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WE'RE CALLING THE WEST COVINA PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR OCTOBER 22ND, 2024.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE FEW MOMENTS OF SILENCE IN MEDITATION, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO THAT'LL BE LED BY COMMISSIONER HANG.
UH, PLEASE JOIN ME I THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION, NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
JOANNE, WILL YOU GIVE THE ROLL CALL FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER BERA? HERE.
CHAIR WILLIAMS. PRESENT THE RECORD SHOW.
ALL PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OUR NEXT ITEM OF ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES.UM, WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES, THE FIRST BEING FROM THE COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 25TH, 2024, AND AUGUST 13TH, 2024.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? UH, I THINK THERE'S SOME CORRECTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE TO THE JUNE 25TH, UH, DRAFT.
I THINK IT'S MISSING SOME SECTIONS.
OH, I THINK THERE WERE SOME MOTIONS MISSING FROM THE ITEMS. SO IF, UM, IF CITY STAFF COULD LOOK AT THE VIDEO ONE MORE TIME AND
SO YOU WANT US TO CARRY OVER THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 25TH MEETING? YES.
AND THEN I THINK THERE'S SOME WARNING.
FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK ONE MOTION WAS ABOUT POSSIBLE REVOKING AND THEN, UH, THEN ESSAYS, UH, INITIATED REVOCATION PROCEEDINGS WHILE THE MOTION WAS FOR POSSIBLE VOCATION.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IT CORRESPONDS TO ACTUAL MOTION.
I HAD, UM, ONE CORRECTION FOR THE MEETING ON AUGUST 13TH, 2024 UNDER THE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, IT SHOULD ACTUALLY READ, UM, REMOVE MAYOR AND PUT RESIDENT BRIAN TABBA.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER, UM, CORRECTIONS, THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION AT LEAST FOR THE MINUTES FOR AUGUST 13TH, 2024.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOTION MOTION TO MOVE YOU MOVE IT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL MAKE THE SECOND.
JOANNE, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER ERRA? UH, NO.
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I THINK THERE'S MORE CORRECTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE, SO NO.SO AT THIS POINT THEN BOTH MINUTES FROM JUNE 25TH AS WELL AS AUGUST 13TH WILL BE CONTINUED TO OUR NEXT SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING CHAIR, IF I MAY.
UM, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY, UM, CORRECTIONS TO PROV, UM, IT, THEY CAN BE SENT TO ME VIA EMAIL.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, I'M SORRY, WENT
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
ACROSS.WE'RE AT OPEN COMMUNICATIONS AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE PUBLIC CAN ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT AGENDAS FOR THIS EVENING, I HAVE A CARD FROM MARIO, GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ON MY MIND AND AS WELL ON THE MINDS OF MANY RESIDENTS WHO ATTENDED OR WATCHED THE RECENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
DURING THAT MEETING, BRIAN GUTIERREZ, WHO ALSO SERVES ON THIS PLANNING COMMISSION, SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT WHY HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE RECENT CANDIDATE FORM.
BRIAN STATED THAT HE WAS DEPLOYED TO HELP WITH DISASTER RELIEF FOR HURRICANE MILTON ON THE EAST COAST, AND THAT'S WHY HE COULDN'T ATTEND THE FORUM.
HOWEVER, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAD, THAT DOESN'T QUITE ADD UP.
JUST A FEW HOURS EARLIER, BRIAN HELD A TOWN HALL MEETING AT MERRILL GARDENS LESS THAN A MILE AWAY, WHERE THE FORUM TOOK PLACE AT RUN AT HEARST RANCH.
THAT TOWN HALL WAS SCHEDULED FOR 2:00 PM AND YET THE CANDIDATE FORM WAS AT 6:00 PM JUST A SHORT DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD.
SO MY QUESTION, BRIAN, IS SIMPLE.
IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO HOLD A TOWN HALL MEETING EARLIER THE SAME DAY, WHY WERE YOU UNABLE TO ATTEND THE FORUM JUST A FEW HOURS LATER? I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA DESERVE SOME CLARITY HERE.
YOU HAVE OFTEN REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA AS YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO THEM.
EVEN DURING PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS WHEN DISCUSSING MATTERS LIKE THE SELL OF ALCOHOLIC GAS STATIONS, YOU'VE BEEN QUICK TO SPEAK UP AND TAKE A STAND.
SO I'M SURE YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS APPARENT DISCRE UH, DISCREPANCY.
THE THING IS, IF YOU HAD JUST STAYED SILENT LIKE YOU DID WHEN YOU IGNORED THE INVITATIONS TO THE CANDIDATE FORUM, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE.
BUT INSTEAD, YOU CHOSE TO STAND BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND FORMALLY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS WITH A STATEMENT THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THE FACTS.
TO STAND UP AND DELIVER A BLATANT LIE IS MORE THAN DISAPPOINTING.
THERE'S A SAYING, BETTER TO REMAIN SILENT AND BE THOUGHT A FOOL THAN TO SPEAK AND TO REMOVE ALL DOUBT BY COMING FORWARD WITH A MISLEADING EXPLANATION.
AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, PLANNING COMMISSIONER, SOMEONE WHO PLAYS A ROLE IN SHAPE SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRUST YOUR WORD.
IF THERE WAS A REASON YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THE FORM AFTER THE TOWN HALL, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO ASK YOU TO SHARE THAT REASON WITH US.
OTHERWISE, IT APPEARS YOU WERE DELIBERATELY MISLEADING THE PUBLIC AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS, BRIAN, AND I'M SURE THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WOULD AS WELL.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US ALL TO KNOW WHERE YOU TRULY STAND, NOT JUST ON YOUR POLICIES, BUT ON TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY WITH THE COMMUNITY.
GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSION.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE I'VE SPOKEN IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.
UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS A, AN ISSUE AS WELL.
UM, I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH MARIO.
I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ HAS A LOT OF SPLAINING TO DO.
UM, I THINK THAT HE HAS, UM, LIED TO THE PUBLIC WAY TOO MANY TIMES, BUT I'M HERE TO ADDRESS A DIFFERENT ISSUE.
BRIAN, I BELIEVE ABOUT A MONTH AGO YOU CALLED ME TO, I'LL CALL IT INTIMIDATE ME TO STOP SPEAKING OUT AGAINST YOU.
IN THE CONVERSATION WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF YOU WERE AFRAID FOR YOUR LIFE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE POSTING THE ARTICLE ABOUT YOU HAVING POSSIBLE TIES TO A DRUG CARTEL BECAUSE OF YOUR TIME AS AN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AT DELL RECORDS.
AND TO WHICH THERE'S A PICTURE IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OF YOU ARM IN ARM WITH THE EXECUTIVES THAT YOU SERVED WITH AT THAT DELL RECORDS.
AND YOU CAN LOOK UP AT ME ANYTIME YOU WANT.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WANNA IGNORE THIS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO JUST PLEASE KEEP LOOKING DOWN AT YOUR PHONE, WHICH BY THE WAY, YOU SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING WITH DURING A COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, I ALSO WANNA ADDRESS THE FACT THAT DURING THAT CONVERSATION YOU KEPT SAYING, I WILL FOLLOW THE LAW THAT IF TONY WU DOES ANYTHING
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WRONG, I WILL REPORT IT.WHERE'S THAT AT BRIAN? 'CAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S SOME THINGS YOU COULD REPORT NOW AND IF YOU'RE SO LAWFUL, WHY ARE YOUR YARD SIGNS IN CITY MEDIAS ALONG GARVEY AVENUE NEXT TO THE FREEWAY WALL? WHY ARE THEY ON THE FENCE IN CITY PUBLIC PROPERTY? AND THEN WE FIND OUT, AS MARIO POINTED OUT, AND THERE'S A VIDEO ABOUT IT THAT YOU WEREN'T EVEN OUTTA TOWN FOR A HURRICANE.
AND I APOLOGIZE TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS 'CAUSE BRIAN SEEMS LIKE HE'S GETTING PICKED ON TONIGHT.
BUT WHEN YOU DECEIVE THE PUBLIC LIKE BRIAN DOES, AND WHEN YOU OPENLY LIE TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU TELL VOTERS THEIR DOORS, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO HEAR, EVEN THOUGH IT ISN'T TRUE, THOSE LIES EVENTUALLY COME OUT LIKE THE ONE FOR THE CANDIDATE FORUM.
LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU CALLED ME, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTIMIDATION.
YOU WERE TRYING TO GET ME TO STOP SPEAKING OUT AGAINST, AGAINST YOUR CANDIDACY.
YOU WERE TRYING TO GET ME TO NOT PUT OUT THINGS THAT WERE PUBLICLY REPORTED IN A NEWSPAPER.
AND I FELT THAT THAT WAS VERY UNETHICAL OF YOU.
BRIAN, FOR SOMEONE WHO SEEMS TO WANNA FOLLOW THE LAW, AND AGAIN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LOOK UP AT ANY TIME, UM, OR YOU CAN JUST KEEP IGNORING ME.
I'LL KEEP TALKING, UM, KIND OF LIKE YOU DID ON THE PHONE.
UM, BUT BRIAN, I ASK YOU, DO THE RIGHT THING.
BECOME ETHICAL, MAYBE A STRETCH, BECOME ETHICAL.
DO THE RIGHT THING AND BOW OUT LIKE YOU DID WHEN YOU RAN AS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN 2010 AGAINST ROGER HERNANDEZ.
LETTY WILL KEEP YOU AS A COMMISSIONER.
YOU'LL STILL BE INVOLVED JUST LIKE ROGER PROBABLY GOT YOU APPOINTED AS A COMMISSIONER THEN COINCIDENCE.
BUT BRIAN, YOU IGNORED THE PUBLIC AT A COM AT A CANDIDATE FORUM BY NOT SHOWING UP.
YOU CALLED A RESIDENT ME TO TRY TO INTIMIDATE AND I DON'T APPRECIATE IT.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE THAT PUBLIC.
GOODNIGHT COMMISSIONERS, BY THE WAY.
I HOPE THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED.
JOHN SHOEMAKER KIND OF INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT.
ONE WAS THE FIRST TIME HE PUBLISHED SOMETHING, I THINK IT WAS BACK IN 27 OR 2017 OR 18, THAT HE SAID HE MADE A PHONE CALL AND HE STOPPED FOOD FOR LESS FROM LEAVING WEST COVINA.
HE NEVER HAD ANY PLANS TO LEAVE WEST COVINA BECAUSE HE SAW A REAL ESTATE AD FOR A SMALL PORTION OF THE BUILDING THERE.
AND HE CALLED HIM AND SAID, HOW DARE YOU TRY TO MOVE OUT.
THEIR RESPONSE WAS, WE'RE NOT.
AND WHEN I PUT THAT ON THERE, I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM HIM SAYING THAT IF I DIDN'T DECEASED IMMEDIATELY AND STOP SPREADING THOSE LIES, HE WAS GOING TO SUE ME.
MY RESPONSE WAS, GO AHEAD, GO RIGHT AHEAD AND DO IT.
THEN THE NEXT TIME IT CAME UP WAS DURING COVD THAT HE GOT UP IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND SAID, I'VE BROUGHT THE COVID VIRUS, THE VACCINE TO WEST COVINA.
I MADE A CALL TO CVS AND THEY'RE GONNA BRING IT IN IN TWO WEEKS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE THAT THREE MONTHS BEFORE THEY SAID WHEN THEY WERE GONNA BRING IT IN.
AND WHEN I POINTED THAT OUT, I GOT A PHONE CALL SAYING, IF YOU DON'T DESIST IMMEDIATELY, I AM GOING TO BRING A SLANDER LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU.
I SAID, WELL, GO READ THE ARTICLES YOURSELF AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT THEY ARE.
NOW I GOT THE SAME PHONE CALL WHEN I MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT HE WORKED FOR A COMPANY THAT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI FOR, FOR CRIMINAL, HAVING TIES TO DRUG CARTELS.
AND HE STARTED THAT UP THAT I'M GOING TO, THAT I'M GONNA SUE YOU.
AND I LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID, YOU'VE TRIED IT TWICE.
YOU WANT TO TRY IT THE THIRD TIME? YOU KNOW? SO HE WENT INTO ANOTHER, ANOTHER STORY ABOUT, OH, MY LIFE IS IN DANGER AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I I JUST KIND OF SCRATCHED MY HEAD AND WENT, YOU KNOW, OKAY, I WON'T SAY ANYTHING MORE BECAUSE I KNEW EVERYBODY ELSE AND THEIR GRANDMOTHER WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF HIS CONSTANT LIES.
WHAT REALLY PUZZLED ME THOUGH, AND WHAT MADE ME, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE THIS WHO WANTS TO SIT ON THE CITY COUNCIL, CAN YOU IMAGINE HIS CREDIBILITY IN FRONT OF A JURY? CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA THINK? AND WHAT MAKES MATTERS WORSE IS THE OTHER NIGHT, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE SAME THING HERE, BUT AT THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY DON'T OPEN THE CHAMBERS TILL 6 45 AND YOU'LL HAVE STAFF WANDERING IN AND OUT AND WE'RE ASKED NOT TO GO.
IN LAST MEETING, HE DECIDED TO GO IN.
I SAID, BRIAN, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY OUT 'CAUSE I DON'T,
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YOU KNOW, STAFF TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR US BEING IN THERE EARLIER, YOU KNOW? AND HE GOES, I DON'T CARE.I SAID, WELL, WHY WOULD I EXPECT YOU TO FOLLOW THE RULES? AND HIS REPLY TO ME WAS, I DON'T HAVE TO.
YOU HAVE A DISABILITY THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM FOLLOWING THE RULES.
I LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID, THEN WHY ARE YOU RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL? BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF RULES YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW UP THERE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT'S GOING TO BE SAID THE FIRST TIME WE'RE INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT AND HE HAS TO TESTIFY IN COURT.
THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA BE BROUGHT UP AND HE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT AND WE'RE GONNA LOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THE OTHER THING TOO, HOW HE TAKES CREDIT FOR THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE LIKE ME, WHAT HE'S SAYING ABOUT HOW HE WAS SAVING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
IT'D BE LIKE ME SAYING, YOU KNOW, I HELPED HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY WERE ESCAPING THE FALL OF VIETNAM IN SAIGON.
BE LIKE ME SAYING, I PUT TOGETHER AN ANALYSIS THAT GOT WARNER BROTHERS, $2.5 BILLION FROM TOSHIBA AND IBM YOU KNOW, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN WHAT HE'S SAYING AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IF I WAS SAYING THAT IS I'M TELLING THE TRUTH.
'CAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY THERE DOING SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT ALL I DID WAS FILL OUT PAPERWORK FOR PEOPLE TO GET BACK IN.
ALL I DID WAS PUT AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET TOGETHER THAT WENT OFF.
BUT I DON'T RUN AROUND TRYING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'D BE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO THAT.
SO HE WAS DEPLOYING AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS FUNNY, HE FLEW OUT WEDNESDAY, MEANING HE'D ARRIVE THURSDAY MORNING, FLY BACK FRIDAY, 'CAUSE HE WAS HOME SATURDAY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
WHAT ALL COULD YOU DO IN THAT LENGTH OF TIME? MY GOD, IF HE'D STAYED THERE FOR A WEEK, THERE'D BE NO DAMAGE THERE FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS HE'S CLAIMED HE WAS DOING.
WILLIAM ELLIOT, GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSION.
THIS IS MY FIRST PLANNING COMMISSION I'VE EVER ATTENDED.
UH, IT'S KINDA LIKE A MINI CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, FIRST THING I WANNA SAY IS THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING AND THIS PODIUM IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR CAMPAIGNING.
AND WHETHER BRIAN GUTIERREZ DECIDES TO ATTEND A CANDIDATE FORUM PUT ON BY A PARTISAN GROUP, MOST OF WHO ARE IN THIS AUDIENCE TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, SHERRY BELLION CALLED, CALLED MY WIFE, MADE EMAILS TO HER, BASICALLY BEGGING HER TO ATTEND THIS CANDIDATE FORUM, PUT ON BY THE COMMISSION.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, INQUIRIES WERE MADE BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON.
WHO'S THE COMMISSION? WHO MAKES UP THIS COMMISSION? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? AND SHERRY BRILLION WAS THE SPOKESPERSON.
SHE WAS DOING ALL THE DIRTY WORK WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE HID IN THE SHADOWS.
LIKE JAY MEER, LIKE STEVE BENNETT, LIKE JOHN SHOEMAKER, WHO WAS A CANDIDATE LIKE MARIO.
AND SOMEBODY ASKED JERRY PATRAS, JERRY, WHO'S ON THIS COMMISSION? OH GOSH, I'M SO BUSY.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO ALL OF THAT.
MEANWHILE, SHERRY BRILLIANT IS TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY OF THIS COMMISSION, OF THIS COMMITTEE, EXCUSE ME.
AND THERE WAS NO TRANSPARENCY.
EVERY QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED AT THIS FORUM WAS CONTRIVED AND PRE-WRITTEN AND IN THE TANK BY THESE PEOPLE THAT MADE UP THIS COMMISSION.
THEY TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT NONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME FROM THE PUBLIC WERE ASKED.
DON GERDY SAYS HE HELPED OUT WITH THE PA SYSTEM.
WELL, YOU GET DON GERDY AND STEVE BENNETT INVOLVED IN ANYTHING, AND IT JUST GOES TO
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HELL BECAUSE THE AUDIO WAS SO BAD, ALMOST NOTHING COULD BE HEARD.AND IT'S VERY RICH FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT REALLY, THIS IS BASED IN HATRED OF TONY WU.
THE ANTI-ASIAN HATE IN THIS COMMUNITY IS UNBELIEVABLE.
AND THESE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, MOST OF THEM ARE MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP.
SHEENA, THE HATRED OF TONY WU IS OFF THE CHARTS AND IT'S NONSTOP.
THEY TRIED TO DEFEAT HIM IN THE ELECTION.
THE TEAMSTERS UNION POURED IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, SOME SAY OVER $10,000 INTO THE DEFEAT TONY WU CAMPAIGN.
TONY PREVAILED, THEN THEY GOT INVOLVED WITH A RECALL CAMPAIGN WITH STEVE BENNETT INVOLVED.
SO YOU KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA TURN OUT.
THEY, THEY WERE HUMILIATED, THEY FAILED.
AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT HATRED OF TONY WU AND THEIR PERCEIVED ALIGNMENT THAT BRIAN GUTIERREZ, AS THE COMMISSIONER HAS WITH MR. WU, AND THEY HATE ANYONE WHO'S CONNECTED TO TONY WU.
AND THEY GO AFTER THEM WITH A VENGEANCE.
AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE PUT ALL THIS DIVISIVENESS AND HATRED ASIDE, ALL THIS ANTI-ASIAN HATE.
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, OH, IT'S NOT ABOUT ASIAN HATRED.
WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP, SAYS JOHN SCHUMAKER.
THE WHITE GUY SAYS EVERY OTHER MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, WHITE GUYS, OLD WHITE REPUBLICANS, EVERY ONE OF THEM.
THEY WERE VERY SNEAKY THE WAY THEY DID THIS LITTLE COMMISSION.
LOST ALL CREDIBILITY THAT FORMER MAYOR OF GLENDORA, THAT THAT WAS THE MODERATOR.
PLEASE STOP TALKING WHILE I'M SPEAKING.
ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION PLEASE.
CAN YOU ASK THEM TO STOP TALKING WHILE I'M SPEAKING? YOUR TIME IS UP.
ISN'T THAT THE, ISN'T THAT THE JOB OF THE CHAIR? TIME IS UP.
THANK YOU FOR, ISN'T THAT THE JOB OF THE CHAIR? THANK YOU.
AND THIS IS ABOUT BRIAN TABBA, YOUR TIME IS UP AND HIS COMMISSIONER, WHO'S THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE, OF THIS COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER CARD, JD HEY,
LET MY TIME START WHEN HE'S DONE.
WHO'S HIS ADMONITION? GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, MADAM CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE CLOCK STARTS.
WE RESET THE CLOCK UP TO FIVE MINUTES.
REASON I STEP UP TO THE MIC TONIGHT? UM, YES, I TOO HAVE HEARD THE, UH, RUMOR AND I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION I WOULD HAVE FOR YOU MR. GUTIERREZ, IS YOU SAID YOU WERE DEPLOYED, WHO DEPLOYED YOU? RED CROSS, WHO, WHO ACTUALLY DEPLOYED YOU TO THIS GOD'S WORK? THE REAL REASON I STEP UP HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE OF THE HOMELESS SITUATION IN LAS COVINA.
IT IS A GROWING PROBLEM THAT IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED NEITHER BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION NOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE ATTEMPT THAT COUNCILMAN BRIAN OT TOBA ATTEMPTED SOME, DISLIKED IT GREATLY, OTHERS NOT SO MUCH.
SOME LOVED IT, BUT IT WAS AN EFFORT TO DO SOMETHING.
WHAT WE DID PRIOR TO THAT, WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THEN IS ZERO OUR COM.
OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS SAT ON THEIR HANDS AND DONE NOTHING.
THE VAGRANCY THAT EXISTS AT FIVE STAR CONTINUES TO EXIST THERE.
THAT HOTEL WILL CONTINUE TO RENT THOSE ROOMS BECAUSE VOUCHERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES THROUGH THE CALWORKS PROGRAM, THROUGH THE GENERAL RELIEF PROGRAM.
AND THAT VAGRANCY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
THIS CITY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE SAKE OF THAT HOTEL OPERATOR, HE WOULD'VE RECEIVED COUNTY MONEY THAT WOULD'VE HELPED HIS BUSINESS.
SO IN HIS EYES, I'M SURE THIS CITY IS VERY UNFRIENDLY TO BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE, ON THE OTHER HAND, IT'S NEIGHBORS WHO KEEP RUNNING INTO CITY COUNCIL
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SAYING, DO SOMETHING.WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE PROBLEM, THE HOMELESS, CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT TO OUR CUSTOMERS, CONTINUE TO CREATE A, A, A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I FIND THAT ANALOGOUS TO REBEL YELL WHERE HIS LIVELIHOOD WAS PULLED IN THIS COMMISSION, THERE WAS ASK, THIS COMMISSION WAS ASKING ITSELF, WELL, WHY DIDN'T, WHY WEREN'T WE MORE PROACTIVE? WHY DID WE WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE AND HAVE TO PULL THIS MAN'S PERMIT? I'M ASKING THE SAME QUESTION TONIGHT.
WHAT HAS THIS COMMISSION DONE WITH REGARDS TO THE FIVE STAR HOTEL? HAVE THIS MADAM CHAIR, MAYBE YOU CAN GET AN ANSWER FROM ME TONIGHT.
HAS THIS COMMISSION RECEIVED REPORTS FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT, FROM POLICE, FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH REGARDS TO THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS HAS HAVE, HAS THIS COMMISSION DONE ANY WORK TO TRY TO BE PROACTIVE AND PREVENT THIS OTHER BUSINESS FROM GOING DOWN THE DRAIN LIKE FRIDAYS, WALMART, WHO'S NEXT? YOU ARE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOU NEED TO STOP PLAYING POLITICS AND START CONCENTRATING ON HOW TO TAKE ACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT THE BUSINESSES THAT PAY THE TAXES, COLLECT THE TAXES TO RUN THIS CITY.
ENOUGH OF THIS CHILD'S PLAY, ENOUGH OF GETTING UP, GOING TO THE RESTROOM BECAUSE JOHN SHOEMAKER COMES UP HERE, OR THIS GENTLEMAN WATCH LOOKING DOWN AT HIS, AT HIS, UH, TELEPHONE.
EH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN LOOK DOWN, YOU CAN LOOK UP.
I'M NOT REALLY REFERRING TO YOU, I'M JUST MAKING AN EXAMPLE.
YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR DUTIES A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS, HONESTLY, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HOLD THE POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOW CODE ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT WE ALL DEPEND ON ARE BEING ENFORCED.
AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT BEING ENFORCED AT THE FIVE STAR HOTEL.
SO MADAM CHAIR, I'M HOPING THAT TONIGHT EITHER YOU'RE CITY STAFF THROUGH YOU OR MAYBE YOU YOURSELF CAN PROVIDE AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION AS TO WHETHER YOU ARE NOW BEING PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO PREVENT ANOTHER BUSINESS FROM BURNING DOWN IN TERMS OF ITS THE SERVICES THAT PROVIDES TO THE PATRONS THE HOMELESS ARE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
MR. GUTIERREZ, IF YOU HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION FOR HELPING THE HOMELESS PROBLEM, THEN PROVIDE IT.
STOP KNOCKING DOWN OTHER PEOPLE'S SOLUTIONS UNLESS YOU HAVE ONE BETTER, NOTHING IS BEING DONE AND THE HOMELESS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER CARD, DAN TRAN.
MY NAME'S DAN TRAN AND I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT I'M GONNA BE YOUR NEXT STATE ASSEMBLYMAN FOR DISTRICT 48.
AND I WASN'T GONNA SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT I HEAR THE FRUSTRATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I ENGAGE IN ADDING A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S ISSUES THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, THERE'S ISSUES THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRIDGE THAT GAP SO THAT WE CAN MAKE WEST COVINA MOVE FORWARD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE MYSELF AND, YOU KNOW, LET LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN COMPLAIN.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, BEING IN PUBLIC OFFICE AND CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PAST YEAR, I SEE THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS AND HOW IT IS WHEN YOU'RE IN PUBLIC OFFICE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, I COULD SHOW YOU THE EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES I GET EVERY DAY FROM PEOPLE THAT ASK ME WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THIS AND THAT? AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WISH I COULD GIVE AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO BE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOLUTION.
I KNOW IT'S TOUGH BEING UP HERE, AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT WHEN ELECTED IN OFFICE THAT I PLAN TO BRIDGE THE GAP AND BRING SOLUTIONS TO THIS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S ISSUES.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN'T JUST KEEP COMPLAINING AND COMPLAINING AND COMPLAINING AND PEOPLE GETTING UPSET.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH WHOEVER'S SITTING IN THE SETON CITY COUNCIL.
THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC, UM, HEARING, UM, ORAL COMMENT CARDS AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE ORAL COMMENTS.
UM, WE NOW ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.
AND MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT REMAIN OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
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WANTED TO, UH, START OFF BY SAYING, I THINK DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ONCE SAID, RETURNING HATE FOR HATE, MULTIPLY, MULTIPLIES, HATE ADDING DEEPER DARKNESS TO OUR NIGHT ALREADY DEVOID OF STARS, DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT DARKNESS.OWNING LIGHT CAN DO THAT, HATE CANNOT DRIVE OUT.
HATE OWNING LOVE CAN DO THAT, THAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
ONCE SAID, I THINK THE CAMERA'S MESSED UP.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT JUST TO SEE ME.
THAT'S A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO HAVE THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE ME TONIGHT.
AND, BUT YOU KNOW, LIES OF LIES HAVE TO COME WITH TRUTH.
AND SO I THINK WE HEARD FROM MARIO AND AND JD ABOUT WHERE WAS I AT ON THE DAY OF THE FORM? AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND, UH, SHERRY FOR HER HARD WORK FOR, FOR MAKING THAT EVENT POSSIBLE THAT DAY.
AND AND UNFORTUNATELY, I I WAS IN TOWN EARLIER THAT DAY AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT OUR SENIORS.
UH, BUT LATER THAT NIGHT I HAD A FLIGHT AND, AND, AND THAT FLIGHT WAS WITH, UH, WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES.
YOU CAN'T SEE IT ON HERE, BUT IT WAS WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES.
AND I HAD TO FLY BACK TO A DISASTER ZONE.
AND SO, UH, I AM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST.
I RESPOND TO NATIONAL DISASTERS AND I HELP PEOPLE MOST IN NEED WHEN THEIR HOMES ARE DESTROYED AND ARE FLATTEN OUT.
AND, AND SO, UM, I I HAD A FLIGHT THAT DAY UNFORTUNATELY, AND I HAD TO FLY BACK BE BECAUSE IT'S A DEPLOYMENT ORDER.
WE HAVE, UM, WE HEARD FROM MR. STEVE BENNETT.
I I THOUGHT YOU WERE RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD, BUT WE'LL PASS THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO MR. JOHN SHOEMAKER.
UM, UH, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT BY AS HOW MANY CALLS OF POLICE SERVICE CALLS HAVE GONE TO YOUR HOUSE FOR MISCONDUCT OR A DISTURBANCE OF THE PEACE? UH, LASTLY, UM, UH, J WE HEARD FROM JD ABOUT MY HOMELESS PLAN.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE PEOPLE AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
SO I WILL NOT GO INTO MY CAMPAIGN HOMELESS PLAN TONIGHT BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THIS IS A GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY BE QUIET WHILE HE'S SPEAKING.
THIS IS, EXCUSE ME, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
I'LL JUST FINISH OFF WHERE I WAS STATING.
AND THAT WAS, UH, I BELIEVE OUR RESIDENT JD ASKED ABOUT A HOMELESS PLAN.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE WE'RE AT A, A GOVERNMENT FACILITY, UH, AND BECAUSE THIS IS THE BUSINESS OF THE PEOPLE OF A PLANNING COMMISSION, I WILL NOT BE GOING INTO, UH, MY CAMPAIGN PROMISES HERE TONIGHT.
AND I'LL AGAIN JUST LEAVE OFF.
THE LAST STATEMENT I'LL MAKE TONIGHT IS WHAT, UH, UH, WHAT SOMEONE WHO I, MY ROLE MODEL AND MENTOR GROWING UP IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM COMING FROM NOTHING WAS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
CAN YOU PLEASE RETURNING WHAT MY MENTOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ONCE SAID, RETURNING HATE FOR HATE, MULTIPLIES HATE.
SO AGAIN, THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FROM COMING TONIGHT JUST TO SEE ME.
UM, WE HAVE OUR FLEXIBLE HEARING.
I HAVE ONE MORE CLIENT, PLEASE.
SO, UM, THE COMMISSION HERE, UH, WE ARE NOT MIND READERS.
THERE'S, IF THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE ENFORCEMENT, IF THEY'RE COMMUNICATING TO STAFF AND THEY'RE NOT COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMISSION, WE ARE, HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE.
I HAVE REQUESTED FOR IT TO BE IZED PROBABLY TWO MONTHS AGO TO HAVE SOME KIND OF IMPLEMENTED, UH, PROTOCOL, SOME KIND OF, UH, LOGS THAT WE CAN SEE EVEN TO MAKE THEM PUBLIC TO MEET, HAVE THEM BE ON THE WEST CAMINO WEBSITE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO SEE.
BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT YET.
[2. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 24-07 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION]
GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING AS THE APPLICANTS ARE WAITING TO HAVE THEIR MATTER CONSIDERED.UM, JOANNE, WHO WILL BE GIVING THE REPORT FOR THIS EVENING, ASSISTANT PLANNER JERRY RIVERA WILL BE DELIVERING THE STAFF REPORT.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 24 DASH OH SEVEN.
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THE APPLICANT IS SUE, HE FONG, AND THE LOCATION IS ONE 12 PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 6 39.THEY ARE REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A MASSAGE PARLOR RELAXATION TO BE LOCATED WITHIN AN EXISTING TENANT SPACE AT THE PA, UM, EXCUSE ME, PLAZA WEST COVINA MALL IN THE URBAN CENTER ZONE OF THE DOWNTOWN PLANNING CODE.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE CHAIR.
THIS IS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 24 DASH ZERO SEVEN FOR RELAX STATION.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
THE ZONE OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS URBAN CENTER ZONE AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN.
THE LOCATION IS LOCATED BETWEEN WEST COVINA PARKWAY, SUNSET AVENUE, THE SAN BERNARDINO FREEWAY AND VINCENT AVENUE.
AND THE SURROUNDING USES ARE COMMERCIAL.
THE, UH, THE FOLLOWING PICTURES ABOVE ARE OF THE EXISTING UNIT AT ONE 12 PLAZA DRIVE.
THE MALL, UH, THE UNIT NUMBER IS 6 3 9.
AND THEN WE HAVE RIGHT HERE, UM, PICTURES OF RELAXATION.
THE, UH, SO RELAXATION IS A CHAIN OF MASSAGE PARLORS AND THESE ARE EXISTING EXAMPLES OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO WEST COVINA.
SO ONE OF THE KEY DESIGN ELEMENTS IS THE PROPOSED MASSAGE, UM, FOR THE PROPOSED MASSAGE PARLOR AT THE MALL IS THE USE OF PONY WALLS.
THESE ARE HALF HEIGHT WALLS THAT CREATE A MORE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ENVIRONMENT, ENSURING A PROFESSIONAL AND WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE.
AND THIS LAYOUT ENSURES THAT THE SPACE FEELS BOTH INVITING AND SAFE, GIVING CLIENTS CONFIDENCE IN THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THEIR SERVICES AND RELAXATION IS COMMITTED TO THE TRANSPARENCY AND PROFESSIONALISM.
AND THIS SETS THEM APART FROM ANY NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES, OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH MASSAGE PARLORS, MAKING IT A REPUTABLE AND TRUSTED ESTABLISHMENT WITHIN THE MALL.
THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN THAT WAS PROVIDED.
THE YELLOW COLOR IS A DEFINED AREA THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR STORAGE.
BLUE COLOR IS THE RESTROOM, THE GREEN IS THE CASHIER.
AND THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS PROVIDED.
WHAT'S GOING ON? LET'S TAKE A BREAK.
I DON'T, THE YELLOW COLOR IS THE UNIT THAT ON RECESS.
UM, SO IS THIS A SITE PLAN THAT WAS PROVIDED? THE YELLOW COLOR IS THE UNIT THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE MASSAGE.
AND THEN, UM, THE SERVICES PROVIDED ARE CHAIR MASSAGE, TABLE MASSAGE, AND FOOT REFLE REFLEXOLOGY.
FOR THE STAFF, THERE ARE THREE EMPLOYEES AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
BUSINESS HOURS ARE THE MALL HOURS, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 11:00 AM TO 8:00 PM FRIDAY TO SATURDAY, 10:00 AM TO 9:00 PM SUNDAY, 11:00 AM TO 7:00 PM PLANNING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH 6 15 1 APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 24 DASH ZERO SEVEN.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK ME OR THE APPLICANT.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UM, FOR STAFF? OKAY.
IF NOT, THEN WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A CARD FROM CHRIS LYNN.
UH, IT IS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE.
SO WE ARE A LITTLE FRANCHISE, BUT FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS AND, UH, WE REALLY WANT TO EXPAND OUR BUSINESS INTO WEST COA, WHICH WE THINK IS GONNA BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY BY GIVING THEM THIS GREAT RELAXING MASSAGE SERVICES.
AND, AND OUR PURPOSE IS TO GET THEM RECHARGED SO THEY GO OUT AND SHOP AND, AND EAT AGAIN.
SO YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY IS OUR GREAT HONOR TO BE CONSIDERED.
DO THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY.
NOW WE HAVE DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSION.
UM, COMMISSIONER BROSSARD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO.
COMMISSIONER GUTIERREZ? UM, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST ASK, UM, I KNOW THERE'S SOME HOURS LISTED, BUT HOW ABOUT FOR HOLIDAY HOURS? SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE MAKE SURE WE ADD DETAILS TO THAT? THAT THEY COULD, THEY COULD OPEN LATER FOR WHEN THE DEPEND DEPENDING ON THE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR THE MALL? IS THAT SOMETHING THEY WANT TO ADD TO THE
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LANGUAGE OR, UM, IN THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL, WE, UH, WE ADDED THAT THEY'RE ONLY GONNA BE OPEN WHEN THE MALL IS DURING MALL PASSES.WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I JUST HAD, UM, ONE COMMENT UNDER THE RESOLUTION FOR THE PROJECT.
I THINK UNDER NUMBER FIVE DI THINK THE CERTIFICATION AGENCY IS THE CALIFORNIA MASSAGE THERAPY COUNCIL, LIKE OUR CITY COUNCIL.
SO I THINK THE COMPUTER MAY HAVE THOUGHT WITH THERAPISTS, MAY HAVE THOUGHT THE OTHER TYPE OF COUNSELING.
UH, SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A MOTION NOW ON THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
JOANNE, CAN YOU DO THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER BESERA.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THE ITEM'S BEEN APPROVED.
THERE'LL BE A 10 DAY WAITING PERIOD UNTIL THE DECISION IS FINAL.
IF ANYONE WISHES TO APPEAL, THEY CAN DO SO IN WRITING BY CONTACTING OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WITHIN 10 DAYS.
AT THIS POINT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, COMMISSIONERS.
[COMMISSION REPORTS/COMMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ]
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, COMMENTS OR ANY REPORTS TO MAKE AT THIS TIME? I WOULD LIKE TO WISH MY MOTHER, ROSA MARIA, UH, ROCHA A HUNDREDTH HAPPY HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY TODAY.THIS IS MY MOM IN HER, I WANNA SAY 19, LATE 1940S.
OH, SHE'S BEAUTIFUL TODAY AS SHE WAS WHEN SHE TOOK THIS PICTURE.
AND SHE'S BEEN A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA, A PROUD RESIDENT SINCE 1970.
OH, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE CITY CAN, UM, MAYBE WE CAN GET HER A CER A CERTIFICATE OR A PROCLAMATION FOR HER BIRTHDAY, HER HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY, PLEASE.
AND I'LL HAVE, UM, THE CITY, UM, THE CITY MANAGER CHECK WITH THE MAYOR FOR THE RESOLUTION AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[3. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
WE ARE AT THE POINT IN OUR MEETING, UM, DOES THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HAVE A REPORT? THANK YOU CHAIR.I'M PLEASED TO INFORM THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM, FROM HCD IN REGARDS TO OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, STATING THAT OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, THAT THE CURRENT DRAFT IS NOW IN COMP, UM, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALLSTATE LAW.
UM, AND THE CERTIFICATION WOULD BE PENDING SOME, SOME MINOR TEXT, TEXT AMENDMENTS IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON DOING THE, THE, THE TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT THE STATE HAD ASKED.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WOULD GET THE CERTIFICATION FOR OUR HOUSING ELEMENT.
AND ALSO, UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO INFORM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE, WELL AT THE JULY PLANNING COMMISSION.
ME, UM, HE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UM, THERE WERE, THERE WAS, I'M, I'M SORRY.
IN THE AUGUST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS DIRECTION TO STAFF TO TAKE BACK THE ITEM REGARDING THE FIVE STAR FOR A REPORT ON THE CAUSE OF SERVICE AND ALSO ADDITIONAL ITEM, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE OTHER MOTELS WITHIN FIVE MONTHS FROM THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN, IN JANUARY, IN EITHER LATE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY.
THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REPORT.
WERE THERE ANY, UH, CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS THAT YOU WANTED TO REPORT ON? NO CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS.
THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS PARTICULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IN
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THE HONOR OF LI'S MOTHER.YOU NOW SHE'S AS OLD AS WEST COVINA,