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TIME, THE MEETING WILL PLEASE[ LA HABRA PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2023 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 Please note that should all business not be concluded by 10:00 p.m., the Chair shall either authorize an extension of time to said meeting or continue all unfinished items to a future meeting, date certain, or date uncertain.]
COME TO ORDER.WILL THE AUDIENCE PLEASE STAND AND ENJOY? COMMISSIONER MACHA IN 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.
WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE, UH, CALL ROLE CHAIR ROJAS.
LET THE RECORDS SHOW THAT COMMISSIONERS MANLEY AND VERNIER HAVE AN EXCUSED AB ABSENCE, AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL.
THE 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 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A.
SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
DOES ANY DO, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? SEE NONE.
WE WILL NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
UNLESS ALL A 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 SHALL 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.
BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH INCLUDES ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR.
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? NO.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO HAVE AN ITEM REMOVED? SEEING NONE, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER MACHA AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ZURICH.
EVERYONE PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTES.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE FOR THIS EVENING.
THE 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 COMMISSION WILL HEAR FROM THOSE IN OPPOSITION.
REBUTTALS WILL BE ALLOWED ONLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.
AFTER ALL HAVE SPOKEN, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED AND THE COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER AND TAKE ANY ACTIONS IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER'S CARD AND LEAVE IT AT THE LECTERN.
WHEN YOU COME FORWARD TO SPEAK, YOU'LL FIND THE SPEAKER'S 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 EXCHANGE 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 HEARING ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR, COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS DULY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING CITY INITIATED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 23 DASH 1 2 1.
AMEND CHAPTER TWO, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND APPENDIX C.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE HOUSING.
ELEMENT TWO, AMEND CHAPTER SEVEN, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND ADD NEW APPENDICES D, CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITIES ASSESSMENT AND E HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ASSESSMENT TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 6 5 3 0 2
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G AND SENATE BILL 1020 16 RELATED TO WILDFIRE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPT ADAPTATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.AND THREE, AMEND CHAPTER EIGHT, IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL TO INCLUDE THE NEW POLICIES AND ADD NEW PROGRAMS AS PART OF THE UPDATES TO CHAPTER TWO, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN CHAPTER SEVEN, COMMUNITY SAFETY, THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS UNDER GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 23 DASH ZERO ONE WERE REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THE GUIDELINES OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT CQA AND FOUND TO BE EXEMPT PURSUANT TO CQA GUIDELINES, SECTION 1 5 0 6 1 B THREE COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION.
SINCE IT CAN BE SEEN WITH CERTAINTY THAT THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY THAT THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 23 DASH ZERO ONE CONSISTS OF MAKING MINOR CHANGES TO CHAPTER TWO.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PER THE CITY OF LA HARBORS RECENTLY ADOPTED 2012 THROUGH 20 29 6 CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT AND UPDATING THE POLICIES UNDER CHAPTER SEVEN, COMMUNITY SAFETY PER STATE REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO CHAPTER TWO, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR CHAPTER SEVEN, COMMUNITY SAFETY THAT WOULD AFFECT THE CITY'S PHYSICAL LAYOUT NOR INTENSIFY LAND USES BEYOND WHAT IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED.
THE UPDATES TO CHAPTER TWO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ONLY CONSISTS OF UPDATING TERMINOLOGY, REMOVING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS AND ESTABLISHING OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.
THE REVISED GOALS AND POLICIES UNDER CHAPTER SEVEN, COMMUNITY SAFETY PRIMARILY RELATE TO THE CITY'S LONG-TERM SAFETY AND RESILIENCE RELATED TO WILDFIRES, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPTATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW AND TO ENSURE AN EQUITABLE CITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
THE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER EIGHT IMPLEMENTATION ARE TO INCLUDE THE NEW POLICIES AND ADD NEW PROGRAMS AS PART OF THE UPDATES TO CHAPTER TWO, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CHAPTER SEVEN.
COMMUNITY SAFETY AS A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT IS A DISCRETIONARY PROJECT.
IT IS SUBJECT TO CONSIDERATION UNDER CQA.
HOWEVER, STAFF REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED THE CHANGES PROPOSED UNDER GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 23 DASH ZERO ONE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF CQA AND DETERMINED THAT THEY ARE MINIMAL AND HAVE NO POSSIBILITY OF HAVING SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE PROPOSED GENERAL A PLAN AMENDMENT 23 DASH ONE IS EXEMPT PURSUANT TO SQL GUIDELINES, SECTION 1 5 0 6 1 B THREE COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION.
DID WE RECEIVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE FOR THIS ITEM? NO, WE DID NOT.
DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? WE DID.
I'M VANESSA G***O, SENIOR PLANNER HERE TONIGHT.
TO PRESENT TO YOU THE PROPOSED CITY INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAHABRA GENERAL PLAN.
THE LAHABRA GENERAL PLAN IS A STATE MANDATED LONG RANGE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2014 AND SERVES AS IS THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE CITY'S FUTURE.
IT GUIDES DECISION MAKING, CITY SERVICES AND THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.
EACH OF THE CHAPTERS UNDER THE GENERAL PLAN MUST BE PERIODICALLY UPDATED PER STATE LAW.
THE CITY RECENTLY UPDATED ITS HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED EVERY EIGHT YEARS IN 2022 AFTER A LENGTHY MULTI-YEAR PUBLIC PROCESS, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE 20 21 20 29 HOUSING ELEMENT AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE BY THE STATE'S HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN APRIL OF 2023.
THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THE CITY OF LA HARBOR HAS COMMITTED TO FACILITATING MORE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THIS IS WHAT TRIGGERED THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO GPA 23 OR ONE, SORRY.
THE FIRST SET OF UPDATES ARE PROPOSED TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER IN THE GLOSSARY OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THESE UPDATES PERTAIN TO HOUSING AND IN FACT, THESE UPDATES WILL IMPLEMENT SEVERAL OF THE HOUSING PROGRAMS WITHIN THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
THE CITY IS PROPOSING TO NEUTRALIZE AND UPDATES THEIR TERMINOLOGY, REMOVE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS TO ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE MIXED USE LAND USE DESIGNATION, IMPLEMENT NEW OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS AND THE, UM, I MEAN THE AMENDMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO THE ZONE CHANGES THAT WERE RECENTLY REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WERE, UM, ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 4TH.
PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, ALL CITIES ARE REQUIRED TO UPDATE THEIR COMMUNITY SAFETY CHAPTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.
CHAPTER SEVEN ESTABLISHES A FRAMEWORK TO HELP MINIMIZE PERSONAL INJURY, LOSS OF LIFE, PROPERTY DAMAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM NATURAL AND HUMAN CAUSED HAZARDS.
SINCE 20, SINCE THE UPDATE IN 2014, UH, OF THE GENERAL PLAN, SEVERAL LAWS WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE WERE PASSED BY THE STATE TO ENSURE THAT EACH CITY
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ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.THE STATE LAWS REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING UPDATES, THE FIRST TO ADD NEW WILDFIRE HAZARD POLICIES TO ADDRESS FIRE RISK AND STRENGTHEN EXISTING POLICIES FOR AREAS DESIGNATED AS VERY HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONES.
UH, IN LA HABRA, THESE AREAS ARE GENERALLY IN THE SOUTHERN BORDER, UM, WITH, UM, THE CITY OF FULLERTON 10.
ALSO TO ADD A NEW CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE GOALS AND POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF THE HARBOR IS RESPONDING TO CLIMATE HAZARD EVENTS SUCH AS DROUGHT, HEAT WAVES, AND EXTREME WEATHER AND STORMS ADOPTING NEW HUMAN HEALTH GOAL, UH, WITH NEW POLICIES TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE TO VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES AND TO INITIATE NEW PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT MEASURES.
LASTLY, TO UPDATE THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SECTION TO INCLUDE NEW POLICIES THAT WILL ENHANCE THE CITY'S EVACUATION PREPAREDNESS CAPACITY AND COORDINATION EFFORTS FOR ALL OF THE MENTIONED UPDATES, UM, PLANNING STAFF TO WORK WITH KEY CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OBTAIN THEIR INPUT DURING THE UPDATE PROCESS.
AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WERE ALSO REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY SEVERAL STATE REQUIRED AGENCIES.
THE NEW POLICIES WERE ALSO ADDED UNDER, OR WILL BE ADDED UNDER THE GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSED PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL 1000.
THE CITY IS PROPOSING ANNUAL NEW ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMPONENT TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE SAFETY ELEMENT.
THE BILL KNOWN AS PLANNING FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES ACT REQUIRES THAT THE CITY IDENTIFY DISADVANTAGED AREAS AND INCORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GOALS, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS INTO THE GENERAL PLAN TO HELP ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACED BY THESE COMMUNITIES.
SB 1000 REQUIRES THAT THE CITY CONSIDER FOOD ACCESS, ACTIVE LIVING OPPORTUNITIES, AIR QUALITY, CLEAN ENVIRONMENTS, ENABLING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FOR EVERYONE, AND ENSURING SAFE AND SANITARY HOMES FOR ALL.
WITH THE HELP OF OUR CONSULTANT PLACE WORK INC, THE CITY PREPARED A HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY THESE COMMUNITIES.
A MULTI-LEVEL SCREENING TOOLS OR MULTI-LEVEL SCREENING TOOLS.
WERE USED TO IDENTIFY THESE AREAS BY USING A NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS SUCH AS INCOME LEVEL POLLUTION, HEALTH STATISTICS, AND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THERE APPEAR TO BE 10 CENSUS TRACKS, UH, WITHIN THE CITY THAT FALL UNDER THIS CRITERIA AS REQUIRED BY SB 1000 STAFF ALSO SOLICITATED THE, UM, COMMITTEE'S INPUT DURING THE PREPARATION OF THE EJ COMPONENT, THE PLANNING STAFF DISTRIBUTED QUESTIONNAIRE AT TWO CITY EVENTS AND ALSO HELD TWO COMMITTEE WORKSHOPS ON OCTOBER 24TH, UM, AT THE KEY AT THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER.
AT THE PARTICIPANTS FOR BOTH, UM, EVENTS OR COMMITTEE OUTREACH EFFORTS PROVIDED INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS OF WHICH THE MAJORITY OF THOSE COMMENTS WILL BE ADDRESSED UNDER THE EGYPT COMPONENT OR ARE ALREADY CURRENTLY ADDRESSED BY THE CITY.
BUT OVERALL, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY HAD COMMENTS AND HER CONCERNS REGARDING THE LACK OF BICYCLE TRAILS, UM, REQUESTING FOR MORE CITY TREES, CONCERNS WITH AIR POLLUTION, UM, HOUSING CONDITIONS, A LIMIT TO ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD OPTIONS, AND IMPROVING, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THE ASSESSMENT, ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT HELPED TO GUIDE THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CHAPTER TO ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND COMPLY WITH SB 1000.
AS A RESULT, SEVEN NEW POLICIES, SEVEN NEW GOALS WITH POLICIES WERE PROPOSED TO HELP LA HABRA FURTHER BECOME A SAFE AND EQUITABLE CITY FOR ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS AND A NEW HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM SUMMARY TO ADDRESS THESE NEW GOALS AND POLICIES WILL BE ADDED TO THE GENERAL PLAN'S IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL.
IN CLOSING ALL OF THE PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT, WE'LL HELP IMPLEMENT THE 20 21 20 29 HOUSING ELEMENT WILL HELP THE CITY MEET THE ESTABLISHED GENERAL PLAN GOALS AND WE'LL FURTHER ENSURE THAT THE CITY WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WHICH RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 2301 TO AMEND CHAPTER TWO UNDER EXHIBIT A, AMEND CHAPTER SEVEN UNDER EXHIBIT B, AMEND CHAPTER EIGHT, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL UNDER EXHIBIT C, AMEND APPENDIX C UNDER EXHIBIT D AND ADD APPENDIX D OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY
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ASSESSMENT UNDER EXHIBIT E AND ADD EXHIBIT ADD APPENDIX E, THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY ASSESSMENT UNDER EXHIBIT FI DO WANNA MAKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AWARE THAT WE DID COME ACROSS A FEW, UM, FORMAT, UM, CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.UM, THIS WILL NOT CHANGE THE OVERALL CONTENT OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE SAFETY ELEMENT CHAPTER, JUST VERY MINOR REVISIONS.
UM, AND THOSE WILL BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THEY'RE PRESENTED TO THE PLAN OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, OUR CONSULTANT, UM, MARK HOFFMAN FROM PLACE WORKS IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE MAP AND THE PUT COLORFUL MAP? THAT ONE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BECAUSE YOU, YOU KIND OF WENT THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO WHAT DOES EACH OF THESE SHADED AREAS REPRESENT? I SEE THAT IT SAYS, I MEAN THE, THE LEGEND READS, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY FOR THE PEACH COLOR COMPOSITE SCORE EXCEEDS 75TH PERCENTILE.
SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER? SURE.
UM, SO THESE ARE DIFFERENT, UH, LIKE CRITERIONS THAT THE, UM, CITY WAS REVIEWED OFF OF AND THE POPULATION.
UM, THESE ARE, UM, A FEW, I WOULD SAY, I'M SORRY, THERE'S AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR SCREEN TOOLS.
UM, IT'S ALL CAL VIRUS SCREEN, JUST CALVI SCREEN.
SO DIFFERENT CRITERIONS, UM, THEY REVIEW THE CITY AGAINST, UM, LIKE THE, UH, STATE'S, UM, CENSUS TRACK OR OVERALL, UM, UH, DETERMINATION ON DIFFERENT FACTORS, UH, SUCH AS, UM, POLLUTION, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, INCOME LEVEL AND, UM, DETERMINE THAT THESE AREAS THAT HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF POLLUTION OR, UM, PROXIMITY TO HIGHWAYS OR, UM, LET'S SEE, UM, LOW INCOME, LOW INCOME, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT.
AND THESE OTHER POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS TEND TO BE BURNED BY, UM, OR DISPROPORTIONATELY BURNED BY POLLUTION, UM, THAT AFFECT THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR, UM, LIVABILITY.
SO IS THIS SPECIFIC TO POLLUTION AND HOW IT'S, I JUST, THE POLLUTION IMPACTING THESE DIFFERENT, IT'S A VARIETY OF THINGS, DIFFERENT LAB LEVELS.
UM, HOW WOULD YOU, IT'S, UM, YEAH, THE CALEN VIRUS SCREEN IS A COMPOSITE SCORE OF
SIR, DO YOU MIND COMING UP TO THE PODIUM?
UM, AND THE CALEN VIRUS SCREEN, IT HAS, IT'S, IT'S AN AVERAGE INDEX AND IT CONTAINS TWO THINGS, A NUMBER OF MEASURES ON POLLUTION AND A NUMBER OF MEASURES ON POPULATION.
SO POLLUTION WILL BE THINGS LIKE AIR QUALITY, HAZARDOUS WASTE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
POPULATION WILL BE EMPLOYMENT.
UM, LET'S SEE, THERE WAS SOME HEALTH FACTORS THERE, ASTHMA, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND WHAT, AND AS WELL AS EDUCATION AND WHAT IT DOES, IT RANKS ALL OF THESE CENSUS TRACTS ACROSS THE STATE, AND IT CHOOSES THOSE 25% OF CENSUS TRACTS, WHICH ARE THE MOST DISADVANTAGED FOR A VARIETY OF CHARACTERISTICS.
AND SO, UM, FOR THE CITY, YOU CAN SEE ABOUT ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE CITY RANK IN THAT HIGHEST 25TH PERCENT, WHICH IS THE MOST DISADVANTAGED IN THE STATE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I AM UNDERSTANDING IT.
UM, SO TWO THIRDS OF THE CITY BASED ON THIS MAP WOULD BE CONSIDERED DISADVANTAGED.
UM, WAS DENSITY CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT AS WELL? NO.
DENSITY IS NOT PART DENSITY IS NOT PART OF THE CALCULATION OF THE CALCULATION.
ANY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UM, WHEN YOU SAID THAT THE, UH, POLLUTION, UM, AFFECTED THE LOWER INCOME AREAS, HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? I MEAN, POLLUTION IS POLLUTION AND I MEAN, DOES IT KNOW THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT KINDS OF POLLUTION, NOT JUST AIR, LIKE LEAD IN THE PAINT, THAT SORT OF THING? OKAY.
HOW'S IT WITH LEAD PIPES? CORRECT.
YEAH, SO DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLLUTIONS WERE LOOKED AT, UM, AND IT WAS JUST THE WAY I WOULD SAY IT'S LIKE LAYERS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT AFFECT A COMMUNITY AND JUST LOOKING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE AFFECTED BY AIR POLLUTION, LOWER INCOME, AND YOU KNOW, THAT FALL WITHIN THAT CRITERIA TO BE DETERMINED AS DISADVANTAGED
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COMMUNITIES.BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, YEAH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE POLLUTION, UM, INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED, AND I THINK WE ALSO NOTED THAT IN THE, UM, ASSESSMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN BE REGIONAL.
AND WE ALSO NOTED THIS DURING OUR COMMUNITY WORKSHOP.
UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT IT'S LIKE JUST HITTING US OR THAT WE'RE THE ONES CONTRIBUTING TO IT.
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OCCURS REGIONWIDE.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE AS WELL, UH, WITH THAT, IT IS A STATEWIDE MODEL, OKAY? AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO, FROM THE TOP OF THE STATE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STATE.
AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE A MODEL LIKE THIS, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS FIT NEATLY FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO THERE ARE COMMUNITIES WHERE, WHERE THE INDICATORS APPEAR REALLY PROBLEMATIC, BUT THEY'RE REALLY NOT PROBLEMATIC.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, POLLUTION, THEY LOOK AT IT IN A REGIONAL CONTEXT OR AIR QUALITY.
WELL, YOU'RE NOT BY ANY FREEWAYS
AND YOU'RE NOT BY ANY HEAVY INDUSTRY, BUT THE WAY THE MODEL SHOWS UP, IT WOULD SHOW THE CITY AS BEING MORE DISADVANTAGED.
SO YOU DO HAVE TO TAKE A GRAIN OF SALT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NUMBERS AND WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED.
BUT THE, THE MODEL THAT'S BEING USED, WHICH IS CAL VIRUS SCREEN, IT'S REQUIRED FOR ALL CITIES TO USE IT FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.
AND SO ALL WE CAN DO, AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE TECHNICAL REPORT, IS WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS, BUT WE'LL ALSO GIVE SOME QUALIFICATIONS AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION AND I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THIS MAP MEASURES IMPACT, RIGHT? THE IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES, NOT NECESSARILY WHERE A COMMUNITY MIGHT BE MORE.
I WAS, I WAS SOMEWHAT INVOLVED IN THE, UM, THE CALEN VIRUS SCREEN AS IT WAS DEVELOPED.
THIS IS NOW VERSION FOUR, AND IT IS THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES, NOT THE, WHETHER THE COMMUNITY IS IMPACTING THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, YOU'LL SEE IF YOU GO TO THE LARGER REGIONAL MAPS, YOU'LL SEE AREAS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE, OH, THERE'S NO IMPACTS THERE.
THOSE ARE OFTEN INDUSTRIAL AREAS WHERE NOBODY LIVES.
SO THERE'S NO ONE BEING AFFECTED BY IT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
BUT ARE THERE AIR QUALITY ISSUES? ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, SO IT IS, IT'S A PRETTY FASCINATING MODEL, AND IF YOU, THE NAME OF IT'S IN THE, UH, STAFF REPORT, IF YOU GUYS WANNA GO ONLINE, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING HOW YOU CAN GO IN AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY REMOVE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT LAYERS AND HOW THEY DO AFFECT, DO IMPACT THE CITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING ANYTHING ELSE ON THE PRESENTATION OR THE PLAN AMENDMENT? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMUNITY WORKSHOP.
IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING AND I'M, AND I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR PRESENTATION AT THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
AT THIS TIME, I, UM, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS? SEEING NO AUDIENCE, NO PUBLIC, UM, IN THE AUDIENCE? UM, I GUESS THERE'S NOBODY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION EITHER.
SO WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL CALL ON THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS FOR DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION APPROVING A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 23 DASH ONE TWO.
NUMBER ONE, AMEND CHAPTER TWO, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND APPEND APPENDIX C GLOSSARY OF TERMS TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT TO AMEND CHAPTER SEVEN, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND ADD A NEW APPENDANT APPENDIX D, CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND E HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY ASSESSMENT TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 6 5 3 0 2 G AND SENATE BILL 1020 16 RELATED TO WILDFIRE FIRE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, CLIMATE CHANGE, ADAPT ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
AND THREE, AMEND CHAPTER EIGHT, IMPLEMENTATION MANUAL TO INCLUDE THE NEW POLICIES AND ADD NEW PROGRAMS AS PART OF THE UPDATES TO CHAPTER TWO, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CHAPTER SEVEN, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND MAKE DETERMINATION THAT THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 23 DASH ZERO ONE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ACT, KNOWN AS CA UNDER SECTION 1 50 0 6 1 B THREE COMMON SENSE EXEMPT EXEMPTION OF THE CQA GTI LINE LINES.
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THANK YOU.IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION.
EVERYONE PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTES.
MOTION PASSES THREE ZERO AND THIS WILL BE FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? YES.
UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
AS THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING OF 2023, I JUST WANNA THANK THE ENTIRE COMMISSION FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION'S CONTRIBUTION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING AND WORKING WITH YOU IN 2024.
THE ONLY ITEM THAT STAFF IS FORECASTING IN JANUARY FOR THE FIRST MEETING IS ANOTHER 30 DAY TIME EXTENSION FOR THE COYOTE VILLAGE PROPERTY.
AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND MAY EVERYONE HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, CHURCH? YES.
I JUST WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO, UM, THANK STAFF AND, UM, THE PLANNING DIVISION FOR ALL THE, UH, EXCEPTIONAL REPORTING THAT THEY BRING TO US EACH MONTH, UH, ON ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, IT MAKES IT, UM, A LOT EASIER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW IT'S ALL COME ABOUT AND COMPILED.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND I WISH EVERYONE A, UM, YOU KNOW, A JOYOUS HOLIDAY, UM, COMING UP.
I, WELL, I ECHO HER SENTIMENT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA THANK THE, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE I LEARN FROM YOU EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MEETING, BY THE WAY THAT YOU BEHAVE YOURSELF BY THE WAY THAT YOU ASK QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, I COULD, I COULD GO OVER IT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY'S HERE, SO, BUT I, LIKE, I REALLY LEARNED FROM YOU GUYS A LOT, SO THANK YOU, DITO.
AND I'LL ALSO LIKE TO ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS.
UM, ALWAYS DOES AN AMAZING JOB WITH ALL THEIR REPORTING AND THEIR PRESENTATIONS, AND SONIA ALWAYS CALLS ME AND SAYS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, NO, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY A REFLECTION OF HOW GOOD, UM, THE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ARE.
UM, AND TYPICALLY IF I ASK QUESTIONS, IT'S MOSTLY JUST FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CLEAR THINGS UP JUST FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN CASE THEY DO HAPPEN TO WATCH OR LISTEN IN ON THE MEETING.
UM, SOME THINGS THAT I'VE, YOU KNOW, FROM A DIFFERENT STANDPOINT, MAYBE NOT MY, I DON'T, I TAKE OFF MY PROFESSIONAL HAT AND PUT ON MY NORMAL RESIDENT AND I'M LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF A RESIDENT JUST LIKE THIS MAP WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT IN THE WORLD THAT MEANS.
UM, SO A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S REALLY WHERE MY QUESTIONS COME FROM.
UM, REALLY I THINK YOU GUYS DO ALSO A FABULOUS JOB AND ALWAYS SO WELL PREPARED AND READY TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.
AND ALSO THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND SHOWING UP AND YEAH, REPRESENTING OUR CITY.
SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY, AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED TO JANUARY 8TH, 2024.