May 02, 2024 Planning Commission

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TELEPHONIC GREEN.

HI.

FOR ALL THOSE ONLINE, WE'RE JUST TAKING A FEW MINUTES TO GET STARTED.

UH, PLEASE STAND BY.

[CALL TO ORDER]

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I'D LIKE TO CALL THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR MAY 2ND ORDER.

MADAM CLERK,

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COMMISSIONER CASTILLO PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER CLEMSON PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

EDMOND.

COMMISSIONER LAGA.

COMMISSIONER, WHERE? PRESENT.

VICE CHAIR TEMPLIN.

PRESENT.

CHAIR LEWIS PRESENT.

WE HAVE QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER LAFARGE IS EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ EDMOND WILL BE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE.

UH, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION ON ROLL CALL? NO.

SEEING, SEEING NONE? I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER WARE.

UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, IT'S TIME FOR SWEARING OF WITNESSES.

IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON GIVING TESTIMONY THIS EVENING, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

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

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

[1. 24-53171 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WARE.

DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT THIS EVENING? SO TODAY I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, UH, A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN AND DOWNTOWN SHORELINE PLAN, UH, VISION PLAN UPDATES.

SO THE PLANNING BUREAU IS HARD AT WORK ON MAY 18TH, 2024 FROM 11 TO 1:00 PM AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY.

WE'LL BE HAVING THE DOWNTOWN PLAN UPDATE COMMUNITY MEETING.

THAT'S FOR, UH, THE UPDATE TO OUR PD 30 FOR WHICH YOU FREQUENTLY SEE SOME OF OUR LARGER MIXED USE PROJECTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND WE WILL BE GARNERING COMMUNITY OUTREACH AS WELL AS FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE OBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE, UM, HOPE TO HAVE A GOOD, UM, REACH OF PEOPLE THROUGH OUR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.

AND WE HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME HANDOUTS AT YOUR DAIS, UM, FOR, TO SHARE WITH YOUR INTERESTED PARTIES THAT MAY, UH, YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AS WELL.

AND

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WE'RE DOING A VISION PLAN FOR UPDATING THAT DOCUMENT.

AND, UH, THAT IS BEING DONE CONCURRENT WITH OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN EFFORT.

WE RELEASED A SURVEY ON OUR WEBSITE FOR DRAFT GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR THAT VISION PLAN THAT'S COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.

IN ADDITION, WE WILL BE INSTALLING INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS AROUND THAT GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AROUND THE SHORELINE TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM BOTH CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS VISITORS TO THE AREA SINCE, SINCE THAT'S ONE OF OUR VISITORS SERVING AREAS.

AND FINALLY, WE'LL BE CULMINATING ALL THIS OUTREACH EVENT WITH A THREE DAY COMMUNITY DESIGN CHARETTE, AND THAT'LL BE HELD IN MID-JUNE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY WILL BE INVITED TO WORK, UH, DIRECTLY WITH NEIGHBORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDERS AND CITY STAFF.

SO WE REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE THAT WORD.

ALL THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN WEBSITE ON THE PLANNING BUREAU'S WEBSITE.

UH, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR BOTH THOSE EFFORTS.

AND THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON, UH, PD 30, DOES THAT PROCESS WORK WHERE, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THE VISIONING AND AND RECEIVED INPUT, WE'LL GO BACK AND START DOING A NEW PROGRAM SPECIFIC EIR AND REASSESSING THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL UNITS AND SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT'LL BE IN INCORPORATED UNDER THAT? CORRECT.

AND SO AS WE DEVELOP THAT SPECIFIC PLAN, SO IT'LL BE TURNING FROM A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT INTO A SPECIFIC PLAN, WE WILL DO THAT ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, RE REVIEW, WHICH WILL LIKELY BE IN A PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT, AND THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST REVIEW.

AND, UM, WE'LL LIKELY HAVE, UM, MULTIPLE REPORT BACKS ON THE STATUS ON THAT.

SO YOU'LL BE READY FOR THAT WHEN IT COMES BACK TO YOUR AGENDA.

GREAT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THAT IN TERMS OF KIND OF THE MAJOR MILESTONES THAT YOU ANTICIPATE? I BELIEVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON GETTING THAT AT LEAST THE DRAFT, UM, SPECIFIC PLAN OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.

AND THEN THE, THE FULL ANALYSIS OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT GETS STARTED AS LONG AS THAT, UM, DRAFT SPECIFIC PLAN, I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING INTO THE SUMMER, UM, TIME.

SO THAT'S THE TR THE, THE TIMELINE RIGHT NOW.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS? NO, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM.

NOW WOULD BE THE TIME FOR THE RECORD.

THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC HERE IN CHAMBERS AND WILL BE ATTACHED, UM, ON THIS MEETING ONLINE AFTER THE MEETING.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

SEEING NO COMMENTS IN THE CHAMBER, DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS THIS EVENING? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'LL LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

I SEE WE DO HAVE A CALL-IN LISTENER.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE AT THIS TIME.

THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

MADAM CLERK, COULD WE PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT

[2. 24-53172 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Planning Commission meeting of Thursday, April 18, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

SO I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER CASTILLO AND VICE CHAIR TEMPLAN, I COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED? SEEING NONE, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS THIS EVENING? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

IF YOU'RE JOINING US TELEPHONICALLY, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE.

THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

AND I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FIRST, UH, REGULAR ITEM OF BUSINESS.

IF THE CLERK COULD READ THE ITEM PLEASE.

[3. 24-53173 Recommendation to accept Categorical Exemption CE 24-008; and  Approve a Conditional Use Permit (CUP 23-020) and adopt the proposed findings and conditions of approval, to construct a second drive-up ATM with an overhead canopy at an existing Chase bank (APN 7115-003-053), located at 675 East Artesia Boulevard in the MU-3 (Mixed Use) Zoning District. (District 9)       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU VICE CHAIR TEMPLIN.

DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM? YES.

UH, STAFF PLANNER ALEX MULROW WILL BE GIVING TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT AN ADDITIONAL DRIVE UP ATM AND CANOPY FOR AN EXISTING CHASE BANK AT THE UPTOWN COMMON DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 6 75 EAST ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

THE SUBJECT PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ATLANTIC AVENUE IN ARTESIA BOULEVARD IN THE MIXED USE MU THREE ZONE, WHICH IS INTENDED FOR MIXED USE SCALE FOR THE HIGHEST INTENSITY.

USES THAT BENEFIT FROM TRANSIT, PROXIMITY, AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.

THE LARGER SITE CAN CONSISTS OF FOUR PARCELS THAT TOTAL, UM, 93,000, 40, 45 SQUARE FEET.

THE BUILDINGS ARE ALL SINGLE STORY STRUCTURES.

DESIGN IN THE CONTEMPORARY STYLE.

THE SHOPPING CENTER CONSISTS OF A VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL USES SUCH AS DIN RESTAURANTS, FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS WITH DRIVE THROUGH, READY TO EAT RESTAURANTS WITH DRIVE THROUGH, UM, AND A FINANCIAL IN INSTITUTION, UH, WITH A DRIVE THROUGH, WHICH IS THE CHASE BANK.

CHASE IS LOCATED TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE SITE AND CONSISTS OF A 2,700 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND HAS AN EXISTING, UM, 150, UM, THREE FOOT LINEAR FOOT DRIVE THROUGH LANE, WHICH, UM, EXCEEDS THE A HUNDRED FOOT MINIMUM QUEUING DISTANCE REQUIRED BY CODE.

THE DRIVE THROUGH CAN ACCOUNT UP TO NINE VEHICLES.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

UM, ON SEC SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2018, THE SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE APPROVED THE PLANS FOR UPTOWN COMMONS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CONSISTS OF SIX BUILDINGS TOLLING, UM, 11,000, UM, 13 SQUARE FEET ACROSS THE AREA SITE, UH, DECEMBER, ON DECEMBER, UM, 2018, A CHANGE CHASE BANK WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE AND ONE DRIVE UP ATM WAS APPROVED THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT PRIOR TO THE ZONING TRANSITIONING TO TITLE 22, UM, IN WHICH DRIVE UP ATMS BECAME A NON PERMISSIBLE USE.

IN MAY, 2022, CHASE APPLIED FOR A PRE-APPLICATION FOR THE PROPOSAL OF A SECOND DRIVE UP ATM, WHICH RESULTED IN THE RE A CREATION OF A POLICY MEMO.

MEMO ISSUED BY THE PLANNING BUREAU TO ALLOW DRIVE UP ATMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.

THE BANK HAS TWO ENTRANCES.

IT'S LOCATED TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE SITE AND IS SENT BACK APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET FROM ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

THE SETBACK INCLUDES, UM, SEVEN FOOT WIDE DENSELY LANDSCAPE AREA, THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE FOR THE EXISTING ATM AND AND LANDSCAPE AND HARDSCAPE ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING ENTRANCE.

THE EXISTING 150, UM, THREE LINEAR FOOT DRIVE-THROUGH LANE BEGINS IN THE PARKING AREA AT THE WEST OF THE BUILDING, UM, AS A SINGLE VEHICLE INGRESS AND WRAPS AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING PARALLEL TO ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE WIDENS APPROXIMATELY 24 FEET AND ENDS AT A FREESTANDING ATM ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE OF THE BANK.

BUILDING.

THE DRIVE THROUGH LANE EXCEEDS THE REQUIRED A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED FOOT MINIMUM QUEUING DISTANCE AND CAN'T ACCOMMODATE UP TO NINE VEHICLES.

THE PRO THE PROPOSED SECOND DRIVE UP FREESTANDING ATM FOR THIS BUILDING WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL PAVING, BUT RATHER BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A RECONFIGURATION OF EXISTING DRIVE UP SPACE, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW ATM CANOPY, BOLLARDS AND STENCILING.

HERE'S WHAT THE PROPOSED DRIVE UP ATM AND CANOPY LOOKS LIKE, AN ELEVATION, AND HERE'S A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF WHAT THE PROPOSED SECOND ATM LOOKS LIKE ADJACENT

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THE CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS WITHIN THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 22 DO NOT PERMIT NEW STANDALONE ATM DRIVE-THROUGH MACHINES.

HOWEVER, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT ONLY PERMITTED, BUT THEY ARE DOCUMENTED.

UM, THEY, BUT THEY ARE A DOCUMENTED COMMUNITY PRIORITY IN THE NORTH LONG BEACH, IN NORTH LONG BEACH THROUGH THE NEED FOR INCREASE ACCESS TO BASIC PERSONAL SERVICES SUCH AS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, UM, WAS PRIORITIZED THROUGH THE NORTH LONG BEACH U PLAN REZONING EFFORT, WHICH IS WHY THE POLICY MEMO WAS CREATED AS SHOWN IN THE EARLIER SLIDE.

BASED ON THE POLICY MEMO, A CUP IS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH THE PROPOSED SECOND ATM FOR A NEW DRIVE THROUGH PROJECT TO BE PERMITTED, A CUP MUST BE APPROVED AND POSITIVE FINDINGS MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THE SECOND DRIVE UP ATM IN THIS LOCATION WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED CONVENIENCE TO THE BANK SERVICES.

STANDARD CUP FINDINGS APPLY IN ORDER TO ENABLE A POSITIVE CITY STAFF RECOMMENDATION PER SECTION 21.2 5.206 OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS.

THE PROPOSED DRIVE-THROUGH MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND ALL ZONING REGULATIONS AND NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, GENERAL WELFARE, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO A, TO THE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOUND IN THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 21.45.

THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED PROJECT ALSO MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DRIVE-THROUGH DESIGN GUIDELINES, WHICH WERE ADOPTED MARCH, 2020 AS PART OF THE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

THE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DRIVE-THROUGH DESIGN GUIDELINES INCLUDES CRITERIA FOR LOCATION AND DESIGN OF THE EXISTING DRIVE-THRU ON SITE LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, SCREENING, PAVING, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY, CIRCULATION AND ADEQUATE QUEUING.

ALTHOUGH THE EXISTING DRIVE-THROUGH LANE WAS APPROVED PRIOR TO THE DRIVE-THROUGH DESIGN GUIDELINES, THE PROPOSED PLANS AND AND UM, ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATE A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THESE SPECIAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE THAT THE SECOND ATM IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY BY IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE AND WAY FINDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT SQA AND THE STATE SQL GUIDELINES.

THE PROJECT EXEMPT PER IS EXEMPT PER SECTION 15,303 NEW CONSTRUCTION OF CONVERSION OF SMALL STRUCTURES AS THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PARAMETERS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION.

A TOTAL OF 157 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE DIS UM, DISTRIBUTED ON APRIL 17TH, UM, 2024 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 21.2, ONE OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.

AT THE TIME OF RUNNING THIS REPORT, NO CORRESPONDENCE WAS RECEIVED.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE CUP AS THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND RULE WILL RESULT IN, IN THE INSTALLATION OF A SECOND ATM THAT WILL HELP INCREASE AND ENSURE CONTINUED ACCESS TO FIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WITHIN AN AREA OF NORTH LONG BEACH THAT IS UNDERSERVED BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I'D JUST LIKE THE RECORD TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ EDMOND HAS JOINED US AND COMMERS DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF REPORT? I JUST HAD, DID YOU WANNA GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER? YEAH, THANK YOU.

