAGE THAT QUALIFIES THAT BASED UPON EACH SEASON.
SO I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO, YEAH.
SO, UH, UNDER THAT DEFINITION, THAT WON'T INCLUDE THE PEAK SEASON.
THERE'S NO, CAUSE THERE'S, NO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A, AND MAYBE WE CAN ASK THE APPLICANT ABOUT THAT AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET MORE SPECIFICITY, BUT, UM, WITH, WITH REGARD TO E UH, ONE, ONE SECOND, BUT WITH REGARD TO THAT, THAT SLIDE THAT YOU HAD, UM, WITH ALL OF THE VARIOUS DRIVEWAYS IS REALLY KIND OF HARD TO SEE, EVEN, EVEN WITH THE SCREEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO, TO GET A SENSE OF IS HOW MANY VEHICLE TRIPS YOU'RE ANTICIPATING, UM, IN AND OUT OF EACH DRIVEWAY, I GUESS I'M, I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA PRETEND.
I, I UNDERSTAND WHETHER THERE'S A DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN PEAK SEASON OR NOT IN THIS, BUT LET'S SAY WE'RE GOING WITH THE NINE, 14 NUMBER.
UM, CAN YOU SORT OF DIFFERENTIATE THE, THE IN AND OUT FOR, FOR EACH OF THE, UH, I THINK THERE'S SEVEN DRIVEWAYS.
LET ME LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
CAUSE THEY DO HAVE ALL THE FIGURES IN THE STUDY.
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YEAH.IF I RECALL HER SAW SPECIFIC HOURS, WHEN A BIG RIGS AND CERTAIN VEHICLES TO COME IN AND OUT, I'LL LET THE APPLICANT CONFIRM, BUT I BELIEVE IN PEAK SEASONS, THEY ALSO UTILIZE OTHER AVENUES OF DELIVERY.
SO AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY TRIPS ARE COMING OUT OF EACH DRIVEWAY? CORRECT.
HAVE FIGURES FOR TRIP ASSIGNMENT FOR EVERY DRIVEWAY TRUCK, PLEASE.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE PEAK HOUR OR THE W WE CAN GO OVERALL? LET'S LET'S SAY OVERALL FOR, FOR EACH DRIVEWAY SAYING I WOULD THINK THE PEAK HOUR OF THE GENERATOR, BECAUSE THE OTHER HAS LIKE TWO TRIPS, YOU KNOW? SURE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU HAVE THEIR TRAFFIC STUDY, IF YOU LOOK AT FIGURE 18, ALL RIGHT.
SO DRIVEWAY SEVEN, WHICH IS THE OTHER WAY, ONE.
SO IN THE AM GENERATOR, THEY HAVE ONE VEHICLE TURNING IN AND 6 55 GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION TOWARDS VINCENT, RIGHT BOY FIVE, THEY HAVE CAR TRUCK C SIX, ZERO, OR CARS OR TRUCKS AND 65 VANS LEFT.
ZERO CARS, TRUCKS, THREE, THREE BANDS MAKING IT RIGHT.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU POINT THOSE OUT ON THE MAP THAT WAY? IT'S NOT ON MY PRESENTATION.
I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU HAD THAT.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, MAYBE WE CAN.
JUST FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES.
UM, SO THIS IS CONSIDERED DRIVEWAY SEVEN RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHERE THE TRUCKS AND THE DRY, THE REGULAR EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE UTILIZING IT.
AND THAT WAS LABELED ON THEIR TRAFFIC STUDY, HIS DRIVEWAY STUFF.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE IN THE AM.
ZERO CARS, ONE TRUCK, ZERO CARS GOING THROUGH, WHICH IS THIS MOVEMENT JUST CONTINUING AS THEY PROBABLY EXITED.
ONE OF THESE OTHER DRIVERS IS ZERO, SUCH TINY, SORRY, ZERO CARS, ZERO TRUCKS, AND 65 VANS GOING THROUGH A DRIVEWAY FIVE.
THAT'S THIS MIDDLE DRIVEWAY RIGHT HERE.
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WE HAVE 65 VANS MAKING A LEFT.WHERE ARE YOU? THREE VANS MAKING A RIGHT.
AND THEN ONE TRUCK CONTINUING PATHS TO GET OVER HERE INTO BETTER WAY DRIVEWAY.
SO THEN WE HAVE DRIVEWAY NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THIS ONE RIGHT HERE THAT JUST TURNED ONE IN THE AM.
WE HAVE NOBODY LEAVING, BUT WE HAVE ALREADY THREE VANS FROM HERE PASSING AND CONTINUING ON TOWARDS THE EAST AND GOING THE OTHER WAY.
WE HAVE ONE TRUCK GOING TOWARDS THE TRUCK DRIVEWAY.
SO THEN WE GO DOWN TO THE BADILLO DRIVEWAY DOWN HERE.
THEY, THEY LUMPED THIS DRIVEWAY AND THE STRIPE TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S ONLY RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT.
SO THEY HAVE 29 CARS ASKING THIS AND NONE TURNING IN GOING WEST.
THEN WE HAVE DRIVEWAY NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THIS ONE AND, UH, 29 CARS TURNING IN AT THIS DRIVEWAY GOING INTO THE SITE.
AND THIS DRIVEWAY JUST DRIVEWAY FOR, THEY ARE SHOWING 44 CARS TURNING IN TO THIS DRIVEWAY.
THEN WE HAVE THE PM IS FIGURE 19 IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG.
SO IN THE PM, WHICH IS THE EIGHT OR THIS FIRST DRIVEWAY, DRIVEWAY FIVE, YOU HAVE, UM, 12 VANS TURNING INTO THE DRIVEWAY.
NO TRUCKS, NO CARS TURNING IN.
YOU HAVE ONE TRUCK PASSING IT IN THE EVENING, GOING THESE HERE.
WE HAVE ONE TRUCK GOING PAST THIS DRIVEWAY, PROBABLY TO THIS DRIVEWAY AND NO VANS.
AND WE LOOK AT THE MIDDLE LITTLE DRIVEWAY, RIGHT? WAIT SIX.
NOBODY EXITING AT THAT TIME, YOU HAVE ONE TRUCK GOING PAST IT ON SAN BERDINO ROAD STRIVE WAY.
AND THEN HOW MEAN ASKED IT ON SANDBOX EASTBOUND, YOU HAVE ONE TRUCK AND 12 VANS.
SO THEY WERE THE 12 THAT WERE GOING IN HERE.
SO THEN WE HAVE THE DRIVEWAY SEVEN OPPOSITE FEDOR WAY.
THIS TIME PERIOD, YOU HAVE ZERO CARS, ONE TRUCK, ZERO VANS.
I MEAN OUT TO GO EAST, MAKE A RIGHT.
ZERO CARS, ONE TRUCK AND ZERO VANS.
AND THEN PASSING ITS DRIVEWAY GOING EASTBOUND OF ZERO CARS OR TRUCKS.
WELL, THEY'RE PROBABLY THE ONES SPILLING INTO THIS.
SO THAT IS THE PROJECT TRAFFIC.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR A STAFF.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOROUGH REPORTS.
AND WE'RE ADDRESSING CONCERNS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING AT THIS TIME.
UM, SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED IN THE LAST MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, DONALD THEM,
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IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND SWITCH IT TO THE FIRST SLIDE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO COME BACK THIS EVENING.
WE KNOW THIS IS A GREAT IMPOSITION ON YOU ON A MONDAY NIGHT TO COME OUT, BUT WE SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
SO I AM GOING TO SHORTEN MY PRESENTATION WAY DOWN AT THIS POINT.
THE STAFF HAS COVERED JUST ABOUT EVERY QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED LAST TIME.
BUT, UH, TO TRY TO CATCH A FEW THAT MAYBE WERE NOT MENTIONED THIS EVENING AGAIN, JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, VERY BRIEFLY, THE SLIDE DOES SHOW THAT THIS BUILDING WILL BE COMPLETELY REMODELED INTO AN AMAZON DELIVERY CENTER DELIVERY STATION.
WE ADDRESS IT ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, AS WELL AS THE PRIOR ADDRESS OF BDO, BUT IT IS ADDRESSED ON SAN BERNARDINO SINCE THAT'S THE DESTINATION POINT THAT WE WANT ALL THE NEW MAPPING SOFTWARE TO TAKE VEHICLES TO VERSUS
THE PROJECT AS PROPOSED WOULD GENERATE AT LEAST 250 OR MORE NEW JOBS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT STAFF REFERRED TO IS A SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT THAT WE BELIEVE YOUR CITY IS IN DIRE NEED OF FINANCIALLY.
THE AGREEMENT IS A $4 MILLION PUBLIC BENEFIT AGREEMENT.
$2 MILLION WILL BE PAID TO THE CITY TO THE GENERAL FUND BY THE DAY THAT THE DELIVERY STATION WOULD BE OPEN.
THE BALANCE OF 2 MILLION IS PAID 200,000 PER YEAR OVER THE FOLLOWING 10 YEARS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS $80,000 A YEAR OF NEW PROPERTY TAX THAT YOU CURRENTLY DO NOT RECEIVE SINCE IT IS A CHURCH IT'S CHURCH STONE AND A NONPROFIT CHURCH DOES NOT PAY PROPERTY TAX.
SO AFTER YOUR FIRST COMMITMENT OF THE $2 MILLION RECEIVED, YOU'LL HAVE AT LEAST 280,000 A YEAR AND GROWING A BRAND NEW REV, ANNUAL REVENUE, WE'VE REVIEWED YOUR CITY BUDGET, UH, DISCUSS THIS WITH THE CITY MANAGER CARMONEY AND FINANCIAL STATUS OF YOUR CITY IS SOMETHING THAT THIS WILL GREATLY HELP YOU.
AND WE'RE PROUD TO HELP THE CITY AND DO WHAT WE CAN IN THIS PUBLIC BENEFIT.
AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, AS THE STAFF HAS MENTIONED, WE DO NEED YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN BACK FROM CHURCH TO INDUSTRIAL CHANGE THE ZONING FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE FAITH CHURCH, UH, PROPERTY TO M ONE INDUSTRIAL.
WE HAVE THE PRECISE PLAN THAT YOU'VE SEEN THE PLANS FOR ON THE SCREEN, AND THIS IS THE RENDERING.
AND IF YOU COULD SWITCH TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WHICH IS THE SITE PLAN, WE'LL JUST LEAVE THAT UP.
THEN AT THIS POINT, THERE IS A PARCEL MAP.
AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE ARE TWO PARCELS HERE AND FOR TECHNICAL REASONS, WE MUST COMBINE THEM INTO ONE.
AND LASTLY, UM, WE'RE NOT SECOND TO LAST.
THERE'S A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT.
LIKE WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE ARE JUST THREE LARGE TREES THAT THE CUTTER STREET, UH, ENTRY POINT, IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TREES.
THESE ARE THE THREE TREES THAT ARE DEEMED SIGNIFICANT BY THE CITY BY YOUR OWN CODE, BECAUSE THEY'RE GREATER THAN 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
AND LASTLY, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WE'VE SPENT WEEKS ON, UH, NEGOTIATING AND DISCUSSING WITH YOUR CITY STAFF.
SO AS OF TONIGHT, ALL OF THESE ACTIONS BEFORE YOU HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY YOUR CITY STAFF, YOUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WHO IS ALSO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND YOUR CITY MANAGER.
SO ALL OF YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF SEES THE BENEFITS IN THIS PROJECT.
ALL OF THESE SAME STAFF MEMBERS HAVE REVIEWED ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED TONIGHT.
THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THE NOISE, THE LIGHTING, EVERY ASPECT THEY HAVE REVIEWED AFTER IT WAS PREPARED BY A CONSULTANT.
IT WAS PEER REVIEWED BY THE CITY'S CONSULTANT AND AGAIN, REVIEWED BY THE CITY STAFF.
SO THEY'VE ALL GONE THROUGH THREE LEVELS OF VERIFICATION FOR ACCURACY AS SUCH IT'S YOUR LAST MEETING.
THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AND THIS IS AGAIN CALLED A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, WHICH IS NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT BECAUSE NONE OF THE STUDIES REVEALED THAT THERE ARE ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS THAT'LL BE CREATED BY THIS PROJECT.
AND A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THAT OF WHICH JANET JUST MENTIONED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT GENERATES TRAFFIC OF LESS OR EQUAL TO 1% INCREASE IN AN INTERSECTION THAT IS DEEMED INSIGNIFICANT BACK THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE CITIES IN THE LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY AND THIS GENERAL AREA, IF YOU ONLY GENERATE 1% INCREASE IN AN INTERSECTION,
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IT'S NOT EVEN DEEMED MEASURABLE.AND IF YOU SAW JUST NOW ON THE SCREEN, NO INTERSECTION IS INCREASED BY THIS PROJECT AT FULLY OPERATIONAL AT PEAK HOURS, MORE THAN 1%.
AND AS SUCH, NONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS WITH, OR WITHOUT THIS PROJECT ARE CHANGED.
SO WHILE IT HAS THIS APPEARANCE OF A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN REALITY, IT ISN'T, IT'S A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY, BUT THE WAY THAT THE VANS OF THE VEHICLES ARE DISPERSED DURING OFF PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS, THERE'S MINIMAL NEXT TO NO IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN A FEW MINUTES, WE DO HAVE AMAZON REPRESENTATIVES TONIGHT WHO WILL ADDRESS OTHER QUESTIONS.
BUT IF I COULD JUST GIVE A LITTLE COMMENTARY ON THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING ABOUT THIS PEAK SURGE DURING THE HOLIDAYS, I'M NOT VERY, I DON'T HAVE THE THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF IT, BUT VISION IT THIS WAY.
IF YOU HAVE DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND NEED FOR MORE DELIVERIES AND THEY NEED TO OCCUR, THEY WOULD OCCUR DURING OFF PEAK HOURS, JUST LIKE THE NORMAL DELIVERIES.
SO EVEN IF IT DOUBLED COMPLETELY, THERE WAS DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS USE.
IT WOULD GO IN OFF PEAK HOURS AND IT WOULD STILL NOT AFFECT THE INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE THOSE INTERSECTIONS HAVE SUCH SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY.
AS JANA'S REFERRING TO INTERSECTIONS ARE RATED IN ABC, D E F D IS USED THROUGHOUT MOST COUNTIES AS THE MAXIMUM IDEAL TO E MOST ALL OF YOUR INTERSECTIONS IN THIS AREA, A, B AND C, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE EXTRAORDINARY, UH, AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
SO IF THAT WAS NEEDED IN, IT'S PROBABLY AN UNDETERMINED NEED BECAUSE WHO KNOWS AFTER THE COVID VIRUS, WHAT LEVEL OF HOLIDAY SURGE MIGHT OCCUR.
BUT IF IT DID OCCUR, IT WOULD BE IN THOSE OFF PEAK HOURS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WITH MAYBE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL COMING IN, BUT NOT REALLY A SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECT ANY OF THE OPERATIONS IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WILL LEAVE IT TO THEM TO ANSWER FURTHER OR YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IN THE WORLD OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING.
IT'S VIEWED THAT IT'S HARD TO LIMIT A BUSINESS TO AN ABSOLUTE, WHEN A BUSINESS HASN'T EVEN OPENED, YOU CAN PROJECT, AND YOU CAN SAY, THIS IS THE BUSINESSES AT TINT, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE MEASURING.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT SAYS IS GIVE IT YOUR BEST INTENT TO MEASURE WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS GOING TO OCCUR.
AND THAT'S IT, IS IT AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT PROCESS? THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT IS NOT A PERFECT PROCESS.
IT'S A VERY SUBJECTIVE PROCESS, AND IT'S MAINLY FOR YOUR INFORMATION TO PROVIDE YOU A COMFORT LEVEL.
AND AFTER YOU REVIEW THAT, THEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS AND THAT'S ALL SECRET REALLY IS ABOUT, IS GIVING YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION.
IS IT PRECISE? IT'S NEVER TRULY PRECISE BECAUSE IT IS A PROJECTION OF THE FUTURE.
IT'S NOT AN EXACT EXISTING SITUATION LIKE TO JUST VERY QUICKLY TALK AGAIN ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND AGAIN, AS WE MENTIONED, LAST TIME NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS.
I WON'T SAY DENNIS, BUT APARTMENT DWELLERS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THIS PROJECT, ALL THOSE WRITTEN NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT FOR THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION REVIEW.
SO EVERYONE RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT SAID, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW AND HERE'S WHAT'S COMING, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ONLINE, LOOK AT ANY DOCUMENTS THEY WISH AND SEND IN LETTERS.
IF THEY WISHED AND FAVOR AND OPPOSITION, STATE AGENCIES COMMENTED.
THERE WERE VERY, VERY FEW FROM ANY RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR TEAM DID A WALKING TOUR OR DOOR TO DOOR ALONG.
UM, YOU LEAD JUNIA, SORRY, DON'T HAVE THIS STREET NAME, THE ONE RESIDENTIAL STREET, JUST SOUTH OF THE DOE.
THEY WENT DOOR TO DOOR IN THAT STREET.
UH, THERE WERE ONLY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT SEEM TO HAVE MANY QUESTIONS AT ALL.
UM, FROM THERE, WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING ONLINE IN WHICH WE USE THAT SAME MAILING LIST AGAIN, AND THAT COMMUNITY MEETING ONLINE ONLY RESULTED IN SIX PEOPLE HAVING ANY INTEREST IN, IN VIEWING OR BEING PART OF THAT IN MY WORLD.
THAT MEANS THERE WASN'T A LOT OF SERIOUS CONCERN THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS AS AN AMAZON.
THIS IS A, A BUSINESS THAT HAS ITS ACT TOGETHER.
IT RUNS ITS BUSINESS BASED ON TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S SOMEBODY THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WILL BE HERE.
THEY DON'T MOVE IN TOWN, DO SOMETHING WRONG AND MOVE OUT THE LARK ELLEN VILLAGE NEXT DOOR HAD THE GREATEST NUMBER OF CONCERNS FOR COMMENTS.
AND LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT GREENLAW PARTNERS HAS SPENT AN EXPENSE EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME SINCE YOUR LAST HEARING, UH, CONVERSING WITH THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENT I'M SORRY,
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LARK, ELLEN VILLAGE ATTORNEY AND REPRESENTATIVE NEXT DOOR.SO I WAS GOING TO EXPLAIN THE SIX OPERATING CONDITIONS ARE FIVE, BUT STAFF HAS ALREADY PUT THOSE UP ON THE SCREEN.
SO GREENLAW PARTNERS HAS GONE FORWARD AND AGREED WITH THEM.
THOSE OPERATING CONDITIONS ARE ACTUALLY IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN POSSESSION AND STAFF HAS, HAS BEEN SIGNED BY GREENLAW PARTNERS.
AND IT DOES SPECIFICALLY AGREE FOR EXAMPLE, TO A 12 FOOT HIGH MASONRY SOUND WALL BETWEEN THESE TWO PROPERTIES.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A 12 FOOT WALL EVER REQUESTED BY ANYONE.
USUALLY THE MAXIMUM IS EIGHT, BUT THEY REQUESTED 12.
UH, THIS IS MORE THAN A $600,000 WALL AS PART OF THIS CONSTRUCTION EFFORT, BUT IN RETURN WE FEEL THEN IT COMPLETELY ELIMINATES ANY POTENTIAL NOISE IMPACTS IN THE FUTURE.
BY MISTAKE OR JUST DAILY DRIVING TO THOSE VEHICLES.
GREENLAW ALSO AGREED TO ADJUST THE LIGHTING.
AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THOSE THAT YOU SAW EARLIER, BUT WITH THE WALL IN PARTICULAR THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD REQUESTED THE GREEN LAWS AGREED TO VIRTUALLY AN AGREEMENT ON EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT, THERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL CONDITION THAT'S STILL BEING DISCUSSED BETWEEN GREED LAW AND THE PROPERTY OWNER NEXT DOOR.
BUT OVERALL, I BELIEVE WE'RE JUST ABOUT THERE AT TOTAL AGREEMENT.
SO WITH THAT, THERE WAS ONE OTHER QUESTION.
I BELIEVE SOMEONE EITHER STATED HERE OR BY LETTER, THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE PARKING BEING ELIMINATED ON THE DEAL ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND THAT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING.
THE REQUIREMENT SAYS THAT ADJACENT EACH OF THOSE DRIVEWAYS SHOULD BE A RED CURB TO ALLOW GREATER VISIBILITY.
SO WHEN THE VEHICLES TURNING IN OR TURNING OUT, YOU DON'T HAVE CARS PARKED RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE OF THE DRIVE APPROACH.
SO THERE'S NOT A REMOVING OF CARS ON VIDEO, UH, AUTOMOBILE PARKING ON VIDEO ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD.
THE SAME THING, THERE ARE RED SPACES OR RED CURBING PAINTED ON EACH SIDE OF THIS DRIVEWAYS AGAIN, TO MAKE IT A SAFE ENTRY AND EXIT POINT WITH THAT.
UM, I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE, AND WE DO HAVE, UH, WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE TONIGHT FROM AMAZON CORPORATION.
WE'D LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS, BUT THEY HAVE AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS BENEFITS OR FUTURE THEIR IDEAS.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AFTER ALL THIS, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO COME UP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT OTHERWISE I THINK WE'RE COMPLETE IN OUR PRESENTATION.
AND IN CONCLUSION, IF I'M NOT UP HERE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU SUPPORTING US.
WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE GENUINELY HOPE THAT YOU'LL RECOMMEND THIS PROJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WITH THAT, UM, EITHER ON BEAR TOUR, TIM, THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
LIKE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED THE STAFF.
SO BRIEFLY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, OF, UH, BASICALLY THE TEAM, OUR OPERATIONS, SOME TRAFFIC MITIGATION.
UM, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS LAST TIME ABOUT OUR HIRING EFFORTS, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN ALSO JUST, UM, OUR COMMITMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M A, BETTER-LOOKING DONNA ENTITLEMENTS MANAGER WITH, UH, AMAZON LOGISTICS COMPANY.
HERE IS MY COLLEAGUE, TIM, HOW HE'S, UH, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANAGER.
SO I KNOW YOU'VE, UH, WE'VE HEARD THIS A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, BELABOR THIS ISSUE A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, IT WAS ONE TO REALLY TOUCH ON THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT WE ARE.
AND BASICALLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TRY TO BE AS CUSTOMER CENTRIC AS POSSIBLE.
AND, AND SO TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT, UH, OF A NARRATIVE OF BASICALLY WE ARE THE LAST MILE OF OUR FULFILLMENT PROCESS.
SO WE BASICALLY HAVE OUR 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 MILLION SQUARE FOOT, UH, UH, FACILITIES THAT HOUSE, OUR PRODUCT.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR SORTATION CENTERS THAT BREAK THAT DOWN TO A ZIP CODE LEVEL.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR DELIVERY STATION, WHICH IS OUR LOCALIZED, UH, FACILITIES THAT BASICALLY BREAK THAT DOWN TO A ROUTE LEVEL THAT HAS TO BE HYPER-LOCAL FOR THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE THAT PRODUCT TO THAT SPECIFIC COMMUNITY.
UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AS HERE AS FOLKS ALREADY STAFF AND, AND, UH, DON HAS TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING TO DO AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE OF RENDERINGS OF THE SITE, AS, AS YOU'VE SEEN.
UH, CAN I GET YOU TO THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL? SO BASICALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS OUR OPERATIONS TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE DO.
SO WE DO RUN A, BASICALLY A STRICT 24 HOUR CLOCK.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT
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129 ASSOCIATES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SHIFTS STRUCTURE.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A 1:30 AM, 5:30 AM, AND THEN AT ONE O'CLOCK AS WELL.
AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR LINE HAUL TRUCK TRAFFIC, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 14 LINE HAUL TRUCKS THROUGHOUT A 24 HOUR PERIOD, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DELIVERY, UH, ASSOCIATES AND OUR DRIVERS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING TO SEE THOSE FOLKS COME IN AROUND 10:00 AM.
AND WE DO THIS STRATEGICALLY BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO BE A GOOD CORPORATE STEWARD.
WE SHIFTED OUR CLOCK TO START BASICALLY AT, DURING OFF PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS, UH, THAT WAY.
SO FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO WORK, DROPPING THEIR CHILDREN OFF TO SCHOOL, WE'RE NOT IMPACTING THAT SPECIFIC COMMUTE AND BASICALLY STARTING OUR CLOCK AT 10:00 AM.
UM, AND BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT SPECIFICALLY IN ROUTES.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ALL OUR 142 VANS GO OUT AT ONCE, BUT RATHER WE DO THIS IN WAVES THAT ARE BASICALLY 20 TO 30 WAVES, APPROXIMATELY 36 VANS, EACH WAVE.
AND BASICALLY THESE VANS, ONCE THEY DEPART FROM THE DELIVERY STATION, THEY GO OUT FOR A 10 HOUR SHIFT AND RETURN IT AS SITES.
SO AS LOGIC DICTATES, THEY GO OUT IN THESE SPECIFIC WAVES AND RETURN BACK.
I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON AN ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS IT PERTAINS TO, UM, SEASONALITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND BASICALLY THE TRAFFIC AND, AND, UH, HOW DO WE QUANTIFY IMPACTS RELATED TO THAT? UM, SO, SO IN THE WORLD OF TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, THE WORLD TO SEEK WHAT, WHAT WE, WHAT THE INDUSTRY DOES, IT'S BASICALLY AS AN AVERAGE STATE SEASONALITY, ISN'T TAKEN TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE, BECAUSE THESE ARE SEASONAL SHIFTS THAT ARE, ARE, UM, BASED ON JUST, UH, PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE SO IMPACTS RELATED TO SIGNIFICANT, NOT SIGNIFICANT WITHIN AN M N D E R OR WHAT HAVE YOU THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS BASED ON YOUR AVERAGE DAY.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WAY THE LANGUAGE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS WORDED WAS AVERAGE DAY.
AND, AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST NEEDS TO GET CLARIFIED SO THAT THERE ISN'T THIS TYPE OF CONFUSION, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE GOOD CORPORATE STEWARDS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THINGS WELL, AND AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC MITIGATION, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DRIVERS ARE, ARE, UH, UH, ADHERING TO THE RULES AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS ONCE YOU, THE DRIVER RECEIVES IT'S A WRAP FOR THE DAY, THEY HAVE IT, A GPS.
AND BASICALLY THAT WE, WE ENSURE WE'RE NOT CUTTING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL STREETS UNLESS THEY'RE DELIVERING THAT AREA, BASICALLY FOCUSING ON THOSE ARTERIALS AND COLLECTORS STREETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GUIDE THE TRAFFIC IN, IN A MORE, UM, ORCHESTRATED FASHION.
UM, AS INDICATED OUR VANS ARE DISPATCHED IN PEAKS TO KIND OF AVOID A FLOOD OF, UH, VEHICLES, UH, OR PERCEPTION OF A FLOODED VEHICLES, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR SAFETY, OUR, OUR DRIVERS GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE SAFETY TRAINING UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE OPERATING IN, IN A, IN A SAFE MANNER, BOTH FOR THEIR DRIVERS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE LAST MEETING WAS CONCERNS OVER NOISE.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS JUST HAVE MORE OF A CONTROLLED TRAILER YARD, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BE USING ANY HOLSTERS, WHICH IS THE LITTLE SMALLER VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TRAILERING THE VEHICLES IN AND OUT OF THE YARD, BUT RATHER A FOCUS ON THAT ASPECT.
AND BASICALLY ALSO, UM, THE LINE HAULS ARE MANAGED IN A ONE-WAY IN WHEN WE HAVE, FOR THE MOST PART, THAT'S HOW WE HAVE THEM COMING IN FROM OUR SORTATION CENTERS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE MIGHT BE SOME OVERLAP IN, IN ANYTHING, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S 14 LINE HALLS IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
UM, ALSO WE ALSO HAVE OUR DRIVERS TURN OFF THEIR VEHICLES TO ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT IDLING, UH, TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS.
UH, LAST MEETING ALSO, THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT DRONES, A QUESTION ABOUT DRONES.
SO THIS FACILITY IS NOT EQUIPPED FOR THAT.
UH, THERE'S NO DESIRE TO GO THAT AT THE MOMENT, YOU KNOW, AS ANY BUSINESS CHANGES, THINGS DO CHANGE, BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS A CHANGE IN OUR OPERATIONS.
LET'S, LET'S DECIDE AT THAT POINT.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR EMPLOYMENT HIRING PRACTICES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'LL KICK IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, TIM HO AND HE'LL, UM, UH, ANSWER THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
SO AMAZON EMPLOYEES RECEIVE AN AVERAGE STARTING WAGE OF, UH, $18 PER HOUR, NATIONALLY, AND A MINIMUM OF $15 PER HOUR WAGE.
UM, THAT ALSO INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS FROM DAY ONE FOR OUR FULL-TIME POSITIONS, UH, THAT INCLUDES FULL MEDICAL, DENTAL VISION, UH, 401K, WHERE AMAZON MATCHES, UH, UP TO 50%.
SO IF YOU PUT IN $2, AMAZON, UH, MATCHES WITH AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR UP TO 20 WEEKS OF PAID PARENTAL LEAVE AND THESE COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS, UH, ADD AN ADDITIONAL $3 AND 50 CENTS ON AVERAGE, UH, ON A NATIONAL BASIS.
UH, IMPORTANTLY, I'LL HIGHLIGHT THIS, UH, EVEN FURTHER IN A MINUTE
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IS, UH, ACCESS TO CAREER CHOICE.THAT IS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE PLEDGE THAT AMAZON HAS MADE OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS TO INVEST $1.2 BILLION.
UM, FROM NOW THROUGH 2025 TO PROVIDE UPSKILLING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR US HOURLY EMPLOYEES, UH, TO UPSCALE INTO IN DEMAND FIELDS.
IN ADDITION, OUR, UH, DELIVERY ASSOCIATES, UH, WE UTILIZE A, UH, PROGRAM.
WE CALL DELIVERY SERVICE PARTNERS, THE SP THEY ALSO RECEIVE AN AVERAGE STARTING WAGE OF $18 PER HOUR AND A MINIMUM $15 PER HOUR WAGE NATIONALLY.
IN ADDITION TO THE BENEFITS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, UH, MONTHLY AUDITS ARE CONDUCTED TO ENSURE THAT OUR DELIVERY SERVICE PARTNERS ARE MAINTAINING THEIR AGREED UPON TERMS, UH, PER THEIR CONTRACTS WITH AMAZON AND ALL DELIVERY ASSOCIATES ARE SUBJECT TO BACKGROUND CHECKS, UH, PRIOR TO, UH, BECOMING AN EMPLOYEE WITH A DELIVERY SERVICE PARTNER FOR AMAZON, UH, ALL ASSOCIATES GO THROUGH HOURS OF SAFETY TRAINING AND ONGOING COACHING AND HAVE ACCESS TO CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WHEN A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE DSP PROGRAM DELIVERY SERVICE PARTNERS, AND, UH, REALLY THIS IS AN ENTREPRENEURIAL, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO START THEIR OWN SMALL BUSINESS, UH, TO OPERATE THEIR OWN PACKAGE DELIVERY BUSINESS.
UM, IT CREATES THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR FOLKS THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT DOING THIS, DEVELOPING A TEAM, STARTING A BUSINESS, UH, DSPS ARE, UH, THEY HAVE FORMED A ROBUST COMMUNITY OF BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HELPED DELIVER THE THOUSANDS OF PACKAGES, UH, TO CUSTOMERS EVERY DAY.
AND THE, THE DSPS, THE DELIVERY SERVICE PARTNERS HIRE THE DELIVERY ASSOCIATES AND HELPERS, UH, THAT FACILITATE THE DELIVERIES AND THESE DELIVERY ASSOCIATES ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE OPERATING THE AMAZON PRIME BRAND ADVANCE THAT GO INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO DELIVER YOUR PACKAGE TO YOUR DOOR.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED AMAZON FLEX THAT I BELIEVE WAS ALLUDED TO BY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS EARLIER COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN USE THEIR OWN PERSONAL VEHICLES TO DELIVER PACKAGES AS A WAY OF EARNING EXTRA MONEY, UH, WITH AMAZON FLEX YOU WORK WHEN YOU WANT TO, YOU RESERVE A TIME THAT FITS YOUR SCHEDULE AND, UH, AND YOU PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
I WONDER TO MIND DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON CAREER CHOICE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS, UM, REALLY A, A, A FANTASTIC, UM, BENEFIT THAT OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, HAVE.
AND WITHIN, IN ESSENCE, AMAZON WILL FULLY FUND COLLEGE TUITION OR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS, G E D S AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATIONS.
SO THAT COULD BE ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES.
THAT COULD BE BACHELOR'S DEGREES TWO YEAR DEGREES, FOUR YEAR DEGREES CERTIFICATES IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, IN DEMAND INDUSTRIES FOR, UH, AMAZON'S FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES FOR, UH, COURSES RELATED TO THESE IN DEMAND FIELDS, UM, REGARDLESS.
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER, UH, THESE ARE IN DEMAND FIELDS THAT KEEP THEM WITHIN AMAZON'S WORKFORCE, OR ALLOW THEM TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP TO ANOTHER END DEMAND, UH, CAREER FIELD, AND IMPORTANTLY, AMAZON PREPAYS, THIS TUITION, UM, UH, A NUMBER OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRIOR MODEL AND THE MODEL IN A LOT OF INDUSTRIES.
AND A LOT OF, UH, UH, IN A LOT OF COMPANIES IS THAT IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE, THE, A CLASS OR YOU COMPLETE THE PROGRAM.
THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE, UM, WHICH ENSURES THAT EMPLOYEES DON'T NEED PRE-EXISTING FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
ALL US EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE, UH, UH, 90 DAYS AFTER THEY START.
AND SINCE THE PROGRAM HAS LAUNCHED MORE THAN 50,000 EMPLOYEES HAVE PURSUED DEGREES.
AND IN SOME OF THE, UH, 2021, THE, THOSE IN DEMAND FIELDS ARE THINGS SUCH AS VIDEO GAME DESIGN, UH, VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS, NURSING, AND HEALTHCARE, OF COURSE, IT PROGRAMMING RADIOLOGY TO NAME A FEW X SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE PROJECT IN WEST COVINA IS ANTICIPATED TO GENERATE OVER 400 JOBS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AMAZON IS COMMITTED TO HIRING A LOCAL WORKFORCE THAT
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IS REFLECTIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY.AND HOW HISTORICALLY DO THAT IS, UH, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH WORKFORCE, DEVELOP LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, HIRING AGENCIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND THAT WE'VE, THAT'S BEEN PROVEN HIRING LOCAL IS, IS, IS GOOD FOR, FOR OUR BUSINESS AND OUR BOTTOM LINE AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, REITERATE THAT OUR DELIVERY SERVICE PARTNER PROGRAM HELPS ENTREPRENEURS BUILD THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
AND LASTLY, AMAZON FLEX, YOU KNOW, ALLOWS FOLKS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, EARN EXTRA MONEY, UH, THROUGH MORE OF AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR MODEL.
OVERALL, THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS INCLUDE, UH, MORE THAN $30 MILLION OF NEW INVESTMENT, UH, THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION AND BUILD OUT, UH, TO ENHANCE THIS SITE, UH, SALES TAX GENERATED FROM DELIVERY VEHICLE GASOLINE PURCHASES THAT WILL NOW OCCUR, UH, MORE FREE, MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY IN YOUR COMMUNITY, INDIRECT JOB CREATION FROM THE, THE PROJECT, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, RELATED INVESTMENTS.
AND THAT'S ON TOP OF, UH, THE 400, UH, OPERATIONAL JOBS, UH, AND INDUCE SALES TAX REVENUE FROM PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT, UM, FROM, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.
AND AGAIN, REITERATING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR DELIVERY ASSOCIATES.
AND NOW I WILL PASS IT BACK TO UMBERTO WHO WILL FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR SAFETY MEASURES, AS WELL AS OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.
SO JUST TO KIND OF WRAP IT UP REALLY QUICK.
SO DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ASPECTS OF THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW? SO COVID 19 RESPONSE, SO JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO IMPROVE THE, THE WELLBEING OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED ABOUT 150 PROCESS UPDATES.
UM, WE INVESTED OVER $800 MILLION ON SAFETY MEASURES TO DATE, AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, TEMPORARY CHECKS FOR ALL OF OUR ASSOCIATES, UH, UH, PROPER, UH, PPE FOR OUR FOLKS ENHANCING CLEANSING AT OUR SITES.
SOCIAL DISTANCING IS OF COURSE, ONSITE TESTING AND AMAZON RELIEF FUND IN LIFE, WHERE HE SAID, THIS IS BASICALLY A $25 MILLION GRANT WHERE FOLKS COULD APPLY.
IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO SEEK SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL RELIEF, UH, DUE TO A HARDSHIP, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND SO GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, SOME OF JUST THE INNOVATION HERE AT AMAZON IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY, AND BASICALLY HERE WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, AMAZON IS COMMITTED TO BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS FOR CUSTOMERS AND FOR THE PLANET.
SO IN 2019, WE, UH, CO FOUNDED THE CLIMATE PLEDGE AND WE'RE INVESTING ABOUT 2 MILLION, $2 BILLION TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS.
UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY PURCHASED ALREADY A HUNDRED, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, UH, ELECTRIC DELIVERY VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2025.
OUR SHIPMENT ZERO IS BASICALLY LOOKING TO LOOK AT 50% NET ZERO BY 2030.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO REDUCE OUR PACKAGE WASTE, UH, THROUGH THE USE OF CARBON NEUTRAL PACKAGING.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN PASS THIS LINK TO, TO STAFF TOO, IF YOU ALL WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO TOUCH UPON WAS THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE AT THE LAST HEARING.
YOU KNOW, AMAZON BEING THE COMPANY, THAT IT IS A LARGE COMPANY.
WE DO WANT TO BE A QUOTE PURSUER.
SO WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED PROGRAM TO BASICALLY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY OPERATIONS TEAM.
SO BASICALLY OUR COMMUNITY OPERATIONS TEAM, THEIR NORTH STAR IS A THAT THEY BELIEVE, UH, NEIGHBORS ARE OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND, UH, UH, WE AIM TO WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY, THAT WE DELIVER IT AND, UH, FOREGO NEW PARTNERSHIPS.
SO WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM.
IF YOU HAVE ISSUES RELATED TO NOISE, TRASH TRAFFIC, WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT IS THE SPECIFIC EMAIL THAT YOU ALL COULD REACH OUT TO ONCE WE HAVE THE FACILITY LAUNCHED, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE VOTE GOES WELL, AND WE WILL HAVE A DEDICATED PERSON THAT WE WILL HAND OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER, BLIND COMMISSIONERS, SO THAT YOU COULD REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, I'M HAVING THIS CONCERN.
I SAW X, Y, AND Z ON THIS SITE THAT WHERE WE COULD BE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, AND, AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO MYSELF FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UH, DOES THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? UM, I DID.
I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND, UM, THIS LOCATION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR WEST COVINA, WILL THIS BE AN AMAZON
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FACILITY THAT WILL NOT BE UNIONIZED FOR AMAZON? NOT BE UNIONIZED UNIONIZED, CORRECT.I, I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I'D HAVE TO ASK THE AMAZON REPRESENTATIVES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF ME YOU WOULD LIKE OR HAVE THEM COME BACK UP, YOU CAN HAVE THEM COME BACK UP.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, UH, TO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AND LET ME REPEAT BACK.
THE QUESTION IS THE QUESTION, WILL THIS PROPOSED WEST COVINA DELIVERY STATION, UH, UTILIZE A UNIONIZED, UH, WORKERS WITHIN THE FACILITY? RIGHT.
UM, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, NATIONALLY WITHIN THE UNIT, THE US, UM, THERE, THERE ARE NO AMAZON DELIVERY STATIONS THAT CURRENTLY UTILIZE UNIONIZED EMPLOYEES.
UH, THAT WOULD BE THE SAME IN THIS INSTANCE AS WELL.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE HE NEEDED TO STAY ON THE LINE THAT THAT WOULD CHANGE.
UM, I WOULDN'T BEGIN TO SPECULATE.
UM, I, I, YEAH, W UNFORTUNATELY I WOULDN'T BE WILLING TO SPECULATE ON THAT JUST TO INTERJECT.
WE'RE NOT HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT HOW AMAZON IS RUNNING THEIR BUSINESS.
THAT'S WHERE IT ONLY HERE TO NO VOTE ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO COMMISSIONER HANG OUT AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, SO I'M, I'M READING THROUGH THE, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND, UH, I'M, I'M TRYING TO FRANKLY, MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OUT OF THIS 914 TRIPS PER DAY.
UM, IT'S UNDER SECTION 11, UH, SECTION C, OR I GUESS IT WOULD BE SECTION 11, SUBDIVISION C UM, SUB I, WHERE IT SAYS PER THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY CONDUCTED BY NV FIVE IN THE INITIAL STUDY MITIGATE, UH, MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION DOCUMENT.
THE FACILITY SHALL NOT GENERATE MORE THAN 914 TRIPS PER DAY PERIOD.
UM, SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS, IS, IS THAT AN AVERAGE, IS THAT A, UH, IS THAT A TRUE CAP? WHAT, WHAT IS MEANT BY THAT? I WILL PASS THIS TO MY COLLEAGUE UMBERTO I'LL USE FOR THE MUSICAL CHAIRS HERE, BUT THAT'S BASED ON A, ON AN AVERAGE DAY.
SO BASICALLY THE WAY THE, UH, TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND THAT MAYBE THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER COULD SPEAK TO IT, BUT THE WAY WE CONDUCT THESE TYPES OF ANALYSIS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WHETHER IT BE A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS OR THROUGH SEEQUA M IN THE EIR, IT'S BASED ON AN AVERAGE DAY.
SO THE NUMBER THAT'S HERE IN FRONT OF YOU IS BASED ON OUR AVERAGE DAY AND THOSE ANOMALIES OF SEASONALITY BECAUSE OF THEIR SPECULATIVE AND UNKNOWN ARE USUALLY LEFT OUT OF THESE TYPES OF ANALYSIS.
SO THE WAY I INTERPRETED IT IS BASED ON AN AVERAGE DAY, I I'M, I'M JUST, I'M A LITTLE LOST HERE BECAUSE I, I, I, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE AND SURE, BY, BY SAYING THAT'S AN AVERAGE OR A POTENTIAL AVERAGE DAY, AND IT SAYS IT'S CAPPED AT THAT AMOUNT.
AND THEN THERE'S, FRANKLY, IN, IN, IN, IN MY BUSINESS, THIS IS CALLED WEASEL WORDS.
UM, IT, IT SAYS IF THE OPERATIONS EXCEED THE NUMBER OF ALLOWABLE TRIPS PER DAY, THE CITY AND PROPERTY, AND OUR SHIELD MEET, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A RESOLUTION SATISFACTORY TO BOTH PARTIES, WELL, AN AGREEMENT TO AGREE IS NOT AN AGREEMENT.
SO I, I NEED TO HAVE MORE SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.
IT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I WOULD SAY WOULD MAKE A GREAT DEAL OF SENSE IS THAT IF, IF YOU, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BASED UPON SEASONALITY, UM, INCREASE BASED BASED UPON THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC CONSULTANTS INDICATION, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE YOU HAVE A VC IMPACT OF OVER 0.02 OR A 0.02 INCREASE IN VC IMPACT.
I WOULD SAY THAT THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S BUILT INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
AND THERE SHOULD BE A HARD CAP BASED UPON THAT,
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AS OPPOSED TO, AS OPPOSED TO JUST THIS LANGUAGE THAT DOESN'T REALLY PROVIDE ANY CERTAINTY.AND FRANKLY, IT, IT LEAVES THE CITY IN A TOUGH SPOT, BECAUSE IF YOU GUYS DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT AS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING TO US, THAT YOU'RE USING IT TONIGHT, WE'RE KIND OF STUCK.
SO I, I W I WANT TO, I WANT A COMMITMENT OR AN UNDERSTANDING FROM YOU GUYS THAT WE CAN PUT IN WRITING HERE.
THAT EXPLAINS WHAT THAT IS, WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS, BECAUSE 914 VEHICLE TRIPS, I MEAN, OKAY, FINE.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY FAIRLY REASONABLE.
IF, IF YOU DO THE MATH, THAT'S LIKE 450 SOME ODD VEHICLES, ALMOST FOUR 60 PER DAY, RIGHT.
SO W MY, MY THING IS, IS THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SITUATION WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU TRIPLE THAT CAPACITY, BECAUSE AMAZON HAS A GREAT YEAR, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT TO HECK WITH THE LITTLE GUY WE'LL KEEP AMAZON OPEN.
UM, BUT AMAZON CAN DELIVER, AND EVERYBODY'S FORCED TO BUY FROM AMAZON IN DECEMBER OR NOVEMBER.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? ARE WE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UH, THREE TIMES THE VOLUME FOUR TIMES? I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROBLEM I HAVE, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
AND, AND, AND JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE THE, THE STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER, THE WAY THAT THESE IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARE BASED ON AN AVERAGE DAY OF YOUR OPERATIONS.
AND SO THE NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A CAP ON OUR AVERAGE STATE AND THE DRAFT, AT LEAST I SAW, OR THE LANGUAGE I SAW INDICATED THAT NUMBERS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE BASED ON AN AVERAGE DAY.
AND SO WE DO HAVE SAFEGUARDS AS PART OF THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE PLACED ON THERE THAT DO REQUIRE COUNTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO INCLUDE THAT AGAIN, IMPACTS RELATED TO, UM, WHAT WE PERCEIVE TO BE, UM, AN ISSUE OR NOT, OR WHAT HAVE YOU ARE BASED ON THAT AVERAGE DAY IS, IS THE X FACILITY AT THIS LOCATION CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
THOSE ANALYSES BASED ON TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS BASED ON AN AVERAGE STATE, SEES AN ALLEY SIMILAR TO A MALL, TO THE STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING BUT ASPHALT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S BASED ON WHAT MOST OF YOUR YEAR IS GOING TO BE.
AND, AND, AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO BE A SOOTHSAYER HERE.
I'M, I'M ASKING FOR, FOR SOME, SOME LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE VERY CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.
IF YOU GUYS GO OVER THIS AVERAGE NUMBER.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT'S IN THERE.
I BELIEVE IF IT'S EXCEED WELL, I, AS I JUST READ IT AND IT'S THE AGREEMENT TO AGREE LANGUAGE, AND BASICALLY IT PUTS SO, SO BASICALLY IT PUTS THE BALL IN YOUR COURT.
IF YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO AGREE WITH US AS TO WHAT'S REASONABLE, THEN OKAY.
WE'RE AT AN IMPASSE THEN WHAT, AND SO WE, WE FUNDAMENTALLY HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT FALLS APART BECAUSE THERE'S JUST AN AGREEMENT TO AGREE AT A FUTURE DATE AS TO HOW TO RESOLVE THAT.
I WANT TO HAVE SPECIFICITY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH AMAZON, THAT IS VERY FRANKLY, THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO IS DIRECTING AMAZON TO COMPLY WITH THESE CONDITIONS, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN AGREEMENT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE.
I, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND EVERYTHING, AND, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ADDRESS.
AND, AND WE'RE OPEN TO ANY LANGUAGE THAT STAFF MIGHT BE WILLING TO PUT IN.
BUT LIKE I SAID, OUR N OUR INTERPRETATION, AT LEAST MY INTERPRETATION IS BASED ON AN AVERAGE DAY.
AND IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SAFE CARS TO INCORPORATE THAT, TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING TOO, AND WE NEED TO COME BACK OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT WITH LANGUAGE THAT YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE.
I THINK WE'RE OPEN TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, SORRY.
UM, SINCE WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ADD INTO, UH, COMMISSIONER LEWIS.
UM, QUESTION IS THAT AMAZON IS SUCH A BIG COMPANY, AND YOU'VE BEEN OPERATING ALL OVER, NOT ONLY IN THE STATES, BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD, YOU MUST HAVE DOCUMENTATION.
SO DATA TO SUPPORT, BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE AS A RESIDENT, OR AS A COMMISSIONERS IS BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID ON THE AVERAGE, YOU HAVE 900 AND SOMETHING TRUCKS THAT COMES IN AND OUT, BUT WE DON'T REALLY, WE MEANING SPEAKING FOR MYSELF OR AS A RESIDENT, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT THAT WILL BE AND WHAT THE CHANGES WOULD BE.
SO, SO FOR YOU TO SAY, UM, AS AN AMAZON, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPANY
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AND LOGISTICALLY DATA WISE, YOU HAVE ALL THOSE INFLAMMATIONS, YOU MAY KNOW VERY WELL IN A VARIETY OF RANGES, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEAK SEASON LOOK LIKE, OR WHAT LOW SEASON LOOK LIKE, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.HOWEVER, WE, AS A RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, LAURA, AS COMMISSIONERS, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE INFORMATION.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE IS VERBALLY THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS HOW MANY TRIPS THAT WE'RE HAVING, WHICH IS, UH, UP TO 900 TRIPS.
NOW, TRIPS TO ME AND HOW COMMISSIONER LEWIS INTERPRETATION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO ME, I FELT LIKE IT'S JUST CAR 1000 CAR COMING IN, BUT YOU'RE SAYING 1000 CARS COMING IN AND OUT.
SO IT'S ONLY CLOSE TO 450 OR SO CORRECT.
AND I COULD OPEN UP TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
THERE'S ALSO PASSENGER CAR EQUIVALENTS TO THE LINE, HAUL TRUCKS AS WELL.
SO THOSE NUMBERS DO TRANSLATE TO TWO PHYSICAL CARS, BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ASK YOU IS THAT YOU GOTTA HAVE THE DATA, YOU GOTTA HAVE THE INFLAMMATIONS, BUT WE ONLY HAVE YOUR WORD.
IT'S BASICALLY A RANGE IS BETWEEN YOU ALMOST DOUBLING IN PEAK SEASON.
AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON PEAK SEASON.
YOU DO HAVE INFORMATION ON PEAK SEASON.
HOW COULD YOU NOT? THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY THAT'S RAN.
AND OF COURSE DOING COVERT TIME, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING IS SHUT DOWN.
YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE BUSIER.
THOSE PEAK IS, OF COURSE, IT'S OFF MORE THAN THE NORMAL OPERATIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
SO IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING TO HEAR AS AMAZON HAS SUCH A BIG COMPANY.
AND THE INFORMATION THAT PROVIDERS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HUGE GAP DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OFF SEASON AND NOT OFF SEASON.
AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, AT ONE PART YOU CAN COME AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS THE PLUS-SIZE THING, AND THESE ARE ALL THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE.
AND THEN THE OTHER HAND YOU'RE SEEING THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THESE INFORMATIONS.
SO MY QUESTIONS TO YOU IS THAT LOGISTICALLY IF YOU CAN TELL WHICH CAR IS PARKED AT WHICH POINT IN TIME, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PACKAGE IS BEING DELIVERED, WHAT HAVE YOU, HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING US? I GUESS IT JUST A QUESTIONS THAT NOT ONLY COMMISSIONERS ALSO AS A RESIDENT AND ALSO THE RESIDENT THAT WHO LIVES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY DO WANT TO KNOW THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE SOLID NUMBERS SO THAT THEY CAN ANTICIPATE, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE IMPACT OR NOT AN IMPACT IT MAY HAVE ON THE COMMITTEE.
OH, AND, AND DEFINITELY, AND TO THAT POINT, I THINK ON OUR END, BECAUSE OF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT OUR, WHAT IS AN AVERAGE DAY, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE ASSURED HE TO THESE ARE SPECIFIC NUMBERS, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED WITH COVID, WE DO HAVE THESE ANOMALIES THAT COVID TAUGHT US THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY, OR MAYBE THERE'S GOING BE A LITTLE BIT LESS, WE DON'T KNOW IN THAT SPECIFIC FUTURE.
AND ALSO JUST TO, TO T ANSWER THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION OF, UH, IT'S MY WORD.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST THE WORD, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE IT, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, PEER REVIEWED AS WELL BY THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
SO THERE'S, UH, SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE IN THERE AS WELL.
IT'S NOT JUST ME STANDING UP HERE AND SAYING, THIS IS WHAT IS, SO, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, WASN'T THERE A MONITORING PROCESS IN PLACE, A CITY STAFF, OR THEY GONNA INSTALL SOME SORT OF MONITORING THING THAT COUNTS THE VEHICLES GOING IN MADAM CHAIRMAN? I RESPOND, YES, YOU MAY.
I, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OFF OF THE LEGAL STANDARD HERE BECAUSE TRIP COUNTS IN AND OF THEMSELVES ARE NO LONGER WHAT DETERMINES UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN IMPACT.
WE'VE NOW SWITCHED OVER TO THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED BASIS.
AND THEY HAVE DONE A TRIP COUNT ANALYSIS BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE DEGRADATIONS OF THE INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT.
SO FROM A SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DO YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT? YOUR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS HAS SAID, NO, THE PEER REVIEW BY THE CITY HAS SAID, NO, THE OFF PEAK HOUR INTERSECTION OPERATIONS ARE SHOWING YOU A AND B LEVELS OF SERVICE.
SO YOU CAN, THEY ARE MORE THAN CAPABLE OF EXPERIENCING QUITE A BIT OF DEGRADATION DURING THE SEASONAL PEAKS AND HAS BEEN MENTIONED, YOU DON'T DESIGN THINGS FOR SEASONAL PEAKS, OR WE'D BE NOTHING BUT ROADWAYS AND PARKING LOTS.
SO, UH, THE TRIP COUNTS ARE NOT REALLY, IF IT, IF IT'S 900, IF IT'S 700 OR IF IT'S 2000, IT'S NOT YOUR SEQUENCE STANDARD OF ANALYSIS FOR WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OR NOT.
IT'S LOOKING AT YOUR VMT ANALYSIS AND YOU HAVE YOUR TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT WERE, YOU HAVE A TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND A PEER REVIEW BY.
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THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO.SO THERE'S BEEN REPORTS DONE ALREADY.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS FOR CITY STAFF TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS EFFECTIVELY AND CLEAR, SO THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
SO LET'S TELL THEM ABOUT THE PROTOCOLS IN THE LAST REPORT.
IN THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS INFORMATION GIVEN TO US THAT TALKS ABOUT THE MONITORING PROCESS AND OTHER ASPECTS.
SO THEY'RE ASKING GENERAL QUESTIONS, AND I THINK WE CAN ANSWER THAT.
WE JUST NEED SOMEONE TO RESPOND SPECIFICALLY, NOT A GENERAL BASIS SPECIFICALLY, IN REGARDS TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE MONITORING PROCESS THAT AMAZON WILL CONDUCT, UH, TO ENSURE IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT OF THE COMPLEX EXEDRA, EXEDRA, EXEDRA THREE RECALLED OUT.
SO AS PART OF THIS OPERATIONAL CONDITION, UM, THEY ARE FAIR, REQUIRED.
THE OPERATOR IS REQUIRED TO DO A, UH, UM, TRIP COUNT FOR ANNUALLY, UM, FOR A 72 HOUR CONSECUTIVE PERIOD OF TIME AND SUBMIT THAT CHIRP COUNT TO THE CITY.
SO THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING THE ACCOUNT.
SO JUST FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, UH, LET'S JUST SAY CHICK-FIL-A WHEN THEY HAD TRAFFIC OVERFLOWING ON THE STREETS, EVENTUALLY THAT GOT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND GOT BACK TO THE CITY AND THE CITY WORKED TO TRY TO RESOLVE THAT MATTER BY REPOSITIONING WHERE CARS WENT IN AND OUT.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT PROCESS, A PROCESS THAT CAN OCCUR THAT IF FOR SOME REASON, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE, THAT SOMEHOW THEY GAVE US, THEY GAVE US AN ANALYSIS ON THE MAX LIMIT.
SO JUST FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, IT COULD BE THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PACK TRIPLE PACK BACK, UH, COMPACITY, BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES, UH, A FIRE HAZARD.
SO THERE'S OTHER LAWS AND FIRE CODES AND COMPACITY LIMITS THAT ARE IN PLACE ALREADY THROUGH OUR CITY ORDINANCES AND OUR S AND STATE LAW.
SO THERE IS A SAFE CARDS IN PLACE IN GENERAL THAT WILL ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S NO WAY THAT NO MATTER HOW MANY DELIVERIES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE, THEY CAN'T, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BREAK THE FIRE CODE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BREAK STATE LAW THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CAPACITY LIMITS IN GENERAL, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE A FIRE HAZARD OR A ROAD HAZARD.
UH, AND I, AND I HOPE, UH, AMAZON, AM I CORRECT ON THAT? CORRECT.
JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
SO THERE ARE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS IN OUR FACILITY.
THERE'S ONLY X SQUARE FOOTAGE, X NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES COULD FIT THERE.
SO TO THAT POINT, THERE ARE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS THAT DO LIMIT OUR OPERATION AS WELL.
I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT YOU GOT ASKING FOR NEGATIVE DECORATIONS ENVIRONMENT IMPACT THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED AND ZONE CHANGE, PRECISE PLAN, CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THE TREE REMOVAL.
THOSE ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT, BUT THE TWO MAIN ITEMS HERE TONIGHT IN FRONT OF US IS REALLY THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT CHANGE IN THE ZONE CHANGE.
NOW, WITHOUT THESE TWO, THESE TWO ITEMS ARE WHAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT.
AND WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS.
WE'VE GOTTEN RATHER THE TRAFFIC, UH, TRIP COUNTS, OR WHETHER THE TRAVEL MILEAGE, THESE ARE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE TWO MAIN ITEMS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IS THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ZONE CHANGE WITHOUT THESE CHANGES FROM, UM, CHANGING FROM A CHURCH TO A M ONE IS JUST NOT GOING TO WORK BASICALLY.
SO THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED, AND ALSO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT, OR LAST WEEK, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YES, TRIP COUNTS, MILEAGE, TRAVEL.
HOW, HOW, HOW WE DETERMINE AND HOW THE WORDING ARE.
WE, WE ARE AT THE END OF THE DAY ARE MAKING DECISIONS ON THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ZONE CHANGE TONIGHT.
THOSE ARE THE TWO CRITICAL ITEMS AND SURE.
HER HANG, THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NOT AT THIS MOMENT.
SO I GUESS WHAT THE COMMISSION IS PROBABLY ASKING IS WHAT IS YOUR MAX CAPACITY? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUSH IT TO THREE TIMES THE LIMIT, OR, YOU KNOW, I WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE NOT THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE YOUR LAST, I GUESS IF YOU REACH CAPACITY WITH US, YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION.
