May 01, 2025 Planning Commission

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OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

OR ACTUALLY GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO GET THE

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UH, FOR THE RECORD, UH, VICE CHAIR TEMPLAN AND COMMISSIONER SUAREZ ARE EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO

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COMMISSIONER CASTILLO PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER CLEMSON? HERE.

COMMISSIONER ES HERE.

COMMISSIONER SANTOS.

COMMISSIONER SUAREZ.

COMMISSIONER.

WHERE? HERE.

VICE CHAIR TEMPLIN.

WE HAVE QUORUM.

PERFECT.

WE'LL GO

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I'LL GO AHEAD AND LEAD THAT FOR TODAY.

I ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND AND, UH, WE'LL START WITH I PLEDGE ALLE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR JUST STANCE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS SWEARING IN OF WITNESSES.

IF ANYONE IN THE CHAMBER IS PLANNING TO SPEAK TODAY, UM, WE WE'LL NEED YOU TO PLEASE, UH, PROVIDE OR WE'RE PLANNING TO GIVE TESTIMONY.

PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AGAIN IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON SPEAKING.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, PERFECT.

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

PERFECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO TO THE, UH, REGULAR AGENDA AND, UH, THIS IS RECOMMENDATION

[1. 25-55156 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

SO MOVED.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER CL.

ACTUALLY WE'LL DO COMMISSIONER WARE IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

AND COMMISSIONER CLEMSON HAS SECONDED.

OKAY, WE WILL TURN OVER TO, UH, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

AND I FIRST, UH, WANNA WELCOME OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER, UM, TODD LEMUS.

WELCOME.

SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

I KNOW YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE STARTING IN JULY AND HERE WE ARE ON, UM, MAY 1ST WITH YOU, WITH US, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND EXCITED.

UH, I KNOW ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH YOU, UH, ON THIS COMMISSION.

SO WELCOME.

UM, SECOND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MAY IS NATIONAL HOME IMPROVEMENT MONTH.

SO HERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OFTENTIMES WE'RE REVIEWING LARGE PROJECTS, HUNDREDS OF UNITS IN A BUILDING SOMEWHERE OR A LARGE, UH, AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING OR, OR LARGE PROJECTS LIKE THE ONE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

BUT, UH, MOST OF THE CONSTRUCTION HERE IN LONG BEACH IS SMALL.

IT'S SOMEONE, UH, BUILDING OUT THEIR DREAM KITCHEN IN THEIR HOME.

THEY'RE ADDING, UH, A CLOSET BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE WONDERFUL HISTORIC HOMES, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAD CLOTHES OR STUFF IN THE 1920S BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO, UM, STORE YOUR CLOTHES AND ALL YOUR KIDS' THINGS, UM, IN THOSE HISTORIC HOMES.

SO WE DO A LOT OF ROOM ADDITIONS AND, UM, THAT TYPE OF WORK.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE HUNDREDS OF ADUS EVERY YEAR, UM, WHICH IS AN ELEGANT HOUSING SOLUTION.

UM, THIS HAPPENING IN MANY BACKYARDS AND, UH, GARAGES.

SO NATIONAL HOME IMPROVEMENT MONTH IS A WAY TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THAT IMPORTANT WORK THAT INDIVIDUALLY MAY BE SMALL, BUT TOGETHER CUMULATIVELY IS HUGE AND IMPACTFUL.

AND ALSO TO CELEBRATE THE WORK, UM, THAT OUR STAFF DOES WITH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS ALL AROUND THE CITY.

UM, SO WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA AND ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.

AND THEN ON, UH, THE END OF THE MONTH ON MAY 31ST, UH, WE DO HAVE AN EVENT, UM, KIND OF, UM, MIDDAY AT WHALEY PARK.

UM, SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE THAT SATURDAY TO COME OUT, UM, YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO OUR STAFF, UM, SEE THAT IT'S EASIER THAN YOU THINK, UH, TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT.

UM, WE'VE GOT FOLKS FROM ACE HARDWARE AND LOWE'S AND OTHER PROVIDERS, UM, TO HELP YOU, UM, THINK ABOUT YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND WHETHER IT'S, UM, PAINTING YOUR APARTMENT TO BUILDING YOUR DREAM HOME ON THE BEACH AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, RESOURCES FOR FOLKS AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE.

SO WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

AND THEN I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO ALLISON FOR ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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YEAH, JUST WANNA ECHO CHRISTOPHER'S WELCOME TO OUR NEWS COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER LEMI, WHO IS APPROVED, UM, IN APRIL BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, JOIN THIS COMMISSION.

UM, WE WILL ALSO BE, UM, PREPARING FOR, UM, MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SPRING MAY INTO JUNE, INCLUDING A CELEBRATION OF OUR OUTGOING COMMISSIONER.

UM, COMMISSIONER LEWIS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING HIS SERVICE, UM, WITH US TOGETHER.

UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL NOT TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? SEEING NONE.

ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS, UH, VIRTUALLY? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CASTILLO.

WE'LL NOW READ THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.

ITEM NUMBER TWO

[2. 25-55157 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Planning Commission meeting of Thursday, April 17, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM AND A SECOND PLEASE? OKAY.

COMMISSIONER CLEMSON AND COMMISSIONER WARE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OR ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE, TO THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON, ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL SPEAKERS? IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

PERFECT.

WE'LL NOW READ ITEM THREE, PLEASE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE

[3. 25-55158 Recommendation to adopt a Planning Commission resolution certifying the Intex Corporate Office and Fulfillment Center Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR-03-22, State Clearinghouse [SCH] Number 2023040345), making findings of fact and approving a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP); Find the proposed vacation of Via Alcalde Avenue between Via Plata Street and Carson Street, which will become part of the project site abutting the Interstate-710 freeway, in conformance with the adopted goals and policies of the City’s General Plan (GPC22-005), being a reaffirmation of the Planning Commission’s previous positive finding for the same on August 6, 2020 (previously under Case No. 1805-03, GPC19-002); and Approve Site Plan Review (SPR22-036), and adopt the proposed findings and conditions of approval thereto, for the construction of a new 60-foot-tall, approximately 560,039-square-foot industrial building consisting of 543,239 square feet of warehouse and 16,800 square feet of corporate headquarters office (517,880 square feet footprint), with 570 auto parking stalls, 66 truck docks, and 174 loading/trailer parking stalls, located on a 26.47-acre site (26.34 acres net) at 4000 Via Oro Avenue in Subarea 1 of the West Long Beach Business Parks (PD-26) Planned Development District. (District 8)       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UM, MAKE FINDINGS OF FACT AND APPROVING A MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM.

