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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 1ST, 2024 TO ORDER.
MADAME CLERK, IF WE COULD HAVE THE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THIS EVENING? PLEASE STAND.
I'D LIKE TO SWEAR IN ANY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WILL BE GIVING TESTIMONY THIS EVENING.
IF YOU DO PLAN ON GIVING TESTIMONY, IF YOU COULD STAND, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU SHALL GIVE IN THIS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES.
DO WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT THIS EVENING? IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, HEAR SECOND COMMISSIONER TEMPLE, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.
I'LL HAND THAT OVER TO YOU THEN.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, GLAD TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, UM, WHILE OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS ARE BEING, UM, IMPROVED, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO AUDIO VIDEO.
UM, SO THANKS AGAIN TO, UH, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE FOR HOSTING US HERE, UM, AND FOR ALL THEIR STAFF WHO ARE HELPING US OUT.
UM, A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING REMINDERS.
UM, THIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY MEETING BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY SET UP HERE IN THE ROOM, AND THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.
SO, UH, THE MIC SYSTEM'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO OVER AT, UM, CITY HALL.
SO JUST A REMINDER TO MAKE SURE YOUR MIC IS ON, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORDING FOR, UM, ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC.
SO JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL OF THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT THERE ARE THREE ITEMS THAT WE'RE SEEING BEFORE THIS COMMISSION IN THE FALL THAT ARE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY TO OUR APPEAL HEARINGS OF HOUSING PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL REC, UH, THAT YOU ALL APPROVED OVER IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, BOTH 3 3 5 PACIFIC AND SIX 15 EAST OCEAN.
AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ALSO BE HEARING, UM, AN ADOPTION RECOMMENDATION FOR THE VICTORY PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES, WHICH YOU ALL SAW IN THE FALL.
UH, SO THAT SHOULD BE VERY EXCITING.
UM, AND THEN LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, HEARD AN APPEAL OF THE FIRE STATION NINE, UM, UM, CASE THAT YOU ALL ALSO HAD A HAND IN.
UM, AND THAT, UM, LANDMARK WAS, UM, APPROVED WITH, UM, SOME MODIFICATIONS TO, UM, HAVE ONLY THE EXTERIOR PROTECTED, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE, UM, PROPOSED TENANT TO BE COMING IN JAMAY BAKERY, UM, FROM WEST LONG BEACH WHO'LL BE, UM, ADDING ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS AREA.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THOSE UPDATES GIVEN THIS COMMISSION'S WORK AROUND THOSE IMPORTANT PROJECTS.
UH, WITH THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE UPDATES, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THAT? I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC PO COMMENT.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, I GUESS.
MADAM CLERK, WHAT UP? LOOK AT THAT.
WHY DON'T WE DO A QUICK ROLL CALL FOR THE, UH, DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
COMMISSIONER CLEMSON? UH, HERE? NO.
OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FROM THURSDAY, JULY 18TH.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? SO MOVE A SECOND.
I'VE GOT A FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER TEMPLIN AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CLEMSON COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES OR REVISIONS OR MODIFICATIONS? NOPE.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THE MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING OF
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JANUARY 18TH? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, RING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FIRST REGULAR AGENDA ITEM.
ITEM THREE IS RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, CE 23 1 49 AND APPROVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL RELATED THERETO TO ALLOW OFF-PREMISE SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL TYPE 20 LICENSE FOR OFF SALE OF BEER AND WINE AT AN EXISTING GASOLINE STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE LOCATED AT 64 0 1 EAST PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN THE MIXED USE COMMUNITY CORE DESIGNATION OF THE SOUTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? SO MOVED.
FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER CLEMSON SECOND.
A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER TEMPLIN.
DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION? WE DO.
UM, PROJECT PLANNER GIO SANDOVAL WILL PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, BEFORE YOU TAKE THIS EVENING.
IT'S A CONDITION OF USE PERMIT AND LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THIS SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR OFFSITE CONSUMPTION.
UM, THIS WOULD BE AN ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE CONTROL OR A BC LICENSE TYPE 20, UH, FOR BEER AND WINE AT AN EXISTING GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE.
UM, LIKE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 64 0 1 EAST PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY WITHIN THE MIXED USE COMMUNITY CORE OF THE SOUTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN.
THE SITE CARRIES A GENERAL PLAN, LAND USE PLACE TYPE OF REGIONAL SERVING FACILITY.
LOCAL ACCESS TO THE PRO UH, PROJECT SITE IS PROVIDED OFF OF PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND ALSO SECOND STREET SURROUNDING LAND USES ARE PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL IN NATURE WITH A MIX OF RETAIL, RESTAURANT AND OFFICE LAND USES, UH, TO THE SOUTH, EAST AND WEST TO THE NORTH, YOU'LL FIND A RESTAURANT AND SOME OIL PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
THE EXISTING RETAIL BUILDING HAS BEEN RECENTLY REMODELED THE, UH, RE UPGRADED AND REORGANIZED COUNTERS AND SHELVES, BUT NOT PHYSICALLY EXPANDING THE RETAIL PORTION OR THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD DESIGNATE FOUR WALL COOLERS FOR THE SALE OF BEER AND ONE SHELF DISPLAY FOR THE SALE OF WINE.
THE TYPE 20 ALCOHOL LICENSE ONLY ALLOWS FOR THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE FOR OFFSITE CONSUMPTION.
SALE OF ALCOHOL HAS BEEN CONDITIONED TO BE FROM 8:00 AM TO 11:30 PM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AND 8:00 AM TO MIDNIGHT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
IN ADDITION, UM, THE SALE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UH, AN EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE PROJECT LOCATION.
THIS IS THE VIEW FROM SECOND STREET.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROJECT LOCATION FROM PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, UH, SECTION 21 52 2 0 1 OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS.
IT HAS A NUMBER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS PROPOSING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITH THE EXEMPTION OF OVER CONCENTRATION, UM, OTHER SUBJECTS LIKE PARKING, LIGHTING, SECURITY, AND PROXIMITY REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET AND WERE, UH, WERE APPLICABLE CONDITIONED.
THE PROPOSAL IS MOSTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE SECTION PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AS IT RELATES TO, UH, CONDITIONS THAT APPLY TO LAND USE ENGAGING IN ALCOHOL SALES.
A SPECIAL CONDITION CURRENTLY NOT FULLY SATISFIED IS, IS RELATES TO HIGH CRIME AND OVER CONCENTRATION.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS UPDATED FIGURES RELATED TO HIGH CRIME DATA.
UM, IN THIS REPORTING DISTRICT 6 2 4, OR THE SOUTH DIVISION, UM, THE SITE HAS BEEN FOUND NOT TO BE WITHIN A HIGH CRIME AREA WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACK 9 8 0 0 0.07.
UH, THE SITE IS TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED, UH, TO BE OVER CONCENTRATED WITH ZERO OFF SALE LICENSES RECOMMENDED AND TO EXISTING THE A BC CALCULATES AND DEFINES THE UN UH, THE UNDUE CONCENTRATION OF LICENSES IN THE CENSUS TRACT ON A RATIO OF THE NUMBER OF LICENSES IN THE CENSUS TRACK COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF LICENSES IN
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A COUNTY AS A WHOLE, THE RATIO IS A GUIDELINE.IT'S NOT A PROHIBITION, UH, TO BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER WITH UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH CENSUS, TRACT AND PREMISE IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE ISSUANCE OF THE LICENSE WOULD SERVE AS A PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OF NECESSITY CITY.
IN 2020, THE SITE CENSUS TRACT HAD A TOTAL POPULATION OF FIVE RESIDENTS.
THE SOUTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN WAS LETTER CERTIFIED IN 2021 WITH THE INTENT OF, UH, BRINGING IN A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL VISITORS, UH, SERVING LAND USES, UH, TO THE SOUTHEAST AREA OF THE CITY.
THE SOUTHEAST AREA SPECIFIC PLAN ENVISIONED A NET INCREASE OF OVER 2,500 D DWELLING UNITS.
AS SUCH, DETERMINATION OF THE UNDUE CONCENTRATION BASED ON THE A BC FORMULAS AND RATIOS, UH, MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN A FEW YEARS.
WITHIN THE CONCENTRATE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSING IN THE, UH, PROJECT VICINITY, A CONDITION OF APPROVAL HAS BEEN INCLUDED.
THAT REQUIRES THE APPLICANT TO PURCHASE AN ALCOHOL LICENSE FROM AN OVER CONCENTRATED, OVER CONCENTRATED CENSUS TRACT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, ENSURING THAT THE APPROVAL OF THE CUP WOULD REDUCE OVER CONCENTRATION IN EXISTING OVER CONCENTRATED CENSUS TRUCKS.
IN ORDER TO ALLOW, UH, A NEW ALCOHOL SALES LICENSE, A CONDITION USE PERMIT MUST BE APPROVED AND POSITIVE FINDINGS MADE, UH, BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SOME FINDINGS, UH, ARE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY, DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS, AND COMMUNITY COMPATIBILITY.
STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE SALE OF BEER WINE FOR OFFSITE CONSUMPTION BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE NEED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING.
LAND USES STAFF INCLUDES CONDITIONS INTENDED TO PREVENT NO BEHAVIOR, LOITERING AND, UH, PREVENT NEGATIVE SPILLOVER EFFECTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY COMPATIBILITY, FINDING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING GASOLINE STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE, UH, WILL PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE SHOPPING OPTIONS AIMED AT BENEFITING SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING PRODUCE SUCH AS FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS, CANNED GOODS.
THE SITE IS ALSO OVER 1000 FEET AWAY FROM THE NEAREST PUBLIC PARK.
UH, I THINK I SKIPPED THIS SLIDE.
UM, SO PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE DISTRIBUTED AND POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ZONING CODE.
UH, STAFF DID RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS, UM, EXEMPT, UH, FROM SQL REVIEW PER SECTION ONE 15, UH, 3 0 1.
EXISTING FACILITIES AS A PROJECT CONSISTS OF A MINOR, UM, SORRY, THIS IS 16 FACILITIES.
AS INDICATED IN THE PREVIOUS FINDINGS, STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ADOPTED GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
UH, THE PROJECT A, UH, APPLICANT HAS, UH, IS PRESENT HERE TODAY.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ANY QUESTIONS, CAN THE CLERK PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMMISSIONER CASTILLO HAS JOINED, UH, THE COMMISSION MEETING DURING THE PRESENTATION? THANK YOU.
CHAIR WARE, OR EXCUSE ME, CHAIR LEWIS COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS POINT? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO STAFF'S PRESENTATION? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
UH, MY NAME IS STEVE RAWLINGS.
I AM A, UH, UH, CONSULTANT FOR CIRCLE K AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING ON THEIR BEHALF.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE CONCUR WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND DO AGREE TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT OUR CLAR POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON, UH, CONDITION NUMBER 22.
UM, I WANTED TO ALSO SAY I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF ALI, UM, UH, WORKING THROUGH THIS.
I THOUGHT THAT HIS STAFF REPORT WAS EXCELLENT AND IT DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF ARTICULATING KIND OF THE REASONS, UM, FOR SUPPORTING THIS, UH, IN SOMEWHAT OF A UNIQUE SITUATION.
I, I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I HAVE NEVER WORKED IN A CENSUS TRACK, UM, THAT HAS A POPULATION OF FIVE, UM,
AND SO THAT WAS A, A UNIQUE SITUATION THERE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HE AND I HAD, UH, MULTIPLE EXCHANGES ABOUT IDEAS ON HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY, UH, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING WHICH WOULD, UM, HELP THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WHICH IS TO NOT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LICENSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WHICH LEADS ME TO JUST MY, YOU KNOW, ONE KIND OF POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON, UH, CONDITION 22.
UM, WE MAY ACTUALLY GO OUT AND PURCHASE A TYPE 21 LICENSE THAT WILL NEVER BE ACTIVATED.
UM, WE ARE ALLOWED, UM, TO CANCEL
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THAT LICENSE.AND THEN WE MAY, THEN WE WOULD APPLY FOR AN ORIGINAL TYPE 20 FROM A B, C.
BUT THE IDEA IS, IS THAT IT STILL ACCOMPLISHES, UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO.
AND IN FACT, IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, AND WE DO THAT, IN FACT, YOU GOT RID OF A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN INTENSE LICENSE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO.
WE DID, UM, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ONE PARTICULAR TYPE 21 LICENSE THAT, UM, WE WERE, UM, WILLING TO MAKE A PURCHASE ON, BUT IT IS TECHNICALLY IN AN UNDER CONCENTRATED CENSUS TRACK.
UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, UM, IF I CAN BE BOLD ENOUGH, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD COMMISSION CONSIDER ALLOWING US TO PURCHASE A A 21 CANCELING IT? UM, AS, AS YOU KNOW, YOU ARE CANCELING SOMETHING THAT'S MORE INTENSE AS MAYBE AN ALTERNATIVE TO BUYING ONE IN AN OVER CONCENTRATED CENSUS TRACK.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONLY ASK.
OTHERWISE, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER, CAN WE GET YOU TO DO THAT AGAIN WITH YOUR MIC ON? YEP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU, SIR.
THE TYPE 21 LICENSE, DOES THAT ALLOW YOU TO SELL DISTILLED LIQUORS AS WELL? BECAUSE THE CONDITION IS, THE USE RIGHT NOW IS JUST FOR BEER AND WINE, THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THAT'S WHY I MADE A POINT OF IF WE PURCHASED A 21, IT WOULD BE CANCELED.
A B, C WOULD NEVER LET US ACTIVATE IT BECAUSE OUR ENTITLEMENT WOULD ONLY BE FOR A 20.
THAT'S KIND OF WHY I WANTED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN IT TO YOU THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SELL IT.
A, B, C WON'T ISSUE IT, BUT THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO BUY IT, CANCEL IT, AND THEN APPLY FOR A, A NEW TYPE 20 LICENSE.
AND STEPH, JUST TO CLARIFY, WHEN I READ THIS CONDITION, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY ANTICIPATED THIS QUESTION.
WE'RE REALLY SAYING THAT THERE'S NO NET INCREASE TO THE NUMBER OF LICENSES, IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.
YEAH, SO IT'S A POLICY DECISION FOR THIS COMMISSION.
UM, SO I WANT TO KIND OF, I KNOW IT'S ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN'S APPLICATION, BUT I WANNA STEP BACK TO SORT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE AN OVERABUNDANCE OF LIQUOR SERVING ESTABLISHMENTS, PARTICULARLY SMALL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY.
