* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:03:07] YOU GUYS READY? OH, THANK YOU. STAFF. ARE YOU READY? GOOD [CALL TO ORDER] EVENING AND WELCOME. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS AUGUST 1ST MEETING OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER, IF WE COULD HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. [ROLL CALL] COMMISSIONER CASTILLO PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CLEMSON PRESENT. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. EDMOND. COMMISSIONER LAGA. HERE. COMMISSIONER WHERE? HERE. VICE CHAIR TEMPLIN. PRESENT. CHAIR LEWIS. PRESENT. WE HAVE QUORUM. THANK YOU. DO WE KNOW IF WE HAD AN EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? EDMOND? YES, WE DO. OKAY. IF WE CAN NOTE THAT IN THE RECORD, THEN PLEASE. THANK YOU. UH, NOW FOR THE [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE COMMISSIONER, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US? PLEASE STAND. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WARE. UH, NOW IT'S TIME TO SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES FOR THIS EVENING'S, UM, MEETING. IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON GIVING TESTIMONY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU SHALL GIVE IN THIS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SHOULD BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. [1. 24-54336 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.  ] FIRST ITEM THIS EVENING IS THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, AND I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION TO HEAR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. [00:05:01] THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR TEMPLIN, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO EVENING. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR COMMISSIONERS. UM, A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, FIRST WE DID HAVE A REQUEST, UH, FOR TRANSLATION FOR THIS EVENING'S MEETING. SO WE HAVE, UM, SPANISH AND KAMAI TRANSLATORS HERE AVAILABLE IN THE CHAMBERS, AND ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE TRANSLATION ONLINE. I KNOW THEY HAVE CONNECTED WITH ALL ATTENDEES, UM, UP TO NOW AND NO ONE, UM, HAS REQUESTED IT YET, BUT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TRANSLATION, UM, PLEASE DO CONNECT WITH THOSE STAFF. OR IF YOU'RE, UM, PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. UM, , MAKE A BRIEF. SURE. I'LL JUST DO A SPANISH ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT I WANTED TO MAKE. EVERYONE AT THE DA SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF A PRESS RELEASE THAT WENT OUT YESTERDAY, AND THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL COPIES HERE FOR EVERYONE IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE ANNOUNCING A SERIES OF HOUSING POLICY FORUMS BEING HOSTED BY THE CITY, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STARTING IN LATE AUGUST. AND THESE POLICY FORUMS WILL BE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN MORE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON A VARIETY OF HOUSING POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO IMPLEMENTING OUR HOUSING GOALS AND POLICIES SUCH AS EXPANDING THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING, UM, REQUIREMENTS CITYWIDE OUR ZONE IN, UM, ZONING CODE UPDATE EFFORTS, OUR RELIGIOUS FACILITY OVERLAY PROGRAM, THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND DOWNTOWN SHORELINE PLAN UPDATES, UPDATES TO THE JUST CAUSE ORDINANCE, AN OMNIBUS HOUSING CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS, UH, THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND SB NINE LOCAL ORDINANCE INITIATIVE AND THE UPCOMING MID CYCLE EQUITY ANALYSIS WE'LL BE DOING ON HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION TO SEE HOW OUR IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS ARE DOING IN OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS FAIR HOUSING DISPARITIES IN THE CITY. THE COMMUNITY ENDS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE ON EITHER SATURDAY, AUGUST 24TH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH OR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH. WE'LL COME BACK WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AT OUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, BUT WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL AND WITH THE PUBLIC HERE THIS EVENING. THERE'S ALSO A WEBSITE, UM, A WEBPAGE WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE. THAT'S LONG BEACH.GOV/BCD/HOUSING POLICIES. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? SEEING NONE, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO. SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT THEN AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER CASILLO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE A VOICE VOTE, I CAN TAKE THAT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM [2. 24-54337 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Planning Commission meetings of Thursday, July 18, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, JULY 18TH. COMMISSIONERS, IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR TEMPLIN. COMMISSIONER CLEMSON COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES AS THEY'VE, AS THEY'VE BEEN PRESENTED TO US? SEEING NONE WILL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES OF OUR JULY 18TH MEETING, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR VIRTUAL COMMENTS. IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. WE'LL BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL. IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU AND MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD READ OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. ITEM THREE IS [3. 24-54338 Recommendation to find a proposed vacation of a portion of right-of-way abutting 2111 West 14th Street in conformance with the adopted goals and policies of the City’s General Plan (GPC24-001). (District 7)       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.  ] RECOMMENDATION TO FIND A PROPOSED VACATION OF A PORTION OF A RIGHT OF WAY. ABUTTING 2 1 1 1 WEST 14TH STREET IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ADOPTED GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN DISTRICT SEVEN. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR TEMPLIN. COMMISSIONER WARE, DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? [00:10:01] WE DO. PLANNER JONATHAN AND ESTA WILL PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. A BRIEF PRESENTATION HAS BEEN PRE PREPARED FOR YOU. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN ONE OF THE CITY'S CORE INDUSTRIAL, UH, AREAS, COMMONLY KNOWN AND REFERRED TO AS THE WEST SIDE INDUSTRIAL AREA. MORE SPECIFICALLY NEAREST. THE NEAREST PROMINENT INTERSECTION WOULD BE ANAHEIM AND SANTA FE AVENUE. THE PROJECT SITE IS ADJACENT TO 2111 WEST 14TH STREET, WHICH IS AT THE WEST TERMINUS AT THIS STREET. THE PLACE TYPE FOR THIS SITE IS INHERENTLY INDUSTRIAL AND IS CONSISTENT WITH ZONING DESIGNATION OF GENERAL INDUSTRIAL. LASTLY, THE SITE IS BOUNDED IN ALL DIRECTIONS BY SIMILAR INDUSTRIAL. USES. A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS SITE. UH, THE SITE PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED A 38,400 SQUARE FOOT TWO STORY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT THIS LOCATION. AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE. RECENT AVAILABLE IMAGERY SHOWS THE TWO STORY, UH, DEVELOPMENTS. CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THAT ENTITLEMENT INCLUDED A RECOMMENDATION BY PUBLIC WORKS TO VACATE EXCESS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. THE REQUESTED VACATION IS DEMARCATED HERE ON THIS SLIDE AND CONSISTS OF 1,387 SQUARE FEET IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE DEVELOPMENTS. WHICH BRINGS US TO THE MAIN REASON WHY WE ARE HERE THIS AFTERNOON. AS A REMINDER, VACATIONS OF PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY ARE TO BE HEARD AT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE SUCH APPLICATION CAN BE ACTED ON BY CITY COUNCIL. HOWEVER, A FINDING OF CONFORMITY WITH THE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES OF THE GENERAL PLAN HAVE TO BE MADE BY THIS BODY OF THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE OF THE GENERAL PLAN. THE RELEVANT POLICIES FALL WITHIN, UH, THE LAND USE ELEMENTS AND THE MOBILITY ELEMENTS AS DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT DRAFTED, UH, AND INCLUDED IN YOUR DOCKET, THE LAND USE ZONING DISTRICT OF INDUSTRIAL IS INTENDED TO SERVE, UH, GENERAL INDUSTRY LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, AND BEYOND. SHOULD THE VACATION PROVE SUCCESSFUL, THIS PORTION OF LAND WILL REVERT AND BE INCORPORATED ONTO THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS AND CONTINUE THAT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE. THUS RENDERING THE VACATION REQUESTS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN. THE MOBILITY ELEMENT FURTHER ENSURES THAT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ARE OF ADEQUATE DIMENSIONS TO SUPPORT EFFICIENT MOVEMENTS OF VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS. THE SUBJECT 14TH STREET IS IDENTIFIED AS A LOCAL LOCAL STREET WHICH HAS A REQUIRED WIDTH OF 56 FEET. THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY ON 14TH STREET IS 60 FEET SUPERSEDING. THE, UH, MOBILITY ELEMENTS GUIDELINE THIS 60 FOOT WIDTH IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC WORKS OVERSIGHT FOR SADDLEBACK IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WILL DETAIL A DA ACCESS, UH, CURB, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AND SO FORTH WOULD THEREFORE BE CONSISTENT WITH THE MOBILITY ELEMENTS REQUIREMENTS AS A GENERAL PLAN. CONFORMITY FINDING THIS APPLICATION DID NOT REQUIRE NOTICING NOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER SQL GUIDELINES AS CONDITION STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THIS BODY RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE VACATION PRESENTED HERE IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ADOPTED GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN. THIS CONCLUDES MY BRIEF PRESENTATION. UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. JONATHAN. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AT ANYTHING THAT THEY FEEL STAFF MAY HAVE MISSED IN THEIR REPORT? UH, NO SIR. I THINK THE LY DESCRIBE THE SITUATION WHERE WE'RE AT AT THE MOMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE PRESENTATION? NO. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO. SEEING NONE IN THE CHAMBER, DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NOW OR PRESS STAR NINE. IF JOINING TELE, IF JOINING TELEPHONICALLY, THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. THEN I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE A VERBAL VOTE, I CAN TAKE THAT. YES. THANK YOU. [00:15:01] MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, PLEASE. [4. 24-54340 Recommendation to request City Council adopt a resolution to approve and certify an Addendum (EIRA-01-23) to the Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) prepared for the General Plan Land Use Element Update and Urban Design Element (EIR 03-16) relating to the implementation of the General Plan Land Use Element through an amendment to Title 22 and the rezoning of designated corridors in North Long Beach, North of Del Amo Boulevard to the City terminus and that no new or different mitigation measures are required; Request City Council adopt an ordinance amending Title 22 of the Municipal Code to establish new zoning districts to implement the Neo-Industrial, Multifamily Residential-Low, and Multifamily Residential-Medium PlaceTypes of the Long Beach General Plan Land Use Element Update adopted in 2019 and to make minor amendments to all existing zoning districts contained within Title 22; Request City Council adopt an ordinance to implement City-initiated rezoning of select properties on major corridors in North Long Beach; and  Request City Council receive and file the UPLAN Neighborhood Mobility Enhancement Plan for North Long Beach. (Citywide)        Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM FOUR IS RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND CERTIFY. CERTIFY AN ADDENDUM TO THE PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT PREPARED FOR THE GENERAL PLANNED LAND USE ELEMENT UPDATE AND URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT THROUGH AN ADDEND AMENDMENT TO TITLE 22 AND THE REZONING OF DESIGNATED CORRIDORS IN NORTH LONG BEACH, NORTH OF DEL LAMO BOULEVARD TO THE CITY TERMINUS. THAT AND THAT NO NEW OR DIFFERENT MITIGATION MEASURES ARE REQUIRED. REQUEST CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 22 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH NEW ZONING DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT A NEO INDUSTRIAL MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOW AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM PLACE TYPES OF THE LONG BEACH GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT UPDATE ADOPTED IN 2019 AND TO MAKE MINOR AMENDMENTS TO ALL EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS CONTAINED WITHIN TITLE 22 REQUEST CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT CITY INITIATED REZONING OF SELECT PROPERTIES ON MAJOR CORRIDORS IN NORTH LONG BEACH AND REQUEST CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THE U PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD MOBILITY ENACTMENT PLAN FOR NORTH LONG BEACH CITYWIDE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM PLEASE? THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WARE. COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT. WE DO. SO I'M DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE, UM, ADVANCED PLANNING OFFICER ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ LOPEZ AND, UH, PROJECT PLANNER PAOLA RADO VENA, WHO WILL PROVIDING THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM. THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT A FEW TIMES, UM, DURING THE PROCESS, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE, UH, FOR, UH, A MULTIFACETED, UH, ADOPTION PROCESS. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A REZONING PROPOSAL FOR UPDATES TO ZONING REGULATIONS, NEW ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAP CHANGES IN NORTH LONG BEACH AS THE END PRODUCT OF THE U PLAN INITIATIVE. THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU TODAY CONSISTS OF FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS, FIRST AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING REGULATIONS IN TITLE 22. SECONDLY, THE ADOPTION OF FOUR NEW ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN TITLE 22 TO IMPLEMENT THREE GENERAL PLAN PLACE TYPES. THIRDLY, THE REZONING OF SELECT PROPERTIES ALONG THE MAJOR CORRIDORS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF GREENLEAF BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH DEL LAMO BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH SUSANNA ROAD TO THE WEST AND DOWNEY AVENUE TO THE EAST, ALSO KNOWN AS THE 9 0 8 0 5 ZIP CODE. AND FOURTH AND FINALLY TO RECEIVE AND FILE NEIGHBORHOOD MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NMEP FOR NORTH LONG BEACH. YOU PLAN IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE A NEW VISION, ECONOMIC STRATEGIES, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS AND ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS TO GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH LONG BEACH OR UPTOWN. THE MAIN DELIVERABLES FOR BOTH PHASE ONE AND TWO, OUR, THE NEW ZONING DISTRICTS FOR NORTH LONG BEACH, ALONG WITH THE TECHNICAL STUDIES MOBILITY ANALYSIS AND REPORTS THAT INFORMED SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS. HOWEVER, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DELIVERABLE AND OUTCOME FOR THE PROJECT. THE OUTCOME THAT WE SEEK FROM THIS PROCESS IS TO FOSTER AN EVOLVING, ENGAGE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY WHERE EXISTING RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM NEW INVESTMENTS AND CHANGES THE SLIDES. UH, THE NEXT TWO SLIDES PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE U PLAN PROJECT TIMELINE, WHICH WAS DIVIDED UP INTO TWO PHASES. THE OVERALL EFFORT FOR U PLAN N BEGAN IN 2018 WITH AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONVENED AT THE INCEPTION OF PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO STARTED IN LATE 2019. IN APRIL, 2023, THE FIRST FULL DRAFT OF PHASE TWO ZONING REGULATIONS WAS PUBLISHED AND STAFF HELD A FINAL IN-PERSON COMMUNITY WORKSHOP IN MAY, 2023 TO REVIEW THE DRAFT REGULATIONS AND PROVIDE COMMUNITY INPUT. REVISED REGULATIONS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR THAT INCORPORATED FINDINGS AND INPUT FROM ZONE IN CITY CORPS. AS A REMINDER, THE LAND USE ELEMENT OR LUE PLACE TYPES SERVED AS A BLUEPRINT FOR THE NEW U PLAN ZONES IN NORTH LONG BEACH. [00:20:04] THE U PLAN COMMUNITY VISION DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE DURING PHASE ONE EMPHASIZES THE COMMUNITY CENTERED VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF NORTH LONG BEACH, WHILE HIGHLIGHTING ITS RESIDENTS NEEDS FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION ACCESS TO OPEN SPACE AND REVITALIZING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. THE MAP BEFORE YOU DETAILS THE PROJECT BOUNDARIES FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OF VIEW PLAN. SONY REGULATIONS FOR PHASE ONE AND THE DARK ORANGE ALONG ARTESIA BOULEVARD AND ATLANTIC AVENUE WERE ADOPTED BY THE CITY IN NOVEMBER, 2020. PHASE TWO ZONES ARE FOUND IN THE BLUE AND ARE PART OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. THE REMAINING AREAS ARE IN YELLOW ARE ARE PREDOMINANTLY FOUNDING AND CONTEMPORARY NEIGHBORHOOD OR FCN PLACE TYPES AND WILL BE PART OF A FUTURE ZONING. UM, UPDATES. THE TABLE SHOWN HERE PROVIDES A CROSSWALK BETWEEN THE ADOPTED PLACE TYPE AND THE CORRESPONDING ZONE OR ZONES THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO SET TO SET PLACE TYPE. THE MIX USE ZONES KNOWN AS MU ONE A AND MU TWO A AND THE RESIDENTIAL MIX USE THREE A KNOWN AS RMU THREE A ARE ALREADY ADOPTED AS APPLICABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTER OR CORRIDOR LOW PLACE TYPES. SIMILARLY, THE MU THREE A AND RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE FOR KNOWN AS RMU FOUR A ZONES ARE ALSO EXISTING AND APPLICABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTER OR CORRIDOR MODERATE. THE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOW, UM, KNOWN AS MFRL AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM KNOWN AS MFRM. ZONES ARE EACH PROPOSED AS A SINGLE ZONE APPLICABLE TO THE CORRESPONDING PLACE TYPES AND WERE PROPOSED FOR ADOPTION THROUGH THE U PLAN PROCESS. FINALLY, THE NEO INDUSTRIAL ONE KNOWN AS NI ONE AND NEO INDUSTRIAL TWO KNOWN AS NI TWO ZONES ARE PROPOSED TO BOTH BE APPLICABLE TO THE NI PLACE TYPES DEPENDING ON SITE CONDITIONS AND CONTEXT. THE MAP BEFORE YOU DETAILS THE PROPOSED MIXED USE ZONES. NEXT WE HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL MIX USED TO PROPOSE AS RMU THREE A AND RMU FOUR A. THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE ESTABLISHING FOUR NEW ZONES AND ARE DETAILED IN THE FOLLOWING TWO MAPS. THE MAP BEFORE YOU CALLS OUT THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPOSED AS M-M-F-R-L AND MFRM. FURTHERMORE, THIS MAP CALLS OUT THE PROPOSED NEO INDUSTRIAL ZONES AS NEO INDUSTRIAL ONE AND NEO INDUSTRIAL TWO. I'LL PASS IT OVER TO OUR ADVANCED PLANNING OFFICER, ALEJANDRO, TO FURTHER ELABORATE. THANK YOU, PAOLA AND THE NEARLY FOUR YEARS SINCE TITLE 22 WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED. THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXT THAT INFORM SAID REGULATIONS INFORMED BY U PLAN PHASE TWO OTHER ZONE INITIATIVES, ESPECIALLY ZONE IN CITY CORPS AND RELATED CITY INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE ADOPTED IN 2022. THE FOLLOWING SLIDES SUMMARIZE OUR PROPOSED CHANGES TO TITLE 22 AS PART OF THIS UPDATE. THESE ARE GENERALLY CATEGORIZED AS BEING INFORMED BY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES SUCH AS THE PROHIBITION OF UNDESIRABLE OVER CONCENTRATED AND OR NUISANCE USES. MODERNIZING CODE REGULATIONS TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH STATE LAW AND LOCAL PRIORITIES AS SHOWN HERE ON THIS SLIDE. AND THEN NEW DEFINITIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE UPDATES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR CODE APPLICATION AND ACCESSIBILITY BY BOTH PLANNERS AND THE PUBLIC. AND FINALLY, TECHNICAL CLEANUPS TO MAKE TITLE 22 MORE LEGIBLE AND EASIER TO NAVIGATE THE FAMILY. MULTI-FAMILY ZONES ARE ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE HIGHLY DESIRABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR A RANGE OF NEEDS AND ENCOURAGE A A WIDE VARIETY OF MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PRODUCTS. THERE ARE TWO NEW MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES PROPOSED AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, LOW AND MEDIUM RESPECTIVELY, EACH CORRESPONDING TO THE GIVEN PLACE TYPE. THE PURPOSE OF THESE DISTRICTS IS TO PROVIDE HIGHLY DESIRABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR A RANGE OF LIFESTYLES AND INCOME LEVELS THAT ENCOURAGE A WIDE VARIETY OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING TYPES DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOUSING AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING LOCAL STATE AND NATIONAL HOUSING CRISIS. UPDATED PARKING REQUIREMENTS ALSO MAKE IT EASIER TO MEET THE MINIMUM OF SET REQUIREMENTS WITH THE NEW CODE UPDATE. [00:25:04] THE MFRL ZONE ALLOWS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL CONFIGURATIONS WITH VERY LIMITED SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING NON-RESIDENTIAL USES ALONG RESIDENTIAL CORRIDORS. THE ZONE WOULD ACT AS A BUFFER BETWEEN L LESS INTENSE AND MORE INTENSE RESIDENTIAL OR MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOODS. THE INTENT IS TO PROMOTE WELL-DESIGNED HOUSING WHERE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ALREADY EXISTS OR RESIDENTS CAN REACH EXISTING COMMERCIAL SERVICES IN PUBLIC TRANSIT. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR LIMITED SMALL COMMERCIAL USES TO FOSTER COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS. RELATEDLY, THE MFRM ZONE ALLOWS FOR MODERATE INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL CONFIGURATIONS WITH A GREATER ALLOWANCE OF RESIDENTIAL SERVING, OH, SORRY, OF NOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING NON-RESIDENTIAL USES ALONG RESIDENTIAL CORRIDORS. IT EXPANDS THE PERMITTED USES TO INCLUDE LIMITED CIVIC INSTITUTIONAL AND RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USES, USUALLY WITH AN ENTITLEMENT REQUIREMENT. SIMILARLY, TWO NEO INDUSTRIAL ZONES ARE PROPOSED TO IMPLEMENT A SINGLE NEO INDUSTRIAL PLACE TYPE PROPERTIES IN NORTH LONG BEACH WITH A NEO INDUSTRIAL PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION ARE PROPOSED TO BE REZONED TO ONE OF THESE TWO ZONES DEPENDING ON THE PROPERTY CONTEXT. NI ZONES ARE INTENDED TO ALLOW INNOVATIVE STARTUP BUSINESSES, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, SMALL INCUBATORS, COWORKING SPACES, COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING, CLEAN NON NUISANCE INDUSTRIES AND OFFICE USES THAT SUPPORT THESE INDUSTRIES. THESE ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT INDUSTRIAL USES BY ALLOWING COMMERCIAL USES LIKE REACHER STORES, EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT. THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING THESE ZONES IS TO ALLOW USES TO FOCUS ON PROMOTING CLEAN INDUSTRIES. THOUGH EXISTING INDUSTRIES WILL RETAIN NON-CONFORMING RIGHTS PROVIDED UNDER THE EXISTING NON-CONFORMING USES SECTION OF CHAPTER 21. THE NI ONE ZONE IS INTENDED TO ALLOW FOR LIGHT MANUFACTURING AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES WHILE PRIORITIZING A TRANSITION TO GREENER AND LESS POLLUTING INDUSTRIES OVER TIME. WHILE SOME HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES MAY BE PERMITTED, THAT WOULD GENERALLY REQUIRE AN ENTITLEMENT TO ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT OF ANY NEW BUSINESS PROPOSALS AT SCALE. CONVERSELY, THE NI TWO ZONE IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL CORE IN NORTH LONG BEACH AND ADJACENT MIXED USE OR RESIDENTIAL AREAS. IT ALLOWS A GREATER VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL USES AND HAS GREATER ENTITLEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL USES AS SHOWN HERE ON THE SLIDE. TO SUMMARIZE, THE NI ONE ZONE IS PROPOSED TO BE APPLIED TO THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL COURT IN NORTH LONG BEACH AND HAS A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FOCUS WITH THE NI TWO ZONE, HAS A MORE LIMITED INDUSTRIAL LAND USE PERMITTED AND A GREATER VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL USES THAT CAN SUPPLEMENT AND CATER TO THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE PAOLA. THANK YOU ALEJANDRO. AND LASTLY, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION AND WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH COMMUNITY COUPLED WITH IN-DEPTH TECHNICAL ANALYSIS. THE PLAN IS DESIGNED TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF PHOTOS, EXAMPLES AS AS A, A RESULT OF A PLACE BASED NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THE NMEP PROVIDES DIRECTION FOR MOBILITY ENHANCEMENTS AND FOCUSES ON MAKING IT SAFER, EASIER AND MORE PLEASANT TO GET AROUND NORTH LONG BEACH, INCLUDING THOSE WALKING, BIKING, OR TAKING TRANSIT. THIS INCLUDES CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN MAJOR CORRIDORS, ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, LOCAL JOBS, AND ACCESS TO GOODS AND SERVICES IN NORTH LONG BEACH. FINALLY, PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY QUALITY ACT, THE CITY PREPARED AN ADDENDUM TO A PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED PROGRAMMATIC EIR FOR THE GENERAL PLAN LAND DE SETTLEMENT UPDATE AND URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT. THIS ADDENDUM TO THE EIR ANALYZED A PROPOSED PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PEIR AND DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY NEW SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THAT EXCEED THOSE ANALYZED PREVIOUSLY IN THE PROGRAMMATIC EIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL NOTICING REQUIREMENTS. A PUBLIC NOTICE WITH PUBLISHED IN THE LONG BEACH PAST TELEGRAM ON JULY 18TH OF THIS YEAR, AND ALSO PROVIDED TO ALL CITY LIBRARIES AT LONG BEACH AND AT LONG BEACH CITY HALL. WITH THAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR TODAY'S HEARING IS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AND CERTIFY THE P-E-E-I-R ADDENDUM FOR THE PROJECT. APPROVE THE ZONING CODE UPDATES TO TITLE 22 FOR EXISTING ZONING REGULATIONS, ADOPT THE FOUR PROPOSED NEW ZONES FOR THE M-F-R-L-M-F-R-M-N-A NINE PLACE TYPES, AND FINALLY ADOPT THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP CHANGES AND RECEIVE AND FILE THE NORTH LAWN BEACH AND MEP. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. [00:30:01] THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING 2018. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S TAKEN US THAT LONG TO GET HERE. UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THEIR PRESENTATION? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER WARE. UM, THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, ONE IS, ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC IMPACTS ON THE NEO INDUSTRIAL ZONING ON EXISTING INDUSTRIAL IN THAT AREA? SO THERE WILL BE SOME EXISTING HEAVY POLLUTING INDUS INDUSTRIAL USES THAT MAY BE GRANDFATHERED OR CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING. NOW, UM, WITH THE TRANSITION, THEY DO RETAIN THEIR NON-CONFORMING RIGHTS ON THE TITLE 2127. UM, BUT THE INTENT LONG TERM IS TO PROMOTE AND INCENTIVIZE FOR NEW GREENER USES GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES IN THE AREA. AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT WAS, UM, A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION OVER THE YEARS TRYING TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE OF FROM A PROPERTY RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE, WHAT COULD WE DO IN TERMS OF, UM, EXISTING USES, UM, WHAT ARE THEIR RIGHTS IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING NONCONFORMITIES, UM, AND WHAT MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF HOW TO TRY TO FACILITATE A TRANSITION OVER TIME WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, THINGS WON'T CHANGE OVERNIGHT. SO THERE'S A PLAN THEY JUST WON'T BE UPROOTED, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO, UM, THROUGH THEIR NON-CONFORMING STATUS, THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATING, BUT IF THEY WANTED TO MAKE A CERTAIN MAJOR CHANGE OR THAT KIND OF THING OR STOPPED, UM, OPERATING FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THEY COULD LOSE THOSE NON-CONFORMING RIGHTS. OKAY. UM, ALSO DURING THE REZONING, UM, UH, THE YOUTH PLAN PHASE TWO ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UM, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN TO ME FROM THE FEEDBACK, GIVEN HOW THIS RESPONDS TO THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS DURING THAT PROCESS? SURE. SO THE QUESTION THAT YOU JUST POSED WAS ACTUALLY A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF INPUT INTO MAKING SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GOALS THAT WERE STATED IN THE OUE WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PLACE TYPE WERE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE ZONING REGULATIONS. SO HAVING GREATER COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT FOR ANY NEW USES PROPOSED, UH, PARTICULARLY FREIGHT AND TRUCKING USES, UM, NOW REQUIRING A, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UM, DEPENDING ON THE ZONE, UH, IS AN EXAMPLE OF RESPONDING TO THAT FEEDBACK. SIMILARLY WITH THE MIXED USE ZONES, UM, THE MULTIFAMILY ZONES, UM, A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND INPUT WAS AROUND MAKING IT EASIER AND SAFER TO WALK, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND PARTS OF THE CITY THAT HAD NOT UNTIL VERY RECENTLY HAD A SINGLE BANK, AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT HAVE A LACK OF QUALITY FOOD ACCESS, UM, THAT HAVE A LACK OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES, UM, WITHIN WALKING OR BIKING DISTANCE. SO THE NEWS ONLY REGULATIONS MAKE IT EASIER TO ESTABLISH THOSE SERVICES OR USES, UH, FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO OPEN A BUSINESS, UM, WITHOUT GOING THROUGH AS MUCH BUREAUCRATIC REGULATIONS UNDER EXISTING REGULATIONS, UM, AND TO CONTINUE TO GAIN, UM, AGENCY OVER THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR COMMUNITY. SO THE ZONING REGULATIONS THEMSELVES ARE INTENDED TO RESPOND VERY DIRECTLY TO A LOT OF ISSUES THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS RAISED UP, UM, BUT WITH BOTH U PLAN AND CITY COURT, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT, UM, IN OUR NEXT HEARING, UM, PART OF THE GOAL AS STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF PRESENTATION WAS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE MORE INFORMED AND TO HAVE GREATER STAKE IN ANY FUTURE, UM, DECISION MAKING THAT HAPPENED AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL. UM, THAT THERE'S A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ZONING WORKS, OF HOW IT CAN INFLUENCE THE EVOLUTION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND WHAT OTHER PARTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN BE MORE INVOLVED IN. UM, SO THERE'S THE FORMAL REGULATIONS THAT ARE HERE, UM, AND THEN THERE'S WHAT WAS, UM, INTENDED TO BE CULTIVATED THROUGH THE PROCESS ITSELF, WHICH WILL IDEALLY OUTLIVE THIS ADOPTION PROCESS AND EXTEND FOR YEARS. AND I COULD ADD, UM, IN THE ATTACHMENT TO YOUR STAFF REPORT, THERE'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN. IT HAS A, A WHOLE CHAPTER DEDICATED TO SORT OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND, AND THE PROCESS. UM, AND IT, UH, THERE WAS BOTH SORT OF THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE AND THE CAPACITY BUILDING THAT ALEJANDRO SPOKE TO IN TERMS OF SORT OF THE DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THIS PROCESS. AND THEN BUILDING CAPACITY AROUND WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S GREATEST CONCERNS AND HOW CAN WE HELP CONNECT THEM WITH OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, HAVING AGENCY OVER THOSE ISSUES AND QUESTIONS. SOME OF THEM ARE ZONING, SOME OF THEM MAY BE BEYOND JUST WHAT, UM, ZONING CAN SOLVE. SO, UM, WE, WE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE STATE TO HELP FACILITATE THIS EFFORT, AND OVER HALF OF THOSE FUNDS WERE SPENT ON THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS ITSELF, UM, THROUGH WHICH WE FIRST DESIGNED AN ENGAGEMENT PLAN WITH, UH, SEVERAL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO LOOK AT SORT OF THE HISTORY OF PLANNING IN NORTH LONG BEACH AND SORT OF WHY WE SEE THE DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE TODAY, INCLUDING RELATED TO LAND USE REGULATIONS AND TO INTENTIONALLY DESIGN, UM, AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS THAT TRIES TO ADDRESS THAT IN A WAY THAT, UH, TAKES AN EQUITY LENS TO THAT, UM, HISTORIC SORT OF LACK OF AGENCY FOR, UM, COMMUNITIES IN NORTH LONG BEACH RELATED TO PLANNING DECISIONS. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SAW THAT SORT OF MULTITUDE OF STRATEGIES [00:35:01] RELATED TO GETTING OUT IN THE FIELD AND DOING WALK AUDITS TOGETHER, UM, ENGAGING WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, TAKING THAT SORT OF MULTIFACETED APPROACH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM. UH, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. GOOD EVENING, SIR. WOULD YOU MIND MIND IF I SWORE YOU, AND I DON'T THINK I SAW ANYBODY IN THE, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU JUST WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF, UH, EVENING, UH, COMMISSIONERS NAME IS BRADY WOODS. I'M A LAND CONSULTANT WITH TMB PLANNING IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, AND I HAVE TWO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU AND HOPE GET REDIRECTED BACK TO STAFF. UH, FIRST QUESTION, WILL EXISTING PROPERTIES WITH, UH, AN EXISTING NEO INDUSTRIAL PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE STAFF REPORT BE ELIGIBLE FOR, TO APPLY FOR A REZONE, UH, TO ONE OF THE NEWER, UH, NEO INDUSTRIAL ZONING DESIGNATION, UH, THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS TO BETTER BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEO INDUSTRIAL PLACE TYPE? AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS, WHEN DOES CITY AND STAFF ANTICIPATE SENDING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, REVIEWING ADOPTION? COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? SORRY. I'M SORRY. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING YOU WITH OUR AUDIO SYSTEM HERE. UH, NO WORRIES, NO WORRIES. FIRST QUESTION. UH, I GOT THE FIRST ONE SECOND. YOU GOT THE WORD FIRST ONE, SECOND ONE. WHEN DOES STAFF ANTICIPATE SENDING THIS ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND ADOPTION? PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, SENIOR, DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME. IF YOU'RE JOINING US TELEPHONICALLY AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE. THE FIRST PERSON WITH THEIR HAND RAISED IS JEANETTE. JEANETTE, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. UM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. CAN YOU CONFIRM THE LINE IS OPEN, PLEASE? WE CAN HEAR YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JEANETTE NEWMAN AND I'M A 19 YEAR RESIDENT OF NORTH LONG BEACH. AND WHILE THERE'S BEEN CLEARLY MEANINGFUL WORK DONE ON THIS REZONING EFFORT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE MOST IMPACTED IN NORTH LONG BEACH BY THE NI ONE AND TWO ZONES. THERE HAS NOT BEEN WIDESPREAD NOTICE OF THE ZONE PLAN, THE PROPOSED CHANGES, OR EVEN THE PUBLIC NOTICE ABOUT TONIGHT THAT WOULD GIVE RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET THEIR VIEWS BE KNOWN. THE CITY'S APPROACH TO ENGAGEMENT IS PREDICATED ON PEOPLE HAVING INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENTS WORK AND THAT THEY ARE ON VARIOUS DIGITAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS TO RECEIVE SET INFORMATION OR THAT THEY SUBSCRIBE TO A LOW PAPER, TO A LOCAL PAPER WITH LOW SUBSCRIPTION IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THESE ARE JUST NOT THE REALITIES OF HOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OPERATES. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE COMMISSION HOW MANY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED THAT ARE IMPACTED BY NI ONE AND TWO OF THE PARTIES THAT WERE ON YOUR PROJECT NOTIFICATION LIST. HOW MANY FOLKS ARE ACTUAL RESIDENTS OF NORTH LONG BEACH AND HOW ARE THEY EVEN TO KNOW THAT DECISIONS WERE BEING MADE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY? I'LL GUESS THAT THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL RESIDENTS IS PRETTY LOW, AND IT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE 20,000 PLUS RESIDENTS OF NORTH LONG BEACH IMPACTED BY THE NI ONE AND TWO ZONES. IT'D BE FALSE TO ASSUME THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE FACT IS WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THE CITY HAS NOT ENGAGED IN MEANINGFUL OUTREACH THAT INCLUDES THE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR TONIGHT NOT BEING INCLUSIVE OF ALL DOMINANT LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO BRING UP THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM. THE PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CALL FOR FAIRNESS REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR INCOME, AND THE MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT OF COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT AFFECT EVERY COMMUNITY'S SURROUNDINGS AND THE PLACES PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND LEARN. WHEN DID THE COMMISSION PRESENT TO THE 20,000 NORTH LONG BEACH RESIDENTS? HOW THIS REZONING MEETS THOSE PRINCIPLES OR THE CALIFORNIA STATUTE ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE? THE NORTH LONG BEACH COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY BEEN LIVING WITH INEQUITABLE CHOICES MADE BY CITY GOVERNMENT CHOICES THAT AFFECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES. CHOICES THAT WOULD NEVER BE CONSIDERED IN MORE WEALTHY PARTS OF THE CITY WE'RE DIVERSE AND UNDERSERVED AND IT'S NOT OKAY TO CONTINUE TO PLACE INDUSTRY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING, THE TANK FARM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 75 YEARS. THE CHOICES YOU MAKE TODAY WILL SADDLE THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF NORTH LONG BEACH RESIDENTS WITH CONTINUED POLLUTION AND SAFETY ISSUES, EVEN UNDER THE PROPOSED AND WIDESPREAD NEO INDUSTRIAL [00:40:01] ZONING. OTHER CITIES, INCLUDING THE GOWANUS NEIGHBORHOOD AND BROOKLYN NEW YORK, HAVE TAKEN INDUSTRIAL SITES AND MADE THEM INTO THRIVING PLACES TO LIVE. AND SO CAN WE, THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU CARE ABOUT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF FUTURE NORTH LONG BEACH RESIDENTS TO DO SO? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME. OR IF YOU'RE JOINING US TELEPHONICALLY, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL COMMISSIONERS. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. UM, I I HAD A QUESTION. I WAS LOOKING AT THE, THE ZONING MAP AND I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT IN SOME OF THE, UM, CON CONTINUITY OF SOME OF THE ZONING AREAS IN PARTICULAR ALONG THE, UH, ATLANTIC AVENUE CORRIDOR, UM, WHEN IT BUTTS UP AGAINST SOUTH STREET AND MARKET, THERE'S SOME HIGHER DENSITY ZONING THAT'S TAKING PLACE THERE, BUT THERE'S NOT COMPLETE CONTINUITY, ESPECIALLY AT THE INTERSECTIONS. I WAS CURIOUS TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT, UM, WHAT THE, THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT WAS. AND ALSO ON THE, UH, EASTERN MOST, UM, QUADRANT, I'LL SAY, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE NI TWO ZONING, THERE'S, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN THAT AREA, AND I PRESUME IT'S GONNA BE COVERED WHEN WE DO THE, UH, THE EAST, UH, ZONING MAP, BUT, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WASN'T BEING KIND OF ISOLATED BY ITSELF. SURE. SO I I I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD. UM, THE ATLANTIC AVENUE CORRIDOR WAS REZONED AS PART OF PHASE ONE. UM, SO ATLANTIC AT SOUTH STREET, UM, ALL THE WAY PRETTY MUCH TO, UM, WHERE CARLITOS IS, UM, GOING UP TO NEAR THE, THE 91 FREEWAY, UM, THAT WAS ALREADY REZONED AS, UM, ONE OF THE, THE MIXED USE ARE RESIDENTIALLY MIXED USE ZONES, UM, IN PHASE ONE. SO IT'S, IT'S A REMAINDER OF THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE REZONED. UM, AND THEN SIMILARLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF GROUND TOOTHING THAT WAS DONE OVER THE LAST, UM, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, UM, FROM WHEN THE ZONES WERE FROZE FIRST, UM, PUBLISHED IN DRAFT FORM LAST SPRING, UM, TO ENSURE THAT PARCEL BY PARCEL WE WERE CAPTURING WHAT AND REFLECTING WHAT WAS ALREADY EXISTING. SO THERE'S SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IN IMMEDIATE ADJACENCY TO, UM, NEO INDUSTRIAL ZONES. THERE'S ACTUALLY A HANDFUL OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT WERE ERRONEOUSLY, UM, DESIGNATED AS NEO INDUSTRIAL WHEN THE LAND SETTLEMENT WAS UPDATED IN 2019. THERE ARE POCKETS OF THOSE TYPES OF, UM, ERRORS THAT THE CITY MADE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH, THROUGH THIS REZONING, WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE AS MUCH OF A FINE TOOTH COMB AS WE CAN TO IDENTIFY THOSE PARCELS AND NOT DOUBLE DOWN ON SAID MISTAKE. SO THERE'S UM, THE ANTI STREET NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, IN NORTH LONG BEACH AS WELL THAT WAS ERRONEOUSLY DESIGNATED AS NEO INDUSTRIAL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ENTIRELY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. SO THAT WAS TAKEN OUT AND IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE REZONED TO MFRL ACCORDINGLY, UM, TO NOT TURN THEM INTO A NON-CONFORMITY. AND THEN THERE'S POCKETS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEO INDUSTRIAL MAP AND THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION THAT ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REZONING THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE REZONED TO AN APPROPRIATE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, UM, THAT IS, UH, COMPATIBLE WITH THE FOUNDING CONTEMPORARY NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW. UM, SO GENERALLY WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY ERRORS THAT WERE DONE WITH THE L 90 SETTLEMENT UPDATE COULD BE RECTIFIED, UM, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THE ZONING CODE UPDATE THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND JUST TO EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, ALEJANDRO, WE'RE, WE'RE, FOR THE MOST PART, THE OVERLAYS OF THE ZONING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE ON BOUNDARIES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LAND USE SETTLEMENT. I MEAN, THAT WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-YEAR, MANY LATE NIGHT APPROACH AS WELL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE BOUNDARIES WERE. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE NOW WE'RE, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS THE ENTIRE CITY, SO THERE MAY HAVE BEEN PARTICULAR PARCELS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OFF AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO PICK THAT UP, BUT WE'RE NOT OVERLAYING ANY OF THE INDUSTRIAL NEO INDUSTRIAL ZONES ON NEW AREAS THAT WEREN'T ALREADY IDENTIFIED IN THE LAND USE ELEMENT AS BEING NEO INDUSTRIAL. THAT'S CORRECT. UM, ALL THE ZONING BOUNDARIES ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE CORRESPONDING, UH, PLACE TYPES. SO THERE'S NO NEW INDUSTRIAL ZONE THAT IS NOT ALREADY ESTABLISHED AS A NEW INDUSTRIAL PLACE TYPE. IF WE'RE THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS ARE WHERE WE'RE GOING THE OPPOSITE IN EITHER EXCLUDING THEM OR REZONING TO A CORRESPONDING, UM, ZONING DISTRICT THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. AND USUALLY ONLY IN CASES WHERE THERE'S EXISTING HOMES, UM, THAT UNDER THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PLACE SITE, ANY TYPE OF HOUSING IS NOT PERMITTED. UM, SO OBVIOUSLY A NEW INDUSTRIAL ZONE WOULD MAKE THEM NONCONFORMITIES, UM, TO [00:45:01] ENSURE THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER? I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF OUR, UM, PUBLIC SPEAKERS QUESTIONS ABOUT, I I THINK IT WAS REALLY A REZONING QUESTION AND I I THINK IT, THERE'S PROBABLY TWO PARTS TO THAT QUESTION. UM, I DON'T IMAGINE THAT ONE WOULD BE VERY SUCCESSFUL TO TRY AND REZONE WITHIN THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 'CAUSE AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE THE NEO INDUSTRIAL IS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WHEN WE LOOK CITYWIDE THAT THERE AREN'T OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DEEMED NEO INDUSTRIAL THAT EVENTUALLY OUR ZONING WILL CATCH UP WITH. OR IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO APPLY TO APPLY THIS ZONING THAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT TO THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'RE WAITING TO GET CAUGHT UP, THAT WOULD BE, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S CORRECT. SO ONCE THE NEW INDUSTRIAL ZONES ARE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND TO ANSWER A SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UM, SOMETIME NEXT MONTH, UM, THEY WOULD NOW BE WHAT WE CALL ON THE BOOKS. AND SO ANY AREA OF THE CITY THAT WAS DESIGNATED AS NEW INDUSTRIAL WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN COULD REQUEST THE ZONE CHANGE TO HIS OWN THAT WAS DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PLACE SITE. EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL CATCH UP ON THE WHOLE CITY, BUT IN THE INTERIM, OKAY, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THEIR QUESTION. UM, AND THEN ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS TALKED A LOT ABOUT IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I THINK YOUR PREVIOUS ANSWER WAS PRETTY IN DEPTH ON WHAT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LOOKED LIKE. I KNOW FROM THE COMMISSION STANDPOINT, WE'VE HAD, OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, ALMOST A YEAR, WE'VE HAD MANY HEARINGS ON PROPERTIES THAT HAVE COME TO US THAT ARE IN THESE NEW, NEW INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL. AND WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY STRONG COMMUNITY OUTREACH OF PEOPLE COMING TO TESTIFYING, ACTUALLY LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE SAYING THEY WISH THAT THE NEO INDUSTRIAL WAS ALREADY ADOPTED BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE IT PROTECTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE. IT WAS MORE DIRECTION THEY WANTED TO SEE THOSE PARCELS GO. SO I CERTAINLY FEEL, UM, WE'VE HAD A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE COME AND, AND SUPPORT THE MOVE THAT WE'RE FINALLY BEING ABLE TO, TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EARLIER COMMENTS ON THAT. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? NO. COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, YOU'RE ALL GOOD. ALRIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT I WILL, UM, ASK FOR THE VOTE. I MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND STAFF ON A SIX YEAR LONG PROJECT THAT I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WERE COMPREHENSIVE AND WILL HELP YOU GUYS IN YOUR WORK, BUT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR, UH, FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. IF WE CAN HAVE THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS PLEASE. ITEM [5. 24-54339 Recommendation to request City Council adopt a resolution to approve and certify an Addendum (EIRA-03-24) to the Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) prepared for the General Plan Land Use Element (LUE) Update and Urban Design Element (EIR 03-16) relating to the implementation of the General Plan LUE through the rezoning of designated corridors in Central Long Beach and that no new or different mitigation measures are required; Request City Council adopt an ordinance to implement City-initiated rezoning (ZCHG24-002) of select properties on major corridors in Central Long Beach roughly bounded by and inclusive of Magnolia Avenue to the west, Pacific Coast Highway to the north, 10th Street to the south, and Ximeno Avenue to the east; and Request City Council receive and file the Residential Displacement Memo, the Commercial Displacement Memo, and the Parking and Mobility Options Memo. (Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 6)       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.  ] FIVE IS RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND CERTIFY AN ADDENDUM TO THE PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT PREPARED FOR THE GENERAL PLAN USE ELEMENT UPDATE AND URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GEN GENERAL PLAN, USE ELEMENT, LAND USE ELEMENT THROUGH THE REZONING AND DESIGNATED CORRIDORS IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH AND THAT NO NEW OR DIFFERENT MITIGATION MEASURE MEASURES ARE REQUIRED. REQUEST CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT CITY INITIATED REZONING OF SELECT PROPERTIES ON MAJOR CO CORRIDORS IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH, ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY BY AN INCLUSIVE OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE TO THE WEST PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY TO THE NORTH 10TH STREET TO THE SOUTH ANDO AVENUE TO THE EAST AND REQUEST CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THE RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT MEMO, THE COMMERCIAL DISMAY PLACEMENT MEMO, AND THE PARKING AND MOBILITY OPTIONS. MEMO DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 COMMISSIONERS. I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM. COMMISSIONER WARE, VICE CHAIR TEMPLAN. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CLEMSON. UH, THANK YOU. I HAVE A, UM, I WANTED JUST STATE BEFORE WE GOT INTO THIS THAT I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, OUTREACH PORTION OF THIS, UH, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER. THIS WAS BEFORE I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, I WANTED TO JUST STATE ON THE RECORD THE EVENTS THAT I HAD PARTICIPATED IN, AT LEAST THE ONES THAT I CAN, UH, FIND RECORD OF. UH, THERE WAS A, UH, FOCUS GROUP, UH, ON AUGUST 9TH, 2022, A GROUND TRUTH THING WHERE WE WENT AND WALKED NEIGHBORHOODS ON AUGUST 15TH, 2022 AND A POLICY WORKSHOP ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023, UH, AS A MEMBER OF, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THOSE. AS A MEMBER OF THE LEAD, THE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE, I CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THESE AND IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SO I WILL BE PARTICIPATING. THANK [00:50:01] YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING? WE DO. I'D LIKE TO REINTRODUCE PAOLA RADO ESCANO AND ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ LOPEZ TO PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION. GREAT, GOOD. UH, EVENING CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A REZONING PROPOSAL FOR A SERIES OF ZONING MAP CHANGES, UM, AND THE END PRODUCT OF THE ZONE IN CITY CORE INITIATIVE IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH. THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU TODAY CONSISTS OF TWO MAIN COMPONENTS. FIRST, THE REZONING OF SELECT PROPERTIES ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, SEMIAL AVENUE, 10TH STREET, AND HENDERSON AVENUE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CITY CORE PROJECT AREA. THE SECOND IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THREE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDATION DOCUMENTS FOR MOBILITY AND PARKING, RESIDENTIAL ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND COMMERCIAL ANTI DISPLACEMENT. THIS SLIDE, UH, SLIDE PROVIDES CONTEXT ON THE PURPOSE AND GOALS OF THE PROJECT. SIMILAR TO U PLAN, CITY CORE IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE A NEW VISION, ECONOMIC STRATEGIES, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT AND ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS TO GUIDE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF CENTRAL LONG BEACH. THE MAIN DELIVERABLE IS THE ZONING REZONING PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TODAY, BUT AGAIN, SIMILAR TO YOU PLAN, THE DESIRED OUTCOME FOR THE PROJECT IS TO FOSTER AN EVOLVING, ENGAGE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE PROJECT TIMELINE WHERE EXISTING RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM NEW INVESTMENTS CAN REMAIN ROOTED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE THEIR CORE NEEDS MET LOCALLY. THE NEXT FEW SLIDES PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF SET PROJECT TIMELINE ZONE IN CITY CORPS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE ANAHEIM CORRIDOR ZONING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, OR AZ SIP FORMERLY BEGAN IN DECEMBER, 2021 WITH AN IN-PERSON KICKOFF EVENT ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PROJECT WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PHASES, WHICH RAN FROM FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER OF 2022, AND INCLUDED A VARIETY OF IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES ALONG WITH THE FORMATION AND OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE AND LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. SINCE THE THIRD AND FINAL ENGAGEMENT PHASES EN PHASE ENDED, A SERIES OF POLICY DOCUMENTS WERE DEVELOPED TO ENCAPSULATE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS BEYOND THE ZONING REGULATIONS PROPOSED FOR THE PROJECT AREA. THESE INCLUDED A POLICY MATRIX THAT PROVIDED REFERENCES FROM A VARIETY OF EXISTING DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING SOME ALREADY ADOPTED BY THE CITY, THE MOBILITY AND PARKING OPTIONS GUIDE, AND THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ANTI DISPLACEMENT MEMOS. FINALLY, THIS PAST SPRING STAFF PUBLISHED THE FINAL DRAFT ZONING REGULATIONS AND PROPOSED ZONING MAP CHANGES AND HELD A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING TO REVIEW SET DRAFTS AND ALLOW FOR FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS. AND AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THE LAND USE ELEMENT PLACE TYPE SERVED AS A BLUEPRINT FROM THE NEW ZONE DISTRICTS IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH. THE LUE ESTABLISHES GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR USES ALLOWED AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS WELL AS HEIGHT LIMITS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. THE ZONING CHANGES PROPOSED TODAY ARE IMPLEMENTING THE DECISIONS MADE BY CITY COUNCIL WHEN THE, WHEN THEY ADOPTED THE LAND USE ELEMENT IN 2019. THE TABLE SHOWED HERE PROVIDES A CROSSWALK BETWEEN THE ADOPT PLACE TYPES AND CORRESPONDING ZONE OR ZONES THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO SET, SET PLACE TYPE AS REFERENCED IN THE U PLAN PRESENTATION, THE MU THREE A AND RMU FOUR A, OUR ZONES ZONES ARE ALREADY ADOPTED AND APPLICABLE TO THE NSCM PLACE TYPE THROUGH CITY CORE. THEY ARE NOW PROPOSED AND ALSO WILL BE APPLICABLE TO THE TODL PLACE TYPE. THE MFRL AND MFRM ZONES ARE EACH PROPOSED AS A SINGLE ZONE APPLICABLE TO THE CORRESPONDING PLACE TYPE AND WERE PROPOSED FOR ADOPTION THROUGH THE U PLAN PROCESS. HERE IS A SUMMARY OF EACH OF THE ZONES PROPOSED FOR THE CITY CORE PROJECT AREA, THE PROPOSED ZONES INCLUDE MULTI-FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL LOW MFRL, WHICH INCLUDES DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, OR GARDEN APARTMENT HOUSING, AND ALLOWS FOR LIMITED OFFICE USE, ESSENTIAL RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICE UNDER 3000 SQUARE FEET. NEXT WE HAVE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM OR MFRM WITH ALLOWANCES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING, LOW INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USES AND OFFICE ESSENTIAL RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES UNDER 3000 SQUARE FEET AS WELL. THE, THE MIXED USE THREE MU THREE A, UM, [00:55:01] INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVITY CENTERS AND PROXIMITY TO BUS ROUTES AND MULTIMODAL HIGH ACTIVITY CORRIDORS. AND LASTLY, THE RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE. RMU FOUR A INCLUDES, UH, PERMITS HIGHER DENSITY USES TO ALREADY ESTABLISHED MULTIFAMILY AREAS BY INCREASING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND INTRODUCES, INTRODUCES NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING USES IN PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTS TO FOSTER COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS. HERE IS WHERE THE MU THREE A ZONE IS PROPOSED TO BE ADOPTED. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HIGHER INTENSITY MIXED USE ZONE IS FOCUSED ALONG TWO MAJOR EAST WEST COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS FOR THE PROJECT AREA ANAHEIM STREET AND PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY. AND HERE IS WHERE THE MORE RESIDENTIALLY FOCUSED. RMU FOUR A ZONE IS PROPOSED MAJOR NORTH SOUTH ARTERIALS, ALONG THE CER, THE CERTAIN HIGHER DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TEND TO HAVE A HIGHER SHARE OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND A VARIETY OF CONFIGURATIONS. AND FINALLY, HERE'S WHERE THE TWO RESPECTIVE MFR ZONING DISTRICTS ARE PROPOSED FOR AND LAND WITH THE ADOPTED PLACE SITE BOUNDARIES IN THE LAND USE ELEMENT. ALEJANDRO WILL FURTHER ELABORATE ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES. THANK YOU, PAOLA. THE CITY COURT PROCESS WAS DEVELOPED TO ENSURE THAT THE, THE AFOREMENTIONED MAP CHANGES AND UPDATES TO TITLE 22 REFLECT COMMUNITY INPUT AND EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO SUPPORT COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PROVIDE DAILY NEEDS, GOODS AND SERVICES AND A RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS. AND AT VARIOUS INCOME LEVELS. THE NEW REGULATIONS PRIORITIZE ESSENTIAL SERVICES NEEDED TO DEVELOP COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS ALIGNING NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND ACTIVE SAFE STREETS, WHILE ALSO PROHIBITING USES AND CONFIGURATIONS SUCH AS DRIVE-THROUGHS THAT WERE ACTIVELY OPPOSED BY RESIDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROCESS WAS ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT INTEGRATED MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE FORMAL PLANNING PROCESS AND FOSTERED CIVIC LEADERSHIP FROM RESIDENTS TO ACHIEVE GREATER DECISION MAKING POWER WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. IT WAS THROUGH THIS DEEPENED COLLABORATION, THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES WERE ELEVATED THAT CANNOT BE SOLVED OR IN SOME CASES EVEN ADDRESSED THROUGH ZONING ALONE. AS A RESULT, SUPPLEMENTAL POLICY DOCUMENTS WERE DEVELOPED BY THE PROJECT CONSULTING TEAMS TO CAPTURE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT GO BEYOND, BUT IDEALLY WILL WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES. FIRST, AS SHOWN HERE, A MOBILITY AND PARKING OPTIONS COMMUNITY GUIDE THAT PROVIDED PROJECT AND POLICY PRIORITIES FOR THE AREA TO REDUCE CAR DEPENDENCY, INCREASE TRANSIT IN ACTIVE TAM TRANSPORTATION USE, AND ALSO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE PARKING SOLUTIONS THAT CAN MITIGATE WORSENING ISSUES FOR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE NO CURRENT ALTERNATIVE TO DRIVING. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO GENERALLY ALIGN WITH AND CAN SERVE AS IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR THE CITY'S LAND USE ELEMENT MOBILITY ELEMENT AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. NEXT, THE COMMERCIAL ANTI DISPLACEMENT MEMO WAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS COMMERCIAL DISPLACEMENT WITHIN THE CITY CORE AREA DUE TO RAPID COMMERCIAL CHANGES AND DISPLACEMENT OF SOME LONGSTANDING BUSINESSES AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS THE FORMER KH MARKET ON ATLANTIC AVENUE WITH THE SPARK THAT COMPORT CAMBODIA TOWN THRIVES PROJECT PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT AND MITIGATE COMMERCIAL DISPLACEMENT INCLUDE FRY, BROAD CATEGORIES, COMMERCIAL STABILIZATION, COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP, ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT, AND LOCAL HIRING, HIRING PRACTICES, FUNDING AND INCENTIVES, PLACE-BASED MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING AND ZONING, WHICH IS WHERE THIS PROJECT FALLS WITHIN. FINALLY, THE PROJECT TEAM PUBLISHED A COMPREHENSIVE RESIDENTIAL ANTI DISPLACEMENT MEMO WITH A MENU LIST OF POLICIES THAT CAN PREVENT OR DECREASE DISPLACEMENT RISK, WHICH IS CRUCIAL IN AN AREA THAT IS A HIGHEST SHARE OF RENTERS OVERALL AND PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE RENT BURDENED OR SEVERELY RENT BURDENED AND THUS A GREATEST RISK OF DISPLACEMENT. THE MENU LIST SHOWN ON THE RIGHT CATEGORIZES POLICIES INTO THREE BROAD AREAS, HOUSING PRODUCTION, HOUSING PRESERVATION, AND NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION. MANY OF THESE POLICIES ARE ALSO INCLUDED AS POTENTIAL OR COMMITTED ACTIONS FOR THE CITY AS PART OF ITS CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT, SOME OF WHICH THE CITY IS ALREADY EXPLORING OR DEVELOPING HOUSING INSECURITY, COST DISPLACEMENT AND HOMELESSNESS WERE BY FAR THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUES OF BROUGHT UP BY RESIDENTS AT EVERY STAGE OF THE PROCESS AND REMAINED AN INDISPENSABLE GOAL FOR CITY COURT TO BE ABLE TO SUCCEED. WHILE MOST OF THE POLICIES LISTED HERE ARE BEYOND THE PURVIEW OF TODAY'S HEARING, THEY NONETHELESS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PROJECT AND SERVEE TO GUIDE FUTURE COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS. FINALLY, PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, THE CITY PREPARED AN ADDENDUM TO A PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED PROGRAMMATIC EIR FOR THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE SETTLEMENT UPDATE AND URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT. THE ADDENDUM ANALYZED A PROPOSED PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CERTIFIED EIR AND IT DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY [01:00:01] NEW SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THAT EXCEED THOSE ANALYZED AND SET A EIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL NOTICING REQUIREMENTS. A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LONG BEACH PE PRES TELEGRAM ON JULY 18TH OF THIS YEAR, AND ALSO PROVIDED TO ALL CITY LIBRARIES AND AT LONG BEACH CITY CALL A VIRTUAL VERSION OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE WOULD ALSO MAIL TO STAKEHOLDER LIST AND THREE POSTERS WERE PUT UP ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA WITH THAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR TODAY'S HEARING, IT'S FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AND CERTIFY THE P-E-E-I-R ADDENDUM FOR THE PROJECT, APPROVE THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP CHANGES, AND RECEIVE AND FILE THE THREE CORRESPONDING POLICY DOCUMENTS FOR THE PROJECT. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE PRESENTATION? SEEING NONE, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD, ALISON, IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TRANSLATION SERVICES. SO THEY JUST LET US KNOW AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT RE YOU KNOW, I THINK AS A GROUP, WOULD YOU GUYS ALL MIND IF I SWORE YOU? AND I DON'T THINK WHEN WE DID THAT IN THE BEGINNING, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. SO IF YOU COULD ALL JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU. AND YOU COME FORWARD IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. UH, GOOD EVENING. I'M CARRIE CHAI, UH, RESIDENT OF CENTRAL LONG BEACH. I APPRECIATE THE NEW, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF, UM, GAS STATIONS, UH, DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS, WILL BE NOW IN THE CITY CORE AREA. I ALSO, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, MORE, UM, EXPANDED SIDEWALKS FOR SAFE PASSAGE AND, AND ADDITIONAL CROSSWALKS FOR, UM, WITH ENHANCED CROSS SINKS BECAUSE THERE'S A, A VERY HIGH PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS IN THE ANAHEIM AND, UH, PCH UH, CORRIDOR, AND A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE FEEL UNSAFE WALKING, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN THIS EVENING. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KAREN RE SIDE AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GREAT PANTHERS. UM, A NUMBER OF OUR MEMBERS AND OUR INTERNS WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND I JUST WANNA COMPLIMENT CITY FABRIC AND, UH, THEIR STAFF AND ELSA TONGUE IN PARTICULAR FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS PROJECT. I WORK ON A LOT OF PROJECTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, THIS WAS THE BEST PUT TOGETHER PROJECT THAT TRULY REPRESENTS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, ATTENDED A NUMBER OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE WALKTHROUGH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE IN THIS CITY DOES, BECAUSE IT REALLY OPENS YOUR EYES TO WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES IN SOME OF OUR MORE, UH, LIMITED NEIGHBORHOODS. AND, UM, IT REALLY MADE ME REALIZE. AND I, WE ALSO USUALLY ADDRESS OLDER ADULT ISSUES AND WE FEEL LIKE WE WERE HEARD ON THE OLDER ADULT ISSUES AND LISTENED TO. SO, UH, WE WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT STAFF SPIN ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. HI. GOOD EVENING. THANKS KAREN. UH, GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ELSA TUNG, FOUNDING PRINCIPLE OF BOUTIQUE URBAN PLANNING AND RACIAL JUSTICE CONSULTANCY, KEY IMPACT AND FORMER STAFF AT NONPROFIT LONG BEACH FORWARD. THIS DAY HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR THE COMMUNITY GROUPS MOST CLOSELY INVOLVED IN ZONE IN CITY CORE. THAT'S CITY FABRIC UNITED, CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY, LONG BEACH FORWARD AND WALK LONG BEACH. WE TRACE BACK OUR CONCERNS AND INVOLVEMENT TO LATE 2018 WHEN THE RETAIL PLAZAS AT ANAHEIM AND ATLANTIC WERE SLATED TO BE DEMOLISHED AND REDEVELOPED PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA AT THE TIME, WITH LITTLE TO NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE EXISTING PEOPLE OF COLOR OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES DUE TO FIERCE COMMUNITY OUTCRY LED BY LONGTIME CAMBODIAN SUPERMARKET, KH MARKET, AND A TWEET FROM THEN MAYOR ROBERT GARCIA. THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS WERE PUT ON HOLD. ALTHOUGH FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS, THE REDEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS DISPLACEMENT [01:05:01] HAS HAPPENED. AND SADLY, THE FORMER LOCALLY CAMBODIAN OWNED K MARKET IS NOW NATIONAL CHAIN. ALDI SPURRED BY THIS GENTRIFICATION PRESSURE. THE AFOREMENTIONED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BEGAN TO PROACTIVELY WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP A VISION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAMBODIA TOWN. AND AFTER EXTENSIVE PANDEMIC ERA OUTREACH, THE CAMBODIA TIME, THE CAMBODIA TOWN THRIVES COMMUNITY VISION PLAN WAS LAUNCHED IN 2021. CHECK IT OUT@CAMBODIATOWNTHRIVES.ORG. SO ALREADY IMMERSED IN COMMUNITY PLANNING WORK IN CAMBODIA TOWN, THESE FOUR CBOS SUBMITTED A BID AND WERE AWARDED TO BE THE CITY'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT TEAM FOR ZONE IN CITY CORE. I WANNA EMPHASIZE, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF THE CITY THAT EXPERIENCE PERSISTENT RACIAL CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY AND UNHEALTHY LAND USES SUCH AS MOST OF THE CITY CORE AREA, IT CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CITY INVESTING IN AND CONTRACTING WITH LOCAL, TRUSTED COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS FOR DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND RESIDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. TOGETHER WITH THE WONDERFUL STAFF OF THE PLANNING BUREAU, THE WE ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY BOTH BROADLY AND DEEPLY THROUGHOUT 2022 AS ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, UH, STATED IN HIS, UH, BEGINNING REMARKS. WE ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THE RESIDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, WHICH GRADUATED 19 RESIDENTS REPRESENTING VARIOUS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. BUT WITH DELAYS OF NEARLY TWO YEARS LAST YEAR, CITY COUNCIL OVERTURNED THIS COMMISSION'S DECISION AND ACTUALLY APPROVED A NEW CAR WASH DEVELOPMENT AT PCH AND CHERRY, WHICH WOULD BE PROHIBITED UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS BEFORE YOU TODAY FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WE ARE GLAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIQUOR STORES, MOTELS, CAR WASHES, AUTO REPAIR SHOPS, GAS STATIONS DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS, AND ADULT ENTERTAINMENT WILL NOW BE PROHIBITED IN THE CITY COURT AREA. BUT LEARNING FROM THE CAR, WRONGFUL CAR WASH APPROVAL IN 2023, WE ASK FOR A DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM ON ALL PROHIBITED USES UNTIL THE NEW ZONING GOES INTO EFFECT. I KNOW I'M, I'M OVER TIME, BUT AS A FORMER COMMUNITY BASED CONSULTANT, I HOPE YOU'LL ALLOW ME JUST A FEW MORE SECONDS BEYOND ZONING. WE APPRECIATE THE RECEIVE AND FILE OF THE COMMUNITY INFORMED POLICY MATRIX AND THE TWO ANTI DISPLACEMENT MEMOS MENTIONED BY STAFF. THESE POLICY DOCUMENTS RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL POLICY THE CITY NEEDS TO ADOPT TO ENSURE THAT GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT THAT HAPPEN TO KH MARKET AS WELL AS OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU. ONE MORE PARAGRAPH. THANK YOU. OKAY, MA'AM, WE HAVE A LOT OF, MA'AM WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS BEHIND YOU. I WANNA MAKE SURE I GET A CHANCE TO EVERYBODY, SO THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. CHAIR LEWIS, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU. I'M STEVE GERHART, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WALK LONG BEACH AND ONE OF THE GROUPS EL MENTIONED. UM, I DID WANNA JUST CONTINUE WITH THIS THEME OF, UM, DOING MORE THAN JUST, UH, APPROVING THIS. IT'S A LONG TIME IN COMING. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY ACTIVE, UM, LEARNING, UH, CAPACITY BUILDING. THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE RESIDENTS WAS VERY SOPHISTICATED. UM, VERY IMPRESSIVE. AND I, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF THAT, MU, MUCH OF WHAT WE WANNA SEE IN THE ZONING CODE IS IN THE ZONING CODE, BUT AS YOU CAN TELL WITH THE, UM, POLICY MEMOS, THERE'S MORE TO BE DONE. SO ONE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THOSE POLICY MEMOS ARE ENFORCED OR IS STAFF GONNA BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH UPDATES? THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE'D LOVE TO KNOW, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER. UM, LONG BEFORE THIS PROCESS BEGAN, UM, COMMUNITY GROUPS LIKE A OC SEVEN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PREPONDERANCE OF AUTOBODY SHOPS ON 10TH STREET. MANY OF THEM DON'T HAVE C PS. IN ADDITION TO A MORATORIUM ON PROHIBITED USES, COULD WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE, UH, AMORTIZATION PROCESS TO SEE THEM GET C PS? YOU CAN ASK MR. MAYES HOW THAT WORKED FOR, UM, USED CAR LOTS ON LONG BEACH BOULEVARD. IT'S AN INTENSIVE PROCESS ONLY TO BE DONE WHEN IT'S REALLY NECESSARY, BUT HERE IT'S REALLY NECESSARY. UM, WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA, UM, COMMENCE STAFF FOR BRINGING A VERY DIFFICULT PROJECT FORWARD, TAKING THE TIME TO GET IT RIGHT. UM, WE WISH IT WOULD'VE HAPPENED SOONER, BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT IT'S HAPPENED THE WAY IT DID. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, STEVE. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. YES, HELLO EVERYONE. UH, MY NAME IS ALEX JUNG FROM, UH, CITY FABRIC, WHERE I'M THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN. GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AND THANK YOU PLANNING STAFF FOR, UM, BRINGING IT TO, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU JUST FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF THIS PROJECT. AS ELSA AND STEVE HAD JUST MENTIONED THERE, UH, THIS WAS A REALLY, UH, TRULY AMAZING PROJECT TO REALLY GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THIS PLANNING EFFORT. UM, ONE THING THAT WE DID WANT TO UPLIFT AND THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM [01:10:01] THE COMMUNITY IS THAT, UH, KUDOS TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A CRITICAL SECTION IN THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE AROUND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND HOW THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, HELP TO PRESERVE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND PROVIDING, UH, HISTORIC MARKET RATE, COMMERCIAL RENTS. UH, HOWEVER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE INCENTIVES ARE ALSO, UH, UH, HAVE GREATER TEETH TO THEM AND, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, GREATER DEVELOPER INCENTIVES. 'CAUSE CURRENTLY, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PARKING EXEMPTIONS, BUT WITH STATE LAW, THERE IS, UM, LITTLE TO, TO NO INCENTIVE TO REALLY, UM, GO IN AND, UH, PROVIDE THESE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS A DEVELOPER. SO ONE THING THAT WE'RE ASKING, UH, IS TO, UM, NOT MERELY JUST INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPERS, BUT, UH, MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT TO, UH, WORK WITH LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES TO RETAIN THEIR HISTORIC MARKET RATE RENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. UM, MY NAME IS ION CYPRESS. I'M THE ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT UNITED CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY. UH, YEAH, AS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT SINCE 2018, DOING COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, INVOLVING YOUTH AND, UH, YOUNG ADULTS AS WELL AS SENIORS. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I WORK IN CAMBODIA TOWN AND, UH, PART OF OUR VISION TOO IS REALLY TO INCLUDE THE CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY'S INVOLVEMENT AND TO HOPEFULLY, UH, EXECUTE THIS, UH, UH, POLICY, UH, WITH THE CITY COURT TO, UM, TO, UH, PRETTY MUCH PAINT THE IMAGE AND DESIGN THE BUILDINGS OF CAMBODIA TOWN TO LOOK AS, AS WHAT IT'S INTENDED FOR, RIGHT? A CULTURAL LANDSCAPE THAT WOULD REFLECT THE CAMBODIA COMMUNITY AND THOSE DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT LIVE WITHIN THAT SPACE. UH, ALSO SIGNAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNAGE REFLECTS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, PART OF, UH, OTHER WORK TOO IS, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE SAFE GREEN SPACE AS WELL AS, UM, UH, UH, SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND SO MANY ENTREPRENEURS OUT THERE THAT OUR CAMBODIANS ARE REALLY PROUD THESE DAYS TO CONNECT WITH US AS WELL AS BEING INVOLVED. AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO EMPOWER THEM, EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THAT SPACE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, EMBRACE AND PROTECT AND, UM, REALLY JUST CHAMPION IT. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR. LONG, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE GOT SOME GOOD NOTES TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TRANSLATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. I, I LOVE BEING CHALLENGED. UH, GOOD EVENING, UM, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME IS AND [01:15:01] I'M THE RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NUMBER SIX OF FATHER OF THREE. I'VE BEEN, UH, VERY ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, THE REASON I'M HERE IS TO KIND OF, UH, REITERATE THE POSITION, WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, ZONING, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, DISPLACEMENT OF BUSINESSES. THE VERY PRACTICAL EXAMPLE OF, UH, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE KH MARKET, WHICH USED TO BE A KAMAI KIND OF CULTURALLY FRIENDLY KAMAYA MARKET. AND BECAUSE OF THE WORKS DONE, AND NOW THERE'S A NEW MARKET IN THERE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS SOMEHOW AT THE DISMAY OF A LOT OF CAMBODIA COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY KIND OF PRESENT, UH, UH, THE, I MEAN, IT, IT DOESN'T REALLY SERVE THE NEED AND NECESSITY OF THE COMMUNITY CULTURALLY IN PARTICULAR. SO, UH, WITH THAT, I, I'D LIKE TO KIND HUMBLY ASK THE COMMISSIONERS TO, I MEAN, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TWO POINTS ACTUALLY. THE CITY SHOULD CREATE PATHWAY AND PROACTIVE MARKETING TO WELCOME GROCERY STORES, MEDICAL CLINICS, RESTAURANTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND PUBLIC GREEN SPACE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE CITY MUST ENSURE OPEN LAND IS RESERVED TO BUILD GENUINE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY, LAND, TRUST, AND SOCIAL HOUSING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRANSLATION. GOOD EVENING. EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS AARON HOOPS. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY CORPS AREA. UM, I LOVE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE REZONING. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PRIORITIZE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE OVER HOUSING FOR CARS. UM, COSTLY PARKING MANDATES HAVE NO PLACE IN THE CITY CORPS. UM, IT'S VERY, VERY EASY TO LIVE CAR LIGHT OR CAR FREE IN THIS AREA. THIS THE, ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS OF THIS REZONING IS FOR LOCAL, THE LOCAL AREA TO HAVE ALL OF THE, THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED, RIGHT? AND, UH, COSTLY PARKING MANDATES INCREASE THE COST OF BUILDING NEW HOUSING. UH, I'VE HEARD QUOTES OF 35 TO $50,000 PER SPACE. SO IF YOU REQUIRE AN APARTMENT TO HAVE TWO SPACES, THE COST OF BUILDING IT GOES UP ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. LIKE, THAT'S CRAZY. SO THAT INCREASES RENTS, IT INCREASES THE COST TO BUY A CONDO. IT HAS NO PLACE HERE. UM, PARKING MANDATES ALSO HAMPER OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. THERE ARE, UM, BUSINESSES ALONG ANAHEIM THAT, UH, ARE EMPTY AND NEED TO BE REUSED FOR OTHER USES, BUT THERE ARE USES WHO CAN'T TAKE THEM OVER BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. UH, PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UH, SHOULD NOT BE WHAT WE PRIORITIZE. WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE PEOPLE AND WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE, UH, OUR LIVELIHOODS IN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ALONG THESE LINES, UH, I NOTICED THAT, UH, ALONG 15TH STREET, UH, THERE'S NO, UH, I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THE REZONING. I MIGHT'VE MISSED IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING BUSINESSES, UH, ALONG 15TH STREET, WHICH IS THE BICYCLE BOULEVARD. SO IT WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CARS TO GET THERE. THERE ARE, THERE'S A MARKET, UH, BUT, UM, I THINK SEEING MORE THINGS LIKE THAT ALONG 15TH STREET WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY BENEFICIAL, AND THAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. HELLO. HELLO. PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS KIMBERLY LI AND I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH LONG BEACH FORD AND A RESIDENT OF THE CITY CORE AREA THAT IS NOW BEING REZONED. I GREW UP IN GOING TO MANY OF THE STORES, INCLUDING KANG MARKET, THAT USED TO OCCUPY THE ANAHEIM CORRIDOR AREA BEFORE ALL OF THE NEW RECONSTRUCTION. WITH THE CITY NOW UPDATING THEIR ZONING POLICIES, I'M HERE TO URGE THE CITY TO CREATE MORE PATHWAYS AND PROACTIVE MARKETING TO WELCOME GROCERY STORES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND MORE PUBLIC GREEN SPACES. UM, AS MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND ELSA MENTIONED, WE APPRECIATE THAT ANY OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS OF PLACES SUCH AS LIQUOR STORES, MOTELS, CAR WASHES, GAS STATIONS, AND AUTO SHOPS ARE NOW GOING TO BE PROHIBITED IN THE CITY, CITY CORE AREA. HOWEVER, WITH THE SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN THE ZONE IN CITY CORE PROCESS, IT HAS ALSO SAW CAUSED SOME UNDESIRABLE DEVELOPMENTS. SO WE ARE ALSO HERE TO ECHO THE ASK FOR A DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM ON ALL THE PROHIBITED USES UNTIL THE NEW ZONING GOES INTO EFFECT. CITY ZONING IS IMPORTANT TO MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT ENSURES THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPS IN AN ORDERLY AND PLANNED WAY. IT HELPS PROTECT THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES BY KEEPING INCOMPATIBLE USES LIKE CAR WASHES AND DRIVE THROUGHS AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE CITY MUST ASSURE OPEN LAND IS RESERVED TO BUILD GENUINE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. [01:20:01] UM, COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND SOCIAL HOUSING ZONING PLAYS A ROLE IN PRESERVING THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT FUTURE GROWTH HAPPENS IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE. IT'S ABOUT CREATING A SAFE AND HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF US TO LIVE, WORK, AND THRIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS RACHEL ONG, AND I'M A RESIDENT IN THE CITY COURT AREA, SPECIFICALLY 26.2, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT ON PCH IN LOMA. I AM HERE TO ASK THAT YOU ENSURE THE PROPOSED REZONING DRAFT REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF MY COMMUNITY TO THRIVE AND LIVE A, A LIFE THAT IS SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS GENUINE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WHEN WE MOVED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CITY CORE ZONING AREA, SPECIFICALLY, WE WERE PLAGUED WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES SUCH AS PARKING LONG TERM, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT BUILDING, UM, MAYBE PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN THEIR CARS OR MAYBE HAVE AILMENTS WHERE, UM, IT LIMITS THEM TO BE ABLE TO PARK ON THE STREET AND WALK INTO THE BUILDING. SO WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING, UM, THIS, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS ALL IN MIND, UM, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE COMMENT IN THE CHAMBER. DO WE HAVE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL COMMISSIONERS. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER WARE. UM, THANK YOU. I'M GONNA ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES, WHICH ARE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD TO, UM, NUMBER ONE IS, UM, WHAT, AND RESTATE IT BECAUSE I BELIEVE I HEARD SOME OF IT, BUT, UM, WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE, UM, POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISPLACEMENT, UM, OF EXISTING BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA DURING THE REZONING PROCESS? SURE. SO THE REALITY IS THAT ZONING IS GOING TO BE LIMITED IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH IT CAN PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF EXISTING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS. IT CAN HELP PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY, UM, BOTH FOR RESIDENTS AND FOR BUSINESSES BY ALLOWING FOR NEW HOUSING TO BE DEVELOPED IN PLACES WHERE IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE, UM, FOR ALLOWING FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES TO EVOLVE, UM, WITH MORE FLEXIBLE ZONING REQUIREMENTS. SO DECREASED PARKING REQUIREMENTS IS AN EXAMPLE, ALLOWS A BUSINESS TO GROW, UM, IN A WAY THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITH THE EXISTING TITLE 21 REGULATIONS. THERE'S ALSO INCENTIVES, UM, SPECIFICALLY AROUND PRESERVING LEGACY BUSINESSES, WHICH I BELIEVE ONE, SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, ALLUDED TO AS, AS MAYBE TURNING INTO REQUIREMENTS. SO THIS WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED WITH U PLAN PHASE ONE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES, UM, THAT WERE VOICED HERE TO NETWORK WERE VOICED BACK THEN THROUGH THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. UM, AND THIS WAS PRE PANDEMIC, BUT COMMERCIAL DISPLACEMENT WAS ALREADY ON PEOPLE'S MINDS. UM, THE, THE WAY THE INCENTIVES WORK FOR LEGACY BUSINESSES IS IF THERE IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PROPOSED IN PLACE WHERE BUSINESSES EXIST, UM, THERE ARE INCENTIVES IN THE ZONING REGULATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER TO GET RELIEF FROM CERTAIN REGULATIONS, PARKING BEING THE BIGGEST ONE IN EXCHANGE FOR PROVIDING WHAT WE CALL HISTORIC MARKET RENT, MEANING THE RENT THAT THE TENANT CURRENTLY PAID OR PAID FOR ON AVERAGE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS TO THAT EXISTING TENANT IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. UM, THIS WAS INTENDED TO DO EXACTLY THAT, TO PRESERVE THE TENANT AS A NEW DEVELOPMENT CAME IN WITHOUT NECESSARILY BLOCKING THE DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING, TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE SEEN, UM, USED IN PRACTICE. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THESE WERE WRITTEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, UM, AND A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE. UM, SO THAT IS WHERE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE LIFTED UP IN BOTH ANTI DISPLACEMENT MEMOS, UM, REALLY COME TO LIGHT. UM, SONY CAN HELP. IT IS NOT, UM, ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE PRIMARY TOOL THAT THE CITY HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL, UM, TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED AND TO KEEP BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BECOME CULTURAL, UM, CORNERSTONES WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN DO, UH, AND THE ZONING IS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION, UM, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THOSE ISSUES, UM, ESPECIALLY THE MOST IMMEDIATE ONES FOR RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT BE ON THE BRINK OF, OF HOUSING INSECURITY OR, OR BECOMING UNHOUSED. AND JUST TO BUILD ON THAT, THAT'S WHY THE, UM, ADDITIONAL POLICY MEMOS WERE DEVELOPED AND, AND BROUGHT FORWARD FOR RECEIVE AND FILE, UM, TO THE COUNCIL IS THAT, UM, WE TRIED TO EXPLORE WHAT MECHANISMS ARE AVAILABLE TO US WITHIN THE ZONING REGULATIONS, BUT RECOGNIZING THOSE LIMITATIONS WANTED TO, UM, STILL TAKE THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND BRING THEM FORWARD TO DECISION MAKERS. SO THAT'S WHAT THESE MEMOS [01:25:01] REPRESENT. UM, SO BOTH THE, THE COMMERCIAL, UM, ANTI DISPLACEMENT MEMO AND THE RESIDENTIAL ANTI DISPLACEMENT MEMO DO HAVE A SERIES OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. THE RESIDENTIAL ONE IN PARTICULAR, SOME OF THOSE SAME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE EXPLORED IN THOSE HOUSING POLICY FORUMS THAT I MENTIONED DURING THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, UM, EARLIER THIS EVENING. AND THERE ARE MANY MORE ON THAT LIST THAT COULD BE FURTHER EXPLORED AND WOULD ALIGN WITH EXISTING POLICY DIRECTION. FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR, OUR HOUSING ELEMENT ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, THAT SORT OF, UM, RE SET OF RESOURCES FOR, UM, LEGACY BUSINESSES OR LONGSTANDING BUSINESSES, UM, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING, UH, LATER THIS MONTH ON AUGUST 26TH, IS HOSTING A, UH, A MEETING FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT MAYBE TENANTS, UM, IN THE PROJECT AREA TO BETTER EXPLAIN WHAT THE REZONING, UM, IS ALL ABOUT, BUT TO ALSO BRING, LIKE THE BIZ CARE PROGRAM, WHICH IS RUN BY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDES RESOURCES, UM, FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS, UM, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGES, SMALL BUSINESS, UH, DEVELOPMENT CENTER ALTOGETHER TO HELP PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES IN A MULTILINGUAL FORMAT, UM, TO BUSINESSES THAT MAY HAVE CONCERNS. UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR OTHER STRATEGIES AS WELL. AND I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT, THAT'S A, A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF PLANNING, BUT THERE ARE CITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS TENANTS, UM, THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT AWARE OF. AS WE HEARD FROM A PREVIOUS COMMENTARY DURING THE U PLAN PROCESS, NO MATTER HOW MUCH OUTREACH WE TRY TO DO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH EVERYBODY. THERE'S 95,000 RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE U PLAN AREA. THERE'S A SIMILAR SHARE OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY CORPS AREA. SO EVEN IF WE DO, UM, MORE THAN WE'VE EVER DONE BEFORE AND REACH A THOUSAND, 2000, 3000 RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO EVERYONE. UM, SO ANOTHER THING THAT WE CAN DO THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRE A POLICY UPDATE OR A ZONING UPDATE, UM, IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF THE NEW PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. UM, RIGHT TO COUNCIL FOR TENANTS IS ONE EXAMPLE. AND THE BASE CARE PROGRAM THAT ALLISON MENTIONED IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. UM, SO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THEIR CURRENT RIGHTS UNDER THE CURRENT LAW AND THAT CAN TAP INTO SERVICES THAT THEY MAY NEVER BE AWARE OF OTHERWISE, BECAUSE THEIR INTERACTION WITH CITY, UM, STAFF IS, IS, IS VERY LIMITED. UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ONGOING THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY NEW ACTION. IT JUST REQUIRES INITIATIVE FROM CITY STAFF TO DO SO. UM, MY FINAL QUESTION, UM, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK AGAIN TO HOW, UM, THE ZONY WILL IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, MOBILITY ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? SURE. SO SAFETY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS CAME UP A LOT. UM, PARKING WAS, UH, A VERY, I DON'T WANNA SAY CONTENTIOUS, UH, AN ISSUE THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE A LOT OF, UM, THOUGHTS ON, UM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE PROCESS AND IT'S, IT'S MIRRORED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, SO PART OF WHAT WE FOCUSED ON WITH THE, THE ZONING UPDATES, INCLUDING THE UPDATES TO EXISTING TITLE 22 REGULATIONS WAS TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE PRIVATE, UM, UH, OWNED PARCEL AREA, UH, THAT CATERED TO AND MADE PEDESTRIANS FEEL SAFER WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. UM, SO IT ONLY REGULATES PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT DOES NOT REGULATE THE STREETS NECESSARILY, BUT IT CAN BE DONE IN A WAY THAT FOSTERS, UM, MORE ACTIVE, UM, STREETS AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY. UM, SO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FROM COLLISIONS AND CARS, BUT ALSO FROM, UM, FEELING FEELINGS OF INTERPERSONAL, UM, UH, INSECURITY, UM, CAN BE FOSTERED THROUGH ACTIVITY AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY. SO IT'S ONLY REGULATIONS THAT ALLOW MORE TYPES OF BUSINESSES TO BE OPEN IN MORE PLACES WITH A VARIETY OF HOURS, UM, ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON THE STREET AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. UM, AND FOR SOMEBODY TO BE WALKING IF THEY'RE COMING HOME FROM WORK, UM, AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE BUS TO GET HOME, AND THEN THEY HAVE A TWO MILE WALK AFTERWARDS OR ONE MILE WALK AFTERWARDS TO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WALKING ALONE IN THE STREET, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FOSTERED THROUGH THESE NEW ZONING REGULATIONS THAT PROVIDE GREATER FLEXIBILITY. UM, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF DESIGN STANDARDS THAT, UH, WE UPDATED TO BE AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE REGULATIONS ITSELF, SO THAT WHERE PARKING IS LOCATED, HOW FAR SET BACK FROM THE STREET VERSUS HOW FAR BACK A BUILDING IS SET BACK FROM THE STREET, HOW A BUILDING IS DESIGNED, THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS THAT GO INTO NEW DEVELOPMENT, ALL OF THOSE CAN HELP FOSTER A MORE INVITING ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO NOT FEEL LIKE THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY CAN GET AROUND IS BY CAR. AND THEN I'LL JUST ADD THAT, UM, ALL OF THOSE SORT OF, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY REGULATIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED OUR, IN OUR ZONING, UM, ARE COMPLEMENTED WITH, UH, THE CITY'S MOBILITY ELEMENT AND SORT OF THE BROADER PLANS. SO I KNOW EARLIER THIS YEAR WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER DIVISION ABOUT SORT OF THOSE CITY SIDE EFFORTS. AND WHEN WE GET NEW PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO THEN HAVE CONDITIONS OF, OF APPROVAL AND REQUIREMENTS TO HELP, UM, UM, TO HELP MAKE THOSE PROJECTS HAPPEN, AT LEAST, UM, SURROUNDING THE DEVELOPMENT SITE OR WHATEVER DEGREE NEXUS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE [01:30:01] FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE TO HELP, UM, MEET THOSE, UM, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY MOBILITY GOALS AS WELL. SO IF I UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK I MAY BE SUMMARIZING, BUT THE POLICY MEMOS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING REALLY HAVE TWO PURPOSES. ONE, THEY OUTLINE EXISTING TOOLS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THE CITY'S ORDINANCES, UM, TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THESE GOALS. AND IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT DIRECTIONS THAT WE MAY WANT TO PURSUE IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT'S REALLY A DIRECTION THEN THAT HOPEFULLY THOSE POLICY SUGGESTIONS WOULD GET PICKED UP BY CITY COUNCIL AND EVENTUALLY DEBATED AND ENACTED INTO SOME KIND OF ORDINANCE THAT COULD BE ANOTHER TOOL IN YOUR GUYS' BELT. UH, AND I DO WANNA REITERATE FOR THE PUBLIC, THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THERE ARE THREE COMMUNITY FORUMS SPECIFICALLY TO DISCUSS THESE POLICY ISSUES. AND I THINK THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, AND THEY'RE PART OF THE PRESS RELEASE THAT WAS ISSUED BY, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT YESTERDAY, 7 31. SO I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT IF PEOPLE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE POLICY OR UNDERSTAND THE POLICIES THAT ARE BEING DEBATED TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE. WE HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FROM PUBLIC SPEAKERS ASKING ABOUT, UM, PUTTING ON HOLD. ANY, ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS? I THINK THE TIMELINE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS IS PRETTY QUICK, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE IDEA IS IT'S GONNA GO IN FRONT ANY COUNCIL NEXT MONTH AND THEN WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AS THE ZONING RULE. SO ANY PROJECTS THAT WOULD COME FORWARD AFTER THAT WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE, THESE ZONING ORDINANCES. YES. UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO GO TO COUNCIL, UM, AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE HEARING, UH, NEXT MONTH BECAUSE IT'S, AS WE HAVE HEARD CONSISTENTLY FOR BOTH THIS AND YOU PLAN, THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING AND LONG OVERDUE. UM, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, DESERVE TO HAVE THESE UPDATES IMPLEMENTED AS LAW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YEP. AND JUST FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE, UM, ONCE THE CITY COUNCIL ACTS, THERE WOULD, UH, NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST AND SECOND READING AND, UM, THE NEW REQUIREMENTS WILL GO INTO EFFECT 30 DAYS LATER. SO WE ANTICIPATE BY SORT OF MID TO LATE OCTOBER THAT THESE, UH, REZONINGS WOULD BE IN EFFECT, UM, SHOULD WE GET A RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT AND SHOULD COUNCIL. GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CLEMSON. UH, THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK THE FOLKS IN THE CITY HAVE PUT INTO THIS, UH, AS WELL AS THE FOLKS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, KIND OF BEING ON BOTH SIDES. I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON SEEING WHAT WE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT TO THIS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU FOLKS HAVE BROUGHT AND WE'VE SEEN KIND OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF, AND I REALLY HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS, I THINK, REALLY TAKEN WHAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU AND REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, IN A REALISTIC WAY, UH, IMPLEMENT THOSE IDEAS. UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THE SORT OF OTHER SIDE OF THINGS, AND THIS WAS NOT IT. THIS WAS A VERY, VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND THOUGHTFUL, UH, UH, PROCESS. I REALLY WANNA APPRECIATE THAT. I REALLY WANNA APPRECIATE, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION HERE. UM, AND ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A VERY, VERY LONG PROCESS. UM, I ALSO KIND OF WANT TO, I GUESS, HAVE SOME, SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT RECOGNIZE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE, WE HEARD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE TIMELINES ON THESE THINGS. YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT HOW LONG, NOT ONLY THE PLANNING PROCESS TAKES, BUT THEN THE GOING FROM THE PLANNING TO THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION, AND THAT CAN TAKE DECADES. UM, AND AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS GONNA BE THE ANAHEIM STREET PROJECT, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL THAT WAS PLANNED BACK IN 2011 OR 12 OR 13, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S NOW 2024. CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT STARTED WITH THAT. UM, POLITICS HAVE MOVED ON. THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY HAVE MOVED ON, THAT PROJECT HAS NOT MOVED ON. AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE STUFF YOU TALK ABOUT, IAN, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE, UM, TRANSPORTATION, UH, UH, ELEMENT ON THIS, ON THIS, UH, UH, PLAN HAS THOSE FORWARD LOOKING ASPECTS. I JUST WANT TO HOPE THAT THAT IDEA OF THIS IS GONNA TAKE 10 YEARS TO GET IN THE GROUND IS LOOKED AT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING TO SEE A PROJECT THAT IS FROM 2011 GETTING INSTALLED IN 2025. UM, AND ALONG THOSE LINES, I THINK THAT, THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT WANTING TO ENCOURAGE WALKABILITY THROUGH WIDER SIDEWALKS, STREET TREES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, THE CITY'S PLAN FOR THAT IS TO INCREASE SETBACKS, BUT IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN [01:35:01] THINGS ARE REDEVELOPED. AND WE KNOW THAT MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE ALONG THE QUARTER ARE NOT GONNA BE REDEVELOPED, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET WIDER SIDEWALKS AND TREES. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SORT OF GLOSSED OVER IN THE PLANS A LOT OF TIMES. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY, VERY CRITICAL PART OF, I THINK WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS THAT WE WANNA SEE THINGS THAT CAN MAKE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS 75 DEGREES LIKE THIS AFTERNOON, LIKE BEFORE NOON, AND UH, I WAS WALKING AROUND, UH, AND IT WAS HOT, IT WAS HUMID, AND YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE WAS SHADE, IT WAS RELATIVELY NICE WHERE THERE WASN'T, IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE 78 DEGREES, YOU KNOW? UM, AND IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE WALKING, TAKING TRANSIT, BIKING PLACES, WE NEED TO HAVE A RECOGNITION THAT IMPROVING THIS ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME IS NOT GONNA DO THAT. UH, AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT EXACTLY ZONING, BUT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING IS ALSO NOT EXACTLY ZONING FOR THE ZONING. UM, AND THEN, LET'S SEE, I ALSO, I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WAS REFLECTED. UM, I KNOW IN THE MOBILITY ELEMENT THERE ARE PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY AREAS AND THERE ARE TRANSIT PRIORITY AREAS. ARE THOSE REFLECTED IN THIS PLAN? SO, UM, THE MOBILITY ELEMENT WAS ONE OF THE, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT WAS SORT OF THE STARTING POINT OF THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS DONE AT THE BEGINNING PHASE OF THIS PROJECT. SO, UM, THE TEAM THAT, UM, CAME UP WITH THE DRAFT ZONES AND, AND WROTE THOSE CODES STARTED WITH A REVIEW OF THE VARIOUS GENERAL PLAN ELEMENTS AND HOW THOSE COULD BE APPLIED. UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE STARTING POINT. AND THEN WITHIN THE MOBILITY ELEMENT, UM, THOSE TRANSIT PRIORITY AREAS ALIGN PRETTY CLOSELY WITH SORT OF THE, UM, ZONING STRATEGIES THAT, THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THE LAND USE ELEMENT. SO THE IDEA OF FOCUSING MORE HOUSING AND DENSE MIX OF USES NEAR NEAREST HIGHEST QUALITY TRANSIT, UM, KIND OF REFLECTS, YOU KNOW, ON THE ZONING SIDE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS UPDATING IN THE LAND USE REGULATIONS TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THOSE TRANSIT PRIORITY AREAS. UM, WHICH ALSO SPEAKS TO THE STRATEGY ALEJANDRO MENTIONED OF SORT OF, YOU KNOW, EYES ON THE STREET AND GETTING PEOPLE THERE TO MAKE IT FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, UM, TO WALK BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WALK TO GET TO TRANSIT, RIGHT? SO, UM, THOSE PIECES WORKING TOGETHER AND THEN, UM, PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY AREAS WERE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE. YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT, AGAIN, ZONING IS NOT GONNA SOLVE ALL OF THESE ISSUES BECAUSE IT IS A PARCEL BY PARCEL REDEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE IN A BUILD OUT CITY. UM, SO THE SETBACK PIECE IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON WITH COMMUNITY, UM, BECAUSE IT, IT IS A TRADE OFF, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME SHALLOW LOTS IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE WE DO ALMOST A ZERO SETBACK WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, FACILITATE REDEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF SHALLOW LOTS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, ONLY SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN HAPPEN, YET THIS PRIORITY WAS SO BIG WITH COMMUNITY THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HONOR THAT AND TO DO THE INCREASED SETBACK, EVEN IF THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A WHOLE CONSISTENT STREET, UM, THROUGH THE ZONING CODE WHEN IT IS ALREADY, UM, BUILT OUT. SO YES, WE DON'T HAVE A PERFECT SOLUTION, UM, ON THAT PIECE, BUT I DO HEAR YOU THAT A SORT OF PARCEL BY PARCEL'S NOT GONNA FULLY SOLVE YOUR, YOUR CORRIDOR WIDE ISSUE. UM, BUT THAT IS HOW THE, UM, THE MOBILITY ELEMENT IS THEN INTERWOVEN INTO THE, THE ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS. THANKS, ALLISON. AND I'LL JUST ADD, SO I THINK THIS IS WHERE, AND THIS IS MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THAT THE, THE TODL PLACE TYPE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY TRANSIT ORIENTED, UM, HAS THE SAME ZONING DISTRICTS APPLY TO IT WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA AS THE NSCM PLACE TYPE. SO THAT'S WHERE THERE'S KIND OF AN OVERLAP WHERE TODL IN THIS CASE IS ORIENTED AROUND, UM, THE BLUE OR A LINE, UM, SO GOING ALONG LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, UM, AND THE NSCM PLACE TYPE, WHICH IMPLEMENTS, UH, WHICH IS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH R AND B FOUR A AND MBU THREE A ZONES GOES ALONG, UM, ANAHEIM STREET, WHICH IS IN A LOT OF WAYS ALSO A TRANSIT CORRIDOR BECAUSE THE BUS HEADWAYS ALONG ANAHEIM ARE SOME OF THE, THE, THE MOST ROBUST, UM, ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. AND IT'S THE ONLY AREA THAT COMES CLOSE TO MEETING, UM, TRANSIT SERVICE, UH, IN LINE WITH, WITH THE A LINE. IT'S NOT THE SAME, UM, BUT IT, BUT IT'S THE CLOSEST. SO THE FACT THAT BOTH OF THOSE AREAS ARE GETTING THE SAME ZONING DISTRICTS APPLIED, KIND OF RELATES TO THAT OVERLAY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BOTH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THE REALITY IS, AS, AS YOU ALLUDED TO IN, IN YOUR COMMENTS, THAT A LOT MORE IS NEEDED BEYOND ZONING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THESE GOALS. UM, SO GREATER PUBLIC INVESTMENT ALONG THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, UM, FOR STREET TREES AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO HAPPEN AND TO BE PRIORITIZED AND TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT HISTORICALLY, CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY GET THOSE INVESTMENTS QUICKER THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. AND THIS IS A PART OF THE CITY LIKE NORTH [01:40:01] LAWN BEACH THAT HAS BEEN MARGINALIZED AND THAT IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT BOTH ARE OVERWHELMINGLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND, AND MAJORITY RENTER. UM, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE CAPACITY BUILDING PIECE THAT WAS EMBEDDED IN BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS IS INTENDED TO REALLY FOSTER GREATER COMMUNITY AGENCY AND ULTIMATELY OWNERSHIP, UM, OVER THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THIS PROJECT AND BEYOND THIS COMMISSION. UM, SO THAT IS NOT AN EASY SOLUTION. THE ONLY WAY FORWARD IS TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THESE ISSUES. AND THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE FUNDING, AND THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE PRIOR PRIORITIZATION AND REPRIORITIZATION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF CITY RESOURCES. UM, THAT IS NOT AN EASY THING TO, TO, TO DO. UM, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD, UM, FOR THESE THINGS TO BECOME REALITY. RIGHT. AND I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS A SYSTEM BEYOND JUST HOUSING, UH, AND DEVELOPMENT. THE THING I THINK THAT WE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS ON IS IN THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, IF WE HAVE ARAN, IF WE HAVE A PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY ZONE, IT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING PEDESTRIAN FACING DEVELOPMENT. IF WE HAVE A TRANS, UH, TRANSIT PRIORITY CORRIDOR, IT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING TRA TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT USERS. UH, AND ONE OF THE FOLKS OUT THERE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL COST, AND I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THE CITY TALKED ABOUT IN THE PRESENTATIONS, IS THAT THE ADDITIONAL COST AND HOW MUCH PARKING REQUIREMENTS IMPACT THE ABILITY TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, YOU KNOW, IF, LIKE I SAID, IF WE HAVE A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PRIORITIZE CERTAIN USES, UM, THERE SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN SOME WAY IN THE ZONING CODE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND JUST TO, JUST TO ADD, YOU KNOW, A LARGE PORTION OF THIS PROJECT AREA IS SUBJECT TO AB 2097, SO THERE ARE NO MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS. SO THAT COUPLED WITH THE SORT OF, UM, UM, STRATEGIES FROM THE URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT TO PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIANS IN THOSE PLACE TYPES. SO IT REALLY, WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB EXPLAINING THIS, BUT IT'S REALLY KIND OF LIKE A THREE LAYERED CAKE WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE, THE LAND USE ELEMENT AND THE URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT. SO YOU'VE GOT THE PLACE TYPES THAT TALK ABOUT THE LAND USE SIDE AND THEN THE URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT IN TERMS OF THE SORT OF DESIGN STRATEGIES WHICH GET TRANSLATED INTO THOSE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS NOW, UM, AS REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW TO, TO TRY TO, UM, MAKE IT NOT JUST, UM, UM, A PEDESTRIAN FEEL, BUT A MULTIMODAL AND SORT OF HUMAN SCALE, UH, FEEL. SO THERE ARE, UM, SOME DESIGN STRATEGIES EMBEDDED WITHIN, UH, AND THAT'S BASED ON THE PLACE TYPE AND ALONG THE MAJOR CORRIDORS IN THIS PROJECT AREA, THEY ARE THOSE, UM, MIXED USE SORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING PLACE TYPES FOR THE MOST PART, WHICH, WHICH HAVE THOSE STRATEGIES INCLUDED. AND, UH, I'LL, I'LL JUST ADD AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO AB 2097 ENCOMPASSING MORE OF CENTRAL LONG BEACH, I THINK MOST OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN, UM, THE CHANGE DID USE PARKING REQUIREMENTS WITH THE NEW ZONING CODE UPDATE, UM, EXEMPT PARKING, UM, FOR ANY CHANGE OF USE FOR A BUILDING THAT IS 10 YEARS OR OLDER, UM, WHICH IS GONNA BE THE VAST MAJORITY OF PROPERTIES HERE. SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY NEW PARKING REQUIRED WHEN AN EXISTING BUILDING TURNS OVER FROM ONE USE TO ANOTHER, UM, ACROSS THE PORT. SO THAT ALSO KIND OF PROVIDES ADDITIONAL RELIEF. THE OTHER PART TOO, UM, AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ALLUDED TO IN THE PRESENTATION, IS THAT WE DID HEAR A VARIETY OF, OF PERSPECTIVES IN TERMS OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS. THERE WERE LOW INCOME RENTERS OF COLOR THAT SAID THAT THEY, THEY SHARED STORIES OF HOW THEY HAD GOTTEN ASSAULTED WALKING AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE PARKING IN THE HOME, AND THAT THAT HAD BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE OR THAT THEY HAVE HAD BREAK-INS, OR THAT THEY HAD HAD OTHER, UM, KIND OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE RELATED ISSUES WHERE PARKING IS NOT NECESSARILY A SOLUTION TO IT, BUT IT IS A FORM OF MITIGATING THOSE ISSUES. THE UNDERLYING CAUSE IS NOT THE AVAILABILITY OR LACK THERE OF A PARKING, THE SOCIETAL CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO, UM, HOTSPOTS OF VIOLENCE IN, IN PARTS OF THE CITY. THAT GETS BACK TO THE HISTORIC ISSUES THAT, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE. BUT FOR RESIDENTS THAT ARE UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS TODAY AND WANT RELIEF TODAY, IT WAS, UM, IMPOSSIBLE FOR STAFF TO NOT ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE OPINIONS ARE PART OF WHAT WE ARE HEARING, UM, AND HAVE TO INCORPORATE WITHIN THE REGULATIONS. UH, ULTIMATELY IF WE HAVE A GREATER TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT MAKES IT SO THAT A CAR IS NOT REQUIRED AT ALL, UM, AND THERE'S GREATER PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY, AND PEOPLE ARE OUT IN THE STREETS IN A WAY THAT THEY ARE IN OTHER MAJOR CITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, UM, THEN A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES GO AWAY. UM, BUT THAT GETS BACK TO KIND OF CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS MEETING AS WELL. YEAH, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW, THROWING BACK AND FORTH ACADEMIC STUDIES HERE, SO I'M NOT GONNA, LIKE, I I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING ABOUT 80, UH, 2097, AND THAT'S THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE PRIORITY, UH, PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY AREAS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY 80, UH, 2097. [01:45:01] UM, AND THEN ONE MORE COMMENT. I REALLY LIKED THE PERSON THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, SMALL COMMERCIAL ON 15TH STREET. I'M ASSUMING THAT BECAUSE OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT THAT SHIP HAS SAILED. UM, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THAT MINI MART THAT'S ON 15TH AND LOMA ON THE WALK, I WAS TALKING ABOUT MY SON AND I, WE STOPPED THERE AND BOUGHT A POPSICLE ON A SODA AND CAME HOME COVERED IN A STICKY, UH, POPSICLE JUICE. BUT, UM, UH, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT LIKE, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD HERE WITH A WALKABLE COMMUNITY, UH, WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE CAN JUST GO OUT AND GRAB A SNACK AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE, BE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, BUT I, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE FOR NEXT TIME. UM, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU FOLKS HAVE PUT INTO THIS, AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE, UH, ABLE TO BE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN THIS CAME IN FRONT OF US. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CLEMSON. COMMISSIONER CASTILLO. THANK YOU. I'LL, I'LL ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS WELL AROUND JUST THANKING STAFF AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS. 'CAUSE WE ONLY GET TO A BETTER OUTCOME WHEN EVERYONE, UH, CONTRIBUTES AND, AND PARTICIPATES. UM, AND, AND AS A, I LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR MANY YEARS AND, AND I'M FREQUENTLY IN THIS AREA. I'M HAPPY TO, TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT THIS IS GOING TO CREATE AND SET A FOUNDATION FOR. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO FOLLOW UP, UM, ON THE CHAIR'S EARLIER COMMENTS AND QUESTION AROUND THE SEVERAL MEMBERS HERE, UH, CAME IN AND SPOKE ABOUT THE, THE POTENTIAL MORATORIUM, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SMALL WINDOW. WOULD THIS, IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUST TO ALLEVIATE THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS AROUND SOME LAST MINUTE ITEM THAT WOULD COME IN IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, UM, WHAT LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES WOULD THAT CREATE, UM, AND OR ISSUES? I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. YES, THANKS. SO, UM, A MORATORIUM WOULD NEED TO BE IN ACTION THAT'S DONE THROUGH A DULY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING. SO IT HAS TO BE, UH, POSTED AT LEAST TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME IN THE NEWSPAPER, UM, AND WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, IN ORDER TO GET TO CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO GET IN THE QUEUE FOR A HEARING. UM, RIGHT NOW, THOSE HEARINGS ARE GENERALLY BEING TAKEN UP BY THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS. UM, SO THE EARLIEST AVAILABLE HEARING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET IS IN SEPTEMBER, UM, FOR THIS ACTION. SO, UM, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER MIGHT BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY BRING SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR, BUT, UM, MIKE CAN CONFIRM HERE, BUT MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT A MORATORIUM CAN ONLY BE ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN A FIRST AND SECOND VOTE. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WOULD GAIN US MUCH IF ANY TIME DUE TO THE TIMING. THAT IS CORRECT. THE COUNCIL IS THE ONLY ONE AUTHORIZED TO DO THAT BY ENACTING AN ORDINANCE ACTUALLY ENFORCING THE MORATORIUM OR ENACTING THE MORATORIUM. I THINK THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS TAKE AN ACTION ON THIS AND GET IT TO CITY COUNCIL IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. NO COMMISSIONERS. WE'RE ALL GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE. COMMISSIONER TEMPLIN, YOU CAN GIVE A VOICE VOTE YES. THANK YOU FOR THE, YES, THERE WE GO. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. UH, I AM ALSO DECO, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL YOU. I'M SO PLEASED THAT THIS ITEM HAS GARNISHED AS MUCH COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN THE PROCESS. THIS IS A REALLY CHALLENGING PART OF OUR CITY. BOTH OF THOSE CORRIDORS, UM, TALK ABOUT TRYING TO IMPACT NOT ONLY A BUILT ENVIRONMENT, BUT A VERY FAST CORRIDOR. UM, AND SO I THINK THE ONLY WAY THIS IS GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL IS THE PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE ALL IMPLEMENTED TOGETHER AND, AND BRINGING SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS AND STAFF TOGETHER. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. I WILL SAY I AM MORE HOPEFUL THAN YOU CLEM, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON, ON HOW FAST THESE THINGS HAPPEN. I'M ALWAYS AMAZED WHEN WE TAKE ACTION, UM, AND UP ZONE AND CREATE A PLAN FOR AN AREA, HOW QUICKLY WE CAN START TO SEE DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN IN THOSE AREAS. WE'VE SEEN THAT IN, UM, WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE MIDTOWN AND SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE PASSED NEW ZONING FORUM AND IT HAS REALLY SPURRED DEVELOPMENT IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANTED TO GO. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING DOWN THIS EVENING. WILL READ THE LAST 10 YEARS. IT DOES. THE NEXT 10 YEARS, YEARS DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THAT, ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR LAST ORDER OF REGULAR BUSINESS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT. [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Planning Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS [01:50:01] THE COMMISSION ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS NOW, IT WOULD BE A TIME TO DO THAT. IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. AND WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, BRING IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL. COMMISSIONERS. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? [ANNOUNCEMENTS] NO, NO. GO. USA GO. USA. IT'S BEEN FUN TO WATCH FOR SURE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WATCHING BADMINTON AT THAT, [ADJOURNMENT] I WILL, UH, CALL OUR MEETING WHAT WE TOOK . SO GOOD. MY SISTER SAW IT. I MISSED IT. BADMINTON IT AS A KID. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.