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THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME.
WE WILL NOW TAKE A MOMENT FOR SIGNING PRAYER OR MEDIATION, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE DONE BY ATKINS CITY MANAGER PAUL PAULINA MORALES.
IF EVERYONE CAN PLACE THEIR HAND OVER THEIR HEART, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDERGONE INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR.
UM, PAULINA, CAN YOU DO ROLL CALL? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, UM, UM, COMMISSIONER HANG DID CALL AND SAY SHE WAS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING TONIGHT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER LEWIS DID INDICATE THAT, UM, HE WILL BE RUNNING LATE, BUT HE WILL BE, UH, ATTENDING TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO, COMMISSIONER BECERRA HERE, UH, VICE CHAIR WILLIAMS PRESENT AND CHAIR GUTIERREZ HERE.
[Additional Item]
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY HAS SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS TO MAKE BEFORE WE MOVE ON.UM, SO TONIGHT WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO WALK AN ITEM ONTO THE AGENDA.
UH, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE COMMISSION CANNOT DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON AN ITEM WHICH IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT THERE IS AN EXCEPTION TO THAT.
UH, IF THIS COMMISSION OF TWO THIRDS OF THE COMMISSION VOTES, UH, THAT AN ITEM AROSE AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA, WHICH MUST BE ACTED ON IMMEDIATELY, AND AN ITEM CAN BE ADDED ONTO THE AGENDA, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THE COMMISSION TO TAKE THAT VOTE TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN AMEND THE AGENDA AND CONSIDER AN ITEM LATER.
THE SPECIFIC ITEM THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT IS, UH, BACK IN APRIL, THIS COMMISSION CONSIDERED A, UH, A CODE AMENDMENT RELATED TO BEER AND WINE SALES AT SERVICE STATIONS.
AND THE COUNT, UH, THIS COMMISSION DID TAKE ACTION AND RECOMMENDED IT FOR DENIAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE ITEM IS GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW NIGHT, ACTUALLY NEXT, NEXT TUESDAY.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, WE DID REALIZE WE DID NOT HAVE THE FINAL RESOLUTION, UH, ESSENTIALLY BROUGHT BACK AND APPROVED BY THIS COMMISSION, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHANGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADDITIONS THAT WERE MADE TO IT.
SO FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE ASKING THAT WE ADD ONTO THE AGENDA, REALLY THIS COMMISSION TO RATIFY THAT THE RESOLUTION CONFORMS TO WHAT THIS COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY DID.
SO AT, AT THIS POINT, I JUST WOULD REQUEST THAT THIS COMMISSION VOTE, AND AGAIN, I WOULD NEED TWO THIRDS.
SO ALL AND ESSENTIALLY ALL THREE OF YOU TO APPROVE, UH, ADDING THIS ITEM ONTO THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME.
UM, DOES THE COMMISSION WANT SOME TIME TO REDO THIS, OR IS ANYONE READY TO MAKE A MOTION? JUST TO CLARIFY? THE MOTION IS TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA, THEN WE WILL DISCUSS IT, UM, LATER IN THE EVENING, DURING THE MEETING.
SO DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION TO ADD IT TO THE MEETING? OKAY.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADD THIS RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH 6 1 3 TO OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING TO BE DISCUSSED LATER ON IN OUR AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, SECOND TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION LATER ON IN THE MEETING.
PAULINA, GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL.
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AYE, UH, VICE CHAIR WILLIAMS. AYE.UM, IN REGARDS TO THE AGENDA, I DID WANT TO INDICATE THAT, UM, THE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT THE STUDY SESSION FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE GUIDELINES, UM, IT WAS THE COMMISSION'S DIRECTION TO BRING IT BACK AND HAVE ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, DISCUSS AND REVIEW IT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE IT TO THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, OR WE WILL BE DOING THAT.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
NOW WE'LL GO TO, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING ON JULY 11TH, 2023.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
FROM THE REGULAR MEETING ON JULY 11TH, 2023.AFTER READING THE MINUTES, UH, I HAD EMAILED THE STAFF AND ASKED THAT THEY AMEND THE MINUTES TO MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS THAT WERE, THERE WERE MISTAKES ON WHO DID THE MOTION, UH, ORIGINAL MOTIONS FOR CHAIR AND ORIGINAL MOTIONS FOR VICE CHAIR.
UM, SOME OF THOSE CORRECTIONS INCLUDED THAT, UM, THAT THE NOMINATION FOR CHAIR WAS, UH, THE ORIGINAL, UH, MOTION WAS BY COMMISSIONER LEWIS INSTEAD OF COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO MAKE, UH, TO THIS, UH, THIS REGULAR MEETING FROM JULY 11TH? IF, IF NOT THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS AMENDED,
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? I BELIEVE WE HAVE, UH, ONE SPEAKER CARD.
WELL, AND THAT WOULD BE, UM, MATTHEW SMID.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF OUTDOOR EATING, UM, AS A, UH, CHANGE OF VARIANCE OR ORDINANCE BY THE CITY.
AND IF I COULD TELL YOU HOW I GOT HERE TONIGHT, SOMEWHAT OF A LONG STORY ABOUT, I'LL TRY TO MAKE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I OWN BUN STREET, SCOOP STREET, TAMAL STREET, UH, ON GLENDORA AVENUE.
AND THE CITY WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
DURING COVID, THEY SET UP, UH, BARRICADES TREES, AND WE HAD OUTDOOR EATING.
UH, IT, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND, AND CRUCIAL FOR THE TAKEOUT AS WELL AS WHEN WE STARTED DINING OUT.
NOT IN, UM, TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE, TOTALLY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT WAS DONE.
UM, WHEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CLOSED OUT OR DOOR OUTDOOR EATING, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DISMANTLE THE, THE SITE THAT WE HAVE.
WE BOUGHT BENCHES, UMBRELLAS, AND LIT ALL THE RESTAURANTS ON THAT ROW, UTILIZE WHAT WE HAD.
UM, AND I DO REALIZE WE'RE OUTTA COMPLIANCE.
I'M NOT GONNA STAND AND SAY LIKE, OH, LIKE THEY'RE AGAINST ME.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OUTDOOR EATING AND SUPPLIES ABOUT 60 EXTRA SEATS FOR THE RESTAURANTS ON THAT ROW.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM LETTING EVERYBODY ELSE USE THOSE AS WELL.
BOUGHT NEW UMBRELLAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
UM, EVERYBODY COULD USE 'EM AND KNOW IT'S OUT OF CODE, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE COULD WORK TOGETHER ON AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK, COMES IN.
I SPOKE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, FIRE POLICE, UH, CITY ASKING FOR A WAIVER JUST TO WAIVE THE ORDINANCE AT THIS POINT.
WHILE THE CITY DEVELOPS, UH, OUTDOOR EATING ORDINANCE JUST CHANGES THINGS FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY, UM, I WAS TOLD AND WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR A FILING OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PLAN.
IT'S $96 AND 30 CENTS PER HOUR OF REVIEW.
UM, TWO PLANS HAVE TO BE, UH, INCORPORATED.
UM, RESOLUTION, UH, FILINGS $140 FROM THERE.
THERE'S A SITE PLAN, PARTIAL SPECIFICATIONS, AND THE MAP LEGEND NEEDS TO INCLUDE NET ACREAGE OF PARCEL, GROSS FLOOR AREA OF ALL BUILDINGS PROPOSED OFF STREET PARKING, REQUIRED, OFF STREET PARKING, AND NUMBER OF PERMANENT SEATS, UM, BEDS, CLASSROOMS, ET CETERA, DEPENDING ON, UM, WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING.
SO IT SEEMED A LITTLE EXCESSIVE FOR SIX PARKING SPOTS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE BARRICADES.
SO TO ME AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER, THAT WAS, IT JUST WASN'T AN OPTION FINANCIALLY AND THE WORK THAT WAS GONNA BE NEEDED BEHIND IT.
IT, IT WASN'T AN OPTION TO CONTEST AND, AND ASK FOR A WAIVER
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OURSELVES PERSONALLY.I WROTE A LETTER ON MAY 2ND TO WEST COVIN CITY HALL ADMINISTRATION ASKING FOR A WAIVER, UM, IN REGARDS TO OUTDOOR READ.
AND I WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE DOCUMENT THAT I JUST READ IN REGARDS TO THE REVIEW.
I UNDERSTAND, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT NO ONE HAS THE POWER TO DO IT, TO, TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE AND TO, TO WAIVE IT WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
SO THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO LA CITY COUNTY, UM, COUNCIL ON AUGUST 1ST, THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND WHY AM I STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY? BECAUSE LA COUNTY'S DONE THIS.
THEY RE ARE RECOMMENDING TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL OUTDOOR EATING.
THEY HAVE A HUNDRED FORTY, A HUNDRED FIFTY FOUR PERMITS.
THEY'RE RECOMMENDING TO ALLOW OUTDOOR EATING TO CONTINUE HOW WE UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE RESTAURANT OWNERS UNDERSTAND THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS CLOSED THIS DOWN AND IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, NO MORE, IT'S NOT A HEALTH CRISIS ANYMORE.
BUT LA COUNTY IS RECOGNIZING PLACES THAT STILL HAVE OUTDOOR EATING AND ARE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT THROUGH THEIR PLANNING COMMISSION, RE RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHO I UNDERSTAND IS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD WAIVE THE ORDINANCE.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT NOBODY'S AGAINST OUTDOOR EATING.
I, I, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS, IS, IS ANTI OUTDOOR EATING.
AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.
THAT BEING SAID, I AM WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYONE INVOLVED IN REGARDS TO CREATING A WAIVER UNTIL, OR INSULAR CHANGE, WHICH I BELIEVE EVERYBODY WANTS.
I I'VE TALKED TO POLICE FIRED.
NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A REAL ISSUE ON SIX PARKING SPOTS.
AND THERE'S OTHER BUSINESSES I'M SURE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR OUTDOOR EATING AS WELL.
SO TONIGHT I'M HERE BASICALLY ASKING THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU IN REGARDS TO SOMETHING THAT PRESENTS CITY COUNCIL THAT WOULD ALLOW OUTDOOR EATING CURRENTLY WHILE THE, UH, ORDINANCE IS LOOKED AT AND REVIEWED.
AND I'M ASSUMING CHANGE BECAUSE NO ONE'S, NO ONE'S I'VE COME ACROSS AS AGAINST IT.
IT'S A HUGE FACTOR FOR A RESTAURANT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S 60 ADDITIONAL SEATS WE'RE IN SPRING AND SUMMER.
RIGHT NOW IT'S 60 SEATS IS A LOT OF SEATS FOR MULTIPLE BUSINESSES THAT SHARE THAT RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THERE'S OTHER BUSINESSES TOO.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR IT, BUT I'M SURE WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS.
UM, YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW, DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU, I DUNNO IF YOU ASK QUESTIONS OR NOT.
I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO DISCUSS THIS WITH YOU.
AND, AND LASTLY, THE, THE ME AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER ARE STARTING A, UM, A FOOD SERVICE BUSINESS DOWN DOWNEY STARTING ON MONDAY.
AND WE LOVE WHAT WE'RE, THIS ISN'T A THREAT, WE'RE NOT LEAVING WEST COTA, BUT THERE'S CHALLENGES, THERE'S CHALLENGES IN WEST COVINA.
AND WE DID TAKE RESOURCES AND WE, WE DID OPEN UP SOMETHING IN GALLEY INSTEAD OF A FOURTH PLACE HERE IN WEST COVINA.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OUT.
ONE OF THEM WAS, UM, A PORTABLE TOILET THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF SCOOP STREET, THAT IT'S NOT THERE.
THERE'S NO PORTABLE TOILET TOILET OUTSIDE OF MY ICE CREAM BOX, A HUNDRED DOLLARS FEE.
BUT THESE ARE CHALLENGES, THESE ARE CHALLENGES ISN'T COVINA? HMM? ISN'T THAT COVINA? NO.
SCOOP STREET RIGHT HERE BY BUN STREET AND TAMAL STREET ON GLENDORA 2 0 6.
I'M A SCHOOL BOARD CITY, YOU KNOW, MY BUSINESS PARTNER LIVED IN THE CITY AND ON PROPERTY.
IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO, TO WORK ON THE OUTDOOR EATING PROSPECT, I THINK.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
I PROBABLY WENT OVER THREE MINUTES, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT YOUR TIME.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS, UH, FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT, UM, AND MAYBE PAULINA COULD, UH, COMMENT ON THIS TOO, UH, REGARDING WHAT THE CONSTITUENTS SAID.
I BELIEVE, UM, NOT TOO FAR BACK.
I, I KNOW COUNCILMAN, UM, TONY RU AND MAYOR DIAZ AND COUNCILWOMAN, UM, LETTI LOPEZ VIDO HAVE BEEN PROUD SUPPORTERS OF OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I BELIEVE AT ONE OF THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, STATE DIRECTED CITY
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STAFF TO DEVELOP A POLICY, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THAT TO CONTINUE.AND I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN TONY WU WAS A, A PROUD ADVOCATE OF THAT.
SO DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE BROUGHT UP SOON? BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL? ANYTIME SOON.
UM, OUTDOOR DINING IS ALLOWED IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU CAN APPLY FOR A PERMIT, WHETHER IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT OR ANOTHER PERMIT TO ALLOW OUTDOOR DINING.
UM, TODAY, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, FACILITATING THE PROCESS AND MAKING IT EASIER, UM, TO PROVIDE THOSE OUTDOOR DINING SPACES.
WE ARE DOING IT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE, I THINK, BEFORE YOU GUYS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.
SO WILL THAT RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT THIS GENTLEMAN IS HAVING? THE, UM,
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THE PANDEMIC WAS OVER, THOSE WAIVERS THAT WE HAD, WE COULD NO LONGER CONTINUE.
AS I MENTIONED, IT'S BUILDING AND FIRE CODE THAT OUR STATE CODES AND NOT CITY LEVEL.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE, ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND PART OF THAT IS FOLLOWING THE CODE.
SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T WAIVE THE CODE.
WE HAVE TO GO WITH THE CODE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO DO THAT OUTDOOR DINING.
UM, THE ISSUE IS THERE, I THINK USING, I THINK, SIX PARKING STALLS.
UM, AND SO ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, THEY COULD APPLY FOR A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT, BUT THAT WON'T ALLOW THEM TO USE THAT SPACE ON A LONG-TERM BASIS, WHICH WAS, I THINK WHAT YOU GUYS WANT A MORE PERMANENT BASIS FOR OUTDOOR DINING.
AND SO, UM, IF THEY WISH TO APPLY, NOW IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT.
IF THEY WISH TO WAIT UNTIL THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE IS ADOPTED, THEY HAVE THAT OPTION.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE ISN'T GONNA GET RID OF THE PROCESS FOR OUTDOOR DINING.
THERE'LL STILL BE A PROCESS TO GET APPROVAL FOR THAT.
SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
AND I WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE THE CONSTITUENT TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE ACTING CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND, AND, UH, WORK WITH HER TO, UH, TO BE UPDATED ON THE PROCESS AS IT COMES ALONG.
AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC
[2. PRECISE PLAN NO. 23-04]
HEARINGS.TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING, PAULINA, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THE STAFF REPORT.
JOANNE BURNS, OUR PLANNING MANAGER, WILL BE PROVIDING THE REPORT.
GOOD EVENING HONOR ROLE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, LET ME GO AHEAD AND MY, THE SLIDE UP.
SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS FOR A PRECISE PLAN AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THE, UM, THE PRECISE PLAN AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS TO EXPAND A HOTEL BALLROOM REMODEL OF A PORTICO SHARE AND EXPAND THE ALCOHOL SERVICE INTO THE EXPANDED BALLROOM.
THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE I 10 FREEWAY ALONG EAST GARVEY AVENUE.
UM, IT IS SURROUNDED BY THE WALNUT WASH TO THE NORTH, THE LA COUNTY STORM DRAIN TO THE EAST AND ANOTHER HOTEL TO THE WEST.
THE PRO THE PROJECT SITE IS ZONED REGIONAL COMMERCIAL AND IT IS A 128 120 8,250 SQUARE FOOT SITE.
THE SITE IS DEVELOPED WITH A FIVE STORY HOTEL THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 1960S.
UM, THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT, UM, ON THE PROJECTOR AS A SITE PLAN.
THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT IS HIGHLIGHT, THE EXISTING BUILDING FOOTPRINT
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IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.THE EXPANSION WILL BE TOWARDS THE MID COURTYARD OF THE EXISTING HOTEL ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
UM, THAT BALLROOM EXPANSION IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IN THE SITE PLAN AND THE PORTES SHARE.
UM, THE EXISTING PORTAGE SHARE THAT WOULD BE REMODELED IS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN IN THE SITE PLAN.
THE SITE CURRENTLY HAS 100, I'M SORRY, 220 PARKING SPACES ON SITE.
AND BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES CALCULATED AS FAR AS, UM, ONE PARKING SPACE PER ONE PER HOTEL ROOM, THERE ARE 135 HOTEL, UM, HOTEL ROOMS, UM, WITHIN THE BUILDING AND ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY THREE AND A HALF SEATS FOR THE RESTAURANT ITSELF.
UM, THE EXISTING RESTAURANT HAS, WOULD REQUIRE 14.5 PARKING SPACES, AND THE BALLROOM WITH THE EXPANSION WOULD REQUIRE 70.
IF, UM, THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS IN THE DRAFT RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED, WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF THE BALLROOM WOULD BE 175 SEATS ON THE PROJECTOR IS THE FLOOR PLAN.
THE, THE EX, THE AREA THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN RED CURRENTLY IS, IS THE EXISTING BANQUET ROOM.
UM, IN TO THE LEFT IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE INTERIOR COURTYARD.
SO THE, THE, UM, THE BA THE BALLROOM WILL, WILL BE EX THE BANQUET ROOM WILL BE EXPANDED TO THE, TO THE INTERIOR OF THE COURTYARD BY 101,657 SQUARE FEET.
UM, AND IT, IT SHOWS THAT THIS IS THE CURRENT RU UM, WALL FOR THE BANQUET ROOM.
AND IT WOULD BE EXPANDED OUT THIS WAY AS IT MATCHES INTO THE FLOOR.
PLAN PER, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, PER, PER THE, UM, CONDITION OF APPROVAL, UM, WE WOULD BE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF SEATS FOR THE BALLROOM TO 175 SEATS, UM, PER THE APPLICATION.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, THE BALLROOM WOULD ACCOMMODATE 63 SEATS.
UM, HOWEVER I LOOKED, I LOOKED UP, UM, SIMILAR DOUBLETREE HOTELS, UM, IN THE SIZE, UH, AND COMPARED IT TO THE SIZE OF THEIR BALLROOMS THERE, THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN A, UM, 63 SEATS BECAUSE, UM, THEY, IT, UM, TYPICALLY THEY USE, UM, AT TIMES THEY USE, UM, A ROUND TABLE WITH 10 SEATS EACH, AND THEY HAVE LESS SPACE IN BETWEEN.
AND ALSO AT TIMES THEY HAVE EDUC, UM, CLASSES, UM, CONFERENCE OR CONVENTION CLASSES INSIDE THE BALLROOM IN AT CERTAIN TIMES WHERE IT, THE BALLROOM IS ARRANGED IN A, IN A CLASSROOM SETTING, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE SEATS TO BE, TO FILL THE ROOM.
AND THIS ON, ON THE PROJECTOR IS THE EXISTING HOLIDAY INN.
UM, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE REMODELING THE PORTICO SHARE.
UM, THERE IS AN EXISTING PORTICO SHARE ON, ON THE SITE.
UM, AND THEY'RE DOING THIS BE, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE REBRANDING, WORKING ON RE-BRANDING THE HOTEL.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED, UH, ELEVATION FOR THE PORTICO SHARE.
AND THIS ON THE PROJECTOR IS THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS FOR, FOR THE PROPOSED BALLROOM EXPANSION.
UM, ON THE WEST ELEVATION, THIS IS TOWARDS THE INTERIOR COURTYARD AREA.
AND THIS IS ON ALONG THE NORTH FACING THE SWIMMING POLE.
UM, THIS IS ALONG THE SIDE, UM, FACING THE PARKING LOT.
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THE EX THE BALLROOM EXPANSION WILL BE MINIMALLY VISIBLE, UH, MAINLY BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY ARE ALSO RAISING THE CEILING OR THE ROOF AREA.SO A PORTION OF IT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM, FROM THE PARKING LOT.
WITH THIS, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT, UM, THE, THE PRECISE PLAN AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IN A, IN ADOPTION OF THE APPROVAL RESOLUTION, UM, WITH MINOR CHANGES.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT LIKE THAT THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE RESOLUTION NUMBER.
UM, IT IS GOING FROM 23 6 1 2, SE TWO SIX TO 23 6 1 2 7.
AND THE OTHER RESOLUTION IS 20 23 6 1 2 8.
UM, ALSO THE DATE ON THE C U P RESOLUTION WOULD BE CHANGED TO TODAY, TODAY'S DATE, UM, WITH THE C U P NUMBER CORRECTED.
UM, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER.
DID THE, UM, APPLICANT INDICATE THE TIMELINE OR HOW LONG IT WAS GOING TO TAKE THEM TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS? UM, HE, THE APPLICANT IS HERE, UM, AND WOULD BE BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY, GREAT.
AND THEN, UM, I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOORS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, SHOULD WE, OH YEAH.
SO SHOULD WE LET THE, WELL, I GUESS THE APPLICANT'S GONNA SPEAK REGARDLESS, BUT, UM, SO I SEE.
IS HE A PUBLIC SPEAKER OR SHOULD I THE APPLICANT, YOU SHOULD CALL IT THE APPLICANT FIRST.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE APPLICANT JEREMY E. GOOD EVENING.
THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, THE, UH, BASICALLY THIS IS HOLIDAY INN AND NOW THEY WANT TO UPGRADE IT TO, UH, DOUBLE TREES.
AS YOU KNOW, IF REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE HOTEL MOTEL BUSINESS, YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND HOW THE, THEY END ITS, UH, MOTEL LEVEL, THE DOUBLE TREES IS HOTEL LEVEL.
IT'S LIKE FOUR STAR HILTON SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S WHY THE MAIN REASON WE NEED TO DO THIS BECAUSE THE BALLROOM, THE BANQUE ROOM FOR THE HOLIDAY INN, IT'S OKAY WITH THE LOWER CEILING HEIGHTS, BUT FOR THE DOUBLE TREES, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO COMPLY DOUBLE TREES REQUIREMENTS TO UPGRADE THE, UH, HOTEL, THE, UH, LEVEL.
SO UP TO LIKE A, EVENTUALLY ACCORDING TO THE, UH, THE GRADE OF THE HOLIDAY YN COMPARED WITH THE HOLIDAY, UH, HOLIDAY INN COMPARED WITH THE, THE DOUBLE TREES, IT'S LIKE TWO LEVELS DIFFERENCE, JUMP, LIKE TWO LEVELS UP, WHICH IS, UH, UH, IT'S LIKE A TREMENDOUS, THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE NEED TO FOLLOW THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
AND, UH, THE CURRENT CANNEL PIECE, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS SIMPLE DESIGN.
IT'S MORE MODERNIZED, BUT IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE BY THE DOUBLE TREES.
THEY WANT THE CONVENTIONAL, SOMETHING LIKE THE SOLID WALLS.
AND THEN THE, SO WE STILL REMAIN THAT THE, THE BOTTOM, THE UH, UH, STONE VENEER, BUT ON THE TOP WE HAVE TO REVISE IT AND THEN, UH, GRANT APPROVAL BY THE DOUBLE TREES.
SO LATER ON, THE WHOLE HOTEL IS GONNA BE RE RECOLORED TO THE SAME COLOR.
SO IT, THE OWNER EVENTUALLY NEED TO, UH, THROW IN A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THIS BECAUSE NOT ONLY THIS LATER ON WE ARE GONNA APPLY
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FOR INTERIOR REMODELING AS WELL.THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE DOUBLETREE STANDARD.
SO I REALLY HOPE WE CAN GET THIS APPROVAL AND THEN MOVE, UH, AS, AS FAST AS WE CAN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO GET MORE TIMES FROM DOUBLE TREES IN ORDER TO COMPLY THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
BUT SOMEHOW FOR THE INVESTMENT TO THE OWNER, THEY, THEY GAVE ME A DEADLINE.
I NEED TO HAVE THIS DESIGN AND THEN THE BUILD, SO, WHICH IS VERY
SO I HOPE WE CAN HAVE THIS MOVE AS FAST AS WE CAN AND THEN NEED YOUR HELP.
DOES ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO ONE.
AND NOW, UH, WE'LL HEAR TESTIMONY FROM ANYONE IN FAVOR.
I DON'T SEE ANY CARDS, ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC IN FAVOR OF THIS, LIKE, TO SPEAK ANYONE AGAINST IT.
IT'S A FOOD HOUSE, BUT NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK
AND NOW, UH, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:31 PM PACIFIC TIME AND OPEN DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.
I WILL NOW OPEN COMMISSION DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER LEWIS.
SO, UM, HAPPY TO SEE THAT, THAT, UH, THIS, UH, MOTELS TURNING, GOING TO BE TURNING INTO A MO MOTEL OR A HOTEL HERE, UH, SOON ENOUGH.
UH, GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE REBRANDING AND HOPEFULLY REVITALIZATION HERE.
UM, SEEMS LIKE, UH, SEEMS LIKE AN, AN IDEAL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND I'M CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF THIS.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, I'M LOOKING AT VICE CHAIR WILLIAMS. YES.
LOOKING AT THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED FOR THE PORTICO SHARE, AS WELL AS FOR THE EXPANSION AND THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOTEL.
UM, IT IS A NICE IMPROVEMENT AND LONG COMING.
COMMISSIONER ERO, UH, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH COMMISSIONER LEWIS AND COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. THIS WOULD BE A WELCOME CHANGE.
AND I'LL SAY, UH, YEAH, GREAT.
THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE, UH, BUILDING A GREATER AND PROSPEROUS HOTEL IN WEST COVINA.
I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE IT TO A NEXT LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO COOKIES AT HOLIDAY INN.
NOW DOUBLETREE, YOU GET COOKIES,
I THINK IT'S GONNA ENCOURAGE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ALSO INVEST IN OUR CITY AND BUILD, BUILD BIGGER AND BETTER HOTELS AS WELL.
AND IT'S GREAT TO, UH, SEE THAT IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I'LL NOW, UM, AND SO THEREFORE I'LL CLOSE, UH, COMMISSION, UH, COMMENTS AND OPEN UP, UH, SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION.
I'LL MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBERS 23 DASH 6 1 27 AND 23 DASH 6 1 28, ALONG WITH CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 23 DASH OH THREE, UM, AS, AS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE UPDATED RESOLUTION NUMBERS THAT I JUST READ OFF, UM, AND DATE.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND IT.
PAUL, A ROLL CALL, PULL UP MY AGENDA.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER LEWIS HAS
SO COMMISSIONER, UH, BERA AYE.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST VERIFY, UM, THE, THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS APPROVED.
SORRY, I FORGOT THAT SENTENCE.
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JUST FOR THE MINUTES, THE PRECISE PLAN TO APPROVE IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 6 1 27, AND THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO APPROVE IS 23 DASH 6 1 28.THAT WAS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE MINUTES.
AND NOW, UM, THIS ACTION IS FINAL UNLESS APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN 10 DAYS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO NON-HEARING ITEMS, UM, IN, IN
[3. INITIATION OF CODE AMENDMENT NO. 23-03]
INITIAL OF CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 2303.IS THAT THE, IS THAT THE CORRECT CODE NUMBER, A GENERAL EXCEPTION, REQUESTER, DEMEZ, AND CHIN HR REGARDING THE LOCATION OF DOWNTOWN PLAN GLENDORA AVENUE, A REQUEST TO INITIATE A CODE AMENDMENT THAT CONSISTS OF REDUCING AND OR ELIMINATING OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND COLD AREA.
UH, WE'LL, WE'RE HERE TO STAFF REPORT.
UM, MARY MACHADO, UM, FROM OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE PRESENTATION.
THIS EVENING WE'RE DISCUSSING THE INITIATION OF A CODE AMENDMENT.
THE CODE AMENDMENT WOULD TAKE PLACE.
SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE.
THE RED BOX SHOWN HERE ON THE AERIAL VIEW HIGHLIGHTS THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED IF THIS CODE AMENDMENT WAS TO BE INITIATED.
THE CURRENT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES DON'T HAVE SUFFICE, IF ANY PARKING SPACES ON SITE, UM, IN PLACE.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY SERVICED BY THE CITY OWNED PARKING STRIP ALONG SOUTH GLENDORA BETWEEN EAST WALNUT CREEK PARKWAY AND EAST DALEWOOD STREET, THE YELLOW STAR KIND OF TINY.
BUT IT SHOWS THE CURRENT VACANT LOT WHERE NO DEVELOPMENT CAN CURRENTLY TAKE PLACE DUE TO THE CURRENT PARKING RESTRICTIONS, UM, THAT ARE THERE.
UH, THE PLANNING STAFF DOES SEE THE REASON, THE REQUEST TO BE REASONABLE GIVEN THAT THERE ARE NO SPACES FOR ONSITE PARKING.
SO WE DO RECOMMEND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDER INITIATING THE CODE AMENDMENT, UM, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY APPROVING THE RESOLUTION.
ALLOW TO, THE CODE AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, SPECIFICALLY JUST ON GLENDORA AVENUE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOTS, IF I MAY, COMMISSIONERS, UM, THE LOTS GO UP TO, I THINK THE, THE FRONTAGE OF THE LOT HAS SIX INCHES, I BELIEVE, OF SIDEWALK.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT, IT'S CITY OWNED.
UM, THE ONLY REAL PARKING THAT IS AVAILABLE IS ON THE, UH, ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDINGS, WHICH, UM, NOT VERY CUSTOMER FRIENDLY
AND IT DOESN'T PROVIDE, NOT ALL OF THE PROPERTIES PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PARKING.
AND SO, UM, AT THIS TIME, THE CITY HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, UM, WAIVING THAT PARKING REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR THOSE USES.
UM, AND THEN, UM, AS INDICATED IN THE STAFF REPORT WITH THE VACANT LOT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EXISTING BUILDING, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ALLOW A NEW USE THERE 'CAUSE IT'S NO LONGER GRANDFATHERED IN.
AND SO, UM, THIS WOULD HELP CLEAN UP THE CODE TO ALLOW FOR WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT TO GO ON THAT VACANT LOT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF I PUT ON MY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAT, WE DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING GO THERE.
AND SO IT WOULD HELP, UM, IT WOULD HELP THAT PROPERTY GET DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE.
AND THERE IT HAS BEEN INTEREST IN DEVELOPING IT, AND SO THEY WOULD, UM, THAT'S WHY THE REQUEST CAME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
AND SO THAT'S WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UM, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CODE AMENDMENT.
UM, THIS REQUIRE PUBLIC DISCUSSION OR JUST COMMISSION DISCUSSION? JUST A COMMISSION DISCUSSION.
DOES ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE SUBJECT? UM, YES, I HAD A QUESTION.
I NOTICED IN THE REPORT THAT THE REQUESTERS FOR THIS CODE AMENDMENT ARE ASKING SEVERAL THINGS.
UM, ONE THAT THEY NOT BE REQUIRED TO FILE AN APPLICATION AND THAT THEY NOT HAVE TO PAY
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FEES FOR A CODE AMENDMENT.MY QUESTION IS, COULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS? UM, NO.
UH, THIS COMMISSION CAN INITIATE CODE AMENDMENTS AND SO THE CRE THE REQUEST IS THAT YOU INITIATE IT.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN THE PUBLIC INITIATES IT AND WHEN WE REQUIRE THE APPLICATION AND THE FEE, BUT NO, IT'S NOT A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
IF THIS COMMISSION WANTS TO INITIATE THAT, APPRECIATE.
BUT I, I DO WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK, UH, ALL ITEMS ON A REGULAR AGENDA, YOU DO HAVE TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND, UM, DOES ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA HERE TONIGHT? I DON'T SEE.
GO AHEAD AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A PINK CARD TO FILL OUT.
HE'S THE ONE THAT SUBMITTED THE REQUEST, SO, PERFECT.
MYSELF, MY NAME IS DIA AND MY FIANCE CHANNY CHORE THERE.
WE OWN ONE OF THE UNITS THERE ON SOUTH GLENDORA, WHICH IS, UH, GOING TO BE BIRD CHICKEN RICE THAT WE'RE OPENING, UM, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AND WE NOTICE THAT THERE IS AN EMPTY LOT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS.
WE WANT TO ACTUALLY ACQUIRE THAT LOT AND BUILD, UM, KIND OF LIKE A, A MICRO, LIKE A FOOD HALL IN THAT AREA.
SO WE SEE A POTENTIAL THAT IF WE CAN GET MORE PARKING, WE CAN HAVE OUR INVESTORS, UM, HELP US FUND THAT PROJECT.
SO, UM, LAST MONTH WE SPOKE TO JOANNE AND SHE SAID BECAUSE OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR PARKING, WE'RE NOT REALLY ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING, UM, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING.
SO THAT TELLS ME THAT IF WE DECIDE TO BUY THAT LOT, THAT LOT IS USELESS TO US.
SO WITHOUT THE, UM, AMENDING THE CODE FOR PARKING, WE CAN'T REALLY GO FOR ANY FURTHER IN ACQUIRING THAT PROPERTY.
SO IF, IF IT, IF IT'S NOT US, IT WOULD BE SOMEBODY ELSE, THEY WOULD ASK THE SAME THING.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA TO DEVELOP THAT LOT.
UM, PREVIOUSLY, IF I LOOKED AT GOOGLE, I SAW THAT LOT USED TO BE, I THINK THREE UNITS, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S THREE WATER, UH, WATER MAINS.
SO I THINK IT WAS DEMOLISHED, WHOEVER THAT OWNED IT PREVIOUSLY, THEY DEMOLISHED IT LOOKING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING.
SO I THINK THEY RAN INTO A ROADBLOCK OF THAT NO PARKING ISSUE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO, SO VACANT.
UH, STILL VACANT RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH OUR RESEARCH BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF YOUR MAJOR CONCERN IN THAT WEST COVINA AREA.
UH, IF WE WANT TO REDEVELOP THAT AREA, WE NEED THAT, THAT SPACE TO BE DEVELOPED AND TO BRING IN MORE RE UH, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMERS TO COME IN.
UM, ESPECIALLY A BUSINESS OWNER, ESPECIALLY A PROPERTY OWNER IN WEST COVINA.
WE DON'T JUST LIVE HERE IN WEST COVINA, WE OWN THE BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA AND WE WANT TO INVEST IN WEST COVINA.
SO WE'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA TO HELP US TO BRING IN MORE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS CUSTOMERS TO SUPPORT THE, UH, BUSINESSES.
UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ABOUT IT, SO.
DOES ANY OF THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NOPE.
SO WE'LL, UH, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND SEE IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF SENDING TO COMMISSIONERS.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I GO AHEAD.
SORRY, I I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
THAT LOT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.
HAVE WE EVER HAD ANYONE MAKE ANY INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS PARKING ISSUE PREVIOUSLY? UM, SO WHEN I STARTED WITH THE CITY, UH, THEY HAD JUST CLOSED, I THINK, UH, THE GREAT WALL RESTAURANT.
UM, AND THEN WE WORKED WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN BUILDING THAT TO THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT.
AND EVER SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN VACANT AND WE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST.
THOSE LOTS, AS I MENTIONED, ARE NARROW AND, AND THEY'RE NOT, UM, EASY TO DEVELOP.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE PARKING RESTRICTION, IT IS LIMITING.
SO, UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT THERE'S INTEREST AND, UM, AS THE APPLICANT MENTIONED,
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WHETHER IT'S THEM OR A FUTURE USER OF THE SPACE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, THAT THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE TO ADDRESS.SO, HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
AND I JUST HAD ONE OTHER SORT OF FOLLOW UP IS OBVIOUSLY I, I, I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY A STRONG DESIRE TO SEE THAT AREA DEVELOPED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE GIVEN THAT IT IS OUR, OUR, OUR DOWNTOWN OF SORTS.
UM, BUT ONE THING THAT THAT HAS ALWAYS KIND OF TROUBLED ME ABOUT THAT AREA IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS JUST THAT STRIP OF PARKING.
AND UNLESS YOU'RE, UNLESS YOU'RE UTILIZING THE BIG PARKING STRUCTURE, THAT'S KIND OF DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE WAY THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE DID EVENTUALLY HAVE THAT AREA FULLY DEVELOPED IN SOME WAY, UM, MY CONCERN WOULD BE GIVEN THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROXIMITY TO IT.
HOW, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT PARKING IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE NOT BEING, UH, CONSIDERATE OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD LITERALLY RIGHT BEHIND THAT KIND OF THING? WELL, THE INTENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO ESTABLISH THIS AREA IN WEST COVINA AS OUR DOWNTOWN AND IN DOWNTOWN AREAS.
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND HAVE PARKING PROBLEMS, RIGHT? YOU WANT THERE TO BE PEOPLE GOING TO YOUR DOWNTOWN AND, UM, THAT FOOT TRAFFIC.
UM, SO NOT ONLY DOES THE CITY OWN TWO PARKING STRUCTURES, UM, NEXT TO THE LAKE'S OFFICE BUILDINGS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PARKING WITH EDWARDS FOR THE PARKING STRUCTURE THAT'S, UH, ALONG GLENDORA AVENUE.
UM, SO THERE, THERE IS PARKING AVAILABLE.
UM, IT IS, SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HOPING THAT IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF THOSE ARE APARTMENT COMPLEXES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONES IN THE BACK, RIGHT? UM, SO THERE'S ALSO SOME SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO RIGHT NOW I DON'T, I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY ISSUES WITH PARKING GOING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
I THINK THAT, UM, A LOT OF THE PARKING STRUCTURES ARE UNDERUTILIZED AS TODAY.
SO I THINK THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, UM, THOSE NEEDS AND, UM, ADDRESS THOSE PARKING NEEDS.
IT'S, IT'S JUST MORE OF AN, AN ASPIRATIONAL PROBLEM THAT I HOPE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AT SOME POINT.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE TWO PARKING STRUCTURES THAT THE CITY OWNS AND THE THEATER, THAT'S ROUGHLY, WHAT ABOUT 700 PARKING SPACES? I'LL GO WITH YOUR, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I KNOW THE ONE ALONG GLENDORA IS THREE OR FOUR STORE OR FIVE STORIES.
UM, THE OTHER ONES ARE AT LEAST THREE.
SO, UM, AND THEN THERE'S A PARKING LOT AS WELL RIGHT BEHIND, UM, WHERE BARNES AND NOBLE USED TO BE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MAJORING MYSELF, BUT, UM, I THINK, UH, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE NEW STORE THERE, BUT WHERE, UH, MICHAEL'S IS.
UM, SO THERE IS PLENTY OF PARKING THERE.
SO WOULD YOU CREATE A PARKING DISTRICT WHICH WOULD ALLOW THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON SOUTH GLENDORA TO BE ABLE TO USE, ENTER INTO SOME TYPE OF AN AGREEMENT TO USE THE PARKING STRUCTURES? WE CURRENTLY HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH, UM, BETWEEN, UH, THE CITY NOW AND EDWARDS FOR USE OF THAT PARKING STRUCTURE, UM, AND USE OF OUR PARKING STRUCTURE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF AGREEMENT WITH THOSE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG GLENDO AVENUE FOR USE OF THE CITY PROPERTY.
UM, SO THERE CURRENTLY THERE ISN'T ANY, UM, IF WE WANTED TO PURSUE LIKE A PARKING DISTRICT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT COULD EITHER WORK, LIKE IN COVINA THEY HAVE SHOPPER'S LANE WHERE THEY DO HAVE THE PUBLIC PARKING, BUT THE BUSINESSES ALONG THERE ARE A PART OF THAT PARKING DISTRICT.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE CASE IN, UM, AZUA WHERE THEY HAVE THE THEATER, THE AZUA 10, WHERE THEY HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL ON THE BACKSIDE, BUT THEN THEY HAVE THE SHOPPING CENTER AND SO FORTH.
IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF A, UM, INSTRUMENT SUCH AS A PARKING DISTRICT OR SOMETHING WHERE EACH OF THE, UM, PROPERTY OR ENTRANCES COULD BE LEGALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, CONNECTED TO SOME WAY OF MEETING PARKING.
'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT, UM, COMMISSIONER NICK IS SAYING IS THAT BECAUSE COVID, UM, TOOK A TOLL ON SOME ACTIVITIES AS THINGS ARE OPENING UP, WE WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CROWD AND PEOPLE WOULD NEED TO PARK, BUT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE ENCOURAGED TO LOOK FOR PARKING
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ALONG THE STREETS OR IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR BEHIND THE BUILDINGS.YEAH, I THINK WE USED TO HAVE A PARKING DISTRICT THERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF BREAK-INS IN THAT CAR, IN THAT PARKING GARAGE.
AND I THINK BY HAVING A PARKING DISTRICT IN THAT AREA WILL ALLOW FOR MODERNIZATION, MODERNIZATION OF HOPEFULLY L E D LIGHTS BEING PUT INTO THAT PARKING STRUCTURE, MAKING IT MORE BRIGHTER AT NIGHT AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, HOPEFULLY CREATE SOME SORT OF FUNDING THAT ALLOWS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PUT CAMERAS IN, IN THE STRUCTURE THAT GIVES THEM A LIVE FEED, UH, TO HELP STOP, UH, CRIMINALS FROM ENGAGING AND BREAKING INTO, UH, VEHICLES IN THAT STRUCTURE AS WELL.
COMMISSIONERS, UM, IT, IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH EXPLORING, BUT THERE IS A HURDLE WHEN ADOPTING THOSE KIND OF ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS.
THEY'RE TYPICALLY IMPLEMENTED WHEN A, A LARGE DEVELOPER COMES IN AND THEN THEY SUBSEQUENTLY SUBDIVIDE AND THEN SELL OFF THE PARCELS.
IT'S MUCH HARDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT KIND OF DISTRICT AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS THEMSELVES HAVE A, ESSENTIALLY A VETO.
THEY GET TO VOTE ON IT, AND IF ENOUGH OF THEM DON'T APPROVE OF IT OR DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE, IT ENDS UP BEING SHOT DOWN.
NOT TO SAY IT CAN'T BE DONE, IT CAN'T, IT'S JUST MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, UM, AFTER THE FACT.
IS IT A CASE THEN THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY SET ASIDE FUNDS WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE PARKING STRUCTURES AS WELL AS THE STREET PARKING WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE BUSINESSES? WE'VE BEEN MAINTAINING THE CITY STREET AND PARKING LOT ALREADY.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, IT'S A PUBLIC, IT'S PUBLIC PARKING, PUBLIC STREET.
SO, UM, WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED MONEY FROM ANY OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN REGARDS TO MAINTAINING THAT.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE PARKING STRUCTURES, UM, THAT THE CITY OWNS, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE UNDER AGREEMENT, UM, WITH THE LAKES, UH, OFFICE BUILDING AND WITH EDWARDS, AND THERE'S A MAINTENANCE RE AGREEMENT AMONGST THOSE ENTITIES.
SO THERE'S ALREADY A MECHANISM FOR, UM, THE FEES REGARDING TO MA MANAGING THOSE PARKING STRUCTURES.
AND THAT'S SEPARATE FROM ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BUSINESSES ON GLENDORA AVENUE.
WHO'S PAYING, WHO'S PAYING THE ELECTRICITY BILL IN, IN THAT PARKING STRUCTURE? UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A, PER, THE THREE ENTITIES PAY A PORTION OF IT.
AND IS THERE A, SO THEIR SHARED COSTS, THE COSTS ARE SHARED.
IS THERE A WAY TO TALK TO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS TO SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO INVEST IN BETTER LIGHTING IN, IN THAT, IN THOSE STRUCTURES? 'CAUSE I KNOW THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE PARKING IN THERE AT NIGHT, IT'S TOO DARK.
THOSE ORANGE LIGHTS ARE NOW OUTDATED AND DO NOT PROVIDE THE SUFFICIENT, SUFFICIENT LIGHTING FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE IN THERE.
UM, WE COULD DEFINITELY TALK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE PARKING LOT, UM, THAT IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY AND SEEING WHAT UPGRADES THEY'RE WILLING TO DO.
UH, CO COMMISSIONER, ER, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, THANK YOU.
UM, UH, WE WILL NOW CALL FOR, UH, SEE, THERE'S A MOTION TO INITIATE THE AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT NUMBER 23 DASH THREE.
IS THERE A MOTION, ANY MOTION? SURE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE 6 1 2 9, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, INITIATING A CODE AMENDMENT TO THE WEST COVINA DOWNTOWN PLAN PERTAINING TO VACANT LOTS ON THAT, UH, GLENDORA AVENUE CORRIDOR.
NON GRA NON GRANDFATHERED IN LOTS, I SHOULD SAY.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND IT.
UH, WITH, WITH, UH, KEEPING IN MIND THAT IF, UH, IF OUR, UM, YEAH, IF OUR ACTING, UH, CITY MANAGER, PAULINA MORALES COULD FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE PARKING STRUCTURE TO SEE, HOPEFULLY HE'S WILLING TO INVEST IN BETTER LIGHTING IN IN
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THE PARKING STRUCTURE.CAN I ALSO CLARIFY, UM, WITH COMMISSIONER LEWIS? SO THE RESOLUTION IS FOR, UM, NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.
IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO VACANT LOTS.
SO ARE YOU MAKING THAT CHANGE? SO WHAT WHAT I, WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE, WE'RE LIMITING IT TO THAT GLENDORA AVENUE PROTOCOL OR THAT GLENDORA AVENUE AREA WHERE THIS IS WHERE THIS IS CURRENTLY AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM.
IF IT'S A PROBLEM ELSEWHERE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS A PROBLEM AND, AND WHY IT IS A PROBLEM.
AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE A SEPARATE CODE AMENDMENT FOR THAT, I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THAT, BUT I WANT TO KNOW THE WHYS BEHIND EVERYTHING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THIS IS JUST AN ANOMALY AND THIS IS A ONE-TIME THING, WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MORE COMPLEX AND FRANKLY, UH, INVITES MORE CONTROVERSY TO IT, I CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO THE, THE PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS CODE AMENDMENT ARE THE ONES IN RIGHT ABOVE.
UM, IT'S NOT WITHIN THE DOWN THAT, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
IT WAS JUST ALONG GLENDO AVENUE, SO I WANTED TO JUST MAKE THAT CLEAR.
BUT NOT ALL THE PROPERTIES ARE VACANT.
RIGHT? WELL, I, I SAID I SAID VACANT PROPERTIES OR PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT GRANDFATHERED IN WITH THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ACTUAL, UM, THAT'S THE ACTUAL ISSUE, IS THAT IF THERE IS A CHANGE TO A, A CURRENT USE TO A NEW USE, THEY WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE GRANDFATHERING CLAUSE, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
IS THAT, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT ACCURATE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M STATING THIS CORRECTLY BECAUSE THAT'S MY EXPERIE.
IT'S REALLY LIKE A ONE-TIME EXCEPTION THEN, YOU KNOW, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CHANGES IN USE ALONG THE GLENDORA AVENUE CORRIDOR, THE DOWNTOWN GLENDORA AVENUE CORRIDOR.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING
UM, SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE MAKING IT SPECIFICALLY, WE WANNA GET RID OF THE GRANDFATHER ONES.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE IT E FAIR AND CONSISTENT AMONG ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES, AND THEN ALSO JUST MAKE IT SIMPLER MOVING FORWARD THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GRANDFATHER ANY NEW BUSINESS GOING IN.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE REQUIRED FOR TO PROVIDE PARKING.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT MAYBE I'M, MAYBE I'M NOT MAKING IT CLEAR.
I'M FINE WITH INITIATING A, A CODE AMENDMENT AS IT IS STATED HERE.
MAYBE WHAT HE'S, WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY IS RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE OLDER SHOP BUILDINGS, SOME OF THEM ARE NON-CONFORMING MM-HMM.
ANYTHING THAT'S NON-CONFORMING, IF THIS AMENDMENT BRINGS THEM INTO COMPLIANCE, THEN, UH, THEY'LL BE CONFORMING FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.
BUT IF THEY STILL HAVE A NON-CONFORMING, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE GRANDFATHERED, UH, UNDER THE CITY'S CODE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEY COME INTO CONFORMANCE.
BUT THIS, THIS IS LOWERING THE PARKING STANDARD, MAKING IT EASIER FOR THEM TO COME INTO CONFORMANCE.
SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
SO I, I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND PERHAPS I, I'M, I'M JUST NOT MAKING IT CLEAR.
I THINK I GOT, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY YOUR, YOUR STATEMENT FOR GRANDFATHERED.
SO YOU SAID DOWN IT'S DOWNTOWN PLAN IN ES GLENDORA AVENUE.
SO WE'RE REFERRING TO GLENDORA AVENUE ONLY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND SPECIFICALLY THOSE PROPERTIES.
SO, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, BY COMMISSIONER LEWIS AND A SECOND BY CHAIR GUTIERREZ? YES.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT THE EXCEPTION THAT YOU LOOK INTO SPEAKING TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE, BUT YES, IT'S AN I THE NEXT ITEM WAS GONNA BE THE STUDY SESSION THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
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RESOLUTION THAT WE ADDED TO THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.UM, SO AS MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, ITEM FOUR ON YOUR AGENDA IS BEING CONTINUED.
UH, BUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, YOU WERE ASKED AND DID VOTE TO WALK AN ITEM ONTO THE AGENDA, UM, WITH THE EXIGENT EXIGENCY FINDING.
SO, UH, BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, YOU WERE PRESENTED WITH AN ITEM RELATED TO BEER AND WINE SALES AT SERVICE STATIONS.
AND THIS COMMISSION DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL TO DENY SO THAT THAT VOTE WAS DONE.
AND THAT IS, IS NOT WHAT'S BEING ASKED TONIGHT.
UM, WHAT WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IS A RESOLUTION WASN'T BROUGHT BACK TO YOU.
AND WE NEED THAT RESOLUTION TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL, ESSENTIALLY CONFIRMING EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF YOU TONIGHT IS REALLY JUST TO CONFIRM THAT THE RESOLUTION MATCHES THE VOTE.
SO I KNOW THERE WAS SOME SPLIT VOTE ON THIS ITEM, SO WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TONIGHT AGAIN TO EITHER MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR NOT.
ALL WE'RE ASKING YOU IS, DOES THIS RESOLUTION MATCH UP WITH WHAT THIS COMMISSION VOTED? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO EVEN IF YOU VOTED NO ON THE RECOMMENDATION, YOU CAN VOTE YES.
THIS IS WHAT THIS COMMISSION AS A BODY DID.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TONIGHT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
THE RESOLUTION IS BEFORE YOU, IF YOU COULD JUST REVIEW IT AND THEN I WOULD ASK FOR A, A MOTION TO ESSENTIALLY RATIFY THIS RESOLUTION REFLECTS THESE COMMISSION'S, UM, PRIOR VOTE.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, I'LL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEE ANY, I'M NOW CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT AT 8:02 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME.
DOES ANY OF THE COMMISSION NURSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF? NO.
UH, I'LL NOW, UH, OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A MOTION IF THERE'S A MOTION.
I JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT I, UH, I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS, THIS RESOLUTION APPEARS TO BE AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF WHAT WENT ON.
UM, HOWEVER, I STRONGLY, STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH IT, AND I WANNA PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE RESOLUTION OR THE, OR THE LAST MINUTE PROCESS,
I, SO IN, IN, I, I'LL, I'LL REITERATE THIS SO I'M CLEAR.
THIS, THE RESOLUTION THAT IS BEFORE US IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH 6 1 3, WHICH APPEARS TO, UH, APPEARS TO REFERENCE A, AN EXHIBIT A RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS 23 DASH SIX ONE, UH, 26, UH, WHICH WAS A DENIAL OF CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 23 DASH TWO.
UM, AS I INDICATED, THE DENIAL OF RESOLUTION, UH, NUMBER 23 DASH 6 6 1 26 IS NOT SOMETHING I AGREE WITH.
HOWEVER, I AGREE THAT THIS IS AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF WHAT OCCURRED AT THE MEETING.
AND THE CHAIR, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO VOTE ON IS WHETHER THIS IS AN ACCURATE OF WHAT THE BODY DID.
SO IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO THIS POINT TO, TO HAVE A MOTION.
ANYONE HAVE A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, RATIFY RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH 6 1 3 OH AS, UM, OUTLINED IN THE PAPERWORK THAT WE WERE GIVEN THIS EVENING.
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BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AND A SECOND BY ER TO, UM, ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH 6 1 30.UM, I THINK MY VOTE STATED ON HERE BEFORE IN REGARDS TO, I DON'T, UH, SUPPORT THIS.
I BELIEVE THE VOTERS SHOULD DECIDE IF THIS IS A MATTER THAT THEY WANT TO INITIATE, INITIATE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A, A RUSH LAST MINUTE PROCESS.
AND SO THEREFORE I WILL, UH, ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THIS, THIS MATTER BECAUSE IT WAS LAST MINUTE RUSH PULLING A, UH, I GUESS, YEAH, SO GO AHEAD.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, COMMISSION REPORTS, COMMENTS AND MS. CLEANLINESS ITEMS. WOULD ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS LIKE TO REPORT OR COMMENT ON AN ITEM? SEE ANY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
[5. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
DIRECTORS REPORT REPORT? PAULINA, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS TO REPORT? UH, YES.UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A COUPLE UPDATES ON SOME COME UPCOMING EVENTS.
UM, WE HAVE THE SUMMER, UH, CLEANUP, UH, THE BULKY ITEMS, SUMMER PICKUPS WITH, UH, ATHENS.
SO, UM, EACH SATURDAY, DEPENDING ON YOUR DAY OF TRASH PICKUP, THEY COME AND TAKE OUT ANY BULKY ITEMS. SO, UM, WE BROUGHT THAT BACK AND, UM, I THINK WE'RE ON OUR THIRD SATURDAY THIS WEEK.
IF YOUR PICKUP DAY IS WEDNESDAY, IT'S A SATURDAY.
AND NOW THE COMPUTER'S SHUTTING DOWN.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE EVENTS, HOLD ON.
UH, FREE ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTION ROUNDUP, AUGUST 12TH, UM, FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE CITY MAINTENANCE YARD.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, ELECTRONIC WASTE YOU NEED TO GET RID OF, PLEASE, UH, TAKE IT TO THE CITY YARD.
UM, THIS SATURDAY, UM, WE ALSO CANCELED LAST WEEK'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENING.
WE GOT TO GO TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, WE HAD MORE GROUPS JOIN THIS YEAR, SO WE DID NOT GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME EVERYWHERE, BUT WE DID TRY TO, UH, VISIT EACH, UH, LOCATION.
UM, SO IF ANY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, GROUPS WANT TO ESTABLISH ONE FOR NEXT YEAR, IT'S A GREAT TIME.
UH, IT'S, UH, TO START DOING THAT, WORKING ON THAT.
WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL, OUR, UM, COMMISSIONERS.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS JOINED US AT A FEW EVENTS AS WELL.
UM, OUR POLICE AND FIRE, UM, ATTEND THESE EVENTS AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND GET TO KNOW OUR, YOUR PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.
UM, WE ARE HOSTING OUR FIRST, UH, MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST, AUGUST, UH, 31ST AT 7:30 AM TO 9:30 PM OR 9:30 AM A MORNING EVENT AT THE TAYLOR HOUSE.
UM, AT HERITAGE PARK, IT'S $25 DONATION FOR TICKETS AND, UM, ALL THE INFORMATION'S ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS A SAVE THE DATE.
THE CITY IS GOING TO BE HOSTING, UM, THE STATE OF THE CITY ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH AT THE SPORTSPLEX.
IT'S GONNA BE AT FIVE 30 AND WE'RE GONNA START, UH, DOING TICKET SALES, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
UM, WE ARE ALSO HOSTING THE FIRST, UH, MOON FESTIVAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, VENDORS, BOOTHS, UH, FOOD BOOTHS, UM, LIVE MUSIC BY BRUNO AND THE HOOLIGANS.
WE'LL ALSO BE, UH, FEATURED LIVE MUSIC AT THE EVENT.
UH, SO THAT'S IT FOR DIRECTORS, UH, UPDATES.
[6. CITY COUNCIL ACTION]
CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS TO REPORT? UM, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE TAKING THE BEER AND WELLS BEER AND WINE SALES CODE AMENDMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE AUGUST 15TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.SO THAT'S IT FOR ME THIS EVENING.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT, UH, COMMAND, COMMAND, ALL OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT, THEY SAW ALL THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS COME OUT.
I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND THE UNITED BASE OF FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF KAPA, CHIEF BAO, AND OUR, AND CAPTAIN CORTINA AND, UH, AND ALL OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO
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DO AND WORK HARD FOR IN PUBLIC SERVICE, THAT, UH, YOU SHALL BE COMMENDED FOR YOUR, THE WORK YOU DO AND OUR RESIDENTS SUPPORT YOU.AND, AND WE THANK YOU FOR SERVING AND, AND, AND MAKING OUR COMMUNITY PROSPER EVERY DAY.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO CONSIDER, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:10 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME.