Sep 18, 2025 Planning Commission

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF AUGUST 7TH, 2025.

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ITEM NUMBER

[2. 25-56449 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Planning Commission meeting of Thursday, August 7, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CAN I HAVE A MAKER AND A SECOND PLEASE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER SANTOS.

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THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CERTIFY AND ADOPT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND ADOPT THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM FOR THE PARK TOWER STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT.

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COMMISSIONER TEMPLE.

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ITEM NUMBER

[3. 25-56506 Recommendation to certify and adopt the Environmental Impact Report (EIR-01-25, State Clearinghouse No. 2024080441) and adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the Park Tower Student Housing Project; Recommend that City Council adopt resolution approving a General Plan Amendment (GPA23-001) to change the land use PlaceType of the property at 5150 East Pacific Coast Highway from Community Commercial (CC) to Neighborhood-Serving Center or Corridor - Moderate (NSC-M) PlaceType; Amend Map LU-7 (PlaceTypes) to convert the project site from Community Commercial (CC) to Neighborhood-Serving Center or Corridor - Moderate (NSC-M) PlaceType; Amend Map LU-12 (Neighborhood-Serving Centers and Corridors – Low and Moderate PlaceTypes) to include the project site; Amend Map LU-14 (Community Commercial PlaceType) to exclude the project site; and Amend Map LU-25 (Eastside) to convert the project site from CC to NSC-M; Recommend that City Council adopt ordinance approving a Zoning Map Change (ZCHG23-001) request for the property at 5150 East Pacific Coast Highway, and adopt the proposed findings related thereto, to amend the zoning designation from Community Commercial Automobile-Oriented (CCA) to Mixed Use 3 (MU-3) Zoning District; Approve a Site Plan Review (SPR23-001) conditional upon City Council adoption of the general plan amendment (GPA23-001) and zone change (ZCHG23-001), and adopt the proposed findings and conditions thereto, for the adaptive reuse of a seven-story office building into a private dormitory (student housing) with 593 beds, a new 728-square foot pavilion building, approximately 22,523 square feet of open space, and 364 parking spaces within an existing parking structure located at 5150 East Pacific Coast Highway in the Community Commercial Automobile-Oriented (CCA) Zoning District (pending approval of a zone change to Mixed Use 3 [MU-3] Zoning District); and Approve a Conditional Use Permit (CUP23-001) conditional upon City Council adoption of the general plan amendment (GPA23-001) and zone change (ZCHG23-001), and adopt the proposed findings and conditions thereto, to allow the operation of a Special Group Residence (private dormitory) in the MU-3 Zoning District. (District 3) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT RESOLUTION IMPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE PLACE TYPE OF THE PROPERTY AT 5 1 5 0 EAST PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICING CENTER OR CORRIDOR MODERATE POLICE TYPE AMEND MAP LU DASH SEVEN LU DASH 12 LU DASH 14 AND LU DASH 25.

RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT ORDINANCE APPROVING A ZONING MAP CHANGE REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY AT 5 1 5 0 EAST PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS RELATED THERETO TO AMEND THE ZONING DESIGNATION FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILE ORIENTED TO MIX.

USE THREE ZONING DISTRICT, UH, APPROVE A SITE PLAN REVIEW CONDITIONAL UPON CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONE CHANGE AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONSIDERATION CONDITIONS THERETO FOR THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF A SEVEN STORY OFFICE BUILDING IN A PRIVATE

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DORMITORY WITH 593 BEDS, A NEW 728 SQUARE FOOT PAVILION BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 22,523 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN SPACE AND 364 PARKING SPACES WITHIN AN EXISTING PARKING STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 5 1 5 0 EAST PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILE ORIENTED ZONING DISTRICT AND APPROVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CONDITIONAL UPON CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONE CHANGE AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS THERE TOO TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF A SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENTS IN THE MU DASH THREE ZONING DISTRICT, DISTRICT THREE OH, THANK YOU .

CAN I HAVE A MAKER IN A SECOND SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME? AND THEN THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONER SU AND COMMISSIONER CLEMSON FOR THAT.

I'LL TURN IT OVER FOR STAFF FOR A PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS PROJECT PLANNER GINA CASILLAS WILL PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, THIS IS A REQUEST TO ADAPTIVELY REUSE THE SEVEN STORY OFFICE BUILDING INTO PRIVATE DORMITORY.

THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON A 51,000, UH, 48 SQUARE FOOT, A 1.2 ACRE TRIANGULAR SHAPED LOT ADDRESSED AS 5 1 5 0 EAST PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.

THE PROJECT SITE IS BOUNDED BY PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY TO THE NORTH AND EAST CLARK AVENUE TO THE WEST AND EAST ANAHEIM STREET TO THE SOUTH.

THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL OFFICE, RESIDENTIAL AND RELIGIOUS USES TO THE NORTH AND EAST PAST PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.

A REC ANE RECREATIONAL GOLF COURSE, A RECREATION PARK GOLF COURSE, UH, TO THE SOUTH AND COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES TO THE WEST.

THE PROJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A SEVEN STORY, UH, 120,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING A SURFACE PARKING LOT AND SUBTERRANEAN PARKING GARAGE, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1981.

THE THREE-SIDED OFFICE BUILDING FEATURES AN EXPANSIVE GLASS FACADE ON ALL THREE SITES, SEVERAL DECKS LOCATED AT DIFFERENT FLOOR LEVELS ON, UH, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

THE PROJECT SITE IS LANDSCAPED IN A MANNER THAT WAS TYPICAL OF THE EARLY 1980S.

UM, OFFICE COMPLEXES WITH LANDSCAPE PLANTERS, UM, WITH ORNAMENTAL PLANTS AND GROUND TUR LEVEL TURF LOCATED ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE LOT.

UM, THERE IS A ONE ONE STREET TREE ALONG CLARK AVENUE AND FOUR STREET TREES ALONG PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.

VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROVIDED BY TWO DRIVEWAY APPROACHES LOCATED ON CLARK AVENUE.

ONE DRIVEWAY APPROACH PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE SURFACE PARKING LOT AND THE OTHER DRIVEWAY APPROACH PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE SUBTERRANEAN PARKING GARAGE.

THE SUBTERRANEAN PARKING GARAGE IS COMPRISED OF THREE PARKING LEVELS AND PROVIDES FOR BOTH VEHICULAR AND BICYCLE PARKING.

THE PROJECT SITE IS IDENTIFIED AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PLACE TYPE, UM, IN THE 2019 GENERAL PLAN LUE AND IT'S ZONED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AUTO.

UM, AUTOMOBILE ORIENTATED HEIGHT LIMIT OVERLAY, WHICH IS THE C-C-A-H-L ZONING DISTRICT.

THE LAND USE PLACE TYPES IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD ARE TO THE NORTH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTER OR CORRIDOR PLACE TYPE LOW TO THE EAST NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTER OR CORRIDOR.

LOW PLACE TYPE TO THE SOUTH OPEN SPACE PLACE TYPE AND TO THE WEST NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTER CORRIDOR, LOW PLACE TYPE AND FOUNDING AND CONTEMPORARY NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE TYPE.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILE ORIENTATED WITH THE HEIGHT LIMIT OVERLAY.

THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED, UH, TO THE NORTH, UH, THE CCA, WHICH IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILE ORIENTATED AND R FOUR R WITH THE HEIGHT LIMIT OVERLAY TO THE EAST COMMUNITY.

COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILE ORIENTATED, WHICH IS THE CCA TO THE SOUTH, IT'S PARK ZONED TO THE WEST.

IT'S MODERATE DENSITY, MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT WITH STANDARD LOTS.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ADAPTIVELY REUSE AN EXISTING UNDERUTILIZED COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING INTO A PRIVATE DORMITORY HOUSING FOR STUDENTS WITH 149 RESIDENTIAL SUITES THAT SERVE UP TO 593 STUDENTS WITH SHARED

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HOUSING, SHARED AMENITIES AND SPACES AND ACCESS TO NEARBY GOOD SERVICES IN TRANSIT.

DORMITORIES ARE DEFINED AS A SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENTS IN THE ZONING CODE AND RESIDENTIAL USES, INCLUDING COMMER SPECIAL GROUP.

RESIDENCES ARE NOT PERMITTED USES IN THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PLACE TYPE OR THE CCA ZONING DISTRICT TO FACILITATE THE ADAPTIVE REUSE FROM COMMERCIAL OFFICE TO PRIVATE DORMITORY STUDENT HOUSING.

A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED TO CHANGE THE ZONING, THE GENERAL PLAN LUE DESIGNATION FROM UM, CC PLACE TYPE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTER OR CORRIDORS, UM, MODERATE PLACE TYPE.

ADDITIONALLY, A ZONE CHANGE IS REQUIRED TO CHANGE THE ZONING DISTRICT FROM CCA ZONING DISTRICT TO MIXED USE THREE MU THREE ZONING DISTRICT.

A SITE PLAN REVIEW IS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE WAIVERS NEEDED FOR THE PRIVATE AND COMMON OPEN SPACE TO ALLOW THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE OFFICE BUILDING TO STUDENT HOUSING.

LAND USE AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED IN THE MU THREE ZONING DISTRICT TO ALLOW SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENTS DORMITORIES.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES BOTH INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS AND MINOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING TO FACILITATE THE CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE BUILDING TO DORMITORY.

ONE DRIVE AISLE WOULD REMAIN, WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE SUBTERRANEAN PARKING GARAGE.

THE PERIMETER LANDSCAPE AREAS WILL BE REPURPOSED TO CREATE NEW COMMON OUTDOOR SPACE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

NEW DINING AREAS FITNESS AREA.

FLEX SPACE IS PROPOSED.

THE SURFACE PARKING LOT WOULD BE REMOVED AND A 728 SQUARE FOOT PAVILION BUILDING AND A NEW SPLASH POOL WILL BE INSTALLED IN ITS PLACE, WHICH WOULD IS DESIGNED TO ACTIVATE THE STREET ALONG CLARK AVENUE.

NEW WR IRON FENCING WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE TO SECURE THE SITE AND PEDESTRIAN GATES WILL BE LOCATED ON ALL THREE SIDES OF THE SITE, WHICH PROVIDE ENTRY INTO THE COMPLEX.

THE BUILDING WOULD UTILIZE THE ROMANIAN SUB, THE REMAINING SUBTERRANEAN PARKING GARAGE.

THE PARKING GARAGE WOULD BE IMPROVED WITH NEW EV CHARGING STALLS AND 80 88 PARKING SPACES.

A TOTAL OF 364 PARKING STALLS IS PROPOSED.

THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY AND UM, ACCESS INCLUDING, UM, A BICYCLE PARKING SPACES AND BIKE LOCKERS LOCATED ON THE FIRST LEVEL OF THE SUBTERRANEAN PARKING LEVEL.

THE APPLICANT IS ALSO EXPLORING THE PROVISION OF SHUTTLE SURFACES, CAR SHARE AND SCOOTER ACCESS FOR THE RESIDENTS.

THE PROJECT WOULD INCORPORATE NEW AT GRADE OPEN SPACE AS WELL AS INDOOR AND OUTDOOR OPEN SPACE AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND GUESTS.

THE PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 22,523 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN SPACE.

THAT WOULD INCLUDE A STUDENT PLAZA, BENCHES, LOUNGING AREAS, A SPLASH POOL PATIO, OUTDOOR BARBECUES AND PICNIC TABLES, LAWN AREA SHADE STRUCTURE, PLANTERS, AND NEW LANDSCAPING.

THE EXISTING GROUND FLOOR OUTDOOR AREAS LOCATED IN ALL THREE SIDES OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

THE SURFACE PARKING LOT WOULD BE REMOVED ENTIRELY TO CREATE COMMON USABLE OPEN SPACE FOR THE PROJECT.

OPEN SPACE AREAS ON THE GROUND FLOOR WOULD BE ACCESSED FROM THE ENTRANCE, UM, AT PACIFIC HILLS HIGHWAY EAST ANAHEIM STREET AND CLARK AVENUE, AS WELL AS FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE PROJECT SITE.

FROM THE GROUND LEVEL, UM, PARKING LEVEL OF OF SUBTERRANEAN PARKING EXIT STAIRS, THE FIRST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE IMPROVED TO CREATE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OFFICES AND A VARIETY OF AMENITY SPACES, WHICH INCLUDE THE LOBBY, A MAIL ROOM, THE KITCHEN, DINING AREA, SMALL STUDY ROOMS, LAUNDRY FACILITIES, AND A FITNESS ROOM.

THE SECOND THROUGH SEVENTH FLOORS WOULD BE IMPROVED TO CREATE 149 RESIDENTIAL SUITES, UH, WITH A TOTAL OF 593 BEDS IN TOTAL.

UH, THERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF PROJECT UNITS, SO THERE'S 12, UM, 12 ONE PERSON SUITES.

THERE IS TWO TWO PERSON SUITES.

THERE'S SEVEN THREE PERSON SUITES, 96 4 PERSON SUITES, 25 PERSON SUITES, AND 12 SIX PERSON SUITES.

A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT IS REQUESTED THAT WILL CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN LUE DESIGNATION FROM

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COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PLACE TYPE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTER OR CORRIDOR MODERATE THE NSC DASH M PLACE TYPE.

THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PLACE TYPE DOES NOT PERMIT RESIDENTIAL LAND USES THE N-S-N-S-C-M PLACE TYPE ACCOMMODATES MODERATE DENSITY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TYPICALLY LOCATED AROUND, UM, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE NSCM PLACE TYPE ADHERES TO THE PROJECT'S NEED FOR RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY, SPECIFICALLY STUDENT HOUSING AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LUE PLACE TYPES, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, THE NSC LOW AND THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOW PLACE TYPE TO THE NORTH, EAST AND WEST.

THIS IS THE ONLY PARCEL, UM, IN THE PROJECT VICINITY WITH A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PLACE TYPE.

THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE TO MU THREE WOULD ALIGN WITH THE PROPOSED NSCM PLACE TYPE.

THE EXISTING CCA ZONING PERMITS, RETAIL AND SURFACE USES FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING CONVENIENT CONVENIENCE AND COMPARISON SHOPPING FOR GOODS AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES.

HOWEVER, THE CCA ZONE DOES NOT PERMIT RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.

THE MU THREE ZONING DISTRICT PERMITS, RESIDENTIAL LAND USES AND SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENCY RESIDENCY, WHICH INCLUDES DORMITORIES UPON THE GRANTING OF A CUP.

THE MU THREE ZONING DISTRICT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SICK, WITH THE MIX OF ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS TO THE PROJECT SITE.

THE MU THREE ZONE IS APPROPRIATE ZONE FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG THE MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS SUCH AS PACIFIC COAST'S HIGHWAY AND EAST ANAHEIM STREET, BOTH OF WHICH CONTAIN A MIX OF INTENSITY OF COMPATIBLE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL USES AND ZONING.

