[ LA HABRA PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025 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.]
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AT THIS TIME THE MEETING WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER.
WILL THE AUDIENCE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN? COMMISSIONER CARDENA IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.
WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL ROLE CHAIR MAYA.
HERE, COMMISSIONER LOGAN CANNON 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 IN 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 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR ON 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, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THE ITEMS, ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, OR ANY ITEM NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA? WE WILL NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
THAT DIDN'T COME OUT RIGHT THAT'S ON A DIFFERENT 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 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 THE 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 IN OUR 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 AND TWO.
ALL ITEMS WILL BE APPROVED WITH ONE VOTE UNLESS AN ITEM IS REMOVED.
DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM? NO.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO HAVE AN ITEM REMOVED? HEARING NONE.
MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION.
A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER CARDENA SINCE SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOGAN CANNON.
EVERYONE PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTE.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING.
THE PROCEDURES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.
THE CHAIR WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND THEN 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 HOUSE 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 NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 25 DASH 0 0 1 1 FOR PUBLIC ART MURAL AT 100 WEST LA HABER BOULEVARD.
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DID WE RECEIVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE FOR THIS ITEM? NO WE DID NOT.MADAM CHAIR, DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU INVOLVES AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL CENTER LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LAHABRA BOULEVARD AND EUCLID STREET.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THE SUBJECT BUILDING IS SURROUNDED BY MANY EXISTING PUBLIC FACILITIES INCLUDING THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY CENTER TO THE NORTH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CADDY CORNER FROM THE SITE AND THE LAHABRA CITY HALL TO THE EAST, THERE IS AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY UNIT, I'M SORRY, SINGLE UNIT DWELLING AS WELL AS AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL OFFICE TO THE SOUTH.
THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER, MR. GREG JONES OF KAHUNA PROPERTIES IS REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THE MURALIST CARLO ROOKE, WHO IS CONTRACTED BY THE CITY TO INSTALL THE PUBLIC ART MURAL ALONG THE SIDE OF THE UH, SEVEN 11 CONVENIENCE MARKET, WHICH DIRECTLY FACES EUCLID STREET.
THE PROPOSED PUBLIC ART WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET HIGH AND 1650 FEET WIDE AND 16 FEET HIGH, ENCOMPASSING ABOUT 800 SQUARE FEET IN AREA.
THE DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT DOES INCLUDE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL REQUESTING THAT THE APPLICANT ENTER IN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LAHABRA REGARDING THE INSTALLATION.
AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE TERMS FOR INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MURALS DISPLAY MAINTENANCE AND GRAFFITI REMOVAL.
FOR THE RECORD, I DO WANT TO STATE THE STAFF REPORT DID IDENTIFY THE AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER THE REQUEST TO REMOVE THE MURAL WITHIN 60 DAYS NOTICE TO THE ARTIST AND THE CITY.
HOWEVER, AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE RIGHT OF ENTRY AGREEMENT, IT WAS AGREED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REQUEST REMOVAL OF THE MURAL AT ANY TIME.
UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE PROPOSED ARTWORK DESIGN COMMEMORATES THE CITY'S UH, CENTENNIAL.
THE DESIGN IS INTENDED TO BE REMINISCENT OF THE CI HISTORIC CITRUS CRATE LABELS.
HERE YOU CAN SEE, UH, IT FEATURES THE MAIN CROPS PRODUCED AND EXPORTED FROM LAHABRA, WHICH INCLUDES ORANGES, LEMONS, AND AVOCADOS.
STAFF DOES BELIEVE THE PROPOSED MURAL INSTALLATION WILL ENHANCE THE CITY'S EMERGING CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT, WHICH IS GENERALLY MARKED BY THE VARIETY OF EXISTING CIVIC AND PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA WITHIN THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN.
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY AND COMMEMORATE THE CITY FOR REASONS DESCRIBED, UM, STAFF DOES SUPPORT THE APPROVAL OF CUP 25 DASH 0 0 1 1.
AND WITH THAT, UM, I'D CLOSE AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 25 DASH 0 1 1.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
YOU'RE GONNA HATE ME, BUT I HAVE QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS THIS COSTING? I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF WHO I BELIEVE IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
SONIA, GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSION.
I AM KIM BERIAN WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND RIGHT NOW THIS PROJECT CAME ABOUT AS PART OF THE CITY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND WE THOUGHT, UM, WHAT BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, PROVIDE AN ART ELEMENT AS PART OF THE CITY'S CELEBRATION.
AND, UM, THE COMMITTEE HAS, UM, PROPOSED A $20,000, UM, FEE TO, UH, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT THE MURAL.
THE REASON I'M ASKING, IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S A WORTHY, UM, EXPENSE.
I THINK IT'S GREAT TO PUT UP THE MURAL, BUT NOW THE OWNER CAN TAKE IT DOWN AT ANY TIME AND THAT'S ALL THAT MONEY GONE.
SO I'M WONDERING WHAT'S THE RECOURSE? DO WE GET ANY MONEY BACK IF THE OWNER JUST DECIDES TO TAKE THE MURAL
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DOWN OR WE'RE JUST LEFT IN THE WIND PAYING $20,000? DO I MEAN THAT? DID THAT SOUND LIKE A QUESTION? I MEAN, WHAT IS THE RECOURSE? I THINK I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE USE AND NOT THE COST OF THE MURAL.THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S UNDER YOUR DISCRETION.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DESIGN? SURE.
UM, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM? OKAY.
UM, NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ITEM.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW AND ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
SEEING NONE, UM, WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL CALL ON THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS FOR DISCUSSION OR A MOTION.
I I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAHABRA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING THE REQUIRED FINDINGS AND APPROVING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 25 DASH ZERO ONE TO ALLOW THE INSTALLATION OF A PUBLIC ART MURAL ON AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT 100 WEST LAHABRA BOULEVARD.
SUBJECT AND CONDITIONS MAKING THE DETERMINATION THAT THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 5 3 0 1 A CLASS ONE EXISTING FACILITIES OF THE SQL GUIDELINES.
A MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER RAMS LAND AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOGAN CANNON.
EVERYONE PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTES MOTION.
MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO AND THIS WILL BECOME FINAL IN 10 WORKING DAYS UNLESS IT'S APPEALED TO CITY COUNCIL.
ALL RIGHT, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? I JUST LIKE TO INFORM THE COMMISSION THAT AT YOUR UPCOMING REGULAR MEETING ON JULY 28TH, THE CITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH MIG CONSULTANTS WILL BE HOLDING A SECOND WORKSHOP REGARDING THE PREFERRED, UH, UPDATE TO THE LA HABER BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN.
AND WE'LL BE HOLDING THAT AT 5:00 PM IN THE ATRIUM CONFERENCE ROOMS WITH CITY HALL IN ADVANCE OF YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING SOME REFRESHMENTS TO HELP EASE THE, UM, MEETING LENGTH AND TIME SPENT, UH, BOTH, UM, FOR THE WORKSHOP AND YOUR HEARING.
YOU KNOW, ALL YOU HAD TO SAY WAS FOOD.
UM,
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMISSION, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED TO MONDAY, JULY 28TH, 2025.