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CAN YOU GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON, AND SO, SO ON THAT, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.I CAN'T SPECULATE AS TO WHAT IT WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY, BUT TO WHAT WAS STATED BY THE OTHER COMMISSIONER, WE DO HAVE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS, SIZE OF THE FACILITY, THE AMOUNT OF PARKING, THE AMOUNT OF VANS WE COULD ACTUALLY HOUSE THERE DO LIMIT OUR CAPACITY.
AT 2, 2, 1 OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WAS MADE EARLIER, OUR INTENT HERE IS TO BE VERY HYPER-LOCAL AND SERVE THE SERVICE, THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A LOT, UH, SEVERAL OF THESE, UH, LAST MILE DELIVERY FACILITIES KIND OF SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK TO BASICALLY SERVE AS A POST OFFICE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE MAIL CARRIER IS GOING TO HAVE MORE, MORE MAIL DURING CHRISTMAS TIME.
IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF ANALOGY, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE IT IS SPECULATIVE IN HR.
I DON'T HAVE THOSE HARD NUMBERS, BUT THROUGHOUT 11 MONTHS OF THE YEAR, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, WHEN DO YOU FORESEE YOU'LL BE AN OPERATION? UM, GEEZ, WHERE ARE WE LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR? WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, THE ONLY QUESTION OR THAT I HAD ACTUALLY WAS THAT YOU HAVE THESE SELF-EMPLOYED ENTREPRENEURS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HELPING TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR WILL THEY ALSO BE REGULATED? I MEAN, WILL THEY BE DRUG TESTED? SO, SO BASICALLY OUR DSPS GO THROUGH THE SAME TYPE OF BACKGROUND CHECKS AS AN EMPLOYEE, JUST AS TIM AND MYSELF.
SO THEY GO THROUGH THE SAME TYPE OF BACKGROUND CHECKS, UM, AS, AS ANY TYPE OF AMAZON EMPLOYEE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT, WAGE-EARNERS, THEY'RE BEING PAID AS A COMPANY, AB FIVE WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2020, WHERE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE 10 99.
SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? I WAS JUST ASKING IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE WAGE-EARNERS OR IF THE AIR, HOW WOULD THEY BE PAID? YEAH, TH THEY WILL BE, UM, SO THEY, THEY WILL NOT BE WHAT WE CALL REGULAR BLUE BADGE, AMAZON EMPLOYEES.
THEY WILL BE EMPLOYED BY THE DELIVERY SERVICE PARTNER, WHICH FORMS A COMPANY, UH, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY AN LLC FOR EXAMPLE, AND WOULD BE EMPLOYEES OF THE LLC.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO HEARING, UM, ACTUALLY WE'RE ALENA, WE HAVE 27 PLUS PERSONS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
CAN WE LIMIT THEM TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON? YOU HAVE ONE HALF HOURS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SPEAKER TIME, DUDE, IF THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF SCORES OF DATA.
DO YOU WANT TO DO THREE MINUTES? YES, PLEASE.
UM, I HAVE A FEW, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO COME UP.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED SANDRA VEGA.
AND I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FAST, UM, AND I WERE ENCOURAGED TO APPLICANT THAT, UM, WHEN IT GOES TO THE CITY CONSOLE EVENTUALLY, UH, THAT YOU PR YOU PR YOU PRESENT THE VIDEOS THAT YOU HAVE.
I THINK THE VIDEOS THAT AMAZON HAS ON YOUTUBE AND SO FORTH, AND THE VIDEOS THAT YOU GUYS PRODUCE, UH, REALLY CURES UP A CLEAR MESSAGE.
AND IT'S, UH, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, HOPEFULLY AT THE CONSOLE MEETINGS THAT YOU GUYS PRESENT THAT AND, AND SHOW THE AUDIENCE AT THAT TIME.
OF THE BACKGROUND AND THE GREAT WORK THAT AMAZON DOES.
CHEVETTE PEREZ AT FOR OPPOSED OR FAVOR IN FAVOR, HUH? SHE'S NOT HERE.
I CAN'T READ YOUR FIRST NAME AND SAID, HI, WIT ABILA POSED OR IN FAVOR, IT'S NOT HERE, JUAN SANCHEZ OPPOSED OR IN FAVOR, JOEL, A ROYAL AVER, PATRICIA HERNANDEZ, OPPOSED OR IN FAVOR THE TRIAL.
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OKAY.WE WILL BEGIN HEARING FROM, FROM THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START WITH JOEL A ROYAL, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ONLY WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, I'M IN FAVOR OF SON BECAUSE I'M SON, THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A LOT OF JOBS.
WELL, FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY, THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT? NOT TO SAY, THANK YOU.
I'M IN FAVOR BECAUSE, UH, JUST THE JOBS, IT'S HARD TO GET A JOB.
SO MY SON, HIS GUEST GOT OUTTA COLLEGE, LOW.
IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING GOOD FOR HIM.
SO I I'M I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF WITH IT.
AND WE'LL HEAR FROM YOUR SON, DAVID JR.
UM, I IS I'M IN COLLEGE AND THEN I THINK I WAS ON, IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR MY COLLEGE TUITION AND I COULD STILL WORK IN A LITTLE BIT MONEY TO PAY FOR FOOD AND EXPENSES.
LIKE I KNOW LIKE ANYA, OH NO, NO, I DON'T.
JEFF HOLLENBECK, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS OR THE SIMPLICITY OF JOBS THAT IT CREATES AND IT'S MADE MY LIFE EASIER TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
TO BE ABLE TO PUSH A BUTTON AND HAVE THINGS DELIVERED THE NEXT DAY AND FOR THE JOBS THAT IT CREATES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MY FAMILY.
SINCE IT YOUNG, GOOD EVENING, I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF AMAZON BEING BUILT.
A LOT OF FACTORS THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT MORE JOB CREATION.
UM, BUT ALONG WITH THAT COMMUNITY DRIVEN, NOT HAVING ANY MAJOR TRAFFIC IMPACT WHILE ALSO BRINGING IN THOSE JOBS AND BRING IN THE ECONOMIC EFFECT IN THE COMMUNITY IS WHY I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.
JASON KINOSHITA I'M IN FAVOR OF, UM, BUILDING AMAZON, UH, EVERYTHING YOU HEARD ALREADY, JOB CREATION SEEMS LIKE IT'S A GOOD DEAL WITH SCHOOL TUITION AND ALL THE PERKS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.
I'M THEIR FAVOR TO MY SON BECAUSE HE'S BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE JOB ONE DAY.
UH, SHE, THE WET, UH, COVINA, THAT'S IT.
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THANK YOU, BRIAN LOPEZ.I'M IN FAVOR WITH THE BUILDING OF THE NEW AMAZON, UH, SAME WITH OTHER, UH, FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WANT TO START THEIR CAREER.
AND, UM, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.
LIKE IF YOU SAID, PRESS A BUTTON AND THINGS GET DELIVERED THE NEXT DAY, THERE'LL BE GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF THE AMAZON.
UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE JOB, BUT AFTER SEEING THE SLIDESHOW I'M SOLD ON THEIR TRAFFIC PLAN, THEIR BENEFITS THAT THEY GIVE PEOPLE, IT'S HUGE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GO TO COLLEGE AND BETTER THEMSELVES.
I JUST THINK IT'S A WIN ALL AROUND AND EXTRA MONEY FOR THE CITY.
I'M UH, ALSO IN FAVOR, THE AMAZON BEING BUILT HERE IN WEST COVINA, UH, FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, SOME SAID BEFORE OTHERS IS THIS VERY SIMPLE DATA.
I MEAN, ANYONE, EVERYONE CAN LOOK THIS UP BEST PLACES.NET ABOUT OUR CITY WEST COVINA.
UH, AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE, UH, 11.3% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WHEN THE UNITED STATES AVERAGE IS 6%.
SO WE'RE ALMOST DOUBLE OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON IN OUR STATES RIGHT NOW, THIS WILL HELP BUILD THE MARKET.
AND AFTER THE GENTLEMEN FROM AMAZON, EXPLAIN THE HOURLY RATE OF $18 AN HOUR SIMPLY QUICKLY CALCULATED THAT COMES OUT TO $37,440, UH, PER YEAR FOR ONE PERSON.
WHEN OUR AVERAGE INCOME IN OUR CITY IS 24,994.
THIS IS JUST DATA I'M READING OFF OF THE NET, BUT THAT'S AN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR ALL OF OUR, UH, OUR CITIZENS HERE.
I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF THE AMAZON BUILD THE JOBS WHEN I CAME IN WAS A BIG PART OF IT.
AND THEN ALSO I HAVE YOUNG KIDS, SO OPPORTUNITY TO THEM FOR, TO WORK AND, UH, EARN MONEY FOR COLLEGES.
BUT THE GENTLEMEN JUST POINTED THOSE BENEFITS OUT FAR OUTWEIGH THOSE.
BUT, UM, SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ALL THE WAY AROUND.
HOW DID YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME? LAST NAME IS MANHART.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR AMAZON TO COME INTO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S JOBS.
EVERY ONE OF YOU UP HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PROSPER, YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE.
WELL, UH, IF THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS SO HIGH, THIS IS ONE WAY TO STOP THAT THIS IS ONE WAY TO SHIP.
THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M IN FAVOR FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE KIDS AT HOME AND AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME IT GETS A LITTLE CRAZY.
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LIKE RUN AROUND AND DO SOME PACKAGES ON YOUR OWN OR A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY.CAUSE I WAS GETTING EXPENSIVE TO RAISE KIDS.
SO I ASKED HIM WAS HE I'M IN FAVOR FOR IT.
STEVE BENNETT, STEVE BENNETT AND EVENING CHAIR COMMISSION.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS GOES IN PLACE WHERE YOU NEED IT.
UM, FIRST I WANT TO THANK BRIAN FOR SHOWING UP ON TIME.
I'M ASSUMING IN A SHORT AGENDA, YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY BE HERE THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT OVER USUAL.
I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR POSITIVES.
I MENTIONED MONITORING THOSE AND I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER LEWIS FOR ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE REALITY IS IF THEY'RE GOING TO MONITOR HIM AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THE AGREEMENT THAT SAYS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MITIGATE WHEN THEY GO OVER THOSE AVERAGES, UM, THEN IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF THEY MONITOR THEM OR NOT.
SO YOUR ARGUMENT OF THEY'RE MONITORING IT.
BUT IF THERE'S NO MITIGATION TO IT, IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
BY THE WAY, THE AVERAGE OF ONE AND 2000 IS A THOUSAND.
SO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT AVERAGES, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.
UM, THEY MENTIONED DRONES IN THE THING AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
PUT IT IN THE AGREEMENT, PUT IT IN THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING DRUGS.
SO THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE NOT, BUT AS HE SAID, BUSINESS CHOICES CHANGE.
SO PUT IN THE AGREEMENT, UM, FUEL PURCHASES, THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN WEST COVINA BY 2025, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ELECTRIC.
I'LL LET YOU THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND.
YOU GOT THAT ONE, RIGHT? BRIAN, $4 MILLION FROM A COMPANY THAT MAKES 300 BILLION A YEAR, 300 BILLION.
THEIR FORMER CEO JUST FUEL THE ROCKET FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO SPACE.
I HAVE A FEELING THEY CAN AFFORD MORE.
I HAVE A FEELING 2 MILLION UPFRONT IS CHUMP CHANGE FOR A CITY COUNCIL THAT CONSTANTLY DOES DEFICIT SPENDING CHUMP CHANGE.
THEY'LL SPEND IT BY FRIDAY 280,000 IS ONLY FOR 10 YEARS.
AND THEN IT'S 80,000 WITH THE ONE OR 2% THAT YOU GET FOR PROPERTY INCREASE ON TAXES, NOTHING, NOTHING.
WE GET A FRANCHISE FREE FROM OUR UTILITY COMPANIES THAT OUR CABLE COMPANY THAT'S PAID BY THE RESIDENTS, BY THE WAY, IT'S A TAX.
IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, THAT'S PAYING ON EVERY BILL, A COUPLE OF DOLLARS BY EVERY PERSON.
AND THAT PAYS FOR ROAD TERROR AND ACCESS TO FACILITIES.
WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THE SAME? THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THIS AGREEMENT.
AND THE NUMBER NEEDS TO BE A LOT HIGHER THAN 4 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS.
CAUSE THAT'S MORE WEAR AND TEAR ON THESE ROADS.
THE ON AND OFF RAMPS HAD VINCENT AZUSA ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE TERRIFYING FOR PEOPLE TO GET ON AND OFF THE FREEWAYS.
WHAT TIME YOU GO TO WORK? THE PANDEMIC CHANGED EVERYTHING.
INSIGNIFICANT IS THE KEY WORD TONIGHT.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING, EVERYONE IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW WHO THINKS THEY ARE INSIGNIFICANT.
RAISE YOUR HAND BECAUSE THEY JUST SAID TONIGHT THAT THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC IS INSIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT INSIGNIFICANT.
I WASN'T BROUGHT HERE TO SAY YES, I WANT AMAZON.
I WASN'T BROUGHT HERE BECAUSE I WORKED FOR THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE PEOPLE ALL DID OR NOT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I AM NOT INSIGNIFICANT.
AND NEITHER OF THE RESIDENTS HERE, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T THINK LEGALLY, WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT YOU GUYS ARE IN CHARGE OF EXACTLY WHAT GOES ON IN THIS CITY.
AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TO MAKE IT SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT MATTERS TO US.
THERE WERE A FEW PERSONS THAT CAME IN.
WERE YOU IN FAVOR? CAUSE WE ALREADY CALLED THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR, PATRICIA HERNANDEZ.
SO I'M WAS ORIGINALLY OPPOSED TO THIS, UM, BECAUSE I HAVE SOME HEALTH ISSUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
JUST TO MAKE THE LONG STORY SHORT, THE PAPER THAT THEY'RE PASSING YOU IS A LETTER IN REGARDS TO MY HEALTH CONDITION AND STUFF.
AND I USED, I ORIGINALLY LIVED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE HOSPITAL WAS, BUT THROUGHOUT TIME I ENDED UP, UM, SUFFERING SOME MEDICAL ISSUES DUE
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TO THE HOSPITAL BEING NEXT DOOR.UM, THEY HAVE A TRUCK THAT GOES IN AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING THAT FILLS THE, UM, OXYGEN TANKS, UM, EVERY NIGHT.
AND SO I WAS WALKING UP EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AND HAVING A RE YOU KNOW, RIGIDLY, GETTING SLEEP, DEPRIVATION, DEPRESSION, UH, ANXIETY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I ASKED MY MANAGER A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER.
UM, IF I COULD MOVE, THEY HAD ANY OPENINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT JUST HAPPENED THAT I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE TO THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS THE EAST SIDE, THE EAST SIDE OF FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH, WHERE YOU GUYS WANT TO AMAZON WANTS TO PUT THEIR, UH, VAN, UH, DECK THERE ANYWAY.
SO, UM, SINCE I'VE MOVED THERE, I HAVE BEEN OFF OF ALL MY MEDICATION.
I HAVE IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT AND NOW, UH, FINDING OUT AND WE JUST FOUND OUT IN, IN JULY.
AND I CAME HERE ACTUALLY TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN MAY AND I ASKED THEM THAT THERE WAS AN AMAZON PROJECT, UM, COMING UP AND THEY SAID, NO, THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
I'M THE ONE THAT TOLD MY MANAGER THAT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY FOUND OUT.
AND THIS WAS IN, I THINK AUGUST IS WHEN THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
NOBODY TOLD US NOBODY CAME AROUND.
I SPOKE TO MR. NAVARRO, MYSELF, ABOUT LOT OF CONCERNS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS, BUT THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY HOUSE.
AND THIS IS, UM, MY, THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY BEDROOM AND THAT IS GOING TO BE STRAIGHT ACROSS WHERE THE BUILDING IS.
THAT'S HOW CLOSE MINES IS MY GRANDSONS, MY GRANDSONS ROOM'S RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS THE CORNER.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEIR, UH, THE SITE, UM, OF THEIR PLANNING WAS, OKAY, THEY WANT TO PUT A, UM, ROUTE THAT GOES RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY DOOR.
THIS LEADS ALL THE WAY TO THE SENIORS.
SO I REPRESENT 98 SENIORS, BY THE WAY, THEY COULD NOT MAKE IT HERE.
THAT DON'T HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE THEY'RE OLD, THEY HAVE DISABILITIES AND, AND THEY CANNOT BE HERE.
THESE SENIORS WERE NOT NOTIFIED BY AMAZON WHATSOEVER.
WE, THE ONLY REASON WHY I KNEW WAS LIKE I SAID, I HAD CAME.
I CALLED, I HAD SPOKEN TO MRS. BURNS SEVERAL TIMES.
SHE CAN TELL YOU I WAS BUGGING A LOT ANYWAYS.
UM, BUT UM, MOST OF YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS THIS, THE SAFETY, OUR SAFETY, OUR SLEEP, THE SLEEP DEPRIVATION THAT MY SIX YEAR OLD GRANDSON IS GOING TO HAVE BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET UP FOR SCHOOL IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THE BELLS OF THE TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING OFF AND ON AT NIGHTTIME AND THE SAFETY OF, OF, UH, THE CHILDREN THAT GO TO SCHOOL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH HAS GROWTH CENTER.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT AMAZON HIRES FELONS, AND I HAVE A PHOTO HERE OF AMAZON ACTUALLY SHOWING THAT THEY HIRE FELONS RIGHT HERE.
AND IT SAYS ON HERE THAT THEY HIRE FELONS AND THING IS WHAT KIND OF FELONS DO THEY HIRE? DO THEY HIRE FELONS OF MOLESTATION? BECAUSE WE HAVE GROSS ON THEM RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
WE HAVE LAS PALMAS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S SEVERAL SCHOOLS.
AND MY CONCERN IS WHAT ABOUT THE THIRD TIME? WE'VE EXCEEDED YOUR TIME.
LASTLY, I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS DO SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE NEED MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS, I HOPE YOU BRING MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON, ON JUDY FOR THIS.
WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? THAT WAS YOUR NAME.
CHERYL, CHERYL, CALL ME CHEVETTE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND TO THE COMMISSION FOR HEARING THIS AND ORIGINALLY, UM, I WASN'T OPPOSED TO AMAZON COMING IN.
I LIKE AMAZON, BUT MY CONCERN AGAIN WAS FOR MY RESIDENTS AT LARK ELLEN BELGIAN.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE DEVELOPERS FOR, UM, ANSWERING OUR WAS LIKE SIX CONCERNS, BUT ONE OF THEM WASN'T ON THE BOARD.
SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
IF YOU COULD AT LEAST TRY TO PUT THIS INTO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND IT'S THE TOPIC OF THE NO BUSINESS FROM 10:00 PM TO 10:00 AM ON THE EAST SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY.
AND I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW THAT, UM, IT'S LIKE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY ACTIVITY ON THAT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT IF THAT COULD BE WRITTEN INTO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
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AND THEN OUR FRONT ENTRANCE, SO BACK TO THE TRAFFIC AND, UM, I DO FEEL A LITTLE INSIGNIFICANT.WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR FRONT ENTRANCE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE GREATLY IMPACTED BY THE VEHICLES COMING AND GOING.
IT EVEN HAPPENED WITH THE CHURCH EVEN ON SUNDAY.
SO IF YOU WERE TRYING TO GET INTO OUR PROPERTY WITH WHEN THE CHURCH WAS LETTING OUT, OH MY GOSH, LIKE YOU HAD TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WAVE YOUR HANDS, FLASH YOUR FLASHERS BECAUSE THE CHURCH, ALL THEY WANTED TO DO WAS JUST GET OUT OF CHURCH AND GET HOME.