THE ADAPTIVE REUSE REQUEST REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF SITE PLAN REVIEW.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES A REQUEST FOR DEVELOPMENT STANDARD WAIVERS AVAILABLE THROUGH ADAPTIVE REUSE, WHICH IS A SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS TO ALLOW THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING TO BE REUSED AS A DORMITORY.

PURSUANT TO, UM, THE, THE MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECTS ARE SUPPORTIVE, UM, ADAPTIVE RE REUSE PROJECTS TO THE EXTENT PRACTICAL TO MEET DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC PARKING, ACCESS AND MOBILITY NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE INTENT OF THE ADAPTIVE REUSE IS TO ALLOW CONVERSION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES TO NEW LAND USES THAT MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE CHARACTER OF A NEIGHBORHOOD OR DISTRICT.

UM, THEY EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE BUILDING RE REVIEW, REDUCE THE USE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND REDUCE, REDUCE CONSTRUCTION WASTE GENERATED AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT OR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN APPROPRIATE AND COMPATIBLE LOCATIONS.

UH, PURSUANT TO SECTION 22 5 0 1 0 B OF THE TRANSITIONAL ZONING CODE.

ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECTS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO DENSITY LIMITATIONS, FLOOR AREA RATIO LIMITATIONS OR ADDITIONAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THE SIPAN REVIEW COMMITTEE CAN PROVIDE WAIVERS FOR ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT CANNOT BE MET FOR THE UNDERLINING ZONE.

GIVEN LIMITATIONS OF A BUILT OUT SITE, INCLUDING FOR LANDSCAPING AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, THE PROJECT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THESE EXCEPTIONS FROM DENSITY, LIMITATION AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE.

APPROXIMATELY 22,523 SQUARE FEET OF NEW OUTDOOR COMMON OPEN SPACE WOULD BE PROVIDED, WHICH CONSISTS OF A STUDENT PLAZA, MULTIPLE SEATING AND LOUNGE AREAS, THE SPLASH POOL COVERED PATIO, UH, MULTIPLE OUTDOOR BARBECUE AREAS, PICNIC TABLES, UH, LAWN AREA, THE SHADE STRUCTURE, PLANTERS, AND NEW LANDSCAPING.

APPROXIMATELY 3,868 SQUARE FEET OF NEW AMENITY SPACE IS PROPOSED ON THE GROUND FLOOR, WHICH CONSISTS OF A FITNESS ROOM THAT OPENS ONTO THE OUTDOOR FITNESS TURF INDIVIDUAL STUDY ROOMS AND LAUNDRY ROOM.

THERE'S NO OPEN PRIVATE OPEN SPACE PROVIDED PER ROOM.

HOWEVER, SMALLER COMMON OPEN SPACE AREAS ARE PROPOSED ON EVERY RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AND THROUGHOUT THE GROUND FLOOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING THAT WOULD SERVE AS A QUASI-PRIVATE OPEN SPACE.

SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENCES REQUIRE 300 SQUARE FEET OF COMMON OPEN SPACE, A HUNDRED SQUARE, 150 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN SPACE PER ROOM OR UNIT AS DESCRIBED IN THE CONDITIONAL USE STANDARDS, A TOTAL OF 44 THOU, 44,700 SQUARE FEET OF PRIVATE OPEN SPACES REQUIRED BY CODE.

HOWEVER, THERE THESE ARE FEASIBLE CHALLENGES, FEASIBILITY CHALLENGES IN PROVIDING THIS AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE WITHIN

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AN EXISTING BUILDING AND DEVELOPED SITE.

IF APPROVED, THE ADAPTIVE REUSE WOULD ALLOW A WAIVER OF THE PRIVATE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT AND STAFF FINDS THAT THE WAIVER OF OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT WOULD NOT DEGRADE THE ENVIRONMENT OR RESULT IN ANY CHANGES TO CLASSIFICATION OF LAND USE OR TO DENSITY.

AND BASED ON THE COMMUNAL NATURE OF THE USE OF THE SITE LIMITATIONS WITH ONSITE AREA AND SITE CONFIGURATION AND THE PROJECT'S PROXIMITY TO OPEN SPACE ON AND OFF CAMPUS, THE PROJECTS IN A IS AN APPROPRIATE SCALE OF OPEN SPACE CONFIGURATION TO SERVE STUDENT POPULATION.

THERE ARE NO SPECIAL DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THIS BUILDING.

HOWEVER, THE BUILDING DESIGN IS NOT LIKE, NOT UNLIKE OTHER MID-RISE BUILDINGS ACROSS LONG BEACH, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING EXTERIOR ARE MINIMAL, BUT THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPING WOULD BE MORE SIGNIFICANTLY APPROVED.

THE PROJECT SITE OVERALL WOULD BE IMPROVED WITH NEW LANDSCAPING AND NEW SHRUBS.

A CONDITION OF APPROVAL WOULD REQUIRE THE PLAN TO GIVE NEW STREET TREES ALONG PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, EAST ANAHEIM STREET AND CLARK AVENUE.

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS WOULD REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION OF OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO PROVIDE FULL A DA, UM, ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO THIS PROJECT AND THE REMOVAL OF ANY, UH, OF THE UNUSED DRIVEWAYS AND CURB CUTS AND REPLACED WITH FULL HEIGHT CURB.

IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

DORMITORIES ARE CLASSIFIED UNDER THE SUBCATEGORY OF SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENTS.

THE ZONING CODE DEFINES SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENTS AS FRATERNITY OR SORORITY HOUSES, COLLEGE DORMITORIES, RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES, CONVALESCENT HOSPITALS, SENIOR CI CITIZEN HOUSING HOUSINGS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, HALFWAY HOUSES, COMMUNAL HOUSING, AND MILITARY BARRACKS.

THIS USE A DORMITORY, UH, REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THE, THE PURPOSE OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS TO ALLOW THE REVIEW OF CERTAIN USES TO ENSURE THAT IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT USES OR CAN BE MADE WITH, CAN BE MADE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES.

UM, SECTION 21.5 2.2 71 OUTLINES SPECIFIC CONDITIONS FOR SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENCES.

THESE CONDITIONS REGULATE DENSITY LOCATION CONSIDERATION OF OVER CONCENTRATION OPEN SPACE, WHETHER THE SITE IS SERVED BY PUBLIC TRANSIT AND REQUIRES MINIMUM PARKING AND LOADING SPACES.

THE ADAPTIVE REUSE PROPOSALS IN THE MU THREE ZONING DISTRICT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO DENSITY LIMITATIONS PURSUANT TO THE CODE SECTION 22 POINT 15.010 B FOUR OF THE TRANSITIONAL ZONING CODE.

THE PROPOSED DORMITORY USE WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING PRO NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH INCLUDES MI MIX OF LAND USES.

AS STATED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, THE PROJECT IS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL OFFICE, RESIDENTIAL AND RELIGIOUS USES TO THE NORTH AND EAST PAST PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY OF GOLF COURSE TO THE SOUTH AND COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES TO THE WEST.

THE NEAREST SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AREA IS LOCATED ACROSS CLARK AVENUE TO THE WEST AND THE PARK ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED NORTH AND EAST OF THE PROJECT SITE ACROSS PCH.

THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD IS SIGNIFICANTLY BUFFERED FROM POTENTIAL IMPACTS RELATED TO NOISE AND TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE PROPOSED DORMITORY.

AND CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO ADDRESS HOURS OF OPERATION FOR ALL THE COMMON OPEN SPACE AREAS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NOISE COMPLAINT HOTLINE.

SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENCES REQUIRE 300 SQUARE FEET OF COMMON OPEN SPACE AND 150 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN SPACE PER ROOM OR UNIT.

THE ZONING CODE REQUIRES FOUR 44,700 SQUARE FEET OF PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AND APPROXIMATELY 22,523 SQUARE FEET OF NEW OPEN SPACE PROPOSED FOR THE PROJECT.

AND APPROXIMATELY 3,868 SQUARE FEET OF NEW AMENITY SPACES PROPOSED.

THERE IS NO PRIVATE OPEN SPACE PROVIDED PER ROOM.

HOWEVER, THE COMMON OPEN SPACE AREAS ARE PROPOSED ACROSS EVERY RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AND THROUGHOUT THE GROUND FLOOR, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.

AND IF APPROVED, THE ADAPTIVE REUSE WOULD ALLOW A WAIVER OF THE PRIVATE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.

LONG BEACH IS SERVED BY SEVERAL HIGHER EDUCATION, UM, EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.

CAL, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, AND PACIFIC COAST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW.

THERE'S A GENERAL SHORTAGE OF DORMITORIES WITHIN LONG BEACH THAT SERVE THE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.

THERE ARE

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NO DORMITORIES WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THE PROJECT SITE AND THEREFORE AN OVER CONCENTRATION OF DORMITORIES DOES NOT EXIST FOR THE PROJECT SITE.

THE PROJECT SITE IS BOUNDED BY THREE STREETS, WHICH ALLOW FOR PES, UM, PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR, AND BICYCLE CIRCULATION.

PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY SERVES AS A MAIN THOROUGH, UH, THOROUGHFARE AND EXTENDS EAST WEST THROUGH THE CITY.

PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IS DESIGNATED BY THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN MOBILITY ELEMENT AS A REGIONAL CORRIDOR.

EAST ANAHEIM STREET IS DESIGNATED BY THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN MOBILITY ELEMENT AS A MAJOR AVENUE, WHICH IS DEFINED AS A STREET THAT SERVES AS A MAJOR ROUTE FOR MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC WITHIN THE CITY, AS WELL AS A CONNECTOR TO NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, TO NEIGHBORING CITIES.

CLARK AVENUE IS DESIGNATED BY THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN MOBILITY ELEMENT AS A MINOR AVENUE, WHICH IS DEFINED AS A STREET THAT PROVIDES FOR THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC TO NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVITY CENTERS AND SERVES AS A ROUTE BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE PROJECT SITE IS SERVED BY PUBLIC TRANSIT WITH BUS ROUTES ALONG PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND EAST ANAHEIM STREET.

UM, THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT LBT HAS MULTIPLE STOPS THAT TRAVEL ALONG THE PROJECT FRONTAGE SITE.

FURTHERMORE, THERE ARE SEVERAL TRANSIT STOPS THAT ARE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THE PROJECT SITE.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S A BUS STOP IN FRONT OF THE PROJECT SITE ALONG EAST AL, UM, EAST ANAHEIM STREET.

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IS PROVIDED VIA THE SIDEWALKS LOCATED ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY EAST ANAHEIM STREET AND CLARK AVENUE.

THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED ONE MILE FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH, FOUR MILES AWAY FROM CITY COLLEGE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY CAMPUS, AND A HALF A MILE FROM PACIFIC COAST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW.

THERE ARE SEVERAL BUS LINES THAT PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FROM THE PROJECT SITE TO THE SCHOOLS.

AND BICYCLE ACCESS IS PROVIDED BY THE EXISTING CLASS TWO BICYCLE LANES, WHICH ARE STRIPED AND SIGNED AS BIKE LANES ON PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.

THE PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE 150 NEW BICYCLE PARKING SPACES THAT WOULD FURTHER PROMOTE THE USE OF BICYCLES AND ENCOURAGE STUDENT RESIDENTS TO CYCLE FOR COMMUTING AND DAILY NEEDS.

THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD ELIMINATE THE SURFACE PARKING LOT TO ACCOMMODATE NEW COMMON OPEN SPACE AREAS, UM, BUT WOULD PRESERVE THE SUBTERRANEAN PARKING GARAGE BY RECONFIGURING THE GARAGE PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE THE INSTALLATION OF NEW A DA AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING STALLS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY CODE BUILDING CODE.

THE ZONING REG REGULATIONS REQUIRE ONE PARKING SPACE PER BED FOR DORMITORIES, WHICH WOULD WOULD REQUIRE OF A TOTAL OF 105 HUNDRED 93 PARKING SPACES.

THE PROJECT WOULD ULTIMATELY PROVIDE 364 OR A 0.61 PARKING SPACES PER BED.

HOWEVER, AS THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A HALF A MILE PUBLIC TRANSIT, THE PROJECT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 21.4, 1.1 75, WHICH IMPLEMENTS STATE LAW TO EXEMPT MINIMUM PARKING STANDARDS LOCATED WITHIN THE PARKING EXEMPT AREA.

THEREFORE, THE PROVISION OF 364 PARKING STALLS EXCEEDS THE CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS.

ADDITIONALLY, REDUCING PARKING IS COMMONLY PERMITTED FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE PROPOSALS GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS OF AN EXISTING BUILT OUT SITE.

THERE'S NO OPERATOR FOR THE DORMITORY IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME.

AS A RESULT, SEVERAL CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO ENSURE THE PLANNING BUREAU CAN ENSURE THE OPERATION OF LAND USES ALIGNED WITH THE CUP CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL INCLUDE THE SUBMISSION OF A FINAL DORMITORY, CAFETERIA, AND SECURITY PLANS.

ADDITIONALLY, DORMITORY RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE STUDENTS AND IN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO LIVE IN THE FACILITY AND THE OPERATOR SHALL MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION VERIFYING STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS TO RESIDE IN THE DORMITORY.

AND IF A RESIDENT CANNOT PROVIDE STUDENT STATUS DOCUMENTATION, THE RESIDENT IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RESIDE IN THE FACILITY.

ALL APP APPLICABLE TENANT PROTECTIONS NOTICE TO VACATE REQUIREMENTS AND RE RELOCATION BENEFITS WOULD APPLY BECAUSE THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PLACE TYPE.

UM, A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT IS REQUESTED THAT WILL CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN LUE DESIGNATION TO THEN NSCM PLACE TYPE, WHICH ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.

THEN NSCM PLACE TYPE ACCOMMODATES MODERATE DENSITY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TYPICALLY LOCATED NEAR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WITH THE REQUESTED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ZONE CHANGE.

ADAPTIVE REUSE TO RESIDENTIAL USE TO A SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENCE IS ALLOWED WITH THE CUP, THE NSCM PLACE

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TYPE ADHERES TO THE PROJECT'S NEED FOR RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY AND SPECIFICALLY STUDENT HOUSING AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LUE PLACE TYPES, WHICH INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTERS AND CORRIDORS, LOW AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL LOW PLACE TYPES TO THE NORTHEAST AND WEST.

THIS IS AGAIN, THE ONLY PARCEL IN THE PROJECT VICINITY WITH A CC PLACE TYPE.

THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD FACILITATE THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF AN UNDERUTILIZED COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING TO ALLOW CREATION OF A DORMITORY, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER AMOUNT OF STUDENT HOUSING IN THE CITY AND WILL FORWARD THE CITY'S HOUSING AND LAND USE PLANNING OBJECTIVES.

