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[CALL TO ORDER]
TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER OR OCTOBER 26TH, 2021.WE WILL NOW TAKE A MOMENT OF, UH, FOR SILENT PRAYER OR MEDITATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY VICE CHAIR LEWIS MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER MEDITATION.
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? OKAY.
PRIOR TO CALLING ROLL, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE, UM, KEEP, UM, PUT IT IN RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER, THE TIARAS HAS AN, UM, IS, HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.
HE HAD CONTACTED OUR DIVISION AND LEE TO LET US KNOW THAT HE HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT TODAY AND COULD NOT ATTEND.
HOWEVER, UM, WE TRY, WE DID TRY TO GET HIM THROUGH ZOOM, BUT DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SET THAT UP OR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH THE ROLE VICE CHAIR LEWIS PRESENT CHAIR BESERA HERE MENTIONED HER.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS PRESENT.
[1. Regular meeting, October 12, 2021]
MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON OCTOBER 12TH, 2021.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.THIS IS A TIME WHEN ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE SCOPE OF DUTIES ASSIGNED TO THE COMMISSION RELATING TO NON AGENDIZED OR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. OTHER MATTERS INCLUDED IN THIS AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED WHEN THE ITEM IS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, THE CHAIRPERSON MAY IMPOSE REASONABLE LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ASSURE AND ORDERLY AND TIMELY MEETING THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT LIMITS THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF'S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS MEETING.
THAT'S YOUR COMMENTS MAY BE AGENDIZED FOR A FUTURE MEETING OR REFER TO STAFF.
THE COMMISSION MAY ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION.
IF DESIRED AT THIS TIME, MY POLICY OF THE COMMISSION ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AT THIS TIME ON THE AGENDA IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA?
[2. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 21-03]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS MEETING.WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING, JOANNE WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT OR PENDING ASSISTANT CHAMELEON MARTINEZ WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE STAFF REPORT.
NUMBER TWO IS THE PROPOSED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY.
THE APPLICANT IS COASTAL BUSINESS GROUP ON BEHALF OF AT AND T.
UH, THE ADDRESS IS 35 40 EAST CAMERON AVENUE.
IT IS ZONED R ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND THE LOT SIZE IS 55,209 SQUARE FEET TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST.
IT'S ALSO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT'S UNINCORPORATED LA COUNTY TO THE SOUTH IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL,
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BUT IT'S ON A CITY OWNED PROPERTY THAT WE ARE DEEMING AS OPEN SPACE.AND, UM, TO THE WEST IS ALSO CITY, UH, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE CITY AS WELL.
UM, BUT THAT IS HERITAGE PARK AS REQUIRED BY THE CODE.
UM, THE PROPOSED FACILITY MUST BE A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM, UH, ANY RESIDENTIAL USES AND THIS PROJECT DOES MEET IT.
UM, A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON A PRIVATE STREET IN THE EAST SIDE ON THE UNINCORPORATED LA COUNTY IS APPROXIMATELY 176 FEET FROM THE PROPOSED WHERE THE FACILITY AND THE HOME ITSELF IS APPROXIMATELY 211 FEET AWAY FROM THE FACILITY.
SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN HERE.
OUTLINED IN RED IS THE PROPERTY LINE IN BLUE.
WE HAVE THE EXISTING WATER TANKS AND, AND THIS BLUE SQUARE HERE IS THE FACILITY FOR THE VALENCIA HEIGHTS, UH, EQUIPMENT.
AND THIS IS THEIR PROPERTY, THE VALENCIA HEIGHTS, WATER DISTRICTS, UH, WATER TANK AND FACILITY.
THEY DO HAVE, UH, AN UNPAVED AREA HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN GRAY.
AND THEN AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL, THEY ARE, UM, PROPOSING TO, TO PAVE IT SO THAT THERE IS A BETTER DRIVEWAY ACCESS.
THERE ARE THREE EXISTING WILLOW TREES HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN THESE GREEN DOTS AND THEY WILL STAY.
THEY ARE NOT PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE MODEL EUCALYPTUS FACILITY ITSELF, THE PROPOSED EQUIPMENT CABINETS AND STRUCTURE, AND THE SEPARATED DETACH, UM, GENERATOR.
AND WE HAVE SOME MORE LANDSCAPING HERE, WHICH I'LL GO MORE INTO DETAIL.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE MODEL EUCALYPTUS FACILITY, AND THEN WE HAVE THE CABINETS WITHIN AN, A PROPOSED ENCLOSURE AND THE DETACHED GENERATOR AS PART OF THE CONDITIONS ARE POOL.
UH, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL 2 24 INCH BOX, UM, EUCALYPTUS TREES TO GO MORE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED MON ECLIPSES AS THE SURROUNDING, UM, HAS WILLOW TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION, AND THEN HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS GREEN STRIP.
UM, ANOTHER CONDITION OF APPROVAL IS THAT, UH, THEY ADD MORE CLIMBING VINES AND BUSHES BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH INTO HERITAGE PARK.
AND, UM, WE ARE REQUIRING THAT THEY PUT MORE VEGETATION IN SO THAT THERE IS MORE NATURAL SCREENING AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM THE HIKING TRAILS.
EVENTUALLY, ONCE IT GROWS IN, IN THIS ELEVATION, WE HAVE THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE AND THE DETACHED GENERATOR, AS WELL AS THE, THE MAIN POLE FOR THE MONEY EUCALYPTUS WITH A THREE PRONG, UH, BRANCHES.
AND IN THIS ORANGE HIGHLIGHT ARE THE PROPOSED ANTENNAS.
AND IN THIS RED HIGHLIGHT, UM, IS THE PROPOSED CO-LOCATION SHOULD ANOTHER COMPANY OR WIRELESS CARRIER WISH TO MOVE IN IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS A POTENTIAL AREA WHERE THEY CAN, BUT IT'S NOT BEING PROPOSED AT THIS TIME.
IT WILL BE AT 60 FEET, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED BY OUR CODE.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST A GENERIC AREA OF HOW THE BRANCHING WILL BE DRAWN IN, BUT THE RENDERINGS WE'LL SHOW YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PHOTO STIMULATIONS.
THIS ONE IS FROM THE HIKING TRAIL AT HERITAGE PARK.
SO ON THE LEFT, UM, PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE THE BALLOON TEST.
AND NOW ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE STIMULATION OF THE PROPOSED MONI EUCALYPTUS I'M ON ALL OF THESE, IT'S IT IT'S SMALL AND IT KIND OF DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT IT IS THERE.
THE NEXT VISUAL IS ALONG CAMERON AVENUE.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS AT, UH, THE TOP OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO THE EAST, WHICH IS THE UNINCORPORATED LA COUNTY SECTION ON A PRIVATE STREET.
UH, THE OTHER ENTRANCE TRAIL OFF OF CAMERON AVENUE AND OUR LAST ONE HERE AT THE TRAIL ENTRANCE AT HILLSIDE DRIVE, WHICH IS ABOVE THE FACILITY.
THE APPLICANT HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING ON AUGUST 23RD, 2021 VIA ZOOM, UM, BECAUSE OF COVID AND, UM, 18 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT THE SAME NOTICES.
WE SENT OUT A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TO, TO THOSE RESIDENTS SO THEY COULD ATTEND THE COMMUNITY
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MEETING AND, UM, NO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, ATTENDED, UH, STAFF DID RECEIVE ONE RESPONSE AGAINST THE PROPOSED PROJECT, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS EMAILED AND ALSO PROVIDED TO YOU TODAY.STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, UM, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION AND THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UM, 2,103, MY FOLLOWING SLIDES ARE, UM, THE JUSTIFICATION PLOTS THAT ON THE APPLICANT CAN, UM, GET MORE INTO DETAIL, UM, SHOULD THEY WISH, OR SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE? THIS DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, UM, OR FOR THE APPLICANT, UM, IT WOULD BOTH BE MORE THAN WILLING TO ANSWER THEM.
DOES ANY OF THE MEMBER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? NOT AT THIS TIME, COMMISSIONER HANG OUT AT THIS TIME VICE-CHAIR LISTS.
IS AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.
UM, I WORK WITH TULSA BUSINESS GROUP ON BEHALF OF 18 T MOBILITY, UM, 18 T THE COVERAGE MAPS, JUST SHOW, UM, THE SIGNIFICANT GAP IN COVERAGE, UH, FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE FACILITY AND AFTER, UM, AND AS WELL AS THE PHOTO SIMULATION SHOW OUT BLENDS INTO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO, YOU CAN PULL IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT SHORT.
UH, SO YEAH, SO THE PHOTO SIMULATIONS, AS WELL AS THE, UM, PROPAGATION MAPS SHOW HOW THE FACILITY WOULD BLEND INTO THE EXISTING SCREENING, UM, AS WELL AS THIS SIGNIFICANT GAP IN COVERAGE, UM, FOR THE WIRED WIRELESS FACILITY.
UM, BUT I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT THE STAFF NOPE.
EVERYTHING SHE SAID WAS CORRECT.
DOES THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? RICHARD WILLIAMS, MR. HANG I SHARE LIFE.
UM, SO THE CITY ORDINANCE REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF CELL PHONE OR TELECOMMUNICATION SITES IN THE CITY AS A PREFERENCE IN IT, OR CITY, UH, CITY OWNED SITES, UM, CAN YOU GIVE ME, UH, YOU GIVE ME SOME SORT OF BACKGROUND ON WHY THIS WAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR THE, I GUESS, HERITAGE PARK LOCATION, AND WHAT IF ANY NEGOTIATIONS YOU HAD WITH THE CITY AND, UM, I GUESS WHY THOSE, UH, SEEMINGLY DID NOT GO ANYWHERE.
SO I'M KIND OF A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
RF WILL PROVIDE US WITH THE SEARCH RING, CORRECT.
THAT'S GENERALLY ABOUT A HALF A MILE IN LENGTH OF WHERE THE COVERAGE IS NEEDED.
UM, SO ONE OF THOSE WAS BEING HERITAGE PARK, HERITAGE PARK.
WE DID REACH OUT TO, UM, THE CITY MAYOR AT THE TIME, UM, AND TRIED TO DO, DO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM.
UM, HOWEVER, IN TERMS OF THE TERMS AND THE RENTAL PRICE, UM, 18 T AND THE CITY COULD NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND THE CITY THEN SAID, IF WE COULDN'T COME TO AGREEMENT, THEN THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO AT LEAST WITH US.
AND MY, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM READING THE STAFF REPORT IS THAT THIS WAS THE PREFERRED SITE, CORRECT? THIS WAS NUMBER ONE.
WE DID TRY TO PLACE IT AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THAT AREA WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS.
UM, JUST, THERE WAS A LOT OF THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY A DEVELOPER WHO WAS GONNA BUILD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LEASE ANY SPACE AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN IT WAS THE VALENCIA WATER DISTRICT AND THEN HERITAGE PARK WITH, WITH REVERTED THAT SITE.
WHY IS IT THAT THE ELECTRONICS, THE ELECTRONICS CABINETS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THAT THAT STORAGE AREA IS, UM, WHY IS IT ABOVE GROUND? NOT UNDERGROUND? WELL, IT, WE CAN'T PLACE IT UNDERGROUND DUE TO THE WATER FACILITY HAVING UNDERGROUND PIPING.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE WATER, UH, THE FELLENSTEI WATER DISTRICT DID NOT WANT US TO DO.
IT IS PLACED ABOVE GROUND WITHIN A CMU WALL, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS PER THE CODE.
UM, AND THEN IT'S PAINTED AS WELL TO MATCH.
SO, SO VALENCIA WATER DISTRICT WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO LEASE AN UNDERGROUND THERE FOR THAT.
THEY HAVE UNDERGROUND PIPING THAT WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL WITH, EVEN WITH OUR TRENCHING TO GET POWER AND CONDUIT TO THE SITE.
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CAREFUL WITH HOW AND HOW DEEP WE COULD TRENCH AND IT WASN'T VERY DEEP.AND SO IMMEDIATELY BELOW THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS PIPING, CORRECT.
THAT'S WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS.
UM, I MEAN, ANOTHER REASON WHY AISLE 18 T DOESN'T BOLT AS WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT'S TO DO WITH HEATING ASPECTS, UM, FOR, WITH THE EQUIPMENT, IT GETS VERY HOT DOWN THERE, BUT THE EQUIPMENT CABINET SHOULDN'T BE SEEN WITH ALL THE SCREENING.
I, I JUST HAVE CONCERNS GENERALLY SPEAKING WITH REGARD TO THAT AREA, BECAUSE THAT AREA IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN JUST A HOT ZONE FOR GRAFFITI AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS OVER THE PAST.
I DON'T KNOW, 20 YEARS THAT I CAN THINK OF.
I I'M REALLY HESITANT ABOUT HAVING AN ABOVE GROUND WALT THERE AND FRANKLY, OR JUST UNSIGHTLY.
I, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IN THAT AREA, SO I, I NEED TO KNOW WHY THE, WHY THERE WOULD BE PIPING THERE AND NOT THE STREET.
I'M NOT FOLLOWING WHY THERE WOULD, I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND THEN, UH, 18 D ALSO, UH, WHEN WE PAINT THE CMU WALLS, WE DO PAINT IT WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, ANTI-GRAFFITI PAINT.
AND THEN ALSO AT, AND T TECHS ARE OUT THERE, UM, AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH TO CHECKING ON EQUIPMENT.
SO IF THERE WAS GRAFFITI WOULD BE CLEANED UP, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT FEASIBILITY OF UNDERGROUND MALL? IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, UH, HOW TO HAVE TO REVISIT WITH THE WATER DISTRICT, BUT WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM, IT WAS THAT THEY HAD UNDERGROUND PIPING, UM, WITH THEIR FACILITY.
AND THEN AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE WITH THE CMU WALL UP, UM, PER THE CODE.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH.
YOU SHOWED A PHOTO SIM UP THERE.
COULD YOU BRING THAT, UM, CAN YOU BRING THAT MAP UP THESE I'M SORRY, WHICH ONE? THE PHOTO SIM OF THE COVERAGE, THE MAP NAVIGATION MAP, THE PUBLICATION MAP.
NO, THE PUBLIC RELATION MAP HERE.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE BASICALLY, THIS MAP IS PRODUCED FROM SOME TYPE OF DATA, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
OUR RF ENGINEER, UM, PROVIDES THESE PROPAGATION MAPS.
FROM THIS POSITION GET MAP AND FROM THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE DERIVED FROM, I LIKE TO SEE WHAT ARE THE NUMBER, THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A MAP THAT YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, COME FROM A BUNCH OF DATA FOR US.
BUT I ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF YOU CAN PROVIDE US INFORMATION ON, YOU SAID SIGNIFICANT GAP, WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANT GAP? SURE.
I MEAN, THE GAPPING, THE CELL TOWER OBVIOUSLY PROVIDES MULTIPLE USES.
IT PROVIDES THE USAGE OF IF THERE'S DROPPED CALLS, IT PROVIDES THE USAGE FOR STREAMING AND DATA IN THE AREA.
I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME.
UM, SO THEN THEREFORE THERE'S MORE, UM, NECESSARY NEEDS FOR A CELL PHONE TOWER.
IT ALSO COULD BE THE FACT THAT ANOTHER SITE NEARBY IS AT MAX CAPACITY.
SO THEN THIS SITE WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THE, UM, THE DATA FROM THAT SITE AND HELP WITH THIS SITE.
THIS SITE ALSO PROVIDES URSA NET, WHICH IS A FREQUENCY AND RADIO THAT HELPS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 18 T IS MANDATED TO HAVE ON EVERY CELL PHONE TOWER.
AND, UM, SO THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE TOWER.
SO, I MEAN, YES, IT PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT GAP IN COVERAGE AND THAT'S THE MAIN, THAT'S OUR MAIN NEED, BUT I MEAN, THE CELL PHONE TOWER ALSO PROVIDES MULTIPLE AREAS AS FAR AS DATA, UH, THAT CAN GO FOR A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS FROM OUR RF ENGINEER.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK WITH THEM, UM, AND SEE IF THERE'S OTHER INFORMATION THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE FOR THAT FORM.
UM, YOU, YOU COVER QUITE A BIT OF, UH, OF, UM, YOU MENTIONED CAPACITY, YOU MENTIONED DATA, YOU MENTIONED RADIO FREQUENCY, BUT THE MAP THAT YOU HAD GENERATED AND YOU HAD PUT IN FRONT OF US TODAY, YOU MENTIONED SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT GAP.
IF THAT IS TRUE, I LIKE TO HAVE THAT NUMBER AND I CAN, SO I CAN SEE IF THERE'S A GAP.
WHERE IS IT? AND HOW MANY ARE THE GAPS NOW? WHETHER IT'S, IF YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENT GAPS THEN YEAH.
BY ALL MEANS, SHOW US THAT AS WELL.
LIKE IF YOU MENTIONED CAPACITY GAPS, YOU MENTIONED DATA, YOU KNOW, SHORTAGE OF DATA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT EARLIER.
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YOU WERE GOING PRETTY FAST.AND ALSO FOR FUTURE YOU CER I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT IT TO SAY CERTAIN OTHER GAPS, BUT I LIKE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A MAP.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION FOR ME TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS THE AREA BECAUSE THAT AREA IS PRETTY RURAL AND IT'S EITHER AN ACRE OR TWO ACRES PER HOUSEHOLD.
SO I LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOUR ENGINEER HAS COME UP WITH TO SEE IN TERMS OF WHAT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IT'S BEEN IMPACTED IN THIS, IN THIS AREA FOR ALL OF US COMING IN THE AREA AND ALSO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THERE'S UM, A LAST PAGE OF APARTMENTS.
YOU HAVE THAT BY CHANCE A YEAR THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, WHICH EACH COLOR, UM, AND HOW THIS MAPS, UM, ARE LABELED AND HOW EAGER, MAYBE IT WOULD HELP READ IT.
IT'S IN THAT LITTLE CORE, UM, COLOR QUARTER, UM, IT STATES WHICH COLOR IS PROVIDED IN THE VEHICLE, WHICH PR COVERAGE IS PROVIDED IN A HOUSE, WHICH COVER IS PROVIDED ON THE STREET.
SO IT'S SHOWING YOU THE COVERAGE MAP FOR EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
I MEAN, NOW THAT YOU HAD THE COLOR GREEN, I SEE GREEN, I SEE YELLOW AND I SEE PINKISH COLOR, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
YOU HAVE THAT, YOU HAVE THAT IN COLOR.
AND I LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOUR ENGINEER, JUST PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO SHOW ME THAT, OKAY.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT GAP OF SOME SORT.
YOU JUST PAINTED IT IN A CERTAIN AREA, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW.
SO THIS ACTUALLY IS AN ADDITION FOR OUR CELL TOWER OR DUE TO YOUR OTHER LOCATION BEING AT CAPACITY OR AT FULL CAPACITY.
SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE CLIENTS IN THE AREA HAVE PETITIONED? HAVE THEY REQUESTED IT? SO NO.
SO RF ENGINEER OBVIOUSLY CAN, A LOT OF TIMES, THE REASON WHY A CELL PHONE TOWER IS BEING BROUGHT UP IS BECAUSE THERE'S, UM, CUSTOMERS THAT ARE GOING TO THE STORES AND SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING COVERAGE IN THE AREA, OR IT'S THE CAPACITY ISSUE.
SO THAT'S A CELL SITE THAT THE RFS SCENE IS GETTING OVERLOADED AND IT'S THE EQUIPMENT BEING SHUT DOWN, OR THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT SERVING ALL THE CUSTOMERS THAT IT CAN.
SO THEN THEREFORE ANOTHER SITE POPS UP AND THEN THAT WOULD HELP COMMUNICATE.
THE TWO TOWERS WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND HELP ALLEVIATE.
SO IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF BETTER BUSINESS ON A T AND T'S PART, NOT A PUBLIC, WELL, IT'S A NEED SINCE THE COVERAGE.
AND THEN THE COVERAGE IS NEEDED.
UH, THE, WITH THE PROP MAPS, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW NECESSARY NECESSARILY WHAT INFORMATION RF ENGINEER COULD PROVIDE, UM, TO SHOW YOU THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
UM, THEY'RE JUST SEEING IT AND IN A BROAD SPAN OF THE COVERAGE THAT'S NEEDED.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY THE CELL SITES GOING UP.
I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, MR. WILLIAMS. NO, IT'S YOUR HAND.
WE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS UP FOR THE PUBLIC.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FOR THOSE.
WE'LL START FOR, WITH LISA GOOD EVENING PLANNING, COMMISSION, UM, STAFF AND RESIDENTS, UM, WITH TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION WITH THE CELL TOWER.
IT'S NOT A NEW CONVERSATION, AND WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION MANY TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
UM, AND I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HERE, OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND NOT THE CORPORATION.
SO I WOULD LIKE IF YOU COULD HELP DEFEND OUR INTERESTS AND OUR RIGHTS AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW, AND FEEL THE SAME, UM, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO SERVE US HERE TODAY.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TIME HERE.
SO THE TELE TELECOM LOBBYING OVER THE YEARS HAVE CHIPPED AWAY.
MANY OF OUR RIGHTS AND THE COURT AND THE CITY HAVE MANAGED TO PRESERVE MANY IN OUR FAVOR.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAW PREVENTS AUTHORITIES FROM TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE CELL TOWERS.
BUT THE LAW STILL PRESERVES THE LOCAL ZONING AUTHORITY WITH THE RIGHT, FOR THE PLACEMENT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IDEALLY NOT IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND THE CONSTRUCTION, AND WHICH IS THE, HOW BIG AND TALL THESE CELL TOWERS CAN BE.
AND ALSO THE MODIFICATION AND HIS AESTHETICS, UM, IN THIS DISCUSSION, YOU HEARD THE TERM, UM, SIGNIFICANT GAP, AND IT IS A FANCY TERM FOR A DEAD ZONE, WHICH FROM THE MAP THAT I HAVE OBSERVED DOESN'T
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REALLY HAVE ANY, AS IT STILL HAS CERTAIN COVERAGE.UM, AND IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL DATA PROVIDED, THEN THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE RESIDENTS TO SEE IF THERE ARE ACTUALLY DEAD ZONES.
BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN THIS PRESENTATION, THERE AREN'T ANY, UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING IT AND PRECISELY WHAT AREAS ARE EXPERIENCING IT.
SO THE PLACEMENT CAN BE ACCURATE IF NECESSARY.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN NO SPECIFIC DATA PROVING THAT THERE ARE DEAD ZONES OR SIGNIFICANT GAPS.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU CAN INSIST FOR DATA IN PROVING THAT THERE IS ONE BEFORE PLACING A CELL TOWER NEARBY A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UM, LIKE LIKEWISE, THERE ARE TERMS SUCH AS THE FUTURE GAP, UM, CAPACITY GAP OR ANY OTHER GAP, WHICH ARE ALL RELATED TO DEAD ZONES.
SO I WOULD HOPE YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
UM, IN OTHER WORDS, RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL A SOLUTION TO A NON-EXISTENT PROBLEM.
SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE MORE THINGS IN THIS AREA THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED, ESPECIALLY IN A ZONING.
SO THE DANGER IS ALLOWING THIS FOOTHOLD IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A FLOOD.
ONCE YOU LET ONE IN, THERE'S GOING TO BE MANY OTHERS TO COME.
AND I DON'T WANT ONE LITTLE TOWER TO BE INSTALLED NOW IN A 100 FOOT TOWER TO BE INSTALLED IN THE SAME AREA LEADER.
SO LIKE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS BROUGHT UP EARLIER, WE TOOK THE TROUBLE TO BURY THE WATER TANKS IN THE SIDE OF THE HILL AT GREAT COST TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE CITY.
BUT NOW WE WANT TO PUT AN INTRUSIVE TOWER INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS A VERY GOOD IDEA, ESPECIALLY WITH, UM, THE HERITAGE PARK, VERY CLOSE BY AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT GENERAL AREAS, JUST ALL, A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO SEE IT.
UM, AND HONESTLY, NONE OF US WANT TO SEE THESE GIANT TOWERS STICKING UP ON OUR WAY HOME, ON WE'RE GOING ON HIKES WHILE WE'RE WALKING AROUND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND ALSO NO OTHER ADDITIONAL CITIES NEARBY US ACTUALLY ALLOW IT.
SO PLEASE, UH, REPRESENT US, SORRY, PLEASE REPRESENT US AS YOU HAVE DONE.
SO, SO STEADFASTLY IN THE PAST BY SAYING NO TO THIS, UM, PERMIT TONIGHT, UH, I ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MATERIALS I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH FROM NEIGHBORING CITIES, UM, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS.
SO, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IN OTHER CITIES, UM, SPECIFICALLY I'VE DONE THE RESEARCH, UH, FOR THE CITY OF WALNUT, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO US.
UM, THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT ALLOW ANY OF THESE CELL TOWERS NEAR RESIDENTIAL ZONES IN THE CODE 6.8060 IN THEIR DESIGN STANDARDS.
THE TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS AND ANTENNAS SHALL NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 1500 FEET OF ANY SCHOOL.
THERE'S THREE ELEMENTARY HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH TRAIL PARK OR RECREATIONAL AREAS, SPORTING VENUE AND RESIDENTIAL ZONE, WHICH IS 1500 FEET COMPARED TO THE 100 THAT THIS PLAN PROPOSES.
SO I DO HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MESMAN GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS ELSIE MESSMAN AND A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
UH, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED ON THIS TOWER, ALL OF THESE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD A FENCE OR A WALL THAT'S EIGHT FEET HIGH OR WHATEVER.
APPARENTLY I THINK THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT SAID ALL EQUIPMENT MUST BE UNDERGROUND ON THE CELL TOWERS.
AND I THINK IF YOU CHECK THAT OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS RIGHT, BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE AND THEY CAN'T PUT IT UNDERGROUND BECAUSE OF THE PIPES, AND IT SAYS LAND OF THE CASE, I SAID, THEY'VE GOT TO GO SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY SHOULD TRY WALNUT OR COVINA OR SOMETHING ELSE, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAY THAT EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE UNDERGROUND.
AND I KNOW IT COSTS MORE AND A GRAFFITI, WE'VE GOT IT UP IN OUR AREA.
AND THE GRAFFITI IS LIKE YOU SAY, IF THERE'S A BLANK WALL, THERE HAS BEEN A BIG GRAFFITI.
AND IF THEY JUST COME TO CHECK IT ONCE A MONTH OR WHATEVER, I SAID, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE
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DISASTER.SO I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE A PRUDE.
AH, OH, YOU'RE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M NOT USED TO COME TO SPEAK LIKE THIS.
SO ANYWAY, BUT THIS REALLY CONCERNED ME BECAUSE MY HOUSE, THEY WANT TO BUILD AT A THREE-FOURTHS.
SO IT'S ONLY ABOUT 400 FEET AWAY FROM WHERE THEY WANT A PURE, UGLY WHORE.
IT DEFINITELY WOULD AFFECT NOT ONLY ME, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN HOUSES UP IN, IN, IN THAT AREA.
THERE'S NOT A PROPERTY VALUE WOULD REALLY GO DOWN DRAMATICALLY.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO BUILD SOMETHING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THEY COULD HAVE MOVE IT SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE ELSE WITH THE LAST PEOPLE RECITE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, SO, SO ON TOP OF IT, ONCE YOU LET THEM TO BUILD THE FIRST ONE, I NEVER KNOW HOW MANY MORE THEY CAN BUILD ON THAT.
SO IN THAT CASE, IT WOULD REALLY DECREASE THE PROPERTY VALUES THERE.
AND JUST LIKE A ONE I MENTIONED ON A PEASANT REGULATION, YOU CANNOT HAVE ANYTHING WITHIN 1500 FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
MY HOUSE IS DIES FATE, MAYBE ABOUT 400.
AND I JUST DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD EVEN THINK OF HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN A PLACE SO CLOSE TO PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
OKAY, PATTY, IS IT MCLAREN? GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
I LIVE ON THE GOLF COURSE IN SOUTH HILLS, SO I'M A STONE'S THROW FROM WHERE THEY WANT TO DO THE TOWER.
I FOUGHT ONE FEW YEARS AGO AND WE BEAT HIM.
SO I'M BACK TO FIND ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THEM.
I THINK THEY RUINED SOUTH HILLS, THE GOLF COURSE, THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE.
SO MY MAIN POINT TONIGHT IS JUST GONNA BRING UP A COUPLE OF POINTS.
NUMBER ONE, I AGREE WITH MS. TANG, THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE DATA ON THIS COVERAGE MAP, BECAUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT DATA, I HAVE AN AT AND T PHONE AND A VERIZON PHONE.
I DON'T GET DROPPED CALLS ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL DROPPED CALLS EVERY FIVE MINUTES THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
I HAVEN'T HAD THAT HAPPEN IN SO LONG.
SO I DON'T REALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF I TRUST THEIR DATA OR IF, IF ANYTHING, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DATA, SHOW ME WHERE THE DROP CALLS ARE.
WHO HAS THEM, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT STREET JUST CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST KIND OF LEERY ABOUT A BIG COMPANY'S PRESENTATION, CALL ME SKEPTICAL, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FACTS BEFORE I EVER BEFORE.
I HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND RUIN IT, YOU KNOW? UM, SO THAT'S WHAT ABOUT THE DATA? UM, ON ANOTHER THING, THERE'S TWO ISSUES.
ONCE WE PUT A CELL TOWER INTO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND FIRST OF ALL, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THOUGHT THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSE TO THOSE.
THAT'S AN ISSUE IF ONCE THEY DO COME IN, THOUGH, AND IF SOMEBODY ALLOWS THEM, WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE'S SOME LAWS ON THE BOOKS.
NUMBER ONE IS THE, THE PLACEMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO, IT'S CALLED THE, UM, THE IT'S CALLED A GROWING TREE.
AND THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE FARMING OF IT.
WHAT IT IS IS THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT LAWS.
THE FIRST ONE IS ONCE THEY BUILD THE TOWER, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LAW.
THAT'S THE FCC FCC SECTION 6, 4 0 9.
THAT EXPLAINS THAT ONCE A NEW CELL TOWER IS APPROVED, THEY CANNOT BY LAW.
STOP THE ADDITION TO IT, IT CAN LITERALLY GROW 20 FEET EACH, EACH TIME A NEW REQUEST IS PUT IN.
FOR INSTANCE, ONCE THE TREES PUT UP THIS TREE, ANY NEW COMPANY THAT WANTS TO ADD ON, THEY CAN ADD 20 FEET EACH TIME.
SO THIS THING CAN EXPONENTIALLY GET BIGGER AND BIGGER.
AND BY LAW, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE, THERE'S ALSO A SECOND LAW.
THIS IS PUT OUT BY CODE 704 A AND IT STATES THAT YOU CANNOT STOP THE FARM OF THE CELL TOWER GROWTH.
AGAIN, IT'S LIKE A DYSTOPIAN NIGHTMARE FROM TIM, TIM BURTON MOVIE, BECAUSE HERE IT IS IN LAW, YOU CAN'T START WITH THE FARM.
ONCE YOU GOT ONE, ANOTHER ONE COME IN.
AND IF YOU DON'T LET THE OTHER GUY IN IT'S DISCRIMINATION
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AGAINST THAT OTHER COMPANY AND THE LAWS, I HAVE COPIES OF THEM RIGHT HERE FOR YOU GUYS.SO I'D LIKE TO PASS THESE OUT.
SO IN ALL BECAUSE OF THOSE LAWS, I JUST DON'T TRUST THIS THING TO NOT KEEP GROWING AND TURNING IT INTO A TIM BURTON MOVIE, ALL HANGING OVER AND LOOMING OVER OUR BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S WHAT SCARES ME THE MOST.
I USED TO WALK HERITAGE DOG ALL THE TIME WITH MY DOG.
AND IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL UP THERE WHEN YOU GET UP THERE AND YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING AND I JUST DON'T WANT IT RUINED.
AND LASTLY, I W I, I PLEAD WITH YOU GUYS, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, EVERYBODY TO HOPEFULLY STOP THIS.
CAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE ALL THE POWER TO HELP US AND TO HELP OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.
SO HERE'S W DO YOU GUYS WANT COPIES OF THE LAWS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? SURE.
LET ME GIVE YOU THESE 1, 2, 3.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
PIKE, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA FOR 33 YEARS.
I ACTUALLY LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE THIS TERROR IS BEING PROPOSED.
UM, AS A RESIDENT AND ONE THAT REPRESENTS MANY OTHER WEST COVINA RESIDENTS.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO DECLINE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WEST COVINA HAS ALWAYS PREDICTED, PROTECTED OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
RESIDENTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY PUSHED BACK ON SALE TAILS AND FOR GOOD REASON, WE'VE WORKED HARD TO PROVIDE COMPELLING REASONS.
EACH TIME THIS ISSUE HAS COME UP.