IT'S NOT AN ISSUE JUST IN ONE PART OF THE CITY OR ONE CENSUS TRACK.
UM, AND THEN WHERE WE HAVE CONTROL IS WHEN WE HAVE AN OVER CONCENTRATION SITUATION.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS NET IT OUT AT ZERO.
UM, IF THEY RETIRE A LICENSE IN A NOT OVER CONCENTRATED CENSUS TRACK, A, B, C CAN JUST REISSUE A LICENSE IN THAT CENSUS TRACK IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER.
SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ACCOMPLISH THE CITY'S GOAL.
I UNDERSTAND IT WOULD BE, UH, EASIER AND MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO TO DO SO.
SO IT'S REALLY FOR THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION.
YOU COULD JUST GRANT IT WITH NO REQUIREMENT THAT THEY DO ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU THINK IT'S NEEDED IN THE AREA.
YOU COULD GO WITH STAFF'S PROPOSAL, YOU GO WITH THE APPLICANT'S ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL.
UM, YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS BEFORE YOU, UM, OVER, NOT JUST A MINUTE AGO, BUT OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, UM, WE'VE BROUGHT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS COMMISSION WHERE WE'VE RECOMMENDED DENYING LICENSE BECAUSE OF OVER CONCENTRATION AND YOU'RE AN INDEPENDENT, UM, COMMISSION AND YOU MAKE INDEPENDENT DECISIONS AND YOU DIDN'T GO WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND YOU ENDED UP GRANTING, UH, THOSE REQUESTS AND THEY WERE ALL GOOD APPLICANTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND ALL OF THE, THE FACTORS THAT YOU CONSIDERED, BUT IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T HELP US SOLVE THE MACRO ISSUE, WHICH IS THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY, UM, SMALL LIQUOR STORES IN THE CITY, PERIOD.
UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR YOU AS A, A COMMISSION, UM, AND WORKS FOR STAFF AND KINDA THE CITY'S, UM, GOALS, UH, OVERALL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
UM, BUT AGAIN, BACK TO THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT WE HAVE IN HERE.
I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS TO BUY A LICENSE, A TYPE 21 IN AN OVER CONCENTRATED AREA, RETIRE THAT AND APPLY FOR A TYPE 20.
SO THAT WOULD, I BELIEVE SATISFY THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL AS IT'S WRITTEN.
SO TO CLARIFY, I BELIEVE WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING IS TO, TO PURCHASE A MORE INTENSIVE LICENSE THAT ALSO ALLOWS FOR LIQUOR, UM, BUT NOT IN AN OVER CONCENTRATED AREA.
SO ASKING FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE THEY HAD ONE IDENTIFIED IN A NON OVER CONCENTRATED TRACK.
CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR US, SIR? IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I, I LIKE THE OPTION IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, HEY, IF IT, IF EVERYBODY FEELS THAT, HEY, YOU WANT IN AN OVER
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CONCENTRATED CENSUS TRACK, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.UM, THE SECOND PART OF THAT WAS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S OKAY.
IF I'M IN AN OVER CONCENTRATED CENSUS TRACK, I CAN BUY THE 21 STILL IF IT'S AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT'S AN AVAILABILITY ISSUE, RIGHT? WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FIND ONE AND, UM, WE MAY BUY A 20 AND JUST MOVE IT OR WE MAY BUY THE 21, CANCEL IT AND THEN, UH, OBTAIN A A, A NEW LICENSE.
SO STAFF OKAY WITH THAT SCENARIO? YES.
AND I BELIEVE THE CONDITION AS WRITTEN WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT.
IT DOESN'T SPECIFY TYPE 20 VERSUS 21 AND IT IS MORE INTENSIVE, SO WE WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THEN.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER WARE? UM, I GUESS I WANT FURTHER DISCUSSION ON, WELL, CLARITY OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROPOSAL, BUT THEN A DEEPER DISCUSSION ON THE NEED FOR MORE, UM, SMALL BUSINESSES SELLING ALCOHOL.
UM, I'VE NOT BEEN PART OF THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE, SO I WASN'T SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION NOW.
WE CERTAINLY CAN AND, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN AN OCCASION WHERE MAYBE THE COMMISSION HAS SAID THAT, BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN MANY OCCASIONS WHERE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVING A ALCOHOL LICENSE IN AN OVER CONCENTRATED AREA MEAN IT'S ALMOST BECOME A BIT OF A MUTE POINT.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT BY MAKING TODAY'S DECISION, WE'RE NECESSARILY SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR ALL FUTURE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
BUT I THINK THAT WHERE THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO CURTAIL THE OVERABUNDANCE OF LIQUOR LICENSES THAT WE HAVE AND I GUESS WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY ALWAYS TO OVERRIDE THAT.
UM, AND I THINK IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THEIR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE APPLICANTS AND WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO, BUT MAYBE STAFF WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY.
YEAH, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, WHERE WE DID A STUDY SESSION BEFORE YOU JOIN THE COMMISSION, SO TOMORROW, UM, WE WILL GET YOU A COPY OF THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, AND CERTAINLY WE CAN REVISIT THAT IN IN FUTURE MONTHS, UH, WITH THE COMMISSION.
BUT IN A NUTSHELL, THERE'S A LOT OF REFORM NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND SORT OF ALCOHOL REGULATION, BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROCESS THE CASES IN THE MEANTIME BEFORE WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS OF REWRITING THE CODE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TREAT 'EM ALL SIMILARLY, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROBLEM I THINK FROM THE STAFF TABLE APPROVING A RESTAURANT IN AN OVER CONCENTRATED AREA THAT'S A RESTAURANT DISTRICT IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN, UM, A LIQUOR STORE WHERE WE DO HAVE ISSUES, NOT ACCORDING TO ALLISON OR CHRISTOPHER, BUT ACCORDING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT DOES RESULT IN ISSUES AND WE DO HAVE AN, UH, OVER CONCENTRATION, NOT JUST BY CENSUS TRACK, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO, SO WE MAKE THAT DISTINCTION, UM, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM PD, BUT THE, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS DON'T QUITE GET US THERE, WHICH IS WHY THEY NEED SOME WORK OVER TIME.
AND THIS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE CENSUS TRACK ON TOP OF IT YEAH.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONERS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? NO.
ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL BRING IT UP FOR A VOTE PLEASE.
IF WE COULD HAVE OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS.
ITEM FOUR IS RECOMME RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION.
CE 23 DASH 1 59, AN APPROVED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW OFFSITE ALCOHOL SALES FOR AN L SUPER GROCERY STORE PROPOSED WITHIN AN EXISTING 59,300 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACE, LOCATED AT 2185 SOUTH STREET WITHIN THE REGIONAL HIGHWAY DISTRICT DISTRICT NINE.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? I MAKE A MOTION TO SET MOTION.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FOR THE RECORD.
THE MOTION IS FROM COMMISSIONER TEMPLAN.
I, I MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND.
PROJECT PLANNER SERGIO GUTIERREZ WILL PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, GOOD EVENING CHAIR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS
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OF THE PUBLIC, UH, BEFORE THIS EVENING IS THE COP REQUEST TO ALLOW A TYPE 21 ALCOHOL LICENSE WITHIN A PROPOSED GROCERY STORE LOCATED AT, UH, 2185 SOUTH STREET.UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH STREET BETWEEN CHERRY AVENUE TO THE WEST AND PARAMOUNT BOULEVARD TO THE EAST ON A 8.94 ACRE LOT THAT IS IMPROVED WITH APPROXIMATELY 116,000 PLUS SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE WITHIN THE CH HW ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, THE SITE HAS A GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT PLACE TYPE OF NC DASH M, WHICH ALLOWS FOR A MIXED, UH, OF COMMERCIAL CENTERS, UH, THAT PROVIDES GOODS AND SERVICES, UH, CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT HOUSING.
A VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL USES IS ENCOURAGED FOR THE CELLULAR, UH, WHICH INCLUDES SHOPS, FINANCE INSTITUTIONS, FITNESS CENTERS, UM, AND OTHER DAILY COMMUNITIES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FROM RESIDENTIAL USES.
UH, SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE INDUSTRIAL USES TO THE NORTH, UH, COMMERCIAL USES TO THE WEST COMMERCIAL AND AUTOMOTIVE USES TO THE SOUTH, AND COMMERCIAL AND SELF STORAGE USES TO THE, TO THE EAST.
AND, UH, FOR, FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, UH, THIS IS A OVERVIEW OF THE, UH, LOCATION.
UH, THE PROJECT SITE IS, UH, LOCATED IN THE BLUE OVERLAY WITH THE, UM, OR, SORRY, THE RED OVERLAY AND THE SCOPE OF WORK WITHIN THE BLUE.
SO THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING APPROVAL OF A CONDITION USE PERMIT TO ALLOW, UH, AN A B, C LICENSE TYPE 21, UH, FOR THE OFFSITE SALE OF BEER, WINE, AND DISTILLED SPIRITS FOR A TWO BED GROCERY STORE, UH, PROPOSED WITHIN AN EXISTING, UH, 59,300 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACE.
UH, THE PROJECT SIDE IS ADJACENT TO A JUICE, A JUICE FACILITY, UM, WHICH IS A GYMNASIUM, UH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2141 OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE AS A SITE IS WITHIN A REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER THAT IS PARKED AT FIVE SPACES, UH, FOR EACH 1000 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING AREA.
A TOTAL OF 296 PARKING, PARKING STALLS IS REQUIRED FOR THIS USE BASED ON THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.
UH, WITHOUT FACTORING OUT THE GROSS FLOOR AREA, A TOTAL OF 583 PARKING STALLS IS REQUIRED FOR THE SITES AS A PRIOR USE OF WAS THE GROCERY STORE.
UH, THE VESTED PARKING RIGHTS FOR THE GR FORMER GROCERY STORE SATISFIES THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS USE.
UM, HOWEVER, PURSUANT TO LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2152, UH, PARKING SHALL BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE REGARDLESS OF NONCONFORMING PARKING RIGHTS.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO ALCOHOL SALES, UH, A WAIVER, THIS FINDING IS REQUESTED, UM, BY STAFF SINCE THE USE, UH, WILL BE AN ACCESSORY TO THE GROCERY STORE AND WILL SERVE, UH, THE NEARBY COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH, UM, 492, UH, EXISTING PARKING STALLS, UH, WHICH SERVES THE REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER AND IS FIC IS A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF, UH, PARKING STALLS FOR THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES WITHIN THE CENTER.
SO THE GROCERY STORE WILL OPERATE, UH, DAILY MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FROM 7:00 AM UH, TO 11:00 PM A TOTAL OF, UH, 397 SQUARE FEET WILL BE DEDICATED TO ALCOHOL SALES, WHICH AMOUNTS TO ABOUT, UH, 1.2% OF THE OVERALL GROCERY STORE FOOTPRINT.
UH, THE ALCOHOL WILL BE LOCATED IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE GROCERY STORE, UH, WITH THE WINE AND BEER PRODUCTS BEING PROPOSED, UH, LOCATED NEAR THE REFRIGERATED SECTION, UH, WHICH IS, UH, CENTRAL TO THE TENANT SPACE.
UH, THE HARD ALCOHOL, WHAT IS PROPOSED TO BE STORED WITHIN LOCKED GLASS CASES, UH, WHICH WILL BE ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY FRONT, UH, AND MANAGERS AND STORE DIRECTORS, UH, FOR, UH, VISIBILITY AND SECURITY PURPOSES.
UH, STAFF WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A TRAINING ON ALCOHOL SERVICES OR ALCOHOL SALES AND ID VERIFICATION, UH, TO HELP DETER ACTIVITY, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, PROMOTE SAFETY.
UH, THERE WILL BE A SECURITY GUARD ON SITE, UH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UM, AND THE SITE WILL ALSO BE EQUIPPED WITH A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, UM, 70 CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE SITE.
UH, IN CONSIDERATION OF A CUP APPLICATION, UH, FOR ALCOHOL SALE, UH, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, UH, STAFF EVALUATE THE NUMBER OF EXISTING ALCOHOL LICENSES IN THE CENSUS TRACK, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF REPORTED CRIMES IN THE, UM, POLICE REPORTING DISTRICT.
UH, SECTION 2152 OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS REQUIRES THAT THE USE NOT BEING A REPORTING DISTRICT WITH AN OVER CONCENTRATION OF ALCOHOL SALES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL, AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN A REPORTING DISTRICT WITH A HIGH CRIME RATE AS REPORTED BY THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ACCORDING TO THE A BC LICENSE REPORT, UH, THE SUBJECT IS, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHIN CENSUS TRACKED, UH, 5 7 0 5 0.02, UH, WHICH ALLOWS FOR A MAXIMUM OF FOUR ALCOHOL LI OUT SALE ALCOHOL LICENSES, UH, WITHIN THE TRACT.
UH, THERE'S CURRENTLY SIX, UM, ACTIVE OFF SALE LICENSES WITHIN THIS TRACT, AND ADDING A SEVENTH OFF SALE ALCOHOL LICENSE AT THIS LOCATION, UH, WOULD ADD TO THE OVER CONCENTRATION WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACT.
UH, HOWEVER, AS IT RELATES TO THE PROJECT SITES, UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH THE PRIMARY USE IS A GROCERY STORE THAT INVOLVES THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AS AN ACCESSORY USE.
AS SUCH, THE PROPOSED, UH, PROJECT IS NOT ADDING TO AN ESTABLISHMENT WHOSE PRIMARY BUSINESS INVOLVES A SALE OF ALCOHOL SUCH AS A BEER OR A LIQUOR STORE.
UH, THE PROPOSED AND, UH, THE PROPOSED PRIMARY AND ACCESSORY, UM, USES IMPROVE NEARBY RESIDENTS ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF, OF GOODS AND SERVICES, UH, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN STRATEGY, UH, NUMBER 10, AND TO, TO CREATE, UH, COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, WITH IDENTIFIABLE CENTERS AND A FULL RANGE OF SUPPORTING NEIGHBORHOODS SERVING USES TO MEET THE DAILY NEEDS OF
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RESIDENTS.UH, ADDITIONALLY THROUGH THE U UH, U PLAN REZONING, UH, PRIORITY, UM, THROUGH THE EFFORT OF THE LONG BEACH, UH, NORTH NORTHERN LONG BEACH, THERE WAS A, A LACK OF GROCERY STORES, UM, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOP IDENTIFIED COM COMMUNITY IDENTITY PRIORITIES.
UH, AS SUCH, THE SALE OF ALCOHOL WILL SUPPORT THE ABILITY FOR THE GROCERY STORE TO SERVE THE NORTH LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.
UH, THE SITE IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE POLICE REPORTING DISTRICT FOR, UH, 83, UH, WHICH IS WITHIN THE NORTHERN DIVISION.
UM, AND IT WAS NOT DESIGNATED, UH, TO BE HIGH CRIME AREA.
UH, FURTHERMORE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO REVIEWED THE CUP REQUEST FOR THIS LOCATION AND HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO ITS APPROVAL.
PURSUANT TO LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, CONDITION USE PERMIT CAN BE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, WHEN POSITIVE FINDINGS CAN BE MADE, UH, AS PROPOSED, THE ALCOHOL SALES WILL BE AN ACCESSORY TO THE GROCERY STORE, UH, WHICH HELPS IMPROVE NEARBY RESIDENTS ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF GOODS AND SERVICES.
UH, FURTHERMORE, THE SIZE NOT LOCATED WITHIN 500 FEET OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR A PARK IS IDENTIFIED BY THE LONG BEACH.
MUNICIPAL CODE CONDITIONS PERTAINING TO LIGHTING AND SECURITY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED TO HELP MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONAL, UH, CONDITIONS INCLUDE, UH, LIMITING THE MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA OF ALCOHOL SALES TO 397 SQUARE FEET TO ENSURE THAT THE SALE OF ALCOHOL REMAINS AS AN ACCESSORY TO THE MAIN USE BEING A GROCERY STORE.
ALSO, UM, A CONDITION, UH, REQUIRING MANDATORY STAFF TRAINING TO ENSURE SAFE IS ADEQUATELY TRAINED TO HANDLE ANY ISSUE THAT MAY ARISE IN ASSOCIATED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ALCOHOL SALES HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN ACCORDANCE, UH, WITH THE GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CQA.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPT PER SECTION 1 5 3 0 1.
AS THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE SALE OF ALCOHOL PRODUCTS WITHIN A PROPOSED GROCERY STORE IN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
THE APPLICATION WAS DULY, UH, NOTICED PURSUANT TO THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, AND NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THIS APPLICATION, UH, STAFF FINDINGS THAT POSITIVE FINDINGS CAN BE MADE IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION.
UH, THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVE THE COP SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION STAFF AS WELL AS THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE, UM, AND PRESENT FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
THE APPLICANT ON THIS PROJECT IS KEVIN LEE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU CLARIFY, IS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TIED TO THE LOCKING UP OF THE ALCOHOL OR IS THAT AN OPERATIONAL, UH, CONSTRAINT THAT THEY'VE PUT INTO THE REPORT? UH, THANK YOU CHAIR.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION ONCE MORE? YOU'D MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THE ALCOHOL WOULD BE LOCKED UP IN CA IN CABINETS.
IS THAT A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OR IS THAT AN OPERATIONAL? UH, THAT'S, UH, IT'S AN OPERATION, UH, THAT LUPIN HAS.
UH, THEY, THEY TYPICALLY, UM, LOCK UP THE, THE HARD ALCOHOL WITHIN, UH, THESE, UH, LOCKED CA UH, LOCKED CASES.
AND IS BEER AND WINE ALSO LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA OR IS THAT A SEPARATE? IT IS A SEP IT'S IN A SEPARATE LOCATION.
UM, IF THE, UM, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION CAN BE RE-UPLOADED, I, I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THE, UH, FLOOR PLAN AND CLARIFY THE LOCATIONS FOR THAT'S OKAY.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT, IF WE WERE, UH, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THEY'RE SEPARATED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON A, ON THE PRESENTATION? I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CRIME RATES.
UH, THE PREVIOUS UH, PROJECT, THE HIGH CRIME DEFINITION WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND ONE 10.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE ARE? UH, YES.
UH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, EACH DIFFERENT, UH, AREA IN CENSUS TRACK, UH, WITHIN THE REPORTING DISTRICTS HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, IDENTIFICATIONS AS WHAT'S CONSTITUTED AS HIGH CRIME IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
IT HAS A MUCH, UH, LOWER RATIO AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN COMPARED TO, TO THE PREVIOUS, UH, PROJECT THAT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
AND WHAT, WHAT CHANGES THAT BASED ON THE LOCATION, DO YOU KNOW? SO IT'S THE SIZE OF THE GEOGRAPHY AND IT'S THE DATE THAT WE ASKED FOR THE INFORMATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, IS THAT A FUNCTION OF POPULATION AS WELL? YEAH, YEAH.
SO WE DON'T DO THAT CALCULATION.
UM, BUT UH, IN THE SAME, UM, POWERPOINT THAT I REALIZE NOW, IT'S NOT JUST COMMISSIONER WEIR, IT'S YOUR SELF, UH, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.
IT TALKS ABOUT POLICE REPORTING DISTRICTS AND HOW THOSE CALCULATIONS ARE DONE.
SO WE'RE GONNA FIND THAT PRESENTATION AND GET IT TO, TO BOTH OF YOU TOMORROW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT AND GOOD EVENING, SIR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? YES.
UH, LADIES AND UH, GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMISSION, MY NAME IS KEVIN LAY, UH, FROM LAY ARCHITECTURE.
WE'RE THE DESIGN FIRM ASSISTING WITH LUP, UH, ON THE DESIGN PORTION OF IT, BUT NATURALLY WE'RE COMING IN TO, UH, REQUEST THE SALE OF, UH, LIQUOR, UM, AT OUR STORE.
SO, UM, THANK YOU SERGIO FOR, UM, MAKING SUCH A COMPELLING, UH, PRESENTATION.
UM, THERE WERE, UM, BASED ON THE FINDINGS, UH, AND CONDITIONS, UH, WE, MY CLIENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY, UM,
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WORDSMITH, UH, SLIGHTLY TWO CONDITIONS, UH, WITH YOUR APPROVAL.UM, THAT WOULD BE OF, UH, CONDITION NUMBER 13.
UM, IT READS, THERE SHALL BE NO SALE OF BEER OR MALT BEVERAGE PRODUCTS EXCEPT THOSE OF MICROBREW.
AND IT GOES ON TO LIST A FEW MORE.
WE'D LIKE THAT TO BE REVISED AS ALL BEER PRODUCTS SHALL BE SOLD IN MANUFACTURERS PRE-PACKAGING, INCLUDING MICROBREW, CRAFT, BREW, ET CETERA.
UH, THE SECOND IS, UH, DIRECTLY BELOW THAT, NUMBER 14, THE SALE OF BEER OR MALT BEVERAGES IN QUANTITIES OF 32 OUNCE, 40 OUNCE OR SIMILAR SIZE CONTAINERS.
WE LIKE THE WORD, UM, ARE PROHIBITED.
UM, TO BE READ MUST BE SOLD IN MANUFACTURER'S PRE-PACKAGING, INCLUDING THAT OF MICROBREWS, UH, OR CRAFT BEER.
AND THOSE SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN CONDITION, UH, NUMBER 13 ABOVE, WHICH WAS, UM, THE PREVIOUS CONDITION.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MODIFY, UH, WITH YOUR BLESSING, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, UH, WE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH, UM, APPROVAL ON, ON THE PROJECT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER WARE MY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF SINGLE CELLS, YOU'RE IS MEANING TO INTEND A SINGLE BOTTLE OF BEER.
SO PACKAGING WHEN IT'S SENT OUT IS AVAILABLE FOR SINGLE CELL USE.
SO WHAT THAT SATISFY THAT I THINK THE STAFF'S INTENT IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SELL A BOTTLE OF CORONA OR A BOTTLE OF MILLER.
YOU'LL SELL A SIX PACK OR FOUR PACK OR HOWEVER IT COMES, CORRECT? YES.
SO WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, BUT WE DON'T CONTROL PACKAGING.
SO I THINK IF YOU MADE THE REQUESTED CHANGES, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SELL SINGLES.
SO THAT'S FOR THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE.
GENERALLY, WE DON'T SUPPORT THE SALE OF SINGLES.
IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE THAT ONLY HAVE ENOUGH FOR ONE BEER TO COME IN AND BUY ONE BEER.
AND THAT'S SOMEONE THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE SELLING TO.
UM, WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS AROUND THE CITY AT NOT HAVING PRACTICES LIKE THAT AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN.
WELL, MAYBE YOU COULD CLARIFY FOR THE COMMISSION TOO.
I BELIEVE WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORDSMITHING ON THESE TWO CONDITIONS IN THE PAST TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT CRAFT BEERS AND OTHER SPECIALTY BEERS ARE SOLD OFTEN, UH, IN SINGLE PACKAGES.
BUT, AND, AND WE MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR THOSE IN THIS CONDITION, BUT I THINK WHAT YEAH, STAFF HAS BEEN TRYING TO AVOID IS THAT WE'RE SELLING SINGLE ITEMS THAT WOULD NORMALLY NOT BE SOLD THAT WAY.
I WOULD SAY WE'VE TRIED TO BE COOPERATIVE AND ALREADY MASSAGED THIS LANGUAGE SO MUCH THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S HARD TO MORE FLEXIBLE THAN, THAN, THAN MAYBE WE WOULD LIKE, BUT IS, UH, REPRESENTS COMPROMISE.
SO I THINK IF YOU WERE TO MODIFY IT FURTHER, IT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE ENFORCEABLE ON THE STAFF SIDE 'CAUSE WE DON'T CONTROL HOW THE DISTRIBUTOR PACKAGES A PRODUCT.
AND THEN JUST A TYPO ON CONDITION NUMBER 14.
IT SAYS LISTED IN CONDITION 15 ABOVE, I THINK IT'S, IT SHOULD REFERENCE CONDITION 13 ABOVE, CORRECT.
DID THAT, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? COMMISSIONER WARE? COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, THE APPLICANT WANTS TO, IF THE APPLICANT WANTS TO RESPOND TO THAT IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU HAD MADE RIGHT.
OUR, OUR CLIENT'S UNDERSTANDING AND, AND MY UNDERSTANDING TOO IS THAT CON THOSE CONDITIONS WERE WRITTEN PRIMARILY FOR A, A LIQUOR STORE, A CONVENIENCE STORE, UM, THAT WOULDN'T, YOUR SOLE PURPOSE WOULD BE TO WALK IN PURCHASE A SINGLE CAN DRINK IT ON THE WAY OUT.
UH, HERE WE'RE A, UH, RESPONSIBLE RETAILER, UM, WITH TRAINING TO, UH, UH, MONITOR, UH, UH, PATRONS THAT COME IN AND, AND SOLE PURPOSE IS JUST TO BUY A SINGLE CAN THAT THAT WOULD BE A RED FLAG TO THEM, UH, AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING, UH, GUIDELINES OUTLINED BY A, B, C.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT WE'RE A RESPONSIBLE RETAILER.
WE'RE GOING IN FOR, UM, MEATS, SEAFOOD, UH, PRODUCE, UH, AND YES, THERE, UH, UH, IS THE OPTION TO BUY, UM, SINGLE CANS OF, OF ALCOHOL, UH, NO MATTER WHAT, UM, TYPE OF ALCOHOL.
BUT THAT YOU CAN BUY ONE BOTTLE OF WINE, ONE BOTTLE OF BEER, UM, THERE'S REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A LIMIT TO THAT FOR A SUPERMARKET.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, 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, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
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ALL RIGHT, SO FAR, SO GOOD.ALL RIGHT, WELL WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT.
BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL COMMISSIONERS, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A FIRST, I THINK IF WE COULD JUST, UH, TO THE MOTION THAT'S THERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANNA DO THAT, BUT JUST CORRECT.
ITEM NUMBER 14, THE TYPO THAT'S IN IT, PLEASE TO REFERENCE THE CORRECT ITEM NUMBER 13.
AND WITH THAT WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE.
UM, I DON'T BUY A LOT OF BEER.
WHEN WE DO, WE BUY IT IN THE BOX.
SO, UM, WHAT KIND OF BEER CAN YOU BUY JUST AS ONE BEER? SO, UM, THE CONDITION DOES SPEAK TO SORT OF HOW THE MARKET HAS EVOLVED AND, AND, AND, UM, SPECIFIC TYPES OF BEER THAT MIGHT BE SOLD AS A SINGLE, UM, SUCH AS CRAFT BEERS, UM, OR MICROBREW.
UM, AS THAT MARKET HAS EVOLVED.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE CONDITION IS STRUCTURED TO TRY TO AVOID THE SALE OF, FOR EXAMPLE, A, A REGULAR 12 OUNCE CAN OR BOTTLE THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE PACKAGED IN A SIX PACK AND THAT MIGHT BE THEN BROKEN UP FOR, FOR THE SALE BY THAT, UM, OPERATOR, UM, AS A, AS A SINGLE THAT WASN'T INTENDED TO BE SOLD AS SUCH.
UM, SIMILAR TO HOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETIMES A REGULATION OF NOT SELLING, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE CIGARETTE, BUT INSTEAD A WHOLE PACKAGE.
SO, SO ISN'T IT ILLEGAL TO JUST PULL OUT ONE CAN OF BEER AND JUST TRY AND BUY ONE CAN OF BEER? NO, NOT UNLESS WE PROHIBIT IT.
CAN YOU SPEAK OUT PLEASE? CAN YOU SPEAK ON THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR, CAN'T HEAR PATRICK, WHAT'S BEING SAID.
I, I WAS ASKING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF ALCOHOLIC BEER YOU CAN JUST BUY ONE CAN OF AND HOW YOU DO IT.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AND WHAT WOULDN'T BE.
SO IF YOU HAD A SIX PACK AND YOU JUST TRIED TO PULL A CAN OUT OF IT, I WAS JUST TOLD THAT THAT'S ALLOWED, IF THE STORE ALLOWS IT, I MEAN, YOU CAN BREAK UP SIX PACKS AND JUST PULL ONE OUT AND BUY ONE UNLESS IT'S ACTUALLY PROHIBITED UNDER THE CON UH, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL IN THE BUILDING ITSELF THAT YOU'RE IN.
THE BUILDING ITSELF IN THE, IN THE, IN THE GROCERY STORE.
I THINK YOU, YOU SUMMARIZED THAT PERFECTLY.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE.
JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, WE DID HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, I BELIEVE FROM COMMISSIONER LEWIS TO CORRECT AT CONDITION 14.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GET APPROVAL FROM OUR MOTION MAKER WHO I BELIEVE IS COMMISSIONER TEMPLAN.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE? YES.