ADDITIONALLY, THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD SUPPORT THE RE USE OF THE BUILDING TO TRANSITION TO A MORE ECONOMICALLY PRODUCTIVE LAND USE, WHILE ALSO MEETING SIGNIFICANT HOUSING AND PLANNING OBJECTIVES OF THE CITY.

THE SITE'S LOCATION IS NEAR CORRIDORS WITH TRANSIT LINES THAT CONNECT STUDENTS TO CAMPUS AND IS LOCATED IN AN IMPORTANT EAST SIDE INTERSECTION.

THE SITE'S CONTEXT NEAR OTHER NSCL AND MFRL PLACE TYPES ALIGNS WITH THE INTENT OF THE NSCM PLACE TYPE AND POLICIES WITHIN THE LUE.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE LUE INCLUDE AMENDING THE MAP, UM, THE LU SEVEN PLACE TYPE MAP TO CONVERT THE PROJECT SITE FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTER CORRIDOR M AMENDING MAP LU 12, UM, TO, UM, INCLUDE THE PROJECT SITE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTERS, UH, AND CORRIDOR LOW AND MODERATE PLACE TYPES.

AMEND MAP LU 14, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PLACE TYPE.

AND THIS WOULD EXCLUDE THE PROJECT SITE FROM THAT MAP.

AND A MEN MAP LU 25 EAST SIDE TO CONVERT THE PROJECT SITE FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING CENTER OR OR CORRIDOR M THE EXISTING CCA ZONING PERMITS RETAIL SERVICE USES FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

HOWEVER, THE CCA ZONE DOES NOT PERMIT RESIDENTIAL LAND USES SUCH AS A PROPOSED DORMITORY.

THE PROJECT PROPOSES A CHANGE OF CCA ZONING DISTRICT TO THE MU THREE ZONING DISTRICT.

THE MU THREE ZONING DISTRICT PERMITS, RESIDENTIAL USES AND SPECIAL GROUP RESIDENCY, WHICH INCLUDES DORMITORIES UPON THE GRANTING OF THE CUP.

THE MU THREE ZONING DISTRICT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE MIX OF ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS TO THE PROJECT SITE.

AND THE MU ZONE IS THE MU THREE ZONE IS APPROPRIATE ZONE FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS SUCH AS PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY AND EAST ANAHEIM STREET, BOTH OF WHICH CONTAIN A MIX OF INTENSITY OF COMPATIBLE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES AND ZONING.

THE SITE IS SIGNIFICANT SUFFICIENTLY ACCESSED BY PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND VEHICULAR CIRCULATION, AND IS SERVED BY MULTIPLE TRANSIT LINES AND CLASS ONE AND CLASS TWO BIKE LANES ALONG, UH, PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A BUS STOP ALONG PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT SITE AND ANAHEIM STREET.

BASED ON THE SITE'S PROXIMITY TO BUS ROUTES AND MULTIMODAL CORRIDORS, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE MU THREE ZONING DISTRICT, UM, OBJECTIVES.

THE ZONE CHANGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND THE POLICIES OF THE LUE THAT INCLUDE DIVERSIFYING NEW HOUSING STOCK AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW STUDENT HOUSING.

THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGED TO MU THREE WOULD FACILITATE CONSISTENCY WITH THE PROPOSED NSCM PLACE TYPE, WHICH ACCOMMODATES MODERATE DENSITY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TYPICALLY LOCATED NEAR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS THIS PROJECT SITE.

THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT IDENTIFIES A SHORT OF A HOUSING IN LONG BEACH.

FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, OF A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TO MEET NEEDS OF ALL RESIDENTS IS A CITY PRIORITY.

THE DORMITORY PROJECT WOULD SUPPORT THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES ALONG PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, EAST ANAHEIM STREET AND CLARK AVENUE.

THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE WOULD ALSO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN BY FACILITATING THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF AN OFFICE BUILDING INTO A DORMITORY AND WOULD AID IN ADDING MUCH NEEDED STUDENT HOUSING.

WHERE THERE IS AN EXTREME SHORTAGE OF WITHIN LONG BEACH, LONG BEACH IS SERVED BY SEVERAL HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES, UM, ACROSS MULTIPLE CAMPUSES.

AND DESPITE SERVING OVER 70,000 STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, THERE ARE ONLY THREE DORMITORIES ON CAMPUS AND OFF CAMPUS IN THE CITY, UM, WHICH ONLY SERVE CAL STATE LONG BEACH STUDENTS.

THE CITY'S CLOSE COORDINATION WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, AND LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH THE HOUSING PROMISE INITIATIVE SEEKS TO

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ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF STUDENT HOUSING AND FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVATE DORMITORIES CAN BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION.

THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT SITE IS HIGHLY UNDERUTILIZED DUE TO THE CHANGES IN THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE MARKET.

SO FACILITATING A ZONE CHANGE TO ALLOW A MORE PRODUCTIVE USE OF THE PROP PROPERTY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN, ALLOWING FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, INCLUDING LAND USE ELEMENT AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

BY ALLOWING THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE TO A LA NEW LAND USE THAT SERVES COMMUNITY NEED EXTENDS THE LIFE OF THE BUILDING, REDUCES THE USE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, REDUCES CONSTRUCTION WASTE, GENER GENERATED, UM, WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION.

AND WHILE ADDRESSING A DOCUMENTED HOUSING NEED.

THIS IS A PARTICULAR IMPORTANT, UM, IN SERVING THE DOCUMENTED ACUTE HOUSING NEEDS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED A SPECIAL POPULATION UNDER STATE HOUSING LAW.

AND THE LUE IDENTIFIES THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ALONG COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND IMPORTANT STRATEGY IN THE, IN THIS AREA OF LONG BEACH.

AND ADDITIONALLY, THE LUE IDENTIFIED THE NEEDS FOR DIVERSIFIED HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND THE L HOUSING ELEMENT IDENTIFIED THE SORT OF HOUSING IN LONG BEACH THAT FACILITATE FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING WOULD MEET ALL NEEDS OF ALL RESIDENTS, IS A CITY PRIORITY.

THE ZONE CHANGE IMPLEMENTS A FOLLOWING LUE AND HOUSING.

UM, ELEMENT GOALS AND POLICIES WE GET THE L LU POLICY.

UM, 12.4 ALLOWS NEW HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL GROWTH, UH, WITHIN MULTIFAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, LUE POLICY 12 DASH SIX ESTABLISHING CLEAR RULES AND LOCATIONS FOR SPECIAL GROUP HOUSING.

LU POLICY 12 SEVEN WORK WITH STUDENTS, FACILITY AND ALUMNI FROM CAL STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH.

UM, ANOTHER HIGHER INSTITUTIONS TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UM, STUDENT HOUSING.

UM, STRATEGY NUMBER 13 TO FACILITATE HOUSING TYPE DIS DISTRIBUTION AND PROVIDING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT HOUSING IN THE EAST TRAFFIC CIRCLE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS JUST EAST OF THE SITE AND THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

UM, I IDENTIFIES A NEED FOR A DIVERSIFIED HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES GOAL ONE, PROVIDE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY HOUSING.

FACIL FACILITATE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF EXISTING STRUCTURES FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, ENCOURAGE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS IN THE DOWNTOWN AND CLOSE TO EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND ACTIVITY CENTERS.

ADDRESS THE UNIQUE HOUSING NEEDS OF SPECIAL NEEDS RESIDENTS, SUCH AS NEEDS OF STUDENTS, ENSURE FAIR AND EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY, WHICH WOULD BE ACUTE NEED FOR HOUSING IN HIGH RESOURCE AREAS.

THE ZONING CHANGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN THAT INCLUDE DIVERSIFYING THE NEW HOUSING STOCK AND CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

AND THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD FACILITATE THE PROPOSED DORM DORMITORY PROJECT AND WOULD ALIGN WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES RELATED TO ADDITIONAL HOUSING NEEDS.

THE LB CAP ENCOURAGES SIGHTING OF LAND USES TO REDUCE VEHICLE TRIPS AND GIVEN THE ACUTE SHORTAGE OF STUDENT HOUSING NEAR HIGHER LEARNING CAMPUSES, PROVIDING STUDENT HOUSING IN THIS LOCATION WOULD HELP FURTHER THE LB CAP GOALS BY REDUCING COMMUTES WHILE REUSING THE EXISTING BUILDING MATERIALS RATHER THAN USING ALL NEW MATERIALS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.

PURSUANT TO THE CE QA AND STATE CE QA GUIDE GUIDELINES, A PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, EIR DASH ZERO ONE DASH 25, UM, WAS PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RESOURCE CODE SECTIONS, UH, 2 1 1 0 AND 2 1 1 0 0 0.1 AND SQL GUIDELINES SECTION 15 1 61.

A NOTICE OF PREPARATION WAS PREPARED FOR THIS EIR, WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC AGENCIES AND INTERESTED PARTIES AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT FOR A 30 DAY NOP REVIEW PERIOD THAT STARTED ON MONDAY, AUGUST 12TH AND CONCLUDED ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2024.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE NOP AND AND THE INITIAL STUDY WAS TO FORMALLY NOTICE THE PROP TO FORMALLY NOTICE THAT THE CITY WAS PREPARING A DRAFT EIR FOR THE PROJECT AND TO SO FACILITATE INPUT REGARDING THE SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT.

EIRA SCOPING

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MEETING WAS HELD VIRTUALLY ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST, UH, 2024, UM, USING THE ZOOM UM, PLATFORM AND A PRESENTATION WAS PROVIDED ON THE PROJECT.

UM, AND THE ATTENDEES WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE DRAFT.

EIR TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDED THE SCOPING MEETING AND THREE WRITTEN LETTERS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE SCOPING PERIOD, WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE DRAFT.

EIR.

THE DRAFT E-I-R-E-I-R WAS DISTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT FOR A 53 PUB 53 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD THAT STARTED ON DECEMBER 2ND, 2024 AND ENDED ON JANUARY 23RD, 2025.

FOLLOWING THE 53 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD.

THE CITY EXTENDED THE PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD FOR AN ADDITIONAL 45 DAYS, WHICH STARTED ON JANUARY 27TH, 2025, AND ENDED ON MARCH 12TH, 2025.

ADDITIONALLY, THE EXTENSION WAS PUBLISHED, UM, IN THE LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM.

IT WAS DIS DISTRIBUTED TO THE INTERESTED PARTIES LIST AND IT WAS FILED WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGISTER RECORDER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

THE CITY RECEIVED SEVEN SEPARATE WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT EIR DURING THIS REVIEW PERIOD.

THESE WRITTEN COMMENTS AND WRITTEN RESPONSES TO THE COMMENTS ARE PROVIDED IN THE FINAL EIR.

THIS FINAL EIR INCLUDES EDITS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE DRAFT EIR BASED ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MITIGATE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE FINAL EIR TEXT EDITS, UH, PROVIDED IN THE FINAL EIR DID NOT SUBSTANTIALLY ALTER THE DRAFT EIR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OR CHANGE THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE DRAFT EIR REGARDING POTENTIAL PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.

AND THE FINAL EIR DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE REQUIRED MITIGATION MEASURES AND IT WOULD NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.

THE PROJECT WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE MMRP PREPARED FOR THE IR, WHICH ESTABLISHES MITIGATION MEASURES THAT APPLY TO THE PROJECT.

AND THESE MITIGATION MEASURES PERTAIN TO BIOLOGICAL CULTURAL GEOLOGY, GEOLOGY, SEISMIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND TRIBAL COURSES, TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES AND NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED ON THE FINAL EIR.

UH, AT THE TIME OF THE PRESENTATION WAS PREPARED.

THREE WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND THEY WERE RELATED TO BIRD SAFETY ISSUES PRO.

UH, THE PROJECT DIDN'T PROVIDE AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT AND, UH, THERE WAS A GENERAL LACK OF ONSITE PARKING.

UM, ONE MORE COMMENT LETTER WAS, UH, RECEIVED, UH, LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

AND THAT COMMENT, RA LETTER RAISED CONCERNS RELATED TO TRAFFIC AND NOISE THAT WOULD BE GENERATED POTENTIALLY GENERATED FROM THIS PROJECT.

AND ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT LETTER WAS RECEIVED AT 4 44, AND THIS COMMENT LETTER IS APPROXIMATELY 140 PAGES LONG AND ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED HAVE BEEN, UM, FORWARDED TO YOU.

THE PROJECT WAS PROPERLY NOTICED.

UH, 265 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE DISTRIBUTED ON AUGUST 26.

A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PRESS TELEGRAM.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE DIS UH, DISTRIBUTED TO OUR INTERESTED PARTIES LIST AND NOTICES WERE POSTED IN THREE PUBLIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES.

UM, SO, UM, AS THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UH, THAT, UH, THE, UM, EIR IS CERTIFIED AND ADOPTED, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WE'RE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE PLACE TYPE AND AMEND THE MAPS ACCORDINGLY.

RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A ZONE MAP CHANGE, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN REVIEW, UH, CONTINGENT ON CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ZONE CHANGE, AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT CONDITIONAL UPON CITY COUNCIL ADOPTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONE CHANGE.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT IN THE AUDIENCE AND IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

AND IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE MORE THING, UH, GINA MENTIONED WE DID RECEIVE A COMMENT JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING.

SO, UM, PAPER COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND SHARED WITH EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS, AND THERE'S ALSO ONE RIGHT HERE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.

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UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS RECEIVED SO LATE, UH, WE'RE JUST, UH, WORKING TO MAKE SURE IT'S ENTERED INTO THE RECORD AND SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC.

UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER? UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DETAIL IN THIS.

AND THIS IS A PROJECT I THINK, I THINK THAT'S VERY INTERESTING AND, AND I LIVE OVER BY, YOU KNOW, DOWN DOWN ANAHEIM STREET A LITTLE BIT FROM THIS.

AND SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THIS, UH, IF IT GOES FORWARD.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS COVERED IN THE PRESENTATION.

WHAT IS THERE CURRENTLY? ARE THERE, ARE THERE BUSINESSES IN THE OFFICE CURRENTLY? THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THERE, BUT IT'S GENERALLY, UM, NOT FULLY OP.

IT'S NOT FULLY, UM, UM, I FORGET THE WORD OCCUPIED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND THE APPLICANT TEAM MAY BE ABLE TO ADD TO THAT TOO WHEN WE BRING THEM UP.

EXCUSE ME.

THE APPLICANT TEAM MAY BE ABLE TO ADD MORE DETAIL WHEN WE BRING THEM UP AS WELL.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, AND THEN THERE ARE A FEW THINGS.

SO THERE HASN'T BEEN OPERATOR FOUND.

THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR THE APPLICANT ALSO, SO I'LL PROBABLY HOLD OFF ON THAT.