FIND THE PROPOSED VACANT VACATION OF VIA A CALL DAY AVENUE BETWEEN VIA PLATA STREET AND CARSON STREET, WHICH WILL BECOME PART OF THE PROJECT SITE AND ABUTTING THE INTERSTATE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ADOPTED GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN.

BEING A RE REAFFIRMATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S PREVIOUS POSITIVE FINDINGS FOR THE SAME ON AUGUST 6TH, 2020 AND APPROVED SITE PLAN, REVIEW AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THERE TOO FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 60 FOOT TALL, APPROXIMATELY 560,039 SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING CONSISTING OF 543,239 SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE AND 16,800 SQUARE FEET OF CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS OFFICE WITH 570 AUTO PARKING STALLS, 66 TRUCK DOCKS AND 174 LOADING SLASH TRAILER PARKING STALLS LOCATED ON A 226.47 ACRE SITE AT 4,000 VIA ORAL AVENUE IN SUB AREA, ONE OF THE WEST LONG BEACH BUSINESS PARKS PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DISTRICT EIGHT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? OKAY.

MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CLEMSON AND CL COMMISSIONER LIMI.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? I'LL HAND IT OVER TO STAFF.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UH, SENIOR PLANNER SCOTT KINSEY WILL PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS AND CHAIR.

MY APOLOGIES TO THE CLERK.

I'M SUPPOSED TO

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UH, SUPER LONG RECOMMENDATION FOR A BIG PROJECT.

UM, AS, AS YOU HEARD THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW, GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING AND EIR CERTIFICATION FOR A NEW WAREHOUSE AND CORPORATE OFFICE FOR INTEX CORPORATION LOCATED AT 4,000 VIA ORO AVENUE.

AND WE DO HAVE, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T SEE, WE DO HAVE A POWERPOINT UP.

UM, SO TO START OFF WITH, HERE'S A RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

UH, PROJECT BUILDING IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER, AND YOU CAN SEE THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY AND THE LOS ANGELES RIVER BEYOND LOOKING TO THE NORTHEAST.

SO THE PROJECT REQUIRES TWO ENTITLEMENT APPROVALS THIS EVENING, ALONG WITH CERTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT EIR.

UH, THESE ENTITLEMENTS ARE SITE PLAN REVIEW, WHICH IS THE DESIGN REVIEW FOR THE PROJECT, AND A GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING FOR A STREET VACATION FOR THE PROPOSED VACATION OF VIA ALDE AVENUE.

UH, THE OTHER ENTITLEMENTS YOU SEE LISTED HERE, THE STREET VACATION IS A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL ACTION AND THE LOT MERGER IS A FUTURE ACTION.

AFTER THAT, UH, STREET VACATION IS FINALIZED.

UH, THE SITE ITSELF IS APPROXIMATELY 27 ACRES LOCATED IN THE PD 26 PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE WEST LONG BEACH BUSINESS PARKS.

UH, THE GENERAL PLAN ZONING DESIGNATION HERE IS INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE PD 26 ZONING.

PROJECT SITE IS SURROUNDED, UH, BY STREETS ON ALL FOUR SIDES, AND ALL ADJACENT USES ARE INDUSTRIAL USES.

UH, PROJECT SITE ALSO INCLUDES A SMALL, UH, 9,800 SQUARE FOOT SLIVER PARCEL, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE SITE.

UM, AND THEN, UH, VIA ALL CALL THE AVENUE ITSELF, UH, WHICH WILL, IT IS PROPOSED TO BE VACATED AND BECOME PART OF THE SITE.

UH, THE ENTIRE SITE CURRENTLY IS VACANT.

UH, IT WAS USED FOR AGRICULTURE FROM THE 1920S THROUGH THE 1970S.

UH, CURRENTLY IT'S USED, UH, UH, BY A RADIO CONTROLLED HELICOPTER FLYING CLUB, UM, OCCASIONALLY WITH PERMISSION TO PROPERTY OWNER, BUT OTHERWISE, THE SITE HAS BEEN UNUSED FOR SOME TIME.

SERIAL PHOTO, UH, SHOWS THE PROJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED, AS I JUST DESCRIBED.

UH, IT IS THE LARGEST REMAINING DEVELOPMENT SITE IN PD 26 AND PROBABLY IN WEST LONG BEACH, UH, HAS BEEN HELD BY THE CURRENT OWNER SINCE 1980S, I BELIEVE SINCE EARLY 1980S.

UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT THAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, I TOOK THESE PHOTOS ON APRIL 8TH, UM, ABOUT 7:30 AM UH, SO I'LL JUST WALK YOU THROUGH A FEW PHOTOS, UH, OF THE SITE AS IT STANDS TODAY.

UH, SO SEVERAL VIEWS HERE.

UM, THE, UH, FIRST ONE SHOWS THE INTERSECTION AS YOU APPROACH THE SITE, AND THEN THE NEXT TWO ARE TAKEN FROM VIA ORO, LOOKING NORTH AND LOOKING SOUTH.

AND THEN IF WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THIS IS NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SITE ON VIA ALL CALL DAY, LOOKING ACROSS THE SITE TO THE SOUTHWEST.

AND THEN, UM, LOOKING, UM, FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER TO THE NORTHWEST.

AND THEN AT THE VERY SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE LOOKING NORTH, THIS IS THE, UM, RC HELICOPTER FLYING BASE.

AND THEN ON THE THIRD SLIDE HERE, UH, PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE SLIVER PARCEL, WHICH HAS A LITTLE BIT OF MAINTENANCE AND YOU SEE THEIR M-P-D-E-S OR SO SUMP, UM, MITIGATION, UH, STORMWATER CONTROL, UH, MEASURES ON IT THERE.

UH, THE MIDDLE PICTURE I WANNA PARTICULARLY DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IS VIA ALL CALL DAY AVENUE, WHICH IS WHAT IS PROPOSED TO BE VACATED AND BECOME PART OF THE PROJECT SITE.

UM, THIS IS LOOKING DOWN THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF VIA ALDE, UH, FROM VIA PLATA ON THE NORTH ALL THE WAY TOWARD CARSON STREET ON THE SOUTH.