WE ARE THANKFUL TO THE CITY FOR HEARING US AND VOTING IN OUR FAVOR IN ALL PAST YEARS, MOST RECENTLY, 15, 2018, 2019 AND NEIGHBORING CITIES ALSO STRONGLY OPPOSED TOWELS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH WARNER HAVING A 1500 FEET AWAY, UH, RESTRICTION, UM, THAT'S FIVE FOOT OR FIELD LENS.
UM, THIS PROPOSAL, I BELIEVE WAS A HUNDRED FEET.
THIS ROOM I BELIEVE IS PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET.
THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE.
THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR ALSO ONLY ALLOWS IN THAT COMMERCIAL AREAS.
PLEASE DO NOT SET A PRECEDENCE FOR WEST COVINA TO ALLOW CELL TOWERS, RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO COMMISSIONER HANGS, UH, STATEMENTS, UH, MATRIX IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR TELCOS TO PROVIDE MISLEADING, SUBJECTIVE, OR INACCURATE INFORMATION TO THE CITY STAFF AND COMMISSIONER, EVEN WORSE TO PROVIDE NO INFO.
IT'S THE TELCO'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE YOU THIS INFORMATION.
IF THERE'S NO VERIFIABLE METRICS, THEN THERE SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERATION GIVEN.
AND IF THERE'S NO VALIDATED GAPS, DROP CALLS OR DEAD SPOTS, THEN CONSIDERATION SHOULDN'T BE GIVEN.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY CLIENTS IT AND CLATE T CLIENTS ARE IN THAT AREA? I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY FEW VERY, VERY FEW FROM A PERCENTAGE STANDPOINT, I'D VENTURE TO SAY LESS THAN 1%.
UM, SO I THINK METRICS ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
I KNOW I WALK MY DOG ALONG THAT AREA ALL THE TIME.
UM, I WALKED THROUGH THE BACK OF VIRGINIA LANE OUT ONTO CAMERON ALL THE WAY UP TO HERITAGE PARK INTO HERITAGE PARK.
I'M OFTEN ON MY PHONE, UH, AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM, UH, NO DROP CALLS.
UM, OUR CITY, UM, ITS POWER IS PRESERVED BY THE FCC.
THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO ALLOW A TOWEL.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE LAWS THAT TELCO WILL SITE AND HOW THOSE LAWS CAN IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THE LADY BEFORE ME SPOKE TO THIS, THE 2012 MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF ACT ALLOWS TELCOS TO GROW TAILS UP TO 20 FEET SECTIONS AT A TIME, UH, ALLOWING ONE OTHERS WILL JUMP ON IT'S A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS.
AND SO WE CAN EXPECT THAT TAIL TO GET UGLIER AND UGLIER AND TALLER AND TALLER.
UH, AND THE SECOND ONE THAT THE LADY SPOKE TO IS ONCE YOU ALLOW ONE, YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE.
IT'S JUST A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.
THE OTHER CARRIERS WE'LL ADD ON AESTHETICS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
THESE TAILS ARE NOT PRETTY BY ANY MEANS AND GET WORSE AND WORSE IN VERY SHORT ORDER, AS THEY ARE BUILT OUT, IT'S AN EYESORE AND UGLY FOR RESIDENTS THAT GET TO LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE ONCE YOU SEE THE, OH, I SAW YOU, CAN'T LET IT GO.
IT AFFECTS ONE'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
I FEEL BAD FOR THE LADY YOU SPOKE EARLIER, LIVING JUST 400 FEET AWAY.
SHE'S GOING TO LOOK AT THAT EVERY DAY.
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IT'S JUST GOING TO RUIN A QUALITY OF LIFE.AND TO ME, ONE PERSON'S QUITE YOUR LIFE IS IMPORTANT.
DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S 1,000, A THOUSAND ONE'S ENOUGH CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DENY ON THE BASIS OF AESTHETICS.
FINALLY, RESIDENTS FEEL SO STRONGLY ON THIS ISSUE THAT LOW, LAST TIME THIS CAME UP, WE RAISED SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE FEE, THE CITY REQUIRED FOR US RESIDENTS TO BE HEARD.
THANKFULLY, THE CITY HEARD US AND SUPPORTED OUR POSITION.
THAT COST WAS FOUR AND A HALF THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WE DIDN'T GET THAT MONEY BACK OUT OF THAT WAS MY MONEY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND PLEASE SAY, NO, THANK YOU.
UM, CITY PLANNERS AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
AND EVERYBODY'S TIME TO COME HERE AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS EFFORTS TO PUT A, UH, COMMERCIAL, UH, STRUCTURE AND A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
I THINK THE WHOLE EFFORT TO TRY TO SQUASH THIS AT THIS MOMENT, LIKE THE GENTLEMEN WHO JUST BUILT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BASICALLY FIGHT THIS AFTER APPROVAL PROCESS, WHICH REQUIRE US TO PUT UP MONEY TO, UH, UH, PUT IN A REQUEST AND ALL THE OTHER EXERCISE THAT WAS DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.
SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE A COUPLE OF POINTS.
UH, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP, UH, ONE WITH THE NOTION OF SIGNIFICANT GAP.
I THINK, UM, IF EVERYBODY'S UNCLEAR, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY EQUAL TO DEAD ZONE.
SO IF THE, UH, VENDOR OR THE, UH, AT, AND T THIS CASE THERE, THEIR RF ENGINEER CAN'T PROVIDE THAT.
THEN YOU GUYS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DENY IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO GAP THAT THEY NEED TO FILL.
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THAT'S OWNS AND FUTURE CAPACITY.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE NOT EQUAL TO SIGNIFICANT GAP.
SO THIS HAS TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR IN THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN COME IN AND REBUT THAT IF THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF IT.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT'S ITS OWN DROP CALLS.
THOSE ARE, UH, UM, A SIGNIFICANT GAP.
SO THE OTHER, UM, UH, ITEMS THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP AND REITERATE AGAIN, IS THE CITY HAS THE, UH, AUTHORITY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS CODES IN PLACE TILL, UH, GENERALLY, UH, THAT WE SHOULD ADHERE TO, WHICH IS IF IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA, WE SHOULD KEEP THAT IT'S INFORMING TO A RESIDENTIAL WARM PEOPLE BUY INTO THESE AREAS BECAUSE THERE'S A CERTAIN AESTHETICS THAT THEY'RE, UH, WANTING TO LIVE IN AND APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY NEEDS TO PRESERVE THAT.
AND IF YOU ARE TO APPROVE ONE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS COVERED BEFORE IT BECOMES A OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD OUT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, AND I'M IN MY, MY PROFESSIONAL JOB IS INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I KNOW WE NEED THIS, BUT THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS WHERE YOU NEED IT.
UM, AND THIS IS NOT ONE OF IT.
UM, THE AUTHORITY THAT YOU'LL BE GIVING UP, IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE THIS ONE IS WHAT HE AND LADY GENTLEMEN, UH, UM, MENTIONED BEFORE, WHICH IS WITH THE LAWS IN 2012, YOU CAN'T STOP THE GROWTH OF THE TREE.
SO 60 FEET NOW, AND THAT RENDERING OUT OF WHO DID IT, BUT WE NEED TO MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF THAT TREE AROUND IT.
I MEAN, IT'LL BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU, HEY, THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF THE TREE AND, AND WHAT THE PROJECTED GROWTH IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, SAY AT 60 FEET AND HAD MEASURED THE TREE AROUND IT.
AND THEN THAT'S HOW TOWER, AND THEN AT 22 THAT, OR THE REQUEST THAT THE 24, AND JUST TO SEE WHAT THE GROWTH INCREMENT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY END UP LOOKING LIKE IF THE NEED, UH, AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THE REQUEST COMES IN AND OF COURSE THE GROWTH AND THE FARMING OF THESE CELL TOWERS, THE ABILITY FOR THE, UM, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO APPROVE, OR TO ALLOW MORE, THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR YOU TOO, BECAUSE YOU ESSENTIALLY GIVE UP THAT RIGHT TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING, I BELIEVE.
SO YOU NEED TO PRESERVE THAT AND MAKE SURE WE PRESERVE THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE AESTHETICS OF THOSE SURROUNDING AREA.
UM, SO LET'S SEE HERE A COVERED THAT ALREADY IS STATICS.
I THINK ALL THE OTHER GENTLEMEN COVERED.
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THERE, THE, UH, AUTHORITY THAT WE MAINTAIN FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THAT'S, LET'S USE IT TO ONE, UM, GET THE VENDOR OR GET THE, UH, COMPANY THAT AT AND T IN THIS CASE TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT GAP THERE THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY JUST DROP CALLS.AND, AND, AND THAT THEY'RE DEAD ZONES.
IF THEY CAN'T SHOW THAT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN, YOU GUYS CAN PRESERVE THE, THE, THE, UH, QUALITY OF THE, UH, THE AREA, THE AESTHETICS OF THE AREA BY DENYING IT RIGHT HERE.
WOULD LIKE THE APPLICANT LIGHT TO COME UP AND REPLY TO ANY OF THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS? UM, SO THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO TOUCH ON.
UM, AND ONE OF THOSE BEING THE 64 0 9 SECTION 64 0 9, UM, I DID WANT TO RE UH, ITERATE THAT, THAT LAW STATES THAT, UM, A CARRIER CAN COME IN AND MODIFY THE TOWER UP TO 20 FEET, BUT IT STOPS AT 20 FEET.
UM, YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO EXTEND AT ONE TIME.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE NEED FOR THE, THE CELL SITE IN THE AREA, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THESE CELL SITES ARE NOT CHEAP TO INSTALL.
UM, AND SO RF REALLY LOOKS INTO THE AREAS OF WHERE IT'S NEEDED.
UM, WE GET THESE RINGS, LIKE I SAID, IT'S LIKE HALF MILE, THE PROPERTIES ARE SLIM TO NONE TO TRY TO FIND A CELL SITE, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FEED THIS AREA AS WELL AS THE CELL SITES ALSO, BECAUSE AT AND T IS MANDATED TO INCLUDE FIRSTNET ON THESE CELL SITES, WHICH AGAIN, THAT PROVIDES SERVICE TO FIRST RESPONDERS, WHICH THAT DOES, IS IF THE CASE OF A DISASTER, IF THE CELL SITE HAS TO GET SHUT DOWN, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT POWER IN THE AREA HE'S IN TENNIS STAY ON.
SO THAT WAY VERSUS RESPONDERS ARE ABLE TO USE THESE ANTENNAS.
UM, IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCIES, THESE 18 T IS REQUIRED TO INSTALL A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THESE ANTENNAS, UM, PER THE GOVERNMENT'S EYE LINES AND THE FCC GUIDELINES.
AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM THAT IS NEEDED IN THIS AREA.
UM, THAT WAS REALLY MY MAIN POINTS THAT I WANTED TO REITERATE.
SHOULD GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? UM, ONE QUESTION, UM, ARE YOU AWARE OF A 10 T UM, EVER ACTUALLY INSTALLING, UM, EQUIPMENT ACTUALLY ON YOU WATER TOWERS THEMSELVES? YES.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME SITES THAT WE DO INSTALL ON THE WATER TOWERS.