UM, AND THEN I HAVE ONE CONCERN ABOUT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE SHUTTLE BEING PROPOSED VERSUS THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, TALKING ABOUT IF A SHUTTLE IS IMPLEMENTED.

AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE BUSINESSES AROUND WHERE I LIVE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S TALKED ABOUT IN THE PRESENTATION MATERIALS THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY GO INTO THE CONDITIONAL, UH, USE PERMIT AND THEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

UM, AND SO I GUESS IS THIS SOMETHING WE COULD REQUIRE AS A PART OF THE CUP THAT THERE IS A SHUTTLE AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS EVERYONE ELSE IS AT A, SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO TALK ABOUT, INCLUDING, I'LL LET, UH, STAFF SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.

WE DID GO BACK AND FORTH ON HOW WE COULD TRY TO ENSURE THAT SHUTTLE SERVICE WOULD BE, UM, PROVIDED.

UM, UH, IF THE TEAM COULD JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT'S BEEN AND, AND I THINK HAVING THAT APPLICANT SPEAK ON ON THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.

L SO THE PROJECT INITIALLY CAME IN WITH A, WITH A POTENTIAL SHUTTLE, UM, UH, FOR THE SITE SHUTTLE TO PROBABLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE UNIVERSITY.

HOWEVER, UM, I THINK THAT THERE IS, UM, UM, THERE WASN'T A GUARANTEE FROM THE UNIVERSITY THAT THERE WOULD BE A SHUTTLE DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN AFTER, UM, IF THERE'S AN AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN THE OPERATOR AND THE UNIVERSITY.

BUT AT THIS TIME THERE ISN'T ANYTHING SET, UM, THAT IS HAPPENING WITH A SHUTTLE.

IT IS A POTENTIAL FUTURE SHUTTLE.

SO I I HAVE THE EXACT SAME QUESTION.

IT'S ASPIRATIONAL AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT NECESSARILY THE SHUTTLE, UM, BUT TRANSPORTATION PERIOD IN THAT AREA.

THE USE OF THAT BUILDING IS TYPICALLY, AND WE AL I ALSO WANNA KNOW THE VACANCY RATE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE USE OF THE BUILDING IS TYPICALLY OFFICE HOURS.

WELL NOW IT'S GOING TO BE 24 7 BECAUSE YOU HAVE 600 STUDENTS AND THEIR FRIENDS AND VISITORS IN AND OUT OF THERE, AND EVERYONE'S IN A CAR BASED ON WHAT THIS PLAN IS TODAY.

AND SO IT, IT'S SOME TYPE OF CONDITION THAT ANSWERS THAT.

UM, FOR ME AND I, I KNOW WE'RE SPEAKING IN ADVANCE OF THE APPLICANT, UM, WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT.

YEAH, SO I THINK HEARING FROM THE APPLICANT WILL BE HELPFUL.

UM, ON THE STAFF SIDE WE WOULD NEED THAT, YOU KNOW, NEXUS.

AND AGAIN, UH, SOME OF THE CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF FEASIBILITY IS IF WE HAVE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT REQUIRES NOT ONLY THE APPLICANT, BUT ALSO THE RECEIVING INSTITUTION TO BE ON BOARD, YET THAT IS NOT IN PLACE.

IT'S A CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF, UM, IMPLEMENTATION, UH, JUST TO BRING IT BACK, UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT DID FIND A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, UM, ON TRANSPORTATION.

SO GOING BACK TO WHAT WE CAN REQUIRE, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO MITIGATE ACCORDING TO THE REPORT AND ANALYSIS ITSELF.

SO, UM, WE DO BELIEVE, UM, THAT A MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE IS SUPER IMPORTANT ON THIS AND EVERY PROJECT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT ON THAT AND I THINK HEARING FROM THEM AS WELL WOULD BE IMPORTANT.

BUT AGAIN, THE, THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS DOESN'T GIVE US THAT NEXUS FOR, UM, OUR REQUIREMENT, UM, SO FAR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE DATA.

YOU FINISHED ON YOUR ONE OTHER QUESTION.

UH, C COMMISSIONER ZA, WERE

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YEAH, SO I ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, AND I'M SURE THIS PRO THERE'S OB I CAN SEE THIS PROJECT WAS STARTED BEFORE THIS, UM, BUT THE RECENT CHANGE TO THE CQA REGULATIONS IN AB ONE 30, UH, REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL INFILL, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

UM, IS THIS EIR BEING PRESENTED TO US BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY BEING WORKED ON OR IS THIS PROJECT NOT EXEMPTED BY ONE 30? AB ONE 30? YEAH, THERE, SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS IN PLACE.

UM, WHEN AB ONE 30 HAPPENED, THIS PROJECT WAS 95% OF THE WAY THROUGH ITS PROCESS.

WE'D ALREADY GONE OUT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND, AND COMMENT.

UM, BUT AB ONE 30 DOES NOT, UM, UM, EXEMPT OR STREAMLINE PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONE CHANGE.

UM, SO YOU ALSO HAVE THAT ASPECT 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED HERE, GIVEN THE, UH, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PLACE TYPE.

AND THEN BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THE ZONE CHANGE GEN, UH, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, EVEN IF WE MAKE THE AMENDMENT, IT'S STILL THE EIR IS STILL IN EFFECT.

WE, IT'S STILL, IT, IT'S THE PROJECT STILL REQUIRES IT GOING FORWARD.

UH, AS FAR AS OUR READ SO FAR, YES, YOU KNOW, AB ONE 30 IS STILL NEW AND PEOPLE ARE STILL FIGURING OUT EXACTLY HOW IT ALL INTERPLAYS.

UM, BUT THE EXISTING GENERAL PLAN PLACE TYPE AND ZONING ARE COMMERCIAL ONLY.

UM, AND SO, UH, CLEANING THAT UP, UH, THROUGH A SERIES OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS ALSO JUST HELPS ENSURE THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, FUTURE NONCONFORMITIES OR ANYTHING, UM, TO THAT EFFECT.

ALRIGHT.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU PARDONS.

UM, I JUST GOT AN EMERGENCY MESSAGE FROM HOME AND I HAVE TO CALL MY HOME.

OKAY, I THANK YOU.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT COMMISSIONER TEMPLIN, WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FINE.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

UM, SO, UH, IN ANTICIPATION OF, UH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY PERFECT, OKAY, GO AHEAD.

UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE REPORT.

UM, JUST SOME NUMBERS THAT I WANT TO CLEAR UP.

UH, THERE WERE LOTS OF, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PARKING AND SO THERE WERE SEVERAL NUMBERS OUT THERE.

ONE THAT IS 360 4 AS PARKING AVAILABLE, OR 4 0 4 FOR HUNDRED AND FOUR IN PARKING AVAILABLE.

UM, AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT 500 AND SOMETHING BEDS, RIGHT, WE'RE ABOUT 90%.

SO WHAT IS, JUST SO THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OUT THERE OF WHAT ACTUALLY IS BEING COUNTED, CAN YOU LET US KNOW? WELL, YEAH.

SO AS STAFF IS LOOKING THAT UP, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE CLEAR.

SO THIS IS IN THE, UM, PARKING EXEMPT AREA.

SO UNDER STATE LAW, WE CANNOT REQUIRE, UM, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PARKING, UM, AT SUCH A LOCATION.

IT'S ALSO ADAPTIVE REUSE.

UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY, UM, IN THE CODE.

SO I, I STILL THINK THE INFORMATION'S HELPFUL, BUT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT REGULATORY CONTEXT.

SO THE PROJECT CURRENTLY PROVIDES I THINK 404 PARKING SPACES.

BUT WITH THE LOSS OF THE SURFACE PARKING LOT AND SOME RECONFIGURATION OF THE SUBTERRANEAN PARKING GARAGE TO PROVIDE A DA PARKING SPACES AND EV UM, PARKING STALLS, THEY'RE GOING TO RESULT IN A TOTAL OF 364 PARKING SPACES.

THAT'S WORTH EXPLORING WITH THE APPLICANT TEAM HERE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND SO, UM, THE EARLIER COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, THE EER EIR AND THE REQUIREMENTS, SO ON AND SO FORTH, UM, JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, UH, THIS IS NOT A-C-S-U-L-B PROJECT, RIGHT? THIS IS A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN REGARDS TO THE SHUTTLE, THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WELL.

UH, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE REQUIREMENT OR THE POSSIBILITY OF REQUIREMENT NOT BE WITH THE INSTITUTION, BUT WITH OTHER PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION OR LONG BEACH TRANSIT, IT JUST SEEMS ASPIRATIONAL TO PUT THIS ONTO THE UNIVERSITY.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, THE, THE PIECE WITH THE UNIVERSITY IS GETTING THEIR PERMISSION FOR THE SHUTTLE TO ACTUALLY COME ONTO THE CAMPUS, LIKE BE A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, THE UNIVERSITY.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE APPLICANT, UM, WAS SEEKING TO, TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, BUT IT HAS TO BE THAT TWO-WAY AGREEMENT TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DELIVER THE STUDENTS ONTO, UH, CAMPUS.

SO THAT'S THE PIECE WHERE, UM, AGAIN, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT NEXUS IN TERMS OF A REQUIREMENT ON OUR SIDE.

UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE APPLICANT HAS A WILLINGNESS AND I THINK

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UM, BUT UH, NEEDING THAT, UH, AGREEMENT ON THE UNIVERSITY SIDE IS IMPORTANT AS WELL.

I DO WANNA POINT OUT THE REASON WE CAN'T REQUIRE PARKING ON SITE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS BECAUSE THIS IS CONSIDERED A HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT LOCATION.

SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, HIGH QUALITY BUS SERVICE AT BOTH PCH AND ACROSS ANAHEIM.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY UNDER STATE LAW, YOU KNOW, THEY MEET CERTAIN MINIMUM HEADWAYS.

UM, AND YOU DO HAVE THAT TRANSIT SERVICE AS WELL.

UM, WHAT TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS COULD BE EXPLORED? UM, I THINK IS A SPACE FOR, UH, CONVERSATION, BUT JUST FROM A NEXUS PERSPECTIVE, WANTED TO SHARE THOSE PIECES.

AND THEN JUST HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.

UH, THERE ARE, THAT'S A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION, VERY CONFUSING INTERSECTION, UM, TRIANGLES AND TURN LANES AND ALL THAT STUFF.

UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN RECOMMEND, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES OR SOMETHING TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR STUDENTS? UM, AND JUST SO THAT YOU CAN ALL ANSWER AT THE SAME TIME AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.

THE OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT, UM, THE RE THE FINDINGS AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, ENDANGERING LOCAL BIRDS.

UM, THIS IS ALREADY A BUILDING THAT'S BEEN BUILT AND ALREADY HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR, FOR THAT.

I JUST WANT TO, TO UNDERSTAND THAT POINT.

THANKS.

SO MAYBE WE'LL TAKE THAT IN REVERSE ORDER IN, IN THE POINT, UM, RELATED TO BIRD SAFETY, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS AN EXISTING, UH, BUILDING AND CONDITION.

SO, UM, THERE'S CHALLENGES THERE.

UM, WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING, YOU KNOW, FEASIBILITY OF WHAT TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE DONE.

IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON, ON THE BUILDING TYPE, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS ALL LARGE PANES OF GLASS, IT'S VERY HARD TO, YOU KNOW, ADD A FILM OR DO SOMETHING THAT COULD, UM, ADDRESS IT.

UM, BUT, UH, GINA, DO YOU HAVE MORE DETAIL TO ADD ON, ON THAT OR IS THAT YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING, UH, YOU WOULD NEED TO KIND OF, AND IT'S A ALL GLASS BUILDING, SO IT'S NOT JUST WINDOWS.

THE WHOLE BUILDING IS GLASS.

SO YOU WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE TO WRAP THE ENTIRE BUILDING IN SOME KIND OF A FILM THAT WOULD, WOULD, UM, WOULD TAKE AWAY THAT ROOF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REFLECT ABILITY OF THE BUILDING.

AND THAT'S ALMOST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, THIS IS AN EXISTING BUILDING.

WE, WE CAN'T REQUIRE THAT OF THE APPLICANT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CHANGE SOME WINDOWS OUT, UM, FOR OPERABLE WINDOWS, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY DOWN IN THE FUTURE, IT'S STILL NOT GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING NEW MATERIAL ON THE BUILDING, YOU STILL HAVE A GLASS BUILDING THAT, UM, YOU'RE, IT'S UNABLE TO WRAP THE ENTIRE BUILDING IN, IN A FILM.

SO REGARDING THAT, UH, I DO SEE ON THE, ON THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT ADDING FILM VOCATION ON EXISTING GLAZING.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EITHER ENCOURAGE OR REQUIRE THEM TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS BIRD SAFETY GOES? SO I THINK THAT THE GOALS, UM, AND THAT IDENTIFICATION ON THE PLANS WAS REALLY RELATED TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY, OF COURSE TITLE 24 REQUIREMENTS.

AND, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH THEIR, THEIR CONSTRUCTION TEAM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH TITLE 24.

UM, BUT IN, IN THE REALITY OF, OF THIS, THERE'S NO WAY TO WRAP THE ENTIRE BUILDING IN A FILM.

ALRIGHT, DANNY, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE WILL HAVE THE PETITIONER PRESENT AS WELL.

SO, UH, THIS IS KIND OF A, I GUESS A GENERAL QUESTION FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, UM, POINT OF VIEW, IS IT ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE TO DO A, UH, A GROUND UP OR AN ADAPTIVE REUSE GENERALLY? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE REUSE OF EXISTING MATERIALS IS MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE, UM, UH, YOU ARE REUSING THOSE SAME MATERIALS SO YOU'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH, UM, AND, AND, UM, DOING ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION OUT OF NEW MATERIALS.

SO, UM, THAT REUSE, UH, REALLY SUPPORTS, UH, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS.

NONE OF THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE EIR THAT WARRANTED MITIGATION.

AND JUST GOING BACK TO MY OTHER QUESTIONS THERE, AN ANSWER TO TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.

SO IN LOOKING AT THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC OR TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS THAT WERE AT A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL THAT NEEDED MITIGATION.

SO IN, UH, LOOKING AT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS, THERE IS A THRESHOLD ABOUT SAFETY AS WELL AS VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL.

THERE'S A COUPLE QUESTIONS IN THAT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, AND NONE OF THOSE WARRANTED THE NEED FOR, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES NOR, UH, CHANGES TO SIGHT LINES OR HAZARDOUS TURNS.

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AND THEN TO ALSO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE FILM, UM, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY WHERE FILM IS PROPOSED TO BE APPLIED.

UH, THERE IS FRITTING AND UH, APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF FILM THAT ARE BIRDS SAFE.