SO THERE WAS A, WHAT I'M TAKING AS A FRIENDLY TO CORRECT CONDITION 14 TO REFLECT REFERENCE TO CONDITION 13.
UM, JUST AS IT'S JUST A TYPO TO CORRECT A TYPO.
SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I'M SEEING ASKING IF YOU ARE AGREEABLE TO THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
ARE YOU AGREEABLE TO THAT? I'M AGREEABLE.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER CLEMSON AS A MAKE AS A SECOND ON THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER CASTILLO? YES, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.
COMMISSIONER WHERE? AYE IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO COME ON.
IF WE COULD HAVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE PLEASE.
ITEM FIVE IS RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FOUNTAIN WORLD SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PROJECT EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 4.2 OF THE PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE.
SECTION 2 1 1 5 5 THROUGH 2 1 1 5 5 0.4.
AND RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN MAP AMENDMENT FROM FOUNDING CONTEMPORARY NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL FOUR STORIES AND RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DECLARE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE FROM TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WITH STANDARD LOTS TO COMMUNITY R FOUR N COMMERCIAL, WHICH ALLOWS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO R FOUR N DENSITIES ON PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 4 0 1 5 1 FOUNTAIN STREET AND 4 22 0 ROYAL COURT DISTRICT THREE.
IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.
COMMISSIONER TEMPLAN, WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
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THANK YOU CHAIR.WE DO AND I'LL PASS IT OVER IN JUST A MOMENT TO THE PROJECT PLANNER.
AMY HARBIN FOR THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANNA UM, TAKE A MOMENT TO FRAME FOR THE COMMISSION.
I KNOW IT'S UNUSUAL TO SEE JUST A SET OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS BEFORE YOU, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
IT'S NOT A PROJECT, IT'S A GENERAL PLAN, AMENDMENT AND ZONE CHANGE.
UM, AND AS PART OF THE URGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR, UM, IS IN OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, THERE IS THIS ALLOWANCE FOR, UM, REVIEWING AND APPROVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT MAY NOT, UM, NEED, UH, THAT, THAT AT THAT TIME HAVE NOT NEEDED THE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONE CHANGES IN ORDER TO APPROVE THEM GIVEN THE EMERGENCY THAT WE'RE IN.
UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST BRINGING FORWARD THE CLEANUP OF THOSE, UM, ACTIONS FOR A PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A HIGH RESOURCE AREA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS TO HELP ADDRESS, UM, THE HOMELESS EMERGENCY.
SO VERY EXCITED TO BRING THIS SET OF ACTIONS BEFORE YOU TO HELP SORT OF CLEAN UP, UM, THOSE PIECES AND AMY WILL EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE CHAIR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST FOR A RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON A GENERAL PLAN MAP AMENDMENT AND A ZONE CHANGE WHICH WOULD FACILITATE CONSISTENCY FOR AN APPROVED 100% AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROJECT WITH 73 UNITS AND 67 AT GRADE PARKING STALLS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE DEAD ENDS OF FOUNTAIN STREET IN WORLEY COURT.
TWO PROPERTIES ENCOMPASS THE SITE, WHICH TOTALS APPROXIMATELY 70,000 SQUARE FEET IN LAND AREA.
THE LARGER PARCEL WAS USED FOR A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY FOR YOUTH, WHICH WAS VACATED THE SITE, WHICH VACATED THE SITE IN 2016.
THE SMALLER SITE IS USED FOR OFFICE SPACE.
ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ON THE SITE WILL BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE APPROVED MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.
THE PROPOSED PROPERTIES HAVE A GENERAL PLAN PLACED TYPE OF FOUNDING CONTEMPORARY NEIGHBORHOOD AND A ZONING DISTRICT OF R TWO N.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN PLACE TYPE TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL MODERATE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPERTIES THAT FACE ANAHEIM STREET TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROJECT.
SITE ZONING IS PROPOSED TO CHANGE TO COMMUNITY R FOUR NCCN DISTRICT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PLACE TYPE AND AGAIN WITH THE PROPERTIES SOUTH OF THE SITE FACING ANAHEIM STREET.
THE PHYSICAL PROJECT, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR IS 100% AFFORDABLE, IS A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT BETWEEN THREE TO FOUR STORIES AND HEIGHT AND WAS APPROVED PER THE CITY'S EMERGENCY HOUSING ORDINANCE.
THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF TWO BUILDINGS WITH 73 TOTAL UNITS, INCLUDING THE MANAGER'S UNIT 67 AT GRADE PARKING STALLS, LANDSCAPING AND WROUGHT IRON FENCING WITH GATES AT THE FOUNTAIN STREET AND WERLEY COURT VEHICULAR APPROACHES.
THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR ITS CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN, LAND USE AND HOUSING ELEMENT GOALS, GOALS AND POLICIES.
IN ADDITION TO THE 20 20 20 45 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT'S REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY SINCE THE PROJECT INVOLVES A CITY OWNED PROPERTY 1070 1007 1,761 NOTICES WERE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS WITHIN A 1000 FOOT RADIUS ON JANUARY 18TH, STAFF RECEIVED ONE EMAIL NOT IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT AND ONE EMAIL WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PHYSICAL PROJECT TO DATE.
SINCE THE PROJECT WAS REVIEWED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT'S REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY, A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY'S PROJECT EXEMPTION OR A SKIPPY WAS PREPARED WITH THE GEN FOR THE GENERAL PLAN MAP AMENDMENT AND THE ZONE CHANGE PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE.
AFTER THE DECISION HERE TONIGHT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE ITEM WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE CODE REQUIREMENT FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION ON THIS ITEM.
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STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ONE RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FOUNTAIN WEY SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PROJECT EXEMPTION TWO.RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND THREE, RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL DECLARE AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THEIR PRESENTATION? NOPE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CITY AS THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT IN THIS CASE.
UM, THE UH, UM, THE PROJECT APPLICANT FOR THE PROJECT, UM, IS REQUESTING THIS CLEANUP.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT REQUIRED LEGALLY WHILE WE'RE IN THIS EMERGENCY ORDINANCE.
SO, UM, FUTURE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS OR ZONE CHANGES.
IT WOULD BE THE CITY, UM, COMING TO DO THAT CLEANUP AFTER THE EMERGENCY EXPIRES.
BUT IN THIS CASE IT'S A VOLUNTARY CLEANUP BY THE PROJECT APPLICANT, UM, UM, ON THEIR BEHALF.
AND IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, YES, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
THAT WAS MY LONG-WINDED WAY OF TRYING TO GET AROUND TO THAT.
UM, CHAIR AND UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH LINK HOUSING.
UM, LINK HOUSING HAS BEEN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFIT, UM, DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA FOR 40 YEARS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THE FOUNTAIN STREET WORLD COURT COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ALSO, UM, THAT THIS CLEANUP IS OCCURRING, UM, TO BRING THE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONE CHANGE CONSISTENT, UM, WITH THE APPROVALS LAST YEAR OF OUR 73 UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY.
UM, I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A LIMITED SCOPE APPROVAL TONIGHT, BUT, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S SORELY NEEDED, UM, TO THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU TELL US WHERE YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE AT THE STAGE RIGHT NOW OF FINANCING.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN KIND OF THE FINAL DAYS OF AWAITING, UM, THE UH, STATE CALIFORNIA OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR HCD.
UM, WE'RE AWAITING THEIR APPROVAL OF OUR $23 MILLION, UM, APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THIS COMMUNITY THANKS TO UM, CITY FUNDING AND SUPPORT, UM, WE LOOK TO BE ONE OF THE TOP 10 SCORING PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN IN PRETTY REGULAR CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH UM, MEMBERS OF HCD STAFF, UM, AROUND JUST FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
SO THEY'RE FINALIZING A PROJECT REPORT NOW AND WE EXPECT AN AWARD, UM, REALLY ANY DAY NOW.
UM, AT THAT POINT WE WOULD APPLY, UH, TO THE STATE FOR TAX CREDITS.
UM, AND IF ALL OF THAT GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN AND WE SECURE, UH, BUILDING PERMITS, UH, WE COULD START CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY 2025.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT I WILL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UH, IF YOU CAN WALK UP TO THE PODIUM AND LET'S GIVE EACH PERSON TWO MINUTES SO THAT WAY EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO BE HEARD.
IF YOU COULD JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
MY NAME IS KAREN RE SIDE AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH.
LINK HOUSING IS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM ON ANOTHER, UH, A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, UM, IN OTHER AREAS AND THEY ARE AN EXCELLENT PARTNER.
THEY DO EXCELLENT JOBS WITH THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY BUILD AND THEY'RE ALL WONDERFUL PROJECTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT AND ANYTHING THAT IS AFFORDABLE NEEDS TO BE BUILT URGENTLY.
SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OUR A HUNDRED MEMBERS IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN THIS EVENING.
WE LIVE ON 15TH STREET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE GOT ONE OF THE NOTICES.
SO WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR FOUNDING CONTEMPORARY NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S PRIMARILY A SINGLE FAMILY OR TWO FAMILY RESIDENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS NOT LOCATED ALONG A THOROUGHFARE OR A CORRIDOR, IT'S DEAD-ENDED
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ON TWO SMALL STREETS, BOTH RESIDENTIAL STREETS WHERE THERE'S LIMITED DENSITY.THERE'S ALREADY A PARKING AND CAPACITY PROBLEM BECAUSE OF LEY ELEMENTARY.
AND THIS IS AN ISSUE NOT ONLY OF DENSITY, BUT ALSO OF SAFETY FOR OUR CHILDREN.
SINCE SO MANY OF THOSE CHILDREN WALKED TO SCHOOL IN THAT AREA AND THERE'S CAR ACCIDENTS AND PROBLEMS THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS ALREADY.
IF THIS WAS A TWO STORY 40 UNIT COMPLEX, I'D GET BEHIND IT.
I BELIEVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS IS TOO MUCH DENSITY FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN AN ALREADY STRESSED OUT NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE DON'T VOTE FOR THIS AS IT STANDS.
I LIVE, UH, 42, UH, 14, UH, 14TH STREET, UH, DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS UH, PROPOSED PROJECT.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION, UM, IS, UH, IF THIS HAPPENS TO, I ALSO GET REWARD TO R FOUR.
NOT THAT I WANT THAT, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT IS IN THE DEAL FOR ME.
ALSO, A REDUCTION IN PROPERTY VALUE WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE.
UM, I WOULD TAKE A BRIBE OF, UH, MAYBE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR MY PROPERTY.
UM, OKAY, SO, UM, I MOVED THERE IN 2010, SO THAT WAS 14 YEARS AGO.
I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
I MOVED THERE 'CAUSE IT WAS A NICE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE NEIGHBOR, ALL THE NEIGHBORS.
I WANNA UM, ASK YOU, UM, COMMISSIONER WARE, CASTILLO TEMPLIN AND LEWIS AND CLEMSON.
I WANT YOU TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT.
OKAY? UM, I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE THAT YOU'RE STANDING AT YOUR BACKYARD OR YOUR FRONT YARD.
I WANT YOU SERIOUSLY, HONESTLY, THINK ABOUT THIS.
YOU COME OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE USED TO A CERTAIN SKYLINE AND THEN YOU WALK OUT AND YOU SEE THIS, OKAY, THIS IS MY BACKYARD.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CUT ALL THE TREES DOWN AS WELL, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE, WHICH WOULD COMPLETELY, THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS IS ON, ON FOUNTAIN RIGHT THERE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL.
OKAY? ANYBODY'S, I, I APOLOGIZE THEY DIDN'T HAVE, UH, UH, PICTURES TO GIVE TO YOU GUYS, BUT I WANNA MAKE, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE UNPOPULAR DECISIONS IN YOUR POSITION AND I GET THAT, OKAY? BUT I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT NOT ONLY THIS IS THIS AN UNPOPULAR DECISION, BUT THIS IS THE WRONG DECISION, OKAY? AND THIS IS GONNA IMPACT US TREMENDOUSLY, OKAY? THIS WILL AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK AND FEEL AND THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE FOREVER.
AND IT'S S THANK UP YOUR COMMENT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS KELLY BROOKS.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AS A PARENT, UH, FOR BRYANT ELEMENTARY.
UM, I HAVE A KINDERGARTNER WHO JUST STARTED THIS YEAR AND I HAVE A FIFTH GRADER WHO WILL BE ENDING THIS YEAR.
THIS IS NOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE.
YES, WE ARE FOR IT, BUT FOR THIS LOCATION, IT IS NOT, UM, IT, IT SHOULDN'T BE ACCEPTABLE.
I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS DO NOT VOTE ON THIS.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU AS A PARENT FOR PICKUP TIME, IT'S A NARROW STREET.
IT'S ALREADY DESIGNED FOR PARENTS, UH, INCONVENIENCING THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM A 20 MINUTE PERIOD IN THE MORNING AND A 20 PERIOD PERIOD MINUTE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR DROPPING OFF IN PICKUP.
IT'S DESIGNED TO GO ONE WAY JUST FOR US, WHICH IN INCONVENIENCE NEIGHBORS, THEY DON'T LIKE THE ONE WAY 'CAUSE THEY'RE CONS.
THEY'RE USED TO COMING FREELY.
IT TAKES ME 15 MINUTES SOME DAYS TO GET FROM THE BACK OF 15TH TO THE FRONT OF BRYANT, WHICH IS NOT A LONG WAYS, BUT DUE TO A PARENT, UH, PICKING UP THEIR KIDS AND WE HAVE TO DOUBLE PARK SOME TIME.
UM, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE PARKING.
ALSO, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, UH, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE TOTALLY FINE.
THEY WORK WITH US, BUT WE ALSO HAVE BEEN, UH, CUSSED OUT BY SOME NEIGHBORS.
SO IMAGINE PUTTING THIS UNIT IN THERE AND SOMEONE IN TENANT IN THAT LOCATION HAS TO GET TO WORK AND THEY'RE HONKING AT THE PARENTS AND ALL THIS STUFF.
IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE KIDS AND IT WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR THAT LOCATION.
UM, YOU'RE SAYING, UH, IT'S A 61 PARKING, UM, STRUCTURING THING FOR THEM TO PARK.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA HAVE ONE VEHICLE AND IT'S A 71 UNIT BUILDING.
THERE IS NO WAY AT ALL, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PARK ON THE STREET.
TEACHERS ARE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYWHERE TO PARK.
THEY'RE ALREADY PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE BY THE, UH, THE LIBRARY.
I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ANAHEIM.
SOME UH, STAFF MEMBERS HAVE TO PARK OVER THERE.
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ACROSS 15TH.IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE STAFF, IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE STUDENTS.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMENT.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD RECONSIDER THIS, UH, PRO FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN THIS EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO JUST QUICKLY REFLECT ON THE RECORD THAT THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED BY OUR PRIOR SPEAKER HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED TO THE COMMISSION.
THEY'LL BE PLACED UP HERE FOR PUBLIC VIEW, FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE, AND THEN APPENDED TO THE MEETING AFTER STAY.
HI, MY NAME IS ANGELINA TORRES.
I OWN AND OPERATE EBONY VEGAN, WHICH IS A VEGAN CATERING SERVICE.
UH, I BASICALLY WORK WITH LINK FOR, AND I'VE BEEN TO ALL OF THEIR SITES AND EVERY SITE THAT I'VE GONE TO HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ORGANIZED AND THEY NOT ONLY ARE PROVIDING HOUSING FOR THESE FAMILIES, THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING LITERAL THERAPY AND, UM, WHATEVER THEY NEED EMOTIONALLY TO SUPPORT THEM.
THESE FAMILIES ARE IN NEED AND WE ALL HAVE BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE NEED HELP.
AND LINK IS PROVIDING A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THESE FAMILIES.
AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT PARKING.
I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD TOO, BUT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD COME FIRST.
THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS ELSA, TONGUE, PRINCIPAL AT BOUTIQUE URBAN PLANNING AND RACIAL JUSTICE CONSULTANCY, KEY IMPACT AND FORMER STAFF AT LONG, UH, LOCAL NONPROFIT LONG BEACH FORWARD, UNDER WHICH I PARTNERED WITH THE CITY AND COMMUNITY ON MULTIPLE PLANNING PROCESSES, INCLUDING THE HOUSING ELEMENT YOU PLAN, AND THE FORTHCOMING ZONE IN CITY CORPS REZONING PLAN, WHICH DOES INCLUDE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF SUSANNA SNI.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNITED CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY WHO IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
AND ON BEHALF OF BOTH UCC AND MYSELF, I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT LINK HOUSING'S 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT COMMISSIONERS.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, OUR CITY, OUR REGION, AND THE NATION ARE IN A SEVERE HOUSING CRISIS.
IN FACT, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, THE CITY HELD ITS, UH, POINT IN TIME HOMELESSNESS COUNT.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO THIS COMMISSION AND LATER THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH SAYS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE 26,000 UNITS OF NEW HOUSING NEEDS TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT IS THE CITY'S BOTH STATUTORY AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO SUPPORT NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
IT'S NO SECRET COMMISSIONERS THAT THE CITY OF CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN RACIST AND DISCRIMINATORY, RESULTING IN RACIAL CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY AND DISINVESTMENT IN CENTRAL WEST AND NORTH LONG BEACH, CENTRAL LONG BEACH, WEST OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WEST OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE AREA BEARS DISPROPORTIONATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEW HOUSING UNITS AND NEIGHBORHOOD DENSITY, WHICH IS BASED ON THE LAND USE ELEMENT, WHICH FRANKLY LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES BECAUSE OF RAMPANT AND HATEFUL NIMBYISM FROM EAST LONG BEACH.
I WENT TO SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS BACK IN 2017.
THE RESULTING LAND USE ELEMENT IS AN UNJUST, UNJUST DENSIFICATION OF THE ALREADY MOST DENSE AND LOW INCOME PARTS OF THE CITY.
WHILE MOST OF EACH EAST LONG BEACH, INCLUDING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, REMAINS SUBURBANIZED AND UNTOUCHED.
LOOK, I DO THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE DEVELOPER TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MITIGATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS, BUT ULTIMATELY, I URGE YOU TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS AND CONSIDER YOUR DUTY TO SUPPORT THE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND DENSITY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M VERY CAPABLE OF MANAGING THE MEETING.
I LIVE ON 14TH STREET, UH, BEHIND BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A FEW STEPS FROM THE FOUNTAIN, UM, STREET PROJECT.
I'M, I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL PLACE A PAUSE ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THIS RESOLUTION THIS EVENING SO YOU CAN LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT.
THE MAP YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A LITTLE MORE GENUINE THAN THE MAP THAT THE STAFF SHOWED TODAY AS CITED BY OTHER FOLKS THAT SPOKE THIS EVENING.
THIS PROJECT IS TRULY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE ONLY INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THIS PROPERTY IS ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET.
IT DOES NOT ABUT A MAJOR STREET SUCH AS ANAHEIM.
IT IS LITERALLY TUCKED WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE IS AN IMPACT WHEN YOU PLACE 300 BEDS, 300 BEDS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ALREADY DEEPLY
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IMPACTED WITH NARROW STREETS AND OVERPOPULATION.IF YOU TURN THE PAGE OVER TO THE DATA CHART, DATA DOESN'T LIE.
THIS DATA IS TAKEN FROM THE AMERICAN OR FROM THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, FROM THE CENSUS IN 2020.
THE PROJECT WILL TELL YOU THAT FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO LIVE IN THIS COMPLEX WON'T DRIVE NOT TRUE.
ONLY 8% OF THE POPULATION AS DETERMINED THROUGH THIS SURVEY IN OUR ZIP CODE AND IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND SURROUNDING AREAS DON'T DRIVE A CAR WHEN YOU DO THE MATH.
FOLKS WHO LIVE IN OUR ZIP CODE HAVE ONE CAR, 47%, TWO CARS, 36%, THREE OR MORE CARS, 9%, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PERCENT.
AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THIS PROJECT SHOULD REQUIRE 438 PARKING SPOTS, BUT THEY'RE ONLY PROVIDING 67.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE PUTS FORTH, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT.
I URGE YOU TO PUT PAUSE ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING.
UH, REALLY QUICKLY, CHAIR FOR THE RECORD.
YES, WE HAVE THE MAP AND THE DATA POINTS REFERENCED BY THE PRIOR SPEAKER.
THEY'VE BEEN CIRCULATED TO THE COMMISSION.
I'M LEAVING A STACK AVAILABLE FOR ALL IN PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AND IT WILL BE ADDED ONTO THE AGENDA AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING.
CHARLES WEAVER LIVING ON 14TH STREET.
ALSO, THIS IMPACTS ME DIRECTLY.
THE, THE BUILDING WILL BE RIGHT BEHIND ME AND SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, I CAN START OFF WITH WITH THAT WE HAVE A, A WHOLE LINE OF BUFFER OF TREES AND WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANY KIND OF STUDY IN HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT, UH, BOTH THE CARBON IMPRINT AND ON THE REMOVAL OF ALL THIS.
BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A SOUND BARRIER FOR THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE BEFOREHAND.
WE'VE NOT GET, WE LITERALLY, LOT OF US HAVE NEVER EVEN GOTTEN ANY PUBLIC NOTICES TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT ELSE IS GONNA BE GOING ON HERE.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW OF ANY STUDIES OF HOW IT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO, THE PARKING IMPACT, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT, THE, THE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL CALLING AND TALKING TO THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
BRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT SITS THERE IS ESSENTIALLY A ONE WAY STREET.
AND IT, IT, AS YOU'VE BEEN HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS AND PICKING 'EM UP, IT BECOMES SO CONGESTED AND IT IS SO NARROW THAT BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY KIND OF SERVICE VEHICLES OR LARGE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES DOES NOT FIT.
YOU'VE GOTTA SIT THERE AND COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS STUFF FOR YOURSELF.
THIS IS A TRULY A IMPACTED AREA.
THIS IS ALSO GONNA IMPACT ALL OUR VALUES OF ALL OUR PROPERTIES.
HAS THERE ANY BEEN ANY STUDIES ON THAT OR HOW THIS IS GONNA BE AFFECTING ANY, ANY OF THIS STUFF? UH, UH, IS THIS JUST RENTAL? UH, ARE THESE GONNA BE CONDOMINIUMS WHERE THIS IS GONNA BE ABLE TO BE, UH, FOR SALE FOR TO PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE, THIS INFORMATION IS NOT HERE, BUT THERE ARE SO LITTLE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE AND WE HAVE STREETS ON 14TH STREET THAT IS, IS GONNA BE IMPACTED.
AND THIS STREET HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN 35 YEARS.
DOESN'T EVEN MEET THEIR MANDATES ON HOW TO MAINTAIN THE DIFFERENT STREETS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA EXPECT THAT THE THINGS ARE GONNA BE ANY BETTER.
THIS IS GONNA BE A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DECISION ON YOUR PART AND ON THE THE BUILDER'S PART, I REALLY WANT YOU TO CONSIDER TO HAVE SOME OF THESE STUDIES DONE, TO LOOK INTO IT TO SEE HOW IT'S GONNA IMPACT EVERYBODY.
THAT IS, CAN YOU PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I LIVE AT, UH, 41 41 EAST FOUNTAIN STREET.
I DON'T HAVE THE TREES TO BLOCK THE VIEW OF WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN THIS BUILDING.
I'M A SINGLE FATHER RAISING TWO SONS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE BUILDING.
YOU WANNA PUT THIS BUILDING IN? I PUT CAMERAS UP SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BUILDINGS? I'VE CALLED THE POLICE NUMEROUS TIMES.
OFFICER BRODY, SERGEANT BRODY IS COMING OUT SEEING ME.
I PUT THE CAMERAS UP AND I HAD 999 RECORDINGS IN 48 HOURS AS 333 ENTRIES OF THE BUILDING THAT THEY WON'T PROTECT AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A DRUG LAB GOING ON IN THERE.
YOU WON'T GO IN THERE 'CAUSE IT'S SO DIRTY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO IN THERE AND NARCAN PEOPLE TO SAVE THEIR LIVES, YOU'LL GO IN THERE.
I UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO DO THE HOMELESS.
I UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE, BUT YOU AIN'T HELPING THE SINGLE FATHER RAISING TWO KIDS RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
NOT ONE POLICE WILL HELP ME BECAUSE YOU GOT SQUATTER RIGHTS.
I TURNED IT OFF AFTER 48 HOURS.
YOU CAN REALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO BUILD IT, AT LEAST BUILD IT.
BUT CAN YOU PROTECT IT SO WE CAN HAVE OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY IF I SOLD DRUGS THAT CLOSE TO A, I'D BE IN PRISON IN THE DISCUSSION.
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NEIGHBORS? 'CAUSE OF PEOPLE PARKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREETS THAT COME 20 MINUTES EARLY SO THEY CAN GET THEIR KICK.'CAUSE THEY KNOW HOW IT IS AROUND THERE.
SO WE'RE LOCKED IN FOR AN HOUR.
I LIVE AT THE END OF THE COURT.
WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE THE FLASH DRIVE? 'CAUSE I'M GONNA PUT A NEW ONE IN TONIGHT.
WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE THERE, SIR, IS, IS VIDEO OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE TORN DOWN IN THIS.
RIGHT? BUT YOU, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BRING THE SAME PEOPLE IN AND YOU'RE NOT, THE CITY WILL NOT PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN THERE NOW.
YEAH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S THERE.
I'M, I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE.
I'M 10 YEARS IN RECOVERY HERE IN LONG BEACH.
I GOT 35 EMPLOYEES AND I HAVE TWO SONS THAT HAVE CUSTODY OF, AND I'VE BEEN RAISING IN 'EM FOR 10 YEARS.
AND I JUST WANT, SO MY VOICE CAN GO TO SCHOOL SAFE.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS WITH US.
SO HERE'S WHO, WHO NEEDS US TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.
IF YOU WANNA HAND THAT TO THE CITY CLERK, THIS IS WEEKS OF WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON ALL NIGHT LONG.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, OKAY.
UM, I, UH, ACTUALLY LIVE JUST BEHIND THE GENTLEMAN WHO JUST SPOKE.
UM, SO WE'RE AT THE VERY END OF FOUNTAIN STREET, LITERALLY SHARING A WALL WITH THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.
UM, AND I AM ALL FOR CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY AN INITIATIVE THAT NEEDS TO, UM, TO HAPPEN.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST, AS PEOPLE WERE MENTIONING BEFORE, IT'S THE, THE DENSITY ALREADY.
IT'S THE LACK OF PARKING, UM, YOU KNOW, 73, UM, UNITS WITH ONLY, OR, OR WITH ONLY LIKE 67 PARKING SPACES.
I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH.
I SEE THAT IMPACTING OUR STREETS, WHICH ARE ALREADY IMPACTED.
AND FOUNTAIN STREET IS VERY NARROW.
I'M NOT SURE WHO'S BEEN THAT DOWN THERE AND WHO'S SEEN IT.
UM, BUT IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR TWO CARS TO FIT NEXT TO EACH OTHER WITHOUT ONE PULLING OVER.
AND THEN THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO LEAVE THAT AREA AT 9:00 AM LIKE GOOD LUCK.
LIKE YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE BLOCKED IN.
UH, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST WAIT OR LEAVE EARLY.
AND SAME THING IF YOU'RE TRYING TO COME HOME AT 2:00 PM OR LEAVE, UM, THE SCHOOL IS JUST LOCKING YOU IN THERE.
AND SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE DIFFICULT IT WILL BE TO ACCESS OUR RESIDENCES, UM, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS, UH, PROJECT IS BUILT.
UM, AND ALSO I, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN A BACK HOUSE.
I TAKE CARE OF MY DAD WHO IS ELDERLY AND HAS A LOT OF MEDICAL ISSUES.
I ALSO WORRY ABOUT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS TO THAT AREA.
SHOULD IT BECOME THAT CONDENSED? SHOULD MY MY FATHER OR ANY OF OUR SENIOR NEIGHBORS NEED, UM, SERVICES LIKE THAT AND NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANY KIND OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
SO I AM, YOU KNOW, NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I KNOW SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE BUILT THERE BECAUSE WE, THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE SQUATTERS.
UM, BUT MAYBE NOT SOMETHING OF THIS, YOU KNOW, GRAND JUROR.
SO THANK YOU FOR LISTEN, LISTENING.
MY NAME IS RICHARD WILLIAMSON.
I'M AN ATTORNEY THREE DECADES.
I'M A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, UH, IN LONG BEACH.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS COMMISSION PROCESS BEFORE.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS COMMISSION PROCESS BEFORE.
I OWN THE PROPERTY AT 42 20 14TH STREET.
MY BACK WALL ABUTS THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN QUESTION HERE.
SO IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS ME, BUT I THINK IT'S BIGGER.
THERE'S A BIGGER QUESTION HERE THAN, THAN ME OR ANY SINGLE PERSON IN HERE.
AND I AGREE WITH THE MA'AM THAT WAS VERY WELL SPOKEN, THAT SAID, WE NEED TO LOOK FOR MORE, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO CREATE PROJECTS LIKE THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO PUT THEM SOMEPLACE.
BUT THE QUESTION IS, THIS IS A WRONG PLACE.
IT'S NOT ON A MAJOR THROUGH FAIR.
IT'S NOT PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, IT'S NOT ANY OF THOSE.
IT IS IN THE CENTER OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN YOU BUILD THIS THING, WHO WINS? WELL, THE, THE CITY WINS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOU NEED THOSE 73 UNITS SOMEWHERE.
YOU HAVE TO INCREASE THE HOUSING STOCK.
THEY WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS IF THERE WASN'T MONEY IN IT.
SO THEY WIN AND THEY GET LOTS OF CONCESSIONS FROM THE CITY, THE STATE FOUNDATIONS, GRANTS, ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
BUT THAT MONEY IS SHIFTING OFF THE BACKS OF THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THOSE HOUSES TO THE EAST OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL LOSE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VALUE.
NOT HALF, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH, OR $150,000 EACH.
I'M FOUR YEARS A REAL ESTATE BROKER.
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THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.SO WE STARTED THIS MEETING TONIGHT WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SAID, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WELL, LIBERTY'S ONE THING, BUT JUSTICE, YOU GET JUSTICE IN 73 UNITS.
THEY GET JUSTICE AND A PROFIT OFF OF THEIR, OFF OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR THE NEIGHBORS WHO ALL LOSE? WHERE'S THE JUSTICE IN THAT? THANK YOU, SIR.
HI, MY NAME IS LISA GARY AND I AM, UH, OWN A HOME WITHIN THE THOUSAND FEET.
I GOT MY NOTICE AND I'VE OWNED THERE SINCE 1997.
UM, THIS IS A MODEST WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND MY TIME CAN BE SHORTER BECAUSE THE GENTLEMAN WHO JUST SPOKE SAID ALMOST VERBATIM WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
I LISTENED VERY CAREFULLY TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT, AND IT WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE BUILDINGS NORTH OF IT.
UH, EXCUSE ME, WITH THE BUILDINGS SOUTH OF IT ON ANAHEIM STREET.
IT IS 100% INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY SINGLE BUILDING NORTH, EAST AND WEST OF IT.
THIS IS A VERY SMALL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I HAVE WORKED FOR 35 YEARS IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS, UH, PARTIC UH, IN PARTICULAR RENTALS.
MY ISSUE TONIGHT IS ABOUT PARKING.
UM, THERE IS NO, I DON'T HAVE A SINGLE, I HAVE NOT WORKED WITH A SINGLE TENANT IN THIS AREA IN THE LAST, I, I BELIEVE MY RECORDS SHOW THE LAST 15 TO 18 YEARS THAT HAS NOT OWNED A CAR WITH SECTION EIGHT OR HOUSING VOUCHERS.
THERE IS COMPLETELY INADEQUATE PARKING HERE.
THE, THE PARKING, THE, THE, THE HOMES HAVE BEEN DECIMATED BY THE A DU AND J ADUS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED.
SO THERE ARE SOMETIMES FOUR HOMES IN THESE R TWO PROPERTIES.
EACH OF THEM WITH TWO CARS, THAT'S EIGHT CARS PER HOME ALREADY VYING FOR SPACE.
SO I WOULD URGE YOU, PLEASE PUT A PAUSE TONIGHT, PLEASE.
MAYBE TWO OF YOU COULD COME ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE AREA YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION ON.
JUST COME HAVE LUNCH AND TAKE A LOOK.
PLEASE, PLEASE SCALE BACK THE PROJECT.
GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
I AM ANTONIO, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH LONG BEACH FORWARD.
I AM HERE TO SHARE LONG BEACH FORWARD SUPPORTS, DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR HOMES IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
UH, WE ARE AWARE OF THE CURRENT CRISIS, AS Y'ALL MENTIONED, RIGHT? AND SO LONG BEACH, UM, IS ALSO AWARE THAT THERE ARE LIMITED AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY TO FULLY MEET THE DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING.
LET'S REFRAME OUR CONVERSATION BY ASKING HOW PRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES CAN ELEVATE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN OUT OF POVERTY.
INSTEAD OF RELYING ON HISTORICAL AND INTERNALIZED RACIST SENTIMENTS AND RHETORICS AND WHO IS RESTRICTED TO ENTER AND LIVE IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
PLEASE SUPPORT AND THE CREATION OF THESE NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS.
THANKS FOR COMING DOWN THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS KELLY MURPHY AND I LIVE AT, UH, 40 60 EAST 14TH STREET.
I LIVE RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF BELMONT N 14TH.
SO I DIRECTLY GET ALL THAT TRAFFIC ON THE CORNER.
I GET ALL THE PEOPLE THAT TURN THE CORNER TO GOING TO THE SCHOOL, PEOPLE COMING OFF OF FOUNTAIN STREET, GOING TO EITHER DIRECTION FROM, TO GO TO TERMINAL OR TO GO TO ZEO, WHATEVER IT IS.
I'VE LIVED IN, UH, THE HOME SINCE.
UH, WE BOUGHT OUR, THE HOME IN 2018.
UH, WE WERE NOT AWARE AT THAT TIME OF WHAT WAS GOING TO BE THE FUTURE OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS ON FOUNTAIN.
I WOULD TAKE MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND WALK HER DOWN THE STREET, UH, TOWARDS BRYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND, UM, AND THEN TURN LEFT AND TAKE A WALK.
AND AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS VACANT AND IT WAS WELL KEPT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I HAD HEARD ABOUT THE HOUSING THAT WAS GONNA BE PROPOSED.
UM, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO PARKING ON THE STREET.
THERE'S NO PARKING ANYWHERE OFF A FOUNTAIN IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I I STRONGLY FEEL THAT, UM, YOU NEED TO PUT A PAUSE ON THIS AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE BECAUSE IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR HOME.
I I MOVED HERE FROM AN, A DIFFERENT AREA IN ORANGE COUNTY, AND I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW MY NEIGHBORS AND, UM,
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I, I'M THE HOUSE THAT HAS THE PICKET FENCE ON THE CORNER.AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND TO HAVE TO SEE WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD REALLY BE DETRIMENTAL FOR ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW MY FEELING, UH, SINCE I LIVE ON THAT LITTLE CORNER THAT'S SO BUSY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, AS FAR AS THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY ALSO, JUST SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.
GOOD EVENING, PLA UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABLE HOUSING DESIGN AT STANFORD HART, UM, A I A CALIFORNIA FIRM OF THE YEAR.
I SERVE THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS LOS ANGELES CHAPTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND HAVE RECENTLY BECOME A LONG BEACH COMMISSIONER.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS HOUSING COMMUNITY WHO WILL BE AN ASSET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALLOW FAMILIES THAT CALL THE CITY A HOME TO THRIVE.
LONG BEACH IS EXPERIENCING A HOUSING CRISIS.
WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BUILD AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR MANY OF OUR FAMILIES.
STRUGGLING TO PAY INCREASING RENTS, LINKS PROPOSAL WILL ALLOW 73 HOMES, 73 FAMILIES, 73 HOUSEHOLDS, TO ACHIEVE STABILITY AND WELLBEING IN A SECURE, SUPPORTED AND AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ENVIRONMENT.
THIS PROPOSED COMMUNITY REPLACES UNDERUTILIZED, UH, AN UNDERUTILIZED LOT IDEAL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE PROJECTS A ADJACENT TO ROBUST TRANSIT OPTIONS AND ON THE ANAHEIM COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, IT PROMOTES SUSTAINABLE LIVING AND IT WILL POSSIBLY IMPACT THE BUSINESS'S ENVIRONMENT ON THE ARIA DISTRICT.
IN ADDITION TO THE ONSITE AMENITIES AND PROGRAMS, IT WILL FURTHER ENSURE A HIGH QUALITY AND EQUITABLE ENVIRONMENT.
I LIVED IN LONG BEACH FOR A VERY LONG TIME, OVER 30 YEARS, AND I HAD A SINGLE, YOU KNOW, UH, MOTHER TO TAKE CARE OF US.
AND IF THIS WAS AVAILABLE THEN IT WOULD'VE BE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.
SO I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND PLACE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF CARS.
I'M A TENURE FACULTY INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
I'M ALSO DIRECTOR OF URBAN AGRICULTURE FOR THE MAY CENTER.
THAT'S MEDITATION, AGRICULTURE, YOGA, AND EDUCATION.
WE OPERATE ON ANAHEIM JUST DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, I ALSO OPERATE A SEVEN ACRE FARM IN NORTH LONG BEACH.
AND I ALSO HAVE WORKED GREATLY WITH THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SO MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES I WORK AND SERVE ARE THE LOWEST ON THE THRESHOLD, AND I DO, UH, HIGHLY SUPPORT ADVOCACY FOR, UH, LOW INCOME, SUSTAINABLE HOUSING IN THESE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS AND ACTUALLY OUR NEIGHBORS TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES AND INCLUSIVE IN THAT REGARD.
UH, I'VE SEEN THE PLAN AND I'M FULLY FOR IT.
AND JUST MY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA, GENOCIDE, PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW INCOME, UH, LOW IMPACT, LOW INCOME AREAS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS GREATLY NEEDED.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT AREA, UH, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH FOUNTAIN ANAHEIM AND ALL THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AROUND THERE.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A, A PRIME LOCATION TO, AND I SUPPORT THE GOING FORWARD OF IT.
UM, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT THESE 73 HOUSEHOLDS WITH ALL THE PLANS AND AMENITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED WILL CREATE APPRECIATIVE RESIDENCE THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHOULDN'T BE SEEN AS A NEGATIVE.
FRANK, I'LL LET THE PERSON THAT'S WITH THE LINK WITH THE LINK PEOPLE.
I'M, UH, I'M AGAINST THIS PROJECT, THE WAY IT STANDS.
UH, FIRST I WAS GONNA ASK, DO ANY OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS KNOW THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS PROJECT? JUST, I THINK ONE OF MY COMMISSIONERS WANTED ME TO CLARIFY.
WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE PLAN THIS EVENING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HIS ZONE AMENDMENT.
SO THIS PLAN WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER, IT'S 100,000 SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S ALMOST 1400 SQUARE FEET PER UNIT.
MY HOUSE IS 1500 SQUARE FEET, THREE BEDROOM THROUGH F SO ABOUT THE SAME SIZE.
UH, THAT'S, AND ALSO, DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS KNOW THE WIDTH OF EITHER ONE OF THOSE STREETS THAT ACCESS THIS PROPERTY? ONE IS 29 FEET WIDE AND THE OTHER IS 32 OF THE NARROWEST STREETS IN LONG BEACH THAT, LIKE SEVERAL SPEAKERS HAVE SAID IN THE MORNING, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS A DISASTER
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RIGHT NOW.EVERYBODY PULLS UP TO COVERY TO DROP THEIR KIDS OFF.
NO ONE CAN GET IN OR OUT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF THEY, THEY DO HAVE ACCESS FROM ANAHEIM AND ANOTHER STREET, THEY NEED TO THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT ACCESS THAN COMING IN THERE OR WIDEN THAT STREET.
THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD WIDEN IT IS CUTTING BACK THE SCHOOL, WHICH, IF THEY DO DO THIS PROJECT, I SURE HOPE THEY AT LEAST MITIGATE THAT BY DOING THAT.
BUT IT'S IS MUCH CHEAPER TO BUILD, UH, PARKING, JUST STALL PARKING.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AGAINST THE PROJECT, MAYBE 50 UNITS.
NOBODY CAN BREAK THE LAW LIKE THE CITY OR THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT ANY STATE LAW ALLOWED BEFORE BECAUSE OF THIS EMERGENCY THING FROM, UH, NEWSOM AND ALL HIS CRONIES IN, UH, SACRAMENTO.
AND YOU CAN MAKE MONEY BUILDING CONDOS OR APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING.
I'M NOT AGAINST, I'M IN FAVOR OF HOUSING.
IN FACT, I WISH THERE WERE CONDOS.
SO THEY'D HAVE HOME OWNERSHIP.
BUT DON'T BUILD 73 UNITS WITH 65 PARKING SPACES.
BUILD 43 STORIES WITH A PARKING SPACE AND A HALF FOR EVERYBODY.
'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE ALL OVER THE STREETS.
I LIVE, I HAVE PROPERTY AT 40TH STREET AND I'M, I'M, UM, I'M AGAINST THIS.
UH, I HAVE MY REASONS WHEN I'M, I'M NOT CONVINCED, BUT THAT THIS IS PROPOSAL IS THE RIGHT MOVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALLOWING TALLER BUILDING AND CHANGING THE SUNNING MAY, UH, MAY ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA, POTENTIALLY COWING, THIS, THIS, THIS, THESE ERUPTIONS AND INCONVENIENCE FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS.
WE SHOULD CAREFUL CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC NOISE AND OVERALL, UH, ST STRAWBERRY.
AND ADDITION OVER TIME, THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES SURROUNDING OUR, THE PROPOSAL LOCATION, WE WILL, THE VALUE OVER TIME DUE IT TO THE CHANGES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE MAKING SUCH SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IS CRUCIAL.
IS CRUCIAL TO ENSURE THE LINE, THE LINEMEN WITH THE VALUE OF THE PREFERENCE OF THE COMMUNITY.
PRESERVING THE UNIQUE CHARMS OF THE 41 51 FOUNTAIN STREET, AS WELL AS THE, UH, UH, THE PARKING, UH, REGULAR, IF YOU, UH, OR MOST OF THE FAMILIES, THEY ONLY HAVE, THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE ONE CAR.
THEY USUALLY, MOST, MOST FAMILIES, THEY HAVE A MINIMUM TWO CARS.
AND IF THEY, UH, IF THEY DON'T BUILD ENOUGH PARKING SPOTS, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NIGHTMARE.
LIKE A, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE SAYS HERE THAT IT'S ALREADY A NIGHTMARE TO FIND PARKING.
AND I, I REALLY, I'M A POSITIVE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED, UH, UH, SOME PEOPLE NEED A, A LOWER, UM, A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S, IT, YEAH, I'M NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD, UH, A GOOD, UH, WAY TO GO AND THIS THANK YOU, SIR.
I LIVE AT 4 0 3 6 FOUNTAIN AND I, I THINK THERE'S ONE METRIC IF YOU WILL, UH, THAT, UH, KIND OF ILLUSTRATES THE DENSITY.
UH, YOU GOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT OF LIVING SPACE THAT'S GONNA PARK IN 63 SLOTS.
UM, IT MAY MEET THE STANDARD FOR THE GRANT WITH THE STATE, BUT AS FAR AS OUR LOCALE, IT IS LIKE PARKING KILLS ALL DEALS.
AND IN THIS SITUATION, YOU'VE GOT, UH, UH, ONCE AGAIN, YOU GOT A RATIO OF 63 SPACES IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF LIVING.
HELLO, MY NAME IS RON SEAVERS.
I LIVED AT 41 15 EAST 14TH STREET.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 52 YEARS.
THIS IS, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT, THIS IS NOT A, A NIMBY SITUATION.
THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE YOU'VE GOT A, I'D SAY A MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UNITS IN THE BACK
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OF ALL, UH, ECONOMIC SITUATIONS AND RACIAL, UM, IT'S AN INTERESTING NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT'S, THERE'S A, AN AMBIENCE ABOUT IT.EH, I'D CALL IT THE UNITED NATIONS OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
ANYWAY, THIS IS A BAD PROJECT.
I SUPPORT, UH, THE INTENT TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND WE NEED IT, BUT THIS IS BADLY DESIGNED.
THE PARKING AND THE, UH, ACCESSIBILITY OF THE STREETS AROUND IT JUST HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE YOU EVEN CONSIDERED ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.
HOW MANY OF YOU LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SITTING UP HERE? YOU, DO YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD PROJECT? MA'AM, IF YOU COULD JUST ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A DISASTER.
THERE'S PROBLEMS. THIS LADY DOWN HERE WAS SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE FIRE TRUCKS AND THE AMBULANCE GETTING AROUND THAT AREA.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS.
THIS IS NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BUILD IT IN.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? NO.
WELL THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I, I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD.
COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, TONIGHT, THIS PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
WE ARE SIMPLY LOOKING AT CHANGING THE ZONING FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA, FOR THAT PROJECT THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
AND AS, AS POINTED OUT IN YOUR, UM, STAFF REPORT, THE ZONING, SO EVEN IF THIS PROJECT WAS NOT HAPPENING, THE ZONING WAS NEVER CORRECT FOR THIS AREA.
THE YOUTH FACILITY, UM, CLEARLY WAS NOT A DUPLEX, IT WAS NOT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND THIS PARCEL BASED ON ITS SIZE AND SHAPE IS NEVER GOING TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR A DUPLEX.
SO THAT ISSUE HAS TO BE RESOLVED.
UM, REGARDLESS OF THE AFFORDABLE PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED ON THE EMERGENCY BASIS.
CAN YOU CLARIFY? I BELIEVE THERE WAS A, UH, UH, IN THE PLANS DISCUSSION OF, OF THE ACCESS OF THAT PROJECT, UH, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS AN ADDITION OF THROUGH STREETS.
CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? THE PROJECT IS AT THE ENDS OF FOUNTAIN STREET.
THAT'S THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE PROJECT.
THERE IS ALSO WORLEY COURT, WHICH IS UP IN THE NORTH EASTERLY CORNER, WHICH WILL BE EMERGENCY ACCESS.
SO THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WILL BE MOSTLY GOING THROUGH FOUNTAIN.
AND CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY FOR ME, I THINK YOUR COMMENT, CHRISTOPHER? UM, THE PROJECT WAS ALREADY APPROVED THROUGH A SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT CLARIFYING OR CLEANING UP THE ZONING TO MATCH THE EXISTING SITE THAT'S THERE.
IF WE DID NOT MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO DO THIS WITH THIS PROJECT, CONTINUE ON UNDER THE EMERGENCY.
YEAH, SO THE HOUSING PROJECT WOULD CONTINUE ON.
UM, IF, IF THIS COMMISSION WERE TO DECLINE THIS REQUEST, THE ZONING WOULD JUST BE WRONG.
WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP AT SOME POINT SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, RETURN AS PART OF THE, UM, CITY COURT PROJECT OR AS A DIFFERENT PROJECT OR WAIT FOR THE STATE TO SEND US A LETTER SAYING THAT THE ZONING IS WRONG.
UM, BUT IT, IT WOULD NOT, YOU KNOW, UH, RESOLVE, UM, I GUESS SORT OF THE, THE OPPOSITION TO THE HOUSING PROJECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER, TEMPLE DIRECTOR KUNTZ, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT DOESN'T DIRECTLY RELATE TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH AND I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS A GOOD PLACE TO BRING THEM TO.
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AND CAN YOU DIRECT THEM TO YOUR STAFF TO TALK TO ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS AND, UH, RESOLVES? YEAH, SO I ENCOURAGE THEM ALSO, DEFINITELY ABOUT THE POLICE.UH, I ENCOURAGE THEM TO FOLLOW UP WITH AMY.
SO THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON HERE.
SO THE EXISTING BUILDING IS A NUISANCE BUILDING AND THE CITY IS WORKING, UM, TO GET IT, UH, DEMOLISHED AND IT HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND THAT IS A HORRIBLE, THEY'RE LIVING, THEY'RE NOT BREAKING IN, THEY'RE LIVING.
SO THAT'S A HORRIBLE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE WE'RE, THE SOLUTION TO THAT IS TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.
AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE, THE PERMITTING AND PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO DO THAT THIS SPRING AS SOON AS, AS SOON AS LEGALLY POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S THAT ISSUE THAT FOLKS WERE REFERRING TO.
UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT IN THE CITY'S REGULATORY CONTROL SCHOOLS GO WHEREVER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WANTS TO PUT THEM.
THEY ROUTE TRAFFIC, HOWEVER THEY WANNA ROUTE TRAFFIC.
I'M, I USED TO LIVE IN THIS AREA.
UM, NONE OF THAT IS CITY SANCTIONED OR APPROVED.
THAT'S WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES.
AND, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A SEPARATE, UM, GOVERNING BOARD THAT, THAT FOLKS CAN ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS TO.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON THIS PROJECT.
THERE'LL BE MORE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT WEREN'T NECESSARILY, FOLKS DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT TREES.
THE DESIGNED PROJECT HAS TREES FLANKING THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE AND THE, AND THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
THERE ARE COMMENTS ABOUT HOMELESS, BUT THIS ISN'T A HOMELESS PROJECT.
THIS IS A PROJECT FOR FAMILIES THAT MAKE LESS THAN $63,000.
UM, AND FOLKS THAT HAVE, UM, DEVELOPMENT OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WITH THOSE DISABILITIES DON'T DRIVE.
A LOT OF LOW INCOME PERSONS MAY HAVE FEWER CARS IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD THAN FOLKS AT A HIGHER INCOME LEVEL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, UM, THAT, THAT MAY BE HELPFUL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT DISCUSSION.
AND A FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER.
THAT WAS MY GONNA BE MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
SO THIS THE PLAN THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN APPROVED, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM ONLINE? YEAH, SO THE PLANS I WAS REFERRING TO ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AND I REFERRED YOU TO THE PLANNER HERE TO MY LEFT, AMY HARBIN, WHO'S THE PERSON WHO'S ON THE NOTICE AS WELL.
AND, UH, SHE CAN ANSWER THE LAND USE QUESTIONS AND CONNECT YOU TO THE HOUSING STAFF, UM, THAT'S WORKING ON THE HOUSING SIDE OF THE PROJECT.
AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN CLOSED AT THIS TIME.
CAN WE COMMISSIONERS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? UH, YEAH, LIKE, LIKE I MENTIONED, I LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO ANY KIND OF IMPACTS THAT THIS IS GONNA HAVE, I'M GONNA BE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU ALL.
UM, AND THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE SUPER POPULAR, BUT THE ADDITION OF SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IF WE BUILT 300, 437 PARKING SPACES, THERE WOULD NOT BE A PROJECT.
THERE WOULD NOT BE 73 HOMES WITH 73 FAMILIES IN THEM.
UH, AND I ALSO LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I LOVE IT ENOUGH TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH MORE PEOPLE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO THIS WILL PROVIDE HOMES FOR.
UM, I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH OTHER FOLKS PROPERTY VALUES, BUT I KNOW IN MY HOUSE OUR PROPERTY VALUES DOUBLED SINCE 2016.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T CURRENTLY LIVE, OWN A HOME CAN CONTINUE TO AFFORD TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS.
IF WE HADN'T BOUGHT OUR HOME IN 2016, WE WOULDN'T LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE CAR AND SAVE MONEY THAT WAY, WE WOULDN'T LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO I REALLY HOPE THAT FOLKS CAN TRY AND UNDERSTAND THE POSITION THAT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE HOUSING OR COULDN'T AFFORD HOUSING ARE IN IN THE SITUATION.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME REAL CONCERNS HERE, AND I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT GONNA MAKE WORSE OR BETTER.
UM, BUT ALSO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE HOMES AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE TODAY.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT AS THIS PROJECT GOES FORWARD AND AS FOLKS START MOVING IN, WE CAN START SEEING SOME OF THE VALUE THAT IT PROVIDES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
PRIOR TO THE, THE COMMISSION HAS THE OBLIGATION AND, AND IT'S NECESSARY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS.
UM, SO YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT YOUR BUSINESS.
UH, AS THE CHAIR, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN THE MEETING, AND IF WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK SO THAT YOU CAN REGAIN CONTROL OF THE ROOM TO CONDUCT YOUR BUSINESS, I THINK WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE'RE, SO IF WE'RE DONE WITH DISCUSSION YEP.
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YOU.I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT HERE.
UM, SO, UH, I, I FEEL OBLIGED TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE, FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT, THAT ARRIVED HERE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MEMBERS AND AND SO FORTH.
UM, I, I DO NOT WANT YOU WALKING AWAY TODAY FEELING THAT YOU'RE NOT BEING HEARD 'CAUSE YOU ARE, UH, YOU, WE AND, AND INTENTLY.
I LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MANY YEARS.
I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE, UH, TO MANY OF THE POINTS THAT YOU'VE RAISED AROUND, UM, THE LESS THAN OPTIMAL CONDITIONS THAT THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO CREATE, UH, POTENTIALLY CREATE.
UM, AND I WISH WE COULD FIX THAT TONIGHT.
UM, AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE TODAY ARE NOT NECESSARILY GONNA GO TOWARDS THAT END.
UM, AND, AND AS, UH, THE DIRECTOR HAD MENTIONED, UM, OUR PURVIEW TODAY IS TO ADDRESS A ERROR REALLY IN THE MAPPING AND FIXING THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE OVERARCHING ISSUE.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TO ALL OF YOU THAT, UM, SOME OF YOU MAY THINK WE'RE HERE IN A HIGH ON A HIGH CHAIR THINKING AND DECIDING IT'S NOT THAT CASE AT ALL.
I WOULD FEEL THE SAME AND I DO FEEL THE SAME, SAME WAY WITH THAT MANY OF YOU DO, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE CONCERN THAT YOU'VE RAISED.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
AND I THINK THE DISCUSSION WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT IF WE WERE REVIEWING THE SITE PLAN OF THE OVERALL PROJECT THIS EVENING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE.
COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR OR EXCUSE ME.
AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING AND EXPRESSING YOUR, YOUR OPINION ON IT.
AS I SAID, I THINK IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL PROJECT ITSELF, THE DISCUSSION WOULD'VE BEEN DIFFERENT, BUT WE WERE REALLY LOOKING, EXCUSE ME, WHEN WILL THAT BE WHEN YOU DISCUSS THE SITE PLAN? THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED OVER A YEAR AGO, SIR, WE WERE JUST DOING ZONING.
I'M, I'M NOT ENTERING INTO DISCUSSION.
WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LITTLE BREAK NOW TOO BEFORE WE GET OUR STUDY SESSION.
ANYONE GET A NOTICE OF THAT? SO THE COMMISSION IS TAKING A BREAK AT 6 47 RETURNING WITHIN FIVE MINUTES FOR ITS FINAL ITEM.
CLERK, ARE YOU READY? I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
WE ARE RECONVENING AT 6 59 AND I WILL TAKE ROLL CALL AGAIN.
COMMISSIONER CASTILLO PRESENT.
IF WE COULD HAVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE.
ITEM SIX IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE AS AN ON THEBUS, A PACKAGE OF MINOR AMENDMENTS DESIGNED TO BETTER FACILITATE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES CITYWIDE BASED ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE HOMELESS EMERGENCY PERIOD.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THE ITEM? SO, SO MOVE SECOND.
GOT A FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER TEMPLIN AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.
OUR ADVANCED PLANNING OFFICER, ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ LOPEZ WILL PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, YOU TODAY IS A STUDY SESSION ON THE OMNIBUS HOUSING CODE UPDATE THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING TO YOU LATER THIS YEAR.
SO THIS CODE UPDATE, UM, INTENDS TO REDUCE CONSTRAINTS TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BY ADOPTING MINOR HOUSING RELATED UPDATES TO THE CITY'S SONY CODE.
THERE ARE TWO MAJOR FOCUS AREAS.
FIRST, OUR IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO AS PART OF ITS 20 21, 20 29 HOUSING ELEMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2022 AND CERTIFIED LATER THAT YEAR BY THE STATE.
AND SECONDLY IS THE ADOPTION, UH, THE PERMANENT ADOPTION OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS RELATED TO LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 2023 EMERGENCY DECLARATION ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS THAT IS SET TO END SHORTLY.
SO ON THAT FIRST, UH, BUCKET OF ITEMS, THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS.
THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED ACTIONS IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT, UM, RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF, OF DIFFERENT POLICIES.
UH, HERE IS A SERIES OF ACTIONS THAT WILL BE PACKAGED TOGETHER THAT ARE ALL RELATIVELY MINOR IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, UH, TO ADDRESS DIFFERENT ASPECTS, UH, RELATED TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT STREAMLINING.
UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
I'LL BE REVIEWING THEM INDIVIDUALLY IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
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OKAY.UH, THE FIRST ACTION FOR THIS EVENING DISCUSSION RELATES TO WATER SERVICES FOR AFFORDABLE PROJECTS.
UH, THIS IS SIMPLY IMPLEMENTATION OF SB 10 87, WHICH WAS ADOPTED AT THE STATE LEVEL ALMOST TWO DECADES AGO.
UH, PUBLIC AGENCIES PROVIDING WATER SERVICES ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT BREEDING POLICIES EVERY FIVE YEARS, GRANTING PRIORITIES TO DEVELOPMENTS THAT INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW, WITH THE HELP OF THE LONG BEACH UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, A SERVICE PRIORITY PRO PRO WAS ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023 BY THE LONG BEACH BOARD OF UTILITIES COMMISSION, WHICH WILL PRIORITIZE WATER SERVICES FOR LOW INCOME DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS POLICY WILL REQUIRE EVALUATION EVERY FIVE YEARS, WHICH WILL THEN BE REVISITED IN 2028.
THE NEXT ACTION RELATES TO A BYR APPROVAL PER AB 1397.
UH, THIS LEGISLATIVE BILL WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2018, UH, WHICH REQUIRED THAT THE ZONING CODE, CITY'S ZONING CODE UPDATES, UH, BE, UH, UPDATED TO IMPLEMENT A BYR APPROVAL PROCESS FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH THIS BILL.
TITLES 21 AND 22 OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE WILL BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE A SUBSECTION THAT PROVIDES A BUYRIGHT APPROVAL PROCESS FOR RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS.
THIS PROCESS WILL INCLUDE PROJECTS ON SITES PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AND A PRIOR HOUSING ELEMENT AND OR PROJECTS TO CONTAIN AT LEAST A 20% AFFORDABLE UNIT SET ASIDE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE.
THIS NEXT ACTION TAKES A LOOK AT RECENTLY ADOPTED NO NET LOSS PROVISIONS AND FOLDS THAT INTO EXISTING NON-CONFORMING SECTIONS.
THIS CODE UPDATE WOULD PRE PREDOMINANTLY UPDATE THE NON-CONFORMING SECTION OF THE CITY'S EXISTING ZONING CODE TO REFLECT REQUIREMENTS DETAILED IN THE NO NET LOSS SECTION, PROVIDING RELIEF AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETAIN EXISTING HOUSING UNITS.
THIS NEXT, UH, SECTION RELATES TO EMPLOYEE AND OR MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
WHILE THE CITY'S EXISTING ZONING REGULATIONS DO DEFINE MANUFACTURED HOUSING, NO SECTION CURRENTLY EXISTS.
ESTABLISHING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THIS TYPE OF USE, CALIFORNIA STATE REGULATIONS REQUIRE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ALLOWED MANUFACTURED HOUSING ON A FOUNDATION SYSTEM CONSISTENT WITH CONVENTIONAL RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
OUR CODE, HOWEVER, TODAY ONLY REFERENCES MODULAR OR MANUFACTURED HOUSING PLACED ON A PERMANENT FOUNDATION ONLY IN PERMITTED USE TABLES.
THIS WOULD CREATE A CODE SECTION THAT ESTABLISHES THAT THIS AS A ALLOWED BYR APPROVAL WHEREVER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE PERMITTED AND WOULD ALIGN THE CITY IN CONFORMANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW TO HELP ACHIEVE THE CITY'S HOUSING GOALS.
THE NEXT ACTION RELATES TO CONGREGATE CARE FACILITIES.
CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS ESTABLISH REQUIREMENT RELATED TO DENSITY OVER CONCENTRATION OF SIMILAR USES, OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
THESE SPECIAL STANDARDS FOR THIS USE DIFFER AND MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE CONSISTENT WITH NEW STATE LAWS OR BE APPLIED IN A MANNER THAT IS NOT TYPICAL ACROSS OTHER ZONES OR COMPARABLE RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE COMPLEXITIES WHEN DETERMINING PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR MOST OTHER RESIDENTIAL USES.
TYPICAL LAND USE ESTABLISHES MINIMUM PARKING STANDARDS BASED ON GROSS GROSS FLOOR AREA.
TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL PARKING IS CALCULATED BASED ON UNIT COUNT.
HOWEVER, CONGREGATE CARE FACILITIES CURRENTLY ARE THE ONLY TYPE OF LAND USE THAT CAN CALCULATE BY BED COUNT ACCESSIBILITY AND EVEN AFFORDABILITY LEVELS.
THE NEXT SECTION RELATES TO THE CITY'S DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND THE ZONING CODE.
THE CURRENT DEFINITION GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE DEFINITION ADOPTED BY THE STATE, INCLUDING TOPICS NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO ZONING CONSIDERATIONS.
THE STATE'S DEFINITION OF FAMILY IN ADDITION ALSO DEFINES A HOUSEHOLD.
THIS CODE UPDATE WOULD PROPOSE A NEW DEFINITION FOR HOUSEHOLD AND UPDATE THE EXISTING FAMILY DEFINITION, BOTH TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH STATE REGULATIONS.
FINALLY, THIS LAST ACTION IN THIS SECTION RELATES TO REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS AS PART OF ANOTHER SECTION OF AB 1397.
THE CITY'S ZONING CODE REQUIRES UPDATES TO ITS SECTION RELATED TO REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PREEXISTING AFFORDABLE UNITS TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW.
ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY WILL RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF UPDATES TO TITLE 21 AND 22 TO INCLUDE SECTIONS ON INELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO DENSITY BONUS AND INCENTIVES OR CONCESSIONS UNDER BOTH A STATE DENSITY BONUS AND THE CITY'S ENHANCED DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE WITH THE UPDATE PROJECTS WILL BE IN INELIGIBLE FOR DENSITY BONUS CONCESSIONS OR INCENTIVES IF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED ON ANY PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES A PARCEL OR PARCELS ON WHICH RENTAL DWELLING UNITS ARE OR HAVE BEEN VACATED OR DEMOLISHED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS PRECEDING THE PLANNING APPLICATION OR IF THE SUBJECT IS SUBJECT TO A RECORDING, IF THE SITE IS SUBJECT TO A RECORDED COVENANT ORDINANCE OR LAW THAT RESTRICTS RENTS TO LEVELS AFFORDABLE TO PERSONS AND FAMILIES OF LOWER OR VERY LOW INCOME, OR IF THE SUBJECT IS IF THE SITE IS SUBJECT TO ANY OTHER FORM OF RENT OR PRICE CONTROL THROUGH A PUBLIC ENTITY'S VALID EXERCISE OF ITS POLICE POWER.
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THE SITE IS OCCUPIED BY LOWER OR VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, ALL OF THESE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE, WOULD RENDER A SITE INELIGIBLE UNLESS A PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT REPLACES THOSE UNITS AT THE EQUAL OR LOWER AFFORDABILITY LEVELS.FINALLY, THE SECOND BUCKET OF ACTIONS IS RELATED TO, UH, UPDATES TO PERMANENTLY IMPLEMENT, UH, LESSONS LEARNED DURING THE EMERGENCY PERIOD.
SO THIS SECTION OF THE OMNIBUS HOUSING CODE INTENDS TO REDUCE HOUSING CONSTRAINTS BY ADOPTING MINOR ZONING AMENDMENTS DESIGNED TO BETTER FACILITATE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SERVICES CITYWIDE BASED ON THE AFFORD MENTIONED LESSONS LEARNED OVER THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR.
THERE'S A FEW BROAD CATEGORIES OF UPDATES.
FIRST IS TO EXPAND WHERE INTERIM HOUSING LOCATIONS ARE PERMITTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING USES SUCH AS EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
NEXT IS TO ALSO EXPAND WHERE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING SOCIAL SERVICE FACILITIES, SAFE PARKING SITES AND STORAGE SPACES ARE PERMITTED IN THE CITY.
NEXT IS TO EXPAND WHERE HEALTH HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS AND CLINICS CAN BE PERMITTED BY WRIGHT.
NEXT IS TO ESTABLISH AN A DU PERMITTING PROCESS THAT ALLOWS FOR THE FORMALIZATION OF CURRENTLY INFORMAL DWELLING UNITS.
AND THEN LASTLY, A 60 DAY REVIEW PERIOD AS A GOAL FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.
THE LAST SECTION OF UPDATES UNDER THIS BUCKET IS TO UPDATE THE SITE PLAN REVIEW REQUIREMENTS TO STREAMLINE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCESSES WITH A FOCUS ON HOUSING PRO PROJECTS.
THESE UPDATED THRESHOLDS INCLUDE INCREASING THE MINIMUM, UH, UNIT COUNT TO REQUIRE SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR FIVE TO 10 UNIT PROJECTS, UH, BOTH IN THE GENERAL ZONING CODE AND IN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NEXT IS TO INCREASE THE COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE THRESHOLD FROM 1000 TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND THEN LASTLY, TO ELIMINATE THAT PLAN REVIEW REQUIREMENTS FOR WIRELESS TELECOM FACILITIES AND FOR ADAPTIVE REVIEW PRO REUSE PROJECTS.
AS PART OF ALL THIS, WE WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE CQ REVIEW FOR PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE CONSIDERED MINISTERIAL SPR APPROVAL.
AS PART OF NEXT STEPS, UH, STAFF WILL COLLECT COMMENTS AND DRAFT RED LINE TEXT CHANGES.
WE WILL ALSO COMPLETE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND DETERMINATION ONCE THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE RED LINE TEXT CHANGES HAS BEEN CIRCULATED, AND THEN SCHEDULE TO COME BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION LATER THIS SPRING.
AND THEN FOR CITY COUNCIL READING, UH, EITHER IN THE SPRING OR SUMMER OF THIS YEAR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OR PRESENTATION.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS PRESENTATION, UH, PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS TO US AND THEN TAKE IT BACK SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, UH, FIRST DRAFT OF THE RED LINE CHANGES, UH, IN THE NEXT COMING, UH, WEEKS.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION? MR. CLEMSON? UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, PRESENTING THIS.
IT'S A, UH, I KNOW THAT GOING THROUGH THE NEW LEGISLATION AND UPDATING ZONING CODES IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
UH, I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UH, SOME THOUGHT AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING THIS INTO FIGURING OUT HOW TO REDUCE SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO ADDING HOUSING, THINGS LIKE LOT LINES, UH, SETBACKS AND UM, UH, PARKING REQUIREMENTS, I THINK THAT THOSE CAN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SORT OF GARDEN APARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN A LOT OF THE PARTS OF THE CITY.
UH, THOSE REQUIREMENTS KIND OF PRECLUDE AND PREVENT US FROM BUILDING MORE MODERN VERSIONS OF THOSE.
UM, SO YEAH, I I'M KIND OF HOPING THAT MAYBE WE CAN START LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT, BUT THANK YOU.
YEAH, SO WE'LL NIPPLE AROUND THE EDGES.
I THINK THE IDEA IS TO, TO MOVE FORWARD HERE, BUT AS WE HIRE, AND ALLISON HAS FIVE PEOPLE STARTING THIS MONTH IN FEBRUARY.
SO AS WE KIND OF EXPAND OUR CAPACITY, I THINK, UH, WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IS OF GREAT INTEREST TO THE STAFF.
SO THAT'S MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING THAT IS NOT AT ALL A DOWNTOWN TYPOLOGY.
IT'S ALL THE THINGS WE USED TO BUILD BEFORE WE MADE THEM ILLEGAL.
SO THAT'S FOURPLEXES GARDEN STYLE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, UM, HOME WITHIN A TWO STORY APARTMENT BUILDING BEHIND IT.
UM, MIXES OF LOT SIZES, MIXES OF LOT ORIENTATIONS, UH, ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD FIND IF YOU WALKED THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD, A PRE-WAR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN LONG BEACH TODAY, AND LOOKED AT THE OLDER BUILDING STOCKS.
SO, UM, THIS REALLY HARD TO DO, UH, WITH, UH, PARKING REGULATIONS BECAUSE ONCE YOU PUT IN TWO PARKING SPACES PER UNIT, THERE'S NOWHERE LEFT TO PUT THE UNIT.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY SACRAMENTO AND OTHER CITIES AND, AND WE WANNA LEARN FROM THAT AND, AND SEE WHERE IT TAKES US.
AND THAT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING'S EXACTLY
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WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.AND THANK YOU, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW STAFF, ALLISON.
YEAH, I WANTED TO CL I WANTED TO CLARIFY IN REGARDS TO THE MODULAR REGULATIONS, DOES THAT ALSO ENCOMPASS, UM, A LOT OF THE, THE EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES AROUND PREFAB HOMES AND THOSE THAT ARE MORE, UM, AGAIN, IN TERMS IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SMALL UNITS, PREFAB KIND OF ROLL ON UNITS AS WELL? IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL? THAT IS PART OF THE INTENT.
UH, THIS IS THE ZONING CODE SIDE OF THINGS.
SO IT'S, IT'S BOTH A ZONING AND BUILDING CODE, BUT WE ARE AS, AS CHRISTOPHER MENTIONED, UM, IT'S HELPFUL PROBABLY TO ALSO THINK OF, OF THIS AS A KIND OF A STREAMLINING BILL.
THAT'S A MINOR SET OF CHANGES.
THE LARGER CHANGES WILL COME AS WE REZONE MORE OF THE CITY TO TITLE 22, UM, INCLUDING FORTHCOMING CHANGES TO CITY CORE AND NEW PLAN.
AND SO THOSE CHANGES WORKING IN TANDEM WITH THESE ARE INTENDED TO MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE FLEXIBLE FOR THE CODE TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES AND DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION TYPES, INCLUDING MODULAR, PREFAB TYPE OF HOUSING, UH, TO COME IN TO AT LEAST REMOVE ZONING AS A BARRIER TO ANY OF THAT.
COMMISSIONER WARE, ANY QUE QUESTIONS? OH, COMMISSIONER TEMPLE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE RED LINE, THE ACTUAL DETAILS TO THAT AT THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
WITH THAT, UM, WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PRESENTATION IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK FOR A ROLL CALL.
VOTE TO, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE THIS PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU THAT I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ANY NON AGENDIZED ITEMS, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THAT.
COMMISSIONERS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMENTS? I DO JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ON THE PROJECT, THE FOUNTAIN STREET PROJECT THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED SEEING THE THREE UNITS OR THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS THERE.
THOSE ARE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND AND VERY DIFFICULT TO BUILD AND THEY'RE ALSO REALLY VALUABLE FOR FOLKS WITH FAMILY, UH, LARGER FAMILIES.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATED SEEING THAT.
WELL, WITH THAT I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN OUR MEETING.