UM, SINCE THESE ONES ARE LOWER, UM, W WE'RE NOT GETTING THE HEIGHT THAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO SHOOT OVER CERTAIN ZONES, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN, UH, FACILITIES THAT WE DO INSTALL, UM, ON WIRES FACILITIES, HOWEVER, AT AND T IS NEEDED THE HEIGHT IN ORDER TO SHOOT OVER THE AREAS, NO OFFHAND, JUST A BALLPARK.
WHAT'S THE HEIGHT, UM, THAT, OR DO YOU GO WITH WHAT'S RECOMMENDED BY YOUR ENGINEERING? CORRECT.
I GO BY WHAT'S RECOMMENDED BY AN ENGINEER, WHICH IS THE 60 FEET.
CAN WE SHOW, HANG VICE-CHAIR LIST? SO ESSENTIALLY AT ONE POINT, IF YOU NEEDED, THIS COULD BE 80 AND 80 FOOT TOWER, WELL, PER THE 64 9 FCC LAW.
IF WE COULD EXTEND IT UP TO 60 FEET, UM, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY SAYING WE WOULD EXTEND IT, BUT THAT SAYING ANOTHER CARRIER COULD HAVE, I MEAN, UP TO 20 FEET HIGHER.
SO IT COULD BE A TOTAL OF 80 FEET, HIGH IT'S, 10% OR 20 FEET.
AND AT THAT LOCATION, HOW MUCH COVERAGE, WHAT AREA WOULD THAT EXPAND TO? THEY COVERED THAT FOR THE CELL PHONE TOWER IN FOOTAGE AND FOOTAGE.
LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF AN AREA, HOW MANY CELL PHONE TOWERS, UH, GENERALLY YOU COULD REACH UP TO A MILE TO A MILE AND A HALF, SOMETIMES TWO MILES.
IT DEPENDS ON THE TERRAIN, UM, AND THE, UH, AREA AND THE SURROUNDINGS.
SO GRANTED, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT COVERAGE FROM A DESERT SITE THAT IS FLAT.
UM, YOU COULD REACH A LOT FARTHER AND THEREFORE THE SELLER SIZE, MANY CELL PHONE TOWERS WITHIN THOSE AREAS, BUT VERSUS ONE WHERE HERE IN WEST COVINA OR IN, UM, WEST COVINA IN THAT AREA, IT HAS MORE HILLS.
AND SO THEREFORE, THAT'S WHY THERE'S MAYBE MORE CELL PHONE TOWERS IN THIS AREA.
DO YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A CELL PHONE TOWER AT MOUNT SAC RIGHT THERE.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, HELPING FEEDING THAT GAP BETWEEN MOUNT SAC, UM, AND THEN OFF OF CAMERON, AND THEN FOR ANOTHER FACILITY THAT WE MAY HAVE IN WALNUT.
NOW ISN'T MOUNT SAC WITHIN A MILE OF THAT, IN THAT RADIUS, IT COULD BE, BUT IT'S, IT'S, UH, MAYBE UP TO A MILE UP TO THE SITE, BUT THEN YOU'RE NOT SHOOTING A MO CAUSE THE CELLPHONE TOWER HAS THREE SECTORS.
AND SO THAT SHOOTING IN DIFFERENT ASTHMAS IN DIFFERENT DEGREES, UM, EACH SECTOR, WHICH HAS MEANING IT'S PICKING UP DIFFERENT, UM, BEADS
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IN THE AREA.SAC DEPENDING ON WHERE THE CELL SITE IS AND HOW THE, UM, UH, TENOR RAYS ARE FACING BECAUSE OF THE CELL TOWER AT MOUNT SAC, IS THAT A 60 FOOT OR AN 80 FOOT? UM, I'M NOT SURE, UM, WHERE THAT FACILITY IS LOCATED.
I BELIEVE IT'S ON A ROOFTOP, UH, WHICH, I MEAN, CAUSE MY, MY QUESTION IS WHY, WHY COULDN'T YOU EXPAND ON WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN THAT AREA? YOU BEEN ONE AT MOUNT SINAI BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHERE OUR RF ENGINEER SURGERY IS.
SO THAT'S HOW IT CAN ONLY GO SO FAR.
UM, AND AGAIN, WITH THE TERRAIN.
SO AS YOU KNOW, MOUNT SAC, UM, IS, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ABOUT, UM, I THINK IT'S A MILE AND A HALF AWAY.
UM, BUT THE TERRAIN AND THERE'S HILLS, YOU SAID IT DOES GO THAT FAR.
SO IF YOU WERE TO EXPAND THAT AND GIVE IT MORE HEIGHT THAN MAYBE YOU COULD GO A LITTLE FURTHER, BUT ANYWAYS, I MEAN, WE WOULD NEED DATA, MORE DATA FOR THIS, IN MY OPINION.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT BEFORE WE CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN DISCUSSION WITHIN THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. OKAY.
UM, I AM AWARE OF CITIES THAT HAVE WATER TOWERS IN THE COVINA HILLS AREA WHERE, BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF THOSE TOWERS, THEY WERE ABLE TO INSTALL EQUIPMENT ON TOP.
UM, I DID NOTICE THAT THE TWO TOWERS THAT ARE THERE, WHICH CAN BE SEEN FROM THE CHAIN LINK FENCE AT HERITAGE PARK ARE RATHER LOW.
UM, I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AS FAR AS THE EQUIPMENT AND SEEING THAT THAT IS VALENCIA WATER FACILITY, UM, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY DO HAVE EQUIPMENT AND THINGS UNDERGROUND, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD NOT WANT SOMEONE TO PERHAPS AFFECT THEIR WATER SERVICE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE RESIDENTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY BEING SERVED BY THOSE TWO WATER TANKS.
BUT AGAIN, VALENCIA WATER I GUESS, IS IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE, BUT IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A USE THAT IS NOT RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT IS PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE OTHER THING THAT I AM AWARE OF AT ONE POINT DIAMOND BAR HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY HAD STADIUM LIGHTING.
AND ONE OF THOSE LIGHTS ARE MORE ACTUALLY PROVIDED CELL SIDE.
AND, UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THERE AND SEE THAT, BUT THAT WAS QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND TECHNOLOGY AND THINGS THAT DO OCCUR AND, AND CAN BE IMPROVEMENTS.
CAN WE SHOW, HANG? I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW CONCERN.
UM, ONE OF THE CONCERN IS, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, RESIDENT CAME UP AND SAID THAT IN THE PAST, IF YOU VISIT THE TANK, IT ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE THE CITY OR IN THE PAST WAS TAKING A LOT OF EFFORT TO HIDE THAT TANK.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE LIVE AND WE DRINK THE WATER AND I WAS VISITING THIS MORNING AND I NOTICED THAT I BARELY SEE THE TANK.
THE TANK IS PROBABLY SIX FEET.
AND IF YOU WALK UP THE PATH THAT THEY, THE GATE WAS OPEN.
SO IF YOU WALK UP THE PATH TO THE TOP PORTION, IT'S BARELY IT'S FLUSH WITH THE HILLSIDE.
SO FROM CERTAIN AREA IN, IN THIS AREA, IT'S LIKE A BOWL.
SO YOU HAVING RESIDENTS ON TOP OF THE PARK AREA THAT WILL BE LOOKING DOWN, WHICH IS THE PHOTO SIMS ONLY TAKING FROM THE PARK DOWN, LOOKING UP.
SO WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE SEEING.
UH, WE'LL BE SEEING THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE LIVING ON HILLSIDE AND IT'S KIND OF CURVED UP LIKE A BOWL AND IT WAS PRETTY HIGH UP THERE.
UH, WE SAW THEM ALL THE RESIDENTS BACK YARD.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT IN THE PHOTO SIM, I ONLY SEE IT FROM THE STREET ON CAMERON AND ONLY FROM THE STREET, FROM WHERE IT'S WRITTEN THERE, HIDDEN BEHIND THE TREES.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE PUTTING HERE'S, HERE'S A TREE AND YOU'RE PUTTING A TALL IN BEHIND IT AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT.
LIKE FROM OVER THERE, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT THAT WAY.
BUT IF YOU KNOW THE AREA, WHICH I DO KNOW VERY WELL, AND I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS OR SO.
AND LIKE MOST OF THE RESIDENTS SAID, WE DO WALK AROUND THERE AND WE DO HAVE FRIENDS BACK YARDS WE'VE BEEN THERE.
AND WE SEE THAT IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO GO UP TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
CAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AND TAKE SOME PICTURES, BUT WE DON'T SEE THAT IN, EVEN IN THIS PHOTO SIM, UM, IF THE CITY, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, HOW
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LONG THE TANK WAS BUILT, IT WAS BUILT LONG TIME AGO, VALENCIA HIGH.AND THEY GO OUT OF AN EFFORT, EVEN FOR ME, JUST GOING TO LOOK FOR IT.
HOWEVER, IF YOU GO UP THIS UP THE SIDE, YOU BARELY SEE IT FROM HERITAGE PARK.
YOU BARELY SEE THAT THE, UH, THE TANK, BECAUSE IT'S BURIED UNDER THERE.
IT TOOK A LOT OF ENERGY TO BUILD A TANK THAT'S UNDER HIDDEN SO THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THE HILLSIDE IS THAT IS A HILLSIDE AREA.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S VERY CONCERNING TO FULL FOR, FOR WHAT ONE OF THE RESIDENT WAS SAYING, IS THAT OKAY? IN THE PAST, IT'S NOT TOLERATED TO EXPOSE THE WATER TANK AND ALL RESIDENTIAL AREA, BUT TODAY, IF WE ARE ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN, WE ARE EXPOSING NOT ONLY 60 FOOT, BUT THE LAWS ALSO ON THEIR SIDE, WHAT LAW WAS IT? THEY MENTIONED THAT IT WAS HERE.
IT'S THE MIDDLE CLASS ACT, TAX RELIEF AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 2012.
NOW WHAT THAT STATE IS THAT, THAT SECTION, WHAT, WHAT THE AT AND T EVEN MENTIONED, IT'S THE 64 0 9 THING.
IT'S A, I CAN'T REALLY READ BECAUSE IT'S BLURRY OF THE TAX ACT PROVIDES THAT A STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY NOT DENY AND SHAW APPROVE ANY REQUEST FOR CO-LOCATION.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE, AS A GOVERNING, WHAT WE ARE SAYING IN FRONT OF US, THE 18 T IS COMING TO US, ASK US FOR A CONDITIONAL USE TODAY THAT NO LONGER WILL BE ALLOWED IN OUR CASE, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE ON 18 T SEASON.
SO WE NO LONGER HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT.
SO IT'S LIKE, UH, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO GROW 20 FOOT EACH TIME OR ONE TIME, I'M NOT VERY CLEAR BECAUSE YOU HAD TO READ THE ENTIRE ACT.
BUT THE LAW IS DEFINITELY ON THEIR SIDE.
IF THE RESIDENT DID NOT COME AND TELL US TODAY, WOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THIS LAW? THEY ONLY SAID THE MAXIMUM YOU CAN HAVE IS 60 FEET, BUT THEY NEVER TOLD US THAT THIS THING CAN GROW.
I DIDN'T HEAR THAT FROM THEM UNTIL ONE OF THE RESIDENTS TOLD US.
THE OTHER THING THAT WAS CONCERNING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE CELL FARMING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IS THAT LAW IS FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO IF, IF, I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST AN ACRE PLUS FORGOT WHAT, HOW MANY ACRES WAS THAT AREA? DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF THE WATER COMPANY WANTS WHAT'S ANOTHER COMPANY, VERIZON T-MOBILE'S TO COME IN BECAUSE THEY WANT IT AND THEY WANNA MAKE MORE MONEY.
BECAUSE TO ME, IF YOU CAN'T SHOW ME THAT THERE'S A DROP CALL IN WHICH RESIDENT THAT LIVES THERE, WE CAN ALL GO THERE.
WE ALL HAVE 18 T IF YOU TELL US WHERE THE LOCATION IS, WE GO THERE AND WE TEST IT OUT.
IS THERE A DROP CAUSE NOT IS NOT A HARD SCIENCE AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS HERE, NOT ONLY HAVE WHETHER YOU HAVE VERIZON'S T-MOBILE 18 T YOU CAN TEST THEM OUT.
THE NEIGHBOR CAN TEST THEM OUT.
AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAD SAID THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY JOB CALL WHILE THEY'RE WALKING THEIR DOGS.
SO OBVIOUSLY WITH THE PHOTO SIM THAT THEY SHOW US ON THAT DATA, IT NEVER SAID THAT IS SIGNIFICANT GAP.
I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THE DATA.
IN FACT, IT DIDN'T EVEN SAID ANYTHING ABOUT DROPPED CALLS OR ANY TYPE OF DATA, JUST A COLOR-CODED MAP.
BUT TO ME, IT'S NOT A PAINTING.
THIS IS THE DATA THAT I NEED TO HAVE.
HOW MANY RESIDENTS THAT I NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT IS BEING AFFECTED.
AND IS THIS NEEDED MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS COME HERE TONIGHT.
THEY DON'T WANT THIS, THIS TALLER.
AGAIN, THE LAWS ON THEIR SIDE.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT, WHAT IS IT? SECTION 7 0 4, WHICH IS THE FCC, UM, REGULATION STATES AND LOCALITIES MAY NOT TAKE DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATORY, OR PROHIBITING ACTIONS.
SO YOU READ FURTHER ON IN SECTION 704 A OF THE 1996 ACT.
NOW THIS CODE WAS PASSED IN 1996.
THAT'S HOW MANY YEARS AGO? ONCE A LONG TIME AGO, BASICALLY.
AND IT BASICALLY, EVEN AT THAT TIME, IT STATES THAT THE REGULATIONS OF THE PLACEMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION OF PERSONAL WIRELESS, BY THE WAY, GUYS, WE'RE ON PAGE FOUR, A WIRELESS FACILITY BY ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR INSTRUMENT, OR THEY'RE OFF SHORE, NOT UNREASONABLE DISCRIMINATE AMONG PROVIDER OF, UM, FUNCTIONALITY, EQUIVALENT SERVICE, AND SHALL NOT PROHIBIT OF HAVING AN EFFECT OF INHIBITING THE
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PROVISION OF PERSONAL WIRELESS, UH, WIRELESS.SO IN ANOTHER WORD IS ONCE WE ALLOWED OUR CODE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT, THEY'RE COMING IN FRONT OF US IS BECAUSE THE SAME LAW ACTUALLY PRESERVED ALL LOCAL AUTHORITY.
I MEAN, THE FIVE OF US, ONE OF US IS TRYING TO ZOOM IN, BUT THE FIBERS OF, UH, DO HAVE A SAY TODAY, BUT IF YOU WERE ALLOWING TO PROVE WITH NO DATA, THAT MEANS TOMORROW COMES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY ANY OF THIS ALL BECAUSE THE LAW EACH YEAR IS PASSED ON TELECOMS BEHALF, NOT THE RESIDENT'S BEHALF.
SO THE OTHER THING IS THE AESTHETICS, A FEW OF THE RESIDENTS COMES HERE TODAY AND TELL US THAT AESTHETICALLY, THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
AND WOULD YOU BLAME THEM IF THE HUGE HUMONGOUS WATER TANK THAT WE NEED IS BEING BURIED IN THE HILLSIDE.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE BEING TOLD THAT, OKAY, YOU HAVE TO TOLERATE WITH THIS 60 FOOT.
IN FACT, IT MAY NOT BE 60 FOOT.
IT MAY BE 80, A HUNDRED, WHO KNOWS? SO THAT'S HONG KONG LAW CASE IT PAGE FIVE, SPLIT VERSUS PELLETS.
VERDI'S IT GIVES THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND THAT FACT, BECAUSE WE'RE THE AUTHORITY TO DENY THE APPLICATION UNDER THE BASE OF AESTHETICS.
SO THERE ARE A FEW STEPS THAT WE CAN DO TONIGHT.
HOWEVER, ONCE IT'S APPROVED, WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY DATA FROM THE COMPANY TO STAY AND TELL US THAT, HEY, THERE ARE DROPPED CALLS, IF ARE A SIGNIFICANT GAP, OKAY.
BEHALF TO GIVE IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO CALL WHATSOEVER, NO RESIDENT NEEDS IT.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S A BUSINESS VENTURE.
THEY WANT TO MAKE MORE MONEY OUT OF WHO IS EXPENSE, ALL RESIDENTS EXPENSE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR, VISCERA AND PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE REQUIRED FINDINGS FOR ANY DECISION TONIGHT ARE CONTAINED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, UH, TO EITHER APPROVE OR DENY A CUP.
UM, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL LAWS ARE WHAT THEY ARE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT WHAT YOU'RE BASING YOUR DECISION ON TONIGHT.
THAT'S NOT WITHIN OUR, OUR AUTHORITY TO CHANGE OR, OR REGULATE, BUT WHAT YOUR DECISION WILL BE BASED ON IS THE REQUIRED FINDINGS AS SET FORTH IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, WHICH CONTAINED SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT COMMISSIONER HANGS SPOKE ON SUCH AS THE, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTICULAR LOCATION IS NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE OR FACILITY, WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE GENERAL WELLBEING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY OR SPEAKING TO THE AESTHETICS OF THE PROPOSED DESIGN.
SO, UM, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT ANY DECISION YOU MAKE TONIGHT SHOULD BE BASED ON THOSE FINDINGS.
AND IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU LACK CERTAIN INFORMATION TO HELP YOU, UM, DECIDE ON WHETHER OR NOT CERTAIN FINDINGS CAN BE MADE, THEN YOU COULD CONTINUE THE ITEM AND REQUEST FURTHER INFORMATION.
THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE ENOUGH TO YOU BASED DECISION, AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO EVEN REVIEW.
YOU KNOW, UH, WE ARE, UH, EVERY PERSON UP HERE IS A WEST CAMINO RESIDENTS, BUT WE APPROVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TOMORROW.
UM, AS, AS A RESIDENT FOR 51 YEARS, THAT SOUND WAS FIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL LOVE LIVING IN WEST CAMINO.
UM, AT THIS POINT IT WAS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A MOTION.
I'LL SECOND, THE MOTION, JOHN, CAN YOU PLEASE ALL THE COMMISSION, IT'S GOING TO SAY IF I COULD MAKE HONOR EMOTION, UM, W ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I CERTAINLY CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, UH, BE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED BY THE PUBLIC.
I THINK I DO THINK TO, TO, TO SOME DEGREE THOUGH, UM, I THINK ADDITIONAL DATA IS NECESSARY FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION I'M LOOKING AT.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING, UM, WHAT KIND OF A COVERAGE GAP WE REALLY HAVE.
UM, WE HAVE SORT OF BROAD OVERVIEW, WHICH I THINK EVEN THE SATURATION OF THE MARKETPLACE DOESN'T FRANKLY, I THINK WE NEED MORE DATA.
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I'LL ALSO ALSO SAY, UM, I'M, I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH THE EXPLANATION OF, WE DON'T KNOW WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, THE UNDERGROUND VOLT USABILITY.I THINK THAT WE NEED ANSWER ON THAT.
I THINK THAT THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT AESTHETIC SET OF CONSIDERATION HERE.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE TWO PARTICULAR ITEMS ARE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD, UH, SHOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
AND I THINK HE'S BROUGHT BACK, UH, COMMISSIONER LEWIS, ARE YOU MAKING, I'M SORRY, VICE-CHAIR LEWIS, ARE YOU MAKING A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, AND YOUR EMOTION WOULD BE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE, UH, NEXT, TO GET ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC DATA REGARDING THE AVERAGE GAP.
WHETHER, WHETHER THE COVERAGE GAP AS, AS IS BEING PRESENTED IS A CAPACITY COVERAGE, GET UP, WHETHER IT IS AN ACTUAL COVERAGE GAP WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS DATA OR, OR VOICE SERVICES, UM, AND THEN TO THE FEASIBILITY OF UNDERGROUNDING, UH, AND WHAT'S YOUR EMOTION BE TO CONTINUE IT TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AND JOANNE, DO YOU HAVE A DATE FOR THAT? AND, UH, WHILE JOHN JOANNE'S LOOKING THAT UP, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND.
THE EMOTION, THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS NOVEMBER 9TH.
SO THEN WE WOULD, UH, VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST, WHICH IS THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM, UH, TO RECEIVE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS OUTLINED BY VICE-CHAIR LEWIS, UH, TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND HOLD THE COMMISSION.
I'M SORRY, WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON? WE'RE VOTING TO CONTINUE.
SO THEN WE WILL GO TO THE MOTION TO DENY THE, UH, THE APPLICATION VICE-CHAIR LEWIS BEFORE I CONTINUE.
UM, BRIAN HAS BEEN TRYING TO BEEN WAITING ON THE ZOOM CALL FOR THE LAST 45 MINUTES.
WERE YOU ABLE TO GET HIM ON IT? WASN'T CONNECTING AT FIRST.
SO WE ZOOM IS OFF AND I RESPONDED TO HIM.
UM, HAS HE BEEN WATCHING HIS KENNY VOTE? I DON'T THINK HE'S ABLE TO WAIT.
WE CAN'T PATCH HIM IN IF, I MEAN, IF WE TECHNICALLY ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY, HE CALL, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THE PHONE CALL IN.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S TWO AND TWO, BUT GO AHEAD.
UM, UM, DID I LEAVE OFF IN, UM, FOR THE MOTION FOR, TO, TO DENY THAT PULL THE COMMISSION? WE'LL START AGAIN.
JUST, I KNOW WE VOTED ON THAT LAST MOTION.
UM, BUT, BUT GIVEN WHAT COMMISSIONER HANG IS JUST THE NOUNS THAT COULD BE ANOTHER FACTOR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS TO CONTINUE THE ITEMS SO THAT YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONER HAS THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE.
WELL, I'D LIKE OUR DECISIONS TO BE ON RECORD.
SO LET'S, WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND PULL THE COMMISSION AGAIN BY CHAIR LEWIS.
WHERE ARE WE? SO MY UNDERSTANDING, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S CHAIRPERSON.
ARE YOU SAYING YOU JUST WANT TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO DENY? YES, IT WOULD.
IT'S A MOTION TO DENY A VICE-CHAIR LEWIS.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, SO NO CHAIR BESARA YES.
IT'S A TIE TO, TO, TO, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS CAN A FURTHER DISCUSSION OR RECONSIDERATION OR ANOTHER MOTION
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AT THIS TIME.WELL, ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? WELL, AT THIS POINT, THE STAFF REPORT AND THE FINDINGS, UM, THAT THE STAFF LAID OUT AND BE SUPPORTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING, WHICH NOW ALLOWS FOR VALENCIA WATER TO EVEN HAVE THEIR WATER TANKS THERE.
THAT IS A USE OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL THAT IS CURRENTLY EXISTING.
UM, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING TO GO TO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT, 60 FEET THAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, IN THE REPORT THE APPLICANT DID UNDER THEIR JUSTIFICATION STUDY, THEY DID SPELL OUT SOME SPECIFIC THINGS, TALKING ABOUT COVERAGE, GAP AND CAPACITY IN THE AREAS AROUND HERITAGE PARK AND ITS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO UNDERSTANDING WHAT, UM, COMMISSIONER LEWIS WAS SUGGESTING, UM, THEY COULD PROVIDE A MATRIX TO SHOW THAT TO US IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT I FELT LIKE THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER BY COMING UP IN FRONT OF US.
AND THIS IS THEIR BUSINESS, AND THIS IS WHAT SHE DOES ON A DAILY BASIS, THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE THESE DATA YOU'RE COMING IN FRONT OF US ASKING FOR A SPECIAL CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
YOU SHOULD PROVIDE US A DATA TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, YOU HAVE A HUNDRED, 500 A THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA THAT HAVE DEAD ZONE NOBODY'S OPTIONS.
BUT INSTEAD THEY DANCE AROUND WITH US.
I FELT LIKE USING OTHER TERMS AND GAVE US A MAP THAT NEVER SAID, HOW MANY RESIDENTS ACTUALLY HAVE DEAD ZONE.
IT IS NOT A, IT'S NOT A BIG SCIENCE.
WHY CAN'T THEY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION? IT COULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED MONTHS AGO.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE NAMES OF THE 18 RESIDENTS YOU SENT NOTICES TO.
I MEAN, IF IT'S MONTHS AGO, IF YOU HAD PROVIDED THESE DATA, THE RESIDENT COULD HAVE GONE THERE AND TEST IT OUT AT THEIR DOOR BACK OF THEIR YARDS INSIDE, OUTSIDE, AND THE BRICK WALL, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU HAD.
COLOR-CODED BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED BASICALLY THE INSIDE THE HOUSE, OUTSIDE THE HOUSE.
IT WAS KIND OF A BIT OF THINGS, BUT, UM, BUT AT LEAST THE RESIDENT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
CAUSE YOU'RE COMING HERE TO REQUESTING TO PUT THIS GIANT CELL TOWER, IF IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE, SO I'LL TRY, THAT'S ONLY GOING TO REACH A MILE AND THE PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO REACH, AREN'T EVEN GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT IT'S AESTHETICALLY, IT'S GOING TO RUIN THEIR VIEWS.
I, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT WE WANT TO DENY YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR PETITION, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, PICK A DIFFERENT AREA, A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
IT JUST, THIS ONE JUST DOESN'T SEEM THAT IT IS.
AND ALSO TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S IT'S, UM, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
IF YOU HAD THIS COVERAGE THAT IT'S ONLY 18 PEOPLE FOR A CELL TOWER, IS THAT THE MANY, AS MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COVER IS THAT THIS IS ONLY HOW MANY PEOPLE IS BEING AFFECTED.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU THINK THIS IS DROPPED CALLED DEAD ZONE IN LIKE HALF A MILE OR A MILE AREA, YOU HAD MENTIONED SHOULDN'T YOU SEND IT OUT TO A MILE, THEY WERE GOING WITH WHAT WAS CALLED OUT ON THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT CORRECT THREE HUNDREDS, BUT RADIUS.
AND SO WITHIN THAT RADIUS, DEPENDING ON THE LAYOUT OF THE PROPERTIES AND HOW LARGE THEY ARE, OBVIOUSLY IN AREAS WHERE THE PROPERTIES ARE LARGER, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PERHAPS A HUNDRED.
I UNDERSTAND, UM, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAW BY CODE THAT ONLY ALLOWS TO SEND OUT TO 300 RES UH, 300 FEET, 300 FEET FROM THE FOOT FOR THE RESIDENT WHO LIVE AROUND THAT AREA.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FACT THAT FOR THE 18 PEOPLE WITH THIS CELL SITE, THAT A LOT MORE RESIDENTS CAN SEE, I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPAND IT MORE OTHERWISE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST THINK
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OF IT AS, OH, THE CELL TOWERS DON'T AFFECT 18 RESIDENTS? WELL, WE DON'T, WELL, NO, IT'S NOT 18 RESIDENTS BECAUSE TWO OF THE LIST ON HERE IS WHAT'S GIVING US CITY TWICE.ONE IS VALENCIA HEIGHTS WATER.
WHO'S PROBABLY JUST A COMPANY WHO BUYS HOMES.
SO REALLY THEY'RE THERE, IT'S NOT 18 RESIDENTS, UH, CHAIR BISSERA AND COMMISSIONERS.
WE, UM, I'M INFORMED THAT COMMISSIONER GUTIEREZ HAS BEEN, UM, OBSERVING, UM, DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PATCH HIM IN, BUT HE HAS A DESIRE TO VOTE ON THIS ACTION.
SO I BELIEVE IT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT, SINCE YOU WERE ALSO DEADLOCKED, APPARENTLY, UM, TO CONTINUE THE ITEM AS COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ IS CONTINUING TO EXPRESS HIS DESIRE TO, UM, TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
SO WE TAKE THE WELL AGAIN, SO IF IT, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO RECONSIDER THE MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE, UM, CHAIR PROCERA OR COMMISSIONER, HANG ON A SECOND, WELL SHARE BISSERA OR TECHNICALLY, COULD WE PLEASE GET THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED AGAINST THAT, THAT MOTION, UM, TO, TO RECONSIDER, UM, AND MOVE FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE NEXT MEETING, BUT IT'S BRIAN VOTING RIGHT NOW.
HE CAN'T VOTE TONIGHT CAUSE WE CAN'T PATCH HIM IN TECHNICALLY, BUT HE'S INFORMING JOANNE THAT HE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HE'S BEEN OBSERVING AND WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ITEM.
SO HE CANNOT VOTE NOT TONIGHT.
SO WHAT HAPPENED, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THERE'S A DEADLOCK? I'M SORRY, WHEN THERE'S A DEADLOCK, WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE YOU, YOU, UH, UNLESS YOU'RE ABLE TO UNDEAD LOCK YOURSELVES? THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ACTION, BUT WE MUST HAVE YOU TAKE SOME ACTION.
UM, AND FOR THE PROCESS, OKAY.
WE WILL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT X PLANNING COMMISSION, REGULAR MEETING.
AND
I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SEND OUT MORE NOTICES TO RESIDENTS.
SO, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY SEND OUT THE REQUIRED LEGAL NOTICE TO THE RESCUE, TO THE CITY, ONE TO VALENCIA WATERS AND ONE TO AN LLC.
SO WHAT TYPE OF FURTHER NOTICE? I JUST DON'T THINK THEY GAVE THE RESIDENTS ENOUGH NOTICE.
I THINK THIS AFFECTS AND ESPECIALLY CAUSE IT'S ON HILLS, MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ONLY REQUIRED A CERTAIN AMOUNT IS THAT THE 300 FEET.
AND THERE WAS ONLY 18 RESIDENTS WITHIN THAT 300 FEET THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
YES, THERE WAS, UM, A LOT OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE VERY BIG CARRIAGE PARK IS A VERY BIG PARK, SO IT TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE.
UM, THE CITY WAS NOTICED TWICE BECAUSE WE OWN TWO PARCELS WITHIN THAT 300 FOOT RADIUS.
AND VALENCIA HEIGHTS WAS NOTICED AS WELL BECAUSE THEY OWN THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PARK ITSELF ARE RATHER LARGE LOTS.
SO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WILL BE NOTICES IS SMALLER.
WE CAN PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THE MAP THAT THEY NOTARIZED AND PROVIDED TO US.
WELL MAYBE THEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 300 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO CHAIR BISSERA, THEY GAVE THE REQUIRED LEGAL NOTICE.
UM, IF YOU WISH TO GIVE DIRECTION THAT THE APPLICANT DO MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK FOR IT.
I THINK BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
SO FOR CLARIFICATION, YOUR MOTION IS TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WITH THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, UH, PROVIDE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY BEFORE THAT HEARING AND FOR THE APPLICANT TO BRING BACK INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEED FOR THIS SITE AND, UH, INFORMATION REGARDING, UH, UNDERGROUNDING OF, OF, UM, FACILITIES.
YES, I WOULD, THAT WOULD WORK.
AND I ALSO KNOW TO ADD THE FACT THAT THE PHOTO SIM OF
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THE TOWEL IS MAINLY FROM THE GROUND UP.I LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS BACKYARD FROM THE TOP DOWN TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
I THINK THAT WILL REQUIRE, UM, AUTHORITY AND PARTICIPATION OF THOSE RESIDENTS.
UH, SO TO THE EXTENT THAT, SO IF THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, MAYBE TRY TO ASK THEM TO SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE A PHOTO FROM THERE.
DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTREACH TO THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE NOT ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS THIS SITE RIGHT HERE IS LIKE A BOWL.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT, ALL THE PHOTOS IN THAT I SAW LATER ON THIS EVENING IS MAINLY FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
SO IF IT IS A BOWL AND OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE FROM THE TOP CAN LOOK DOWN AND SEE IT, THEY HAVE AN ARROW VIEW OF THIS THING.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S HIDDEN BEHIND A TREE.
CAN YOU SEE MY CELL PHONE? IF YOU'RE TAKING A PICTURE FROM THE AUDIENCE, YOU CANNOT.
BUT IF PEOPLE SITTING ON THE TOP PORTION WHERE THERE, WHERE THE HOMES ARE, YOU KNOW, I LIKE IN A MAJORITY OF THOSE RESIDENTS OF WEST CAMINO RESIDENTS, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP ON THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST OF THIS IS LA COUNTY.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ONE ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S CITY LAND THAT SOMEONE LIVES THERE.
SO THERE'S, UM, THERE'S A SKINNY PARCEL SOUTH OF IT THAT THE CITY OWNS.
I KNOW MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT, BUT WE DO IT.
UM, AND THEN ONE PARCEL SOUTH OF THAT IS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
SO SKINNY IS THAT SKINNY LAND, A FOOT, WELL, 10 FEET.
I DON'T WANT, WHEN I SEE IT, THE DIMENSIONS, BUT IT'S, IT'S A UNIQUE SHAPE.
UM, BUT WE, WE DO OWN DIRECTLY SELL TO THAT PROPERTY.
CAN YOU LET ME KNOW, LIKE ABOUT WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE? PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AT THE SHORTEST WITH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A UNIQUE SHAPE PROBABLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 TO 50 FEET WITH, HMM.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER HANG WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE MOTION, ADDITIONAL SIMULATIONS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES, INCLUDING FROM ABOVE, CORRECT.
DOES THE MAKER OF THE MOTION ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT? YES.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? ANYBODY CAN SECOND.
BEFORE THE VOTE CHAIR, UM, MAYBE WE ASK THE APPLICANTS IF SHE'S ABLE TO PROVIDE US THAT INFORMATION IN TIME FOR THE NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 9TH FUNDING COMMISSION MEETING, BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT LEAST THE WEEKEND IN ADVANCE, BUT THAT WOULD BE NOTES, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL THAT INFORMATION TO, UM, MY NEXT, OKAY.
WHAT IS THE NEXT, OH, GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, ADDITIONAL CO-STIMULATION STUFF WE THOUGHT WE COULD PROVIDE.
UH, PRIOR TO THAT HEARING, IT'S GOING TO BE THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, IN ORDER TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY AND I'VE NOTICED IN ORDER TO ATTEND MAYBE ANOTHER MEETING.
UM, SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE MORE, MORE TIME.
HOW MUCH WORK, HOW MUCH MORE TIME.
UH, I BELIEVE THE CITY REQUIRES ME TO GIVE A 10 DAY NOTICE.
IS THAT WHAT IT WAS FROM LAST TIME THAT'S NOT NECESSARY? UH, SO I WOULD SAY WE WOULD PROBABLY IN, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I WOULD MOST LIKELY NEED MAYBE TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT.
I'M NOT SURE WHEN YOUR NEXT 30 DAYS FROM TODAY, WOULD THAT BE OKAY OR? UM, YEAH, PROBABLY THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY.
IT WOULD BE THE NEXT MEETING JOANNE AFTER THAT.
THAT'S THAT HOLIDAY? THAT'S THANKSGIVING.
CAN WE DO IT AFTER HOLIDAY? UH, THE THANKSGIVING THAT IT WOULD BE DECEMBER, DECEMBER 14.
OR AFTER THE HOLIDAY PERIOD AFTER JANUARY? UM, I BELIEVE I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE ITEMS NEEDED BY DECEMBER 14TH.
AND WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET THE, THE DROP CALL DATA AS WELL? YES.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? SO CHAIRMAN SARAH, IT'S YOUR MOTION, UM, WITH THE REVISION THAT THE ITEM BE CONTINUED TO DECEMBER 14TH.
UM, AND SO WE'LL NEED A SECOND.
I'LL SECOND THAT JOANNE, PLEASE.
AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THE UNDERGROUNDING, UM, THE, UH, DROP
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CALL INFORMATION, THE NEED FOR THE SITE AND THE, UM, FURTHER PHOTO SIMULATIONS.I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE IT, WHAT SITTING HERE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I SAW AND I, I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE IS FOR ANY COMMISSIONER TO BE LECTURING AN APPLICANT.
I SAW THAT, AND I, I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS BENEATH THIS COMMISSION AND I WANT THAT TO BE NOTED FOR THE RECORD.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYONE WHO COMES IN FRONT OF US IS COMING IN FRONT OF US.
WHETHER WE THINK THAT THEY'RE GOOD, BAD, UGLY, INDIFFERENT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS NOT DONE HERE SOME DEGREE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK REGARDLESS OF OUR OWN PERSONAL VIEWS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, WE OUGHT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
KEEP AN OPEN MIND WITH REGARD TO HOW WE VOTE AND MOVE FORWARD ACCORDINGLY TO THAT END.
I THINK IT'S VERY INAPPROPRIATE THAT WE'RE DEMANDING ADDITIONAL OUTREACH TO AN APPLICANT, WHICH IS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW.
WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT TO ANYONE ELSE, NEVER THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE, UNACCEPTABLE.
AND FOR THAT REASON I WILL VOTE NO ON ANY ADDITIONAL OUTREACH REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO IMPOSE ON THIS APPLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A COMMENT, YOUR, UH, DESIRE TO PUBLICLY CHASTISE ANYONE ON THIS COMMISSION PUBLICLY IS AN ACCEPTABLE.
JEFF, SHOULD I TAKE ROLL ON, ARE WE STILL PULLING THE COMMISSION FOR THE MOST, FOR THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING OR DECEMBER 14TH? HAVE WE ALREADY DONE THAT? NO, WE HAVEN'T STARTED YET.
COMMISSIONER VICE-CHAIR LEWIS, NO CHAIR.
NO, WE'RE VOTING TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT COMMISSION, REGARDLESS OF, OF WE'VE ALREADY CONCEITED TO MOVE IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANOTHER MOTION TO MAKE? I WILL.
WE'VE ALREADY, I'VE ALREADY CONSIDERED TO MOVE THIS FOR A CONTINUANCE.
CAN WE SHARE HANG WE'RE WELL MOVING.
THIS IS BECAUSE OUR COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO MOVE THIS AND I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY IS IT NOT, IT'S NOT CLEAR IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY'RE NOT MOVING IT.
I MEAN, WE HAD ALREADY DENIED THE PROJECT, BUT IT'S ON RECORD THAT WE DENIED IT THIS, BUT YOU GUYS WANTED TO HEAR MORE INFLAMMATIONS ON IT.
AND WE HAD ALREADY WORKED WITH YOU GUYS ALREADY TO SEE A FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND ALSO TO HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT'S NOT HERE TO, TO, TO BE, TO BE HEARD AND TO MAKE DECISIONS ON IT.
WE HAD ALREADY MADE THAT A COMBINATIONS AND YOU'RE NOT MOVING.
UH, I'M JUST NOT CLEAR ON THAT.
I AM FINE WITH THE MOTION JUST SO LONG AS WE ARE NOT ORDERING OR SUGGESTING THAT THE APPLICANT AFTER DO ANY OUTREACH THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW.
I AM AN ATTORNEY AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS WRONG AND PROBABLY ILLEGAL.
I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT PERIOD.
SO THEN WE ASKED THE APPLICANT TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO DO SOME OUTREACH.
IT'S UP TO THEM TO DECIDE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO AND FOLLOW THE LAW, THEN WE CAN VERY WELL
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DO THAT AS WELL.UM, W W W WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO SEE IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO THE OUTREACH, UM, YES.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD JUST HAVE TO REACH OUT WITH 18 G AND OUR LEGAL TEAM.
SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A REQUIREMENT IT'S YOU DO? SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BRING BACK WITH YOUR DATA, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THE COMMISSION THAT YOU ARE TRYING YOUR BEST TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, TO MAKE A DECISION, OR TO MAKE THE COMMISSION, MAKE A DECISION IT'S UP TO YOU.
YOU WANT TO CALL ROLL AGAIN? JOANNE.
SO YOU'RE AMENDING OR MAKING, YOU'RE BASICALLY MAKING A NEW MOTION BASED ON THE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
THE NEW MOTION WILL BE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO DECEMBER 14TH, UH, TO THE DECEMBER 14TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UM, WITH THE DIRECTION ON THE ADDITIONAL PHOTO SIMULATIONS, THE UNDERGROUNDING, UH, THE DROP CALLS AND, AND SITE, UM, NECESSITY WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND THE SECOND, ALL SECOND ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. HI OR ZERO.
DOES IT CONTINUE THE ITEM? DECEMBER 14.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE ON TO THAT.
WE'LL MEET DECEMBER 14TH IS THAT WE SAID 7:00 PM.
WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ANY NON-HEARING ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE KNOWN ON HEARING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
[COMMISSION REPORTS/COMMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS]
TO COMMISSION REPORTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. WOULD ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS LIKE TO REPORT OR COMMENT ON ANY ITEM? JOANNE, ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE ARE ANY ITEMS TO REPORT TO THE COMMISSION? I'VE JUST HAD ONE THING I DID WANT TO SEE IF WE COULD, UH, POTENTIALLY LOOK INTO, INTO DRAFTING A CODE AMENDMENT, UM, AS IT PERTAINS TO, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, UM, SPECIFICALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO THE UNDERGROUNDING UNDERGROUNDING OF THE, UH, CABINET FACILITIES.UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMMONPLACE IN OTHER CITIES.
AND I, I, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER.
UM, YOU HAD CODE AMENDMENT STAFF WANTS SPECIFIC DIRECTION.
I CAN, I CAN CERTAINLY APPLY TO EXAMPLES.
I THOUGHT I'LL CODE IS FOR UNDERGROUND I'LL FACILITY.
IT'S NOT, IT'S ONLY FOR CITY ONLY FOR CITY OWNED LAND.
SO IT SHOULD APPLY TO ALL TO BE UNDERGROUND.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE A DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
WE SHOULD BRING THIS UP PERHAPS NEXT YEAR, IT'S A CODE AMENDMENT OR WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES OR ON, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR IN ALL THE LAND USES, UH, HAVE BEEN INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON.
SO IT HAS TO BE INITIATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INITIATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT ALREADY HAS BEEN, OH, OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, WHEN THAT MIGHT BE MEAN TO US, I SHOULD SAY, NOT COMING BACK AT THIS AT THIS TIME.
NO, I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE
[4. CITY COUNCIL ACTION:]
JOANNE AGAIN.SO ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO REPORT TO THE COMMISSION? YES.
SO, OR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS LAST HELD ON OCTOBER 19, THE R ONE R A STANDARDS THAT THE MISSIONARY COMMISSION APPROVED
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OR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR WAS CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.AND THAT WILL GO TO THE, UM, FOR A SECOND READING ON NOVEMBER 2ND, THE, THE DELIVERY STATION PROJECT ON 1, 2, 1, 1 BADILLO STREET WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 19TH, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE TO CERTIFY THE MITIGATED NEG DEC TO APPROVE THE PRECISE PLAN AND TO END TENTATIVE, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP THE ZONE CHANGE AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WE'LL GO FOR A SECOND READING ON NOVEMBER 2ND AS WELL.
AND THE CITY FUNDING DIVISION WILL HOST A TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW AT SIX 30 HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE, THE DRAFT SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENTS WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC REVIEW LAST WEEK.
OH, SO THAT WAS ANY OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL THAT PERTAINED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THAT CONCLUDED ALL OF THOSE AS WELL.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION TO JOANNE.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE A SECOND MEETING FOR THE ARWEN ZONE CHANGE.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE GARAGE? THAT WAS GOING UP 20 FEET.
IT'S, IT'S ALL THE SECOND, UH, MEETING.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A SECOND HEARING.
IT'S GOING TO BE ON CONSENT UNLESS IT'S PULLED UP BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S IN, IT'S BEEN INTRODUCED THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE IT AND ADOPT.
UM, AND IT'LL BE GOING TO A SECOND READING FOR ADOPTION ON NOVEMBER 2ND.
SO THAT PARTICULAR COAT ONCE IT'S ADOPTED NOVEMBER 2ND.
SO WHEN DOES IT APPLY? 30 DAYS, 30 DAYS AFTER THAT, IT IS DECEMBER, UH, TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR.
SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO CONSIDER THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT EIGHT 40.