SO IF THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE BIRDS, UH, FILM ON THE BUILDING AS PART OF THIS, YOU DO HAVE THE POWER TO REQUIRE THAT, UH, FILM TO BE BIRDS SAFE IN NATURE.

AND THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON.

AND WE HAVE THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

UH, THOSE AREN'T IN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS HERE, BUT WHERE FILM IS PROPOSED TO BE APPLIED, IT CAN BE A MORE BIRD SAFE MATERIAL.

AT THIS TIME WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE APPLICANT, UH, PLEASE PRESENT.

HI, I AM DEREK BURNHAM.

I'M WITH THE, WITH THE APPLICANT TEAM FROM BURNHAM DEVELOPMENT.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION, UM, LIKE, LIKE YOU, I THOUGHT THE STAFF PRESENTATION WAS QUITE THOROUGH, BUT, UH, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

AND I, I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE LY QUEUED UP FROM THE, UM, STAFF QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU.

UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THE APPLICANT? YEAH, TO, TO GO BACK TO THE QUESTION, TALKING ABOUT YOU DON'T HAVE AN OPERATOR FOR THE RES HALL RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? UM, HOW IS THAT GOING AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T? SO LONG STORY SHORT, THERE, THERE WAS INITIALLY AN OPERATOR INVOLVED.

UM, THEY, UH, FELL, FELL OUT OF ESCROW.

THEY, THEY REMAIN INTERESTED IN, IN, IN THE PROJECT AND MAY COME BACK IN.

UH, WE'VE ALSO SHOPPED IT TO, UH, OTHER STUDENT HOUSING OPERATORS AS, AS WELL.

SO, SO IT'S OUT THERE BEING REVIEWED.

UM, THIS PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INITIAL OPERATORS SO IT, IT WOULD WORK FROM THEIR STANDPOINT.

SO WE, WE, WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE LAYOUTS AS THEY, AS THEY'VE BEEN PRESENTED IN TERMS OF, UH, FUNCTIONALITY, BUT, UH, UH, IT'S JUST NOT A CERTAIN DEAL AT THIS POINT.

SO.

AND THEN CAN YOU GIVE JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HOW YOU'RE INTERFACING WITH THE CAMPUS? UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, C-S-E-L-B.

I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT IS HARD TO GET TOO SERIOUS UNTIL, UNTIL WE HAVE SOME APPROVALS IN PLACE.

UH, THEY DO SEEM SUPPORTIVE IN CONCEPT, UH, BO BOTH, BOTH OF THE FACILITY ITSELF AND, YOU KNOW, BEING ACCOMMODATING TO, TO A POTENTIAL FUTURE SHUTTLE SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK.

SO, UH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WORKING THROUGH DETAILS ONCE, ONCE WE GET FURTHER ON IN THE PROCESS HERE AND HAVE AN OPERATOR IN TOW AND HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE FULL OPERATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH HERE.

SO QUESTION.

YES, PLEASE.

UM, SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WERE, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THIS NOT BEING USED FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING MM-HMM .

UM, AND BEING, HAVING THE CHOICE TO DO DORMS INSTEAD, I'M ASSUMING IT PROBABLY HAS TO DO WITH THE FEASIBILITY AND THE FLOOR PLATES, BUT CAN YOU JUST SHARE WHY THE DECISION WAS MADE FOR DORMS INSTEAD OF, UH, OTHER TYPE OF HOUSING TYPES? YEAH, I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE THING THAT, THAT THE OWNERSHIP WAS APPROACHED BY A STUDENT HOUSING OPERATOR FIRST WHEN, WHEN THIS PROJECT HIT, HIT THE MARKET.

SO THAT, THAT KIND OF DROVE THE, THE, THE, THE PROJECT.

SO, UM, WE, WE ARE CHANGING THE ZONING, SO IT WOULD ALLOW RESIDENTIAL USE IN THE FUTURE SHOULD THE STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT FALL THROUGH.

BUT THE, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO EXECUTE THIS PROJECT.

BUT A AS IT RELATES TO AFFORDABILITY, PART OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS TRYING TO MAKE THIS, UM, MORE AFFORDABLE JUST BY, BY BY DESIGN.

YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SIX PERSON SUITES THAT ARE GONNA BE MORE AFFORDABLE THAN A ONE PERSON SUITE OR TWO PERSON SUITE, THAT SORT OF THING.

SO, SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF CHOICES THERE AND, AND THAT WILL HAVE VARYING AFFORDABILITY AND SO, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL WE'D BE ABLE TO REACH ALL SEGMENTS OF THE STUDENT POPULATION WITH THIS PROJECT.

IF YOU, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UM, UH, SPEAKING TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, WHAT IS KIND OF THE TARGET, UH, IN TERMS OF YOUR PRICING FOR, FOR THE STUDENT POPULATION? I'M SURE THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF MARKET ASSESSMENTS DONE IN TERMS OF FEASIBILITY, UM, AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY CONCERN FROM THE PUBLIC AND OTHERS IN TERMS OF HOW AFFORDABLE THAT WOULD BE.

AND SINCE THE STUDENT POPULATION IS CONSIDERED KIND OF A TARGET NEED, UM, WITH C-S-C-L-B TOPPING OUT AT 42,000 STUDENTS, UH, RIGHT NOW, SO, UH, AND PLUS LUMEE CITY COLLEGE YEAH, I, I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS HANDY AND IT, IT, IT'S GONNA VARY BY, BY THE OPERATOR, FRANKLY.

UM, WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD BE TARGETING, IS IT BEING MORE AFFORDABLE THAN, YOU KNOW, RENTING YOUR OWN APARTMENT AND EVEN RENTING AN APARTMENT WITH ROOMMATES WOULD BE, BE A MORE FLEXIBLE OPTION TOO, BECAUSE IT WOULD GO, GO BY THE SCHOOL YEAR AND JUST MORE AFFORDABLE JUST, JUST BY HAVING A MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY UNIT.

BUT, UH, I, IT'S, IT, IT'S TOO EARLY TO HAVE THOSE, THOSE SPECIFIC SPECIFIC NUMBERS I THINK.

AND ESPECIALLY WITHOUT AN OPERATOR IN TOW CURRENTLY, SO, YEAH.

UM, IN REGARDS TO, UH, PARKING, SINCE THAT WAS A HOT TOPIC.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

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SURE.

AS WELL, UM, AS HAS BEEN STATED BY STAFF AND, AND CLARIFIED, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT, UM, OR THERE ISN'T A REQUIREMENT THAT WE CAN IMPOSE IN TERMS OF PARKING.

RIGHT.

UH, WHAT WAS, UM, THE OBJECTIVE OF, OF, AS A DEVELOPER OF RETAINING THE 364 SPACES THAT YOU HAVE AND IN TERMS OF ITS USE CASE? YEAH, I, I, I, I THINK THERE'S JUST A FUNCTIONAL CASE IN THAT THERE IS A SUBTERRANEAN PARKING AREA, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO REPURPOSE THAT.

UM, JUST ALSO FROM A PARKING DEMAND STANDPOINT, WE, WE, WE DO BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PARKING DE DEMAND THERE.

YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THESE POPULATIONS, UH, AREN'T, AREN'T A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO, AND OUR OFTENTIMES MUCH LOWER.

BUT, UH, WE DO FEEL LIKE WE WOULD NEED SOME, AND IT, IT WAS, UH, JUST KIND OF A PRACTICAL CONSIDERATION TO JUST REPURPOSE THAT, UH, SUB SUBTERRANEAN AREA AND, AND THEN RE RE REWORK THE GROUND FLOOR PARKING INTO, INTO A AMENITY SPACE, WHICH WE THINK WILL BE BETTER USED AND, AND, AND A, A BETTER THING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE, OF THIS BUILDING, I GUESS.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE, UM, THE BUS SITUATION YEAH.

OR THE SHUTTLE.

THERE ARE LOTS OF BUSES THAT, UH, SERVICE THIS AREA.

MM-HMM .

UM, ARE THERE ANY ANTICIPATED BESIDES THE POTENTIAL OF, UH, C-S-U-O-B OR, OR OTHER, OTHER ENTITIES POTENTIALLY SUPPORTING, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE, OF THE STUDENTS LIVING HERE, UH, WHAT, UH, KIND OF TRAFFIC MITIGATION OR SUPPORT MEASURES HAVE BEEN KIND OF DISCUSSED FROM EITHER THE OPERATOR IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THAT, IF THAT FALLS THROUGH, UM, AND WHAT, UH, OTHER, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES ARE YOU CONTEMPLATING IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS? YEAH, I MEAN, CER CERTAINLY LE LEANING INTO THE BIKE AMENITIES.

YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'LL SEE WE DID HAVE SOME BIKE LOCKERS, BIKE RACKS, AND THERE, THERE, THERE ARE BIKE LANES TO AND FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

WE THINK THAT'LL BE A VERY POPULAR MODE.

UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE A TDM PLAN FOR THIS, AND THAT THAT CAN INCLUDE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF BUS PASSES, THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING.

BUT, UH, THAT'LL HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPERATOR WHEN, WHEN THAT'S IDENTIFIED.

BUT, UH, THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE MYRIAD, MYRIAD OF THINGS WE CAN DO.

UH, WE, WE DON'T WANNA RELY ON, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE TRAFFIC TO AND FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

THAT'S, UH, UM, NOT, NOT GREAT.

AND THE, THE, THE PROXIMITY OF THIS BUILDING TO TO, TO THE UNIVERSITY LENDS ITSELF TO OTHER MODES OF TRAVEL.

SO WE DO WANNA ENCOURAGE THOSE.

AND THEN, I LIED.

I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

UM, AND I THINK, AND THIS IS RESPONSE TO, UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS RAISED BY, UH, ONE OF THE WRITTEN COMMENTS, UH, WAS, UH, THERE WAS AN ASSERTION MADE THAT WHY THIS SITE OVER ANY OTHER SITE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S MORE, OR THE ALLEGATION IS THAT THERE'S MORE, UM, UH, OPTIMAL LOCATIONS AROUND, IN AND AROUND THE CAMPUS.

UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO KIND OF WHAT THAT, HOW THAT, UM, LAYS OUT IN THIS GEOGRAPHY? YY YEAH.

I THINK THE SIZE OF THIS BUILDING LENDS ITSELF TO A LARGER PROJECT.

I THINK THE FACT THAT IT'S AN OLDER OFFICE BUILDING, SO, UH, NOT AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, USE THIS TO ITS FULL CAPACITY VERSUS MAY, MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN, IN AND AROUND THE UNIVERSITY PROBABLY HAVE BETTER COMPETING USES THAT THAT MIGHT OUTBID A STUDENT HOUSING OPERATOR, THAT, THAT KIND OF THING.

UM, BUT WE, WE, WE DID LIKE THE PROXIMITY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BE BEING KIND OF NEAR, UM, CAMPUS OBVIOUSLY, AND THE, UH, BUS ROUTES ALONG THE WAY, THE BIKE, BIKE LANES ALONG THE WAY, AND EE EVEN PRETTY GOOD PEDESTRIAN NETWORK TO GET TO AND FROM THERE, IF PEOPLE WANTED TO WALK IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HIKE, BUT, UH, BUT, BUT DOABLE.

I DIDN'T HAVE MY, UM, YES, PLEASE ADD THE QUESTION BEFORE OCCUPANCY.

CURRENTLY IT'S ABOUT 30% CURRENTLY, AND H HOW, HOW MUCH, HOW HAS THAT CHANGED, UM, SINCE, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC? UH, IT'S MUCH LESS, I THINK WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROJECT OR, UH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE THAT, IT WAS, UH, FAIRLY CLOSE TO FULL.

SO, YEAH, SO IT'S DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.

YEAH.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RATIO OF SPACES TO BEDS, UM, AT 50% MODE, YOU KNOW, DRIVING ALONE, THAT'S STILL, THAT'S, THAT'S 0.6 SPACES PER BED IS STILL HIGHER THAN WHAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE.

I HAVE, IT'S NOT, THIS ISN'T A QUESTION, UM, BUT FOR THE FOLKS THAT AREN'T AWARE, I WORK AT THE CAL STATE CHANCE'S OFFICE, AND SO WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY, UH, WITH THE CAMPUS.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S THE MOST RECENT SURVEY THAT I'VE SEEN FOR CAL STATE LONG BEACH SHOWS THAT 50% OF THE STUDENTS THERE DRIVE ALONE TO CAMPUS.

AND SO THE REST OF 'EM ARE USING EITHER CARPOOLING, WALKING, BIKING, OR TRANSIT.

UM, AND THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE 30, 40 MILES AWAY.

AND SO YOU TAKE A PERSON WHO'S LIVING WITHIN A MILE OF THE CAMPUS, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER MODE SHARE OF FOLKS THAT ARE WALKING, BIKING, TAKING TRANSIT TO CAMPUS.

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SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW FOLKS ARE ALREADY GETTING TO CAMPUS, AND THAT'S EVEN IGNORING THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST STUDENTS DON'T LIVE WITHIN A MILE OF CAMPUS.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND ABOUT PARKING.

I KNOW THAT PARKING IS ALWAYS, UH, A VERY DIFFICULT THING BOTH TO PLAN FOR AND TO DEAL WITH.

UM, THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, THOUGH, I THINK ARE THE SOLUTION TO PARKING PROBLEMS RATHER THAN THINGS THAT ARE GONNA EXACERBATE IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT.

UH, NOW START PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, UH, PLEASE, UH, LINE UP HERE, CHAIR, WE DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO FILLED OUT PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, UM, SO RAY LAWSON AND JERMAINE.

UM, BUT IF ANYONE ELSE LIKES BY PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.

WE HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND CHAIR AS FOLKS ARE COMING UP.

I JUST WAS ABLE TO FIND AN ANSWER TO COMMISSIONER SUAREZ'S QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS AND THE INTERSECTION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC TO PAGES 13 AND 14 AND THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, EVEN THOUGH THE EIR DIDN'T HAVE THAT NEXUS FROM A MITIGATION PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE SEVERAL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL RELATED TO IMPROVING, UM, ALL LIKE, UM, IMPROVING ALL THE CROSSWALKS, MAKING A SAFER, UM, AND BETTER BUS SHELTER, UM, AND OTHER, UH, BIKE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, FOR THE INTERSECTION, UM, AND SAFETY OF BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.

SO, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

PERFECT, THANK YOU.

AND IN REGARDS TO THE SPEAKERS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

UH, EACH SPEAKER HAS THREE MINUTES, UH, TO SPEAK.

AND, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HELLO, COMMISSIONERS, HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME'S GERMAN SOYA.

I'M A LOCAL CARPENTER HERE IN LONG BEACH.

UM, JUST SPENT ABOUT MAYBE AN HOUR, 15 MINUTES, STOP AND GO.

TRAFFIC COMING FROM LAX.

I KNOW THESE GUYS COME FROM A LOT FURTHER THAN THAT.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, TRAFFIC AND COMMUTING JUST TO COME BACK HOME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT RIGHT THERE.

EVERY SINGLE DAY THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT.

SO WHENEVER AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS IN LONG BEACH COMES UP, IT GETS OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S LOCAL.

SO IT'S PROVEN WHEN THERE'S WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS, IT REDUCES TRAFFIC.

IT RE IT BENEFITS THE ENVIRONMENT WHEN THERE'S LOCAL WORKERS.

WHEN THERE'S A LOCAL WORKFORCE, WE SEE THAT, UH, IT WAS GREAT THAT THE BIRDS ARE PROTECTED ON THIS PROJECT, THEN THEY RECOMMENDED PUTTING A SAFETY FILM THAT THAT'S AMAZING.

BUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFITING FROM THIS.

SO IF WE COULD IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT IN A BENEFICIAL WAY, WHY DON'T WE HAVE SOME LO LOCAL PEOPLE BUILDING THESE SITES? UH, WHY DON'T WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY ARE FROM THIS COMMUNITY BUILDING THIS AREA? WE ALL KNOW COLLEGE IS EXPENSIVE AND IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE.

THERE'S NOTHING HERE THAT'S SAYING IT'S GONNA BE AFFORDABLE.

SO WHY DON'T WE AT LEAST BUILD UP THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE? YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GET A DEGREE THESE DAYS, AND WHEN YOU DO GET A DEGREE, THERE'S NO GUARANTEES THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET A GOOD HIGH PAYING JOB.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN TODAY OR THE ADMINISTRATION, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTIONS IT'S GONNA GO IN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS LIKE PURE WIND AND WHATNOT, WHERE THEY'RE USING RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THEY JUST PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DRILL AND GO FOR OIL.

SO IT'S KIND OF GETTING AWAY FROM HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, LET'S MITIGATE IT BY HIRING LOCAL, MAKING SURE WE COULD JUST AFFECT IT A LITTLE BIT BY PUTTING OUR PART AND, UH, JUST MAKING A DENT IN THIS.

SO WE JUST ASKED THE DEVELOPER IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER LOCAL HIRE IF WE REALLY DO CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK, THANK YOU.

UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONER, UM, RAY LAWSON.

I'M WITH THE WESTERN STATES, UH, REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS.

UH, WE HAVE OVER, UH, 1500 MEMBERS THAT LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

UH, WE ARE STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

UH, WE JUST WOULD LIKE FOR THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO CONSIDER, UH, AS MY, UH, UH, FELLOW CARPENTER SAID, LOCAL HIRES, UM, AND ALSO, UM, THAT THE DEVELOPER HIRE A CONTRACTOR THAT IS WILLING TO PAY PREVAILING WAGES.

PREVAILING WAGES IS A LIVABLE WAGE 'CAUSE WE KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS TO

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LIVE IN LONG BEACH.

AND ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL HIRES, UH, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE HAS A, A PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE A CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT CONSTRUCTION.

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO HAVE SOME OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WORK ON THIS PROJECT, THIS ADAPTIVE REUSE, AND BE ABLE TO GAIN THE SKILLS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES? THE CAL STATE LONG BEACH CAN HAVE STUDENTS IF THEY PREFER TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT ALSO.

SO, UM, THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED WITH CITY COUNCIL.

IT CAN BE CONSIDERED HERE IN CITY PLAN, WHICH YOU COMMISSIONERS THAT GIVEN THESE OPTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER, THAT IT CAN BE INCLUDED INTO THIS.

AND, AND ALSO, UH, STATE APPROVED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, APPRENTICESHIPS PROGRAMS LEAD, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE, GIVES 'EM OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS.

WHEN THEY GO TO A STATE APPROVED APPRENTICESHIP.

THEY ARE ABLE TO GET A GOOD JOB, HAVE A CAREER, AND THAT'S WHAT, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE OFFERED FOR THIS PROGRAM, FOR THIS PROJECT UPCOMING.

AND ALSO, WE HEARD THE APPLICANT TALKING ABOUT, UH, DEVELOPER FEES.

WE JUST READ IN THE PAPER PRESS TELEGRAM, LONG BEACH POST ABOUT DEVELOPING FEES BEING SO LOW IN LONG BEACH.

WE HAVE LAYOFFS GALORE IN THE CITY, UH, LONG BEACH HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ALL KINDS OF BUDGET SHORTCUTS.

COULD IT BE CONSIDERED THE FEES NEED TO BE INCREASED OR EVEN THAT THE PROJECT THAT THE WAGES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THESE PROJECT, UM, GET BETTER WAGES TO OFFSET THAT? BECAUSE IF THE APPLICANT FEES ARE SO LOW OR STILL 14, 15 YEARS BEHIND PEOPLE, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS DON'T GET PAID ANYTHING EITHER.

SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? YES, WE DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED.

UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, IF ANYONE JOINING VIRTUALLY, WE'LL ASK TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

AND IF ANYONE IS JOINING TELEPHONICALLY, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE.

THE FIRST PERSON WITH THEIR HAND RAISED IS ANN CANTRELL.

AND YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF ON YOUR END.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE CAN HEAR YOU.

YES.

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STATEMENT WAS MADE.

MS. CANTRELL, IF YOU CAN WRAP, WRAP UP YOUR STATEMENT, PLEASE DID NOT ADDRESS THE BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, UH, WITH THE BUILDING.

THANK YOU, MS. CANTRELL.

ANY OTHER RITUAL SPEAKERS? OUR NEXT PERSON WITH, WITH THEIR HAND RAISED IS ANNA CHRISTIANSEN.

ANNA, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF ON YOUR END.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

YES.

OH, GREAT.

UM, YOU PROVIDE A, YOU KNOW, QUICK TRANSPORTATION TO SCHOOL, DOESN'T MEAN A STUDENT WILL NOT HAVE A CAR.

PLEASE, PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR STATEMENT, YOUR TIME HAS ENDED, AND I'LL, I'LL FINISH UP BY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST WAITING UNTIL CONDITIONS, WHICH IS NOT AN EXCELLENT ONE.

UNMUTE YOURSELF ON YOUR END.

ANY OTHER VIRTUAL COMMENTS? YES.

OUR NEXT PERSON WITH THEIR HAND RAISED IS CAMERON.

OWEN.

CAMERON, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

PLEASE

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YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS, UH, YOUR TIME TO SPEAK.

IT'S NOT A BACK AND FORTH.

UH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE, YOU STILL HAVE TIME IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE SPEAKING THOUGH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VIRTUAL SPEAKERS? I, I DO HAVE A CONCERN.

I, I GUESS THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT FLOOR THAT BALCONY IS ON.

UM, YEAH, I DON'T, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA SEE ANYBODY GET HURT OFF OF THE BALCONY IF, IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AND WHAT THAT WILL BE USED FOR.

UM, THAT IS A CONCERN FOR SURE OF OURS.

ANY OTHER, UH, VIRTUAL SPEAKERS? ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

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

THAT CAMPUS, WHICH IN PERSPECTIVE IS ALMOST THE SIZE OF ONE OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN THIS CITY, WHICH IS PROFOUND.

WE'LL GO AHEAD.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, TAKE THIS BACK BEHIND THE PODIUM HERE.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I JUST WANNA MAKE ANOTHER KIND OF OBSERVATION THAT, UM, THIS MIGHT NOT BE A FORMAL LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT SERVING PEOPLE WHO ARE CERTIFIED OR DEED RESTRICTING, UH, THE UNITS.

UM, STUDENTS TEND TO BE LOW INCOME, THOUGH.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE POPULATIONS THAT ESPECIALLY CSU CAMPUSES SERVE, THOSE TEND TO BE EVEN MORE LOW INCOME THAN OTHER COLLEGE, OTHER UNIVERSITIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FORMALLY RECOGNIZ RECOGNIZING THIS AS A LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT VERSUS, UH, UH, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS.

BUT I DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS WILL SERVE.

A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING, WILL BE LIVING THERE, ARE GOING TO BE, UH, LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

COMMISSIONER LINSON, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.

UM, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, NOT NECESSARILY THIS SITE, UM, HAS BEEN A, A, A HOT TOPIC FOR ME, COINCIDENTALLY ENOUGH.

UM, I ADVOCATED AS A STUDENT AT LONG BEACH STATE, UM, AND, UH, RAISED A LITTLE BIT OF HELL WHEN I WAS A STUDENT, UM, ABOUT THE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, IN PARTICULAR, BUT HOUSING IN GENERAL, UM, WHEN I WAS A STUDENT, BECAUSE THAT WAS, I HATE TO SAY IT, WELL OVER 30 YEARS AGO, UM, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH HOUSING.

UM, AND WE HAD PROBABLY, I STILL SAY WE, 'CAUSE I CONSIDER MYSELF A STUDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY STILL, UM, STILL A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEMAND.

UH, SO IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE A REUSE PROJECT LIKE THIS, UM, THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO REPURPOSE.

UM, IT DOES, IT ISN'T PERFECT, BUT NOTHING IN THE CITY'S GONNA BE PERFECT, UH, GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF NO AVAILABLE LAND.

COINCIDENTALLY ENOUGH, I'VE ALSO STUDIED THAT MAP VERY, UH, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION OF THE PETITIONER, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T LAND AROUND THE UNIVERSITY.

UM, EVERY PIECE OF PARCEL THAT HAS BEEN, UM, LEFT, UH, IS EITHER A PARKING LOT THAT CAN'T BE TAKEN OUT, UH, WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE OUT, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A BETTER USE IS TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR STUDENTS.

UM, BUT IT'S, UH, GOOD TO SEE THAT, UM, SOMETHING POSITIVE IS COMING OUT OF THIS, THIS BUILDING.

UH, AGAIN, WITHOUT, IT'S NOT A PERFECT PROJECT.

UM, UH, NOTHING EVER IS WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT PROBABLY 70 YEARS AGO IN THE 1950S.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT AT THAT TIME, BUT CERTAINLY, I DON'T THINK ANY OF IT ANTICIPATED 40,000 OR 42,000 STUDENTS TO BE, UM, SERVICING THAT ON

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UM, IN ANY CASE, UM, I THINK WE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE SPOKE TO, IT WAS AROUND THE, THE COMMUTE ASPECT, THE PARKING ASPECT.

AGAIN, NOT A PERFECT SCENARIO, BUT IT IS, UH, GOOD THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NO CONSTRAINTS THAT WE CAN PUT IN REGARDS TO PARKING, UH, THAT THERE IS A QUITE A BIT OF PARKING STILL LEFT AND BEING RETAINED, UH, 364 IS WAY BETTER THAN ZERO.

UM, AND MOST OF THE STUDENTS I ANTICIPATE ARE GOING TO BE LEVERAGING THE BUS THAT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO CAMPUS, UM, IF THEY'RE SMART, UH, AND IF NOT, HOPEFULLY THE CAMPUS WILL, ONCE IT'S FULLY OCCUPIED, WILL, UH, TRY AND ADDRESS THE NEED AS THEY ALWAYS DO.

UM, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE, UM, THE FORMER BROOKS COLLEGE CAMPUS, AND I FORGET WHAT THEY CALL IT NOW, BUT IT'S BEACHSIDE, I THINK THEY CALL IT, BUT BEACHSIDE DORMITORIES, UM, THAT IS ALSO DOWN THE STREET.

SO, UM, I, I'M ACUTELY FAMILIAR WITH THE DEMANDS AND NEEDS OF THIS, OF THIS AREA.

UM, AND AGAIN, NOT AN OPTIMAL PLACE.

THE OPTIMAL PLACE WOULD BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE CAMPUS.

UM, BUT, UH, THIS IS AT THE CLOSEST IS GONNA GET.

SO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE.

UH, MADAM CLERK, UH, CAN WE HAVE, UH, CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? AND CHAIR, COULD I JUST CLARIFY THIS AS THE ORIGINAL MOTION, OR I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION.

UM, YES.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE AN ACTUAL MOTION WAS MADE.

CORRECT.

SO THERE WAS JUST A, A RECOMMENDATION, COMMISSIONER CLEMSON.

OH, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SUGGEST ANY CHANGES.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

THIS IS ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION CE DASH 25 DASH 0 8 7, AND APPROVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AND ADD THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL RELATED THERETO TO ALLOW ONSITE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SALES FOR A PROPOSED PIZZA RESTAURANT WITH A FIXED BAR WITHIN AN EXISTING 4,713 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACE.

UH, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM.

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[4. 25-56451 Recommendation to accept Categorical Exemption CE-25-087; and Approve a Conditional Use Permit (CUP25-008), and adopt the proposed findings and conditions of approval related thereto, to allow on-site alcohol beverage sales (License Type 41 - On-Sale Beer and Wine - Eating Place) for a proposed pizza restaurant with a fixed bar within an existing 4,713-square-foot commercial tenant space located at 8105 East Wardlow Road in the Community Commercial Automobile Oriented (CCA) Zoning District. (District 4) Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

LOCATED AT 8 1 0 5 EAST WARDLOW ROAD IN THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILE ORIENTED ZONING DISTRICT DISTRICT FOUR.

ALL RIGHT.

CAN I CALL FOR THE, UH, FOR THE MAKER IN A SECOND? THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER WARE AND A SECOND.

COMMISSIONER LEMON.

UH, 4,713 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING DIRECTLY THAT DIRECTLY ABUTS, UM, THE SIGNAL WISE CORNER OF WARDLOW ROAD AND NORWALK BOULEVARD.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO STAFF FOR A PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS PROJECT PLANNER ALEX MULDROW WILL PROVIDE THE STAFF PRESENTATION FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.

THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, AND BEFORE YOU AS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A TYPE 41, UM, ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL LICENSE OF FOR ON SALE BEER AND WINE FOR A 4,713 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST WARDLOW ROAD AND NORWALK NORWALK BOULEVARD.

THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN, UM, THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILE ORIENTED, UM, ZONING DISTRICT.

THE SITE HAS A GENERAL PLANNED LAND USE ELEMENT DESIGNATION OF COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.

UM, THE SITE IS BOUNDED BY, UM, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE FOR STANDARD LOTS, R ONE N AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILE ORIENTED, UM, ZONING DISTRICTS TO THE NORTH PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO THE EAST AND REGIONAL HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH.

SURROUNDING THE SITE ARE COMMERCIAL USES TO THE WEST AND SOUTH RESIDENTIAL USES TO THE EAST.

UM, MOST NOTABLE SENSITIVE ABUSES ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES DIRECTLY TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.

THE STAND STANDALONE BUILDING AT, UM, UM, EIGHT, UH, 81 0 5 EAST OF WARDLOW ROAD IS A,

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SHOWING IN THIS SLIDE ARE PHOTOS OF THE EXISTING FACADE OF THAT BUILDING.

