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THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
WE'LL GET STARTED IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE.
[CALL TO ORDER]
AND WELCOME.I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR MEETING OF THE MAY 16TH CITY LONG BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER, UH, FOR THE RECORD,
[ROLL CALL]
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.AND WE'RE BOTH EXCUSED FROM OUR MEETING.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE ROLL CALL FOR THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER CASTILLO PRESENT.
WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE READY
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.WOULD COMMISSIONER CASTILLO LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THIS EVENING? THANK YOU EVERYONE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES AMERICA AND TWO, THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.
WE'D LIKE TO SWEAR IN ANY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TESTIMONY THIS EVENING.
IF YOU DO PLAN ON SPEAKING, IF YOU COULD STAND UP PLEASE AND 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? I DO, I DO.
DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT THIS EVENING?
[1. 24-53362 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
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COMMISSIONERS.CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? UM, THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ EDMOND AND COMMISSIONER TEMPLAN OR VICE CHAIR TEMPLAN.
UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH THE REPORT.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I WANTED TO PROVIDE A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU BEFORE I GO INTO THE REST OF THE AGENDA.
SO FIRST, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MUCH OF THE WORK WE DO HERE WAS DISCUSSED AT CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY EVENING THIS WEEK.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, OUR GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL REPORT WAS RECEIVED AND FILED BY THE COUNCIL AND THEY WERE QUITE PLEASED WITH ALL THE PROGRESS, UH, WE MADE LAST YEAR AND, UM, UPDATING AND IMPLEMENTING OUR GENERAL PLAN.
AS YOU HEARD ABOUT, UM, BACK IN MARCH, THERE WAS ALSO A LONG DISCUSSION, UM, ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF EXPANDING OUR INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE, UH, TO THE REST OF THE CITY.
SO AS YOU KNOW TODAY, THE INCLUSIONARY ORDINANCE APPLIES TO THE DOWNTOWN AND MIDTOWN PLAN AREAS.
UM, BUT BASED ON WHAT'S IN OUR HOUSING AND WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THIS, UH, FORUM HERE, UM, STAFF HAVE BEEN, UM, DIRECTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT EXPANDING THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING REQUIREMENTS CITYWIDE, AS WELL AS, UM, COUNCIL DIRECTION TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY CHANGING UP THE FORMULA AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE SUBTYPES OF, UM, AFFORDABILITY.
SO WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS TO HEAR FROM THE BROAD COMMUNITY AND TO DO SOME SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDER FORUMS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH LOCAL DEVELOPERS.
UM, SO WE WILL BE, UH, LETTING YOU ALL IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT DATES FOR THOSE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND WE'LL CERTAINLY DO A STUDY SESSION WITH THE COMMISSION HERE BEFORE WE BRING ANYTHING FORWARD.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, JUST A REMINDER, YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS THE LAST COUPLE OF COMMISSION MEETINGS AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE DETAIL ON THESE PROCESSES LATER TONIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR BIG DOWNTOWN PLAN OPEN HOUSE THIS SATURDAY AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY.
UM, EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO ATTEND, UM, AND JUNE 13TH THROUGH 20TH, WE'LL HAVE A SERIES OF EVENTS FOR OUR DOWNTOWN SHORELINE VISIONING PROCESS AS PART OF A COMMUNITY DESIGN CHARETTE.
THERE'LL BE EVERYTHING FROM, UM, A TRADITIONAL, YOU KNOW, DESIGN WORKSHOP TO A YOUTH EVENT, TO A BIKE TOUR.
SO, UM, ALL KINDS OF WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND WE'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? SEE NONE.
I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE A COMMENT ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.
THERE APPEARS TO BE NO COMMENT ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE TO RECEIVE THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A VERBAL VOTE, I CAN TAKE THAT.
OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS A RECOMMENDATION
[2. 24-53363 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Planning Commission meeting of Thursday, May 2, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY.MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ EDMOND AND COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.
I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON OUR MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING OF MAY 2ND, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK IF WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS.
IF YOU ARE JOINING VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.
THERE APPEARS TO BE NO COMMENT ON THE MINUTES.
I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK BY THE RAIL COMMISSIONERS.
ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS ON THE MINUTES? SEE NONE.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE.
THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC FOR BEING PATIENT.
WHILE WE GET THROUGH OUR HOUSEKEEPING, I
[3. 24-53365 Recommendation to accept Categorical Exemption CE-24-031; and approve modification (MOD23-019) to a previously approved Conditional Use Permit (App. No. 0804-25), and adopt the proposed findings and conditions of approval thereto, for the addition of a 386-square-foot outdoor patio dining area to expand the existing service area for on-site alcohol sales of beer, wine and distilled spirits at an existing restaurant with a fixed bar located at 3229 East Anaheim Street within the Community – Automobile Oriented (CCA) Zoning District. (District 2) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
BELIEVE THAT TAKES US TO OUR FIRST REGULAR ITEM OF BUSINESS.IF THE CLERK COULD READ THE ITEM FOR US.
THE ITEM THREE IS RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, CE DASH 24 DASH 0 3 1 AND APPROVE MODIFICATION TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THERETO FOR AN THE ADDITION OF A 386 SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR PATIO DINING AREA TO EXPAND THE EXISTING SERVICE AREA FOR OUR ONSITE ALCOHOL, SALES OF BEER, WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS AT AN EXISTING RESTAURANT WITH A FIXED BAR LOCATED AT 32 29 EAST ANAHEIM STREET.
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AUTOMOBILE ORIENTED ZONING DISTRICT, DISTRICT TWO.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? YOU ARE YOU, I GET YOU ON JEOPARDY.
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YOU.COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ EDMOND AND VICE CHAIR TEMPLAN
DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? WE DO INDEED.
UH, THE TWO PROJECT PLANNERS, UM, ARE HERE, UM, AT THE DESK WE HAVE CARA DENT AND MIGUEL SAMOA AND MIGUEL WILL BE PROVIDING THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS BEFORE YOU.
TODAY IS A REQUEST TO MODIFY AN EXISTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A RESTAURANT WITH ON ONSITE ALCOHOL SALES.
UM, SORRY, THE THING IS LIKE, NOT TRY IT AGAIN.
UH, THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT 3 2 2 9 EAST HEIM STREET BETWEEN ABISPO AVENUE TO THE WEST AND CORONADO AVENUE TO THE EAST.
THE SITE IS IN THE CA ZONING DISTRICT AND HAS A LAND USE DESIGNATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTERS AND OR CORRIDORS MODERATE DENSITY.
THERE IS, THERE IS AN EXISTING 3,870 SQUARE FOOT ONE STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON SITE WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING ALONG THE STRETCH OF ANAHEIM STREET.
THE SURROUNDING USES ARE A MIX OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL RESTAURANTS AND SOME RESIDENTIAL.
THE EXISTING USE IS A RESTAURANT CALLED LOS COMPADRES, WHICH OCCUPIES THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
OH, THE SLIDE DOESN'T, IS NOT MOVING.
UH, HERE ARE THE CURRENT EXTERIOR CONDITIONS.
THE BUILDING FACES EAST ANAHEIM STREET.
PRIMARY ACCESS TO THE PARKING AREA IS PROVIDED FROM EAST ANAHEIM STREET THROUGH THE EXISTING PORT OF CHE NOTICE IN THE CENTER PICTURE, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS ALONG NORTHERN, ALONG THE NORTHERN ALLEY.
THERE MAY BE ACCESSED THROUGH OBISPO AND REDONDO AVENUE RESPECTIVELY.
THESE ARE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE INTERIOR, THE DINING, AS WELL AS THE BAR AREA.
ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE THE CONDITIONS OF THE EXISTING BAR AREA, WHICH IS PART OF THE SUBJECT OF THIS, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT MODIFICATION.
THE EXISTING USE IS A RESTAURANT WITH AN A B, C TYPE 47 ALCOHOL LICENSE FOR ON SALE BEER, WINE, AND DISTILLED SPIRITS WITH FIXED BAR SEATING.
THE APPLICATION THAT ESTABLISHED THIS ALCOHOL USE WAS FROM 2008 AS APPLICATION NUMBER 0 8 0 4 DASH 25.
THE 3,870 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING CONSISTS OF 1,316 SQUARE FEET OF RESTAURANT SERVICE AREA 268 SQUARE FEET OF BAR AREA, AND THE REMAINDER IS BACK OF HOUSE.
THE ORIGINAL CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WAS APPROVED FOR 25 PARKING SPACES.
HOWEVER, THE BUSINESS PROVIDED VOLUNTARILY 36 PARKING SPACES.
THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION CONSISTS OF THE ADDITION OF A 386 SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR OUTDOOR COVERED PATIO AREA AND ADJACENT COURTYARD AND REPURPOSED PORT RICOCHETED COVERED ENTRANCE, A MINOR EXPANSION OF THE INDOOR BAR AREA BAR SEATING FOR A DA PURPOSES, A RECONFIGURATION OF THE RESTAURANT SEATING AREA AND THE CLOSURE OF THE CURB CUT OFF EAST ANAHEIM STREET COUPLED WITH A RECONFIGURATION OF THE PARKING AREA.
YOU'LL SEE HERE COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS SITE PLAN ACCESS, AG ACCESS AND EXITS TO THE PARKING AREA WILL BE FROM THE ALLEY SHOWN UP AT THE TOP, UM, LABELED IN RED.
THIS ALLOWS FOR MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENTRY INTO THE ESTABLISHMENT AS ANAHEIM IS A VERY FAST MOVING STREET, AND THE TURN INTO THE PARKING IS RELATIVELY QUICK.
THE NEW PARKING LAYOUT WILL MAINTAIN THE EXISTING 36 PARKING SPACES, AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS WOULD JUST BE 27 SPACES TOTAL.
SO THEN THIS CASE WE HAVE A SURPLUS OF PARKING THAT WILL STILL BE MAINTAINED.
UH, THIS IS THE EXISTING FLOOR PLAN WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THE DINING AREA IS OUTLINED IN RED AND THE BAR AREA OUTLINED IN GREEN WITH THE RECEPTION AND WAITING AREAS AT THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
THE PRIMARY RESTAURANT OPERATIONS WILL NOT BE CHANGING FROM WHAT IS EXISTING, WHICH IS THE RESTAURANT THAT OFFERS A VARIETY OF MEXICAN DISHES.
THE RECONFIGURED DINING AREA IS OUTLINED IN RED.
THE NEW OUTDOOR COVERED PATIO AREA IS OUTLINED IN BLUE.
IT'LL HAVE AN OPEN TRELLIS AND A LOW WALL, CLEARLY DELINEATING THE PARKING AREA FROM THE SEATING AREA.
THERE WILL WILL ALSO BE LANDSCAPING PROVIDED TO BUFFER THE PARKING TO THE PATIO.
NEXT TO IT WILL BE A COURTYARD SLASH COVERED ENTRANCE OUTLINED IN YELLOW, AND THAT WILL BE USED FOR EXCESS
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CUSTOMERS TO WAIT.THIS PLACE CAN GET A BIT BUSY.
A LOW GATE WILL BE INSTALLED SEPARATING THE COURTYARD FROM THE PATIO DINING AREAS
AND JUST TO NOTE, THE BAR SEATING AREA WILL NOT EXPAND IN FLOOR AREA, BUT RATHER IN BAR SEATING.
AS NOTED IN GREEN, IT'S JUST A SMALL EXTENSION.
THE EXISTING BAR AREA ALREADY EXISTS, SO IT'S JUST AN EXTENSION FOR A DA PURPOSES.
THE BUSINESS, UH, OPERATIONS OPERATE THROUGH MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM AND THE ALCOHOL SALES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE SEATING BAR AND OUTDOOR DINING AREAS.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PROPERTY IS IN CENSUS TRACKED 57 51 0.03 AND ENVISIONS A MAXIMUM OF FIVE ALCOHOL LICENSES.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY FOUR ACTIVE ALCOHOL LICENSES IN THIS TRACT.
THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE NUMBER OF A BC LICENSES NOR AN UPGRADE TO THE LICENSE TYPE AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE SITE IS ALSO LOCATED IN POLICE REPORTING DISTRICT FIVE 12 IN THE EAST DIVISION, WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS A HIGH CRIME AREA.
PD HAS REVIEWED THE CUP MODIFICATION REQUESTS FOR THIS LOCATION AND HAS NO OBJECTION TO ITS APPROVAL.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO A BC ACTIONS AGAINST THIS RESTAURANT.
PURSUANT TO THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, A MODIFICATION TO AN APPROVED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT MAY BE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN POSITIVE FINDINGS CAN BE MADE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG A CORRIDOR THAT HAS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL USES AND SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, AN ALCOHOL SERVING RESTAURANT OCCUPIES THE SPACE AND IS IN GOOD STANDING.
FURTHERMORE, THE EXISTING SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET NORTHEAST FROM WILLARD WILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND 900 FEET SOUTHEAST FROM ORAVA PARK.
THE DISTANCE FROM THE PROPOSED USES AN IMPORTANT CONDITION GIVEN THE RISK POTENTIAL TO RELATED TO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND THE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE OF FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN CONDITIONS PERTAINING TO LIGHTING AND SECURITY OF BEING INCLUDED TO HELP MITIGATING THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS INCLUDE MANDATORY STAFF TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT STAFF IS ADEQUATELY TRAINED TO HANDLE ANY ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SALES OF ALCOHOL AS WELL AS COMPLIANCE WITH OUR NOISE ORDINANCE.
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS WERE ADDED REQUIRING A MINUTE REQUIRING BIKE PARKING AT A RATIO OF ONE PARKING SPACE FOR 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL BUILDING AREA, TREES WITH CANOPY SHALL BE INSTALLED THAT WILL PROVIDE SHADE THROUGHOUT 40% OF THE AREA DEDICATED TO PARKING AND DROUGHT TOLERANT GROUND COVER PAVING SHALL HAVE A REFLECTANCE INDEX OF AT LEAST 29 TO BE USED ON A MINIMUM OF 50% OF THE PAVING SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CQA.
THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPT PER SECTION 15 3 0 3 FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AS THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF A MINOR OUTDOOR EXPANSION TO ACCOMMODATE MORE GUESTS AND AN EXISTING RESTAURANT WITH ALL ONSITE ALCOHOL SALES.
THIS APPLICATION WAS DULY NOTICED PURSUANT TO THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE.
AS OF TODAY, ONLY ONE PUBLIC COMMENT OR RECEIVED FROM THE APPLICANT.
THE REQUEST IS IN YOUR PACKETS AND IT'S TO REVISE THE EXISTING OPERATING HOURS FROM 10:00 AM THROUGH 10:00 PM DAILY TO 10:00 AM THROUGH 11:00 PM ON WEEKDAY, WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL GUESTS.
STEP DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ANALYZE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF INCREASING THE OPERATING HOURS AS IT RELATES TO POSSIBLE NUISANCES AND COMPLIANCE WITH OUR NOISE ORDINANCE.
STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS INITIALLY REQUESTED AND CONTINUING WITH APPROVED WITH THE APPROVED OPERATING HOURS STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE COMMISSION MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THEIR REQUEST FOR A MODIFICATION TO THE OPERATING HOURS.
HOWEVER, STAFF DOES FIND, UH, THAT POSITIVE FINDINGS CAN BE MADE IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION AS INITIALLY PROPOSED.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION STAFF AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR MYSELF, THE ONLY REASON WE'RE SEEING THIS MINOR OUTDOOR MODIFICATION IS BECAUSE IT'S PART OF AN EXISTING CUP? UH, YES, IT'S THE EXPANSION OF THE ALCOHOL SERVING FOR THE OUTDOOR PATIO AREA.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE PRESENTATION? NO.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO, UH, STAFF'S REPORT? YES.
COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN HEAR YOU.
HI, MY NAME IS, UM, EDGAR TORRES AND I CAN REPRESENTING LOST COMPETITIVE RESTAURANT.
AND UM, YES, WE SUBMIT THIS MODIFICATION HOPING THAT WE CAN MODIFY THE CLOSING HOUR JUST SO WE CAN SINCE WE HAVE A HIGH FLOW, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS OR HOLIDAYS WHEN IT'S MOTHER DAY'S WEEKEND OR FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND, SUMMER TIMES, DEPENDING ON HOW BUSY IT IS.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO MODIFY IT TO 11:00 PM ON THE CLOSING TIME.
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OKAY.AND STEPH, JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THAT ALREADY IN OUR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL OR ARE WE LOOKING FOR A MODIFICATION? UM, SO THIS WOULD BE IN EFFECTIVELY LAST MOMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT THAT WE HAD NOT CONSIDERED, BUT, UM, WE LEAVE IT TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION.
I'M GONNA LET, WE'LL FINISH WITH HIM THEN I'M GONNA COME BACK TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO CLARIFY FOR US SO WE CAN MAKE SURE I GET OUR MOTION CORRECT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? JUST, I THINK I KNOW THIS, BUT I DON'T WANNA PRESUME YOU'RE, YOU'RE REQUESTING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
AS THE FINDING THE WEEKEND AND THEN NATIONAL HOLIDAYS I WOULD PRESUME? CORRECT.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST REMIND, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS WHAT THE EXISTING OPERATING HOURS ARE AND WHAT THE, THE NEW REQUEST IS.
YEAH, SO, OH, I WAS JUST GONNA REFER YOU TO CONDITION 18 IN THE PACKET, UM, WHICH PROPOSES CONTINUANCE OF THE EXISTING OPERATING HOURS, WHICH ARE, UH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM AND WE DID RECEIVE, UM, A LETTER YESTERDAY FROM THE APPLICANT AS YOU JUST HEARD.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, REQUESTING CONSIDERATION FOR THE COMMISSION FOR A POTENTIAL MODIFICATION TO ALLOW THEM, UH, TO STAY OPEN A LITTLE BIT LATER TILL 11:00 PM ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND HOLIDAYS.
ALRIGHT, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STEP FORWARD.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS.
IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU LIKE PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.
THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL COMMISSIONERS.
ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
DID I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT THE ENTRANCE ON THE ANAHEIM SIDE WILL BE CLOSED TO ALLOW, UH, YES.
ALICE, I'M NODDING SO I'M ASSUMING SHE'S ANSWERING MY QUESTION.
YES, THAT YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, THE CURB CUT ALONG ANAHEIM STREET WILL BE CLOSED.
UM, SO THAT'LL EFFECTIVELY BE A PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN PLAN.
IS ANY OF THOSE ALONG THERE? YEAH, FOR SURE.
I THINK THAT'S GREAT AND IT'S GONNA, I, I ATTENDED DURING THE COVID WHEN THEY HAD THE PATIO TEMPORARILY, AND UM, IT WAS GREAT, BUT THE ENTRANCE IS A LITTLE BIT RISKY, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND IT'S KIND OF GREAT TOO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PARKING STALLS.
AND I'M IMPRESSED FOR AS MANY YEARS AS THEY'VE BEEN IN SERVICE, THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY, UH, A, B, C COMPLAINT, COMPLAINTS AND STUFF, SO.
I HAVE AN A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ GONZALEZ EDMONDS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MODIFY YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THE MODIFICATION FOR THE OPERATING HOURS FROM 10:00 AM TO 11:00 PM FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND HOLIDAYS.
IS THAT CLEAR FOR, WE'LL GET THE SECOND, BUT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE FOR THAT'S CLEAR.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE OFFERING AS A FRIENDLY, WAS THAT, BUT WELL, SHE'S MADE THE MOTION, SO SHE'S MODIFYING HER MOTION, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I APPROVE AND YOU APPROVE THE MODIFICATION.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND WITH THE APPROVED MODIFICATION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IF CLERK, IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE? I STILL LOADING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ME A VERBAL VOTE.
COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ EDMOND AND COMMISSIONER VARGA.
I THINK WE'RE READY FOR OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS.
[4. 24-53361 Recommendation to determine that the project as modified is within the scope of the project previously analyzed as part of the Downtown Plan Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) (State Clearinghouse No. 2009071006) and Downtown Plan PEIR Addendum (EIRA06-20) and warrants no further environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162; adopt the proposed findings and conditions of approval, including application of the Downtown Plan PEIR Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Plan, related thereto; and Approve a modification (Mod23-020) to a Site Plan Review (SPR 20-045) for a new 8-story, 140-unit, residential building, including two levels of parking providing 80 parking spaces, 60 bicycle parking spaces, 2,452 square feet of commercial/retail/amenity space, and 10,326 square feet of common and private open space areas on a site currently developed with a commercial/office building and surface parking located at 937-957 Pine Avenue and 120 West 10th Street in the Downtown (PD-30) Plan. (District 1) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
I'M STILL, ITEM FOUR IS RECOMMENDATION TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROJECT AS MODIFIED IS, IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED AS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND DOWNTOWN PLAN, PEIR, ADDENDUM AND WARRANTS.NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT GUIDELINES, SECTION 1 5 1 6 2 AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, INCLUDING APPLICATION OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, PEIR, MITIGATION, MONITORING AND REPORTING PLAN RELATED THERETO, AND APPROVE A MODIFICATION TO A SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR A NEW EIGHT STORY 140 UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, INCLUDING TWO LEVELS OF PARKING, PROVIDING 80 PARKING SPACES, 60 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES, 2,452 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL AMENITY SPACE.
AND 10,326 SQUARE FEET OF COMMON AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AREAS ON A SITE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING AND SURFACE PARKING.
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THROUGH 957 PINE AVENUE AND 120 WEST 10TH STREET IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN DISTRICT ONE.CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? VICE CHAIR TEMPLIN AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ SEDMAN.
DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING? WE DO.
PROJECT PLANNER AMY HARBIN WILL PROVIDE THIS REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
AS MENTIONED, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST FOR A MODIFICATION TO AN APPROVED SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR A 140 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING WITH 16 AFFORDABLE UNITS WITHIN THE PD 30 DOWNTOWN PLAN AREA.
THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE SITE OF THE FORMER QUEEN BEACH PRINTERS, IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PINE AVENUE AND WEST 10TH STREET WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THREE PROPERTY.
THE THREE PROPERTIES COMBINED COMPRISE THE SITE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 22,500 SQUARE FEET.
AN AREA SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL PROVIDENCE GARDENS, A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY, STRIP RETAIL, AND FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LONG BEACH.
THE SITE IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO LONG BEACH TRANSIT STOPS ALONG WEST PACIFIC AVENUE ABOUT A BLOCK OR TWO, AND WITHIN WALKING EQUIDISTANT FROM THE ANAHEIM STREET, ALINE STATION AND THE FIFTH STREET ALINE STATION ALONG LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.
THE ABOVE VIEW IS FROM PINE AVENUE, A SOLID FACADE WITH, WITH AN ENTRY AND FEW WINDOWS.
THE BOTTOM PICTURE SHOWS THE WEST 10TH STREET ELEVATION THAT HAS A BLANK FACADE WITH THREE POP OUTS AND A SOLID DOOR OR TWO.
BEHIND THE BUILDING TO THE WEST IS A SURFACE PARKING LOT, WHICH IS BEHIND THE GREEN SCREEN.
THE SURFACE PARKING LOT IS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE BUILDINGS AND HAS ACCESS FROM SOLANA COURT, WHICH BORDERS THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE OF THE SITE.
THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING SHOWS THE BIKE STORAGE AREA AND LEASING OFFICES ALONG WEST 10TH STREET, THE MAIN LOBBY IN THE CORNER, AND THE COMMERCIAL SPACES ALONG PINE AVENUE.
THE VEHICULAR DRIVE APPROACHES ARE FROM SOLANA COURT TO BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PARKING AREAS.
INDIVIDUAL STORAGE UNITS ARE LOCATED IN A POD ALONG THE SOUTH WALL, ACCESSIBLE FROM THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE GARAGE.
THE PROPOSED MODIFIED PROJECT IS 140 UNITS WITHIN ABOUT THE SAME EIGHT STORY BUILDING ENVELOPE AS APPROVED PRIOR BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE PROPOSED UNIT MIX IS TYPICAL OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION WITHIN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING 67 STUDIOS, 59 1 BEDROOMS, 12 TWO BEDROOMS, AND THREE THREE BEDROOM UNITS, BOTH OUTDOOR AND INDOOR COMMON OPEN SPACES PROVIDED AT APPROXIMATELY 10,300 SQUARE FEET, ALONG WITH 80 ONSITE PARKING SPACES AS WELL AS BICYCLE PARKING.
THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION INCREASED THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND ADJUSTED THE FLOOR PLANS TO WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IN MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS STUDIO AND ONE BEDROOM UNITS.
THE STUDIO UNITS ARE APPROXIMATELY 450 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE, AND THE ONE BEDROOM UNITS ARE APPROXIMATELY 540 SQUARE FEET EACH WITH ONE FULL BATHROOM.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE GETTING MORE UNITS THAN THE PRIOR PROJECT, WE ARE GETTING SMALLER UNITS.
AND AS A RESULT OF THE SMALLER UNITS, STAFF IS REQUIRING THAT ALL THE STORAGE SPACES WITHIN THE UNITS, LINEN CLOSETS, REGULAR CLOSETS, PANTRIES AND CABINETS HAVE ORGANIZERS IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE STORAGE SPACE.
THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS HAVE ONE FULL BATH AND RANGE AND FLOOR AREA BETWEEN 815 AND 978 SQUARE FEET.
THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS ARE 1,293 SQUARE FEET AND FLOOR AREA AND HAVE TWO FULL BATHROOMS. EACH OF THE TYPE OF UNITS HAVE AN END UNIT WASHER AND DRYER, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE ORGANIZERS WITHIN THE STORAGE AREAS TO MAXIMIZE USE, MAXIMIZE USE OF THE CLOSET AND PANTRY AREAS.
THE EAST PINE ELEVATION IN NORTHWEST 10, NORTHWEST 10TH STREET ELEVATION ARE THE PRIMARY ELEVATIONS OF THIS PROJECT.
THE FIRST FLOOR CONSISTS OF LARGE GLASS, 15 FOOT HIGH WINDOWS TO ACTIVATE THE FRONTAGE.
A CORNER ELEMENT WITH GRAY HUE TILE HUE TILES SURROUNDS THE CORNER FOR TWO STORIES.
IN ADDITION TO THE GRAY TILE VENEER AROUND THE VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, I'M SORRY, THE RETAIL ENTRANCE ALONG PINE AVENUE.
THE SECOND STORY OUTSIDE OF THE GRAY TILE VENEER CONSISTS OF HORIZONTAL PLASTIC RECYCLED LUMBER.
THERE IS ALSO AN ARTISTIC MURAL AT THE VEHICULAR ENTRANCE ON PINE AVENUE AT THE CORNER OF WEST 10TH STREET AND SOLANA COURT.
FROM THE THIRD STORY TO THE TOP OF THE BUILDING IS A COMBINATION OF CREAM AND BROWN HUES, INSET WINDOWS AND BALCONIES.
THE SOLANA COURT ELEVATION HAS BOTH VEHICULAR ENTRANCES TO THE FIRST FLOOR AND SECOND FLOOR PARKING AREAS.
STORIES, STORIES THREE THROUGH EIGHT ALONG THE SOLANA COURT ELEVATION ARE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SIDES
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OF THE BUILDING.THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SOUTH FACING ELEVATION IS ALSO SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SIDES OF THE BUILDING WITH WINDOWS AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE BALCONIES.
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ELEVATION WILL HAVE A MURAL, WHICH THE DEVELOPER WILL WALK OUT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LONG BEACH ARTS COUNCIL OR THE LONG BEACH ARTS ENTITY.
THE TABLE ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PROPOSED APPROVED BY THE, THE PROPOSAL APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION BACK IN 2022 AND THE MODIFIED PROPOSAL AGAIN, ALTHOUGH MORE UNITS ARE PROPOSED, THOSE WILL ADD TO THE NUMBER OF MODERATE UNITS REQUIRED BY THE CITY'S HOUSING.
REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT NUMBERS OR ARENA AS WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL IT.
THE CITY IS ALSO ADDING 16 VERY LOW INCOME UNITS AS A RESULT OF THE INCLUSIONARY ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS TO OUR ARENA NUMBERS AS WELL.
MORE OPEN SPACES PROPOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INCREASE IN NUMBER OF UNITS.
THE NUMBER OF PARKING STALLS IS REDUCED AND THEN ALSO ELIMINATED FROM THE PRIOR PROPOSAL IS THE SEMI SUBTERRANEAN VEHICULAR LIFT COMPONENT.
A LARGE OUTDOOR OPEN AREA IS LOCATED ON THE THIRD FLOOR AND PROVIDES LANDSCAPING, LOUNGE SEATING, OUTDOOR GRILLS IN A GAS FIREPLACE.
THIS AREA'S ACCESS FROM THE THIRD FLOOR HALLWAY.
THE ROOF DECK AREA, WHICH IS ACCESS.
ACCESS FROM THE EIGHTH FLOOR HALLWAY INCLUDES A SHADE STRUCTURE, POTTED PLANNING PLANTINGS, OUTDOOR GRILLS, AND TABLES AND CHAIRS.
THE MODIFIED PROJECT COMPLIES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND REQUIRES CONSIDERATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS THE ORIGINAL APPROVING BODY, A COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST WAS PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT.
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED EIR AND ITS ADDENDUM.
THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM FOR THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
AS WELL AS NOTED ON THE SLIDE, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE DISTRIBUTED ON MAY 1ST TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS WITHIN A 300 FOOT RADIUS.
TWO COMMENT LETTERS WHICH WERE, WERE RECEIVED, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ONE, FIND THAT THE MODIFIED PROJECT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED DOWNTOWN PLAN, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND ADDENDUM.
AND TWO, APPROVE THE MODIFIED SITE PLAN REVIEW.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION COMMISSIONERS.
HAVE, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE PRESENTATION? NO.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO STAFF'S PRESENTATION? NOT NECESSARILY UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? YEAH, SIR.
IF YOU COULD COME ON UP, PLEASE.
IF YOU JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
UM, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTERNATION IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, THE INCREASE IN UNITS AND A REDUCTION IN PARKING BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
THEY SEEM TO KIND OF CONFLICT, IN MY OPINION, UM, ESPECIALLY, UH, WHERE WE ARE, THE, THE DENSITY IN THAT AREA IS ALREADY ALREADY IMPACTED.
AND I SEE THAT BEING KIND OF A DOUBLE WHAMMY.
CAN YOU KIND OF ELABORATE IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY AROUND THAT AND, AND, UH, HOW YOU FORESEE THAT PLAYING OUT? WELL, THE, THE NEW PRO, THE NEW DESIGN, THE, THE PREVIOUS ENTITLEMENTS WEREN'T REALLY DONE PROPERLY BY THE PREVIOUS MANAGER AND DEVELOPER ON THIS PROJECT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY HE COULD NOT FOLLOW THROUGH AT ALL WITH PUTTING THAT PROJECT TOGETHER.
SO I HAD TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE PROJECT LAST YEAR.
SO IN DOING SO, I WAS COACHED THAT WE HAD TO GO TO THIS TYPE OF BUILDING WITH MORE UNITS TO MAKE IT VIABLE AT ALL.
UH, REGARDING THE PARKING, I ACTUALLY WROTE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS 'CAUSE I KIND OF EXPECTED THIS TO COME UP, SO I'LL READ FROM THIS IF IT'S OKAY FROM YOU.
SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT FIRST OF ALL, GROWING UP IN LONG BEACH FROM THE FIFTIES ONWARD AND LIVING NEAR THE PORT, UNDERSTANDING AT A VERY EARLY AGE, THE SERIOUSNESS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM AUTOMOBILES AND, AND THAT ERA AND ENJOYING THE PACIFIC OCEAN ALL MY LIFE, I'M A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ENVIRONMENTALIST, AS MUCH AS SO AS THE NEXT PERSON, UH,
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CONSULT WITH A MULTITUDE OF ADVISORS, INCLUDING URBAN PLANNERS WHO OF COURSE WERE TRYING TO PARK EVEN LESS.I MEAN, SOME, SOME OF MY CONSULTANTS WERE SUGGESTING THAT THERE BE 30 OR 40 PARKING SPACES IN THIS BUILDING, WHICH I WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY STUNNED.
FURTHERMORE, TO FIND THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS BUILDING IS ACTUALLY ZERO.
I WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNED 'CAUSE WHERE A LOT OF MY OTHER CONSULTANTS, SO IN THE END, I WANTED TO MEET EVERYBODY IN THE MIDDLE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I HAD CONSULTANTS ONLY PARK THIS PLACE UP, BILL, IT'S GOTTA HAVE PARKING.
OKAY, SO WE MET IN THE MIDDLE.
UH, PARKING FOR THE PLAN AT THIS POINT IS BASED ON WHAT PHY PHYSICALLY FITS NICELY IN TWO LEVELS AS WELL AS WHAT WAS DECIDED TO BE A, A VERY GOOD AMENITY, NOT ONLY FOR RESIDENTS OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, BUT FOR NEIGHBORS OF THE BUILDING WHO OF COURSE I REALIZE ARE ALREADY SEVERELY IMPACTING, IMPACTED BY THE LIMITED PARKING THAT THEY CONTEND WITH.
SO TO THOSE WHO WANTED EVEN LESS PARKING, I'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE HAVE ABOUT 50% PARKING SPACES PER BEDS IN THE PLAN AND FURTHER BICYCLE RACKS FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 40% OF THE BEDS IN THE PLANT.
UM, THAT, THAT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE EXTENT OF MY STUDY ON THIS.
AND AGAIN, JUST SPEAKING WITH ALL THE CONSULTANTS THAT I SPOKE WITH ABOUT THIS, SOME SAYING LESS, LESS, LESS URBAN PLANTERS ARE GOING TOWARDS THAT AND FEWER AUTOMOBILES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREAS.
MORE WALKABILITY AND BICYCLING AND, AND MASS TRANSIT AND UBERS, ET CETERA.
AND, UH, THOSE WHO ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, YES, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE EVEN MORE AND MORE.
SO I MET RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND FEEL THAT EVERYBODY I SPOKE WITH IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA FEELS THAT THIS IS VERY ADEQUATE.
SO I, THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS RE REGARDING THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE WALKED THE STREETS A LOT AND SPOKE WITH A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS AREA, AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY LIVING IN THE DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH AREA.
I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT.
UM, FURTHERMORE, WHEN I MENTIONED, YEAH, I'M PUTTING TOGETHER A BUILDING AT PINE AVENUE 10TH STREET.
OH MY GOSH, THAT WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT CORNER FOR A BUILDING A, A RESIDENCE LIKE THAT, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO ANYWAY, I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SPEAK WITH A, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, WHICH I'VE ALWAYS LOVED TO DO.
IT HELPS KEEP ME YOUNG, I GUESS, TOO.
ANYTHING ELSE MR. CASTILLO? VICE CHAIR? TEMPLIN EVENING, SIR.
UM, IN OUR, OUR PAPERWORK, WE SEE THAT THERE'S 16, UM, LOWER, UH, LOW INCOME.
YOU KNOW, I I THOUGHT IT WAS 15 IS WHAT'S ON THE SUMMARY MYSELF.
YOURS TRULY CAN'T DO MATH AND FORGOT TO ROUND UP
SO BE IT A STUDIO OR ONE BEDROOM OR SOMETHING.
SO ON THOSE 16, YOU HAD 50 OF THEM, 15 OF THEM ALREADY ALLOCATED AS TO SIZES.
WHAT KIND OF, UH, STUDIO ONE BEDROOM, WHAT'S THE MIX? WHAT IS THE MIX OF THE DESIGNATED? IT IS, IT IS SHOWN ON THE SUMMARY ON THE COVER PAGE.
AND WHILE, WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, I KNOW AMY'S ALSO PULLING THE PLANS.
UM, CONDITION NUMBER THREE CALLS OUT THE REQUIREMENT FOR 16 UNITS AND 15 ARE CALLED OUT ON THE PLANS.
AND PER THE, UM, CHAPTER 2167 OF THE CODE, THE INCLUSIONARY ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE, UM, AN APPROPRIATE MIX OF UNITS BASED, UM, ON THE MIX OF UNITS
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IN THE PROJECT.AND FOR THIS PROJECT AND OTHER PROJECTS, IF THERE ARE 20% STUDIOS AND 30% ONE BEDROOMS AND WHATEVER THAT MATH IS, THAT WOULD BE THE SAME PERCENTAGE AS YOU WOULD THEN APPLY TO THE 16 TO COME UP WITH YOUR ALLOCATION.
IS THAT EXPLAIN IT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CODE FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, AFFORDABLE UNITS, THERE ARE SEVEN STUDIOS, SEVEN ONE BEDROOMS, AND ONE TWO BEDROOM.
THAT'S ONLY, I THINK THAT ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
AND I'LL HAVE TO ADD ONE MORE IN THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU.
AND, UM, IF I MAY JUST, UH, FOR OUR POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE PARKING.
SO THIS IS IN, UM, AN AB 2097 HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT AREA.
SO UNDER STATE LAW, WE CANNOT COMPEL ANY MINIMUM PARKING IN THIS LOCATION.
UM, WE DO HAVE STANDARDS IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, BUT THEY'RE SUPERSEDED, UM, BY STATE LAW.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, IT IS A LOW M-V-V-M-T AREA, UM, BASED ON ALL THE DATA FROM OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, SCAG, UM, WHICH SHOWS THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE LESS THAN A THIRD OF A MILE FROM A METRO ALINE STOP HERE, THAT IT IS A, A HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT AREA, UH, WHERE WE CAN EXPECT AN INCREASED, UH, USE OF MULTIMODAL WAYS OF GETTING AROUND.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, THEN I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A GOOD SIZED CROWD THIS EVENING.
I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS, UH, TO UNDER THREE MINUTES.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS, AND I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS BUILDING.
UH, WE APPRECIATE, UM, THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF THE DESIGN.
OF COURSE, WE'D LIKE TO SEE MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
UM, OUR CONCERN IS FOR OLDER ADULTS, AND YOU ARE LOCATED BETWEEN TWO SENIOR BUILDINGS.
MY BUILDING IS LOCATED AT SEVEN 14 PACIFIC AVENUE, AND THEN PROVIDENCE GARDENS IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
THERE IS A PASSPORT STOP ON THE, THE PROVIDENCE GARDEN SIDE OF, UM, 10TH STREET.
AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A SUGGESTION TO LONG BEACH TRANSIT THAT THEY EXPAND THE PASSPORT, WHICH IS NOW LIMITED HOURS THAT IF THAT COULD BE WORKED ON AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, UH, WE ARE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING PINE AVENUE TRAFFIC, AND WE JUST DID, UH, SURVEYS OF 300 SENIORS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS PART OF THE SHORELINE VILLAGE AND THE DOWNTOWN PLAN UPDATE.
AND THE SEAVER SENIORS OVERWHELMINGLY WANT TO SEE MORE PLANTS, THEY WANNA SEE MORE FLOWERS AND, UM, NOT JUST TREES, AND THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS ACCESSIBLE.
UH, SOLANO COURT IS THE CONCERN BECAUSE ALL THE NEW BUILDINGS GOING IN ARE EXITING THEIR PARKING GARAGES OUT ON SOLANO COURT, AND THAT IS A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED CORRIDOR, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN, UH, TRANSIT, UM, PASSING THROUGH THOSE ALLEYWAYS ALSO.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE SIGNAGE IS ADEQUATE SO THAT THE CARS DO NOT SPEED.
THERE IS A HUGE SPEEDING PROBLEM IN THAT AREA, AND THERE'S A, A GROUP OF MANY, MANY CARTERS THAT ZAP THROUGH EVERYTHING.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDER'S AWARE OF THAT.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE NORTH PINE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, AND WE SENT SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS AND THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR GETTING THOSE OUT.
I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, UH, SEVERAL CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AS, AS KAREN MENTIONED, AND WE BELIEVE YOU'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY, THERE IS A HORRIFIC GENTRIFICATION TAKING PLACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN OLDER BUILDINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MANY OF THEM ARE 20 UNITS OR LESS.
SOME OF THEM ARE DUPLEXES AND FOURPLEXES.
THEIR RENTS HAVE SKYROCKETED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE WONDERFUL LUXURY APARTMENTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GRAPPLE WITH IN TERMS OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.
BUT BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN IMMEDIATE CONCERN AND NEED, WE WANT TO ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER, AND THE STAFF CONSIDER MAKING IT A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT THIS DEVELOPER IS ASKED TO MAKE A REAL SPECIFIC WRITTEN COMMITMENT TO COORDINATE
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WITH OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY AND IN THE, THE USE OF SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS SO THAT EVERY UNIT IN THIS BUILDING IS AVAILABLE TO SECTION EIGHT HOLDERS.AND WE ESPECIALLY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF GIVING SOME KIND OF ADVANCE NOTICE ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE RENTALS TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S A LOT OF OLDER BUILDINGS.
CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS THE CAPACITY
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF, OF BIPOC FAMILIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO NEED AFFORDABLE AND BETTER HOUSING.
I ALSO WANT TO CHALLENGE THIS AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL SPACE AND ASK THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A GLUT OF IT RIGHT NOW, THAT YOU ALSO CONSIDER A CONDITION THAT THIS DEVELOPER WORK WITH OUR CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WITH THE DLBA AND WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
AND LET'S GET SOME LOCAL BIPOC WOMEN OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT WE HAVE THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
UH, MY NAME IS RAY LAWSON AND I'M WITH THE, UH, WESTERN STATES RE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS.
UH, WE REPRESENT OVER 4,000 MEMBERS RIGHT HERE IN THE SOUTH BAY AND, UH, 900 MEMBERS THAT LIVE RIGHT DIRECTLY HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF OUR MEMBERS THAT GET UP EVERY MORNING AND GO TO WORK.
AND THEY COME HERE TO SPEAK TO YOUR COMMISSIONERS TO BE HEARD BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT IN LONG BEACH.
UM, WE SUPPORT A DEVELOPER THAT WILL HIRE A RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR THAT WILL PAY THE WORKERS THAT PERFORM THE WORK, THAT BUILD THE PROJECT, UM, PREVAILING WAGE.
UM, WHAT WE MEAN BY PREVAILING WAGE IS A LIVABLE WAGE, ONE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO KEEP UP WITH THE RENTS, UH, THE HIGH COST AND INFLATION AND THE HIGH COST OF GAS.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING ON IN LONG BEACH RIGHT NOW THAT THE WORKERS DO NOT RECEIVE A LIVABLE WAGE.
UM, THIS DOES NOT HELP THE CITY NOR THE WORKERS WHO HAVE TO RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY WHEN THEY WORK ON THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UM, AND IT ALSO HURTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT UP THE STREET HERE AT THE MARRIOTT, UM, RENAISSANCE IS THE PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON THAT THEY BROUGHT IN WORKERS FROM OUTTA STATE.
THEY ARE NOT PAYING IT TO THE CITY COFFERS WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES THAT THAT HURTS THE CITY.
UM, GET MORE SCHOOLS, MORE TEACHERS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WE KNOW WHEN WE HAVE BUSINESSES DOING WORK HERE IN LONG BEACH AND THEY DON'T PAY TAXES, IT AFFECTS THE CITY.
WE KNOW THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT, BUT WE SUPPORT AN A DEVELOPER THAT WILL USE A CONTRACTOR THAT ENSURES THAT THIS WON'T HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU APPROVE THIS MODIFICATION AND THAT THE PROJECT GOES FORWARD.
GOOD EVENING, UH, CHAIR AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
I, MY NAME'S, UH, SAM ZELENSKY.
I'M A CARPENTER WITH, UM, MOUNTAIN STATES, UH, CARPENTERS.
UM, I LIVE IN THE, UH, I LIVE CLOSE BY THIS PROJECT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD FOR THE AREA.
UM, WE SUPPORT A DEVELOPER THAT, UH, WILL USE A RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
UM, SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
THE NEXT GENERATION OF LONG BEACH AND SOUTH BAY.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, UH, IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TRAINING PEOPLE TO BE, UH, SAFE AND VERY GOOD IN WHATEVER THEIR CRAFT IS, UH, WITHIN THE CARPENTERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 4,000 OF US IN THE SOUTH BAY AND WE'D LOVE TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT, UM, WITH A DEVELOPER THAT WOULD USE A RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR.
UM, AND, UH, AND JUST THE LAST THING IT WOULD BRING UP, UM, THIS IS A GATEWAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
UM, APPRENTICESHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S LOST ON A LOT OF, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
AND I HOPE WE, UH, GO FORWARD WITH THAT, THINKING ABOUT THAT.
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COBLAT.I'M ALSO WITH THE WESTERN STATES CARPENTERS, AND I'M ACTUALLY ONE OF THE 4,000 THAT LIVES HERE LOCALLY IN THE LONG BEACH AREA.
AND, UH, JUST LIKE BROTHER RAY SAID IS, UM, SOME OF THESE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE BUILDING OUT HERE IN LONG BEACH AND SOME OF THESE HIGH RISE AND NICK'S USE, THEY'RE NOT PAYING INTO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE.
SO THESE, UM, IT'S HARD FOR US TO COMPETE AND, UH, IT'S LOWERING OUR WAGES AND OUR STANDARDS AND IT'S, UH, GETTING HARD FOR US TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PAY OUR MORTGAGES AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH HEALTHCARE.
SO I, AS I SPEAK HERE, AS WITH FOR, FOR THE CARPENTERS AS WELL, WE SUPPORT A DEVELOPER THAT WILL USE RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTORS, WELL, WILL PROVIDE HEALTHCARE INSURANCE FOR PEOPLE PERFORMING THE WORK AND THEIR FAMILIES.
HEALTHCARE OR MEDICAL INSURANCE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE PERFORMING THE WORK WILL BECOME ILL AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL GET SICK TOO.
A CONTRACTOR THAT PROVIDES MEDICAL INSURANCE PROTECTS THE WORKERS', FAMILIES IN THIS WAY, THAT WE DON'T, UM, BECOME A BURDEN ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM AND ARE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT OUR FAMILIES RECEIVE THE BEST HEALTHCARE POSSIBLE.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE CHAMBER? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
I'M GONNA SEE IF WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS.
WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON WITH THEIR HAND RAISED, KURT CANFIELD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
KURT, GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF ON YOUR END.
MR. CAMFIELD, CAN YOU HEAR US? KURT, IF YOU ARE SPEAKING, WE ARE UNABLE TO HEAR YOU.
I SEE YOU ARE MUTING AND UNMUTING YOURSELF.
I, I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
I'M A MEMBER OF EVERYBODY'S LONG BEACH, WHICH IS THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF ABUNDANT HOUSING LOS ANGELES.
AND I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
UH, YEAH, I KNOW THAT, UH, 80, UH, SPOTS FOR 140 UNITS MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE SCARY TO SOME OF YOU.
UH, BUT THE, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WE NEED TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE AND WE NEED TO STOP SUBSIDIZING, UH, PRIVATE STORAGE OF VEHICLES.
UM, FOR EVERY SPACE THAT WE ASK A DEVELOPER PROVIDE, THAT'S $50,000 PER UNIT.
UM, SO FOR EVERY, EVERY SPACE THAT YOU ASK FOR, THAT'S ANOTHER $50,000 THAT'S GETTING TACKED ONTO THE COST OF THAT PROJECT.
SO IT'S NOT A SIMPLE THING TO REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO KEEP PROVIDING MORE AND MORE PARKING.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS IN AB 2097 AND YOU HAVE NO MECHANISM TO REQUIRE, UH, MORE PARKING ANYWAY.
BUT, UH, JUST THE IDEA ALONE, UM, THAT PARKING OUGHT TO BE FREE, SHOULD BE CHALLENGED BECAUSE WHAT IT IS, IS A MASSIVE, MASSIVE SUBSIDY TOWARD AUTOMOBILES, WHICH ARE THE GREATEST POLLUTER OF OUR COUNTRY, AND THE MOST DANGEROUS FORM OF TRANSPORTATION AND LEAST EFFICIENT THAT'S EVER BEEN INVENTED.
SO, UH, I THINK THIS PROJECT IS GREAT.
I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF ALL THE NUMBER OF BIKE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE THERE.
UH, I THINK THAT BY ADDING, UH, GREATER DENSITY, WE, WE ACHIEVE BETTER AFFORDABILITY BY DESIGN, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE ARE PROVIDING MORE UNITS AND WE'RE PROVIDING LESS PARKING, WHICH MEANS THAT THE BUILDING ITSELF IS CHEAPER TO BUILD.
AND AS YOU HEARD FROM MR. EDWARDS, YOU KNOW, HE PROVIDED THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT FITS EASILY ON TWO LEVELS.
IF YOU ASK FOR A SINGLE SPACE MORE, GUESS WHAT? NOW HE'S GOTTA BUILD A THIRD LEVEL, AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE, AND ALL THOSE COSTS GET PASSED DOWN TO THE RENTERS.
SO I THINK, UH, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT FULLY IN SUPPORT OF IT.
IT'S WELLER BY TRANSIT, UH, AND DOWNTOWN AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH NEEDS MORE OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I I I'M SO HAPPY THAT THIS, THIS, THIS CHANGE, UH, WAS BROUGHT TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
HOPE YOU SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT THIS EVENING.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF YOU ARE JOINING VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.
THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE START.
UH, THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT, UH, SELINO COURT.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOW THIS PROJECT IS
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IMPACTING THAT, WHAT MAYBE SOME OF THE PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS MIGHT BE ON IMPROVING OR WIDENING THAT PARTICULAR, UH, INGRESS INTO THE PROJECT? UM, IF I RECALL, LET ME GO TO THE CONDITIONS.UM, THEY DO HAVE TO, UM, GIVE UP, I BELIEVE, UM, ONE OR TWO FEET OF THEIR PROPERTY TO WIDEN THE ALLEY, AND THEN THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO, UM, MAKE THE ALLEY, I, I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD RIGHT NOW, BUT MAKE THE ALLEY NEW AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
RE SLURRY, YOU KNOW, RECONSTRUCT THE ALLEY SO THAT THEN THE VEHICLES THAT DO USE THE ALLEY TO GO INTO THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT DRIVING ON DIRT AND ROCKS.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL JUST REFER YOU ON PAGE 12 OF THE CONDITIONS TO LETTER H UNDER PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THAT'LL, THAT WILL HELP WITH CIRCULATION, ALSO WITH FIRE ACCESS, I IMAGINE, TOO.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? GO AHEAD, VICE CHAIR.
UM, ADDING ON TO THAT, UH, HAVING HEARD THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF, UH, PEDESTRIAN, UM, ON, UH, SOLANO ALSO IS IS THERE MARKINGS, IS THERE SAFE AREAS TO, UH, FOR THE PEDESTRIANS WE'RE HAVING SPEEDING PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE AND IT, THAT REALLY DOES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S GOING TO BE CLEAR MARKINGS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND SAFE PLACES FOR THEM TO, UH, MOVE AROUND? ARE YOU REFERRING, UH, TO DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD OR JUST IN GENERAL? UM, IMPROVE CONTINUING AFTER THE BUILDING'S THERE? UM, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR THE, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, IN CONSTRUCTION PLAN, THERE'S A VERY CLEAR PEDESTRIAN PAN, UH, PLAN.
THERE IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF, UM, PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES IN THIS DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, I AM CHECKING RIGHT NOW IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC, UM, SIDEWALK OR PEDESTRIAN CONDITIONS GENERALLY ON THE ALLEYS, THOSE AREN'T REALLY NOT MADE FOR PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE OF THEIR NARROW WIDTH.
AND GENERALLY IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES THAT SHOULD BE TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED.
SO, UM, I AM NOT SEEING ANYTHING IN THE PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE AN OFFSET OR PAVEMENT MARKINGS FOR PEDESTRIANS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE WON'T WALK, BUT I, IF I REMEMBER LOOKING THROUGH THE PLANS, THIS BUILDING OR THE NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS DON'T EXIT ONTO THE ALLEYWAY THERE.
SO ALL THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IS, IS ORIENTED IN OTHER DIRECTIONS.
AND THEN I WILL SAY ON PAGE 13, UH, LETTER Q OF THE PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS, THE DE DEVELOPER, UM, IS REQUIRED TO RECONSTRUCT ANY CRACKED, DETERIORATED, NONCOMPLIANT OR UPLIFTED, UM, SECTIONS OF SIDEWALK PAVEMENT CURB AND CURB GUTTER ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT SITE.
UM, SO FOR ALL THE SIDEWALK AREA ON ALL OF THE FRONTAGES, THANK YOU.
THERE'S A HEAVILY USED LAUNDROMAT, RED CROSS THE ALLEY, AND A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS, THE LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS USE THE ALLEY AS, UH, A TRANSIT PATH TO GET TO THE LAUNDROMAT WITH CHILDREN.
SO I'LL, I'LL DIRECT MY COMMENT BACK TO STAFF, BUT I THINK THE TWO EXTRA FEET IN THE ALLEYWAY WILL, UH, HELP WITH CIRCULATION IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN I, I DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIRECT THE, UM, DEVELOPER ON THE RENTING OF HIS MARKET RATE UNITS, BUT FOR THOSE UNITS THAT ARE, UH, LABELED AS AFFORDABLE, COULD YOU JUST VERY BRIEFLY WALK US THROUGH WHAT THAT PROCESS, THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE LONG BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY ARE ON THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE UNITS? GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT WORKS WITH THE CITY ON THE MARKETING OF THOSE UNITS.
UM, WE ARE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS A PROGRAM THAT THEY FOLLOW THAT THEY EXPECT THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT TEAM TO FOLLOW.
THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT TEAM WOULD THEN IDENTIFY THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS BASED ON THEIR INCOME MEETING THE VERY LOW, BUT ALSO THEIR FAMILY SIZE AS WELL.
SO THEIR INCOME AND THEIR FAMILY SIZE HAVE TO MEET, UM, THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT THEN VETS THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND WILL, YOU KNOW, RENT TO QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
THEY THEN PROVIDE THAT RENTER INFORMATION TO OUR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHO THEN CONDUCTS, JUST REVIEWS WHAT THEY'VE DONE, MAKE SURE IT'S ALL ON THE UP AND UP, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES DO MEET THE INCOME AFFORDABILITY, UM, AND THEN ALSO DO YEARLY INSPECTIONS.
AND ALL OF THAT IS A COVENANT THAT'S
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RECORDED WITH THE PROPERTY? YES.FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? YES, CORRECT.
AND THEN, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ONE ON THE TOP OF PAGE TWO OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER CONDITION THREE, THERE ARE SEVERAL SUB CONDITIONS RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING REQUIREMENT.
AND, UM, SUB, UH, THREE C UM, REQUIRES THAT THE PERMITEE HAS TO SUBMIT A FAIR HOUSING AND MARKETING PLAN TO OUR DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS.
AND THAT PLAN WILL HAVE TO DESCRIBE THE APPLICANT'S, UM, MARKETING, WHICH MUST COMPLY WITH ALL FAIR HOUSING LAWS AND SHALL NOT DISCRIMINATE IN THE SALE OR RENTAL OF INCLUSIONARY UNITS BASED ON, UM, RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, COLOR, RELIGION, GENDER ABILITY STATUS, FAMILIAL STATUS, AGE, INCOME SOURCE, OR MARITAL STATUS.
UM, THERE'S ALWAYS THIS PUSH AND PULL OF, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE AS MUCH AS WE CAN MAKING THESE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.
BUT THERE IS ALSO, UM, THE POTENTIAL TO, TO VIOLATE FAIR HOUSING LAW WHEN YOU TRY TO DO THAT, UH, GEOGRAPHIC.
SO, SO, UM, FOCUSED MARKETING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF CAN BE GREAT, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH FAIR HOUSING LAWS.
SO THAT'S PART OF WHY THAT, UM, PLAN REQUIREMENT IS IN PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
OH, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER CLARIFICATION.
IN THE LIST THAT YOU HAD GIVEN, YOU DIDN'T MENTION SENIORS OR DID I MISS IT? AGE, AGE IS LISTED.
AND, UM, I CAN ONLY USE THIS FOR SO LONG, BUT I'M ONE OF THE NEWEST COMMISSIONERS AND I HAVE JUST A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO SOMETHING THAT I HEARD.
UM, SO THE DI THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LOW INCOME UNITS ARE 7, 7, 7 BEING A SEVEN STUDIO, SEVEN ONE BEDROOM, SEVEN TWO BEDROOM.
IS THAT CORRECT? NO, SEVEN TWO BEDROOM, ONE, TWO BEDROOM, SORRY, SEVEN STUDIO YOU CAN'T COUNT TO OBVIOUSLY.
THERE'S GONNA BE ONE MORE, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT BE ALLOCATED TO? I HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK THE PERCENTAGES BASED ON THE NUMBER, THE NUMBER OF STUDIO UNITS IN RELATION, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE NUMBER OF TOTAL UNITS.
AND THEN WHEREVER THAT NUMBER FALLS IS WHERE THAT UNIT WILL BE ALLOCATED.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING AND, AND JUST A THOUGHT THAT I HAVE, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE CHANGES IN DEMOGRAPHICS, AND WE DO HAVE A LARGE DEMOGRAPHIC OF, I LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A SANDWICH GENERATION WHERE THERE ARE COUPLES THAT ARE CARING FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEY'RE CARING FOR THEIR SENIOR PARENTS.
SO AS WE CONSIDER THAT ADDITIONAL UNIT, I WOULD, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, A THREE BEDROOM JUST BECAUSE THAT PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THAT BRACKET TO BE THERE.
I DID SEE THAT THE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING FOR MORE PEOPLE, AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT RID OF THE FOUR AND FIVE BEDROOMS. BUT JUST LOOKING FORWARD IN GENERAL, WE SHOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER IN THOSE FAMILIES THAT FIT IN THAT CRITERIA, MULTIGENERATIONAL, THEN MULTI-GENERATIONAL, UM, UH, HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE OUT THERE.
I THINK THIS PROJECT IS GREAT.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE PARKING, UM, I, I GET IT, LIKE WE'RE ALL MOVING TOWARDS LIKE REDUCING SPACES AND SO FORTH.
THIS IS ALSO A LARGELY WORKING CLASS THAT DRIVES OUR VEHICLES TO GARDENERS AND THERE'S FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE, THAT FIT.
CARPENTERS,
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS ON THE, UM, NUMBER OF, OF, UM, PARKING SPACES THAT, UM, ARE CURRENTLY THERE, WILL THERE BE ANY ELECTRIC, UH, PLUGIN FOR, FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE THAT DO DRIVE ELECTRIC CARS? IT'S JUST A A JUST A GENERAL QUESTION.
IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED, YES, THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE BUILDING CODE AND WILL BE REQUIRED.
THERE'S CERTAIN MINIMUMS THAT EACH DEVELOPMENT HAS TO, UM, SHOW.
AND THESE ARE ALL, UM, GREAT QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION, UM, HOPEFULLY LATER THIS YEAR, SOME IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES FOR THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING, HOUSING ORDINANCE.
UM, AND THAT WILL HELP CLARIFY SOME OF THE DETAILS, FOR EXAMPLE, RELATED TO THE BREAKDOWN OF AFFORDABLE UNITS AND HOW THAT PROPORTIONALITY AND THE MATH WORKS, UM, TO ALSO HELP US IN ADMINISTERING IT.
YOU KNOW, DO YOU ROUND UP, HOW DO THOSE DETAILS WORK? UM, THE, THE REGULATION DOES REQUIRE THAT, UM, THE AFFORDABLE UNITS BE REFLECTIVE OF THE UNIT MIX.
BUT HERE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MATH ONLY 16 UNITS OVERALL AND A VERY SMALL PROPORTION, I THINK IT'S ONLY ONE THREE BEDROOM UNIT OR TWO, THERE'S, YEAH, THREE.
BUT OF THE OVERALL MIX, HOW MANY TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS ARE THERE IN THE PROJECT? TWO? YEAH.
SO IT'S JUST SUCH A SMALL PROPORTION THAT THE NUMBER IS BASICALLY ZERO.
BUT SHOULD WE BE ROUNDING UP? LIKE THOSE LEVEL OF DETAIL AREN'T WRITTEN IN THE CODE ITSELF, BUT UM, WOULD BE IN THE GUIDELINES.
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QUESTION, LIKE EV UM, JUST FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER, UM, THE, THE PLANS AND THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND THE REGULATORY RE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE KIND OF ALL WORK TOGETHER.SO SOMETIMES YOU MAY NOT SEE THAT SPECIFIC ON THE PLAN, BUT WHEN AMY'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S REQUIRED BY CODE OR IT'S A CONDITION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO SOMETIMES WHAT WE SEE IN THE VISUALS MAY BE A LITTLE MISLEADING BECAUSE THEY STILL ALL HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE REGULATORY PIECES.
SO THAT'S HOW WE ENSURE THE EV, UH, CHARGERS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY CALLED OUT.
I THINK YOUR COMMENT WAS WELL TAKEN ON THE NEED FOR LARGER UNIT SIZE AND HOPING THE MARKET RESPONDS I KNOW WE DID HAVE A PROJECT RECENTLY THAT WAS PRIMARILY TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS COMING THROUGH, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE REALLY IS SUCH A LACK OF, UH, AVAILABILITY OF THOSE UNIT SIZES IN THE, IN THE RENTAL MARKET.
AND WE'LL ACTUALLY GET INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE IN THE NEXT ITEM AS WE TALK ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN PLAN UPDATE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS FOR, UH, AN OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF LARGER UNITS, BUT TODAY IN THE PLAN, THAT'S NOT AN OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENT.
AND SO BECAUSE OF, UM, THE HOUSING CRISIS ACT AND OTHER STATE LAWS, WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, COMPEL A PROJECT TO DO IT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT OBJECTIVE STANDARD TO GO BACK TO.
BUT OUR HOUSING ELEMENT DOCUMENTS THAT NEED FOR LARGER UNITS, WE KNOW IT'S THERE.
UM, SO YEAH, STAFF CONCURS, WE JUST NEED THAT OBJECTIVE STANDARD TO BE ABLE TO REFER TO.
COMMISSIONER CASTILLO? UH, I WAS JUST GONNA ECHO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, UH, MR. CHAIR, AROUND THE, UM, THE NEED AS, AS COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ HAD MENTIONED, THE, UH, MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING AND IT, AND IT, THAT THOUGHT THAT WAS THE APPEALING ASPECT OF THE PRIOR DESIGN, IS THAT THERE WERE MORE TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS AVAILABLE.
UM, AND THEN I, I DID WANNA, UH, FOLLOW UP IN REGARDS TO, UH, AGAIN, I, I, I REALIZE THE REALITIES OF WHERE WE WANT TO BE VERSUS WHERE WE ARE AND, AND, AND THE NEXUS BETWEEN THOSE TWO AROUND PARKING AND, AND HOUSING AND SO FORTH.
BUT I AM STILL VERY CONFLICTED WITH THAT BECAUSE THE REALITIES ARE, UH, TO, TO EARLIER STATEMENTS.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT COMPEL, IT'S STILL A SHAME THAT WE ARE, UM, FORCING PEOPLE TO, TO, TO MAKE THAT, THAT THAT COMMITMENT AND CERTAINLY OBVIOUSLY WITH THE, THE TENANTS WILL HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AS TO WHY, WHERE, WHERE THEY LIVE AND THEIR AVAILABILITY FOR PARKING.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MORE, UH, SPACES ALLOCATED FOR BIKES, WHICH IS NICE.
IS THERE, UM, ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF ELECTRIFICATION OF THAT AREA? 'CAUSE SINCE THE ADVENT OF E-BIKES IS ALSO KIND OF ON THE RISE AS WELL TO OFFSET, UH, THE, IT'S NOT SPECIFIED IN THE PLAN.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER ON.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY 'CAUSE ON, ON THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, UM, IT DOES SPECIFY 67 UNITS, UH, SINGLE 59 1 BEDROOM, 12 TWO BEDROOM, AND THREE THREE BEDROOM.
IS THAT, IS THAT STILL ACCURATE? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO.
WELL, ADAM, CLERK, IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE.
AND COULD I JUST GET A POINT OF PLEASE CLARIFICATION, PLEASE.
SO ARE YOU ALL RECOMMENDING AN ADDITIONAL, UM, CLARIFICATION RELATED TO THE 16TH AFFORDABLE UNIT? I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS CLEAR.
NO, I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE PER THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING ORDINANCE, THAT THE, UM, ALLOCATION WILL BE BY PERCENTAGE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THEY DID THE MATH AND IT CAME OUT TO 15.4 AND THOUGHT, OH, WE HAVE 15.
AND THE REALITY IS THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IF YOU HAVE 15.4, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE PARKING YOU ROUND UP SO THAT THEY'LL NEED TO MODIFY THEIR PLANS TO, TO MATCH OUR ENTITLEMENTS.
IS THAT CLEAR? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.
UH, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS, THOUGH, I KNOW THERE WAS ONE OF THE ATTENDEES HERE SPOKE AROUND, UH, INCLUDING SECTION EIGHT AS A CONDITION, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS AN OPTIONAL CONDITION? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAG ON OR ARE THERE RESTRICTIONS AROUND THAT? UM, SO UNDER FAIR HOUSING LAW, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO, UM, EQUALLY, UM, OFFER, UM, TO LIKE, TO EQUALLY CONSIDER RENTERS, UM, UNDER SECTION EIGHT.
SO THAT, UM, THE, THE CONDITION THREE CI WAS REFERRING TO, THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE US THEIR PLAN AND ABIDE BY ALL FAIR HOUSING LAW IS SORT OF THE STAFF WAY OF GETTING AT THAT.
UM, IF YOU WANTED TO DO AN ADDITIONAL SORT OF EDUCATIONAL CONDITION THAT SORT OF FURTHER EMPHASIZES, UM, UH, THE PROJECT MUST MEET, UH, MUST, UH, COMPLY WITH ALL HOUSING LAWS, INCLUDING, UM, UH, WORKING WITH SECTION EIGHT AND RELATED TO ALL FAIR HOUSING LAWS THAT COULD BE, UM, ADDED FROM THE STAFF TABLE.
WE'D BASICALLY JUST BE REITERATING THE LAWS THAT ARE IT'S SUBJECT TO AS IT IS.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.
I THINK EARLIER ON THE 16 UNITS, WE HAVE
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A LITTLE BIT MORE AUTHORITY ON HOW THOSE ARE ADMINISTERED.AND IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.
AND IF I, UH, COULD SUGGEST MAKING SURE YOU GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE DEVELOPER, I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS TO ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR THE PROJECT IN THAT AREA.
THEY WANNA HAVE GOOD RELATIONS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.
[5. 24-53370 Recommendation to conduct a study session on the Downtown Plan (PD30) Update including information on the planning process to date and the upcoming Community Open House that will take place on May 18, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ARE READY FOR OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS.ITEM FIVE IS RECOMMENDATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY SESSION ON THE DOWNTOWN PLAN UPDATE, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON THE PLANNING PROCESS TO DATE AND THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 18TH, 2024.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING DOWN THIS EVENING.
COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.
IT'S LIKE BEING UP ON HERE ON JEOPARDY, WATCHING THE TWO OF YOU HIT THAT BUTTON AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.
COMMISSIONER LA FARGAS, THE SECOND ON THAT.
DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING? WE DO.
SO, UM, THIS WILL BE FROM MYSELF AND OUR ADVANCED PLANNING OFFICER, ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ LOPEZ.
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE, UH, THIS EVENING TO TELL YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING INTO OUR PLAN MAKING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES TO HELP UPDATE BOTH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN OR PD 30, AS WELL AS THE, UH, DOWNTOWN SHORELINE PLAN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PD SIX.
SO HERE'S THE PURPOSE OF OUR STUDY SESSION TONIGHT, TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THOSE PLAN MAKING EFFORTS AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO SUMMARIZE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND KEY FINDINGS FROM THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR TO INVITE YOU ALL AND THE COMMUNITY TO OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN.
OPEN HOUSE THIS SATURDAY, UH, MAY 18TH AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY.
UM, PEOPLE CAN STOP BY ANYTIME FROM 11 TO 1:00 PM TO, UH, HEAR MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PROJECT AND PROVIDE THEIR INPUT.
AND THEN FINALLY, TO INVITE EVERYONE TO OUR, UH, COMMUNITY DESIGN CHARETTE WILL BE A MULTI-ACTIVITY, UM, CHARETTE OVER SEVERAL DAYS BETWEEN JUNE 13TH AND 20TH.
SO, UM, WHAT ARE THESE PLANS? THE DOWNTOWN PLAN COMPRISES OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, EVERYTHING, UH, NORTH OF OCEAN BOULEVARD, AND WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2012.
AND PER THE MAYOR'S A HUNDRED DAY PLAN, WE HAVE A FOCUS ON HOW TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND BUILD NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS WELL AS HOUSING FOR ALL INCOME LEVELS IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE GOALS RELATED TO ENSURING WE CAN FACILITATE, UH, 10,000 ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS TO HELP MEET OUR HOUSING, UM, OBLIGATIONS UNDER OUR LOCAL COMMITMENTS AND STATE LAW.
AND TO MEET CERTAIN, UH, STATE REQUIREMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO CONVERT TO A SPECIFIC PLAN.
OUR SHORELINE PLAN, OR PD SIX HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE 1970S.
AND SO WE'RE STARTING FIRST WITH THE VISIONING PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WE REALLY TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE, UH, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GO FORWARD WITH UPDATING THE PLAN ITSELF.
UM, AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
OUR SCREEN HAS GONE OUT HERE IN THE CHAMBER, SO I'M GONNA GIVE A MOMENT TO SEE IF IT COMES BACK.
YEAH, FROM HERE, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO ALEJANDRO, WHO'S GONNA TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, SO AS A QUICK REFRESHER, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.
AND, UM, AS A HEADS UP, THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WILL COVER THE DOWNTOWN PLAN PORTION, AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE SHORELINE VISION PLAN PORTION.
UH, SO FOR THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, SIMILAR TO THE SHORELINE PLAN, WE SEEK TO IDENTIFY AND CENTER THE COMMUNITY'S MOST IMPACTED BY THE PLANNING PROCESS.
SO LIFTING UP AND FOCUSING ON THE MOST MARGINALIZED PERSPECTIVES AND VOICES, UH, FROM LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, UM, TO ALSO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, VALUE THEIR TIME AND PERSPECTIVES, AND MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, INPUT THAT, UM, AFFECTS AND SHAPES THE ULTIMATE, UH, SPECIFIC PLAN AND ENSURE TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UH, THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT.
UH, SO WE ARE RIGHT AROUND THE, IN-BETWEEN PORTION WHERE THE RED ARROW IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE.
UM, WE'RE RIGHT BEFORE THE COMMUNITY OPEN
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HOUSE.THIS IS THE SECOND OPEN HOUSE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS A JOINT ONE, AND BACK IN, UH, SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WE'RE EXPECTING A 2025, UM, ADOPTION HEARING PROCESS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT YEAR.
SINCE OUR LAST OPEN HOUSE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TECHNICAL WORK COMPLETED ON BOTH PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS HIGHLIGHTING, UM, SOME OF THE MILESTONES THAT HAVE BEEN REACHED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A DEEP ANALYSIS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, WHAT HAS WORKED AND HASN'T WORKED WITH THE 2012 PLAN UPDATE, AS WELL AS AN EVALUATION OF OTHER CITY PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED OR ADOPTED SINCE 2012, INCLUDING, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE LAND SETTLEMENT AND THE HOUSING ELEMENT IN 2019 AND 2022 RESPECTIVELY.
UH, THERE'S BEEN, UH, WORK BEGUN ON DRAFTS FOR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT MUST COMPLY WITH, UH, NEW STATE LAW UPDATES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE SINCE 2012.
UM, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, UM, SAMPLE OR SCENARIO PROJECTS TO TEST THESE STANDARDS, UM, WITH, UH, REAL WORLD POTENTIAL, UM, AS WELL AS LAND USE DISTRICTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AREA.
SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WE'LL COVER SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS OVER THE LAST SIX PLUS MONTHS OF THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE DONE A SERIES OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND POP-UP EVENTS.
WE'VE DONE ONE COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, AND WE'LL HAVE OUR SECOND ONE ON SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK.
UM, WE'VE ALSO DONE AN ACTIVE SURVEY AND HAD OVER A DOZEN SUB-GRANTEE EVENTS, UM, THAT REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS OVER A MULTI-MONTH PROCESS, UM, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
SO THEN THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES WILL, UM, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PRIMARY ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND, UM, GOALS AND OUTCOMES THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, BY AND LARGE, THE, THE OVERRIDING ISSUE FOR, UH, MOST COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LIKE MOST OF THE CITY, IS THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE HOUSING CRISIS.
UM, WHILE 60% OF THE CITY IS RENTERS, THAT THAT PROPORTION IS MUCH HIGHER IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AREA.
UM, AND SO THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS HAS BECOME THAT MUCH MORE ACUTE HERE AS WELL.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S A NEED FOR IMPROVING MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY, UM, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN PARTICULAR.
SO NOT EVERYTHING WILL NECESSARILY BE SOLVED THROUGH A ZONING UPDATE, BUT THIS FEEDBACK, UM, AND INPUT CAN STILL BE DIRECTED TO OUR PARTNERS IN PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO HELP, UH, GUIDE THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROJECTS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A NEED TO ADDRESS PERCEPTIONS OF CRIME AND SAFETY, BOTH, UH, INTERPERSONAL SAFETY, BUT ALSO SAFETY AROUND GETTING AROUND DOWNTOWN, UM, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL AMENITIES THAT ARE REQUESTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND THE NEED TO PRESERVE THE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT, UM, LANDMARKS AND POTENTIAL LANDMARKS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
IN TERMS OF DESIRED OUTCOMES, UM, THEY VERY MUCH REFLECT THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT I JUST WENT OVER.
UM, THE NEED FOR MORE OPEN SPACE, MORE AMENITIES, MORE ALTERNATIVES THAT DECREASE THE RELIANCE ON DRIVING AS A PRIMARY FORUM OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, THE NEED TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS AS WELL AS REDUCE DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION IN THE AREA, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
UM, FROM OUR POPUP EVENT, AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE PAST SLIDE.
SO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CONTINUES TO COME UP AS A TOP PRIORITY, AS WELL AS, UM, INCREASING MOBILITY OPTION, BOTH IN TERMS OF, UM, PARKING, BUT ALSO, UM, NON-CAR, UM, TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
UM, AGAIN, THE NEED FOR AMENITIES AND GREEN SPACE IN PARTICULAR, UM, AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS BOTH GETTING AROUND AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLIGHTED.
UM, SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS A BREAKDOWN BY ISSUE AREAS.
THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES WILL REALLY FOCUS BY FOUR MAIN BUCKETS OF INPUT THAT WE HAVE CENTERED OUR FINDINGS AROUND.
SO HOUSING, MOBILITY, OPEN SPACE, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND HISTORIC RESOURCES.
AND AGAIN, A LOT OF WHAT IS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
UM, IT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION, BUT IT'S REFLECTED IN IN PRIOR SLIDES AS WELL.
UM, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, HOUSING SUPPLY, UM, MAKING IT EASIER TO BUILD HOUSING WITH A FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, BUT ALSO PROVIDING THE SERVICES, AMENITIES AND HOUSING TYPES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS CRISIS, UM, AND TO INCENTIVIZE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR UNHOUSED POPULATION AND OTHER VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
SO THIS SLIDE, IT JUST KIND OF REFLECTS WHAT WE HAVE HEARD THROUGH THE SURVEY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AGAIN, A LOT OF THE, THE SAME, UM, FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE SHOWN SO FAR IN PRIOR SLIDES.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WILL FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT WE HEARD THROUGH OUR SUB-GRANTEE, UM, OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, UM, AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT OUR DATA WORKING GROUP, WHICH WORKED IN COORDINATION WITH THE SUB-GRANTEE PROCESS BY BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL DATA THAT WE ON THE CITY SIDE MAY NOT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO OR BEEN AWARE OF TO INFORM BOTH ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS,
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UM, THAT COULD BE GROUNDED IN SOME OF, UH, THIS DATA.UM, DATA SUCH AS COMMERCIAL VACANCY RATES, UM, AND LEASE UP RATES, UH, ARE EXAMPLES, UH, THAT HELP INFORM BOTH THE TECHNICAL WORK AND TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS, UM, ACROSS A VARIETY OF ISSUES.
SO, AGAIN, THROUGH THE SUB GRANTE OUTREACH, UH, ACTIVITIES, A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD IS REFLECTED IN THE BROADER OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE.
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN ISSUE.
UM, THE NEED TO ADDRESS HOUSING, UM, THE HOUSING CRISIS AT ALL LEVELS.
UM, EVERYTHING FROM MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, INTERIM HOUSING AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR UNHOUSED POPULATIONS, PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT, UM, BOTH THE GENTRIFICATION AS A BROAD TERM AND ALSO SPECIFIC DISPLACEMENT OF EXISTING RESIDENTS.
UM, AND EXPANDING, UH, EXISTING POLICIES LIKE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING, LOOKING AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN A MAJOR FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE CAN CONTINUE TO STAY HERE.
UM, MAKING ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LIVING WAGE, UM, MAKING MORE JOBS AVAILABLE LOCALLY SO THAT PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO COMMUTE OUT OUTTA THE CITY OR IDEALLY OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE SAME PLACE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO ADDRESSING COMMERCIAL DISPLACEMENT.
SO NOT JUST DISPLACEMENT IN THE RESIDENCE, BUT ALSO BUSINESSES, UM, AND ENTREPRENEURS THAT MAKE UP PART OF THE LOCAL CITY FABRIC WITH OPEN SPACE AND URBAN FORESTRY, AGAIN, A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES AROUND, UM, LACK OF GREEN SPACE, BUT NOT JUST THE AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE, BUT ALSO THE TYPE OF GREEN SPACE AND PARK SPACE THAT IS AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, PARK AMENITIES THAT REFLECT A CHANGING COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, PROVIDING URBAN FORESTRY AS A ESSENTIAL PART OF THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENSURING THAT PUBLIC SPACE IS NOT JUST AVAILABLE, BUT WELL MAINTAINED.
UM, AND THAT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM IS PARTNERED WITH, UH, ZONING UPDATES.
SO THEY WORK, UH, IN TANDEM WITH EACH OTHER.
WITH CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
A LOT OF THE SAME, UH, THEMES CONTINUE TO ARISE.
SO PRESERVING EXISTING ASSETS, FOSTERING GREATER SOCIAL ACTIVITY AND COHESION, HAVING DESTINATIONS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND CULTURAL SPACES, UH, THAT REALLY MAKE UP LONG BEACH, BE THE UNIQUE CITY THAT IT IS.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE SHORELINE PLAN WORKING OR GOING UNDER, UH, AN UPDATE AS WELL, ENSURING THAT THERE'S SYNERGY BETWEEN THE TWO, UM, PROJECTS SO THAT THEY WORK IN TANDEM WITH EACH OTHER.
AND THEN FINALLY, LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION.
THERE'S AGAIN, A FOCUS ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, SO MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE AWAY FROM CAR DEPENDENCY AND INTO MORE SUSTAINABLE FORMS OF GETTING AROUND.
UM, AND THEN HAVING THE SERVICES, AMENITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS FOR THIS TRANSITION TO HAPPEN MORE SEAMLESSLY.
SO EVERYTHING FROM IMPROVEMENTS AROUND PUBLIC TRANSIT TO THE URBAN FORESTRY, UH, PROGRAMS THAT EMERGE FROM THIS, UM, TO ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY AND UNIVERSAL DESIGN ACROSS ALL PROJECTS, UM, FOR ALL AGES AND ACCESS LEVELS.
SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WILL COVER WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO GET INPUT ON, BOTH AT THE UPCOMING OPEN HOUSE AND THROUGH, UH, THE REST OF THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
UM, SO WE HAVE A GOAL OF ABOUT 10,000 UNITS OF NEW HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN THAT WAS LAID OUT AS PART OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT SITE INVENTORY.
UH, THIS PLAN IS A MAJOR STEP IN ENSURING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET THERE, AND THAT IS A FEASIBLE GOAL TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, DECADE OR SO.
UM, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ANALYSIS DONE AROUND THE HOUSING INVENTORY SITES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, POTENTIAL SITES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISSED DURING THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE PROCESS, UM, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING HOUSING BURDEN, NOT JUST WITH NEW HOUSING PRODUCTION, UH, BUT ALSO ADDITIONAL POLICIES THAT PRESERVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY LIVING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS TO DEVELOPMENT, WHILE ENSURING THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES PROVIDED HAND IN HAND.
SO INCLUSIONARY HOUSING IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT EXAMPLES THAT IS LOOKING TO BE UPDATED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UH, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS BEEN WORKING WELL SINCE IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED.
UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH THE LAST PROJECT, WITH ENSURING THAT THERE IS A GREATER MIX OF TWO, THREE, AND FOUR BEDROOM TYPES OF UNITS, INCLUDING WITH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS WITH MOBILITY.
UH, THE FOCUS REMAINED THE SAME, THE NEED TO ADDRESS HOW PEOPLE GET AROUND NOW WHILE ALSO MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GOALS.
WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, UM, WITH OUR NEED TO, UH, DENSIFY THE CITY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR BOTH EXISTING AND FUTURE POPULATION, UM, AND TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT, UH, IMPROVES RATHER THAN INCREASES OR DECREASES SAFETY FOR EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION THAT THEY TAKE WITH LAND USE.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW, UH, CHARACTER AREAS, UH, AND DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEFINED FOR EACH OF THESE AREAS, UH, WITHIN THE
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PLANNED DRAFT.SO MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THESE PROPOSALS RIGHT, UM, AND WHICH LAND USES SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED OR DEPRIORITIZED WITHIN EACH DISTRICT, AND HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE OPEN SPACE TO MEET THE NEEDS WITH BOTH PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE OPEN SPACE OR ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE WITHIN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY, LOOKING AT THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, SOME OF THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE LOOK TO GET ADDITIONAL INPUT ON IS STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AND PLANS, UM, AND THE HOW DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH PLANS FOR UPDATING OR IMPROVING EXISTING STREETS THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO THEN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE'LL LOOK AT THE SHORELINE VISION PLAN.
SO AS A REMINDER, UH, THE SHORELINE SPECIFIC PLAN HAS A LONGER TIMELINE, UH, BOTH BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN LONGER THAN HAS SINCE IT WAS LAST UPDATED, UH, IT WAS LAST UPDATED IN THE 1970S, AND ALSO BECAUSE IT IS FULLY WITHIN THE CITY'S COASTAL ZONE, AND THE THUS REQUIRES CERTIFICATION BY THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION.
AS A RESULT, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS LONGER TIMELINE, WE ARE FIRST LOOKING TO ESTABLISH A VISION PLAN THAT WILL BE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL AND GUIDE THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ACTUAL SPECIFIC PLAN ITSELF.
SO ONCE WE HAVE THE VISION PLAN ADOPTED, WE WILL TRANSITION TO THE STANDARDS THAT GO INTO THE SPECIFIC PLAN.
ONCE THE PLAN IS ADOPTED LOCALLY, THEN IT'LL GO THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS WITH THE STATE COMMISSION.
SO THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PROJECT, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, THE CERTIFICATION IS ANTICIPATED IN 2027 OR LATER, DEPENDING ON HOW THE PROCESS GOES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AND HOW IT GOES WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
SO WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE VISIONING EFFORT IS IN BETWEEN, UH, STEP TWO AND THREE, WE ARE LOOKING TO REALLY GROUND AND GET A CLEAR VISION STATEMENT AND PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE BEEN RATIFIED BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, BUILDING THAT OUT INTO A COMPREHENSIVE VISION PLAN DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE, UM, BROUGHT FORTH FOR BY, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO ADOPT.
TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A LOOKBOOK, UH, WITH OUR CONSULTANT PARTNERS FOR THE SHORELINE AREA, LOOKS AT ITS HISTORY, ITS EXISTING USES AND REGULATIONS AND WHAT IT'S LIKE FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF USERS, RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND WORKERS OF THE DOWNTOWN SHORELINE AREA, AND TO PROVIDE A CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT OVERALL AND BY SUB AREAS.
AS PART OF THIS, WE'VE DONE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS ACROSS A VARIETY OF ISSUE AREAS, STARTING WITH A MARKET ANALYSIS OF BOTH CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS AND DEMANDS, UM, A LABOR FORCE ANALYSIS AND AS, UH, SEED LEVEL RISE ANALYSIS AS WELL AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT.
FINALLY, WE HAVE DONE A MOBILITY ASSESSMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE SHORELINE PLAN PROPOSAL WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AS MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, BUT ALSO THAT MAXIMIZES TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN AND BEYOND THE SHORELINE AREA AS WELL, KNOWING THAT THIS IS THE REGIONAL DESTINATION, THIS CARRIES IMPACT NOT JUST FOR THE SHORELINE AREA RESIDENTS AND WORKERS THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO VISIT THIS PART OF THE CITY FROM THE GREATER LOS ANGELES REGION AND BEYOND.
SO FINALLY, IF WE COULD SUM UP, WHAT WE HAVE COME UP SO FAR FOR THE VISION PLAN IS TO ENSURE THAT THE SHORELINE IS AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.
AND THIS STATEMENT REALLY IS, UM, THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED THAT ARE BEING, UM, KIND OF VETTED RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THERE'S I BELIEVE, EIGHT OR NINE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE LAID OUT HERE.
UM, BUT THEY ALL RELATE BACK TO THIS PRIMARY STATEMENT.
I'M ENSURING THAT THE SHORELINE AREA IS AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.
SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM IN DETAIL HERE.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
UM, SOME OF THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A WORLD CLASS WATERFRONT, THAT IT IS VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE, THAT IT PROVIDES PUBLIC FACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, THAT IT FOSTERS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND INCLUSION, UM, THAT IT CELEBRATES DIVERSITY IN THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE WATER.
UM, AND THAT WE BECOME A STEWARD FOR SUSTAINABILITY, NOT JUST FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THE SHORELINE AREA.
SO THIS IS ACT JUST, UH, A REMINDER FOR MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, TO TAKE THE SURVEY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND HELP US IDENTIFY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THE PROCESS.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO ALLISON.
SO THAT GUIDING PRINCIPLE SURVEY IS UP ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, TODAY AND IS LINKED HERE, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION THAT'S ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA.
WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF DEPLOYING A SERIES OF SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN SHORELINE AREA, UH, THROUGH A PARTNER CALLED HELLO LAMPPOST, WHERE THERE'LL BE SIGNAGE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO USE A QR CODE FOR A MULTILINGUAL KIND OF INTERACTIVE PROCESS TO BE ASKED SIMPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN SHORELINE TODAY AND, UM, HOW IT COULD WORK, UH, BETTER OR DIFFERENTLY, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
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AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMUNITY DESIGN CHARETTE CALLED EVERYONE'S SHORELINE.IT'LL TAKE PLACE THROUGH A SERIES OF EVENTS, UH, THE BEGIN ON JUNE 13TH, AND WE'LL ACTUALLY END RIGHT HERE AT PLANNING COMMISSION ON JUNE 20TH, WHERE WE'LL BE HAVING A STUDY SESSION TO SUMMARIZE FOR YOU THE RESULTS OF THAT CHARETTE.
UM, THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH NEIGHBORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, STAKEHOLDERS, CITY STAFF, UM, AND PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS TO COME UP WITH HOW TO ILLUSTRATE OUR COMMUNITY VISION AND EXPLORE, UH, DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES WITH A FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY, ECONOMIC RESILIENCY, CONNECTIVITY, AND HOW TO PLAN, UH, FOR ALL AGES, INCLUDING THROUGH A YOUTH FOCUSED EVENT.
WE ALSO ANTICIPATE SORT OF WALKING AND BIKING TOURS AND OTHER INTERACTIVE WAYS TO, UM, PARTICIPATE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE GONNA HELP CO-LEAD SOME OF THOSE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, AND THE PUBLIC CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL OF THAT ON THE PROJECT WEBPAGE.
SO TO SUMMARIZE, UH, WE HOPE TO SEE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON SATURDAY AT THE, UH, BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY.
YOU CAN STOP BY ANYTIME FROM 11 TO TO ONE TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON, UM, OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN, UM, PRIORITIES TO HELP INFORM THE DRAFT PLAN, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE RELEASING, UH, A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US, UH, FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AS PART OF THE DESIGN CHARETTE.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL END THAT PROCESS RIGHT BACK HERE IN ABOUT A MONTH AT PLANNING COMMISSION ON JUNE 20TH.
UH, HERE ARE THE WEBSITE LINKS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, COMMISSIONERS GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, QUICK QUESTION ON THE, WHAT'S THE FORMAT FOR THE OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY? UH, IS IT GONNA BE FORMAL PRESENTATION WITH Q AND A OR IS IT JUST OPEN FORM? YEAH, IT'LL BE, UH, LIKE IT SAYS AN OPEN HOUSE.
SO THERE WON'T BE A SINGLE MIC OR PRESENTATION.
IT'LL BE MUCH MORE TO FOSTER A SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION AROUND A SERIES OF BOARDS GENERALLY, UM, FRAMED AROUND THE TOPIC AREAS THAT I WENT OVER.
SO HOUSING, LAND USE, MOBILITY, ET CETERA.
WE FOUND THAT WE GET MUCH MORE, I CAN'T SPARE DEEPER ENGAGEMENT WHEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR EVERYBODY TO SPEAK, UM, CONCURRENTLY, RATHER THAN TRYING TO GO THROUGH EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS WITH A SINGLE KIND OF TALKING POINT.
YES, AND I THINK THERE ARE SEVEN, SEVEN OR SO TOPICAL STATIONS.
THERE'S ALSO A, ABOUT A 10 MINUTE VIDEO THAT'S QUEUED UP, UM, AN AN ON LOOP OR THAT PEOPLE CAN LINK, UM, THAT'LL GIVE KIND OF A PROJECT OVERVIEW FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE NEWER TO THE PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, BILINGUAL SPEAKERS AT THE EVENT, UH, FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPANISH AS WELL AS INTERPRETATION AVAILABLE, UM, AS REQUESTED IN KAMAYA TAGAL.
I GOT A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS ON THE PD 30 PORTION OF IT.
UH, YOU'D MENTIONED THE 10,000 UNITS.
IS THAT 10,000 UNITS SINCE WE ADOPTED PD 30 ORIGINALLY, SO I FORGET WHAT THAT PLAN WAS, 5,000 UNITS AND AN ADDITIONAL 5,000? OR ARE WE LOOKING FOR A NEW 10,000 UNITS MOVING FORWARD? IT'S, IT'S THE LATTER.
SO THE PD 30 ADOPTION 2012, I THINK DID ANTICIPATE ABOUT 5,000 UNITS.
UH, WE HAVE SINCE REACHED THAT CAP.
THIS 10,000 UNIT IS IN ADDITION TO THAT.
SO IT'S EVERY, IT'S EVERYTHING AS PART OF THE NEW HOUSING ELEMENT.
SO AS OF EARLY 2021 ISH, OKAY.
AND MUCH OF THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS IS LOOKING AT HOW IS THAT ACTUALLY FEASIBLE AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? WE HAVE ENTITLED OVER 5,000 UNITS SINCE 2012, BUT WE HAD MUCH LARGER SORT OF FULL BLOCK SITES AVAILABLE THAT HELPED US GET THERE.
UM, AND SO WE WERE REALLY HAVING TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FOR SMALLER PROPERTIES OR AT DIFFERENT SCALES? HOW DO YOU DO MISSING MIDDLE, UM, TO GET TO THOSE NUMBERS? AND SO WE, UM, DO HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS THAT SHOWS THAT WE CAN CREATE THE CAPACITY FOR MORE THAN 10,000 UNITS.
SO WE'RE QUITE ENCOURAGED BY THAT SO FAR, BUT IT IS GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH IN TERMS OF HOW WE THINK ABOUT THE REGULATIONS AND INCENTIVIZE, UM, PROJECTS TO HELP US GET THERE.
WELL, THAT MIGHT SEGUE INTO MY NEXT QUESTION, UM, WHICH WAS YOUR, UH, BULLET POINT ON ADAPTIVE REUSE AND OFFICE CONVERSIONS.
UH, REMIND ME, I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ADAPTIVE REUSE ORDINANCE THAT, IS IT SPECIFIC TO THE DOWNTOWN OR IS IT FOR ALL OF LONG BEACH? WE DO HAVE ONE IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.
WE ALSO HAVE A CITYWIDE ORDINANCE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE KIND OF ABLE TO USE THE BEST PROVISIONS OF BOTH RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE THERE MORE ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE AS WE THINK ABOUT, UM, ADAPTIVE REUSE.
THE CONTEXT FOR THAT HAS CHANGED AS WE EXPECT, YOU KNOW, SOME NEWER OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT LIKELY WILL, UM, WANT TO ADAPTIVELY BE REUSED.
UM, AND HOW CAN WE BEST FACILITATE THAT GIVEN WHERE WE ARE WITH THE MARKET AND HOW THOSE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO LIKELY EVOLVE.
YEAH, WE'VE SAW, WE'VE SEEN SOME GREAT EXAMPLES.
I MEAN, 200 OCEAN I THINK CAME OUT REALLY WELL, BUT THAT REALLY INVOLVED A DEVELOPER THAT WAS ABLE TO KIND OF WORK WITH THE CITY TO NAVIGATE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THAT OFFICE CONVERSION WOULD TAKE.
AND SO IF WE CAN CODIFY SOME OF THAT IN OUR CODE, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF THE RISK OUT OF IT AND HOPEFULLY CAN ENCOURAGE
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MORE DEVELOPERS INTO LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR EMPTY OFFICE BUILDINGS AND MAKING THOSE LOW HANGING FRUIT ON, ON RESIDENTIAL.UH, AND THEN THE GROUND FLOOR USE, I KNOW THE EXISTING PD 30 REALLY PRIORITIZED EVERY NEW MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, HAVING RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR, AND AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS EARLIER SAID, WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF EMPTY STOREFRONTS.
AND I THINK SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THE SPEAKER BROUGHT UP, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY LOOK AT THAT GROUND FLOOR, IT'S NOT EVEN THE ECONOMICS OF IT, REALLY.
THEY ARE, THEIR ECONOMICS ARE WORKING ABOVE THE PODIUM.
SO IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO CREATE PLACEMAKING.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED FOREVER ABOUT HAVING LONG BEACH, UH, CAL STATE LONG BEACH BRING PROGRAMS DOWNTOWN, AND IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE GOT SO MUCH EMPTY SPACE THAT THERE SHOULD BE WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE ACTIVATING WHAT WE HAVE.
BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT STAFF'S APPROACH IS IN THE NEW PD 30 ON, UH, NEW BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING UP AND WHAT WE MIGHT REQUIRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR TO KEEP THEM ACTIVE BUT NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE GLUT OF RETAIL.
YEAH, SO THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE PD 30 UPDATE IN 2012 ARE ALREADY REFLECTED IN TITLE 22 TO SOME DEGREE.
UM, THERE'S STILL THAT ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR REQUIREMENT, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE THROUGHOUT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
IT CAN INCLUDE A HUNDRED PERCENT RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS AS AN EXAMPLE, AS LONG AS THERE'S SOME TYPE OF ACTIVITY HAPPENING ON THE GROUND FLOOR, BOTH IN TERMS OF DESIGN AND IN TERMS OF THE USE ITSELF.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO TAKE THOSE LESSONS AND THAT FLEXIBILITY AS A KIND OF GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR THIS NEW UPDATE HERE.
THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN NODES OR MAJOR INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST FOOT TRAFFIC, THE HIGHEST ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, ACTIVITY WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AREA TO MAYBE HAVE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THERE TO ENSURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE PLACE MAKING WHERE IT ALREADY IS HAPPENING.
UM, AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE CODE, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE PLAN AREA OVERALL TO ENSURE THAT BOTH OTHER TYPES OF USES BESIDES JUST GROUND FLOOR RETAIL, GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL, ARE ALLOWED AS LONG AS THEY'RE ACTIVATING.
AND ALSO TO ALLOW FOR NON-PERMANENT USES, SUCH AS POPUPS AND TEMPORARY ACTIVATING USES, UM, TO BE MORE EASILY, UM, IMPLEMENTABLE.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED, IT'S SOMETIMES THE REQUIREMENTS, WHETHER THEY BE, UM, ENTITLEMENTS OR THE, THE COST OF OF LICENSING AT TEMPORARY USE IS PROHIBITIVE FOR WHATEVER IS BEING PROPOSED.
SO THAT'S ALSO A LESSON THAT HAS BECOME EXACTLY
SO AGAIN, FLEXIBILITY BEING A GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE PUT FORTH, BECAUSE WE CANNOT PREDICT EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE WILL HOLD, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADHERE TO, BOTH IN THE TECHNICAL, UH, UM, STUDIES AND, UM, HOW WE MESSAGE THE OUTREACH, UH, WHEN WE INTERACT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER ON THAT.
AND THEN PD SIX, I NOTICED ON YOUR ONE SLIDE, THE SHORELINE AREA, UM, WE HAVE IT LISTED AS OFFICE, AND I BELIEVE THAT AREA HAS BEEN ENTITLED FOR MIXED JUICE.
YOU MEAN, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF OCEAN OR, UM, OVERALL IN PD SIX, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PLACES THAT ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USE.
THE, THE ISSUE WITH PD SIX, THE, THE REGULATORY DOCUMENT ITSELF IS, UM, IS FROM THE 1970S, I THINK IT'S 1978, AND IT'S MAYBE SIX PAGES AND SAYS THINGS LIKE WHATEVER'S THERE TODAY IS, WHAT'S THE LAB LIKE
UM, WE ARE IN THE COASTAL ZONE, MUCH OF THE AREAS ALSO TIDELANDS.
AND SO WE ARE RESTRICTED IN THE TYPES OF USES THAT CAN BE LOCATED IN CERTAIN PLACES, UM, THAT MAY HAVE TO BE VISITOR SERVING, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE THE LAND SWAP THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THE PIKE, UM, AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT WHAT ALSO, UM, THE RESTRICTIONS ARE AND WHAT CAN BE THERE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE PROVIDE SOME ABILITY TO DO ADDITIONAL HOUSING WHILE ALSO MEETING THOSE OTHER, UM, REGULATIONS AND CITY GOALS RELATED TO BEING, YOU KNOW, VISITOR SERVING, LOCALLY SERVING, UM, AND A SHORELINE THAT SERVES EVERYONE HERE IN OUR CITY.
AND HOW ARE YOU NAVIGATING, THERE'S SO MUCH OF PD SIX THAT'S ACTUALLY CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
I'M THINKING PARTICULARLY THE ELEPHANT LOT, THAT THERE'S LOTS AND LOTS OF IDEAS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR THAT, BUT ULTIMATELY THE CITY IS THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THE CITY'S VISION OF HOW THAT AREA GETS DEVELOPED VERSUS, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND, AND HEARING WHAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, HOW DOES THAT PROCESS PLAY OUT? YEAH, SO THAT'S PART OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VISION PLAN ITSELF.
MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES AND THE GOALS THAT ARE, HAVE A CONSENSUS AROUND THEM FIRST, AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW THAT TRANSLATES INTO A REGULATORY DOCUMENT WITH CLEAR STANDARDS.
UM, SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER, BUT WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN PUT FORTH, IF NOT A CLEAR VISION, THE COMPONENTS OF A CLEAR VISION AND SEE WHICH ONES ARE HIGHEST PRIORITY AND HIGHEST NEED, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE TRADE OFFS AND COMPETING PRIORITIES, UH, AT PLAY.
SO GETTING SOME CONSENSUS AROUND THERE FROM BOTH COMMITTEE
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MEMBERS AND THEN COUNCIL AND HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING WITH ALL THREE, UM, THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE LIMITATIONS MM-HMMUM, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT IT'S A SELF-SUSTAINING AREA, UM, GIVEN IN PART, UH, WITH THE CITY'S TRANSITION AWAY FROM OIL REVENUE.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, IS DEEPLY INFORMING HOW WE PUT FORTH THE VISION PLAN THAT'LL, THAT'LL COME TOGETHER IN DRAFT FORM LATER THIS YEAR.
SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER YET, BUT WE HAVE A PROCESS TO GET TO IT.
THAT'S, I WAS GONNA SAY, THAT'S A GREAT PROCESS AND FRAMEWORK IS, AND I SHOULD KNOW THIS IS THE QUEEN MARY IN THE HOTEL MAY, IS THAT AREA OVER THERE INCLUDED IN PD SIX OR IT'S ITS OWN, IT'S ITS OWN, UM, SEPARATE PD, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT AND, UM, WANTING TO HAVE SOME CONNECTIVITY TO HOW WE THINK ABOUT PD SIX AND THE QUEEN MARY AREA.
UM, SO WE ARE, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT EFFORT STARTED AS WELL AND WANT TO HAVE THAT SORT OF HOLISTIC APPROACH, UM, GIVEN THE TIME.
AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING, YOU KNOW, 70 TO 80 YEARS OUT IN THIS PD SIX PLAN MAKING EFFORT.
UM, AND TO ALEJANDRO'S POINT, UM, AND TO YOUR POINT, BECAUSE THE CITY OWNS SO MUCH LAND, THERE IS EVEN GREATER OPPORTUNITY THAN USUAL IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE POSSIBLE, UM, UH, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY OF, UH, CITY OWNED LAND, UM, AND WAYS THAT WE COULD, UH, TRULY RESHAPE THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT IS EXCITING AND SINCE IT REALLY IS A VISIONING PRO PROCESS AT THIS POINT, ARE, ARE WE LOOKING OR ARE WE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT EVEN ACTIVATING THE BEACH ITSELF? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S A VERY
I, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAILS NEXT MONTH, BUT NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SOME REALLY BIG IDEAS, UM, AND LOOKING, UM, REALLY BIG AT HOW, UM, THE ENVIRONMENT COULD CHANGE THINGS.
HOW, UM, THE CHANGE WITH, UM, OUR RELIANCE ON OIL COULD CHANGE THINGS, HOW THE SHORELINE ITSELF MAY CHANGE OVER TIME, HOW TOURISM AND VISITOR, UM, PATTERNS ARE CHANGING AND COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE GIVEN, UM, GIVEN THE PIKE AND THE ALLOWANCES THERE.
SO THERE ARE SOME PRETTY BIG IDEAS AND BETWEEN THAT AND THE, UM, SHORELINE DRIVE REALIGNMENT EFFORT THAT'S HAPPENING, THAT'S GONNA MAKE IT A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY LOCATION.
ONE OF THE, IN ADDITION TO CITY OWNING MUCH LAND, THERE'S SOME FAIRLY BIG PARCELS IN THIS LOCATION, UM, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WATERFRONT ADJACENT.
SO THERE REALLY, UM, IS SOME EXCITING OPPORTUNITY AND THERE COULD PERHAPS BE OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THINGS OUT IN THE SHORTER TERM AS WE PREPARE FOR THE OLYMPICS.
UM, THAT COULD HELP US, YOU KNOW, THINK BIG IN THE LONGER TERM AS WELL.
I'D LIKE YOU TO, TO TEST DRIVE SOME THINGS TOO AND SEE HOW THEY WORK.
AND MY LAST COMMENT, UM, I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS ARE DOING PD 30 AND PD SIX TOGETHER.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST 15 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIT OF A STRUGGLE OF THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THOSE TWO AREAS AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE, UM, MAKING BOTH OF THEM VIBRANT, BUT YET BEING CONNECTED AND FEELING LIKE THEY KIND OF ARE COHESIVE IN SOME WAYS.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THESE TWO TOGETHER, AND I HEARD IN YOUR PRESENTATION THE, THE WORD CONNECTION A FEW TIME ON THOSE.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE.
GO AHEAD, MR. I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS, UM, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AND ACTUALLY BEING DONE COULD BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT WITH THEM.
THEY PUT 20 MILES AN HOUR DOWN THIRD STREET AND PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING 50.
UM, AND IF YOU ARE BOLD ENOUGH TO FOLLOW THE SIGNS AND DO 20 MILES AN HOUR, YOU, YOU RUN THE RISK OF BEING RUN INTO OUR CONSTANT INTIMIDATION AND HONKING AND NAME CALLING AND YOU ARE, THAT'S QUITE SCARY THESE DAYS.
I WAS JUST SAYING HELLO, I WASN'T CALLING CALLING NAMES JANE.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THESE DAYS WHEN SOMEBODY GETS THEIR ROAD RAGE, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BE SHOT DEAD.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN THAT THEY'RE PUTTING UP THINGS COMING IN ON SIXTH STREET OFF THE FREEWAY.
IT'S 15 MILES AN HOUR AT THE SCHOOL ON ONE SIDE, AND JUST ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, IT'S 25 MILES AN HOUR.
DOES IT DEPEND ON WHICH SIDE THE STREET YOU'RE ON,
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF THAT THAT ARE MEANT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT, THERE'S NO EDUCATION, THERE'S NO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ABOUT WHAT IS BEING DONE AND WHY TO GET THE, THE COMMUNITIES BEHIND IT.
AND IT'S, IT'S CONFUSING AND KIND OF EMBARRASSING
YEAH, AND UH, OF COURSE, UM, WE KNOW THAT SPEED IS THE NUMBER ONE, UM, CAUSE OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN OUR CITY AND ACROSS THE NATION.
UM, I CAN POINT US TO, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH, UM, THE BROADWAY ROAD DIET, WE ARE SEEING REDUCTION IN SPEED, UM, HERE ON THE PLANNING SIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE, UH, THE, THE SPEED LIMIT POSTED, BUT
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ACTUALLY HOW THE PHYSICAL ROAD IS CONSTRUCTED IS THE NUMBER ONE DRIVER OF HOW FAST PEOPLE GO, NO PUN INTENDED.UM, BECAUSE WHEN THE ROAD IS SUPER WIDE AND THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE TO JUST ZOOM ALONG, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WILL TEND TO DO.
EDUCATION IS CERTAINLY, UM, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT.
AND OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOES A LOT OF WORK.
THEY GET A LOT OF STATE GRANTS TO DO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHERS AROUND THAT.
UM, BUT FOR US, UH, THE PHYSICAL MAKEUP AND WIDTH AND UM, SORT OF CROSS SECTION OF THE ROAD IS THAT THAT NUMBER ONE DRIVER.
AND ON SATURDAY WE'LL HAVE A BUNCH OF EXAMPLES OF CROSS SECTIONS OF, OF STREETS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON WITH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN UPDATE RELATED TO EXACTLY, UM, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND IN FACT, WITH, UM, THE SHOEMAKER BRIDGE PROJECT AND THAT REALIGNMENT WITH THE SEVEN 10, THERE'LL BE SOME BIG CHANGES COMING TO SIXTH STREET, WHICH IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU GAVE THE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS INVOLVEMENT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY IMPORTANT ALONG WITH ENFORCEMENT.
BUT THE, UH, THE WHOLE PROCESS OF, OF DOING ALL THAT IS, UM, I DON'T EVEN THINK THE ENGINEERS HAVE EVEN LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND CHANGED THE LIGHTS YET TO MATCH ANY OF THE NEW MILEAGE SPEED LIMITS.
AND IT'S JUST WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S OUTTA SYNC, IT, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, THEY'RE CURSING
SO, UM, WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU STARTING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND KNOW THAT OTHERS WILL FOLLOW, UM, OVER TIME.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT DOES TAKE TIME AND IT TOOK, YOU KNOW, A CHANGE IN STATE LAW AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF EFFORTS TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE.
UH, THAT'S SPEED LIMIT REQUIREMENT, BUT BEHAVIOR WILL CHANGE.
UM, IT'LL HAVE TO BE OVER TIME AND WITH EDUCATION.
AND ULTIMATELY I THINK THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS THAT WE TRY TO KEEP IN MIND.
SO HAVING THIS DEEP ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND TALKING THROUGH A LOT OF THESE ISSUES WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF STRONG FEELINGS FROM FOLKS, UM, THAT LIVE IN THE AREA, THAT WORK IN THE AREA IS IMPORTANT SO THAT THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE ADVOCATING FOR THE CHANGES.
WE CANNOT ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING IN A VACUUM WITHOUT COMMUNITY, UM, INVOLVEMENT.
AND ULTIMATELY COMMUNITY BUY-IN IS GONNA MAKE OR BREAK ANY PROJECT THAT WE DO.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS THAT ULTIMATE ENFORCEMENT AND WITH THE CITY IS NO LONGER NEEDED TO ENFORCE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S FOLLOWING THE SAME PATTERNS ON THEIR OWN.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS SOMEBODY THAT LIVES, UH, RIGHT OFF OF BROADWAY THAT HAS SEEN THAT BEHAVIORAL CHANGE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, IT'S NOT JUST A, THE CONFIGURATION OF THE STREET IS A GREAT STARTING POINT.
THE INCREASED PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY, THE, UH, INCREASE AMOUNT OF CROSSING YOU, YOU JUST BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO AS SOON AS YOU GET ON BROADWAY, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO 25 OR LESS BECAUSE ONE, EVERYBODY'S GOING 25 OR LESS.
AND TWO, THERE'S MUCH MORE PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE USED TO CROSSING, UM, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE.
AND EVENTUALLY THAT JUST BECOMES THE NEW NORMAL.
UM, SO IT'S NOT EASY AND IT'S NOT GUARANTEED, UH, BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO GET THERE.
AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN SOME PARTS OF OUR CITY AND IN MANY PARTS OF MANY OTHER CITIES OVER THE WORLD FOR EVERYBODY GOING THE, I BEG YOUR PARDON, I'M, I'M, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME TO GET SOME PUBLIC COMMENT IN HERE AS WELL.
UM, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? HI KAREN RE SIDE AGAIN, PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GREAT PANTHERS AND I'M ALSO A COMMISSIONER ON THE LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING.
AND OUR FOCUS, AGAIN, IS ON OLDER ADULTS, BUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT APPLY TO OLDER ADULTS ALSO MAKE IT BETTER FOR FAMILIES AND SAFER FOR CHILDREN.
UM, THE NUMBER ONE PEDESTRIAN CATEGORY ARE SENIORS, SO YOU'RE SO RIGHT.
AND I LIVE ON SEVENTH STREET, SIXTH STREET COMES OFF, SEVENTH STREET GOES ON.
I AM AFRAID TO CROSS THAT CORNER ON SEVENTH STREET.
EVER SINCE THE NEW BUILDING'S GONE UP, THE TRAFFIC IS HORRENDOUS.
I HAVE TO LI I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE RACERS ON PACIFIC AVENUE AT ONE AND TWO IN THE MORNING.
THE GRAND PRIX WAS PER, UH, PARTICULARLY HORRIFIC, BUT, UM, I HAVE THE GREAT PANTHERS ARE WORKING ON A LOT OF THESE ISSUES.
I JOINED THE LA COUNTY COMMISSION SO I COULD TRY AND GET THE COUNTY.
WE ALSO WORK WITH SCAG, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH METRO SO THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT AND WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME THINGS WITH STATE.
SO BECAUSE THERE'S RESOURCES OUT THERE AND I JUST WANNA COMMEND THE STAFF, I MEAN, PARTICULARLY ALEJANDRO
WE ARE ONE OF THE SUB-GRANTEES, AND WHAT WE DID WAS TO, IN ORDER TO COLLECT 300 SURVEYS FROM THE SENIORS AS TO WHAT THEY REALLY WANT, UM, WE TOOK OUR SUBGRANT AND WE, UM, PURCHASED GIFT CARDS AND THE SENIORS GOT A GIFT CARD FOR TAKING THE SURVEYS.
WE DID THIS WITH SCAG SURVEYS TOO, FOR THEIR PLANS.
AND IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE, AND PARTICULARLY THE LOW INCOME SENIORS, THOSE THAT ARE NEVER HEARD.
AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THE SURVEY IS THERE'S A LOT OF SENIORS DOWNTOWN, THEY DO NOT FEEL CONNECTED.
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FEEL PART OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY BUSINESSES THAT REALLY SERVE THEIR NEEDS TO GET ANYWHERE TO GO SHOPPING.IT'S AN HOUR ON A BUS FOR MOST OF THEM, AND THEY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE SERVICES DOWNTOWN AND THEY WANNA SEE MORE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
AND I RAN A GALLERY ON PINE FOR THREE YEARS.
I HAD, I ACTIVATED THAT WHOLE NORTH PINE AREA, SO I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES.
BUT, UM, THE STAFF HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S, UH, I THINK THE PLANS ARE GONNA BE PRETTY AMAZING AND THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND GIVING YOUR COMMENTS TO US.
UH, PETE MARSH, SECOND DISTRICT, AND, UH, YOU NORMALLY HEAR ME HERE TALK, TALKING ABOUT, UH, BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION AND CLIMATE, BUT AS I'VE GOTTEN INTO ELECTRIFYING BUILDINGS, I'VE KIND OF FALLEN DOWN THE URBANISM RABBIT HOLE AND, UH, BECOME A BIG FAN OF WHAT THIS CITY AND MANY OF OUR CITIES ARE TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS TO RECOVER FROM 70 PLUS YEARS OF DRIVING ADDICTION.
RIGHT? WE'VE DESIGNED OUR CITIES AROUND CARS FOR, FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, AND SO CLAWING THAT BACK IS ABSOLUTELY GONNA TAKE TIME, UH, BUT IS, UH, SO IMPORTANT AS WE TRY TO REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWNS AND ACHIEVE ALL THOSE FIRST FLOOR, UH, USES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.
UH, UH, I'VE JUST BECOME RECENTLY KIND OF A FAN OF WATCHING THIS.
UH, I, I RODE HERE WITH, UH, I RODE HERE AND I'M, I'M ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT, UH, UH, ALLISON MENTIONED THAT OFFERED TO HELP WITH BIKING TOURS, UH, DURING THE, UH, DESIGN CHARETTE, UH, THE CAR LIGHT LONG BEACH, WHICH IS HOW DO WE GET AROUND TOWN IN ANY MODE EXCEPT FOR, UH, COUCH ON WHEELS.
AND SO, UH, ANYWAY, JUST, UH, WANT TO COMMEND THE COMMISSION AND THE STAFF FOR WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.
UH, ALL OF THOSE SOLUTIONS TOGETHER ARE HUGELY BENEFICIAL FOR MY NUMBER ONE PASSION CLIMATE, BUT ALSO FOR, UH, HELPING US ALL LIVE MORE ENJOYABLE LIVES AND ENJOY THE DOWNTOWNS.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE HERE ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND HAD A MAJOR KERFUFFLE OVER TWO PARKING SPACES IN BELMONT SHORE, I THINK.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY.
UH, AND THERE'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, 2 BILLION PARKING SPACES TO GO, SO, ALRIGHT.
THANKS FOR COMING DOWN THIS EVENING.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE CHAMBER? SEEING NONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS THIS EVENING? YES, WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON WITH THEIR HAND RAISED KERR.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS MY, IS THIS WORKING? WE CAN HEAR YOU, SIR.
UH, SO ALSO, I WAS ALSO PART OF THE SUB-GRANTEE PROGRAM.
UM, AND WE CREATED A TRANSPORTATION KIND OF QUESTIONNAIRE.
UH, WE GOT APPROXIMATELY, WELL WE GOT EXACTLY 91 RESPONDENTS FOR THAT SURVEY.
AND THE THING THAT WE KIND OF TOOK AWAY, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED, UH, IT WAS PROBABLY TOO LONG OF A SURVEY.
UH, BUT, UH, FOR THE PD SIX AND PD 30 REGIONS, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, WANTED AN AGGREGATE, UH, PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
MOST, UH, 79 OF OUR RESPONSES RANKED THAT AS THEIR HIGHEST PRIORITY.
UM, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WERE CAR FREE STREETS.
UH, PINE ALREADY HAS BOLLARDS.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BOLLARDS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO USE AND REQUIRE THE RENTAL OF A STUPID CRANE IN ORDER FOR THE BALLERS TO EVEN BE PLACED.
THAT'S WHY EVEN WHEN WE DO THE DATE NIGHT DOWNTOWN, THEY DON'T EVEN USE 'EM.
UM, BUT CARRE STREET'S BEING A BIG, A BIG DRAW FOR PEOPLE, UH, TO PINE AVENUE.
THAT'S, UH, I KNOW THAT OUR CITY'S BEEN TRYING TO EMULATE A LOT OF WHAT SAN DIEGO DOES IN TERMS OF TRYING TO DRAW CONVENTION TRAFFIC.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SAN DIEGO DOES WELL, IS THEY PROVIDE FIFTH AVENUE RIGHT THERE, UH, WITH, UH, CAR FREE STREET FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING THE CONVENTION CENTER TO GO WALK AND SPEND MONEY.
UH, AND THEN THE LA THE SECOND THAT, SORRY, THE THIRD THING WAS PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS FOR BICYCLES.
AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.
THEY REQUIRE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, CONCRETE CURBS, UH, SAME WITH THE PROTECTED BIKE LANES, BUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS I THINK WOULD DO A LOT TO HELP WITH THE CONNECTIVITY THAT, UH, PORTIONS OF DOWNTOWN ARE SEVERELY LACKING.
AND THEN WHEN WE ASK PEOPLE KIND OF WHAT THEIR BIGGEST ISSUES WERE, UH, REGARDING CROSSING,
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UH, OCEAN, OR WHAT THEIR BIGGEST BARRIERS WERE BE GOING BETWEEN PD 30 AND PD SIX, UH, THE MOST, UH, RESPONSES, KIND OF LIKE WE HAD A WORD CLOUD.UH, THE WORD IN ENCAMPMENTS SHOWED UP A LOT, I THINK.
UM, BUT ALSO THE WORD SHORELINE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NECESSARILY MEANS SHORELINE DRIVE, BUT I THINK IT DOES.
UH, SHORELINE WAS ALSO THE SITE RECENTLY WHERE, UH, A WOMAN WITH HER FAMILY WAS HIT BY, UH, A DRIVER WHILE SHE WAS CROSSING IN THE, IN THE CROSSWALK.
UM, AND I BELIEVE SIX PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND A FEW OF THEM DIED.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER OF WHO DIED, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY GRIZZLY EVENT.
SHORELINE DRIVE IS A RACETRACK, AND I THINK THAT'S CRAZY THAT WE HAVE A PERMANENT RACETRACK INSTALLED ON OUR STREETS WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, UH, VISION ZERO AND, UH, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THAT WE MAINTAIN, UH, A RACETRACK YEAR ROUND.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN PLANS TO DIET THAT ROAD.
I HOPE THAT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED.
I HOPE THE SAME THING FOR OCEAN BOULEVARD.
UH, AND I HOPE WE DO SOMETHING WITH THE ELEPHANT LOT.
WE JUST NEED SOMEBODY WITH SOME VISION TO HELP GET SOMETHING GOING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.
THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK BY IN THE RAIL COMMISSIONERS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THE STUDY PLAN? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.
WELL FIRST, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THIS.
I THINK IT REALLY SHOWS GENUINELY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME FEEDBACK TO GUIDE THIS PROCESS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, UM, THAT WE INCLUDE IN THOSE PROCESSES ALSO THE, OUR ELDERLY GENERATION.
AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING IT 'CAUSE I DON'T CARE,
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO SAY THAT.
WITH THAT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE TO RECEIVE THIS ITEM.
DUE TO THE TECHNICAL ISSUES, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A VERBAL VOTE.
EDMOND, WE'RE ALL HAVING TECHNICAL.
AND THANK YOU STAFF FOR, UH, WALKING US THROUGH THAT.
A LOT OF GREAT WORK AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF HARD WORK STILL TO COME, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING?
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NO.ALL RIGHT, WELL WITH THAT I WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING.
SORRY, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WE NEED TO TAKE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NON ON NON-AG
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AGENDA ITEMS ON NON, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ITEMS THAT WERE NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO.DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF YOU'RE JOINING VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.
THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
WELL THEN I WILL CLOSE COMMENTS ON THAT.
AND NOW WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING.
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THANK YOU.