SO IF WE WERE TRYING TO MERGE INTO TURN INTO THE PROPERTY, IT WAS REALLY HARD.
SO MAYBE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING AMAZON COULD DO TO EDUCATE THEIR DRIVERS, TO LET THEM KNOW LIKE, UM, LIKE COMMON ROAD COURTESY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 45 SENIORS THAT PARK ON THAT SAN BERNANDINO ROAD, FRONT ENTRANCE THAT WE'LL BE TRYING TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY.
AND IF WE GET A BACKFLOW OF CARS PARKED THERE OR DELIVERY TRUCKS OR VANS, IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT, UM, FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
AND THEN LASTLY, IT WAS SAID AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THIS IS A TENURE THAT GREEN, LAW'S GOING TO HAVE A 10 YEAR CONTRACT WITH AMAZON.
AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION IS DECIDING TO CHANGE THE ZONING FOR THAT PROPERTY.
SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT WITH GREENLAW, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO BE OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS GREENLAWN.
AMAZON'S GOING TO BE OUR, OUR NEIGHBOR THAT'S RENTING THE PROPERTY, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE 10 YEAR AGREEMENT WITH AMAZON? WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW WILL THAT IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IF AMAZON CHOOSES TO NOT USE THAT LOCATION AND GO ON TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
SO PLEASE TRY AND WRITE THAT INTO YOUR, UM, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL.
IF THERE'S A WAY TO PROTECT US IN THE FUTURE.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ANSWERING, UM, OUR CONCERNS THAT WE HAD.
I MISSED A, UH, SOMEONE WHO WAS IN FAVOR, ADAM HIGHLAND.
I THINK THIS IS GREAT THAT IT'S COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I HAVE A MOTHER THAT'S 65 YEARS OLD AND COVID HIT.
SHE WAS LAID OFF FROM HER JOB.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD ANY PARENTS OR ANYBODY.
THAT'S A SENIOR CITIZEN THAT HAS HAD TO LOOK FOR A JOB AT THEIR AGE.
I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN THAT AT SOME POINT WILL BE LOOKING FOR A JOB.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEND THEM DOWN THE STREET AND SAY, APPLY AT AMAZON.
THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE HERE.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED.
UH, UNLIKE A LOT OF THE SPEAKERS HERE IN FAVOR OF THE BILL, THEY DON'T LIVE HERE.
I DO 24 YEARS LIVING IN THIS GREAT CITY AND I'M OPPOSED TO 1000 CARS DAILY FOR 10 MONTHS.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR 10 MONTHS IN PEAK SEASON, IT'S GOING TO BE TRIPLE.
THEY GOT THE DATA YOU ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING TO HAVE THE NUMBERS DOWN.
YOU ASK GOOD QUESTIONS AGAIN AGAIN, WHY DON'T THEY WRITE IT DOWN? IT'S LIKE GIVING THEM A BLANK, CHECK, BULLSHIT, DO THE RIGHT THING.
YOU GUYS CAN DO SOMETHING BETTER, MORE PRODUCTIVE, BUILT 20 HOUSES ON THE PADILLA'S SIDE, 20 ON SAN BERNARDINO COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES FOR 30 YEARS.
HOUSES SELL IN TWO DAYS OUT HERE, TWO ON MY STREET TWO DAYS AND THEY WERE GONE.
SO NO, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER WAYS TO MAKE THIS CITY STRIVING.
TELL MR. LAM TO GO SELL HIS MAGIC BEANS SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THEM HERE IN WEST COVINA.
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MARTHA MIRANDA, JERRY DRESS.I'M TOTALLY UNAFFILIATED WITH ANYBODY ORGANIZATION.
I AM ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHED AT THE NUMBER OF VANS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED TO THAT WILL BE THERE.
THE PROJECT MAY BE RETURNING THE ZONE TO A PREVIOUS ONE, BUT IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
WHAT WAS THERE WHEN IT WAS, UM, THE ORIGINAL ZONE, DIDN'T HAVE ALL THIS IN AND OUT VANS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR FUNDAMENTAL TRANSPORTATION.
I MEAN, TRANSFORMATION OF WHERE I LIVE.
I DON'T LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO IT, BUT I AM ON AZUSA, BUT DELO AND THE SAN BERNARDINO CONSTANTLY.
AND I'M ONE OF THOSE INSIGNIFICANT PEOPLE THAT DO MY TRAVELINGS AFTER RUSH HOUR.
AND I HAVE LEARNED IT'S REALLY BUSY THERE.
AND THAT AREA TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IN THE LAST PRESENTATION CONCERNED ME BECAUSE THERE WERE VAGUENESS AND AMBIGUITIES AND INCONSISTENCIES THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY PROMISES THE DEVELOPER MAKES OR AMAZON MAKES TO BE PUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THEY DON'T MEAN ANYTHING IF THEY'RE JUST WORDS THAT THEY PROMISE.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE INCONSISTENCIES I'VE SEEN AS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 250 JOBS, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE FOUR OVER 400 JOBS.
HOW MUCH, MANY JOBS ARE THEY REALLY TALKING ABOUT? THEY TALKED ABOUT $15 AN HOUR, AND THEY'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT $18 AN HOUR.
UM, I'M CONCERNED I'M PAGE FIVE, THE DRIVEWAY COUNT OCCURRENCE.
IT JUST AS VAGUE DURING A CALENDAR YEAR, IT SHOULD BE APPLES TO APPLES.
I THINK SAME BASIC MONTH FROM YEAR TO YEAR SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING IT'S JUST, I'M CONCERNED.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT ACTUALLY PROHIBITS TRUCKS AND VANS FROM USING AZUSA DURING RUSH HOUR.
AZUSA IS BUSY AFTER RUSH HOUR.
MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT THING AGREEMENT IS MUCH MORE SPECIFIC THAN IT IS BECAUSE THE CITY CANNOT AND WILL NOT ENFORCE THINGS.
IF IT'S NOT IN THE AGREEMENT WE'RE HAVING ISSUES NOW WITH WEST COVINA IS, UH, ENFORCING THINGS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, BILL ROBINSON RESIDENT.
I'M NOT BEING PAID BY AMAZON TO COME HERE TO THIS MICROPHONE FROM MY ANALYSIS AND UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THE SECRET PROCESS.
THE LEVEL OF IMPACTS REFERRED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS INVOLVING SIG SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AND COMPOSITION OF TRUCK TRAFFIC RISE TO THE LEVEL OF PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
UNDER THE SECRET PROCESS, A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DEC AND INITIAL STUDY IS INADEQUATE FOR THESE PURPOSES.
YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TONIGHT TO MAKE A LEGAL DECISION
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FOR THE, FOR THE LEVEL OF THE IMPACTS DESCRIBED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS, PUBLIC SAFETY, NOISE AND AIR QUALITY IMPACTS, UH, CAN EXTEND SIGNIFICANTLY BEYOND THE 300 FOOT NOTIFICATION ZONE CURRENTLY USED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS.THE NOTIFICATION ZONE SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO AT LEAST A THOUSAND FEET TO ENSURE THAT THESE IMPACTS ARE PROPERLY DISCLOSED.
AND TO DETERMINE IF IMPACTS CAN BE MITIGATED TO A LEVEL OF INSIGNIFICANCE.
UH, THE ZONING OF THIS FACILITY IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL ZONING OF OUR BEDROOM COMMUNITY, WHICH ASSUMES PROPER AND, UH, COMPATIBLE PUBLIC SAFETY, NOISE, AND AIR QUALITY PROTECTIONS.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL STANDARDS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE COMPATIBILITY WITH AND PROTECTION TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
YOU KNOW, NOISE GLARE VIBRATION.
THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH ANNE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WITHOUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF MITIGATION THROUGH BUFFER ZONES OR OTHER, UH, MEASURES TO REDUCE IMPACTS TO A LEVEL OF INSIGNIFICANCE.
UH, WHILE I'M PART OF BALDWIN PARK IN IRWINDALE NEED TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, UH, THIS TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, THE TRIP, UH, DISTRIBUTION DRIVEWAY, DATA PRESENTED TONIGHT NEEDS VERIFICATION.
UH, COMMENT 14 FOR THIS SCALE OF PROJECT.
THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES IDENTIFIED AND THE RESULTING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
UH, THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, UH, PROVIDE TO DATE IS IN INADEQUATE AND FLOOD AND ADDITIONAL ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN BY THE CITY TO INCREASE THE ZONE OF NOTIFICATION TO AT LEAST A THOUSAND FEET AND TO CONDUCT PROPERLY FACILITATED PUBLIC MEETINGS, TO CONVEY THE LEVEL OF IMPACT TO BE EXPERIENCED.
I DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER AT MY HOME.
I COULDN'T, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THESE, UH, THESE ZONE DISCUSSIONS THAT OCCURRED, UH, TO FINISH MY SENTENCE, UH, ANY POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES AND TO RECEIVE ROBUST PUBLIC INPUT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE PROCESS.
THE PROJECT DESCRIBED RISES TO A LEVEL WELL BEYOND THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF PUBLIC NOTIFICATION, UH, PROCESS, UH, CAN, UH, CURRENTLY PROVIDED, UH, YOU FOLKS, UH, MEDICAL, UH, MITIGATED, MITIGATED NEGATIVE DEC, WON'T CUT IT.
YOU NEED AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
JOCELYN RUIZ, I'VE HEARD, I'VE HEARD THE BOARD, UH, DISCUSS AMAZON'S TRAFFIC STUDIES, THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND OTHER TECHNICALITIES, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE GOING IN AND OUT TO WORK THERE EVERY DAY, AMAZON IS BRINGING 400 JOBS, BUT WHAT KIND OF JOBS DOES AMAZON CREATE? I WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE A REPORT BASED ON DATA DATA THAT AMAZON ITSELF REPORTED TO OSHA FOR WAREHOUSE WORKERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN 2020, THE INJURY RATE FOR WAREHOUSE WORKER FOR THE WAREHOUSING INDUSTRY WAS 4.0 PER A HUNDRED WORKERS.
AN AMAZON WAREHOUSE WORKERS WERE HAD AT A RATE OF WERE HURT AT A RATE OF 13 POINT 11 PER 100 WORKERS.
THAT'S 3.2 TIMES HIGHER THAN WORKERS IN THE SAME INDUSTRY THAT YEAR 96% OF ALL INJURIES WERE SO SEVERE THAT WORKERS NEEDED ACCOMMODATIONS OR HAD TO MISS WORK ENTIRELY.
AND WHEN WORKERS HAD TO MISS WORK FOR THEIR INJURIES, THEY WERE FORCED TO MISS AN AVERAGE OF 54 DAYS.
THAT'S ALMOST TWO MONTHS OF MISSED WORK.
AND FOR ALL YEARS, THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE.
AMAZON'S RATE ON INJURIES IS HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE WAREHOUSING INDUSTRY.
AMAZON'S WORKERS ARE GETTING INJURED MORE FREQUENTLY, MORE SEVERELY, AND NEED MORE TIME TO RECOVER.
AND NON-AMAZON WORKERS DOES THE CITY COUNCIL WANTING TO INJURE A MEAL IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
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ARE THESE THE KINDS OF JOBS THAT WE WANT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IS THIS WHERE WE WANT TO SEND OUR KIDS.HOW WILL, UH, CITY HALL OR CITY COUNCIL REACT? WHEN WE START SEEING 18 AND 19 YEAR OLDS WITH LIFELONG INJURIES, THIS COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTERS.
AND AS ELECTEDS, I HOPE THAT YOU PRIORITIZE YOUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND WELLBEING OVER CORPORATE PROFITS.
THANK YOU, RON HERRERA, RON HERRERA, UM, COMMISSION NURSE, UH, I'M AROUND HERRERA, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ME.
I'M THE SECRETARY TREASURER OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL THREE 90 HERE, 96 HERE, NEXT DOOR IN COVINA.
AND I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FEDERATION OF LABOR 300 AFFILIATE STRONG 800,000 UNION MEMBERS.
AND I NOTICED THAT THESE GENTLEMEN ARE TAKING NOTES.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHAT THEY HEAR FROM ME SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF USE TO HOUSE $15 AN HOUR, 15 TO $18 AN HOUR, WHICH ONE OF US CAN RAISE A FAMILY ON 15 TO $18 AN HOUR.
WHEN, UM, AMAZON WAS BEING, UH, UNIONIZED AND SMR, ALABAMA, THEY VIOLATED EVERY LABOR LAW POSSIBLE.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT ELECTION.
UH, YOU DONE AGAIN HERE SOON, THE LABOR BOARD'S GOING TO RULE THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION, BUT I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, THE COMMISSIONER LEWIS ABOUT PUTTING THINGS IN WRITING.
HOW ABOUT A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT LIKE IN LOS ANGELES WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN LABOR AND COMMUNITY AND EVEN DEVELOPERS WITH STRONG, UH, YOU KNOW, LABOR PROTECTIONS, BUT I'M HERE TO DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, ASK ALL OF YOU, UH, TO DEMAND MORE FROM AMAZON, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, EARLIER SPEAKERS SAID ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WEALTH OF THIS COMPANY AND, UH, DEFINITELY YOU DON'T WANT THIS COMMUNITY SHORTCHANGED.
YOU DON'T WANT THE WORKERS HERE, UH, SHORT CHANGED AS, UH, MY SISTER JOSHLYNN SAID EARLIER.
UM, THEY, THE, UH, UH, DISABILITIES THAT COME OUT OF THAT PLANT PLANT ARE HORRENDOUS.
THE INJURIES THAT COME OUT OF THAT PLANT ARE, ARE JUST ASTRONOMICAL.
UM, JUST LOOK INTO WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOME SIGNED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, 7 0 1 THAT WAS DIRECTED RIGHT AT THEM DIRECTED RIGHT AT THEM ON A PACE OF WORK, UH, BECAUSE UH, WORKERS WERE GOING TO THE RESTROOM AND THAT TIME WAS HELD AGAINST THEM BECAUSE OF PRODUCTION STANDARDS.
AND NOW WAREHOUSES LIKE AMAZON, OR ARE HAVING TO, UH, DECLARE QUOTAS ON, ON PACE OF WORK.
SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF COMPANY YOU HAVE HERE.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE, AND I URGE YOU TO DO MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND NOT TAKE THIS TO THE, TO THE, UH, CITY CONSOLE WITHOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DIVING DEEPER INTO THIS.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE TODAY.
AND ARE YOU A ADDICT? I JUST HAD AN, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
HOW YOU'RE UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR MY NOTES WHILE YOU A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
I ACTUALLY THINK THERE'S AN UNCLE MATT.
ONE OF THOSE HOUSES THAT
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH THE MEETING HERE.
MY NAME IS SANDRA VEGA AND I'M A UPS EMPLOYEE GOING ON 22 YEARS AND A PROTEIN SIR, AT THAT TONIGHT, I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS FROM THE SAN GABRIEL HUB AND THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS
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AND THEIR ALSO SURROUNDING RESIDENTS OF THE WEST COVINA AND, UH, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.WE HAVE, UM, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST A LITTLE UPSET HERE.
UM, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, WE HAVE, UH, AN INDUSTRY LEADING WAGES AND BENEFITS THAT ARE THE FOUNDING THAT ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE LIVE IN.
SINCE THE GENTLEMEN FROM AMAZON TALKED ABOUT THE BENEFITS, IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT I MENTIONED HOW FAR WE HAVE TO GO.
UPS EMPLOYEES START MAKING $15 AN HOUR.
AND WELL, A LOT OF US MAKE OVER $41 IN THEIR WORK.
THIS LET ME MENTION TO YOU GUYS THAT FORTUNATELY WE PAID ZERO.
WHEN IT COMES TO OUR INSURANCE, WE STAND IN OPPOSITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND WE WILL FIGHT TO THE END IN PROSPERITY FOR OUR FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT, OKAY, THANK YOU, CLAUDIA MAGANA.
I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN WEST COVINA.
I WENT TO SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY WASN'T GONNA SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSED, BUT DIDN'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO PARTICIPATE.
SO, AND SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT.
I'M ALSO SPEAKING UP BECAUSE I STILL HAVE FAMILY THAT LIVES HERE.
AND I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO ALSO STILL LIVE HERE AND WHO WERE RAISING KIDS HERE.
UM, AMAZON IS A TERRIBLE NEIGHBOR.
THEY'RE A TERRIBLE EMPLOYER AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD.
AND THEY'RE JUST A TERRIBLE COMPANY OVERALL THAT THEY HAD TO PAY PEOPLE TO COME AND SPEAK.
LIKE MY GUY, HE LIVES IN TALKING POINTS AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, LIKE JESUS JUST DO BASIC RESEARCH ON THE COMPANY.
RIGHT? DON'T JUST HEAR WHAT THEY'RE TELLING YOU.
YOU ALL TALKED A LOT ABOUT, I WANT TO SEE HOW MANY CARS, THE IMPACT YOU HAVE A FACILITY DOWN THE STREET.
I'VE SAT OUTSIDE THAT, OUTSIDE THAT FACILITY BEFORE AND SEE 900 CARS IN A SINGLE DAY.
ONE, ONE TRIP THAT MAKES IT WHAT ALMOST 2000 GOING THE WAY YOU ALL ARE CALCULATING IT.
LIKE YOU HAVE SEVERAL FACILITIES NEARBY, GO LOOK, GO SIT OUTSIDE, SEE WHAT REAL IMPACT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
JUST DO THE BASIC RESEARCH BEFORE YOU GIVE AWAY THE FARM TO THESE FOLKS.
THIS IS THE MOST WEALTHIEST COMPANY ROWING, EXPANDING IN EVERY SINGLE INDUSTRY.
THEY'RE NOT JUST A LOGISTICS COMPANY.
THEY'RE A SURVEILLANCE COMPANY.
THEY ARE ALL THERE IN THE SPACE.
NOW EVERYBODY CAN NAME AN INDUSTRY THAT AMAZON IS IN.
UH, I THOUGHT THE WORKERS WERE ABOUT TO GO STRIKE ON THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE A TERRIBLE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AS WELL.
LIKE, DON'T JUST HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
DON'T JUST ASK THEM TO GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS THAT THEY WANT TO TELL YOU TO GET THOSE MOOT, THIS PROJECT MOOD.
UM, YOU JUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK SO MUCH MORE LOOK, A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO THE LAST MEETING AND ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS, AND NOW THEY GAVE YOU A WALL AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY'RE OFFERING YOU, IS THERE LIKE LITTLE COMMUNITY OFFERINGS.
LIKE YOU CAN GET SO MUCH MORE FROM THIS COMPANY, A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT THAT OUTLINES AND ADDRESSES RESIDENT'S REAL CONCERNS THAT HAS LABOR AGREEMENTS IN IT.
THAT PICTURE THAT THOSE WORKERS CAN HAVE ONE DAY THE SAME BENEFITS THAT UPS WORKERS ACTUALLY HAVE, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE NOT TAKING AWAY OR BRINGING DOWN THE STANDARDS OF OTHER UNIONIZED WORKERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL YOU GOTTA SAY IS, LISTEN TO YOUR RESIDENTS, LISTEN TO THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE HERE THAT ACTUALLY WORK HERE AT WORK NEARBY THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS DECISION AND DO BETTER FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
DO BETTER FOR FOLKS IN WEST COVINA, CHRISTINE KAREEL.
UM, I WAS HERE LAST WEEK AND I SPOKE AND, UH, I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT WHAT I SAID.
UM, A LOT OF WHAT STEVE BENNETT SAID, I WAS GOING TO TOUCH ON THIS EVENING.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO GO BACK ALL THE WAY BACK TOWARD THE BEGINNING.
WHEN MR. LAMB HAD MENTIONED THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT THEY REALLY NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE IN THE FIRST 300 YARDS OF THE VICINITY, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT 300 YARDS IS THE I'M SORRY, 300 FEET IS THAT SEVEN 11 IS THAT ONE STREET SELF.
IT DEFINITELY ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE APARTMENTS.
AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T GET INFORMATION ON THAT.
THAT HAS BEEN BRUSHED UNDER THE RUG.
AND MR. LAMB HAS, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT UP HOW THE SIX PEOPLE THAT OPPOSED IT LAST WEEK.
IT, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T SIGNIFICANT REALLY, WHICH WE ALL KNOW THAT IT IS SIGNIFICANT.
AND IF A LOT MORE PEOPLE, WEST COVINA IS HUGE.
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IT'S HUGE.AND IF YOU'RE GOING 300 FEET TO LET PEOPLE KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS GOING IN, SHAME ON YOU FOR NOT PROTECTING US, THE PEOPLE OF YOUR CITY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE THIS WAS EVEN BROUGHT TO THE TABLE BEFORE PLANS WERE BEING MADE.
BEFORE YOU PUT ALL THAT STUFF UP ON, ON THESE SCREENS THAT YOU WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT MR. LAMB AND AN AMAZON IS COMING TO THE TABLE WITH THIS INFORMATION.
AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, I WANT GOOD JOBS FOR MY KID.
I LIKE GOOD JOBS FOR MY KID TOO.
I ALSO WANT A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS GOING TO GO IN, YOU KNOW, TWO BLOCKS FROM WHERE WE ARE IS, OH, BY THE WAY, IS THAT 300 YARDS, TWO BLOCKS? BECAUSE WEST COVINA GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CITY OF INDUSTRY.
IT GOES, IT COMES ALL THE WAY UP HERE.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY OVER THERE.
I MEAN, THOSE PEOPLE WEREN'T NOTIFIED.
AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT IT MIGHT NOT AFFECT THEM SO MUCH, BUT THIS IS OUR FRONT YARD, SOME OF OUR BACKYARDS, AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S APPALLING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF YOU LIVE IN WEST COVINA, YOU, YOU MIGHT NOT.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT YOU.
YOU JUST GOING TO HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT IT FROM, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO PEOPLE, BECAUSE THE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE NOTIFIED IN THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, 300 YARDS, FEET, SORRY, FEET, YARDS, FOOTBALL FIELD, HALF A FOOTBALL FIELD, YOU KNOW, WEST COVINA IS HUGE.
IT'S A LOT MORE THAN 300 FEET YARDS, 300 FEET YARDS, 100 YARDS, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT MANY HOUSES THAT GO BEYOND THAT POINT.
I MEAN, THERE'S A TON OF HOUSES THAT GO BEYOND THAT POINT.
SOME DON'T EVEN START TILL THAT POINT.
SO THAT'S, I HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY, BUT I THINK I SAID ENOUGH.
LET'S SAY THAT CORRECT EVENING.
SINCE I READ, SINCE I HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE, I'VE BEEN WAITING TO RECEIVE A FORM STATING MY, WHETHER I APPROVE IT OR NOT.
HOWEVER I DID NOT, I SHOWED UP LAST TIME, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AS SOMEONE ALREADY SAID, I FELT SIGNAL INSIGNIFICANT.
AND TODAY I WAS ENCOURAGED BY THIS LADY HERE TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT IF I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, A SILENCE WILL BE TAKEN AS A YES.
AND I'M NOT OKAY WITH THAT EARLIER, THERE WAS A COUPLE OUTSIDE.
AND SO THEY COULDN'T COME HERE UP HERE AND SPEAK.
SO THEY ASKED ME TO SPEAK FOR THEM.
AND BY THE WAY, I LIVE ON SAN BERNARDINO, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A RESONANCE CDL WEST COVINA, BUT I LIVE ON SAN BERNARDINO RIGHT ACROSS FROM WHERE THE LOCATION WHERE THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE IS GOING TO BELT, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT ME.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON THE BORDER OF WEST COVINA.
WHEN PEOPLE LOOKED UP THE LAMA'S OWN WAREHOUSE, IT WAS GOING TO SAY CDL WEST COVINA.
SO EVERYONE IN THE CDO, WEST COVINA, EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CDO OF ESCO, WE KNOW WILL BE AFFECTED BECAUSE THEY WILL BE LABELED AS LIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OF THIS AMAZON WAREHOUSE.
AND BY THE WAY, I'M NOT TRYING, IF YOU WANT TO WORK IN AMAZON WAREHOUSE, THAT'S FINE.
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TROUBLE, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY TREAT THEIR WORKERS.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO WORK THERE, THERE ARE OTHER WAREHOUSE AND THEY PAY FOR YOU TO COMMUTE THERE.
IT'S JUST A, HOW TO BE AT THIS LOCATION, WHERE THERE USED TO BE A CHURCH.
THAT LOCATION IS SURROUNDED BY THREE RED BY MANY, OH, ACTUALLY BY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BUT MANY, SORRY, APARTMENT COMPLEXES ON THREE SIDES.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE AFFECTED.
AND I JUST WANT THIS TO BE A CHANCE FOR ME TO SPEAK THAT I OPPOSE IT AND I WANT IT TO, I WANT THE CD TO SEND OUT A FORM TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND THOSE OLD PEOPLE LIVING IN, LIVING IN CDO.
COVID CDL, COVINA TO HAVE THEM DO, BE ABLE TO SAY WHETHER THEY APPROVE IT OR NOT, IS THAT IT IS SENDING A NOTE AS BASICALLY I TOOK IT AS A NOTICE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I COULD DO.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF I CAN STOP.
THOSE ARE NOT BY SHOWING UP AND SPEAKING HERE, BUT I'M DOING MY BEST.
AND BY THE WAY, THE REASON WHY OPPOSE IT AS, BECAUSE OF THE POLLUTIONS ARAB ILLUSIONS NOISE POLLUTIONS, AND THOSE ARE ALL HIS EXTRA TRAFFICS.
AND ALSO IT'S I, AT THE END, I ALSO HAVE A PERSONAL ISSUE
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WITH THE BUSINESS.THEY ARE RUNNING HOLIDAY, TREAT THEIR WORKERS, AND THAT WOULD BE END OF MY SPEECH.
YOU? I HAVE JUST A FEW, I WANT TO VERIFY THAT THEY'RE HERE OR NOT.
HUMAN-NESS UM, I BELIEVE HE ALREADY SPOKE.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM ONE SANCHEZ.
ANYONE WHO TURNED IN A PINK CARD THAT DIDN'T SPEAK THIS EVENING? NOT FOR YOU.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.
IF YOU SPEAK ALREADY, SIR, JUST FILL UP.
YEAH, COME UP AND FILL OUT A CARD.
MY NAME IS RAUL HERNANDEZ AND LIVING THERE 30 YEARS, I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS, UH, AMAZON COMPLEX.
WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT OF THE COMPLEX IS ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD IS, IS WHY IS THAT? WHY IS IT THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC ON BADILLO? IT'S COOK, BUT DELTA.
SO A WEST COVINA AND YOU DON'T WANT TO INCONVENIENCE, UH, THE, UH, CONSTITUENTS OVER THERE.
AND ANOTHER THING CHAFF, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE TERRIBLE.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR SURVEY.
MAYBE IT'S SURVEYS HALF, RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE POLLUTION.
TRUCKS ARE GOING TO BE BROKEN DOWN.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE BROKEN DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA HAVING IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL AREA.
IT'S RIGHT SMACK IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, YOU GOT APARTMENTS HOUSES, CONDOMINIUMS, AND YOU WANT TO PUT THIS BIG FACILITY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY AT THIS TIME, I'LL LET THE APPLICANT COME UP AND ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
AGAIN, DON LAMB HERE TO ADDRESS A CONCERN.
QUITE FRANKLY, AT THIS POINT IN THE EVENING, WE HAVE TO SAY THAT WE RESPECT EVERYONE'S OPINIONS FOR AND AGAINST.
I'M NOT HERE TO ARGUE WITH ANYONE.
AND, BUT I'M VERY COGNIZANT OF OPINIONS OF PEOPLE THEY'RE ENTITLED TO THEM.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE ALSO SUPPORT WITH THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE WITH THE CITY, HAS DONE.
THE CITY IS THE INDEPENDENT REVIEWER OF THIS PROJECT.
THE CITY STAFF HAS OVERSEEING ALL OF THE TECHNICAL STUDIES, ALL OF THE TRAFFIC, THE NOISE, THE LIGHTING STUDIES, THEY RECOMMENDED TO YOU THROUGH THEIR MANAGEMENT TEAM.
WE FEEL THAT WE'VE ANSWERED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.
MOST OF THE QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS, I DON'T FEEL I'M IN THE POSITION TO ADDRESS ON LABOR AND WAGES.
I UNDERSTAND EVERYONE WANTS TO DO THEIR BEST, AND I DON'T DENY THAT RIGHT TO ANYONE.
BUT FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, WE LOOK AT THE CITY'S NEEDS.
AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND GREATLY BENEFIT BY THIS PROJECT.
AGAIN, YOU CAN BENEFIT BY THE JOBS AND WHETHER IT'S 250 OR 400 AND SOME BASED ON WHAT YOU LOOK AT, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND INDEPENDENT DRIVERS AND THE LIKE, BUT THE REVENUE SOURCE THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED AND AGREED TO BY THE CITY IS GREATLY NEEDED FOR YOUR BUDGET, YOUR BUDGET PROCESS.
HERE YOU ARE RUNNING ALMOST A NEGATIVE CASHFLOW IN YOUR GENERAL FUND.
THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET THIS YEAR PAYS FOR YOUR POLICE, YOUR FIRE, YOUR PARKS, AND ALL THE OTHER SERVICES.
THE CITY ASKS FOR FUNDING AND SUPPORT AND WE'VE OFFERED IT AND WE'VE AGREED TO IT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE I COULD SAY TONIGHT.
CAN YOU PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL AS HE WAS TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING? THIS IS HIS TIME NOW I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE WE COULD SAY TONIGHT.
ALMOST ALL OF THE COMMENTS OR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THOSE ADDITIONAL OPERATING CONDITIONS
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THAT WE'VE AGREED TO.THAT GREENLAW, I SHOULD SAY WAS AGREED TO THERE IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THEY WEREN'T IN AT THE LAST MEETING AT THESE WERE NEW ONES PROPOSED BY THE LARK ELLEN PROPERTY OWNER AND ATTORNEY THAT ADDRESSED LIGHTING TRAFFIC.
THE DRIVEWAY'S ON VIDEO AND ON SAN BERNANDINO ROAD.
UH, THEY WANTED A 12 FOOT BLOCK WALL, WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY.
ALL OTHER IMPACTS ARE SO, AND I'M NOT GOING TO USE THE WORD INSIGNIFICANT ANYMORE, BUT IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC'S TRAFFIC VOLUME MEASUREMENTS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT PERCENTAGES, ANY INCREASE, AGAIN, LESS THAN 2% INCREASE ON THE TOTAL VOLUME IN AN INTERSECTION AND PEAK HOURS IS NOT CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT FOR PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.
THESE TRAFFIC IMPACTS WERE IN THE 1% RANGE, WHICH IN MOST CITIES AREN'T EVEN INCLUDED IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED RELIABLY MEASURABLE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN FOR TESTIMONY, SMALL, NOT INSIGNIFICANT, BUT SMALL THE PROJECT OVERALL.
UM, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT.
WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AS I STRESSED AT THE LAST MEETING, I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR MONTHS.
PUBLIC NOTICES WENT OUT IN AUGUST, SORRY, IN JULY.
AND THEY WERE MAILED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET AND RESIDENTS AS WELL, 300 FEET THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED HERE IS A STATE REQUIREMENT STATE OF CALIFORNIA MANDATES THAT NUMBER AS A MINIMUM, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA USES THAT AS DO MOST, EVERY OTHER CITY, WE WORK WITH 300 FEET ENCOMPASS PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF VIDEO.
I'M SORRY, BOTH SIDES OF EL GENIA, SOUTH OF DEO, THE CONDOMINIUMS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, BECAUSE IT'S BLIND TO THE CITY BOUNDARIES.
IT'S 300 FEET FROM THE EXTERIOR BOUNDARIES OF THAT PROPERTY.
SO THE RESIDENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE, BE THEY A RENTER OR AN OWNER WERE ALL NOTIFIED.
LARK, ELLEN WERE NOTIFIED AS WELL.
UM, AND I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THOSE HERE TONIGHT, SPEAKING ON THEIR TOPIC AND THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NOT A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS WHO ARE HERE.
I DIDN'T HEAR A SINGLE PERSON ON EL JENYA WHO BACKS UP TO THE DEAL.
THAT WAS ONE OF OUR GREAT CONCERNS.
WE'VE HEARD THEM TONIGHT FROM, UH, LARK, ELLEN.
UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE MANAGER AND ONE RESIDENT.
WE HAD TWO OTHER RESIDENTS IN LARK, ELLEN CALL GREENLAW PARTNERS AND ASK ABOUT JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
SO YES, PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS, BUT IN THE BIG PICTURE OF THIS, IN OUR OPINION, THIS PROJECT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S DAMAGING TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT HAS OVERALL COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
AND THESE ARE BENEFITS THAT YOU WILL HAVE WHEN THIS CHURCH MOVES OUT BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS SELLING.
IT'S MOVING OUT AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACT, AND YOU HAVE ATTRACTED ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT'S A POSITIVE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR OPINION, IT'S A POSITIVE THAT YOU'LL HAVE A BUSINESS HERE THAT ISN'T GOING TO BE HERE ONE YEAR AND IRRESPONSIBLY MOVE OUT AND LEAVE THIS PROPERTY IN POOR CONDITION.
THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ABIDE BY THE CONDITIONS AND YOUR ZONING CODE AND MOST EVERYTHING THAT WAS MENTIONED TONIGHT, AS A POSSIBILITY THAT COULD GO WRONG IS IN YOUR CODE BOOK, YOUR MUNICIPAL CODE AS REQUIREMENTS THAT BUSINESSES CAN'T AND HAVE NOISE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORS.
YOU CAN'T BE DAMAGING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF A COMMUNITY.
YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ENFORCES, UM, PUBLIC DISORDERS.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE MULTIPLE CODES, SO I'VE HEARD THE NEED TO ADD MORE OPERATING CONDITIONS IN THERE, BUT I CAN PROBABLY FIND IN YOUR CITY MUNICIPAL CODE BOOK, PROBABLY A REGULATION ON COVERS, ALMOST EVERYTHING HERE TONIGHT IS CURRENTLY ENFORCEABLE BY THE CITY WHEN, AND IF THE TIME COMES THEY WOULD EVER NEED TO.
AND I BETTER BE QUIET AND STOP AT THIS POINT.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE, UM, MOVE THIS FORWARD TONIGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 19TH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH BEFORE I CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, DOES THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, NO.
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AND SO I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T ADVISE, I COULDN'T ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO THAT HERE.SO MY, MY ISSUE THAT I SEE IS HOW, HOW CAN, HOW CAN I RECTIFY THAT? AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE IS IF, IF YOU'RE TELLING ME, OH, IT SHALL NOT EXCEED 914 VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY.
I KNOW NOT A BIG DEAL FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BUT IF, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 1800, 2000, 3000, HOWEVER MANY, AND UNFORTUNATELY YOU DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT'S, AMAZON'S FRANKLY JOB TO KNOW THAT THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING THAT NUMBER.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RECTIFY THAT AND, AND, AND TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
SO, I MEAN, FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IF I WERE GOING TO, IF, IF I WERE GOING TO, TO, TO, TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I WOULD SAY, UM, I WOULD SAY I WOULD REQUIRE THAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN A POINT, WHAT, WHAT IS IT? I THINK ZERO TO ZERO TO 3%, UH, UM, UH, VC, UH, INCREASE.
THEN I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE FRANKLY, SOME BINDING LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO MITIGATE THAT.
AND, AND, AND, AND FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE SOMETHING WHERE IT'S MUTUALLY AGREEABLE.
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SPECIFIC AUTHORITY TO SAY, NO, IT'S, IT'S CREATING TOO MUCH OF AN IMPACT.
AND WE NEED TO PUT WHAT WE NEED TO PUT THAT TO AN END.
AND SO, FRANKLY, I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WOULD NEED TO BE STRUCTURED IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT FRANKLY I WOULD LOOK TO IMPROVE, BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THIS WHOLE THING IS THAT WE'RE BEING PRESENTED, NOT WITH, NOT WITH OUR NUMBERS, THIS, THESE, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US.
I MEAN, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, OH, YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT NOTICED OR, OR, OR WHATEVER ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
WELL, WE JUST GOT THIS MATERIAL LITERALLY LAST WEEK.
AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE HAD ALL OF THIS STUFF IN FRONT OF US FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS TO CONSIDER.
SO I'M, I'M COMING IN HERE TAKING, TAKING YOU AT YOUR WORD THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S 914 VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME.
AND THEY'RE ALSO TELLING ME, WELL, WE'LL AGREE TO AGREE TO SOMETHING LATER.
AND THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT I SEE.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, REALISTICALLY, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PROPOSED TO, TO MITIGATE THAT CONCERN? AND I KNOW I HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT TOO, UM, BECAUSE OF MY BACKGROUND IN, UH, DISABILITY ACCESS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE STATE LAW.
BUT, UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE GEARS, THE AUTHORITY OF THE FIRE CHIEF, UH, TO APPOINT A MARK SHOW FIRE MARSHALL, AND NOW FIRE MARSHALL HAS THE AUTHORITY, UH, WITHIN HIS POWERS GIVEN TO HIM BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE FIRE CHIEF OF WEST COVINA HAS AUTHORITY TO ENSURE, UH, ACCESS ROUTES AND VEHICLES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE FIRE CODE.
UH, IS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
DID YOU WANT HIM TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, I I'M.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE I FOLLOWED THE FIRE MARSHALL ASPECT OF THAT, BUT I, UM, I I'D LIKE AN ANSWER.
SO THAT CAUSE FRANKLY, THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC MITIGATION ASPECT OF THINGS I THINK IS, IS,
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IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT I SEE HERE.I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO ANSWER IT AS A FORMER STAFF TYPE PERSON THAT YOU SEE SITTING OVER HERE, WHERE I SPENT 36 YEARS ON THESE AS YOUR ADVISOR AND RECOMMENDING, AND THAT WHAT I'D RECOMMEND YOU DO TONIGHT.
AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE IS YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU TAKE YOUR DECISION.
HOPEFULLY YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN, YOUR ZONE CHANGE, YOUR PRECISE PLAN.
THE OBVIOUSLY YOU CERTIFY THE M AND D, BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THAT'S AN ORDINANCE YOU'RE RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THAT ACTION, YOU CAN MOVE TO APPROVE, AND YOU CAN ALSO INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE INCLUDE A CAP THAT'S CONCERNED, SEASONAL, ADJUSTMENT, WHATEVER, BE IT, SOMETHING LIKE A 0.0, 2% INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S CALLED LOS AND ANY IMPACTED INTERSECTION OR SOME EQUIVALENT AS THE CITY COUNCIL SEES FIT.
IT TELLS THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON AN ORDINANCE ANYWAY, AND THERE'S A FIRST READING AND A SECOND READING.
IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I, I CAN'T COME UP WITH A FINAL DECISION BY TONIGHT, STANDING HERE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO US TO MOVE ON BECAUSE OF SOME RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE ON SALES AGREEMENTS.
BUT I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST.
AND, AND YOUR IDEA QUITE FRANKLY, IS VERY GOOD.
