[Captioner] 19:01:24 >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT, SO SINCE THIS IS A VIRTUAL [Captioner] 19:01:27 MEETING OVER ZOOM I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR PLANNING COMMISSION [Captioner] 19:01:31 SECRETARY JOEL PULLEN TO [Captioner] 19:01:34 PLEASE EXPLAIN THE MEETING PROTOCOL AND INTRODUCE [Captioner] 19:01:37 STAFF AND TAKE THE ROLL CALL. JOEL. [Captioner] 19:01:40 >> Planner Pullen: THANK YOU CHAIR. THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCT [Captioner] 19:01:44 ED VIRTUALLY, DURING THE DECLARED [Captioner] 19:01:47 PANDEMIC EMERGENCY AND THE LIVE STREAM MEETING WOULD ORDINARY [Captioner] 19:01:51 ILY BE VISIBLE ON COMCAST CHANNEL [Captioner] 19:01:54 27 AND LIVE WICKET [Captioner] 19:01:58 OF THE CITY'S WEB [Captioner] 19:02:01 , HOWEVER WE ARE EXPERIENCE [Captioner] 19:02:05 EXPERIENCING. VIDEO DIFFICULT, YOU [Captioner] 19:02:07 CAN PARTICIPATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND. [Captioner] 19:02:10 DAYLIGHTS CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEBSITE [Captioner] 19:02:13 , FREMONT.GOV. OUR PROTOCOL [Captioner] 19:02:18 ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO BE UNMUTED BY [Captioner] 19:02:21 THE CLERK, USING THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. [Captioner] 19:02:24 THE PLANNING SECRETARY WILL RECOGNIZE DURING [Captioner] 19:02:28 E-MAIL CEREMONIES, [Captioner] 19:02:31 START TONIGHT WITH COMMISSION ROLL CALL, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME [Captioner] 19:02:34 PLEASE RESPOND. CHAIR DAULTON. >> Commissioner Daulton: HERE [Captioner] 19:02:37 . >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 19:02:41 VICE CHAIR RAO,. >> Commissioner Rao: HERE [Captioner] 19:02:44 . [Captioner] 19:02:48 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER STECKLER [Captioner] 19:02:49 . >> Commissioner Steckler: PRESENT. [Captioner] 19:02:55 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER YE,. >> Commissioner Yee: HERE [Captioner] 19:02:58 . >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 19:03:03 COMMENDATION ZHANG, [Captioner] 19:03:04 . >> Commissioner Zhang: I'M HERE. [Captioner] 19:03:11 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER BASRAI, HERE. [Captioner] 19:03:15 >> Planner Pullen: RECORDING CLERKS ARE MARIA SALINAS [Captioner] 19:03:19 AND TRISH [Captioner] 19:03:22 CORDOVA. THE APPLICANTS ARE ON THE CALL IN ORDER [Captioner] 19:03:25 TO FACILITATE PARTICIPATION AND FEEDBACK OF THE COMMISSION [Captioner] 19:03:28 . PLEASE MUTE YOUR LINE WHEN YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING [Captioner] 19:03:31 AND PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU START TO [Captioner] 19:03:35 SPEAK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO ARE ON THE [Captioner] 19:03:38 PHONE WHO MAY NOT RECOGNIZE YOUR NAME. [Captioner] 19:03:41 FOR ALL THOSE TURN OFF YOUR [Captioner] 19:03:44 AUDIO AND VIDEO, AND WHEN THE [Captioner] 19:03:48 PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR AUDIO AND [Captioner] 19:03:51 VIDEO. PLEASE ASK TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE [Captioner] 19:03:54 CHAIR WHEN SPEAKING, WHEN ASKING QUESTIONS OR DELIBERATE [Captioner] 19:03:57 ING AND WITH THAT CHAIR DAULTON BACK TO YOU. [Captioner] 19:04:00 >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU JOEL, WE DO HAVE MINUTES [Captioner] 19:04:03 TONIGHT. I WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THESE [Captioner] 19:04:06 MINUTES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. IF NOT [Captioner] 19:04:09 , I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION [Captioner] 19:04:13 TO ACCEPT. [Captioner] 19:04:16 NO CHANGES? CAN I GET A MOTION [Captioner] 19:04:20 ? >> Commissioner Basrai: I'LL MAKE A MOTION [Captioner] 19:04:23 TO ACCEPT. >> Commissioner Daulton: CAN I GET A SECOND? [Captioner] 19:04:26 >> Commissioner Steckler: I'LL SECOND. [Captioner] 19:04:29 >> Commissioner Daulton: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BASRAI AND A SECOND [Captioner] 19:04:33 BY COMMISSIONER STECKLER. JOEL WILL YOU TAKE A [Captioner] 19:04:36 VOTE. >> Planner Pullen: ON THE MOTION [Captioner] 19:04:39 TO APPROVE BOTH SETS OF MINUTES TONIGHT [Captioner] 19:04:43 , WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME PLEASE VOTE [Captioner] 19:04:46 . CHAIR DAULTON. >> Commissioner Daulton: AYE [Captioner] 19:04:49 . >> Planner Pullen: VICE CHAIR RAO,. [Captioner] 19:04:52 >> Commissioner Rao: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER YEE. [Captioner] 19:04:54 >> Commissioner Yee: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 19:04:58 COMMISSIONER STECKLER,. >> Commissioner Steckler: AYE. [Captioner] 19:05:02 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER LIU [Captioner] 19:05:07 . >> Commissioner Liu: AYE. [Captioner] 19:05:13 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER YEE,. >> Commissioner Yee: AYE [Captioner] 19:05:17 . >> Planner Pullen: AND [Captioner] 19:05:21 COMMISSIONER BASRAI. [Captioner] 19:05:25 >> Commissioner Basrai: AYE. [Captioner] 19:05:29 >> Commissioner Daulton: DISCLOSURES? >> Commissioner Yee: I HAVE [Captioner] 19:05:33 DISCLOSURES, I LOOKED AT THE CAPITOL 1 [Captioner] 19:05:36 01 AND FOR THE [Captioner] 19:05:40 ARON TOWN HOMES, I SPOKE [Captioner] 19:05:44 WITH THE CARETAKER AT 4170 [Captioner] 19:05:47 CENTRAL AVENUE WITH ONE OF THE HOMES ON THE PROPERTY AND [Captioner] 19:05:50 ALSO SPOKE WITH SEVERAL HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA [Captioner] 19:05:53 . >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER RAO [Captioner] 19:05:56 . >> Commissioner Rao: I HAVE NO DISCLOSURE. [Captioner] 19:06:01 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER ZHANG. [Captioner] 19:06:04 >> Commissioner Zhang: I WAS BOTH SITES, JUST DRIVING [Captioner] 19:06:07 AROUND AND SEE THE PROPERTY CONDITIONS. THAT'S IT. [Captioner] 19:06:11 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER STECKLER. >> Commissioner Steckler: YES, [Captioner] 19:06:15 I VISITED BOTH THE CAPITOL 101 AND [Captioner] 19:06:18 THE ROOR TOWN HOMES, I WALKED BOTH THE SITES, THAT WAS [Captioner] 19:06:19 IT. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:06:23 >> Commissioner Daulton: UH-HUH. COMMISSIONER LIU [Captioner] 19:06:26 . >> Commissioner Liu: YES, I WALKED ON BOTH SITES AND SPOKE [Captioner] 19:06:29 WITH THE APPLICANT OF CAPITOL 101. [Captioner] 19:06:34 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER BASRAI. >> Commissioner Basrai: I [Captioner] 19:06:38 WALKED THE CAPITOL 101 SITE AND THE [Captioner] 19:06:41 CENTRAL SITE WITH THE [Captioner] 19:06:45 ARON. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT KNOWN I USED TO LIVE [Captioner] 19:06:48 AT 4158 CENTRAL AVENUE. I CURRENTLY HAVE [Captioner] 19:06:52 NO FINANCIAL INTEREST IN IT. BUT THAT WAS MY [Captioner] 19:06:55 RESIDENCE FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. [Captioner] 19:06:58 >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. I VISITED [Captioner] 19:07:01 BOTH SITES. I SPOKE [Captioner] 19:07:06 TO THE DEVELOPER OF [Captioner] 19:07:09 THE CAPITOL 101 PROJECT, AS WELL AS TO SEVERAL OF THE BUSINESSES [Captioner] 19:07:12 BEHIND THE PROJECT. ALL RIGHT [Captioner] 19:07:16 . TRISH, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC AND ORAL [Captioner] 19:07:19 COMMUNICATIONS. SO IF ANYONE IS IN OUR AUDIENCE [Captioner] 19:07:22 WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON [Captioner] 19:07:26 ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA, [Captioner] 19:07:29 NOW IS THE TIME. TRISH DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:07:32 COMMUNICATIONS? >> Trish Cordova: YES [Captioner] 19:07:35 , CHAIR DAULTON WE [Captioner] 19:07:38 HAVE ONE SPEAKER. I WILL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE [Captioner] 19:07:41 THE SPEAKER AND GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO SPEAK. [Captioner] 19:07:44 HOW MANY MINUTES DO THEY HAVE? >> Commissioner Daulton: THREE MINUTES IS FINE [Captioner] 19:07:48 . >> Trish Cordova: OKAY LET ME GO AHEAD HERE [Captioner] 19:07:51 . KELLY A PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK, YOU HAVE [Captioner] 19:07:53 BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION. >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:07:56 SO NICE TO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, A [Captioner] 19:08:00 LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME. UNLIKE THE FREMONT CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 19:08:04 WHICH OFFERS 1 MINUTE AS OF TWO [Captioner] 19:08:07 DAYS AGO. [Captioner] 19:08:10 A LUDICROUS AMOUNT OF TIME. [Captioner] 19:08:14 THE MISSION -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN FREMONT [Captioner] 19:08:17 AND NONE OF THEM IS GOING DOWNHILL AS FAST AS [Captioner] 19:08:20 THE MISSION SAN JOSE DOWNTOWN AREA WHICH IS DEAD. [Captioner] 19:08:24 IT LOOKS LIKE A DOWNTOWN BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE BUSINESSES [Captioner] 19:08:27 . AND WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO TREATMENT FROM ALL [Captioner] 19:08:30 OVER THE BAY AREA, THAT END UP [Captioner] 19:08:33 AT MISSION PEAK. AND THAT'S MORE OR LESS [Captioner] 19:08:37 A QUOTE FROM THE LOCALITY CITY COUNCIL AREA [Captioner] 19:08:40 REPRESENTING THAT AREA SPEAKING TWO DAYS AGO. SO THE QUESTION [Captioner] 19:08:44 IS: WHY HAVE WE, YOU KNOW, REMOVED [Captioner] 19:08:47 30% OF THOSE VISTAORS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND [Captioner] 19:08:50 WHAT HAS THAT DONE TO THE BUSINESSES [Captioner] 19:08:53 AT MISSION SAN JOSE? WELL, THEY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED [Captioner] 19:08:56 . EVEN THE BANK OF AMERICA, THERE WAS SOME KIND [Captioner] 19:09:00 OF A CRIME AND A CAR CRASH INTO [Captioner] 19:09:03 THE IMOIF AND WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THAT, I SAID THAT'S [Captioner] 19:09:06 NOT BANK OF AMERICA, THAT BUILDING'S CLOSED. IF THE [Captioner] 19:09:09 CAR HAD BEEN CLOSED INTO STARBUCKS [Captioner] 19:09:12 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED, IF [Captioner] 19:09:17 IT CRASHED INTO 7-ELEVEN [Captioner] 19:09:20 THAT'S CLOSED TOO. THERE'S QUITE A LIST [Captioner] 19:09:22 OF BUSINESSES THERE. MISSION SAN JOSE IS CLOSED [Captioner] 19:09:25 BECAUSE OF YOUR PLANNING DEFICIENCIES, YOUR PLANNING, YOUR PLAN TO [Captioner] 19:09:29 NOT BUILD ENOUGH RESIDENTIAL SPACES [Captioner] 19:09:32 THERE AND THEN YOU EXPECT BUSINESSES TO SHOW UP [Captioner] 19:09:35 AND BUSINESSES DON'T SHOW UP [Captioner] 19:09:38 . BECAUSE THERE IS NO RESIDENCES THERE. [Captioner] 19:09:41 AND THEN ALSO: AT SABERCAT [Captioner] 19:09:45 ROAD WHICH IS THE NORTHEAST CORNER [Captioner] 19:09:48 OF DURHAM AND 680 THERE IS THIS [Captioner] 19:09:51 ENORMOUS CONCRETE MONSTROSITY RIGHT THERE, THAT IS PART [Captioner] 19:09:54 OF THE MISSION SAN JOSE PLANNING DISTRICT ISN'T IT? [Captioner] 19:09:57 THIS CONCRETE MONSTROSITY IS THE BEGINNINGS OF [Captioner] 19:10:01 AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND IT IS JUST SITTING THERE FOR FIVE YEARS. [Captioner] 19:10:04 I THINK PART OF THE FIVE YEARS THEY WERE TRYING TO BUILD [Captioner] 19:10:07 IT. BUT THEN A COUPLE OF YEARS IN IT WAS ABANDONED. [Captioner] 19:10:11 SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THE CITY DO WHEN [Captioner] 19:10:14 YOU APPROVE THESE PROJECTS? WHEN THEY [Captioner] 19:10:17 DON'T GET THESE PROJECTS DONE WHY CAN'T YOU -- YOU [Captioner] 19:10:20 KNOW WE SEND OUT POLICE TO TOW CARS, [Captioner] 19:10:23 MAYBE THE POLICE DON'T DO IT, MAYBE THE TOW [Captioner] 19:10:26 TRUCKS DO IT, BUT WHY DON'T THE [Captioner] 19:10:30 CODE ENFORCEMENT TO CLEAN UP GARBAGE, [Captioner] 19:10:33 WHY DON'T WE SEND OUT THE DEMOLITION [Captioner] 19:10:37 CREWS TO BLOW UP THAT GARBAGE. THIS HAS [Captioner] 19:10:40 TO GET CLEANED UP. WE CAN'T HAVE THESE MONSTROSITY [Captioner] 19:10:44 MONSTROSITIES, THEE FAILED PLANNING PROJECTS, [Captioner] 19:10:47 FAILED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ALL OVER THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY [Captioner] 19:10:55 AT MISSION SAN JOSE NORTHEAST CORNER OF [Captioner] 19:10:58 DURHAM RODE AND 680. WHAT'S GOING [Captioner] 19:11:01 ON AT MISSION SAN JOSE IS A MESS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:11:04 >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, KELLY, ALWAYS NICE TO HEAR [Captioner] 19:11:07 FROM YOU. TRISH DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER [Captioner] 19:11:10 PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS TONIGHT [Captioner] 19:11:14 ? >> Trish Cordova: GIVE ME ONE MOMENT TO CHECK, I NEED [Captioner] 19:11:17 TO STOP THE CLOCK SO I CAN [Captioner] 19:11:20 LOOK. OKAY, CHAIR DAULTON WE DO NOT HAVE [Captioner] 19:11:22 ANY MORE SPEAKERS. >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT. [Captioner] 19:11:25 IN THAT CASE, LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:11:28 HEARING. AND MOVE ON TO OUR [Captioner] 19:11:31 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. I BELIEVE OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM [Captioner] 19:11:35 IS CAPITOL 101. JOEL COULD YOU INTRODUCE THE [Captioner] 19:11:39 ITEM PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:11:46 >> Commissioner McDonald: YES SO CAPITOL 101. THIS IS [Captioner] 19:11:50 AT 3411 CAPITOL AVENUE. THE PROJECT IS [Captioner] 19:11:53 TO [Captioner] 19:11:56 CONSIDER A DISCRETIONARY DESIGN REVIEW PERMIT AND TENTATIVE [Captioner] 19:11:58 TRACT MAP NO. 8485 IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SIX-STORY, MIXED-USE CONDOMINIUM [Captioner] 19:12:02 DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 90 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND 14,150 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE [Captioner] 19:12:06 AT 3411 CAPITOL AVENUE IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND CENTRAL [Captioner] 19:12:12 WHOWNT. >> Trustee Sweeney: COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:12:15 PLAN AREA. ALSO TO [Captioner] 19:12:19 CONSIDER AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 19:12:22 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES [Captioner] 19:12:29 SECTION 15332, INFILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND A FIND [Captioner] 19:12:33 ING THAT NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS [Captioner] 19:12:36 RELATED. [Captioner] 19:12:39 MARK HUNGER [Captioner] 19:12:42 FORD IS HERE TO PRESENT AND THE APPLICANT [Captioner] 19:12:45 COULD DO A 10 [Captioner] 19:12:49 MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A FIVE-MINUTE REBUTTAL. [Captioner] 19:12:52 I'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL OTHER APPLICANTS TO NOT [Captioner] 19:12:55 TURN ON THEIR VIDEO OR AUDIO [Captioner] 19:13:05 AUDIO YET. [Captioner] 19:13:10 ANNAL EXPLANATION ALSO THAT MARK [Captioner] 19:13:13 CAN DO DURING HIS PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:13:17 >> Commissioner Daulton: MARK WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD. [Captioner] 19:13:20 >> THANKS CHAIR DAULTON. LET ME PULL UP [Captioner] 19:13:24 MY POWERPOINT. [Captioner] 19:13:29 OKAY. TONIGHT I WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU THE CAPITOL 1 [Captioner] 19:13:32 01 PROJECT WHICH IS A SINGLE BUILDING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:13:35 ON A PROMINENT INFILL SITE ON [Captioner] 19:13:39 CAPITOL AVENUE WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN. REQUIRED ENTITLEMENTS FOR [Captioner] 19:13:42 THE PROJECTS CONSIST OF A DISCRETIONARY DESIGN [Captioner] 19:13:45 REVIEW PERMIT AND A TENTATIVE [Captioner] 19:13:48 TRACT MAP AND THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST FOR TREE [Captioner] 19:13:51 REMOVAL. THE PROJECT MEETS THE REQUEST FOR [Captioner] 19:13:55 A CEQA [Captioner] 19:13:59 EXEMPTION AROUND SCOPE OF THE PLAN AND [Captioner] 19:14:03 CERTIFIED PLAN EIR. THE PROJECT SITE IS A 1 [Captioner] 19:14:07 .26 ACRE PARCEL ON THE WEST SIDE OF [Captioner] 19:14:10 CAPITOL AVENUE NEAR THE TERMINUS OF LIBERTY STREET [Captioner] 19:14:13 . THE SITE IS JUST OVER ONE HALF MILE FROM THE [Captioner] 19:14:17 FREMONT BART STATION. THE SITE HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE [Captioner] 19:14:20 MARCH 2018 WHEN THE FORMER SHE [Captioner] 19:14:24 SHELBERS ATHLETIC CLUB [Captioner] 19:14:27 WAS DEMOLISHED. THE GENERAL DISSENTION [Captioner] 19:14:35 DESTINATION FOR THE SITE [Captioner] 19:14:38 IS DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:14:45 DISTINCTION IS [Captioner] 19:14:52 DESIGNATION IS DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:14:56 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SITE PLAN ON THE SLIDE [Captioner] 19:14:59 IS CAPITAL AVENUE AND YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING FEATURES [Captioner] 19:15:02 A MINIMAL SET BACK TO [Captioner] 19:15:05 ESPECIALLY DEFINE THAT EDGE [Captioner] 19:15:11 IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMMUNITY. PARNLGING GARAGE INCLUDES A [Captioner] 19:15:14 BASEMENT LEVEL. THE BUILDING INCLUDES GROUND [Captioner] 19:15:17 LEVEL CAPITOL AVENUE FRONTING COMMERCIAL SPACES THAT TOTAL 14 [Captioner] 19:15:20 14,150 SQUARE FEET. THESE SPACES ARE DESIGNED WITH [Captioner] 19:15:23 DOUBLE-HEIGHT CEILINGS, SIZABLE DEPTHS [Captioner] 19:15:27 AND VENTILATION SHAFTS TO MAXIMIZE THEIR [Captioner] 19:15:30 VIABILITY AND ENHANCE THE CAPITOL AVENUE STREETSCAPE. [Captioner] 19:15:34 90 CONDOMINIUM UNITS WOULD OCCUPY THE FLOORS ABOVE WITH [Captioner] 19:15:37 THOSE UNITS RANGING IN SIZE FROM ONE TO [Captioner] 19:15:40 THREE BEDROOMS WITH AVERAGE [Captioner] 19:15:44 SIZE OF APPROXIMATELY 1150 SQUARE FEET. [Captioner] 19:15:46 THE PROJECT HAS BEEN REFINED OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL [Captioner] 19:15:49 ROUNDS OF REVIEW AND THE PROJECT PRESENTED TONIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND TO MEET [Captioner] 19:15:53 ALL OBJECTIVE ZONING CODE AND [Captioner] 19:15:56 DESIGN STANDARDS AS WELL AS OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF [Captioner] 19:16:00 CITY STANDARDS AS WELL AS FIRE LIFE [Captioner] 19:16:04 SAFETY ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION. CAPITOL AVENUE [Captioner] 19:16:07 IS CONSIDERED THE DOWNTOWN'S MAIN STREET. AND [Captioner] 19:16:10 THE RIGHT-OF-WAY HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS [Captioner] 19:16:13 IN RECENT YEARS. TO MAXIMIZE ITS [Captioner] 19:16:17 PEDESTRIAN FOCUS NEW DRIVE WAYS ALONG THE ROADWAY ARE PROHIBITED. [Captioner] 19:16:20 AS SUCH, VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE PROJECT WILL [Captioner] 19:16:24 BE EXCLUSIVELY FROM [Captioner] 19:16:27 MOWRY AVENUE VIA A 26 FOOT WIDE OFF [Captioner] 19:16:31 SITE DRIVE ISLE WHICH HAS AN [Captioner] 19:16:34 EASEMENT THAT SIRVES THE SITE. THIS EASEMENT WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:16:37 SHOWN IN BLUE LEADS DIRECTLY TO THE PROJECT'S PARK [Captioner] 19:16:40 ING GARAGE ENTRANCE AND WOULD ALSO FUNCTION AS AN [Captioner] 19:16:44 EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS WAY AND A WEIGHS COLLECTION [Captioner] 19:16:47 ROUTE FOR THE PROJECT. ALONG THE BUILDING [Captioner] 19:16:50 'S EDGE IS A [Captioner] 19:16:54 PROJECT EASEMENT SHOWN IN RED, THIS PART [Captioner] 19:16:57 OF THE EASEMENT LINKING [Captioner] 19:17:01 LINKING [Captioner] 19:17:04 CAPITOL AVENUE AND MOWRY AVENUE. CONNECTED [Captioner] 19:17:07 CONNECTING WITH THE MOWRY ACCESS [Captioner] 19:17:10 DRIVE ISLE AS WELL AS [Captioner] 19:17:13 CONNECTING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH. THAT WOULD BE LIMIT [Captioner] 19:17:16 ED TO EMERGENCY VEHICLE AND WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE [Captioner] 19:17:20 USE ONLY. [Captioner] 19:17:23 HERE IS A LOOK AT THE PROJECT'S FRONT, [Captioner] 19:17:27 CAPITOL AVENUE ELEVATION. THE BUILDING FEATURES A CLEAN MODERN [Captioner] 19:17:30 LOOK, THE GROUND FLOOR FEATURES A PEDESTRIAN ORIENT [Captioner] 19:17:33 ED DESIGN WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF TRANSPARENCY TO [Captioner] 19:17:37 REALLY ACTIVATE THE FRONTAGE. A STEP BACK AT THE THIRD [Captioner] 19:17:40 FLOOR HAS BEEN INCORPORATED ON THE SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING WHICH [Captioner] 19:17:43 IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE IMAGE [Captioner] 19:17:46 TO CREATE MORE OF A BUFFER BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE [Captioner] 19:17:49 LOWER SCALE RESIDENCES THE FRONT ON [Captioner] 19:17:53 MT. VERNON AND ABUT THE SITE. THE [Captioner] 19:17:56 BUILDING'S NORTH ELEVATION FEATURES THE TRANSPARENT [Captioner] 19:17:59 TWO STORY COMMERCIAL PROFILE ON THE LEFT SIDE [Captioner] 19:18:03 OF THE BUILDING AND THE TWO LEVELS OF PARKING GARAGE AREA WITH A [Captioner] 19:18:06 GREEN SCREEN TREATMENT BEYOND THAT. THIS ELEVATION SHOWS [Captioner] 19:18:09 THE COLOR AND MATERIAL VARIATION THAT IS SUPPLIED [Captioner] 19:18:13 CONSISTENTLY ALONG THE BUILDING FACADES [Captioner] 19:18:16 TO ENHANCE ITS APPEARANCE AND GIVE IT AN IDENTITY. [Captioner] 19:18:20 THE BUILDING'S SOUTH ELEVATION FEATURES THE [Captioner] 19:18:23 TWO STORY GARAGE FACADE WITH THE WARM [Captioner] 19:18:27 ER WOOD TREATMENT WITH GREEN SCREENS AND THE UNITS [Captioner] 19:18:30 ABOVE. AND THE [Captioner] 19:18:33 BUILDING'S WEST ELEVATION FACING [Captioner] 19:18:36 MOWRY AVENUE FEATURES A SIMILAR LOOK WITH THE PROMINENT [Captioner] 19:18:39 FEATURE ON THIS ELEVATION BEING THE [Captioner] 19:18:43 GROUND FLOOR GARAGE ENTRY. STAFF [Captioner] 19:18:46 'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE REQUESTED PROJECT [Captioner] 19:18:50 ENTITLEMENTS BASED UPON FINDINGS [Captioner] 19:18:53 AND SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. THE PROJECT REPRESENTS [Captioner] 19:18:57 A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT ON A LONG VACANT [Captioner] 19:19:00 SITE AND WOULD CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM [Captioner] 19:19:03 THAT COLLECTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRANSITION OF OUR DOWNTOWN AND CITY CENTER [Captioner] 19:19:07 INTO A DENSER MORE VIBRANT [Captioner] 19:19:10 URBAN DESTINATION. AS [Captioner] 19:19:13 STAFF HAS NOTED, STAFF HAS COMPLETED A NOTES AND [Captioner] 19:19:16 CORRECTIONS FOR THE ITEM, TO CORRECT A TYPO IN THE [Captioner] 19:19:20 STAFF REPORT RELATED TO THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF VEHICLE [Captioner] 19:19:23 PARKING RELATED TO THE PROJECT. THE [Captioner] 19:19:25 PROJECT REMAINS COMPLIANT WITH PROJECT PARKING REQUIREMENTS. [Captioner] 19:19:30 AND THEN ALSO, SUBSEQUENT TO POSTING OF THE [Captioner] 19:19:33 AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING, STAFF HAS RECEIVED SIX PIECES [Captioner] 19:19:36 OF WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO THIS [Captioner] 19:19:39 ITEM, INCLUDING INPUT FROM THREE SEPARATE RESIDENTS WHO [Captioner] 19:19:43 LIVE ON MT. VERNON AND ARE OPPOSED [Captioner] 19:19:46 TO BE PROJECT AND THREE LETTERS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS [Captioner] 19:19:49 EXPRESSING LEVELS OF SUPPORT FROM THE PROJECT. THESE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO [Captioner] 19:19:52 YOU FOR REVIEW. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF [Captioner] 19:19:54 'S PRESENTATION. AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY [Captioner] 19:19:59 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:20:01 . >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU MARK. [Captioner] 19:20:04 COMMISSIONERS DO YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON [Captioner] 19:20:07 THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER YEE, MIDDLE EAST [Captioner] 19:20:11 PLEASE. >> Commissioner Yee: YES, MARK, [Captioner] 19:20:14 IT'S REGARDING TO THE GARAGE ENTRANCE. DO YOU KNOW IF [Captioner] 19:20:17 THAT GARAGE ENTRANCE GOING [Captioner] 19:20:21 TO HAVE A GATE TO MAKE THAT AREA SECURE? >> THERE [Captioner] 19:20:24 WILL BE GATES BUT THEY WILL BE INTERNAL TO THE GARAGE. [Captioner] 19:20:27 THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO GATES, AND THEY ARE ONE IN [Captioner] 19:20:30 T TRONT [Captioner] 19:20:34 FRONT OF THE RAMP THAT LEADS [Captioner] 19:20:37 TO THE ENTRY LEVEL AND ONE THAT LEADS TO THE SECOND LEVEL. [Captioner] 19:20:40 THOSE GATES WOULD BE BEYOND THE I BELIEVE IT IS 20 [Captioner] 19:20:43 OR SO SHARED COMMERCIAL AND GUEST PARKING SPACES WITHIN [Captioner] 19:20:46 THE GARAGE BUT THE ACTUAL LIKE GARAGE [Captioner] 19:20:50 ENTRANCE ITSELF WOULD NOT HAVE A GATE. THE GATES WOULD BE INTERNAL [Captioner] 19:20:52 . >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:20:55 >> SURE. >> Commissioner Daulton: ANY [Captioner] 19:20:58 OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS FOR STAFF HERE [Captioner] 19:21:02 ? I -- MARK DO YOU [Captioner] 19:21:05 KNOW THE [Captioner] 19:21:09 ADJACENT PARKING LOTS TO THE [Captioner] 19:21:12 ENTRANCE TO THIS PROJECT, ARE THEY -- THOSE ARE PRIVATE [Captioner] 19:21:15 PARKING LOTS, AREN'T THEY [Captioner] 19:21:18 ? THEY ARE NOT CITY OWNED ARE [Captioner] 19:21:20 THEY? >> NOT CITY OWNED. [Captioner] 19:21:23 THEY ARE PRIVATELY HELD. >> Commissioner Daulton: COULD YOU TELL ME [Captioner] 19:21:26 AGAIN WHAT'S THE FULL SET BACK ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE AT THE [Captioner] 19:21:30 MT. VERNON SIDE? >> SO THE GROUND [Captioner] 19:21:33 LEVEL SET BACK IS, I BELIEVE IT'S -- LET ME CHECK [Captioner] 19:21:36 THE STAFF REPORT. IT'S IN THE TABLE. ONE MOMENT PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:21:55 THAT GROUND LEVEL SET BACK IS -- IT'S TWO TO THREE FEET. [Captioner] 19:21:58 AND THEN AT THE THIRD LEVEL THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL TEN [Captioner] 19:22:01 TO 11 FOOTSTEP-BACK. [Captioner] 19:22:06 >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. >> AND THE [Captioner] 19:22:09 MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS ZERO. >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY, [Captioner] 19:22:12 ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MARK? [Captioner] 19:22:15 NO, IF NOT, THANK YOU MARK. AND WE'LL GO [Captioner] 19:22:18 ON TO THE APPLICANT PRESENTATION IF WE COULD. DO WE HAVE AN [Captioner] 19:22:21 APPLICANT HERE TO PRESENT? [Captioner] 19:22:25 TRISH, [Captioner] 19:22:28 MAYBE DO YOU SEE ANYBODY? DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY [Captioner] 19:22:31 FROM CAPITOL 101? >> YES, HI. [Captioner] 19:22:36 >> Commissioner Daulton: WHO'S SPEAKING PLEASE? >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS [Captioner] 19:22:39 MY NAME IS RAS [Captioner] 19:22:43 HI. [Captioner] 19:22:46 >> Commissioner Daulton: GOOD EVENING. >> FIRST I'D LIKE TO START [Captioner] 19:22:49 BY THANKING THE CITY STAFF AND ESPECIALLY THANK [Captioner] 19:22:53 ING JOEL PULLEN AND MARK, THE PLANNER ON THE [Captioner] 19:22:56 PROJECT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASSETS OF THE PLANNING [Captioner] 19:22:59 TEAM OF THE CITY OF FREMONT. THEY HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT ALL [Captioner] 19:23:02 THIS TIME DURING THE PROCESS. AND [Captioner] 19:23:05 I'M GOING TO DO A SMALL INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT [Captioner] 19:23:09 . MARK HAS COVERED MOST OF THE ITEMS SO I DO [Captioner] 19:23:13 NOT HAVE ANY SLIDES TO SHOW BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE DUPLICATING [Captioner] 19:23:16 THE THING. SO THE JOURNEY [Captioner] 19:23:19 TO DEVELOP THIS [Captioner] 19:23:22 SITE STARTED IN TWENT. AND SINCE THEN WE [Captioner] 19:23:25 HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRE [Captioner] 19:23:28 LESSLY IN DESIGNING THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING [Captioner] 19:23:32 , AN ANCHOR BUILDING OR THE THE DOWNTOWN SHOPPING DISTRICT [Captioner] 19:23:35 . THE GUIDANCE OF THE CITY STAFF HELPED OUR TEAM TO [Captioner] 19:23:38 MAKE THE BUILDING LOOK AND FEEL CONSISTENT WITH THE DOWNTOWN [Captioner] 19:23:42 SHOPPING DISTRICT, AND TO FEEDBACK OVER THE COURSE OF TIME [Captioner] 19:23:45 THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING HAS GOING TO MAINTAIN [Captioner] 19:23:49 THE PRIVACY OF THE NEIGHBORS. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM [Captioner] 19:23:52 OF THE CITY OF FREMONT GUIDED US TO DESIGN THE RETAIL SPACE [Captioner] 19:23:55 S, TO FIT THE NEEDS OF [Captioner] 19:23:58 RESTAURANTS BETWEEN CAFE [Captioner] 19:24:01 S AND TECHNOLOGY RETAIL STORES AS IT WILL BRING MORE PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:24:05 TO DOWNTOWN AND INCREASE THE VENUE FOR THE [Captioner] 19:24:09 CITY AND THEREBY BUSINESS [Captioner] 19:24:12 AND RESULT IN JOB CREATIONS. CAPITOL 101 IS A [Captioner] 19:24:15 MIXED USE BUILDING. [Captioner] 19:24:18 LOCATED AT 3411 [Captioner] 19:24:21 COSMOPOLITAN AVENUE ACROSS FROM CITY HALL IN THE [Captioner] 19:24:25 DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, 1.62 ACRES, [Captioner] 19:24:28 BUILDING SIX STORIES TALL WITH A BASE [Captioner] 19:24:31 MENT AND WILL HOUSE 90 RESIDENTIAL UNITS [Captioner] 19:24:34 WITH 21, ONE-BEDROOM UNITS, [Captioner] 19:24:37 49 TWO-BEDROOM UNITS AND [Captioner] 19:24:41 20, THREE BEDROOM UNITS. THE SIZE OF THESE [Captioner] 19:24:44 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IS FROM 593 SQUARE FEET TO [Captioner] 19:24:47 1444 SQUARE FEET. THE BUILDING [Captioner] 19:24:50 ALSO HOUSES 14,1 [Captioner] 19:24:53 50 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE, DIVISIBLE [Captioner] 19:24:57 INTO FOUR TO SIX SPACES. THE [Captioner] 19:25:00 CAPITOL 101 WILL HAVE 192 CAR PARKING [Captioner] 19:25:03 SPACES. [Captioner] 19:25:06 25 MOTORCYCLE SPACES [Captioner] 19:25:09 . AMPLE BICYCLE PARKING FOR RESIDENTS [Captioner] 19:25:13 AND VISITORS, ALONG WITH [Captioner] 19:25:16 STORAGE LOCKERS. THESE CAR PARKING SPACES FAR [Captioner] 19:25:19 EXCEED CITY REQUIREMENTS IN AN EFFORT TO [Captioner] 19:25:23 MINIMIZE OVERSPILL INTO NEIGHBORS' PROPERTY. [Captioner] 19:25:27 THE BUILDING WILL BE [Captioner] 19:25:30 FUTURE-READY AND WILL BE PROVIDING MORE THAN [Captioner] 19:25:34 REQUIRED FAST EV CHARGING PARKING SPACE [Captioner] 19:25:37 S WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO COMMAND IT [Captioner] 19:25:40 EXPAND IT. THE BUILDING DESIGNED [Captioner] 19:25:44 WITH MULTIPLE PEACEFUL COURTYARDS [Captioner] 19:25:47 WITH BARBECUES FIRE PITS FOUNTAINS AND [Captioner] 19:25:50 LOUNGES, ROOFTOP DECKS WITH PANORAMIC [Captioner] 19:25:54 VIEWS AND ELEGANT WELCOME LOBBY [Captioner] 19:25:58 , STATE-OF-THE-ART FITNESS CENTER, LARGE COMMUNITY ROOM, [Captioner] 19:26:02 A BUSINESS CENTER AND SOLAR-POWERED COMMON AREAS [Captioner] 19:26:05 . [Captioner] 19:26:08 THE BUILDING WILL FEATURE [Captioner] 19:26:11 VINYL WINDOWS, FLOOR TO FLOOR STORE FRONT [Captioner] 19:26:15 , METAL STUCCO METAL [Captioner] 19:26:18 RAILING AND SANDBLASTED GLASS [Captioner] 19:26:23 AND VEGETATION SCREENS [Captioner] 19:26:26 . SMART HOMES WITH BALCONY, [Captioner] 19:26:30 FULL SIZE WASHER AND DRIER, ENERGY [Captioner] 19:26:33 EFFICIENT WINDOWS, CARPETS IN [Captioner] 19:26:36 BEDROOM AND STAINLESS [Captioner] 19:26:40 STEEL PIPELINES, THE BUILDING WILL. [Captioner] 19:26:44 WILL.LEED 35, WHICH WILL HELP ON REDUCTION [Captioner] 19:26:47 OF WATER, MAINTENANCE AND WASTE AND [Captioner] 19:26:50 WILL ALSO MEET ESG GOALS AND WILL [Captioner] 19:26:54 HAVE GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT AS IT WILL BE REDUCE [Captioner] 19:26:57 ED TO EMISSION. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT [Captioner] 19:27:01 THE DESIGN MEETS YOUR APPROVAL AND THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:27:04 FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY [Captioner] 19:27:07 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. [Captioner] 19:27:15 >> Trish Cordova: CHAIR DAULTON, YOU'RE ON MUTE. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK [Captioner] 19:27:18 YOU TRISH. THANK YOU MR. [Captioner] 19:27:21 KANNA. COMMISSIONERS DO WE [Captioner] 19:27:24 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT [Captioner] 19:27:28 ? COMMISSIONER BASRAI. >> Commissioner Basrai: HAVE [Captioner] 19:27:31 WE LOOKED AT THE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN ON THAT STREET [Captioner] 19:27:34 ? WE DO STREET EATS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, [Captioner] 19:27:37 IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY BLOCK OFF THE STREET ANYMORE BUT THE CHAMBER [Captioner] 19:27:40 AND THE CITY HAVE DONE EVENTS AROUND BURGER AND BREW [Captioner] 19:27:44 WHERE WE BLOCK OFF THAT STREET. IS THAT GOING TO -- [Captioner] 19:27:47 HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:27:50 WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE IF WE NEED TO USE [Captioner] 19:27:53 THOSE STREET FOR -- THAT STREET FOR EVENTS? [Captioner] 19:27:57 >> OUR BUILDING ACCESS IS NOT FROM THE CAPITOL, IT'S [Captioner] 19:28:00 FROM THE BACK SIDE. SO DOING THOSE EVENTS WILL [Captioner] 19:28:03 ACTUALLY HELP THE BUSINESSES ON CAPITOL, [Captioner] 19:28:06 AND THE RETAILERS WHICH ARE GOING TO BE [Captioner] 19:28:10 COMBINED RETAIL SPACE. >> Commissioner Basrai: [Captioner] 19:28:12 AND SO THERE'S ENOUGH ACCESS FOR THE RESIDENTS, [Captioner] 19:28:16 THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT. [Captioner] 19:28:20 >> ABSOLUTELY YES. THERE'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH [Captioner] 19:28:23 ACCESS TO RESIDENTS. >> Commissioner Basrai: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:28:27 RMENT COMMISSIONER LIU. [Captioner] 19:28:30 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:28:33 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER LIU. [Captioner] 19:28:36 >> Commissioner Liu: ARE YOU GOING TO PLAN [Captioner] 19:28:39 TO PROVIDE BELOW [Captioner] 19:28:43 MARKET RATE [Captioner] 19:28:48 UNITS OR IS IT -- >> WE HAVEN'T DECIDED [Captioner] 19:28:51 IT'S GOING TO BE DECIDED DOWN THE ROAD. >> Commissioner Daulton: ANY [Captioner] 19:28:54 OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, REGARDING [Captioner] 19:28:57 THE PARKING SPACES ARE THESE SPACES GOING TO BE [Captioner] 19:29:00 ASSIGNED TO THE UNITS OR IS IT A FREE FOR [Captioner] 19:29:04 ALL DOWN THERE? >> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE [Captioner] 19:29:08 ASSIGNED TO THE UNITS. >> Commissioner Daulton: SO WHEN YOU [Captioner] 19:29:11 BUY ONE OF THESE CONDOS YOU'RE GOING TO GET A NUMBERED PARKING [Captioner] 19:29:14 SPACE, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? >> YES. [Captioner] 19:29:18 >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE [Captioner] 19:29:21 ROOF GOING TO BE LIKE? IS THERE GOING TO BE SOLAR SET [Captioner] 19:29:24 UP IN THERE, OR YOU JUST HAVE IT SOLAR-READY OR [Captioner] 19:29:27 HOW IS THAT GOING TO GO? >> NO, THERE IS GOING TO BE [Captioner] 19:29:30 SOLAR ON HALF OF THE ROOF. >> Commissioner Daulton: AND [Captioner] 19:29:33 WHAT'S ON THE OTHER HALF? >> OTHER HALF IS [Captioner] 19:29:37 GOING TO BE HAVING A DECK. >> Commissioner Daulton: DECK, [Captioner] 19:29:40 A PLANTED DECK? >> YES. [Captioner] 19:29:43 >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY, ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, [Captioner] 19:29:46 COMMISSIONERS? IF NOT I'M GOING TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT [Captioner] 19:29:50 . TRISH DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? [Captioner] 19:29:53 >> Trish Cordova: CHAIR DAULTON WE DO HAVE. WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS [Captioner] 19:29:56 . HOW MANY MINUTES SHALL THEY HAVE? [Captioner] 19:29:59 >> Commissioner Daulton: THEY CAN HAVE THREE MINUTES PLEASE. >> Trish Cordova: I'LL START [Captioner] 19:30:02 WITH THE FIRST RAISED HAND. KENNETH DOE [Captioner] 19:30:05 . I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO SPEAK. [Captioner] 19:30:08 GO AHEAD AND SPEAK NOW PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING, I'M A FIELD REP [Captioner] 19:30:13 FOR CARPENTERS [Captioner] 19:30:16 UNION 713 LOCATED IN HAYWARD. I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 19:30:19 THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE MIXED [Captioner] 19:30:22 USE, 3411 CAPITOL AVENUE IT WOULD BENEFIT THE [Captioner] 19:30:25 PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE AND WORK IN FREMONT. HOWEVER [Captioner] 19:30:28 BEFORE GRANTING THIS APPROVAL I KINDLY ASK [Captioner] 19:30:31 TO HAVE SOME LABOR STANDARD IN PLACE. [Captioner] 19:30:35 LABOR STANDARD WOULD ENSURE CONTRACTORS PAY FAIR [Captioner] 19:30:38 WAGES AND USE EXPERIENCED WELL TRAINED WORKERS [Captioner] 19:30:42 , THAT USE A HIGHER [Captioner] 19:30:45 QUALITY STANDARDS, COMPLETING THE [Captioner] 19:30:49 PROJECT QUICKLY WITH A LIVABLE WAGE THAT ALLOW [Captioner] 19:30:50 MEDICAL AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS THAT ALLOW WORKERS TO LIVE IN THE [Captioner] 19:30:54 COMMUNITY THEY LIVE IN. THIS ALSO MEAN THOSE WAGES WILL BE [Captioner] 19:30:57 REINVESTED BACK INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS THEY SPEND [Captioner] 19:31:00 THEIR EARNINGS, AND THEIR TAX DOLLARS WILL HELP FUND [Captioner] 19:31:03 LOCAL SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT. FREMONT NEEDS MORE TRAINED [Captioner] 19:31:07 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR THE NEW HOUSING [Captioner] 19:31:10 AND MAJOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:31:13 IN THE PIPELINE. THESE DEVELOPERS WILL NEVER DO [Captioner] 19:31:16 THE RIGHT THING AND PAY STANDARD [Captioner] 19:31:19 WAGES ON THEIR OWN. WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP WE COULD [Captioner] 19:31:22 SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL DEVELOPERS OF THE FREMONT AREA, WE WILL [Captioner] 19:31:25 NOT STAND FOR THE EXPORTATION [Captioner] 19:31:28 OF SKILLED CARPENTERS AND TRADE [Captioner] 19:31:32 MEN'S AND SKILL WORKERS SO THEY CAN [Captioner] 19:31:35 INCREASE THEIR PROFITS. WE WOULD VERY, VERY LOVE TO HAVE A [Captioner] 19:31:39 REAL VALUABLE MEETING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO [Captioner] 19:31:43 ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT WHAT [Captioner] 19:31:46 LABOR STANDARDS ARE AND WHAT LABOR STANDARDS [Captioner] 19:31:49 SHOULD LOOK LIKE. LET ME LEAVE YOU WITH ONE [Captioner] 19:31:52 QUESTION, HOW CAN YOU BETTER SUPPORT THE WORKING [Captioner] 19:31:56 CLASSMEN AND WOMEN OF OUR BEAUTIFUL AND DIVERSE CITY OF [Captioner] 19:31:59 CITY OF FREMONT, LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND [Captioner] 19:32:04 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK [Captioner] 19:32:07 YOU, MR. DOE. MUCH APPRECIATED. TRISH DO WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:32:09 ANOTHER SPEAKER? >> Trish Cordova: YES, WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:32:12 ANOTHER SPEAKER. I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:32:16 , KELLY A. GO AHEAD AND SPEAK NOW. YOU [Captioner] 19:32:19 HAVE PERMISSION. >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:32:23 SO FIRST OFF, THIS DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:32:26 HAS 70 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS [Captioner] 19:32:29 FAR MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE OVER THERE TOWARDS [Captioner] 19:32:32 THE WARM SPRINGS [Captioner] 19:32:35 INNOVATION DISTRICT, IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST DENSITIES [Captioner] 19:32:38 AROUND, SO THAT MAKES THAT MEANS THAT I'M -- [Captioner] 19:32:42 I GENERALLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE FOUR [Captioner] 19:32:45 SUPERMARKETS WITHIN 2,000 FEET, [Captioner] 19:32:48 IN EVERY DIRECTION. THERE ARE -- THERE'S [Captioner] 19:32:51 A BART STATION WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE [Captioner] 19:32:55 . SO IN MANY WAYS, THIS IS A GREAT [Captioner] 19:32:58 PLACE TO PUT A LOT OF HOUSING. HOWEVER: [Captioner] 19:33:01 THIS EXCEPTIONAL DESIGN BUILDING IS NOT -- [Captioner] 19:33:04 IS EXCEPTIONAL FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE BAY AREA BUT NOT [Captioner] 19:33:08 -- BUT TRULY FOLLOWS THE [Captioner] 19:33:11 FREMONT [Captioner] 19:33:15 DEGRADED OR OLD FASHIONED OR [Captioner] 19:33:18 STUPID DESIGN PLANNING, WHICH IS, WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:33:22 TWO PARKING SPACES FOR EVERY UNIT. THAT MEANS THAT FOR [Captioner] 19:33:25 EVERY ONE SQUARE FOOT OF RESIDENTIAL SPACE, YOU [Captioner] 19:33:28 HAVE ZERO.55 SQUARE [Captioner] 19:33:31 FEET OF PARKING BUILT INTO THIS THING. [Captioner] 19:33:35 IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER KIND OF HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL [Captioner] 19:33:38 HOUSING UNITS, THAT ARE STRATEGICALLY URBAN [Captioner] 19:33:41 , REALLY STRATEGICALLY URBAN ALL ACROSS THE BAY AREA [Captioner] 19:33:44 OR ACROSS AMERICA, YOU'LL FIND THAT TWO PARKING SPACES [Captioner] 19:33:47 PER UNIT IN A DENSE DOWNTOWN IS LUDICROUS [Captioner] 19:33:51 LY HIGH. AND THEN THIS IDEA OF THE [Captioner] 19:33:54 QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP TODAY. EVENTS MAY [Captioner] 19:33:57 -- THAT THIS BUILDING MAY CONFLICT WITH [Captioner] 19:34:00 EVENTS. WELL ONCE YOU PUT 90 UNITS [Captioner] 19:34:03 IN THERE, THOSE RESIDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO THE PEACE [Captioner] 19:34:07 FUL ENJOYMENT OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL [Captioner] 19:34:10 THE INHABITANTS AND [Captioner] 19:34:14 IF YOUR EVENTS ARE INTERFERING WITH THEIR RESIDENCES [Captioner] 19:34:17 THEN YOUR EVENTS HAVE GOT TO GO, YOU KNOW. AND THEN [Captioner] 19:34:20 ALSO THIS IDEA OF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OPPOSITION FROM THE [Captioner] 19:34:23 NEIGHBORS TO BUILDING THE RESIDENCES HERE. WELL YOU KNOW IT'S [Captioner] 19:34:26 ALMOST LIKE YOU BUILT A NICE RESIDENCES NEXT TO [Captioner] 19:34:30 A RED LIGHT DISTRICT OR NEXT TO A NEIGHBORING [Captioner] 19:34:33 BAR OWNER IS COMPLAINING OR THE PURVEYOR OF TOXIC AND [Captioner] 19:34:36 ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES STARTS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS [Captioner] 19:34:39 . WELL, YOU KNOW, IN THE END OF COURSE THEY CAN [Captioner] 19:34:42 SEE WHAT'S COMING. THEY CAN SEE THAT THOSE [Captioner] 19:34:45 NEIGHBORS MIGHT NOT LIKE HAVING A BAR OR A TOXIC AND [Captioner] 19:34:48 ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES BEING PURVEYED THIS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD [Captioner] 19:34:52 , MIGHT NOT LIKE THAT KIND OF STUFF AND MIGHT [Captioner] 19:34:55 PUSH BACK THE OTHER WAY. SO YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE [Captioner] 19:34:58 GREAT FOR FREMONT. IT'S GOT WAY TOO MUCH PARKING. [Captioner] 19:35:01 TWO PARKING SPACES PER UNIT IS [Captioner] 19:35:04 OBSCENE, OBSCENELY HIGH. AND WE NEED TO CLEAN UP [Captioner] 19:35:07 THE DOWNTOWN SO WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY TOXIC AND [Captioner] 19:35:11 DICTIVE SUBSTANCES BEING PEDALED AROUND AND [Captioner] 19:35:14 I'M SURE ONCE WE PUT IN 90 UNITS [Captioner] 19:35:17 IN THERE, THOSE PEOPLE WILL HELP TO GET THIS CITY [Captioner] 19:35:20 CLEANED UP, THANKS. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK [Captioner] 19:35:23 YOU AGAIN KELLY. TRISH, IS THAT IT FOR OUR [Captioner] 19:35:26 PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Trish Cordova: CHAIR [Captioner] 19:35:29 DAULTON WE DO HAVE TWO MORE RAISED HANDS. >> Commissioner Daulton: OH [Captioner] 19:35:31 PLEASE. >> Trish Cordova: DO YOU WANT [Captioner] 19:35:34 TO CONTINUE WITH TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER? >> Commissioner Daulton: IS [Captioner] 19:35:37 THAT WHAT WE -- I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING THREE. [Captioner] 19:35:40 >> Trish Cordova: I WASN'T SURE. WE'LL DO THE THREE THEN, SORRY [Captioner] 19:35:43 ABOUT THAT. I'M INTRODUCE THE FIRST SPEAKER, [Captioner] 19:35:46 NIKUN SHARMA. [Captioner] 19:35:49 GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. [Captioner] 19:35:52 >> CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? >> Trish Cordova: YES. [Captioner] 19:35:55 >> I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN FREMONT FOR LAST TEN YEARS AND WHEN [Captioner] 19:35:59 I VISIT OTHER PLACES I GO TO DOWNTOWN AND I REALLY [Captioner] 19:36:02 ENJOY IT. [Captioner] 19:36:05 HAVING DOWNTOWN THIS HIGH [Captioner] 19:36:08 CLASS ESTABLISHMENT, SOMETIMES UPSET ME BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:36:11 I JUST DON'T FEEL, YOU KNOW, THAT LATE [Captioner] 19:36:15 EST ARCHITECTURE AND SPENDING TIME WITH MY FAMILY IN DOWNTOWN [Captioner] 19:36:18 EATING AND HAVING FUN THERE, AND AT TIMES I HAVE TO GO OTHER [Captioner] 19:36:20 PLACES BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THOSE THINGS. [Captioner] 19:36:24 SO I KIND OF FAVOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, [Captioner] 19:36:27 AFTER HEARING THE DESCRIPTION THAT IS GOING [Captioner] 19:36:31 TO BE LATER IN CLASS ISSUED [Captioner] 19:36:34 LAWN BUILDINGS AND BUSINESS AND LOUNGES [Captioner] 19:36:37 . I'M ALSO A BUSINESSMAN WHERE I AM LOOKING FOR A PLACE [Captioner] 19:36:41 WHERE, YOU KNOW, I CAN SET A BIG [Captioner] 19:36:44 BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITIES AND WHERE THE [Captioner] 19:36:46 ACCESS TO THE LOT OF THE BUSINESS BUT ALSO THE [Captioner] 19:36:50 COMMUNITIES CAN GET ACCESS TO THOSE SERVICES. AND WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:36:53 PLACES IN FREMONT, BUT [Captioner] 19:36:56 NOT THE HIGH CLASS LUXURY PLACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE [Captioner] 19:36:59 A HIGH LUXURY BUSINESS AND ALSO PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD [Captioner] 19:37:02 AND WANT TO ASSUME THOSE BUSINESSES COMING TOGETHER. [Captioner] 19:37:06 SO FROM MY SIDE, I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF [Captioner] 19:37:09 THIS PROJECT. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:37:12 MR. SHARMA. TRISH DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER [Captioner] 19:37:14 SPEAKER? >> Trish Cordova: HI, I'M [Captioner] 19:37:17 GOING TO REMOVE THE TIMER SO I CAN LOOK, ONE [Captioner] 19:37:20 MOMENT. OKAY HERE WE GO. YES I DO SEE WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:37:22 ANOTHER SPEAKER. I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THE [Captioner] 19:37:26 SPEAKER. ADITA PRASA [Captioner] 19:37:29 D. GO AHEAD AND SPEAK YOU HAVE PERMISSION. [Captioner] 19:37:32 YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY [Captioner] 19:37:36 ? >> Trish Cordova: YES. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR [Captioner] 19:37:39 REVIEWING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. MY NAME IS ADIT [Captioner] 19:37:42 IA, I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:37:46 I WORK TO SOUTH BAY. I [Captioner] 19:37:50 COMMUTE TO SOUTH BAY TO WORK. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE [Captioner] 19:37:53 THAT WE ARE LACKING A NEW [Captioner] 19:37:57 ER DOWNTOWN, FEEL THAT PLACES [Captioner] 19:38:00 LIKE MOUNTAIN VIEW PALO ALTO OR [Captioner] 19:38:04 EVEN SUNNYVALE HAVE. SO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT I [Captioner] 19:38:07 BELIEVE WILL HELP US IMMENSELY, IN [Captioner] 19:38:10 HAVING MORE RESIDENTS LIVING CLOSE [Captioner] 19:38:13 TO RESTAURANTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES. [Captioner] 19:38:16 SO I ALSO WANT TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR [Captioner] 19:38:19 THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, AND I HOPE [Captioner] 19:38:22 THAT THE PLANNING TEAM HERE WILL APPROVE IT [Captioner] 19:38:25 . THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME [Captioner] 19:38:28 . >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, MR. [Captioner] 19:38:32 PRASAD [Captioner] 19:38:37 . TRISH IF THAT IS ALL THE SPEAKERS -- [Captioner] 19:38:39 >> Trish Cordova: CHAIR DAULTON WE DO HAVE ANOTHER [Captioner] 19:38:42 RAISED HAND. I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THE NEXT [Captioner] 19:38:46 SPEAKER. LISA DARCHES [Captioner] 19:38:49 DANCE, GO AHEAD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. [Captioner] 19:38:52 >> THANK YOU, SORRY FOR THE LAST MINUTE I'LL KEEP [Captioner] 19:38:56 THIS QUICK. I WANT TO AGREE WITH THE OTHER SPEAKERS [Captioner] 19:38:59 , YES I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 19:39:02 , YES MORE DENSE HOUSING DOWNTOWN. I [Captioner] 19:39:05 WANT TO ECHO KELLY [Captioner] 19:39:08 'S COMMENTS, TOO MUCH PARKING [Captioner] 19:39:12 DOWNTOWN. I THINK WE NEED [Captioner] 19:39:15 MORE HOUSING, LESS PARKING, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH TRANSIT [Captioner] 19:39:19 ZONES. SO I DON'T THINK [Captioner] 19:39:22 THAT SHOULD NECESSARILY CHANGE HOW YOU ADDRESS THIS [Captioner] 19:39:25 ONE BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT GOING FORWARD FAVORING [Captioner] 19:39:28 LESS PARKING. THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: [Captioner] 19:39:32 THANK YOU LISA, TRISH IS [Captioner] 19:39:35 THAT IT? >> Trish Cordova: THANK YOU, I NEED TO REMOVE [Captioner] 19:39:40 THE TIMER. THAT IS IT NO MORE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:39:41 >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU TRISH. [Captioner] 19:39:44 IN THAT CASE I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER [Captioner] 19:39:48 TO SAY THIS IS THE TIME. [Captioner] 19:39:51 >> I THINK WE HAVE LEARNED [Captioner] 19:39:54 EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PROJECT ON THIS, WE HAVE DESIGNED THE [Captioner] 19:39:57 PARKING BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS WERE COMPLAINING THAT [Captioner] 19:40:00 IT'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING. AND SPILLOVER CAN COME [Captioner] 19:40:03 TO THEIR PARKING LOT. SO THAT'S [Captioner] 19:40:07 THE REASON WE PUT MORE PARKING SPACE [Captioner] 19:40:10 . THE PARKING ON THE SECOND FLOORS ARE [Captioner] 19:40:13 MECHANICAL LIFT-PARKING. WE WILL ONLY PLACE THOSE IF [Captioner] 19:40:17 IT'S NEEDED BY THE RESIDENTS. [Captioner] 19:40:20 SO EVEN THOUGH [Captioner] 19:40:23 IF TIMED OUT, WE CAN ALWAYS REDUCE [Captioner] 19:40:27 IT IF IT'S NOT NEEDED BY THE [Captioner] 19:40:28 RESIDENTS IN THE BUILDING. >> Commissioner Daulton: [Captioner] 19:40:32 INTERESTING, THANK YOU MR. KHANN [Captioner] 19:40:35 MR. KHANNA. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:40:38 HEARING THEN AND ASK COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY FURTHER [Captioner] 19:40:41 QUESTIONS OF STAFF, OR GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THIS [Captioner] 19:40:44 ITEM. [Captioner] 19:40:50 ANYBODY, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS [Captioner] 19:40:54 ? NOTHING? OKAY [Captioner] 19:40:57 . OH. [Captioner] 19:41:00 COMMISSIONER YEE. THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Yee: YES, [Captioner] 19:41:03 IT'S JUST MORE A COMMENT. YOU KNOW, BASED ON TALKING TO [Captioner] 19:41:06 ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, I KNOW THAT [Captioner] 19:41:10 THIS DEVELOPER WAS VERY COGNIZANT ABOUT MAKING [Captioner] 19:41:13 SURE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH OVER [Captioner] 19:41:16 OVERFILL -- OVERSPILL PARKING. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S [Captioner] 19:41:19 A SUPERMARKET THERE, THAT'S [Captioner] 19:41:22 LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT DOOR. SPOKE WITH THE OWNER-MANAGER [Captioner] 19:41:25 THERE. AND I'M JUST GLAD TO HEAR THAT [Captioner] 19:41:29 , YOU KNOW, THIS DEVELOPER IS ACTUALLY REACHING OUT TO THE [Captioner] 19:41:32 COMMUNITY TO HEAR WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE [Captioner] 19:41:35 . THE OTHER THING, TOO, I KNOW THAT SPEAKING WITH MANY OF THE [Captioner] 19:41:38 BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA, THEY FEEL LIKE THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 19:41:43 WILL REACTIVATE THAT AREA. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK [Captioner] 19:41:46 TOO GOOD TO HAVE A ONE AND A [Captioner] 19:41:49 QUARTER ACRE SITE THAT'S JUST SITTING THERE THAT'S JUST A DIRT [Captioner] 19:41:53 LOT. SO AT LEAST I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION WHAT [Captioner] 19:41:56 I HAD FOUND OUT WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE, [Captioner] 19:41:59 BUSINESS OWNERS AND EVEN RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ALIKE AS TO WHAT [Captioner] 19:42:00 THEIR THOUGHTS WERE ABOUT THIS PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:42:05 >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER YEE. ANYONE ELSE [Captioner] 19:42:09 ? I WOULD -- I GUESS I'LL SAY THAT [Captioner] 19:42:12 I ALSO SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESS [Captioner] 19:42:15 ES AROUND HERE, AND THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING YOU [Captioner] 19:42:19 DID. THAT THEY WERE [Captioner] 19:42:22 WORRIED THAT PARKING WAS GOING TO SPILL OVER INTO THEIR PRIVATE [Captioner] 19:42:26 LOT, WHICH THERE ARE -- THERE'S CONSIDERABLE SPACE [Captioner] 19:42:29 S AROUND THERE. BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY [Captioner] 19:42:32 THAT I KIND OF AGREE WITH SOME OF OUR [Captioner] 19:42:35 COMMENTS TONIGHT, THAT IT IS -- [Captioner] 19:42:38 DOES SEEM TO BE [Captioner] 19:42:41 OVERPARKED, IN A WAY. I MEAN, IT DOES [Captioner] 19:42:45 HAVE A ROBUST TRANSIT ACCESS TO THIS [Captioner] 19:42:48 PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:42:52 I THINK IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. [Captioner] 19:42:55 WE GOT ONE LETTER TONIGHT WHICH STATED THAT THOSE PARKING [Captioner] 19:42:58 SPACES COST $30,000 EACH AND I THINK WE ALL [Captioner] 19:43:02 KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY A LOW-BALL ON [Captioner] 19:43:05 THAT FIGURE IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO THE PRICE OF EACH [Captioner] 19:43:08 OF THESE UNITS. [Captioner] 19:43:14 I REALIZE IT IS A CONVENIENCE TO THE BUSINESSES AROUND THERE. [Captioner] 19:43:19 BUT AGAIN, THIS STRIKES ME AS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN A [Captioner] 19:43:22 LOWER PRICE ON THESE. AS WELL [Captioner] 19:43:26 , [Captioner] 19:43:33 THERE IS ONE 560 SQUARE FOOT UNIT [Captioner] 19:43:36 IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, THAT STRIKES ME AS [Captioner] 19:43:39 ANOTHER MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE SMALLER [Captioner] 19:43:42 UNITS INTO THIS PROJECT TO ALLOW A SOMEWHAT LOWER [Captioner] 19:43:46 -INCOME PERSON, [Captioner] 19:43:49 ALTHOUGH STILL OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DIRT [Captioner] 19:43:52 CHEAP OR ANYTHING OR AFFORDABLE OR [Captioner] 19:43:55 ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT A SMALLER UNIT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED [Captioner] 19:43:58 FOR MAYBE A GREATER RANGE OF PERSONS LIVING THERE [Captioner] 19:44:02 . AND IT SOUNDS AS IF, HEARING [Captioner] 19:44:05 THE APPLICANT SPEAK TONIGHT, THAT THE PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE [Captioner] 19:44:08 STILL SOMEWHAT MALLEABLE. IF THAT'S THE CASE, I [Captioner] 19:44:12 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT [Captioner] 19:44:15 INCLUDING MORE SMALLER UNITS IN THE 5 [Captioner] 19:44:18 50 SQUARE FOOT RANGE. BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO [Captioner] 19:44:21 FIND A GREAT MARKET FOR THAT, AS IF THERE'S [Captioner] 19:44:24 NOT A GREAT MARKET FOR ANY KIND OF HOUSING AROUND HERE. [Captioner] 19:44:33 I WOULD ALSO ASK OF THE STAFF WHAT ABOUT THE [Captioner] 19:44:36 ISSUE RAISED BY THE LABOR CALL HERE? DO WE [Captioner] 19:44:39 HAVE -- DO WE HAVE ANY GUIDANCE ON THAT [Captioner] 19:44:44 THAT YOU CAN OFFER? [Captioner] 19:44:49 >> Planner Pullen: I'M NOT [Captioner] 19:44:52 CERTAIN CHAIR DAULTON WHAT ISSUE SPECIFICALLY FROM THE NEIGHBORS, [Captioner] 19:44:55 THE PARKING ISSUE OR -- >> Commissioner Daulton: NO, [Captioner] 19:44:59 FROM THE MAN WITH THE CARPENTERS UNION I BELIEVE. [Captioner] 19:45:02 >> Planner Pullen: SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU SAID NEIGHBOR. I APOLOGIZE [Captioner] 19:45:07 . >> Commissioner Daulton: MR. HAROLD. [Captioner] 19:45:10 >> Planner Pullen: THE CITY ENCOURAGES TO WORK WITH [Captioner] 19:45:13 ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDING THE LABOR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING [Captioner] 19:45:16 NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED PARTIES, ET CETERA. THE [Captioner] 19:45:20 CITY IS NOT ABLE HOWEVER TO CONDITION THE PROJECT [Captioner] 19:45:23 UPON A NEGOTIATION WITH A SPECIFIC SEPARATE [Captioner] 19:45:27 PARTY. THE CITY ATTORNEY MAY BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:45:30 WEIGH IN, PROVIDE MORE DEPTH TO THAT BUT [Captioner] 19:45:34 THAT'S THE POSITION. >> Commissioner Daulton: IS THERE [Captioner] 19:45:37 ANYTHING HEATHER? >> NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING [Captioner] 19:45:39 TO ADD TO THAT. >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL [Captioner] 19:45:42 RIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT, SINCE HE CAME ON HERE AND I [Captioner] 19:45:46 THOUGH HE COMES AROUND A LOT. OR SOMEONE FROM LABOR [Captioner] 19:45:49 DOES. AND I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD GIVE THEIR [Captioner] 19:45:52 QUESTIONS A HEARING. OKAY. IN THAT CASE [Captioner] 19:45:55 , IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 19:45:58 S, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION ON [Captioner] 19:46:01 THIS PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:46:05 >> Commissioner Liu: I WOULD MOVE TO ACCEPT THE STAFF [Captioner] 19:46:08 'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 19:46:10 >> Commissioner Rao: I SECOND THAT. [Captioner] 19:46:13 >> Commissioner Daulton: SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LIU, AND A [Captioner] 19:46:16 SECOND BY [Captioner] 19:46:20 COMMISSIONER RAO. JOEL WILL YOU ROLL CALL US [Captioner] 19:46:23 ? >> Planner Pullen: YES CHAIR DAULTON. [Captioner] 19:46:26 ON A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LIU AND A SECOND BY [Captioner] 19:46:29 VICE CHAIR RAO TO APPROVE STAFF [Captioner] 19:46:32 'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME [Captioner] 19:46:35 PLEASE STATE YOUR VOTE. CHAIR DAULTON. >> Commissioner Daulton: AYE [Captioner] 19:46:38 . >> Planner Pullen: VICE CHAIR RAO. [Captioner] 19:46:41 >> Commissioner Rao: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 19:46:45 COMMISSIONER YEE. >> Commissioner Yee: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 19:46:53 COMMISSIONER STECKLER. >> Commissioner Steckler: AYE. [Captioner] 19:46:58 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER LIU. [Captioner] 19:47:01 >> Commissioner Liu: YES. [Captioner] 19:47:04 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER ZHANG, AYE. [Captioner] 19:47:07 AND COMMISSIONER BASRAI. >> Commissioner Basrai: I'M. >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 19:47:10 THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION ON THIS ITEM IS FINAL [Captioner] 19:47:14 UNLESS APPEALED BY THE APPLICANT [Captioner] 19:47:18 WITHIN TEN DAYS. NEXT [Captioner] 19:47:21 ITEM. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU JOEL, [Captioner] 19:47:24 THE NEXT ONE IS ARON TOWN HOMES. IF I [Captioner] 19:47:27 COULD GET YOU TO GIVE US AN INTRODUCTION [Captioner] 19:47:31 TO THIS ONE JOAM [Captioner] 19:47:34 . >> Planner Pullen: YES, 4158 [Captioner] 19:47:37 , 4170 [Captioner] 19:47:42 CENTRAL AVENUE. FOSS [Captioner] 19:47:47 TO CONSIDER A DISCRETIONARY DESIGN REVIEW, TENTATIVE TRACT [Captioner] 19:47:49 MAP, AND PRIVATE STREET FOR A NEW 10-UNIT MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:47:50 CONSISTING OF THREE, THREE-STORY BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 4170 AND 4158 CENTRAL AVENUE IN THE [Captioner] 19:47:53 CENTERVILLE COMMUNITY PLAN AREA, AND TO CONSIDER A FINDING THAT NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW [Captioner] 19:47:57 IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) PER, WITHOUT [Captioner] 19:47:59 LIMITATION, CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15332, IN-FILL DEVELOPMENT, AND CEQA GUIDELINES [Captioner] 19:48:03 SECTION 15183, AS THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ESTABLISHED BY THE GENERAL PLAN, [Captioner] 19:48:07 THE PROJECT PLANNER JAMES WILL IS IS HERE, [Captioner] 19:48:10 AFTER WHICH THE APPLICANT CAN TURN ON THEIR [Captioner] 19:48:12 VIDEO AND GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:48:15 I WOULD ASK THE APPLICANT TO KEEP IN THE DARK FOR NOW [Captioner] 19:48:17 . >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, JOEL. [Captioner] 19:48:20 JAMES, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US YOUR PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:48:24 >> SURE. [Captioner] 19:48:43 >> THE PROJECT FOR THIS EVENING IS THE [Captioner] 19:48:46 RADIOARON TOWN HOMES IN THE [Captioner] 19:48:50 CENTRAL COMMUNITY PLAN AREA. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD REQUIRE [Captioner] 19:48:53 APPROVAL OF A DISCRETIONARY DESIGN REVIEW A TERVE [Captioner] 19:48:57 TRACT MAP AND A PRIVATE STREET. THE PROJECT SITE IS A PAIR [Captioner] 19:49:00 OF LOTS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF CENTRAL AVENUE AND [Captioner] 19:49:03 ARGYLE ROAD, [Captioner] 19:49:06 THE PROJECT IS DESIGNATED MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL [Captioner] 19:49:10 , 14.6 TO 29. [Captioner] 19:49:13 29.9 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN THE GENERAL PLAN. [Captioner] 19:49:16 THE ZONING IS MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL R- [Captioner] 19:49:20 3-23. THE SITE CONSISTS OF A TOTAL OF [Captioner] 19:49:23 0 MANY 44 ACRES, OR [Captioner] 19:49:26 19,378 SQUARE FEET IN AREA. THE [Captioner] 19:49:30 APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TEN MULTI [Captioner] 19:49:33 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THREE BUILDINGS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD HAVE [Captioner] 19:49:36 A DENSITY OF 22.7 DWELLING UNITS PER [Captioner] 19:49:39 ACRE WHICH IS LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM [Captioner] 19:49:43 23 DWELLING UNITS PER [Captioner] 19:49:46 ACRE ALLOWED BY THE R-3-23 ZONING [Captioner] 19:49:49 . OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT THE APPLICANT WORKED WITH STAFF [Captioner] 19:49:52 TO REVISE THE DESIGN TO BETTER CONFORM [Captioner] 19:49:55 TO THE APPLICABLE DESIGN STANDARDS. FOR EXAMPLE THE ORIGINAL [Captioner] 19:49:58 PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE HAD THE TOWN HOME BUILDINGS VERY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY [Captioner] 19:50:02 LINE. THIS WAS CHANGED TO THE CURRENT PROPOSAL [Captioner] 19:50:05 WHICH SET THE BUILDINGS BACK FROM THE STREET PROPERTY LINE [Captioner] 19:50:09 IN CONFORMANCE [Captioner] 19:50:11 WITH THE PROJECT SET BACK. THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE PLACED [Captioner] 19:50:15 THE PARKING CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINES WHEREAS THE CURRENT PROPOSAL HAS [Captioner] 19:50:18 THEM SET BACK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WHICH [Captioner] 19:50:21 ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE AND [Captioner] 19:50:24 AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE. [Captioner] 19:50:27 THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS FOR 3- [Captioner] 19:50:30 3-STORY TOWN HOMES UTILIZING A [Captioner] 19:50:33 MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. THE BLOCKY DISOIN HAD [Captioner] 19:50:37 DESIGN HAD [Captioner] 19:50:40 FLAT ROOFS AND LIMITED TIRL CHANGES. [Captioner] 19:50:43 THE PLAN HAS EVOLVED TO A SPANISH [Captioner] 19:50:47 STYLE, MULTIUNIT [Captioner] 19:50:49 DEVELOPMENT ALONG CENTRAL AFTERNOON. [Captioner] 19:50:52 THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONTAINS TEN [Captioner] 19:50:55 ATTACHED TOWN HOMES IN THREE SEPARATE BUILDINGS, A CENTRAL [Captioner] 19:50:59 STREET ALLOWS ACCESS TO THE PRIVATE GARAGES AS WELL AS THE [Captioner] 19:51:02 FIVE GUEST PARKING SPACES. THE PERIMETER OF THE [Captioner] 19:51:05 SITE FEATURES LANDSCAPE INCLUDING TREES AND [Captioner] 19:51:08 SHRUBS ORIENTED TO [Captioner] 19:51:12 PROVIDE PRIVACY SCREENING FOR THE [Captioner] 19:51:15 NEIGHBORING RESIDENCES. IN ACCORDANCE TO THE [Captioner] 19:51:19 MULTIDESIGN GUIDELINES, THE BUILDINGS [Captioner] 19:51:22 HAVE PITCH AND ARTICULATION [Captioner] 19:51:25 INCLUDING PROJECTIONS AND RECESS HE $AREAS [Captioner] 19:51:28 $AREAS. EARTH TONE COLOR SCHEME WITH [Captioner] 19:51:31 TERRA COTTA TILE ROOFS AND STONE [Captioner] 19:51:35 CLADDING, SOME FEATURE SHUTTERS [Captioner] 19:51:38 TO ENHANCE THE ARCHITECTURE. THE ARCHITECTURE WOULD CONFORM [Captioner] 19:51:42 TO THE STANDARDS CREATED IN THE R-3 ZONING AND [Captioner] 19:51:45 THE MULTIFAMILY DESIGN GUIDELINES. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE [Captioner] 19:51:48 PLANNING COMMISSION FIND THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM CEQA FOR THE [Captioner] 19:51:51 REASONS ENUMERATED IN THE STAFF [Captioner] 19:51:55 REPORT AND APPROVE THE PROJECT AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A SUBJECT [Captioner] 19:51:58 TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL CONTAINED IN EXHIBIT B. [Captioner] 19:52:02 THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:52:06 JAMES. COMMISSION, DO WE HAVE ANY [Captioner] 19:52:09 QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS? COMMISSIONER YEE PLEASE [Captioner] 19:52:13 . >> Commissioner Yee: YES. JAMES, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:52:16 THERE'S THE -- I THINK THE THREE STORY BUILDINGS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:52:19 NEARBY, DO YOU KNOW ROUGHLY HOW TALL THOSE ARE [Captioner] 19:52:23 ? [Captioner] 19:52:27 >> SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THEIR HEIGHT READILY AVAILABLE BUT [Captioner] 19:52:31 THESE BUILDINGS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN THEM I BELIEVE [Captioner] 19:52:33 . ABOUT THE SAME. >> Commissioner Yee: I WAS [Captioner] 19:52:36 JUST THINKING, I KNOW I WAS THE [Captioner] 19:52:39 ONE ASKING ABOUT THESE THINGS BEING 28 FEET. [Captioner] 19:52:42 I WAS TRYING TO [Captioner] 19:52:46 VISUALIZE A THREE STORY BUILDING, TRYING [Captioner] 19:52:49 TO ACCOMMODATE THAT HEIGHT AND THE OTHER THREE [Captioner] 19:52:52 STORY BUILDINGS NEARBY THEY LOOK MORE CLOSER TO [Captioner] 19:52:56 LIKE 33 I GUESS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M THINKING. [Captioner] 19:52:59 >> THEY MAY BE A LITTLE BIT TALLER. I DON'T HAVE THEIR HEIGHT [Captioner] 19:53:02 READILY AVAILABLE BUT -- >> Commissioner Yee: SIMILAR [Captioner] 19:53:05 IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> YES. [Captioner] 19:53:06 >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:53:09 >> Commissioner Daulton: ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER BASRAI. [Captioner] 19:53:12 >> Commissioner Basrai: SO THIS MAY BE A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT'S AROUND [Captioner] 19:53:16 THERE AND LIKE I SAID, I DISCLOSE THAT I LIVED THERE FOR A [Captioner] 19:53:19 LITTLE WHILE. ARE ANY OF THESE [Captioner] 19:53:22 UNITS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LOW INCOME? ARE THERE UNITS [Captioner] 19:53:25 AROUND IT THAT ARE LOW INCOME? JUST KNOWING WHAT THE [Captioner] 19:53:28 NEIGHBORHOOD IS LIKE, [Captioner] 19:53:34 IS THERE ANY PLAN FOR HAVING SOME [Captioner] 19:53:37 (U) DESIGNATED FOR THAT? MAYBE I NEED TO WAIT FOR THE [Captioner] 19:53:41 APPLICANT TO ASK BUT SEEING IT GROW UP OVER THE [Captioner] 19:53:44 LAST TEN YEARS AND SEEING THE APARTMENTS AND OTHER [Captioner] 19:53:47 UNITS AROUND THERE, THAT HAVE [Captioner] 19:53:50 , YOU KNOW, THIS -- JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS [Captioner] 19:53:53 ANY PLAN FOR THAT OR SHOULD I ASK THE APPLICANT? [Captioner] 19:53:56 >> I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHER PROJECTS. WITH THIS ONE MY [Captioner] 19:53:59 UNDERSTANDING IS THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING ON PAYING THE [Captioner] 19:54:03 IN LIEU FEE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. [Captioner] 19:54:06 >> Commissioner Basrai: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:54:09 >> Commissioner Daulton: ANYONE ELSE? [Captioner] 19:54:12 IN THAT CASE JAMES COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE [Captioner] 19:54:17 PRIVACY CONCERNS OF THE NEARBY RESIDENTS ON WHAT IS THAT [Captioner] 19:54:20 THAT, IS THAT THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THERE [Captioner] 19:54:23 ? >> THE HOMES ALONG ARGYLE [Captioner] 19:54:27 ? >> Commissioner Daulton: NO, THE NEIGHBORS ON -- [Captioner] 19:54:30 >> THE LARGER BUILDING BEHIND? >> Commissioner Daulton: YES. [Captioner] 19:54:33 >> SO THE BUILDINGS, THEY WORKED WITH STAFF [Captioner] 19:54:37 TO PROVIDE SOME ANALYSIS OF HOW THE WINDOWS WOULD ALIGN WITH THE [Captioner] 19:54:40 OTHER BUILDING. THEY ADJUSTED THE WINDOWS SO [Captioner] 19:54:43 THAT THEY WERE NOT DIRECTLY LOOKING ONTO THEM IN MOST CASES [Captioner] 19:54:46 . THEY DID PROVIDE TREES [Captioner] 19:54:49 AND SHRUBS ALL ALONG THE PROXIMITY [Captioner] 19:54:52 PERIMETER WHICH WILL PROVIDE A [Captioner] 19:54:55 GREEN SCREEN. THE WAY THE WINDOWS ARE ORIENTED [Captioner] 19:54:58 ORIENTED, WITH THE WINDOWS FACING OUT [Captioner] 19:55:02 TOWARDS THOSE BUILDINGS ARE OFTEN [Captioner] 19:55:05 A STAIRCASE, NOT SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE LOOK [Captioner] 19:55:08 ING OUT FROM. >> Commissioner Daulton: ON THE ADJACENT [Captioner] 19:55:11 ARGYLE PROPERTY SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE SET BACK THERE. [Captioner] 19:55:14 >> THAT'S CORRECT. THEY DO HAVE TREES ALONG THAT [Captioner] 19:55:18 PERIMETER TO HELP SET IT BACK OR HELP SCREEN IT BUT THERE IS A [Captioner] 19:55:20 PRETTY LARGE SET BACK BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS. [Captioner] 19:55:23 >> Commissioner Daulton: AND HOW FAR IS THIS PROJECT FROM THE TRAIN [Captioner] 19:55:26 STATION? >> IT'S TWO BLOCKS. [Captioner] 19:55:30 IT'S ONE BLOCK TO -- UP CENTRAL [Captioner] 19:55:35 TO THE -- TO FREMONT BOULEVARD AND THEN ALONG [Captioner] 19:55:38 FREMONT BOULEVARD PAST THE SILICON [Captioner] 19:55:41 SAGE SITE TO THE TRAIN STATION [Captioner] 19:55:44 . SO IT'S I BELIEVE ABOUT AN EIGHT-MINUTE WALK [Captioner] 19:55:47 . >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:55:50 OKAY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS [Captioner] 19:55:54 ? IN THAT CASE, DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT TO GIVE A PRESENTATION [Captioner] 19:55:57 ON THIS? [Captioner] 19:56:07 >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS, STAFF AND EVERYONE JOINING MEETING [Captioner] 19:56:11 TODAY, I'M REPRESENTING [Captioner] 19:56:14 THE APPLICANT, ARON DEVELOPERRERS [Captioner] 19:56:17 AND WILL BE PROVIDING MY [Captioner] 19:56:20 SCREEN TO WALK YOU THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION. I WANT [Captioner] 19:56:23 TO THANK JAMES OUR PLANNER WHO HAS BEEN OF [Captioner] 19:56:27 GREAT SUPPORT IN THE ADJOURN AND GETTING [Captioner] 19:56:31 THE PLANS APPROVED. HE HAS DONE A GREAT JUSTICE TO [Captioner] 19:56:34 PRESENTING THE PROJECT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL WALK [Captioner] 19:56:37 THROUGH OF THE PROJECT. SO LET ME QUICKLY PULL UP MY [Captioner] 19:56:41 SCREEN. [Captioner] 19:57:13 >> Commissioner Daulton: THERE YOU GO. >> HOPE THE SCREEN IS [Captioner] 19:57:16 VISIBILITY. [Captioner] 19:57:23 VISIBLE. SPECIFIC FOR TOWN [Captioner] 19:57:26 HOMES, [Captioner] 19:57:32 200158 AND 4170 CENTRAL AVENUE [Captioner] 19:57:35 . ARON DEVELOPERS [Captioner] 19:57:39 , REAL ESTATE COMPANY HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:57:43 BUILDING SUSTAINABLE PLACES IN THE BAY AREA [Captioner] 19:57:46 FOR OVER A DECADE. THE DESIGN ARE AND THE APPLICANT HERE [Captioner] 19:57:51 IS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, BUILDING [Captioner] 19:57:54 BETTER FASTER AND SMARTER USING SUSTAINABLE [Captioner] 19:57:57 STEEL MANUFACTURING OF PANELS, WE DO DESIGN [Captioner] 19:58:01 ING CONSTRUCTION, A QUICK BRIEF [Captioner] 19:58:04 ON THE PROJECT TIME LINE. THE PROJECT HAS [Captioner] 19:58:07 TAKEN MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF YEARS NOW TO GET TO THIS POINT. [Captioner] 19:58:10 THE JOURNEY STARTED IN JUNE 2019 WITH [Captioner] 19:58:13 ALMOST EIGHT RESUBMITTALS [Captioner] 19:58:16 AS JAMES POINTED OUT, WE [Captioner] 19:58:20 HAD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CHANGES WITH [Captioner] 19:58:23 MUCH MODERN LOOKING FACADE TO A TUESDAY [Captioner] 19:58:32 TUSCAN FACADE. LIVING SPACE FOR THE DEVELOPER [Captioner] 19:58:35 , BUT WE ARE HAPPY THAT IT HAS FINALLY COME [Captioner] 19:58:38 TO A BEAUTIFUL LOOKING PROJECT AND MEETS ALL CITY [Captioner] 19:58:41 GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS. TODAY AS [Captioner] 19:58:44 YOU CAN SEE IT WAS LAST SUBMITTED [Captioner] 19:58:48 SEPTEMBER 22, SUBMISSION NUMBER 8 AND FINALLY THE [Captioner] 19:58:52 PLANS APPROVED IN OCTOBER 22 AND NOVEMBER 22, WE ARE [Captioner] 19:58:55 AT PLANNING COMMISSION, OVER THREE AND A HALF YEARS [Captioner] 19:58:59 . OFTEN THERE WERE PLANS THAT YOU KNOW WE HAD TO ADMIT [Captioner] 19:59:02 IN THE PROJECT BUT WE CONTINUED WHERE THE FAITH THAT DEFINITELY [Captioner] 19:59:06 THE PROJECT WILL GET THROUGH AND WE [Captioner] 19:59:09 WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY A BETTER DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:59:12 . TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT IT HAS THREE BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS [Captioner] 19:59:16 A B AND C WITH TEN UNITS, NET DENSITY [Captioner] 19:59:19 22.7, BUILDING HEIGHT [Captioner] 19:59:22 IS 30 FEET AND THREE STORIES. THE CONFIGURATIONS [Captioner] 19:59:25 HERE, THE UNITS OF TWO BED AND TWO AND A HALF BED [Captioner] 19:59:29 AND SEVEN UNITS OF THREE BED AND THREE AND A HALF BATH [Captioner] 19:59:32 . ONE ADA UNIT WHICH HAS [Captioner] 19:59:35 THEN IN THE LEVEL 1 ITSELF MAKING IT A THREE [Captioner] 19:59:38 AND A HALF BED UNIT. THE TOTAL [Captioner] 19:59:41 SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING IS 19,780 [Captioner] 19:59:45 SQUARE FEET. LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH A [Captioner] 19:59:48 VISUAL WALK THROUGH OF THE PROJECT [Captioner] 19:59:52 AND PRESENTATION HERE OF THE VIDEO. [Captioner] 20:00:01 DEFINITELY ABLE TO SEE THE VIDEO LINK [Captioner] 20:00:05 . [Captioner] 20:02:03 >> GETTING BACK TO THE PRESENTATION, WALK THROUGH THE [Captioner] 20:02:08 REMAINDER OF THE SLIDES. [Captioner] 20:02:11 THE PRESENTATION IS NOW VISIBLE [Captioner] 20:02:14 . AS THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ALONG [Captioner] 20:02:18 A MIXED ZONE [Captioner] 20:02:21 OF SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY [Captioner] 20:02:25 , REAR PORTION WE HAVE ALREADY THREE STORIED [Captioner] 20:02:28 TOWN HOME PROJECTS AND THERE ARE UP [Captioner] 20:02:31 UPCOMING MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS ALSO [Captioner] 20:02:35 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT DEFINITELY DRAWS INSPIRATION [Captioner] 20:02:38 OF DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT USING [Captioner] 20:02:42 THE SIGNIFICANTLY SEEN MATERIALS AND DESIGN STYLES IN THE [Captioner] 20:02:46 NEIGHBORHOOD AS YOU CAN SEE FOR 41 [Captioner] 20:02:49 92 CENTRAL AVENUE, [Captioner] 20:02:54 4120 CENTRAL [Captioner] 20:02:57 AVENUE RIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. [Captioner] 20:03:02 TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT FEATURES, THE PROJECT HAS [Captioner] 20:03:05 A CENTRALIZED BICYCLE PARKING PROPOSED RIGHT HERE [Captioner] 20:03:08 , WHICH BECOMES A BIKER'S [Captioner] 20:03:11 HEAVEN TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT EASILY THROUGH BOTH [Captioner] 20:03:15 THE SIDES, [Captioner] 20:03:18 [Captioner] 20:03:22 , EV [Captioner] 20:03:26 EV CHARGING, 100% ELECTRIC AND ALSO WE ARE BUILDING [Captioner] 20:03:29 THIS PROJECT WITH STEEL, THIS WILL ADD MORE TO THIS POINT [Captioner] 20:03:32 OF SUSTAINABILITY AND FOSTER CONSTRUCTION IN THE TIME TO COME. [Captioner] 20:03:38 TALKING MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT FEATURES, [Captioner] 20:03:42 THIS HOUSES A TUSCAN ARCHITECTURE, THE [Captioner] 20:03:46 LEVEL 2 AND 3 ARE ALL [Captioner] 20:03:49 OFFSETTED FROM LEVEL 1, TO GIVE [Captioner] 20:03:52 A BEAUTIFUL LOOKING LOOK AS WELL AS THIS REDUCES [Captioner] 20:03:55 THE BULK AND MASS. THE VARIATION IN THE [Captioner] 20:03:59 MATERIALS GIVES A SENSE OF A BEAUTIFUL STREETSCAPE ON THE [Captioner] 20:04:01 CENTRAL AVENUE SITE. WE HAVE USED MORE THAN ONE [Captioner] 20:04:05 MATERIAL HERE IN THE FACADE THAT IS STUCCO [Captioner] 20:04:08 AND STONE COMBINATION AND ALSO THE UNITS HAVE STREET FACE [Captioner] 20:04:11 ING ENTRANCES GIVING IT A MORE VIBRANT LOOK. [Captioner] 20:04:17 THE BUILDINGS HAVE DIFFERENTIATED THE [Captioner] 20:04:21 DIFFERENT COLORS, AS CAN YOU SEE MORE [Captioner] 20:04:24 COLOR VARIATION ADDED, THIS IS THE GREAT POINT OF THIS [Captioner] 20:04:28 ARCHITECTURE OF ADDING NEW STREET TREES ALONG [Captioner] 20:04:31 THE ARGYLE ROAD, 22 FEET BY DRIVING [Captioner] 20:04:34 . WE HAVE COVERED ENTRANCE [Captioner] 20:04:37 HERE AS FOR REQUIREMENTS, WE HAVE PROVIDED MORE THAN [Captioner] 20:04:40 WAS REQUIRED FOR EACH OF THESE UNITS. ALSO THE PRIVATE OPEN SPACE [Captioner] 20:04:43 WHICH IS A 60 FEET, 60 SQUARE [Captioner] 20:04:46 FEET REQUIREMENT, WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE REQUIREMENT FOR [Captioner] 20:04:50 EVERY UNIT HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS DISCOVERED AND THE RESIDENTS [Captioner] 20:04:53 CAN ENJOY THE AT ALL PRIVATE TIME. [Captioner] 20:04:57 THE PROJECTS ALSO FEATURES SPACIOUS TWO CAR [Captioner] 20:05:00 GARAGES, IT ALSO HAS BICYCLE STORAGE INSIDE IT [Captioner] 20:05:03 . THIS IS A TYPICAL PLAN OF THE GARAGE, [Captioner] 20:05:06 THE EV CHARGING POINT IS ALSO PROVIDED [Captioner] 20:05:10 HENCE THE PROJECT IS ALSO FUTURE-READY WITH 100 [Captioner] 20:05:14 CUBE ICT FEET OF STORAGE, BICYCLE STORAGE [Captioner] 20:05:17 AND STORAGE SPACE FOR LARGE TRASH BINS [Captioner] 20:05:20 . THIS IS THE MATERIAL SCHEDULE AND WE [Captioner] 20:05:24 HAVE USED BEST QUALITY HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS TO BE PROVIDED [Captioner] 20:05:27 IN THIS PROJECT. TALKING ABOUT [Captioner] 20:05:30 THE PRIVACY DIAGRAM, AS YOU CAN SEE, [Captioner] 20:05:34 AS JAMES ALSO ALREADY MENTIONED [Captioner] 20:05:37 , 18 FEET OF DISTANCE [Captioner] 20:05:40 FROM THE NEIGHBORS OF THE PROJECT AND OVER 45 FEET DISTANCE [Captioner] 20:05:43 FROM THE NEIGHBORING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND [Captioner] 20:05:47 WE HAVE PLACED IT SUCH A WAY [Captioner] 20:05:50 THAT PLACED TOWARDS IT AND THE WINDOWS ARE STAGGERED [Captioner] 20:05:53 FROM THE WINDOWS OF THE NEIGHBORING HOUSES. [Captioner] 20:05:56 IN ADDITION TO WHICH WE HAVE PROVIDED PRIVACY SCREENING TREES, [Captioner] 20:05:59 THESE TREES ARE ACTUALLY [Captioner] 20:06:02 [Captioner] 20:06:06 EVERGREEN TREES, CAN GROW UP TO 25 TO [Captioner] 20:06:09 30 FEET IN HEIGHT. [Captioner] 20:06:13 >> Trish Cordova: EXCUSE ME, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT. [Captioner] 20:06:15 >> SURE. I'LL GO THROUGH LAST POINTS. [Captioner] 20:06:18 THIS IS ANOTHER REPRESENTATION OF THE [Captioner] 20:06:21 PRIVACY ASPECT BECAUSE OF THE TREES, THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT INTRUSION [Captioner] 20:06:25 OF PRIVACY HERE. AND THIS WILL [Captioner] 20:06:29 ALSO BLOCK ANY KIND OF CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO NEIGHBORS [Captioner] 20:06:32 . THIS IS THE LANDSCAPING DIAGRAM AND WE HAVE INTRODUCED A [Captioner] 20:06:35 LOT OF EFFICIENT LANDSCAPING PATTERNS [Captioner] 20:06:38 IN THE PROJECT. [Captioner] 20:06:41 WE ALSO DID NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH STARTING SEPTEMBER 1st WHEN [Captioner] 20:06:45 THE LETTERS WERE SENT, ON [Captioner] 20:06:48 SEPTEMBER 9th WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING ON THE SITE [Captioner] 20:06:51 AND MET SEVERAL [Captioner] 20:06:54 NEIGHBORS. ON NOVEMBER 4th THE LETTERS [Captioner] 20:06:58 WERE SENT TO 226 NEIGHBORS ONCE AGAIN SEEKING [Captioner] 20:07:01 THEIR SUPPORT. ON NOVEMBER 11th WE HAD A [Captioner] 20:07:03 ROAD SHOW MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY INCIDENTS. [Captioner] 20:07:06 WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE NEIGHBORS FOR SUPPORT AND SOME [Captioner] 20:07:10 OF THE IMAGES ARE HERE, COMMUNICATIONS ARE ALREADY WITH [Captioner] 20:07:13 YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REQUEST THE HONORABLE [Captioner] 20:07:17 COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE [Captioner] 20:07:20 PROJECT AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK [Captioner] 20:07:24 YOU. COMMISSIONERS DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? [Captioner] 20:07:27 MR. [Captioner] 20:07:30 YEE, PLEASE. >> Commissioner Yee: THANK YOU CHAIR DAULTON. [Captioner] 20:07:33 I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE NEIGHBOR THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO [Captioner] 20:07:36 THIS PROJECT ON ARGYLE ROAD AND [Captioner] 20:07:40 IT LOOKS LIKE BASED ON THE ARTISTS RENDITION [Captioner] 20:07:43 S YOU'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING WHAT LOOKS LIKE [Captioner] 20:07:46 A LARGE OLEANDER BUSH AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE [Captioner] 20:07:49 A PALM TREE VARIATION THAT, YOU KNOW, ABUTS [Captioner] 20:07:53 AGAINST THIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. [Captioner] 20:07:56 SO I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLY CHECK AND MAKE SURE, [Captioner] 20:07:59 ARE THOSE TWO LARGE PLANTS GOING TO BE REMOVED AND THEN [Captioner] 20:08:02 REPLACED WITH SOMETHING ELSE? THE REASON WHY I ASKED IS [Captioner] 20:08:05 THAT THE RESIDENT ON ARGYLE HAS BEEN I [Captioner] 20:08:09 GUESS AT ODDS ABOUT TRYING TO MAINTAIN THOSE TWO [Captioner] 20:08:13 LARGE PLANTS ON HER OWN. AND I'M JUST WANTING TO [Captioner] 20:08:16 MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY ARE BEING REMOVED [Captioner] 20:08:19 THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS PUT BACK INTO PLACE BECOMES [Captioner] 20:08:22 A LOT MORE MAINTENANCE-FREE FOR [Captioner] 20:08:25 THIS RESIDENCE. >> OF COURSE, WE ARE [Captioner] 20:08:29 SAVING THE STREET TREES AND THE PROTECTED TREE [Captioner] 20:08:32 THAT'S ON ARGYLE ROAD. OTHER TREES WHICH ARE [Captioner] 20:08:37 RECOMMENDED REMOVAL BY THE ARBORIST ARE REMOVED. [Captioner] 20:08:40 WE HAVE ALREADY REPLACEMENT OF TREES TO THE CITY [Captioner] 20:08:44 , HENCE ALL THE REPLACEMENT THE 24 [Captioner] 20:08:47 INCH BOX TREES HAVE BEEN ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF AS [Captioner] 20:08:50 CAN YOU SEE THE LANDSCAPING DIAGRAM. THAT WILL [Captioner] 20:08:54 BE BRIEFLY FOR THE NEIGHBOR. >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY, I [Captioner] 20:08:57 ALSO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION WITH RELATIONSHIP TO THAT ONE [Captioner] 20:09:00 RESIDENT. IT LOOKS LIKE ON YOUR ARTIST [Captioner] 20:09:03 RENDITIONS AGAIN, THERE IS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WHAT [Captioner] 20:09:06 LOOKS LIKE AN IRON FENCE THAT IS DIVIDING THE TWO [Captioner] 20:09:10 PROPERTIES, RIGHT NOW, THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE SIDEWALK [Captioner] 20:09:13 . THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND YOUR ARTIST RENDITION [Captioner] 20:09:16 AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE [Captioner] 20:09:19 A WOODEN FENCE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE SIDEWALK [Captioner] 20:09:22 AGO WELL? >> THE FENCING HERE WILL ONLY BE ON THE [Captioner] 20:09:26 TWO SIDES. THAT IS THE REAR AND THE SIDE OF THE [Captioner] 20:09:29 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, REST WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:09:32 NOT PROVIDED ANY FENCING [Captioner] 20:09:35 TOWARDS THE STREET SIDE. IT IS OPEN MORE VISUAL [Captioner] 20:09:39 LY INTEGRATING INTO THE STREET. [Captioner] 20:09:44 SO AND THE HIGH INTENSITY WOULD BE GONE [Captioner] 20:09:47 . >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:09:49 >> THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM [Captioner] 20:09:52 COMMISSIONERS TO THE APPLICANT? YES, [Captioner] 20:09:55 CHARLES LIU PLEASE. [Captioner] 20:10:00 >> Commissioner Liu: LOOKS LIKE THE CONDITION OF THE JOB SITE [Captioner] 20:10:03 HAS DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO [Captioner] 20:10:06 WHEN I HAPPENED TO STOP BY THE AREA [Captioner] 20:10:09 . WHAT -- ONE OF THE HOUSES APPEARED [Captioner] 20:10:13 TO BE SEVERELY BURNED FROM THE NIGHT [Captioner] 20:10:16 INSIDE. AND WHAT [Captioner] 20:10:20 ADDITIONAL MEASURES DID YOU MAKE OTHER THAN PUTTING UP THE FENCES [Captioner] 20:10:23 TO PREVENT IT FROM DETERIORATING EVEN [Captioner] 20:10:26 FURTHER? [Captioner] 20:10:30 >> THANK YOU NOR THE QUESTION COMMISSIONER. [Captioner] 20:10:33 THE PROJECT AS YOU [Captioner] 20:10:36 INDICATED, ONE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, [Captioner] 20:10:39 ONCE IT WAS VACATED WE PLACED THE FENCES AFTER WHICH [Captioner] 20:10:42 WE ALSO PLACED A CCTV CAMERAS [Captioner] 20:10:45 . HOWEVER THERE WAS FREQUENT BREAK INS. [Captioner] 20:10:48 WE ALSO HAD SECURITY PERSON FREQUENTLY VISIT [Captioner] 20:10:51 ING THE SITE TO MAINTAIN THERE WAS [Captioner] 20:10:54 NO TRESPASSING. HOWEVER THAT PROGRESSED BY [Captioner] 20:10:58 THEIR CUTTING THE FENCE AND THEY WERE YOU KNOW FOUND [Captioner] 20:11:01 TO DO SOME ACTIVITIES NOT PERMITTED OF COURSE AND HENCE WE [Captioner] 20:11:04 HAD CALLED IN THE CHIEF OF POLICE [Captioner] 20:11:08 OF THE CITY OF FREMONT AND THE PEOPLE WERE VACATED FROM THE PROPERTY [Captioner] 20:11:11 TIME AND AGAIN, THE TIME FROM LAST YEAR SEPTEMBER [Captioner] 20:11:14 2021. SINCE THEN THERE WAS NOT MUCH OF [Captioner] 20:11:17 AN ACTIVITY UNTIL THE MONTH [Captioner] 20:11:21 OF AUGUST, YEAR AGAIN THIS YEAR WHEN [Captioner] 20:11:25 A FEW MISCREANT [Captioner] 20:11:29 S WENT INTO THE PROPERTY AND SET FIRE [Captioner] 20:11:32 OF THE BROOM AND A REPORT WAS MADE OF THAT INCIDENT [Captioner] 20:11:35 WHICH TRIGGERED FIRE ON THE PROPERTY AT NIGHT. IT WAS IN THE [Captioner] 20:11:39 MIDNIGHT AND SOON THE FIRE TENDERS [Captioner] 20:11:42 RUSHED TO DOUSE IT. [Captioner] 20:11:46 WE ONCE AGAIN TIGHTENED SECURITY AROUND ALL THE FENCE [Captioner] 20:11:49 S, WE STARTED ALL THE CCT [Captioner] 20:11:52 V CAMERAS, ENSURED TREK VISITS TO MAKE SURE [Captioner] 20:11:55 THERE WAS NO TRESPASSING. THE [Captioner] 20:11:59 CENTRAL CORE WE UNDERSTAND ONCE [Captioner] 20:12:02 AGAIN A PERSON HAS BARGED INTO THE PROPERTY. WE GOT THE [Captioner] 20:12:05 PERSON OUT AND GOT THE INFORMATION FROM THE [Captioner] 20:12:08 CITY POLICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT YES, THAT TEAM [Captioner] 20:12:11 HAS REACHING THE SPOT TO GET THE [Captioner] 20:12:14 HOMELESS PERSON OUT OF THE PROPERTY. SO THAT HAS BEEN [Captioner] 20:12:17 TREK BECAUSE WE KNOW FREMONT CITY HAS [Captioner] 20:12:20 ONE OF THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF HOMELESS AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING [Captioner] 20:12:23 TO SECURE THE PROPERTY. [Captioner] 20:12:27 >> Commissioner Liu: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:12:30 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER BASRAI. [Captioner] 20:12:33 >> Commissioner Basrai: COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADD TO COMMISSIONER LIU [Captioner] 20:12:36 'S STATEMENT. THERE ARE A TON OF CARS PARKED [Captioner] 20:12:40 THERE ILLEGALLY. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO [Captioner] 20:12:43 MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IT BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE A PARK [Captioner] 20:12:46 ING LOT WITH BOTH OF THE GARAGES -- AND YOU KNOW LIKE [Captioner] 20:12:49 I SAID I DISCLOSE THIS, I LIVED THERE, [Captioner] 20:12:52 I LIVED ON THAT HOUSE AT [Captioner] 20:12:56 4158 CENTRAL [Captioner] 20:13:01 . THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION I KNOW [Captioner] 20:13:04 WHY THEY ARE THERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF CARS, THEY [Captioner] 20:13:07 KEEP BREAKING INTO THE THE FENCE. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO TO [Captioner] 20:13:11 EITHER DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE SO THIS DOESN'T KEEP [Captioner] 20:13:14 HAPPENING? BECAUSE THERE ARE -- IT LOOKS LIKE AN ABANDONED [Captioner] 20:13:18 CAR LOT. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER LAST THING IS I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 20:13:21 TO -- SO THERE'S TWO QUESTIONS -- IS JUST KNOWING [Captioner] 20:13:24 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SO MANY YEARS, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 20:13:27 WHY THERE WASN'T ANY SORT OF DISCUSSION ON SOME SORT [Captioner] 20:13:31 OF LOW-INCOME -- I KNOW THE DESIGN MAYBE [Captioner] 20:13:34 NOT ACCEPTED FOR IT, BUT ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, LOOK [Captioner] 20:13:38 ING OR MORE THAN JUST TAKING [Captioner] 20:13:41 THE EXEMPTION, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOOK [Captioner] 20:13:44 ING AT ALL THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THE SINGLE [Captioner] 20:13:47 FAMILY HOMES AND THE TOWN HOUSES THERE, [Captioner] 20:13:50 WHY THAT THIS COULDN'T BE AN [Captioner] 20:13:54 EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE COULD HAVE BOTH. BECAUSE I [Captioner] 20:13:57 THINK THAT -- THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY [Captioner] 20:14:00 THE KIDS THAT WALKED FROM CENTERVILLE AND COME [Captioner] 20:14:04 FROM SCHOOL, AND THEY LIVE AND THEIR PARENTS WORK [Captioner] 20:14:07 THERE, THAT WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO MAKE [Captioner] 20:14:10 THAT AN EXAMPLE. THOSE ARE MY TWO POINTS [Captioner] 20:14:13 , WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE CARS AND MAKE SURE [Captioner] 20:14:16 THE FENCING STAYS UP AND IS THERE [Captioner] 20:14:20 ANYTHING WE CAN DO ON THE WALL IN COMING SIDE [Captioner] 20:14:23 ? >> I APPRECIATE YOUR STATING [Captioner] 20:14:26 THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A FORMER RESIDENT ON THE PROPERTY. [Captioner] 20:14:29 WE HAVE OF COURSE THE PLANNER CAN SECOND THAT, WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:14:32 A DEMO PERMIT OF THE CITY. [Captioner] 20:14:36 WE BELIEVE DEMOING THESE PROPERTIES CAN CLEAR [Captioner] 20:14:39 UP THESE INCIDENTS THAT MAY POTENTIALLY COME UP. [Captioner] 20:14:42 THAT APPLICATION IS ALREADY THERE AND IT IS IN THE PROCESS AND [Captioner] 20:14:46 WE DEFINITELY INTEND TO GET IT. THE FIRE [Captioner] 20:14:49 WAS BACK AND FORTH WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY ON THE [Captioner] 20:14:53 ROT CONDITION FOR WHICH THIS [Captioner] 20:14:56 WAS ANSWERING, BUT WE ARE COMPLETELY FOCUSED [Captioner] 20:14:59 ABOUT GETTING RID OF THIS DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE [Captioner] 20:15:02 AND ENSURING A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BASICALLY TRYING TO [Captioner] 20:15:05 PROVIDE AS YOU SAID, REMOVE ALL THESE [Captioner] 20:15:09 CARS AND GETTING A TOWING [Captioner] 20:15:11 PERMIT AND GET THEM REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. [Captioner] 20:15:14 SO THAT IS I GUESS [Captioner] 20:15:17 A BIT OF RESPECT TO THE DEMOLITION PERMIT AND TO ENSURE [Captioner] 20:15:21 THAT THE SITE IS CLEAN [Captioner] 20:15:24 . THIS BMR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT [Captioner] 20:15:27 UNIT, WE DID HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE PLANNERS ON IF THERE'S [Captioner] 20:15:29 ANY QUIERNLT. WE ARE NOT SEEKING ANY [Captioner] 20:15:33 EXEMPTIONS OR VARIATIONS IN THIS PROJECT AT ALL. [Captioner] 20:15:36 AND AS FOR THE CALCULATIONS FOR BMR UNIT [Captioner] 20:15:39 WE CAN ONLY PAY IN LIEU FEES AND THAT'S [Captioner] 20:15:43 NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A UNIT ALTOGETHER AND [Captioner] 20:15:46 HENCE WE'RE HAPPY TO PAY THAT FOR [Captioner] 20:15:50 THE [Captioner] 20:15:54 IN LIEU FEES. >> Commissioner Basrai: THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:15:56 . >> THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: IF [Captioner] 20:16:02 THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 20:16:02 TO OPEN THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. [Captioner] 20:16:06 TRISH DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? >> Trish Cordova: YES CHAIR DAULTON WE [Captioner] 20:16:09 HAVE SPEAKERS. I SEE THREE SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 20:16:11 HOW MANY MINUTES WILL THEY HAVE TO SPEAK? [Captioner] 20:16:14 >> Commissioner Daulton: LET'S GO TWO MINUTES ON THIS PLEASE. >> Trish Cordova: LET [Captioner] 20:16:17 ME START WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER AND INTRODUCE THEM [Captioner] 20:16:21 , KADAR WAGMO [Captioner] 20:16:24 D, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES -- I'M [Captioner] 20:16:27 SORRY, TWO MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THE [Captioner] 20:16:30 OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS KEDAR. [Captioner] 20:16:33 I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS PROPERTY. [Captioner] 20:16:37 I CAN HAVE GIVE [Captioner] 20:16:40 A LIGHT TO YOU ENJOYS, I KNOW IT'S NOT ALLOWED [Captioner] 20:16:44 HERE, BUT THE MISCREANTS [Captioner] 20:16:47 THAT APPLICANT TALKED ABOUT AND ALSO THE QUESTION [Captioner] 20:16:51 THAT MR. LI [Captioner] 20:16:54 LIU ASKED, THE [Captioner] 20:16:58 PROPERTY IS IN BAD SHAPE AND AS WE SPEAK, [Captioner] 20:17:01 THERE IS SOMEBODY LIVING THE NOW. OTHER HOMELESS PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:17:04 WITH THEM, AND THEY ARE A NUISANCE, THAT'S [Captioner] 20:17:06 ONE. AND THE SECOND IS, WE WOULD [Captioner] 20:17:10 REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU JUST KEEP IT CLEAN. IF YOU JUST KEEP [Captioner] 20:17:14 THE PRIME PORTION OF IT CLEAN. BECAUSE IT LOOKS SO [Captioner] 20:17:17 DIRTY, EVERY TIME WE GET GUESTS THEY TALK ABOUT THAT PROPERTY [Captioner] 20:17:20 . SO LIKE WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE YOU GUYS DEVELOPING [Captioner] 20:17:23 THAT AND WE WOULD WANT YOU TO WELCOME TO THIS [Captioner] 20:17:26 COMMUNITY. BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR IS [Captioner] 20:17:30 , THEY'RE JUST LIKE A REALLY BAD TATE IN [Captioner] 20:17:33 OUR OWN MOUTH. SO PLEASE, [Captioner] 20:17:37 YOU SHOWED THE ROAD MAP HOW YOU GOT HERE SO FAR [Captioner] 20:17:40 BUT WHAT I DID NOT SEE IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO [Captioner] 20:17:43 DO NEXT. SO PLEASE START WORKING ON IT [Captioner] 20:17:46 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND DEMOLISH THAT PROPERTY, IF YOU ARE GOING [Captioner] 20:17:49 TO TAKE SOME TIME OREBUILD IT, IT'S IN REALLY BAD [Captioner] 20:17:52 SHAPE AND BRINGING A LOT OF REALLY BAD PEOPLE HERE. [Captioner] 20:17:54 THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU SIR. [Captioner] 20:17:57 TRISH DO WE HAVE MORE SPEAKERS? >> Trish Cordova: YES, LET [Captioner] 20:18:01 ME INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER, DONNA [Captioner] 20:18:05 ALVAREZ, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. [Captioner] 20:18:11 DONNA, GO AHEAD AND SPEAKS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. [Captioner] 20:18:14 >> YES. I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 20:18:17 THE FIRST ONE IS, I BRIEFLY HEARD THAT YOU SAID [Captioner] 20:18:21 YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE THE [Captioner] 20:18:25 EXISTING SHRUBBERY OUT. SO [Captioner] 20:18:29 THAT IT WOULD NOT OVERFLOW ON MY PROPERTY [Captioner] 20:18:32 . BECAUSE I'VE HAD A GARDENER TO KEEP THAT [Captioner] 20:18:35 BACK. BECAUSE THE CITY, I [Captioner] 20:18:39 SPOKE TO THE CITY, THEY SAID THAT WAS [Captioner] 20:18:42 MY PROBLEM. AND SECOND QUESTION [Captioner] 20:18:46 IS, [Captioner] 20:18:49 THE PERSON THAT LIVED THERE FOR, I DON'T KNOW [Captioner] 20:18:52 , TEN YEARS OR MORE, THAT HAD THE PROPERTY [Captioner] 20:18:56 , THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE. [Captioner] 20:19:00 AND WOULD THE PARKING SPACES THAT YOU'RE ALLOWING FOR [Captioner] 20:19:04 AND THEN FIVE EXTRA SPACES, I DON'T KNOW THAT [Captioner] 20:19:07 THAT'S ENOUGH FOR THAT AREA. WE GET AN [Captioner] 20:19:10 OVERFLOW OF TRAFFIC ALL THE TIME [Captioner] 20:19:13 . CONSTANTLY. [Captioner] 20:19:18 AND MY THIRD QUESTION IS [Captioner] 20:19:21 : THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN THAT WAY [Captioner] 20:19:24 FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. AND AS YOU KNOW [Captioner] 20:19:28 , I'M RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT [Captioner] 20:19:31 PROPERTY, AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE COME [Captioner] 20:19:34 OUT THERE TO HANDLE THE [Captioner] 20:19:37 SITUATION. I DID SEE THE FENCE. AND THEN [Captioner] 20:19:41 I SAW NOTHING AFTER THAT. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I [Captioner] 20:19:45 CONTACTED THE CITY. [Captioner] 20:19:48 AND WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH RATS AND ROACHES. [Captioner] 20:19:55 SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT. [Captioner] 20:19:58 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:20:01 >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, MS. [Captioner] 20:20:05 ALVAREZ. TRISH I SEE WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:20:07 ANOTHER SPEAKER. >> Trish Cordova: I'LL GO [Captioner] 20:20:10 AHEAD OKAY YES. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KELLY A [Captioner] 20:20:13 . KELLY, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. YOU HAVE PERMISSION. [Captioner] 20:20:16 YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> YES, FIRST PROBLEM WAS THE [Captioner] 20:20:19 OVERFLOW PARKING NOW AND IT WAS CONSTANTLY. [Captioner] 20:20:22 SO I BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE, SO THAT'S PROBABLY LIKE [Captioner] 20:20:25 AT MIDNIGHT, 3 A.M., 3 P.M, [Captioner] 20:20:28 ALL AROUND THE CLOCK. THERE'S WAY TOO MANY CARS IN [Captioner] 20:20:31 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW IF THIS WERE, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 20:20:35 A MORE PRIVILEGED NEIGHBORHOOD [Captioner] 20:20:38 LIKE MISSION PEAK STANFORD [Captioner] 20:20:41 AFTERNOON MISSION SAN JOSE WE WOULD GET IN WHAT, THOSE PARKING [Captioner] 20:20:44 PERMITS AND THE POLICE WOULD BE OUT THERE HIRING [Captioner] 20:20:47 EXTRA HEAD COUNTS AND HANDING OUT [Captioner] 20:20:51 RESIDENTIAL TICKETS, THESE PEOPLE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM AND [Captioner] 20:20:54 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY HELP FROM THE CITY SO I PROMISE YOU, YOUR [Captioner] 20:20:58 LIFE IS GOING TO BE HELL. YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET THOSE [Captioner] 20:21:01 PARKING PERMITS. ALL BUT RESOURCE [Captioner] 20:21:04 S GOES TO MISSION SAN JOSE. 200 FEET NORTHWEST OF THIS [Captioner] 20:21:07 THERE'S A GIANT [Captioner] 20:21:10 EMPTY LOT. IF THIS WAS MISSION SAN JOSE PEOPLE WOULD NOTICE [Captioner] 20:21:13 THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF TRUCKLOADS OF DIRT, DOZENS [Captioner] 20:21:18 OF TRUCKLOADS OF DIRT GETTING DUMPED [Captioner] 20:21:21 ON TO THIS EMPTY LOT. [Captioner] 20:21:24 WHY DO YOU LET PEOPLE DUMP [Captioner] 20:21:27 DIRT ON THIS LOT? THAT'S A PROFITABLE THING [Captioner] 20:21:30 YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW THE TOXICITY OF THAT DIRT [Captioner] 20:21:33 . SOMEBODY SHOULD BE FIGURING THIS OUT BUT I'M SURE THE [Captioner] 20:21:36 CITY IS NOT REALLY LOOKING AT THAT EMPTY LOT. [Captioner] 20:21:39 THEN ANOTHER POINT OF DIFFERENCE WITH MISSION SAN JOSE. THERE IS A [Captioner] 20:21:42 7-ELEVEN ACROSS THE STREET. IT IS ACTUALLY A [Captioner] 20:21:46 LIVE AND WORKING, THE ONE IN MISSION SAN JOSE IT DIED [Captioner] 20:21:49 , I TOLD YOU ALL THE BUSINESSES IN MISSION SAN JOSE IS DYING AND [Captioner] 20:21:52 THE 7-ELEVEN IS ONE OF THEM. ANOTHER DIFFERENCE [Captioner] 20:21:55 WITH MISSION SAN JOSE. THIS HOUSE HAS A PUBLIC [Captioner] 20:21:59 PARK, COMMUNITY PARK UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 0. [Captioner] 20:22:02 3 MILES AWAY. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN HERE FOR 20 OR [Captioner] 20:22:05 30 OR 40 YEARS, THEY NEVER HAD A PARK [Captioner] 20:22:08 . MISSION SAN JOSE HAS LOTS OF PARKS. [Captioner] 20:22:11 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST NOW GETTING A PARK, [Captioner] 20:22:14 A COMMUNITY PARK, FROM THE CITY OF FREMONT [Captioner] 20:22:17 . WHAT A MAGNIFICENT THING AND IT'S [Captioner] 20:22:20 ONLY TAKEN WHAT? 40 YEARS? THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:22:22 . >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, KELLY. [Captioner] 20:22:28 IF THAT'S ALL THE [Captioner] 20:22:31 SPEAKERS, I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE [Captioner] 20:22:35 APPLICANT A FEW MINUTES TO EITHER SUM UP, [Captioner] 20:22:38 OR REBUT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, [Captioner] 20:22:41 PLEASE. >> SURE, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:22:44 THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING AND SPEAKING UP FOR ROJT [Captioner] 20:22:47 . SUMMARIZING THE POINTS AND RESPONDING TO EACH OF THEM. [Captioner] 20:22:50 FOR THE FIRST SPEAKER, [Captioner] 20:22:54 WITH RESPECT TO DEMOLITION, THE [Captioner] 20:22:58 APPLICATION IS ALREADY WITH THE CITY AND WE HAVE [Captioner] 20:23:02 COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO AVOID [Captioner] 20:23:05 ING ANY SUCH NUISANCE. THE [Captioner] 20:23:10 APPLICATION HAS BEEN OVER [Captioner] 20:23:13 NEARLY FOUR YEARS TO REACH [Captioner] 20:23:17 THIS LAST THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR YEARS WE HAVE SPENT AND [Captioner] 20:23:20 WE CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THIS OUT [Captioner] 20:23:24 AND ONLY SOLUTION HERE I BELIEVE IS [Captioner] 20:23:27 FOR US TO APPROVAL AND GET THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED. [Captioner] 20:23:30 WE ALSO HAVE CLEANING DONE, AS YOU SEE WE REGULARLY CLEAN [Captioner] 20:23:33 THE SIDEWALKS, WE HAVE MANY NOTICES [Captioner] 20:23:36 ALSO FROM THE CITY FROM TIME TO TIME AND WE HAVE BEEN RESPONDING [Captioner] 20:23:40 TO THEM AND GETTING THIS SITE [Captioner] 20:23:43 THE GRASS TRIMMED, THE SIDEWALKS CLEARED, [Captioner] 20:23:46 AND ALSO WE HAVE DONE IT, WITH RESPECT TO [Captioner] 20:23:49 THE TRAFFIC, OF COURSE, THIS [Captioner] 20:23:53 MULTIFAMILY PROJECT DOES HOUSE TWO CAR GARAGES FOR [Captioner] 20:23:56 EVERY UNIT, SUFFICIENT FOR ALL THE RESIDENCES, [Captioner] 20:24:00 AS WELL AS VISITOR PARKING IS PROVIDED IN THE SITE ITSELF [Captioner] 20:24:03 WHICH IS SUFFICIENT AS FOR ALL [Captioner] 20:24:06 THEN CONFORMING TO THE REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES ITSELF, HENCE WE [Captioner] 20:24:09 ARE PROVIDING AND WE'RE NOT SEEKING ANY EXCEPTIONS [Captioner] 20:24:12 OR VARIATIONS PROVIDING LESS [Captioner] 20:24:16 ER PARKINGS AT ALL. ALL THE TREES [Captioner] 20:24:20 , LANDSCAPING AGAIN PROVIDING ARE [Captioner] 20:24:24 GREEN TREES HENCE LESSER CONCERN ON THE [Captioner] 20:24:27 LANDSCAPING FOR YOU. FOR YOU AND THE LAST APPLICANT I [Captioner] 20:24:30 GUESS THE CONCERN IN RESPECT TO THIS IS THAT WE MOVE THE PROJECT [Captioner] 20:24:33 FAST ENOUGH, GET THE PROJECT STARTED AND THAT IS WHEN WE [Captioner] 20:24:37 CAN ENSURE BETTER AND BEAUTIFUL STREETSCAPE [Captioner] 20:24:41 . >> Commissioner Daulton: [Captioner] 20:24:44 THANK YOU MR. DATTA [Captioner] 20:24:47 . IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE [Captioner] 20:24:50 PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. AND BRING IT BACK TO THE [Captioner] 20:24:53 COMMISSIONERS.ANY QUESTIONS OR [Captioner] 20:24:56 COMMENTS FROM THE [Captioner] 20:24:59 COMMISSION AT THIS POINT PLEASE [Captioner] 20:25:03 ? [Captioner] 20:25:06 NOBODY, OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN [Captioner] 20:25:09 I'M GOING TO ITERATE, ANY TIME YOU [Captioner] 20:25:12 BRING ME A DEVELOPMENT OF TOWN HOUSES [Captioner] 20:25:18 WITHIN AN EIGHT-MINUTE WALK [Captioner] 20:25:23 TO A TRANSIT HUB, I GOT TO [Captioner] 20:25:26 SAY, YOU'VE LOST THE PLOT. [Captioner] 20:25:30 BECAUSE I REALIZE THAT THIS IS WHAT DEVELOPERS BRING [Captioner] 20:25:34 YOU AND PRESENT TO YOU, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THEY [Captioner] 20:25:37 WANT TO SELL A 2500 [Captioner] 20:25:40 SQUARE FOOT TOWN HOUSE. AND I CAN'T SAY THAT I BLAME [Captioner] 20:25:44 THEM. BUT OUR IDEA [Captioner] 20:25:48 OF TOD'S IS THAT [Captioner] 20:25:52 WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO ACCESS [Captioner] 20:25:56 THE TRANSIT THERE BY OFFERING DENSER HOUSING [Captioner] 20:26:01 , SMALLER UNITS, LESS PARKING, [Captioner] 20:26:04 ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE SORT OF MISSING FROM THIS. IN ADDITION [Captioner] 20:26:07 , I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER BASRAI [Captioner] 20:26:11 WAS INTIMATING THIS OR NOT. BUTTER THIS IS A WORKING [Captioner] 20:26:14 CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD [Captioner] 20:26:18 . AND SO THE FIT HERE IS OBVIOUSLY [Captioner] 20:26:21 AWKWARD OF THIS PROJECT. AND [Captioner] 20:26:25 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE -- IT'S GOING TO BE NOTICE [Captioner] 20:26:29 ABLE. AGAIN, I REALIZE [Captioner] 20:26:32 THAT THE BUILDER CAN BUILD WHATEVER HE WANTS THERE [Captioner] 20:26:35 TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. [Captioner] 20:26:39 BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A [Captioner] 20:26:42 SORE THUMB. AND I WOULD HOPE WHEN WE [Captioner] 20:26:45 GET A SORE THUMB LIKE THIS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE [Captioner] 20:26:48 THIS, IT OFFERS SOME OF THE [Captioner] 20:26:51 ASPECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE WITHIN THE T [Captioner] 20:26:55 OD OF [Captioner] 20:26:58 SOME AFFORDABILITY, [Captioner] 20:27:01 SOME LIMITATION ON PARKING. I THINK CLEARLY BOTH THESE [Captioner] 20:27:05 PROJECTS RAISE THE ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PARKING [Captioner] 20:27:08 MAXIMUMS IN THE TOD. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S [Captioner] 20:27:11 NOT MY PURVIEW OR THE PURVIEW OF THIS ITEM RIGHT NOW [Captioner] 20:27:14 . BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY TO BRING IT [Captioner] 20:27:18 UP. YES, COMMISSIONER BASRAI. [Captioner] 20:27:22 >> Commissioner Basrai: AND I THINK COMMISSIONER DAULTON, I [Captioner] 20:27:25 JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT MOVING FORWARD, [Captioner] 20:27:28 LIKE WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, HAVING LIVED [Captioner] 20:27:32 THROUGH SOME OF THIS CONSTRUCTION, FROM WHAT WAS ON [Captioner] 20:27:35 FREMONT BOULEVARD, AND WHAT WAS NEXT DOOR TO ME, JUST [Captioner] 20:27:38 DIDN'T FIT, WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD SEE [Captioner] 20:27:42 A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHEN YOU SEE [Captioner] 20:27:45 THE KIDS WALKING DOWN THE STREET ON CENTRAL AVENUE [Captioner] 20:27:48 FROM CENTERVILLE ELEMENTARY, GOING HOME, TO [Captioner] 20:27:52 THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEXES DOWN THE STREET, IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOME [Captioner] 20:27:55 OF THEM COULD WALK TO THEIR HOUSES. AND THAT JUST DOESN'T [Captioner] 20:27:58 FEEL LIKE THAT. AND THAT -- LIKE YOU SAID, [Captioner] 20:28:01 I CAN'T -- THAT'S NOT IN OUR PURVIEW. [Captioner] 20:28:04 YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO VOTE WITH HOW THE ZONING AND WHAT PLANNING SAYS [Captioner] 20:28:08 . BUT I REALLY DO HOPE THAT WE REALLY DO TAKE THAT [Captioner] 20:28:11 INTO CONSIDERATION MOVING FORWARD. >> Commissioner Daulton: [Captioner] 20:28:14 THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. IF THERE ARE NO [Captioner] 20:28:17 OTHER COMMENTS, I WILL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM [Captioner] 20:28:22 . >> Planner Pullen: I'D LIKE TO JUMP IN [Captioner] 20:28:25 HERE COMMISSIONER AND JUST SPEAK TO THIS. BECAUSE IT HAS [Captioner] 20:28:29 COME UP. I THINK IT CAME UP ON THE ITEM WE [Captioner] 20:28:32 HAD ON ROBERTS [Captioner] 20:28:35 LAST AGENDA AND IT CAME UP HERE. WE HAVE A [Captioner] 20:28:38 LOT OF AREAS IN THE CITY THAT ARE WITHIN [Captioner] 20:28:41 A RELATIVELY SHORT DISTANCE OF TRANSIT [Captioner] 20:28:44 OR PLANNED TRANSIT OR GOOD BUS [Captioner] 20:28:48 SERVICE ET CETERA. THERE HAS BEEN A BALANCE STRUCK [Captioner] 20:28:52 IN OUR GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING BETWEEN INTENSITY AND [Captioner] 20:28:55 THE ADJACENT INTENSITY. SO WE WANT [Captioner] 20:28:59 TO OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE AS MUCH INTENSITY AS WE CAN [Captioner] 20:29:02 IN PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT. HOWEVER AS WE'VE TALKED ON [Captioner] 20:29:05 THIS MEETING, THIS PROJECT IS A LITTLE LESS [Captioner] 20:29:09 INTENSE THAN THE PROJECT TO ITS IMMEDIATE SIDE ON [Captioner] 20:29:11 CENTRAL. BUT A LITTLE MORE DENSE TAN THE [Captioner] 20:29:15 PROJECT TO ITS IMMEDIATE REAR ON ARGYLE [Captioner] 20:29:18 , WHERE THERE IS THE TWO-FAMILY HOMES BACK THERE. [Captioner] 20:29:21 AND SO THIS IS A BLENDING OF DENSITY IN THAT RESPECT. [Captioner] 20:29:26 THE DEVELOPER IS HITTING THE MAX DENSITY [Captioner] 20:29:29 IN THIS PROJECT THAT'S ALLOWED IN OUR ZONING SO IF THEY [Captioner] 20:29:32 WERE TO PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE DENSE, THE [Captioner] 20:29:36 STAFF WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED THAT TO PROCEED TO YOU BASED ON [Captioner] 20:29:39 OUR EXISTING RULE. LIKEWISE THE DEVELOPER [Captioner] 20:29:43 DOES FALL WITHIN THE PARKING FOR SITE AND AFFORDABLE, [Captioner] 20:29:46 THE CITY ZONING ALLOWS FOR AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:29:49 BOTH BY RIGHT IN LIEU FEES OR PROVISION ONSITE [Captioner] 20:29:52 . AND SO WE DON'T LOOK AT THE [Captioner] 20:29:55 PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS ONSITE [Captioner] 20:29:59 OR PROVISION OF FEES IN LIEU OF UNITS [Captioner] 20:30:03 AS AN EXCEPTION BUT AS ONE OF THE BY RIGHT OPTIONS [Captioner] 20:30:06 , THAT IS THE LAND USE THAT EXISTS AND THAT IS [Captioner] 20:30:09 WHAT STAFF REVIEWS TO. I'LL TAKE YOUR POINTS TO [Captioner] 20:30:11 ACCOUNT. I THINK WE CAN ALWAYS CONSIDER [Captioner] 20:30:15 WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE IN THE LONG TERM [Captioner] 20:30:19 AND PRIORITIZE THE RIGHT MIX OF DENSITY [Captioner] 20:30:22 . BUT FOR THIS PROJECT [Captioner] 20:30:25 IT IS OBJECTIVELY COMPLIANT [Captioner] 20:30:29 . >> Commissioner Daulton: AGAIN JOAM I REALIZE YOU ARE PRESENTED [Captioner] 20:30:32 WITH PROJECTS AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE [Captioner] 20:30:35 TO WORK WITH. SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE [Captioner] 20:30:38 DIFFICULTY THERE AND THIS PROJECT IS WITHIN ZONING AND IT'S [Captioner] 20:30:42 NOT DENSITY OF IT THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH [Captioner] 20:30:45 . OKAY. SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION ON [Captioner] 20:30:48 THIS ITEM. [Captioner] 20:30:58 >> Commissioner Yee: I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION [Captioner] 20:31:02 . >> Commissioner Liu: I SECOND. >> Commissioner Daulton: WE [Captioner] 20:31:05 HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER YEE TO ACCEPT AND [Captioner] 20:31:09 A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LIU. JOEL WILL I [Captioner] 20:31:12 ROLL CALL THIS? >> Planner Pullen: YES CHAIR ON [Captioner] 20:31:15 THE COMMISSION NOTED, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE STATE [Captioner] 20:31:18 YOUR VOTE. CHAIR DAULTON. [Captioner] 20:31:21 >> Commissioner Daulton: NO. >> Planner Pullen: VICE CHAIR [Captioner] 20:31:24 RAO. >> Commissioner Rao: AYE [Captioner] 20:31:26 . >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER YEE,. [Captioner] 20:31:29 >> Commissioner Yee: AYE. [Captioner] 20:31:32 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER STECKLER,. [Captioner] 20:31:35 >> Commissioner Steckler: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER LIU. [Captioner] 20:31:38 >> Commissioner Liu: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 20:31:41 COMMISSIONER ZHANG. [Captioner] 20:31:43 >> Commissioner Zhang: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: AND [Captioner] 20:31:47 COMMISSIONER BASRAI. >> Commissioner Basrai: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: THE VOTE IS [Captioner] 20:31:50 6 TO 1. CHAIR DAULTON, VOTING NO ON [Captioner] 20:31:53 THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT IS APPROVED BY [Captioner] 20:31:57 THIS VOTE, THE ACTION ON THE ITEM BY THE [Captioner] 20:32:00 PLANNING COMMISSION IS FINAL, UNLESS APPEALED TO CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:32:03 WITHIN TEN CALENDAR DAYS. CHAIR, BACK TO YOU [Captioner] 20:32:06 , AND TO YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:32:09 . WE ARE DUE FOR A BREAK HERE SO I WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 20:32:12 TAKE TEN MINUTES FOR [Captioner] 20:32:16 OUR STENOGRAPHER OR -- IS THAT [Captioner] 20:32:18 WHO REQUIRES THE BREAK HERE? YES. [Captioner] 20:32:22 GIVE US A TEN MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. [Captioner] 20:32:25 >> Trish Cordova: HI, THIS IS TRISH, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY [Captioner] 20:32:28 TO PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF AND TURN YOUR [Captioner] 20:32:31 VIDEOS OFF UNTIL WE COME BACK, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:32:34 [ RECESS ] [Captioner] 20:33:18 [Captioner] 20:35:20 TEST. [Captioner] 20:36:31 PLEASE STAND BY. [Captioner] 20:39:55 [Captioner] 20:46:59 >> ALL RIGHT, IF [Captioner] 20:47:02 SEVEN BACK, WE CAN GET BACK IN GEAR AND ADDRESS THE [Captioner] 20:47:06 NEXT AGENDA ITEM IN OUR MIDST WHICH IS THE [Captioner] 20:47:09 ADOPTION OF LEAVE-WORK PREFERENCE [Captioner] 20:47:12 POLICY. JOEL, CAN YOU INTRODUCE [Captioner] 20:47:15 THIS ITEM? >> Planner Pullen: YES, [Captioner] 20:47:19 CHAIR. THE' ADOPTION IS A CITY [Captioner] 20:47:22 WIDE ITEM BROUGHT BY STAFF. THIS IS TO CONSIDER [Captioner] 20:47:26 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE FREMONT [Captioner] 20:47:30 MAY NEWS BELL CODE TO CLAW LIVE-WORK POLICY FOR CITY [Captioner] 20:47:34 REGULATORS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND [Captioner] 20:47:37 CONSIDER FINDING [Captioner] 20:47:41 S FOR CEQA AS AN [Captioner] 20:47:45 ADMINISTRATIVE OR FISCAL ACTIVITY, AND [Captioner] 20:47:49 ALSO 12061-3B WHERE IT CAN BE ANSWER IS [Captioner] 20:47:53 WITH CERTAINTY IT WILL HAVE A [Captioner] 20:47:56 SESSION IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. HERE [Captioner] 20:47:59 TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT TEAM IS [Captioner] 20:48:04 LUCIA HUGHES. AND LUCIA HUGHES DOESN'T HAVE [Captioner] 20:48:07 A PREPARED PRESENTATION BUT IS HERE TO INTRODUCE THE [Captioner] 20:48:11 PROJECT AND TAKE THEY QUESTIONS YOU ME HAVE. [Captioner] 20:48:18 >> THANK YOU, JOEL. WHERE IS LUCIA. >> [Captioner] 20:48:22 THANK YOU, JOEL. GOOD EVENING [Captioner] 20:48:25 CHAIR, VICE CHEER AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE [Captioner] 20:48:28 ITEM BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE [Captioner] 20:48:32 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:48:35 HOUSING ORDINANCE TO INTEGRATE [Captioner] 20:48:39 LIVE-WORK PREFERENCE POLICY REQUIREMENTS. WHAT DOES [Captioner] 20:48:42 LIVE-WORK PREFERENCE POLICY EXACTLY MEAN IN THIS [Captioner] 20:48:46 CONTEXT? IT MEANS THAT PRIORITY PLACEMENT FOR AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:48:49 HOUSING UNITS BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO [Captioner] 20:48:52 LIVE OR WORK IN THE CITY TO THE [Captioner] 20:48:56 GREATEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE BEFAIR HOUSING [Captioner] 20:49:03 LAWS. THE PROPOSED POLICY IS TO [Captioner] 20:49:06 MITIGATE THE DISPLACEMENT THAT MAY RESULT IN THE [Captioner] 20:49:10 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND INCREASING JOB OPPORTUNITIES. IT [Captioner] 20:49:13 IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE PROBABILITY [Captioner] 20:49:16 THAT CURRENT RETS DENTS CAN REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE FACE [Captioner] 20:49:20 OF INCREASING MARKET RATE RENT AND HOUSING [Captioner] 20:49:24 PRICES. IT IS ALSO DESIGNED TO MAX MAZE THE [Captioner] 20:49:27 EFFECTS OF AN IMPROVED JOBS TO [Captioner] 20:49:30 HOUSING RATIO BY INCREASING [Captioner] 20:49:33 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL [Captioner] 20:49:36 EMPLOYEES. I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT HAS BEEN A [Captioner] 20:49:40 LONG-STANDING PRACTICE OF THE CITY TO REQUIRE THAT AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:49:44 HOUSING PROJECTS RECEIVING [Captioner] 20:49:47 CITY FUNDING [Captioner] 20:49:51 AND/OR DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE [Captioner] 20:49:54 PROVIDE A LOCAL PRIORITY TO THOSE WHO [Captioner] 20:49:58 LIVE OR WORK IN FREMONT. THIS [Captioner] 20:50:01 LOCAL PRACTICE IS BASED ON CITY [Captioner] 20:50:04 COUNCIL DOERR TO ENSURE THAT AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:50:08 DEVELOPMENTS SERVE THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN [Captioner] 20:50:11 FREMONT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY FAIR [Captioner] 20:50:16 HOUSING LAW. [Captioner] 20:50:20 INTEGRATING THE LOCAL LIVE-WORK PREFERENCE POLICY INTO [Captioner] 20:50:23 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE WOULD STRENGTHEN [Captioner] 20:50:26 THE REQUIREMENT AND TO ENSURE THAT IT IS [Captioner] 20:50:29 TRANSPARENT TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS. STAFF [Captioner] 20:50:32 IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND [Captioner] 20:50:35 APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE [Captioner] 20:50:38 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE. I AM NOW OPEN TO [Captioner] 20:50:42 ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:50:46 >> THANK YOU, MISS HUGHES. [Captioner] 20:50:50 COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON [Captioner] 20:50:55 THIS ITEM? CHARLES LIU, [Captioner] 20:50:59 PLEASE. I'M SORRY [Captioner] 20:51:02 . COMMISSIONER ZHANG, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:51:05 CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THIS IS APPLIES [Captioner] 20:51:09 TO STATE-FUNDED PROJECT [Captioner] 20:51:12 LIKE HOME KEY. >> SO, THANK [Captioner] 20:51:15 YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. SO, FOR [Captioner] 20:51:19 HOME KEY, THE PEOPLE THAT WILL LIVE IN THE [Captioner] 20:51:22 PROJECT WILL LIKELY COME FROM [Captioner] 20:51:26 THE COUNTY CENTRALIZED -- [Captioner] 20:51:30 HE SHOULD SAY COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM. IT IS THE [Captioner] 20:51:34 COUNTY THATTED A MINISTERED THE COORDINATED [Captioner] 20:51:38 ENTRY SYSTEM TO [Captioner] 20:51:42 PRIORITIZE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE LIST FOR THE HOME KEY [Captioner] 20:51:45 PROJECT UNIT. [Captioner] 20:51:49 >> SO ONLY APPLIED TO LIKE [Captioner] 20:51:52 A SHELTER AND [Captioner] 20:51:55 WINTER SHELTER? >> SO, [Captioner] 20:51:59 FOR THIS PROPOSED POLICY, IT WOULD [Captioner] 20:52:02 APPLY TO ANY AFFORDABLE PROJECTS THAT [Captioner] 20:52:06 RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE CITY OR PROJECTS THAT ARE DEVELOPED [Captioner] 20:52:09 PURSUANT TO THE' FORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE. >> [Captioner] 20:52:13 OKAY. AND DO YOU [Captioner] 20:52:16 HAVE LIKE THE RESIDENCE YES [Captioner] 20:52:20 Y [Captioner] 20:52:23 CRITERIA? IS THAT GOING TO BE A CRITERIA YOU [Captioner] 20:52:31 YOU CAN PRIORITIZE THE APPLICANT. >> PEOPLE WHO LIVE [Captioner] 20:52:34 AND WORK IN FREMONT HAVE PRIORITIES. >> [Captioner] 20:52:38 THE RESIDENCE [Captioner] 20:52:41 Y, LIKE LIVING, SITTING FOR A MONTH [Captioner] 20:52:44 OR YEAR. >> FOR MONTH. OUR POLICY IS FOR 30 [Captioner] 20:52:47 DAYS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE [Captioner] 20:52:51 WELCOME. >> ANYONE ELSE? [Captioner] 20:52:56 COMMISSIONER YEE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. [Captioner] 20:53:00 LUCIA, I GUESS IF WE [Captioner] 20:53:03 ADOPT THIS, WILL THIS POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE [Captioner] 20:53:06 AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:53:09 APPLY? BECAUSE I'M WONDERING, WHAT IS THE [Captioner] 20:53:12 CURRENT PERCENTAGE RIGHT NOW, BEFORE THE CHANGE, IF WE ACCEPT THIS [Captioner] 20:53:15 ORDINANCE CHANGE, OR THIS POLICY CHANGE. >> IT WILL [Captioner] 20:53:19 NOT INCREASE OR DECREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WILL APPLY [Captioner] 20:53:22 TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. HOWEVER, [Captioner] 20:53:26 IT WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT [Captioner] 20:53:28 PEOPLE THAT LIVE OR WORK IN FREMONT WILL GET [Captioner] 20:53:32 AN AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 20:53:35 UNIT. [Captioner] 20:53:40 >> OKAY. >> SO, FOR [Captioner] 20:53:43 EXAMPLE, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN [Captioner] 20:53:47 EXAMPLE. WE HAVE AT LEAST, NOT TOO LONG [Captioner] 20:53:50 AGO, 57 UNITS [Captioner] 20:53:53 AVAILABLE. AND WE HAD 4,000-SOMETHING PEOPLE [Captioner] 20:53:57 APPLY. >> I HEARD ABOUT THIS, YES. >> OKAY [Captioner] 20:54:01 SO 4,000-SOMETHING PEOPLE APPLY [Captioner] 20:54:04 AND ABOUT 150 OF THOSE QUALIFY FOR LIVE OR [Captioner] 20:54:08 WORK IN FREMONT SO [Captioner] 20:54:11 THOSE 150 PEOPLE WILL BE [Captioner] 20:54:15 CONSIDERED FIRST. FOR THOSE 57 [Captioner] 20:54:18 UNITS, BEFORE EVERYBODY ELSE. >> [Captioner] 20:54:21 OKAY. NOW I UNDERSTAND. IT'S [Captioner] 20:54:24 VERY CLEAR. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:54:31 >> Chairman Daulton: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS. I WAS [Captioner] 20:54:35 WONDERING, LUCIA, HOW [Captioner] 20:54:39 THIS PROPOSAL, HOW DOES IT SORT [Captioner] 20:54:42 OF INTERSECT WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF [Captioner] 20:54:46 AT-RISK RENTERS WITHIN FREMONT [Captioner] 20:54:52 POPULATION? IS THERE A PROCESS FOR [Captioner] 20:54:55 THAT? >> SO, THIS DOES NOT [Captioner] 20:54:58 IDENTIFY WHO IS MORE AT -- ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AT [Captioner] 20:55:01 RISK OF HOMELESSNESS? >> Chairman Daulton: YES. >> [Captioner] 20:55:05 THIS, WE DO NOT IDENTIFY PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE [Captioner] 20:55:08 AT RISK IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE [Captioner] 20:55:12 FURTHER PRIORITIZ [Captioner] 20:55:15 ED, BUT HOWEVER, ALL OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:55:19 DEVELOPMENTS, THEY HAVE AN INCOME REQUIREMENT. THERE WILL BE [Captioner] 20:55:22 SOME UNITS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE LESS THAN 30% [Captioner] 20:55:26 OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME. SOME UNITS [Captioner] 20:55:29 WILL BE FOUR PEOPLE. HOUSEHOLDS THAT MAKE LESS THAN 50% [Captioner] 20:55:32 OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME. [Captioner] 20:55:36 SO, PEOPLE MUST MEET THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER [Captioner] 20:55:39 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A UNIT, SO [Captioner] 20:55:43 THAT'S THE BASIC REQUIREMENT, THRESHOLD [Captioner] 20:55:46 REQUIREMENT IS THE INCOME. AND THEN, WE WILL [Captioner] 20:55:50 LOOK INTO WHETHER OR NOT THEY LIVE OR WORK IN FREMONT. IF [Captioner] 20:55:54 THEY DO, THEY HAVE PRIORITY OVER THOSE THAT DON'T. >> Chairman Daulton: [Captioner] 20:55:57 AND WHAT'S THE MECHANISM BY [Captioner] 20:56:01 WHICH THIS NEW PROGRAM WILL BE [Captioner] 20:56:04 ADVERTISED IN THE COMMUNITY? >> SO, [Captioner] 20:56:07 IT WILL BE ADVERTISED THE SAME WAY AS WE'VE BEEN [Captioner] 20:56:11 ADVERTISING FOR MANY YEARS. SO WE HAVE AN' [Captioner] 20:56:15 AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTEREST LIST THE [Captioner] 20:56:18 CITY KEEPS. ANYBODY, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY LIVE [Captioner] 20:56:21 OR WORK IN FREMONT, ANYBODY CAN SIGN UP ON THIS [Captioner] 20:56:25 AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTEREST LIST. [Captioner] 20:56:28 AND WHENEVER WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Captioner] 20:56:31 OPPORTUNITY, MEANING THAT IF DEVELOPERS ARE ACCEPTING [Captioner] 20:56:36 APPLICATIONS, AND THE CITY WILL NOTIFY PEOPLE THAT SEEN UP [Captioner] 20:56:39 ON THE LIST TO LET THEM KNOW THIS OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 20:56:43 IS COMING UP. THIS IS WHEN APPLICATIONS ARE DUE. [Captioner] 20:56:46 AND, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE APPLY BY THE [Captioner] 20:56:49 DEADLINE DATE. SO THE PROCESS IS STILL THE SAME. THE MARKETING [Captioner] 20:56:52 IS STILL GOING TO BE [Captioner] 20:56:55 THE SAME [Captioner] 20:56:58 . >> Chairman Daulton: COMMISSIONE R BASRAI. [Captioner] 20:57:01 >> SO MAYBE I HAVEN'T -- I TRIED [Captioner] 20:57:04 TO READ THROUGH IT, BUT GIVEN THE HEAR NUMBER OF [Captioner] 20:57:07 LAYOFFS LATELY, WHAT IS THE SORT OF PLAN [Captioner] 20:57:10 IF SOMEBODY WHO [Captioner] 20:57:16 QUALIFIED FOR THE [Captioner] 20:57:19 INCOME AND IS SUDDENLY LAID OFF, ACTIVELY JOB [Captioner] 20:57:22 SEARCHING BUT LIVES IN FREMONT, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? I THINK [Captioner] 20:57:25 WE'RE ALL KIND OF SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW. >> [Captioner] 20:57:29 SO, AS LONG AS THEY'RE INCOME ELIGIBLE AT [Captioner] 20:57:33 THE TIME OF [Captioner] 20:57:36 APPLICATION, THEY MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR A UNIT. [Captioner] 20:57:39 SO, IF THEY'RE LAYED OFF AND THEN [Captioner] 20:57:42 THEY CAN'T SUBMIT ALL OF THEIR INCOME DOCUMENTATION TO THE [Captioner] 20:57:46 DEVELOPER, THE DEVELOPER WILL LOOK AT IT AND SEE [Captioner] 20:57:49 IF THIS HOUSEHOLD STILL QUALIFIES FOR A 30% [Captioner] 20:57:52 UNIT OR 50% UNIT OR 60 PRESIDENTS UNIT. >> BUT IT [Captioner] 20:57:56 IS UP TO THE DEVELOPER? >> YES, AND THEY HAVE [Captioner] 20:57:59 REGULATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO FOLLOW TO INCOME QUALIFY [Captioner] 20:58:06 HOUSEHOLDS. >> OKAY. I THINK WE NEED TO [Captioner] 20:58:09 MAKE THAT CLEAR AS PART OF IT. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF TOUGH [Captioner] 20:58:13 TIMES LATELY [Captioner] 20:58:18 . >> Chairman Daulton: COMMISSIONE R [Captioner] 20:58:22 ZHANG, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. [Captioner] 20:58:25 THIS ONLY APPLIES TO FREMONT RESIDENTS, [Captioner] 20:58:29 WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE TRI-CITY [Captioner] 20:58:32 AND WE WORK [Captioner] 20:58:36 TOGETHER, BUT THIS ONLY APPLIES TO FREMONT ONLY, [Captioner] 20:58:39 RIGHT? >> YES, BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR CITY, AND [Captioner] 20:58:42 ALSO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED BY THE [Captioner] 20:58:45 CITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, SO THE CITY [Captioner] 20:58:49 COUNCIL WAS VERY CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL [Captioner] 20:58:52 WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE THAT LIVE [Captioner] 20:58:55 OR WORK IN FREMONT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:59:01 >> Chairman Daulton: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [Captioner] 20:59:05 ALL RIGHT. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING. I THINK [Captioner] 20:59:09 WE SHOULD APPRECIATE ADVERTISE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN [Captioner] 20:59:12 FREMONT FOR THESE PROGRAMS. AND, [Captioner] 20:59:15 VIRTUALLY NO ONE I'VE SPOKEN TO [Captioner] 20:59:18 REGARDING THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS HAS ANY OTHER OPINION ON [Captioner] 20:59:22 IT THAN WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE ADVERTISE [Captioner] 20:59:27 FAMILIES, VETERAN -- PRIORITIZE FAMILIES, [Captioner] 20:59:30 VETERANS, PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE. SO I'M REALLY GLAD [Captioner] 20:59:33 TO SEE THAT. I BELIEVE THAT THE POINT I COULD ASK FOR A [Captioner] 20:59:37 MOTION FROM THE COMMISSION. >> BEFORE [Captioner] 20:59:40 WE DO THAT, WE SHOULD CHECK AND SEE IF [Captioner] 20:59:44 ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. >> IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON [Captioner] 20:59:47 THIS, TRISH. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY [Captioner] 20:59:50 THE SAME THING. I SEE TWO ATTENDEES, IF YOU WOULD [Captioner] 20:59:53 LIKE TO SPEAK, NOW IS [Captioner] 20:59:57 THE TIME TO RAISE YOUR HAND. I [Captioner] 21:00:01 DON'T SEE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC RAISING THEIR HAND, SO NO [Captioner] 21:00:04 SPEAKERS FROM THE PUBLIC TONIGHT. >> I READ THEIR MIND CAN WE GET [Captioner] 21:00:07 A MOTION ON THIS. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFF [Captioner] 21:00:10 RECOMMENDATION ON THIS. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A [Captioner] 21:00:16 MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER YEE, A SECOND [Captioner] 21:00:19 FROM COMMISSIONER ZHANG AMOUNT ROLL CALL [Captioner] 21:00:23 VOTE? >> YES, ON A MOTION TO [Captioner] 21:00:26 RECOMMEND STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AND THIS IS A [Captioner] 21:00:29 RECOMMENDATION THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AS A CODE UPDATE SO YOUR [Captioner] 21:00:32 RECOMMENDATION BE CARRIED [Captioner] 21:00:36 FORWARD TO THEM [Captioner] 21:00:39 . PLEASE VOTE ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE. [Captioner] 21:00:44 [ROLL CALL] [Captioner] 21:01:09 >> ALL RIGHT, A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE [Captioner] 21:01:12 PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO CITY [Captioner] 21:01:15 COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THIS ITEM WILL BE BROUGHT TO AN [Captioner] 21:01:19 UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. AND THAT [Captioner] 21:01:22 CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR THREE [Captioner] 21:01:26 ITEMS FOR TONIGHT. >> THAT'S IT. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO [Captioner] 21:01:35 TO MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. STAFF [Captioner] 21:01:39 UPDATE. >> OUR DECEMBER MEETINGS. FIRST OF ALL, [Captioner] 21:01:42 FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE [Captioner] 21:01:45 GIVEN UPDATES I BELIEVE LAST IN [Captioner] 21:01:48 OCTOBER, ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY [Captioner] 21:01:51 TO BE PROVIDED TO THE STATE IN AUGUST. THEY MET WITH [Captioner] 21:01:55 US IN THE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL, AND HAVE [Captioner] 21:02:00 PROVIDED SOME INTERIM COMMENTS AND WILL PROVIDE [Captioner] 21:02:03 FORMAL COMMENTS BY THE DAY BEFORE THE THANKSGIVING BREAK NEXT [Captioner] 21:02:06 WEEK. SO WE WILL BE TURNING THOSE BACK OVER TO YOU AT THE [Captioner] 21:02:09 END OF DECEMBER AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL [Captioner] 21:02:12 EARLY NEXT YEAR. SO THERE WILL BE SOME [Captioner] 21:02:15 HOUSING ELEMENT CONTENT COMING UP. AND THAT BRINGS ME [Captioner] 21:02:19 TO MY NEXT POINT WHICH IS IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, [Captioner] 21:02:22 WHILE WE'VE BEEN HAVING RELATIVELY FEW PLANNING [Captioner] 21:02:25 COMMISSION MEETINGS THIS MONTH, USUALLY ONE PER MONTH, WE [Captioner] 21:02:28 HAVE TWO MEETINGS IN DECEMBER. OUR REGULARLY-SCHEDULED [Captioner] 21:02:32 MEETING ON DECEMBER 8 AND ON DECEMBER 22 WITH [Captioner] 21:02:35 AN ACTION PACKED NIGHT OF EVENTS BOTH [Captioner] 21:02:40 NIGHTS. SO I'M READY TO HANDLE QUITE A BIT OF [Captioner] 21:02:43 CONTENT HERE AT THE END OF THE [Captioner] 21:02:47 YEAR. [Captioner] 21:02:51 SMALL THAT SOUNDS VERY EXCITING, JOEL. AT THIS TIME, IF THERE [Captioner] 21:02:54 IS NO FURTHER -- DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM [Captioner] 21:02:57 THE COMMISSIONERS. BEN, HAVE YOU ANYTHING [Captioner] 21:03:01 FOR ME? >> Commissioner Yee: I [Captioner] 21:03:05 DO, YOU KNOW I DO. YOU KNOW I'M THE. HAVE [Captioner] 21:03:10 VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 21:03:13 CITIES AND I'M PUTTING TOGETHER THE ANNUAL [Captioner] 21:03:17 COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMY TRAINING, AND YOURS TRULY WILL [Captioner] 21:03:20 BE YOUR CLOSING SPEAKER. SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU [Captioner] 21:03:23 KNOW, IF YOU ATTEND, [Captioner] 21:03:26 YOU BETTER STAY LONG ENOUGH TO HEAR ME SPEAK. [Captioner] 21:03:30 [LAUGHTER] >> WHAT ARE THE DATES? CHAI I DON'T [Captioner] 21:03:33 . >> Commissioner Yee: I [Captioner] 21:03:36 DON'T HAVE THE DATES OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. [Captioner] 21:03:40 IT IS IN GARDEN GROVE, [Captioner] 21:03:44 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 21:03:47 . >> Chairman Daulton: IS THERE A FREE LUNCH? [Captioner] 21:03:51 >> I USED TO LIVE THERE. >> Commissioner Yee: NOT [Captioner] 21:03:54 TOO FAR FROM DISNEYLAND. >> IS THAT ON [Captioner] 21:03:57 THE LAST DAY AFTER EVERYBODY CHECKED OUT OF THEIR [Captioner] 21:04:00 HOTEL. >> Commissioner Yee: THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, EVERYONE IS [Captioner] 21:04:03 GOING TO BOLT. >> Chairman Daulton: THAT SOUNDS GOOD. [Captioner] 21:04:06 ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 21:04:09 TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THANK YOU ALL. >> THANK [Captioner] 21:04:12 YOU. >> THANK YOU [GOOD NIGHT.