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[ LA HABRA PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, JULY 8, 2024 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.]
AT THIS TIME THE MEETING WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER.WILL THE AUDIENCE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN MYSELF? IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT NATION, ONE NATION UNDER, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL ROLL.
COMMISSIONER ROJAS HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.
VICE CHAIR MACHA HERE AND CHAIR MANLEY HERE.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL 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 LOANED 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 RE NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE THIS EVENING THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, OR ANY ITEM THAT'S NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA? OKAY.
SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS A COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUEST SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED.
ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH INCLUDES ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE.
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 REMOVE AN ITEM? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
MOTIONS MADE BY VICE CHAIR MACHA AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CARDENAS.
EVERYONE PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTE I.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING.
THE PROCEDURES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.
THE CHAIR WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND THEN GIVE STAFF 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.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED AND THE COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS THE MATTER AND TAKE
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ANY ACTIONS IT 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 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.
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 OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR, COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS DULY NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 24 DASH FIVE UH, TO INSTALL AND OPERATE A TEMPORARY SOIL VAPOR REMEDIATION SYSTEM LOCATED AT SIX 50 NORTH HARBOR BOULEVARD.
DID WE RECEIVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE FOR THIS ITEM? NO.
DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
UM, ASH SAEED, SENIOR PLANNER, CITY OF LAHABRA.
UM, AND GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE IT OR WE DO.
THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON A 0.2 ACRE SITE ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF HARBOR BOULEVARD, JUST SOUTH OF THE WHITTIER BOULEVARD INTERSECTION IN GREEN.
THE SITE HAS BEEN USED AS A LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT SINCE THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1969 AND HAS BEEN OPERATED BY THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER SINCE 2010.
IT'S ADJACENT TO THE VACANT FIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION BUILDING TO THE NORTH AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCES TO THE SOUTH, EAST AND WEST.
IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THE PROPERTY OWNER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL HARMFUL VAPORS IN THE AIR FROM THE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX TO THE SOUTH.
TO ADDRESS THIS CONCERN, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS PROPOSED THE PLACEMENT OF A TEMPORARY SOIL VAPOR REMEDIATION SYSTEM IN THE DRY OIL ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SITE FOR AN ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, OR AS DIRECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL, AFTER WHICH IT'LL BE REMOVED.
NO OTHER CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO THE EXISTING DRY CLEANING BUSINESS OR THE SITE.
THE PROPOSED TRAILER IS 16 FEET BY SEVEN FEET AND EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT.
AND ALL VAPOR REMEDIATION, UH, RELATED EQUIPMENT IS FULLY ENCLOSED INSIDE THE TRAILER TO MITIGATE ANY NOISE RELATED CONCERNS.
THE PLACEMENT OF THE TRAILER IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE C TWO COMMERCIAL ZONE AND ITS ZERO FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENT.
WHILE THE, WHILE THE PROJECT SCOPE IS TEMPORARY AND MINOR SOIL REMEDIATION SYSTEMS ARE ONLY PERMITTED IN THE C TWO COMMERCIAL ZONE WITH THE APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PER THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
AS MENTIONED, THE PLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT TRAILER IS TEMPORARY AND TUCKED AWAY IN THE, UH, TUCKED AWAY TOWARD THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, BEHIND THE PARKING AREA AND AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC'S VIEW.
BASED ON THESE LOGISTICS STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE E PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE THE PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF YOU OR STAFF.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION TO CONFIRM, AND ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, THERE'S SOMETHING DESCRIBING THE, HOW THE CARBON FILLED VESSELS ARE PURIFYING THE AIR AND THE WATER, AND I WAS JUST WANTING TO CHECK IF THERE WAS ANY ISSUES REGARDING THE AIR QUALITY AROUND THAT AREA THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS.
UM, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? SO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH YEAH.
WHERE IT SAYS THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO WORK BY USING A BLOWER AND THEN IT DESCRIBES WHAT IT DOES.
I, I HAD JUST QUESTIONS REGARDING WHETHER THERE'S ANY ISSUES ON THE AIR QUALITY, IF ANY OF THE VAPOR ESCAPE AT
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ANY GIVEN MOMENT.UM, SO I'M
UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME FURTHER DETAIL ON.
MAYBE WHEN WE, IF WE HEAR FOR, PARDON ME? YOU'RE GOOD.
IF WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, UH, WE CAN ASK THE APPLICANT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO.
COMMISSIONER CARDENAS, IF I MAY CHAIR, I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP THAT RESPONSE.
UM, AS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A PERMIT FROM THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND THAT'S TYPICALLY THE AGENCY THAT WOULD BE MONITORING THE AIR QUALITY.
UM, DOES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GET NOTIFIED AS TO THE LOCATION OF THE SYSTEM, THE FIRE DE WELL, MOST OF THE, UM, THE CITY'S DEPARTMENTS GET NOTIFIED FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS, SO YES, THEY WOULD RECEIVE NOTIFICATION.
WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED ITEM? GO AHEAD, SIR.
DID, DID YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD ALREADY? YES, IT'S WORKING.
I LIVE IN 6 0 7 NORTH BEDFORD, THE STREET, WHICH ARE THE UNITS WITH THE BROWN CEILING.
IT'S ALL THE SPANISH TILES AND THERE ARE 16 UNITS THERE.
WE WERE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE, UH, WE WERE TESTED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS CONTAMINATION IN THE SOIL AND IT CAME FROM 20 YEARS AGO THAT WE SAW SOME, UH, OF THE PLANTS DISAPPEAR, UH, TURNING BACK TO SOIL WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE PRIOR OR UNIT, UH, ON THE PRIOR DRYER CLEANER WAS WORKING THERE.
AND THEN, UH, WE FIGURED OUT BECAUSE OF THE REQUEST FOR THE UNITS THAT ARE GONNA BE MADE IN THE LAND PIECE OF THE, UH, CREDIT UNION, NOW THIS THING HAS BEEN ROLLING DOWN WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, THAT WE WERE PROMISED MANY THINGS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT AND THEN THEY BROKE THE PROMISE BY EXCUSING THAT THEY ARE OUTTA BUDGET.
BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.
WHAT IS FOR YOU IS THAT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS.
WE ARE SUFFERING MOST BODILY AND FINANCIALLY.
OUR LAST UNIT THAT WAS SOLD BEFORE ALL THIS ISSUE WAS PRICED AT $650,000.
IT WAS MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO.
AND NOW THE OFFER THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FOR THE SIMILAR UNIT IS $450,000.
SO BECAUSE I AM A MEMBER, I'M TREASURER AS SECRETARY OF THE HOAI SEE THAT EVERYBODY IS, IS GONNA SUFFER FROM THIS ISSUE BOTH FOR SALES AND FOR REFINANCING THEIR, THEIR MORTGAGE LOANS.
SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FROM THEY PROMISE TO BE DONE, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT HAS BEEN DELAYED THIS MONTH, THIS LONG.
AND I DO APPRECIATE IF YOU EXPEDITE PUTTING THIS VACUUM TO GET RID OF MOST OF THE VAPORS THAT WE ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM.
UH, AS I SAID BEFORE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. AZIMI.
ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT OR THE PROPOSED ITEM? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL HEAR FROM ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED ITEM.
SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL CALL ON THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS FOR ANY DISCUSSION OR EMOTION.
I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SAY ONE, SO CLEANING UP THE ENVIRONMENT IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS, IT'S GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY,
UM, AND I, AND I DEFINITELY TAKE YOUR POINT THAT YOU ARE SUFFERING.
UM, BUT I I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE, AND I KNOW THIS IS, THIS IS, WE'RE WE'RE GOING BY THE BOOK AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, BUT IT JUST SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO ME TO REQUIRE
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A PERMIT TO CLEAN UP A MESS.UM, AND SO THIS WON'T AFFECT YOU IN THIS, IN THIS CASE, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF IS WORKING AT STREAMLINING OUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UM, SCHEMA, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE WANNA REFER TO IT AS.
BUT, UM, I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES THAT KIND OF SPURS ACTION IN THIS DIRECTION.
THANK YOU VICE CHAIRMAN MACHA.
AND IF I COULD BRING UP THAT ON JUNE 17TH, THE CITY COUNCIL DID INITIATE A CODE AMENDMENT AND ONE OF THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO EITHER REQUIRE A MINOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT WOULD BE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUST PERMIT THIS TYPE OF USE BY RIOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT SHOULD BE MUCH MORE STREAMLINED.
MR. AIMI, I, I SEE YOU UP AGAIN.
WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE CAN'T HEAR FROM YOU AT THIS TIME, BUT I, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING, UH, OR REFER YOU TO STAFF.
UM, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, DID YOU WANT TO REVISIT YOUR QUESTION WITH THE APPLICANT OR ARE YOU OKAY? I'M GOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? YEAH, I THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, UH, VICE CHAIR AND, AND STAFF.
YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT IS, IS HELPFUL.
UM, I, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, UH, MAKING THE REQUIRED FINDINGS AND APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 24 DASH 0 0 0 5 TO INSTALL AND OPERATE A TEMPORARY SOIL VAPOR REMEDIATION SYSTEM LOCATED AT SIX 50 NORTH HARBOR BOULEVARD.
AS PER THE APPROVED PLANS AND SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS AND MAKING THE DETERMINATION THAT THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 5 3 3 0 B FOUR CLASS 30 MINOR ACTIONS TO PREVENT, MINIMIZE, STABILIZE, MITIGATE, OR ELIMINATE THE RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE OR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES OF THE CA GUIDELINES.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND MOTION BACK.
WHOOP YOU GOOD? GO FOR IT, MAMA.
WHO MADE THE SECOND? OH, COMMISSIONER CARIUS.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY CHAIR MANLEY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CARDENAS.
EVERYONE, PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTES.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND SECRETARY.
THIS WILL BECOME FINAL IN 10 DAYS WORKING DAYS UNLESS IT'S APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST EVIDENCE OF, OF GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES GETS A BAD, A BAD RAP.
AND I FEEL LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS THEIR CONCERNS AND THAT STAFF IS WORKING DILIGENTLY AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A, A, A COMMISSIONER AND A COMMISSION, FRANKLY IN THE CITY COUNCIL THAT IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND TRYING TO DO WHAT'S BEST, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IS A, A BEAUTIFUL THING.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALL ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS THIS EVENING FROM STAFF? THERE ARE NO COMMENTS TONIGHT FROM STAFF.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER GOMEZ? NO COMMENT.
COMMISSIONER CARDENAS, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP TODAY FOR THIS, UH, FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEETING.
UM, COMING UP AND EXPRESSING YOURSELF CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT, SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT VICE CHAIR MEJA.
UM, I'M GONNA JUMP ON, ON HER BANDWAGON AND SAY THE SAME.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY SHOW UP TO THE MEETINGS AND CARE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
UM, BUT I, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT'S COMPLETELY UNRELATED.
UM, I WANNA THANK THE STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED IN PLANNING THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION THIS LAST WEEK.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, AND IT WAS, THEY JUST, THE BAND WAS GREAT AND I JUST CAN'T, UM, THANK STEPH ENOUGH BECAUSE YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS PUT ON THESE EVENTS EVERY YEAR AND THEY'RE ALWAYS, ALWAYS SO GREAT.
MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE, I KNOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF BUILDING AND, AND REPLENISHING AND GROWING OUR, OUR PLANNING STAFF.
UM, I JUST WOULD MAKE A REQUEST THAT IF WE COULD, UM, MAYBE JUST BE DIRECTED TOWARD, UM, WHO THE PLANNING STAFF IS AS WE BRING ON NEW PLANNERS.
AND SOMETIMES I, I GET UP HERE AND I'M A LITTLE CAUGHT OFF GUARD ON ON WHO'S, WHO'S WHO.
UM, SO THAT'D BE SUPER HELPFUL, I THINK FOR, FOR THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TONIGHT.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED TO JULY 22ND.
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SO THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.UH, IT'S A, IT'S A 10 DAY APPEAL PERIOD.
SO I THINK AFTER THAT, 'CAUSE IT, IT GOT APPROVED TODAY, BUT NOT GONNA GET, BUT THERE'S STILL 10 DAYS.
SO WE ALLOW THAT AND THEN AFTER 10 DAYS IT BECOMES PERMANENT.
AND THEN YOU COMPLETE PERMITS BUILDING YEAH.
YOU GO DIRECTLY TO BUILDING AND SAFETY WHERE YOU WENT.
YOU SPOKE WITH, UH, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, I BELIEVE.