UH, I, IN LOOKING AT THE SUMMARY, THE FINDINGS, IT SAYS THAT THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT, UH, FROM ADDITIONAL VMT OR TRIP GENERATION.

IS THAT, SO THERE IS NO ADDIT, THERE'S NO CHANGE IN VMT OR TRIP GENERATION, IS THAT WHAT THE FINDING IS? SO THE, UM, THE PROJECT, UH, THE CHASE BANK THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE A UP, UM, WAS UM, ANALYZED, UM, FOR UM, VMT AT THAT TIME AND IT, UM, INCLUDED, UM, THE EXISTING DRIVE THROUGH LANE THAT IT, THAT WAS THERE NOW.

AND THAT SAME TRAFFIC STUDY WAS, UM, ANALYZED BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THEY DEEMED THAT THERE WAS, THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE, UM, IN ADDING THAT SECOND ATM.

SO

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OKAY.

SO THEN I HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS WOULD INCREASE THE SURFACE OF THIS BANK IF THERE'S NO INCREASE IN NUMBER OF TRIPS.

I, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME CLARITY.

SO RIGHT NOW WHAT IT'S DOING IS IT'S ADDING CAPACITY FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE QUEUING.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE A BYPASS LANE IN THAT WAY.

SO IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY THE, THE TRIP GENERATION BASED ON THE ENGINEERING PARAMETERS WOULD NOT INCREASE AS PART OF THAT.

AND WE HAD OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REVIEW IT FOR ACCURACY THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT BASED ON OUR VMT STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, ON RECORD WITH THE CITY.

IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH QUEUING RIGHT NOW? I, SO THAT BANK IS PRETTY BUSY.

UM, SO AS, AS, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND FROM THE APPLICANT IS THAT THERE IS A NEED.

UM, SO, SO IT WOULD LIKE DE DECREASE HOW THAT LANE BACKS UP DURING LIKE THE HIGH PEAK HOURS.

UM, SO THAT'S REALLY LIKE MY UNDERSTANDING FROM, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY WANT THAT ATM.

UM, IT WAS, UM, I WAS TOLD THAT THE ORIGINAL LANE WAS CONTEMPLATED TO HAVE TWO ORIGINALLY, BUT THEY ONLY WENT WITH ONE.

UM, SO THEY, YOU KNOW, FIGURED, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH TWO .

SO THEN IN THE, SO LATER THEY CAME IN WITH THIS PROPOSAL.

IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION TO ENSURE THAT THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE ATM VESTIBULE THAT EXISTS TODAY IN THE EXISTING BANK, UM, HAS ENOUGH ACCESSIBILITY WHERE IF THERE WOULD BE A QUEUING LANE, THERE'S A CONDITION TO ENSURE PEDESTRIANS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO THAT INTERIOR VESTIBULE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION.

SO IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF A QUEUING, EVEN WITH THIS ADDED, UH, ATM, THE INTEREST IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT ARE ABLE TO GET OUTTA THEIR CAR OR ARE WALKING TO THE FACILITY STILL CAN USE THAT, UH, INTERIOR VESTIBULE.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD ONE.

UM, IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY FOR ME THIS CUP THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE SECOND ATM DOES IT NOW ALSO COVER THE FIRST ONE AS WELL? DO THOSE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL COVER THAT ENTIRE DRIVE THROUGH? SO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THAT ORIGINAL A UP, UM, THOSE REMAIN IN FULL FORCE IN EFFECT, AND THAT'S CONDITION NUMBER TWO UNLESS THEY'RE AMENDED HEREIN.

SO ADDING THOSE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS RELATED TO LIGHTING AND ENHANCEMENT BASED ON OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT APPROVE THOSE GET ADDED TO THE OPERATION AND THOSE ALSO RUN WITH THE LAND FOR THAT APPROVAL.

GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT FOR ME.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT OR WOULD THEY LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION? STAFF'S PRESENTATION? THE APPLICANT IS JOINING US ONLINE.

JEREMIAH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

CAN YOU HEAR US SIR? JEREMIAH, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED ON OUR END.

PLEASE GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF.

YOU MAY WANNA TRY THE CALL IN NUMBER.

I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S HOW HE'S ACCESSED AUDIO.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY GUYS? CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY GUYS? WE CAN HEAR YOU.

YES.

GOOD EVENING.

YES.

