Nov 02, 2023 Planning Commission

PLEASE STAND IF YOU CAN.

READY, BEGIN MY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ EDMONDS.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO ASK ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR THOSE WATCHING VIRTUALLY THAT PLAN ON GIVING TESTIMONY.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND TO BE SWORN IN.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE GIVING TESTIMONY.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU SHALL GIVE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19TH.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT ITEM? SO MOVE AND A SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, PERSON A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED? SEEING

[1. 23-24852 Recommendation to approve the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, October 19, 2023. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

NONE.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES.

WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES AND BRING IT BACK.

BIND THE RAIL.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING DOUG MADAM CLERK, IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE.

I DON'T HAVE AN OPTION YET.

I CAN TAKE A VERBAL, I'LL VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS.

ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA, IF THE CLERK COULD READ THE ITEM FOR US.

ITEM TWO IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION ONTO THE RECORD, CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN APPLICANT APPEAL APPEAL FILED BY 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE, LLC CARE

[2. 23-24853 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and consider an applicant appeal filed by 335 Pacific Ave LLC c/o Jon Swire (APL23-016); Accept Categorical Exemption CE-23-111; Grant the Appeal in Part and Modify the Cultural Heritage Commission’s Certificate of Appropriateness (COAC2212-02) approval for the temporary removal, preservation and relocation of the Historic Dolly Varden Rooftop Sign, a locally designated historic landmark sign, which was conditioned upon retaining the first twelve (12) feet to fifteen (15) feet of the existing building facade required to be retained in place at 335 Pacific Avenue in the Downtown Plan (PD-30) Planned Development District; and, Approve a Certificate of Appropriateness, and adopt the proposed findings and conditions of approval thereto, to allow for temporary removal, preservation and relocation of the Historic Dolly Varden Rooftop Sign, on a replacement eight-story building at 335 Pacific Avenue in the PD-30 Planned Development District, as part of a separate Site Plan Review entitlement application (App. No. 2212-09 [SPR22-135]). The Site Plan Review entitlement, which is not the subject of this item, is to allow for the demolition of the existing hotel building, for the purpose of constructing a new 141-unit multi-family residential building with parking and resident amenity spaces within an eight-story (above-grade) structure and two (2) levels of below grade parking at 335 Pacific Avenue. The historic sign would be relocated to the new rooftop amenity space at 335 Pacific Avenue. No nomination for landmark designation of the existing hotel building has been received and City staff has not identified qualifying criteria for landmark designation of the existing hotel building. The Planning Commission’s decision will be final. (District 1) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

OF JOHN SWIRE EX.

ACCEPT CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION CE 23 DASH 11.

GRANT THE APPEAL IN PART AND MODIFY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION'S CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, APPROVAL FOR THE TEMPORARY REMOVAL, PRESERVATION, AND RELOCATION OF THE HISTORIC DOLLY BARDEN ROOFTOP SIGN.

A LOCALLY DESIGNATED HISTORIC LANDMARK SIGN, WHICH WAS CONDITIONED UPON RETAINING THE FIRST 12 FEET TO 15 FEET OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FACADE REQUIRED TO BE RETAINED IN PLACE AT 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND APPROVED THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THERETO TO ALLOW FOR TEMPORARY REMOVAL, PRESERVATION, AND RELOCATION OF THE HISTORIC DOLLY VARDEN ROOFTOP SIGN ON A REPLACEMENT EIGHT STORY BUILDING AT 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE IN THE PD 30 PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AS PART OF A SEPARATE SITE PLAN REVIEW ENTITLEMENT APPLICATION.

THE SITE PLAN REVIEW ENTITLEMENT, WHICH IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF THIS ITEM, IS TO ALLOW FOR THE DE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING HOTEL BUILDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A NEW 141 UNIT.

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH PARKING AND RESIDENTIAL AMENITY SPACES WITH AN EIGHT STORY STRUCTURE AND TWO LEVELS OF BELOW GRADE PARKING AT 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE.

THE HISTORIC SIGN WOULD BE RELOCATED TO THE NEW ROOFTOP AMENITY SPACE AT 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE.

NO NOMINATION FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE EXISTING HOTEL BUILDING HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND CITY STAFF HAS NOT IDENTIFIED QUALIFYING CRITERIA FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE EXISTING HOTEL BUILDING.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE FINAL DISTRICT ONE.

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THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TEMPLIN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.

THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYONE.

DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? AND, AND BEFORE WE START, IN THE INTEREST OF BEING RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A FAIR CHANCE TO BE HEARD THIS EVENING, I'D LIKE TO ASK MAYBE STAFF'S PRESENTATION TO BE NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES AND WE'LL ASK THE SAME FOR THE APPLICANT AND THE APPELLANT WHEN THEY GET UP AND DO THEIR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UM, OUR PROJECT PLANNER, MARYANNE CRONIN, WILL BE PROVIDING THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

I KNOW THIS ISN'T SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY, SO JUST FROM A PROCEDURAL UM, UH, STANDPOINT, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S CLEAR.

SO, UM, CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS ARE, UM, HISTORIC REVIEW, UM, PERMITS THAT GO THROUGH OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM HERE WITHIN THE PLANNING BUREAU.

MANY OF THE 600 OR SO CERTIFICATES WE DO EACH YEAR ARE DONE AT THE STAFF LEVEL, AND THOSE FOR MORE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS ARE BROUGHT TO THE CITY'S CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION.

UM, AND IN THIS CASE THERE'S A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS THAT WENT TO THE COMMISSION AND IS NOW BEING APPEALED BY THE APPLICANT.

SO, UM, YOU DON'T SEE THIS OFTEN, BUT, UH, TECHNICALLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THE APPEAL BODY, UM, FOR DECISIONS THAT ARE FIRST MADE BY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION.

UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MARYANNE CRONIN TO PROVIDE, UH, THE PRESENTATION ON THIS FIRST HEARING, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AND IS SEPARATE FROM THE NEXT HEARING RELATED TO THE SITE PLAN REVIEW.

GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS AN APPLICANT APPEAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS RELATED TO THE DOLLY VARDEN ROOFTOP SIGN, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE.

THAT'S IT.

WE'RE JUST TAKING A MOMENT TO GET THE TECHNOLOGY FIXED HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.

ONE MOMENT PLEASE.

I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S INTERACTING THIS EVENING.

UM, OKAY, THIS SLIDE HAS SHOWN, UM, ACTUALLY, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE.

AS A RESULT, OR AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT HEARING, THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION ADDED AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO RETAIN THE FIRST 12 TO 15 FEET OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FACADE, UH, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DETERMINED NOT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR LANDMARK STATUS.

UH, THIS SLIDE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT TO DATE.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS ON THE SCREEN, SO I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW ON MAY 30TH.

UH, THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION HEARD A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPLICATION TO ALLOW FOR THE TEMPORARY REMOVAL, PRESERVATION AND RELOCATION OF THE DARD AND ROOFTOP SIGN.

AS SUCH, THE DOLLY GARDEN ROOFTOP SIGN IS A LOCAL DESIGNATED, UH, LANDMARK, AND THE BUILDING, UH, IN THAT LANDMARK DESIGNATION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE, SO THEREFORE, THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 2.63 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE ONLY APPLIED TO THE TREATMENT AND RELOCATION AND REINCORPORATION OF THE SIGN ONTO THE REPLACEMENT BUILDING.

AT THAT MAY HEARING, THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION, UH, DID CONTINUE THAT HEIGHT ITEM AND ASKED FOR A STUDY SESSION TO BE HELD, WHICH WAS HELD ON JUNE 27TH, 2023.

THAT STUDY SESSION DID INCLUDE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS RELATED TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE EXISTING, UH, NON HISTORIC LANDMARK THREE STORY HOTEL BUILDING THAT REMAINS AT THE SITE.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY SESSION, UH, THE CHC VOTED SIX ZERO TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE STUDY SESSION INCLUDING A DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PRIMARY RECORD FORM, WHICH IS THE TYPICAL FORM OF RECORDATION OF LANDMARK DESIGNATION OR ELIGIBILITY, AND THAT REFLECT THAT THE EXISTING BUILDING, UH, REMAINS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION AND THAT THE, UM, PROJECT CAN CONTINUE ON TO CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.

AS SUCH, ON JULY 25TH, 2023, THE CHC REOPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, TO CONTINUE THE HEARING ON THE TEMPORARY REMOVAL, PRESERVATION, AND RELOCATION OF THAT SIGN ONTO THE NEW BUILDING.

UM,

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IN THAT DPR FORM AND ANALYSIS, UM, THAT CONDITION REQUIRED THAT BUILDING FACADE TO BE RETAINED IN PLACE AND HAVING THAT ROOFTOP SIGN INSTALLED BACK AT ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION WITH THE BUILDING DESIGN, UH, FOR THE ULTIMATE SITE PLAN REVIEW AROUND IT.

UH, WITHIN THAT 10 DAY APPEAL PERIOD, THE APPLICANT, UH, 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE LLC, FILED AN APPEAL AS AN APPLICANT APPEAL FOR THAT ADDED CONDITION OF APPROVAL.

AND TODAY BEFORE YOU IS, UM, FOR THIS HEARING ITEM IS RELATED TO THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION, UH, CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FINDINGS ONLY.

AND THIS, UM, UNDER THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT DOES CONSTITUTE THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROJECT, AND THAT BECOMES, UH, IMPORTANT WHEN RELATING TO, UM, SB THREE 30 AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PROVIDING HOUSING.

THIS SLIDE IS SHOWN FOR REFERENCE TO THE PROJECT SITE AND THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THE GREEN AREA IS THE LIMITS OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

UM, THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY INCLUDES A THREE STORY HOTEL BUILDING WITH 35 HOTEL ROOMS AND APPROXIMATELY 44 PARKING SPACES ON A SURFACE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING.

UH, THE PROJECT, UH, SITE IS 15,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE AND, UM, IT CURRENTLY IS IN THE ZONING DESIGNATION, PD 30 FOR THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, AS WELL AS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN PLACE TYPE IN THE GENERAL PLAN.

UH, LAND USE ELEMENT, UH, 16 FOOT WIDE ALLEY, UM, IS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE PROJECT SITE AT THE REAR, AND, UH, THE FRONTAGE IS ALONG PACIFIC AVENUE.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED, UH, AS PREVIOUSLY, UH, ALLUDED TO THAT THE DOLLY GARDEN ROOFTOP SIGN IS THE ONLY LANDMARK COMPONENT AS PART OF THE 1995 ORDINANCE TO LANDMARK THAT SIGN.

UH, THIS SITE IS ALSO LOCATED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, SITE INVENTORY THAT INCLUDES, UH, 29 POTENTIAL UNITS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ON THAT SITE BASED ON THE HOUSING INVENTORY, AND THAT INCLUDES THREE VERY LOW INCOME UNITS AND 26 MARKET RATE UNITS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE DOLLY GARDEN ROOFTOP SIGN, ALONG WITH TWO MURALS THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE NORTH ELEVATION.

UM, ON THE NORTH ELEVATION, YOU WILL SEE TWO, UH, TWO MURALS.

UM, THE DASHED RED LINE HAS BEEN ADDED TO DECIPHER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, THE TRISTAN EATON AMER THE AMERICAN WAY MURAL TOWARDS THE REAR OF THAT ELEVATION, AND THE DOLLY GARDEN BY JAMES JEAN MURAL, UH, WHICH IS IN BLACK AND WHITE AND GRAY.

UH, THESE MURALS WERE PAINTED AS PART OF WHAT WAS FORMERLY CALLED THE POWWOW, UM, EVENT FOR PAINTING LOCAL MURALS WITHIN LONG BEACH.

UH, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THESE MURALS, UH, WERE SOME OF THE FIRST MURALS AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND DID NOT HAVE ANY AGREEMENTS TO, UH, RETAIN THOSE MURALS, UM, THAT WERE ENTERED INTO, UH, WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THAT TIME.

UH, AS SUCH, THE APPLICANT AND AS A RESULT OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS THAT WERE OUTLINED ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE APPLICANT HAS DIRECTLY REACHED OUT TO BOTH MURAL ARTISTS AND, UM, THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROJECT AND HAVE, UH, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PUTTING ADDITIONAL ART ON THE PROPOSED BUILDING THAT IS PART OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW ENTITLEMENT.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE SCOPE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

THE ROOFTOP SIGN IS LOCATED ON THE TOP OF THE THREE STORY HOTEL BUILDING AND MEASURES APPROXIMATELY NINE FEET IN HEIGHT ABOVE THE, UH, ROOFTOP.

WHILE THE NO BUILDING PERMIT EXISTS FOR THE SUN ROOFTOP SIGN, THE BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE POST EARTHQUAKE REPAIRS, UH, WERE TAKEN OUT IN AUGUST, 1933 AND INCLUDED ROOT WORK ON THE ROOF, IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE SIGN WAS ERECTED AT THAT TIME.

THE SIGN DOES CONSIST OF TWO METAL PANELS OF NEON LETTERING EACH POSITIONED IN A DIAGONAL FASHION ON THE FRONT OF THE ROOF AND ADJOIN CORNERS IN THE SHAPE OF AV.

THE SIGN READS JOLLY VARDEN HOTEL BATH IN EVERY ROOM, AND THE HO AND THE LETTERS ARE ILLUMINATED IN BLUE AND RED NEON COLORS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FASTENING OF THE EXISTING SIGN ON THE ROOF AND THE STRUCTURAL BASE BASE OF THE SIGN ARE PAINTED WHITE.

VISUALLY PROMINENT FEATURE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, BOTH IN THE DAYTIME AND AT NIGHT.

UH, THE ROOFTOP SIGN WAS DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK ON AUGUST 2ND, 1995, ALONG WITH, UH, A FEW OTHER LANDMARK NOMINATIONS AT THAT SAME HEARING.

THE CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES ARE THAT THE SIGN IS NOTABLE FOR ITS PERIOD IN DESIGN AND FOR ITS CHARMING AND NOSTALGIC MESSAGE DISPLAYED, AS WELL AS ITS

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UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE, UH, ROADSIDE VERNACULAR DESIGN.

THE EXISTING BUILDING, UH, WAS EXCLUDED FROM THAT LANDMARK ORDINANCE AND THE BUILDING WAS NOTED AS NOT BEING AR ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT NOR HAVING IDENTIFIABLE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, AND IT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PROGRAM, EIR AS, UM, INCLUDED FOR THAT ADDITIONAL HISTORIC ANALYSIS.

IN 2014, THE SIGN WAS RESTORED AND REPLACE IN IT SAME LOCATION AS PART OF A GRANT FROM THE LONG BEACH NAVY MEMORIAL HERITAGE ASSOCIATION.

UH, IN 2015, LONG BEACH HERITAGE DID GRANT A PRESERVATION AWARD TO THE SI, UH, TO THE DALI VAR FOR RESTORATION WORK.

AS A PART OF THE STUDY SESSION, ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS WAS PREPARED BY AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, A CONSULTANT THAT MEETS THE STANDARDS FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.

UH, IT THAT ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS INCLUDED, UH, ANALYSIS OF COMMENTS RAISED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD DURING THE PREVIOUS MEETING, AND INCLUDED CONCERNS RELATED TO THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BUILDING EFFECTS ON MURALS AS WELL AS THE CONTEXT OF THE HOTEL WITHIN LONG BEACH HISTORY.

THE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS, UM, CONCLUDED THAT THESE LANDMARK SIGN REMAINED ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING AS A, A LOCALLY DESIGNATED LANDMARK, BUT THE BUILDING DID NOT MEET THE PARAMETERS OR CRITERIA TO BE LANDMARKED AS A LOCAL LANDMARK.

UH, THE PROJECT SCOPE BEFORE YOU IS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO ALLOW FOR THE, UM, TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF THE SIGN DURING CONSTRUCTION OF AN EIGHT STORY BUILDING ON THE PROJECT SITE.

THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING THREE STORY BUILDING AND THE, UM, SIGN WOULD BE TEMPORARY RELOC TEMPORARILY RELOCATED IN A SECURE STORAGE SPACE AND RELOCATED ON THE EIGHTH STORY OR THE ROOFTOP ELEMENT OF THE BUILDING.

UM, ALL THE FEATURES THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES ARE RELATED TO THE PROJECT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS RELATED TO THE TREATMENT OF THE SIGN DURING CONSTRUCTION.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING ITS LOCATION AND RELATIONSHIP TO PACIFIC AVENUE, WHICH IS NOTED AS ONE OF THE CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE TO THE CONTENT OF THE SIGN, UH, NOR THE STRUCTURAL, UH, SIZING OR, UM, ORIENTATION OF THE SIGN.

THE SIGN WOULD KEEP ITS, UM, NOSTALGIC NATURE AND WOULD BE RELOCATED AT A HIGHER ELEVATION, UH, THAN THE EXISTING THREE STORY BUILDING.

UH, THIS WOULD NOT ONLY ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE SUPPORTING NOMINATION THAT THE SIGN COULD BE RELOCATED ONTO A NEW BUILDING WITHOUT ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THAT SIGN.

UM, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 1995 ANALYSIS.

YOU WILL SEE ON THESE S RENDERINGS THAT THE ADDITIONAL, UM, MURAL AREAS AS WELL AS SIGN, UM, UH, ART OPPORTUNITIES AT THE GROUND FLOOR AREA HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AS A RESPONSE OF THOSE, UM, STUDY SESSION CONCERNS RELATED TO THE ART COMPONENTS, BUT THOSE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FINDINGS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ROOF PLAN, UM, DURING ONE OF THE HEARINGS, UM, BACK IN, UM, MAY OF, UH, THE FIRST HEARING BEFORE THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION, THE LOCATION OF THE SIGN WAS TOWARDS THE MORE OF THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT.

AND AS A RESULT OF, UH, INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS AND INTERESTED PARTIES, THE SIGN, AS WELL AS COMMENTS FROM THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION, THE SIGN, UH, WAS RELOCATED TO BE, UM, APPROXIMATELY IN THE SAME LOCATION WITH RELATIONSHIP TO THE, UH, SOUTH PROPERTY LINE AND ORIENTATION TO PACIFIC AVENUE JUST AT A HIGHER ELEVATION.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE, UH, INITIAL PROPOSAL FROM MAY AND THE ULTIMATE, UH, PROPOSAL THAT WAS BEFORE THE CHC IN J IN JULY.

UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE DESIGN INTENT THAT THE ARCHITECT IS HERE AND CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

UH, BUT THE DESIGN HAS BEEN INCOR INCORPORATED TO MAKE THE SIGN PART OF THE BUILDING AND PART OF THE LIVE, UM, THE COMMUNAL SPACE OF THIS BUILDING.

THEREFORE, THE BUILDING FACADES ARE PULLED BACK AT THE UPPER STORIES TO REALLY PROVIDE THE PROMINENCE OF THE SIGN AT THAT HIGHER ELEVATION.

THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION AS PART OF THE JULY HEARING.

UM, AS A RESULT, ALSO THROUGH THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION PROCESS AS WELL AS THE STUDY SESSION, UH, THESE, UH, ALTERNATIVE DESIGN ANALYSES WERE PROVIDED, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, RELOCATING THE SIGN AT A LOWER LEVEL IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PD 30 OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UH, WOULD RESULT IN, UH, POTENTIALLY THE LOSS OF DWELLING UNITS AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

UM,

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UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT.

SO THE PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF THE SIGN, UH, IT WOULD BE LOCATED IN A SECURE, UM, LOCATION AND WOULD HAVE ANY PREA NEEDED PRESERVATION TREATMENTS DURING THAT TIME.

AND PRIOR TO A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THE SIGN WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED ONTO THE ROOFTOP OF THE SIGN IN ORDER TO OPERATE AND OCCUPY THAT NEW BUILDING.

UM, THE HISTORIC TREATMENT PROCEDURES ARE A COMPONENT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF, UM, HISTORIC FEATURES AND SIGNS.

UH, THIS, UH, THERE IS AN APPLIC, UM, AN ATTACHMENT TO YOUR PROJECT APPROVALS, UM, DOCUMENTS AND YOUR STAFF REPORT THAT INCLUDES GENERAL PROTECTION AND TREATMENT PROCEDURES AND HOW, UH, RESTORATION EFFORTS WOULD BE DONE AT THE GENTLEST, UH, FORM POSSIBLE.

UH, A COMPLETED HISTORIC TREATMENT PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE FINAL CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES, AS WELL AS DETAILS RELATED TO THE SECURE LOCATION TO ENSURE THE SIGN DOES NOT HAVE DAMAGE OR IS NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE RELOCATION.

UH, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL HAVE BEEN INCLUDED TO ENSURE THE FINISHED MATERIALS AND PROJECT COMPLIES WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIRED FINDINGS.

THIS INCLUDES MATERIAL FINISHES TO MATCH PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS, ALL DOCUMENTATION OF THE REMOVAL OF THE SIGN, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT THE SIGN IS RELOCATED, UH, PROPERLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TREATMENT PLAN.

UM, IN ADDITION, THERE WOULD BE A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION AND ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE, ANY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE, UH, CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS ARE CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW ENTITLEMENT FOR THE NEW BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE BUILDING PERMITS TO ENSURE THAT IT'S COMPLIED WITH.

UH, THIS ALSO INCLUDES A PRE AND POST LOCATION REPORT TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS.

IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THE LAST CONDITION IS THE CONDITION OF THIS APPEAL, AND THAT IS, UH, THAT WAS ADDED BY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION IN THE REVISED MOTION, AND THAT IS TO RETAIN 12 TO 15 FEET OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FACADE AS IT RELATES TO THE LOCATION OF THE SIGN AS PART OF THE BUILDING.

AND THIS IS THE CONDITION THAT IS BEING APPEALED BY THE APPLICANT.

UH, ALL OTHER CONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTED BY THE APPLICANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE HISTORIC SIGN.

THE APPLICANT'S APPEAL WAS RECEIVED WITHIN THE 10 DAY PERIOD, AND IT CITES CONCERNS RELATED TO THE ADDED CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO RETAIN THE, HIS, THE, UM, FRONT FACADE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING.

UM, IN THE DOCUMENTS ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR, UM, PACKET AS PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED SUBSEQUENT, UH, DOCUMENTATION THAT NOTES THAT, UH, KEEPING THE EXISTING BUILDING IN PLACE COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND DEEMING AN INFEASIBLE.

IT INCLUDES THE LOSS OF SUBTERRANEAN PARKING, UM, AS WELL AS THE MINIMUM LOSS OF 12 HOUSING UNITS.

AND FURTHERMORE, IT WOULD REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL STUDY TO DETERMINE IF THE PORTION OF THE BUILDING COULD BE SAVED AND WITHSTAND NEW DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTED AROUND IT, AND THAT THE STRUCTURAL RAMIFICATIONS AND COSTS AND THE COST THAT WOULD ENTAIL, UM, AS OUTLINED IN THE FINDINGS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET THAT WERE INCLUDED BEFORE THIS CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THAT WITHOUT THAT ADDED, UH, CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO RETAIN THE, UH, FRONT FACADE, WHICH WAS DEEMED NON HISTORIC, UH, OR MEETING THE DETERMINATION THAT IT MET THE PARAMETERS OR CRITERIA FOR HISTORIC LANDMARKING, UH, WITHOUT THAT CONDITION, THE PROJECT DOES COMPLY WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION, AS WELL AS THE ORDINANCE, UM, THAT DESIGNATES THAT LANDMARK, UM, SIGN, AS WELL AS CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FINDINGS.

UH, SO WITH THAT, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION UPHOLD, UH, THE APPLICANT APPEAL AND REVERT BACK TO THE, UH, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, UH, WHICH ALLOW FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE THREE-STORY BUILDING BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED TO BE ELIGIBLE AS A LOCAL LANDMARK.

THIS SLIDE PROVIDES CONTEXT RELATED, UH, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? UM, BACK TWO SLIDES NOW.

THE PROJECT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE PROTECTED FEATURE, WHICH IS THE ROOFTOP SIGN ONLY.

THIS SLIDE PROVIDES CONTEXT RELATED TO THE HOUSING ACCOUNT ACCOUNTABILITY ACT THAT RESTRICTS THE NUMBER OF HEARINGS FOR A HOUSING PROJECT THAT MEETS OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.

UH, AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, THIS IS THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PROJECT.

UM,

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THE ADDED CONDITION WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE UNITS.

AS SUCH, STAFF FINDS THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AS PROPOSED BY STAFF DURING THE JULY HEARING TO BE ADOPTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THIS APPEAL.

UH, THIS WOULD ALLOW, UM, THE NON HISTORIC BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED, BUT ALSO THE PRESERVATION AND PROPER TREATMENT OF THE ROOFTOP SIGN IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 2.63 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, WHICH RELATES TO THE PROTECTION OF, UH, LANDMARK FEATURES.

UM, PUBLIC CO PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT AS REQUIRED BY CODE.

STAFF HAS RECEIVED 20 PUBLIC COMMENTS AND RECEIVE, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUIRED NOTICING THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET BEFORE YOU, UH, THAT DO INCLUDE BOTH SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT.

UH, YOU HAVE ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET THE ENTIRE RECORD OF ALL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION THAT ALSO INCLUDE ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING THOSE HEARINGS, AS WELL AS THE STUDY SESSION.

UH, THEREFORE, UH, WITH THE FINDINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, UH, STAFF DOES HAVE A A MORE COMPLEX RECOMMENDATION HERE.

IT ALSO INCLUDES THE ACCEPTANCE OF CE 23 DASH ONE 11, UH, WHICH RELATES TO A CLASS 31, UH, CE QA EXEMPTION FOR, UH, WORK THAT, UM, COMPLIES WITH THE SECRETARY INTERIOR STANDARDS FOR PRESERVATION OF LANDMARK FEATURES.

UM, SO IN THAT, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION DOES RECOMMEND INCORPORATING THE, UM, EVIDENCE INTO THE RECORD, ACCEPTING THE CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, AND GRANTING THE APPEAL IN PART TO MODIFY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION'S, UH, CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE TEMPORARY REMOVAL, PRESERVATION AND RELOCATION OF THE HISTORIC, UH, DOLLY GARDEN ROOFTOP SIGN, UM, AND REMOVING THE CONDITION RELATING TO THE, UM, RETAINING THE FIRST 12 TO 15 FEET OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FACADE.

UH, AS SUCH IN YOUR PACKET, THERE IS AN INCLUDED REVISED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, THAT WE'RE OMIT THAT, UH, CONDITION AS PART OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.

UH, WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR COMMENTS AS WELL AS THE APPELLANT APPLICANT, UH, TEAM IS AVAILABLE BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE.

THANK YOU MS. KRONNER FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AFTER THE STAFF PRESENTATION? SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA ASK IF THE APPLICANT OR THE APPELLANT 3 5 5 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE LLC WOULD LIKE TO COME AND ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT AND THE APPELLANT ARE ONE IN THE SAME IN THIS CASE IS OKAY WITH THAT YOU CAN HEAR.

UM, SO, UH, MY NAME'S RYAN CALDERA.

I'M, UH, WITH STUDIO ONE 11 ARCHITECT, UM, THE OWNER, UM, AND APPLICANT IS ALSO ONLINE, UH, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UH, HIS, UH, LEGAL TEAM ONLINE WHO WILL BE PRESENTING, UM, SOME FINDINGS TONIGHT AS WELL.

UM, WE'VE, UH, TALKED A LOT WITH MARYANNE.

CLEARLY SHE WAS VERY THOROUGH IN HER PRESENTATION.

I, UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UM, OF THE DESIGN INTENT THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE, SHE MENTIONED THAT, UM, THERE WAS SOME CONTEXT ABOUT, UH, STRUCTURAL STUDY AND THE IMPACTS THAT IT WOULD HAVE ON THE DESIGN TO, UH, RETAIN THE EXISTING BUILDING.

AND WE HAVE DONE SOME FURTHER, UH, INVESTIGATIONS, AND SO I WANNA SHARE THOSE TONIGHT AS WELL.

UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, PERHAPS WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL IT UP AND GO FROM THERE.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE OR I CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THAT WORKS.

UM, SO STILL LESS UNIT, UM, LESS PARKING THAN WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR PD 30, BUT WE THINK THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT'S REALLY REQUIRED FOR THIS TO BE FEASIBLE.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, SO BRIEFLY, UH, COVERING AGAINST SOME OF THE DESIGN, UH, INTENT.

SO, UM, THIS IS THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN.

UH, SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE.

UH, PART OF PD 30 IS THAT, UH, HAVING ACTIVE STOREFRONTS OR RETAIL ALONG THE STREET FRONTAGE.

UM, SO WE ARE FRONTING THE STREET WITH A, WITH A LARGE BIKE KITCHEN, AND THEN ALSO THE, THE LOBBY SPACE.

WE HAVE A RENDERING ACTUALLY FURTHER IN THIS PACKAGE TO SHOW YOU GUYS THAT.

BUT, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS, UH, GROUND FLOOR PLAN IS THE PARKING.

UM, AND SO WHILE THE PROJECT IS, UH, IT'S IN A, UH, PER AB 2097, IT'S IN A HIGH TRANSIT ZONE, SO TECHNICALLY, UH, THERE'S NO PARKING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT, BUT WE DO THINK THAT PARKING IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT TO BE FEASIBLE.

SO CURRENTLY WE'RE PROVIDING 75 PARKING STALLS, SO IT'S ABOUT ONE FOR EVERY OTHER UNIT.

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UM, SO THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN, YOU WOULD ENTER THE PARKING FROM THE, FROM THE ALLEY AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TURN RIGHT INTO AND GO DOWN INTO A SUBTERRANEAN PARKING LEVEL.

UM, SO I'LL, I'LL SHOW ENOUGH, UH, FUTURE SLIDE ON WHY THAT STARTS TO BECOME INFEASIBLE WHEN THAT EXISTING BUILDING, UM, IS RETAINED IN PLACE.

UH, LET'S SEE.

AND IT DOES WORK PERFECT.

SO, UH, AND THEN THIS IS A COMPOSITE PLAN.

UH, IT SHOWS THE, THE COURTYARD LEVEL, UM, AT THE SECOND LEVEL, UH, KIND OF CARVED OUT WITHIN THE MASSING AND THEN THE ROOFTOP LEVEL.

UM, AS MARYANNE MENTIONED, IT SHOWS THE UPDATED SIGN LOCATION.

WE DID PUSH THAT OVER TO THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING, SO IT REALLY GIVES IT A PROMINENCE, UM, SO THAT IT CAN BE, UH, MOST VISIBLY SEEN, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.

UM, THE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY SHOW THE MASSING WELL.

SO THE SECOND PART OF THIS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AND WHY THIS PROJECT, UH, WE TOOK ON THIS PROJECT IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST, UH, MICRO UNIT, UM, UH, PROJECT THAT'S, UH, GOING INTO THE CITY AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MICRO-UNIT, UM, PILOT PROGRAM THAT THE CITY HAS.

SO I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE MICRO UNITS AND, AND WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US, BECAUSE WE REALLY FEEL THAT HAVING MICRO UNITS INSERTED INTO THE DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT, UH, TO REALLY PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THE MISSING MIDDLE.

UM, SO WITH MICRO UNITS, YOU ARE PROVIDING A MUCH LOWER COST POINT FOR A, FOR A UNIT THAT WE FEEL THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING REALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE DOWNTOWN, UH, ENVIRONMENT AND NOT HAVING HOUSING.

SO NOT ONLY ARE WE PROVIDING 141 NEW UNITS, WE'RE PROVIDING 141, UM, SMALLER UNITS AT A SMALLER SIZE.

UH, I THINK ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE MICRO UNITS.

29 OF THEM ARE TECHNICALLY NOT MICRO UNITS, BUT THEY'RE SMALLER UNITS THAN WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE.

UM, AND, AND ALL OF THE KIND OF PINK DESIGNATION ON THIS IS, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY CREATIVE IN THE DESIGN OF THESE.

SO ALL THOSE PINK DESIGNATIONS ARE DIFFERENT BUILT-IN PIECES THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY A PART OF A UNIT WHERE YOU MIGHT JUST SEE LIKE NORMAL, UH, MILLWORK AND NORMAL CLOSETS.

ALL OF THE PINK AREA IS ALL IDENTIFYING, LIKE BUILT-IN COMPONENTS.

SO MAYBE IT'S A BUILT-IN FOLDING TABLE THAT CAN ACT AS A DINING AREA OR A BUILT-IN, UH, FULL HEIGHT KIND OF CABINET SPACE FOR, FOR RESIDENTS FOR STORAGE.

UM, WE TRIED TO, OR WE DID INCORPORATE THAT IN ALL OF THE UNIT DESIGNS, AND THIS IS JUST A, A MIX OF ALL OF THE, ALL OF THOSE UNITS.

AND THEN THIS IS A, THIS IS A RENDERING THAT YOU SAW IN MARYANNE'S PRESENTATION, BUT, BUT SOME REALLY IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS TO THE DESIGN IS THAT WE DO HAVE THIS KIND OF FOLDING WHITE VERTICAL ELEMENT, UM, THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FACADE.

UM, WE'RE REALLY, UH, DESIGNED THAT SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A NOD TO THE ART DECO OF THE DOWNTOWN ARCHITECTURE.

UM, AND THEN THE, THE KIND OF BLUISH GREEN MASS IS PURPOSEFULLY, UH, KIND OF SHRINKING DOWN OF A LEVEL SO THAT IT PROVIDES A STAGE FOR WHERE THAT SIGN CAN REALLY BE CELEBRATED STILL IN THE DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT.

ANOTHER SLIDE KIND OF LOOKING, UH, THE OTHER DIRECTION, THIS DOES SHOW THAT, UH, THAT ADDITIONAL ART COMPONENT THAT WE, UM, THAT WE INCORPORATED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE, UH, CORNER OF THE BUILDING.

UM, AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH TRISTAN EATON, ONE OF THE MURALISTS, UM, WHILE HE WAS, YOU KNOW, DISAPPOINTED TO SEE HIS, HIS ART GO AWAY, HE WAS REALLY EXCITED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO HAVE AN ART PIECE ON THIS.

INITIALLY, WE, WE HAD, UH, WE WERE THINKING THAT THAT KIND OF ART PIECE IN THE MIDDLE WAS PERFECT FOR HIM, BUT AFTER REVIEWING THE ELEVATIONS WITH HIM, HE ACTUALLY REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF DOING THIS FULLY VERTICAL PIECE THAT KIND OF WRAPS AROUND THE CORNER.

UM, SO WE ADDED THAT IN.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER, BUT, UM, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE, UM, TALKED WITH HIM AND HE WAS EXCITED TO, TO DO THAT SPOT.

UH, AND THEN THIS IS AN ELEVATION OR A RENDERING LOOKING FROM ACROSS THE STREET.

UM, SO YOU CAN REALLY START TO SEE HOW THAT SIGN IS STILL VERY PROMINENT UP ON THE, ON THE ROOF DECK.

AND THEN ANOTHER RENDERING.

THIS IS DOWN.

UH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO LOOK AT RENDERINGS FROM A, LIKE ACTUAL PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AND SOMEBODY WALKING ALONG.

UH, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS OF POSSIBLY LIKE HAVING THE PHOTOS OF THE, THE PREVIOUS MURALS HANGING IN THE LOBBY, HAVING LIKE A, MAYBE A QR CODE OR SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN, AS THEY'RE WALKING BY, THEY SEE THE SIGN, THEY SEE THE ART, THEY SEE THE QR CODE, THEY CAN SCAN IT AND MAYBE READ MORE ABOUT THE ART, READ MORE ABOUT THE SIGN.

UM, BUT HAVING LIKE A REALLY KIND OF ACTIVATED, UH, STOREFRONT EXPERIENCE.

AND SO THIS IS THE, THE STUDIES THAT WE STARTED TO DO.

UM, THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS A BUILDING SECTION, UH, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BLUE MASS OR THE BLUE KIND OF BOX IS THE, IF THAT EXISTING BUILDING WAS TO STAY.

AND THEN THAT KIND OF 45 DEGREE ANGLE, UH, IS WHAT'S CALLED THE LINE OF INFLUENCE OR THE LINE OF SURCHARGE.

SO THINKING THAT THERE'S AN EXISTING FOUNDATION FOR THAT, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DIG OR BUILD ANYWHERE UNDERNEATH THAT, THAT KIND OF LINE OF INFLUENCE, IT'S CALLED, SO OFF TO THE RIGHT SHOWS THE PLAN, AND THEN RED, IT KIND OF SHOWS OR IT SHOWS WHERE THAT ENTIRE LINE OF INFLUENCE WOULD GO.

SO YOU CAN SEE WITH LIKE NOT HAVING ANY OF THAT AREA

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TO BUILD FOR A SUBTERRANEAN LEVEL, IT, IT COMPLETELY LIKE, UM, BASICALLY DOESN'T MAKE SUBTERRANEAN PARKING AT ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU NO LONGER HAVE AN AREA FOR A RAMP TO GO DOWN AND THEN CIRCULATION TO GO AROUND.

UH, WITH THIS BEING LIKE A MUCH TIGHTER INFILL SITE, UH, YOU LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DOING ANY SUBTERRANEAN PARKING.

SO WHAT THAT ENDS UP MEANING IS WANTING TO STILL MAINTAIN THOSE 75 STALLS THAT I, THAT I MENTIONED.

THE NEXT OPTION WOULD BE TO GO UP WITH THOSE 25, THOSE 75 STALLS.

SO IF YOU WENT UP WITH THE, IN THE BUILDING, THE FIRST, UH, THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR ARE ALL RESIDENTS, SO YOU WOULD END UP LOSING 15 RESIDENTIAL UNITS PER FLOOR.

SO THAT'S 30, 30 UNITS THAT YOU WOULD LOSE.

AND THEN PLUS ANYTHING WHERE THAT EXISTING BUILDING'S MAINTAINED, ANYTHING VERTICALLY FROM THAT, THERE WOULDN'T BE OBVIOUSLY BE ANY BUILDING THERE.

UM, SO THAT ENDS UP BEING ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OR NINE UNITS.

SO OVERALL TOTAL, WE'RE SEEING THAT IT WOULD BE AT 39 UNITS THAT WE WOULD LOSE FOR THE PROJECT, UM, WHICH AGAIN MAKES THE PROJECT NOT FEASIBLE.

SO AT THIS, UH, SO AT THIS JUNCTURE, ACTUALLY WANT TO, UH, HAND IT OVER TO OUR, OUR LEGAL TEAM ON CALL SHARE AREA AVAILABLE.

AND CAN YOU UNMUTE MUTE? SHERRY, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

YOU CAN MUTE, UNMUTE YOURSELF ON YOUR SIDE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS SHERRY ELL FROM JEFFER MANGELS, AND I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT, UH, 3 35 PACIFIC LLC.

I SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, WITH EXHIBITS THAT SHOWED THAT THE CULTURAL HERITAGE DETERMINATIONS, UH, CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION'S DETERMINATION WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY ANY FINDINGS OR BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.

AND IT'S DIRECTLY CONTRARY TO THE STATE'S HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.

UM, I HAVE, UH, SIX POINTS TO MAKE.

FIRST, THE EXISTING BUILDING IS NOT ELIGIBLE AS A HISTORIC CITY LANDMARK AS STATED, AND THE CHC NEVER STATED THAT IT WAS ELIGIBLE, AND THEREFORE THE FACADE DOES NOT HAVE ANY CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES THAT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED.

SO THERE'S NO BASIS TO MAINTAIN THE FACADE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.

SECOND, THE EXISTING HISTORIC SIGN DOES NOT REQUIRE THE FACADE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING IN ORDER TO PRESERVE ITS DESIGNATION AS A HISTORIC CITY LANDMARK, IT WAS DESIGNATED IN 1995 AND THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED THE SIGN AND NOT THE BUILDING, WHICH IT DESCRIBES AS NOT ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT AND NOTES THAT THE SIGN IS A VINTAGE HISTORIC OBJECT SEPARATE FROM THE LOCATION ON THE BUILDING.

THE ORDINANCE STAFF REPORT FURTHER CLARIFIES THAT REMOVAL AND RELOCATION OF THE SIGN COULD BE CONSIDERED NON-AD ADVERSE BECAUSE THE HISTORIC OBJECTS MAY BE SALVAGED FOR RELOCATION.

AND THE HISTORIC ANALYSIS CITES THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, WHICH SAYS THAT SIGNS SOMETIMES BECOME LANDMARKS IN THEMSELVES ALMOST WITHOUT REGARD FOR THE BUILDING TO WHICH THEY ARE ATTACHED OR THE PROPERTY.

SO THE STAFF REPORT, UH, CONFIRMS THAT THE SIGN MAINTAINS ITS ELIGIBILITY AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK BECAUSE THE SIGN'S ORIGINAL DESIGNATION DID NOT DEPEND ON LOCATION ON THE TOP OF THE EXISTING THREE STORY HOTEL.

THE THIRD, THE EXISTING PROJECT DESIGN SHOWCASES THE HISTORIC SIGN ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR ROOFTOP.

SO AS, UH, THE ARCHITECT JUST SHOWED YOU, UM, THE LARGE HISTORIC SIGN WILL BE CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET WITH THE BACKDROP OF THE SKY.

UM, THE ARCHITECT, UM, PLACED THE SIGN ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MORE VISIBLE IN THAT LOCATION THAN IF IT WAS LOCATED ON THE THIRD FLOOR WITH THE BUILDING BEHIND IT.

COURSE, THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION MADE NO FINDINGS TO SUPPORT RETAINING THE EXISTING FACADE.

A COMMISSIONER SUGGESTED RETAINING THE FACADE AT THE VERY END OF THE HEARING DURING DELIBERATIONS, AND THE CITY STAFF WAS NOT PROVIDED ANY OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THE OPTION, AND NO FINDINGS WERE MADE TO SUPPORT THE DECISION.

THE CITY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY REASON FOR MAINTAINING THE FACADE OTHER THAN IT WOULD BE AT THE SAME LOCATION IT CURRENTLY IS, BUT IT DID NOT CONSIDER THAT IT WOULD BE LESS VISIBLE THAN THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

IN ADDITION, THE CHC MADE NO FINDINGS REGARDING THE SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF HOUSING UNITS THAT WOULD RESULT.

FIFTH, IF THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE 15 FOOT DEEP FACADE, IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY LIMBER LIMIT THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE AMOUNT OF PARKING.

UM, AS STATED, RETAINING THE FACADE COULD CAUSE THE LOSS OF 39 RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM THE UPPER FLOORS AND WOULD COST THE LOSS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FACADE FOR A DEPTH OF 14 FEET WOULD REQUIRE LATERAL SUPPORT AND WOULD NOT PERMIT CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

THE PROJECT WOULD LOSE SIGNIFICANT OF PARKING AND WOULD AND MAY MAKE THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT INFEASIBLE AS A RESULT, THERE WOULD NOT BE PARKING SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORTING THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

FINALLY, THE STATE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT PROHIBITS ANY CONDITION THAT WILL LIMIT THE DENSITY OF HOUSING IN A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

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PROJECT UNLESS THERE IS A SPECIFIC ADVERSE IMPACT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY SHOWN BY PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE.

AND THERE IS NO FEASIBLE MITIGATION TO AVOID THE IMPACT.

HERE THE PROJECT IS AN EIGHT STORY 141 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECT WITH COVENANTS AND AFFORDABLE UNITS IN COMPLIANCE WITH LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, AND THEREFORE MEETS THE DEFINITION OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNDER THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, THE CITY PROVIDES NO JUSTIFICATION FOR RETAINING THE FACADE AND PROVIDES NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SPECIFIC ADVERSE IMPACT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THAT WOULD JUSTIFY THE CONDITION TO RETAIN THE FACADE.

THE PROPOSED CONDITION REQUIRING THE FACADE TO BE MAINTAINED DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY BENEFIT TO THE PROJECT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR THE HISTORIC COMMUNITY.

THE SIGN RETAINS ITS HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION, EVEN IF IT'S PLACED ON THE ROOF OF THE NEW BUILDING OR ANOTHER LOCATION.

THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION DID NOT MAKE THE REQUIRED FINDINGS UNDER THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO SUPPORT, RETAIN THE FACADE, AND THE CONDITION IS CONTRARY TO STATE LAW.

THEREFORE, WE REQUEST THAT YOU SUPPORT THE APPEAL AND REMOVE THE CONDITION REQUIRING THAT THE FACADE BE MAINTAINED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, RYAN? NO.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT WHILE THEY'RE PRESENT? NO.

AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM YOU HAVE, WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

UH, MY NAME IS DEREK DAVIS.

I LIVE IN THE CREST BUILDING DOWNTOWN, AND, UM, I'VE JUST BEEN FOLLOWING WHAT'S GOING ON AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, LEND MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.

I HOPE THAT IT DOES MOVE FORWARD.

I'M EXCITED THAT THE SIGN WILL BE RE RETAINED, BUT I ALSO AGREE THAT MORE HOUSING IS IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND I'M EXCITED THAT THERE'S NOT PARKING FOR EVERYBODY, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I HAVE PLENTY OF FRIENDS THAT DON'T NEED CARS RIGHT NOW.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD.

WE REALLY NEED MORE HOUSING.

WE NEED TO FILL IN SOME OF THOSE PARKING LOTS, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY ATTRACT A LOT OF TROUBLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THE PROJECT AND I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON GOOD ARCHITECTURE IN OUR CITY INSTEAD OF MAINTAINING PARTS OF A BUILDING THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I DEFINITELY SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

THANKS FOR COMING DOWN AND GIVING YOUR COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

REPEATED WHAT HAD BEEN SAID BEFORE AND DIDN'T DO ANY RESEARCH WHATSOEVER, SAYING THAT THE BUILDING WAS OF NO MERIT WHATSOEVER.

WE DID HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD.

LOUISE IVERS.

PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

I'M LOUISE IVERS.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVOCACY FOR LONG BEACH HERITAGE.

I LIVE AT 1837 EAST SIXTH STREET IN LONG BEACH, AND WE BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD DENY THE APPEAL BY STUDIO ONE 11 AND 3 35 PACIFIC APARTMENTS OF THE COA APPROVED BY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION.

AT THEIR MEETING ON JULY 25TH, 2023.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE FACADE AND THE FIRST 15 FEET OF THE HISTORIC DOLLY BARDON HOTEL, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1929 TO 30 AND LOCATED AT 3 35 PACIFIC AVENUE, SHOULD BE RETAINED IN THE NEW BUILDING THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT THAT SITE.

THE NEON DOLLY BARDON SIGN IS A LONG BEACH HISTORIC LANDMARK, AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THE REST OF THE BUILDING DOES NOT HAVE THAT STATUS.

HOWEVER, IT IS PRESENTLY ATOP THE THREE STORY FACADE OF THE HOTEL, AND IT SHOULD REMAIN IN THIS POSITION.

THIS STRIKING AND IMPORTANT SIGN WILL LOSE ITS CONTEXT IF IT IS REMOVED FROM THE HISTORIC FACADE AND PLACED ATOP AN EIGHT STORY STRUCTURE WHERE IT WILL BE MUCH FURTHER AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC VIEW.

THE FIRST 15 FEET OF THE DOLLY BARDON HOTEL INCLUDES THE LOBBY, WHICH RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL FEATURES SUCH AS THE ARCH DOORWAY AND CONCIERGE DESK.

WE BELIEVE THAT STUDIO ONE 11, WHICH HAS RECEIVED AWARDS FOR ITS RESTORATION WORK FROM LONG BEACH HERITAGE COULD COME UP WITH A CREATIVE SOLUTION THAT WILL PRESERVE THE FRONT PORTION OF THE HOTEL AND WRAP THE NEW APARTMENT BUILDING AROUND IT.

I AM AN EXPERT.

I HAVE A PHD IN ART HISTORY.

I TAUGHT ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY FOR 37 YEARS.

I'M A PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS.

I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE CONCEPT THAT THE BUILDING IS NOT WORTHY OF BEING A LANDMARK.

I PRESENTED MUCH INFORMATION THAT I DID RESEARCH ON PERSONALLY TO THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION AND THE PERSON WHOM THEY HIRED, UH, THE CITY, THE OWNER, I'M NOT SURE WHO WHO HIRED THIS PERSON, SUSAN WOOD.

SHE HAD A PHD IN ARCHEOLOGY AND SHE JUST BLINDLY

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GRANTED, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE LAFAYETTE, WHICH IS AN ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE.

IT WAS A MIDDLE CLASS HOTEL, BUT IT'S TOTALLY INTACT.

IT EVEN HAS THE ORIGINAL STEEL CASE MOUNT WINDOWS.

UM, THE LOBBY IS INTACT.

THE FACADE IS INTACT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE WINDOW, WHICH COULD EASILY BE RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE.

SO LONG BEACH HERITAGE IS HOPING THAT YOU WILL DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION, AND THAT IS WHAT WE THINK.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SPEAKING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MANUEL VALENZUELA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LONG BEACH HERITAGE.

I THINK THIS EVENING IS NOT JUST ABOUT DENYING HOUSING UNITS OR DENYING PROGRESS.

I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR IN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMUNITY, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A HOUSING CRISIS.

WE ARE BY NO MEANS NIMBY AND WANT TO STOP PROJECTS.

IN FACT, THAT'S FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE GREAT PROJECTS, BUT ALSO SOME CREATIVITY, SOME FLEXIBILITY, SOME HONORING HISTORY.

I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THE CALL THIS EVENING AND I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE DOING THIS, BUT I WANT TO STAND UP FOR THE CHC.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT COMMISSION AND THE EXPERTISE ON THERE, INCLUDING A DIRECTOR OF A REGIONAL PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UH, COMMISSIONER BOECK IS A CERTIFIED PLANNER.

NOT EVERY PLANNER CERTIFIED.

SHE'S AACP, AS WELL AS THEY HAVE ARCHITECT AND OTHER, UH, CULTURAL HERITAGE, UH, EXPERTISE.

I WAS VERY PROUD TO HEAR OF THEIR ABILITY TO TRY AND COMPROMISE, TO TRY AND FIND A SOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN GET THE HOUSING THAT WE NEED, BUT ALSO HONOR THE HISTORY.

I THINK WHAT I HURT TONIGHT, AND THIS IS MY ASSUMPTION, IT ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION WITH RELEVANT FACTS AFTER.

WHY DIDN'T WE HEAR ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO POTENTIALLY CUT THE FACADE, MOVE IT OFF SITE, AND THEN PLACE IT BACK SO THAT IT'S NOT, UH, LOAD BEARING.

WHY DIDN'T WE HEAR? WELL, MAYBE FIVE FEET IN DEPTH INSTEAD OF THE 12 TO 15 FEET.

WHY DIDN'T WE HEAR, UH, POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO COME BACK TO CHC TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS TO BUILD THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS AND ALSO HAVE THIS HISTORIC FACADE? SO THERE'S THREE THINGS HERE THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON BRIEFLY.

ONE IS, IN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMUNITY, WE'RE KIND OF KNOWN, OR THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION, MAYBE RIGHTFULLY SO, THAT IT'S A LITTLE AFFLUENT, RIGHT? THAT MAYBE WE ONLY CARE ABOUT THE BUILDINGS ALONG THE OCEAN OR THAT RICH PEOPLE LIVE THERE.

AND WHAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVED ABOUT THE DALI GARDEN IS THAT WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL.

SOMEBODY ON FACEBOOK CHIMED IN.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

THIS WOMAN HAD MENTIONED THAT HER MOTHER HAD STARTED A NEW LIFE, DROPPED EVERYTHING, MOVED TO THE WEST COAST, AND ALL SHE COULD AFFORD TO GO TO WAS THE DOLLY VARDON.

AND SHE WAS ABLE TO START HER NEW LIFE, WHICH EVENTUALLY PRODUCED A FAMILY THAT GREW UP IN LONG BEACH.

THAT'S THE TYPE OF HISTORY WE'RE PROUD OF, AND WE WANT TO HONOR THAT.

MAYBE WE CAN'T SAVE THE WHOLE BUILDING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACADE WAS A GREAT START.

TWO WAS, WE HAVE GREAT EXPERTISE ON THE CHC.

THEY ASKED THE DEVELOPER OR THE, UH, ARCHITECT ABOUT, UH, HOW FAR BACK THE BUILDING WAS SET BACK, AND THEY WERE ASKING PLANNING TYPE QUESTIONS.

IT WASN'T PURELY A HISTORIC PRESERVATION FRAME OF MIND, IT WAS ALSO THE VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT.

BUT THREE, LET'S ALSO KEEP CLEAR HERE THAT THIS IS AN APPEAL.

AND IN LONG BEACH AND IN ANY OTHER CITY, THERE IS A HIGH THRESHOLD FOR HONORING AN APPEAL.

IN FACT, OVER YOUR LAST FOUR YEARS, YOU REJECTED MOST OF THE APPEALS.

SO I WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, TO EVALUATE THIS PROPERLY AND SEE THAT EVEN IF, UH, THEY DENIED THE APPEAL, WE COULD STILL GO BACK TO CHC AND COME UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? GOOD EVENING.

THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT BUILDING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT CONSIDERED AN HISTORICAL BUILDING.

I LIVE AT, UH, MY NAME IS SARAH.

I LIVE AT 3 3 50 CEDAR AVENUE AND I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THE DOLLY BARTON, UM, HOTEL.

UM, WHAT I FIND IS WHEN WE REMOVE THAT VINTAGE SIGN, I LOVE IT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT, BUT ONCE YOU MOVE IT OFF ITS ORIGINAL CONTENT OR THERE IS HISTORICAL BUILDING, IT REALLY LOSES ITS MEANING OF IT.

I MEAN, YOU MIGHT AS WELL PLACE THAT SIGN IN THE MIDDLE OF CITY HALL 'CAUSE IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE THE DOLLY BARTON FACADE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE OLD BUILDING.

I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A MIDDLE CLASS BUILDING.

IT'S NOT A FANCY BUILDING, BUT IT DOES HAVE IMPORTANCE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, THE NAVY WENT THERE DURING THE NAVY DAYS.

THAT'S WHERE THEY STAYED ONE BATH IN EVERY HOUSE, YOU KNOW, SAME WITH THE LOWER MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES.

THAT'S WHERE THEY STAYED.

THAT WAS WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO AFFORD IN LONG BEACH.

I REALLY HOPE YOU CONSIDER

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ANY OTHER SPEAKERS SAYING THAT? I'LL ASK IF WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

THE FIRST PERSON WITH THEIR HAND RAISED IS KURT CANFIELD.

KURT, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

HEY THERE, THANK YOU FOR UNMUTING ME.

UM, I'D LIKE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT TO THIS PROJECT.

SORRY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC NOISE.

UH, I THINK THAT THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT HAS A LOT OF REALLY GREAT QUALITIES TO IT.

THAT'S A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT'S NOT A TON OF PARKING, UH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE IT.

AND, UH, I THINK OVERALL, I MEAN, PRESERVING THE FACADE, I, IT'S A MATTER OF PRIORITY.

AND I THINK MY OPINION IS THAT LONG BEACH IS PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS ADDRESSING OUR HOUSING CRISIS.

AND IF WE ARE FOR THE SAKE OF PRESERVING A FACADE, WE'RE FORGOING 39 UNITS OR MORE.

UH, IN ADDITION, UH, SETTING THE PROJECT BACK, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, UH, FOR THEM TO PRESENT A REDESIGN THAT WILL SUIT THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION.

YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK WE HAVE A, A REAL NEED AND THIS PROJECT TICK A LOT OF THE BOXES THAT SAYS, I'M A GOOD PROJECT, PLEASE BUILD ME.

SO I HOPE THE, UH, COMMISSION, UH, GOES, GOES AHEAD AND APPROVES, UH, THIS PROJECT.

NEXT SPEAKER, ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

AS WE, OR IF YOU'RE JOINING US TELEPHONICALLY AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE NOW.

AND AS WE CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, I'D LIKE TO REMIND ALL OF OUR ATTENDEES THAT THIS ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATE FOR THAT ROOFTOP SIGN.

THE NEXT ITEM THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD IS IN RELATION TO THE SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO I KNOW THAT, THAT THEY'RE SIMILAR, BUT THEY, WE ARE TAKING TWO DISTINCT ACTIONS HERE.

IT APPEARS WE NO LONGER HAVE FURTHER COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND RING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? CLAY COMMISSIONER, I WANNA THANK STAFF FOR THEIR PRESENTATION AND I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANTS FOR THEIR, UH, CONSIDERED, UM, RESPONSES AS WELL AS THE HISTORICAL COMMUNITY FOR LOOKING AT THIS AS A, A HISTORICAL RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, I DO WANT TO SAY THOUGH, IT SEEMS TO ME THIS IS A PRETTY CUT AND DRY CASE THAT WE CAN'T ADD IN A, A REQUIREMENTS ONTO A PROJECT AFTER THE PROJECT HAS BEEN STARTED.

UH, WE CAN'T COME BACK AND SAY, THIS IS NOW A HISTORICAL BUILDING BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, KNOCKING IT DOWN AND BUILDING ON IT.

AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THAT, THAT IS WHAT THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT WAS DESIGNED TO DO.

IT WAS DESIGNED TO STOP BASICALLY THIS FROM HAPPENING.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHY THEY PASSED THAT.

AND THE LEGISLATURE CAME DOWN AND THEY TOOK THE AUTHORITY FROM CITIES TO DO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS VERY OFTEN.

UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 141 HOMES FOR PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE 200 PEOPLE.

UH, AND THESE DELAYS ADD COSTS TO THE PROJECT.

AND IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IF WE WANNA TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE NON DEEDED RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE, NATURALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF DELAYS THAT STOP THAT FROM BEING ABLE TO HAPPEN.

UM, FUNDAMENTALLY I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA ADD 141 HOMES TO DOWNTOWN, BUT I DON'T SEE THERE'S, I DON'T SEE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD NOT DENY OR, UM, SUPPORT THE APPEAL, UH, JUST FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AND THEY IMPOSE VARIOUS CONDITIONS AND THERE'S ONE CONDITION THE, UM, APPLICANT APPELLANT OBJECTED TO.

COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I WILL GO AHEAD PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR STAFF OR FOR AARON.

SO WE'RE VOTING ON THE, THE APPROVAL OF THE APPEAL OF THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.

IS THAT WHAT WE ARE APPROVING? THAT'S CORRECT.

TO PUT THE SIGN ON TOP OF THE NEW DESIGN, CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION TOOK ACTION JUST ON THE HISTORIC RESOURCE, WHICH IS THE SIGN.

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SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS TO THAT NARROW QUESTION, UM, DID THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION MAKE AN ERROR OF FACT OR OTHERWISE ABUSE THEIR DISCRETION OR, OR, UM, TAKE AN ACTION THAT SHOULD BE REVERSED BY THIS COMMISSION? THANK YOU.

THAT'S COMMISSION.

YEP.

COMMISSIONERS, OTHER QUESTIONS? GOOD.

WELL, AGAIN, TO MIMIC SOME OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, I, I AM ALSO VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS DIRECT COMMUNITY HERE.

I KNOW WE HAVE IN THE PAST FOUGHT FOR BUILDINGS THAT WE THOUGHT, UH, WERE IMPORTANT TO SAVE.

EVEN IF THAT WASN'T, UH, THE PREVAILING THOUGHT AT THE TIME.

I'M THINKING OF THE FIRE STATION UP IN NORTH LONG BEACH AND THE, UM, AMERICAN HOTEL DOWNTOWN.

CERTAINLY THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM THE DEVELOPER'S POINT OF VIEW, THIS WAS A BUILDING THAT THEY HAD LOOKED TO DEVELOP THAT DID NOT HAVE HISTORIC DESIGNATION, THAT THEY HAD HAD ANTICIPATED WORKING WITH THE SIGN AND NOT WITH A BUILDING THAT WASN'T, UH, I APPLAUD THAT THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION AND STAFF FOR ALL OF THE EXTRA EFFORTS THEY DID IN GOING BACK AND ACTUALLY REEVALUATING THE BUILDING TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN ERROR AND WHETHER IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, UM, HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT.

AND AGAIN, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANCE THERE.

IT'S PART OF OUR HISTORY, THE DOLLY BARDEN AND, AND WHAT, UM, WHAT IT'S MEANT TO US AS A COMMUNITY.

BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I, I THINK I HAVE TO AGREE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE CHANGING THE RULES MIDSTREAM FOR A DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND, AND TRY AND ASK THEM TO CHANGE THEIR DESIGN IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLY UNFEASIBLE AND LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING THAT WE HAVE.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU MY, MY THOUGHT ON THAT.

AND I THINK WITH THAT, WE ARE READY TO, I DO HAVE A COMMENT, ASK COMMISSIONER TEMPLE FOR A COMMENT.

I APPRECIATE THE, UM, AUDIENCES AND THE LETTERS, AT LEAST SOME OF 'EM THAT WE RECEIVED.

UM, A LOT OF 'EM MISSTATED HISTORICAL SITE AND SAVE HISTORICAL THINGS THAT ARE NOT LISTED AS HISTORICAL, BUT WITH THE SIGN IT IS.

AND I, I LIKE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A THING IN THE LOBBY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BRONZE PLAQUE OUTSIDE FOR, YOU KNOW, TOURISTS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING BY TO SAY, LOOK UP THERE.

THIS IS OUR HISTORICAL THING.

AND I THINK A NICE BRONZE HISTORICAL PLAQUE TO DEAL WITH THAT AND REFER 'EM TO GO INTO THE LOBBY WOULD, WOULD BE A BIG STEP IN ENSURING THAT THEY REALIZE THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE SIGN.

MAYBE STAFF COULD GIVE US A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE C OF O HAVE AS FAR AS INTERPRETIVE OR EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

UM, AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW, THERE IS A CONDITION, BUT THAT'S NOT ON BEFORE YOU TODAY.

SO WE COULD ADD A CONDITION RELATED TO INCORPORATING THAT AT THE GROUND LEVEL TO ENCOURAGE, UM, UH, PATRONS TO LOOK UP AND SEE THE SIGN.

UM, BUT THAT IS INCLUDED AS A PART OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW, BUT WE CAN'T ADD IT AS PART OF THIS.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

FOR CLARITY, IS THAT A FRIENDLY MOTION THAT YOU'RE MAKING? IS THAT A FRIENDLY THAT YOU'RE MAKING TO THE MOTION? YES, MA'AM.

AS THE MAKER.

AND JUST, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK HER FRIENDLY MOTION IS TO INCLUDE AN INTERPRETIVE SIGN AND BRONZE TO BE LOCATED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE LOBBY OF THE BUILDING EXPLAINING THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DOLLY BARDEN SIGN.

AND NOW THE FRIENDLY GOES, I BELIEVE THE MAKER OF OUR MOTION IS, UM, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.

IS THAT RIGHT? THE MOTION WAS ACTUALLY MADE BY COMMISSIONER TEMPLE, SO SHE'S MODIFYING HERS.

AND WE WILL ASK COMMISSIONER CLEMSON WONDERFUL.

IF HE WILL ACCEPT THAT MODIFICATION.

I, I WILL CONTINUE A SECOND.

WELL WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION AT THE DAAS.

MAY WE HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE? I CAN TAKE A VERBAL VOTE.

WHY DON'T WE DO A ROLL CALL? SUSANNA GONZALEZ.

EDMOND, I'M A YES.

CHAIR LEWIS? YES.

CHAIR TEMPLIN OR VICE CHAIR? EXCUSE ME.

COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, I HAVE YOUR VOTE AND COMMISSIONER WHERE YES.

MOTION CARRIES.

RECOMMENDATION TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH AND WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED AS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND DOWNTOWN PLAN PROGRAM, EIR, LAND USE EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING OUT AND GIVING YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING, YOUR COMMENTS.

WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS.

PLEASE

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[3. 23-24855 Recommendation to determine that the project is consistent with and within the scope of the project previously analyzed as part of the Downtown Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (EIR-04-08) (SCH No. 2009071006) and Downtown Plan Program EIR Land Use Equivalency Program and EIR Addendum (EIRA-06-20) (PECC-06-22) and subject to the Downtown Plan Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and warrants no further environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15168; and Approve Site Plan Review (SPR22-135), and adopt the proposed findings and conditions of approval related thereto, for a project consisting of the demolition of an existing three-story hotel building and the construction of a new eight-story multi-family residential building consisting of 141 dwelling units (16 of which are affordable [very-low income]) in a building with 75 vehicular parking spaces in an at-grade and subterranean parking structure, 54 bicycle parking spaces, 3,125 square feet of common open space and 2,630 square feet of private open space area located at 335 Pacific Avenue in the Downtown Plan (PD-30) Planned Development District. The locally designated historic landmark sign (Dolly Varden Rooftop Sign) would be temporarily removed, preserved, and relocated onto the proposed building subject to the final Certificate of Appropriateness conditions (COAC2212-02). (District 1) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AND EIR ADDENDUM AND SUBJECT TO THE DOWNTOWN PLAN MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM AND WARRANTS.

NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT GUIDELINES, SECTION 1 5 1 6 2 AND 1 5 1 6 8 AND APPROVE SITE PLAN, REVIEW AND ADOPT THAT PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPRO OF APPROVAL RELATED THERETO FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING THREE-STORY, HOTEL BUILDING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EIGHT STORY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONSISTING OF 141 DWELLING UNITS IN A BUILDING WITH 75 VEHICULAR PARKING SPACES IN AN AT GRADE AND SUBTERRANEAN PARKING STRUCTURE.

54 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES, 3,125 SQUARE FEET OF COMMON OPEN SPACE AND 2,630 SQUARE FEET OF PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AREA LOCATED AT 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

THE LOCALLY DESIGNATED HISTORIC LANDMARK SIGN WOULD BE TEMPORARILY REMOVED, PRESERVED, AND RELOCATED ONTO THE PROPOSED BUILDING SUBJECT TO THE FINAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS CONDITIONS.

DISTRICT ONE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TEMPLIN AND A SECOND FROM SIR.

I HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER WEIS.

WHERE, SORRY.

WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT? YES.

UH, PROJECT PLANNER MARYANNE CRONIN WILL PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS, UH, SITE PLAN REVIEW.

ACTION.

ATOP THE NEW PRO, UH, THE NEW BUILDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COL, UH, CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION FINDINGS.

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.

UM, THIS ITEM IS FOR THE SITE PLAN REVIEW ENTITLEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT BUILDING AT 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE.

UM, THAT PROJECT IS A EIGHT STORY 141 UNIT MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT.

AND THIS PROJECT IS RELATED TO THE, UM, THE PREVIOUS HEARING ITEM, BUT IS LIMITED TO THE SITE PLAN REVIEW FINDINGS ONLY.

UM, THIS SLIDE IS A VERY SIMILAR PROJECT HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY, INCLUDING THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, CONCLUSION OF THAT APPEAL THAT, UH, JUST OCCURRED ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

I DO WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NOVEMBER, UM, SECOND 2023 HEARING ITEM, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

A SITE PLAN REVIEW ENTITLEMENT IS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN THAT PROJECT INCLUDES 50, UH, DWELLING UNITS OR MORE, WHICH IS, UH, WHAT THIS PROJECT INCLUDES.

UM, AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, THIS HEARING ITEM IS ONLY THE SITE PLAN REVIEW FINDINGS, SO WE'LL BE, UM, UH, THE REASON WHY THEY WERE SEPARATED IS TYPICALLY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION MAKES A RECOMMENDATION AND UPON THEIR APPROVAL, THEN THOSE ITEMS ARE FORWARDED, UM, TO THE PURVIEW OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

UM, IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THAT BOTH ITEMS ENDED UP AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE SAME NIGHT.

UM, AND FOR THE RECORD, THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SITE PLAN REVIEW ENTITLEMENT CONSTITUTES THE FOURTH PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.

UH, THE PROJECT SITE, THIS SLIDE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION, BUT I DO WANT TO GO OVER IT FOR THE RECORD.

UH, THE GREEN AREA IS THE PROJECT SITE, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, A THREE-STORY HOTEL BUILDING, UH, THAT INCORPORATES THE DOLLY GARDEN ROOFTOP SIGN, UH, WHICH IS LANDMARKED AS A LOCAL LANDMARK, AND ONLY THE SIGN IS RECOMMENDED AS A LOCAL LANDMARK.

ACCORDING TO THE 1995 ORDINANCE, THIS LOCATION IS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, PLAN, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITHIN THE HE INCENTIVE AREA AND WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PLACE TYPE OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT.

UH, THE SITE IS FEATURED, UH, WITH A SURFACE PARKING LOT THAT FEATURES 41 PARKING SPACES, AND THE LOT SIZE IS, UH, 15,000 SQUARE FEET.

UH, THE LOCATION IS SOUTH, IT'S BETWEEN, UM, FOURTH AND THIRD STREET AND HAS A FRONTAGE ALONG PACIFIC AVENUE.

UH, THE EXISTING REAR ALLEY TO THE WEST IS 16 FEET IN WIDTH.

THE EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS DO INCLUDE TWO MURALS, UM, ONE OF WHICH IS PAINTED BY TRISTAN EATON, UM, THAT IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE, UM, IMAGE BEFORE YOU, AS WELL AS, UM, A MURAL BY JAMES JEAN.

UM, AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED THIS, UH, BOTH ARTISTS HAVE BEEN, UM, ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION ABOUT REPLACEMENT ART, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE, UH, RENDERING SETTLED BEFORE YOU IN THE NEXT SLIDES, AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE, UM, THOSE ART OPPORTUNITIES ON THE PROJECT.

UM, THIS IS A PHOTO, UH, SERIES OF PHOTOS OF THE DOLLY VARDEN, UH, ROOFTOP SIGN.

UH, THIS SIGN IS A ROOFTOP SIGN THAT IS LANDMARKED AS A LOCAL LANDMARK.

AND, UH, THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE TO THE SIGN CONTENT AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION, BUT IT WOULD BE RELOCATED

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UM, AND BASED ON THE DECISION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MADE AS PART OF HEARING ITEM NUMBER TWO TODAY, THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU IS A SITE PLAN REVIEW TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING THREE STORY HOTEL BUILDING PAVED AREAS AND ORNAMENTAL VEGETATION AND, UM, RE TEMPORARILY RELOCATE AND STORE, UH, THE DOLLY GARDEN ROOFTOP SIGN, UM, DURING CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN RELOCATE THAT SIGN ON TOP OF THE NEW, UM, EIGHT STORY BUILDING.

THE NEW EIGHT STORY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD CONSIST OF 141 RESIDENTIAL UNITS OF WHICH 16 ARE AFFORDABLE TO THE VERY LOW INCOME LEVEL.

75 PARK VEHICLE PARKING SPACES WOULD BE, UM, PROVIDED AT GRADE AND THEN TWO SUBTERRANEAN LEVELS AS WELL AS 54 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES WITHIN A, UM, BICYCLE STORAGE AREA WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO PACIFIC AVENUE.

UH, THE RELOCATION OF THE PROJECT SIGN IS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

UM, CONSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY INCLUDES, UH, STREET IMPROVEMENTS ALONG PACIFIC AVENUE, AS WELL AS A TWO FOOT DEDICATION ALONG THE REAR ALLEY TO WIDEN THE ALLEY.

UH, IN ADDITION, IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT 129 OF THESE UNITS ARE CONSTITUTED AS MICRO UNITS AS DEFINED IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

UH, THE REASON WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT IS THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT'S BEFORE THIS PLANNING COMMISSION THAT INCLUDES MICRO UNITS.

UH, SO WE DID WANNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO EXPLAIN THAT MICRO UNITS ARE, UM, TYPICALLY SMALLER THAN YOUR TYPICAL, UH, MINIMUM UNIT SIZE WITHIN CERTAIN, UM, PLAN DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND SPECIFIC PLAN AREAS.

UM, THIS COMMISSION OR THIS, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND AN ORDINANCE IN 20, UM, IN 2020 AND SEPTEMBER, 2020.

AND SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS ORDINANCE THAT CAME THROUGH.

AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MICRO-UNIT ORDINANCE IS THAT IT ALLOWS FOR A NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE UNIT TO BE A, UM, UM, A TYPE WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN AND MIDTOWN AREAS.

THERE IS A SUNSET OF 500 UNITS AND, UM, RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE ONLY PROJECT THAT HAS COME BEFORE YOU AT THIS HEARING LEVEL, UH, WITH MICRO UNITS.

UM, I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE DEFINITIONS OF A MICRO UNIT, BUT LARGELY IT RELATES TO THE SIZE AND THE COMPONENTS WITHIN, AS WELL AS THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THIS SLIDE, UM, SHOWS SOME OF THE RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDE, UM, HOW THE PROJECT WOULD INCORPORATE THE ROOFTOP SIGN ONTO THE, UH, EIGHTH STORY OR THE SEVENTH STORY ROOF DECK.

AS A RESULT OF THE FEEDBACK AND PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PREVIOUSLY ALLUDED TO, THERE WOULD BE ART OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE NORTH ELEVATION AS WELL AS THE GROUND FLOOR TO PROVIDE A NOD TO THE MURALS AS WELL AS THE MURALIST, UH, INTEREST IN PRESERVING THOSE AREAS FOR FUTURE ART.

UM, THE SIGN ALSO WAS RELOCATED SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF THE PREVIOUSLY PURPO PROPOSED LOCATION TO ENHANCE VISIBILITY.

UH, THIS SLIDE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION TO SHOW THE, UH, DESIGN INTENT THAT WENT INTO THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, REALLY MAKING A PROMINENT LEVEL FOR THE, THE ROOFTOP SIGN TO BE LOCATED AT THAT CORNER ELEMENT.

UH, THE PROPOSED BUILDING DOES HAVE A FOLDED, UH, FRONT FACADE TO EXTENT THE VERTICALITY AND REFERENCE TO HISTORY OF THE SITE, AS WELL AS PROJECTING BALCONIES TO PROVIDE VISUAL INTEREST ALONG PACIFIC AVENUE.

UH, THIS AREA DOES REQUIRE A SIX FOOT SETBACK ALONG THAT FRONT, UH, FACADE, WHICH WILL BE INCORPORATED WITH GREEN SPACE AREAS, AND THAT THAT'S A CONTRAST TO ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THERE IS A ZERO FOOT, UM, SETBACK.

SO THIS AREA IS A TRANSITION AREA, UM, TO OTHER PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SETBACKS ALONG THOSE FRONT FACADES.

THIS SLIDE PROVIDES, UH, SITE PROGRAMMING, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP TO THE MICRO-UNIT, UH, PROJECT AS 129 UNITS OF THE 141 MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF MICRO UNITS.

UH, THE EMPHASIS ON MICRO UNITS IS TO PROVIDE, RATHER THAN PROVIDING, UH, LARGER UNITS YOU PROVIDE ENHANCED, UH, AND INCREASED, UH, OPEN SPACE AREAS.

AND IN THIS, YOU'LL SEE THERE WILL BE A ROOF DECK, UH, WHERE THE DOLLY VARDEN SIGN WOULD ALLOW FOR, UM, RESIDENTS TO, UM, INTERACT WITH THE SIGN AS WELL AS, UM, MURAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE VISIBLE FROM THOSE RESIDENTS.

YOU WILL ALSO SEE AN AMENITY LOUNGE AND KITCHEN WOULD BE RELOCATED, WILL BE LOCATED ON THAT ROOFTOP DECK.

IN ADDITION, THERE'D BE AMENITY COURTYARDS AS WELL AS INTERIOR AREAS THAT WOULD BE SHARED TO ENHANCE THE LIVABILITY OF THE UNITS, DESPITE THEIR SIZE BEING BELOW 600 SQUARE FEET.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SITE PLAN, SO ALL VEHICLE KILLER ACCESS WOULD BE TAKEN OFF OF PARK COURT, WHICH IS THE ALLEY TO THE REAR, AND WOULD BE WIDENED BY TWO FEET TO ALLOW FOR ENHANCED, UM, MANEUVERABILITY.

UH, THE PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE TWO GROUND FLOOR UNITS AS WELL AS A RESIDENT LOUNGE

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AND, UH, AMENITY SPACE AT THE GROUND FLOOR AS WELL AS A LEASING CENTER.

IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT FEE 54 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES AS WELL AS A WORKSPACE ARE PROVIDED WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO PACIFIC AVENUE.

UH, AND THAT IS OVER AND BEYOND THE 29, UM, BIKE PARKING AREA THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS SIZE OF PROJECT.

ACCORDING TO PD 30 STANDARDS, UH, THE PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE TWO SUBTERRANEAN LEVELS WHERE YOU SEE THE RAMP DOWN.

UH, THIS SLIDE WHILE PROBABLY HARD TO SEE FOR THE AUDIENCE, DOES SHOW HOW THE MICRO UNITS ARE ARRANGED, UH, AND ORGANIZED THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

UH, SO THE MICRO UNITS DO INCLUDE SOME FLOORS THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY MICRO UNIT FLOORS, BUT ALSO THE 12 UNITS THAT MEET THE PD 30 STANDARDS IN SIZE HAVE ALSO BEEN DISTRIBUTED.

IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT, UM, WITH THE SIZE OF THIS PROJECT AND BASED ON ITS SUBMITTAL DATE, UM, THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE DOES APPLY TO THIS AT THE SUBMITTAL DATE, UM, ONLY 6% OF THE UNITS ARE REQUIRED TO BE AFFORDABLE, UH, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS OPTED TO PROVIDE 11% OF THE UNITS AT AN AFFORDABLE, WHICH PROVIDES 16 UNITS, UH, AT THE AFFORDABLE RATE AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL HAD BEEN MADE TO ENSURE THOSE UNITS ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY ACROSS ALL UNIT TYPES AS WELL AS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE FLOOR, SO THEY'RE NOT CONCENTRATED IN CERTAIN AREAS.

IN ADDITION, ALL FINISHES WOULD BE OF EQUAL, UH, FINISH TO ENSURE THAT ALL UNITS, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE UNITS, HAVE HIGH QUALITY FINISHES THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO EVEN THE MARKET RATE UNITS.

UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FLOOR, UH, THE ROOF PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES THE SOLAR THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED AND THE SCREEN MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AT THE ROOFTOP AREA.

UH, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, UH, SHOWS THE, UH, UH, PROPOSED LANDSCAPE WITHIN THE, UM, AREAS FOR, UH, OPEN SPACE, WHICH INCLUDE TREES AND OTHER, UM, LOW LANDSCAPING, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND A COMPLIANCE WITH CAP INCREASE IN THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR LB CAP.

UH, THERE HAVE BEEN INCREASED, UM, TREES PROPOSED IN THOSE OPEN SPACES.

WHILE THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, THERE ARE TREES PROVIDED TO ENHANCE SHADE AS WELL AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO INCLUDE AN A SMALL GARDEN AREA IN ONE OF THE COURTYARDS, AS WELL AS OTHER PERMEABLE PAVING TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE MICRO UNITS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND SIZE.

UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A MICRO UNIT IS NOT SUBJECT TO DENSITY LIMITATIONS OR MINIMUM UNIT SIZE.

IN PD 30, THE MINIMUM UNIT SIZE IS 600 SQUARE FEET, AND THE AVERAGE SIZE OF, UM, THE UNITS ARE AROUND 445 SQUARE FEET THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROJECT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, MEETING THE DE THE DEFINITION OF MICRO UNIT, EACH, UH, UNIT DOES HAVE A FULL BATHROOM, WHICH INCLUDES A TUB AND A SHOWER.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE, IN RED, THERE WOULD BE, UM, ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT, AS WELL AS FLEXIBLE AREAS SUCH AS BUILT-IN DESKS AS WELL AS FOLD IN UH, TABLES TO ENSURE THE LIVABILITY OF THE UNITS ARE NOT COMPROMISED DUE TO THEIR SIZE.

UH, THIS IS THE STANDARD PD 30 UNIT, WHICH IS PROVIDED AT 773 SQUARE FEET AND COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF PD 30.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE ARE, UH, TYPICALLY GONNA BE TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND THERE ARE 12 OF THOSE UNITS WITHIN THE PROJECT.

UM, THIS IS A REMINDER ABOUT THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACTION, HOW WE ARE TODAY.

UM, THIS PROJECT DOES CONSTITUTE, UH, THE FOURTH PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PROJECT AS INCLUDED IN YOUR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, AND AS WELL AS IN THE FINDINGS DOES MEET THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN, UH, TO PROVIDE HOUSING IN ACCESS TO, UM, HIGH RESOURCE AREAS RELATED TO TRANSIT, AS WELL AS PROVIDING OPTIONS, UH, FOR NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL AS INCOME RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UH, IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THIS SITE IS ON THE HOUSING INVENTORY SITE AND WOULD PROVIDE AN EXCESS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND THEREFORE PROVIDES, UH, ADDITIONAL HOUSING, UH, WHERE IT WASN'T, UM, PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED, INCLUDING VERY LOW INCOME HOUSING.

UH, THERE ARE SEVEN REQUIRED FINDINGS, UM, THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

UH, STAFF DOES FIND THAT ALL THE FINDINGS CAN BE MADE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AS THE PROJECT WOULD REPLACE AN EXISTING SURFACE PARKING LOT AND THREE STORY BUILDING, UH, WITH AN EIGHT STORY PROJECT, INCLUDING MICRO UNITS THAT PROVIDE NATURALLY AND INCOME RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.

UM, THE PARKING IS PROVIDED, UM, BUT NOT IN EXCESS OF, UM, WHAT IS REQUIRED UNDER PD 30.

THIS IS AN AB 2097, SO NO PARKING IS REQUIRED BY CODE, UH, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS OPTED TO PROVIDE,

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UH, PARKING WITHIN THE GROUND FLOOR AND SUBTERRANEAN LEVELS.

UH, IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT DOES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UH, BIKE PARKING BEYOND CODE REQUIREMENTS AND WOULD BE INCLUDING, UM, OTHER GREEN FEATURES IN THE PROJECT DESIGN.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PROJECT, UM, IS NOT REGULATED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROJECT, UH, PROGRAM OF CHAPTER 21.64, UH, BUT AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, WOULD COMPLY WITH ALL THE GR UH, STANDARDS FOR GREEN BUILDING, UH, WHICH INCLUDES MEETING LEAD AT THE CERTIFIED LEVEL AND COMPLYING WITH ALL CAP REQUIREMENTS, UH, AT THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

AND AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, THIS PROJECT WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR NO NET LOSS PROVISIONS AS THIS PROJECT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL HOUSING THAT WAS PRE BEYOND THOSE THAT WAS, UH, CONTEMPLATED UNDER THE HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE, UM, SITE INVENTORY.

UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UM, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.

I'VE TOUCHED ON A COUPLE OF THESE.

UH, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE MITIGATION MEASURES IDENTIFIED IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PROGRAM EIR THAT WAS INCLUDED FOR THE BUILD OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.

IN ADDITION, THE 16 DWELLING UNITS THAT, UH, ARE GONNA BE INCOME RESTRICTED AT THE VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, UH, WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE RESTRICTED BY COVENANT FOR NOT LESS THAN 55 YEARS.

AS WELL AS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND MATERIALS COMPLY WITH THE PLANS BEFORE YOU AT THIS PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING.

AND THEN FURTHERMORE, ALL WORK AFFECTING THE DOLLY VARDEN ROOFTOP SIGN SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CER FINAL CERTIFICATE OF COM, APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATENESS CONDITIONS THAT ARE APPROVED BY THIS COMMISSION, AND THE PREVIOUS ITEM, THE BUILDING WILL MEET THE LEAD CERTIFIED LEVEL, AS WELL AS COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

UM, COORDINATION AND VARIOUS CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN PLACED TO ENSURE THE REPLACEMENT OF ART ON THE SITE, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION AND AGREEMENTS WITH AND FOR THE FIRST OFFERS TO BE TO THE ARTISTS THAT WOULD HAVE THEIR ART REMOVED AS PART OF THIS, UM, PROJECT.

AND FURTHERMORE, A NOTIFICATION TO ALL ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS IN WRITING WOULD BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO, UH, WORK COMMENCING OF GRADING AND SITE CONSTRUCTION.

AND FINALLY, DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THIS PROJECT ALONG PACIFIC AVENUE AND IN PROXIMITY TO THE LA COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, UH, METRO, A LINE A COMPLIANCE WITH ALL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL RELATED TO, UM, AVOIDING IMPACTS TO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED.

UM, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OR CQA, UM, A PROGRAM EIR WAS PREPARED FOR THE BUILD OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND FURTHERMORE, IN 2021, AND THE EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM WAS PREPARED AS AN EIR ADDENDUM TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT FLEXIBILITY SO THE DOWNTOWN PLAN COULD RESPOND TO MARKET CONDITIONS OVER THE BUILD OUT OF THE PLAN.

UM, AS SUCH, A COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST WAS PREPARED FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT THAT INCLUDED A SERIES OF TECHNICAL STUDIES, UM, SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN.

AND BASED ON THAT PROJECT SPECIFIC ANALYSIS, THE PROJECT WAS DEEMED CONSISTENT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED, UM, OVERALL ENVELOPE OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, AS WELL AS THE EIR, UH, ADDENDUM FOR EQUIVALENCY.

AND THEREFORE, UH, NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.

UH, NOTICING AND PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE, UH, DISTRIBUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

20 PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED.

MANY OF THOSE WERE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PREVIOUS ITEM, UM, DUE TO THE, UH, SAME PROJECT NATURE OF BOTH ITEMS, AND THEREFORE, THOSE ARE ALL INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL.

UM, THEREFORE, WITH THE REQUIRED FINDINGS AND, UM, WITH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW, UM, FOR THE EIGHT STORY BUILDING AT 3 3 5 PACIFIC AVENUE, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION, AND THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, UH, YOU MAY HAVE.

UH, THANK YOU MS. KRONEN FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE CALL UP THE APPLICANT? IS THERE ANYTHING THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION? NO.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.

I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, AS THE APPLICANT'S COMING UP, I'D JUST LIKE TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THE APPLICANT, UM, JUST ELECTED NOT TO TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

UH, BRIAN, COULD YOU TELL US, I NOTICED THAT YOU GUYS HAD, AS PER THE BUILDING CODE, THE ROOF WAS SOLAR READY.

DO YOU KNOW, IS THE PROJECT GOING TO HAVE SOLAR POWER AS PART OF ITS INITIAL BUILD OUT? WILL THEY BE SOLAR? UH, YES.

YEAH, AS PART OF THE CAP CHECKLIST, WE NOTED THAT IT WOULD BE A, A A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, ELECTRIC, UH, BUILDING AND HAVE SOLAR.

THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION, SO PERFECT.

FLOOR, THE ACTIVATION WITH THE, THE COUPLE OF UNITS THAT YOU GOT THERE FACING PACIFIC AS WELL AS THE LOBBY AND STUFF.

AND I THINK THAT WAS ALL I HAD FOR YOU.

I, AND COMPLIMENTS ON THE GROUND

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NICE TO SEE SOMETHING BESIDES, UH, ANOTHER RETAIL ABSOLUTELY.

LOCATION BEING PUT IN THERE, SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEP, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CLEMEN.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ABOUT THE CIRCULATION PLAN.

UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, IT'S AN OFFICIAL ONE THAT INCLUDED IN THE PLANS.

IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S A STAGING AREA THAT WOULD TAKE OVER ONE OF THE LANES ON PACIFIC FORCED PEDESTRIANS TO WALK, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PROJECT SITE GOING ACROSS THE STREET, UP, UP AND THEN ACROSS AGAIN.

UH, AND THEN FORCING PEOPLE BIKING INTO A GENERAL TRAFFIC LANE.

UM, I, I THINK I'D LIKE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN AVOID AT LEAST SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE PEDESTRIAN, UH, ACCESS.

SO WE'RE OPEN TO IDEAS.

I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN, AND THAT'S WHY WE ASKED FOR THE STAGING PLAN.

THIS SITE, HOWEVER, IS REALLY SMALL, SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE ELSE THEY'RE GONNA STAGE AND, AND WE CAN'T PREVENT THEM FROM CONSTRUCTING THE PROJECT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

I MEAN, THE APPLICANT MAY HAVE IDEAS, AND I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS REALLY BE ON TOP OF THE DURATION, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT HAPPENS ON SOME OF THESE CONSTRUCTION SITES IS YOU DO THE LANE CLOSURE AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE GOT IN THE LANE BACK, BUT THE LANE CLOSURE REMAINS FOR ALL 24 MONTHS OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION.

AND I THINK WE AS A CITY COULD DO BETTER THERE.

I THINK ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LARGE SITES THAT CAN STAGE ON SITE, WE DEFINITELY CAN DO BETTER.

BUT THIS LOT BEING, I THINK LESS THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET, I DON'T KNOW, OTHER THAN THE LANE CLOSURE SORT OF PHYSICALLY HOW YOU WOULD DO THE CONSTRUCTION.

YEAH, AND I LOOKED AT THE LANES.

IT'S, IT'S PRETTY TIGHT THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, WITH THE A LINE.

UM, I DO KNOW THAT THE CA UM, SAFE STREETS PLAN HAS AN, INCLUDES A, A A POINT THAT SAYS THE CITY OF IS GONNA REDO ITS, UM, TRAFFIC MITIGATION PLAN MENU.

UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE FINISHED, UH, LAST YEAR.

I KNOW HOW STAFFING GOES, BUT IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THAT? I THINK WHAT THAT MIGHT BE REFERRING TO IN THE SAFE STREETS ACTION PLAN IS, UM, THE CHANGE TO HOW WE DO MITIGATION OF TRAFFIC, UM, AS A CITY.

SO HOW WE DO, UM, UM, TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS.

UM, WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM, UM, LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHICH IS THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF DOING THAT ANALYSIS, AND NOW LOOK AT VEHICLE MILES, UH, TRAVEL.

UM, ALTHOUGH WE DO STILL LOOK AT LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR SOME OF THE LOCAL IMPACTS THAT PUBLIC WORKS THEN NOT, NOT UNDER CQA, BUT THAT PUBLIC WORKS LOOKS AT IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND, AND THAT SIDE OF CIRCULATION.

SO, UM, THAT, THAT PORTION IS, UM, IS IN PLACE THAT, UM, THOSE CHANGES, UH, BEGAN ADOPTION IN 2020.

BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME IN TERMS OF CHANGING WHAT THE FEES ARE USED FOR AND HOW, HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE USED.

UM, THAT'S STILL UNDERWAY.

SO THE THING I AM REFERRING TO IS IT SAYS MODIFICATION OF PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND CONSTRUCTION DETOURS AND ACCESS, WHICH I WOULD ASSUME IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

GOT IT.

YEAH, SO THAT'S A PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ITEM THAT I KNOW ERIC, UH, LOPEZ, WHO RUNS PUBLIC WORKS AND HIS TEAM, UH, ARE WORKING ON, AND THEY JUST IDENTIFIED A NEW CITY ENGINEER.

SO THAT IS IN PROCESS, BUT NOT DONE TODAY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY HOPE TO FINISH IT NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.

YEAH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE PEDESTRIANS ARE USUALLY THE LAST SERVED IN THESE DETOURS AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE MOST WALKABLE AREA THAT IS HOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET TO THE PARK, HOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET TO THE LIBRARY, HOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET TO CITY HALL.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF IT CAN'T GET DONE HERE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S CONSIDERED WHEREVER WE CAN CONSIDER IT.

YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF CITY EMPLOYEES EAT AT, UH, CINCO DE MAYO JUST NORTH OF THIS SITE, SO I'M SURE WE'LL, WE'LL BE GETTING THE COMPLAINTS FROM OUR, UM, DEPARTMENT AND CITY EMPLOYEES.

BUT, UM, THERE'S, I I THINK WE HAVE MADE SOME RECENT IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THE POINTS WELL TAKEN, COMMISSIONER THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT.

MAYBE IT'S A HOOK, SO YOU CAN THEN PUT YOUR BIKE ONTO THAT HOOK, OR IT'S A, LIKE A SHELF, SOMETHING THAT SITS IN SO THAT YOU CAN STORE STUFF.

THIS QUESTION FOR YOU IN THE MICRO UNITS, I APPRECIATE ALL THE BUILT-IN WHAT IS A BUILT-IN GEAR WALL? UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT, UH, ESSENTIALLY IT'S LIKE A, A LIKE GROOVES THAT ARE ON A WALL, AND THEN THEY HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE

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UH, IT'S A GEAR WALL THAT IT'S INTENDED TO BE REALLY FLEXIBLE SO THAT, UH, RESIDENTS CAN USE IT FOR WHATEVER THEY THEY SEE FIT.

MM-HMM.

, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I HAVE A DUMB QUESTION.

GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

AND THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, SO FORGIVE ME AS BEING MY FIRST MEETING, UM, , I, MY QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE FOR STAFF OR FOR THE APPLICANT, IS ON THE, UM, NUMBER, WHICH I APPLAUD HAVING AN 11% DEDICATION FOR LOW INCOME, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE ARE NOT ALL GONNA BE MICRO UNITS.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ALL LIKE ONE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE EVENED OUT, RIGHT? LIKE, MM-HMM, , OKAY.

YEAH, CORRECT.

SO THE, SO THE REQUIREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE UNITS IS THAT THEY'RE DISPERSED EQUALLY, UH, AMONGST THE TYPE OF UNITS AND THEN ALSO EQUALLY AMONGST THE, THE BUILDINGS.

SO WE DO HAVE, UM, IN OUR PACKET, UH, I THINK ON THE THIRD OR FOURTH PAGE THAT HAS A, A BREAKDOWN.

YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION.

WITH THIS, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? YES, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD.

SARAH, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

THEY'RE REALLY COMMUTING SOMEWHERE ELSE.

UM, I LIVE AT 3, 3 5 CEDAR AVENUE, RIGHT BEHIND THE BUILDING.

UM, I KNOW IT'S A, IT SOUNDS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

UM, ONE, MOST OF THE BUILDINGS AROUND THAT AREA ARE ONLY FOUR STORIES, SO WE HAVE AN EIGHT STORY BUILDING.

IT KIND OF DOES STICK OUT, EVEN THOUGH WE DO NEED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE OTHER THING IS THE ALLEYWAY WHERE THE, UM, PARKING IS COMING OUT.

IT'S A VERY SMALL ALLEYWAY.

I MEAN, IT'S, WE CAN BARELY FIT A GARBAGE TRUCK GOING DOWN.

AND BY THE WAY, WE ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT AS WELL, GETTING OUR SERVICES THERE.

SO IT JUST ADDS MORE THINGS TO THE CITY THAT THEY HAVEN'T QUITE FIXED YET, MANAGING THE, THE GARBAGE DOWN THERE.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT'S GREAT.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE 75 PARKING SPACES AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE 66.

UM, SO 66 UNITS WON'T HAVE PARKING SPACES.

I UNDERSTAND.

BUT FROM, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ONE CAR.

USUALLY THEY HAVE TWO CARS, AND WE'RE ALREADY IMPACTED WITH THE PARKING DOWN THERE.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE PARKING IN STREETS, LIKE THEY BLOCK OUR DRIVEWAYS, THEY BLOCK THE ALLEYWAYS, THEY'RE BLOCKING, THEY'RE PARKING IN THE RED ZONES BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE TO PARK.

I KNOW PEOPLE THAT THEY GET THERE AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON JUST TO GET A PARKING SPACE BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER PLACES TO PARK.

ALSO, CONSIDER ABOUT ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT YOU'RE BUILDING AROUND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

WE HAD ONE GOING ACROSS THE STREET.

WE HAD ONE THAT WENT ACROSS THE LIBRARY.

WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON OCEAN BOULEVARD.

WE HAVE A LOT OF BUILDINGS BEING BUILT, AND IT'S LIKE, HAVE WE TAKEN CONSIDERATION WHO'S MOVING INTO THESE PLACES? YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT, THE COST.

'CAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN LONG BEACH ARE NOT REALLY WORKING IN LONG BEACH.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AREA, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH AREA, LIKE THE GROCERY STORE IS GONE NOW.

UM, A LOT OF THE STORES THAT WERE ON PINE STREET ARE GONE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE RESTAURANTS AND BARS, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THINGS LIKE WE CAN WALK TO LIKE THE GROCERY STORES AND, AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE A WALKABLE COMMUNITY.

NOW EVERYONE HAS TO DRIVE TO THESE PLACES.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE COMING UP AND THE PARKING AREAS.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS THERE.

ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION THAT DID NOT FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD? NO.

SEEING NONE, WE WILL SEE IF WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS.

IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

OR IF YOU'RE JOINING US TELEPHONICALLY AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE.

THE FIRST PERSON WITH THEIR HAND RAISED IS KURT CANFIELD KERR.

YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

AND, UM, HOPE THE COMMISSION APPROVES.

JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I, I GUESS I SAID, UH, FOR THE WRONG ITEM, UH, EARLIER, WHICH IS I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT.

UM, IT'S A, A LOT OF HOUSING, UM, AND IT'S IN A VERY WALKABLE PART OF TOWN.

UH, IT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT.

IT'S LIKE A LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY FROM ALINE STATION.

UH, THERE'S JUST A TON OF OPTIONS FOR GETTING AROUND IN THIS PART OF LONG BEACH.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR CITY.

I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT, UH, HAS A LOT OF INTERESTING FACETS TO IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THAT THERE'S A TON OF MICRO APARTMENTS, WHICH I THINK IS A, A REALLY INTERESTING WAY TO TRY AND APPROACH HOUSING MORE PEOPLE AT A MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE PRICE POINT THAN WE'VE KIND OF BEEN ABLE TO DO.

UH, SO I HOPE WE SEE MORE OF THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS AND, UM, I HOPE THAT THEY, NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE THIS KIND OF FIGHT ABOUT THEM.

BUT YEAH, I THINK, UH, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. CANFIELD.

NEXT SPEAKER, ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

OR IF YOU'RE JOINING US TELEPHONICALLY AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE.

THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

13 AFFORDABLE UNITS AND THREE CONCESSIONS TO ALLOW PER THE CITY'S ENHANCED DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE FLOOR PLAN AREA, FLOOR AREA RATIO BY 40% FOR THE FIRST ON MENU CONCESSION AND AN ADDITIONAL 40% INCREASE OF ALLOWABLE FLOOR AREA RATIO FOR CONCESSIONS TWO AND THREE AS AN OFF MENU REQUEST AND A HEIGHT EXCEPTION TO ALLOW PER THE DOWNTOWN PLAN FOR A BUILDING HEIGHT OF 257.5 FEET INSTEAD OF NOT MORE THAN 240 FEET.

WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT THEN.

UH, STEPH, COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY, I THOUGHT DURING THE PRESENTATION WE HEARD THAT THE ALLEYWAY WOULD BE DEDICATING THE, UH, APPLICANT WOULD BE DEDICATING TWO FEET OF THEIR PROPERTY TO WIDENING THAT ALLEYWAY THAT'S BEHIND THE PROJECT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND, AND HOW WIDE WILL THE ALLEYWAY BE AFTER THE DEDICATION AT THAT PORTION? 18 FEET.

18 FEET, GREAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'M SEEING NONE.

I THINK WE'LL ASK FOR THE VOTE THEN.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THE ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.

CAN I JUST NEED VICE CHAIR LEWIS, YOUR HONOR? OH, EXCUSE ME.

VICE CHAIR LIN AND CHAIR LEWIS? YES.

AND WE WANT YOU TO INVITE THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A TOUR OF THE MICRO UNITS ONCE THEY'RE DONE, SO WE CAN SEE HOW THOSE, UH, HOW THOSE LOOK WHEN THEY'RE DONE.

CONGRATULATIONS ON ON HAVING THE FIRST MICRO UNIT PROJECT IN THE CITY AS WELL.

WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE TO GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS.

PLEASE RECOMMENDATION TO PROVE EIR ADDENDUM TO THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND APPROVE A SITE PLAN, REVIEW AND ADOPT THE FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR A NEW 21 STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONSISTING OF 203 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, INCLUDING

[4. 23-24856 Recommendation to approve EIR Addendum (EIRA-04-23) to the Downtown Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2009071006); and Approve a Site Plan Review (SPR22-115) and adopt the findings and conditions of approval for a new 21-story residential building consisting of 203 residential units, including 13 affordable units, and three concessions as allowed per the city’s Enhanced Density Bonus Ordinance, to increase the allowable floor area ratio by 40 percent for the first ‘on-menu’ concession, and an additional 40 percent increase of allowable floor area ratio for concessions two and three as an ‘off-menu’ request; and a height exception as allowed per the Downtown Plan for a building height of 257.5 feet instead of not more than 240 feet, located at 615 E. Ocean Boulevard within the Downtown Plan (PD-30) Planned Development District. (District 1) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

LOCATED AT SIX 15 EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD WITH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, DISTRICT ONE CHAIR, AND COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING BY PROJECT PLANNER JONATHAN ESA.

AND GOOD EVENING CHAIR COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE CAN BRING UP THE PRESENTATION PLEASE.

CONCEALING THAT PARKING FACILITY.

THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT 6 1 5 EAST OCEAN BOULEVARD, VERY NEAR TO THE ALAMEDA INTERSECTION.

UH, THE PROJECT FEATURES A ZONING OF PD 30, THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, AND A GENERAL PLACE TYPE OF, UH, APPROPRIATELY DOWNTOWN.

THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 0.4 OF AN ACRE AND IS SURROUNDED BY VARIOUS USES THAT INCLUDE, UH, TO THE EAST, THE CURRENT 17TH STORY, THE 35 STORY SHORELINE GATEWAY TO THE WEST, THE UBON HISTORICAL LANDMARK TO THE NORTH AND OFFICE BUILDING, AND A TWO STORY MOTEL.

AND TO THE SOUTH, ACROSS THE OCEAN, YOU WOULD HAVE THE VARIOUS HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE PRODUCE THE CITY.

THE SITE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A VACANT SINGLE STORY RESTAURANT AND PARKING LOTS, AND THE PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING DINER AND PARKING LOT TO MAKE WAY FOR THIS 21 STORY.

203 UNIT OF WHICH INCLUDES 13 VERY LOW AFFORDABLE UNITS, A FULLY AUTOMATED PARKING FACILITY, AND IT FEATURES A BOARD FORM CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE MIXED WITH ALUMINUM COMPOSITE PANELING AND FREDDY GLAZING WITH ALUMINUM LOUVERS AT THE LOWER LEVELS.

IF I MAY.

CHI LEWIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL FOR A MOVER INTO SECONDER? I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FROM YOU GUYS GOT ME GOING QUICK WITH THE, UH, THE STAFF PRESENTATION.

, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THE ITEM? HOW ABOUT COMMISSIONER WARE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I MOTION? VERY GOOD.

I SECOND AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER TEMPLAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU CLERK MADAM CLERK, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.

THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FEATURES A MODERN, SLEEK TREATMENT, INCLUDING STAGGERED PROTRUSION ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS THAT SERVE AS BALCONIES AND AN ARCHITECTURAL AESTHETIC AS APPEAL AS WELL.

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THE TOWER, AS YOU VISUALLY CARRY FROM THE LOWER FLOOR UP, IS ABRUPTLY AND INTENTIONALLY INTERRUPTED AT LEVELS 14 AND 15, WHERE A PARTIAL CUTAWAY OCCURS TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY A UNIQUE APPEALING DESIGN, BUT ALSO FUNCTIONAL AMENITY SPACES WITH ATTRACTIVE VIEWS OF THE CITY AND THE COAST.

THE RESIDENTIAL TOWER THEN ENDS AT LEVEL 21, WHICH FEATURES A ROOF DECK, LOUNGE SPACES, A POOL, AND A SPA.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW THE BUILDING IS SITTED WITH A MINIMUM SETBACK OF 10 FEET, FOUR INCHES FROM THE WEST PROPERTY LINE TO CREATE SPACING FROM THE ADDI, UM, ADJACENT ARTON APARTMENTS.

AND THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR NATURAL LIGHT AND VENTILATION TO BOTH BUILDINGS.

THE SEPARATION IS EVEN GREATER.

AS YOU'LL NOTE, THE ARTON BUILDING STEPS AWAY FROM ITS PROPERTY LINE TO ITS EAST.

THE PROJECT SITE IS FURTHER BOUNDED BY ALLEYS TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST.

AS A RESULT OF THE HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT PREPARED FOR THIS PROJECT.

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES THAT COULD YIELD HIGH VIBRATIONS ARE PROHIBITED ALONG THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE.

THESE PROHIBITED AREAS INCLUDE SETBACKS OF THREE FEET, 19 AND 21 FEET TO PROTECT THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK.

ADDITIONALLY, THIRD PARTY DOCUMENTATION, PHOTO AND, AND OR VIDEO AND DAILY INSPECTIONS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ENSURE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDUP.

LASTLY, SINCE PARKING IS PROVIDED VIA FULLY AUTOMATED PARKING FACILITY, VEHICLES WILL BE OFF AND NO NOISE OR LIGHT POLLUTION WOULD OCCUR AS ONE WOULD EXPECT OF A TRADITIONAL VEHICLE THAT WOULD'VE TO NAVIGATE AROUND RAMPS UP AND DOWN FLOORS AS A TRADITIONAL PARKING GARAGE.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES 203 UNITS, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WITH MIXED UNIT TYPES, INCLUDING STUDIO ONE, BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

OF THESE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, 13, ARE VERY LOW AND ARE INCLUDING STUDIO ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNIT TYPES AND ARE FEATURED ACROSS VARIOUS LEVELS AS REQUIRED BY THE ZONING REGULATIONS.

THE PD 30 PLAN HAS A BASE SITE OF 240 FEET.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS PLAN PROVIDES INCENTIVES FOR PROJECTS FEATURING SUSTAINABLE FEATURES SUCH AS LEAD COMPLIANCE IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE WHERE THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED.

PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE SUCH FEATURE ARE ALSO ALLOWED TO REACH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 500 FEET.

THIS PROJECT PROPOSES 257 FEET WITH SIX INCHES AS ALLOWED BY THE STANDARDS FOUND IN THE PD 30 PLAN.

THIS PROJECT IS SUBJECT ALSO TO THE CITY'S INCLUSIONARY HOUSING REQUIREMENT AND WILL INCLUDE THE AFOREMENTIONED 13 AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHICH IS 6%, WHILE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT IS INDEED 11%.

THIS PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED DURING THE 2022 CALENDAR YEAR WHERE THE REQUIREMENT AT THAT TIME WAS 6% AND THUS VESTED THE INCLUSION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.

SUBSEQUENTLY PROVIDES A PROJECT WITH THREE CONCESSIONS PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S ENHANCED DENSITY BONUS EDB FOR SHORT.

A QUICK REFRESHER ON THE EDB, WE HAVE ON MENU AND OFF MANY CONCESSIONS ALLOWED ON MENU CONCESSIONS WILL COST THE PROJECT ONE CONCESSION AND OFF MANY REQUESTS FOR CONCESSIONS WILL COST THE PROJECT TWO CONCESSIONS.

THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO USE THEIR FIRST CONCESSION AS A 40% INCREASE, AND ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU INCLUDES THE REQUEST FOR THE PROJECT TO USE THEIR SECOND AND THIRD CONCESSION TO FURTHER INCREASE THE FAR FLOOR ERROR RATIO BY AN ADDITIONAL 40% AS DETAILED.

FURTHER IN THE STAFF REPORT, THE BASE EIGHT FAR ALLOWED IN PD 30 IS THUS RAISED TO 15.68, WHILE THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU ASCENDS TO 14.53 FAR.

THE PD 30 PLAN FURTHER REQUIRES, UH, OPEN SPACE FOR BOTH COMMON AND PRIVATE USE.

THE PROJECT FEATURES VARIOUS AMENITY SPACES THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND INCLUDE ON THE FIRST FLOOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AMENITY SPACE.

ON THE SECOND FLOOR, IT HAS A, A HANGOUT AREA TOWARDS THE FRONT, THE 14 AND 15 FLOOR, YOU'RE GONNA FIND THE FITNESS CENTER, THE GAME ROOM, OUTDOOR LOUNGE SPACE, INDOOR COWORK AND MEETING SPACES, AND A YOGA ROOM.

AND THEN AT THAT TOP LEVEL THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER, YOU'LL HAVE A CLUB ROOM, A ROOF DECK, A POOL, AND A SPA FOR PRIVATE OPEN SPACE.

THE PROJECT IS PROPOSING 73 PRIVATE BALCONIES AND 20 JULIET BALCONIES.

THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN A RICH TRANSIT AREA, OUR DOWNTOWN CORE, WHERE VARIOUS MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS EXIST.

AS SUCH, AS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING, ASSEMBLY BILL 2 0 9 7 RESTRICTS LOCAL JURISDICTIONS FROM IMPOSING ANY PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN SUCH AREAS.

THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO INCLUDE VEHICULAR PARKING FOR 261 VEHICLES AND 41 BICYCLES.

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THE PARKING FACILITY INCLUDES THREE LOADING BASE THAT ARE ACCESSED FROM THE NORTH END OF THE PROJECT SITE AND INCLUDES THREE LEVELS OF DOUBLE STACK PARKING AREAS.

AS YOU NOTE THERE ON THE RIGHT IMAGE, THE CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN SETS GOALS TO REDUCE GREENHILL GASES EMISSIONS.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES VARIOUS FEATURES TO FURTHER MEDICAID VEHICLE EMISSIONS PROPOSED BY THE PROVIDED PARKING.

THESE INCLUDE ALL ELECTRIC DESIGN, MEETING LEAD COMPLIANCE, A SOLAR READY ROOF, AND A 20% INCREASE IN TITLE 24 ENERGY CONSTRUCTION DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.

FURTHERMORE, THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CAP CHECKLIST TO MITIGATE WITH MITIGATION MEASURES TO COUNTERACT THE VEHICLE EMISSIONS.

THIS IS, UH, BECAUSE THE PROJECT DOES EXCEED THE 1.4 UH, MILLION TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT THRESHOLD.

LASTLY, THE SITE IS NOT IN THE COASTAL ZONE OR IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO SEA LEVEL RISE.

AS DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THE PROJECT SITE IS IDENTIFIED IN THE GENERAL PLAN SITE INVENTORY LIST AS HAVING POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 64 UNITS.

THE PROPOSED 203 UNITS FAR SURPASSES THE CONTEMPLATED HOUSING ELEMENT STUDY, THUS MEETING OR GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO MEET OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS AS A DISCUSSIONARY PROJECT.

THIS PRO THIS PROJECT IS ALSO SUBJECT TO QUA AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACK HISTORY, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT 30 WAS PREPARED UNDER A PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, PEIR IN 2022.

AN ADDENDUM WAS CREATED FOR THE PEIR TO CREATE A LAND USE EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM TO CHARACTERIZE THE EXTENT OF ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT COULD OCCUR WITHIN THE PD 30 AREA.

AND THAT WOULD BE EXCHANGED FOR THE PREVIOUSLY ASSUMED COMMERCIAL USES.

GIVEN THAT THOSE COMMERCIAL USES HAVE NOT FULLY MATERIALIZED, THAT'S CONTEMPLATED THE LUEP ALLOWS FOR THE RELOCATION OF SET COMMERCIAL USES INTO A RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE PD 30 AREA.

IN SO FAR, THE LIMITATIONS OF THE EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM ARE SATISFIED TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PEIR AND LUEP AND EIR ADDENDUM WAS PREPARED, WHICH DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY NEW SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS OR EXCEED THOSE IMPACTS ORIGINALLY ANALYZED IN THE P 30 PEIR.

THIS PROJECT IS FURTHERMORE REQUIRED TO MEET, UH, IDENTIFIED PIR MITIGATION MEASURES.

AND AS A RESULT, THIS PROJECT'S EIR ADDENDUM WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LUEP.

THIS PROJECT WAS DULY NOTICED AS REQUIRED BY THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.

FIVE COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED AND INCLUDED IN YOUR DOCKET.

THIS INCLUDED BOTH, UH, OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.

COMPLETE FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS WERE PREPARED AND PROVIDED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION WITH THE POSITIVE FINDINGS AND CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES AMONG OTHERS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS THIS COMMISSION APPROVE THE EIR ADDENDUM AND SIP PLAN REVIEW AS PROPOSED.

THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.

WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE AND AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UH, COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.

THE FULLY AUTOMATED PARKING ARE THE 261 VEHICLES.

ARE THEY, ARE THEY COUNTED IN THAT TWO SUBTERRANEAN LEVELS OF AUTOMATED PARKING? CORRECT.

WE HAVE ONE, UH, LOWER LEVEL AND THEN LEVEL TWO AND THREE WHERE THERE'S DOUBLE STACKED OF PARKING.

AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY OUR FIRST PROJECT IN TOWN THAT HAS THE AUTOMATED PARKING FACILITY AT THIS SIZE.

UM, WE'VE APPROVED A FEW OF 'EM AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BUILT, SO IT'LL BE A ERASE TO SEE WHICH ONE IS THE FIRST ACTUALLY BUILT.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TO BE APPROVED, BUT UH, NONE OF 'EM ARE ARE IN OPERATION YET.

IT'S NICE ALSO SEEING THE ENHANCED DENSITY BONUS BEING USED ON THIS PROJECT.

UH, AND THEN ON THE, THE, UH, ELEVATIONS THAT WE SAW, IS THAT A RED SLIDE AT THAT ARTICULATION AT THE 20TH FLOOR OR, OR STAIRWELL AND BALCONY? UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S NO SLIDES THAT I SAW ON THE FLOOR PLANS, BUT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT IF THAT'S A QUESTION.

SEEMS LIKE WE ALL MISSED OPPORTUNITY THERE, BUT YEAH.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT'S AGAIN, YEAH, IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THESE PROJECTS COMING UP.

I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EIR UH, UH, ITEMS. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE, THE 1.4 METRIC TONS CO TWO THRESHOLD FOR, UM, UH, PER CAPITA OR PER UH, SERVICE POPULATION, UH, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS? SURE.

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CHAIR.

SO THIS IS A MULTI, SO THE, THE CAP CHECKLIST IS A MULTI-STEP PROCESS AND YOU STARTED THE FIRST STEP AND YOU STOP DOING THIS CHECKLIST AS SOON AS YOU CAN FIND THAT THE PROJECT COMPLIES.

SO THE 1.4 MTE IS A SCREENING THRESHOLD, AND IF YOU DON'T MEET THE SCREENING THRESHOLD, YOU JUST GO TO THE NEXT STEP.

SO WHEN WE DO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH SAYS YOU DO THE GHG ANALYSIS, WHICH WE DID IN THE EIR ADDENDUM, UH, IF YOU DIDN'T DO THE GHG ANALYSIS, THERE'S OTHER STEPS YOU HAVE TO DO.

UM, BUT THE ANALYSIS DID FIND THAT THE PROJECT, UH, WITH THE MITIGATION MEASURES FROM THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, UH, DOES NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

UM, SO THAT THEN COMPLETES THE CHAP THE CAP CHECKLIST FOR GHG.

AND YEAH, JUST JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT.

SO, UM, THAT 1.4 IS THAT SCREENING CRITERIA.

IF IT WERE BELOW THAT, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DO THE CHECKLIST, BUT SINCE THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT BELOW THAT, THEY DID GO THROUGH, UH, THE CAP, UM, COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

UM, AND, AND KIND OF JUST FOR BROADER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMISSION, UM, THE CAP, THE CAP SERVICE POPULATION OR YEAH, THE CAP SERVICE POPULATION TARGET IS ACTUALLY, UM, 2.78.

IT'S JUST WE HAVE AN EVEN LOWER THRESHOLD FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, UM, TO SCREEN OUT BECAUSE WE NEED NEW DEVELOPMENT TO DO WHAT'S CALLED ITS FAIR SHARE FOR US TO MEET THE CAP GOAL.

SO THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF NUMBERS RELATED TO, UM, THOSE EFFICIENCY METRICS.

UM, BUT THAT 1.4 IS JUST A, A SCREENING CRITERIA OF WHETHER THE CHECKLIST HAS TO BE CONDUCTED, WHICH IT WAS IN THIS CASE DONE.

AND HOW IS THAT 1.4 CALCULATED? UM, SO IT'S IN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE APPENDIX TO THE, UM, THE CAP, UM, DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST, IT'S BASICALLY USING, UM, UM, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO SHOW WHAT WOULD BE QUANTIFIABLY CONSIDERED, UM, FAIR SHARE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT TO DO.

SO THE CAP HAS A REDUCTION PATHWAY THAT LOOKS AT EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY EMISSIONS FROM EXISTING BUILDINGS FROM AND FROM THE CARS THAT WE'RE ALL DRIVING.

SO, UM, NEW DEVELOPMENT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE ALL OF THAT.

SO UNDER STATE LAW WITH UM, A CAP THAT'S A QUALIFYING CAP UNDER CQA NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS TO DO WHAT'S CONSIDERED ITS FAIR SHARE.

AND THAT WAS QUANTIFIED AND DOCUMENTED, UM, IN THE APPENDICES TO THAT DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST.

UM, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU, WHERE THE NUMBERS DERIVED FROM.

AND I THINK YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE MATH, UM, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.

SO BASICALLY IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOU HAVE THIS BUDGET AND IF YOU TO DO ALL KINDS OF SAVING MECHANISMS, YOU'LL FIT WITHIN THAT BUDGET.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE A, LIKE GET OUTTA JAIL FREE CARD, WHICH IS THE SCREENING CRITERIA.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE 1.4 COMES UP FROM.

SO IF YOU DON'T DO STATE OF THE ART APPLIANCES AND YOU DON'T DO SOLAR READY ROOF AND YOU DON'T DO ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE FURTHER DOWN IN THE CHECKLIST, THEY DO THE MATH BACKWARDS TO SAY, WELL THEN YOUR EMISSIONS WOULD'VE TO BE THIS MUCH LOWER SINCE YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT OTHER STUFF.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE 1.4 COMES FROM AS OPPOSED TO THE TWO POINT OTHER NUMBER.

SO JUST I WANT TO RESTATE IT, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND .

UM, IS THAT THE THREAT? IS THAT A THRESHOLD THAT 1.4, IS THAT A THRESHOLD THAT ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO MEET IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR CLIENT GOALS? NO.

NO.

SO IT'S JUST A SCREENING CRITERIA.

SO THE NUMBER THAT THEY NEED TO MEET ALLISON IS 2.2 0.78, 2.78.

SO, UM, WE KNOW THOUGH THAT 1.4 IS SO LOW THAT IF YOU'RE ALREADY AT 1.4, THERE'S NO NEED TO GO THROUGH THE MITIGATION EXERCISE.

SO IT'S A SCREENING CRITERIA JUST FOR WHAT APPROACH YOU TAKE.

SO THERE'S NOT A HIGH EMISSION PROJECT, BUT IT'S NOT OUR LOWEST EMISSION PROJECT, IT'S IN THAT MIDDLE CATEGORY.

SO YES, IT'S NOT LOW ENOUGH TO BE SCREENED OUT.

SO THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH HOW IS THE PROJECT DESIGNED, WHAT ARE THE APPLIANCES IN EVERY UNIT, WHAT IS THE ROOFTOP, WHAT ARE THE SYSTEMS? AND THAT'S KIND OF THE CRITERIA AND, AND THE BUCKET THAT THIS PROJECT FITS IN.

SO IT'S BASICALLY IN LINE WITH THE CAP, IT JUST HAS TO DO THE ANALYSIS.

AND IT HAS TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE, THE MITIGATIONS.

AND THEN YOU, YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO ASK THE APPLICANT TEAM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC, UM, SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES.

'CAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE, UM, THOUGHT ABOUT THAT A LOT, UM, DURING THE REVIEW PROCESS AND THE DESIGN PROCESS.

SO IN THIS CONTEXT, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO.

UM, ANOTHER QUESTION.

THIS IS IN THE TRANSIT PRIORITY AREA.

WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT CHANGE FOR THIS PROJECT? SO TRANSIT PRIORITY AREA IS DEFINED IN STATE LAW IN TERMS OF PROXIMITY TO LIKE A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP.

UM, AND SO THAT IN ITSELF, UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE CONTEXT THAT IT'S DESCRIBED, BUT IN THIS CASE, THAT IN ITSELF IS A TYPE OF SCREENING BECAUSE WHEN YOU CONSIDER SORT OF WHERE NEW HOUSING IS BUILT, NO MATTER HOW IT'S BUILT, JUST THE SHEER FACT THAT IT'S NEAR HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT, IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE LOWER EMISSIONS BECAUSE IT'S ASSUMED THAT PEOPLE WILL, UH, DRIVE LESS BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT.

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I THINK THAT'S BACKWARDS , UH, LOOKING AT SOME STUDIES THAT COME OUT, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, UH, SOMETHING CAME OUT IN 2001 FROM SANTA CRUZ THAT SHOWED THAT BASICALLY IF YOU BUILD PARKING, PEOPLE WILL DRIVE MORE.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I AM CONCERNED WITH THIS 1.3 PARKING SPACES PER UNIT, UH, METRIC.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S NO PARKING REQUIRED AT THIS LOCATION, SO I GUESS IS THE APPLICANT HERE? WELL, WE'LL GET THEM JUST A SECOND.

OH, OKAY.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, NO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THEN THE, THE CAP DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT STAFF PREPARES OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT PREPARES AND WORKS WITH STAFF ON? IT WAS ACTUALLY PREPARED BY THE CITY'S CQA EXPERT THAT WE RETAINED, UH, FOR THIS, UH, PROJECT.

SO IT WAS PREPARED BY ESA.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

WHO ALSO PREPARED THE EIR ADDENDUM.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION START DRAWING STRAWS OVER THERE? , GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, DEREK BURNHAM WITH, WITH THE APPLICANT TEAM.

HAPPY TO BE BRINGING THIS FORWARD, OUR PROJECT FORWARD TODAY.

UH, THANKS TO SCOTT AND JONATHAN FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THIS AND THE PLANNING TEAM.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND, UH, LOOK, LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT.

APPRECIATE THAT.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, AND THANK YOU.

UM, SO LIKE I SAID, I I, I'M CONCERNED WITH THE, UH, FACT THAT THIS IS BEING BUILT IN A TRANS PRIORITY AREA.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CLIMATE POLLUTION IS COMING FROM TRANSPORTATION AND FROM RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN COMING OUT PRETTY CONSISTENTLY.

UH, THE MORE PARKING YOU BUILD, THE MORE PEOPLE DRIVE.

THIS IS BLOCKS AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, THE MAJOR TRANSIT STOPS IN LONG BEACH, THE A LINE.

UM, I'M WONDERING WHERE THAT 1.3 PARKING SPACES PER UNIT, UH, MEASUREMENT CAME FROM? YEAH, I MEAN THAT, THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS THE, THE, THE CODE REQUIREMENT FOR, FOR THE AREA, UM, PRE AB 2097.

AND THEN, UM, REALLY FROM A MARKET STANDPOINT AND, AND, AND THE TYPE OF BUILDING THAT, THAT WE ARE BUILDING, WE'RE STILL FINDING THAT PARKING IS A DESIRABLE AMENITY AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROJECT MARKETABLE, WE, WE DO THINK THAT, THAT WE DO NEED SOME PARKING IN THE PROJECT.

UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE SIZE, HIGH-RISE TYPE, THAT, THAT, THAT SORT OF THING.

UH, PARKING DOES, UH, SEEM TO BE AN AMENITY STILL FOR, FOR BETTER OR WORSE .

UM, EXCUSE ME, SORRY.

UH, AND THEN I I I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE, COULD YOU GO THROUGH SOME OF THE, IT'S AN AUTOMATED PARKING FACILITY.

CAN, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT MEANS? UH, YEAH.

AND MAY MAYBE WE'LL HAVE THE ARCHITECT, UH, ADD ONTO THIS, BUT I'LL, I'LL DO MY BEST TO START WITH.

BUT, UH, IT, IT IS A SYSTEM THAT, THAT, THAT IS AN OPERATION IN V VARIOUS PLACES.

SO IT IS A TESTED SYSTEM.

UH, THE, UH, DRIVER DOES NOT PARK THE CAR.

THE DRIVER GETS OUT OF THEIR CAR TO A CERTAIN POINT, AND THEN THE, UH, SYSTEM ITSELF PARKS THE CAR AND TAKES THE CAR OUT.

SO, UH, THERE'S NO CHANCE FOR DRIVER ERROR AS THEY ENTER THE SYSTEM OR, OR, OR EXIT THE SYSTEM AND NO CONFLICTS, UH, AS YOU'RE GETTING CARS IN AND OUT.

SO IT, IT IS FULLY AUTOMATED ONCE YOU EXIT THE VEHICLE.

SO THERE'S LIKE ONE BAY THAT YOU WOULD GO INTO? I, I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL BAYS, I THINK THREE OR FOUR BAYS.

AND, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK THE BIKE PARKING IS AUTOMATED AS WELL, SO, AND I BELIEVE THE VEHICLES ARE NOT OPERATE, THEY'RE NOT RUNNING WHILE IT'S BEING PARKED.

RIGHT.

YOU PULL IN AND YOU SHUT OFF THE CAR AND THEN YES.

THEN SYSTEM TAKES IT OFF.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THAT IDLING GOING ON.

AND THEN, UH, REGARDING THE MITIGATION MEASURES FOR TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS, CAN YOU GO INTO WHAT THOSE ARE ALL ELECTRIC? UM, YEAH, I THINK WE, WELL FOR, FOR EMISSIONS WE DO HAVE AN ALL-ELECTRIC BUILDING.

WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOLAR AND WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE BATTERY STORAGE AS WELL AS PART OF THE SOLAR.

UM, AS STAFF ALSO NOTED, UH, BASED ON US TAKING A HEIGHT, UH, INCENTIVE, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING A LE LEAD CERTIFICATION EQUIVALENT AS WELL.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO MEET, UH, MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE THE FULL CHECKLIST ON, ON ON WHAT THOSE ENTAIL, BUT, UH, UH, THAT, THAT WILL BE A COMPONENT AS WELL.

SO NOT REALLY ANY, ANY TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS? NO TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS, NO.

A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVERGENCE OF THE MARKET IS REQUIRING SOME OF THESE THINGS NOW ANYWAYS, WHICH IS GREAT.

HOW, UH, AS THE CAP IS NOW, WE'RE SEEING IT COME THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.

HOW WAS IT FOR YOUR, YOU AND YOUR TEAM IMPLEMENTING THAT? IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S

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AND SOLAR POWER IS BECOMING EASIER TO INSTALL.

MM-HMM, AND WE NOW HAVE THESE CAP REQUIREMENTS.

WAS IT DIFFICULT FOR, FOR THE TEAM TO TRY AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CAP? UH, NOT REALLY.

I THINK A LOT OF THAT WE, WE HAD PLANNED FOR, I THINK THINK WE'D PLANNED FOR ELECTRIC APPLIANCES AND, UH, PLANNED FOR SOLAR.

UM, A LOT OF THAT'S STARTING TO BE REQUIRED IN THE CODES ALREADY.

SO, UM, WE DID HAVE TO GO, YOU KNOW, SOME STEPS FURTHER, BUT, UH, IT, UH, WASN'T TOO FAR OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATED.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, THANK COMMISSIONER.

JUST AS A MATTER OF CURIOSITY.

ARE CARS ACCESSIBLE ONCE THEY'RE PUT AWAY? UH, Y YES THEY ARE.

I MEAN, YOU, YOU, THEY, THEY, THEY COME OUT OF, THEY GO IN AND OUTTA THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM IN THE SAME MANNER.

SO YOU, YOU, YOU, I'M, I'M SORRY.

LIKE FOR INSTANCE, I FORGOT THINGS IN THE CAR.

DO I HAVE TO RETRIEVE THE CAR TO GET 'EM OUT OF THE BACK SEAT OR, YEAH, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ENTER THE PARKING STRUCTURE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.

IT'S TOTALLY SEPARATE.

AND IS THERE A BACKUP, UH, POWER SYSTEM? YES.

TO OPERATE? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS MATTER, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD.

JANET, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

FORGOT.

HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS JANET GALLANT AND I AM A CURRENT RESIDENT AT THE ARTON, THE HILL HISTORIC BUILDING NEXT TO THIS NEW ONE.

WE KNOW IT'S COMING SO WE'RE ALL ACCEPTING OF IT.

UM, I'VE BEEN AN OWNER FOR 20 YEARS.

I'VE LIVED THERE, I'VE PRINTED IT OUT, DONE BACK AND FORTH AND A LOT OF US ARE LONG TERM, SO WE ALL HAVE CONCERNS.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING US INTO CONSIDERATION AND YOUR PLANS AND THE INTEGRITY OF OUR BUILDING.

WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, A LOT OF US ARE LOSING VIEWS, SO WE WANNA KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR, I THINK YOU KIND OF ANSWERED SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.

IT'S ABOUT 10 FEET, FOUR INCHES FROM THE CLOSEST SPACE, IF I'M READING IT, WHAT YOU SAID CORRECTLY.

SO APPRECIATE THAT.

LITTLE WALK AWAY.

UM, THE PARKING, I WILL SAY IT'S VERY IMPACTED SINCE, SO I'M HOPING YOU CAN CONSIDER THE PARKING AND THAT STAGING AREA NOW THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LIFTS, WHICH IS GREAT.

THE EMISSIONS AND THE NOISE AND, 'CAUSE I'LL BE LOOKING AT THE PARKING STRUCTURE, SO I'M GLAD I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

UM, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, YOU CAN'T GET BACK TO YOUR CAR AND IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THAT AREA WITH CURRENT AND THE OTHER NEW BUILDING, THEY DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT.

THEY DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR PODS, THEY DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR DROPPING OFF GROCERIES, UM, THAT KIND OF THING.

PEOPLE PICKING UP, FRIENDS DOING THAT UBER.

UM, AND I DON'T SEE ANY PLACE WHERE THAT CAN HAPPEN.

SO IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT YOUR CAR AWAY AND CAN'T GET BACK TO IT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA SET IT AND FORGET IT.

UM, YOU'RE GONNA NEED AN AREA FOR THAT.

AND I DON'T SEE THAT IN ANY OF THE DRAWINGS, SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN CONSIDER THAT.

I, I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU ENTER THE PARKING.

I'M GUESSING IT'S OFF THE BRICO WAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE THERE OR NORTH SIDE.

AND THAT'S A VERY TIGHT SPACE AS IT IS.

YOU CAN BARELY GET THE TRASH TRUCKS DOWN THERE.

UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE, I BELIEVE.

SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

I DON'T KNOW, JUST FINDING SOME KIND OF A LOADING AREA.

UM, IT JUST KIND OF CONCERNS, CONCERNS ME, UH, AS A RESIDENT.

UM, WHAT OTHER THINGS? I WROTE SOME THINGS DOWN AND WE JUST APPRECIATE BEING INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATIONS BEING NEXT DOOR AND HAVING SUCH AN IMPACT ON US TRAFFIC WISE, NOISE WISE, DUST WISE.

UM, SO WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THE TIMELINE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THIS GETS APPROVED, AS I'M ASSUMING IT PROBABLY WILL.

UM, SO WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND APPRECIATE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO KEEP US IN THE LOOP.

UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THANKS.

ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS MATTER? DO YOU HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

OR IF YOU'RE JOINING US TELEPHONICALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE.

THE FIRST PERSON WITH THEIR HAND RAISED IS KURT CANFIELD.

KURT, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

EASILY FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BACK FROM THE PROJECT.

WELL, I GUESS, UH, I'LL START JUST BY SAYING IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANTS THAT THEY WERE AWARE THAT THEY WERE IN AN AB 2097 ZONE AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO AMEND ANY OF THEIR SUBMITTED PLANS.

UH, I MEAN, I, I'VE SCANNED THROUGH THEIR, THEIR DRAWINGS AND THROUGH THEIR, UH, THE, THE WRITTEN DOCUMENT THAT'S LIKE 835 PAGES LONG AND THERE'S NO MENTION OF AB 2097 AT ALL.

UM, SO I MEAN, IT DOES SEEM AS THOUGH WHEN THEY WERE DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT, THEY WERE OPERATING, I MEAN, AS THEY SAID UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY'D HAVE A PARKING REQUIREMENT TO MEET.

AND NOW THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY DON'T, I MEAN, I EVEN ELIMINATING ONE FLOOR OF THAT PARKING OF THAT, WHAT, 6 3 3 FLOORS PARKING STRUCTURE.

I MEAN, THAT COULD NET

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WITH EACH SPACE COSTING APPROXIMATELY MAYBE $50,000 OR MORE, CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS LIKE, UH, FIRST OF ITS KIND IN LONG BEACH AUTOMATED PARKING SYSTEM.

SO I MEAN, AS COMMISSIONER CLEMSON WAS, WAS REMARKING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BUILD PARKING STALLS, UH, YOU INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO DRIVE AND, UH, YOU ENSURE THAT THEY WILL, BECAUSE YOU'VE PROVIDED SPACE FOR THEM TO DO SO.

UH, IT IMPACTS AFFORDABILITY.

I MEAN, NOBODY'S KIDDING THEMSELVES THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE A CHEAP PLACE TO LIVE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ZERO PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THIS, UH, LOCATION, IT'S, IT'S ADJACENT, IT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP, AND THEY'RE EXCEEDING WHAT USED TO BE OUR OLD PARKING REQUIREMENT.

IT, IT STRIKES ME AS VERY, UH, TONE DEAF TO KIND OF THE, UH, A LARGER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE GOALS.

UM, I MEAN, I GET THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ENTICE A CERTAIN MARKET AND DEMOGRAPHIC THAT OWNS VEHICLES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THOSE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE SPACES, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN RATHER THAN FOR CARS TO BE STORED.

UM, SO THAT'S DISAPPOINTING TO, TO HEAR.

UM, AND I GUESS THAT CONCLUDES WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

THANKS FOR YOUR CALL.

THE NEXT PERSON WITH HER HAND RAISED IS BETH BULEY.

BETH, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

BETH, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF ON YOUR END.

HI THERE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THANK YOU.

UM, I'M A CURRENT RESIDENT OF THE ARTON AND MY UNIT FACES THE NOW LONG BEACH CAFE PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT.

UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE ARTON IS A HISTORICAL BUILDING IN WHICH CENTRAL AIR IS NOT ALLOWED OR POSSIBLE.

SO WITH OUR WINDOWS BEING OPEN ALMOST 24 7 TO GET AIR CIRCULATION AND FROM SOMEBODY WHO WORKS FROM HOME, UM, EVERY DAY, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE PLAN TO PROTECT THE AIR QUALITY DURING THE DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT ESCAPE THE AREA OR WE'RE BEING, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO IT.

DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO MAKE? THAT IS ALL.

THANK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL.

THE NEXT PERSON WITH THEIR HAND RAISED, HE'S GIAN BROWNTON.

YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU.

HI.

BUILDING IN THE ARTON, WHICH IS ON ATLANTIC AND OCEAN RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO VOICE, UM, AS A, UM, 20 YEAR LONG BEACH RESIDENT.

UM, MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS PROJECT OVERALL, AND YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, MY HOPE THAT, UM, IT PROCEEDS, UH, NOT AS PLANNED, FRANKLY.

UM, I THINK THE PARKING IS COMPLETELY INADEQUATE.

UM, AS SOMEONE THAT DRIVES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 2000, 3000 MILES A YEAR, WHICH IS VERY SMALL IN COMPARISON.

UM, YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLACE TO PARK YOUR CAR WHEN LIVING DOWNTOWN.

