* 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. TIME TO GO. OKAY. [00:00:01] OH, [Call to Order] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THIS JUNE 27TH, 2023 REGULAR MEETING OF THE WEST COVINA PLANNING COMMISSION. UH, FIRST, UH, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH WILL BE LED BY, UH, VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ. UM, AND THEN THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER OR MEDITATION. PLEASE, YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE YOUR ALLEGIANCE. I'LL DO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICH. RICHARD STANS ONE NATION UNDER GOD OF VISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PAULINA. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. UM, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. UH, COMMISSIONER, HANG HERE. UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BERA HERE. UH, VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ HERE AND CHAIR LEWIS HERE. ALL MOVING ON [1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] TONIGHT. WE HAVE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING FROM APRIL 27TH, 2023, WHICH IS THE LAST MEETING. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THOSE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, UH, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS AMEND. UH, MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. ALRIGHT. MOVING ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. UH, SEEING AS THERE IS NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE, I DON'T SEE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ANY COMMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT CAME IN? NO. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE SECRET. ALL RIGHT. UH, MOVING [CONSENT CALENDAR] ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT NUMBER 19 DASH 35 SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, FOR DESIGN REVIEW NUMBER 19 DASH 62. UH, TREE PERMIT NUMBER 20, UH, DASH OH THREE CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION. UH, DOES, UH, PAULINA, DO WE HAVE A, A STAFF REPORT THAT WE NEED TO READ? IT'S ON CONSENT, SO WE DON'T, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE, UH, REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME, UH, AS SET FORTH IN ITEM NUMBER TWO? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. UH, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION OF TIME AS REQUESTED FOR ONE YEAR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP EXTENSION FOR EX EX, UH, SORRY. . I MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO ALLOW THE EXTENSION FOR REPRESENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 19 DASH TWO APP 0 8 2 6 3 8. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. HANG ALL THOSE IN. UM, PAULINA, YOU WANNA DO A ROLL CALL? SURE. . UH, COMMISSIONER HANG. YES. UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? AYE. COMMISSIONER ERRA. AYE. VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ AYE. CHAIR LEWIS. A MOTION PASSES FIVE. OH. ALL RIGHT. MOVING [3. REORGANIZATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION] ON TO REORGANIZATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WE'LL NOW HOLD THE ANNUAL ELECTION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER OFFICERS, UH, DO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR THE NEXT VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE, UH, COMMISSIONER, HOLD ON. SORRY. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS . SORRY. IT'S BEEN, WE'VE BEEN LONG SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, SO, SORRY. I MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS TO BE BECOME VICE CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. AND I WILL SECOND THAT. UH, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE A NOMINATION BY VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ, UH, SECONDED BY, UH, ME, CHAIR LEWIS. UH, PAULINA, YOU WANNA POLL THE COMMISSION FOR VOTES? UH, COMMISSIONER H AYE. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AYE. COMMISSIONER RA AYE COM. UH, VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ AYE. AND CHAIR LEWIS. AYE. OH, ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO THE APPOINTMENT, . CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. UH, MOVING ON TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIR. UM, DO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIR? [00:05:06] DON'T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE. UM, ALRIGHT, I'LL, I'LL NOMINATE VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY CHAIR LEWIS, OR EXCUSE ME, NOMINATION OF VICE CHAIR GUTIERREZ FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BECERRA. UH, PAULINA, YOU WANNA PULL THE COMMISSIONER FOR VOTES? YES. COMMISSIONER HANG. AYE. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? AYE, UH, SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. VICE CHAIR WILLIAMS . UH, AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER VIERRA. AYE. UH, ALSO, WELL, COMMISSIONER, UH, GUTIERREZ AYE. AND THEN COMMISSIONER LEWIS. AYE. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH. CONGRATULATIONS. UH, NOW, CHAIR GUTIERREZ. UM, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS YOUR CHAIR FOR THE LAST YEAR. PLUS, UH, IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN A PRIVILEGE, UH, PRIVILEGE WORKING WITH STAFF AND, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, HEARING FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS AND, AND, UH, TRYING TO GIVE THEM THEIR, THEIR SAY AND TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO, TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AS BEST WE CAN, UH, TO PROVIDE, UM, UH, OUTCOMES THAT ARE WITHIN THE LAW. AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, UH, CERTAINLY ACCOMMODATING, UH, ACCOMMODATING THOSE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS OWNERS. SO, UM, CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND I'LL CERTAINLY PASS IT ALONG TO THE NEW, UH, CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. UH, CHAIR GUTIERREZ. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE GAVEL FROM HERE, OR DO YOU WANT TO WE CAN DO THAT. GO RIGHT AHEAD. HE'S ALL YOURS. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE AS THE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND, AND, UM, TO WORK ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES. AND I THINK COMM UH, COMMISSIONER LEWIS HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB. AND, AND HE HAS, DEMONSTR CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE, UH, THE, HIS STRONG LEADERSHIP IN THE LAST YEAR AND ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CITY OF WEST FINN HAS DEVELOPED AND, AND OUR HOUSING MARKET. AND IT'S BEEN REMARKABLE. AND SO NOW I WILL READ THIS . OKAY. UH, WOULD ANY COMMISSIONER'S LIKES REPORT OR COMMENT ON AN ITEM? NO. OKAY. OKAY. AND, UM, APPOINTMENT OF A NEW DESIGN REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS DO, WE HAVE TWO PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE. AND SO SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS AN ALTERNATIVE. OKAY. I'LL BE ALTERNATIVE, ALTERNATIVE AND NUMBER AND OH, DO HERS FIRST. OKAY. SO I'LL NOMINATE, UM, COMMISSIONER SHEENA, HANG AND, UH, COMMISSIONER LA BERA AS ALTERNATIVE. AND WE NEED ONE MORE JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION. YOU WANNA SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE OR YOU WANNA BE ONE OF THE TWO REGULARLY? I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST REPLACING ONE. SO I WILL SERVE AS THE PERMANENT, AS AS PERMIT. OKAY. SO, UM, WE'LL BE, UH, SORRY. WHEN WE REPHRASE, UH, RECALL THAT, SO I'LL BE APPOINTING AS, UM, MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER SHEILA HANG AND COMMISSIONER LEVI BERA. AND ALTERNATIVE, IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER AS AN ALTERNATIVE. 1, 2, 3, NOT IT. NO, JUST KIDDING. UM, I'LL . OKAY. I'LL DO IT. OKAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, COMMISSIONER LEWIS AS, UH, ALTERNATIVE TO THE COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE. THANK YOU. AND, OKAY. [4. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT] AND, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS REPORT POLLEN. DO WE HAVE ANY, I DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS TO REPORT? YES, AS, UH, WE NOTICED OUR LAST PLANNING COMMISSION WAS IN APRIL. SO SINCE THEN WE'VE KICKED OFF OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. SO THE CITY HAS, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE OR SIX [00:10:01] CONCERTS THROUGHOUT, UM, JUNE AND JULY. WE HOLD THEM HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER COURTYARD WEDNESDAYS. UM, THEY, THE CONCERT START AT SIX PE, OR, SORRY, SO CONCERT STARTS AT SEVEN, BUT PEOPLE SHOULD START SHOWING UP AROUND SIX TO SAVE THEIR SEATS. UM, SO WE DO HAVE A LINEUP, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE JULY 4TH WEEK. WE DO NOT HAVE A CONCERT ON THE WEDNESDAY, CUZ WE WILL BE HAVING A 4TH OF JULY EVENT, UH, TUESDAY, JULY 4TH UP AT THE SPORTSPLEX. UM, THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED. WE ARE BRINGING, WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK, UM, OUR 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS EVENT. AND SO THAT WILL BE UP AT THE SPORTS PLEX, AS I MENTIONED, UM, TO HELP ENCOURAGE, UM, OR REDUCE TRAFFIC. UH, WE ARE ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WANNA ATTEND THE, UM, EVENT TO TAKE SHUTTLES. THE SHUTTLES ARE, UM, GONNA BE PROVIDED, UH, FROM CITY HALL, CORTEZ PARK, SHADOW OAK PARK, AND THEN THE PARKING LOT AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF AMAR AND AZUA. UM, THE SHUTTLES WILL START PICKING UP, UM, AT ONE O'CLOCK. UM, AND THEY DO TAKE AROUND 20 TO 30 MINUTES FOR THE TURNAROUND, SO EVERY 20 TO 30 MINUTES FROM THOSE LOCATIONS. UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE THE SHUTTLE WHEN POSSIBLE, UM, AND HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE AT THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT THIS YEAR. THE OTHER THING TOO, UM, WE DID HAVE THE MODEL HOMES AT MERITAGE WEST CAMERON TOO, UM, OPEN UP THIS LAST WEEKEND. SO THEY ARE NOW, UM, OPEN FOR VIEWING IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO GO, WE CAN, UM, SEND YOU GUYS AN INVITATION. BUT THEY DO HAVE A OPEN HOUSE OR A OPEN HOURS THAT ANYONE CAN STOP BY, SO IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. AND THEN WE DID HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING FOR TITO'S PIZZA BREW LOCATED AT AMAR AZUA AT THE FORMER SHAKY RESTAURANT. UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THEIR RIBBON CUTTING, GROUND OPENING. UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR, UH, DIRECTOR'S REPORTS. GREAT. AND, UH, [5. CITY COUNCIL ACTION] CITY COUNCIL ACTION. PAULINA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COUNCIL ACTIONS TO REPORT? UM, YES. AT THE, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED OR ADOPTED THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 BUDGET. SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED ON THAT FISCAL YEAR, THIS COMING WEEK. BUT I THINK OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S NO OTHER COUNCIL OPTION. PERFECT. UM, GREAT. AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS CHAIR AND, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, CITY STAFF, UH, FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND, AND ALL THE STAFF OF THE CITY OF WEST VIN FOR WHAT THEY DO TO MAKE OUR CITY PROSPER IN, IN, IN DEVELOPMENT. SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO CONSIDER, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT SEVEN 15 PACIFIC STANDARD 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.