IS ALEX BASICALLY, UH, STATED THIS IS, THIS IS MORE OR LESS A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.

UM, THIS, THE BANKING INDUSTRY IS PUSHING ELOQUENTLY CUSTOMERS TOWARD USING ATMS AS A SERVICE.

UM, THERE'S KIND OF A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THAT PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE SITTING IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY HAVEN'T BEEN INSIDE OF AN, AN ACTUAL BANK IN, IN MONTHS.

SO, UH, MOST, MOST OF THE BANKING CLIENTELE NOW IS GOING TOWARD USING A KIOSK TYPE SERVICE, DRIVE UP ATM SERVICE.

AND THIS ATM IS CONSTANTLY IN USE.

UM, SO THAT THIS IS JUST GOING TO IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THERE FASTER.

UM, THIS DRIVE LANE, ORIGINALLY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTS, WAS PURPOSED FOR AN ADDITIONAL ATM.

SO, UH, BUT AT THE TIME IT WASN'T QUITE RECOGNIZED AS A NEED, BUT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE WE DO NEED THE ATM.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU SIR.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO THANK YOU.

NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR.

UH, WITH THAT I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE

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SEEING NONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

OR IF YOU'RE JOINING US TELEPHONICALLY, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE.

MAIL MY SON.

ACTUALLY, , COINCIDENTALLY THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, ALEX.

WITH THAT I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

IN LOOKING AT, IN LOOKING AT THE, UH, DRIVE-THROUGH POLICY DOCUMENT, THERE ARE CERTAIN, UH, DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT I'M NOT SEEING REFLECTED IN THE, UH, DESIGN DOCUMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.

SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE RAISED CROSSWALKS, UM, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS IN A PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY AREA, UM, THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN DRIVE ONLY INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THIS IS COMING AFTER PUTTING A CAR WASH IN A PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY AREA AND THEN BUILDING A DRIVE THROUGH STARBUCKS IN A PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY AREA.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY IS BEING REFLECTED IN THESE PRIORITY AREAS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, AND I'M ALSO NOT SEEING THE LIKE BEYOND BUSINESS NEED OF SHORTENING LINES, THE, THE SITE NEED FOR THIS IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL TRIPS OR ADDITIONAL THROUGHPUT OR GETTING FOLKS OUT OF DRIVE AISLES OR, OR WALKWAYS.

UM, BUT TO GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE AREN'T SEEING SOME OF THESE DESIGN ELEMENTS REFLECTED IN THIS, UH, IN THIS PROJECT? I THINK ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN MOST RECENTLY BEFORE THIS COMMISSION IS THAT THIS IS AN EXISTING FACILITY VERSUS A BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION.

AND THE LIMITED NATURE OF THE INSTALLATION OF THAT ONE ATM WITHIN AN EXISTING LANE, UM, STAFF, UH, DOES RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR THOSE DRIVE THROUGH GUIDELINES.

AND THESE, THIS WAS CO CONSTRUCTED BEFORE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THOSE GUIDELINES AND THERE WAS A DA ACCESS AND EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE, THE NEXUS OF THE CHANGE, UM, DIDN'T NECESSITATE THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE ENTIRETY OF THAT.

UM, DRIVE THROUGH AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION DOES SEEM TO ME THAT ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF IT IS THAT WE WILL HAVE CARS NOT IDLING FOR AS LONG A PERIOD OF TIME IN THAT PUBLIC AREA, CORRECT? YES.

SO ONE OF THE KEY POINTS OF U PLAN, UH, WHICH WAS, UM, ITERATED IN THE STAFF REPORT IS TO BRING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTO NORTH LONG BEACH AND AREAS ALONG CORRIDORS IN NORTH LONG BEACH.

AND BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF THOSE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, THIS SPECIFIC BANK BRANCH HAS HAD A LOT OF INTEREST AND USE, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

AND IN ORDER TO, UH, USE THE EXISTING FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE, BUT ADD THAT CAPACITY, IT REDUCES THE QUEUING, WHICH HAS A NET BENEFIT, UH, WITHOUT ADDING CAPACITY SUCH AS A DOUBLE DRIVE THROUGH LANE OR SOMETHING TO THAT FEATURE.

IT'S A SMALL MINOR, UH, CHANGE TO AN EXISTING CONFIGURATION TO HOPEFULLY REDUCE, UM, QUEUING IN THAT AREA AND HAVE A NET IMPACT, UH, OF BENEFICIAL IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY.

AND YOU'RE JUST CLARIFICATION, YOU'RE COMING IN THE SAME ONE LINE COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, WHAT? WHERE CAN I HIT? THANKS.

JUST CLARIFICATION.

YOU ARE ENTERING THE SAME SINGLE LINE AND THEN IT JUST SPLITS WHEN YOU GET TO THE FRONT, RIGHT? CORRECT.

SO THEN YOU COME BACK OUT TO A SINGLE LINE.

CORRECT.

UH, SO YOU EX EXIT THE EXACT SAME AREA.

RIGHT? NOW, LET'S SAY YOU WANTED TO BYPASS THE PERSON IN LINE, YOU DECIDED YOU DID NOT WANT TO DO YOUR TRANSACTION.

THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE, THAT ENOUGH SPACE WOULD THEN HAVE THAT ATM THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE OF WIDTH OF THE EXISTING DRIVE THROUGH A CURB AND THAT ENTIRE DRIVEWAY HERE IS ALREADY BUILT THIS, THIS WIDTH.

THEY'RE JUST ADDING THE, UM, ATM IN THE MIDDLE OF IT THERE.

YEP.

YEAH, I MEAN IT SOUND, IT SOUNDED LIKE, AND EVEN FROM THE, THE SPEAKER THAT THEY, THEY BUILT IT WITH THIS IN MIND ALREADY.

THEY, THEY GAVE THEMSELVES THE OPTION LATER TO ADD JUST BOLT ON ANOTHER ATM.

SO, UM, AND AS DEMAND AND OR AS CUSTOMER SERVICE NEEDS HAPPEN.

SO THAT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS? I MEAN, JUST A COMMENT.

I I, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT THIS IS EXPANDING ACCESS WHILE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME NOT IMPROVING, NOT, UH, INCREASING NUMBER OF TRIPS.

I DON'T THINK THAT REALLY MAKES ANY SENSE.

UM, SURE THERE'S PROBABLY, IF, IF THE SAME NUMBER OF TRIPS SAY THE SAME, THERE WOULD BE AN AIR QUALITY BENEFIT, BUT I THINK IS GONNA ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO DRIVE TO THIS BANK, WHICH CAN BE

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UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE IN A PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY AREA.

THIS IS A STREET THAT THE CITY'S PUTTING A LOT OF WORK IN, IN TERMS OF PEDESTRIAN MAKING MORE ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS THAT ARE WALKING AND BIKING.

UM, AND THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, THE THIRD IN, IN, IN A PRO, JUST AS FAR AS I'VE BEEN CLOSELY PAYING ATTENTION.

UH, THE THIRD IN, IN, IN A LINE OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THESE AREAS THAT DO NOT SERVE PEDESTRIAN, UH, UH, FOLKS WALKING.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE WILL, UH, ASK THE CLERK FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.

I, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

OH, I HAVE YOUR VOTE.

UH, COMMISSIONER WARE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE A VERBAL VOTE, I CAN TAKE THAT.

YES.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE FINISHED OUR REGULAR BUSINESS.

I WILL OPEN IT UP

[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Planning Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]

SEEING NONE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

OR IF YOU'RE JOINED TELEPHONICALLY, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE.

THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.

COMMISSIONERS.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

THERE WE GO.

GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

YEAH, THIS IS, I'LL HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY 'CAUSE IT'S RARE AND PROBABLY JUST LIKE AN ECLIPSE.

IT'LL PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

BUT, UM, I HAVE MY SON ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY WHEN I INTRODUCE HIM.

DIEGO CASTILLO .

I'M GONNA EMBARRASS HIM.

HE'S GONNA HATE ME LATER, , BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, HE'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM FOR HIS SUCCESSFUL INTERNSHIP, UH, THAT HE JUST CONCLUDED TODAY.

SO I'M GONNA TAKE, I HAD TO BRIBE HIM FOR A CELEBRATORY DINNER AFTER AFTERWARDS.

OH, UH, HE INTERNED WITH, UH, CONGRESSMAN GARCIA.

UM, MY GOD, AS A HIGH SCHOOLER, HIGH SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS.

BE, YOU SHOULD HAVE COME DOWN DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

YOU COULD HAVE TOLD US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE.

SHOW YOUR PLAQUE.

SHOW YOUR PLAQUE .

ALRIGHT.

ENOUGH EMBARRASSMENT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS COMMISSIONER.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYTHING TO SHARE? WE CAN'T TOP THAT.

NO, WE CAN'T TOP THAT.

THAT IS TRUE.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL,

[ADJOURNMENT]

AND I WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING.