* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY. [00:00:05] OKAY. UH, [Call to Order] AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IT'S CALLED TO ORDER. UM, CHAIR MAN LEWIS HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE AND I'LL BE LEADING TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE'LL NOW TAKE A MOMENT FOR SILENT PRAYER OR MEDIATION, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BEING LED BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. OKAY, NOW WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE. PLEDGE, PLEDGE TO THE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TWO REPUBLIC. FOR WHICH ONE? NATION. UNDERDOG, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND, UM, IF PAULINA COULD DO ROLL CALL. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. UH, COMMISSIONER, HANG HERE. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. PRESENT. UH, COMMISSIONER BRICE HERE. UM, AND THEN, UH, VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ HERE. AND THEN, UH, CHAIR LEWIS UH, HAS THE, UH, EXCUSED ABSENCE THIS EVENING. THERE IS NO MINUTES TO REVIEW FOR THIS MEETING. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS. OKAY. WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT [CONSENT CALENDAR] CALENDAR. UM, IT WAS, UH, WE'LL DO THE CONSENT CALENDARS FOR EXTENSION OF, UH, YOU WANNA READ THE CONSENT CALENDAR PAULINO, OR DO I READ THAT? UM, I CAN READ IT'S EXTENSION OF TIME FOR ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT NUMBER 19 DASH 31 AND 20 DASH 31. AND SUBCOMMITTEE FOR DESIGN REVIEW NUMBERS 1949 AND 2012 AT 24 45 RIO VERDE DRIVE. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REGARDING THE ITEM? NO. IS THERE A MOTION TO GRANT THE TIME EXTENSION? I'LL MOTION TO GRANT THE EXTENSION. DO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A SECOND. I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HAG AND, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ER. OKAY. I WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO ROLL CALL? YES. COMMISSIONER HAG? YES. UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? AYE. COMMISSIONER VIERRA AYE. AND VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ AYE. MOTION PASSES. [2. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 22-11 CATEGOTICAL EXEMPTION] WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. CONDITIONAL, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2211 CATEGORIAL EXCEPTION APPLICANT BROOK RICHARDS. OPTIONS FOR UTE, THE LOCATION'S 1 31 NORTH ASA AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN A 6,878 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACE. SORRY, THE CHARTER SCHOOL SERVES AS AN INDEPENDENT STUDY LEARNING CENTER WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT, UH, PLANNING ASSOCIATE MIAM MANTA WILL BE PRESENTING THE STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2211. FOR OPTIONS FOR YOUTH, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WOULD ALLOW THE OPERATION OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN AN EXISTING 6,878 SQUARE FOOT TENANT SPACE. THE CURRENT ZONE FOR THE OVERALL PROPERTY IS SERVICE COMMERCIAL AND IT IS LOCATED ALONG NORTH AZUSA AVENUE, UH, NEAR THE INTERSTATE 10 FREEWAY. IT IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND SERVICE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE EXISTING SITE THAT WAS TAKEN, UM, JUST LAST WEEK. SO THIS IS CURRENT STATE. HERE WE HAVE, UM, JUST A SITE PLAN [00:05:01] DEPICTING THE, UM, THE PINK BOX THERE DEPICTS THE OVERALL LOCATION OF THE, OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL. IN RELATION TO THE ENTIRE SITE FOR THEIR FLOOR PLAN, THEIR PRIMARY ENTRANCE WOULD BE FACING AZUA. THEIR FLOOR PLAN WOULD CONSIST OF A LOBBY. THEY WOULD HAVE TWO OPEN OFFICE OR COMMON SPACE AREAS, A NON-HAZARDOUS LAB, A MEN'S RESTROOM, A WOMAN'S RESTROOM, AND A UNISEX RESTROOM, A BREAK ROOM, FOUR OFFICES, TWO STORAGE ROOMS, AND THREE CLASSROOMS. THIS IS THE PROPOSED ELEVATION FOR THE CHARGER SCHOOL. FOR THE OPERATION. THE CHARTER SCHOOL WOULD SERVE AS AN INDEPENDENT DENSE, UH, LEARNING CENTER AND IT WOULD SERVE PRIMARILY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM GRADE NINE TO 12. THERE WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF FOUR EMPLOYEES WORKING AT ANY GIVEN TIME WITH A TOTAL OF 16 STAFF ON A ROTATING SCHEDULE. THEY WOULD BE SERVING EIGHT STUDENTS PER ONE HOUR SESSION PER TEACHER. AND THEIR PRIMARY BUSINESS HOURS WOULD BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM WITH OCCASIONALLY OPENING ON SATURDAY AS NEEDED. AND THEY WOULD BE CLOSED ON SUNDAYS. PLANNING STAFF DOES RECOMMEND ADOPTING RESOLUTION 23,622 APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 22 DASH 11. UH, WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TONIGHT TO, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS AM HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE ANY CRUSHES FOR THE APPLICANT? NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY. NOW WE'RE HERE TESTIMONY FOR THOSE IN FAVOR. AND WE HAVE, UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT WILL BE, WILL BE, UM, OR SHOULD WE ALLOW, SHOULD I ASK THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT IF HE WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE THAT? YES, FIRST THE APPLICANT. OKAY. BEFORE WE GO THERE, , WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE, UH, MAKE ANY COMMENTS? I'M OKAY FOR NOW. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO OUR, UM, FIRST SPEAKER IN FAVOR WILL BE AURORA, ALISA AINO. I'M KIND OF NERVOUS, I HATE TALKING IN PUBLIC, BUT I WANNA DO THIS ONE. OH, MY NAME IS ALI. UM, UH, ONE OF THE STUDENTS AND ONE DAY HE GRADUATED FOR YEARS AGO. AND TO BE HONEST, I LOVE THIS SCHOOL. LIKE, I WOULDN'T, LIKE, I DON'T, I WANT YOU GUYS TO GIVE THE CHANCE TO THE SCHOOL TO OPEN, OPEN CUZ IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL. LIKE MY OLDEST SON, HE USED TO GO TO REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL AND HE USED TO GET BULLIED A LOT. AND HE WAS SAYING HIS JUNIOR YEAR AND, AND LIKE CALLED, THE TEACHER USED TO TELL ME THAT HE WAS A FAILURE AND EVERYTHING, BUT I KNEW HE HAD POTENTIAL. HE HAD LIKE 30 CREDITS BY HIS JUNIOR YEAR. BUT I, I KNEW THAT, THAT HE WAS LIKE SMART, BUT HE WAS NOT GETTING THE CHANCE. SO LIKE, I STARTED LOOKING FOR SCHOOLS AND THANK GOD I FOUND THEM. AND LIKE IN TWO YEARS HE, LIKE, HE WENT FROM ZERO TO LIKE A HUNDRED. RIGHT NOW HE HAS A DEGREE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND I KNOW THAT I'VE, IF I NEVER FOUND HIM, HE WOULD'VE NEVER DONE IT. RIGHT. NOW MY SECOND SON, HE'S ATTENDING AND HE LOVES THE SCHOOL. LIKE HE WAS A STRAIGHT, UH, STRAIGHTED STUDENT AND A REGULAR SCHOOL, BUT HE JUST, HE JUST WANTED TO ATTEND THE CHARTER SCHOOL. AND I KNOW THERE'S REGULAR SCHOOLS AND, UH, LIKE TWO OF MY OTHER KIDS ATTEND REGULAR SCHOOLS, BUT THEY, THEY'RE GOOD ON THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S OTHER KIDS THAT NEED LIKE A DIFFERENT SETTING OF FOR LEARNING. LIKE THEY GO ON ONE-ON-ONE, THEY, THEY MAKE THEM FEEL IMPORTANT. SO I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT CHANCE FOR LIKE OTHER STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCED. AND CUZ I DON'T KNOW IF LIKE WHAT IT WOULD BEEN OF ME AND MY OLDEST SON IF I WOULD'VE NEVER FOUND THEM. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. , THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER IN FAVOR WILL BE IVAN FIGUEROA. HELLO THERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO MY NAME'S IVAN FIGUEROA AND I'M ALUMNI FROM OFFA SLASH OF Y CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND HONESTLY, IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND I REALLY WOULD LOVE YOU GUYS TO TAKE THIS GO INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE FOR ONE, LIKE MY MOTHER SAID, I DID NOT DO WELL IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING. I WAS RELENTLESSLY BULLIED. I HAD PEOPLE WHO LIKE GRABBED MY PHONE, THREW IT ON THE FLOOR, BROKEN AND THEN LAUGHED AT ME. I USED TO GET LIKE PUSHED INTO LOCKERS. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. AND I HATED [00:10:01] GOING TO SCHOOL. I REALLY DID UNTIL WE FOUND O F L. AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING THE DAY THAT I WALKED IN, I WAS WELCOMED WITH SUCH WARM HEARTS AND THEY MADE ME FEEL LIKE I BELONGED THERE. THEY BELIEVED IN ME AND HONESTLY I COULDN'T THANK THEM ANYMORE FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR ME. AS MY MOTHER SAID, THEY REALLY SHOWED ME THAT SCHOOL IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO BE TO. THEY OFFERED ME ONE-ON-ONE HELP. THEY GAVE ME OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO TRIPS. I WENT ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON DC FOR FREE, COMPLETELY FREE. AND THEY SHOWED ME SO MUCH OF THIS WORLD. IT MADE ME APPRECIATE IT WAY MORE THAN I DID BEFORE. AND I JUST RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM CITRUS COLLEGE WITH AN ASSOCIATES IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE. AND HONESTLY, LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T ENJOY SCHOOL WHEN I WAS GOING TO A TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. BUT THEY SHOWED ME HOW AMAZING SCHOOL WAS AND THAT YOU COULD TRULY ENJOY IT AND HAVE FUN AT THE SAME TIME. SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT THIS SCHOOL IS REALLY AMAZING AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO GIVE THEM THIS OPPORTUNITY SO THEY COULD GIVE THAT EXACT SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD TO OTHER STUDENTS, OTHER KIDS WHO ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. CUZ I IMAGINE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THOSE SHOES. THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER KIDS WHO ARE JUST LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING THAT OF L HAS GIVEN TO ME. AND, AND HONESTLY, LIKE JANICE AND RICHARD, THEY, THEY HONESTLY LIKE, LIKE I JUST GOTTA SAY, THEY, THEY REALLY MADE ME HAPPY AND FEEL LIKE I WAS APPRECIATED IN LIFE. CAUSE WHEN I WAS IN REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS TOLD ALL THE TIME, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA BE NOTHING. YOU'RE GONNA BE A FAILURE. YOU'RE JUST GONNA SIT THERE AND ROT IN LIFE. AND IT, IT, IT DID HURT TO HEAR THAT FROM TEACHERS AT A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL. BUT WHEN I CAME TO THIS SCHOOL, THEY, IT JUST MADE ME FEEL LIKE I BELONG HERE. THAT I WAS IMPORTANT. AND HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON SHOULD HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL HOW I FELT WITH TEACHERS. AND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST WHAT I BELIEVE IN THIS SCHOOL. THEY'RE, THEY'RE AMAZING. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND, AND I WERE HERE, UH, TESTIMONY FOR ANY ANYONE OPPOSED? AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE UM, NO SPEAKER CARDS. IS THERE ANY, ANY MORE THAT CAME IN PAULINA? NO, NO. THERE'S SPEAKER CARDS. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN, UM, AND UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN GIVE THE APPLICANT, DOES APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? ANY COMMENTS IF THE COMMISSION HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM TO, UM, WELL FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE C U P. UM, I THINK YOU HEARD TONIGHT THAT I ALWAYS SAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR SCHOOL AND A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL IS, UM, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE BUILD WITH OUR STUDENTS. UM, I OFTEN SAY TO MY STAFF THAT WE NOT ONLY EDUCATE THE STUDENTS' MINDS BUT THEIR HEARTS AS WELL. UM, AND I SEE THAT EVERY DAY WITH MY STAFF AND YOU KNOW, THE AP , JANICE NINI, UH, IS HERE REPRESENTING THE STAFF. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SERVING A POPULATION OF STUDENTS THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT CAN RANGE FROM, YOU KNOW, UM, STUDENTS WHO NEED TO CATCH UP ON CREDITS, UH, TO STUDENTS WHO ARE WANTING AN ACCELERATED PROGRESS AND WANTING TO GRADUATE AT 16 YEARS OLD. UM, AS IVAN HAD STATED, UM, WE DO GET THE STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN BULLIED FOR WHATEVER REASON. WE GET A LOT OF L G B T YOUTH. UM, AND WE'RE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. WE'RE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR NOT JUST L G B T Q, BUT FOR ANY STUDENT WHO IS SUFFERING FROM ANXIETY. UM, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH IS ON THE RISE. A LOT OF STUDENTS CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, IN A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTING WHERE IT'S FOUR WALLS. UM, YOU KNOW, AND WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT LEARNING DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN INSIDE OF A CLASSROOM. YOU KNOW, HE HAD MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE TAKE TRIPS, WE BELIEVE IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT MONEY TOWARDS THAT. AND WHEN I SAY EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, I MEAN TAKING KIDS LITERALLY OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND TAKING THEM ON COLLEGE TOURS AND TAKING THEM ON TRIPS AND, AND YES, OFTENTIMES WE HAVE TO GET IN PLANES TO [00:15:01] DO THAT AND, UH, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT, BUT A LOT OF THESE KIDS HAVE NEVER BEEN OUTTA CALIFORNIA. AND SO WE'RE ALL ABOUT GIVING OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WHO WOULD NOT HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IF THEY WERE IN A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTING. SO I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. MM-HMM. , HOW LONG IS YOUR LEASE FOR AT THE LOCATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS EVENING? HOW LONG IS OUR LEASE? FIVE YEARS. FIVE YEARS. DOES IT GIVE THE OWNER AN OPTION OF EXTENDING IT? I BELIEVE SO, YES. AND WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, OFFICES? SO OPTIONS FOR YOUTH AS A NETWORK OF SCHOOLS? SO WE HAVE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE LIKE 20 PLUS SCHOOLS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. UM, I AM THE PRINCIPAL OF TWO OTHERS. UH, THE ONE THAT WE ARE WANT WANTING TO RELOCATE IS CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF INDUSTRY. AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT SPOT FOR US. WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, BUT, UH, IT WAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY A NEW OWNER WHO HAS PLANS TO DEMOLISH THAT WHOLE AREA AND, UM, BUILD RETAIL. SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, A NEW BUILDING. HOW, UM, HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMICALLY? WE'RE VERY RIGOROUS. UH, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD, UH, OR STANDARDS AS ANY OTHER SCHOOL. WE ARE, WE'RE A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TAKE THE S BACK, UM, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PUBLIC RECORD. UM, SO YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE, BECAUSE WE'RE AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, WE ARE OFTEN, I WANNA SAY THIS, UM, WE'RE OFTEN HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS WHO ARE DISENFRANCHISED AT A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL, WE WANT TO SEE THEM GRADUATE. AND SO WE'RE PUSHING THEM TO GRADUATE EVEN PROBABLY EVEN MORE IF THEY WERE TO BE AT A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL. SO HOW MANY, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE YOU WOULD SAY OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP ON CREDITS AND UM, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY STUDENTS WHO NORMALLY WOULD BE KICKED OUT OF A REGULAR SCHOOL OR THEY'RE JUST LOOKING TO CATCH UP? YOU KNOW, ARE WE TAKING, YOU KNOW, TROUBLED STUDENTS? UM, I SAY IT'S A MIX. I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 60% OF THE KIDS COME TO US CUZ THEY'RE, CUZ THEY'RE BEHIND A LOT. A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY'RE REFERRED BY THEIR SCHOOL. UM, AND SO THEY COME TO US AND THEY COME TO US FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS AND THEN THEY GET AHEAD, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR CREDITS AND THEN WE WELCOME THEM TO GO BACK TO THEIR TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTING. UM, BUT THEN SOMETIMES THEY END UP STAYING WITH US AND THEY END UP GRADUATING, YOU KNOW, WITH US. SO, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A MIXED BAG. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KIDS WHO, YOU KNOW, NEED TO COME TO US FOR ACADEMIC RECOVERY. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE KIDS WHO WANNA BE ON AN ACCELERATED PROGRESS AND WANNA GRADUATE AT 16 YEARS OLD AND WANNA START THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEIR, BEFORE THEIR PEERS DO. THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING IS JUST BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DO HAVE, CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT FOR GOOD REASON AND SO ARE WE GONNA BE BRINGING TROUBLE CHILDREN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOW? THAT'S MY QUESTION. MM-HMM. . MM-HMM , I, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, MY SON HAD SOME ISSUES AT ANOTHER SCHOOL BEING BULLIED AND HE ACTUALLY, UH, HAD TO CATCH UP ON CREDITS AND THERE'S ONE ON ARROW HIGHWAY THAT HE WENT TO AND ACTUALLY IT HELPED HIM TREMENDOUSLY. SO I THINK YOU DO HAVE A GOOD PROGRAM. I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, AND HE WENT ON TO GRADUATE ON THE DEAN'S HONOR ROLL FROM WEST GREENA HIGH SCHOOL, SO HE, YOU KNOW, HE DID VERY WELL. UH, IT HELPED HIM VERY MUCH. YEAH. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGES ARE NOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN KIDS NOW WHO ARE HAVING ISSUES, SO, WELL I THINK OUR DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? I THINK OUR PROGRAM HAS CHANGED OVER TIME. I THINK 20 YEARS AGO WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE MAINLY ACADEMIC RECOVERY, CATCHING KIDS UP, BUT WE KNOW IN ORDER TO BE A COMPETITIVE, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL WE HAVE TO OFFER SO MUCH MORE. AND WE USED TO JUST BE INDEPENDENT STUDY BASED. UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ANYMORE. I MEAN THAT IS A, A LARGE PORTION OF OUR, OUR, OUR CURRICULUM. BUT, UM, OUR, OUR PROGRAM IS MORE OF A HYBRID PROGRAM AND SO, YOU KNOW, KIDS COME TO US FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION CLASSES IN MATH, ENGLISH, SCIENCE, UM, YOU [00:20:01] KNOW, WE OFFER A FULL, YOU KNOW, SPECTRUM OF CUR UH, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. UH, WE OFFER SPORTS WHERE OUR STUDENTS COMPETE WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER O FFL AND OTHER O F Y SCHOOLS. UM, I SAY O FFL AND O F Y BECAUSE O F Y IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS OPTIONS FOR YOUTH AND O FFL IS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING. WE'RE TWO SISTER SCHOOLS WITHIN ONE NETWORK. SO, UM, SO YEAH, AGAIN, WE OFFER SPORTS, WE OFFER, YOU KNOW, UM, THE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. UM, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING OUR SENIOR CLASS TO PROM. SO EVERYTHING THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD BE MISSING OUT IF THEY WERE AT A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTING, WE TRY OUR BEST TO EMULATE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR SETTING. DO THEY HAVE A CODE OF CONDUCT THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO? YES, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IT'S WRITTEN WITHIN OUR STUDENT HANDBOOK. GREAT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSION? FOR, FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION. I WILL NOW OPEN COMMISSION DISCUSSION. UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UM, THE ONLY COMMENT, UM, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT CURRENTLY THIS IS A COMMERCIAL SITE THAT HAD IN THE PAST HAD RETAIL COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES EXCEPT FOR, I GUESS IT'S THE DENTAL OFFICE AND THEN THEY HAVE THE JIUJITSU CLASS THAT'S THERE. UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD THAT THE APPLICANT WAS ABLE TO TELL US THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A FIVE YEAR LEASE FOR THAT PORTION OF THE, UM, SHOP OF THE CENTER ITSELF, CUZ IT'S RATHER A LARGE, UM, LOCATION COMPARED TO THE OTHER THREE TENANTS THAT ARE THERE OPERATING CURRENTLY. GREAT. AND UH, COM UH, COMMISSIONER BAER, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. GREAT. AND COMMISSIONER HA DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2211 EXCEPTION. IS THERE A SECOND? DID YOU JUST MOTION YES, I NEED, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. GREAT. AND, UM, I'LL ASK STAFF AT THIS TIME TO READ THE RESOLUTION NUMBER AND TO CALL FOR ROLL CALL. UM, THAT'S FOR PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH 61 22. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY GUTTIER, SECONDED BY HANG COMMISSIONER, HANG AYE. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. AYE. COMMISSIONER BECERRA. AYE. VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ AYE. MOTION PASSES. THIS ACTION IS FINAL UNLESS APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN 10 DAYS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE APPLICANT. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT IT'S GREAT THAT YOU PICKED THE GREAT CITY, LIKE THE CITY OF WEST COMMUNITY TO DO YOUR BUSINESS IN AND THEN CREATE THIS CHARTER OPTION SCHOOL. I THINK THAT HEARING STORIES FROM YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES WHO HAVE GOT INTO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND NEVER GAVE UP IS THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN JURY, WHICH IS NEVER GIVE UP, ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND THAT THE IMPOSSIBLE IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE. SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A, A NEW CHARTER SUIT LIKE YOU GUYS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL GO TO NON-HEARING ITEMS. THERE'S NO NON-HEARING ITEMS AT [3. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT] THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER REPORTS, COMMENTS AND MIN MR. ALIENS ITEMS. WOULD ANY OF THE COMMISSION NURSE LIKE TO REPORT OR COMMENT ON AN ITEM? NONE. WE HAVE A COMMISSION, UM, COMMISSION PLANNING MEETING FOR TOMORROW. STARTING TOMORROW. PLANNING. COMMIT. UH, ACADEMY. ACADEMY. THERE YOU GO. ACADEMY. GREAT. AND, UM, WE'LL GO TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT, UH, PAULINA, IS THERE ANY ITEMS TO REPORT TO THE COMMISSION? GOOD EVENING. UM, YES, JUST A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS OR CAME THROUGH YOUR COUNTER, UM, WHICH WAS CHICK-FIL-A. THEY'RE GONNA BE OPENING UP THIS MONTH. IT'S THE ONE LOCATED ON NORTH GARVEY. UM, UH, NEXT TO THE, IS IT 24 HOUR LA FITNESS GYM? UM, SO RIGHT OFF, UH, BAREN [00:25:01] AND GARVEY THAT'S OPENING UP THIS MONTH AS WELL AS MANGOSTEEN. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETED. GREAT. AND WHAT DAY IS THE CHICK-FIL-A GRAND OPENING? THERE IS NO GRAND OPENING, BUT THEY WILL BE OPENING TO THE PUBLIC, UH, APRIL 6TH. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. AND I, AND THEN, UH, I GUESS THERE'S, SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO CONSIDER, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:42 PM PACIFIC TIME. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.