AND I THINK THE PRIMARY REASON THAT PEOPLE, UM, WHO LIVE DOWNTOWN NEED A CAR IS FOR WORK.

AND MOST PEOPLE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT TO WORK.

IT'S JUST NOT THERE YET.

SO I THINK THAT, UM, IT'S JUST GONNA MAKE PARKING MORE IMPACTED IN AN AREA THAT'S SEVERELY IMPACTED.

UM, THIS ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'S DANGEROUS TO HAVE TO WALK FAR AT NIGHT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAD TO PARK YOUR CAR FAR AWAY FROM YOUR RESIDENCE.

I THINK IT'S REALLY NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, UM, THE DAY-TO-DAY LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA LIVE IN THIS BUILDING AND WHO LIVE AROUND THIS BUILDING.

UM, I THINK THAT THE AME, THE AUTOMATED PARKING, UH, FACILITY DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA.

AND I AGREE WITH THE COMMENT THAT THERE'S BEEN, IT SEEMS NO CONSIDERATION FOR WHERE PEOPLE WILL HAVE UBERS, WHERE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WILL HAVE GUESTS.

UM, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA BRING IN, YOU KNOW, 200 PLUS UNITS.

WELL, THOSE AREN'T ALL GONNA BE SINGLE OCCUPANCY, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE BRINGING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY TO AN AREA THAT CAN'T SUPPORT IT.

UM, ALSO, I DON'T SEE WHERE ANYONE HAS PLANNED FOR TRUCKS TO, UH, IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE FROM THE QUICK, YOU KNOW, PICTURE OF THE RENDERING, THAT THEY'VE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TRUCKS LARGER MOVING TRUCKS ARE GONNA GET IN AND OUT OF THAT ALLEY IN THAT SPACE.

SO I THINK THAT'S IN POOR, UM, I JUST THINK THAT'S POORLY BEEN POORLY CONSIDERED.

I, I GET THE CLIMATE ISSUES, I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD, UM, IT'S JUST NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT FOR, FOR DAY-TO-DAY RESIDENTS.

IT ALSO, TO ME, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE AFFORDABLE.

IT'S GONNA BE MORE LUXURY UNITS DOWNTOWN.

I THINK IT DOES ENDANGER POTENTIALLY A VERY HISTORIC, BEAUTIFUL

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UM, I DON'T TRUST THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST BASED ON THE OTHER CONSTRUCTION, I, I JUST, IT'S SO CLOSE.

I DON'T TRUST THAT THAT COULD FULLY BE MITIGATED.

AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH JUST IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY SAYING IT'S HAD HAS A UNIQUE APPEALING DESIGN, I, I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK IT LOOKS, I JUST THINK IT LOOKS CHEAP AND IT LOOKS UGLY.

AND I WISH THAT LONG BEACH HAD SOMETHING LIKE SANTA BARBARA WHERE THEY REALLY HAD AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD THAT MADE SURE THAT THEY WERE BUILDING IN KIND WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS THAT DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, HAS HISTORICALLY HAD.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I RESPECT AND I SUPPORT THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, NEED TO HAVE HIGHER DENSITY AND, AND NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR CLIMATE, BUT I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT IS IN THE WRONG PLACE, FRANKLY.

AND, UM, I, I JUST THINK IT'S, THANK YOU.

SHE'S WRAPPING.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA REGRET IN 10 YEARS ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT COULD BE MITIGATED RIGHT NOW WITH ANOTHER PLAN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

NEXT SPEAKER, ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

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THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

OH, SORRY.

WE JUST HAD SOMEONE RAISE THEIR HAND.

GO AHEAD.

TIFFANY, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU.

I'M ALSO AN ARTON RESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN HERE FOR 13 YEARS.

UM, THE PARKING THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR BUILDING, THERE IS ACTUALLY NONE.

SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

AT THE HOTELS, WHICH ARE NOT SUITABLE, ARE FINANCIALLY, YOU KNOW, FEASIBLE.

THEY CONSTANTLY ARE GOING UP IN PRICE, WHICH CREATES US TO, YOU KNOW, DISH OUT MORE MONEY.

SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED HERE FOR 23, 23 YEARS.

UM, I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT THIS TYPE OF BUILDING REALLY SUPPORTS DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, BECAUSE IF WE THINK ABOUT IT, LONG BEACH IS A HISTORIC, UM, CITY, WHICH I FEEL LIKE ALL THE, HIS, THE HISTORIC PARTS OF IT IS JUST BEING WIPED OUT BECAUSE THE CITY WANTS TO BRING IN THESE TRASHY LOOKING GLASS BUILDINGS THAT DON'T GIVE ANY EFFECT TO LONG BEACH.

IT BRINGS IN PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING OVER $3,000 FOR A UNIT.

AND SOMEONE HAD SAID THAT, UM, THE COST OF LIVING, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 6% FOR AFFORDABLE LIVING.

IF YOU CONSIDER $3,000 FOR A STUDIO, AFFORDABLE LIVING, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE WORKING, THAT THAT IS AFFORDABLE.

UM, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A SINGLE PERSON.

OF COURSE, IF YOU ARE WITH SOMEONE, YOU CAN MAKE THAT WORK, WHICH MAKES IT TO PEOPLE IN A STUDIO.

AND YOU GUYS ARE NOT, YOU GUYS ARE NOT, UM, PROJECTS.

THE, THE, THE PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE BUILDING JUST DOESN'T, IT'S NOT SUITABLE FOR COUPLES.

UM, THE PARKING IS HORRIBLE AND PEOPLE WHO MENTIONED THE UBER, UM, PICKUPS AND DROP OFFS THAT DROP, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T ACCESS THAT OR WE CAN'T ACCESS THAT.

BUT AS FAR AS ANOTHER BUILDING COMING UP, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

THE PARKING IS HORRIBLE.

PEOPLE MENTIONED ABOUT THE ALLEYS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE EVEN THINKING ABOUT ALL THE CRIME THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IN THE LAST, WHAT, TWO WEEKS AND IT'S JUST GETTING WORSE.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WANTS TO BUILD SOMETHING LUXURY, WHICH IT'S NOT LUXURY RIGHT HERE, AND YOU GUYS HAVE GLASS BUILDINGS NEXT TO BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

HOW DOES THAT EVEN MAKE SENSE? LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS BRING HISTORIC BUILDINGS BACK AND MAKE THIS A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE AS IT USED TO BE? UM, AND LASTLY, I I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT PEOPLE WHO DO THE TRANSIT, THEY'RE ACTUALLY SCARED TO BE ON THE TRAIN.

SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE TRAIN AND THE TRAIN ONLY GOES TO LA.

YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERING PEOPLE WHO WORK IN ORANGE COUNTY, YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERING PEOPLE WHO WORK IN SANTA MONICA.

YOU'RE ONLY CONSIDERING PEOPLE WHO GO STRAIGHT TO DOWNTOWN LA TO TAKE ANOTHER TRAIN SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT YOU'RE TAKING TWO HOURS JUST TO GET TO WORK.

THAT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.

UM, WHAT ELSE? I THINK THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MA'AM.

A FEW QUESTIONS I WAS HOPING STAFF COULD CLARIFY FOR US.

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THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.

UM, FOLLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT, I DID HAVE

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UM, IS THERE ANY ALLEY WIDENING INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT? ARE WE LOOKING AT ANY YES, AS PART OF, UH, ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIZE? UH, WE SEND OUT COMMENTS AND REQUEST COMMENTS FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.

THIS PROJECT WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FIVE FOOT DEDICATION ALONG THE NORTH, BRINGING THAT ALLEY, UH, TO 16 FEET ALMOST, AND THEN TWO FEET DEDICATION ALONG TO EASTERN PORTION.

AND RIGHT ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE PLANS ON SPECIFIC AREAS FOR LOADING PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING AND FOR UBER AND OTHER TYPES OF DELIVERIES DROP OFF AND PICKUPS IN TERMS OF UBER, UM, OR OTHER RIDE SHARING, UH, SERVICES.

UH, WE COULD, UH, OR THE PROPERTY OWNER COULD REQUEST A LOADING ZONE CURB IN FRONT OF THE PROJECT SITE.

UM, THAT WOULD BE, UM, INSTEAD OF A TYPICAL STREET PARKING SPACE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE NORMALLY SEEN ON PROJECTS OF THIS, UH, SIZE AND SCALE, UH, WHICH COULD BE USED FOR, UH, UBER'S DELIVERIES, UM, YOU KNOW, UPS, FEDEX, UH, ANY, ANY OF THOSE.

UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF ONSITE OF WHAT? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU, COULD YOU REPEAT THE OTHER HALF OF THE QUESTION? I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS, PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING INTO THE BUILDING THAT ARE SHOWING UP WITH A MOVING VAN, WHERE, WHERE IS THAT SUPPOSED TO PARK AS PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND OUT? RIGHT.

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE, UH, PARKING FACILITY, UH, OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BRING A MOVING VAN INTO THE PARKING FACILITY LIKE YOU COULD IN CERTAIN OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY.

UM, SO THEY WOULD AGAIN HAVE THE OPTION OF, OF PARKING IN THE FRONT ON OCEAN BOULEVARD, UH, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER REQUESTED THAT YELLOW CURB OR WHITE CURB, UH, OR IF THERE, I BELIEVE THERE IS A LOADING SPACE, UM, IN THE REAR OFF OF THE ALLEY ON THE PRIVATE .

MR. BURN, DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? CAN WE ASK YOU A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT? SURE.

I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT WENT TO COMMISSIONER CLEMSON'S COMMENTS EARLIER, BECAUSE WE'RE USING THE AUTOMATED PARKING STRUCTURE, I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE DECKS ARE LEVEL, WE'RE NOT RAMPING UP TO GET TO THEM.

SO WOULD THOSE AREAS EVENTUALLY, IF 10 YEARS FROM NOW WE END UP WITH COMPLETELY AUTOMATED VEHICLES DRIVING AROUND, COULD THOSE AREAS BE CONVERTED TO OTHER USES? UH, I SUPPOSE CONCEIVABLY, YEAH, THEY ARE LEVEL AREAS.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A RAMPING ASSOCIATED, THEY ARE LEVEL AREAS.

AND THEN DO YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN AREA FOR MOVING VANS TO PARK IN THE BACK ALLEYWAY THERE OR? YEAH, I THINK WE DO HAVE A LOADING AREA THAT ACCESSES OFF OF THAT REAR ALLEY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER CLEMSON? I ACTUALLY WANT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

UM, UH, THE PARKING DECKS BEING, BEING LEVEL IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, BUT SURPRISINGLY, UH, CARS WEIGH LESS THAN LIKE HOMES, PEOPLE LIVING IN THERE.

UH, AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT, UM, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT JUST SOUNDS TO REPLACE THE PARKING DECKS AND CONVERT THOSE INTO THINGS LIKE RESIDENCES.

INTERESTING.

THEY HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED THAT WAY, UH, AHEAD OF TIME.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO HOLD, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, FURNITURE AND PAPER AND, AND YOU KNOW, BOOKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE ALL HAVE IN OUR HOU OUR HOMES.

UM, I DO JUST WANNA SAY THOUGH, UH, I'M NOT SUPER THRILLED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

UH, I DO THINK IT'S OVER PARKED.

THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REALLY OBJECTIVE CRITERIA THAT I CAN FIND TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT IN LINE WITH ANY, UH, OF THE CITY'S PLANS.

IT, IT CONFORMS WITH THE CAP, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.

UH, SO I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK LONG TERM LIKE TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPROVE SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE PLANS.

BUT, UM, UH, BARRY, THE LEAD HERE, I'M GONNA END UP SUPPORTING IT.

, JUST BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, TO THE NEXT STAGE, I DO WANNA ASK, I KNOW THIS IS ALREADY THE WAY THAT IT WORKS, BUT THERE WILL BE AN ONSITE SUPERINTENDENT, THERE WILL BE THE AQMD TELEPHONE NUMBER THAT IS THERE.

IF THERE IS DIRT IN THE AIR, PEOPLE AREN'T, AREN'T FOLLOWING PROPER CONSTRUCTION PROTOCOLS.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT WHOEVER YOUR SITE SUPERINTENDENT IS, THAT THEY GO OVER AND HAND OUT BUSINESS CARDS TO, UH, TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A, A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE PEOPLE.

BE POSTED PROMINENTLY ON THE SITE.

THERE, THERE ARE A SLEW OF, UH, MITIGATION MEASURES AND, AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT, THAT RELATE TO CONSTRUCTION.

AND ALL THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR AIR QUALITY WILL, WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CONSTRUCTION.

THAT, THAT WOULD INCLUDE A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL WITH, WITH, WITH ANY ISSUE THAT THAT'LL

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AND, UH, YEAH, WE, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THE TIMELINE OF THINGS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT WHILE HE'S STILL UP THERE? NO.

THANK YOU MR. BURNHAM.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU FOR ASKING ALL MY QUESTIONS, .

GOOD.

I'M GLAD I GOT THOSE THOUGH.

WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE.

I HAVE ONE, ONE COMMENT.

OH, GO AHEAD.

I WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS WHO, UH, SHOWED UP HERE TODAY, ESPECIALLY THE FOLKS THAT I THINK ARE TRYING TO HELP IMPROVE THE PROJECT.

UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG CHANGE AND I DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THAT.

AND IT'S, IT'S I THINK, REALLY HEARTENING TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FOLKS HERE WHO WANT TO HELP TRY AND MOVE THE CITY FORWARD WHILE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR HOMES ARE STILL PROTECTED, UH, I THINK IN A REALLY, UM, CONSTRUCTIVE WAY.

AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR THE VOTE.

THEY DID HAVE A QUESTION.

MOTION CARRIES.

IS THAT OUR FOURTH ITEM? WE ACTUALLY GOT EVERYBODY TO, TO VOTE WITH THE NEW GOT IT.

I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR BUSINESS.

I'M GOING TO ASK NOW IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. SORRY, CAN WE GET A REPORT OUT ON THE LAST VOTE? I DON'T KNOW THAT IT SHOWED UP ON THE SCREEN.

WAS IT FIVE? OH YES.

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THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

COMMISSION MEETING, UM, ON WORK TO DEVELOP A LOCAL, UM, ORDINANCE RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OR ADUS, AS WELL AS TO HELP IMPLEMENT, UH, SENATE BILL NINE OR SSB NINE.

DO WE HAVE ANY DIRECTOR'S REPORT THIS EVENING? UM, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE WELCOME FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ EDMOND, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE ON THE DAIS AND AS PART OF THE COMMISSION, UM, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY.

UM, HERE, I'D ALSO WANT TO, UM, JUST NOTE WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION COMING UP AT OUR NEXT PLANNING

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SO WE WELCOME, UM, THE PUBLIC'S PARTICIPATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UH, ROBUST CONVERSATION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

UM, AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

I DID WANT TO ASK YOU, I THINK WE'VE GOTTA BE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO MAXING OUT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS UNDER THE PD 30 ORDINANCE.

ARE WE PROCEEDING WITH LOOKING TO UPDATE PD 30? AND IF SO, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY.

SO I'LL GIVE AN INFORMAL UPDATE AND WE'RE GLAD TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED.

SO AT THE VERY END OF LAST YEAR, WE INITIATED A PROCESS TO BEGIN UPDATING PD 30 OR THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.

UM, SO THAT WORK HAS BEEN UNDERWAY THROUGHOUT, UH, THIS CALENDAR YEAR, PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF, UM, WHAT'S WORKED ALL, UM, SO FAR AND WITH PD 30, UM, HOW IT SHOULD BE CHANGED OR IMPROVED, UH, LOOKING AT THE STANDARDS AS WELL AS HOW TO, UM, HOW TO REALIZE THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, VISION AND THE HOUSING ELEMENT TO TRY TO ACHIEVE ANOTHER 10,000 UNITS IN DOWNTOWN, UH, BY THE END OF THE DECADE.

UM, AND SO THAT, UH, TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND INITIAL OUTREACH HAS BEEN UNDERWAY.

WE HAD A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP IN SEPTEMBER.

YEAH, IN SEPTEMBER, UH, WITH ABOUT 150, UH, FOLKS WHO CAME OUT TO THE LIBRARY, UH, BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY ON A SATURDAY TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK, UH, AND TO, UM, BEGIN KIND OF GIVING SOME STRUCTURE TO THE VISION AND NEXT STEPS.

UM, SO WE'LL COME BACK, UH, WITH A MORE FORMAL STUDY SESSION, BUT THAT, UM, WORK IS, UM, COMING ALONG NICELY.

UM, AND IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO WANNA ENSURE THERE'S SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO CONTINUE, UH, PROCESSING PROJECTS.

UM, UM, HERE IN DOWNTOWN, WE DO HAVE THAT EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM, AS YOU HEARD ABOUT IN THE LAST, UM, THE LAST APPROVAL HEARING HERE THIS EVENING.

THAT HELPS GIVE US THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROCESSING AT THIS MOMENT.

BUT WE DO, UM, INTEND TO UPDATE THE PLAN, NOT JUST FOR THAT REASON, BUT ALSO TO BETTER ALIGN WITH SORT OF TODAY'S VISION, UM, TO HELP FACILITATE HOUSING, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AT ALL INCOME LEVELS, UM, TO, UH, TO CONTINUE FURTHER REALIZING OUR CAP GOALS AND, UM, TO MAKE, UH, MAKE THE BEST DOWNTOWN THAT WE CAN.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER TOPICS THAT I KNOW IS COMMON, UH, TO THIS COMMISSION IS LOOKING

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AT THAT GROUND FLOOR ACTIVATION.

HOW DO WE HAVE A REALLY ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR WHILE ALSO, UH, BEST ADDRESSING THE, THE CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL MARKET.

SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR FOCUS, UH, AS WELL AS ENSURING, UM, THE BEST POSSIBLE COMPLIANCE WITH SSB THREE 30 AND ENSURING OBJECTIVE STANDARDS IN THE UPDATED PLAN.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS ARE A BIT ANACHRONISTIC IN THE, IN THE PLANNING WORLD, AND SO WE'LL BE ACTUALLY REPEALING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND PROPOSING A SPECIFIC PLAN COMPLIANT WITH, UH, STATE LAW.

SO WE'LL COME BACK WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT THAT WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY AND WE DO ANTICIPATE COMING FORWARD FOR ADOPTION, UH, NEXT YEAR.

AND WE'LL, UH, DO A STUDY SESSION IN THE MEANTIME.

IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE FROM MARINA NUMBERS THAT WE'D ANTICIPATED WHAT WE ACTUALLY APPROVED THIS EVENING TO, TO SEE, UH, SUCH, SUCH A BIG GAIN ON THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING UNITS.

COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? YEAH.

ALONG THE SAME LINES, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, IDEA OF WHEN THE CITY CORPS, UM, UPDATE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE? YES, WE'RE GETTING, UH, VERY CLOSE ON THAT.

WE'VE HAD, UM, A COUPLE OF MAPPING THINGS, UM, THAT NEED TO GET WORKED OUT BECAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S ADOPTING THE NEW ZONES, BUT IT'S ALSO REZONING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PROPERTIES.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME DETAILS RELATED TO THE, UH, MAPPING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGH THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

SO WE DO ANTICIPATE, UM, POSTING, UH, THE DRAFT THIS MONTH, UM, AND BRINGING THE PROCESS FORWARD, UH, EARLY NEXT YEAR.

MM-HMM, GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS? WELL, WE WERE SO THRILLED TO HAVE YOU THIS EVENING.

DID YOU, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE.