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GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF NOVEMBER 19TH.
WE'RE GOING TO START AT 602. VICE CHAIR FONSECA, CAN YOU LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? READY? BEGIN. 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. CAN I PLEASE GET A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER TORRES, PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER. LARA. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. ODORICO. PRESENT. VICE CHAIRPERSON. FONSECA.
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LIKE TO. CAN I GET AN APPROVAL TO MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 15TH, 2020 FIFTH. I. MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR OCTOBER 15TH, 2020 FIFTH. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. COMMISSIONER TORRES. YES, COMMISSIONER. LARA. YES, COMMISSIONER. ODORICO. YES. VICE CHAIRPERSON. FONSECA. YES.AND CHAIRPERSON. MARIA. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MARINE
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COMMUNICATIONS. RIGHT. THERE WAS ONE PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS. AND THERE ARE SOME HARD COPIES AVAILABLE IN THE CHAMBERS AS WELL. THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENTS. NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THEREOF. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 604. ANYONE ON ZOOM HAS A COMMENT? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NO HANDS RAISED. OKAY, SO NO ONE HAS A PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL BE CLOSING IT AT 604. HEARING ITEMS THERE ARE NONE. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH OUR
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FIRST HEARING ITEM, WHICH IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025, HYPHEN 18, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE ENCANTO MODIFICATION PROJECT, A MODIFICATION TO TENTATIVE TRACK MAP NUMBER 38 429. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 376. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, PLANNING COMMISSION AND CHAIR. I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM FOR MODIFICATION TO TPM NUMBER 38429 CUP NUMBER 376 AR. NUMBER 22 DASH 11. THE ENCANTO MODIFICATION PROJECT. SO FOR A BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE APPLICANT IS JOSEPH REZVANI OF THE GLOBAL INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP. THE CITY APPLICATION DATE IS JULY 15TH, 2025. THE EXISTING USE IS FOR A VACANT LOT. THE CASE FILE AGAIN IS FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW MODIFICATION FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW OF NINE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME FLOOR PLAN ELEVATIONS AND LANDSCAPING. THIS IS ALSO FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT MODIFICATION FOR A MODIFICATION OF THE APPROVED PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WITH CHANGES TO THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND ALSO FOR A TENTATIVE TRACK MAP FOR THE CHANGE TO THE APPROVED TENTATIVE TRACK MAP.ORIGINALLY APPROVING 111 LOTS, BUT NOW MODIFIED FOR THE PROPOSAL OF 192 LOTS, THE ZONING AND GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION IS REGIONAL COMMERCIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, OR PUD. TO CONTINUE WITH MORE BACKGROUND. ON JUNE 12TH, 2024, JUST LAST YEAR, THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR 111 SINGLE FAMILY LOT PRIVATE COMMUNITY SUBDIVISION, WITH 81 OF THOSE 111 LOTS TO BE PROVIDED WITH ADUS CONSTRUCTED ON THOSE LOTS.
THE PROJECT INCLUDED A PARK AND RETENTION BASIN. THEY INCLUDED 4500 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, AND THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS APPROVED WITH SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME FLOOR PLANS WITH A SPANISH CONTEMPORARY DESIGN THAT RANGE FROM 2036FT■!S TO 2814FT■!S. AND HERE IS THE SE PLAN OF THAT ORIGINAL APPROVAL FOR 111 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. AND THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL ELEVATIONS OF THAT PROPOSED PROJECT. AND HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT THOSE ELEVATIONS, WHICH
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PROVIDED SEVEN SEVEN DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS. SO THE PROJECT IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE CORAL MOUNTAIN ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND HERE IS PHOTOS OF THAT INTERSECTION OF VAN BUREN STREET AND FRIDA WAY INTERSECTION. LOOKING NORTH. HERE ARE PHOTOS FROM VAN BUREN STREET LOOKING SOUTH FROM CORAL MOUNTAIN AND TO THE RIGHT IS AN IMAGE OF THE PROJECT SITE LOOKING NORTH TOWARD CORAL MOUNTAIN ACADEMY. AND HERE ARE PHOTOS OF, AGAIN, THE INTERSECTION LOOKING NORTH. AND THEN FARTHER DOWN THE CHAIN LINK FENCE JUST ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY BETWEEN THE VACANT PROPERTY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, THERE'S AN EXISTING CHAIN LINK FENCE. SO NOW TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED 192 SINGLE FAMILY LOT PRIVATE COMMUNITY. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A PARK AND RETENTION BASIN, AND NOW THE PROJECT IS PROPOSING 2500 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS FOR THREE DISTINCT FLOOR PLANS WITH NINE DISTINCT ELEVATIONS ALL TWO STORY HOMES. THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS ARE A SPANISH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, AND JUST FOR A COMPARISON OF THE FLOOR PLANS, THE ORIGINAL PROJECT AGAIN HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT FLOOR PLANS, RANGING FROM 2003 2036FTS TO 2814FT■!S. AND NOW WITH THE PROPOSED PROJECT, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT FLOOR PLANS, RANGING FROM 1734FT■!S TO 2047FT■!S. BUH OF THOSE FLOOR PLANS HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ELEVATION TYPES. SO IN TOTAL THERE'S THREE OR, SORRY, NINE DIFFERENT ELEVATION LOOKS. AND THESE ARE THE NINE DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDE A PROGRESSIVE SPANISH DESIGN, A DESERT CONTEMPORARY DESIGN, AND A DESERT RANCH DESIGN. AND HERE ARE THE NINE DIFFERENT SCHEMES OR THREE ARE ONLY INCLUDED HERE, BUT THE NINE ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT. REPORTS. AND HERE ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THREE OF THOSE FOR THE PUD. SO THERE IS A PUD FOR THIS PROJECT, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WHICH DOES INCLUDE FLEXIBLE DESIGN STANDARDS. TO THE LEFT TABLE IS THE ORIGINAL PUD DESIGN STANDARDS AND PROJECT STANDARDS, AND TO THE RIGHT IS THE NEW PROPOSED PUD MODIFICATION. SO AGAIN, FROM THE ORIGINAL 4500FTS FOR THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE, AND NOW TO 2500FT■!S FOR THE PROPOSD PROJECT. SMALL DIFFERENCE FOR THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH FROM 45FT TO NOW 44FT MINIMUM LOT DEPTH WAS ORIGINALLY 90FT. NOW IT'S 60FT. THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE WAS 50% AND NOW IT'S 80%. THE MINIMUM FRONT SETBACKS WERE 20 TO GARAGE AND 15 TO LIVABLE AREA OR PORCH. AND NOW IT WOULD BE 18 TO GARAGE AND SEVEN TO LIVERPOOL AREA OR PORCH. THE REAR YARD SETBACKS WERE 15FT, BUT NOW THEY WOULD AVERAGE OF TEN FEET WITH A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET MINIMUM. SIDE SETBACKS ARE THE SAME, AND FOR THE GARAGE SIZE, ORIGINALLY 400FT■!S FOR A 20 BY 20 GARAGE D NOW A 361 SQUARE FOOT GARAGE.19 BY 19 WITH ADDITIONAL PUD FLEXIBILITIES. AND THERE WERE A LIST OF PUD FLEXIBLE STANDARDS INCLUDED, AND THEY ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR REPORTS. BUT JUST TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE, THEY DID REQUEST FLEXIBLE STANDARDS FOR WINDOW TRIM OR RECESS, AND I HIGHLIGHTED THAT SOME OF THE WINDOWS ARE NOT GOING TO BE RECESSED, BUT IT IS IN THE CODE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY ARE. BUT THEY PART OF THIS PROJECT, THEY REQUESTED THAT CERTAIN WINDOWS NOT MEET THIS REQUIREMENT AND ALSO FOR CIRCULATION. THERE WERE COMMENTS FROM STAFF TO CONSIDER, INCLUDING SOME DESIGNS LIKE BULB OUTS, BUT THIS DESIGN WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY ENGINEER AND THERE WAS NO COMMENTS ON THE CIRCULATION DESIGN. AND WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUES WITH THE CIRCULATION BECAUSE, AGAIN, THERE WAS NO COMMENTS FROM THE ENGINEER TO CHANGE THAT DESIGN. AND ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS A PRIVATE COMMUNITY, WE DON'T EXPECT ISSUES IN CIRCULATION. TO CONTINUE WITH LANDSCAPING. THE LANDSCAPING OF THIS PROJECT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PROJECT. IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR WITH THIS PROJECT. THEY DO PROPOSE TURF, OPEN SPACE, TURF, OPEN SPACE, PARK LANDSCAPE AREA AND RETENTION BASIN. THERE WILL BE TWO ENTRYWAYS THAT ARE PROPOSED, AND THERE IS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR THEM TO BE WITH DECORATIVE STAMPED PAVERS. SIGNAGE. PLANS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED FOR DIRECTOR REVIEW.
IN THE REPORT, THERE WAS THE OUTDATED ONE, BUT WITH THE WITH THIS PROJECT, THEY WOULD BE
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REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SIGNAGE PLANS FOR DIRECTOR APPROVAL. AFTER AN APPROVAL, AND THERE IS ALSO A CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO HAVE THE ENTIRE RETENTION BASIN BE THREE EIGHT INCH CRUSHED GRAVEL, AND THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT IT MEETS THE REST OF THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT OF THE LANDSCAPING, AND ALSO IT'S TO ENSURE THAT IN FUTURE STORMS IT WOULDN'T WASH OUT. IT WOULD BE MORE RESILIENT TO THAT. AND THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE PALETTE FOR THE PROJECT. AND NOW TO DISCUSS THE COMMON AREA. SO THIS IS RIGHT ON VAN BUREN STREET. WHEN YOU'RE WALKING ON VAN BUREN STREET IT WILL INCLUDE A SEPARATED SIDEWALK DESIGN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN GUIDELINES, WHICH INCLUDES A FOUR FOOT, SIX INCH LANDSCAPE PLANNER, THE SIX INCHES OR FOR THE CURB AND THEN FOUR FEET FOR THE LANDSCAPING, WHICH WILL INCLUDE SHADED TREES, A FIVE FOOT FOR SIDEWALK AND THEN FIVE FOOT SIX INCHES FOR AN EQUESTRIAN TRAIL. IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR AN EQUESTRIAN TRAIL DESIGN, AND WE HAVE SEEN IT IN COMMUNITIES LIKE PYRAMID RANCH. AND SO IT WILL BE AS A DESIGN OF THIS COMMON AREA FOR THIS PROJECT, FOR THE FENCE DESIGN. SO DRIVING BY THIS PROJECT, ONCE CONSTRUCTED, WILL THE FENCE DESIGN LOOK LIKE FROM VAN BUREN STREET IN BLUE? I HIGHLIGHTED WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE WROUGHT IRON FENCING AND THEN IN RED I SHOWED IT'S ONLY A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHERE IT WILL BE BLOCK WALL VISIBLE FOR THE FENCING SPLIT FACE BLOCK WOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE WALL ONLY ON VAN BUREN STREET. SO THOSE SMALL LITTLE STRIPS, BUT OTHERWISE THE REST OF THE PERIMETER FENCE WILL BE A PRECISION BLOCK WALL WITH A SPLIT FACE BAND. AND FOR THIS PROJECT, INTERNAL FENCING NOT VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY MAY BE VINYL FENCING, AND FOR SHORT SHORT TERM RENTALS. THERE IS NO MODIFICATION TO THE ORIGINAL PROJECT. IT'S THE SAME CONDITION, SO IT READS NO OWNER SHALL BE PERMITTED TO RENT OR LEASE SUCH OWNER'S LOT FOR TRANSIENT OR HOTEL PURPOSES, OR FOR A PERIOD OF LESS THAN 30 DAYS, UNLESS PERMITTED BY THE CITY. TWO YEARS AFTER THE FINAL OCCUPANCY PERMIT IS ISSUED FOR THE TRACK, SO THIS CONDITION IS STAYING THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. ORIGINAL APPROVAL WITH NO CHANGE, AND THERE WAS A STAFF RECOMMENDED MODIFICATION TO HAVE ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO READ FOR CONDITION NUMBER 121, TREES MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE FOOT SEPARATION FROM WATER AND SEWER LATERALS, WITH ROOT BARRIER TREES PLANTED MORE THAN FIVE FEET FROM WATER, AND SEWER LATERALS REQUIRE NO ROOT BARRIER. THIS IS A UTILITY CONDITION. WE DID REACH OUT TO THE UTILITIES AND THEY APPROVED OF THIS CHANGE IN THE CONDITIONS AND FOR FINDINGS. WE DID FIND THE TENTATIVE MAP MEETS GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING GUIDELINES. SAME THING FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, MEETS GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING GUIDELINES. AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUD STANDARDS FOR FLEXIBLE DESIGN STANDARDS AND SAME THING FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. WE FOUND THAT THE PROJECT DOES MEET GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING GUIDELINES AND THE FINDINGS. AS FOR SEQUA, WE FOUND THAT THE PROJECT WAS COMPLIANT WITH SQL REQUIREMENTS. THE PLANNING DIVISION HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS COMPLIANT WITH CEQA GUIDELINES. SECTION 15 O 73. AND FOR ALTERNATIVES HERE, HERE ARE THE ALTERNATIVES. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKE A DECISION AMONGST THESE ALTERNATIVES. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ADRIAN. DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM A PLANNER. CAN WE HEAR FROM THE PROJECT PLANNER. DO I OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT? I'LL OPEN AT 616. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ROB BERNHEIMER AND I REPRESENT THE PROJECT APPLICANT, JOSEPH ROVANI WITH GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT IS HERE. WE HAVE RICH MALAKOFF FROM THE ALTUM GROUP WHO CONDUCTED THE TECHNICAL STUDIES. JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS TIME AROUND, WE WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH A BUILDER, AND THE BUILDER IS THE ONE THAT PROPOSED THE ARCHITECT AND THE THINGS, THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SEEING.I BELIEVE DUSTIN MOYER, THE ARCHITECT, IS PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM PULTE ON THE PARTICIPATING FROM VIRTUALLY AS WELL. AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND HAPPY TO DO SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I
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HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. CAN I GET THE EXPLANATION OF WHY THE DOWNSIZE OF THE LOTS AND THE HOUSING? ABSOLUTELY. I WISH WE WEREN'T HERE TONIGHT. I WISH WE COULD HAVE BUILT THE PROJECT THAT GOT APPROVED LAST YEAR. CERTAINLY JOSEPH WISHES HE WOULD. UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH THAT PROJECT TODAY. IF YOU IF YOU REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR, THIS, THIS THIS LAND WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL AND IT WAS REZONED TO, TO TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PROJECT. BUT IN YOUR ZONING CODE, IT ALSO ALLOWED FOR HOUSING. AND WE HAD TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF TEN UNITS TO THE ACRE UNDER THE ZONING CODE, UNDER THE COMMERCIAL AND WAS SB 330 STATE LAW. YOU CAN'T REDUCE THAT NUMBER BELOW TEN. AND WE WERE STRUGGLING WHEN WE DESIGNED THE PROJECT ORIGINALLY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET 192 UNITS ON THIS PROJECT, AND WE GOT CREATIVE AND WORKING WITH YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF BUILDING A LARGER HOUSES WITH GUEST HOUSES, ADUS, AND THEN COUNTING THE ADUS TOWARDS THAT. SO WE HAD 111 UNITS THAT WERE LARGER, AND THEN 81 ADUS. UNFORTUNATELY, ONCE WE GOT THE PROJECT APPROVED, WE WE LOOKED AT NATIONAL BUILDERS, REGIONAL BUILDERS, AND LOCAL BUILDERS AND MARKETED IT PRETTY EXTENSIVELY WITH, YOU KNOW, A WELL KNOWN BROKER HERE, AND WE COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY WHO WOULD BUILD IT. THE CRITICISM THAT WE RECEIVED IS BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY ONLY 111 SALES, NOT 192 SALES, BECAUSE IT WAS HOUSE PLUS THE ADU. BY THE TIME YOU COMBINED THOSE TWO TOGETHER, THE PRICE WAS GOING TO BE MORE THAN THE MARKET COULD COULD SUPPORT FOR EACH HOUSE. SO AFTER, I DON'T KNOW, 4 OR 5, SIX MONTHS OF TRYING TO GET BUILDERS TO TO BUY ONTO THAT CONCEPT, WE REALIZED WE WEREN'T GOING TO FIND A BUILDER TO DO IT. AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT WAS TO BUILD 192 UNITS THAT BECOME SMALLER. EACH OF THOSE UNITS THEN BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE THAN THE ONES THAT WE PROPOSED BEFORE, BUT IT NOW MEANS WE HAVE TO PUT 192 UNITS INSTEAD OF 111 UNITS WITH ADUS ON THE SAME SIZE PROPERTY, AND YOUR HANDS ARE TIED AND OUR HANDS ARE TIED, WE CAN'T REDUCE IT BELOW 192 UNITS UNDER STATE LAW, SO IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO COME BACK WITH A DESIGN THAT WORKED FOR THAT. WHICH IS WHY INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT WE DID BEFORE, WE ENDED UP WORKING WITH A BUILDER WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, GIVE US, GIVE US THE PLANS OF SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BUILD SO THAT WHEN WE GET THIS APPROVED, IT WILL GET BUILT. SO THAT'S THE KIND OF SHORT VERSION OF THE LONG STORY OF HOW WE GOT HERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EXPLANATION, COMMISSIONER TORRES. I DID SEE THAT THERE WAS A MENTION OF A PARK BEING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IS THERE GOING TO BE A UPKEEP PLAN ON THE PARK? IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO SCHOOL. SO I DO KNOW THAT KIDS CAN SOMETIMES GET, LIKE, STUFF FROM THE ICE CREAM MAN. AND THEN THEY, LIKE, THROW THEIR TRASH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN IT'S LIKE ALL OVER THE PLACE, OR THEY THROW IT IN THE PARK. AND SO IS THERE GOING TO BE LIKE AN UPKEEP PLAN OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN OVER THE, THE, THE, THE HOA WILL BE MAINTAINING THE PARK. GOT IT. YES, COMMISSIONER. LAURA. SINCE THIS IS GOING TO BE AN HOA, WILL IT BE GATED? IT IS NOT GATED. I DON'T THINK IT GIVES OPEN GATE ON THE SOUTH. AND THEN CLOSER TO. CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK? THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE OPEN GATE AND THEN THE SECOND GATE IS THE EMERGENCY ACCESS GATE.BUT BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO VAN BUREN, WE HAD TO LIMIT ACCESS TO IT AND NOT HAVE IT BE OPEN SO THAT ACCORDING TO THE CITY ENGINEER. AND BY THE WAY, MY NAME IS RICH MALAKOFF WITH THE GROUP. YEAH. SO IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT A GATED COMMUNITY. OKAY. LET'S SEE. SO WHO WHAT TYPE OF LIKE DEMOGRAPHIC ARE YOU? YOU KNOW, EXPECTING TO LIVE IN THESE PROPERTIES? SINCE THEY'RE LARGE, THEY'RE LIKE FOUR BEDROOMS, FIVE BEDROOMS. I WOULD DEFER TO PULTE WHO'S ON THE, THE THE ZOOM TO ANSWER THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT THEY'RE TARGETING WITH THIS WITH THIS PROJECT. OKAY. AND IF YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR FOR THEM NOW THEY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION OR YOU CAN. IT'S OPEN. THEY'RE ABLE TO SPEAK. I HAVE DUSTIN MOYER. CAN
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YOU GUYS HEAR ME. YES. HI MY NAME IS DUSTIN MOYER WITH PULTE HOMES. WE ARE WE WANT TO MAKE THIS. HOUSING SUITABLE FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN'S FAMILY MEMBERS REQUIRING ASSISTANCE AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL, MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILIES. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THREE BEDROOMS WITH TWO AND A HALF BATHS, GOING UP TO FIVE BEDROOMS AND THREE BATHS. AND TWO OF THE THREE PLANS WERE DESIGNED WITH BEDROOMS AND A BATH IN THE FIRST FLOOR AS WELL TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? COMMISSIONER, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. VICE CHAIR FONSECA. YEAH, SO THERE WAS A COUPLE THINGS I KNOW WHEN THIS PROJECT CAME IN CONVERSATION. THE ONE THING WAS THE DESIGN. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE PLANS, AND MAYBE I OVERSTEPPED. THE DESIGN WAS TO PROPOSE 1 OR 2 ENTRANCES FROM THE TRACK OF HOMES, ASSUMING RIGHT AS AS THE BUILDER HAS SUGGESTED, THERE ARE GOING TO BE FAMILIES LIVING THERE, THAT THERE WAS THERE WAS THAT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT OF HAVING SOME TYPE OF CROSSWALK OR ENTRANCE FOR THE KIDS TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL. RIGHT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT WAS ALSO A CONVERSATION. THE OTHER THING, TOO, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE DID HAVE 1 OR 2 COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME AND TALK, AND I THINK THAT WAS AN ACTION THAT WE, AS A COMMISSION, ASKED THE CITY STAFF TO TALK ABOUT. AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T HERE YET, BUT WAS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS. RIGHT. AND SO, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, RIGHT, THERE IS NO SIDEWALKS. SO I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS COMING INTO CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ADJUSTMENT, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY IN CORRELATION WITH THE SCHOOLS, TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THAT THAT PATHWAY. RIGHT. AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS CONVERSED REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED, RIGHT, BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE THINKING ABOUT IT. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND THEN AND THEN I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT BEFORE I HAVE MY NEXT QUESTION OF THE I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I KNOW HE DEFINITELY KNOWS THE ANSWER. SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE AT THE SITE PLAN? YEAH. SO. WHETHER YOU HAVE YOU HAVE.THERE'S THERE'S AN EASEMENT THAT RUNS ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY SO THAT THE KIDS CAN WALK ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY WHERE BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A SIDEWALK ALONG THE SCHOOL, SO THERE'S AN EASEMENT THERE THAT THE KIDS CAN WALK ALONG THE NORTHERN. IT'S THE SAME ONE WE HAD FOR THE PREVIOUS PROJECT. WE LEFT THAT IN. WE DIDN'T CHANGE IT AT ALL.
SO YOU HAVE 1 OR 2. ONE BASED ON THE JUST ONE. WE ALWAYS HAD ONE. OKAY. AND I THINK I THINK IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY AND WE CAN PROBABLY GO BACK, I THINK THE SUGGESTION WAS TO HAVE TWO SUGGESTION WAS TO HAVE TWO OF THOSE ENTRANCES. I DON'T RECALL THAT. I DON'T RECALL THAT EITHER. OKAY. WELL, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. RIGHT. I CAN CHECK ALSO, BUT I REMEMBER THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS PART OF THE, OF THE INITIAL APPROVAL. AND AGAIN, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT A PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSIONER THAT WAS HERE WAS REALLY OPEN ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO THE CONVERSATION OF THAT, OF THAT SIDEWALK, RIGHT, THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN OPEN CONVERSATION WITH STAFF TO FIGURE OUT NOW THAT THIS THIS TRACK OF HOMES WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO START DEVELOPING THAT, NOT JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF OF THE PEOPLE BUYING HOMES, BUT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN GOING TO THAT SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. SO IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD AS A CONDITION THAT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING? OR WHAT LOCATION ARE YOU REFERRING TO FOR THE SIDEWALK? WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE SITE, BECAUSE THE CONVERSATIONS, THE SIDEWALK AHEAD OF THE SCHOOL THAT CONNECTS TO WHAT IS THAT SIXTH STREET? NO, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. THAT WAS THE SECOND. THAT'S THAT'S THE SCHOOL WHERE THE IMAGINE SCHOOL IS THAT MY MEMORY IS WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION. WE INCORPORATED THOSE ITEMS IN THE FINAL APPROVAL. LAST TIME THEY WERE IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND THOSE CONDITIONS AND THOSE CARRIED THROUGH TO THIS PROJECT DESIGN. SO
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NOTHING'S CHANGED FROM WHAT YOU GUYS ULTIMATELY APPROVED AT THE LAST HEARING ON THAT ISSUE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT IN THE REPORT THAT WE GOT TODAY. AGAIN, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT NOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF RECHECKING ALL OF OUR WORK. RIGHT? I FEEL THAT WITH THIS ADJUSTMENT, I JUST WANT TO RECONFIRM THAT THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT THAT ARE IN CONVERSATION THAT ARE GOING TO PULL BACK UP THE WHOLE PROJECT SITE, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE, COMMISSIONER, THAT I'M FULLY UNDERSTANDING YOUR COMMENT AND NOT MISUNDERSTANDING IT. OF COURSE. ARE YOU SPEAKING OF ABILITY TO WALK ALONG THE EDGE? WHERE NEAR WHERE IT SAYS PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN OR ALONG VAN BUREN TO GET TO THE SCHOOL? SO WHAT WAS SUGGESTED, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IS GO, GO. ADRIAN, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE WHERE YOU HAVE THE THE FREEWAY? OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, THAT THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT A PERFECT VISUAL. LOUTRA RIGHT THERE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT AWAY WHERE THE WHERE THAT STREET GOES BACK. RIGHT. SO THE SUGGESTION WAS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MINIMUM OF TWO ENTRANCES TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN THAT ARE LIVING WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND JUST TO CLARIFY, IF I CAN, ARE YOU MENTIONING ON THE SECOND PHOTO TO THE RIGHT WHERE THE POWER POLES ARE, IS OR. NO, I'M. THAT THAT STREET DOWN THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. PICTURE ON THE LEFT DOWN RIGHT OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH OBVIOUSLY THAT STREET DOWN. SO IF I IF I'M GOING DOWN IF I'M GOING DOWN THIS STREET RIGHT HERE, I'M GOING TO TURN LEFT TO GO INTO FEET AWAY.RIGHT TURN RIGHT TO GO INTO FEET AWAY. CORRECT. RIGHT. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT STREET, THE LOTS RIGHT THERE. SO THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD THE HOMES. YEAH. RIGHT. SO ONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE INTERSECTION LIGHTS. YES. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. SO THE SUGGESTION BASED ON THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION WAS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MINIMUM OF TWO ENTRANCES TO ACCESS FROM THE HOMES INTO THE SCHOOL. THE WALKING WAS OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO OKAY. YEP. DID YOU PUT THIS BACK ON THE SCREEN. WE COULD PROBABLY PUT A PEDESTRIAN GATE. NO IT'S JUST WHERE ARE THEY? HOW ARE THEY? HOW WOULD PEOPLE SAFELY GOING TO TRAVEL FROM THERE TO THE SCHOOLS. QUESTION. BECAUSE BACK HERE IS JUST THE THE PARK SPACE OF THE SCHOOL, RIGHT? YEAH. WHEREAS UP HERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SIDEWALK FOR THE FOR PEOPLE TO USE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE OKAY. WE CAN LOOK INTO PUTTING A GATE ON THE FAR LEFT STUB STREET, A SECOND ONE UP THERE. BUT WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW PEOPLE CAN SAFELY THEN GET FROM THERE TO THE SCHOOL. SO IF IT'S IF IT'S FEASIBLE, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE COMMUNICATING. THAT WAS PART OF THE APPROVAL THE PREVIOUS TIME WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN CITY STAFF AND YOU YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO WORK OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALSO TO FIGURE OUT THAT ACCESS. RIGHT. AND IT SEEMS THAT OBVIOUSLY, BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SHARING WITH ME, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY HASN'T EVEN BEEN PART OF A CONVERSATION. YEAH, I KNOW WE CONCENTRATED ON MAKING SURE THERE WAS SIDEWALK AND SAFE ACCESS ON THE VAN BUREN SIDE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD SOMETHING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROJECT AND WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO PUT A GATE IN. AS LONG AS THERE'S AN ABILITY FOR SAFE PASSAGE ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE DON'T HAVE. I MEAN, THIS PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE SQUEEZING 192 UNITS. WE DON'T HAVE ROOM TO PUT A SIDEWALK DOWN OUR PROPERTY ON THAT SIDE AND BE ABLE TO MEET THE DENSITY THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE. THAT'S OUR STRUGGLE. FOR APPROVAL FOR YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID? THAT IT'S NOT REFLECTIVE AT FEET AWAY.
YEAH, THERE IS A CONDITION SOMEWHAT LIKE THAT. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE A MORE ENHANCED CONDITION ON THAT FOR LOOKING AT AN ACCESS POINT THERE. SEE THE THE WHITE. SQUARE OR GO.
OVER HERE. RIGHT RIGHT THERE. OKAY. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR JASON FROM PULTE MENTIONED THAT HE'S FOCUSING ON FAMILIES AND CHILDREN COMING
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INTO THE THING, INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THE THE SHORT TERM RENTAL SAID IT'S ONLY IT'S A TWO YEAR PERIOD BEFORE THEY CAN SHORT TERM RENTAL A HOUSE THERE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO EXTEND THAT? I BELIEVE LIKE TWO YEARS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR A CHILD TO GROW BECAUSE, I MEAN, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW MY NEIGHBOR HAS A NEWBORN AND HER NEIGHBOR IS LIKE A SHORT TERM RENTAL THAT HAS LIKE MUSIC LOUD ALL THE TIME. AND IT'S JUST NOT ADAPTABLE FOR HER. SO I THINK THAT MAKING IT MAYBE LIKE 4 OR 5 YEARS IS ENOUGH FOR LIKE A FAMILY TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN FOR, FOR THE WEEKEND OR, OR FOR THE WEEKENDS. IS THAT MODIFICATION POSSIBLE? IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MODIFICATION REQUEST, YOU CAN DO SO. OKAY. IF THE APPLICANT, YOU GUYS CAN WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON THAT, BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD RECOMMEND AS A MODIFICATION. OKAY. I WANT TO FIND OUT FROM DUSTIN. DID YOU HEAR WHAT THE CHAIR PROPOSED AND IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO PULTE? I DID HEAR THE CONVERSATION. I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM WITH THE TEAM, BUT I IF THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THE CITY STANCE, I THINK IT WOULD BE DEFINITELY OPEN FOR CONSIDERATION. WELL, I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT. GOTCHA. CAN YOU CLARIFY WHY WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT OR NOT? RIGHT. BUT NO, I'M ASKING I'M ASKING DUSTIN. WE NEED WE NEED A WE NEED WE NEED HIS INPUT ON THAT TONIGHT. NOT SOMETHING THAT'S AMBIGUOUS FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTALS AS WELL.SINCE IT IS AN HOA COMMUNITY, THEY CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT STRICTER ENFORCEMENT IN THAT REGARD. SO SINCE THEIR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY WOULD ONLY BE DEALING WITH THAT SPECIFIC PROPERTY, THEY'D HAVE MORE OF A DIRECT LINE TO CONTACT SOMEONE TO MANAGE NOISE COMPLAINTS AND STRS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDED INTO THE CSN'S AS WELL.
OKAY. MY MY MEMORY WAS WE DID THE TWO. THIS CONDITION CAME FROM A PROJECT YOU GUYS HAD APPROVED EARLIER LAST YEAR, OR MAYBE AT THE END OF 2023, AND THAT CONDITION JUST WAS IDENTICAL AND PUT INTO OUR PROJECT AS WELL. SO IT MIRRORED THAT. SO PYRAMID RANCH IS THE COMMUNITY THAT ALSO HAS THE SAME PROVISION AND THEIR APPROVALS WITH TWO YEARS. YES.
OKAY. WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO EXTEND IT OR KEEP IT AS IS? WE WOULD NEED A WE WOULD NEED A MOTION ON ANY MODIFICATION TO ANY OF THE CONDITIONS IN THIS COMMUNITY TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE. THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXCEED THE 20% OF MAXIMUM SHORT TERM RENTALS ALLOWED WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. SO 80% OF THE COMMUNITY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE SHORT TERM RENTALS. PER OUR STR ORDINANCE. THERE IS A LIMIT. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. OKAY THEN IF THERE'S A LIMIT, I GUESS THAT'S MORE CONTROLLED. OKAY.
ANY MORE COMMENTS QUESTIONS CONCERNS. SO I MEAN WE COULD EXTEND IT AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR. YEAH I, I, I THINK WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. THREE YEARS IS FINE OKAY. PERFECT. SO WHEN WE GO WITH THE MOTION WE HAVE TO ADD THE MODIFICATION OF A THREE YEAR RENTAL. YES. OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NUMBER PC20 25 DASH 18 WITH THE MODIFICATION OF EXTENDING THE TWO YEAR RENTAL SHORT TERM RENTAL TO THREE YEAR RENTAL AND THE REVISION OF THE SECOND GATE ON FRIDA WAY. GREAT. NOT THAT I WANT TO PREVENT YOU FROM TAKING ACTION, BUT I THINK WE STILL NEED TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. OH. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. HANDS RAISED ONLINE. GREAT. COOL. THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 636. PLEASE HAVE ANY. THERE WOULD ALSO BE THE MODIFICATION TO THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT FOR UTILITIES. CAN YOU BRING THAT FORWARD? YES. AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE PROJECT. SO THIS ISN'T THE FINAL APPROVAL WOULD BE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT.
OKAY. SO WE ADD THAT INTO OUR INTO OUR MOTION OKAY. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE
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NUMBER PK 2025 DASH 18. WITH THE MODIFICATIONS OF EXTENDING THE TWO YEAR RENTAL SHORT TERM RENTAL FOR A THREE YEAR, THE REVISION OF A SECOND GATE ON FRIDA WAY, AND THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL NUMBER 121 REVISION OF TREES THAT MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE FEET. SEPARATION FROM WATER AND SEWER LATERALS WITH ROUTE BARRIER TREES PLANTED MORE THAN FIVE FEET FROM THE WATER, AND SEWER LATERALS REQUIRE NO ROUTE BARRIER. ON THE ON THE CONDITION FOR THE GATE. CAN YOU CONDITION IT THAT WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF AND USE OUR BEST EFFORTS TO PUT IN A GATE? BUT IF STAFF'S UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HAVING THE PEDESTRIANS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GATE, THAT WE WOULD BE RELIEVED OF THAT CONDITION, BUT IT'LL BE UP TO STAFF'S REASONABLE DISCRETION. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE TO REPEAT THAT AGAIN WITH THE NEW. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE NEED A SECOND AND WE NEED THE COMMISSION TO VOTE ON IT. YES. DID SOMEBODY SECOND OR JUST TO MAKE JUST TO MAKE SURE THE MOTION INCLUDES THAT UNDER THE STAFF'S DISCRETION OF THE CITY OF THE GATE WILL OR NOT? YEAH. WE CAN WE CAN ADD THAT AND IT'S FINE. WE HAVE A MOTION. SO OKAY. WE'LL MAKE WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT. CAN I GET A SECOND. SECOND. COMMISSIONER TORRES? YES, COMMISSIONER. LAURA. YES, COMMISSIONER. RODRIGUEZ. YES, VICE CHAIRPERSON. FONSECA I ABSTAIN. CHAIRPERSON. MURILLO.YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS TO KENDRA AND ADRIAN. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB HELPING US REDO THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ACTING OKAY? SO.
THANK YOU. OKAY, HOW ABOUT YOU? THANK YOU. SO MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER THREE WHICH IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2519. THE REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR LAS DAMAS RETAIL CANNABIS BUSINESS AND LOUNGE TO MODIFY THE EXISTING USE FROM A RETAIL CANNABIS MICROBUSINESS WITH THE INDOOR LOUNGE TO CANNABIS RETAIL ONLY WITH AN INDOOR CONSUMPTION LOUNGE AT 85 995 GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD, AND DETERMINING THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 301 OF THE CALIFORNIA OF CEQA GUIDELINES. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ANA FERNANDEZ MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT. SO THE APPLICANT FOR THIS PROJECT IS LAS DAMAS, LLC. IT IS LOCATED AT 85995 GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD, WHICH IS A CORNER OF SEVENTH STREET AND GREENFIELD BOULEVARD. GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION IS DOWNTOWN CENTER AND ZONING DESIGNATION IS DOWNTOWN PUEBLO VIEJO, SO THE CUP 298 WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN 2019 TO CONVERT AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACE INTO A RETAIL CANNABIS MICROBUSINESS THAT WOULD ENTAIL RETAIL DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURING AND AN INDOOR CONSUMPTION LOUNGE. FOR THIS MODIFICATION, THEY ARE DROPPING THE DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING USES, SO THEY'LL BE ONLY KEEPING THE RETAIL AND THE INDOOR CONSUMPTION LOUNGE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S COMING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. THE TENANT SPACE HAS BEEN UNOCCUPIED SINCE MARCH OF 2025, SO EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE SITE. THE FRONT ENTRANCE IS LOCATED ON GREENVILLE BOULEVARD AND CURRENTLY CUSTOMER PARKING IS ON SEVENTH STREET, SO THEY HAVE STREET PARKING AT THE LOCATION. THE FLOOR PLAN THEY WILL HAVE A SECURITY GUARD AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE ENTERING THE LOUNGE, AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE RETAIL SPACE AREA, AND IN THE BACK ROOM THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OFFICE AND RECEIVING SPACE, AS WELL AS STORAGE, AND THE FACILITY WILL BE PROPERLY SECURED WITH CAMERAS AS WELL.
SURROUNDING USES. THERE IS A BUFFER FOR CHILDCARE CENTERS, YOUTH CENTERS AS WELL AS SCHOOLS, AND THAT IS 250FT. THERE ARE NONE. THERE ARE NONE LOCATED NEAR THE SITE. ALL OF THE USES SURROUNDING THE SITE ARE COMMERCIAL, SO THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUA PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 301. EXISTING FACILITIES AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE CUP NUMBER 298 MODIFICATION MODIFYING THE EXISTING USE FROM A RETAIL CANNABIS MICROBUSINESS AND LOUNGE TO A CANNABIS RETAIL BUSINESS AND INDOOR CONSUMPTION LOUNGE. REMOVING THE DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING USES. FINDING THAT THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUA. AND THEN HERE ARE THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN TAKE TONIGHT. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TORRES. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
IS IT IS IT LIKE MEDICAL CARDS AND 21 AND UP? IS IT JUST 21 AND UP? LIKE, WHAT IS GONNA BE
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AWESOME? SO CURRENTLY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALLOWS FOR 21 AND OVER. SO WHETHER YOU HAVE A MEDICAL CARD OR NOT AS LONG AS YOU'RE 21 I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.COMMISSIONER ALANA, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I THOUGHT THE STAFF REPORT WAS A LITTLE VAGUE.