AND THE FINAL PICTURE THERE IS FROM THE, UM, SOUTHERN END OF VIA ALDE LOOKING ACROSS CARSON STREET TOWARD THE DENSO BUSINESS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

UH, SO THIS SLIDE, UH, SHOWS YOU THE SITE PLAN.

UH, NORTH IS TO THE LEFT HERE, UH, EAST IS ACTUALLY ON THE TOP.

UM, AND THE SEVEN 10 IS RIGHT UP AGAINST THAT TOP EDGE.

UH, THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS ABOUT 560,039 SQUARE FEET.

UH, IT DOES HAVE INTERIOR MEZZANINES, SO IT'S FOOTPRINT IS ACTUALLY SMALLER.

IT'S ABOUT 517,437 SQUARE FEET.

UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED AUTO PARKING FIELDS, UM, ON THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH OF THE BUILDING.

SO THAT'S ON THE LEFT BOTTOM AND RIGHT.

UM, AND THEN ON THE TOP ON THE EAST, THERE IS A APPROXIMATELY 240 FOOT DEEP TRUCK COURT AND TRAILER PARKING.

AND THAT IS THE PART THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY.

UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE IF THIS ANIMATION'S GONNA WORK.

THERE WE GO.

UM, THE PROPOSED VA, WHOOPS, THERE WE GO.

UH, THE PROPOSED VACATION OF VIA ALCALDE IS SHOWN IN YELLOW.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT BECOMES PART OF THE PROJECT SITE.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW CARSON ON THE RIGHT AND VIA PLATA ON THE LEFT ARE TERMINATED IN NEW CUL-DE-SACS.

AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THOSE PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SITE IN JUST A SECOND HERE.

UH, GOING INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IS PROBABLY THE MOST DETAILED SLIDE, SO BEAR WITH ME ON THE ACTUAL PROJECT ITSELF.

UM, SO

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UH, THEY'RE A LEADING NATIONAL DISTRIBUTOR OF ABOVE ROUND POOLS AND WATER SPORTS ITEMS. UH, THE WAREHOUSE INVENTORY THAT THEY RECEIVE WILL BE SHIPPED TO PORTS OF LONG BEACH AND LOS ANGELES SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR, AND THEN TRUCKED DIRECTLY TO THE PROJECT WAREHOUSE, UH, WHERE IT'LL BE SORTED AND STORED ON SITE UNTIL THE PRODUCTS ARE DISTRIBUTED NATIONALLY ACROSS THE US.

UM, THE PROJECT WHEN COMPLETED WILL CONSOLIDATE THE OPERATIONS OF SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES CURRENTLY USED BY INTEX, UM, INCLUDING OFFICES AND WAREHOUSES RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROJECT SITE IN PD 26.

THERE'S ONE AT 4,001 VIA ORO ACROSS THE STREET, AND THERE'S ONE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AT 1667 HUGHES WAY.

AND THEY ALSO HAVE A LOCATION IN FONTANA.

UM, THE PROJECT BUILDING HERE WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 16,800 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE WITH A REMAINING, UH, BALANCE OF 543, UH, 239 SQUARE FEET, 543,239 SQUARE FEET, UH, DEDICATED TO WAREHOUSING.

UH, THE BUILDING ITSELF, UH, WILL BE 60 FEET TALL.

WE'LL HAVE 64 DOCK HIGH TRUCK DOORS AND TWO GRADE LEVEL DOORS, A TOTAL OF 174 TRAILER STALLS.

I THINK I ALREADY SAID THAT IN THE TRUCK COURT.

AND 570 AUTO PARKING STALLS ON SITE.

UM, THAT IS JUST ABOUT WHAT'S REQUIRED BY CODE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, THE PROJECT ITSELF OVERALL IS COMPLIANT WITH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN PD 26.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BUILDING HEIGHTS, SETBACKS, FLOOR AREA RATIO, DEVELOPMENT LIMITS.

UM, AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE TRIP LIMIT IMPOSED BY PD 26 FOR WAREHOUSE USES.

UH, PROJECT ALSO IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, LAND USE SETTLEMENT AND OTHER PERTINENT ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN.

UH, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THIS PROJECT APPLICATION WAS VESTED IN THE ENTITLEMENT AND THE EIR PROCESS SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S PASSAGE OF AB 98, WHICH DEALS WITH WAREHOUSES AND THEIR PROXIMITY TO SENSITIVE RECEPTORS.

UH, SO THIS PROJECT IS NOT SUBJECT TO AB 98 BY AB 90 EIGHT'S OWN PROVISIONS.

OKAY, SO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SITE ACCESS.

UH, SO AUTO ACCESS IS TAKEN ON THE THREE BLUE ARROWS, UH, FROM 3 28 FOOT WIDE DRIVEWAYS.

AND THOSE ARE ON TWO ON VIA ORAL, ONE ON CARSON.

AND THEN TRUCK ACCESS IS SHOWN BY THE TWO RED ARROWS.

UH, THOSE BOTH COME OFF OF THE NEW CUL-DE-SACS ON TWO INTO TWO 40 FOOT WIDE DRIVEWAYS OR CURB CUTS, UH, WHICH YOU SEE HERE.

UH, FINAL APPROVAL FOR THESE, UH, DRIVEWAY CURB CUTS WILL BE OBTAINED FROM DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO ENSURE TRAFFIC SAFETY, UH, WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR CONSTRUCTION.

UH, SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS BUILDING ELEVATIONS, WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE BUILDING AND IT HAS TO BE SHOWN AT SUCH A SMALL, SMALL SCALE.

UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE COLOR SCHEME AND THE WINDOW AND THE SPANDREL GLASS PLACEMENT AND THE SQUARE LINES IN THE CONCRETE, UH, AS WELL AS ON THE BOTTOM, UH, EAST ELEVATION.

THERE YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCK DOCK DOORS.

UM, OF COURSE, MORE DETAIL WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE FULL SIZE SET OF PLANS AS WELL.

AND THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.

UH, OKAY, SO, UH, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESIGN.

UH, THE BUILDING DOES CONSIST OF A CONCRETE TILT UP DESIGN.

IT'S GONNA BE, LIKE I SAID, 60 FEET TALL.

UH, IT HAS GEOMETRIC SCORELINES AND ARCHITECTURAL ACCENT MATERIALS ON TOP OF A FOUR COLOR PAINT PALETTE.

UM, I THINK IT'S A, UM, WHITE BASE WITH A, UH, SEVERAL GRAY COLORS AND A BLUE ACCENT.

UM, THE ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS ARE PROVIDED AT THE CORNER ELEMENTS, ESPECIALLY USING HIGH VISION GLASS REVEALS WHERE THE OFFICES AND MEZZANINES ARE LOCATED.

AND THEN ALL OF THESE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, UH, ARE SHOWN IN THE RENDERING HERE ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH SHOWS, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING FACING VIA ORO AVENUE.

THIS RENDERING'S FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

IT SHOWS THE PROJECT FROM THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY.

IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTHBOUND ON THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY.

UH, YOU CAN SORT OF SEE HERE HOW THE TRUCK COURT IS ACTUALLY SCREENED BY AN EIGHT FOOT TALL CONCRETE TILT UP WALL.

AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE LANDSCAPING AND THE CONCRETE TILT UP WALL AND THE BUILDING ITSELF.

UH, BUT THE INTENT IS TO SCREEN THE TRUCKS AND THE TRUCK COURT FROM VIEW.

UH, THIS IS THE SIDE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC WILL SEE THE BUILDING FROM.

UM, HERE IS A RENDERING, UH, SHOWS THAT TRUCK COURT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, UM, AS WELL AS THE SCREENING WALL.

NOW THIS IS AN ELEVATED PERSPECTIVE, SO NOBODY'S GONNA BE SEEING IT FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE.

UM, BUT THIS IS THE EAST FACE OF THE BUILDING THAT FACES THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY.

OKAY, SO THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STREET VACATION A LITTLE BIT.

SO OF COURSE, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT, THE REQUESTED VACATION OF VIA ALL CALL AVENUE, WHICH WILL BECOME PART OF THE PROJECT SITE.

UH, SO THIS STREET, UH, CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 1.85 ACRES OF TOTAL LAND AREA, WHICH IS CURRENTLY DEDICATED, IS PUBLIC RIGHT OF

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UH, THE STREET DOES NOT SERVE ANY OTHER PROPERTIES OTHER THAN THE PROJECT SITE, AND IT'S NOT NEEDED FOR CIRCULATION, UH, EITHER ON THE PROJECT SITE OR TWO ADJACENT PROPERTIES OR FOR ANY OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSE.

UH, SO VIA PLATA STREET ON THE NORTH AND CARSON STREET ON THE SOUTH, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THIS, UM, DIAGRAM, UH, THOSE STREETS WILL BE TERMINATED IN NEW CUL-DE-SACS AS SEEN ON THE PROCEEDING SLIDES.

UH, IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE VACATION, THE CITY FIRST HAS TO HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKE A GENERAL PLAN.

CONFORMITY FINDING TO FIND THAT THIS VACATION IS IN, UH, CONFORMITY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, AS THE NAME IMPLIES.

UM, ALL THE REQUIRED FINDINGS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE POSITIVE, AND THOSE ARE DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT, AND WE'LL GO OVER THOSE BRIEFLY, UH, AGAIN, CLOSER TO THE END.

UH, ONE OTHER INTERESTING TWIST.

UH, THIS PROPERTY WAS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY EXPANSION PROJECT, WHICH WAS DISCONTINUED BY CALTRANS AND METRO SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

UH, BUT THEN IT WAS REINTRODUCED THIS YEAR, BUT WITH A REDUCED SCOPE THAT WILL NO LONGER REQUIRE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE BIG STICKING POINTS OF THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE PROJECT.

UH, PRIOR TO THE DISCONTINUANCE OF THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE PROJECT, CALTRANS METRO, THE CITY AND INTEX, THE APPLICANT ALL CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT ANY AREA OF THE SITE, OF THE PROJECT SITE HERE, UH, THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE, UH, SEVEN 10 FREEWAY PROJECT, UM, IF VIA ALL CALLED A WERE VACATED.

UM, THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT ANY AREA THAT WAS NEEDED MUST BE RETRO SEATED AT NO COST TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD MEAN IF, IF CALTRANS OR METRO CAME BACK AND SAID, HEY, WE CHANGED OUR MINDS.

WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT.

WE NEED TO TAKE THIS PROPERTY.

UM, THERE WILL BE A LEGAL INSTRUMENT RECORDED AGAINST THAT VACATION AND AGAINST THIS PROPERTY SAYING THAT THAT AREA THAT'S NEEDED MUST BE RETRO SEATED AT NO COST TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND, UH, SO THAT IF A PORTION OF THE AFFECTED AREA, UH, DOES HAVE TO BE RETRO SEATED, IT WILL NOT CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT BUILDING AND IT WON'T RENDER THE PROJECT'S SITE NON-CONFORMING IN ANY WAY.

AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE IS A GRAPHIC FROM THE ACTUAL, UH, CALTRANS AND METRO PROJECT PLANS THAT SHOW VARIOUS OPTIONS OF THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE PROJECT, WHICH BASICALLY SHOWS A WORST CASE SCENARIO OF THE AREAS OF THE PROJECT SITE THAT WOULD'VE POSSIBLY BEEN TAKEN BUT IS NO LONGER PROPOSED TO BE TAKEN.

UH, SO THE PROJECT, UM, MOVING ON FROM THAT, THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A NEW, UH, FULL LANDSCAPING PLAN.

UM, THERE ARE 39 EXISTING TREES ON SITE THAT WILL BE RE RETAINED AND THERE WILL BE 99 NEW TREES TO BE ADDED.

AND THIS MAY BE ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PLAN CHECK PROCESS TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL TREES, BUT ALL THE REQUIRED CODE MINIMUMS WILL BE MET.

ADDITIONALLY, THE, UH, UH, TILT UP, UH, SCREENING WALL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRUCK COURT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH, UH, CLIMBING VINES, UH, TO PREVENT THE CONCRETE, UH, TILT UP WALL FROM, UM, HAVING PROBLEMS WITH GRAFFITI.

UH, OVERALL, THE WHOLE SITE ALSO WILL COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S MODEL WATER EFFICIENCY LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE OR , AND ALSO WITH THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT OR LID REQUIREMENTS THAT DEAL WITH ON ONSITE STORM WATER CAPTURE AND RUNOFF TREATMENT.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS A ROOF PLAN, WHICH IS NOT VERY EXCITING, BUT, UH, IT DOES HAVE ONE REALLY COOL FEATURE, WHICH IS 487 SKYLIGHTS WILL BE PROVIDED IN THIS BUILDING TO PROVIDE NATURAL LIGHT, UH, TO REDUCE SOLAR ENERGY CONSUMPTION.

AND I WAS RECENTLY IN ANOTHER VERY LARGE WAREHOUSE.

IT WAS JUST COMPLETED IN LONG BEACH THAT ALSO HAD THIS FEATURE.

AND THE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES REALLY IS INCREDIBLE.

UM, THIS BUILDING ALSO, UH, WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE FULLY SOLAR READY, INCLUDING ALL THE PREREQ PREREQUISITE INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE TIME OF THE CORE, AND SHELL BUILD OUT, WHICH IS SORT OF WHEN THE BUILDING ITSELF IS FINISHED.

UH, AND THEN AT THE TIME OF TENANT IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS WHEN THEY BUILD ALL OF THE INTERIOR STUFF THAT THE OPERATOR IS GONNA NEED AT THE TIME OF TENANT IMPROVEMENT, THE ACTUAL ROOFTOP SOLAR PANELS AND OTHER GENERATION HARDWARE, UH, WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED.

UM, SO THE PROJECT IS FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THE LONG BEACH CLIMATE ACTION PLAN OR CAP.

AND WE WILL HAVE A WHOLE SLIDE ON THAT NEXT, AND I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF, BUT, UH, TO COMPLY WITH THE LB CAP, THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A HUNDRED PERCENT OFFSET TO THE ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION AND CARBON GENERATION, UH, THAT IT NEEDS.

AND, UH, SO THAT'S PRIMARILY PROVIDED BY, UM, ON ROOF SOLAR PANELS, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT THE ROOF IS NOT BIG ENOUGH, UH, TO FIT ALL SOLAR PANELS THAT ARE NEEDED.

UH, THEN THE OPERATOR IS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EDISON'S GREEN RATE PROGRAM OR ANOTHER CLEAN POWER SOURCING PROGRAM, SUCH AS THE COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT CARBON NEUTRAL OFFSET.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE PROJECT ALSO WILL MEET ALL TITLE 24 REQUIREMENTS, WILL COMPLY WITH ALL CAL GREEN BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS, UH, PROVIDE FOR ALL, UM, ONSITE MATERIALS, UH, RECYCLING AND

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SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE FINDINGS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IN ORDER TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

ALL THOSE FINDINGS ARE MADE IN THE POSITIVE.

THESE ARE THE FINDINGS FOR THE SITE PLAN REVIEW ENTITLEMENT.

UH, I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT THEY ARE ALL MADE IN THE POSITIVE.

AND THOSE ARE ALL MADE IN, IN GREAT DETAIL IN THE, UH, FINDINGS.

ATTACHMENT TO THE STAFF REPORT.

UH, I WOULD SAY THE MOST CRITICAL ONE IS THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING GENERAL PLAN, UM, THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND THE LB CAP.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDING, THESE ARE THE FINDINGS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE FOR THIS FINDING.

UM, IT IS DETERMINED THAT VIA ALL CALL DAY IS NOT NEEDED, UH, FOR PRESENT OR FUTURE PUBLIC PURPOSES.

UM, THERE WILL BE CONTINUED ACCESS TO ANY UTILITIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN VIA ALL CALL DAY.

I BELIEVE THERE IS A WATER AND A SEWER LINE THAT SERVE ONLY THE PROJECT SITE.

THOSE WILL EITHER BE ABANDONED OR THEY'LL BE RESERVED VIA EASEMENT FOR THE, UM, MUNICIPAL UTILITY COMPANY.

AND THEN THE VACATION ITSELF HAS BEEN FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES, THE GENERAL PLAN AND THAT REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE MAKE SPECIFIC FINDINGS AND SIGHTINGS OF WHICH POLICY IS THE GENERAL PLAN.

SO THIS IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, UH, BUT THOSE ARE MADE IN GREAT DETAIL IN THE ATTACHMENT TO THE STAFF REPORT AS WELL.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, UH, THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT.

UM, THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT OF COURSE, THE ACTUAL ATTACHMENT TO THE STAFF REPORT HAS ALL THE DETAILS.

UM, BUT THERE, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I WANNA HIGHLIGHT HERE, INCLUDING A REQUIREMENT, UH, THAT WILL LIMIT THE APPROVED BUILDING TO BEING USED AS A WAREHOUSE AS PROPOSED.

UH, AND IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS OR SIMILAR CROSS DOCKING TRANSLOADING TYPE USES TRUCKING HEAVY USES WITHOUT APPLYING FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS ALL TRUCK ROUTES TO AND FROM THE SITE FOR BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION WILL NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, UH, FOR REVIEW, UM, PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION.

THAT BRINGS US TO CQA, WHICH WAS THE, UH, BIGGEST AND LENGTHIEST PART OF THIS PROJECT.

A PROJECT EIR, WHICH IS THE TOP, SORT OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CQA.

THE FULL EIR WAS PREPARED FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CQA STATUTE AND GUIDELINES, UH, FOLLOWING THE, UH, PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED BY STATE LAW.

UH, THIS INCLUDED PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW PERIODS FOR THE NOTICE OF PREPARATION WHEN THE EIR WAS STARTED, AS WELL AS A REVIEW AND CIRCULATION PERIOD FOR THE DRAFT EIR.

WHEN THAT DRAFT WAS COMPLETED, UH, THE EIR DID STUDY ALL THE SUBJECT AREAS THAT WERE NOT SCOPED OUT DURING THE INITIAL STUDY.

UM, THE CONCLUSION OF THE EIR WAS THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THAT WILL RESULT FROM THE PROJECT AFTER MITIGATION MEASURES ARE INCORPORATED.

UH, CQA FINDINGS OF FACT HAVE BEEN PREPARED AS REQUIRED BY CQA AND A MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM HAS BEEN REPAIR PREPARED, AND THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

SO THAT'S ONE SLIDE THAT COVERS ABOUT TWO YEARS OF WORK, UM, ON, ON THIS EIR.

BUT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EIR IS THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, WHICH YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN OTHER EIRS, WHERE THE CONCLUSION IS THAT IT WILL, AND THEN THERE HAVE HAS TO BE A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATION.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN THIS PROJECT.

UH, SO FOLLOWING, UM, CIRCULATION OF THE FINAL EIR AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT, UH, WHICH THOSE ACTIONS OCCURRED ON APRIL 11TH, THE CITY DID RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM AGENCIES FROM ONE AGENCY AND FROM THE PUBLIC.

UM, THOSE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND A WRITTEN RESPONSE ADDRESSING ALL THESE COMMENTS WAS, UH, PREPARED AND PROVIDED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC.

I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE GOT THAT AT ABOUT NOON TODAY.

UM, SO THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED, PROVIDED THE END RESULT IS THESE COMMENTS THAT WERE ADDED, UH, DID NOT RAISE ANY SUBSTANTIAL NEW FACTUAL ISSUES OR REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF REVISION OR RECIRCULATION OF THE EIR.

SO IT DID NOT CHANGE THE CITY'S CONCLUSION.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, AS MENTIONED, WENT OUT ON APRIL 11TH, WAS CARRIED OUT AS PRESCRIBED BY THE ZONING REGULATIONS FOR THE PROJECT.

HERE YOU SEE ONE OF THE ONSITE PUBLIC NOTICING POSTERS.

I WAS JUST OUT THERE THIS MORNING VERIFIED THAT THEY'RE ALL STILL UP AND IN GOOD SHAPE.

SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONCLUSION.

SO THE RECOMMENDED ACTION STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVE THE PROJECT BY APPROVING SITE PLAN REVIEW, APPROVING, UH, ADOPTING A RESOLUTION, UM, CERTIFYING THE EIR AND APPROVING THE GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY FINDINGS SO THAT THE STREET VACATION CAN MOVE FORWARD, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, NOT

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AND THEN, AS MENTIONED, THE LOT MERGER WILL TAKE PLACE AT A FUTURE DATE AFTER THAT, BUT IT IS COVERED BY THE SCOPE OF THE EIR.

SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE LAST SLIDE.

YEP.

THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT.

STAFF IS HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE.

THEY HAVE THEIR WHOLE TEAM HERE.

UM, IF THE COMMISSION HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT TEAM AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE STAFF? I MEAN, EXCUSE ME FROM THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE STAFF COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION IN HERE AND I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT, ESPECIALLY GOING THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT IS, UH, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EIR.

UM, SO THIS IS A F CENTER, WHICH IS BASICALLY LIKE A WAREHOUSE, RIGHT? FOR LIKE AMAZON AND THOSE TYPES OF, OF E-COMMERCE SHIPPING BUSINESSES, RIGHT? IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME AS A FULL MILL FULFILLMENT CENTER.

IT REALLY IS A CORPORATE WAREHOUSE FOR ONE COMPANY.

UM, AND I THINK THEY CAN, THE APPLICANT TEAM CAN SPEAK MORE TO EXACTLY HOW THEIR OPERATION WORKS, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT A FULFILLMENT CENTER LIKE AMAZON.

YEAH.

SO I MEAN, THERE'S SOME SIMILARITIES, BUT THERE'S A CRITICAL DIFFERENCE JUST FOR THE SAND FUTURE PROJECTS, A FULFILLMENT CENTER.

UM, GOODS COME IN AND THEN THEY LEAVE AND THEY GO DIRECTLY TO THE CONSUMER.

UM, IN, UH, CIRCUMSTANCE LIKE THIS, MOST OF THE GOODS THAT GO OUT ARE GOING TO RETAILERS, UM, RATHER THAN DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS.

SO THIS IS MORE OF A TRADITIONAL WAREHOUSE USE, BUT THEN THIS IS ALSO A CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, UM, WITH SOME NON WAREHOUSE TYPE USES.

RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE NUANCE TO ADD.

WE'VE GOTTEN VERY NUANCED AND UNDERSTANDING THOSE DIFFERENCES, BUT A WAREHOUSE, THE GOODS ARE THERE FOR LONGER, WHEREAS A FULFILLMENT CENTER, IT MIGHT COME IN AND OUT VERY QUICKLY.

SO IN TERMS OF THE, THE LENGTH OF THE GOODS, UM, THEY, THEY'RE WAREHOUSED THERE, SO THEY'RE STAYING THERE FOR A LENGTH OF TIME AS OPPOSED TO GOING RIGHT IN AND RIGHT OUT.

THE, THE POINT THOUGH, BEING THAT, THAT THIS IS TRUCKS COMING IN AND TRUCKS GOING OUT, BUT THE POINT OF IT IS TO HAVE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT.

CAN YOU GO INTO WHY THAT DOESN'T COUNT TOWARDS THE SIGNIFICANCE THRESHOLD FOR, UH, VMT? I'LL START.

UM, SO VMT LOOKS AT PASSENGER VEHICLES, UM, PRIMARILY.

SO, UH, IMPACTS RELATED TO TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT ARE, ARE GENERALLY LOOKED AT ON THE AIR QUALITY SIDE.

UM, SO, UM, YEAH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SB 7 43 AND HOW THE LEGISLATURES, UM, PUT TOGETHER THAT INFORMATION, IT, IT, IT'S RELATED TO PASSENGER VEHICLES.

OKAY.

UM, AND THEN ONE OF THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION MEASURE, UM, MITIGATION MEASURES IS A TDM PLAN.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT.

LOOKING AT THE EIR, THERE'S VAN POOL, CARPOOL, DROP OFF ZONES, SIDEWALKS CONNECTING TO THE EXTERNAL PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, UH, POTENTIAL BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN ACCESS TO THE BIKE NETWORK.

UM, I GUESS FIRST IS THERE GONNA BE BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS WITH THIS? THERE'S NO BUS STOP ADJACENT TO THE SITE, SO THERE'S NO BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL DIRECTLY OCCUR FROM THIS PROJECT.

I THINK THE NEAREST BUS STOP IS A BLOCK TO THE SOUTH.

I BELIEVE I PASSED IT THIS MORNING.

UM, BUT THERE'S NO BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THIS SITE.

OKAY.

UM, , I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE THEM TO MAKE CONNECTIONS TO THE EXTERNAL PEDESTRIAN BIKE NETWORKS WHEN THAT BASICALLY DOESN'T EXIST IN THAT AREA.

UM, THAT'S, I DON'T SEE HOW THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY REDUCE VMT.

I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE LIKE AREA AND ITS TRUCK TRAFFIC, NOT THE PLACE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE WANTING TO CERTAINLY NOT BIKE IN AND PROBABLY NOT WALK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NOT TO MENTION THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE COMING FROM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.

YOU'D HAVE TO CROSS THE FREEWAY, ET CETERA.

SO THE TDM IS NOT RELATED TO TRUCK TRIPS, IT'S RELATED TO EMPLOYEE TRIPS.

AND IT MAY NOT BE A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT, BUT IN OUR, UM, INDUSTRIAL AREA TO THE SOUTH OF HERE, CLOSER TO THE PORT, UM, IF YOU GO THERE EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU WILL SEE EMPLOYEES ARRIVING ON FOOT ON BICYCLE.

UM, SO IT'S NOT IDEAL CONDITIONS TODAY, WE AGREE WITH THAT, BUT THE, THE POINT OF THIS CONDITION, UM, IS TO MAKE IT BETTER IN WHATEVER INCREMENTAL WAY, UM, AND TO REQUIRE THE EMPLOYER, UH, TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT PROVIDING THEIR EMPLOYEES OPTIONS, INCLUDING

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OKAY.

AND JUST TO REITERATE, I'M NOT SO MUCH WORRIED ABOUT IT BEING PLEASANT AS IT BEING SAFE, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S SAFE, .

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS? UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, UH, BEFORE I, I, I TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT.

UM, IF STAFF COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC'S PURVIEW, UH, WHY THIS SITE, GIVEN IT'S A BIG PULL OUT OF LAND, IT'S A BIG, UM, UH, UNDEVELOPED, UH, PIECE OF LAND, WHY THIS MAKES SENSE FOR THIS USE AT THIS LOCATION IN THAT AREA? IF YOU COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT JUST TO, FOR CLARIFICATION.

SURE.

SO THIS PROPERTY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE EARLY 1980S, AND THAT HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN THE ZONING AND THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION.

UH, IT'S ALSO BEEN PRIVATELY OWNED BY THE CURRENT OWNER, UH, SINCE THAT TIME.

UH, AND I, AND THEY CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT, BUT THEY HAVE A SORT OF A MASTER PLAN OF CONSOLIDATING ALL OF THEIR SMALLER WAREHOUSES AND OPERATIONS, UM, BOTH LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE REGION INTO THIS, UH, LARGER SITE.

SO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BECOME LIKE THEIR HEADQUARTERS OPERATION.

UM, AND THE SITE IS OBVIOUSLY, IT'S VERY LARGE, CLOSE TO 27 ACRES, AND THAT'S BIG ENOUGH TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO.

AND, AND I DO THINK IT'LL BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AS TO THEIR RATIONALE, BUT AS YOU COULD SEE, IT IS ADJACENT TO THE FREEWAY AND CLOSE, UH, TO THE PORT.

SO I'M THINKING ABOUT WHERE GOODS ARE COMING FROM AND WHERE THEY'RE HEADING TO LOCATION WISE, THAT FREEWAY ADJACENCY, UM, IN, IN STATS VIEW IS POSITIVE BECAUSE, UM, UNLESS WE ALL STOP BUYING STUFF, WE'RE GONNA KEEP HAVING STUFF COMING FROM THE PORT AND NEEDING TO MOVE ON.

AND SO HAVING IT JUST ADJACENT TO THE FREEWAY HELPS MINIMIZE THE NEED FOR USE OF LOCAL STREETS.

UM, IT'S ON A DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE, SO THAT'S ALL HELPFUL.

PERFECT.

AND GREAT SEGUE.

AT THIS POINT WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT, UH, COME FORWARD AND MAKE A PRESENTATION IF THEY HAVE ONE.

HELLO? YEAH.

UH, ACTING CHAIRMAN CASTILLO, UM, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS JEFF PEARSON.

UH, I'M WITH UNEX MANAGEMENT CORP.

INTEX PROPERTIES CORP, REPRESENTING THE OWNERSHIP, WHICH IS INTEX PROPERTIES SOUTH BAY CORP.

SO WE'VE GOT A WHOLE STRING OF, UH, ENTITIES HERE, UH, AND WE'RE ALL RELATED TO THE SAME PEOPLE.

UM, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TODD IN.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A QUORUM, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER IN A DIFFERENT LOCALE, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE NOT TO HAVE YOU KNOW THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR A PHENOMENAL PRESENTATION AND STAFF REPORT AND IT, AND THE, UH, AMOUNT AND VOLUME OF INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS HAD TO GO THROUGH.

UH, THIS, THIS IS A, UH, A VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PERIOD, WE ENDED UP HAVING, UH, LA METRO AND CALTRANS TELL US THAT WE TELL THE CITY THAT WE COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ALTERNATIVE OF ALL THE ALTERNATIVES THEY WERE GONNA GO WITH.

SO WE BASICALLY HELD THIS PROJECT IN ABEYANCE FOR IT.

IT PROBABLY WAS 10 YEARS.

UH, INTEX ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES.

THE LOCATION WAS AT THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OR NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF SANTA FE AND CARSON STREET.

WE HAD OUR CORPORATE OFFICES THERE AND OUR WAREHOUSING, AND IT ACTED AS A FULFILLMENT CENTER FOR THE WAY INTEX RECREATION CORP.

THE ACTUAL OPERATOR DOES BUSINESS.

THEY, UH, RECEIVE PRODUCT ON A SEASONAL BASIS.

IT COMES IN IN SHIPMENTS FROM SEPTEMBER TO

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THAT IS THE BUSINESS.

IT, YOU KNOW, INTEX RECREATION IS, WELL, INTEX CORP IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF SHEET VINYL PRODUCT THAT IS CONVERTED INTO, UM, INFLATABLES AIR FURNITURE, ABOVE GRADE POOLS, UH, OTHER RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT THAT IS RELATED TO THE WATER.

SO THEY, UH, THEY'RE, THEIR BUSINESS IS SEASONAL AS IT RELATES TO DOMESTIC OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

THEY SHIP, IT IS A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY.

UH, IT SHIPS TO EUROPE, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA, UH, AND IT HAS BEEN A CORPORATE CITIZENS SINCE THEY MOVED INTO THAT FACILITY IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES.

UH, WE'VE TRANSITIONED WHEN L-A-U-S-D CONDEMNED OUR WAREHOUSE ON SANTA FE AND OUR OFFICES, WE MOVED INTO A BUILDING THAT WE HAD BUILT, BOUGHT FROM UNION PACIFIC AT 4 0 0 1 VIA ORO.

UH, AND PRIOR TO THAT, ENVISIONING THE GROWTH OF THE COMPANY DOMESTICALLY, WE PURCHASED IN LATE EIGHTIES, UM, THE 26 ACRE PARCEL WE CALL SOUTH BAY, UH, BUSINESS CENTER.

AND THAT, THAT PARCEL WAS IN ENVISIONED TO PUT OUR FULFILLMENT AND OPERATIONS AND CORPORATE, UH, GROUPS TOGETHER IN ONE LOCATION.

AND SO, AS, AS TIME EVOLVED AND WITH THE SEVEN 10 ISSUES, WE HAD TO MOVE TO NORTH FONTANA, WE, UH, OCCUPIED A 400,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT WE OWN OUT THERE.

UH, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE OLD RAYTHEON HUGHES BUILDING AT 1665, AND WE MOVED OUR OPERATIONS BACK THERE.

IT'S ONLY 200,000 SQUARE FEET.

UH, WE RETROFITTED THAT TO WHERE WE COULD OPERATE WITH IT.

AND, UH, WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE LIMITATIONS ON THAT FACILITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT BECAME EMINENT THAT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, PURSUE THE, UH, 26 ACRES SITE AND GET IT GOING.

UM, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, FOR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS OVER MY HEAD, I'VE GOT OUR PROJECT TEAM, OUR PROJECT ARCHITECT, WHERE MALCOLM, UH, OUR ENGINEERING MANAGER, JOHN HOGAN, OUR ARCHITECTURAL MANAGER, MILLER LEE, UH, UH, MILLIE SEAVERSON, UH, HAS GOT, UH, THEIR DOEN IS HERE FOR OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

UM, AND WE HAVE ALL GONE THROUGH THE CONDITIONS.

UM, THE EIR MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS, SITE PLAN, REVIEW FINDINGS, GENERAL PLAN, CONFORMITY FOR THE STREET VACATION, UH, THE FINDINGS FOR GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY AND THE SITE PLAN REVIEW, THE GENERAL PLAN, CONFORMITY CONDITIONS, UH, OF APPROVAL.

AND WE FOUND THEM ALL ACCEPTABLE.

UH, LITTLE BIT STRINGENT, YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE GOTTA SAY THAT, UH, STAFF DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF, UH, TYING US DOWN TO LONG BEACH'S SPECIFICS.

BUT, UH, IT IS A, A PROJECT THAT WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD VERY QUICKLY.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU TO OUR UNION BROTHERS THAT HAVE COME OUT TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

UH, IT WAS, UH, SURPRISING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COME TO, UH, TO VISIT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT, UH, I THANK THEM.

UH, I, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT, UH, UH, WE, WE HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH, THIS IS LIKE A DEJA VU.

UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ONCE ON THE GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY,

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AND CITY COUNCIL SAID THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITHOUT HAVING THE PROJECT LAID ON TOP OF THE VACATION.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE BACK AGAIN, UH, LOOKING FOR THE SITE PLAN REVIEW APPROVALS, LOOKING FOR THE BUILDING APPROVALS, THE VACATION, AND PRIMARILY THE EIR.

SO, UH, GIVEN THAT, UH, STAFF HAS DONE SUCH A PHENOMENAL PRESENTATION, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO ANYTHING ELSE, BUT I WILL ACCEPT, AND MY PROJECT TEAM WILL ACCEPT ANY OF THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

AND I HOPE I'VE, I'VE GIVEN YOU THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A MAJOR, UH, PROJECT FOR THE OWNERSHIP OF THE COMPANY TO STAY IN LONG BEACH AND TO CREATE THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT THAT THE EMPLOYMENT AND, UH, TAX BASE ON THAT VACANT PROPERTY WILL AFFORD, UH, THE COMMUNITY.

SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. PEARSON.

UM, WOULD YOU, UH, INDULGE ME A LITTLE BIT AND SPEAK TO WHAT ARE THE, UM, IMPACTS FROM AN EMPLOYMENT PERSPECTIVE AND JOBS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT, UH, THAT THIS PROJECT WILL, WILL CREATE? UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, WHAT, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'RE GONNA CONSOLIDATE OUR 4 0 0 1 VIA ORO OFFICES INTO THIS BUILDING, AND THAT WILL HAVE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 45 AND 60 INDIVIDUALS.

WE'RE GONNA INCORPORATE THE 1665, UH, WAREHOUSE AND FULFILLMENT OPERATIONS, WHICH EMPLOYS PROBABLY 20 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES PLUS, DEPENDING UPON THE SEASONAL NATURE, UH, MAYBE ANOTHER 20 TO 30 THAT COME IN.

AND THEN WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY INTEX RECREATION THAT THERE COULD BE 400 AT MAXIMUM EMPLOYEES AT THIS LOCATION.

SO WHAT, WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS WHEN WE CONSOLIDATE, WE WILL FREE UP A 200,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY AT 1665 HUGHES WAY, AND WE'LL FREE UP THE 4 0 0 1, UH, VIA ORO BUILDING, 85,000 SQUARE FEET FOR FULL OCCUPANCY.

SO WITH THIS PROJECT, IT WILL MAKE AVAILABLE IN THE WEST LONG BEACH BUSINESS PARK, YOU KNOW, TWO OTHER FACILITIES THAT WILL BECOME VIABLE TO OTHER, OTHER USERS.

I DON'T KNOW, DID I ANSWER THAT QUESTION WELL ENOUGH , YOU DID.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN A 40 YEAR JOURNEY, SO, YEAH.

WELL, WE'LL TRY.

MY HAIR WAS BLONDE WHEN I STARTED THIS WELL, I WAS, I WAS A, A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT AT THAT TIME, SO YEAH, I CAN RELATE A LITTLE BIT.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? PERFECT.

WELL, AS A BRAND NEW COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE WELCOME AND, UH, AS ALSO AS A BRAND NEW COMMISSIONER.

AND, UH, I THINK IT WOULD, IT, IT, IT BEHOOVES ME TO SAY SOMETHING AT THIS MEETING, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ON BEHALF OF, UH, OF, OF PARENTS EVERYWHERE.

I, I'M A PARENT OF THREE, AND I'VE PERSONALLY INFLATED MANY, MANY OF YOUR PRODUCTS.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, , I, I'VE GOTTA SAY, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT I PROBABLY ACQUIRE FIVE TO SIX DIFFERENT PIECES OF INTEX EQUIPMENT A YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND I, I TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE AUTO INDUSTRY WITH PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT MY KIDS JUMPING ON IT, IT'S MY DOG BITING IT.