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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.[Call to Order]
WE'RE GONNA START THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, UM, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28TH.UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOLLOWED BY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEASE JOIN US, JUDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
COMMISSIONER LEWIS PRESENT COMM COMMISSIONER CASTANO HERE.
LET THE RECORD SHOW ALL PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES.UM, IF THEY LOOK ACCURATE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE UNLESS ANYONE OBJECTS THERE.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
GONNA HAVE FOLLOWING BY, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE AN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.THIS IS THE TIME WHEN ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE SCOPE OF DUTIES ASSIGNED TO THE COMMISSION RELATING TO NON AGENDA OR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. ALL MATTERS INCLUDED IN THIS AGENDA MAY BE ADDRESSED.
WHEN THE ITEM IS UNDER CONSIDERATIONS FOR ALL ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
THE CHAIRMAN MAY IMPOSE REASONABLE LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ASSURE AN ORDERLY AND TIMELY MANNER.
THE RALPH BROWN ACT LIMITS THE PLANNING, COMMISSIONS AND STAFF ABILITY TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE MEETING.
THUS, YOUR COMMENT MAY BE AGENDA IS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS TO REFER TO STAFF THE COMMISSION MAY.
QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION IF DESIRE AT THIS TIME, UM, GONNA HAVE ORAL COMMUNICATION IN THE SAME CAL, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR FOR TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE, UH, THREE ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE FINDING OF, UM, PERFORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL EASEMENT.
THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UM, AND FOR HABITAT HEALTH.
AND THEN THE FOURTH CONDITION USE PERMIT WOULD BE, UM, THE J AND K PETROLEUM, WHICH IS THE GAS STATION.
UM, ANY ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS I DON'T HAVE FOR THREE.
IS THAT NIGEL FIRE? OH, MISPRONOUNCING.
CORRECTION MS. DO MISS, MISS MISCOMMUNICATED? YES.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ABOUT THIS, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ITEMS THREE AND FOUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS? OR IS THIS NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU KIND OF THREW ME OFF MS. CHANG.
I MEAN, MS. HANGANG, THERE'S NO, UM, YOU DIDN'T PUT ANY AGENDA ITEMS IN HERE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS CONSIDERED NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I WON'T GET CENSORED LIKE TRUMP, RIGHT? AREN'T YOU GLAD DONALD TRUMP FIXED THE PROBLEMS WITH LOS ANGELES THE OTHER DAY? DONALD TRUMP.
MATTER OF FACT, SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THAT NOT EVERYONE IN THESE COMMITTEES, NOT EVERYONE IN COMMISSIONS, NOT EVERYONE WHO'S A MAYOR QUALIFIES TO BE A MAYOR OTHER THAN YOU GOT THIS STUPID F*****G CERTIFICATE FROM THE COLLEGE YOU WENT TO AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPLY THE JOB THAT YOU LEARN.
I USED TO BE A NURSE WHO WOULD EVER THINK I WAS A NURSE? UNBELIEVABLE.
RIGHT? A W*****K LIKE ME WORKED AT COUNTY USC AND WAS SUCCESSFUL.
AND THEN I WORKED FOR 18 YEARS FOR THE F*****G LUSD UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THE F*****G N*****S FIRED ME AFTER 18 YEARS.
THEY FIGURED THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME ALL SIMPLY BECAUSE I SAID, F**K YOU
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LOS ANGELES UNIFIED.FIX THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE DAMAGED.
GET THE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL AND GET THE TEACHERS THAT ARE, HAVE CREDENTIALS AND NOT EMERGENCY CREDENTIALS AND MAKE S**T HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHAT TRUMP WAS SAYING TO THE FORMER MAYOR, MISS.
IS IT BASS OR ASS? I, I CALL HER ASK 'CAUSE SHE'S SUCH AN ASS LYING, BULLSHITTING MAYOR FROM LOS ANGELES.
BUT I'M USING THIS AS A HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN, IN THE POPULATION OF LIFE TODAY WITH DEMOCRATS.
YOU WANNA KEEP VOTING DEMOCRAT? THIS IS THE CRAP YOU GET.
YOU WANNA HEAR UNCENSORED CENSORSHIP.
IT'S RAW AND DRY THE WAY I SPEAK IT.
I'M TIRED OF THE B******T, TIRED OF THE RHETORIC.
DARIO KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK DARIO SHOULD COME BACK AND TRY TO BE THE MAYOR SO THAT COULD HELP 'EM LEARN HOW TO GET S**T DONE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO MS. BECERRA IS, BUT MAYBE HER.
HER LITTLE NODDING IS, IS IS REGISTERING TO THE KIND OF CHARACTER I AM AND THE KIND OF FACTS THAT I TALK ABOUT, LIKE YOU WOULD'VE LEARNED FROM DONALD TRUMP.
HE BUILDS TOWERS, HE CONTRIBUTES TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE HERE? THE MERRILL APARTMENTS, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, THE MERRILL APARTMENTS IS F*****G EMPTY.
WHAT IS IT? YOU GOT SOMEONE WALK UP THERE AT SIX O'CLOCK AND PUT THE LIGHTS ON AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU'RE IN BUSINESS? THEY AIN'T S**T THERE FOR SENIORS THERE.
BRING ALL THOSE G*****N N*****S FROM ALTADENA AND HOUSE THEM.
DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING.
SEE, BECAUSE TODAY I'M FEROCIOUS.
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES RUN BECAUSE THE FIRES COMING DOWN.
LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MALIBU TO THE SHORES, TO THE SEA, THE G*****N LAND IS BURNING.
WHERE'S THE WATER? WHERE'S THE HYDRANTS? WHERE'S THE WELL? OH NO, THE RESERVOIR IS DRY.
WHY? OH, WE FORGOT TO TELL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DO YOUR F*****G JOB.
WHERE'S THE OVERSIGHT ON THAT? MULTIPLE LAYERS OF IDIOTS.
STUPID PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY, NOT FUNCTIONING AS YOU'RE PAID TO DO FOR US.
IF YOU OWN A HOME, YOU'RE A TAXPAYER.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE F**K I'M TALKING ABOUT? YOU KNOW WHAT THE F**K I'M TALKING ABOUT? YOU SEE, YOU SEE HERE, MR. LEWIS, BEFORE YOU HAD THAT BIG FAT M**********R UP HERE PICKING ON PEOPLE AND PICKING FIGHTS.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN MY LAW.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN MY RULE.
'CAUSE I GOT TRUMP ON MY SIDE WHEN I SEND A SANCTUARY LETTER TO THEM FROM LOS ANGELES AND TOLD TRUMP, TELL THEM, F**K GAVIN, NEW SCUM.
WE'RE GONNA PUMP THIS F*****G EARTH UNTIL WE LEARN HOW TO LIVE IN SOCIETY.
AND IF NOT, WE GOT STAR WARS COMING ANOTHER CREATION.
MAYBE MR. DARIO CASTANOS WILL COME UP WITH AN IDEA AND SHIFT TO SOMEWHERE OUT OUTSIDE OF WEST COVINA.
OR MAYBE WE COULD BUILD A CITY ON TOP OF WEST COVINA SO THAT WAY MULTIPLE FAMILIES CAN LIVE HERE.
EVEN FROM CHINA, EVEN FROM CUBA, EVEN FROM MEXICO.
SO LOOKING AT THIS SO-CALLED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, I FIGURE IT OUT.
AN ADULT DAYCARE FACILITY, WE DON'T NEED IT.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF THOSE F*****S.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAS, UH, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS THAT'S NOT AGENDIZED.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
CONSENT CALENDAR.UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS FINDING OF THE CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL EASEMENTS TO BE DELEGATED TO THE CITY AT 1211 BO STREET.
UM, JOANNE, WHO WILL BE REPORTING, UM, TYPICALLY FOR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. UH, THE COMMISSION DOESN'T DISCUSS IT UNLESS THERE'S A QUESTION OR THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO PULL IT.
DOES ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, WANNA PULL THE ITEM FOR DISCRETION OR QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO REASON TO PULL IT.
I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I'LL SECOND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
UM, WE CAN ROLL, UH, ROLL CALL.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF, UM, IF YOU CAN GO OVER WHAT IS THAT EASEMENT FOR? OKAY.
THE, THIS, THE SITE USED TO BE FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH AND IT WAS SOLD TO GREEN LAW PARTNERS.
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WHEN, UM, AN ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A PRECISE PLAN ATTENDED A PARCEL MAP, A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE, UM, AND ALSO A ZONE CHANGE TO CHANGE IT TO A PARCEL DELIVERY STATION.AND IT WAS APPROVED WITH A CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO, UM, AND ONE OF THE CONDITION OF, OF APPROVAL WAS TO INSTALL TRAFFIC, A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
UM, IN, IN THE LOCATION WHERE, UM, UM, WHERE THE DRIVEWAY ALONG SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, UM, IS, IS LOCATED.
SO IN ORDER FOR THE APPLICANT TO CONSTRUCT THE TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEDICATE A PORTION OF, OF THEIR PROPERTY TO THE CITY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR, FOR A SIDEWALK AND TO PLACE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON, ON, UM, ON THE CITY PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THAT, UM, THE EIGHT, THE EASEMENT SIZE IS 1,464 SQUARE FEET.
THE, THE APPLICANT'S ENG UM, ENGINEER THAT THAT'S WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE PREPARATION OF THIS EASEMENT IS HERE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THEM, THEN, THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO ANSWER.
DO WE NEED TO OPEN THIS TO PUBLIC HEARING OR NO? NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.
JUST IF YOU HAD, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THE ENGINEER.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY ENGINEER? IT'S NOT A PUBLIC.
UM, ANY MOTION? THERE'S ALREADY WE HAVE A OKAY.
[3. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 24-08]
ITEM CONSENT.UM, CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THE CONSENT COLUMN WE JUST FINISHED.
SO IT'S PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER THREE.
USE PERMIT NUMBER 24 DASH OH EIGHT.
UM, APPLICANT IS KATE HIRSCH, HABITAT HEALTH, THE LOCATION IS 7 0 2 NORTH ZUZE AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF AN ADULT DAYCARE FACILITY WITHIN A BUILDING LOCATED AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL MAKE USE ZONE.
UM, JOANNE, WHO WILL BE DOING THE REPORTING SOCIAL PLANNER, MIRIAM MACHADO, WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THIS IS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 24 DASH EIGHT FOR THE PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 7 0 2 NORTH AZUA AVENUE.
THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BEING REQUESTED IS TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF AN ADULT DAYCARE FACILITY.
THE CURRENT LOT SIZE IS 1.42 ACRES AND THE BUILDING SIZE WILL BE 18,245 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROPERTY IS ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AND IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH AZUA AVENUE AND EAST PUENTE AVENUE.
THE SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, AND COMMERCIAL USES.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE EXISTING SITE.
IT'S CURRENTLY A VACANT, UM, RETAIL BUILDING.
THE BUILDING IS OUTLINED IN RED, MOVING ON THEIR FLOOR PLAN.
THEY, AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT PROPOSAL, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO EXPAND THE EXISTING ENTRANCE TO CREATE A NEW LOBBY FOR THE FACILITY, WHICH WILL HAVE TWO ACCESS POINTS SHOWN HERE WITH THE RED ARROWS THAT LEAD BOTH TO THE LOBBY.
THIS IS THE SOUTHWEST VIEW, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A RENDERING HERE AS WELL.
AND THIS IS THE SOUTHEAST VIEW.
SO THE SIDE AND REAR PORTION OF THE BUILDING, THE FACILITY WILL HAVE SERVICES THAT INCLUDE PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY, ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, AND COUNSELING SERVICES.
THEIR NUMBER OF EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS WILL RANGE FROM 130 TO 180.
THE PARTICIPANTS FOR THE PROGRAM WILL BE INDIVIDUALS AGED 55 AND OVER, AND THEY WILL OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM PLANNING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTING RESOLUTION 25 DASH 6 15 9 APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 24 0 8.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AND HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION TO SHARE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL.
AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
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UM, THE APPLICANTS WILL BE COMING UP FIRST DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ONCE WE GET TO THAT PORTION.ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FROM COMMISSIONER? UH, NOT FOR STAFF.
WE'LL OPEN, UM, PUBLIC HEARING THEN.
I'M HERE FROM TURNER IMPACT CAPITAL ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT FOR THE PROJECT HERE AT, UH, 7 0 2 NORTH AZUA AVENUE HERE IN WEST COVINA.
SO, UH, THANK YOU PLANNING COMMISSIONERS FOR HEARING OUR PROPOSAL TONIGHT, AND THANK YOU TO MIRIAM FOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT SHE, UH, WORKED ON THIS PROJECT WITH US IN ORDER TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE.
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A, A PROGRAM OF ALL INCLUSIVE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY OR WHAT WE CALL A PACE PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, A PACE PROGRAM IS, UH, A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR, UH, FRAIL ELDERLY SENIORS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR NURSE NURSING HOME CARE, AND ALLOWS THEM TO BE ABLE TO STAY AT HOME AND THRIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE HAVE SPENT, UH, ALMOST A FEW YEARS LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A FACILITY HERE IN WEST COVINA AND HAVE BEEN REALLY THRILLED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY HERE AT 7 0 2 NORTH AZUA.
UH, JUST TO ORIENT YOU, IT'S AT THE CORNER OF AZUA IN EAST PUENTE, JUST WEST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AND CADDY CORNER TO THE SHOPPING CENTER THAT HAS THE BIG LOTS AND THE DENNY'S.
UM, IT WAS FORMALLY OPERATED AS A CVS, BUT IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE SITE.
UH, THE, THE LOCATION IS GREAT.
THE SITE SIZE IS GREAT FOR OUR PROGRAM.
THE BUILDING SIZE IS GREAT FOR OUR PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE FLOW IN AND OUT OF THE THE SITE IS REALLY, REALLY, UH, CONDUCIVE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO OPERATE.
SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BE ABLE TO SERVE THE FRAIL ELDERLY SENIORS OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE, UH, THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, I, I MENTIONED WE'VE HAD A COUPLE YEARS LOOKING FOR FACILITY AND WE'VE SPENT THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS PREPARING A PACKAGE TO COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TONIGHT.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS APPROVE IT.
AND THEN WE WILL QUICKLY TRY AND, UH, UH, SUBMIT FOR BUILDING PERMITS SO THAT WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AND DELIVER THE FACILITY, UH, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, 2025.
UM, THERE ARE SOME NUANCES TO WHEN YOU CAN OPEN A PACE CENTER.
UM, SO THE TARGET WOULD BE TO DELIVER THE FACILITY AT THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY, UH, STAFF UP, GET THEIR STATE APPROVALS AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE COMMUNITY IN JULY 1ST, 2026.
UM, I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WITH ME HERE TONIGHT THAT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE AND A COUPLE MORE THAT WILL, UH, COME TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE, UH, PROJECT.
UM, WITH ME, I'VE GOT ROMERO VIRA MONTEZ, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AT TURNER IMPACT CAPITAL.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, SUSAN CHESKY FROM HABITAT HEALTH, WHO IS THE OPERATOR.
AND SUSAN BRINGS, UH, MANY YEARS OF SERV OF EXPERIENCE OPERATING PACE CENTERS, UH, AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
UM, WE HAVE MAYOR WEISS, WHO IS, UH, THE TALENTED ARCHITECT FROM BERGMEYER AND ASSOCIATES WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO HELP US, UH, REALLY REALIZE THE, THE VISION THAT WE HAVE HERE AND PROVIDE REALLY GREAT AESTHETICS FOR, FOR THE PROPOSED LOCATION.
AND, UM, WE HAVE RYAN FERGUSON FROM KAISER PERMANENTE, WHO'S A PARTNER OF HABITAT HEALTH, UH, IN HELPING US REALIZE THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, WITH THAT I'M GONNA UH, PASS IT TO SUSAN WHO CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PACE PROGRAM AND THEN MAYOR IS GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.
HI, I'M SUSAN CHESKY WITH HABITAT HEALTH AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.
UM, WE ARE EXCITED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH KAISER PERMANENTE TO BRING A PACE CENTER TO WEST COVINA.
AS KATE SAID, FOR PACE, WE SERVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE 55 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER.
THEY'VE BEEN DETERMINED TO MEET NURSING HOME LEVEL OF CARE, BUT OUR JOB AND OUR PURPOSE FOR EXISTING IS TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
SO WE PROVIDE AND COORDINATE ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT SENIORS NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOME.
AND IT'S A PROGRAM THAT THEY CAN ENROLL IN ANYTIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, WE ARE VERY PRIVILEGED THAT ONCE WE GET THROUGH OUR APPROVAL PROCESS, INDIVIDUALS CAN CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
THEY COULD ENTER ON OCTOBER 1ST AND IF THEY CHOSE TO LEAVE LATER ON IN THE YEAR, THEY COULD.
AND WE SEE THAT AS A HUGE CHOICE FOR THE SENIORS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LOCKED IN TO THAT PROVISION OF MAKING ONE PLAN THE ENTIRE YEAR.
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SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO MAYOR WEISS, OUR ARCHITECT.THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE MOMENT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
UM, I'M GONNA TALK TO OUR PRESENTATION THAT IS UP ON THE SCREEN A LITTLE BIT AGAIN.
UM, AS WE SAID, THIS WAS A CVS BUILDING.
AND SO, UM, ONE THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SIMPLIFY THE BUILDING AND, AND BREAK IT DOWN.
CVS BUILDINGS TEND TO BE LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
UM, SO WE CREATED AN EYE LINE TO BRING DOWN THE HEIGHT OF THE SPACE.
UH, THE PANELS ARE A WOOD LOOK METAL PANEL ON THE FACADE OF THAT BUILDING, UM, TO BRING IN SOME WARMTH.
UM, WE HAVE THREE MAIN OPERATING AREAS WITHIN THE BUILDING.
UM, OUR DAY SPACES, ADULT DAY SPACES ARE THE NUMBER ONE SPACES.
THEY'RE IN YELLOW ON THIS FLOOR PLAN.
UM, THEY RUN FROM THE EXISTING ENTRY AREA ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK.
WE'VE UTILIZED THE, UM, DRIVE THROUGH.
THE OLD DRIVE THROUGH IS AN OUTDOOR AREA, KEEPING THE STRUCTURE AS AN AWNING FOR SHADING, UM, FOR THE SENIORS TO HAVE OUTDOOR AND FRESH AIR TIME.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER MAIN FUNCTIONS TO THE FACILITY, A CLINIC, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE PRIMARY CARE, UM, CLINIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES.
UM, THE LOOK AND FEEL IS MORE FEELS LIKE HOME.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH INTO, UH, CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW OR, UM, RANCH, BRINGING IN WARM COLORS AND RICH COLORS.
THIS IS NOT RENDERINGS OF OUR SITE.
THESE ARE JUST INSPIRATION IMAGES.
UM, THESE ARE SHOWCASING THE DAY ROOM SPACES.
THEY'RE SOFTER, UM, AND LIGHTER.
WE HAVE A LARGE MAIN DAY ROOM WHERE WE'RE ANGLING THE CEILING AND BRINGING IN SOME BEAM STRUCTURE THAT WILL, UM, BRING A LOT MORE, ACTUALLY ADDING A LOT MORE WINDOWS TO THE SPACE TO BRING IN SOME MORE NATURAL LIGHT.
UM, IN SOME OF THE SMALLER SPACES, UH, WE DO HAVE A LIBRARY.
WE HAVE PERSONAL CARE FOR SHOWERS AND BATHING.
WE HAVE A QUIET SPACE FOR THOSE WHO NEED TIME AWAY FROM THE BIG CENTER.
UM, WE DO HAVE PT, OT, SO WE HAVE SPACE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY.
UM, CLINIC SPACES WE DO WILL BE WELCOMING, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE EMPLOYED HERE.
UM, SO KEEPING THIS PROFESSIONAL, UM, AND CLEAN.
UH, ARE, THESE ARE IMAGES OF OUR CLINIC.
UM, AGAIN, THE SMALLER SPACES LIKE EXAM ROOMS AND MEETING ROOMS, GIVING THEM A LOT MORE, UH, FEELS LIKE HOME, UM, AND MAKING THEM FEEL MORE AT EASE.
AND THEN THE RENDERINGS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SPACES, UM, WHERE THE STAFF WILL MEET ON A DAILY BASIS TO TALK ABOUT THE STAFF.
UM, ONE OF OUR MAIN PARTS OF OUR SPACE IS THE IDT.
AND ACTUALLY, SUSAN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND EXPLAINING WHAT IDT IS FOR A MINUTE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I ALSO REALIZE I TALK VERY QUICKLY AND SOMETIMES TOO SOFTLY.
SO IDT IS INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT PACE IS THAT'S HOW IT'S DETERMINED WITH OUR PARTICIPANTS, HOW CARE IS DELIVERED.
THERE ARE NO PRESET LIMITS ON THE CARE WE CAN PROVIDE.
SO IF OUR PARTICIPANTS NEED HOME CARE, UH, EVERY DAY, THEN THE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM WILL MEET TO PROVIDE THAT CARE.
THE OTHER GREAT THING ABOUT THE PACE PROGRAM IS THE CARE GOES WITH OUR PARTICIPANTS WHEREVER THEY ARE.
SO OUR PARTICIPANTS, THE FOLKS THAT WE SERVE, IF THEY DO END UP NEEDING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, WE DON'T LEAVE THEM THERE.
WE WILL DRIVE THROUGH THE HOSPITAL, WE WILL PICK THEM UP, WE WILL COORDINATE THEIR DISCHARGE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S A SAFE DISCHARGE PLAN TO COME HOME.
UM, WE OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE? I DON'T HAVE A CARD, SO IF ANYONE WANNA SPEAK FOR THE PROJECT, PLEASE COME UP.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ACRES HERE OF PROPERTY, BUT THE PROBLEM IS FOR ANOTHER NURSING HOME, ESPECIALLY ONE IN WEST COVINA, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA EXCEPT THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME MODIFICATIONS ADDED TO THIS PROCESS BECAUSE, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WEST COVINA HAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IT'S RESIDENTS FOR NOT HAVING AN A DA COORDINATOR TO ADVISE THEM ON A PARTICULAR SITUATION, A PATTERN IN PRACTICE THAT THEY ABUSE, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE FOR ELDERLY SUCH AS HANDRAILS,
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CURB CUTS, RAMPS, SAFE AMENITIES, AND SIGNS.AFTER ALL, REMEMBER WHEN I FELL HERE AT CITY HALL, MR. DARRIO, REMEMBER THIS? I FELL IN THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T PUT SIGNS STAY OFF THE PLANET AREA AND A D******D LIKE YOU KNOWS THAT I FELL AND BROKE MY FINGER.
DOES IT LOOK STRAIGHT? DOES IT LOOK STRAIGHT? YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING AND OH, IT'S NOT.
DISRUPTION YOU WERE DOING WAS A DISRUPTION, MS. CHAIR, HE'S BEEN DISRUPTING.
AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE BECAUSE I GOT FOUR MINUTES TO GO ON.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 130 TO 180 PATIENTS, SIR.
SO I'M ADVISING YOU THAT YOU FIND AN A DA COORDINATOR TO BRING THE STANDARD OF THE 2010 A DA IN COMPLIANCE IN ALL MEANS BEFORE YOU START THIS PROJECT.
AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS GONNA PAY FOR IT ON BEHALF OF MISS, I BELIEVE IT'S KATE HIRSCH AND COMPANY BECAUSE THEY'RE OFFERING US A GREAT IDEA AND PLAN, EXCEPT THE CITY HAS TO KICK IN SOME OF THEIR EXPENSES TO COVER SOME OF THAT RED TAPE SO THEY CAN EXPEDITE THEIR PROJECT AND GET US ALL SAFELY INTO OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS SO I CAN GET THE AMENITIES OF WHAT SPEECH.
SO I CAN STOP USING VULGAR LANGUAGE AND OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE SINCE YOU FIND IT OFFENSIVE.
YOUR DISRUPTIONS ARE NOT THOUGH, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS DISRUPTION.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE AUDIENCE MAKING ALL KINDS OF DISRUPTIONS.
I'M THINK ABOUT MEDICARE PROGRAMS, WHICH I WAS DENIED SERVICES BY MEDICARE, MEDICARE, MEDI-CAL AND LA COUNTY SERVICES.
WHY, HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE PROJECT AGAIN? WELL, THIS PROJECT IN WHICH I SUPPORT, I'M BACKING IT UP, GIVING YOU THE NEGATIVE PART OF WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE FALL BETWEEN THE CRACK AND THAT'S YOU'RE MAKING ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER.
WELL, I'M ADDING IN, INTO THIS NURSING HOME ELIGIBILITY ISSUE.
FIRST OF ALL, I WAS TALKING ABOUT SPEECH THERAPY AND YOU SAID I WASN'T ON TOPIC.
YOU SEE, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE NO HAIR AND I HAVE HAIR, BRO.
THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD GO TO PHYSICAL THERAPY AND GET YOUR HEAD MASSAGE.
'CAUSE I PLAN TO GO TO PHYSICAL THERAPY HERE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY BECAUSE I SUFFER FROM SCIATICA, WHICH IS A PHYSICAL DISABILITY IDIOT.
NOW, YOU KNOW, SOUND LIKE SPONGEBOB IDIOT, IDIOT, IDIOT.
HOWEVER, THE MIX USE PROGRAM, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT, AT ANY GIVEN TIME WE'RE GONNA HAVE 130, 180 PATIENTS.
HOW ARE WE GONNA CONTROL THAT TRAFFIC? MR. MAYOR OR FORMER MAYOR AND, AND, UH, MS. BERA AND MS. HANG, MR. LEWIS, YOU GUYS HAVE ANY IDEAS? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SHUTTLES? ARE YOU GONNA PROVIDE THEM SHUTTLES? ARE YOU GONNA GIVE THEM ACCESS TO USE WEST COVINA SHUTTLES TO BRING THEIR PATIENTS FROM HOME FROM WHATEVER AREA THEY WISH TO COME? BECAUSE I BELIEVE MS. HURST AND HER PROGRAM IS GONNA WORK.
I SAID, I BELIEVE I WON'T KNOW UNTIL I ACTUALLY SET MY FOOT OVER THE THRESHOLD AND SAY, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM RIGHT HERE IN MY HAND.
LOOK, SEE THIS? YOU KNOW WHY I HAVE IT? BECAUSE I CAN.
THAT'S WHY I DEMANDING YOU AS WEST COVINA.
YOU'RE GONNA BE LIABLE AND YOU GONNA TAKE LIABILITY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTIONS OF NOT HAVING AN A DA COORDINATOR TO ADVISE THEM.
MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK ON THEIR BEHALF.
AND IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDINGS, AND THEN YOU NEED TO CUT RED TAPE, I'M SURE WEST COVINA IS GONNA FIGURE A WAY TO CUT SOME OF THAT EXTRA FAT FROM THIS WHOLE BILL AND SUCK IT UP.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA SUPPORT ELDERLY.
JUST LIKE YOU GOT THE MERRILL APARTMENT THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
THAT'S HALF, HALF THE TIME EMPTY.
YOU COULD BRING THESE SENIORS FROM THERE AND MAYBE GIVE THEM A VOUCHER TO LIVE THERE.
SO THEY'RE CLOSER TO THE PROGRAM.
RIGHT? SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, STOP USING THE TERM THAT I'M DISRUPTIVE WHEN ASK, WHEN ASKING ME ABOUT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATIONS, GENERAL PLAN, CONSISTENCY.
IF THEY'VE BEEN IN THE FIELD AS LONG AS I WAS AT COUNTY USC AS AS A CNA FOR SIX YEARS WORKING WITH AIDS PATIENTS, IT'LL WORK.
'CAUSE AS LONG AS PEOPLE CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE, IT WILL WORK.
OTHERWISE, THIS COUNTRY'S F****D.
IT'S BEEN F****D EVER SINCE THE DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATS PUT THEIR F*****G FINGERS INTO OUR PLANS AND F****D IT ALL UP.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
UM, ANYONE ELSE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CARD, BUT LIKE TO SPEAK FOR THE PROJECT BEFORE WE MOVE ON FOR, AGAINST THIS PROJECT? THERE'S, UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS JUST FOR ENTITLEMENT LAND
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USE, BASICALLY TO ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THIS FACILITY.MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, HE'S DISRUPTING THE MEETING WITH HIS COUGH.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ADVISE HIM TO STOP DISRUPTING THE MEETING? HE ALSO MENTIONED TWO WEEKS AGO HE HAD THE BIRD FLU.
SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BEING DELIBERATE.
SEE THIS PUMP IN MY HAND? STOP.
WE'RE GONNA ASK THE POLICE TO ESCORT HIM OUT.
COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, ESCORT HIM OUT, PLEASE? MADAM CHAIR, YOU'RE DISRUPTING.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS HERE IS, UH, ENTITLEMENTS.
WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING MEDICAL MI ANY OTHER ISSUES? WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT ENTITLEMENTS FOR LAND USE FOR THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY.
UM, ANYONE ELSE FOR, IF NOT, UH, WE'RE MOVING TO ANYONE'S AGAINST THIS PROJECT.
UM, SEEING NONE CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
I LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN.
AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, DISCUSSIONS.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF APPLICANTS? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
JUST A BRIEF ONE, IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO REOPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
NO, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT THAT'S OKAY.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF THEN? NO.
ALL MOTION TO ADOPT, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 DASH 6 1 15 9 APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 24 DASH ZERO EIGHT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND RAISE THIS PIECE OF S**T.
[4. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 24-06]
HEARINGS.UM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 24 DASH OH FOUR.
APPLICANT IS J AND K PETROLEUM.
UH, LOCATION IS 2 0 1 NORTH, UH, GRAND AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE OFFSET SALES OF BEER AND WINE.
TYPE 20 WITHIN AN EXISTING 784 SQUARE FOOT CONVENIENCE STORE AT THE SERVICE STATION, KNOWN AS ARCO, LOCATED IN THE SERVICE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE ZONE.
UM, JOANNE, WHO WILL BE DOING THE REPORTING, OUR PLANNING INTERN MOLINA, UM, WILL BE PRESENTING, UM, THIS PROJECT.
SHE, UM, SHE WILL BE CONDUCTING THE FIRST PRESENTATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I WILL BE PRESENTING ON CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 24 DASH OH 6 4 2 0 1 NORTH GRAND AVENUE.
SO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS TO ALLOW FOR THE OFF SALE OF BEER AND WINE WITHIN THE EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORE.
AT AN EXISTING SERVICE STATION, THE LOT SIZE IS 29,190 SQUARE FEET.
THE BUILDING SIZE IS 1,971 SQUARE FEET, AND THE CONVENIENCE STORE SIZE IS 784 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROPERTY ZONED SERVICE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF NORTH FAIRWAY LANE AND NORTH GRAND AVENUE.
AND THE SURROUNDING USES ARE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE EXISTING SITE.
THIS IS THE CONVENIENCE STORE IN QUESTION.
AND THIS IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE RED ARROW SIGNAL ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS TO THE PROPERTY.
AND THE SHADED RED AREA IS THE CONVENIENCE STORE ITSELF.
THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
UH, THE SHADED AREAS SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE ALCOHOL.
THE 16 SQUARE FOOT ALCOHOL COOLER IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE IS WHERE IT WILL BE AS DISPLAYED.
AND THE THREE ALCOHOL STORAGE SHELVES IN THE BACK WILL BE 10 SQUARE FEET EACH, AND WILL NOT BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE PRIMARY SERVICE STATION HAS AN ACCESSORY CONVENIENCE STORE AND ACCESSORY CAR WASH AND AN ACCESSORY MECHANICAL SHOP.
THERE WILL BE TWO EMPLOYEES AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE FOR EACH SHIFT, AND THE BUSINESS HOURS WILL BE FROM SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FOR 24 HOURS.
HOWEVER, ALCOHOL SALES WILL BE LIMITED BETWEEN 7:00 AM AND 2:00 AM.
THE CONVENIENCE STORE IS LOCATED ON CENSUS TRACK NUMBER 4 0 3 6 0.01.
IT IS NOT IN AN AREA OF UNDUE CONCENTRATION.
THERE'S CURRENTLY ONE OFF SALE ALCOHOL LICENSE CURRENTLY ISSUED, WHICH IS THE SEVEN 11 SHOWED ON THIS MAP.
THE CENSUS TRACT ALLOWS FOR FOUR OFF
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SALE LICENSES TO BE ISSUED, AND THE CENSUS TRACT IS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL WITH FEW COMMERCIAL LOCATIONS.PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 DASH 6 1 5 8 APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 24 DASH OH SIX.
I AM HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE AS WELL FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IF I MAY, UM, JUST A, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UM, ALCOHOL IS NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED BETWEEN 2:00 AM AND 7:00 AM.
UM, I THINK IT WAS THE OPPOSITE FROM 2:00 AM IN THE MORNING TO 7:00 AM THE NEXT DAY,
UM, THE APPLICANT IS, IS THE APPLICANT IS HERE, CORRECT? YES.
THE APPLICANT LIKES TO COME UP.
I HAD A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
UM, SO I'VE, I'VE NOTICED THIS, THERE'S THE REQ, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT IN THE PROPOSED CUP FOR THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
DO WE HAVE ANY DATA THAT SUPPORTS THEIR EFFICACY? UM, AS PART OF THESE CS? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA MAINLY BECAUSE THE, THE ONES THAT, THAT ARE, UM, FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE ITSELF, MAINLY BECAUSE THE ONES THAT, THE EXISTING CONVENIENCE STORES THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT HAVE INSTALLED THE FLOCK CAMERAS, UM, IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY NEW.
WE DON'T HAVE MUCH INFORMATION ON 'EM, ISN'T CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ISN'T THERE A FLOCK CAMERA THAT'S ALREADY LIKE, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THAT SITE? UM, FOR, FOR ANOTHER GASOLINE STATION OR FOR NO, NO, NO, NO.
I, I THINK JUST ON GRAND AVENUE IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT.
I MEAN, IS IT, MY QUESTION IS, IS IT JUST DUPLICATIVE OR AT WHAT POINT IS IT DUPLICATIVE? UM, IT, IT, IT MAY BE, UM, COVERING THE SAME AREA.
HOWEVER, UM, IT'S, IT'S INCLUDED IN THE, AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY IN, IN THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE, UM, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD HAD ADOPTED AND HAD REQUIRED WHEN WE TOOK THE ORDINANCE INTO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S BEEN SORT OF COMMON PRACTICE TO HAVE THESE FLOCK CAMERAS AS PART OF THESE CS.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, I IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE STARTED.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME DATA THAT SUPPORTS THEIR CONTINUED INCLUSION.
I THINK IT'S SORT OF GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SECURITY, BUT I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, WHEN WE DO THIS KIND OF STUFF, WE'RE JUST ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DISCONNECT THEIR LICENSE PLATES WHEN THEY GO INTO THESE AREAS.
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE THAT'S OF, OF ANY VALUE AS A RESULT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ON NOTICE.
I MEAN, I, I THINK IT'S, I I THINK IT'S KIND OF LOST ITS EFFICACY IN MY OPINION, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHO AM I TO JUDGE? OKAY.
UM, THE APPLICANTS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? HELLO, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I'M ERICA DIAZ WITH THE WOODS DIAZ GROUP, UM, FROM DIAMOND BAR.
AND, UM, THIS CASE IS BASICALLY, THERE'S NO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S JUST AN AMENITY, A LAND USE ISSUE.
UM, WE ARE REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT JUST TO ALLOW US TO ADD THAT ADDED AMENITY BAREN WINE FOR OFFSITE SALES.
UM, REALLY I HAVE, UM, NO OTHER ISSUES WITH THE STAFF REPORT THAT MOLINA, WHO WAS WONDERFUL, BY THE WAY.
UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, I HAVE NO ISSUES EXCEPT FOR ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WHERE THEY'RE ASKING, UM, FOR THREE, NOTHING LESS THAN THREE, UM, ITEMS, YOU KNOW, NO SINGLES ARE ALLOWED.
SO THAT ONE, I FEEL IS A LITTLE BIT STRONG FOR SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OVER CONCENTRATION IN THE AREA OR ANY HIGH CRIME.
SO, UM, WE ARE NOT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH COMING BACK, UM, SAY IN A YEAR TO REVIEW THAT CONDITION TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR IF IT CAN STAY REMOVED.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING THAT MOLINA DID WAS, WAS WONDERFUL.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S JUST AN ADDED AMENITY, BUT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE THAT CONDITION TO BE REVIEWED AND POSSIBLY REMOVED
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BECAUSE THERE IS NO HIGH CRIME.UM, THERE IS NO OVER CONCENTRATION.
AND THEY, THEY ARE A VERY, UM, RESPONSIBLE OPERATOR.
THEY HAVE WELL OVER 26 STATIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
MOST OF THEM HAVE ALCOHOL AND THEY DON'T GET IN TROUBLE.
THEY LET, THEY PAY ATTENTION TO THE LAW AND FOLLOW THE RULES, BOTH CITY-WISE OR COUNTY WISE.
AND THE LAW, MADAM CHAIR, TO RESPOND TO THAT THROUGH, THROUGH THE CHAIR FOR THIS QUESTION WOULD BE FOR OUR ATTORNEY, IS, IS THAT EVEN SOME A CONDITION WE COULD CHANGE OR IS THAT CURRENTLY IN THE CODE THAT IT MUST BE A CONDITION? UH, IS IT, UM, I'M SORRY, I I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR IT ABOUT THE THREE THREE PACKS.
OH, THAT, THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE.
SO FOR THAT REASON, REASON THIS BODY CANNOT AMEND THAT OR MODIFY THAT REQUIREMENT.
I WASN'T AWARE IT WAS IN THE CODE.
SO WHEN, WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS CREATED, THAT'S WHEN IT WAS CREATED AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, CARDS.
IS ANOTHER APPLICANT'S LIKES TO COME UP, OR, UM, I THINK REALLY THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
UM, AS ERICA MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF OPERATING IN MANY CITIES, UH, GENUINELY.
I SAW A SIGN WHEN I CAME IN HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT SAID LIKE, YOU KNOW, WEST COVINA ONE OF THE MOST BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITIES IN THE COUNTY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS GRAND LOCATION FOR ALMOST A DECADE NOW, AND, UM, WE AGREE, UH, WE REALLY TAKE PRIDE IN OUR CORNER.
I MEAN, EVEN NOW IF YOU KIND OF DRIVE BY, SINCE IT'S STILL THE HOLIDAY TIME, WE KIND OF HAVE WHITE LIGHTS ON THE PALM TREES, KIND OF LIKE BEVERLY HILLS VIBE GOING ON OVER THERE.
SO WE REALLY TAKE PRIDE ON THAT CORNER, KEEPING IT CLEAN, KEEPING IT, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE BLESSED WITH LUSCIOUS LANDSCAPE.
YOU'LL NOTICE WE NEVER HAVE DEAD GRASS, NEVER DEAD FLOWERS.
UM, SO WE REALLY ARE, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO BE IN THE CITY.
WE'RE PROUD TO BE IN THE CITY.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY GRAND KIND OF TRAVELS FROM, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY GLENDORA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO KIND OF WALNUT AREA.
SO WE REALLY TRY TO GIVE LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMEONE'S DRIVING THROUGH WEST COVINA.
MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW IT IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN READ THE STREET SIGNS, THEY'LL KNOW.
BUT, UM, WE REALLY JUST TRY TO BE A, A LIKE AN ICON OF THE CITY BECAUSE GENUINELY WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE THERE.
AND AS ERICA SHARED, THIS IS JUST KIND OF, UM, JUST AS AN AMENITY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE A CAR WASH.
WE HAVE THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
WE SELL ALL FIVE GRADES OF GAS FROM REGULAR PREMIUM UNLEADED DIESEL.
UM, NOW WITH E 85 WE EVEN HAVE ETHANOL BLEND.
SO WE JUST TRY TO REALLY BE A ONE-STOP SHOP WHERE, UH, INTERESTINGLY LOCATED WHERE WE'RE KIND OF ON FAIRWAY, YOU HAVE THOSE HOTELS.
SO YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF TRAVELERS THAT COME IN THERE.
SO WE TRY TO HAVE A CONVENIENCE MARKET FOR THEM.
WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE EVERY TYPE OF VEHICLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE LOCALS THAT DRIVE DOWN, YOU KNOW, IF THEIR CAR BREAKS DOWN, THEY HAVE THE MECHANIC SHOP.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CAR WASH IF YOU WANT YOUR CAR CLEAN.
SO WE JUST REALLY TRY TO BE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
AND, UM, YEAH, UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, YES, ANY COMMISSIONER HAS ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE AND THE OFFERINGS.
HAVE YOU BEEN THE OWNER FOR HOW LONG? DECADE, UH, THIS YEAR WILL BE NINE YEARS.
SO, UM, WE LIKE TO THINK THE OTHER GUY, HE DIDN'T APPRECIATE IT AS MUCH AS WE DID.
SO
I, I'M, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF, I'M CLEAN FREAKING MY OWN LIFE.
SO EVEN WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I HATE DRIVING AROUND AND YOU SEE LIKE YOUR PALM TREES HAVE THOSE DEAD, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL WE PAY EVERY YEAR, GO UP THERE, SEND SOMEBODY, TRIM ALL THE PALM TREES, KEEP 'EM GREEN, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN TO OUR GRASS, TO, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE UPGRADED OUR CAR WASH A FEW YEARS AGO, MAKING IT REALLY STATE OF THE ART.
IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T TRIED, I'LL GIVE YOU FREE CAR WASH, YOU KNOW,
BUT, UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM, FROM THE SMALLEST THING TO THE BIGGEST THINGS, YOU KNOW, TRY TO KEEP OUR PUMPS FREE OF GRAFFITI.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE SEE IT ALL, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR STORES ARE IN LIKE SOUTH LA SO WE KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, PLACES THAT YOU OPERATE.
AND WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY AND WE'RE BLESSED TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPKEEP AND KEEPING IT BEAUTIFUL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OFFER FOR CAR WASHES, BUT WE CAN'T ACCEPT ANY
WE WILL GLADLY, UH, CHECK IT OUT ON OUR OWN.
BUT THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, THE UPKEEP AND, AND CARING SO MUCH ABOUT BEAUTIFYING
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YOUR BUSINESS.AND I'VE BEEN TO THAT GAS STATIONS PRETTY OFTEN.
UM, THANKS, THANKS FOR BEING A GREAT, AND WE'RE TRY TO KEEP IT COMPETITIVE BUSINESS OWNER IN WEST COVINA.
AND, AND I SAID WE TRY TO REALLY KEEP IT COMPETITIVELY PRICED, YOU KNOW, TO HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY TOO.
NO ONE LIKES OVERPAYING FOR GAS, SO NO, THEY DON'T
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE A RESPONSIBLE
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I, NO, NOTHING FURTHER FOR ME.
MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER, JUST FOR THE INFORMATION FOR THE APPLICANT, IT WOULD BE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 5 1 5.
AND IT WAS PASSED, UH, ADOPTED IN 2023.
SO IF YOU LOOK UP ORDINANCE TWO, FIVE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY APPLICANT THAT LIKE, OR I'M SORRY, UM, ANYONE ELSE THAT SPEAKERS YEAH.
THAT LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST, UH, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I'LL JUST CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN DISCUSSIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONER.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF OR I JUST HAVE SORT OF A DISCUSSION, UM, POSITION ON THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE, THE ORDINANCE BACK IN 2023, UM, ADDRESSING THIS IN MAKING THIS A DISCRETIONARY, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THAT POINT IN TIME IS WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF APPLICANTS COME FORWARD REQUESTING THE PERMIT, AND THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN ANY DISCRETION THAT HAS BEEN, UH, UH, EXERCISED IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A DISCRETIONARY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR NOT.
IT SEEMS TO HAVE MORPHED INTO MORE OF A BUY RIGHT KIND OF THING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, MR. CASTELLANOS, UH, HE APPOINTED ME AS A, AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER BACK WHEN HE WAS A, UH, A, A COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I, I, I, I ALWAYS QUITE FRANKLY, WONDERED WHAT YOUR ACTUAL INTENT WAS WITH REGARD TO THE PASSAGE OF THIS.
UM, BECAUSE, WELL, QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S BEEN SORT OF A, A MATTER OF RIGHT THING.
AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I, I DIDN'T GET THE IMPRESSION WAS THE INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL WAS TO CREATE A BUY RIGHT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UM, FOR SMALLER LOCATIONS.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY, UM, WE, WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED SOMETHING AS SMALL AS, UH, 541 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THIS APPLICANT'S OBVIOUSLY GOT A, A MUCH LARGER LOCATION THAN THAT, ABOUT 200 SQUARE FEET LARGER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I, I I, I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS, UM, A, A DESIRE TO, TO ONLY HAVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, UM, APPROVED IN SCENARIOS WHERE IT WAS MORE OF A CONVENIENCE STORE SIZE LOCATION AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A SMALLER KIOSK SET UP.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I VIEW THIS AS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY APPROVED SOMEBODY AT 541 SQUARE FEET.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN TAKE IT BACK UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SUM, A SUMMARY REVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, MY, MY ONLY LARGER CONCERN ON ALL OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, UM, PERHAPS THE DISCUSSION SHOULD GO TOWARD, YOU KNOW, GETTING RID OF THE CUP PROCESS AND JUST HAVING THIS BE AN, UH, AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT, UH, DOWN THE LINE MOVING FORWARD.
WELL, UM, THIS PARTICULAR BODY BEFORE 2023 WHEN WE PASSED IT, UM, THE ALCOHOL USAGE AND GAS STATION WAS NEVER ALLOWED.
SINCE 2023, THIS BODY PLANNING COMMISSIONER ACTUALLY APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED THE CODES THAT GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY ACTUALLY ADOPTED THE CODE IN 2023.
SO PUSHING IT BACK TO CITY COUNCILS AND QUESTIONING THE CITY COUNCIL, IT'S ACTUALLY WAS DONE BY THIS BODY HERE.
WE DID DO ALL THE RECOMMENDATION, INCLUDING THE CCTV AND ALL THAT.
UM, REGARDING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, IT IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
SO EACH GAS STATION MUST COME OVER HERE AND ASK FOR A CONDITION USE PERMIT.
OTHERWISE, THE CODE IN OUR GENERAL PLAN OR LAND USE WOULD BE, UM, WRITTEN DIFFERENTLY.
SO CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, OUR CODE CURRENTLY IS AT ALL GAS STATIONS.
ONCE ALCOHOL USE MUST COME HERE TO GET
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A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.MOST USE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR COMMERCIAL USE ARE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHETHER AT A CERTAIN TIME THAT THE RESIDENTS OR THE COMMISSION OR CITY COUNCILS DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS ALLOWED TO NOT ALLOW, THAT'S WHY THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WAS SET.
UM, ACCORDINGLY IN 2023, WHICH IS VERY RECENT, PRIOR TO THAT, NOT ONE SINGLE GAS STATION IN WEST COA I BELIEVE WAS ALLOWED ALCOHOL.
SO WITH THAT, UM, ANYONE ELSE HAS QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR ABOUT COUNSEL? NO, I THINK, WELL, I I DON'T THINK TAKING IT TO ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT WOULD, I GUESS, SERVE THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUTLAY OUTLINED HERE.
UM, I THINK THIS JUST TAKES US A STEP FURTHER TO DOING WHAT IS SEEMS TO BE THE RIGHT THING, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY COUNTYWIDE.
SO I THINK FROM, FROM, UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I, I VIEW IT MORE AS LIKE WE'RE RIGHTING A WRONG THAT WAS IN THE CODE FOR NO APPARENT REASON OTHER THAN A PERSONAL BIAS FROM A FORMER MAYOR
SO FROM, UH, THAT STANDPOINT, UM, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
SO, JOANNE, I DIDN'T HEAR THE FIRST SECOND.
UM, JOANNE, COULD YOU PLEASE ROLL CALL COMMISSIONER LEWIS.
WELL, MOVING TO NON-HEARING ITEMS. JOANNE, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSION REPORTS, COMMENTS IN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NON-HEARING ITEMS. WE CAN MOVE ON TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO COMMISSION, COMMISSION REPORT.
UM, REPORTS OR COMMENTS IF ANY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY THING TO REPORT OR TO COMMENT ON? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? OH, NOTHING YET.
[COMMISSION REPORTS/COMMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS]
UM, I COMMISSIONED REPORTS, COMMENTS AND TO MIS SALINAS ITEMS. DOES ANY COMMISSIONERS? I DO.I HAVE A, I HAD AN ISSUE, UH, AND I WANNA SAY IT WAS MAYBE, UM, SIX OR EIGHT WEEKS AGO AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, HOW OFTEN DOES ANYBODY CALL 9 1 1 FOR HELP, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR ASSISTANCE.
AND, UH, I HAPPENED TO CALL DURING THE HEAT WAVE FOR MY, ACTUALLY MY SON CALLED FOR ME.
AND, UM, 9 1 1 CAME AND THEY, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY TOLD ME I WAS DEHYDRATED AND THEY WANTED TAKE ME.
IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS, I'LL JUST, I'LL GO TOMORROW MYSELF.
I'LL JUST, I DIDN'T, I WAS SO TIRED AND DEHYDRATED.
I DIDN'T WANNA BE THERE FOR FIVE OR SIX HOURS.
SO, UM, ANYWAYS, SO THEY LET, THEY GAVE ME, UM, UH, AN IV SALINE AND ACTUALLY I FELT MUCH BETTER.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO IN A WEEK LATER.
I HAD TO CALL AGAIN THIS TIME ACTUALLY IT WAS FOR MY SON.
AND, UM, WHEN I CALLED THE 9 1 1 DISPATCH, THEY DID NOT WANT TO SEND ANYONE TO MY HOME UNLESS I COULD, UM, COMMIT TO LETTING THEM TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME AND CHECK HIM OUT.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE UNDER CONTRACT.
I'VE HEARD OTHER RESIDENTS, UH, COMPLAIN ABOUT, UM, ISSUES AS WELL, UH, WITH THEM, NOT WITH DISPATCH, NOT WANTING TO, UH, SEND OUT, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR, OR HELP THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN, YOU KNOW, IN DISTRESS AT THAT POINT.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE AND I WANNA KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO LOOK AT THE CONTRACT OR TO FIND OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO, TO CALL AND I MEAN, WHO WOULD THEY CALL TO SPEAK WITH AND, AND MAKE A COMPLAINT? 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL, THERE'S MANY OUT THERE THAT HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE DISPATCH STEP IN AND ASSIST.
I THINK A GOOD FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO LET OUR POLICE CHIEF KNOW, UM, POSSIBLY OUR ACTING FIRE CHIEF AND OUR CITY MANAGER.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED IN 20 YEARS.
I MEAN,
IT JUST SO HAPPENED THEY HAPPENED TO BE A WEEK APART.
AND JUST THE FACT THAT, UH, I SAID, WELL, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? BECAUSE I I, MY SON IS HELP.
WHY YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEND SOMEONE AND WE, UNLESS WE COMMIT.
AND I SAID, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? SHE GOES, I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU MY NAME.
IT'S 9 1 1 OPERATOR SITTING IN WEST COA OR, WELL, SOME CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO DISPATCH.
SO I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO IS, UH, WHEN WE CONCLUDE THE MEETING, I COULD ASSIST YOU WITH FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO.
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OKAY.UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSION HEADS, REPORTS OR COMMENTS IF NOT YET? NOT YET.
UM, I DO HAVE A COMMENTS REGARDING, UM, THIS EVENING'S, UM, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
ONCE IN A BLUE MOONS, WE DO GET, UH, DISGRUNTLED, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S RESIDENTS OR THE AUDIENCE HERE.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ADVICE OR SHOULD WE HAVE A DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE, UM, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS IF SOMEONE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR FIVE MINUTES, I GET THAT.
HOWEVER, DO WE CONTINUE TO STOP THEM OR DO THEY LET THEM HAVE THEIR FIVE MINUTES? IF, IF THE IDA IF THEY'RE SPEAKING ON AN, AS LONG AS THEY STAY ON THE SUBJECT MATTER, UM, IT WOULD BE FINE.
UH, 'CAUSE THERE, THERE ARE, UM, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, UM, BUT ORAL COMMUNICATION DOES, IT'S NOT AGENDA ITEMS OR ANYTHING.
SO HOW DO YOU SO IT'S RAMBLING, RAMBLING TIME.
BASICALLY ALL WE COULD DO IS WHEN THEY'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, LIKE HE WAS TODAY, WHEN HE STARTED BEING DISRUPTIVE IN THAT FASHION, THAT'S WHEN I ASKED YOU TO INTERVENE BECAUSE THAT'S OUR, THE ONLY TIME WE COULD REALLY INTERVENE IS IF HE'S DISRUPTING YOUR MEETING.
BUT YEAH, WHEN HE'S AT THE MICROPHONE, UH, OUR HANDS ARE LITTLE BIT MORE TIED WITH MM-HMM.
IN CERTAIN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, WE CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING.
BUT WHEN, WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT'S AN APPLICANT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PRO OR CON, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, COMING UP TO SUPPORT OR TO, IF, IF THEY'RE BEING DISRUPTIVE AND IT'S, THEY'RE TIME TO SPEAK AND THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER, THEN THE CHAIR HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REMIND THEM THAT, THAT WE'RE WHERE A BODY, UM, TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
AND IF THEY'RE INTERFERING WITH BUSINESS, THEN, THEN THEY CAN BE REMOVED.
AND THEN, SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
THANK YOU OFFICER FOR REMOVING HIM THIS EVENING.
SO THE ONLY ONLY COMES WHEN THE CHAIR IS A NEW CHAIR.
EVERY TIME THERE'S A NEW CHAIR, THEN HE COMES.
CAN I EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR? THE BROWN ACT WAS RECENTLY AMENDED AND THE GOVERNMENT CODE DEFINES WHAT DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR IS, AND IT IS DIS DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
UM, WHICH THE BROWN ACT PARAGRAPH, THAT SECTION SAYS IT IS ENGAGING IN BEHAVIOR DURING A MEETING THAT ACTUALLY DISRUPTS, DISTURBS, IMPEDES, OR RENDERS INFEASIBLE THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING.
SO IF THE MEETING CANNOT CONTINUE, OR IF THERE IS A DIRECT THREAT THAT WOULD BE A DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR THAT IS ACTUALLY DEFINED UNDER THE, THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND FOR THOSE ITEMS, THE CHAIR IS ABLE TO REQUEST THE SERGEANT OF ARMS, UM, TO REMOVE THE SPEAKER OR TO GO ON RECESS UNTIL ORDER IS RE RESTORED.
AND THAT IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.
SO IF THERE IS A DISRUPTION, THE CHAIR CAN PAUSE THE MEETING UNTIL THE DISRUPTION SUBSIDES AND RESTORE ORDER, UM, AND CONTINUE THE MEETING AT THAT POINT.
SO WHEN THERE IS ACTION THAT DISRUPTS ACTUALLY DISRUPTS WHERE YOU CANNOT HEAR, YOU CANNOT CONDUCT THE MEETING.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE HAD ONE INCIDENCE BEFORE WHERE WE COULD NOT HEAR AND WE COULD NOT CONDUCT THE MEETING.
AND AT THAT POINT, A RECESS WAS CALLED UNTIL ORDER COULD BE RESTORED AND WE COULD HEAR WHAT WAS BEING SAID.
AND THE BUSINESS OF THIS PLANNING COMMISSION CAN MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO, UM, THE BROWN ACT DOES ALLOW, UM, THE REMOVAL OF THE, THE DISTURBING PERSON WHEN THAT ACTION BECOMES TO THE POINT WHERE THE MEETING CANNOT CONTINUE IF YOU CANNOT CONTINUE.
BUT, UM, IF IT IS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE, WHETHER THEY ARE AGENDAS OR NOT DURING THAT OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT, ANYTHING THAT IS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK AS LONG AS IT IS NOT ACTUALLY DISRUPTIVE OR A THREAT.
AND IF IT IS A DIRECT THREAT, UM, THAT IS DEEMED DISTURBING, UH, DISTURBING BEHAVIOR UNDER THE ACTUAL CODE.
SO IF THERE IS A THREAT MADE TO, UM, STAFF OR OTHER MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE OR TO THE COMMISSION, UM, THAT AT THAT POINT THE MEETING CAN BE PAUSED, STOPPED, AND THE SERGEANT AT ARMS CAN BE REQUESTED AT THE CHAIR'S, UH, REQUEST TO REMOVE THE PARTY WHO IS CAUSING THAT DISRUPTION.
AND IF THERE IS A FURTHER, UH, DISTURBANCE OF THE PEACE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN OFFICER, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT MATTER AND THAT WOULD BE A CRIMINAL MATTER THAT CAN BE PURSUED BY THE SERGEANT AT ARMS, MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO IS HERE TO ACTUALLY SEE THE OFFENSE HAPPEN.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE, UM, EITHER AN INFRACTION OR MISDEMEANOR.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE DISTURBANCE OF THE PIECE, CRIMINAL ACTION.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE SPECIFIC TYPES OF ACTIVITIES OR ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE DEEMED DISRUPTIVE UNDER THE BROWN ACT.
UM, I GUESS WE JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
THE, THE LEGISLATURE JUST ADOPTED THE STANDARD IN ACOSTA VERSUS CITY OF, UH, COSTA MESA.
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I'M SORRY.THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CASE LAW THAT THEY ADOPTED, UH, STATUTORILY.
IT'S ACTUALLY IN GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.9.
AND I THINK, I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT, UM, AND, AND I KIND OF SECOND WHAT, UM, WHAT CHAIR HANG WAS SAYING IS, UM, I THINK THERE DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE, UM, SOME, SOME EDUCATION ON WHAT CONSTITUTES A DISRUPTION AND THE FACT THAT DISRUPTION CANNOT BE SPEECH IF IT'S SOMEBODY WHO'S ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO US, UNLESS IT IS AN INCITEMENT TO IMMINENT LAWFUL, UH, IMMINENT, UH, UNLAWFUL ACTION OR, UM, OR A DIRECT THREAT.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY TWO EXCEPTIONS THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND IN THE LAW.
UH, BEYOND THAT I THINK IT'S, IT'S VERY CLEAR THEY GET TO SPEAK AND THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT.
EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS NEBULOUS, UH, SYSTEM UNDER THE NINTH CIRCUIT WHERE WE'RE A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM, BUT OTHER CIRCUITS ARE TREATING IT DIFFERENTLY.
BUT ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT, I WILL, I'LL THAT OFFLINE.
AM I HEARING A REQUEST FOR A TRAINING SESSION?
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE, SINCE THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS HAD A TRAINING SESSION REGARDING THE BROWN ACT WITH A PLANNING COMMISSION.
I THINK IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
IT MIGHT BE DEAL FOR ONE, WE CAN SCHEDULE ONE IN THE FUTURE.
[5. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT:]
THAT, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS REPORT, JOANNE, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, COUNCIL, THE ONLY THING THAT, UM, THERE, THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE IS ON MARCH 5TH TO SEVENTH, IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS ACADEMY AT UM, SANTA ROSA.UM, I SENT OUT AN EMAIL ASKING, UM, IF ANY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE ME TO REGISTER THEM FOR, FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS ACADEMY.
I RE I RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM, UM, CHAIR HANG AND VICE CHAIR BECERRA.
SO I HAVE RE REGISTERED BOTH OF YOU, UM, IF ANY, ANY OF THE OTHER PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
AND I THINK IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, I'M SORRY.
ALSO, ANOTHER THING, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE, UM, FOR THE NEXT FUNDING COMMISSION MEETING ON FEBRUARY 11TH, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ITEM, UM, THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR THAT IS, IT'S GONNA BE THE WEST COVINA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL EDITION.
AND IT IS AN, UM, MITIGATED NEC THE CITY, UM, SENT OUT THE NOTICES.
HOWEVER, I JUST WANTED TO JUST GIVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION A HEADS UP, UM, THAT 'CAUSE THE MITIGATED NECK DECK, UM, DOCUMENT IS POSTED ONLINE.
IT IS A LONG DOCUMENT, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO, TO REVIEW IT.
UM, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO, UM, PRINT A COPY OF IT, UM, OUT FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A PAPER COPY, I'D BE HAPPY TO PRINT ONE OUT, UM, BY REQUEST.
UM, AND WE CAN, UM, MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PICKUP OR DELIVERY.
HOW MANY REAMS OF PAPER ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? A LOT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S IT, RIGHT? IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'RE ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8 0 4.