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EVERYBODY I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT, PLEASE.WOULD YOU ALL, PLEASE STAND NOW AND JOIN COMMISSIONER MUNOZ AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE BE SEATED AND, UH, RIGHT.
COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL HERE? HERE, HERE, HERE.
YOU'RE TALKING TO THE MIC COMMISSIONER.
AND I'LL ALSO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT VICE-CHAIR MANLEY HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE THIS EVENING.
UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
OH, HE'S WONDERING IS YOUR MIC ON? YES.
UH, FIRST ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU'LL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS, NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE, FOUR NINE, FIVE, FOUR.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND LEAVE IT AT THE LECTERN.
WHEN YOU COME FORWARD TO SPEAK, YOU WILL FIND THE SPEAKER CARDS ON THE TABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER.
WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND SPELL YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TO THE CHAIR.
THERE SHOULD BE NO DIRECT EXCHANGES BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
AND JUST TO REPEAT THAT THIS PORTION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS IS ONLY FOR SPEAKERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, EXCEPT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN THAT FASHION? SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE FELLOW COMMENTS, MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MATTERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE, NON REPETITIVE, EXCEPT I KEEP REPEATING MYSELF CONSTANTLY FOR THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH INCLUDES ITEMS ONE THROUGH TWO, ALL ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE VOTE UNLESS AN ITEM IS REMOVED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM? COMMISSIONER? MUNOS NO COMMISSIONER POWELL, NO COMMISSIONER.
BERNAY COMMISSIONER BERNAY IF YOU'RE WITH US, DO YOU WISH TO REMOVE A CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM? NO.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO HAVE AN ITEM REMOVED, SEEING AND HEARING NONE? I MEAN, I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WITHOUT OBJECTION.
I'D MOVE APPROVAL OF CONSENT, CALENDAR ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER MUNOZ.
PLEASE CALL ROLL CHRISTIAN OR PAL.
ARE WE DOING ORAL OR ARE WE DOING MACHINE? YEAH, WE CAN USE, UH, THE VOTING BUTTONS AREN'T WORKING.
THAT'S YOUR CHALLENGE WITH THEM.
YOU CAN ASK MICHELLE HOW SHE VOTES.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THE MACHINE'S NOT GOING TO LET ME ENTER IT UNLESS ALL THE BUTTONS ARE POINTS A LOT TO DO A LOT TO DO WITH THE ROLL CALL VERSION TONIGHT.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.
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OKAY.WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING.
PROCEDURES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.
THE CHAIR WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND THE STAFF WILL GIVE A REPORT ON THE ITEM.
THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM WILL BE RECOGNIZED FIRST.
AND THEN THE COMMISSIONER WILL HEAR FROM THOSE IN OPPOSITION.
REBUTTALS WILL BE ALLOWED, EXCUSE ME, ONLY AT THE DIRECT DIRECTION OF DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.
AFTER ALL HAVE SPOKEN, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED AND THE COMMISSIONER WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER AND TAKE ANY ACTION THAT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND LEAVE IT AT THE LECTERN.
WHEN YOU COME FORWARD TO SPEAK, YOU WILL FIND THE CARDS ON THE TABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER.
WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND SPELL SLOWLY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND ALSO PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS.
ALL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR.
THERE SHOULD BE NO DIRECT EXCHANGES BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 60 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR EACH PUBLIC ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
AND SO THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE TONIGHT IS CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR DESIGN REVIEW TWO ZERO DASH ZERO FIVE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AT ONE, TWO ZERO ONE WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TWO ZERO DASH ONE SIX FOR SHARED PARKING AT ONE, TWO ZERO ONE THROUGH ONE FOUR SIX, FIVE WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
UH, ANY, UH, LATE CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED ON THIS ITEM, RIGHT? NO, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MAY WE PLEASE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? MAY I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER? OF COURSE, CHURN AS CHAIRMAN I'D LIKE TO PRIOR, BEFORE THE PRESENTATION OF THIS ORDER, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, UH, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, UH, ON, UH, APRIL SIX, I MET WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, AND UH, I ASKED, UH, ROY RAMSTEIN TO ATTEND THAT MEETING WITH ME.
UH, IT WAS SIMPLY INFORMATIONAL AND, UH, I WANTED THAT TO BE ON THE RECORD BEFORE, UH, THE STAFF REPORT WAS PRESENTED.
AND, UH, I'LL, I'LL JOIN YOU WITH THAT BECAUSE I MET WITH THE SAME REPRESENTATIVE.
WE HAD A GOOD LUNCH AND A PROJECT WAS DISCUSSED WITHOUT ANY, WITHOUT ANY TREMENDOUS DETAIL, BUT LET THE RECORD SO REFLECT THAT AS WELL.
AND WE'RE READY FOR THE STAFF REPORT WHEN YOU ARE CORRECT.
CHURN IS AREA AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
THE STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE PRESENTED BY PLANNING MANAGER, ROY
SO THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WHITTIER AND IDAHO STREET.
AS PART OF THE NORTH GATE CENTER.
IT'S CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY A VACANT BUILDING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY PETCO, UM, THE PROPERTY ZONED COMMERCIAL, AND IT HAS A LAND USE DESIGNATION OF HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL.
SO THIS PROJECT SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 0.8, SIX AND ACRES.
UH, THE NEW MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING WILL BE TWO LEVELS OF 10,000 SQUARE FEET, EACH FLOOR APPROXIMATELY, OR THE 20,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
UH, THE BUSINESSES WILL BE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND WILL BE CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
UH, THAT HOURS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN EIGHT AND FIVE.
UM, THE TOTAL STAFF, INCLUDING PHYSICIANS, UH, WOULD TYPICALLY NUMBER IN THE LOW FORTIES, THE DISCRETIONARY ACTIONS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, TONIGHT ARE THE DESIGN REVIEW, UM, FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, UM, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF SHARED PARKING WITHIN THE CENTER AND THE SEQUEL, UH, ACTION TONIGHT WOULD BE A CLASS 32 INFILL EXEMPTION.
SO WHEN WE LOOK A DESIGN REVIEW, UM, PER CODE, WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ARCHITECTURE REALLY, UM, AS THE PROPOSED BUILDING COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON THE SAME SITE AND IN THE VICINITY AROUND IT.
AND DOES IT MEET OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN TERMS OF, UM, PROVIDING THE CORRECT SETBACKS AND PARKING, UM, AND LANDSCAPING, ET CETERA.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, YOU CAN SEE AS DEPICTED ON THIS SLIDE, THE BUILDING IS A, UH, EXCELLENT ARCHITECTURAL MATCHED WITH THE REST OF THE CENTER.
UM, IT COMPLIES WITH ALL THE APPLE GOAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FLOOR AREA RATIO AND PARKING IN TERMS OF THAT AS A STANDALONE PARCEL, IT, IT CANNOT PARK ITSELF.
SO I'LL GO INTO A BIT MORE DETAIL ON THOSE TWO ITEMS ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SITE, AS I INDICATED, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF IDAHO AND WHITTIER BOULEVARD.
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THE BLOW UP HERE, IT DEPICTS THAT IT, IT MEETS OUR SETBACK STANDARD.UM, AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, RIGHT? THE CURRENT BUILDING THAT'S OUT THERE IS BUILT RIGHT UP TO THE SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, SO TH THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE, UM, SETBACK, WHICH WILL HELP WITH, UH, VISIBILITY OF PEDESTRIANS AND TRAFFIC AT THE CORNER OVER OVER THE CURRENT CONDITION.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FLOOR AREA RATIO, THAT THAT'S A METRIC USED TO DETERMINE THE INTENSITY DEVELOPMENT FLOOR AREA RATIOS ARE APPLIED THROUGH THE GENERAL PLAN CITYWIDE AND ARE BASED ON THE PREMISE OF HOW MUCH TOTAL BUILDING SPACE COULD BE BUILT IN THE CITY AND STILL BE SUPPORTED BY OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
BASED ON THOSE STUDIES DONE AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN, A FLOOR AREA RATIOS WERE ESTABLISHED FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE PARCEL AS IT EXISTS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THAT REQUIREMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF FLOOR AREA IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PERCENTAGE OF A LOT TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO THROW A LEGAL AGREEMENT TO TIE THAT THIS LOT WITH THE LOT IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF IT TOGETHER IN PERPETUITY, WHICH MAKES THE LOT SIZE NOW MATCH THE SIZE APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT OUR FLOOR, OUR RATIO REQUIREMENT WOULD BE.
SO WITH THAT, BY DOING THIS, THEY CAN, THAT MEANS THEY CAN'T BUILD A STRUCTURE ON THIS LOT WITH INSIDE THE RED BOX.
THAT THAT'S WHAT THE AGREEMENT, UM, KEEPS IN PLACE.
THEY CAN USE IT FOR PARKING AND CIRCULATION AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS, UH, BUT THEY COULD NEVER BUILD A BUILDING THERE.
THIS IS D THESE ARE REALLY HARD TO SEE AT THIS SCALE, BUT THIS IS JUST SHOWS THE LAYOUT OF THE TWO FLOOR PLANS, UM, TYPICAL MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.
UM, AND AGAIN, HERE'S THE ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING ALL THE WAY AROUND.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE IT HAS THE, UH, THE MATCHING ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS AND COLORS THAT MATCH THE REST OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE CENTER.
AND HERE'S THE CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWING THE PALETTE OF THE LANDSCAPING MATERIALS, UM, AND SHOWING THAT IT WILL BE COMPATIBLE AND MATCHING WITH THE, WITH THE REST OF THE CENTER.
SO EVERYTHING BLENDS IN AS A SEAMLESS DEVELOPMENT.
SO FOR NOW, ISN'T IN REGARDS TO PARKING.
SO THAT SITE, EVEN WITH THE LOT THAI AGREEMENT CANNOT SUPPORT THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS USE ON A STANDALONE BASIS.
SO WHAT OUR CODE ALLOWS FOR IS THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS IS TO CONSIDERED SHARED PARKING IN THE CASE OF JOINT USES OR A COMMERCIAL CENTER.
SO A PARKING SUPPLY AND DEMAND STUDY WAS PERFORMED BY LG AND THEY, THEY LOOKED AT THE CONDITIONS OUT THERE.
SO STRICT CODE COMPLIANCE WOULD REQUIRE 570 SPACES CURRENT CURRENTLY ON THE SITE, THERE ARE ONLY 501 SPACES.
SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS BEFORE, UM, WHEN WE DID THE REMODEL OF THE CENTER, UM, AND THE STUDY THAT THEY'VE DONE INDICATES THAT AT ANY GIVEN TIME IN THE, IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, ONLY 483 SPACES ARE ACTUALLY REQUIRED.
UM, SO BASED ON THAT, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SHARED PARKING.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, THE GENTLEMAN THAT PREPARED THE PARKING STUDY IS AVAILABLE, UM, FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO THE NEXT THING WE'LL LOOK AT IS THE TYPE 32 INFILL EXEMPTION.
THIS IS UNIQUE, UM, FOR LAHABRA, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME WE'VE USED THIS EXEMPTION.
UM, BECAUSE TYPICALLY THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT, OR PEOPLE HAVE ASKED TO USE IT IN THE PAST, DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA.
UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE FELT THAT IT, THAT IT DID.
UM, SO THE BULLET POINTS HERE SHOW WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE TO QUALIFY FOR THIS TYPE OF AN EXEMPTION.
AND THE OBVIOUS ONES IS IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
UM, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING, UH, IT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMIT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN FIVE ACRES, THERE'S NO HABITAT OR RARER TO ENDANGERED SPECIES.
AND THEN THE SITE CAN ADEQUATELY BE SERVED BY UTILITIES.
AND THEN THE ONE WHERE IT'S USUALLY A CHALLENGE IS THE PROJECT WOULD NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS RELATING TO TRAFFIC NOISE, AIR, WATER, QUALITY, UM, AND ITEMS LIKE
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THAT.SO TO JUSTIFY THIS EXEMPTION, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WAS PREPARED AND INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, WHICH ANALYZED EACH OF THESE ITEMS, UM, TO DETERMINE IF THERE WOULD BE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS RELATED TO THE, IN THERE.
SO THE, THE BIG ONE, OF COURSE IT IS, IS PEOPLE ARE WRAPPING THEIR HEAD AROUND.
IT IS TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE RECENTLY THE STATE CHANGED THE WAY WE LOOK, WE LOOK AT TRAFFIC AND PROJECTS.
SO IN THE PAST, EVERYTHING WAS MEASURED BY LEVEL OF SERVICE, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS, YOU LOOKED AT HOW MANY CARS GOING THROUGH INTERSECTIONS AND WAIT TIMES AND, AND HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION.
BUT REESE, WITH IN 2018, I BELIEVE IT WAS THIS STATE PASSED A NEW CRITERIA CALLED VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE STANDARD UNDER SEQUEL FOR BECAUSE THE, THE PREMISE IS LEVEL OF SERVICE AT AN, AT AN INTERSECTION IS NOT REALLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN.
IT'S CERTAINLY IT'S A CONCERN AND CITIES STILL NEED TO LOOK AT AN AT ADDRESS IT, BUT FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT, IN THE SQL PROCESS, THE CONCERN IS GREENHOUSE GASES.
IN THE WAY YOU MEASURE GREENHOUSE GASES IS HOW LONG THE CARDS ARE ON THE ROAD, HOW MANY MILES THEY'RE TRAVELING AND FROM THEIR DESTINATIONS, FROM THEIR HOME TO THE, IN BACK, BACK AND FORTH.
SO THEY CREATED THIS NEW METRICS CALLED VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.
SO THE CITY WORKING WITH PARENT FEARS AND ALL THE OTHER NORTH COUNTY CITIES CREATED A TOOL WHICH ESTABLISHED CRITERIA FOR ANALYZING PROJECTS USING THIS NEW SYSTEM.
THE F THE FIRST LEVEL TEST FOR SCREENING IS NUMBER OF TRIPS.
SO IF IT'S 110 TRIPS OR LESS A DAY, IT'S DEEMED TO BE INSIGNIFICANT AUTOMATICALLY, AND NO VMT ANALYSIS THAT WAS REQUIRED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE NUMBER OF TRIPS GENERATED IS IN EXCESS OF 600.
SO THEN YOU LOOK AT, WE HAVE, THE TOOL HAS A SECOND LEVEL OF CRITERIA, AND IT HAS A LIST OF USES, UM, WHICH THROUGH THIS STUDY WITH FEHR AND PEERS AND THROUGH THE CITIES, UM, REVIEW HAVE CREATED A LIST OF USES THAT WE FEEL SHOULD BE QUALIFIED TO BE EXEMPT FROM A VI P V M A T ANALYSIS.
SO ONE OF THOSE USES ON THE LIST IS LOCAL SERVING MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS.
AND THE PREMISE BEHIND THIS IS THE KEY WORD HERE BEING LOCAL PEOPLE, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING ON LONG TRIPS, IF PEOPLE WOULD BE VISITING A LOCAL SERVING MEDICAL FACILITY OR LAHABRA RESIDENTS STAYING IN LAHABRA FOR THE MOST PART.
SO UNDER THIS CRITERIA, THIS PROJECT WAS SCREENED OUT IN, UH, AN, A VMT ANALYSIS WAS NOT REQUIRED.
SO AGAIN, UH, PREPARED TO ASK, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHEN YOU MIGHT HAVE IN REGARD REGARDS TO HOW VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND O S WORK, BECAUSE BOTH ARE STILL IN PLAY, AND THERE'S AN INTERCHANGE BETWEEN THEM.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT SPECIFICALLY HAVE ON THAT, BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT, IT'S EXEMPT, IT'S EXEMPTED OUT.
SO WE STAFF FELT THAT THE PROJECT QUALIFIED FOR THE TYPE 32 EXEMPTION.
SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, COMMISSIONER MILLENNIALS, NO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PAUL, NO QUESTIONS.
I HAVE ONE QUICK AND DIFFICULT QUESTION.
I JUST, TO YOUR BEST APPROXIMATION, WOULD YOU SAY THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE LOS, UH, AT THAT INTERSECTION, LET'S SAY IDAHO AND WHITTIER IS GOING TO BE ROUGHLY APPROXIMATED WHEN IT WAS A PETCO, VERSUS WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE THE ST.
I MEAN, WOULD YOU SAY IT'S IN THE SAME BALLPARK? WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT AN EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN BMT THAT WOULD OF COURSE IMPACT THE LOL, RIGHT? SO Y LEVEL OF SERVICE IS, IS NOT A SECRET REQUIREMENT.
IT'S STILL PART OF OUR GENERAL PLAN, RIGHT? AND IT'S LOS IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED AND ANALYSIS OF EVERY PROJECT.
SO A, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN YOUR PACKET, BUT A, A LOS, UM, WAS STUDIED FOR TH FOR THIS PROJECT.
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THAT IT WOULD GENERATE ABOUT 42 EXTRA VEHICLES INTO THE INTERSECTION, I BELIEVE.UM, BUT THAT THE OVERALL IMPACT TO THE INTERSECTIONS OF THE AREA, THAT WAS, IT WAS NOT IMPACTFUL.
IT WAS LESS THAN SIX, ESSENTIALLY IS SIGNIFICANT.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IT DOES DO IS THE CITY HAS A FORMULA.
SO FOR EACH OF THOSE CARS THAT GO THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION IS ASSESSED A FEE OF $218.
AND THEN THAT, THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE IS THEN ASSESSED TO THE, TO THE APPLICANT.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT CONTINUES TO STAY IN PLAY.
IT'S JUST NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ANYMORE.
GOT THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL HEAR FROM THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK, EXCUSE ME.
OH, DID I NOT ASK MICHELLE COMMISSIONER? BERNAY DID I NOT ASK YOU IF YOU HAD QUESTIONS TO STAFF? IF I DIDN'T.
SO WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW, AND REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
UM, MY NAME IS CARL MIDDLETON AND THE LAST NAME IS M I D D L E T O N.
AND, UH, MY ADDRESS IS THREE DAYBREAK, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
I REPRESENT, UH, NORTHGATE GONZALEZ, UH, REAL ESTATE COMPANY.
AND, UH, WE'RE THE, UH, REAL ESTATE ARM FOR NORTHGATE MARKETS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE, UH, BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE REALLY LOVE BEING IN LA HABRA.
IT'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE CITIES.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK, UH, MR. HO AND MR. RAMS LYNN FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE, GETTING THIS PROJECT THROUGH, AND OBVIOUSLY ALSO GETTING A LA HARBOR TOWN CENTER PROJECT THROUGH A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
WE SEE THIS USE AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE LOCATION.
AND, UH, WE THINK THAT SAINT JOSEPH SHARES THE SAME VALUES THAT WE DO, AND THAT'S THE VALUES OF COMMUNITY, HEALTH OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND ALSO A FAITH.
AND FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE VERY DELIGHTED THAT THEY WILL BE ATTENDED ATTENDANT IN THIS LOCATION.
UH, WE HAVE OUR, UH, OUR CONSULTANTS HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE HOPE TO MERIT YOUR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MIDDLETON.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME WITH US.
I'LL ASK VERY BRIEFLY IF, UH, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. MIDDLETON, A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER MUNOZ.
UM, WOULD THIS LOCATION BE A SECONDARY LOCATION IN THE CITY, OR WOULD YOU GUYS BE CLOSING THE LOCATION OFF OF A BEACH? THIS WOULD BE A RELOCATION OF THAT OFFICE AND AN EXPANSION OF IT.
AND THEN THAT WAS MY SECOND FOLLOW-UP AS IT IS AN EXPANSION, AS FAR AS SERVICES AND SCOPE AND SIZE AND SO FORTH BASED OFF OF THE EXISTING LOCATION.
CAN I ASK YOUR BERNAY ANY QUESTIONS THAT MR. MIDDLETON, NO QUESTIONS AND NEITHER DO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MIDDLETON.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT? OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT AND SEEING NONE? SO WE, UM, AT BASIS WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL CALL UPON THE COMMISSIONERS FOR ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION AND OR EMOTION COMMISSIONER.
UH, JUST A COMMENT OF SUPPORT.
I FIND THAT, UH, NORTHGATE HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING, UH, MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AS WAS STATED, AS YOU HAVE SAID, MR. CHAIR, OFTEN TIMES.
AND I FIND THAT, UH, PROVIDENCE ST.
JUDE, UH, IS A GREAT ADJUNCT TO BE EXPANDED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I, I FIND SUPPORT FOR THIS.
UH, AND I'LL, I'LL MOVE THE MATTER WITH WHEN, WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME COMES.
BERNAY UM, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT ALSO.
I'VE WORKED WITH NORTH GATE ON, UM, LOVE LAHABRA AND MOLLY FESTIVAL PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
SO I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORTIVE A GREAT PROJECT LIKE THIS.
UH, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UH,
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I WOULD MOVE A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA APPROVING DESIGN REVIEW, 20 DASH OH FIVE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AT 1201 WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD, AS PER THE APPROVED PLANS, MAKING THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS AND SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MICHELLE.
A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER PAUL AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNANKE.
WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL ROLL COMMISSIONER PAL.
SO IF I MAY, THIS ITEM HAS PASSED, THE ACTION WILL BECOME FINAL IN 10 WORKING DAYS UNLESS APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND MAY I NOW HAVE A MOTION FOR THE SECOND RESOLUTION, PLEASE? WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WOULD MOVE A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA HARBOR APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 20 DASH ONE SIX FOR SHARED PARKING WITH THE COMMERCIAL CENTER AT 1201 THROUGH ONE FOUR SIX, FIVE WEST WHITTIER BOULEVARD, AS PER THE APPROVED PLANS, MAKING THE APPROPRIATE FINDING AND SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, MICHELLE AND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER PAUL AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNAY WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL ROLL MR. PAL? YES.
AND THE ACTION WILL BECOME FINAL IN 10 WORKING DAYS UNLESS APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CONGRATS AND GOOD LUCK.
UH, FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION OF ZONE CHANGE TO ONE DASH ZERO TWO FOR AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18 ZONING, INCLUDING MODIFICATION OF SECTION ONE 8.0 4.030 QUOTE UNQUOTE TERMS DEFINED MODIFICATION OF TABLE ONE 8.0 6.040
AND DID WE RECEIVE ANY LATE CORRESPONDENCE EMAIL ON THIS ROY? NO.
MAY WE PLEASE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE PRESENTED BY SENIOR PLANNER.
CHRIS SCHAFFER ALSO HERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THIS ITEM IS SCOTT PORTER FROM THE CITY.
HONORABLE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS ZONE CHANGE.
21 DASH ZERO TWO CONSISTS OF UPDATES TO FIVE DIFFERENT CODE SECTIONS IN THE LAHABRA MUNICIPAL CODE.
THAT INCLUDES SECTION 18 POINT 12 SECTION 18.04 TABLE 18.0 6.040 A CHAPTER 18 POINT 30 AND SECTION 18.5 2.040.
THESE ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND HE RESPONDS TO CHANGES IN STATE LAW.
THE FIRST ITEM FOUND AS EXHIBIT A IS AN UPDATE TO THE EXHIBIT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT SECTION.
THE CURRENT VERSION WAS ADOPTED THROUGH ORDINANCE 18, 13 OVER A YEAR AGO.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES ORGANIZE THE SECTION IN A SEQUENTIAL MANNER AND FILLS IN SOME STANDARDS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE STATE LAW.
AND THIS CONCLUDES ITEMS THAT REFERRED TO FRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENT AND STREET SITE SET BACK REQUIREMENT.
FOR INSTANCE, ITEM TWO CONSISTS OF UPDATES TO DEFINITION SECTION CONTAINED AN 18.0 4.030 IN THE ZONING CODE TERMS THAT WERE OUT OF DATE, SUCH AS DAINER NURSERY OR SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT WERE REMOVED AND MISSING TERMS SUCH AS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND MANUFACTURED HOME ARE ADDED.
FOR INSTANCE, THESE TERMS ARE USED IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CODE ITEM.
NUMBER THREE CONSISTS OF UPDATES TO TABLE 18.0 6.0408.
ALSO REFERRED TO AS A LAND USE MATRIX.
THESE CHANGES ONLY OCCUR IN THE FIRST SECTION, WHICH IS THE RESIDENTIAL USE OF SECTION OUT OF DATE TERMS WERE REMOVED AND NEW TERMS WERE ADDED.
ADDITIONALLY FOOTNOTES WERE PROVIDED TO IDENTIFY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES USES ARE PERMITTED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH AS WHEN A LOT IS DEVELOPED WITH A RESIDENTIAL USE ITEM, NUMBER FOUR, CONSISTENT UPDATES TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING SECTION CONTAINED WITHIN CHAPTER 18 POINT 30 OF THE MISSILE MUNICIPAL
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CODE.THIS INCLUDES ADDING TERMS AND DEFINITIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED AS A RESULT, AS A RESULT OF CHANGES IN STATE LAW.
THESE ARE CONSIDERED CLEANUP ITEMS. AND LASTLY, ITEM FIVE CONSISTS OF AN UPDATE TO SECTION 18.5 2.040, WHICH IS WITHIN THE PUD OVERLAY ZONE SECTION.
THE PROPOSAL CONSISTS OF MAKING PROJECTS OF SIX UNITS OR LESS EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED WITHIN THE PUD SECTION.
THIS INCLUDES A REQUIREMENT FOR AN, A SENSE FOR REPAIR AND COSTLY STUDIES AND EXHIBITS, AND ACTUALLY FALLS IN LINE WITH STATE MANDATES TO REDUCE IMPEDIMENTS TO HOUSING CONSTRUCTION.
IN ADDITION TO CHANGE FALLS IN LINE WITH CK SECRET EXEMPTION, ONE FIVE, THREE OH THREE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COMMISSIONER MUNOZ? NO QUESTIONS.
WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, ANYONE WHO IS THERE, ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT? SEEING NONE, ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
NOW, NOW IT'S TIME FOR COMMENTS AND OR EMOTION COMMISSIONER MUNOZ.
COMMISSIONER PAUL, NO QUESTION COMMISSIONER BERNAY QUESTIONS.
UH, EMOTION I'LL MAKE, THIS IS COMMISSIONER MUNOZ.
I MAKE A MOTION APPROVING A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE APPROVING ZONE CHANGE 21 DASH ZERO TWO, WHERE THE AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18 ZONING, INCLUDING MODIFICATIONS OF SECTION 18.0 4.03 TERMS DEFINED MODIFICATIONS OF TABLE 18.0 6.040 A LAND USE MATRIX REPLACEMENT OF SECTION 18 POINT 12.1 50 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS MODIFICATION OF SECTION 18 POINT 30 SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING AND MODIFICATION OF A SECTION 18 POINT 52.040 B AS PER EXHIBITS, A B, C.
THANK YOU, MICHELLE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER MUNOZ AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER.
UM, THIS ITEM WILL BE FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY CONSIDERATION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT? NONE OF THOSE EVENING.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? DAVID, CHRIS, ROY ANDREW, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS FROM ME AT THE NEXT, UH, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE SELECTION OF THE NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
ALSO SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT MEETING IS THE MODIFICATION OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR AN EXISTING TATTOO PARLOR AND AN UPDATE AND REVIEW OF STANDARD PROJECT CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER POWELL.
UH, SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE AN AUDIENCE RIGHT HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST THANK DARREN, UH, FOR HIS LEADERSHIP DURING THIS PAST YEAR.
UH, I'VE SAT IN THE CHAIR TOGETHER WITH YOU AND, AND, UH, THIS WAS A PARTICULARLY, UM, CHALLENGING YEAR IN SOME RESPECTS, BUT, BUT ALSO A VERY REWARDING YEAR AND, UH, UH, AN ER TIME, WE HAD SOME GREAT CHANGES.
UH, COMMISSIONER MUNOZ HAS COME ON THE BOARD AND HE'S SUCH A WELCOME ASSET, BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY FROM ME TO YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR YOUR INTEGRITY, FOR YOUR HONESTY AND FOR YOUR DIRECTION THAT HAS BROUGHT THE COMMISSION THROUGH PERHAPS ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGING TIMES OTHER THAN I RECALL COSTCO.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION.
WELL, JERRY, I'M VERY MOVED BY THAT.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR SAYING THAT THAT MEANS A GREAT DEAL.
AND IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING AND REWARDING YEAR.
I WAS GOING TO SAY A LITTLE MORE AT THE END OF THE NEXT MEETING, OF COURSE, BUT YEAH, THIS IS THE LAST GAVEL TO GAVEL FOR ME.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN, AS I SAY, ORIGINALLY REWARDING AND AT THE SAME TIME, VERY CHALLENGING, BUT
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I THINK THAT, UH, IT'S BECAUSE OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AND EACH AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER HERE THAT WE PERFORMED ALL OF US AS WELL AS WE DID.SO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.
UH, WHO DID I NOT CALL UPON? UH, MANNY? I ASKED YOU MICHELLE, DID I ASK YOU FOR ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, SHE DID, BUT THEY DO IT.
SO THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION, THE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED TO A MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2021.