UH, THE WAY IT'S WORDED, IT'S SIMPLISTIC ENOUGH TO WHERE IT'S ENFORCEABLE, BUT IT ALSO GIVES ENOUGH TOLERANCE.
I THINK THAT WOULD ALLOW AMAZON AN UNEXPECTED.
I CALL IT SURGE SURGE DURING HOLIDAYS, US A SURGE.
WHEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER PANDEMIC WHO WOULD HAVE EVER SUSPECTED THIS PAST WHEN AMAZON WAS DEEMED AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICES BUSINESS.
SO THAT GIVES THE COUNCIL SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT ADDRESSES YOUR CONCERNS.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT'S MEASURABLE.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THIS WITH AMAZON OR GREENLAW PARTNERS, BUT I THINK THEY WOULD AGREE.
IT'S A REASONABLE RECOMMENDATION FROM YOU AND THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND BY THEN WE'LL HAVE GOOD ANSWERS AS WELL AND GO FROM THERE.
UH, AND I, I HAD, UH, I HAD A COUPLE OF WHAT WAS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? SORRY, SO I CAN WRITE IT DOWN.
OH, IT JUST DEALS WITH THE, THE, THE NEED FOR FRANKLY SPECIFICITY WITH REGARD TO THE 914 TRIPS.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT IT EXCEEDS 914 TRIPS.
I SHOULD NOT EXCEED, UM, WAIT.
AND MAY I RECOMMEND YOUR CITY ATTORNEY IS SITTING RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR THAT'S FINE.
W WHAT, WHAT I, WHAT I WANT TO W WHAT I ALSO WANT TO, UM, WE ALSO WANT TO GET A SENSE OF IS, UM, Y IN THIS ITERATION OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A 20 YEAR AGREEMENT AS OPPOSED TO A TEN-YEAR AGREEMENT? ARE WE, OR ARE WE NOT? WHY DO WE HAVE, UH, A 20 YEAR PROPOSED AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF US AS OPPOSED TO A 10 YEAR AGREEMENT? BECAUSE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT PAYMENTS OR MITIGATION PAYMENTS ARE SET TO EXPIRE AFTER 10 YEARS, NOT 20.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, EVERYTHING WAS A 10 YEAR.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S A TYPE OF GRAPHIC LAYER OR ANYBODY H THREE OF 13 TERRY LEWIS, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A 20 YEAR AGREEMENT.
IT WAS ALWAYS A 20 YEAR AGREEMENT, BUT AS A 20 YEAR AGREEMENT WITH 10 YEARS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT, I BELIEVE WE HEARD IT WITH A TENURE, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, WEREN'T WORK STILL CONDUCTING BUSINESS.
I BELIEVE WE HEARD THAT IT WAS A 10 YEAR LEASE.
IT'S A 10 YEAR LEASE, BUT TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RUN 20 YEARS FOR THE CITY'S BENEFIT.
SO THE OPERATING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PLACE.
IT'S JUST THE ONE COMPONENT OF PUBLIC BENEFITS, INSTEAD OF ALL BEING PAID UPFRONT, THE CITY ASKED FOR THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS.
SO THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS FOR 10 YEARS IS WHAT WAS AGREED UPON BY THE CITY AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, BUT THE BENEFIT PAYMENTS ONLY FOR THE 10 YEAR, BUT THE ENFORCEABLE ACTION OF THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT IS 20.
IF AMAZON STAYS BEYOND THEIR TENURE LEASE, THAT HELPS.
WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HEARD THAT IT SAID 10, UH, A 20 YEAR LEASE, I THOUGHT IS ALL THIS TIME.
IT WAS THE 10 YEARLY, UH, EVERYTHING FROM OUR STANDPOINT IS A TEN-YEAR AGREEMENT, BUT THE CITY'S TEMPLATE THAT THEY USE, THEY USE A TEN-YEAR
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ENFORCEABLE.SO IF FOR ANY REASON, THERE'S AN EXTENSION AND I PRESUME THE CITY STILL HAS SOME CONTROL OVER THE PROPERTY WITH THE OPTIONS OF EXTENSIONS WHILE THE CITY GET THAT EXTRA $10 MILLION FOR THAT SECOND HALF OF THE 20 YEARS, THAT WOULD BE THE CITY CONSOLE'S DISCRETION.
BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU FIND THAT, UH, IF, IF THERE WAS LANGUAGE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL SAYING SOMETHING AS TO IN 10 YEARS, THE CITY OF WESTFIELD WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO RENEGOTIATE A PROPOSED, UH, A PROPOSAL AGREEMENT FOR THE GOING FORWARD OR JUST SOMETHING TO SOME EFFECT TO THAT.
IT STILL HAS TO GO TO THE CITY CONSONANT CITY COUNCIL IS THE FINAL DECISION, BUT PLEASE WE ARE CONDUCTING BUSINESS.
IT'S CERTAINLY WHATEVER YOU WISH TO RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO CONSIDER IT.
SO LIKE THAT IS ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND A COMMENSURATE COMMISSION DISCUSSION CHAIR, RIGHT? MR. GUTIERREZ.
UM, BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION BEGINS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT ON PAGE 36 OF THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, UM, FROM THE ISM N D IT TALKS ABOUT E PEAK SEASON OPERATION, AND IT STATES THAT NO MORE THAN 125 VANS, UM, WE'LL WE'LL, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE 914 TRIPS WILL, WILL BE, WILL BE ADDED DURING PEAK SEASON OPERATION.
AND THAT'S 56 TRUCK, ALSO 56 TRUCK TRIPS, AND NO MORE THAN 125 ASSOCIATES WILL BE HIRED DURING PEAK SEASON.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER ADDING, UM, THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION THAT'S ALREADY IDENTIFIED IN.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT PAGE.
I DON'T SEE IT ON WHICH IT WAS IT WASN'T YOUR S IN YOUR, UM, IN YOUR FLASH DRIVE THAT WAS IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
SO WHAT SHE'S SUGGESTING IS THAT THE STUDY LOOKED AT PLACING CERTAIN CALVES AT SEASONAL BETWEEN THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.
SO THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT WEAPONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE WE ADDED TO, WITH, TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION IN TO THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
JOANNE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.
UM, YES, THE, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTED TO, AND THIS IS ALREADY REFLECTED IN THE TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC'S IMPACT ANALYSIS, UM, IT STATES THAT DURING PEAK SEASON, NO MORE THAN 125 VANS, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY ALREADY STUDIED, UM, WILL BE ADDED NO MORE THAN 56 LINE HAUL TRUCK TRIPS.
THAT'S GOING IN AND OUT BOTH WAYS.
AND NO MORE THAN 125 ASSOCIATES WILL BE HIRED DURING, DURING THE PEAK SEASON.
THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE, TO THE OFF PEAK SEASON, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN STUDIED OR INCLUDED IN THE STUDY.
SO THAT'S IN SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT THEY'RE ALLOWING FOR PEAK SEASON AND ALL PARKING WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ON SITE.
THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PARK OFF SITE.
DOES THAT COME WITHIN THE 0.02, THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? INCREASE? I, I DON'T, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE.
WE CAN, I CAN SHOW IT IN THE THEATER HERE IS JANNA WHERE'S JANA.
SHE CAN VERIFY THAT LIKE ZERO TO JOANNE.
SO JU JUST SO, JUST SO I'M CLEAR IN THAT, IN THAT LANGUAGE THERE, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A TOTAL OF WHAT IS IT? 30, 35 TOTAL TRUCKS GOING IN AND OUT ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS FOR, UH, FOR PEAK SEASON.
AND 20 VANS AND 56 TRUCKS RATS AND 125.
SO 28 PLUS PLUS 14, I'M SORRY.
IS IT 120 VANS? TWO TOTAL TRUCKS PER DAY.
IS THAT WHAT WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT? SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE 14 TRUCKS GOING IN AND
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14 EXITING FOR A TOTAL OF 28, RIGHT? IN THEIR PEAK SEASON OPERATIONS THAT THEY INCLUDED IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY.THEY SAID THAT THE LINE HAUL TRUCKS WOULD BE TWICE AS MANY.
SO THEN IF YOU GO 28, TIMES TWO IS 56.
SO THEN IT WOULD BE 28 COMING IN 28 EXITING.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, UH, IN ADDITION TO IT'S IT'S TOTAL.
WELL, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE 28, SO YOU'D HAVE TO ADD 28 PLUS 28.
SO, SO TOTAL 28 TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE PEAK SEASON.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THESE NUMBERS, THE 914 IS HALF COMING IN HALF.
IS THAT ALL, WHEN I ADDRESS THE 0.2 0.2, RIGHT.
IF I CAN QUANTIFY IT, 0.2 IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN PERCENT OF VEHICLES.
SO IT'S A PERCENTAGE AT AN INTERSECTION.
AND WHEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE CALCULATING THE IMPACTS OF AN INTERSECTION, YOU LOOK AT THE CRITICAL MOVEMENTS AND YOU ADD UP ALL THE CRITICAL MOVEMENT PERCENTAGES.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET THE V OVERSEA RATE.
IF THAT IS INCREASED BY MORE THAN 0.02, THEN IT'S IMPACT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE OFF PEAK TABLES FOR LEVEL OF SERVICE, ALL THE INTERSECTIONS WERE A'S AND B'S SO YOU FIGURE DURING THE PEAK, IF IT'S OFF, OFF PEAK, STILL NOT DURING THE PEAK SEASON, THAT IT'S UNLIKELY THAT AN INTERSECTION WILL GO FROM A TO F OR E EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER 0.02 IS MINUSCULE, IT REALLY MATTERS HOW MANY TRUCKS I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER THAN PERCENTAGES ACIDY NUMBERS.
SO THAT IS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IN THE AGREEMENT FOR THOSE AMOUNT OF TRUCKS AND VEHICLES DURING PEAK SEASON.
CORRECT? NO, THAT'S WHAT JOANNE WAS SUGGESTING SINCE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED.
I THOUGHT SHE HAD SENT, IT SAID IT WAS ALREADY INCLUDED.
JOANNE, IS IT ALREADY INCLUDED? IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CURRENTLY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY RECOMMEND TO ADD.
UM, AND I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THESE STATEMENTS IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UM, HOW, HOW WOULD YOU CONCEIVABLY CONSIDER, UH, THE, THE INCREASE IN, IN VEHICLE TRIPS RELATIVE TO THAT, TO THAT VC NUMBER? IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THERE'S, UH, AN, AN EASY FORMULAIC TRANSLATION FOR THAT, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS, THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT? YEAH.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN COMPARE THE TWO, YOU CAN'T, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BASE THE INCREASE ON VIA RECEIPT.
SO WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT, SO WHAT WE COULDN'T DO THAT WITH VIA A VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED EITHER.
SO HOW, HOW WOULD YOU, HOW WOULD YOU MEASURE THAT IMPACT? YOU WOULD JUST INDEPENDENTLY SAY THAT THAT IF THERE WAS A VIA, OVER, UH, VIA EVER SEE INCREASE OF 0.2 IN ANY OF THE ADJOINING INTERSECTIONS THAT WOULD BE CAUSED FOR, FOR, UH, FOR, UH, MITIGATION, UH, RESPONSE.
I COULD EITHER DO IT THAT WAY, OR YOU HAVE THE CAP OF, THEY CAN ONLY HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF VEHICLES AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE DRIVEWAY COUNT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE DRIVEWAY, IT'S ALL THE DRIVEWAYS OVER SEVERAL DAYS, THEN YOU KNOW THAT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY COMING IN AND OUT.
AND IF THEY EXCEED THAT, THEN YOU CAN PUT SOME KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK JOANNE HAS SOMETHING, BUT YOU COULD PUT SOMETHING ON THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO, UH, THERE'S SOME PENALTY IF THEY GO OVER THAT MAX, BUT FOR THE INTERSECTIONS, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY, YOU OVERSEE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER WHOLE TRAFFIC STUDY LOOKING AT, RIGHT.
BETTER OFF JUST DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF TRIPS, EASIER TO SEE EACH YEAR TO EXCEED THE TRAFFIC COUNT THE DRIVEWAYS.
AND OUR COMPANY HAS DONE THAT FOR SEVERAL OTHER LARGE INDUSTRIAL SITES, UM,
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THAT ARE NEAR THE AIRPORT TYPE OF THING THAT THEY CAN ONLY GO SO FAR.AND THEN THEY END FROM, WITH A INDEPENDENT SOURCE.
SO IT'S NOT, AMAZON'S PEOPLE, IT'S THE CITY HIRE SOMEONE AND THEY DO THE COUNT AND THEY REPORT BACK WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.
SO WE COULD, WE COULD ALWAYS JUST ADD THAT LANGUAGE AND THEN IT COULD BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ONCE IT GOES TO THE CITY CONCERT.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. OH, I'M SORRY.
I HAVE SOME, UH, COMMENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WILL LOVE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE DAY WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SELLER IS SELLING THE PROPERTY AND IT IS WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION, THE US CONSTITUTION THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY AND A CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO INTERFERE IN THAT PROCESS.
AND, UM, I MEAN, WE WILL ALL LOVE TO HAVE THAT CHURCH CONTINUE TO STAY, BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
UM, HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND HOUSING THAT COSTS US THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS, AND SOMETIMES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DEVELOP HOUSING INTO UNDEVELOPED AREAS WHEN IT COMES TO MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY CONSOLE, ALL FOUR MEMBERS VOTED TO INCREASE POLICE OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT OVER $600,000 IS GOING INTO BUILDING IN ADDITIONAL TRIAL FEET WALL.
THAT'S GOING TO GO ALONG THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
IT'S, IT'S HEARTWARMING TO KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN HEARD BECAUSE STATE OF THE ART LIGHTS THERE ARE ADJUSTED TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S, AND ENSURING THAT LIGHT DOESN'T GO OVER INTO OUTSIDE AREAS TO DISTURB, UH, THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CITY.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S PROHIBITS SMOKING IS OCCURRING THERE.
UH, IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S, UH, EMPLOYEE INCENTIVES OR 400 NEW JOBS WHEN YOU COMBINE ALL THE DIFFERENT JOB CATEGORIES THAT THIS FACILITY WILL HOUSE.
THERE WERE 400 NEW JOBS WILL BE CREATED.
UH, THERE'S MULTIPLE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
UH, AND IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT THE BUILDING IS BEING REMODELED FROM THE GROUND UP.
UH, IT BRINGS VALUE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND I KNOW THAT LOCAL BUSINESSES I'VE SPOKEN TO AROUND THERE ARE EMBRACING THE IDEA OF HAVING A COMPLEX LIKE THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT BY HAVING A REMODEL LOCATION THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT STORE TO A, ANOTHER COMMERCIAL ZONING, UH, WHERE HOME DEPOT IS AT AND, AND ALL THE RETAIL STORES OVER THERE AS LOCATED AT THAT'S GOING TO BRING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VALUE TO OUR LOCAL HOMES, HOMEOWNERS THERE.
AND IN THE END OF THE DAY, I AM ALSO PROUD TO KNOW THAT, UH, THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPERS COMMITTING $4 MILLION IN THE COMMUNITY GRANTS GIVE BACK TO OUR CITY.
IT'S GREAT TO KNOW, UH, THAT BECAUSE OF THE MAJORITY, OUR CITY HAS A DECREASE IN A BUDGET DEFICIT THAT IN OUR BUDGET IS BALANCE AND THAT WE ARE BALANCING OUR BUDGETS, AND WE CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES TO CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE OUR MAJORITY OF THE CITY CONCERT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET EFFECTIVELY.
AND THE STATE'S MOST RECENT REPORT PROVED THAT THAT BASED UPON THE FINDINGS THAT ARE OUR CITY WAS BEING MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE ACCOUNTABLE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP.
AND SO IN MY AUNT AND MY COMMENTS, UH, I THINK GREENLAW PARTNERS AND AMAZON FOR BELIEVING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WANTING TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THAT'S MY COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. OKAY.
UM, I AGREE WITH WHAT, UM, JOANNE BURNS OUR, UM, PLANNING MANAGER WAS SUGGESTING TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE AND IT ALSO SPECIFIED WITH THE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES, AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATES ON SITE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ALSO ENSURE THAT THEY DO OFFSITE OFF STREET PARKING ON THEIR BUSINESS LOCATION.
BECAUSE I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS DESCRIBED THAT DURING THEIR, UM, SEASONAL PEAK TIME THAT SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAD THOSE FACILITIES FOUND THAT PEOPLE WERE PARKING, UM, OFF FROM THE SIDE OF THE BUSINESS.
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I GUESS TONIGHT, THE TWO MAIN ITEMS THAT I PREVIOUSLY TALK OR TOUCH ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT IS TO BE GARDEN, THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ZONE, WHICH IS 21 ACRES AND ALSO THE ZONING CHANGE.UM, I KNOW WE TOUCH ABOUT IT IN THE PAST THAT IT WAS USED.
IT WAS, UH, SOME MANUFACTURING SITES FOR LARGER COMPANY IN THE PAST THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIFTIES, THE SIXTIES, AND THEN, BUT HOWEVER, THE COMMUNITY HAS ENJOY THE ZONE CHANGED SINCE THE CHURCH TOOK OVER.
AND THAT'S BEEN, I BELIEVE, 30 OR SOME ODD YEARS RIGHT NOW.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE, YES, IT WAS USED AT THAT TIME FOR ZONING PURPOSES, UM, THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NEEDED AT THAT TIME.
BUT WE STILL DON'T DESPITE THE FACT THAT WHATEVER MANUFACTURING, IT'S NOT ALL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF MANUFACTURING IS DUSTY, NOISY, WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT IF AN AEROSPACE INDUSTRY SOMETIME IS JUST NOT AS LOUD AND NOISY AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE ZONE CHANGE.
I MEAN, I NOTICED THAT CERTAIN AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE COVINA AREA, THE DOWNTOWN AREA, A LOT OF MANUFACTURING WAS THERE, UM, EVEN WITH THE LAST FIVE, 10 YEARS, BUT HOWEVER THEY UPGRADED AND IT'S CHANGE IN THE CHANGE MORE TOWARD NEW, YOU KNOW, THEY BUILT MORE COMPLEXES.
APARTMENT UNITS IS IN THIS REALLY NICE DOWN THERE.
UM, VERSUS THIS COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE.
I DO HAVE A CONCERN CONCERN WHETHER, UM, THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS CHANGE, WHICH CHANGING, NOT, NOT SO MUCH TO HELP, UH, OR KEEP AND SUSTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE WAY IT IS AS OF TODAY AND THE ZONE CHANGE, THE ZONE CHANGE, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT CHANGING.
WE'RE NOT CHANGING FOR, TO MATCH THE COMMUNITY HAVE, ARE WE'RE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, LAND USE ARE CONSTANTLY AT CHANGE, MEANING THAT THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE HAVE TO, WHETHER IT'S, UM, IT CAN'T SIT THERE VACANT FOREVER.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE CITIES DON'T HAVE, UH, OWN THE LAND PER SE, THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GEAR TOWARD A CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE IS THAT IF A DEVELOPER CAME, UH, WE HAVE TO TAKE CONSIDERATIONS AND PUT CERTAIN TYPE OF MITIGATIONS TO HELP WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA.
AND ALSO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT AMAZON IS WORKING WITH ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, THE APARTMENT UNITS TO PREVENT THE WALLS, MAKING THE LIGHT TIRES.
AND WHAT HAVE YOU, I'M ALSO, UM, LIKE TO SEE THAT, THAT PARTICULAR AREA IN TERMS OF, UM, WHICH THE LANGUAGE I BELIEVE IT'S NOT IN THERE.
I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF HE CAN ADD THE OPERATION HOURS, THEY SAID BETWEEN 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM, THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF VAN MOVEMENT IN THAT AREA, IF THAT IS THE CASE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, PERHAPS WE CAN ADD THAT IN THERE.
UM, FOR THE 10 YEARS IN TERMS OF, UH, ALL THIS TIME THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS A 10 YEARS LEASE AGREEMENT, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY 10 YEARS.
HOWEVER, IT'S NOT, IT'S A 20 YEARS, PERHAPS WE CAN ASK AND PUT IN THE AGREED OR ADD ON TO THE, UM, TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY ASK FOR, UM, THIS IS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, PERHAPS TO SEE IF HE CAN ADD ON AND ASK TO SEE IF HE CAN GET SOME MORE, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT REVENUES TAX MONEY? I MEAN, THE SECOND HALF, PERHAPS WE CAN ADD THAT ADD TO IT.
I'M, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CITY COUNCILS, SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL ARE LISTENING TONIGHT.
SO PERHAPS THEY CAN LISTEN AND TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
SO, BUT IT IS, IT IS, I AM HEARING ALL THE NEIGHBORS AND, UM, I'M HEARING ALL THE, THE AMAZON AS WELL, BUSINESSES PEOPLE, THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT DO WANT THE JOB, THE CLOSEST TO IT.
HOWEVER, THE IMPACT IS TREMENDOUS AS WELL.
UM, IF WE CAN LIMIT, AND IF AMAZON IS TRULY OPERATING AS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AS A, AS A US POST OFFICE, OR AS A, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE OPERATION WORKS, BUT AS A, LIKE A POST OFFICE DELIVERY, UM, THAT IF THAT IS THE CASE, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO OPERATE OFF HOUR, PERHAPS BETWEEN THE 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM, AT LEAST KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD A LITTLE BIT QUIETER WITH JUST THE FEW TRUCKS THAT HAS TO COME IN AT A CERTAIN TIMES.
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I HOPE I HOPE THAT THIS D UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD TAKE ALL THOSE INTO CONSIDERATIONS, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A ONE DAY CHANGE.IT'S A 20 YEAR LAND ZONE CHANGE IN Z USE THAT WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATIONS AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING, IT'S IMPACTING THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE 20 YEARS, WHETHER IT'S PROVIDING JOBS FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, OR, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IT WOULD IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORS SOMEHOW, UH, WITH, UH, ADDED IN A WHOLE OTHER PLANET, COMMISSIONS HAVE ADDED SOME OTHER, UM, ITEMS THAT IS NOT IN THE AGREEMENT, UM, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UM, PERHAPS YOU CAN ADD BACK ONTO IT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE VICE CHAIR LEWIS.
SO I'VE A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST.
UM, WHAT COULD GO IN AS A MATTER OF RIGHT, LET'S SAY, UM, IN, IN THE EVENT THAT, UH, UH, A, AN M ONE ZONE CHANGE IS IMPLEMENTED AND AMAZON SUBSEQUENTLY SAYS THE SITE'S NO LONGER SUITABLE FOR OUR USE, WHAT COULD BE PUT IN THERE AS A MATTER OF RIGHT.
I'LL LET JOANNE ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
LIGHT MANUFACTURING, THE, UH, PARCEL, ANOTHER PARCEL DELIVERY STATION W WOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED BY, RIGHT.
WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? AND I CAN GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THE CODE SECTION ON THE PROJECTOR THAT YOU WOULD EXACTLY SEE THE LIST OF USES THAT ARE ALLOWED.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, IF AMAZON WANTS TO MOVE OUT IN 10 YEARS, UH, A NEW TENANT THAT GREENLAW RENTED OUT TO, OR LEASES TO WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AS AMAZON'S GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? NO, NO.
SO THEY POOL, IF THEY PULL IT LIGHT, ANYONE PULLS A LICENSE AFTER 10 YEARS.
I'M SORRY, I SHOULDN'T GET HERE.
SO WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? SO IN, LET'S JUST SAY, HYPOTHETICALLY, AMAZON DOESN'T WANT TO RENEW ITS CONTRACT IN 10 YEARS, AND WHEN THAT 10 YEARS PASSES, AND THERE'S, SHE'LL SAY THERE'S A VACANT BUILDING THAT GREENLAW PARTNERS OWNS.
IF THEY WERE TO LEASE IT OUT TO ANOTHER MAJOR TENANT WOULD THEN HAVE TO GET CITY NOTIFICATION.
NO, I WAS ENTITLED TO THAT FOREVER.
SO THERE ARE ONLY A BUSINESS LICENSE.
THEY WOULD NEED A BUSINESS LICENSE.
IT WOULD IF IT'S A NEW BUSINESS OPERATOR OWNER, BUT AS FAR AS THE ENTITLEMENT, UM, DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY MOVE IN.
SO IF THEY, IF THEY LEAVE THE BUILDING VACANT, I BELIEVE IT'S OVER SIX MONTHS, UH, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF USE THAT COMES IN, UM, THEY MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS FROM THE, FROM THE CITY.
THIS IS ONLY WOULD NOT CHANGE THEM.
NO, WE'VE ONLY PULLED UP THE PERMITTED USES.
SO THESE WOULD BE THE USES BY WRITING.
SO THEY INCLUDE OUR AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIAL AIRCRAFT FACTORIES, ASSEMBLY, AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLY, BAKERIES, INDUSTRIAL, UM, WHOLESALE, THEY, UH, BATTERY REBUILDING, BLACKSMITH SHOPS, BODY AND FENDER WORKS, UM, FOR A REASON, DISTILLERIES, BOTTLING PLANTS, CARPET, CLEANING, PLANTS, UH, DAIRY PRODUCTS, MANUFACTURER CREAMERIES, GS, A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT COULD GO IN THERE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND SLOWLY SCROLL.
IF WE ADD AT THE HOURS REGARDING 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM IN TERMS OF BUSINESS HOURS, AND IF THEY CHANGE IT 10 YEARS FROM NOW, AMAZON'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
ONE OF THE MANUFACTURING LISTS I SAW WAS MANUFACTURED IN AUTOMOBILE.
UM, I HAVE TO BE ONE BIG MANUFACTURER TO TAKE THAT BUILDING IN THIS BE REALISTIC BANKER IS NOT GOING IN THERE UNLESS IT'S ALL RIGHT.
SO THE OPERATION HOUR, WHILE WE MADE LIKE 10 TO 10 OR FOUR HOUR OPERATION, AMAZON'S 24 HOURS AS WELL.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IF, IF SOMEONE, IF, IF THERE WAS A MOTION TO AN EFFECT TO IN THE EVENT, AMAZON DOES NOT RENEW IN 10 YEARS, THE CITY OF WESTFIELD WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVIEW
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EIGHT THREE VIEW.THE APPLICANTS CUP DON'T HAVE A SEAT OR, OR, OR, OR A PERMIT USE IT ON THE USE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
IF IT'S WITHIN THE M ONE CATEGORIES, IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
MAYBE WE CAN PUT THAT IN THERE.
CAN WE RECOMMEND TO THE CITY CONSOLE THAT TONIGHT, IF WE WANTED TO KNOW, MOM CAN BE, CAN BE GIVEN AMAZON CERTAIN THINGS BESIDES CHANGING THE ZONING.
IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? IT WILL BE ALREADY EXPLAINED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THE CITY HAD CHANGED THE ZONE, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION WHEN THEY ALLOWED FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH TO GO IN.
SO WHAT AMAZON IS ASKING FOR NOW IS FOR THE CITY TO ALLOW THEM TO CHANGE THE ZONE AND DO A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FOR
ONCE YOU APPROVE THAT, THAT RUNS WITH THE LAND UNTIL EITHER SOMEONE ELSE APPROACHES THE CITY AND EITHER ASK FOR CHANGE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR THE EXPLORER, WE CANNOT STOP THE CHURCH FROM SHOWING THIS PROPERTY CHANGE.
THE FACT THAT THEY'RE SELLING IT TO SOMEONE WHO IS ONLY RECORDING AN M ONE.
I MEAN, WE WERE ALL, I WOULD LOVE A CATHOLIC CHURCH TO MOVE THERE, BUT THE NOT MOVING THERE.
SO, BUT SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE HAVE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT TELLS THE CITY CONSOLE WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I I'M CATHOLIC AND I WOULD LOVE A CATHOLIC CHURCH TO BE THERE, BUT THEN I'M MOVING THERE AND WE HAVE TO ALSO REMEMBER, I THINK, IN AN AIRPORT AND AN IMPORTANT PRINTED THING.
I KNOW YOUR BACKGROUND IN BUSINESS.
DID YOU ALREADY GET YOUR ANSWERS THAT YOU WERE REQUESTING? AND SO, SO I, I GUESS THE, I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT, UM, RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO, UM, TO PROTECT THE CITY'S INTERESTS IN FRANKLY, UH, PREVENTING SOMETHING THAT IS UNLIKELY TO GO IN THERE TO BEGIN WITH GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS.
UH, I, I'M NOT REALLY TOO SURE THAT WE COULD DO THAT IN ANY WAY.
I THINK THAT THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT I SEE WITH REGARD TO CHANGING FROM THE CURRENT ZONING TO SOMETHING ELSE.
SO I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THAT SORT OF BIFURCATES MY VIEWPOINT ON THE ISSUE.
ANYTHING ELSE UNDERSTAND? ANY COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE? UM, I SAID THE LAST MEETING THAT REGARDING TRAFFIC, THE CHURCH HAD A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
YOU JUST ONLY SAW IT ONE DAY A WEEK.
MOST, MOSTLY THEY HAVE THE SCHOOL THERE.
THEY HAD AN ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH PRESCHOOL NURSERY.
THEY HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNSELING SERVICES IN AND OUT OF THERE OVER 10,000 IN ATTENDING WEEKLY FOR THE SERVICES THAT'S 833 FAMILIES IN AND OUT CARS IN AND OUT.
SO NOT TO MENTION FROM THE SCHOOL.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I I'M, I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN SUPPORTING YOUR SMALL BUSINESSES, YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO ORDER FROM AMAZON AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL DO.
UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY ANY MORE COMMENTS, LOUIS? NO.
IN THAT CASE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY CONSOLE CERTIFICATION OF THE MINE, MINE TO GRADE IT NEGATIVE DECORATION OF A MINOR RENTAL IMPACT, UH, PER, UH, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO ZERO DASH ZERO THREE, ZONE CHANGE NUMBER TWO ZERO DASH ZERO FOUR.
PRECISE PLAN NUMBER TWO ZERO DASH ZERO EIGHT TO THE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 8, 3 4 4 FOR TREE REMOVAL, PREVENT NUMBER 21 DASH ONE TWO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
NUMBER TWO, ONE DASH ZERO ONE WITH THE FOLLOWING AN ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION, UH, AS OUTLINED, UH, BY JOANNE JOHN, CAN YOU, UH, SAY THE COMMENT YOU MADE EARLIER? SO I CAN ADD THAT TO MY MOTION IN REGARDS TO OVER EXCEEDING THE LIMIT
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THAT'S MY MOTION, SORRY, COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ.YOU HAVE A REVISED, UM, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION CONDITIONS THAT 11 B THAT, UM, GREENLAW, UH, I BELIEVE IS OKAY WITH AND PURSUING, UM, AND ADDRESSING THE LARK ELLEN COMMON.
SO WOULD WE BE APPROVING THAT VERSION WITH THE, UM, CHANGE TO SECTION 11 C I GREAT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IF I COULD.
UM, I'M, I'M NOT THRILLED WITH W WITH, WITH ALL OF THE, UH, THE ASPECTS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, UH, UH, TO, TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS GOES TO CITY COUNCIL, WHICH INEVITABLY WILL INEVITABLY IT WILL, WHETHER WE DENY IT OR ACCEPTED IT IN EVIDENTLY WE'LL GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION.
AND SO TO THAT END, MY POSITION IS REGARDLESS OF THE IMPERFECTIONS OF THIS PROJECT, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE INCUMBENT UPON ME TO TRY TO TRY TO ADD REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT THAT I THINK ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO THE EXTENT CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO ADOPT THIS.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND, UM, AND, AND INCLUDE THAT, UH, UH, A RECOMMENDATION THAT IF ALLOWABLE, UH, TRIPS UNDER THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT OR EXCEEDED THE CITY, OR I'M REC I'M RECOMMENDING THAT THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT BE MODIFIED SUCH THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPOSE A PENALTY AND, AND IMPOSE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF UPON THE OPERATOR OF THE, OF THE SITE, A RESTRICTION ON DRONE USAGE ON THE SITE.
UM, I WOULD ALSO, UM, I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, MOVE THE VAN QUEUE, UM, AWAY FROM THE LARK ELLEN, UH, PROPERTY THAT IS, UH, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SUCH THAT IT IS NOT ONE PARKING SPACE AWAY, BUT THREE PARKING SPACES AWAY.
AND, UH, AND ANOTHER THOROUGHFARE, UM, I WOULD ALSO INCLUDE, UM, DO I SHARE LEWIS? IS THAT ON BADILLO OR, UM, ON THE, SORRY, I GUESS THAT WOULD TECHNICALLY E V SIDE CLOSEST TO LARK ELLEN, SUCH THAT THE APARTMENTS WHERE THE 12 ERECT SO THAT, SO THAT VEHICLES ARE NOT SITTING THERE, UM, CLOSE, CLOSE BY THAT PARTICULAR COMPLEX, NOT WITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THERE WOULD BE A SIZABLE WALL THERE.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD FURTHER RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE, UH, THE, THE AGREEMENT IS SET FORTH IS 20 YEARS AND ONLY CONTAINS, UH, COMPENSATION FOR 10 YEARS, UM, SHOULD ONLY BE FOR 10 YEARS IF IT'S FOR 20 YEARS, THAT YOU'D HAVE COMPENSATION FOR 20 YEARS AS WELL.
UM, WITH, WITH REGARD TO, UM, WITH REGARD TO OPERATORS, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, WITH REGARD TO THE OPERATOR, THE OPERATOR SHOULD PROVIDE INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA PERTAINING TO ALL, UH, CONSULTANTS, CONTRACTORS AND SELF-EMPLOYED DRIVERS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NEED A BUSINESS LICENSE, SUCH THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN ENFORCE IT.
UM, I, I WAS GOING TO A SECOND, THE, UH, THE CONCERNS OVER OPERATIONAL HOUR LIMITS.
I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT THE, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, ADOPT APPROPRIATE OUR HOURS OF OPERATION LIMITATIONS, WHETHER THAT BE 10 TO 10 TO 10, OR, OR WHETHER THAT BE SOME, UH, DIFFERENT TIMEFRAME THAT IS, THAT IS APPROPRIATE AND CONGRUENT WITH THE, UH, THE, THE BUSINESS GOING ON THERE.
I THINK, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME LIMITATIONS.
I WOULD ALSO WANT TO LIMIT, UH, VEHICLE IDLING ON THE SITE, SUCH THAT THAT'S NOT A CONCERN FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT OR NOT.
AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND AND, UM, WOULD, WOULD WANT TO SEE INCLUDED IN ANY EMOTION.
SO WHAT YOU WANT ON A SPACE BETWEEN THE WALNUT BUILDING A TRIAL FETAL WALL YES.
[03:35:01]
UH, INTEGRATE, UM, COMMISSIONER LEWIS HAS COMMENTS HIM TO MY MOTION.HOWEVER, UH, I, I, I WOULD WANT TO BIFURCATE THE VOTE ON THE ISSUES OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ZONE CHANGE.
WELL, WE'LL DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE, UM, RESOLUTION 21 DASH 0 6 9 3.
UM, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I, UH, COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ, MISSIONARY, HANG I ICED HERE.
THIS IS, THIS IS FOR WHICH PORTION? A NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
IS IT, IS THIS JUST FOR THE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OR IS THIS FOR THE GENERAL PLANET? JUST FOR THE NEG DEC.
OH, I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.
UM, 21 DASH 60 90 OR 6 0 9, 4.
UM, APPROVING THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO THREE.
COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ AND MISSIONARY HANG.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 21 DASH 6 0 9 5.
APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO FOUR.
OH, AND COMMISSIONER, SORRY, CHAIR.
MOTION PASSES THREE TO, UM, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 21 DASH 6 0 9 6.
APPROVING PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 20 DASH 48 AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT NUMBER 21 DASH 12.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I AM MISSIONER GUTIERREZ COMMISSIONER, HANK, VICE CHAIR, LEWIS AND CHAIR FOR SARAH.
OH, UM, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP AT 21 DASH 6 0 9 7.
UM, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I AM MR. GUTIERREZ, UH, COMMISSIONER HANG I VICE CHAIR LEWIS AND CHAIR.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE DOUBLE ELEMENT AGREEMENT DASH, UH, NUMBER 21 DASH ZERO ONE RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 6 0 9 8.
IT WOULD BE THE AMENDED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS TO, UH, SECTION 11 C ONE TO ADD THE PEAK SEASON, UH, TRIP COUNTS.
UM, AND THEN MAKE SURE I GOT THESE RIGHT.
UH, IF EXCEEDED THE CITY WOULD IMPOSE A PENALTY OR AN INJUNCTION HAD A CONDITION B OR BE PROVIDED WITH, UH, WITH THE OPTION TO SEEK INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
OR OPTION TO SEEK INJUNCTION RELIEF, UM, TO ADD A CONDITION, NO DRONE USAGE, UH, CONDITION, UH, MOVE VAN Q AWAY FROM LARK ELLEN AT MINIMUM THREE PARKING SPACES, UH, REDUCE TO 10 YEARS TO, UM, MATCH THE, THE NUMBER OF YEARS IN COMPENSATION, UH, OPERATORS SHOULD PROVIDE THE CITY WITH THE INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR CONSULTANTS OR DRIVERS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE BUSINESS LICENSE COMPLIANCE, ADAPT APPROPRIATE BUSINESS, OUR OPERATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THEN LIMIT THE VEHICLE IDLING.
SO, UH, SHELBY, UM, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I, OH, WE NEED TO CLARIFICATION ON THE DISCUSSION ABOUT LIMITING ACTIVITY WAS REGARDING THE VAN AFTER HOURS AFTER 10:00 PM ACTIVITY IN THE VAN LOT.
AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING
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ABOUT RIGHT NOW.YOU'RE NOT IN, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A TOTAL ROTATION ON THE SEVEN OPERATION, RIGHT.
IT'S SIMPLY THE ACTIVITY IN THE DESIGNATED VAN.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I MISSIONER GUTIERREZ MISSION OR HANG I, UH, VICE CHAIR LEWIS AND THEN CHAIR VISCERA.
I KNOW SHIN PASSES FIVE OH FINAL ACTION.
ON THIS MATTER WILL BE TAKEN AT A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AT ON MY DATE TO BE DETERMINED.
I BELIEVE WE ALREADY HAVE THAT DATE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THINK GREENLAW PARTNERS FOR CHOOSING THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND AMAZON.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS WILL BE TAKEN UP AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING A RESONANCE.
COMMISSIONER COMMISSION, COMMISSION REPORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS WITH ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS LIKE TO REPORT ARE, ARE COMMON ON ANY ITEM.
I CAN'T HEAR YOU ONLY IN, ARE THERE
[2. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
ANY ITEMS REPORT TO THE COMMISSION? I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE OUR STATE OF THE CITY IS NEXT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14TH AT THE SPORTS PLEX, UH, AT 6:00 PM.THE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
[3. CITY COUNCIL ACTION]
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT PERTAINED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION? UM, THE SECOND HEARING FOR THE, UH, SECOND HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE, NUMBER 24 87, THE ZONE CHANGE, UM, NUMBER 21 0 1 AND CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 21 DASH ZERO ONE.THE AUTO PLAZA ZONE WILL BE READ AT TOMORROW CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO CONSIDER THIS.