19:02:59 . >> Commissioner Daulton: WELCOME AND GOOD EVENING. 19:03:02 I'D LIKE TO CALL IS 19:03:05 MAY 12th, 19:03:08 2022 MEETING TO ORDER. I'D LIKE 19:03:12 TO CALL ON 19:03:15 COMMISSIONER RAO TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IF SHE WOULD 19:03:18 . 19:03:29 >> Commissioner Rao: SORRY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 19:03:33 TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC 19:03:36 FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD 19:03:39 INDIVISIBLE, WITH LITTLE BIT AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 19:03:45 >> Commissioner Rao: CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Commissioner Daulton: YES, I CAN 19:03:49 HEAR YOU, YOU'RE SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT SOFTLY THAT'S ALL 19:03:51 . THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Rao: I JUST HAVE TO 19:03:54 MAKE THIS LOUDER. >> Commissioner Daulton: THIS IS THE POINT IN THE AGENDA WHERE I 19:03:57 WOULD USUALLY ASK THE FOLKS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO 19:04:01 SILENCE 19:04:04 THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES BUT AS YOU CAN SEE OUR FORMAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT SO COULD 19:04:07 I HAVE THE COMMISSION SECRETARY 19:04:10 JOEL PULLEN EXPLAIN TONIGHT'S MEETING 19:04:13 PROTOCOL INTRODUCE STAFF AND TAKE A ROLL CALL PLEASE 19:04:17 . >> Planner Pullen: THANK YOU, CHAIR DAULTON. 19:04:21 THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY DURING 19:04:24 THE DECLARED PANDEMIC EMERGENCY. THE LIVE 19:04:27 STREAM OF THE MEETING CAN BE 19:04:33 VIEWED 19:04:39 ON COMCAST CABLE 19:04:43 TELEVISION CHANNEL 27 AND/OR ONLINE AT THE LIVE WEBCAST LINK ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. 19:04:47 ZOOM'S RAISE HAND FEATURE THE RECORDING CLERK 19:04:50 WILL RECOGNIZE SPEAKERS DURING ORAL COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES 19:04:53 , E-MAIL COMMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE 19:04:56 COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE MEETING. I'LL START WITH COMMISSION ROLL 19:04:59 CALL. WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME PLEASE RESPOND. 19:05:03 CHAIR DAULTON. >> Commissioner Daulton: HERE 19:05:06 . >> Planner Pullen: VICE CHAIR RAO 19:05:10 . >> Commissioner Rao: HERE. >> Planner Pullen: 19:05:13 COMMISSIONER YEE. HERE. 19:05:16 COMMISSIONER STECKLER, HERE. COMMISSIONER LIU. 19:05:25 COMMISSIONER LIU PRESENT? >> I DON'T SEE THEM. 19:05:29 >> Planner Pullen: LOWELL? >> THIS WAS TRADITION. 19:05:32 TRISH, I WANT TO SAY I DO NOT 19:05:35 SEE HIM. >> Planner Pullen: 19:05:40 COMMISSIONER LIU NOT PRESENT AT THIS TIME AT LEAST, 19:05:43 NOTE IF HE COMES. 19:05:48 AND 19:05:52 COMMISSIONER ZHANG, HERE 19:05:55 . AND NEW 19:05:59 COMMISSIONER INTRAI 19:06:10 BASRAI. HERE. I'D LIKE 19:06:13 TO GIVE THE NEW 19:06:17 COMMISSIONER BASRAI A CHANCE 19:06:20 TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN PASS IT BACK TO YOU 19:06:23 . >> Commissioner Daulton: PLEASE. >> Commissioner Basrai: THANK YOU 19:06:26 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF FREMONT. MY 19:06:29 FAMILY HAS OWNED PHARMACIES IN THE 19:06:33 AREA SINCE 1979. I LEFT FOR A FEW 19:06:36 YEARS, TO GO TO COLLEGE, AND GET A 19:06:40 CAREER AT IBM BUT I CAME BACK TO RAISE MY SON 19:06:43 AIDA 19:06:46 N WHO IS NOW 14 YEARS OLD, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT SOMETIMES 19:06:49 . HE IS GOING TO CENTERVILLE JUNIOR HIGH 19:06:53 AND HE'S IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THERE. I'M A 19:06:56 PROUD NILES ROTARIAN, PROUD SMALL BUSINESS 19:06:59 OWNER AND I'M ALSO DIRECTOR OF THE FREMONT 19:07:02 CHAMBERS. AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO BE HERE! BECAUSE 19:07:05 I THINK LOCAL VOICES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, 19:07:08 ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF US WHO CAME BACK AND 19:07:12 DECIDED TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES HERE AND WANT TO 19:07:15 SEE WHAT'S BEST FOR FREMONT. SO THIS IS JUST SUCH 19:07:18 AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 19:07:21 MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, STAFF HAS BEEN AMAZE 19:07:25 ING, JUST SO WELCOMING, 19:07:28 AND BEEN SO HELPFUL. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND 19:07:31 I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING DRIVE 19:07:34 FREMONT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 19:07:37 FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 19:07:41 WITH EVERYONE. >> Commissioner Daulton: WELL 19:07:44 THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BASRAI AND WELCOME. SO NOW 19:07:47 I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING. 19:07:50 IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES 19:07:54 TO THOSE MINUTES I 19:07:57 WELL ACCEPT A MOTION. >> Planner Pullen: CHAIR BEFORE WE GO THERE LET 19:08:01 ME REAL QUICKLY INTRODUCE STAFF IF I MAY TAKE 19:08:04 A MINUTE. >> Commissioner Daulton: OH PLEASE. >> Planner Pullen: MY 19:08:07 NAME IS JOEL, I'M THE PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY. JOINING US 19:08:10 FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THE SENIOR DEPUTY CITY 19:08:13 ATTORNEY HEATHER LEE, TONIGHT'S RECORDING 19:08:16 CO-CLERKS ARE 19:08:23 MARIA SALINAS AND 19:08:26 TRISH CORDOVA. I'D LIKE 19:08:30 EVERYONE ON THE CALL TO GENERALLY MUTE YOUR CALL WHEN YOU'RE 19:08:33 NOT SPEAKING. PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU 19:08:36 START TO SPEAK FOR THOSE ON THE PHONE WHO 19:08:39 MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE YOUR VOICE. UNLESS 19:08:43 YOU ARE ON THE COMMISSION OR 19:08:47 PART OF THE STAFF OR MYSELF, PLEASE 19:08:50 MUTE YOUR LINE. AND COMMISSIONERS PLEASE 19:08:53 BE ASKED TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE 19:08:56 CHAIR, WHEN ASKING QUESTIONS OR COMMENT 19:09:00 ING OR DELIBERATING. THAT IS 19:09:03 IT CHAIR DAULTON. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU JOEL, 19:09:06 DO WE HAVE CHANGES IN THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED BY 19:09:09 STAFF? >> Commissioner Yee: I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO 19:09:13 APPROVE THE MINUTES. >> Commissioner Steckler: SECOND 19:09:17 . >> Commissioner Daulton: MOTION 19:09:20 BY COMMISSIONER YEE AND SECONDED 19:09:24 BY COMMISSIONER STECKLER. YOU 19:09:26 ARE MUTED. >> Planner Pullen: SORRY ABOUT THAT. 19:09:29 WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME PLEASE 19:09:33 RESPOND. CHAIR DAULTON, AYE. 19:09:36 RICE CHAIR RAO, AYE. COMCTS 19:09:39 , AYE. COMMISSIONER LIU. 19:09:42 ABSENT. 19:09:46 COMMISSIONER ZHANG. AYE. 19:09:49 AND NEW COMMISSIONER 19:09:53 BASRAI, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN YOU MAY, 19:09:56 YOU WEREN'T AT THE MEETING. >> Commissioner Basrai: I'LL 19:10:00 ABSTAIN. >> Commissioner Yee: JOEL 19:10:02 YOU FORGOT ME. >> Planner Pullen: DID I FORGET YOU? 19:10:06 I APOLOGIZE. I REORDER HE MY MAIN -- >> Commissioner Yee: YOU 19:10:09 DID IT AGAIN, YOU FORGOT MY NAME. 19:10:11 >> Planner Pullen: I'M NEVER GOING TO LIVE THIS DOWN. 19:10:14 >> Commissioner Yee: THIS IS THE SECOND TIME! >> Commissioner Daulton: 19:10:17 THIS IS TERRIBLE. >> Planner Pullen: WHAT IS YOUR VOTE ON THE 19:10:20 MINUTES? >> Commissioner Yee: I APPROVE, AYE. 19:10:23 >> Commissioner Daulton: UNHEARD OF! >> Planner Pullen: UNANIMOUS BY 19:10:27 THOSE PRESENT WITH COMMISSIONER LIU ABSENT 19:10:30 AND COMMISSIONER BASRAI ABSTAINING. BACK TO YOU CHAIR 19:10:33 . >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU JOEL. 19:10:36 ALL RIGHT DISCLOSURES SO IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS 19:10:39 HAVE DISCLOSURES I'LL GO THROUGH LIST AND CAN YOU LET 19:10:42 ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS. 19:10:45 STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER YEE. >> Commissioner Yee: YEAH 19:10:48 , I VISITED THE 19:10:52 LOCATION THAT THE PROPOSED CHASE 19:10:55 BANK, SPOKE WITH THE OWNERS OF THE DENNY 19:10:58 'S RESTAURANT AND SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA. 19:11:01 AND THEN FOR THE SAKOON LUX 19:11:04 HOMES PROPERTY I WENT BACK OUT THERE TO REVISIT IT SO I COULD 19:11:08 RETRESH MY MEMORY. >> Commissioner Daulton: 19:11:11 VICE CHAIR RAO DISCLOSURES 19:11:14 ? >> Commissioner Rao: I DROVE PAST 19:11:17 SAKOON HOMES ONE MORE TIME JUST TO REVISIT LIKE 19:11:20 BEN AND VISITED THE DENNY'S PROPERTY 19:11:23 . >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER STECKLER. 19:11:26 >> Commissioner Steckler: YES, I WENT OUT 19:11:29 TO THE SITE, DROVE THROUGH PARKING LOT 19:11:33 AND LOOKED AT WHAT THE PLANS WERE AND 19:11:36 ALSO DROVE BY THE DECOTO PROJECT 19:11:40 , DID SIT IN MY CAR AND LOOK AND 19:11:43 GOT A SENSE OF THE WIDTH OF THAT. THAT'S IT. 19:11:48 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER ZHANG. 19:11:51 >> Commissioner Zhang: I WALKED BY THE DECOTO PROPERTY, 19:11:54 VISITED THE OWNER ON THE GAS STATION AND THE RESTAURANT. I JUST 19:11:58 DROPPED BY THE 19:12:02 CHASE BANK PROPERTY AND JUST GOT INTO THE PARKING LOT 19:12:05 AND RAN AROUND, YES. >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER BASRAI 19:12:09 . >> Commissioner Basrai: I WAS NOT ABLE TO VISIT ANY OF THE SITES AS I 19:12:12 GOT THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT LATE. SO I HAVE 19:12:15 NO DISCLOSURES. >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY, THANK YOU. 19:12:18 AND I WALKED BOTH SITES. SO AS THERE'S NOTHING ON 19:12:21 THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WE CAN GO 19:12:24 TO THE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PART OF THE MEETING. TRISH DO WE 19:12:27 HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 19:12:31 ? >> WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY RAISING THEIR 19:12:35 HAND ASKING TO SPEAK. 19:12:38 >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT. IN THAT CASE, WE CAN OPEN 19:12:41 THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE WANT TO 19:12:44 DO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. I BELIEVE THE FIRST AGENDA 19:12:47 ITEM IS CHASE BANK. JOEL 19:12:50 , SECRETARY PULLEN IF YOU WOULD, READ THE ITEM 19:12:54 AND INTRODUCE STAFF ON THIS. 19:13:00 >> Planner Pullen: THANK YOU. THIS IS CHASE BANK 19:13:03 , FIRST ITEM. 19:13:09 46645 Mission Boulevard -AT THE CORNER 19:13:13 OF MISSION BOULEVARD AND WARM SPRINGS. TO CONSIDER A 19:13:16 Discretionary Design Review Permit and Conditional Use Permit for the development of a new approximately 19:13:20 4,020 square foot bank branch with a stand 19:13:24 ALONE DRIVE-THROUGH AT 19:13:29 M IN THE WARM SPRINGS COMMUNITY PLANNING AREA AND 19:13:34 to consider a categorical exemption from the requirements 19:13:37 of the California Environmental QUALITY ACT 19:13:40 , CEQA, 19:13:45 AND FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT 19:13:49 TO CEQA GUIDELINES. THERE IS A PRESENTATION 19:13:52 , THAT FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC SPEAKERS WITH 19:13:55 TIME GIVEN AT THE CHAIR'S DISCRETION AND THEN 19:13:59 A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL TIME FROM THE APPLICANT. SO 19:14:02 WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, JAMES WILLIS 19:14:05 HAS THE PRESENTATION. 