IN THIS SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE INTERIOR PROPOSED RESTAURANT SHOWING SERVICE COUNTER, WHICH IS BEING REMODELED INTO A FIXED BAR, AND THE EXISTING DINING AREAS IS A RESTROOM.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS LARGELY RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE AND TOTALS ON 225,137 SQUARE FEET IN LAND AREA.

THE SITE IS DEVELOPED WITH TWO SEPARATE STRUCTURES AND THE 87,492 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE STORY, MULTI-TENANT COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER BUILDING THAT IS CURRENTLY DIVIDED INTO 18, UM, TENANT SPACES AND A VACANT SINGLE STORY COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT BUILDING BUILT IN 1965.

RECENT ENTITLEMENTS FOR THE SUBJECT SITE INCLUDES MODIFIC MODIFICATION TO ALLOW 30, UM, FIVE FOOT PYLON SIGN, AND A MODIFICATION OF EXISTING WIRELESS TELECOM FACILITY.

A SURFACE PARKING LOT WITH SIX, UM, 260 PARKING SPACES IS SHARED BETWEEN ALL ONSITE USES.

THE PREVIOUS BUILDING WAS PREVIOUS, PREVIOUSLY USED AS A HS HUT FAMILY RESTAURANT THAT INCLUDES TWO MAIN MAIN DINING AREAS, TWO SERVICE COUNTERS, KITCHEN WALKING COOLER, UM, STORAGE OFFICE, AND RESTROOMS. THE EXISTING BUILDING, UM, ALSO HAS A, UH, 470 SQUARE FOOT PINEAL AREA.

THE PROPERTY FEATURES MULTIPLE PLANTERS PLACED AROUND THE BUILDING PERIMETER, UM, AND NEAR ENTRY POINTS.

THE TRASH ROOM IS INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING DESIGN ON THE EASTERN ELEVATION.

THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN INCLUDES A REMODEL THAT INCLUDES A WAITING AREA, RECEPTION STATION WITH ADJACENT PICKUP AREA, FIXED BAR AREA, DINING AND PARTY ROOM.

THE DINING AREA INCLUDES BAR TOP SEATING, UM, INDOOR TABLES AND OUTDOOR SEATING OPTIONS.

THE KITCHEN IS CENTRALLY LOCATED AND AND MAINTAINS A FULL KITCHEN WITH PIECE OF OVENS, FIRES, STEAMERS AND REFRIGERATION UNITS.

SUPPORTING AREAS INCLUDE DRY STORAGE, DISHWASHING DOOR PREP, AND EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE FACILITIES LIKE LOCKER LOCKERS AND RESTROOMS. THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO OPERATE, UM, A RESTAURANT AS A FAMILY FRIEND, FAMILY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA PARLOR.

THE PROPOSED MENU WILL INCLUDE PIZZA, SALAD SANDWICHES, BOTH HOT AND COLD BEVERAGES, UM, FOR SALE AND ONSITE CONSUMPTION WILL INCLUDE CRAFT BEERS AND NON-ALCOHOLIC OPTIONS, SUCH AS FOUNTAIN DRINKS AND ICE TEA.

NO LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IS PROPOSED.

UM, FOR THIS USE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TYPE 41 ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL LICENSE, WHICH ALLOWS THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE FOR ONSITE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A BONAFIDE RESTAURANT.

THIS LICENSE TYPE ALLOWS FOR MINERS TO BE ON THE PREMISES.

UM, THE ESTABL, THE ESTABLISHMENT MUST OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A LICENSED, UH, PREMISE, MAINTAIN THE LICENSED PREMISES AS A BONAFIDE RESTAURANT EATEN PLACE, WHICH INCLUDES MAINTAINING SUITABLE KITCHEN FACILITIES AND MAKING ACTUAL SUBSTANTIAL SALES AND MEALS FOR CONSUMPTION.

ON PREMISES.

THE RESTAURANT PROPOSES TO OPERATE DAILY MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 11:00 PM THE PROPOSED USE WILL BE AN EATING ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

THE THE 40 LINEAR FOOT, UM, FIXED BARS IS SMALL IN COMPARISON TO OVERALL DINING AREAS, AND WOULD ALSO FUNCTION AS A DINE-IN BAR.

FOOD AND BEVERAGE BEVERAGES WILL ALSO BE CONSUMED WITHIN THE PATIO AREA.

THE SITE, UM, MAINTAINS THE, UH, 260 PARKING STALLS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

UM, NO ADDITIONAL PARKING IS REQUIRED BASED ON THIS, UM, PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN.

THE PURPOSE OF A CUP IS TO ALLOW THE REVIEW OF, OF A PROPOSED USE TO DETERMINE IF IT'S, UM, COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT USES, OR CAN BE MADE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES WITH THE IMPOSITION OF CONDITIONS.

IN ADDITION, ZONING REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED A NUMBER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS THAT PROPOSE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SALES THAT REQUIRE A CUP.

THESE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE COMPLIANCE WITH OFF STREET PARKING.

UM, THE,

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UH, THAT THERE IS NOT AN OVER CONCENTRATION OF ALCOHOL LICENSE WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACT.

UM, THE USE, UM, NOT NOT BE IN REPORTING DISTRICT WITH A HIGH CRIME RATE AS REPORTED BY THE LONG BEACH, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE USE IS NOT IN PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS.

UM, AND PARKS ZONING REGULATIONS ALLOWS THESE CONDITIONS TO BE WEIGHED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

SUBJECT TO WRITTEN FINDINGS.

IN REGARDS TO THE CONCENTRATION OF ALCOHOL LICENSES, CITY STAFF EVALUATED THE NUMBER OF 16 ALCOHOL LICENSES IN THE SUBJECT SINCE IT'S TRACT IN WHICH THE RESTAURANT IS LOCATED, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED CRIMES IN THE SUBJECT POLICE REPORTING DISTRICT.

THE ZONING REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT THE NEW C-U-C-U-P FOR ALCOHOL SALES, NOT NOT TO BE APPROVED IN A RE REPORTING DISTRICT WITH AN OVER CONCENTRATION OF ALCOHOL SALES AND RECOMMENDED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL, ALSO KNOWN AS A BC, AND THAT THE USE SHALL NOT BE IN THE REPORTING DISTRICT WITH A HIGH CRIME RATE AS REPORTED BY THE UM, LBPD UNLESS CERTAIN FINDINGS CAN BE MADE, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHIN IT.

THIS, THIS IS TRACT 5 5 5 2 0.02.

A BC RECOMMENDS A MAXIMUM OF, UM, THREE ON-PREMISES, UM, SALE ALCOHOL LICENSES FOR THE CENSUS TRACK.

BASED ON THE CURRENT POPULATION WITHIN THE TRACK, THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EXISTING LICENSES FOR ON-PREMISES SALES WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACK.

THEREFORE, THE ADDITION OF A A ON SALE ALCOHOL LICENSE IN THIS LOCATION WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO OVER CONCENTRATION OF THE ONSITE SALES WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACT.

THE PRIMARY USE WILL BE A RESTAURANT INCLUDING THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR ON PRE ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION.

A BC REQUIRES THIS ES ESTABLISHMENT UNDER THE LICENSE TYPE TO MAKE ACTUAL SUBSTANTIAL, SUBSTANTIAL SALES FOR MEALS, FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION TO OCCUR ON THE PREMISES.

THEREFORE, RESTRICTION, THEREFORE, A RESTRICTION IS PLACED ON THE RESTAURANT TO ENSURE THAT THE ALCOHOL SALE SHOULD, SHOULD HAPPEN WHEN FOOD IS BEING SOLD, AND THAT IT WILL NOT OPERATE SOLELY AS A BAR.

THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A POLICE REPORTING DISTRICT, UM, 6 92 WITHIN THE EAST DIVISION.

THE CRIME RATE FOR THIS REPORTING DISTRICT, IT'S 54.

PURSUANT TO ZONING REGULATIONS, HIGH CRIME MEANS A CRIME RATE IN A CRIME REPORTING DISTRICT THAT IS 20% ABOVE THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE OF ALL CRIMES.

THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE FOR ALL CRIMES IS 55.04.

THEREFORE, THE THRESHOLD FOR HIGH CRIME IS 66.

THE AREA IS NOT DE DESIGNATED AS HIGH CRIME AREA LBPD HAS REVIEWED.

THE CUP REQUESTS ON THIS LOCATION HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO ITS APPROVAL.

CONDITIONS PER, UM, PERTAINING TO LIGHTING SECURITY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED, INCLUDED TO MAINTAIN SAFE CONDITIONS WITHIN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

ZONING REGULATIONS REQUIRE THE SITE NOT TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE 500 FEET OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL PARK.

STANSBERRY PARK IS THE PASSIVE PARK LOCATED EAST OF THE SITE IN THE CITY OF, UM, LOS ALAMITOS.

UM, WHEN MEASURED FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE SITE OF, UM, STANSBERRY PARK, THE PUBLIC PARK IS LOCATED 380 FEET EAST OF THE SITE.

WHEN MEASURED FROM THE SPECIFIC TENANT SPACE THAT IS PROPOSED ON THE RESTAURANT, THE PUBLIC PARK IS, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE 500 FOOT BUFFER AND IS APPROXIMATELY 857 FEET FROM THE NEW USE.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE 500 FOOT RADIUS OF THE SITE.

ALL REQUIRED FINDINGS CAN BE MADE IN A POSITIVE, INCLUDING SPECIAL CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR ALCOHOL SALES.

THE PRO PROPOSED PRIMARY USE IMPROVES THE NEARBY RESIDENTS ACCESS TO A, UM, VARIETY OF GOODS AND SERVICES CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN STRATEGY NUMBER 10, TO CREATE COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH IDENT IDENTIFIABLE CENTERS AND A FULL RANGE OF SUPPORTING NEIGHBORHOOD USE OR SERVING USES TO MEET THE DAILY NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS.

AS CONDITIONED, THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO HAVE A, UM, NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL CELLS.

SUCH PROPOSED CONDITIONS INCLUDE HOURS OF OPERATION, MANDATORY STAFF TRAINING TO ENSURE STAFF ARE ADEQUATE, ADEQUATELY TRAINED TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CELL OF ALCOHOL.

THE REQUEST OF THE CUP FOR THE ONSITE SALE, BEER AND WINE IS AN ACCESSORY TO THE, TO THE, UM, IT'S ACCESSORY USE TO THE SIT DOWN RESTAURANT WITH A FIXED BAR.

AND IT'S NOT ANTICIPATED TO COST SUBSTANTIAL ADVERSE

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EFFECTS ON THE NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORING LAND USES WITH THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESTAURANT CONTINUES THE HISTORICAL PATTERN OF HAVING A RESTAURANT AT THIS LOCATION, INCLUDING, INCLUDING WITH ALCOHOL SERVICE SERVICES INTERRUPTED ONLY IN RECENT YEARS.

CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WILL ADDRESS THE BUSINESS COMPLIANCE, UM, UM, WITH, WITH ALL, UM, APPLICABLE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSES, LICENSE LAWS, UM, COMPLETION OF MANDATED A BC TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES WHO SELL ALCOHOL EXTERIOR LIGHTING LOCATIONS, ADEQUATE SECURITY SURVEILLANCE WITH VIDEO CAPABILITIES, APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE AND HOURS OF OPERATION.

UM, I DID WANT TO LET THE, UM, COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT THE, UM, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL HAVE BEEN REVISED.

THE ORIGINAL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, UM, HAD A CONDITION THAT, UM, PROHIBITED THE OPERATOR FOR OFF SALE OF ALCOHOL.

THAT, UM, CONDITION HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THE REVISED CONDITIONS IN FRONT OF YOU.

UM, THE ACTUAL TYPE 41 LICENSE ALLOWS THE OPERATOR TO HAVE OFFSITE SALE OF ALCOHOL, UM, AS AN ACCESSORY, UM, UM, TO THEIR USE.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN REMOVED.

THE PROJECT QUALIFIES FOR AN EXEMPTION UNDER CQA AS A CLASS ONE EXISTING FACILITIES EXEMPTION NOTICING FOR THE HEARING WAS COMPLETED AND A TOTAL OF, UM, 164 NOTICES WERE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN A 300 FOOT RADIUS.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, WAS RECEIVED FOR THIS ITEM BEING THAT ALL, UM, FINDINGS CAN BE MADE IN A POSITIVE.

UM, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND ADOPT, UM, THE PROPOSED FINDINGS AND, UM, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, UM, FOR A TYPE 4 0 1, UM, ON SALE BILLER WINE, UM, ESTABLISHMENT FOR A PROPOSED PIZZA RESTAURANT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

UM, THE OWNER, UM, HAL MOONEY SHOULD BE PRESENT IN THE, UM, AUDIENCE AND, UM, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY FOR HIM.

QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS OF STAFF? NO.

I ALSO ATE A LOT OF PIZZA HUT PIZZA IN THE NINETIES.

WOULD THE PETITIONER LIKE TO SPEAK PRESENT? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU ALEX FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

THAT WAS PERFECT.

CHEF'S KISS.

UM, I'M CHEF'S KISS.

UH, I'M HAL HAL MOONEY.

IT'S ON MY SHIRT.

UH, THAT'S MY WIFE, CINDY MOONEY.

UH, WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND REVITALIZING A, LIKE A MUCH LOVED INSTITUTION AT HUFF'S.

HUFF'S HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE SIXTIES AND, UH, WAS A TRAGIC COVID LOSS.

AND, UM, THE SPACE WAS EMPTY FOR FIVE YEARS.

MY WIFE AND I LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE THRILLED TO BE TURNING IT OVER INTO ANOTHER FAMILY FRIENDLY FACILITY.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.

I, I DID HAVE ONE ASK ABOUT SIGNAGE THAT I SPOKE TO ALEX ABOUT.

IS THIS A GOOD TIME FOR THAT? GREAT.

SO WE ARE CRAFTING SOME SIGNAGE FOR THE BUILDING AND THERE, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE, THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO FIT INTO.

BUT, UM, ONE ITEM ON OUR CUP MENTIONS THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, UH, UH, UH, PUT ANY VERBIAGE REGARDING ALCOHOL ON THE SIGNAGE.

AND WE WERE HOPING TO PUT BEER AND WINE.

UM, SO LIKE BIG MOONEY'S LOGO AND THEN BENEATH IT, UH, PIZZA, BEER, WINE CUSTARD.

IT'S AN ASK .

WE'LL SEE IF, UH, IF IT WORKS OUT.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

QUICK QUESTION.

YEAH, THE O THE ONLY THING LONG, THE ONLY THING LONG BEACH NEEDS MORE THAN UH, STUDENT HOUSING IS PROBABLY DECENT PIZZA.

SO , PLEASE MAKE GOOD PIZZA.

AND WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANNA HAVE A GLASS OF WINE WITH YOUR PIZZA? ABSOLUTELY.

THANKS TODD.

I HAD COMMISSIONER WARE.

YEAH, I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION.

UH, WHAT KIND OF PIZZA? LIKE WHAT'S YOUR STYLE? IS MY CUP ON THE LINE HERE? , LIKE, UH, I MADE A JOKE EARLIER ON.

WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS ACTIVE AS SOCIAL MEDIA AS POSSIBLE AND UM, I MADE A JOKE THAT THERE'S A PIZZA PLANNING COMMISSION.

SO NOW YOU ALL HAVE OFFICIALLY BECOME THE PIZZA PLANNING COMMISSION.

UM, WE'RE PLANNING TO DO 18 INCH ROUNDS, SO LIKE VERY CLASSIC PIZZA, PIZZA, NEW YORKERS MIGHT CALL IT NEW YORK PIZZA.

WE JUST CALL IT LIKE PIZZA PIZZA.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA DO CIRCULAR PAN PIZZA.

SO I GREW UP IN THE MIDWEST, UM, AND I ATE SOMETHING CALLED GARCIA'S PIZZA, WHICH WAS CIRCULAR, AND

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SO SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE THAT.

I'M SORRY, WITH NATURALLY LEAVE DOUGH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THAT IMPORTANT TO, BUT WE HAVE A HOUSE CULTURE, UM, THAT WE USE NAMED ZU, THAT LEMONS ARE DOUGH NATURALLY.

IT'S PRETTY COOL.

I'M SORRY, THE ANSWER I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS CHICAGO DEEP DISH .

I, I, I'M NOT A FAN, BUT WE WILL BE DOING, I'M JOKING.

CHICAGO TAVERN STYLE THINS LIKE AS SPECIALS.

I JUST KNOW IT'S VERY DIVISIVE.

SO DI'S, SO MUCH, SO MUCH CHEESE.

GOTTA STAR PIZZA.

DETROIT PIZZA'S VERY GOOD, VERY TRENDING.

UM, AND BASICALLY THE PAN PIZZA'S LIKE A, BASICALLY A CIRCULAR FORM OF THAT.

WE JUST DON'T WANT TO, YEAH, WE DON'T WANT IT RUFFLE ANY FEATHERS BECAUSE PEOPLE START GETTING REALLY, REALLY TERRITORIAL ABOUT WHAT STYLE OF PIZZA THEY LIKE.

I HAD A FUNCTIONAL QUESTION THAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION 10 TO 11, UM, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE 10:00 AM START? DO YOU WANT TO GIVE YOURSELF THE OPTION TO START EARLIER HAVING A BREAKFAST OPTION IN THE FUTURE IF YOU'D SO DESIRE? YEAH, I THINK IT IN OUR CUPI THINK IT ALLOWS FOR 8:00 AM WITHOUT ANY REVI REVISIONS TO THE CUP.

BUT, UH, IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADDRESS RIGHT NOW, UM, COUNT, UH, COMMISSIONER CHAIR CASTILLO, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT 'CAUSE YEAH.

UM, WE'RE REALLY PLANNING FOR BRUNCH ON THE WEEKENDS.

UM, AND I KNOW LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF SOCCER TEAMS, BASEBALL TEAMS WHO WOULD LOVE TO COME IN, MAYBE EVEN AS EARLY AS NINE.

SO YEAH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO PLAN FOR.

AND JUST, JUST OFFERING THAT UP.

UM, IN TERMS OF AN OPTIONS, I, WHEN I SEE RESTAURANTS, I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE THEM THE MOST AMOUNT OF OPTIONS I GET.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? SEEING NONE, OH, SORRY ABOUT THE SIGN.

I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN WE GET GUIDANCE ON THE REQUEST FOR SIGNAGE CHANGES? YEAH, SURE.

FROM STAFF? YES.

OH, YEP.

I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY.

I THINK THE CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT'S REFERRING TO IS THERE SHALL BE NO EXTERIOR ADVERTISING OR SIGNAGE OF ANY KIND OR TYPE, INCLUDING ADVERTISING DIRECTED TO OR VISIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE ESTABLISHMENT PROMOTING OR INDICATING THE AVAILABILITY OF BEER, WINE, OR OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

THAT CONDITION IS REALLY, SO YOU DON'T HAVE HAPPY HOUR SIGNS IN THE WINDOWS OR, UM, $2 BEERS AND SO ON SO FORTH.

YOU CAN, YOUR IMAGINATION CAN GO WILD.

UM, WHAT I DO WANNA CLARIFY IS THAT DOES NOT RESTRICT THE SIGN COPY OR CONTENT OF SIGNS, UH, PURSUANT TO OUR ON-PREMISE SIGN.

SO I DO HAVE A, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO TWO ITEMS. SO OUR CODE DOES SAY FOR ALL MAJOR SIGN TYPES, YOU CAN INCLUDE UP TO TWO PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD ON THE PREMISES.

SO FOR YOUR SIGNAGE, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MAIN SIGN ON THE BUILDING, IT CAN HAVE THE PIZZA NAME AND TWO PRODUCTS.

SO IT CAN BE BEER AND CUSTARD, PIZZA AND CUSTARD.

YOU CAN GO ON, THERE'S NO ALLOWANCE FOR THREE.

IT IS A VERY ODD, UM, ARCHAIC, UH, REQUIREMENT, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT CONDITION IS INTENDED TO REGULATE.

SO WE CAN, UM, CLARIFY TO MAKE IT PROMOTIONAL SIGNAGE TO ADD THAT WORD IN SO THAT IT'S CLARIFIED THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO REGULATE THE CONTENT OF THE SIGN ON SITE, BUT MORE SO THE PROMOTIONAL SIGNAGE IN A WINDOW OR A HAPPY HOUR SIGN.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMISSION CAN DO, BUT YOU CAN ADVERTISE UP TO TWO PRODUCTS IN YOUR SIGNAGE.

AND WE DO NOT INTEND TO REGULATE THE CONTENT OF SIGNS.

THAT'S NOT, UH, WE USUALLY WANNA LOOK AT THE SHA UH, SHAPE, FORM, AND FUNCTION OF SIGNAGE.

AND CAN YOU CLARIFY WHICH, UH, WHICH CONDITION THAT WAS? I BELIEVE IT WAS, I, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 14.

1414.

AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S A SECOND ONE AS WELL.

NO, THAT'S ONE SIGNAGE.

SO 26 WAS THE ONE THAT WE HAD.

AND THEN THE NUMBER 14 IS A STANDARD CONDITION, UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY A DEVELOPMENT STANDARD THAT'S TWO IN 10 THAT WINDOWS AND STOREFRONTS REMAIN VISIBLE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.

SO, UH, THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU CAN'T PUT THE, VERY COMMONLY YOU'LL SEE PICTURES OR STICKERS THAT HAVE YOUR LOGO ON IT.

UH, WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BLOCK OUT OR SCREEN INSIDE.

SO THAT'S WHAT NUMBER FOURTEEN'S GOING FOR.

UH, BUT THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS 26.

26, YES.

WE CAN CLARIFY WHERE THAT SECOND MENTION OF ADVER EXTERIOR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL SIGNAGE.

THAT CAN BE AN EASY INSERT THAT, UH, CLARIFIES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE GENERIC TERM SIGNAGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND SO, UM, IF I WERE TO PROPOSE THAT CHANGE YES, THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT CAN, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO AHEAD.

TO THE, UM, THE SIGN ON THE BUILDING ITSELF, BUT JUST ALONG THAT SPACE.

SO I THINK THERE'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND IT'S TO, UM, ALTER CONDITION 26 TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT'S TO HAVE THE ADDITION OF PROMOTIONAL TO MAKE CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT REFERRING

[02:00:01]

YEP, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND WE HAVE A FRIENDLY ACCEPT MM-HMM .

AND COMMISSIONER ACCEPTS.

WONDERFUL.

AND, AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, UM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND ALSO ACCEPTING THE, UH, CHANGE IN HOURS, WHICH IS CONDITION SIX, UM, TO, I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT SAID ON THE WEEKENDS MM-HMM .

UM, I COULD, IF WE CAN JUST CHANGE IT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO EIGHT.

WELL WE CAN JUST, UH, IF THE MAKER AND THE, AND YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A FRIENDLY, UH, 8:00 AM UH, STRIKING THAT FROM 10:00 AM TO 8:00 AM TERRIFIC.

THE OPENING TIME.

OPENING TIME, I, I ACCEPT.

AND FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, JUST FOR MYSELF, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE DIRECTOR CAN ALSO CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL? SO ACTUALLY IN THIS CONDITION, WE HAD STRUCTURED IT TO PROVIDE EXTRA FLEXIBILITY THAT THE COMMISSION IS ACTUALLY INTENDING TO DO WITH THE, THE MOTION.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT CONDITION NUMBER SIX, TYPICALLY WE ASK THE APPLICANT HOW WIDE OF HOURS AND WE LOOK AT ITS APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE CONTEXT THE APPLICANT HAD PROPOSED 10 TO 11:00 PM WHICH IS A TYPICAL LUNCH TO UM DINNER RESTAURANT, WHICH IS A APPROPRIATE, BUT IN ORDER TO ALLOW THAT GREATER FLEXIBILITY, WE DID PUT SUBSECTION B IN THERE THAT ALLOWED FOR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE EXTENSION TO 8:00 AM IF WANTED OR REQUESTED.

BUT TO GO ANY LATER THAN 11:00 PM WOULD REQUIRE A MODIFICATION THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT HERE.

SO THE CONDITIONS AS INCLUDED ACTUALLY INCLUDE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITY THAT, UM, IS REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT.

THERE WOULD NO, UH, NOT NECESSARILY BE, NEED A CHANGE TO MAKE THAT, BUT IF YOU DID WANT TO STRIKE THAT SECOND, UH, BULLET ALTOGETHER AND JUST MAKE IT EIGHT TO 11, THAT IS ALSO BEFORE THIS COMMISSION IF, IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

YEAH, JUST STRIKE THE SECOND LINE AND JUST HAVE IT IN THERE.

MM-HMM .

ALRIGHT.

YES, EXCEPT YES, THAT'S ALL GOOD.

SO OUR MOTION MAKER ACTUALLY IS, IS COMMISSIONER, UM, WHERE ON THIS ONE? I ACCEPT, SORRY, CAN YOU MICROPHONE FOR ME? SORRY.

ALRIGHT.

I ACCEPT THE MOTION.

MOTION ACCEPTED AND SECONDED.

UH, SECOND AS AMENDED.

THE SECONDER IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ES AND I BELIEVE HE ACCEPTED ALREADY.

I BELIEVE THE, UH, STAFF SAID IT WAS ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF, UH, UH, NORWALK AND WARDLOW AND YOUR MAP SHOWS IT'S ON THE NORTH EAST CORNER.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

JUST CONFIRMING I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU ACCEPTED THE FRIENDLY MOTION.

OH YEAH.

TO STRIKE.

CAN YOU PUT IT ON THE MIC FOR ME? DO I NEED, YEAH.

OH, JUST, JUST TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE AND SAY YES.

YOU COULD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE CUSTARD, SO YOU HAVE TO PICK BEER OR WINE.

I THINK BEER AND CUSTARD IS LIKE .

WE'LL TAKE THE FUNNIEST THING TO ADVERTISE.

I WILL ADD CORNMEAL CRUST PLEASE.

CORN CRUST BEHIND THE RAIL.

NOW IT'S STUCK IN YOUR TEETH.

HEY, WHILE I HAVE YOUR EAR, IF, IF YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS WHO HAVE, UM, THE ABILITY TO PUT BIKE RACKS OUTSIDE OF OUR RESTAURANT, WE'VE PUT IN A FORMAL REQUEST, BUT I HEAR IT'S LIKE MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS LONG.

I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT INTO THE LONG BEACH ETHER THAT WE'RE LOVING.

THERE'S, THERE'S LIKE, THEY REDID THE BIKE LANES OUTSIDE OF OUR RESTAURANT.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND, UH, A LOT OF NEIGHBORS IN OUR AREA ARE EXCITED TO, TO BIKE THERE AND WE NEED RACKS.

SO IF ANYONE ELSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT BACK BEHIND THE RAIL.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS, SEEING NONE, I'LL JUST, UH, SPEAK TO, UH, THIS ONE.

ALSO, COINCIDENTALLY, THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

I USED TO GO TO HUFFS ALL THE TIME.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T, EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE LITTLE MAP, MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN BELIEVE THIS IS LONG BEACH 'CAUSE IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NORWALK BOULEVARD.

UM, BUT YEAH, I, I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME, UM, PATRON OF HUFFS BEFORE THE, BEFORE THE, UH, PANDEMIC, SO I'M GLAD IT'S BEING REPURPOSED AND REUSED.

UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MANY VARIET IS A PIZZA THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, BREW KITCHEN, UH, CLOSING, WHICH IS A ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATION.

UH, IN ANY CASE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, TAKE THIS FOR OTHER, OTHER, UH, SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS? YES, WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON WITH THEIR HAND RAISED.

AND CANTRE, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.

UH, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF IN YOUR, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

HELLO, ANN CANTRELL.

UH, SINCE, SINCE I LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I, I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A REPLACEMENT TO HUFF'S.

AND, UH, I DID WANT TO, FOR THE RECORD, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE IT AT THE RIGHT PLACE.

[02:05:01]

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT'S WHERE IT IS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD.

I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE HAVING OUTSIDE SEATING BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY RESTAURANTS I GO TO SINCE COVID.

SO I'LL BE WATCHING TO SEE WHEN YOU OPEN .

THANK YOU MS. CANTRELL.

ANY OTHER VIRTUAL COMMENTS? ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? MOTION IS CARRIED.

CONGRATULATIONS.

FIRE UP THAT, UH, THAT PIZZA OVEN.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW WE'LL GO TO

[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.]

PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ANY NON-AG, UH, ITEM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANY NON-AG ITEMS, ANY VIRTUAL COMMENTS FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AT THIS TIME.

DEAR.

APPEARS TO BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS POINT, UH, ANY

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

I THINK, UH, THIS, UH, AT

[ADJOURNMENT]

THIS POINT WE WOULD'VE, THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS.

I'LL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT, UH, WHATEVER THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW.

UH, 7 0 7.

OH, AND UH, FOR THE RECORD, DID WE, DID WE, UM, FOR COMMISSIONER, UM, TEMPLATE YES.

TEMPLATE.

CAN YOU, DID WE NOTE THAT, UH, ON THE AGENDA THAT SHE LEFT DURING, UH, THE MIDDLE OF THE PRESENTATION? UH, YEAH.

SHE WILL STILL BE MARKED AS PRESENT SINCE SHE WAS HERE FOR SOME OF THE MEETING.

UM, SO WE DO NOT NEED TO NOTATE GREAT.

AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.