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[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
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WANT TO REALLY TAILOR THE CODE TO THE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY.THE NEEDS IN SOUTH HILLS ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE NEEDS IN DOWNTOWN, AND THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE NEEDS IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO WE WANT TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE CODE REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY OF WEST COVINA, AND WE DON'T GET A CODE THAT THE CONSULTANT DID IN THEIR LAST CITY.
SO, UH, IT IS A VERY LONG TIMEFRAME PLUS THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS.
BUT IF ALL GOES WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE A CODE ADOPTED, UH, WITHIN TWO TO TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
AND THIS ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE CITY.
THAT IS CORRECT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN TALK, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THAT.
WE JUST HAD A GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER OR REALIZE THAT WAS A LIMITED FOCUS, GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
IT WAS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON THE DOWNTOWN.
IT DID NOT TOUCH A LOT OF THE CITY.
YOU WANT TO KIND OF WONDERING WHY ARE WE DOING IT AGAIN? WELL, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT WE'RE.
THIS IS, UM, AS YOU SAY, COVERS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, UH, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST.
UM, OF COURSE, TIGHTLY BALANCED THIS YEAR AND GIVEN THE REDUCTIONS IN THE REVENUE, WE'RE WATCHING IT QUITE CLOSELY, BUT WE'RE BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT PURSUING WHATEVER GRANTS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GARNER BECAUSE, UM, FOR SURE SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET THOSE GRANTS AND IT MIGHT AS WELL BE US.
I'D LIKE TO, AGAIN, THANK PUBLICLY OUR STAFF FOR THEIR GOOD WORK ON HELPING US GET THIS ONE WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD EFFORT.
BUT I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION BEFORE YOU LEAVE THOUGH.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK WE DID, UM, READ THE REZONING OR THE CODE GOT CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, AND I THINK WE PROBABLY SPEND ABOUT 500,000.
AND SO I BELIEVE WE'RE AT A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR ON, ON GETTING THE ZONING AND I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN JUST ENCOMPASSES LESS THAN 5% OF THE LAND USE.
AND WEST COVINA PREDOMINANTLY WILL BE CONCENTRATED JUST DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS PARTICULAR GRANT THAT WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO BESIDES THE DOWNTOWN FOCUS, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE ENTIRE WEST CORRINA AREA.
SO THINK OF YOUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS IN TERMS OF LAYERS, THE GENERAL PLAN IS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, WHAT AREAS ARE GENERALLY PAINTED FOR SINGLE FAMILY? WHAT AREAS ARE PAINTED RED FOR COMMERCIAL, ET CETERA, THAT MOST RECENT PLANNING EFFORT YOU'RE REFERRING TO FOCUSED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THIS IS THE NEXT LAYER DOWN, WHICH IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
IT'S THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF EVERY ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS.
WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE SETBACKS? WHAT ARE THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS? WHAT ARE THE SPACING NEEDS OF, OF, OF DEVELOPMENT WHEN THEY'RE DIVIDING OR SUBDIVIDING LAND, ET CETERA.
AND SO IT'S THAT, IT'S THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE CITY'S REGULATORY PROCESS.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE ESSENCE OF EVERY ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT REFLECTS THE STANDARDS THAT THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION AND COUNCIL DESIRES.
AND ALSO SINCE WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW COMMISSIONERS HERE IS TO, I'M TRYING TO SEE IF WE, PERHAPS, SINCE WE ARE ENCOMPASSING AND REZONING LAND USE AND WHAT'S COMING UP, PERHAPS YOU CAN SEND SOME OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO THE PLANNING, UM, MEETING THAT THEY HAVE ANNUALLY WITH THE FUND THAT WE PERHAPS
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I WILL DO MY BEST.IT CERTAINLY, UM, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES DOES EXCELLENT WORK.
THE MOTTO OF THE LEAGUE IS CALIFORNIA CITIES WORK TOGETHER.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS INSTITUTE IS WELL WORTH YOUR TIME AND THE CITY'S MONEY.
SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL, WE'RE GOING TO TRY, I'M A SUPPORTER, I'M A BELIEVER.
AND I WANT YOU TO BE A CURRENT IN, IN EVERY RESPECT AND BE ABLE TO NETWORK WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES STATEWIDE.
WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEIR COMMISSIONER HOT CARES HAS ARRIVED AT 24.
I BELIEVE WE ARE FULLY STAFFED OR FULLY COMMISSIONED.
I GUESS, UM, WE HAVE A, IS THERE ANY OTHER ORAL COMMUNICATIONS HERE? ANYONE EMAIL PHONE CALLS? OKAY.
SO PUBLIC HEARING, NONE, YOU HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO WE WILL PROCEED WITH NON-HEARING ITEMS. SO THE
SO THE SECOND ITEM, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ENCOMPASSED ALL THE LAND USE ACTUALLY IN THE ENTIRE WEST COVINA.
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE PARTICIPATE WITH THIS.
IT AFFECTS, EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT THE RECYCLING.
UM, THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH IS THE CERTAIN SESSIONS, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE STILL HAVE STUDY SESSION THAT AFFECTS THE CITY'S ENTIRE CITIES, A CERTAIN SESSION FOR DESIGN GUIDELINE FOR WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S AFTER THIS, AFTER THE FIRST ONE, CORRECT.
[2. SMALL COLLECTION RECYCLING FACILITIES ANNUAL REPORT]
ITEMS WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THIS OUTER.JOANNE, I WILL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM.
THE ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE SMALLEST SMALL COLLECTION.
IT'S LIKE WHEN FACILITY ANNUAL REPORT, THE ANNUAL PUT STARTED IN 2017, WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTED THAT THE CITY SHOULD REVIEW THE CODE COMPLIANCE OF RECYCLING FAIRS AT, AT THE TIME THE CITY WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE OPERATION OF SEVERAL RECYCLING CENTERS, CENTERS WITHIN THE CITY.
AND THIS WAS DUE TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND ALSO NOISE IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.
CURRENTLY THE, UM, THE CURRENTLY THE MUNICIPAL CODE REC, UM, REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR SMALL FIRST SMALL RECYCLING CENTERS ARE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED IS 500 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.
THEY HAVE TO BE SET BACK AT LEAST 50 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE.
YOU HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 250 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL USES, BUT THERE'S 250 FEET MAY BE REDUCED TO 150 FEET.
IF IT'S SEPARATED BY AN ARTERIAL STREET FROM A RESIDENTIAL USE, THEY MAY ONLY BE LOCATED ON PROPERTIES WITH A MARKER GREATER THAN 25, 25,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND THEY MAY ALSO TAKE UP FIVE PARKING SPACES WITHIN THE CENTER.
PROBABLY THE CITY ONLY HAS ONE RECYCLING SMALL RECYCLING FACILITY, AND IT'S LOCATED ON 13, 14 WEST FRANCISQUITO ROAD.
THE RECYCLING CENTER IS CALLED SENSORY CYCLING CENTER.
IT'S ON, IT'S WITHIN THE NORTH GATE MARKET PARKING LOT ON SANFORD AVENUE.
AND FRANCISQUITO THE RECYCLING CENTER, UM, IS A BUYBACK TYPE OF CYCLING CENTER WHERE THEY PURCHASE, UM, BOTTLES, CANS, UM, BASICALLY CRV, UM, CONTAINERS FROM, FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING THEM TO THE RECYCLING CENTER.
THE, THIS PARTICULAR SMALL RECYCLE, ET CETERA, IS 320 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.
UM, AND IT WAS APPROVED ON JULY 19, 2016 THROUGH AN AUP PROCESS.
THAT WAS, THAT ACTUALLY WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND GOT APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IT WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, STAFF VISITED THE SITE, UM, A NUMBER OF TIMES ONCE DURING THE TIME THAT THEY'RE CLOSED.
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DURING THE TIME THEY WERE ALL OPEN AND OPERATING AND PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SITE, UM, IS ON THE SLIDE.AND IT IS THE SITE AS A WOMAN, TEEN STAFF DID NOT OBSERVE ANY TRASH OR DEBRIS AROUND THE AREA.
UM, DURING THE SITE VISITS IN STAFF, ALSO STAFF ALSO CHECKED WITH KURT ENFORCEMENT TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY OPEN CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES, UM, IN RELATION TO THE RECYCLING FACILITY AND, AND WAS TOLD BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES PERTAINING TO THIS PARTICULAR RECYCLING FACILITY.
UM, SINCE, SINCE THIS, UM, SO SOPHOS REPORT HAS, UM, HAS RECEIVED ONLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND REPORTS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR RECYCLING FACILITY.
AND GIVEN THAT, UM, THIS IS THE ONLY RECYCLING FACILITY IN THE CITY.
UM, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COMMISSION IF, IF, UM, THE COMMISSION DESIRES TO CONTINUE THE ANNUAL REPORTING.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, AS A RECOMMENDATION, UM, STAFF IS JUST RECOMMENDING TO RECEIVE THE REPORT AND FILE.
UM, WELL, I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, SO YOU, UH, OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS.
SO YOU WANT TO NOT HAVE THAT ANYMORE.
I'M SORRY IF I MAY, UM, DM, WE DO HAVE A MANUAL THAT WOULD BE A PROCESS THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2017.
AND AT THAT TIME THE CITY HAD ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE RECYCLING CENTERS.
NOW THEY'RE ONLY DOWN TO ONE, UM, IN SOME OF THE RECYCLING CENTERS IN THE PAST WHERE BY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE NEVER HAD, WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH AND THEY CONTINUE.
THEY KNEW, UM, WHEN DOING AN UPDATE, UM, AND TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE.
AND THERE'S NO HISTORY OF CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
UM, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE ANNUAL REPORT, UM, STAFF IS WILLING TO DO SO, IT WAS JUST A QUESTION THAT'S RAISED.
IF THERE WAS, IT WOULD JUST BE COMPLAINT DRIVEN.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE, IT WOULD JUST BE COMPLAINT DRIVEN, OR IF, IF THEY DO HAVE, UM, MORE RECYCLING FACILITIES THAT ARE OPEN THAT ARE THAT OPEN UP IN FUTURE, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY ASK TO BRING IT BACK AGAIN.
I ACTUALLY LIKE TO KEEP THE MEETING, MAYBE THAT WILL KEEP THEM, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP THE FACILITIES AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS DONE CORRECTLY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE CURRENTLY THAT WAS COMING OUT.
HOPEFULLY WE GET MORE, BUT, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE.
AND IF THERE'S NO PROBLEM, WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, MOVE ON VERY QUICKLY.
SO WELL, BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE NEED TO OPEN THE FLOORS TO, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, WE, WE ONLY HAVE ONE IN THE, IN OUR CITY LIMITS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED BY, IS IT STATE DRIVEN OR IS THE CITY HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH? THAT'S A STATE PROGRAM THOUGH, RIGHT? THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
THERE ARE STATE LAWS REGARDING CRB CONTAINERS.
UH, BUT THERE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE THE CRV RECYCLING FACILITIES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS THAT, THAT SERVE A PORTION OF THE CITY, UH, IN THERE, THERE ARE ALSO CERTAIN STORES THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF TAKING IN THE CRV, RECYCLING ON BOTTLES AND CANS.
SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NO VIOLATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WERE, UM, THERE, THERE IS, BUT NONE, I BELIEVE NONE OF OUR STORES ARE IN VIOLATION.
BECAUSE THE OTHER FACILITIES AROUND THE AREA ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM.
I HAVE A QUESTION AND MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER IT FOR ME.
UM, I THOUGHT, UH, UH, YOU HAD TO HAVE RECYCLING SAID OUR EVERY IN A TWO MILE DIAMETER BY STATE LAW, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT? BECAUSE IF WE ONLY HAVE THE ONE ON FRANCISQUITO SUNSET, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S EIGHT MILES TO WHERE LIKE IRD LIVES.
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OVER THERE, NO GALLUS TEMPLE, NO GALS, UH, VALLEY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT GENERAL AREA, I JUST CURIOUS.CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS LED TO BELIEVE.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT? UM, THAT WAS THE CASE AT ONE POINT, BUT I CAN VERIFY IF THAT IS STILL THE CASE NOW.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE RECYCLING, UM, REQUIRING THE RECYCLING FACILITIES ON SITE, UM, THE STATE ALSO ALLOWS INDIVIDUAL STORES TO TAKE IT, THE OPTION OF TAKING IN THE RECYCLABLES AND IT DOESN'T HELP THAT THE, THE BIGGEST RECYCLER IN THE COUNTRY WENT BELLY UP.
BESIDES TO BE, I THINK I'LL CRY TRASH DON'T THEY BE CYCLE AS WELL? I MEAN, NOT THAT IF YOU TAKE THEM TO THE RECYCLING FACILITY, I THINK YOU GET PAID, BUT IF YOU, UNLIKE SOME CITIES, ATHENS, WE DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE RECYCLING BIN WITH ATHENS.
WE HAVE GREEN WASTE AND TRASH.
IF, IF I MAY ANSWER THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH ATHENS AND ATHENS, UM, BRINGS ALL THEIR TRASH TO THE, UM, MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY.
AND SO THEY'RE THERE WITH THE RECYCLABLES ARE PICKED OUT.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS IF WE TAKE IT, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET 11 BUCKS IN THE WALKOUT, YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK, GET YOUR MONEY BACK PERSONALLY.
WELL, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, LET ME JUST MAKE A, OH, DON HAS A QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, LAST, LAST FRIDAY I WENT OVER AND SAT THERE IN THE PARKING LOT AND JUST OBSERVED THE, UH, THE FACILITY.
AND, UH, THEY'RE LIVING UP TO EVERYTHING THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO THERE'S, THERE'S NO TRASH AROUND.
UH, SEVERAL CUSTOMERS CAME UP TO THE PLACE AND, UH, IT WAS REALLY FAST IN AND OUT.
AND, UH, SO I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT AT ALL.
THEY'RE LIVING UP TO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO.
UH, YEAH, I WAS KINDA GONNA ECHO THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, UH, I WENT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AFTER HE OPENED UP.
CAUSE I HAD CONCERNS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU AND I WENT ON THIS COMMISSION WHEN WE HAD A BIG ISSUE WITH ONE OF THESE SMALL RECYCLING FACILITIES, IT HAD IT, WE HAD, IT WAS APPEALED AND I MEAN REVOKED AND ALL THAT, IT WAS A MESS.
SO I WAS VERY CONCERNED WHEN WE, WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, HAD THIS NEW ONE COMING IN FRONT OF US.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE PUT IN THE REVIEW PROCESS, BUT I WENT OUT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I ACTUALLY BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES TO DO MY RECYCLING.
AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER HOLTZ, THEY ARE DOING A TERRIFIC JOB THERE.
IT'S, IT'S A CLEAN FACILITY IT'S WELL DONE.
AND WHEN I GO UP THERE, THE GUY COMES RIGHT OVER, YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS THAT I'M A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND HE, YOU KNOW, HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, CAN I HELP YOU WITH THAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HELP YOU WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T STAND AROUND AND WATCH YOU STRUGGLE, YOU KNOW, THEY HELP YOU WITH IT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT, YOU KNOW, SINCE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER WE NEED TO HAVE A REVIEW OR NOT, WE ONLY HAVE THE ONE RECYCLING CENTER IN THE CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET ANOTHER ONE OR A COUPLE OF MORE, I CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAVE COME TO US.
AND WE, AT THAT POINT COULD IMPLEMENT A REVIEW PROCESS FOR THOSE NEW ONES OR EVEN ALL OF THEM, AGAIN, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT.
BUT THE FACT IS WE ONLY HAVE A ONE AND THE GUY IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THIS POINT WE DON'T NEED TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I REALIZE IT'S ONLY ONCE A YEAR, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO ENCUMBER STAFF WITH, WITH ANOTHER, WITH THIS REVIEW AT THIS POINT EVERY YEAR.
I THINK IF WE WAIT AND I THINK IF IT'S COMPLAINT DRIVEN, WE GET COMPLAINTS, IT CAN BE INVESTIGATED AND SO FORTH, BUT THEY'D BEEN THERE NOW FOR AWHILE AND NO ISSUES, NOT A COMPLAINT.
IF I'M NOT, IF I'M NOT WRONG, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A PRETTY COMPLAINT-FREE BUSINESS, WHICH I LIKE.
SO I'M, I'M PERFECTLY FROM MY SEAT.
AND IN, IN NOT HAVING THE ANNUAL REVIEW UNTIL IT'S NECESSARY BY, YOU KNOW, CHANGING SERPS CIRCUMSTANCES, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER RED HOLTS IF WE HAVE SOME COMPLAINTS AND WE CAN CHANGE AND MAKE SOME OTHER, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS AND ALL THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMPLAINTS.
SO I THINK STAFF'S GOT ENOUGH TO DO RIGHT NOW.
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WE CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN.BUT AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS, I JUST THINK WE JUST LEAVE IT GO AS IS NO, UH, NO REVIEWS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONERS? SO OPEN THE FLOORS TO PUBLIC FOR COMMENTS, UM, ANY EMAILS, ANY PHONE CALLS, PUBLICS ARE NOT HERE? UM, SO I GUESS IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND, UM, ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I DON'T MAKE A MOTION.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REMOVE THE REVIEW A COMPONENT, AND THEN RECEIVING A FILE AFTER THAT.
OR IS THAT HOW YOU DO IT? OKAY.
UH, MY, COULD YOU, UM, YES, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RED VOTES TO REMOVE THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND RECEIPT FILE.
COMMISSIONER HAWKEYES, COMMISSIONER KENNEDY COMMISSIONER REDMOND'S.
HI AND CHAIRING THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
[3. STUDY SESSION FOR DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY]
TO STUDY SESSIONS FOUR, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER THREE 30 SESSIONS FOR DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.AND WHO WILL BE DOING THESE PRESENTATIONS? UM, BEFORE YOU START THE PRESENTATION, I THINK, JOANNE, WOULD YOU BE DOING THE PRESENTATION OR MARK? OKAY.
BEFORE WE START THIS CONVERSATIONS, I LIKE TO ADDRESS, UH, THE RESIDENTS OR THE PUBLIC'S AT HOME, OR ALSO OUR PUBLIC COMMISSIONERS, THIS, UM, BASICALLY THIS PUBLIC WATERWAY AND, UM, STUDY, IT AFFECTS 17 SQUARE MILE.
I THINK, BELIEVE THE CITY HAS OF LAND USE, AND IT ALSO AFFECT EVERY SINGLE RESIDENTIAL HOME AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
UM, THIS WILL BE PUT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES OR PROPERTIES.
SO I LIKE TO SEE BEFORE WE STUDY AND ADJUST A, UM, A PUBLIX WHO WILL BE MOST OF THEM DUE TO THE COVERT, PROBABLY BE WATCHING FROM HOME OR LATER WE VIEW THE, THE SITE TO GO AHEAD.
THE LAST SET OF SET THE LAST STUDY SESSION ON REGARDING THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WAS HELD UP BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 28TH, 2020.
UM, AND TO REVIEW THE DISCUSSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSION, UM, THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WERE NUMBER ONE, FORMAT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WAS A CONSENSUS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, THAT STATED THAT THE, THE COMMISSION DESIRES AS SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD FORMAT AND THE COMMISSION DESIRES, UM, A HIERARCHY OF PREFERENCES INCLUDED IN THE GUIDELINES.
THIS WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN, UM, IN COMBINATION WITH WHAT COSTA MESA HAD.
UM, AS FAR AS EXAMPLES THAT WERE PROVIDED AT THAT TIME.
AND AS FAR AS CONTENT IS CONCERNED, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTED SUBSIDIES AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, UM, TO BE, UM, TO REPLACE, UM, EXISTING AGGREGATE POLLS.
THE POLLS WOULD BE MADE OUT OF AGGREGATE.
UH, THE REPLACEMENT CANNOT BE, UM, MORE THAN THREE, THREE FEET FROM THE EXISTING AND THE COLOR AND SHAPES WOULD HAVE TO MATCH THE EXISTING POOL.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UH, AS FAR AS VERTICAL VERTICAL ALIGNMENT IS CONCERNED.
THE SRE, UM, THE EQUIPMENT, UM, IN ANTENNAS WOULD HAVE TO BE SHROUDED IN THE DIAMETER OF THE SHROUD, UM, IS AT A ONE TO ONE RATIO IN RELATION TO THE POLE.
THE COMMISSION DID NOT WANT THE R R U, WHICH IS THE REMOTE RADIO RE RADAR, I'M SORRY, RE RADIO REMOTE UNIT BOX ATTACHED TO THE SIDE OF THE POLE.
AND AS FAR AS THE INTENT AND, UM, AND TENANT ARE CONCERNED, IT SHOULD BE WITHIN THE, UM, THE SHROUD ABOVE THE POLE.
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ARE TO BE WITHIN INSTALLED WITHIN THE, THE POLE ITSELF, OR IF THE WIRES AND CABLES CANNOT BE INSTALLED WITHIN THE POLE, IT WOULD BE INSTALLED WITHIN A CONDUIT TO MATCH THE POLE.AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID NOT WANT ANY ABOVE GROUND EQUIPMENT.
SO ALL EQUIPMENT WOULD BE HALF, WOULD HAVE TO BE UNDERGROUNDED IN ORDER FOR, UM, IN ORDER FOR, UM, WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY BY STAFF.
UH, AS FAR AS THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE HIERARCHY, UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO OVER THE HIGH, UM, THE HIERARCHY BY TOPIC.
AND THEN IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS COMMENTS, GO AHEAD AND FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ALSO, UM, ADD, ADD YOUR THOUGHTS AS WELL.
UM, AS FAR AS THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE HIERARCHY IS CONCERNED, UM, WE HAVE, UM, OUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE IT BE PLACED ON EXISTS, UM, EXISTING OR REPLACEMENT LIGHT STANDARDS FIRST, UM, AND THEN NEW LIGHT STANDARDS, EXISTING REPLACEMENT, CITY, TRAFFIC, LIGHT POLES, OR EXISTING OR REPLACEMENT UTILITY POLES, AND THEN NEW POLLS AND STAND ALONE POLLS, AND THEN OTHER, OTHER POLLS WOULD BE LAST.
HOW DOES THE PLANNING COMMISSION FEEL ABOUT THIS HIERARCHY LISTED? I'M FINE WITH IT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH IT.
AND THEN THE LOCATION HIERARCHY IS SEPARATED BY NON-RESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
UH, THE FIRST LOCATION HIERARCHY IS BELIEVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION PREFERS IT TO BE LOCATED ON, ARE CONSIDERED TO BE LOCATED ON NONRESIDENTIAL ZONES.
FIRST, IN A WAY, THE WAY IT'S FORMATTED WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE, UM, WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO EXISTING INTERESTS, INDUSTRIAL STONES IN AREAS NOT ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USES, UM, WOULD BE FIRST CONSIDERED FOLLOWED BY, WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL ZONES IN AREAS NOT RESERVED, NOT ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USES, UM, ON PRINCIPLE ARTERIAL STREETS, MINOR, OR TOW STREETS OR COLLECTOR STREETS WITHIN OR EDGE JASON TO THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE AND ADJACENT TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL ZONES AND ADJACENT TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.
I THINK I, THE COMMERCIAL ZONES AND ADJACENT TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES, AND THEN THIRD ARE NEXT WOULD BE WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO INDUSTRIAL ZONE AND ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AND THEN FOLLOWED BY LASTLY FOR NONRESIDENTIAL USES IS WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL ZONES IN ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES OR A DAYCARE PRIMARY SCHOOL OR SECONDARY SCHOOL.
HOW DOES THE PLANNING COMMISSION FEEL ABOUT THIS HIERARCHY FOR NONRESIDENTIAL ZONES? UM, AND ALSO IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WANTS TO ADD ANOTHER, UM, ANY, UH, ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT LISTED HERE IN THE HIERARCHY? WELL, MADAM CHAIR SPEAKING FROM MY SEAT, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE OVER, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS.
THIS IS WHAT WE, THE HIERARCHY WE DECIDED AT THE LAST MEETINGS, AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GIVING IT THE STAMP OF APPROVAL, I GUESS, IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT WITH THIS.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT I SEE IN FRONT OF ME, I, I, I THINK WE'VE COVERED IT AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, GOT IT THE WAY WE WANT IT TO BE.
I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY CHANGE RIGHT NOW FOR MY SEAT.
DOES ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY CHANGES OR TO WHAT JOANNA HAS LISTED? NO, I THINK IT'S GOOD AS IT STANDS AS WRITTEN.
FOR, FOR NON, FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONES THAT THE, UM, THE ORDER IS SIMILAR TO THE NON RESIDENTIAL ZONES, WHICH, UM, ADJACENT TO MULTIFAMILY WITH, OR ADJACENT TO MULTI-FAMILIES ZONE ON PRINCIPLE,
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ONTARIO STREETS BEING FIRST, UM, FIRSTLY CONSIDERED INVENTORY LESS WOULD BE WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY ZONES OR SCHOOLS.DOES THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WOULD THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR NURSE LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS PARTICULAR LIST OR IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION OKAY.
WITH THIS PARTICULAR LIST, ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR WANT TO ADD ON TO I'M? OKAY.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF I JUST MAY SAY LAST TIME WE DEALT WITH THIS, UH, WE HAD ON THE PHONE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A CROWN CASTLE, I THINK IT WAS.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT LADY WAS VERY AMENABLE TO, TO WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE UNDERGROUNDING OF THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH WAS A BIG ISSUE.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, SHE WAS AMENABLE TO ALL OF THAT AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE GOT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT.
I MEAN, SHE'S, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS GOOD WITH IT AND I THINK THE COMMISSION WAS GOOD WITH IT.
SO, YEAH, IT'S WONDERFUL THAT SHE WAS REALLY, UM, WORKING WITH THE CITY, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, WE, WE LEARNED QUITE A BIT FROM HER AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IT'S UP TO THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO THE COMMISSIONERS TO DECIDE, CAUSE THIS IS A STUDY, UH, STUDY SESSIONS, WHICH AFFECT ALL THE RESIDENTS IN WEST COVINA.
YOU AND I ARE HERE TODAY, BUT TOMORROW WE MAY NOT BE HERE.
HOWEVER, WHEN THIS CODE AND THE STUDY SECTIONS WILL AFFECT US, WHETHER WE'RE NOT ALL HERE OR NOT HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS JUST REALIZING THAT I WAS JUST LOOKING AROUND FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY POLE, HOW MANY LIGHT POLE DO I HAVE SURROUNDING MY PROPERTY? AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT I HAVE TOTAL SEVEN.
SO IF I'M NOT HERE IN THE CODE, IT'S WRITTEN CERTAIN WAY.
I CAN LITERALLY HAVE SEVEN ITEMS ON THOSE POLES SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY.
SO, WHICH IS WONDERFUL THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSIONS AND IT'S AFFECTING EVERYONE'S HOUSE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MANY LIGHT POLE OR TELEPHONE POLES AND SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY.
IT MAY HAVE, IT MAY NOT AFFECT US TODAY, BUT IT DOESN'T ONLY AFFECT US AS PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, WHICH EACH COMMISSIONERS PRACTICAL MAN OVER PROBABLY LIKE WHAT WE HAVE 30,000 RESIDENTS AND OUR KNOW HOW MANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
SO EACH OF US CAN POTENTIALLY HOLD, YOU KNOW, 20, 30,000, 20,000 PROPERTY ALSO.
SO 10,000 HOME THAT WE'RE AFFECTING WHATEVER DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING TONIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE STUDY SESSIONS IN JUST GOING OVER SOME OF THE ITEMS, WHICH IS GOING OVER WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSIONS THE LAST TIME, AND THEN, UM, SEE WHAT WILL FIT BECAUSE ONCE IT'S APPROVED, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE CODE IS GOING TO BE.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DISCUSSIONS.
AND THANK YOU, JOANNE, GO AHEAD.
UM, THIS JUST BRINGS FORWARD THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND PROVIDE FURTHER DIRECTION TO STAFF.
UM, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER, THE DIRECTION STAFF WILL COME BACK WITH THE DRAFT OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR A PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
AND IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS OKAY WITH THE DRAFT AT, AFTER, AFTER THE, THE MEETING, THE STAFF WILL SCHEDULE THE GUIDELINES TO BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THIS TO, UM, COMMISSION DISCUSSIONS, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP TO PUBLIC HEARING, UM, THEN IN PUBLIC HEARING THEN WE CALL FOR MOTION.
SO I GUESS RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING COMMISSION DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THESE ITEMS IN ALSO THE REPORTS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PAGES THE REPORTS ARE KIND OF QUITE THICK.
SO YOU ASKING US TO APPROVE FOR THE REPORT.
SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY THING REGARDING THE REPORTS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US? MADAM CHAIR, IRON PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT.
I THINK WE'VE SPENT MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME ON THIS ITEM AND JUST BEAT IT TO DEATH IN EVERY WAY, FASHION AND FORM.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO CHANGE IT, TO MAKE IT ANY BETTER AT THIS TIME.
BEFORE WE, UM, FILE AND SUBMIT THE REPORT, COULD WE HAVE AT LEAST AN OPEN, UM, TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMMENTS DOES MANAGER TO COMMENT ON IT OR? OKAY.
UM, JOANNE, DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC MEETING AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE VIDEO CAN ZOOM IN SAY THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON HERE AS CITY MANAGER.
AND ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY PHONE CALLS OR ANY EMAILS.
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WE HAVE AN OUTREACH REGARDING THIS.WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS.
THERE'S A MOTION, NOBODY, ANYONE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
BEFORE I GO, I LIKED, I LIKE, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, JOANNE, ON THIS PARTICULAR REPORT, I'M LOOKING AT THE REPORT RIGHT NOW.
CAUSE YOU'RE ASKING US TO SUBMIT THE REPORT OR AT LEAST GO THROUGH, BUT YOU HAVE AT THE, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT PAGE IT IS.
IT'S THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES, DESIGN GUIDELINES, AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ON THIS PARTICULAR PAGE ON THE GUIDELINE.
DO YOU, WILL THIS BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AS WELL? UM, I'M SORRY, CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I'M FOR ME, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR EXISTING DESIGN GUIDELINES.
UH, WE WILL PREPARE NEW GUIDELINES, BUT THE EXISTING ONE WILL BE INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE REPORT WHEN IT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE, UM, AT THE NEXT, UM, AT THE, AT THE MEETING WITH, UM, WHEN WE WILL SCHEDULE THE DESIGN GUIDELINES TO BE REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING PERMISSION.
UH, AND THEN IT'LL ALSO BE AT ONCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE WILL INCLUDE THAT AS AN ATTACHMENT AS WELL AS, AND AS WELL AS THE DRAFT DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT THE PLANNING PERMISSION AND REVIEWED.
SO CURRENTLY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT DESIGN GUIDELINE ON THE NEST NEXT STUDY SESSIONS.
IT WILL NOT BE A STUDY SESSION.
IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE, UM, AN AGENDA IS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.
THEN WE'LL JUST TAKE ROLL CALL.
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, JUST TO REITERATE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RED.
HOLTS UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLTZ.
I, UH, COMMISSIONER HOCK HAS MISSION OR KENNEDY COMMISSIONER RED.
UM, BEFORE I TAKE THE VOTE, I LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE GIVING THIS VOTE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS OVER HOW WE SHOULD HANDLE ALL THE SITUATIONS AND AFFECTING ALL THE LAND USES IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THERE'S A TOTAL OF OVER 30,000 HOMES AND LOTS OF COMMERCIALS, AND THIS WILL PACK THE PROPERTY, HOW IT LOOKS AND WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
THE MOTION PASSES ON A FOUR TO ONE VOTE.
[COMMISSION REPORTS/COMMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS]
COMMISSION REPORTS, COMMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS WITH ANY OF THE COMMISSIONER LIKES TO MAKE A COMMENT WILL BE PART NO, UH, UH, YEAH, JUST BRIEFLY.UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S NICE TO BE BACK IN THE, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS GOOD.
IT BRINGS BACK A SENSE OF NORMALCY.
I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE THE PROGRESS IN DEALING WITH THE, UH, THE COVID-19 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S LOOKING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GET OUR HOPES UP, BUT IT'S LOOKING, IT'S LOOKING BETTER.
SO, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, IT'S MUCH BETTER ALL THE WAY AROUND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DO THE PUBLIC'S BUSINESS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A, UH, A BETTER PROCESS.
IT'S MORE OPEN AND, UM, IT JUST, IT FEELS BETTER.
AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO GO FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO MEET HERE.
AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE AGAIN ABOUT COMING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE CHAMBER FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND COMMISSION MEETINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, THANK YOU.
YES, I HAVE A COMMENT OR, UM, ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN, UH, ALSO A QUESTION FOR, UH, FOR STAFF REGARDING, UH, THE NEWS.
UH, I JUST HEARD ABOUT, UM, CITY GETTING A $500,000, UH, LEAP GRANT, UH, WHICH I GUESS WILL BE USED TO, UH, REWRITE, UM, UH, NEW
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NEW CODES FOR, UM, LAND USE PLANNING.AND, AND I GUESS THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT HASN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HASN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IN QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO, UM, I WAS WONDERING WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO GET A, SORT OF A PREVIEW REPORT OF WHAT WILL OH, I'M SO SORRY.
WELL, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW THEN WE WILL BE HEARING ABOUT IT FAIRLY SOON IN THE NEXT MORE ABOUT IT, THE NEXT MEETING, AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOUR PROCESS IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONER HOCK HAS, I CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AFTER THE MEETING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, IF NOT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S
[4. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR'S REPORT:]
REPORT.MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, WE ORIGINALLY WERE PLANNING ON HAVING OUR, UM, FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PLAZA WEST COVINA WOULD BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, WE HAD A CALL WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ON MONDAY AND FOUND OUT THAT THE PROJECT WAS NOT READY YET TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THE COMMISSION WON'T BE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, UM, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT A, AT A FUTURE DATE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
UM, SO WE WOULD ANTICIPATE CANCELING THE SEPTEMBER 8TH MEETING, THE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THAT AND MEETING THE TENTATIVE TRACT MAP, UH, JOANNE REACHED OUT TO THE APPLICANT AND HE WAS AMENABLE TO MOVING THAT TO SEPTEMBER 22ND.
SO, UH, THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COMMISSION WOULD BE ON WEDNESDAY, EXCUSE ME, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND.
AND SO FAR, EXCUSE ME, THERE'S JUST THE ONE ITEM ON THAT AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE.
SO NO MEETING ON THE EIGHTH AND I'M MEETING ON THE 27TH.
SO WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS.
[5. CITY COUNCIL ACTION:]
ANY CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS.I JUST WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND ESPECIALLY MARK, UH, FOR KEEPING ME POSTED DURING MY TIME WHEN I'VE BEEN LAID UP AND, UH, GAVE ME UP TO DATE ON THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M GLAD THAT I'M BACK AND HOPEFULLY I CAN STAY.
YES, PERSONALLY, IT'S VERY, VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU COMMISSIONER.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, CITY COUNCIL UPDATES, UH, DAVE'S ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE, THE TWO GRANT ITEMS. UM, THE COUNCIL DOES HAVE ON THEIR AGENDA AND NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT A REQUEST TO INITIATE A CODE AMENDMENT, UH, REGARDING, UM, POTENTIAL SALE OF, UH, BEER AND WINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, GAS STATIONS.
AND IF, UH, THAT ITEM DOES GET INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL, WE ANTICIPATE, UH, THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE'LL BE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, TO REVISIT THAT MATTER.
SO THAT WOULD NOT BE ON THE EIGHTH.
UH, IT WOULD NOT BE BECAUSE IT WOULD NEED TO BE A NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ACTION THE COUNCIL'S GOING TO YET TAKE ON THE FIRST.
SO, UH, WE'LL WAIT TO BE GIVEN THAT DIRECTION.
AND THEN, UH, PROCEED ACCORDING TO THAT.
IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND AS TO WHY THIS IS BEING INITIATED AGAIN? UM, ALL I, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT, UM, I THINK THE COUNCIL OR THE COMMISSIONERS ARE AWARE OF THE MOTHER, MAY I PROCESS THE COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED AND, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON REQUESTED THAT THE ITEM BE BROUGHT FORTH AND I BELIEVE HE HAD AT LEAST TWO OTHER AFFIRMATIVE VOTES FOR THE ITEM TO BE RECONSIDERED.
AND, UH, UNDER THE COUNCIL'S PROCESS, THE THREE ITEM, THREE VOTES, JUST LIKE WITH THE COMMISSION, UM, SETS A PROCESS IN MOTION.
IT DOESN'T PRESUPPOSE ANYTHING.
IT JUST SETS THE PROCESS IN MOTION.
SO A COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON ASKED FOR THAT AND, UH, THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE MORE DIRECTION ON TUESDAY.
UM, IF YOU DON'T, SINCE THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO CONSIDER THIS MEETING, IS THE DRAWING, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NO.
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THANK YOU EVERYONE.