19:14:20 >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. 19:14:26 PROJECT BEFORE THE COMMISSION TONIGHT IS THE CHASE BANK 19:14:29 PROJECT. THIS SLIDE GIVES A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPICS 19:14:33 THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. 19:14:37 THE CHASE BANK PROJECT WOULD REQUIRE A DISCRETIONARY 19:14:40 DESIGN REVIEW BECAUSE IT IS A NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND 19:14:43 A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, BECAUSE IT INCLUDES A DRIVE- 19:14:46 THROUGH ATM. 19:14:55 PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE CORNLER 19:14:58 CORNER OF WARM 19:15:01 SPRINGS BOULEVARD AND MISSION BOULEVARD. THE SITE 19:15:05 IS DESIGNED TOWN 19:15:08 CENTER TRANSITIONAL. THE SITE IS PART OF THE 19:15:13 WARM SPRINGS SHOPPING CENTER. A SEPARATE LEGAL LOT 19:15:16 FROM THE REST OF THE SHOPPING CENTER BUT IS OWNED AND MANAGED BY 19:15:20 THE OWNERS OF THE REST OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. 19:15:23 ACCESS IS SHARED 19:15:26 BY PRIVATE EASE 19:15:30 EASEMENTS AND AGREEMENTS. THE SITE IS A 19:15:33 DENNY'S RESTAURANT. THE PROJECT WOULD DMOL 19:15:36 DEMOLISH THE EXISTING BUILDING AND REPLACE 19:15:39 IT WITH A NEW 4020 19:15:42 SQUARE FOOT BANK AND A DRIVE THROUGH 19:15:45 IN THE PASHING LOT. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED 19:15:49 , THE NEW PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE A FORMULATE 19:15:52 20 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WHICH WOULD HAVE A F.A.R. 19:15:55 MUCH 0 0 19:15:59 OF 0 19:16:03 .20 19:16:07 . EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PLANTINGS 19:16:10 REQUIRED, FOR A DRIVE-THROUGH INTRMS ON THIS SIZE OF 19:16:20 ENTERPRISE ON THIS SIDE OF THE LOT. FIVE CARS TO STACK 19:16:24 WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH THE PARKING LOT CIRCULATION. THE 19:16:27 PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD REVAMP THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE BY REPLACING 19:16:31 THE PARKING LOT TREES WITH NEW TREES 19:16:34 . DURING THE COURSE OF REVIEW, STAFF DETERMINED THAT 19:16:37 TWO EXISTING REDWOOD TREES IDENTIFIED BY RED 19:16:40 ARROWS ON THE PLAN HERE 19:16:43 , COULD BE SAVED THROUGH A MINOR 19:16:47 REDESIGN OF THE PARKING LOT. 19:16:50 THE PROPOSED CONDITION OF APPROVAL WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICANT 19:16:53 TO WORK WITH STAFF TO SAVE THESE TWO TREES. 19:16:56 THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THEIR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH 19:17:00 STAFF TO SAVE THESE TREES AND HAS PROVIDED A 19:17:04 PRELIMINARY SKETCH WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE 19:17:07 NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES. AROUND THE 19:17:10 PERIMETER OF THE SITE WOULD BE NEW PLANTERS 19:17:13 CONTAINING SHRUBS AND 19:17:16 GROUND COVER. THE SLOPED AREA AT THE CORNER OF THE 19:17:19 SITE WOULD HAVE ITS TURF REPLACED WITH MORE 19:17:23 WATER SMART GROUND COVER. AROUND THE WALLS OF 19:17:26 THE BUILDINGS, AROUND THE ENTRANCES 19:17:29 WOULD BE PLANTERS WHICH WOULD HELP TO FURTHER DEFINE 19:17:33 THE ENTRANCES TO THE BUILDING. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE 19:17:36 NOR PARKING THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKING SPACE 19:17:39 S PROVIDED MAY BE SLIGHTLY REDUC 19:17:42 ED DUE TO THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED 19:17:45 EFFORT TO SAVE THE TWO REDWOOD TREES. 19:17:48 BIKE PARKING WOULD CONSIST OF SIX SHORT 19:17:52 TERM BIKE RACKS, TWO LONG TERM 19:17:55 LOCKERS WOULD BE PROVIDED ON THE MISSION SIDE OF 19:17:58 THE BUILDING NEAR THE OTHER BUILDING ENTRANCE 19:18:02 BECAUSE DRIVE THROUGH ENTERPRISE CANNOT 19:18:05 BE UTILIZED, CITY STAFF ANALYZE 19:18:09 ED OR THE POTENTIAL VMT IMPACTS 19:18:12 . THE USE BETWEEN THE DENNY'S 19:18:15 RESTAURANT AND THE PROPOSED CHASE BANK 19:18:18 , A COMBINATION OF SHORTER TRIPS AND 19:18:22 TRIP LENGTH WOULD BE REDUCED BY VM 19:18:25 T CURRENT USE. THE PROPOSED BANK BUILDING WOULD 19:18:28 FEATURE MODERN ARCHITECTURE 19:18:32 , BREAKING UP THE MASSING AND PROVIDING 19:18:35 VISUAL INTEREST. THE EXTERIOR 19:18:38 MATERIALS WOULD CONSIST OF CHISEL 19:18:42 ED LIMESTONE AND STORE FRONT GLASS. THE 19:18:46 BUILDING WOULD BE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED 19:18:49 , IN ADDITION TO THE ENTRANCE FACING THE PARKING LOT. 19:18:53 STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIND THE PROJECT EXEMPT 19:18:57 FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PER THE CEQA GUIDELINES SPECIFIED IN 19:19:00 THE STAFF REPORT. FIND THAT THE PROJECT IS 19:19:04 IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND 19:19:07 ZONING FOR THE REASONS ENUMERATED IN THE STAFF REPORT 19:19:10 AND APPROVE THE DISCRETIONARY DESIGN REVIEW FOR 19:19:14 A NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE NEW DRIVE- 19:19:18 THROUGH ATM. STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER 19:19:21 QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROJECT AS IS 19:19:24 THE PROJECT APPLICANT'S DESIGN TEAM. THANK 19:19:27 YOU. 19:19:36 >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY 19:19:40 CLARIFYING QUESTIONS TRT COMMISSION FOR STAFF? 19:19:47 QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION FOR STAFF? NOBODY? 19:19:50 I HAVE ONE QUESTION IF I COULD, THE FIVE- 19:19:53 CAR STACKING ON THE ATM HOW WAS THAT 19:19:56 DECISION MADE AS TO HOW MANY CARS YOU CAN REASON 19:19:59 ABLY STACK IN THAT ATM 19:20:02 LINE WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH THE CIRCULATION OF THE PARKING LOT? 19:20:06 >> ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT HOW WE DETERMINED HOW MANY CARS WOULD BE 19:20:09 NECESSARY, OR HOW MANY CARS COULD ACTUALLY FIT IN THE SPACE 19:20:12 ? >> Commissioner Daulton: HOW MANY SHOULD BE NECESSARY? 19:20:15 >> IT WAS BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT ON THE 19:20:18 AVERAGE USE OF THESE ATM 19:20:21 'S AT ANY ONE TIME. OUR CITY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING 19:20:24 STAFF WORKED WITH THEM TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF 19:20:28 CAR-STACKING BASED ON HOW MANY CARS 19:20:31 USE THE ATM AT THE PEAK 19:20:34 TIMES AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO USE THE ATM 19:20:35 . >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY, THANK YOU. 19:20:39 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION FOR STAFF 19:20:43 ? SEEING NONE I WILL GO ON AND ASK IF 19:20:47 THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, IF THEY'D LIKE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION, 19:20:50 THEY HAVE TEN MINUTES. 19:20:57 I SEE PATRICK O'NEIL RAISING 19:21:00 HIS HAND. CAN YOU UNMUTE HIM TRISH 19:21:04 ? >> HI 19:21:08 . >> Commissioner Daulton: PLEASE. >> SHOULD I 19:21:11 GO ON VIDEO? >> Commissioner Daulton: PLEASE 19:21:15 . >> I THANK YOU AND I WANT TO 19:21:18 SAY THANKS TO JAMES AND THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER 19:21:21 TONIGHT AND WE'RE JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. SO 19:21:24 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS LOCATION AND EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE HAVE 19:21:28 DAVE AND 19:21:38 ARIANE SANDERS, WE ALSO HAVE RORN CHESTER WHO 19:21:42 IS THE MARKET DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE FOR CHASE 19:21:45 BANK AND WE'RE ALL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT OTHERWISE EXCITE 19:21:50 ED AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 19:21:54 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONERS DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE 19:21:57 APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER ZHANG PLEASE 19:22:02 . >> Commissioner Zhang: HOW LONG WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION TIME 19:22:05 IF APPROVED? >> APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS 19:22:09 . >> Commissioner Zhang: DO YOU HAVE A PLAN TO LIKE ENSURE THE SURROUND 19:22:12 ING BUSINESS NOT AFFECTED TOO MUCH? >> YEAH, 19:22:16 WE WILL REQUIRE A LOGISTICS PLAN 19:22:20 THAT WILL GET RUN THROUGH THE LANDLORD 19:22:23 'S AGENCY AND THEY HAVE A LOCAL OR LIKE A REGIONAL CONTACT 19:22:26 THAT'S OUT HERE THAT REPRESENTS THE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO 19:22:29 THAT LOGISTICS PLAN WILL GET VETTED 19:22:33 THROUGH THEM AND BY VIRTUE OF THAT IT'S A 19:22:36 TENANT COORDINATION EFFORT. 19:22:40 >> Commissioner Zhang: WILL THERE BE LIKE ANY 19:22:43 ENTRANCE TO THE -- WILL BE BLOCKED DURING 19:22:46 THE CONSTRUCTION? >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, NO. 19:22:49 BECAUSE AND THE ONLY-I MEAN TEMPORARILY WE'LL HAVE 19:22:52 TO BLOCK THE RIDE IN-RIDE OUT 19:22:56 FROM WARM SPRINGS. BUT THAT'S ON A VERY LIMIT 19:22:59 ED BASIS AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS SITE, HAVE BEEN FOR 19:23:03 YEARS JUST PASSING THROUGH OBVIOUSLY 19:23:06 MISSION. AND THERE'S JUST NO WAY THAT'S GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN 19:23:09 FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. IT'S TOO WELL UTILIZED 19:23:12 . 19:23:16 >> Commissioner Zhang: ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: CHAIR 19:23:20 RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER YEE. >> Commissioner Yee: YES, LET ME TAKE THAT, OKAY. 19:23:23 AS YOU WELL KNOW THAT THE CURRENT DENNY'S PARKING 19:23:26 LOT IS EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUPPOSED 19:23:29 TO BE EXCLUSIVE USE FOR DENNY'S 19:23:32 IT'S BEING SHARED BY THE BUSINESSES OVER BY STARBUCKS 19:23:36 AND PAIRS BEGET. WHEN THIS BANK IS 19:23:39 BUILT WILL THE PARKING LOT BE ONLY EXCLUSIVE USE FOR THE BANK 19:23:43 ING CUSTOMERS OR WILL IT STILL BE SHARED AS 19:23:46 IT IS RIGHT NOW? 19:23:53 >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE A JOINT ACCESS PARKING AGREEMENT, 19:23:56 AND IT'S ESCAPING ME THE 19:23:59 EXACT TERMS OF THAT RIGHT NOW BUT I WOULD ASK 19:24:03 IF ARIANE HAS 19:24:06 THAT -- ARIANE SANDERS IS ON 19:24:10 MY TEAM AND IF SHE HAS THAT 19:24:13 INFORMATION AS WELL. >> Commissioner Daulton: TRISH COULD 19:24:16 YOU UNMUTE ARIANE SANDERS PLEASE 19:24:20 . >> ARIANE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK 19:24:23 . >> GOOD EVENING THIS IS ARIANE SANDERS AND 19:24:26 I WAS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. WITH REGARDS TO THE 19:24:30 SHARED PARKING, IT IS IN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE 19:24:33 TENANTS ALL AROUND THAT IT IS SOMEWHAT 19:24:36 SHARED. SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE WILL 19:24:41 BE OPPORTUNITIES THAT STARBUCKS CAN 19:24:44 PARK ON IT OR 19:24:48 WILL SOON BE PARKING ON IT FOR LIMITED 19:24:51 TIMES. 