IT DID NOT MENTION ANYWHERE THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY. SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE IN THE STAFF REPORT. SO THAT'S KIND OF PLANNING 101. AND. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS. WHAT YOU MENTIONED RIGHT NOW REGARDING THE RADIUS OF 250 FOOT RADIUS THAT WASN'T MENTIONED ON THE STAFF REPORT AS WELL. SO IT DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO RESIDENTIAL OR SCHOOLS. AND. IT DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO OR EMPHASIZING THAT THIS SHOULD BE PERMITTED BY A CUP OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. IT ALSO DID JUST MENTION THE NAME OF THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE OF THE. OF THE ACTUAL BUSINESS, BUT NOT OF THE APPLICANT, AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT AS WELL. THE HOURS OF OPERATION, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT WASN'T ALSO WASN'T MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT. IT WAS MENTIONED UNTIL THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MENTIONED ON THE STAFF REPORT AS WELL. NOTHING IN REGARDS TO PARKING. AGAIN, DISTANCES FROM SCHOOLS. SO NOTHING IN REGARDS TO SECURITY AND CAMERAS. AND IF THAT WAS GOING TO BE CONDITIONED. SO IT'S SOMETIMES VERY COMPLICATED WHEN YOU'RE READING THIS TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON MISINFORMATION. SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION FOR FUTURE STAFF REPORTS, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN THE ONLY TIME WHEN ZONING WASN'T MENTIONED ON A STAFF REPORT. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. EVERYTHING ELSE I DID DO MY RESEARCH, I HAD TO GO AND DO IT MYSELF. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE QUESTIONS. SO MY QUESTION IS THE 250 RADIUS, IS IT JUST FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA OR IS THAT FOR STATEWIDE? THAT'S A CITY ORDINANCE? YES. OKAY. SO EACH EACH CITY CAN IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN RADIUS OKAY. PERFECT.
THAT WAS THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT UNDER DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, IT DOES STATE THAT THE SITE IS ZONED DOWNTOWN CENTER FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AND DOWNTOWN PUEBLO VIEJO FOR THE ZONING UNDER DISCUSSION ANALYSIS. YES.
THERE'S A TABLE AND IT SAYS SITE NORTH, SOUTH. EAST. WEST. YEAH. SITE NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST. YEAH. THERE'S A TABLE THE TABLE. BUT IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY STATE THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN THIS ZONE. IT SAYS THE SITE IS ZONED DOWNTOWN CENTER. THE FIRST WE CAN WE CAN CLARIFY THAT FOR FUTURE ONES. YEAH. PLEASE. OKAY. A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTSIDE OF THE. YEAH. IT JUST IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE I HAD TO GO AND LOOK LOOK FOR IT MYSELF. YEAH. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. NO QUESTIONS. AND THEN SORRY JUST TO GO BACK FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT MODIFICATIONS. IT DOES LIST IT IN THE STAFF REPORT AS WELL AS AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE FINDINGS THAT NEED TO BE MADE IN THERE AS WELL. COOL.
THANKS, DIRECTOR. VICE CHAIR ONE SECOND. NO, I ONLY HAVE A COMMENT. WELL, QUESTION. THEY HAVE STREET PARKING. ARE THEY OKAY WITH THE STREET PARKING OR ARE THEY GOING TO REQUIRE AN ACTUAL PARKING LOT IN THE FUTURE? WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE ON SITE SPACE FOR PARKING. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING SEVENTH STREET AND POTENTIALLY A PARCEL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF GRAPEFRUIT BECAUSE THERE'S PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY. BUT THEY EXPRESS THERE WILL BE NO ISSUES WITH PARKING OKAY. SO THEY'RE OKAY WITH THAT OKAY. AWESOME. DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE THIS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER PC YEAH. WE OH SORRY. YEAH, WE NEED TO I APOLOGIZE I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT AT 647. NO HANDS RAISED ONLINE. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC. OKAY. SO I'LL BE CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 647. I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD
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WITH YOUR MOTION. I'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVAL, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025, DASH 19, WITH MODIFICATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I WILL SECOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TORRES. YES, COMMISSIONER. LAURA. YES, COMMISSIONER. DORCA. YES. VICE CHAIRPERSON. FONSECA. YES. AND CHAIRPERSON. MURILLO. YES. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025, DASH 20 AND RESOLUTION NUMBER PC 20 2521. REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF PC 20 2520 FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW APPLICATION AR 2512 FOR THE SIXTH STREET SENIOR APARTMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR STORY, 53 AFFORDABLE SENIOR APARTMENT UNITS, 4375FT■S OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OF 1100 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY ROOM AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS ON A POINT 86 ACRE LOT. THANK YOU, PLANNING COMMISSION AND CHAIR. I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS PRESENTATION. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT AS WELL AFTER THIS PRESENTATION.SO TO BEGIN THIS IS FOR AR NUMBER 2512 VARIANCE 2506 FOR THE SIXTH STREET SENIOR APARTMENTS PROJECT. FOR BACKGROUND, THE APPLICANT IS CHELSEA. THE EXISTING USE IS FOR A VACANT LOT. THE CASE FILE IS FOR AR NUMBER 2512 VARIANCE NUMBER 2506 FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR STORY, 53 AFFORDABLE SENIOR APARTMENT UNITS, 4375FT■!S OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, 1100FT■!S OF COMMUNITY R, AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS ON A 0.86 ACRE LOT. THERE IS ALSO A VARIANCE FROM MUNICIPAL CODE STANDARDS, INCLUDING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. THE ZONING AND GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION IS ZONING FOR DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN, PUEBLO VIEJO, AND THE GENERAL PLAN IS FOR THE DOWNTOWN CENTER GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION TO CONTINUE ON. SO ON APRIL 24TH, 2024, THE SIXTH STREET SENIOR APARTMENTS PROJECT WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR PRELIMINARY DESIGN DIRECTION, AND THIS ELEVATION HERE IS THAT PRELIMINARY DESIGN. AND ON AUGUST 14TH, 2025, THE APPLICANT, CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION, SUBMITTED AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW APPLICATION FOR THIS PROJECT TO CONTINUE. THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE VACANT LOTS. THIS IS. THESE ARE PHOTOS OF DATE AVENUE LOOKING WEST. THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE CORNER OF DATE AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET LOOKING WEST.
AND THESE PHOTOS ARE AT THE CORNER OF TRIPOLI AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET LOOKING EAST. SO THE SITE PLAN, THE SITE PLAN AGAIN. THE PROJECT IS FOR 53 AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING UNITS, 46 OF THOSE BEING ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH AT 578FT■!S AND SEVEN F THOSE BEING TWO BEDROOM AND ONE BATH AT 733FT■!S, THERE ARE 48 PARKING SPACES PROVIDED. DUE TO SB 35 PARKING EXCEPTION. THERE IS NO PARKING REQUIRED, BUT THEY DID PROVIDE 48 PARKING SPACES. JUST FOR CONTEXT, SB 35 IS THE STREAMLINE HOUSING LAW, WHICH DOES EXEMPT THIS PROJECT FROM PARKING BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT. TO CONTINUE, STAFF REQUESTS ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES IF FEASIBLE, AND THIS MAY REDUCE LANDSCAPE AREAS. THIS WAS A COMMENT FROM THE CITY ENGINEER. SO THIS IS A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, IF FEASIBLE, TO PROVIDE MORE PARKING AND TO CONTINUE. THERE ARE PAVER ENTRIES AT TRIPOLI WAY AND AVENUE, VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING APARTMENTS AND PUEBLO VIEJO PROJECTS. HERE ARE THE FLOOR PLANS AGAIN FOR THE THE PROJECT FOR THE TWO BEDROOM UNIT AND THE ONE BEDROOM UNIT. THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN FOR THE OVERALL BUILDING, WITH THE FIRST FLOOR BUILDING PLAN AND SECOND FLOOR BUILDING PLAN HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IS THE ELEVATOR. THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATOR FOR THIS PROJECT THAT GOES FROM THE FIRST FLOOR ALL THE WAY TO THE FOURTH FLOOR FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR STOREYS OF THE BUILDING. I HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE HERE THE COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACE. THERE'S ONE AT 2810FT■!S AND ONE AT 1925FT■!S, AND THIS WILL BE FRONTING SIXTH STREET. THIS IS THE SLIDE OF THIRD AND
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FOURTH FLOORS, AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AS THE ELEVATOR. AND THIS IS THE ROOF PLAN FOR THE PROJECT. AND THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS FOR THE SIXTH STREET SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT. IT DOES IMPLEMENT A YELLOW TONE, GRAY TONE, AND WHITE TONE FOR THE PROJECT COLORS. AND THESE ARE ELEVATIONS ON SIXTH STREET. AND THESE ARE ELEVATIONS FROM DE AVENUE AND TRIPOLI AVENUE, WITH THE PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM SHOWING THE ELEVATIONS AT THE REAR END OF THE BUILDING. ONE THING FROM STAFF THAT WE HAD REQUESTED FROM THE APPLICANT IS TO TAKE A CAREFUL LOOK AT COLOR. WE DO HAVE THE PUEBLO VIEJO VILLAS PROJECT, WE DO HAVE THE PROJECT AND WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A UNIQUE DESIGN WITH THIS ONE, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK A LITTLE BIT TOO SAMEY, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE UNIQUE WITH THIS COLOR PALETTE HERE. CAN YOU CONTINUE FORWARD? I'LL BE DISCUSSING SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. THEY DO HAVE A GABLE ROOF ELEMENT, AN ELEMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE ORIGINAL CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY DESIGN. THERE ARE ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AT THESE GABLE ROOF DESIGNS JUST AT THE BOTTOM.THEY DO INCLUDE THESE SHUTTER DESIGNS. THEY ALSO INCLUDE JULIET BALCONIES. THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THESE JULIET BALCONIES, THE WINDOWS AND ON ALL OF THE ELEVATIONS WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND TO CONTINUE FORWARD. THERE IS TRIM ON CERTAIN WINDOWS. THEY HAVE THESE AWNINGS AT CERTAIN WINDOWS AND ALSO AWNINGS AT THE COMMERCIAL SPACES. AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT THERE IS WINDOW RECESSES FOR THE WINDOWS FROM TWO INCH RECESS UP TO A NINE INCH RECESS. AND THIS IS THE COLOR PALETTE FOR THE PROJECT. AGAIN, WHITE COLOR PALETTE. YELLOW AND GRAY ARE THE MAIN STUCCO DESIGNS, WITH ACCENT COLORS SUCH AS THE BLUE HERE AND A BLACK WITH DECORATIVE TILE AT ENTRIES.
HERE IS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR THE PROJECT, AND HERE IS THE LANDSCAPE PALETTE FOR THE PROJECT. FOR THE VARIANCE. IT WAS INCLUDED FOR DESIGN VARIANCES FOR ONE VERTICAL MODULATION TO ALLOW FOR MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM THREE BUILDING HEIGHTS. SORRY FOR BUILDING HEIGHTS THAT'S REQUIRED AND PRIMARY FACADES TO COMPRISE OF MORE THAN 80% OF THE TOTAL FACADE AREA. THERE ARE SIX BUILDING HEIGHTS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT WE FELT THAT IT WAS IN LINE WITH PUEBLO VIEJO GUIDELINES. THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE DOWNTOWN TO CONTINUE ON HORIZONTAL MODULATION IS TO ALLOW FOR RECESSES AND PROJECTIONS LESS THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED, TEN FEET IN DEPTH FOR ROOFS TO ALLOW FOR ROOFS THAT ARE NOT FLAT. SO IN THE PUEBLO, SORRY, IN THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, IT'S REQUIRED THAT ROOFS BE FLAT. BUT CITY COUNCIL DID PROVIDE DIRECTIONS TO HAVE THOSE, A DESIGN THAT INCLUDED GABLE ROOFS. SO WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS VARIANCE. AND TO CONTINUE FORWARD FOR VARIANCE, UNUSABLE OPEN SPACE STANDARDS FROM PRIVATE AND COMMON OPEN SPACE STANDARDS FOR PRIVATE PRIVATE OPEN SPACE. IT WAS PER CITY MANAGER DIRECTION THAT IT WOULD BE THE CITY WOULD SUPPORT THEIR PROJECT IN TERMS OF MEETING THIS VARIANCE REQUIREMENT AND TO CONTINUE PARKING. THERE WAS A COVERED PARKING REQUIREMENT, HOWEVER, SUBMITTED FOR A VARIANCE.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE THROUGH SB 35 THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PARKING, THIS WOULDN'T BE NEED TO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL VARIANCE. AND FOR THE VARIANCE FINDINGS, WE DID FIND THAT IT DOES MEET THE VARIANCE FINDINGS. WE FOUND THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE WAS REALLY JUST THE SMALL ACREAGE OF THE LOT AT 0.86 ACRES, AND WE DID FIND THAT THE PROJECT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING GUIDELINES FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. WITH THESE VARIANCES INCLUDED. AND TO CONTINUE, WE FOUND THAT THE PROJECT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH SEQUA GUIDELINES, AND THERE WAS A STAFF RECOMMENDED CONDITION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO INCLUDE ENGINEERING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, AND THEY ARE LISTED IN THE LARGER PACKET AT THE DIAS AND JUST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT MEMO THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND IS ALSO HERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO READ AND FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 2020, CONDITIONALLY
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APPROVING ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW APPLICATION AR 2512, WITH THE MODIFICATIONS TO INCLUDE ENGINEERING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. PROVIDE AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FOUR STORY, 53 AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING APARTMENT UNITS, 4375FT■!S OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, 1100FT■!S OF COMMUNITY ROOM, AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS ON A 0.6 ACRE LOT AT THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF TRIPOLI AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET, AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2521, CONDITIONALLY APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR A MUNICIPAL CODE. STANDARDS, INCLUDING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, AND DETERMINING THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUA PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES 15 332. INFILL EXEMPTION. WE DID INCLUDE ALTERNATIVES HERE FOR THE VARIANCE AND ALSO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE. AND IF THE WISH OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS FOR THEM TO CONTINUE, THEY CAN WITH THEIR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION FOR THE APPLICANT. WE OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. YES, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 658. OKAY. TO PROCEED OR WE WAIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
ADRIAN DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING SO FAR, SO WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO ADD, BUT WE'LL TRY TO QUICKLY GET THROUGH OUR SLIDES HERE. REALLY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. SEVERAL YEARS, A LOT OF HARD WORK AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE. THIS IS OUR SIX STREET SENIORS PROJECT. HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL QUICKLY COVER IN OUR UPCOMING SLIDES. THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT IS, I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SIXTH STREET BETWEEN STATE AND TRIPOLI, ADJACENT TO OUR EXISTING PUEBLO VIEJO VILLAS AND CAVALLO APARTMENTS PROJECTS. THIS TIMELINE IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE FINANCING THAT WE HAD TO CHASE DOWN FOR THIS PROJECT, AND HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN, STARTING WITH THE TCC TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED IN 2023, AND THEN OUR CITY CFD FEE DEFERRAL LOAN WE SECURED IN APRIL OF 2020. WELL, ACTUALLY JULY 2023, BUT UPDATED IN 2020 5TH APRIL. WE HAVE COUNTY PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED IN DECEMBER OF 2023 THAT WAS NOT AWARDED.
WE HAD TO APPLY AGAIN FOR THAT, MOST RECENTLY IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, AND WAS AWARDED THE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS AT THAT TIME, COUNTY HOME FUNDS WE APPLIED FOR IN MAY OF 2024 RECEIVED THE AWARD IN JUNE OF 2024. COMMUNITY RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
INTELLECTUALLY AND DEVELOPMENT. DISABLED TENANTS THAT WAS AWARDED IN JANUARY OF 2025. AND THE TRICKIEST PART FOR THIS PROJECT WAS GETTING OUR TAX CREDIT AWARD. IT TOOK US THREE BITES AT THE APPLE TO TO GET OUR TAX CREDIT AWARD. FIRST TRIED IN JULY OF 2024. PROJECT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. APPLIED AGAIN IN MARCH OF 2025 AND THEN MOST RECENTLY IN JULY OF 2025, AND THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED IN SEPTEMBER 9TH 30. AND IT WAS THANKS TO WORKING WITH STAFF, REALLY, THAT ALLOWED THE PROJECT TO FINALLY GET OVER THE HUMP AND GET THE AWARD OF TAX CREDITS. HERE'S A LOOK AT PUEBLO VIEJO VILLAS, OUR PROJECT ON THE CORNER NORTH EAST CORNER OF SIXTH AND CESAR CHAVEZ 105 UNIT FAMILY PROJECT DESIGNED BY MCKINLEY, THE SAME ARCHITECT AS CAVADA AND SIXTH STREET SENIORS. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT PROJECT. AND THEN THIS WAS THE RENDERINGS FOR CAVADA WHEN WE CAME TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. AND HERE'S THE FINAL PRODUCT. VERY, VERY PROUD OF THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT CAME OUT LOOKING GREAT. AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO WILLIAM HERE TO TAKE IT. THANK YOU.
YEAH. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSION AND STAFF. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS WAS ADRIAN ALREADY PRESENTED. THIS IS OUR SUBMISSION BACK FOR OUR ORIGINAL TCC GRANT IN 2023. THIS IS THE SPANISH DESIGN THAT WAS SELECTED BY CITY COUNCIL. AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED US TO GO WORK WITH STAFF. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PREVIOUS AND CURRENT STAFF TO COME UP WITH A PRODUCT THAT REPRESENTS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD NEED AND THE DIFFERENTIATE ITSELF A LITTLE BIT FROM THE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE ON THE STREET. SO WHEN
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YOU LOOK AT THIS RENDERING RIGHT HERE, I BELIEVE THAT WE DID A GREAT JOB WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT LOOKS JUST A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD GONE IN WITH, BUT REALLY, THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH STAFF BOTH PLANNING, BUILDING AND ENGINEERING ALLOWED US TO GET DOWN TO A VALUE AND SCOPE THAT GOT US THAT AWARD HERE IN SEPTEMBER.BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T SEE HERE IN THESE RENDERINGS AND PICTURES OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, ARE THE THINGS IN THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH THE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS WE WORKED WITH ALL STAFF AND AND THE CITY MANAGER, AND WE'RE INCLUDING A WARM SHELL FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACES AND RESTROOMS FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACES, SO THEY'RE MORE READY TO BE LEASED UP. WE'RE INCLUDING AIR CONDITIONING CORRIDORS ON ALL FLOORS AND IN THE ELEVATOR LOBBIES. THESE WERE THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT UP AND WERE DISCUSSED WITH STAFF, AND THEN THE COUNTY ACTUALLY GRABBED A HOLD OF THAT AND SAID, YES, WE REALLY WANT THAT TOO. SO PLEASE ADD THAT IMPROVEMENT AND THAT COST TO YOUR YOUR BUILDING. AND ONE OF THE ITEMS AND LISSANDRA IS NOT HERE TONIGHT THAT HE WOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT IS WE REALLY HAD A REALLY STRUGGLE BETWEEN LAUNDRY ON ONE FLOOR, OUR LAUNDRY FACILITIES ON EACH FLOOR, AND IT'S A SENIORS FACILITY, AND WE'RE PROVIDING THE ELEVATOR SO THEY COULD BRING IT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM FLOOR. SO WE'RE STILL HAVING LAUNDRY ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR, BUT WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING LAUNDRY ON EACH FLOOR, WHICH REALLY ISN'T TYPICAL FOR OUR OUR UNITS BECAUSE WE TRY TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS MANAGEABLE IN ONE AREA. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAME UP WITH WORKING WITH STAFF THAT WE THINK IS BETTER SUITED FOR A SENIOR PROJECT. SO HERE WE ARE TODAY, 1119 WITH PLANNING COMMISSION, WE NEED TO ACHIEVE BUILDING PERMITS BY THREE ONE IN ORDER TO MEET THE SIX MONTH DEADLINE THAT STARTED WITH THE AWARD ON 930. SO WE'RE READY TO TURN IN BUILDING PERMITS NEXT NEXT MONTH. WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT, AND WE WILL START CONSTRUCTION IN 2026. AND THE GOAL FOR THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS TO GET HEADS IN BEDS. AND THAT WOULD BE IN JUNE OF 2027.
WE HAVE HAD ONE HICCUP SINCE WE'VE DONE ALL THOSE APPLICATIONS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS. AND I KNOW THE CITY STAFF IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS, AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY AND ID ARE WORKING ON THAT. WE'VE BEEN INFORMED IN AND ARE AWAITING WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM ID, BUT THEY'RE REQUIRING US TO BRING NEW SERVICE OVER TO THE SITE FROM 51ST AND VAN BUREN. AND THAT'S 3000 LINEAR FEET OF OVERHEAD LINES, 12 NEW SWITCHES, AND IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE A $1.3 MILLION ADD TO THE PROJECT THAT WASN'T IN THE ORIGINAL TCC GRANT, AND THAT WASN'T IN OUR JUNE APPLICATION FOR FUNDING, BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST MADE AWARE TO US. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH STAFF RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING INTERNALLY TO SEE HOW WE CAN WORK AND MASSAGE THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO TO GET THERE. WE THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL BE CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT. DO I CLOSE OR LEAVE IT UP? LEAVE IT. OPEN UP. YEAH. PLEASE, PLEASE LEAVE IT OPEN.
AND PLEASE ASK IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC OR ONLINE? PERFECT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NOEL RAMOS. I'M THE REAL ESTATE AGENT FOR THE LAND SALE THAT'S GOING ON WITH CHELSEA. OBVIOUSLY, CHELSEA IS NOT A STRANGER TO YOU. THEY'VE DELIVERED ALREADY TO BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS HERE, TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. BUT THIS PROJECT, THE REASON I'M HERE SUPPORTING IT, ISN'T JUST BECAUSE I'M ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY FROM A FROM A REAL ESTATE STANDPOINT, IT'S BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME INSIGHT OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WITH A SENIOR HOUSING. I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THERE IN CATHEDRAL CITY AT THE ONE THAT'S LOCATED AT BUDDY ROGERS AND PALM CANYON WAY, AND IT'S AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC THERE. BY TARGETING ONLY SENIORS, IT'S ONLY THEM AT THAT AGE GROUP. IT'S NOT INTERMIXED WITH YOUNG FAMILIES, YOUNG COUPLES. SO THE SYNERGY IS DIFFERENT THERE. AND, AND AND IT'S INTERESTING ONCE YOU'RE THERE AROUND THEM, YOU NOTICE THAT SOME FAMILIES THAT COME AND VISIT, OTHERS DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THAT VISIT THEM. AND THE MISSION OF THE PEOPLE THAT RUN THE FACILITY IS LONELINESS IS NOT AN OPTION. SO THEY ALWAYS HAVE WEEKLY ACTIVITIES, DAILY ACTIVITIES FOR THEM. FRIENDSHIPS DEVELOP. AND EVEN WITH THE FAMILY MEMBER, I KNOW THEY HAVE FRIENDS WHEREVER THEY GO AND THEY CAN TALK TO AND GREET AND INTRODUCE ME TO THEM AS WELL. SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE HERE TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM HOUSING IN GENERAL, EVEN THOUGH HOUSING
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IS A TREMENDOUS ISSUE FOR OUR NATION RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A DIFFERENT SUB COMPONENT OF THAT, EQUALLY AS VALUABLE, EQUALLY AS NEEDED. SO I HOPE YOU AS COMMISSIONERS CAN PASS IT AND GET THIS GOING. IT'S IT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE. THANKS. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE ONE HAND RAISED ONLINE. ARE WE GOING TO GO ONLINE OR IN PERSON. I'M.ONLINE. YEAH. HELLO. HELLO WELCOME. AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS PROJECT. MY NAME IS ROSA LUCAS. I AM THE OWNER OF THE SIXTH STREET PROPERTY, AND NOEL RAMOS AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD AND HAVE HAD SO MANY BARRIERS TO GETTING THIS DONE AND HAVE THAT.
I'VE HAD THAT PROJECT FOR DECADES. I'VE HAD NOT THE PROJECT. I'VE HAD THE LOTS FOR DECADES, AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, I HAVE WORKED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND DONE OPEN CLINICS AND DONE OTHER PROJECTS HERE FOR MANY YEARS, AND I ALWAYS WANTED IT TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE OF BENEFIT, NOT JUST A REGULAR COMMERCIAL PROJECT, WHICH I'D BEEN OFFERED MANY TIMES IN THE DISTANT PAST, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU'LL APPROVE IT, BECAUSE THE SENIORS REALLY DO DESERVE SOMETHING, AND I'M ONE OF THEM. I WON'T BE LIVING IN THE PROJECT, BUT THE SENIORS HERE REALLY DO DESERVE SOMETHING OF THEIR OWN. AND YOU KNOW THAT COACHELLA HAS A LOT OF SENIORS, AND PROBABLY SOME OF YOU HAVE FAMILY THAT ARE SENIORS IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I TAKE CARE OF SO MANY OF THEM IN MY VOLUNTEER CLINIC IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE, WHICH I STARTED WITH ANOTHER PERSON ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO. IT'S A FREE CLINIC. IT'S IT'S ON INDIO, BUT ACROSS FROM ACROSS FROM COACHELLA. PLEASE, I HOPE THIS GETS APPROVED. AND THESE PEOPLE CAN GET AS THEY, AS THEY PUT IT, HEADS IN THE BEDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND I THANK THE COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERING THIS AND ESPECIALLY THANK DENISE DELGADO, ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL CITY COUNCILWOMAN, FOR TAKING MY CALLS AND MY HYSTERIA AND HELPING ME THROUGH THIS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED ONLINE. GO AHEAD GABRIEL. GOOD EVENING. CHAIRPERSON, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, GABRIEL PEREZ. HAPPY TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS HERE. JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST VACANT PROPERTIES ON SIXTH STREET, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS A REALLY BIG RESPONSIBILITY IN CURATING WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO BE. AND SO I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE BEST DESIGN FOR THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT TO BE BETTER THAN IT IS TODAY. I'VE BEEN PART OF GIVING THOSE COMMENTS TO THE DEVELOPER. A LOT OF THOSE COMMENTS WERE NOT INTEGRATED INTO THE PROJECT. UNFORTUNATELY.
WE FIND WITH THESE PROJECTS, A LOT OF TIMES THE APPLICANT WILL GO THROUGH THE THE CITY MANAGER AND THEN THAT WILL DICTATE THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO GET THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD DESIGN WITH THE DOLORES HUERTA PROJECT THAT'S NEAR BAGUMA PARK. THIS IS ONE OF YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE YOU GET THE BEST DESIGN FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT QUALITIES FOR THE PROJECT, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE IT. SOME SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE TO HAVE SOME RECESSED WINDOWS ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF SIXTH STREET, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MORE OF A SHADOW EFFECT THAT MAKES IT A MORE ATTRACTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN.
SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. IS THE VERY FLAT PARTS OF THE TOP OF THE ROOF THAT DON'T HAVE THE GABLE ROOF IS HAVING A MORE DECORATIVE CORNICE TRIM, OR MAYBE SOME OTHER FEATURES OUT THERE THAT WILL REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE PROJECT. MY LAST COMMENT IS REALLY ABOUT MAKING THE COMMERCIAL WORK. THE COMMERCIAL DEPTH OF THE FIRST FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACES IS NOT VERY DEEP, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A COMMERCIAL PROJECT WORK THERE. AND SO I
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WOULD RECOMMEND LOSING SOME OF THAT HALLWAY THAT YOU HAVE BEHIND THE COMMERCIAL SPACE, SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE MORE DEPTH AND MORE OPTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL FOR THE FUTURE OF SIXTH STREET.AND I THINK THE WAY THAT YOU ACCOMMODATE ACCESS FOR THE PORCH FLOOR UNITS BEHIND THE BUILDING FOR THE FIRST FLOOR IS BY HAVING THOSE ACCESS POINTS THROUGH THE OUTSIDE FACING THE PARKING LOT. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND I HOPE YOU MAKE A GREAT DECISION. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT IN GENERAL, BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE THAT MAKE THIS A GREAT PROJECT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO MORE HANDS RAISED. YEAH, I'LL BE CLOSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 713. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ THIS TIME. YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE ELEVATOR. FOR A SENIOR. OH MY GOD, MY MIND WENT BLANK FOR.
HOUSING UNITS, FOR SENIOR, FOR SENIORS. I'M KIND OF SURPRISED. OR MAYBE IT'S THE NORM, BUT THAT IT WOULD JUST BE ONE ELEVATOR FOR FOR FOR STORIES. I DON'T KNOW IF. WHAT THE STANDARDS USUALLY ARE, BUT I FIND THAT A LITTLE. INTERESTING BECAUSE I WOULD THINK, LIKE MY GRANDPA IS 84 YEARS OLD, LIVES WITH MY MOM, TWO STORIES, AND HIM GOING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS REALLY FREAKS US OUT. SO I WOULD IMAGINE IF ELEVATORS ARE BUSY, HAVE GROCERIES TO, YOU KNOW, HAUL UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS AND ELEVATORS AND THEY'RE ALL BUSY AT ONE POINT.
SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ON THOUGHTS ON THAT, ON HAVING ONE ELEVATOR AND WHAT THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE LIKE IF EVERYONE'S TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT AT ONCE. POINT NOTED. IT'S ONE ELEVATOR BANK WITH TWO ELEVATORS. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. I REALLY LIKE THAT. I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE COLOR COLOR PALETTE FOR THE BUILDING. I REALLY LIKE IT. I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THE DOWNTOWN, AND I THINK IT'LL FLOW AND IT WON'T STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB. WITH HOW DOWNTOWN LOOKS RIGHT NOW AND THE FUTURE OF IT. SO GOOD JOB TO EVERYONE ON THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR FONSECA.
YES. SO TWO QUESTIONS REGARDING THE THE POWER, THE ID QUESTION. RIGHT. SO IT AND THE AND THE SLIDE, IT PROJECTED THAT THE THE IT'S GOING TO BE WIRING VISIBLE OR IS IT GOING TO BE UNDERGROUND. RIGHT NOW. ID SAID THAT WE WOULD BE RUNNING THAT OVERHEAD. YEAH. IS THAT WITHIN THE CITY ORDINANCE? I MEAN I DO KNOW THAT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED, RIGHT, THAT THAT POWER IS RUNNING OVERHEAD ON EXISTING POLES. OKAY. BUT YOU ARE BUILDING A NEW, A NEW A NEW A NEW TRACK. RIGHT? THIS IS GOING TO BE ALL BRAND NEW, RIGHT? THIS IS BUT THE LINE THAT WE'RE PULLING FROM WHERE THE 51ST AND VAN BUREN ID IS DIRECTED IS TO RUN IT ACROSS EXISTING HIGH VOLTAGE POLES. SO THAT'S SAVING SOME MONEY BY NOT HAVING TO DO ALL THAT WORK. OKAY. AND AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY, THAT STAFF AND THE CITY FEELS IS, IS THE NEXT PERFECT. IS THAT THE SAME FOR THE OTHER. THE OTHER, THE OTHER CONSTRUCTIONS. YES. AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT ID HAS REQUESTED AND CONDITIONED FOR THIS PROJECT. SO THAT'S THE REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO BE CONDITIONED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DIRECTOR. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS REGARDING THE, THE SPACE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THAT THE, THE, THE BUSINESS SPACE. SO I DO KNOW I'VE SEEN SO DO YOU HAVE A PLAN ALREADY BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT COLLEGE OF THE DESERT OR YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME, SOME MARKETING THERE. WHAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS OF WHAT'S IS THERE A PLAN? WHAT IS WHAT IS THE THE PURPOSE OR THE VISION, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CITY AND THE STAFF HOW YOU'RE WORKING ON WHAT'S ALREADY BUILT. RIGHT.
AND THE USAGE OF THAT. AND WHAT'S THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE. YEAH. SO THE COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE BUILT TO WARM SHELL CONDITIONS AS OPPOSED TO COVERED AND
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PUEBLO, WHICH WAS COLD SHELL. AND WE WERE LUCKY TO GET TENANTS IN PUEBLO VIEJO VILLAS.CAVADA JUST RECEIVED ITS CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FAIRLY RECENTLY AND WE HAVE GOTTEN ACTIVE OFFERS. IT'S CURRENTLY BEING LEASED, BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE FIT TO DATE. WE'RE STILL PURSUING OTHER OPTIONS THERE, SPECIFICALLY AT SIX STREET SENIORS, THOUGH WE'VE HAD TO HAVE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COACHELLA, COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THEY'VE EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST. WE'VE ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH A FEW OTHER LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, A LAUNDROMAT THAT WAS LOOKING TO OPEN UP SOME SMALL BAKERIES, NOT TO ACTUALLY BAKE THERE, BUT TO HAVE A STOREFRONT. AND SO WE FEEL MUCH MORE CONFIDENT WITH THE WARM SHELL SPACE THAT IT WILL BE LEASED UP SOONER. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, UNDER CONTRACT YET. BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO LEASE THAT UP SOONER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE. YEP. OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT, COMMISSIONER TORRES? YES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO WE. WELL, SO THE QUESTION WITH PARKING, IT'S A FEASIBILITY QUESTION. MORE SO NOT A LIKE THIS HAS TO HAPPEN QUESTION OR SO DUE TO SB 35. THE PROJECT DOES NOT NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODE PARKING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN A HALF MILE OF PUBLIC TRANSIT.
SO THE PARKING THAT THEY ARE REQUIRING MEET EXCEEDS THE EXPECTATIONS FOR SB 35. GOT IT.
AND IF WE AS A COMMISSION WERE LIKE, OH, WELL, THEY YOU KNOW, COULD WE RECOMMEND THEM TO HAVE MORE PARKING OR LIKE SOLIDIFY THAT OR. NO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT. NO, BECAUSE THEY'RE EXEMPTED THROUGH STATE LAW. GOT IT. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE ACTUALLY. NO.
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS ANSWERED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. SO I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. DO WE HAVE LIKE WHAT'S LIKE THE OPEN SPACE RACHEL RATIO COMPARED TO OBVIOUSLY THE UNITS I, I DON'T KNOW IF I SAW THAT ON THE PLAN. I JUST KIND OF WANT LIKE A RUN THROUGH OF THAT JUST FOR MYSELF, JUST FOR KNOWLEDGE AND THE AMENITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDED.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE AMENITIES. BUT I DO HAVE IT IS FIRST. SO WE HAVE THE THE 1100 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY ROOM IS BASICALLY THE AMENITY SPACE. AND THERE'S WE USUALLY HAVE IT PROGRAMED LIKE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED, AND WE HAVE IT PROGRAMED WITH ACTIVITIES.
THERE'LL BE A LOUNGE SPACE, THERE'LL BE AN HOUR, OFFICE WILL BE THERE FOR THE MANAGER.
SO IT WILL BE KIND OF WE CALL IT CURATED. THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO HAVE THE LAUNDRY, ALL THE LAUNDRY RIGHT NEXT DOOR SO THEY COULD FLOW IN AND OUT. BUT NOW WE'VE BROKEN IT UP BY FLOOR SO PEOPLE CAN COME DOWN, DO LAUNDRY THERE AND STILL GO TO THE COMMUNITY SPACE AND COME BACK. SO THAT'S REALLY THE FOCUS OF THE AMENITIES IN THE CENTER. WE DO HAVE BALCONIES WHERE AT THE ELEVATOR LOBBY WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK OUT UPON SIXTH STREET AND AND RELAX THERE. BUT THAT'S REALLY THE MAJORITY OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE ON THAT ARE THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DO HAVE ONE MORE.
I'M SO SORRY. I WANTED TO TAKE INTO I WANTED TO I WAS LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT THE PERSON WAS SAYING THAT THEY'RE HOPING THAT THERE WAS AN ALLEY LIKE ON SEVENTH STREET IN BAGHDAD. SO I PULLED UP THE MAP, AND I DO SEE THAT THERE IS AN ALLEY, LIKE KIND OF GOING TOWARDS TRIPOLI, WAY IN BETWEEN THOSE HOUSES. IS THIS SITE IN PARTICULAR USING THE WHOLE ENTIRE LOT, OR ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE THAT LITTLE BACK SPACE? I KNOW THAT THEY MENTIONED ON THE ZOOM, BUT I WAS CURIOUS. SO THAT AREA THERE IS AN EASEMENT AND IT'S 15FT WIDE AND IT'S SPLIT. I WOULD ALMOST SAY IT'S SPLIT 5050, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY 5050. SO HALF OF THE EASEMENT IS TO OUR PROPERTY. AND THE OTHER HALF OF THE EASEMENT IS GRANTED A SECTION TO EACH ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT COMES BACK. SO IN RESPECTING THE THAT PROPERTY, THE EASEMENT OF THE FIVE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE BACKSIDE, WE'RE ONLY IMPROVING THAT TO A GRADED CONDITION WITH WITH DECOMPOSED GRANITE. SO NOTHING WILL GROW THERE. SO WE'RE NOT PLANNING ANYTHING THERE. AND THEN ON OUR SIDE WE'RE CREATING THE PARKING. SO THERE WON'T BE AN ALLEY, BUT THERE'LL BE A 7.5FT WIDE ACCESS TO THE GATES. AND WE WENT AND LOOKED AT WE SAW THE COMMENTS TODAY, AND WE LOOKED AT THE GATE AND SAID, HE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE GATES. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WON'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE A TRUCK THROUGH THERE, BECAUSE THAT TRUCK WOULD HAVE TO COME THROUGH OUR PARKING LOT AND THROUGH A PARKING STALL.
BUT IF ANY ACCESS THEY NEED TO GET IN THERE WILL BE OPEN FOR THAT 7.5FT WIDE EASEMENT FOR EACH PROPERTY OWNER TO TO USE THAT. SO THERE ARE OVER POWER LINES THERE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. THANK YOU. AND TO SPEAK ON COMMISSIONER LADAS
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QUESTION. IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT UNDER THE OPEN SPACE VARIANCE FINDINGS. SO PER OUR FINDINGS WE DID DISCUSS THAT THERE IS A 150 SQUARE FOOT OF PRIVATE OPEN SPACE REQUIRED PER UNIT AND TEN FEET OF OF COMMON OPEN SPACE PER UNIT. THAT WOULD TOTAL TO 8480FT■!S OF TOTAL OPEN SPACE, PRIVATE AND OPEN, COMBINED AT A TOTAL OF AGAIN 8480FT■!S. BUT WE FOUND THROUGH THE VARIANCE FINDINGS THAT THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL OPEN SPACE WITH VETERANS PARK AND THE OTHER PARKS ADJACENT TO THE THE PROPERTY WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS OF THE PROJECT. AND IT WAS IN THE CITY MANAGER MEMO PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THE CITY WOULD SUPPORT NOT HAVING BALCONIES, WHICH WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AT 150FT■!S R UNIT. PER THE MEMO, WE SUPPORTED. NOT GOING FORWARD WITH THAT REQUIREMENT. THANK YOU. AND THIS CONCESSION WAS PROPOSED IN ORDER TO HELP THE DEVELOPERS ACHIEVE THE TAX CREDITS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS LAST ROUND. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S ALL. OKAY. FOR MY COMMENTS. WITH THE NEW ELECTRICITY GOING ON, WILL THERE BE ANY ELECTRICAL BOXES EXPOSED OR UNITS? I DO SEE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE ELECTRICAL BOXES AROUND LIKE IN THE HOUSING AREAS. SO WILL THERE BE ANYTHING EXPOSED? WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR DOWN IN THE DESIGN, BUT THERE PROBABLY BE AN ABOVE GROUND TRANSFORMER SOMEWHERE ON THE PROPERTY AS TYPICAL. OKAY, WELL, IT CAN THAT TRANSFORMER BE OUT OF REACH OF THE SENIORS BY ANY CHANCE OR OUT OF THEIR WAY? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY WE CAN KEEP IT TO THE SIDE, JUST NOT SURROUNDING THE APARTMENT AREA? WE'LL HAVE TO MEET WHATEVER IID'S REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR ACCESS, BECAUSE THEY USUALLY WANT THE TEN FOOT WIDE CLEARANCE, AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE A TRUCK UP TO IT. SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE, RIGHT, TO THE TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC, MOST LIKELY TOWARDS THE END OF THE BUILDING. IT WON'T WE WON'T PUT IT IN A, IN A, YOU KNOW, A WALKWAY OR PATH OF TRAVEL. WE WILL WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN IN VISUALIZING IT. WE'RE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT BY THE TRASH ENCLOSURE. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO SUBMIT TO ID AND GET THEIR APPROVAL ON.SO THE INTENT IS TO NOT HAVE IT THERE. BUT AGAIN, EVEN THE CITY DOESN'T REALLY GET A SAY IN THAT BECAUSE IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ID. YES, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT IN PART OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACES WE'RE LOOKING INTO BAKERIES AND LOTS LIKE THAT, POINTING THE ONLINE COMMENT FROM GABRIEL, HE DID MENTION THE THE SPACES WERE TOO SMALL. SO THINKING OF A BAKERY THAT NEEDS A KITCHEN BEHIND IT AND OVENS AND CONVENTIONAL EQUIPMENT, WOULDN'T IT BE? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO MAKE IT BIGGER AND REDUCE HALLWAY SPACE? SO IT WOULD BE ELIMINATING THE HALLWAY ALTOGETHER, NOT ELIMINATING, BUT MAKING MORE? I MEAN, THEY WERE LOOKING INTO MAKING BAKERIES AND IN A SMALL STORAGE. WELL, THE HALLWAY THERE IS TO SERVE THE BACK END OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACES SO THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE TRASH. SO WHEN WE REALLY LOOKED AT THAT WAS WE WOULD HAVE TO ELIMINATE THE HALLWAY. BASICALLY, IT'S A SINGLE LOADED HALLWAY. SO IT'S NOT WE CAN'T MAKE ANY SMALLER. IT'S EITHER THERE OR NOT. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO OTHER BUSINESSES THAT DON'T REQUIRE CONVENTIONAL OVENS OR INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF THE SPACES ARE SUITABLE FOR THAT ACTUAL PRODUCTION FACILITY. IT'S SUITABLE FOR CAFES OR AS ALEX MENTIONED, THE BAKERY FOR SALE OR OTHER OFFICE OR COMMERCIAL SPACE, BUT TO HAVE TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AT THE BASE OF A A SENIOR HOUSING, I DON'T I DON'T THINK THOSE MESH OKAY. YEAH, YEAH THAT WAS I WAS WONDERING THAT TOO. AND DO YOU GUYS HAVE A PLAN TO GET BUSINESS IN THERE. BECAUSE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT PART OF THE OTHER TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT, THE COMMERCIAL SPACE ARE STILL EMPTY. AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR MAYBE TWO YEARS NOW. SO HE'S THE MASTER AT THAT. BUT BY MAKING IT A WARM SHELL, WHICH THE OTHER ONES WERE NOT, IT SHOULD BE ALMOST MOVE IN READY. BUT HE'S GOT PLANNING STAFF HAS ALSO BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT'S LEASING OUT SOME OF THE PROPERTIES. AND THEY'VE COME TO US STATING THAT THERE'S ABOUT 4 OR 5 BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE CURRENTLY INTERESTED IN GOING INTO THE SPACE, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO HELP BETTER UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL COST FOR THEIR TENANT IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS GOING OVER SIGNAGE COSTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE IT WORRIES ME THAT EVENTUALLY DOWN THE LINE IT BECOMES THE TARGET FOR VANDALISM OR HOMELESS SHELTERING. IF THEY IF THEY KEEP ON SEEING IT EMPTY. JUST TO CLARIFY, PUEBLO VIEJO VILLAS IS FULLY LEASED ON BOTH COMMERCIAL SPACES, COLLEGE OF THE DESERT AND THEN ON THE CESAR CHAVEZ SIDE, INLAND REGIONAL CENTERS, WHICH IS A PARTNER TO THE PROJECT, IS CURRENTLY IMPROVING THAT SPACE
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RIGHT NOW. OKAY, GREAT. AWESOME. I MENTIONED ON THE PLAN EARLIER FOR TRYING TO LEASE UP THE I'M SORRY, SIXTH STREET SENIORS. BEING A WARM SHELL, IT SHOULD BE MUCH EASIER BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING INTEREST ON, BUT WE'RE FINDING TENANTS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND HANDLING ALL THAT ON THEIR OWN. OKAY, ARE THEY GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM. THEY DON'T HAVE GUIDANCE OR. OH, THEY JUST IT'S MAINLY THE BEEN BECAUSE OF THE COST OR THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED TO US. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS OR CONFUSION ON HOW TO SUBMIT FOR THEIR TIS AND THE COST OF ADDING RESTROOMS. WHERE WOULD THIS PROJECT? THERE WOULD BE RESTROOMS FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACES ALREADY INCLUDED, SO IT ELIMINATES THAT BARRIER. OKAY, GREAT. AND ANOTHER COMMENT HE MENTIONED. SORRY I FORGOT YOUR NAME, BUT YES, THAT THERE'S THERE WAS ONE ELEVATOR BANK WITH TWO ELEVATORS. IS THAT ON EACH? HOW LONG IS THE HALLWAY IN THE IN THE BUILDING? BECAUSE IF A SENIOR LIVES ON ONE END OF THE HALLWAY AND HIS ELEVATORS TO THE OTHER END, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY, SO IT'S NOT ON EITHER END. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.COME DOWN. YOU'RE AT THE COMMUNITY, YOU WALK AROUND, YOU'RE IN THE COMMUNITY SPACE.
YOU'RE AT THE AT THE AT THE LOWER LAUNDRY ROOM. AND THEN RIGHT OUT, RIGHT OUT TO THE STREET AND OR OUT TO THE PARKING LOT. OH, PERFECT. AND ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE CURRENT HOME, THE CURRENT RESIDENT THAT'S BEEN THERE, HE DID MENTION THAT THERE'S EQUIPMENT BEING STORED, AND IT'S GIVING HIM A HARD TIME ACCESSING HIS BACK GATE. IF THIS PROJECT GOES THROUGH, WILL HE HAVE A HARD TIME THROUGHOUT THE THE CONTINUANCE OF THE PROJECT? LIKE IF IT'S A YEAR AND A HALF, WILL HE HAVE THAT PROBLEM? WE WE WE WE OCCUPIED THAT SPACE TO BUILD AND WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH HIM TO HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO THAT. BUT WE THEY FENCED IT ALL OFF IN ORDER TO SECURE THE EQUIPMENT OVERNIGHT AND SUCH. I THINK YOU PROBABLY HAD AN ISSUE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. I SOUNDED LIKE HE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE CONCERNED.
THAT WAS HIS POINT OF CONTENTION, BUT HE WAS MORE CONCERNED THAT WE'D BE FENCING THE WHOLE PROJECT OFF WHEN COMPLETED, AND HE WOULD HAVE NO ACCESS BACK THERE. BUT THE PROJECT WON'T BE GATED, SO HE'LL HAVE ACCESS DOWN HIS 7.5FT WIDE EASEMENT TO GET TO HIS GATE. OKAY. AND THIS WAS MADE CLEAR TO HIM WHEN HE WAS, WHEN HE HE CALLED. YEAH. AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP AGAIN WITH HIM TOMORROW AS WELL. OKAY. YEAH. I JUST DON'T WANT HIM. I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. HOWEVER, IF HE'S A RESIDENT FOR 50 YEARS, HE WE DON'T WANT TO BOTHER SOMEONE WHO'S ALONGSIDE HIM RESIDENT FOR A NEW PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE UP SIX STREETS. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? I DO, I DO HAVE ONE MORE THING. AND AGAIN, GOING TO THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT, RIGHT. I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD AND I'M INJURED IN THIS THING. SO I'M I'M THINKING THAT IT'S ALREADY A GO, BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE. ARE THERE ANY SAFETY? I GUESS AMENITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SENIORS. RIGHT. SO FOR INSTANCE, ARE THERE RAILS OR IS THERE BECAUSE IT'S MEANT FOR SENIORS, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE IS THERE SOME TYPE OF HOLDING BEFORE THEY GO IN A RESTROOM OR ANYTHING? IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT BECAUSE THIS BUILDING IS DESIGNED FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT I'M ASSUMING YOU BUILD IN OTHER PLACES, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IS ADDED JUST BECAUSE OF THE OF THE CULTURE OF THE INDIVIDUALS LIVING THERE THAT, THAT THAT WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION SAFETY WISE? YEAH. FOR FOR THESE PARTICULAR LOCATIONS, WE HAVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS REQUIREMENTS FOR UNITS TO BE ADAPTABLE. SO WE HAVE ALL THAT BUILT IN PLACE TO ADD IN THOSE IN THE UNITS NECESSARY. BUT WE HAVE UNITS. WHAT PERCENTAGE, ALEX, THAT ARE 15% OF THE UNITS ARE ALREADY BUILT OUT THAT WAY, AND THE OTHER ONES ARE ADAPTABLE FOR THAT NEED IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED IN REGARDS TO THE TRAFFIC COMMENT THAT THE RESIDENT MADE, I WANTED TO I DON'T BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC SINCE IT'S SENIORS. AND SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SAY THAT WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE, RIGHT. WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDY. THAT WAS OKAY, OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. I HAVE ONE MORE THING. I'M SO SORRY. GO FOR IT. I'M LOOKING I'M LOOKING AT THE AERIAL VIEW. SO THIS COULD BE OLD AND SO IT COULD BE WRONG. BUT I'M LOOKING AT DATE AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE CROSSWALKS ARE KIND OF FADED. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN PUT IT IN WHERE THAT WE FIX THAT? BECAUSE IF IT IS GOING TO BE SENIOR LIVING HOMES, YOU
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KNOW, AND IF THERE IS NO NO PARKING, YOU KNOW, THEY PARK ACROSS THE STREET IF THOSE CROSSWALKS ARE FADED, LIKE SOMEONE COULD GET IN AN ACCIDENT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HOW IT LOOKS LIKE IN PERSON STILL, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT ON THE MAP. THE PROJECT WILL HAS BEEN CONDITIONED TO COMPLETE OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE RESTRIPING FOR CROSSWALKS AND IN THE ROADWAYS AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHEN CONSIDERING THE ALLEY ON SEVENTH STREET IN BAGHDAD, IS THAT A CITY ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH OR IT'S A UTILITY EASEMENT? I BELIEVE IT'S AN EASEMENT. OKAY. YEAH. TO CREATE THAT ALLEYWAY FOR THE RESIDENTS. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. WILL THIS ITEM BE COMING BACK IN THE FUTURE FOR WITH UPDATES OR IS IT GOING STRAIGHT TO IS IT NOT COMING BACK ANYMORE AS FAR AS UPDATES MEANING LIKE WITH THEIR PROGRESS WITH CONSTRUCTION? OR WE CAN PROVIDE UPDATES ON THEIR CONSTRUCTION AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS. OKAY, BECAUSE I WAS SEEING THE PROJECT AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. HOWEVER, I DO THINK IT HAS MORE POTENTIAL TO TO BE MORE THAT SPANISH COLONIAL THAT WE'RE GOING FOR IN THE CITY. MAYBE ADDING SPANISH TILE TO IT OR SOMETHING THAT JUST ELEVATES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE SENIORS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF DESIGN WITHIN THE BUILDING, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE. YOU GUYS CAN MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES IN THERE, OR PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO STAFF TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON ADDING MORE SPECIFIC FEATURES. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO MOTION AND CONDITION FOR THE PROJECT. CHAIR, JUST TO CLARIFY, YEAH, THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT BE COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSION. THIS IS WHERE YOU DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROJECT. STAFF CAN COME BACK AND GIVE YOU UPDATES ON THE PROJECT, BUT THIS IS THE TIME WHERE YOU WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR THOSE MODIFICATIONS. OKAY.THANK YOU. SO WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MOTION? I CAN MOTION I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THE WHERE TO READ OFF OF. WOULD IT BE THE WHOLE TITLE OF THE ITEM NUMBER? ITEM NUMBER FOUR. WE CAN BRING THAT BACK UP FOR YOU ON THE SCREEN AGAIN, PLEASE. MOTION STAFF GUIDANCE TO DESIGN FOR THE BUILDING. DO YOU HAVE LIKE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. SO AS FAR AS SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE TILING ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES ON THERE.
NOW THAT THE PRESENTATION IS BACK UP, WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT THAT SLIDE TO DEPICT THAT. SO THERE IS DECORATIVE TILE AT THE ENTRYWAYS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL. AND THEN DO YOU WANT TO GO TO SOME OF THE OTHER RENDERINGS AS WELL, ADRIAN, TO KIND OF SHOW THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES? SO YEAH, THESE ARE THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES. AGAIN, THE GABLE ROOFS, THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS UNDER THE GABLE ROOFS, SHUTTERS, JULIET BALCONIES, THE TRIM AT THE WINDOWS, AND ALSO THESE CANOPIES AT CERTAIN WINDOWS WITH ALSO THESE AWNINGS FOR THE COMMERCIAL. SO THESE ARE THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PROJECT. AND THERE WOULD BE DECORATIVE TILING AGAIN ALONG THE ENTRYWAYS AS WELL. OKAY.
IT'S JUST A GREAT SONG, CONVINCING ME. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THE DESIGN. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH STAFF ON ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS REQUEST, BUT THERE IS RISK OF LOSING THE TAX CREDITS IF IF THEY'RE NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. SO WHEN IS YOUR DEADLINE FOR THE TAX CREDITS? WE WOULD HAVE TO RESCIND OUR AWARD PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY SINCE WE WERE ALREADY AWARDED, AND IT WOULD BE PRETTY DETRIMENTAL TO OUR COMPANY. WE WOULD BE AWARDED NEGATIVE POINTS MOVING FORWARD FOR FUTURE PROJECTS FOR BY RESCINDING AN AWARD. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY EXISTING ARCHITECTURAL TILES ON THE COMPLEX THAT'S DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS PROJECT? THERE IS, THERE IS. IS IT A POSSIBILITY TO. HAVE THEM MATCH IN A WAY, OR ARE THEY DO THEY LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT
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THEY WOULD WANT, I'M SURE THEY WOULD CONSIDER IT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S TILE AT BOTH PROJECTS AT PUEBLO VIEJO VILLAS AND CAVADA. HOWEVER, WE HAVE HEARD FROM STAFF THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THIS PROJECT TO LOOK DIFFERENT. THAT'S THE KIND OF DIFFERENT COLORATION THAT YOU'RE SEEING COMPARED TO THE OTHER PROJECTS. BUT AGAIN, WE'D BE OPEN TO CONSIDERING THAT. MAYBE JUST LIKE MAYBE RECESS ON THE WINDOWS. BUT IF THAT CAN BE JUST KIND OF DRIVEN BY STAFF AND NOT COME BACK TO US JUST SO WE CAN SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND GO THROUGH, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GO AND GET THE FUNDING. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TO MOVE IT FORWARD. YEAH. THE GRAPHIC ON THE SCREEN NOW ALSO SHOWS THE WINDOW RECESSING AS WELL, JUST FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. COOL. OKAY. YOU GUYS ARE READY TO MOVE WITH THE MOTION. GO AHEAD.I MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH 20 CONDITIONALLY APPROVING ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW APPLICATION AR 2512 WITH THE MODIFICATION TO INCLUDE ENGINEERING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FOUR STORY, 53 AFFORDABLE SENIOR APARTMENT UNITS, 4375FT■!S OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, 1100 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY ROOM, AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS ON A 0.86 ACRE LOT AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF TRIPOLI AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET, AND RECOMMEND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. OH, THAT ONE TOO. THAT ONE'S FOR THE VARIANCE. OH, OKAY. ALSO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025. DASH 21, CONDITIONALLY APPROVING A VARIANCE FROM MUNICIPAL CODE STANDARDS, INCLUDING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, AND DETERMINING THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUA PURSUANT TO PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES. SECTION 15 332 INFILL EXEMPTION.
SO, CHAIR, YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY MODIFICATIONS. THEN YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY MODIFICATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A MODIFICATION OF HAVING RECESSED WINDOWS ON STRATEGIC AREAS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A MODIFICATION THIS HAS TO BE ADDED TO THE MOTION. SO WHEN THE MOTION AND WE CAN WE CAN MAKE A MOTION BY TITLE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THE ENTIRE PARAGRAPH I KNOW IT'S LONG. SO WE CAN WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, PLEASE I KNOW I DIDN'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF. SO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2520 AS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF WITH THE MODIFICATION THAT YOU ASKED FOR. AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL SEE WHO SECONDS AND VOTE ON IT. OKAY. DO DO IT AGAIN. JUST DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THE ENTIRE THING. MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2520 WITH. WAS RECOMMENDED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY BY THE BY THE PLANNING STAFF, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING STAFF FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL WEIGHT. NO. FOR THE WINDOW RECESSED WINDOWS ON STRATEGIC WINDOWS ON STRATEGIC WITH MODIFICATION ON THE RECESS WITH MODIFICATION ON THE RECESSED WINDOWS TO WORK WITH STAFF AND GIVE STAFF DISCRETION ON THAT SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU. YES, YES. OH I'M SORRY. MAYBE I SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS. NO, NO THAT'S OKAY. AND TO FOR THE RECESSED WINDOWS. JUST TO WORK WITH STAFF. TO WORK WITH STAFF.
THANK YOU. OKAY, I SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. COMMISSIONER TORRES. YES, COMMISSIONER.
LAURA. YES, COMMISSIONER. DORCA. YES. VICE CHAIRPERSON. FONSECA. YES. COMMISSIONER. MURILLO. YES.
MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO INFORMATIONAL. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS.
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ADDITIONAL ITEMS. OKAY, SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 741. BEFORE. BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. I WANT TO THANK KENDRA AND ANAHI AND SELENA.THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND EVERYBODY ELSE, THE CITY STAFF. I KNOW THAT THE CITY AT THE MOMENT IS GOING THROUGH EXTREMELY INTERESTING TIMES, RIGHT. AND I THINK IT'S IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST AS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO ALLOW CITY STAFF GRACE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND
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HOW THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. I DO KNOW THAT THAT WE ALL HAVE STANDARDS AND THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT I THINK AT THE MOMENT WE NEED TO HUMANIZE OUR CITY, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. A LOT OF THAT IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. BUT I THINK THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME YET AGAIN, RIGHT YET AGAIN, TO TRY OUR VERY BEST RIGHT TO ALLOW OURSELVES AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO JUST ALLOW OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS, RIGHT, OUR FRIENDS, OUR PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING HERE. I THINK AT THE MOMENT, I ALWAYS TAKE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN OUR CITY AS AN OPPORTUNITY. SOMETIMES OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT NOT THINK THAT WAY.I KNOW THAT WHAT BOTHERS ME IS WHEN OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NO IDEA HOW WE LIVE IN THIS CITY HAVE AND FEEL THE LIBERTY TO MAKE COMMENTS OF HOW THEY FEEL WE SHOULD FEEL OF HOW WE FEEL LIVING IN THE CITY. RIGHT? I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE CAN GO INTO THAT RABBIT HOLE THAT MAY BE INTENTIONAL TO CRITICIZE, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE. I THINK IT'S RIGHT NOW THE TIME TO GIVE OURSELVES THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP. I THINK WE'RE ALL A COMMUNITY OF EXTREMELY RESILIENT AND EXTREMELY CAPABLE INDIVIDUALS, AND I THINK IF YOU REALLY ASK ANYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, ALL WANT IS A BETTER COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND SO I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SHARE THAT I'M NOT SPEAKING ON, ON ANYBODY ELSE'S BEHALF. I'M SPEAKING ON MINE. RIGHT. I HAVE A STANDARD FOR MYSELF. I ALSO KNOW THAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I AM A MISUNDERSTOOD INDIVIDUAL MANY TIMES, BUT I'M ONLY MISUNDERSTOOD TO THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW ME, RIGHT? I THINK WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW WHO I AM, YOU HAVE NO DOUBT WHERE I STAND. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND AND SELENA AND KENDRA AND ADRIAN. SORRY FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU DO. AND OBVIOUSLY OUR TECH INDIVIDUAL IN THE BACK OF ALL THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS DO HERE, WE SEE YOU. I THINK AS A COMMUNITY, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR WORK IS SEEN, AND I HOPE OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF, OF OUR CITY EXPRESS THAT TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE LEAVE. BUT WE'RE THE ONES THAT STAY. AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M GOING NOWHERE, RIGHT? EVEN WHEN I'M NOT PART OF THIS DAIS, I'M NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE. YOU KNOW, I'M RAISING MY BOYS HERE. MY BOYS ARE GOING TO GO TO CVUSD. THEY'RE GOING TO BE RAISED IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND THE REASON WHY I DO WHAT I DO IS BECAUSE I WANT A BETTER CITY AND A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. SO I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND I WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD SHOWING THAT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS AND WE NEED TO ALLOW OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE AND WORKING TOGETHER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO HAVE I HAVE A COMMENT, A COMMENT. SO I KNOW I ASKED YOU FOR THE PROJECT LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE OR STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON, AND I WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE A CONSENSUS, LIKE UPON A CONSENSUS VOTE TO SEE IF WE WOULD LIKE, LIKE A STUDY SESSION ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO WE CAN KIND OF GET LIKE AN UPDATE AND SEE THE STATUS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND TO BRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL. MAYBE IF THERE'S MANY PROJECTS, PROBABLY TWO STUDY SESSIONS, SO THEY WON'T BE AS LONG. BUT YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE WITH ALL THE PROJECTS AND DETAILS. YEAH. ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK. YEAH, THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EVERYTHING. WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE THAT EARLY NEXT YEAR? WOULD THAT BE FEASIBLE I THINK YEAH, WE'RE HAVING A MEETING IN LIKE PROBABLY MID JANUARY. RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUPLE POTENTIALLY A COUPLE MEETINGS IN DECEMBER. WE DO HAVE A LARGER AGENDA LIST FOR THE SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER. SO MID JANUARY EARLY FEBRUARY COULD WORK IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE OPEN TO PROBABLY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, LIKE IF THE SECOND MEETING OF DECEMBER IS HEAVY, LIKE THE 1ST OF DECEMBER AND THEN THE OTHER ONE TILL JANUARY. OKAY, OKAY. THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER
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IS THE TREE LIGHTING THE NIGHT OF THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY. OKAY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE OPEN OR WANTING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THAT GOING ON, BUT. WELL, CAN WE I WANT TO BE HERE WITH THE BOYS TO SEE THAT. YEAH. SO THEN WE'LL DO WE'LL DO MID JANUARY FOR THE MEETING. PERFECT. OKAY. OKAY. ROGER. OKAY. DURING THE MEETING