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AT 6:00. COMMISSIONER CABALLERO. CAN I PLEASE HAVE YOU LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? YES.
READY? 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.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CAN I PLEASE GET ROLL CALL? ROLL CALL. KENDRA FIGURING THINGS OUT. YES.
OKAY. THERE YOU GO. CHAIRPERSON. MURILLO. HERE, VICE CHAIR. FONSECA. PRESENT.
ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER CABALLERO PRESENT. AND COMMISSIONER LARA IS ABSENT. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS
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NOTHING. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. CAN WE PLEASE GET APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON MAY 7TH, 2025? MOTION TO APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES FOR MAY 7TH, 2025. SECOND. CAN I PLEASE GET ROLL CALL? CHAIRPERSON. MURILLO.YES. VICE CHAIR. FONSECA. YES. COMMISSIONER. CABALLERO. YES. THANK YOU. CAN I PLEASE GET APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF 20 OF MAY 21ST, 2025. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES FOR MAY 21ST, 2025. I SECOND. THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM TO VOTE ON THE MINUTES. BECAUSE CHAIRPERSON MURILLO WAS ABSENT FROM THAT MEETING. SO WE'LL CONTINUE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANY COMMUNICATIONS? THERE ARE NONE. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION OF ANY ITEM OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF JURISDICTION. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. I WILL OPEN THE COMMENT THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 602. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ONLINE ON ZOOM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 603. REPORTS AND REQUESTS. THERE ARE NONE. DO WE HAVE. WE'RE MOVING ON TO NON HEARING ITEMS. THERE ARE NO NON
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HEARING ITEMS. OKAY. SO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. WE'RE MOVING ON WITH. CUP 389. THE ARM TECH EXPANSION MASTER PLAN FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW OF PHASE TWO. AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF PHASE TWO AND THREE OF THE ARM TECH EXPANSION MASTER PLAN AT 85 901 AVENUE 53. ALL RIGHTY.HELLO, PLANNING COMMISSION AND CHAIR. I'LL PRESENT. I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM. MY NAME IS ADRIAN MORENO, AND I'LL BE PRESENTING THE ITEM ON ARE NUMBER 2502 CUP NUMBER 389 E NUMBER 2501. THE ARMTEC EXPANSION MASTER PLAN. FOR A BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE APPLICANT IS ARMTEC DEFENSE PRODUCTS CO. WE RECEIVED THE CITY APPLICATION FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025. THE EXISTING USE IS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF DEFENSE PRODUCTS. THE CASE FILE INCLUDES ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW FOR THIS PROJECT IS FOR THE PROPOSED PHASE TWO 15,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE, TRUCK STAGING AREA AND 3000 SQUARE FOOT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, R&D AND PRODUCTION FACILITY. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE PHASE TWO PROPOSED WAREHOUSE, AND ALSO FOR THE EXPLOSIVE MANUFACTURER USE. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE INITIAL STUDY PREPARED FOR THE PROPOSED PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE PROJECT. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 85 901 AVENUE 53. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE SITE PLAN.
THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE BLUE HIGHLIGHTED AREA ON THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF AVENUE 53 AND
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TYLER STREET. FOR THESE TWO PARCELS. THAT'S THE ARMTEC SITE. THE ZONING AND GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION FOR THE NORTHERN PARCEL IS URBAN EMPLOYMENT ZONE, AND THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION IS URBAN EMPLOYMENT. THE SOUTHERN PARCEL HAS A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL MH ZONE AND HAS A GENERAL PLANNING DESIGNATION OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. TO CONTINUE FOR MORE BACKGROUND. AGAIN, THIS PROJECT IS FOR THE PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE OF THE PROJECT. SO I'LL BE GOING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ON PHASE ONE. PHASE ONE WAS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 29TH, 2020 FOR. PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR THE FOLLOWING. IT WAS FOR ONE GROUND MOUNT SOLAR GRID ON THE NORTHERN PARCEL YOU CAN SEE IN THE RED ARROW. BLUE HIGHLIGHTED IS WHERE THE SOLAR GRID IS LOCATED, AND FOR SEVEN SOLAR CANOPIES ON THE SOUTHERN PARCEL. AGAIN, THIS WAS ALREADY APPROVED, ALREADY CONSTRUCTED AND COMPLETED. THIS WAS PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT. IT'S ALREADY COMPLETED, RIGHT? THE FOCUS OF OUR MEETING TODAY IS FOR PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE. BUT THIS IS JUST BACKGROUND. AS PART OF THAT PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT, LANDSCAPING OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF AVENUE 53 ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY BOUNDARY WAS REQUIRED. THIS LANDSCAPING HAS ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED. A LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH REQUIRED THE NORTHERN PORTION RED HIGHLIGHTED THERE, AND ALSO THE EXISTING LANDSCAPING AND SIDEWALK FOR THAT LANDSCAPING TO BE MAINTAINED. AND AGAIN, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS ALREADY IN EFFECT. IN EFFECT FOR THESE TWO PORTIONS AT THE ARMTEC SITE. SO NOW TO CONTINUE ON FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT BEFORE YOU TODAY. THE PROPOSED PROJECT INCLUDES THE DESIGN REVIEW AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF PHASE TWO, WHICH INCLUDES A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE, 73,200 SQUARE FOOT TRUCK STAGING AREA, 9900 SQUARE FOOT RETENTION BASIN, 3000 SQUARE FOOT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, R&D AND PRODUCTION FACILITY ON THE SOUTH, AND ALSO TWO RETENTION BASINS AT 65,750FT■!S, LOCATED N THE SOUTHERN PARCEL. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE PHASE TWO PROJECT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED THERE IN THE POWERPOINT. TO CONTINUE ON FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS FOR PHASE THREE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT PRODUCTION FACILITY, A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT STORAGE WAREHOUSE, TWO 900 SQUARE FOOT STORAGE STRUCTURES, AND A 6000 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING STORAGE WAREHOUSE.THAT'S PHASE THREE FOR A FUTURE PHASE, I INCLUDED THIS SLIDE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR.
AGAIN, PHASE ONE YOU CAN SEE IN THE RED HIGHLIGHTED THERE, IT'S ALREADY COMPLETED. PHASE TWO IS RED HIGHLIGHTED THERE. AND THEY THE APPLICANT SPEAKING WITH THE APPLICANT ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION. AND THIS IS THE REASON, YOU KNOW, THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND CUP ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY. RIGHT. FOR THE PHASE THREE OF THE PROJECT. THAT'S FOR A FUTURE PHASE. ONCE THEY ARE READY TO SUBMIT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW FOR THE PROJECT. AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT A FUTURE DATE. RIGHT. THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AGAIN, IS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE OF THE PROJECT. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE TOTALITY OF THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S WHY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN OF THE NORTHERN PARCEL AND THE SOUTHERN PARCEL FOR PHASE TWO. FOR PHASE TWO, IT DOES INCLUDE A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT STORAGE WAREHOUSE. THE WAREHOUSES ARE DESIGNED TO HOUSE FINISHED GOODS, EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL WHICH PRESENT NO SIGNIFICANT BLAST HAZARD, 25G OF A DETONATING MATERIAL, AND WHERE THE EFFECTS ARE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE PACKAGE. NO PROJECTION. FRAGMENTS OF SUBSTANTIAL SIZE OR RANGE ARE EXPECTED. WE'LL STORE EMPTY COMBUSTIBLE CARTRIDGE CASES OF VARIOUS SIZES WITH NO PROPELLANT, AND THE STORAGE WAREHOUSES WILL REMAIN UNOCCUPIED EXCEPT WHEN GOODS ARE MOVED IN AND OUT OF THE STRUCTURE. SO THAT'S FOR THE 15,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR THE PHASE TWO PROJECT. TO CONTINUE ON FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED 3000 SQUARE FOOT R&D FACILITY HIGHLIGHTED IN RED THERE, THE R&D FACILITY WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP SMALL QUANTITIES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS IN VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS. HAZARD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WILL CONSIST PRIMARILY OF NITROCELLULOSE. NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WILL BE STORED IN THE BUILDING. OCCUPANCY OF THE PHASE TWO 3000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WILL BE STRICTLY REGULATED, AND OCCUPANCY IS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED TO APPROXIMATELY EIGHT PERSONS AND ANCILLARY STORAGE CONTAINERS MEASURING 40 BY EIGHT
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BY EIGHT FEET MAY BE PLACED AROUND THE BUILDING, BUT THESE STORAGE CONTAINERS WOULD BE FOR NON-HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCLUDING TOOLING, SPARE PARTS AND PACKING MATERIALS, AND TO CONTINUE ON WITH JUST REGARDING THE HAZARDS OF THE SITE RIGHT, THE PROJECT WAS REQUIRED TO BE COMPLIANT WITH SEQUA. AN INITIAL STUDY WAS PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT, AND ALL HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MITIGATION MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED AS CONDITIONS FOR THIS PROJECT. THE INITIAL STUDY FOUND THAT THERE WOULD BE LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IN REGARDS TO HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, AND FOR THE PROJECT IN TOTALITY. WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS MITIGATION MEASURE OF THESE MITIGATION MEASURES AS PART OF THAT DOCUMENT, TO CONTINUE ON REGARDING THE GENERAL PLAN, THE PROJECT IS COMPLIANT WITH GENERAL PLAN POLICIES FOR HAZARDS. AS FOR THE ZONING, THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO MEET THE MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, AND AS A CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT. THAT IS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT SAYS IT MUST MEET THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARDS AND MATERIALS TO CONTINUE ON. FOR OTHER REGULATIONS, THE PROJECT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION OF THESE MATERIALS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING FEDERAL STANDARDS, SO THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO MEET LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR THE PROJECT, AND CITY RECORDS SHOW THAT MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO, PRE 1992 ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION AND FIRES HAVE OCCURRED AT THE EXISTING ARMTEC FACILITIES AND PROJECT SITE. HOWEVER, NO SUCH ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF SIMILAR ACCIDENTS OCCURRING IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED WITH ADHERENCE TO LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS REGARDING THE ROUTINE TRANSPORT, USE, STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE AND WENT THROUGH THE SCL PROCESS, IT MEETS OUR GENERAL PLAN AND WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET OUR ZONING REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF HAZARDS, AND IT WOULD BE NEEDING TO MEET OUR FEDERAL REGULATIONS HANDLING THESE TYPES OF MATERIALS. THE INITIAL STUDY DID CONSIDER EXISTING AND FUTURE USES, SO WHEN THE INITIAL STUDY WAS PREPARED, IT DID CONSIDER WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE. WHEN STUDYING THE PROJECT. RIGHT. ALSO, AND JUST FOR YOU TO KEEP IN MIND, NO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED IN THE ZONE BETWEEN SHADY LANE AND TYLER STREET AND AVENUE 53 AND 54. YOU CAN SEE IN THE MAP WHERE THAT'S LOCATED. IT'S ALREADY IN OUR ZONING STANDARDS THAT NO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THIS AREA. TO CONTINUE ON FOR.REGARDING PHASE TWO ZONING CONSISTENCY. THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE RESPECTIVE ZONE. IN TERMS OF PARKING, I HIGHLIGHTED IN RED THERE WHERE THE EXISTING PARKING IS AT THE SITE, EXISTING SITE PARKING IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE PROPOSED PHASE TWO USE. THERE IS A SURPLUS OF 42 PARKING SPACES.
EVEN WITH THE PHASE TWO COMING IN, THEY STILL HAVE A SURPLUS OF 42 PARKING SPACES. AND THIS IS A BETTER IMAGE OF THE NORTHERN PARCEL OF THE PHASE TWO DEVELOPMENT. HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IS THE PROPOSED 15,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE, HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. THERE IS A PROPOSED TRUCK STAGING AREA FOR THE PROJECT. ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IS NORTHERN AND WESTERN LANDSCAPING AROUND THE PROPOSED WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT, AND ALSO THE INCLUSION OF THE RETENTION BASIN, WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE LANDSCAPED WITH GRAVEL ONLY. SO THAT IS WHAT IS BEING DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE PHASE TWO PROJECT FOR THE NORTHERN PARCEL. AND AS FOR WHAT THE PROPOSED WAREHOUSE LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS THE ELEVATIONS OF THAT PROPOSED WAREHOUSE. IT DOES PROVIDE A LIGHT GRAY CORRUGATED METAL DESIGN THAT WE FOUND TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING AT THE SITE TO CONTINUE ON FOR THE 3000 SQUARE FOOT R&D FACILITY BEING PROPOSED FOR THE SOUTHERN PARCEL, IT'S LOCATED HERE. THERE'S ALSO TWO RETENTION BASINS LOCATED EAST OF THE PROPERTY, ADJACENT TO TYLER STREET, AND THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS FOR THAT PROPOSED R&D FACILITY HIGHLIGHTED IN RED THERE. IT'S A VERY SIMILAR DESIGN, A LIGHT GRAY CORRUGATED METAL SIMILAR TO THE WAREHOUSE.
AND SIMILARLY WE FOUND THAT IT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AT THE SITE.
AND HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. THERE IS THE ELEVATION THAT'S GOING TO BE VISIBLE FROM TYLER STREET. TO CONTINUE ON ARE THE PHASE ONE AND PHASE THREE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT. I DID PROVIDE AN EXHIBIT THERE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT, BUT I'LL BE GOING OVER THE PHASE ONE AND PHASE THREE
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IMPROVEMENTS. I ALREADY MENTIONED PHASE ONE. IT WAS REQUIRED TO GO INTO A LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND THAT NORTHERN LANDSCAPE AREA, AND THAT WAS ALREADY COMPLETED.RIGHT. BUT AS FOR PHASE TWO OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH THEY'RE PROPOSING, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS WHICH INCLUDE CURB AT THE SITE ENTRANCE, A NEW RAISED MEDIAN, AND ON TYLER STREET, A SEPARATED SIDEWALK, CURB AND GUTTER ALONG TYLER STREET ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF TYLER STREET. AND NO OFFSITE LANDSCAPING WOULD BE REQUIRED.
AS PART OF PHASE TWO. AND JUST TO PROVIDE A BETTER VISUAL, I DID INCLUDE THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS PROVIDED BY ARMTEC FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SO JUST TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS IS THE NORTHERN PART OF TYLER STREET, SECTION ONE. THEN THIS PORTION IS SECTION TWO. THAT MIDDLE PORTION OF TYLER STREET AND SECTION THREE, THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF TYLER STREET. SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT HERE. BUT JUST TO CONTINUE ON AGAIN, PHASE TWO WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO THE CONCRETE SIDEWALK FOR TYLER STREET FROM THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY TO THE SOUTHERN ON THE EASTERN SIDE, SO NOT ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTY, BUT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF TYLER STREET. AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
JUST AN IMAGE OF TYLER STREET, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT ON THE EASTERN END A CONCRETE SIDEWALK AGAIN WITH NO LANDSCAPING FOR THIS. AND YOU MAY ASK WHY? WHY ARE THEY PROPOSING SIDEWALK ON THE EASTERN END AND MAYBE NOT ON THE WESTERN END WHERE THE PROPERTY IS? SO WE DID SPEAK WITH ARMTEC, AND THEY FOUND THAT THERE IS SECURITY CONCERNS HAVING SIDEWALK ON THEIR SIDE. SO THEY WERE AMENABLE TO PROVIDE A CONCRETE SIDEWALK TO PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION FOR CASTRO MOBILE HOME PARK, WHICH IS THERE ON TYLER STREET FOR THAT ENTIRE PORTION OF TYLER STREET ADJACENT TO THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH IS A BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE SIDEWALK THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED THEN IF THEY PROPOSED IT ON THEIR STREET. SO THEY ARE PROVIDING SUBSTANTIAL CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT STRIDE TO ENSURE THAT CASTRO MOBILE HOME PARK HAS A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, TO THE REST OF THE CITY, RIGHT. AND JUST FOR YOUR TEAM TO BE AWARE, THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL IS WORDED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO.
STAFF HAS THE FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE THE DESIGN OF IT IN COORDINATION WITH CVS. SO THE ARMTEC TEAM AND STAFF HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH CVS REGARDING AN EASEMENT ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET, SO THAT MAY LIMIT THE DESIGN OF THE TYLER STREET IMPROVEMENTS THERE ON THE EASTERN END. BUT AS THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL IS WORDED, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A SEPARATED SIDEWALK DESIGN. BUT, YOU KNOW, STAFF HAS THE FLEXIBILITY THROUGH THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO MAKE ANY CHANGES IN CASE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANY CHANGES FROM CVS AND, YOU KNOW, THE ARMTEC TEAM HERE AND MYSELF ARE READY TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. AND ALSO FOR MORE INFORMATION. SO THE CASTRO MOBILE HOME PARK, A PORTION OF SOME OF THE HOMES AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT THERE IS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE DID SPEAK BEFORE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT WAS THIS PAST MONDAY. WE DID LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEIR PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE EASEMENT. SO SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF FENCING AND JUST, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPING ON THAT SITE. BUT WE DID LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE REMOVED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. AND THEY WERE AMENABLE TO THAT. AND WE DID MENTION, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THAT SIDE OF THE STREET. SO WE DID SPEAK WITH THE CASTRO MOBILE HOME PARK, AND WE ALSO INVITED THEM TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING HERE TODAY.
SO THEY MAY BE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS IF THEY ARE HERE TODAY. BUT TO CONTINUE THE PHASE TWO PROJECT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PLACE MEDIANS WITHIN TYLER STREET. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE RED ARROWS THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THE MEDIANS BUT NO LANDSCAPING AT THIS TIME. BUT THE HARD IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE MEDIAN WOULD BE REQUIRED AS PART OF PHASE TWO. THERE WOULD BE A CURB WITH NO LANDSCAPING AND AGAIN NO LANDSCAPING WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THESE OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PHASE TWO. SO NOW GOING ON TO PHASE THREE, THAT FUTURE PHASE DESIGN REVIEW FOR PHASE THREE BUILDINGS ARE NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW IS THE ONLY THING WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR PHASE THREE TODAY. IN THE FUTURE, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT FOR DESIGN REVIEW FOR THE FUTURE PHASE THREE PROJECT. SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK HERE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR YOUR REVIEW FOR THAT FUTURE PHASE THREE. AND I READ HIGHLIGHTED. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT FUTURE PHASE THREE WOULD LOOK OR WHAT'S PROPOSED AT THIS TIME FOR THE FUTURE. SO THERE'S A LIST OF PHASE THREE REQUIRED
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IMPROVEMENTS. AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE IN MORE DETAIL. SO FOR THAT FUTURE PHASE THREE INCLUDED IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, WE INCLUDED THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOW LANDSCAPE THOSE MEDIANS. PHASE TWO THEY WOULD HAVE TO INSTALL THE MEDIANS. FOR PHASE THREE. THEY WOULD NEED TO LANDSCAPE THOSE MEDIANS NOW TO CONTINUE THEIR WESTERN PORTION OF TYLER STREET. RIGHT NOW IS JUST, YOU KNOW, PLAIN DIRT. BUT AS PART OF THE PHASE THREE, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO NOW LANDSCAPE THAT SIDE OF THE STREET TO CONTINUE ON. THEY WOULD NEED TO OR WOULD BE REQUIRED TO LANDSCAPE THE ENTRANCE TO THEIR PROPERTY. SO YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. THEY WOULD NEED TO BE OR THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO LANDSCAPE THAT ENTRANCE. RIGHT. WHICH DOESN'T HAVE LANDSCAPING AT THAT TIME. AND TO CONTINUE FORWARD AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR THAT FUTURE PHASE THREE, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH WROUGHT IRON. SO YOU CAN SEE AN IMAGE THERE OF THE EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE FOR THE PROPERTY. AND THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THAT FUTURE PHASE THREE TO REPLACE IT WITH A WHAT WE THINK IS A MUCH HIGHER QUALITY DESIGN OF A WROUGHT IRON FENCE INSTEAD OF CHAIN LINK. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE RED HIGHLIGHTED AREA WHERE THE EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE IS AT AND WHERE THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED IN A FUTURE PHASE THREE TO CHANGE IT TO WROUGHT IRON TO CONTINUE ON. IN FUTURE PHASE THREE, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MOVE EXISTING WATER METER INSIDE THE PROPERTY TO OUTSIDE THE FENCE LINE, AND ALSO FOR FUTURE PHASE THREE. THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL CURB, GUTTER, SIDEWALK AND LANDSCAPING TO COMPLETE THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION BETWEEN SHADY LANE AND TYLER STREET. RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY DOESN'T HAVE ANY SIDEWALKS, SO THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THE FUTURE PHASE THREE TO PROVIDE THAT. AND HERE'S A CONCEPTUAL PLAN OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. RIGHT. AND FOR THAT FUTURE PHASE THREE, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF LANDSCAPING BEING REQUIRED FOR THAT FUTURE PHASE THREE, WE ARE REQUIRING THAT IN THE FUTURE. PHASE THREE, THEY REVISE THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE THOSE NEW LANDSCAPE AREAS. FUTURE PHASE THREE IS GOING TO INCLUDE MORE LANDSCAPING, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S BEING MAINTAINED AND TO CONTINUE FORTH FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW IS FOR THE PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE OF THE PROJECT. AN INITIAL STUDY, MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION WAS PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT. THE INITIAL STUDY CONCLUDED THAT THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE FOLLOWING, INCLUDING ESTHETICS, AIR QUALITY, LAND USE AND PLANNING, NOISE, POPULATION AND HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND FURTHER TO CONTINUE. THE INITIAL STUDY CONCLUDED THAT THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, WITH MITIGATION INCORPORATED TO THE FOLLOWING AND I INCLUDED THOSE MITIGATION MEASURES ALSO IN THE PACKET. I HAND IT TO YOU EARLIER, WHICH INCLUDES BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND SOILS, HAZARDOUS HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, TRANSPORTATION AND TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES. WITH THESE MITIGATION MEASURES, THE INITIAL STUDY FOUND THAT THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. WITH THESE MITIGATION MEASURES, A 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD RAN FROM APRIL 20TH 2ND TO MAY 22ND. STAFF DID RECEIVE CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE, AND I.I.D.INQUIRING ABOUT SPECIAL STUDY DOCUMENTS, WHICH STAFF RESPONDED TO. MITIGATION MEASURES WERE MODIFIED TO ADDRESS AGENCY COMMENTS. THE PLANNING SORRY, THE PLANNING DIVISION HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS COMPLIANT WITH CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT GUIDELINES. SECTION 15,073 PUBLIC REVIEW OF A PROPOSED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OR MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION. MITIGATION MEASURES AND MITIGATION MONITORING REPORTING PROGRAM ARE IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT AND AS FOR RECOMMENDATION, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER PC 2025 DASH TEN FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW CUP AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE ARMTEC EXPANSION MASTER PLAN FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW OF PHASE TWO AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF PHASE TWO AND THREE OF THE MASTER PLAN AT 85 901 AVENUE 53, AND THE DETERMINATION THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS COMPLIANT WITH CEQA GUIDELINES.
SECTION 15 OH 73, WITH THE FINDINGS AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE AND YOU KNOW THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ADRIAN. THANK YOU.
ADRIAN. ADRIAN. THANK YOU VERY FARRELL I WILL. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADRIAN? NO.
OKAY. I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 625. DID YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT THEN?
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YEAH. YES. GREAT. THANKS. GOOD EVENING. CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS. STAFF. MY NAME IS ROB BERNHEIMER, AND I REPRESENT ARMTEC. WE'RE REALLY HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO. BUT I'LL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AND THEN I'M GOING TO INVITE THE SITE. THE HEAD OF THE SITE, FREEMAN SWANK, TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ARMTEC AND WHAT THEY DO AND WHAT THEY MAKE, AND I CAN GO INTO THAT. OR IF YOU ALREADY KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL US. OKAY. YOU KNOW, ARMTEC HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, AND THEY MANUFACTURE THE ONLY MANUFACTURER FOR THE US GOVERNMENT AND THEIR ALLIES OF A CERTAIN PRODUCT. AND IN ESSENCE, I LIKE TO SIMPLIFY IT BY SAYING, IF YOU THINK OF AN ARTILLERY SHELL AND OUR SOLDIERS ON THE BATTLEFIELD, YOU THINK THAT THEY THEY LOAD A SHELL, THEY CLOSE, THEY FIRE, THEY OPEN IT UP, TAKE OUT THE CASING, LOAD A NEW SHELL, FIRE IT. ARMTEC TECHNOLOGY HAS A CASING TO THE SHELL THAT COMBUSTS AND BURNS WHEN THE SHELL IS FIRED. SO THAT WHEN YOU OPEN THE OPEN THE ARTILLERY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUT A CASING. YOU JUST LOAD, FIRE, LOAD FIRE, LOAD FIRE. SO THE FINISHED PRODUCT THAT THEY MAKE IS FLAMMABLE BUT NOT COMBUSTIBLE. SO THE BIG WAREHOUSE BUILDING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING IS GOING TO STORE THE FINISHED PRODUCT, THE MANUFACTURING SIDE, WHICH REALLY EXISTS TODAY IS WHAT MANUFACTURERS, MANUFACTURERS THAT AND YOU DO HAVE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT GO INTO THAT. AND I KNOW THAT ADRIAN POINTED OUT TO SOME PROBLEMS PRE 1992. I THINK THERE ARE MORE THAN 35 YEARS AGO, BOTH THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND THE STORAGE OF THOSE MATERIALS WERE SOME OF THE CAUSES TO THOSE EARLIER INCIDENTS. AND 35 YEARS AGO THOSE PROCESSES WERE CHANGED. AND OBVIOUSLY IT HAS WORKED BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO INCIDENCES IN THE LAST 35 YEARS. SO WE THINK IT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY WELL RUN AND SAFE OPERATION. WE ARE THE SOLE SUPPLIER TO THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THESE SHELLS WERE IN HEAVY DEMAND AND HAVE BEEN IN HEAVY DEMAND SINCE THE START OF THE UKRAINE WAR. AND SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAME TO ARMTEC AND SAID, WE NEED YOU TO DOUBLE THE PRODUCTION. THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BY WITH THEIR EXISTING FACILITIES. BUT THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID, WE NEED TO DOUBLE YOUR PRODUCTION AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE FOR PHASE TWO. BUT THEY AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT. SO. THEY RETOOLED THEIR OPERATIONS TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE MORE. BUT THEY JUST NOW NEED TO BE ABLE TO STORE SOME OF THE PRODUCT THAT THEY'RE PRODUCING UNTIL IT GETS SHIPPED OFF. BUT THEY'VE ALSO BEEN PUT ON NOTICE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS THEM TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS. AND THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED THE PHASE THREE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. THAT WAY, THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS, WE WANT YOU TO DO THIS, WE DON'T HAVE A NINE MONTH WAITING PERIOD TO GO THROUGH SEQUA. WE CAN JUST BOOM, FILE OUR PLANS, COME BACK TO YOU GUYS FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND LAND REVIEW AND BE OFF AND RUNNING. BUT THIS IS AN URGENT PROJECT FOR ARMTEC, SO MUCH SO THAT THEY'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE PLANS AT RISK TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THOSE ARE BEING REVIEWED ALREADY IN ANTICIPATION THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS APPROVED. AND OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S NOT, THEN THAT'S ALL FOR NAUGHT. BUT KIND OF TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO FREEMAN. THANK YOU ROB. THANK YOU SIR. HELLO AND THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS TODAY. AS ROB SAID, I'M FREEMAN SWANK. I'M THE SITE LEADER AT ARMTEC. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ARMTEC, WE'VE BEEN A FIXTURE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA FOR THE PAST 57 YEARS. WE'VE BEEN PRODUCING THESE UNIQUE PRODUCTS FOR THE US MILITARY AND FOREIGN ALLIES SINCE THEN. PRODUCTS WE PRODUCE ARE UNIQUE. WE'RE THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT MAKES THESE PRODUCTS. AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH UKRAINE CONFLICT, WE'RE OUR PRODUCTS ARE IN PARTICULARLY HIGH DEMAND RIGHT NOW. WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH SEVERAL EXPANSIONS, AS ROB HAD MENTIONED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, TO SUPPORT OUR FEDERAL CUSTOMER, WE'VE ALREADY RAMPED UP JUST IN THESE INITIAL EXPANSIONS, 100 EMPLOYEES, AND WE'RE NOT DONE. SO WE'RE NOT FULLY RAMPED UP YET, BUT WE DO EXPECT TO COMPLETE THAT INITIAL RAMP BY ABOUT SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. BUT WE'RE NOW AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO CONSTRUCT, AS ROB SAID, THAT STORAGE SPACE, THE WAREHOUSE SPACE, AND THE ADDITIONAL R&D SPACE FOR US TO PROVIDE THAT LOCATION TO STORE THE MATERIAL THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO PRODUCE RIGHT NOW, THE PHASE TWO PORTION THAT IS REFERENCED IS FOR THAT WAREHOUSE AND FOR THAT R&D FACILITY. ADDITIONALLY, AS ADRIAN TALKED ABOUT WITH PHASE THREE, WE[00:30:03]
EXPECT TO NEED A FURTHER FACILITY EXPANSION, WHICH WILL NOT ONLY INCLUDE ADDITIONAL WAREHOUSE SPACE, BUT PRODUCTION SPACE. WE HAD THE ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION SPACE, BUT NOW WE NEED THE WAREHOUSE FOR PHASE TWO. WE'RE EXPECTING THAT IN PHASE THREE. THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT STARTED ROUGHLY IN ABOUT THE NEXT TWO YEARS. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THAT, AND WE EXPECT THAT TO ADD ANOTHER 75 TO 100 PEOPLE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, DOUBLING AND DOUBLING AND DOUBLING. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF TO COME UP WITH A SOLID WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A SOLID IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR BOTH THE CITY AND FOR ARMTEC. SO WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS APPLICATION AS PRESENTED SO WE CAN ACCELERATE GROWTH FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA, AS WELL AS MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR WARFIGHTER. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT? OKAY. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ONLINE I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. I'LL BE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT AT 631. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROB FREEMAN OR ADRIAN? NO THANK YOU, ROB. THANK YOU, MR. FREEMAN, FOR COMING AND EDUCATING US. YOU KNOW, I GREW UP HERE AND I'VE BEEN AROUND ARMTEC SO MANY DIFFERENT TIMES. AND I KNEW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PART OF OUR DEFENSE. BUT THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH WHAT WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID THERE. RIGHT. SO THIS GIVES ME PRIDE TO KNOW THAT OUR CITY, COACHELLA IS DOING, YOU KNOW, THEIR PART, RIGHT? IN PROTECTING OUR OUR COUNTRY. I GUESS IT'S EXCITING TO ME THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BEAUTIFYING THAT WHOLE AREA WITH, YOU KNOW, PLANTS AND LANDSCAPE. I KNOW ON ON 53 THERE'S A BIKE LANE, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, BUT IF WE CAN ADD THAT BIKE LANE ONTO TYLER.RIGHT. BECAUSE I KNOW MY FAMILY USES IT, I'VE USED IT SO THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. BUT NO, NO, NO OTHER NO OTHER QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, BEYOND THAT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION I THINK IT WOULD BE ADRIAN WITH THE EXPENSE WITH THE ADDING OF THE SIDEWALK FOR THAT WHOLE NEW STREET. HOW ARE WE LOOKING ON STREET LIGHTING? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S NOT MUCH STREET LIGHTING ON THAT SIDE. AND IF WE ADD SIDEWALK THAT, THAT MEANS PEDESTRIAN WOULD HAVE MORE ACCESS TO IT. NIGHTTIME, IT CAN BE VERY DARK. SO HOW IS THE STREET LIGHTING LOOKING? LET'S SEE. ONE MOMENT. I'M NOT SURE IF THE APPLICANT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. I'LL BRING UP THE ALTON GROUP ON STREET LIGHTING, BUT THE BIKE LANE IS PART OF YOUR STREET.
STREET. BEAUTIFUL REQUIREMENT. AND SO THAT'S GOING IN NICE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
PLANNING COMMISSION STEVEN NIETO WITH THE ALTON GROUP I'M THE PROJECT PLANNER FOR THE PROJECT.
TYLER STREET HAS EXISTING STREET LIGHTS THAT ARE THERE ON THE STREET, AND THOSE WILL BE PROTECTED IN PLACE. SO WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY NEW LIGHTS. WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY AWAY. WE'LL BE WORKING AROUND THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. AWESOME. AND ONE QUESTION ALONG WITH THAT CAMERAS LOOKS, I'M ASSUMING, I MEAN, THE FACILITY IS SURROUNDED BY CAMERAS. SO ARE WE GOING TO BE ADDING MORE SURVEILLANCE TO THE PROPERTY TO COVER THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? A QUESTION FOR ARMTEC.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A HIGHLY SECURED FACILITY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN INTENT TO ADD NEW CAMERAS, BUT I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT. THANK YOU. OUR CAMERA'S BASICALLY EXISTING ALREADY. RING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON NEEDING ADDITIONAL SECURITY CAMERAS UNLESS IT IS BLOCKED BY THE WAREHOUSE OUT IN THE FRONT AREA. AT THAT POINT WE WOULD PUT IT ON THE BUILDING. SO IF I MAY ASK, SO ALONG THE UNDEVELOPED AREAS, THERE'S STILL CAMERA COVERAGE IN THOSE AREAS ALSO. YEAH OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND OBVIOUSLY KNEW Y'ALL EXISTED. I JUST DID NOT KNOW. AND I'M JUST AGAIN I THINK ALL OF US HERE ARE HONEST THAT WE KNOW THOSE BUILDINGS EXIST.
BUT WE'RE VERY GRACIOUS THAT THAT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS HERE. BUT AS I REMIND EVERYBODY THAT COMES AND ADDRESSES THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE ALL REPRESENT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, NOT AS OURSELVES INDIVIDUALLY. RIGHT? SO MY JOB HAS ALWAYS BEEN OF RAISING UP THE STANDARD.
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RIGHT. AND THIS IS NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT I ALWAYS DO IT WITH EVERYBODY THAT COMES HERE IS LIKE THE STANDARD THAT WE HAVE HERE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE STANDARD THAT IS THERE IN OTHER CITIES. RIGHT. AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT ALSO MAY SAY, WELL, WE'RE IN A CORPORATE YARD OR WE'RE IN A BUSINESS YARD OR WE'RE IN, YOU KNOW, A RANCHO OR WHATEVER. TO ME, IT'S STILL A CITY, RIGHT? THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE STANDARDS. AND AGAIN, I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME OFF THE RECORD, I NEED TO STOP SAYING IT, BUT I'M NOT RIGHT.THE STANDARD THAT INDIAN WELLS HAS IS THE STANDARD THAT COACHELLA CITY OF COACHELLA NEEDS TO HAVE ALSO. RIGHT. AND SIGNAGE AND PEOPLE AND WHAT'S CONSTRUCTED. I EVEN TOLD THE CITY MANAGER THE OTHER DAY, WE NEED TO PRESSURE WASH LITERALLY RIGHT OUTSIDE BECAUSE THERE'S CHEEK AND GUM JUST OUTSIDE. RIGHT. AND SO THE STANDARD NEEDS TO BE THERE. SO MY NEXT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON THAT. RIGHT. AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES YOU MAY NOT ROLL YOUR EYES AT ME, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE ROLLING YOUR EYES INSIDE. IS THAT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF TEDIOUS IS WHAT YOU'RE LIKE, WE GOT TO GET THIS THING DONE, RIGHT. WHY ARE WE STOPPING ON THESE THINGS? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T SUGGEST THOSE, THEN THEY DON'T GET DONE RIGHT. SO I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND MY, MY NEXT SUGGESTIONS. SO I DO KNOW, AND BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE COMMUNICATING TO ME, IS THAT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, PRETTY MUCH ALL PHASES WILL BE COMPLETED. RIGHT? AND AGAIN, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, I KNOW OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT AS THE MONEY HAS TO BE IN THE BANK. I GET THAT, BUT MY FOCUS IS WHY IS IT NOT POSSIBLE? AND AGAIN, IF THIS IS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT THE MOMENT, IS THAT THE LANDSCAPE AND THE OUTSIDE THAT IS SUGGESTED FOR PHASE THREE BE INCLUDED IN PHASE TWO. AND THE REASON WHY I'M DOING THAT, AND THE REASON WHY I'M DOING THAT, IS THAT I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RAINS AND THE DRAINAGE, AND I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH THE LIGHTING. I ALSO SAID, COULD THERE BE, AGAIN, NOT THAT I WANT TO EXTEND AND NOT SAY NO TO THIS, BUT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE WORKED ON. IF AND WHEN THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO APPROVE THIS. THE LIGHTING TOO. I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IN OUR CITY IS THE LIGHTING, RIGHT? A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WALK BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T DO THIS BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, RIGHT? AND NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND OUR COMMUNITY SOMETIMES. SO MY FOCUS HERE IS ABOUT SAFETY. IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE SCHOOLS IN YOUR AREAS. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU AS PARTICIPATING IN THE CITY, BUT MAYBE I KNOW SOME PRIVATE ENTITIES SOMETIMES SPONSOR THINGS, YOU KNOW, PRIVATELY THROUGH OTHER ENTITIES. RIGHT. BUT MY, MY, MY CONCERN IS THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS TO BE, TO BE INCLUDED IN PHASE TWO, SO THAT THE ONLY THING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN PHASE THREE IS WHATEVER YOU GUYS DO BEST, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU DESIGN YOUR OWN THING? SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ARE YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
I'LL START WITH THE. INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED, NUMBER ONE, AND THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS THE SOCCER FIELDS THAT ARE THERE. THEY'RE OWNED BY ARMTEC. THEY LEASE THEM TO THE CITY FOR A DOLLAR A YEAR. AND IN THIS PLAN, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD IN PHASE THREE, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PERIMETER OF THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T USE IT, IT'S USED BY THE CITY. SO I THINK ARMTEC IS A GOOD MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ON THE ISSUE OF THE OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS, THERE WERE SO MANY OF THEM THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE THAT WE SPENT LITERALLY MONTHS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH YOUR PLANNING AND ENGINEERING. CITY MANAGER WAS INVOLVED IN ALL OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO COME UP WITH A FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE VARIOUS COSTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN THE PHASES, AND THEY ALSO HAD TO BE DONE LOGICALLY. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T INSTALL THE LANDSCAPING IN THE MEDIAN UNTIL THE MEDIANS BUILT, AND THE COSTS OF ALL OF THOSE WERE JUST GROWING OUT OF PROPORTION TO JUST WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN PHASE TWO, HOW WE ULTIMATELY PICKED ALL THESE PIECES IS A TORTURED HISTORY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT WAS BASED ON WHAT THE CITY'S NEEDS WERE, AS EXPRESSED BY BY STAFF AND A VERY EMPHATIC WAY. AND OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE DOING MORE IN PHASE TWO THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WOULD BE NECESSARY GIVEN THE SCOPE OF IT. SO WE DIVIDED THEM, I THOUGHT PRETTY EQUALLY. AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LAST EXHIBIT UP THERE, THE OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE TIED TO PHASE THREE REALLY KIND OF IMPACT THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PART OF PHASE THREE. AND IN PHASE TWO, WE TRIED TO DO THE THINGS THAT THAT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY, LIKE SIDEWALKS, MEDIANS SLOWING, YOU KNOW, MEDIANS GOING TO SLOW DOWN SOME OF THE SOME OF THE STREET THERE, THE SIDEWALK ON THE ON THE FAR SIDE OF TYLER, FROM FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT HAS BEEN WILDLY COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT, CHALLENGING. IT'S
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GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE TO PUT IN, BUT WE SAID WE WOULD DO IT BECAUSE WE PREFERRED HAVING THE SIDEWALK NOT RIGHT AGAINST THE PROPERTY. WE HAVE EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE ON ONE AREA. WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE THAT IN PHASE THREE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS US TO HAVE SIGHT LINES OUT OF THE PROPERTY. SO THAT KIND OF MAKES BLOCK WALLS. NOT NOT AS NOT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED RIGHT NOW.WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, GET PERMISSION TO HAVE BLOCK WALLS, WHICH IS WHY WE ALL GRAVITATED TOWARDS THE WROUGHT IRON IN THE FUTURE. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE GENERAL ANSWER. AND I THINK I THINK STAFF DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF SQUEEZING AS MUCH OUT OF US AS WE COULD FOR THE OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS OF PHASE TWO. WE WERE PRETTY BEAT UP. THANK YOU, ADRIAN, IF I MAY ASK. AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN OTHER INSTANCES WHERE WE FIND OTHER COMPANIES THAT MAY HAVE BRANCHES IN OTHER PLACES. RIGHT. IS THE STANDARD OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY I'M YOU BEAT ME TO THE NEXT POINT WAS WAS THE WALLS RIGHT. YEAH. THE OBVIOUSLY HAVING CHILLING IS ONE AND HAVING ACTUAL WALLS IS ANOTHER. ARE YOU COMPARABLE TO WHAT OTHER COMPANIES. BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY COMPANY IN THIS COUNTRY THAT BUILDS WEAPONS, RIGHT? ARE THERE OTHER COMPANIES THAT THAT ARE THAT ARE IS THAT THE STANDARD THAT WE HAVE HERE COMPARABLE TO OTHER COMPANIES? YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY, RIGHT? EVERY PERSON THAT COMES HERE TELLS US EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY, I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M ALSO WANT TO CHALLENGE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IS IT COMPARABLE WHAT WE HAVE HERE. RIGHT. GOING BACK TO THE STANDARD THAT WE WANT TO DESIGN IN OUR CITIES AND OUR CITY, COMPARABLE TO WHAT OTHER COMPANIES SUCH AS LIKE YOURS HAVE, ARE IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY? YEAH. AND ARMTEC HAS A COUPLE OTHER FACILITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO AGAIN, ARE THEY KEEPING THAT STANDARD ALSO? YEAH, THEY MANUFACTURE OTHER OTHER PRODUCTS. BUT I'LL LET FREEMAN ADDRESS THAT. I OF COURSE CAN'T SPEAK TO ALL YOU KNOW. OF COURSE, FEDERAL INSTALLATIONS. BUT OUR INSTALLATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THIS IS AN IMPROVED STANDARD TO THOSE. NORMALLY AT THOSE SITES YOU SEE CHAIN LINK FENCE AND RAZOR WIRE ON THE TOP, AND WE DON'T HAVE RAZOR WIRE AND WE'RE UPGRADING TO WROUGHT IRON. SO THIS ENDS UP BEING AN INCREASE BEYOND THAT STANDARD. AND AS ROB SAID, IT'S REALLY A SECURITY CONCERN FOR US THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH THOSE WALLS SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHO'S BASICALLY APPROACHING OUR PROPERTY. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY IGNORANCE OF SAYING THAT THE COMPANY WASN'T INVOLVED. OBVIOUSLY, I'M GETTING EDUCATED ON WHAT HOW IT IS. SO I WANT TO PUT THAT IN THE RECORD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT I'M BEING EDUCATED ALSO MYSELF. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HAPPY TO ANSWER.
YEAH, I'M I GO BACK TO THE LIGHTING I APPRECIATE IT. CHAIR MURILLO TALKING ABOUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IS POSSIBLE ADRIAN A STUDY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AGAIN I DON'T WANT THIS TO PROLONG THIS, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING? BECAUSE GOING BACK, IF A BUILDING, THAT SIDEWALK, WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO USE THAT SIDEWALK AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S AN ADDED COST, BUT I'M JUST BEING MINDFUL OF THAT AND OBVIOUSLY OF THE ROAD WORK.
RIGHT. AND THE FLOODING. RIGHT. THAT HAPPENS IN OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY WHEN IT RAINS, YOU KNOW, 20 MINUTES AND IT FLOODS HALF OF OUR CITIES. RIGHT. SO I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, HOW CAN WE BE BETTER PREPARED, YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE GUTTERS AND WHERE THAT WATER GOES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO I'M JUST AGAIN THINKING OUT LOUD OF WHAT THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THAT AREA. YES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FONSECA. THANK YOU FOR TOUCHING ON THAT POINT. SO AGAIN, AS THE ARMTEC TEAM HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO PROTECT IN PLACE THE LIGHTS THAT EXIST THERE TODAY. AND WE DID SEND THIS OUT FOR THE CITY ENGINEER FOR REVIEW. RIGHT. AND THEY FOUND THAT TO BE, YOU KNOW, ADEQUATE AND COMPLIANCE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE LAST QUESTION, ADRIAN. I THINK THIS ONE'S FOR YOU. YOU DID MENTION THE CASTRO MOBILE PARK. SO YOU MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE EXPANSION IS GOING TO GO INTO THEIR LAND. BUT CAN I GET A CLARIFICATION. SO THAT MEANS THAT SOME OF THEIR LAND WILL BE TAKEN AWAY OR THEY OR HOW IS IT AND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR. AND I SHOULD HAVE A SLIDE. YOU HAD A SLIDE. OKAY. SO THIS HAS A BETTER VISUAL. SO IT'S FROM REALLY THEIR FRONT PROPERTY LINE. SO THE BUILDING RIGHT FORWARD OF THAT TOWARDS TYLER STREET. THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY WITHIN THE CASTRO MOBILE HOME PARK PROPERTY. IT'S WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO THERE ARE SOME ITEMS SUCH AS LANDSCAPING AND SUCH AND FENCING. RIGHT. YOU COULD SEE A BIT OF IT HERE. SEE THAT BLOCK WALL THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DILAPIDATED. THERE'S AN AWNING
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TO THIS. A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN IS A BLOCK WALL AND WROUGHT IRON FENCING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN CASTRO MOBILE HOME PARK'S PROPERTY. RIGHT. AND WE DID MENTION THIS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND THEY WERE AMENABLE TO MAKING THESE CHANGES. RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY ARE, AGAIN, PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, THE ARMTEC TEAM IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING SIDEWALK ALL ALONG TYLER STREET. SO WE DID DISCUSS THIS WITH THEM. THEY DID HAVE A REQUEST THAT THEY STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A BLOCK WALL, APPROXIMATELY THREE TO 3.5FT FROM THEIR BUILDING. SO THEY STILL HAVE SOME PRIVACY. AND WE'RE STILL AGAIN WORKING WITH CDD, WORKING WITH CITY STAFF. AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CASTRO MOBILE HOME PARK TO WORK WITH THEIR REQUEST. RIGHT. OKAY. SO NO HOME WOULD BE DEMOLISHED. NO FAMILY WOULD BE THE HOMES.NO, IT'S JUST THAT LITTLE BIT OF THE AWNING IS FOR THAT STRUCTURE AND YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT, A BIT PLAIN RIGHT. YEAH. IT'S REALLY JUST THAT AND THE BLOCK AND EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD. SO THE BLOCK WALL, THE FENCING AND WE DID MENTION THIS CASTRO MOBILE HOME PARK AND THEY WERE OKAY WITH THESE CHANGES. AND WE DID INVITE THEM TO THE ZOOM MEETING TODAY. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY NOT BE HERE. BUT SO EVERYBODY THAT EVERYBODY THAT IS OR MIGHT BE. I GUESS HAVE A SIDEWALK HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED THAT THIS IS AT THE MOMENT PART OF THE CITY TO DO THIS PROJECT. WE DID MENTION IT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CASTRO MOBILE HOME PARK. THANK YOU ADRIAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THE ON THE LIGHTING ISSUE. IF YOU CAN PULL UP THE MASTER PLAN PHASING MAP.
IT WAS IT WAS ALMOST IN THE FRONT. YOU. FOR THE ENTIRE PHASING. YEAH. THAT THAT MAPS FINE. THAT MAPS GOOD TOO. SO IF YOU LOOK THE MAJORITY OF TYLER STREET THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THE SIDEWALK ON THE FAR SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY IS UNDEVELOPED, RIGHT? CORRECT.
WE'RE GOING IN AND DOING MOST OF THE WORK THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE DONE BY THEM. WE'RE PUTTING IN THE SIDEWALK, WE'RE PUTTING IN THE FULL MEDIAN, WE'RE DOING THE LANDSCAPING. SO THAT DEVELOPER, SOMEDAY IT WON'T BE. I MEAN, THEY'RE GETTING A HECK OF A DEAL. SO I THINK YOU GUYS WILL HAVE ANOTHER BITE AT THE APPLE SOMEDAY WHEN THEY WANT TO COME IN AND BUILD SOMETHING. IF YOU WANT MORE LIGHTING, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PROJECT FOR THEM, SINCE WE'RE REALLY PICKING UP THE BULK OF THE COSTS ALREADY. UNDERSTANDABLE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU ROB. OKAY, ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS OKAY OKAY OKAY. SO WE'LL GO TO THE PAGE. SO IF IT'S OKAY IF DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS. THE COPS ANY ADD ONS TO COPS. WE'RE OKAY CONTENT. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TO APPROVE RESOLUTION. SURE. WHAT DO YOU DID YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. YES. YES OKAY. PERFECT. YES I DID. YES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER. PC 2025 DASH TEN WITH ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW OF NUMBER 20 502. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER THREE 8389. AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF NUMBER 2501 ARMTEC EXPANSION MASTER PLAN FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW OF PHASE TWO AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF PHASE.
PHASE TWO AND THREE OF THE ARMTEC EXPANSION MASTER PLAN AT 85 901 AVENUE 53. AND IT IS THE DETERMINATION THAT THE PROJECT IS COMPLIANT WITH CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT GUIDELINES. SECTION 15 ZERO 73 PUBLIC REVIEW OF A PROPOSED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OR MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION WITH THE FINDINGS AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. CAN I PLEASE GET ROLL CALL? CHAIRPERSON MURILLO. YES. VICE CHAIRPERSON. FONSECA. YES. COMMISSIONER. CABALLERO. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ROB. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HOW ARE THEY HIRING? ARE YOU HIRING? OKAY. WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD TO AGENDA TWO. PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER PC 2020 509. REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER THREE 9391. TAQUERIA ALLENDE TWO. TYPE 41 ABC LICENSE. REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL APPROVAL
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OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 391 TO ALLOW LIQUOR SALES ON SALE. BEER AND WINE. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS VANESSA SANCHEZ. PLANNING TECH.IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS TAQUERIA ALLENDE TWO TYPE 41 LIQUOR LICENSE CASE FILE CUP NUMBER 391. FOR BACKGROUND, THE APPLICANT IS TERESA LEON HUERTA. SHE IS THE BUSINESS OWNER OF TAQUERIA ALLENDE. TO. THE APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED APRIL 15TH, 2025. AND THIS NEW APPLICATION IS FOR THE TYPE 41 ABC LICENSE TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE ON THE LICENSED PREMISES. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 83 103 AVENUE 48, SUITE ONE A, IN THE WALMART SHOPPING CENTER. THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION IS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND THE ZONING DESIGNATION IS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, AND THE CENSUS TRACT IS 40 452.26. FOR MORE BACKGROUND. THIS IS AN EXISTING RESTAURANT LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF AVENUE 48 AND JACKSON STREET.
A PREVIOUS TYPE 47 ABC LICENSE FOR BEER, WINE AND DISTILLED LIQUORS WAS SURRENDERED ON MARCH 18TH, 2025 BY THE PREVIOUS RESTAURANT OWNER, TAQUERIA GUERRERO. THE CUP IS REQUIRED DUE TO THE ABC LICENSE TYPE CHANGE PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 1774 ZERO 15 A TWO, AND SO THE CUP FINDINGS ARE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY, LOOKING INTO THE CENSUS TRACT FOR 452 26, IT'S COMPRISED OF 6528 RESIDENTS, OF WHICH 4489 ARE 21 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER. WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACT, THERE ARE FOUR EXISTING ON SALE LIQUOR LICENSES, AS SHOWN IN THE FIRST TABLE ABOVE, AN ABC IS ALLOWED FOR A MAXIMUM OF SIX FOR ON SALE LIQUOR LICENSES, AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY THREE EXISTING OFF SALE LIQUOR LICENSES, WHICH ABC ALLOWS FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE. AND THEN LOOKING INTO THE CENSUS TRACT JUST TO VISUALLY SEE WHERE THE ABC LICENSES ARE LOCATED. WE HAVE WITHIN 700FT OF THE TAQUERIA TWO. WE HAVE JOE SUSHI ADJACENT TO THEM, WALMART AND WINGSTOP. THE SUBJECT SITE IS ALSO WITHIN 700FT OF SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, BUT IT IS NOT WITHIN 700FT OF A SCHOOL. AND ON SALE ESTABLISHMENTS MAY NOT FALL WITHIN 700FT FROM SENSITIVE USES. THIS INCLUDES SCHOOLS, PARKS, RESIDENTIAL USES, ETC. AND ON SALE ESTABLISHMENTS MAY NOT FALL WITHIN 700FT OF AN EXISTING LIQUOR ON SALE USE, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY FIND THAT THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OUTWEIGHS THE DISTANCE RESTRICTIONS OF THE SUBSECTION 1774 ZERO 15 B UPON ADDITIONAL FINDINGS THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT PROVIDES A SUSTAINABLE BENEFIT TO THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD NOT PROVIDED BY ANOTHER EXISTING ESTABLISHMENT WITHIN THE RESTRICTED DISTANCE, AND IT THEY HAVE NO GREATER THAN 5% OF SALES FLOOR AREA OR 1000FT■!S, WHICHER IS LESS, SHALL BE USED FOR THE DISPLAY OR SALE OF ALCOHOL.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAYS FROM 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM 8 A.M. TO 9 P.M, AND SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. THIS FALLS. THESE ARE GOOD HOURS FOR THEIR CONDITION OF APPROVAL. I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO 11 P.M. YEAH, FROM 6 A.M. TO 11 P.M. AND THEN LOOKING INTO THEIR FLOOR PLAN, THE ALCOHOL DISPLAY AND STORAGE IS WITHIN A STORAGE ROOM AND BEHIND A SERVICE COUNTER, AND NOT WITHIN THE SALES FLOOR AREA. THE ESTABLISHMENT IS PROPOSING TO UTILIZE 20.5FT■!S FOR ALCOHOLIC ALCOHOL STORAGE AND DOES NOT EXCEED THE 5% MAXIMUM SALES FLOOR AREA. THE ESTABLISHMENT IS PROPOSING TO UTILIZE ZERO SQUARE FEET FOR ALCOHOL DISPLAY, AND SO THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR
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DISPLAY, REFRIGERATION AND STORAGE DOES NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM 20% OF THE GROSS FLOOR AREA FOR THE STORAGE, SALE, AND DISPLAY OF ALCOHOL. LOOKING INTO THEIR SIGNAGE. TAQUERIA TWO CURRENTLY HAS AN UNPERMITTED SIGN. NO SIGN PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR STAFF'S APPROVAL.COMMENT LETTER WAS SENT OUT TO THE APPLICANT MAY 20TH, 2025 WITH A PLANNING COMMENT NUMBER 12 NOTIFYING THE APPLICANT THAT A BUILDING PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR SIGNAGE AND AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. ANY EXTERIOR WALL SIGNS SHALL CONSIST OF INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED CHANNEL LETTERING AND SHALL REQUIRE A CITY BUILDING PERMIT. AND THE ALCOHOL. THE ALCOHOL SALES IS CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED. USE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. LAND USE DESIGNATION AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING DESIGNATION. TAQUERIA TWO RESTAURANTS MEETS THE CMC PARKING REQUIREMENTS. I BELIEVE THEY'RE REQUIRED 18, AND THEY HAVE QUITE A BIG PARKING LOT TO SHARE, SO THEY'RE OKAY. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUA PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 301, AS IT IS AN EXISTING FACILITY, AND THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF HAD NO CONCERNS OR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT. AND PER THE DEPARTMENT OF ABC WEBSITE, THE ESTABLISHMENT HAS NO OPERATING RESTRICTIONS, NO HISTORY OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, OR A HISTORY OF OR ACTIVE HOLDS. SORRY AND OVERALL, THIS BUSINESS IS FAMILY OWNED AND HAS BEEN SERVING THE COACHELLA VALLEY SINCE 1985, AND THE USE IS CONSISTENT WITH INTENDED TO IMPLEMENT THE VISION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER GENERAL PLAN BY PROVIDING CONVENIENT ACCESS TO RESTAURANTS THAT MEET THE DAILY AND WEEKLY SHOPPING NEEDS OF NEARBY RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS. SO CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER PC 2020 509, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 391, TO ALLOW LIQUOR SALES FOR BEER AND WINE WITHIN AN EXISTING 1680 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT LOCATED AT 83 103 AVENUE 48, SUITE ONE A, AND DETERMINING THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS COMPLIANT WITH CEQA GUIDELINES. SECTION 15 301. AND THAT WOULD CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE WITH US TODAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND I COULD ALSO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU VANESSA. THANK YOU. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 658. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ONLINE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. WE HAVE ONE. OH, OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.
OKAY. MY NAME IS GRACIELA GREEN AND I'M HELPING THE RESTAURANT OWNER WITH THE ALCOHOL LICENSE.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL WITH THEM, WITH THE CITY. AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC? OH, I'LL BE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT AT 659. I HAVE A QUESTION. VANESSA. YOU DID MENTION THAT THEIR SIGN IS WITHOUT PERMIT BEFORE CONTINUING WITH ALLOWING THE CUP. HAS ANYTHING BEEN DONE TO OR ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO GET THAT THAT SIGN TO CITY CODE? NO, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED EMAILS FROM THE APPLICANT ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS. I JUST NOTICED WHEN TAKING PHOTOS THAT THERE WAS AN UNPERMITTED SIGN. THEY DID HAVE LIKE A GRAND OPENING BANNER. I THINK THAT ALSO DIDN'T HAVE A PERMIT. OKAY, SO THE APPLICANT HAS NOT PROVIDED PLANS YET TO THE CITY, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL AND IT'S ONE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT RESOLUTION TODAY WHERE THEY NEED TO OBTAIN PERMITS FOR THAT SIGN BEFORE THEIR CUP IS ISSUED TO THEM. OH, PERFECT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. CONDITION NUMBER 12. ALSO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION. YEAH. SO TO ME I GUESS WHAT I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED IS, IS ARE ARE THEY USING THE PREVIOUS LICENSE. AND THEY'RE JUST UPGRADING TO A 41.
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RIGHT. SO THE PREVIOUS BUSINESS THAT WAS THERE, THEY HELD ACTUALLY A TYPE 47 LIQUOR LICENSE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE SALE OF BEER, WINE AND SPIRITS THAT ACTUALLY WANT TO COME DOWN.THEY WANT TO COME DOWN. AND THAT LICENSE WAS SURRENDERED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. SO THE PREVIOUS OWNERS, ABC LICENSE WAS SURRENDERED BACK TO ABC. AND THIS CURRENT APPLICANT IS WANTING TO DOWNGRADE THAT LIQUOR LICENSE. SO THEY CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A LICENSE AT THE MOMENT.
NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK, KENDRA, THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE SUGGESTIONS I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING AS A COMMISSION THAT THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB, AND THE BUSINESS IS FULLY UNDERSTANDING. AND I THINK MY FRUSTRATION, WHICH IS WHICH IS NOT PERSONAL, IS MORE BUSINESS. RIGHT. MY FRUSTRATION IS THAT I THINK AS BUSINESS THEY'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE. RIGHT? AND YET THEY STILL CHOSE RIGHT TO DO THIS. RIGHT. BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THAT THEY KNEW OR DIDN'T KNOW. RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE THAT. I'M JUST FEELING THAT IT'S KIND OF BEEN THAT THAT PROCESS, RIGHT. PEOPLE OPEN BUSINESSES AND JUST GO WHERE THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. RIGHT. I WE NEED TO STOP THAT. WE JUST NEED TO STOP THAT BECAUSE WE'RE HUMAN, RIGHT? AND BECAUSE WE'RE HUMAN. AND AGAIN, PEOPLE WILL SAY, OH, NO, MEXICANOS OR ANYBODY ANYBODY'S GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU DO SOMETHING AND YOU'RE JUST NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. RIGHT. AND SO I'M NOT I'M I THINK I'M AT THIS POINT, I'M STILL WILLING AS A COMMISSIONER TO EDUCATE OUR BUSINESSES RIGHT ABOUT WHAT IS THE STANDARD. AS I TOLD ARMTECH, A PROBABLY $1 BILLION COMPANY TO A, YOU KNOW, LOCAL RESTAURANT THAT DOES THAT DOES COMMUNITY WORK FOR US? THE STANDARD IS THE SAME, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO MAKE BUSINESS IN THE COACHELLA AND THE CITY OF COACHELLA. IT'S AS LONG AS I'M HERE RIGHT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE COMES HERE, I DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? BUT AS LONG AS I'M HERE, I, I NEED I NEED CITY STAFF. AND I HOPE THE REST OF THE COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT STANDARD NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED. THAT'S JUST A FACT. RIGHT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS PARTICULAR RESTAURANT, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, AND SO THIS FEELS LIKE A PERSONAL ATTACK. IT'S NOT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS ACROSS BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE THIS IN INDIAN WELLS. WE DON'T SEE THIS IN PALM DESERT. WE DON'T EVEN SEE THIS IN INDIO. RIGHT. THINGS ARE CHANGING. RIGHT. AND SO MY THINKING HERE IS, IS THAT I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE. I'M NOT HERE TO DIMINISH. I'M HERE TO EDUCATE. AND I THINK AS BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, YOU AS BUSINESS OWNERS PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO YOUR BUSINESSES. AND I FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE ENOUGH PRIDE IN HOW YOUR BUSINESS IS ALSO LOOK. RIGHT. AND SO AND YEAH, EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY. RIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALSO MAKING MONEY. RIGHT. AND SO EVERYBODY THAT COMES HERE IS LIKE THE COST AND THIS AND THAT. HEY, I JUST PAID $6,000 FOR CAR INSURANCE AND WE HAVE TO PAY IT. RIGHT. IT IS WHAT IT IS. SO I THINK THAT THIS THIS GOES BACK TO THAT. SO I WOULD FEEL THAT. WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO TABLE THIS TILL LATER SO THAT THAT SIGNAGE GETS RESOLVED.
UNLESS, UNLESS THE REST OF THE COMMISSION FEELS ANOTHER WAY. AND THAT SUGGESTION, KENDRA JUST MENTIONED THAT IN ORDER TO APPROVE THIS ONE, THEY HAVE TO. OKAY. SO TO FIX IT, CORRECT? YEAH. AND YOU GUYS CAN APPROVE IT TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL NOT ISSUE IT TO THEM UNTIL UNTIL IT'S DONE. YEAH. SO IT'S PART OF THE THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. AND THEN I THINK I KIND OF UNDERSTOOD THAT. BUT I WASN'T REALLY UNDERSTANDING SO I APOLOGIZE. YES. SO YEAH. SO IN ORDER TO MOVE ON WITH THIS OOPS THE SIGNAGE HAS TO BE RESULTS PERFECT. AND AGAIN, INSTEAD OF FOR A SECOND TIME, LET'S TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TYPES OF THINGS WE CAN DO. BECAUSE THIS IS ONE THING, RIGHT? MAYBE MAYBE WE CAN DO A SERIES OF AND AGAIN, IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP AGAIN, THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO. PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP. THEY CAN'T COME AND SAY, WELL, NO ONE EVER TOLD ME, RIGHT? I THINK WE AS A CITY, THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE I THINK THE, THE, THE, THE FOCUS OR IT'S ALREADY GONE. RIGHT? THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN BUSINESS OWNERS HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND REALLY HAVEN'T FOLLOWED ANY OF THOSE RULES. RIGHT. AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO BE REEDUCATED OF WHAT THE NEW STANDARD IS. RIGHT? RESPECTFULLY, RIGHT. BUT THEN NOW, ONCE YOU DO KNOW AND YOU KEEP ON DOING IT, DON'T COME TO THE CITY COMPLAINING THAT YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY VIOLATION WITHIN THE CITY. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US. BUT ALSO I FEEL THAT AS A COMMISSION, IT'S OUR JOB TO START DEVELOPING THAT STANDARD, THAT NEW STANDARD THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE 50 YEARS AGO.
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RIGHT. AND NOW IT IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. I THINK YOU MADE A GREAT SUGGESTION, LAST MEETING WHERE YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME KIND OF SEMINAR, SOME CLASS, RIGHT? AND THEN BEFORE THEY LEAVE, RIGHT, THEY SIGN A DOCUMENT SAYING THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD. BUT I THINK EVEN THE SAME THING WHEN A NEW BUSINESS OWNER IS GOING IN TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE, LIKE IF YOU'RE A BROKER, YOU KNOW, A STOREFRONT, RIGHT, THEN YOU GOT TO KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA ARE. SO I THINK, LIKE YOUR IDEA, SIGNING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SAYING THEY UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY WILL BE HELPFUL. AND JUST TO COMMENT, WHEN I RECEIVE BUSINESS LICENSES TO GET APPROVED THROUGH PLANNING, WE DO LEAVE COMMENTS ABOUT SIGNAGE THAT IT SHOULD BE PERMITTED GET GET A PERMIT FOR IT. SO DO THEY GET EMAILED THE DOCUMENT SAYING THAT, OR IS IT LIKE A PAPER DOCUMENT ON MY END? I JUST LEAVE THE COMMENT AND THEN IT GOES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OWNERS SEE. OKAY, SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. YOU GO TO, YOU KNOW, ANY JUMPY PLACE I TAKE MY BOYS, RIGHT. YOU SIGN A WAIVER, RIGHT? YEAH. 99% OF US DON'T EAT DON'T READ ANY OF THAT WAIVER. RIGHT. BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS RIGHT, THEN THAT COMPANY SAYS, WELL, YOU WROTE THE WAIVER. MY SON. YOUR SON BROKE A LEG. SO IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK ON THAT, RIGHT? I FEEL THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON EVERYBODY, RIGHT? INCLUDING MYSELF. RIGHT. NOT JUST THE BUSINESS OR ANYBODY. BECAUSE YOU CAN GIVE SOMEONE THEY'RE NOT SIGNING ANYTHING, THEY'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING. THEN THEY CAN LEAVE AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, YEAH, RIGHT. WHENEVER IT'S CONVENIENT FOR US, INCLUDING MYSELF, WE'LL JUST SAY WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF DIGITAL BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH PAPERWORK, RIGHT? DIGITAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. RIGHT, THAT THEY GET IT SO THAT IF A BUSINESS OWNER COMES BACK AND SAYS, WELL, WHAT AM I GETTING VIOLATED? WELL, REMEMBER THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU SIGNED, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT WAS THE STANDARD. OH WELL, THAT'S THAT'S ON YOU, SIR. YEAH. BUT WHOEVER THAT IS. YEAH. LANGUAGE BARRIERS ARE. YEAH. AND AGAIN I AND IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ OR DON'T UNDERSTAND THEN THEN THAT'S WHY BEFORE PEOPLE LEAVE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT PEOPLE FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.IF PEOPLE SAY YOU DID AND YOU SIGNED, YOU'RE SIGNING THAT YOU UNDERSTAND. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE FOCUS. AND I THINK IT IS NOT PARTICULARLY ON THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS. RIGHT. I'M NOT. BUT I THINK WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION LAST. IT'S ABOUT THE OTHER BUSINESSES HERE THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, SAY, BUT YOU KNOW, TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO LEARN, THEY LEARN WHEN THEY DON'T WANT, THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT. RIGHT. SO AGAIN, AND THIS IS NOT ON ANYBODY. RIGHT. THIS IS NOT CULTURALLY. THIS IS NOT IT'S JUST AS PEOPLE. RIGHT. WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. I'M GOING TO CHECK IN WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT MEETING, OUTLINING THE PROCESS OF WHAT STEPS GO INTO PLACE WHEN APPLICANTS COME IN TO GET THEIR BUSINESS LICENSES, AND WHAT INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED TO THEM AND COMMUNICATED TO THEM ON WHAT OTHER OUTSTANDING ITEMS THEY NEED TO COMPLETE IN ORDER, IN ADDITION TO GETTING THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE AND ALSO HOW THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THEY UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER STEP. KENDRA, AGAIN, NOT THAT IF IT'S NOT THERE, IT'S NOT THERE. RIGHT. BUT I THINK MOVING FORWARD, THE IMPORTANCE IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT. I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE KEY. OKAY.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MOVE ON WITH THIS RESOLUTION? I'M GONNA GO YEAH, I'LL DO IT. ALL RIGHT.
I'LL MOVE FORWARD TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 509, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CUP NUMBER 391 TO ALLOW LIQUOR SALES. ABC TYPE 41 ON SALE BEER AND WINE EATING PLACE WITHIN AN EXISTING 16 80 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT LOCATED ON 83 103 AVENUE 48, SUITE ONE A, AND DETERMINING THAT THE THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT CEQA GUIDELINES. GUIDELINES. SECTION 15 315 301. EXISTING FACILITIES.
I WILL SECOND THAT. CHAIRPERSON. MARIA. YES. VICE CHAIRPERSON. FONSECA. YES. COMMISSIONER.
CABALLERO. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO INFORMATIONAL. I
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JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENTS. THEY WERE CONTINUED FROM THE LAST MEETING TO THIS NEXT MEETING. SO IT'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERED[01:10:05]
AGAIN AT THE JUNE 11TH MEETING. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE HAVE, KENDRA? I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT SIX APPLICANTS. YEAH. SO THERE ARE SIX APPLICANTS. THESE WERE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE EITHER PROVIDED SOMETIME LAST YEAR DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AND I THINK WE MAY HAVE RECEIVED 1 OR 2 MORE WHEN THE APPLICATION PROCESS WAS REOPENED. SO THERE ARE ABOUT A TOTAL NUMBER OF SIX. AND AFTER THEIR AFTER THE APPOINTMENT NEXT WEEK, WILL THEY START FOR OUR NEXT MEETING OR WHEN WOULD THEY BE STARTING? IDEALLY, THEY WOULD BE STARTING AT THE NEXT MEETING. THEY DO HAVE TO COMPLETE THEIR OATH THAT THAT YOU GUYS DID. SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEM GETTING THAT COMPLETED AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. AWESOME. DO YOU KNOW IF I'LL STAY AS AN ALTERNATE OR THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS AS THAT GOES ON.THANK YOU. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, STAFF RECEIVED DIRECTION AND APPROVAL TO WORK ON RESEARCH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOME OCCUPATION PERMITS WITHIN THE CITY. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A HOME OCCUPATION SECTION IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PERMIT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. SO CITY STAFF AND PLANNING AND ALSO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES IN THE VALLEY AND BEYOND DO. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT PROCESS AND BRINGING IT TO YOU GUYS HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THANK YOU. KENDRA, ONE MORE THING. I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING TOGETHER AN AGENDA ITEM TO BRING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR STAFF TO WORK ON DEVELOPING THAT EDUCATIONAL SIGN WORKSHOP THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, INCLUDING TALKING ABOUT AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. SO ONCE STAFF GETS ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO START PUTTING THAT TOGETHER TO HOPEFULLY HELP EDUCATE BUSINESS OWNERS WITHIN THE CITY. AND I ALSO FEEL WITHIN THOSE LINES, ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS BECOME A LITTLE TEDIOUS THAT THAT COULD BE LIKE ONE WORKSHOP, BUT THEN OFF OF THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OFF OF THAT CONVERSATION, YOU CAN ASK BUSINESSES, OKAY, WHAT ELSE ARE THEY CONFUSED OR ENVIRONMENTAL OR WHATEVER, THAT COULD BE ADDITIONAL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SMALL TRAININGS THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR JUST TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. AND THEN I'LL MAKE SURE TO COORDINATE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL, JUST TO SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS SEEING MORE OFTEN THAN NOT AS ISSUES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? AND WE'LL START TO WORK ON IT FROM BOTH ENDS. AND THEN JUST TO CONFIRM, ARE WE STILL GOING DARK IN AUGUST? IS THAT STILL. YES, I KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY. NOPE. SO. SO AUGUST IS DARK, RIGHT? YES. CORRECT. SO JULY WE'RE STILL ON.
OKAY. YEAH. AND WE DO HAVE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR BOTH JULY MEETINGS. AND I'LL GET YOU GUYS OVER A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OUTLINING WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE. PERFECT. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS
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