19:24:54 >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY, I 19:24:58 GUESS WE CAN MAKE SURE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT TALKS 19:25:01 ABOUT SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT? 19:25:06 >> Commissioner Daulton: TRADITION COULD YOU UNMUTE 19:25:10 DAVID LUNDY PLEASE? >> 19:25:13 YES, ONE MOMENT. DAVID GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. 19:25:17 >> GOOD EVENING, THIS IS DAVE LUNDY 19:25:20 ON PATRICK AND ARIANE 19:25:23 'S GROUP AS WELL. I BELIEVE THERE IS A PARKING AGREEMENT FOR 19:25:27 THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. THERE WAS 19:25:30 A QUESTION WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PARK OUR SITE 19:25:33 INDIVIDUALLY OR PARK FOR THE ENTIRE CENTER. AND THERE IS AN 19:25:37 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE OWNERS BUT IT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE CITY 19:25:39 . >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY, THANK YOU. 19:25:42 AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION TOO AS WELL 19:25:45 . AND I WONDERED IF YOU CAN 19:25:49 GIVE ME CLARITY ON THIS TOO. BECAUSE I SAW ON YOUR PLANS 19:25:52 THAT THERE'S FOUR PARKING SPACES THAT ARE FACING THE 19:25:55 STARBUCKS SIDE THAT WILL BE ELIMINATED. AND THEN THERE'S 14 19:25:58 MORE PARKING SPACES THAT FACE 19:26:02 THE CARL 19:26:05 'S JR. SIDE. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD BY 19:26:08 THE DENLY'S OWNER THOSE FOUR PARK 19:26:11 ING SPACES ACTUALLY BELONG TO THE CENTER. AND AS I 19:26:14 WAS TALKING TO THE MANAGER 19:26:18 FOR CARL'S JR, 19:26:21 THEY ARE ACTUALLY ON THE CARL 19:26:25 'S JR. SIDE THAT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT LIGHT 19:26:28 POLE AND THEN GOING TO THE SOUTH SIDE IS THE DEN 19:26:32 DENNY'S SIDE. CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME CLARITY 19:26:35 ON THAT? IT LOOKS LIKE ON THOSE PLANS YOU ARE TAKING OUT THE 19:26:39 14 BY CARL'S JUNIOR AND 19:26:42 THE FOUR BY STARBUCKS. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU 19:26:45 HAVE THE RIGHTS TO DO THAT. CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR ME PLEASE 19:26:48 ? 19:26:55 >> IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THE SPACES IN QUESTION ON 19:26:58 THE ZOOM? 19:27:03 >> Planner Pullen: JAMES CAN SHARE THE SITE PLAN AND GIVE 19:27:06 HIM A MOMENT. I'M NOT SURE IF HE HAS THAT PARTICULAR 19:27:10 ONE IN HIS PRESENTATION OR IF YOU HAVE TO PUT IT UP 19:27:13 SEPARATELY. >> I APPRECIATE IT. AND 19:27:16 I'M CERTAINLY NOT AWARE OF ANY -- OF ANY PART OF OUR 19:27:19 SITE PLAN THAT CROSSES OVER THE PARCEL LINES 19:27:22 FOR THIS PARCEL. 19:27:25 , 19:27:29 AS I UNDERSTAND I 19:27:37 AS I UNDERSTAND IT. 19:27:41 >> JAMES, THESE WERE APPROVED BY THE PARCEL AS WELL 19:27:44 . >> Commissioner Yee: AS YOU CAN SEE WE ZOOM IN THAT 24 19:27:47 FOOT WIDE SECTION WRIT NOW BECOMES 19:27:50 A TWO LANE ROAD CURRENTLY IT IS A ONE WAY IN 19:27:54 TO THE DRIVE THROUGH AND THERE IS 14 PARKING SPACES RIGHT THERE TO 19:27:57 THE LEFT OF WHERE THAT 24-FOOT NUMBER IS. 19:28:06 >> I DON'T KNOW IF RON IS ON WITH CHASE BUT THIS IS ONE OF 19:28:09 THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD EARLY IN THE PROJECT. THERE IS A LOT 19:28:12 OF NEGOTIATION WITH THE LAND OWNER AND CARL 19:28:16 'S JR. AS WELL, EVERYONE IN THE CENTER IS AWARE OF THE DEVELOPMENT 19:28:20 AND AWARE OF THE CHANGES TO THE PARKING. 19:28:25 >> Commissioner Yee: WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S WHY I SAID 19:28:28 , WHEN I SPOKE, YOU KNOW, TO THE REGIONAL MANAGER 19:28:32 FOR CARL'S JR. HE HAD NO IDEA. HE WAS TELLING 19:28:35 ME CLEARLY THAT THE TRAIN SPACES THAT ARE COLORED IN 19:28:38 YELLOW ARE UNDER CARL'S JUNIOR 19:28:42 CARL'S JR. PROPERTY SIDEN THE ONES THAT ARE 19:28:45 COLORED WHITE IS ON THE 19:28:48 DENNY'S SIDE. THE WHITE IS THE 19:28:52 DEMARKATION BETWEEN THE TWO. 19:28:56 >> AGREEMENT AT THE TIME -- SORRY IS 19:28:59 THAT RON, IS THAT YOU? >> Planner Pullen: THIS IS JOEL 19:29:02 THE COMMISSION SECRETARY. SO WE DID REVIEW THE PLANS AS WELL 19:29:05 FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT. AND SO WE'RE GET 19:29:09 TING PRETTY FAR INTO 19:29:12 TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPERTY LINE 19:29:17 AND TENANT NEGOTIATIONS, THAT'S FINE. JAMES 19:29:20 CAN ALSO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY LATER ON WITH STAFF AS WELL IN TERMS 19:29:23 OF WHAT 19:29:26 SUBJECT TO CITY AND WHAT IS A PRIVATE NEGOTIATION. BUT I'LL SAVE THAT FOR LATER. 19:29:30 >> Commissioner Yee: THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS 19:29:34 DONE PROPERLY. BECAUSE IF 19:29:37 THERE WERE PROPER DISCUSSIONS THEN THE WAY THAT THIS IS DESIGNED RIGHT 19:29:41 NOW MAY ENCROACH ON SOME OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES. AND I 19:29:44 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO PROTECTED, AS WELL 19:29:47 . 19:29:52 >> PATRICK. TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE 19:29:55 INFORMATION, THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITH THE LANDLORD 19:29:59 QUITE EXTENSIVELY FROM THE BEGINNING. MAYBE THAT AGREEMENT THAT YOU'RE 19:30:02 TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN DENLY'S AND CARL 19:30:05 'S WAS SOME SORT OF A HANDSHAKE 19:30:09 AGREEMENT, YOU PARK HERE, WE PARK THERE. BUT 19:30:12 WE'RE FACING OUR PARKING OFF OF THE 19:30:15 PARCEL ITSELF. >> YEAH AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE 19:30:18 OVERALL SHOPPING CENTER OWNERSHIP. AND I 19:30:22 APPRECIATE THAT SOMEBODY PULLING UP THE EXISTING PLAN HERE 19:30:25 , THANK YOU. I'M NOT ABLE TO LOCATE THAT 19:30:28 INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, QUICK ENOUGH. BUT I'LL 19:30:31 GO BACK THROUGH AND LOOK AT WHEN WE BROUGHT UP THE CROSS 19:30:35 -PARKING AGREEMENT, WHAT RESULTED FROM THAT, 19:30:38 WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A LEASE AGREEMENT TO OUR NEW LEASE 19:30:41 OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF YOU KNOW WRITTEN EXCHANGE. 19:30:51 >> Commissioner Yee: SO I GUESS FOR ME I'D LIKE TO HAVE CLARITY BEFORE 19:30:54 WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BECAUSE RIGHT 19:30:58 NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT CERTAIN 19:31:01 . I WANT TO BE SURE WHAT IS THE PARCEL LINES AND HOW THE 19:31:04 PLANS IMPACT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS RIGHT 19:31:09 . >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT 19:31:12 THE PARCEL LINES ON THE PLANS ARE SHOWN CORRECTLY. 19:31:15 THE PARKING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY HAD 19:31:18 SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO INTARLS THAT IS UP 19:31:21 PARCELS IT IS UP FOR 19:31:25 DISCUSSION. BUT ALL THE PARK 19:31:28 ING SPACES ARE ON OUR SITE. IT IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE FOR THE 19:31:31 CARL'S SITE BUT I KNOW THAT RON HAS HAD 19:31:34 LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. 19:31:40 >> AND DAVE, I WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE DECLARATION OF 19:31:43 RESTRICTIONS AND GRANT EASEMENTS. AND THIS IS 19:31:47 FROM, LOOKS LIKE THE '80s. BUT THAT WAS 19:31:50 A DOCUMENT THAT WAS CIRCLED BACK TO US WHEN 19:31:53 WE ASKED ABOUT THE SHARED PARKING AND THE JOINT ACCESS 19:31:58 . AND THAT'S THE DISAGREEMENT THAT STILL 19:32:01 GOVERNS WHERE THIS PARCEL IS AND THEN HOW THE PARKING 19:32:05 GOES FOR THE OVERALL CENTER 19:32:08 . 19:32:11 SO THAT WAS THE LANDLORD'S JUSTIFICATION FOR 19:32:14 THIS PIECE. 19:32:18 >> Commissioner Yee: I GUESS I STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT 19:32:21 -- >> SORRY SORRY. >> Commissioner Yee: I WAS GOING TO 19:32:24 SAY I STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I ALSO CONTACTED THE 19:32:28 OWNER AT DENNY'S TO VERIFY IF 19:32:31 THOSE FOUR SPOTS THAT WERE BY STARBUCKS AND THESE 19:32:34 14, DOES IT BELONG TO THEM, 19:32:37 THEY TOLD ME NO. 19:32:46 >> SO WE DO HAVE WRITTEN AND WE FORWARDED IT AS 19:32:49 WELL, WRITTEN APPROVALS FOR THE WAY THIS IS LAID OUT 19:32:52 FROM THE LANDLORD AND SHOPPING 19:32:55 CENTER OWNER. >> Planner Pullen: SO 19:32:58 IT'S PROBABLY APPROPRIATE THEN CHAIR FOR ME TO STEP IN HERE 19:33:02 BECAUSE THIS IS GOING FOR A WHILE 19:33:05 . >> Commissioner Daulton: PLEASE DO. >> Planner Pullen: IF YOU DON'T MIND 19:33:08 I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A BIT. THE CITY 19:33:12 REVIEWS OVERALL PARKING SUFFICIENCY AND THE SHOPPING CENTER AS A 19:33:15 WHOLE. IT IS A SHOPPING CENTER. THERE ARE VAST FIELDS OF 19:33:18 PARKING THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THERE ARE 19:33:21 AREAS THAT ARE MORE BUSY THAN OTHERS, 19:33:24 HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE, LESS DWELL TIME, 19:33:28 FOR VEHICLES SUCH AS ADJACENT TO 19:33:31 THE STARBUCKS AND THE CARL 19:33:34 'S JR. BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF SPACES WITHIN THE 19:33:37 ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER. WHAT IS UNIQUE TO THE SHOPPING 19:33:40 CENTER AND JAMES CAN CLARIFY WHEN WE GO BACK 19:33:44 TO STAFF QUESTIONS, THOUGH THIS IS A PROPERTY LINE AND 19:33:47 THE PERSON THAT'S AT THE HEARING TONIGHT IS 19:33:50 IN A TRACTION WITH THE LANDLORD 19:33:53 TRANSACTION WITH THE 19:33:56 LANDLORD THAT OWNS THE ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER NOTWITHSTANDING THE 19:33:59 PROPERTY LINES WITHIN THE LANDLORD'S CONTROL THAT THAT LANDLORD 19:34:03 CAN MAKE A DEAL WITH ANY ONE TENANT AND MODIFY DEALS WITH 19:34:06 OTHER TENANTS. AND THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENED 19:34:09 . SO THERE MAY BE CIVIL AMENDMENTS 19:34:12 OF LEASES THAT ARE EITHER 19:34:15 APPROVED OR PENDING APPROVAL, BASED 19:34:19 ON OTHER CHANGES WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER. THAT'S 19:34:22 NORMAL DURING THE COURSE OF BUSINESS OF A SHOPPING CENTER. WE 19:34:25 ORDINARILY WOULDN'T GET INTO THOSE. WE WOULD 19:34:29 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 19:34:32 THEY COMPLY WITH CITY REQUIREMENTS FOR 19:34:35 BOTH BUSINESS WE'RE LOOKING AT AND FOR THE 19:34:38 OVERALL SHOPPING CENTER. THAT'S OUR PURVIEW. 19:34:50 >> I WANTED TO ADD IN ALL OF THE PARKING IS COMMON 19:34:53 PARKING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CENTER. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO 19:34:56 CROSS -- IT'S CROSS-ACCESS TO PARK BUT YEAH. 19:35:06 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER YEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> Commissioner Yee: 19:35:10 NO, I THINK I'M DONE FOR THE TIME BEING. 19:35:11 >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE 19:35:15 COMMISSION? SEEING NO HANDS, TRISH I WOULD LIKE 19:35:19 TO HAVE IT PUBLIC COMMENT. 19:35:22 INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT. 19:35:25 DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THIS 19:35:28 ITEM? >> CHAIR DAULTON WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER 19:35:31 . LEASTIE 19:35:35 LISA 19:35:38 DANS GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. 19:35:42 >> SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS ALREADY SET IN STONE BUT SOUNDS 19:35:45 LIKE SO TRUE. DEFINITELY SAVE THE 19:35:49 TREES BECAUSE SICK TREES 19:35:53 DEFINITELY WORK TOWARDS OUR GOALS AND 19:35:56 PARK WORKS AGAINST IT. THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU 19:35:59 FOR THAT AND NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT SO I WOULD LIKE TO 19:36:03 CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. >> ACTUALLY I'M 19:36:06 SORRY CHAIRPERSON DAULTON I DID SEE ANOTHER HAND RAISED 19:36:09 . >> Commissioner Daulton: OH PLEASE. >> LET'S GO AHEAD WITH 19:36:12 THAT. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MOW NEEN NEEK 19:36:16 . MONIQUE I'VE JUST GIVEN YOU 19:36:19 PERMISSION, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH 19:36:22 . I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY HANDICAP 19:36:25 SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE AREAS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE BANK 19:36:30 ? 19:36:35 >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT, WE DON'T ACTUALLY ANSWER DIRECT 19:36:38 QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME MONIQUE BUT WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET 19:36:42 THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE GET BACK TO THEM 19:36:45 . >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: UH-HUH 19:36:48 , ALL RIGHT, THEN IF THAT IS THE LAST COMMENT WE'LL CLOSE THE 19:36:51 PUBLIC HEARING AND WE CAN GO BACK TO 19:36:55 THE APPLICANT ASKING FOR ANY 19:36:58 FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS. PERHAPS YOU COULD ADDRESS 19:37:01 THE QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC. >> SURE. THERE ARE 19:37:04 TWO SPACES THAT ARE ADA DESIGNATED DIRECTLY 19:37:08 IN FRONT OF THE BANK, AS WELL AS TWO THAT ARE 19:37:11 EV CHARGER STATIONS 19:37:14 . >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. AND 19:37:17 THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ABOUT 19:37:21 THIS PROJECT. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT. 19:37:24 >> NO, THANK YOU, JUST APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME 19:37:26 . >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY, THANK YOU. 19:37:29 ALL RIGHT SO THEN LET'S COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION 19:37:32 AND, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSIONER 19:37:36 S REGARDING 19:37:39 THIS AGENDA ITEM? 19:37:42 ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS. 19:37:48 SO I WOULD, IN THAT CASE, 19:37:51 LOOK FOR A MOTION BY A COMMISSIONER. 19:37:56 >> Commissioner Steckler: I MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >> Commissioner Daulton: MOTION. 19:37:59 CAN I GET A SECOND 19:38:02 ? >> Commissioner Zhang: SECOND 19:38:05 . >> Commissioner Daulton: MOTION AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STECKLER, 19:38:09 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ZHANG. JOEL COULD YOU READ THE VOTE. >> Planner Pullen: YES 19:38:12 CHAIR ON A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STECKLER, SECOND 19:38:16 BY COMMISSIONER ZHANG TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON 19:38:20 THE PROJECT. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE 19:38:23 STATE YOUR VOTE. CHAIRPERSON DAULTON. AYE 19:38:26 . VICE CHAIR RAO. AYE 19:38:27 . COMMISSIONER YEE. NO. 19:38:33 COMMISSIONER STECKLER. AYE. 19:38:38 COMMISSIONER LIU. 19:38:41 COMMISSIONER LIU IS PRESENT BUT WASN'T HERE FOR 19:38:44 THE ENTIRETY OF THIS ITEM SO HE WILL BE ABSTAINING 19:38:49 . COMMISSIONER ZHANG, AYE. AND COMMISSIONER BASRAI 19:38:54 . >> Commissioner Basrai: ABSTAIN. 19:38:56 >> Planner Pullen: OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THE VOTE IS LET ME 19:39:00 JUST TABULATE, FOUR IN FAVOR 19:39:04 , ONE OPPOSED, AND TWO 19:39:07 ABSTENTIONS. SO THE PROJECT PASS 19:39:10 ES WITH THAT VOTE 19:39:13 . PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTION IN THIS ITEM WILL BE FINAL UNLESS 19:39:17 APPEALED TO CITY COUNCIL WITHIN TEN CALENDAR DAYS FROM TODAY. 19:39:19 CHAIR, BACK TO YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT, 19:39:22 THANK YOU JOEL. I BELIEVE OUR SECOND 19:39:26 ITEM IS 19:39:29 THE LUX DEVELOPMENT ON DECOTO SO JOEL IF YOU 19:39:32 WOULD INTRODUCE THE ITEM. 19:39:39 AND STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS AGENDA PIECE 19:39:42 . >> Planner Pullen: THANKS CHAIR. THIS IS 19:39:45 SAKOON LUX HOMES, 40 19:39:48 92 DECOTO ROAD. THIS IS TO CONSIDER A 19:39:54 Discretionary Design Review for Planning Commission, Private Street, and Tentative Tract Map 19:39:58 8580 to propose a new 4-Story building consisting of eight residential units over a parking 19:40:02 garage, one community center 19:40:06 building, one commercial building, and a trash enclosure; 19:40:10 THIS IS ALL LOCATED IN THE NEVER 19:40:17 CENTERVILLE COMMUNITY PLAN AREA, AND IT'S ALSO TO 19:40:20 CONSIDER AN 19:40:23 EXEMPTION FROM CEQA 19:40:27 AND THE PROJECT 19:40:31 PLANNER IS MARC CLEVELAND, 19:40:34 JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARENESS THE 19:40:39 APPLICATION GROUP OF TEN MINUTES TOTAL AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND A ADVERTISE MINUTE REBUTTAL 19:40:42 BY THE APPLICANT. WITH THAT CHAIR WE'RE READY FOR 19:40:46 THE PRESENTATION WHEN YOU ARE. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU 19:40:49 , JOEL. PROCEED. >> I WANT TO JUST DOUBLE 19:40:52 CHECK YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT. >> Commissioner Daulton: NOT YET 19:40:55 . 19:41:03 >> HOW ABOUT NOW? >> Commissioner Daulton: YES. >> PERFECT, GOOD 19:41:06 EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO TONIGHT WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE 19:41:10 SAKOON LUX HOMES PROJECT. THIS MAY LOOK FAMILIAR 19:41:14 TO SOME OF YOU AS THIS PROJECT CAME PREVIOUSLY OR 19:41:17 THIS GROUP PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED A PROJECT SIMILAR TO THIS ONE 19:41:20 AT THIS SITE. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE 19:41:23 ENTITLEMENTS AND PERMITS, THE BACKGROUND, THE SITE PLAN, 19:41:27 THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, SOME ANALYSIS, AND 19:41:30 THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN FINALLY QUESTIONS TO STAFF 19:41:33 AND THE DESIGN TEAM 19:41:36 . THE REQUIRED ENTITLEMENTS AND PERMITS FOR 19:41:40 THIS PERMIT ARE THE 19:41:44 TENTATIVE TRACT MAP AND THE DISCRETIONARY REVIEW AND 19:41:49 THE STREET RUFNG DOWN 19:41:52 THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROJECT. 40 19:41:55 92 DECOTO. SO IT'S BEEN A VACANT SITE. PREVIOUSLY 19:41:58 THERE WAS A HOME ON IT BUT IT WAS 19:42:01 DEMOLISHED. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DO 19:42:04 ONE COMMERCIAL BUILDING OF ABOUT 960 SQUARE FEET 19:42:08 . EIGHT MARKET RATE CONDOS 19:42:11 OVER A PARKING GARAGE AND THEN A COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL LOCAT 19:42:14 ED IN THE CENTER. THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE BACK WOULD ALSO 19:42:17 HAVE BIKE STORAGE AND YOUR ELECTRICAL ROOM. DURING 19:42:21 THE PROCESS WE'VE HAD -- THERE'S 19:42:24 SEVERAL EVOLUTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN 19:42:27 . SPECIFICALLY, HOW TO GET THE TRASH ENCLOSURE TO 19:42:30 WORK WITHIN PUBLIC SERVICES TRUCK FIRE DEPARTMENT 19:42:34 ACCESS AS FAR AS LADDER PADS, ADJUSTING THE COMMERCIAL 19:42:37 SPACE AND SIZE TO FIT ON THE LOT, THE HOUSE 19:42:40 DEMOLITION AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE PARKING 19:42:44 HAS GONE OVER A NEW ITERATION THAT INCLUDES 19:42:47 LIFTS. AND THEN THE ADJUSTED 19:42:50 BIKE STORAGE PER THE SUGGESTIONS OF SOME RESIDENTS 19:42:54 AND ADVOCACY GROUP. SO 19:42:57 THE SITE PLAN INCLUDES THE EIGHT CONDO UNITS LOCATE 19:43:00 ED TOWARDS THE BACK OVER THE GARAGE, THE TWO SINGLE 19:43:03 STORY BUILDINGS, THE ONE COMMERCIAL AND THE 19:43:07 ONE COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED IN THE FRONT. AND THEN THE 19:43:11 NEW PRIVATE STREET DOWN THE CENTER 19:43:14 THAT LEADS INTO THE PARKING GARAGE. THE 19:43:17 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IS AS MODERN LOOK, IT WOULD 19:43:21 HAVE VARIOUS DIFFERENT, SORRY, VARIOUS 19:43:24 DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND ARCHITECTURALLY MAKE IT A LITTLE 19:43:27 MORE INTERESTING. THESE WOULD BE THE FRONT 19:43:30 AND THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM DECOTO AND THIS IS THE BUILDING IN THE 19:43:33 BACK. THE PARK 19:43:38 ING, WE WOULD HAVE, 19:43:41 WOULD MEET OUR STANDARDS. IT HAS FOR 19:43:44 PLANNING PURPOSES, 27 SPACES 19:43:47 . AS PART OF TONIGHT'S OR AS PART OF 19:43:50 THIS PROJECT WE DID SEND IN A GOLD SHEET THAT WAS IN 19:43:53 REGARDS TO THE PARKING THAT WAS BASED ON 19:43:57 SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT ACCESSIBLE SPACE 19:44:01 S. AS A RESULT WE STARTED TALKING 19:44:04 WITH OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT. AND TO IMPROVE THE 19:44:07 ACCESSIBILITY WE DID ADD ONE MORE ADA SPACE. 19:44:13 AS FAR AS THE GENERAL PLAN IT FITS SEVERAL 19:44:16 DIFFERENT SPOT GOALS ABOUT INFILL, INFILLING 19:44:19 LOTS THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED, AND 19:44:23 EMPHASIS ON MIXED USE IN THE AREA, AND WE WERE ABLE 19:44:26 TO FIND THAT IT WAS OBJECTIVELY COMPLIANT WITH 19:44:29 ALL OF OUR STANDARDS AS FAR AS ZONING AND DESIGN. SO 19:44:32 TONIGHT WE RECOMMEND THAT WE FIND THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM 19:44:35 CEQA AND APPROVE BASED ON 19:44:39 THE FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS. DO WE HAVE 19:44:42 ANY -- QUESTIONS PORTIONS OF THE EVENING WE WOULD BE 19:44:45 AVAILABLE FOR THAT. >> Commissioner Daulton: WE HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE 19:44:48 COMMISSION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME. 19:44:56 SEEING NO HANDS AT THE PRESENT I WILL PROCEED TO THE 19:44:59 APPLICANT PRESENTATION. IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE AND READY TO 19:45:03 GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION, 19:45:06 PLEASE, MR. HERALD. 19:45:11 >> THERE WE GO. OKAY DOES EVERYBODY HEAR ME 19:45:14 ? >> Commissioner Daulton: YES. >> MY NAME IS KURT HERALD 19:45:18 WITH HERALD ARCHITECTS 19:45:22 . WE HAD A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING BACK IN OCTOBER AND PRETTY 19:45:25 MUCH IT WAS DENIED BASED ON MY TAKE AWAY WAS 19:45:28 THE PARKING. AND A LITTLE BIT 19:45:31 OF THE BIKE STORAGE THAT CAME UP AT THE LAST 19:45:35 MINUTE BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. SO WE MET WITH 19:45:38 STAFF A BUNCH OF TIMES AND WENT BACK OVER THESE 19:45:41 CONCERNS. AND OUR OFFICE WENT BACK THROUGH 19:45:45 AND BASICALLY REDESIGNED THE WHOLE FRONT PART OF THE PROJECT 19:45:48 , WE CREATED A REAL NICE LITTLE BICYCLE 19:45:52 LOCKER ROOM THAT ALLOWS 19:45:57 FOR -- FOR THE 19:46:00 LONG TERM BICYCLE PARKING AND IT WORKS 19:46:03 OUT ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. BEFORE WE HAD THE 19:46:06 LONG TERM PARKING KIND OF SPREAD OUT AROUND THE PROPERTY 19:46:09 . AND NOW IT'S ALL CONSOLIDATED, 19:46:12 WELL-LIT AND SHOULD WORK OUT PRETTY 19:46:15 NICE. THE PARKING 19:46:20 THAT -- FROM THE OCTOBER MEETING, WE 19:46:23 WERE ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE MEETING WITH A SHARED 19:46:27 PARKING APPROACH. 19:46:30 AND THERE WAS OBVIOUS QUESTIONS WITH ABOUT 19:46:33 IF THAT WOULD WORK ON SUCH A TIGHT KIND 19:46:37 OF HIGH-DENSITY URBAN KIND 19:46:40 OF FEELING OF A PROJECT. SO WHAT WE DID WAS 19:46:43 WE WENT BACK THROUGH AND ACTUALLY DOWNSIZED 19:46:46 THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT, THE COMMERCIALITY BUILDING 19:46:49 WHICH IS BUILDING NUMBER 1, REDUCED THE PARKING DEMAND 19:46:52 ON THAT BUILDING, WENT INSIDE THE PARKING GARAGE, 19:46:55 INTRODUCED EIGHT PARKING LIFTS, AND 19:46:58 SO I DID A -- DID RESEARCH ON PARKING 19:47:02 LIFTS TO BASICALLY PICK 19:47:05 OUT, ACTUALLY ONE MANUFACTURER BUT I'M LOOKING TO SEE 19:47:09 IF THERE'S OTHER MANUFACTURERS. BUT THESE PARK 19:47:12 ING LOTS ARE REALLY INTERESTING. THEY HAVE A SINGLE ARM 19:47:15 AND THEY'RE OFF TO THE SIDE. A LOT 19:47:19 OF THE -- THESE PARKING LIFTS HAVE FOUR POST 19:47:22 S IN ALL 74 CORNERS. 19:47:25 IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE YOUR VEHICLE IN AND 19:47:28 OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE. SO I KIND OF FOUND THIS REALLY 19:47:31 COOL LIFT THAT HAS THIS ARM ON THE SIDE WHICH KIND OF 19:47:35 TAKES ALL OF THAT OUT OF THE PICTURE AND ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE 19:47:38 TO GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR CARS AND BACK THEIR CARS 19:47:41 IN AND OUT FEDERATE EASILY 19:47:44 PRETTY EASILY 19:47:47 . FROM THE PROJECT WE SHOWS YOU PREVIOUSLY 19:47:51 WE WERE DEFICIENT, IF MY MEMORY 19:47:54 IS RIGHT, SIX OR SEVEN SPACES. 19:47:57 ON THIS PROJECT WE ARE IN THE POSITIVE OF FOUR OR FIVE SPACES 19:48:00 AND I THINK OVERALL ESPECIALLY WITH A COUPLE OF 19:48:03 CHANGES WE JUST MADE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS BASED ON SOME 19:48:06 BUILDING DEPARTMENT ITEMS WE NOW HAVE THESE TWO ADA PARK 19:48:10 ING STALLS BOTH ARE -- ONE 19:48:14 HAS EV CHARGERS AND THE OTHER ONE'S MORE OF 19:48:17 A CONVENTIONAL ADA SPACE. NOW 19:48:20 EVERYTHING KIND OF WORKS MUCH, MUCH BETTER. SO I'M 19:48:24 UP FOR SOME QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS THEM. I DO WANT 19:48:27 TO SAY WE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME WITH STAFF 19:48:30 , AND LOOKED AT MANY, MANY OPTIONS, AND WE FEEL 19:48:33 PRETTY GOOD ABOUT NOW HAVING THE PARKING RATIO IN OUR 19:48:36 FAVOR, AND PROVIDING 19:48:39 AMPLE BICYCLE PARKING FOR THE FACILITY. 19:48:44 >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU SIR. COMMISSIONERS, DO 19:48:47 WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I 19:48:52 SEE COMMISSIONER ZHANG HAS SOME QUESTIONS. CHAIR RECOGNIZES 19:48:55 YOU SIR. >> Commissioner Zhang: 19:48:59 THANK YOU SIR. MY QUESTION FIRST IS TO THE CITY STAFF 19:49:02 . IT IS KIND OF A CAR LIFT, KIND OF ENTHUSE TO 19:49:05 ME. IS IT 19:49:08 COUNT TOWARDS PARKING SPACE AT ALL? IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE A 19:49:13 CODE EXAM FROM THAT? 19:49:18 >> Commissioner Daulton: IS THIS STAFF QUESTION 19:49:21 ? >> Commissioner Zhang: YES. 19:49:24 >> Commissioner Daulton: MAYBE MARC CAN YOU HANDLE THAT 19:49:27 ONE FM. >> Commissioner Zhang: 19:49:31 I'M SAYING THIS CAR LIFT STACKED TOGETHER COUNT 19:49:34 AS TWO. AT LEAST I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT IN FREMONT. 19:49:37 DOES IT REALLY COUNT TOWARDS TWO OR IS 19:49:40 THERE ANY CODE THAT CAN SPECIFY 19:49:43 THAT IT'S NOT OTHERWISE OR 19:49:47 -- >> IT DOES COUNT AS A PARKING SPOT. WE'VE UTILIZED 19:49:50 THEM IN THE WARM SPRINGS 19:49:53 INNOVATION DISTRICT. SPECIFICALLY IN THE 19:49:56 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SECTION. WE HAVE WORKED 19:49:59 WITH CAR STACKERS AND THEY'RE BECOMING MORE OF A 19:50:03 THING. THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF PROPOSALS 19:50:06 FOR THEM WITHIN THE CITY. THEY DO PARK 19:50:09 COUNT. IN 19:50:13 OUR FACILITY IT DOES 19:50:16 RECOGNIZE MOTORIZED LIFTSDZ, YES, THEY DO 19:50:20 COUNT. 19:50:23 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER ZHANG ONE OTHER THING, ONE OF THE 19:50:27 THINGS WE REQUIRE IN 19:50:30 THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THEY HAVE TO BE INDEPENDENTLY ACCESSIBLE AND 19:50:33 THAT'S WHAT'S LED TO SOME OF THE REDESIGN EFFORTS IS THAT THE 19:50:37 SAME OWNER WILL BE USING THE BOTTOM AND THE TOP 19:50:40 LIFT, RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER BOTH 19:50:43 OF THOSE SPACES AND WITHIN THEIR HOUSEHOLD CAN DECIDE HOW 19:50:46 TO STORE AND WHO TO COME FIRST AND ALL THAT SORT OF 19:50:49 THING. THAT IS A REQUIREMENT OF US THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO AND 19:50:53 ASK SOMEBODY ELSE TO MOVE THEIR CAR TO MOVE YOUR CAR. 19:50:56 SO THAT'S IN THE ZONING. YGZ SO 19:51:02 >> Commissioner Zhang: SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECT 19:51:05 LY, CAR LIFT, LET'S 19:51:09 GO TO THE 8th UNIT, EACH UNIT 19:51:12 GOT ONE. OKAY, 19:51:15 THEN WHAT THE ALLOCATION OF THE REST 19:51:18 OF THE PARKING SPACES, ARE THEY 19:51:22 JUST SHARED WITH THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING? 19:51:25 >> SO IT'S REQUIRED WHEN -- SO YOU HAVE THE 19:51:28 -- FOR PARKING THIS IT WOULD TECHNICALLY BE EIGHT SPOTS ARE 19:51:31 REQUIRED FOR EIGHT UNITS SO IT'S ONE PER UNIT 19:51:34 PLUS HALF A COVERED SPOT. IN THIS CASE WE'RE DOING TWO 19:51:38 SPOTS PER UNIT AND THEN THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE, 19:51:41 IT'S HALF A SPOT PER UNIT FOR GUEST 19:51:44 PARKING. SO FOUR OF THEM WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO GUEST PARK 19:51:47 ING. AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO HAVE 19:51:50 A MINIMUM OF THREE COMMERCIAL. WE END 19:51:53 UP HAVING FIVE BECAUSE OF THE WAY OUR PARKING COUNT WORKS 19:51:58 . >> Commissioner Zhang: SO 23 19:52:02 , 22, 17, AND 19:52:05 THE 12 C ARE 19:52:08 GUEST PARKING? >> I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE DESIGNATE 19:52:14 ING THEM THAT WAY BUT THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR GUESTS 19:52:17 . I DON'T KNOW THAT 19:52:22 . >> Commissioner Zhang: YOU'RE MUTED. 19:52:26 >> Commissioner Daulton: MARC WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU. 19:52:29 >> I'M SORRY I WAS MUTED. THEORETICALLY, 19:52:32 YES, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY 19:52:35 ARE DESIGNATING, THIS IS THE REQUIRED PARKING WE NEED 19:52:38 BUT YEAH YOU COULD SAY THAT. 19:52:42 >> Commissioner Zhang: YES, ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: 19:52:45 CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER YEE. >> Commissioner Yee: THANK YOU. I 19:52:48 GUESS I'M GOING TO GO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE 19:52:51 IN DETAIL ABOUT THIS STACKED PARKING. SO I GUESS 19:52:55 MAYBE MARC YOU CAN ANSWER THIS TOO. BECAUSE WITH THE GUEST 19:52:58 PARKING I'M ASSUMING NONE OF THAT GUEST PARK 19:53:01 ING IS GOING TO HAVE A STACKER ON TOP OF IT SO 19:53:04 THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF SOMEBODY 19:53:08 IS IN THEIR WAY SO TO SPEAK. >> CORRECT 19:53:12 . THAT'S WHY WE ENDED UP DURING THE DESIGN 19:53:15 PROCESS WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE WOULD BE EIGHT, FOR THE 19:53:18 UNITS AND THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE FOR THE GUEST PARK 19:53:21 ING. SO NO ONE LIKE JOEL SAID 19:53:25 HAD TO MOVE IT UP OR DOWN, IT'S FOR THE OWNERS TO 19:53:28 USE THE STACKERS. >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY, I 19:53:31 GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK YOU WAS REGARDING THIS 19:53:34 COMMUNITY CENTER, THAT SAFERS THE 19:53:37 NEED FOR THAT I GUESS COMMUNITY OPEN 19:53:40 SPACE, YOU KNOW, SHARED SPACE. DOES IT HAVE 19:53:43 TO BE AN ENCLOSED BUILDING OR KIT BE JUST AN 19:53:47 OPEN AREA THAT THEY CAN SHARE, THE RESIDENTS CAN SHARE 19:53:52 ? >> Planner Pullen: 19:53:55 SO I CAN STEP IN THERE. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING 19:53:58 IS BY CODE, DO WE REQUIRE OPEN SPACE IN 19:54:01 ANY GIVEN CONFIGURATION. WE REQUIRE AN 19:54:04 OPEN SPACE AT A CERTAIN CALCULATION 19:54:08 OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. WE LIFE THAT TO THE APPLICANT 19:54:11 'S OPTION, WHETHER THAT IS 19:54:15 INTERIOR SQUARE FOOTAGE OR EXTERIOR SQUARE FOOTAGE 19:54:18 . TOT LOT, ET CETERA. ANY MUCH THOSE ARE WAYS 19:54:21 TO COMPLY WITH OUR CODE. >> Commissioner Yee: SO IT COULD BE AN OPEN AREA AND 19:54:24 NOT JUST HAVE TO BE IN A CLOSED 19:54:27 BUILDING? >> Planner Pullen: AT THE APPLICANT'S OPTION. 19:54:30 >> Commissioner Yee: THAT'S APPLICANT'S OPTION. 19:54:33 I GUESS MARC I WAS TRYING TO SEE HOW MANY 19:54:37 PEOPLE DID THE APPLICANT 19:54:40 SAY THAT THIS COMMUNITY CENTER CAN ACTUALLY HANDLE? I THINK 19:54:44 IT WAS 40-SOMETHING RIGHT? 19:54:48 >> ASK ME WHAT THE FIRE OCCUPY LOAD IS I'M 19:54:51 NOT 100% SURE AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE 19:54:54 ASSEMBLY PERMIT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET AS PART OF THIS SUBMITTAL. 19:54:58 BUT LET ME SEE IF I CAN TAKE A 19:55:01 LOOK REAL QUICK. 19:55:04 >> IT'S UNDER TBHI. >> Commissioner Yee: 48 OR SOMETHING 19:55:08 LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS 48. NOW I 19:55:11 GUESS I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE APPLICANT IN TERMS OF QUESTION 19:55:14 . BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S MADE OR DESIGNED 19:55:17 TO HANDLE 48 AND THEN 19:55:20 THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY LIKE 20, WHAT IS IT 19:55:25 27 SPACES, AND DECEMBER DECOTO 19:55:29 ROAD IS NO PARKING. THE CONCERN I HAVE IS 19:55:32 THAT IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT MORE 19:55:36 PEOPLE THAN WHAT THE PARKING CAN HANDLE 19:55:39 HANDLE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW I SAW IN THE STAFF REPORT 19:55:42 , THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED JUST FOR RESIDENTS. BUT IT 19:55:45 ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE DESIGNED FOR A COMMUNITY. 19:55:49 ESPECIALLY WHEN I HEAR THE WORDS, 19:55:52 "COMMUNITY CENTER." SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE 19:55:55 THAT THIS IS REALLY DESIGNED JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS AND IT'S 19:55:58 NOT LIKE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING 19:56:01 TO BE A FACILITY THAT'S GOING TO BE 19:56:05 UTILIZED FOR LIKE A GENERAL PUBLIC 19:56:08 USE. >> YES 19:56:11 , BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND I WE HAVE NEVER TALKED ABOUT 19:56:14 THAT. IT'S ALL BEEN FOR -- THERE IS EIGHT 19:56:17 UNITS, YOU KNOW, EIGHT UNITS 19:56:21 SO IT'S FOR EIGHT FAMILIES TO 19:56:24 UTILIZE FOR GATHERINGS OR 19:56:27 MEETINGS OR THAT. BUT IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 19:56:30 BY ANY MEANS. >> Commissioner Yee: YEAH, THAT'S 19:56:33 THE ONE CONCERN I HAVE BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, TOO 19:56:37 , TWO, TWO BEDROOM CONDOS 19:56:40 , EIGHT TIMES THAT THAT'S ABOUT 16 PEOPLE 19:56:43 MAYBE KIDS OR TWO, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 20 TO 25 19:56:46 PEOPLE, THIS COMMUNITY CENTER CAN HANDLE ALMOST 19:56:49 DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE RESIDING THERE 19:56:53 . >> YOU KNOW COMMISSIONER I 19:56:56 BELIEVE, I KNOW IT'S IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION BUT IF THAT'S A 19:57:00 CONCERN I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY 19:57:03 SELF POLICE ITSELF ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T 19:57:06 BE ABLE TO GET 50 PEOPLE FROM OFF THE 19:57:09 ROAD TO ONTO THE PROPERTY TO UTILIZE THE SPACE SO IT 19:57:12 NEVER WOULD BE UTILIZED THAT WAY. I THINK IT WILL ACTUALLY SELF 19:57:16 POLICE ITSELF TO BEING WHAT THE INTENDED USE 19:57:19 IS WHICH IS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE EIGHT 19:57:22 UNITS THAT ARE THERE. >> Commissioner Yee: SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS DO YOU 19:57:25 REALLY NEED TO HAVE IT AS AN ENCLOSED BUILDING, COULD 19:57:29 YOU HAVE IT JUST AS AN OPEN AREA INSTEAD 19:57:32 ? >> WELL, THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS, AND GIVEN 19:57:36 THE OPTION TO DO AN OUTDOOR SPACE OR DO AN 19:57:39 INDOOR SPACE, THESE EIGHT OWNERS WANT 19:57:42 ED AN INDOOR SPACE BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE THAT 19:57:45 USING USED A LOT MORE THAN AN OUTDOOR SPACE 19:57:48 . SO IT WAS A -- IT WAS 19:57:52 A PROPERTY OWNER DISCUSSION 19:57:57 AND DECISION. >> Commissioner Yee: SO YOU ALREADY HAVE, WHAT YOU 19:58:00 JUST SAID, ABOUT EIGHT OWNERS ALREADY ARE COMMITTED TO 19:58:03 PURCHASE THESE PROPERTIES? >> YES 19:58:06 , THEY'RE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALL 19:58:09 BEEN LEGALLY PUT TOGETHER BUT THAT'S THE IDEA, THERE WILL 19:58:13 BE EIGHT OWNERS OF EACH OF THOSE UNITS, AND 19:58:16 THEN -- OR THERE WILL BE AN OWNER FOR EACH OF THOSE UNITS 19:58:20 AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS 19:58:23 LITTLE COMMUNITY ROOM 19:58:26 FOR THEIR, LIKE I SAID FOR FAMILIES OR GATHER 19:58:29 INGS OR, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS, 19:58:33 OR HANUKKAH OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, GOING 19:58:36 ON. 19:58:41 >> Commissioner Yee: BEAR WITH ME, MY OTHER PHONE IS GOING OFF RIGHT NOW 19:58:44 . BUT I GUESS MY 19:58:48 CONCERN IS THIS IS 19:58:53 A SIZE OF A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WOULD 19:58:56 BE MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE 19:59:00 . AND I'M TRYING NOT TO SEE 19:59:03 IT ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE THAN IT SHOULD 19:59:07 , TO COME TO THAT PROPERTY 19:59:10 PROPERTY. BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, DECOTO 19:59:14 ROAD THERE IS NO PLACE TO PARK BECAUSE THERE IS NO PARKING. SO 19:59:17 THEY LITERALLY WOULD HAVE TO BE SHUTTLED IN, IF IT 19:59:20 EXCEEDS THE 19:59:24 AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT CURRENTLY RESIDE THERE. LIKE 19:59:27 YOU SAY THE EIGHT OWNERS. SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO REDUCE 19:59:31 THE SIZE BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT QUITE THAT LARGE? SO 19:59:34 THAT IT CAN HANDLE THE EIGHT OWNERS 19:59:37 , THEIR PARTICULAR NEEDS? 19:59:46 BECAUSE I KNOW THE MIM AN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG YOU HAVE 19:59:50 TO HAVE 650 SQUARE FEET. MAYBE WE KEEP IT 19:59:53 AT 650 RATHER THAN GOING TO 871 19:59:56 . >> WELL, I MEAN IF YOU LOOK AT THE FLOOR PLAN, I HAVE 19:59:59 A LITTLE TV AREA A LITTLE KITCHEN AREA 20:00:03 WITH AN ISLAND. I'VE GOT A NICE LITTLE DINING AREA 20:00:06 . SO I MEAN IF YOU LOOK AT IT OR THE THE SPACE IT'S 20:00:09 NOT AN ASSEMBLY AREA WHERE IT'S 20:00:12 A BANQUET HALL OR 20:00:15 A LECTURE PLACE, YOU KNOW, A LECTURE HALL 20:00:19 WHERE IT'S NOTHING BUT FOLDING SEATS. THIS IS GOING 20:00:22 TO BE KIND OF LIKE A MINI LITTLE LIKE LIVING 20:00:25 ROOM WHERE IF THE -- IF A 20:00:30 SUPER BOWL SUNDAY IS UP THEY COULD GATHER IN THIS ROOM 20:00:33 AND WATCH THE GAME TOGETHER. THAT WAS TRULY 20:00:37 THE IDEA. AND FOR ME I DON'T 20:00:40 SEE THE SIZE BEING 20:00:43 -- BEING A -- I 20:00:46 GUESS A DESIGN VARIABLE. 20:00:50 >> COULD I MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION REAL QUICK? THE OPEN 20:00:53 SPACE ROOM ITSELF COMMISSIONER IS JUST 20:00:56 706 SQUARE FEET. THE ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE COMES FROM 20:00:59 THE BIKE LOCKER AND THE ELECTRICAL ROOM. SO YOU WOULD 20:01:02 BE LOOKING ABOUT REDUCING IT ABOUT 55 20:01:05 SQUARE FEET, 56 SQUARE FEET. 20:01:09 >> Commissioner Yee: SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THE 706 20:01:12 SQUARE FEET CAN STILL ACCOMMODATE 48 PEOPLE 20:01:17 ? >> I'M SORRY COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? 20:01:20 I'M SORRY. >> Commissioner Yee: I SAID WHAT MARC 20:01:23 WAS JUST SAYING, THE 706 SQUARE FEET IS DOING 20:01:26 THE CALCULATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 48 PEOPLE? >> YES 20:01:29 , IT'S JUST A BUILDING CODE, JUST A BUILDING CODE GO TO 20:01:32 THE TABLE I THINK IT'S 15 SQUARE FEET PER PERSON SO YOU TAKE 20:01:36 THE NUMBER DIVIDE BY 15 AND THAT'S THE 20:01:40 MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY 20:01:43 FOR THAT ROOM. >> Planner Pullen: I FEEL 20:01:46 THE NEED TO STEP IN A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE A COMMON OPEN 20:01:49 SPACE STANDARD. THE COMMON OPEN SPACE COULD BE PROVIDED AGAIN LIKE 20:01:52 A LAWN OR A BARBECUE AREA. 20:01:55 YOU COULD HAVE A SIZABLE GREUM GROUP IN AN 20:01:58 OPEN SPACE AREA. IT'S PROBABLY BEEN MORE COMMON DURING 20:02:02 COVID TO HAVE THAT. BUT WE ALLOWED BY RIGHT 20:02:05 IN AN 20:02:09 OBJECTIVELY COMPLIANT WAY, YOU 20:02:12 TO PROVIDE A COMMON OPEN SPACE FACILITY IN THE 20:02:15 INTERIOR OF A BUILDING. AND SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT WITH 20:02:18 NEW PROJECTS, A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL THINGS. 20:02:21 ONE IS, WORK SPACE. WHERE 20:02:24 EXISTING RESIDENTS CAN GO IN AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL 20:02:27 CORDON OFF FROM THE COMMON OPEN SPACE A LITTLE AREA FOR 20:02:31 SOMEONE TO HAVE AN ONLINE MEETING. IT MIGHT BE AN 20:02:34 HOA MEETING ROOM. IT MIGHT BE SORT 20:02:37 OF A KITCHEN OF SOME SORT. YOU MIGHT HAVE 20:02:42 LIKE THE APPLICANT SAID, SOME OTHER ELEMENT 20:02:45 TO THAT. 20:02:50 BUT IF YOU DO THE MATH, I DON'T THINK IT'S OUT 20:02:54 OF CHARACTER FOR THE SIZE. THE AVERAGE UNIT HAS 20:02:57 ABOUT THREE RESIDENTS, ABOUT 24, 20:03:01 IF THEY HAD FOUR PEOPLE IN THE 20:03:04 VISITOR PARKING THAT WOULD BE 12 MORE 20:03:08 . THERE'S SOME BIKE SPACES. YOU GET TO 40 OR 20:03:11 SO PRETTY EAS 20:03:15 EASILY FOR AN ALL HANDS 20:03:18 RECREATION ROOM, EXERCISE BIKES, 20:03:21 THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THOSE WOULD ALL BE 20:03:24 NORMAL AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WE CAN ASK THE 20:03:31 APPLICANT IF THEY CONSIDERED OTHER TYPES EVER OPEN SPACE BUT THE 20:03:34 TYPE OF OPEN SPACE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT 20:03:38 AND OBJECTIVE ON THE CODE. I 20:03:41 DO HEAR THE COMMISSIONERS SAYING WHEN IT COMES 20:03:45 TO -- WHEN IT COMES TO NOT WANTING TO HAVE A SORT OF 20:03:48 A FULL COMMUNITY CENTER, PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE 20:03:51 DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD TOTALLY USE UP 20:03:54 ALL ONSITE AND, YOU KNOW, MUCK UP 20:03:59 THE STREET IN THE VICINITY. THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE 20:04:02 . BUT THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE IN 20:04:06 ANY RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE 20:04:09 A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR SOMETHING ELSE COULD HAPPEN. 20:04:12 I THINK THAT'S FOR HOA TO MANAGE AND FOR THE 20:04:15 CITY TO REACT TO ON 20:04:18 A NUISANCE BASIS IF IT WERE TO OCCUR. 20:04:29 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER YEE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? >> Commissioner Yee: NO, I THINK 20:04:32 THAT'S IT FOR THE TIME BEING. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU 20:04:36 . COMMISSIONER ZHANG DID I SEE YOUR HAND UP 20:04:40 ? >> Commissioner Zhang: YES, JUST GENERAL COMMENTS 20:04:43 . WHEN I SPOKE TO THE BUSINESS OWNER NEXT 20:04:46 , IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THE HOMEOWNERS THROW A PARTY 20:04:50 , A BIRTHDAY PARTY, THAT THE PARKING MAY OVER 20:04:53 FLOW TO OTHER BUSINESS AREAS LIKE THE GAS STATION OR THE 20:04:56 McDONALD'S, THAT THIS CONNECTS WITH. THEY 20:04:59 HAVE A MIXED FEELING THAT ON THE ONE SIDE 20:05:03 THEY OCCUPY A PARKING SPACE, THE OTHER SIDE THEY PROBABLY BRING 20:05:06 SOME BUSINESS LIKE ADDING GAS OR BUYING SOME 20:05:09 FOOD. SO IT'S GOING 20:05:13 TO THIS CONFIGURATION 20:05:17 . THE COMMUNITY VOICE THAT IS SAYING FOR THE BUILDING 20:05:20 ON TOP OF THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING, MAKING IT A 20:05:23 TWO-STORY WAS POSSIBLE. 20:05:27 BUT I'M JUST THROWING OUT IDEAS 20:05:30 . LIKE JOEL SAID, THIS IS THE OTHER THAN 20:05:33 OWNER 20:05:36 'S CHOICE HE GUESS. THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: MARC I DO 20:05:40 HAVE A QUESTION. I'VE NEVER CROWNED 20:05:43 ENCOUNTERED IN THE REAL WORD A STACKER IN 20:05:47 A SITUATION LIKE THIS. SO HYPOTHETICALLY IF 20:05:50 I WAS GOING TO PARK MY CAR AS A PATE ROB OF THE 20:05:53 COMMERCIAL PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT THERE, AND I 20:05:57 WENT, DROVE THROUGH THE PROOUCHT STREET AND 20:06:03 BRIEFT STREET AND INTO THE PARK 20:06:06 ING GARAGE, IS THERE A MECHANISM THAT 20:06:10 PREVENTS ME FROM PARKING IN THE 20:06:13 EMPTY STACKER SPOT? >> I'M NOT 100 20:06:16 % SURE. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EXACT MODEL THEY ARE GOING TO 20:06:20 END UP GETTING BY THE TIME THE BUILDING PERMIT COMES 20:06:23 AROUND BUT IT WAS LOWERED I GUESS THEY COULD DRIVE ON THAT 20:06:26 THEORETICALLY BUT THEY'RE FOR RESIDENT USE ONLY AND WOULD 20:06:29 BE MARKED AS SUCH. 20:06:32 >> Planner Pullen: AND THE ORDINARY WAY IN A PARKING GARAGE TO MANAGE THAT 20:06:36 WOULD BE THROUGH SIGNAGE. RESERVED, RESIDENT ONLY 20:06:42 , PAVEMENT BRANDED PARTICULARLY IN THE FRONT 20:06:45 OF THE SPACE IS COMMON, 20:06:48 SOMETHING COLORED. >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY AND TO THE APPLICANT 20:06:51 IS THAT IN THE WORKS? TO BE 20:06:54 VISIBLY RESTRICTED FOR THOSE STACKERS? 20:06:58 BECAUSE MAN I WOULD HAVE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR ONE OF THOSE IF I COULDN'T 20:07:01 FIND A SPACE. 20:07:04 >> (LAUGHING) WELL, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT ALL THE SIGNAGE 20:07:08 . WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING IN ON TRYING TO GET THE NUMBER 20:07:11 OF PARKING SPACES IN THERE. THERE 20:07:14 THEORETICALLY WOULD BE THREE OPEN SPACES FOR COMMERCIAL AND FOUR 20:07:17 OPEN SPACES FOR RESIDENTIAL GUEST PARKING. SO DURING 20:07:20 THE DAY IF THERE ARE NO RESIDENTIAL GUESTS, 20:07:24 THERE WILL BE CONCEIVABLY SEVEN OPEN PARKING 20:07:27 SPACES 20:07:31 AVAILABILITY FOR THE COMMERCIAL. AND REMEMBER THIS COMMERCIAL IS ONLY 20:07:34 960 SQUARE FEET. AND 20:07:38 SO MY OFFICE IS 1800 SQUARE FEET 20:07:41 AND WE HAVE FOUR OR 75 PEOPLE. 20:07:44 SO IT'S ABOUT HALF. SO I'M GUESSING 20:07:47 IT WOULD PROBABLY BE TWO OR THREE, GOSH 20:07:50 MAYBE FOUR PEOPLE AT THE MAX IN THAT COMMERCIAL 20:07:54 SPACE. >> Commissioner Daulton: I'M THINKING MORE ALONG THE 20:07:57 LINES OF THE BIRTHDAY PARTY SITUATION 20:08:00 , WHERE YOU TAKE WHATEVER SPACE IS 20:08:04 AVAILABLE. AND IF ONE OF THOSE STACK 20:08:07 ER SLOTS IS AVAILABLE I MIGHT SLIDE IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW 20:08:10 . COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS. I JUST THINK IT'S A CONSIDERATION 20:08:13 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE 20:08:17 COMMISSION? 20:08:22 >> Planner Pullen: ON THE STACKER QUESTION CHAIR, WE DO HAVE 20:08:25 MANY HOAS IN FREMONT THAT OR THE YEARS HAVE OPERATED 20:08:29 THEIR GUEST PARKING ON 20:08:32 A RESERVATION BASIS. AND SO 20:08:35 IT'S COMMON TO HAVE 20:08:39 AN ONLINE SIGNUP OR YOU CONNECT WITH THE RESIDENT AND 20:08:42 THEY SIGN YOU UP AND THEN YOU ARE GIVEN A SPACE FOR 20:08:45 A CERTAIN NIGHT. I KNOW SEVERAL 20:08:48 EXISTING LARGE AND SMALL 20:08:52 RESIDENTS OR PROJECTS DO THAT. THAT COULD BE AN OPTION TO REDUCE 20:08:56 THE PROBABILITY OF THAT HAPPENING, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD 20:08:59 NOT BE A 20:09:03 REQUIREMENT BY THE CITY. IT WOULD JUST BE A MITIGATION FOR 20:09:06 THEIR OWN SANITY. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU 20:09:09 JOEL. CHAIR RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER YEE. 20:09:12 >> Commissioner Yee: THANK YOU. I JUST WANT SOME CARAT 20:09:15 CLARITY ON THAT 20:09:19 FIRE LADDER FOR THESE CONDOS. IT 20:09:22 LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE UP TO A FOUR STORY HIGH STRAIGHT LAD 20:09:25 LADDER. COULD YOU GIVE ME A 20:09:28 LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT FIRE LADDER? 20:09:31 ON ONE SIDE IS THE STAIRWELL AND THE ELEVATOR TO GET OUT IF 20:09:35 THERE WAS A FIRE. THE OTHER SIDE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE 20:09:38 JUST THIS LADDER. >> THERE ARE LADDER BAD 20:09:41 PADS THERE, NO 20:09:45 PHYSICAL LADDER. BASED ON FIRE 20:09:48 CODES, THIS IS TALKED ABOUT A GREAT DEAL 20:09:51 BY ONE OF OUR PLAN CHECKERS AND 20:09:55 KURT WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THE EXACT LOCATION. THEY WORK 20:09:58 WITH THE LADDERS, AT THE RIGHT ANGLE FOR 20:10:02 ENOUGH CLEARANCE FOR SOMEONE TO GET UP THERE AND COME BACK 20:10:05 DOWN WITH SOMEONE. IT IS ONE OFMENT FIRE 20:10:08 PROTECTION CODES THAT WE HAVE SO THEY CAN GET LADDERS UP THERE. IN 20:10:11 THE CASE OF WELL WE CAN'T GET THE PERSON 20:10:14 DOWN IN THE STAIRWELL OR THE ELEVATOR, THEY 20:10:17 HAVE LADDER PADS AND MANY OTHER WAYS 20:10:21 TO GET OUT. KURT WOULD LIKE 20:10:25 TO ADD TO THAT. >> IF I MAY ADD, THE 20:10:28 BUILDING REQUIREMENT ONLY REQUIRES ACCESS SECOND OR THIRD FLOORS. 20:10:31 THEY DON'T REQUIRE THEM TO GO UP ANY HIGHER. 20:10:34 AND WHAT MAKES THIS PROJECT 20:10:37 AND MANY OF THE MIXED USE PROJECTS 20:10:40 CHALLENGING, THE SECOND FLOOR IS REQUIRED TO BE LIKE 20:10:44 IN THIS CASE 16 FEET UP IN THE AIR. SO 20:10:47 THAT SECOND FLOOR IS NOT A TYPICAL, IF THIS WAS 20:10:50 JUST AN APARTMENT BUILDING, THE SECOND FLOOR MAY 20:10:53 BE TEN FEET IN THE AIR. SO THIS ADDS ANOTHER SIX FEET. SO 20:10:56 IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A STRETCH FOR THE LADDERS, 20:11:00 BUT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE DRAWINGS IS A 20:11:04 DIAGRAM IT'S BECAUSE ABOUT IT'S -- IT IS A 20:11:07 DIAGRAM OF HOUSE THE LADDER AT THE PROPER REQUIRED 20:11:10 LADDER ANGLE IS -- HOW 20:11:13 IT CAN BE PLACED AND HOW IT CAN REACH THE SILL 20:11:16 OF THAT THIRD FLOOR WINDOW. AND I 20:11:20 WENT ROUND AND ROUND WITH HOWARD HANCOCK, AND 20:11:23 ACTUALLY REDESIGNED A COUPLE OF THE WINDOWS AND 20:11:26 MOVED WINDOWS AROUND. AND -- TO BE ABLE 20:11:30 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A 20:11:35 PROPER, CLEAR SPACE TO PUT THE LADDER AND THE ACCESS UP 20:11:38 TO THOSE WINDOWS. 20:11:41 >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY 20:11:44 , THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: CHAIR 20:11:47 RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER ZHANG AGAIN. >> Commissioner Zhang: THANK YOU CHAIR. 20:11:50 I NOTICE THERE IS A NO PARKING MARKER AT THE END 20:11:54 OF THE DESIGN. BUT NEXT TO IT, 20:11:58 THERE'S AN EV CHARGER STATION. 20:12:01 WHY DOES EV CHARGER STATION HAVE 20:12:04 TO BE PLACED THERE? >> THERE IS ONE EV -- 20:12:07 THERE IS ONE ADA ACCESSIBLE PARKING 20:12:10 SPACE THAT HAS AN 20:12:14 EV CHARGER TO IT. 20:12:17 AND WE 20:12:21 MAY LOOK AT MARC'S WHAT 20:12:24 DO YOU CALL IT GOLD LEAF -- >> AN OLD 20:12:27 ER MODEL THAT DID HAVE THE NO PARK 20:12:30 ING SPACE AT THE END. IF YOU DON'T MIND I'LL SHOW YOU 20:12:33 WHAT THE ADJUSTED GOLD SHEET LOOKED LIKE. I 20:12:37 HAVE THAT UP RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS 20:12:40 DOWN IN HERE. IT'S BEEN SINCE SHIFTED UP TO -- 20:12:43 THEY SWAPPED THESE TWO SPOTS ESSENTIALLY. SO NOW 20:12:46 YOU DO HAVE THIS ADA SPOT WITH THE NO PARKING 20:12:49 AND THEN YOU HAVE DOWN HERE THE TWO PARKING 20:12:53 SPOTS. >> Commissioner Zhang: 20:12:56 OKAY, I GUESS HEN THE PARKING 20:12:59 SPACE 12 ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE -- IS 20:13:03 REALLY HARD TO GET OUT, IF I SEE 20:13:06 CORRECTLY. EVEN GET IN 20:13:10 . 20:13:15 GENTLEMEN THE VERY LAST, 12C AND 13 20:13:19 C. >> WELL, THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT 20:13:22 OF CLEARANCE. THEY MAINTAIN THE 24 INCH 20:13:25 DRIVE AISLE. 20:13:31 >> Planner Pullen: 24 FOOT. >> 24 FOOT, SORRY 20:13:34 , NICE TWO-FOOT 20:13:37 TWO-FOOT. >> AND FOR SPACES 12 AND 13, THERE'S ACTUALLY 20:13:41 FOUR FEET OF SPACE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE 20:13:44 FOR THEM TO KIND OF BACK OUT AND TURN. 20:13:47 AND THEN HEAD OUT. 20:13:53 >> Commissioner Zhang: OKAY. 20:13:58 >> AND FOR THE BENEFIT, I MEAN 12 IS A COMPACT 20:14:02 SPACE. THAT JUST MIGHT HELP HIM GET OUT A 20:14:05 LITTLE BIT EASIER. >> Commissioner Zhang: 20:14:09 I GUESS BOTH THE LIFTED SPACE AND THE GROUND SPACE 20:14:12 ARE BOTH COMPACT SIZE 20:14:15 ? OR 20:14:18 -- >> YES, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH 20:14:22 . SO THAT'S A GOOD POINT 20:14:26 . SO LIFT 9 AND THE LIFT 20:14:29 11 WOULD BE COMPACTS. BUT ALL THE OTHER 20:14:32 LIFTS WOULD BE REGULAR STANDARD SIZE. 20:14:37 >> Commissioner Zhang: OKAY. 20:14:43 I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. SO IF I READ THE 20:14:47 LAST MEETING MINUTES CORRECTLY, THERE ARE CONCERNS 20:14:50 ABOUT THE THE EXIT BECAUSE IT IS FACING THE 20:14:53 PRETTY HEAVY TRAFFIC OF DECOTO'S. 20:14:56 ANY CHANGE SINCE LAST DESIGN AND THIS 20:15:00 ONE? >> YES, I'M NOT 20:15:03 FAMILIAR WITH WHAT SPECIFICALLY THAT'S ALL ABOUT. DECOTO 20:15:06 IS A VERY OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY KNOWS IS A VERY 20:15:09 FAST STREET. IN THIS CASE WE DO HAVE AN 20:15:12 ACCREDIT- 20:15:16 EXTRA-WIDE 20:15:19 26 FOOT WIDE DRIVEWAY WHICH WOULD HELP 20:15:22 PEOPLE COMING OFF OF DECOTO AND ENTERING ONTO THE 20:15:26 PROPERTY WHERE 20 FEET 20:15:29 WOULD BE NORMAL. SO 20:15:32 THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE GETTING OFF OF DECOTO ONTO THE 20:15:35 PROPERTY. >> Commissioner Zhang: CURRENT THE 20:15:39 SIDEWALK STOP AT YOUR NEXT PROPERTY RIGHT? AND YOU'RE GOING 20:15:42 TO EXTEND THAT IN THE SAME ACROSS YOUR PROPERTY, RIGHT? 20:15:45 >> YEAH, WE'VE COORDINATE 20:15:48 ED WITH THE ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION 20:15:52 DEPARTMENT IN FREMONT. THEY HAVE A 20:15:56 SIDEWALK DESIGN ALREADY LAID OUT FOR THAT PART 20:16:00 OF DECOTO WHICH WE'VE 20:16:03 INCORPORATED INTO OUR PLAN. 20:16:13 IT'S NOT -- THEY HAVE ACCESS TO DESIGN 20:16:17 INSIDE THEIR PROPERTY LINE, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN 20:16:20 SIDEWALK AND CURB AND GUTTER CONFIGURATION. 20:16:24 >> Commissioner Zhang: OKAY. THANK YOU. 20:16:27 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR 20:16:31 APPLICANT OR STAFF? FROM COMMISSION? IF 20:16:34 NOT, I BELIEVER WE CAN INVITE PUBLIC 20:16:37 COMMENT AT THIS TIME, TRISH DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? 20:16:41 >> CHAIRPERSON DAULTON I'M LOOKING NOW AND I DON'T -- OH 20:16:44 , YES WE DO. OKAY WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER. LET 20:16:47 ME INTRODUCE THE SPEAKER 20:16:50 . 20:16:53 GRACE CADAVANICH, 20:16:57 GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. >> GOOD EVENING, 20:17:00 ANDREAS KADAVANICH 20:17:03 WITH BIKE FREMONT. WE SUBMITTED SOME WRITTEN 20:17:06 COMMENTS. I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE BIKE PARKING ON 20:17:09 THIS DESIGN ACTUALLY LOOKS REALLY GOOD. IT IS 20:17:12 ORDINARY OF 20:17:15 ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE BETTER THAN 20:17:19 WHAT WAS SUBMITTED LAST YEAR. SOME OF OUR 20:17:22 COMMENTS ARE BASICALLY ADDRESSING HOW DO YOU 20:17:25 MAKE IT EVEN BETTER AND GO BEYOND THE 20:17:29 MINIMUM REQUIRED BIKE CODE BUT REALLY I'D LIKE TO SEE 20:17:32 ALL DEVELOPMENTS PUT THIS MUCH THOUGHT INTO COMPLYING WITH THE 20:17:35 BIKE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN FREMONT CODE. 20:17:39 AND REALLY MAKE A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS 20:17:43 TRULY BIKE-FRIENDLY. AND I WILL POINT OUT 20:17:46 ALSO THAT ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS PLACE IS, 20:17:50 IT IS IN FACT LOCATION-WISE 20:17:53 VERY ACCESSIBLE, BOTH FOR PEDESTRIANS AND 20:17:57 BICYCLISTS. YOU CAN WALK TO 20:18:00 BROOKVALE SHOPPING CENTER, THERE IS A 20:18:03 7-ELEVEN JUST AROUND THE CORNER, THERE IS A DRUGSTORE 20:18:06 JUST ACROSS THE CORNER. FOR ACTIVITIES OF JUST 20:18:10 NORMAL DAILY LIVING, THIS IS A GREAT LOCATION. WHERE 20:18:13 YOU DON'T NEED A LOT OF VEHICLE PARKING IN MY 20:18:16 VIEW. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY 20:18:20 NOW EXCELLENT BIKE ACCESS ALSO ON FREMONT BOULEVARD AND 20:18:23 THERE'S EVEN BETTER BIKE ACCESS COMING ON 20:18:27 DECOTO 20:18:30 ROAD WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HOPE THIS GETS 20:18:33 APPROVED BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED MORE RESIDENCES LIKE THIS THAT 20:18:36 DO ACCOMMODATE ALTERNATIVE MODES 20:18:39 OF TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU 20:18:42 SIR. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT TRISH? 20:18:46 >> LET ME TAKE A LOOK. I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE CLOCK 20:18:49 TO BE LOWERED. I'M DOUBLE CHECKING 20:18:52 AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU 20:18:55 . >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT THEN IN THAT CASE, I WOULD 20:18:58 LIKE TO OFFER THE APPLICANT FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK 20:19:03 . 20:19:07 >> HI, CAN I SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES? 20:19:10 >> Commissioner Daulton: YES, 20:19:14 MR. 20:19:21 MAST 20:19:24 AN YES. >> THE BEAUTY 20:19:27 OF FREMONT, WE HAVE ALL LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT 30 20:19:30 YEARS. WE ARE MOSTLY IN OUR SENIOR YEARS AND 20:19:34 THE REASON WE ARE MAKING THIS 20:19:38 HOUSING PROJECT IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO LIVE TOGETHER. 20:19:43 LIVING TOGETHER REDUCE 20:19:46 S EVERYBODY GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE AFTER 20:19:49 SOME OF US ARE 60, 65, 70, 75 20:19:54 , SO WE WILL NOT BE HAVING MULTIPLE 20:19:57 CARS. BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP AGAIN 20:20:00 AND AGAIN. AND THE QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE 20:20:03 ASKED HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED, WHICH I AM GOING 20:20:07 TO ASK AS A RESTAURANT 20:20:10 OF FREMONT NORTH AS AN OWNER ALONE. THE 20:20:13 PARKING IS FOR 20:20:16 US. THERE'S MORE THAN ADEQUATE BECAUSE SOME OF 20:20:19 US EVEN WILL NOT HAVE ANY CARS ON IT 20:20:23 . THE THINGS LIKE THIS 20:20:26 COMMUNITY CENTER, PEOPLE WHO 20:20:30 PLAY BRIDGE WILL 20:20:33 BE -- JUST LIKE A KITCHEN WITH A TV WITH A 20:20:36 SOFA WITH SITTING SPACE. TABLES AND CHAIRS 20:20:40 TO PLAY BRIDGE, OR WHATEVER. 20:20:43 AROUND THE OLDER YOU GET THE LESS TIME YOU 20:20:46 HAVE TO GO OUT AND SIT IN 20:20:49 SOME PLACE. SO HERE YOU GO DOWN THE 20:20:52 STAIRS OR THE ELEVATOR AND YOU HAVE LIKE A SMALL PLAY 20:20:56 ROOM WHERE YOU CAN SPEND YOUR TIME THERE 20:20:59 WITH PEOPLE YOUR AGE. NOW, THE QUESTIONS ACTUALLY 20:21:03 HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE COMMISSIONERS IS, IS THIS 20:21:06 BUILDING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY? DOES IT HAVE SOLAR? DOES 20:21:10 IT HAVE WATER RECYCLING? DOES 20:21:13 IT HAVE THINGS WHERE 20:21:16 , IF GOD FORBID THERE IS 20:21:19 AN EARTHQUAKE, IS THERE A SAFETY 20:21:22 SITUATION THAT PEOPLE CAN 20:21:26 IMMEDIATELY BE HELPED? 20:21:29 AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE MORE 20:21:32 IMPORTANT. WILL ALL OF THEM HAVE OUT 20:21:36 LETS FOR EV CARS? CAN THEY BE 20:21:39 ADDED DOWN THE ROAD? 20:21:46 S THIS ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT AS TIME GOES 20:21:49 BY AND THE BICYCLE, THE BICYCLE 20:21:52 WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME FOR THIS BICYCLE, THE 20:21:55 ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION, DOES IF 20:21:58 COMBUST STOP COME -- DOES THE BUS COME THERE 20:22:02 ? THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT THAT SHOULD BE ASKED 20:22:05 IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO JOGGING. IS 20:22:08 THERE A TRAIL THERE? 20:22:12 THERE IS THE REGAN NURSERY 20:22:16 RIGHT NEXT TO IT. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WILL 20:22:20 BECOME RELEVANT AND 90% OF THE CONVERSATION 20:22:23 TODAY WAS, IS THERE ADEQUATE PARK 20:22:26 ING OR ALL ABOUT THE LIFTS 20:22:29 . FRANCE, BERKELEY, ALL OVER THE WORLD, ALL THE CITIES 20:22:32 ARE UTILIZING THESE LIFTS. 20:22:36 BECAUSE SPACE IS AN ISSUE IN ALL MAJOR 20:22:39 METROPOLITAN AREAS. SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD 20:22:42 JOB. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH 20:22:45 . I'VE SAID WHAT I HAD TO SAY. 20:22:50 >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SIR. IS THAT THEN 20:22:54 THE END OF THE APPLICANT REBUTTAL? 20:22:57 NOTHING FURTHER THEN 20:23:00 ? 20:23:07 IF SO I WILL CLOSE THE MILK HEARING AND 20:23:10 ASK THE COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS 20:23:13 OR COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NO 20:23:16 HANDS, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION. 20:23:20 20:23:24 . ANYONE, CAN I GET A MOTION 20:23:29 ? ALL RIGHT 20:23:32 , COMMISSIONER ZHANG. 20:23:36 >> Commissioner Zhang: MOTION TO APPROVE PROSPECT. >> Commissioner Rao: I SECOND THAT 20:23:40 . >> Commissioner Daulton: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ZHANG TO 20:23:43 APPROVE AND A SECOND BY VICE CHAIR 20:23:46 RAO. JOEL WILL YOU CALL THE VOTE 20:23:51 ? >> Planner Pullen: YES, BEFORE I DO 20:23:54 , I DO WAND TO REMIND THE COMMISSION OF 20:23:58 YOUR -- OF THE POSITION THIS PROJECT IS IN, 20:24:01 THIS PROJECT IS AN OBJECTIVELY 20:24:05 COMPLIANT PROJECT SO BY STATE LAW PROJECTS THAT 20:24:09 ARE SUBJECTIVELY COMPLIANT WITH THE CITY 20:24:13 CODE MUST BE COMPLIANT UNLESS THE COMMISSION SIGNS A 20:24:16 PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED THROUGH 20:24:20 A MODIFICATION OF THE PROJECT WHICH DOESN'T EXIST IN THIS 20:24:23 SITUATION. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT 20:24:26 IF ANYBODY -- I WOULD WANT TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE COMMISSION THAT 20:24:29 IF THE PROJECT WERE NOT TO BE APPROVED, AND THAT WERE 20:24:34 NOT TO BE ARTICULATED 20:24:37 , THAT WOULD PUT THE CITY IN A DIFFICULT LEGAL POSITION 20:24:41 . THAT'S THE FACT OF THE SITUATION WE'RE IN 20:24:44 . SO I'LL CALL THE VOTE ON THE 20:24:47 RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE. CHAIRPERSON 20:24:51 DAULTON, AYE. 20:24:53 VICE CHAIR RAO. AYE. 20:24:58 COMMISSIONER YEE. AYE. 20:25:02 COMMISSIONER STECKLER, 20:25:05 AYE. 20:25:08 COMMISSIONER LIU, AYE. 20:25:13 COMMISSIONER ZHANG, YES. 20:25:16 AND COMMISSIONER BASRAI. AYE. 20:25:19 THE VOTE IS 7-0 IN FAVOR OF THE 20:25:23 PROJECT APPROVAL. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION ON THIS ITEM 20:25:26 IS FINAL UNLESS FEALD TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN 20:25:29 TEN CALENDAR DAYS FROM TONIGHT. CHAIR 20:25:33 THAT CONCLUDES THIS ITEM. >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT 20:25:36 , WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO OUR 8:30 BREAK 20:25:40 TIME BUT MAYBE WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE MEETING IN 20:25:43 TIME FOR US TO SIMPLY 20:25:47 CLOSE OUT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY 20:25:51 DISCUSSION ITEMS FOR THE COMMISSION 20:25:54 ? JOEL OR ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS 20:25:57 COMMISSIONERS? >> Planner Pullen: I DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. 20:26:01 I JUST WANTED TO NOTE TO THE COMMISSION THAT SOMETHING YOU HEARD 20:26:04 RECENTLY ON A PREVIOUS AGENDA WENT TO COUNCIL 20:26:07 AND THAT'S THE OUTDOOR PATIO 20:26:11 , OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL PATIO ORDINANCE. THAT WAS HEARD 20:26:14 BY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. AND SO 20:26:17 WE'LL HAVE A BUNCH OF FOLKS WHO HAVE 20:26:21 THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR PATIOS MORE 20:26:24 PERMANENT THROUGH END OF THE YEAR USING SOME 20:26:27 REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS FROM THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 20:26:30 GROUP. AND THAT WAS A PRETTY POSITIVE 20:26:33 ITEM HEARD BY ALL ON TUESDAY NIGHT. AND 20:26:37 PROVIDES SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR 20:26:40 IMROWT DOOR USE FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESTAURANT AND OTHER USE 20:26:43 S THAT SHOULD MAKE OUR COMMERCIAL AREAS EVEN 20:26:46 MORE LIKELY. >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT. 20:26:49 THANK YOU SECRETARY PULLEN. SO IF I 20:26:52 HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONER 20:26:55 S OR STAFF, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN 20:26:59 THIS MEETING AT 8:26 20:27:02 . THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. 20:27:10 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CHAIRING IT. >> Commissioner Daulton: