[Captioner] 19:02:14 . I'M JOEL PULLEN AND [Captioner] 19:02:17 I'M PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY. I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH SOME [Captioner] 19:02:22 INITIAL PLIMS HERE. THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCT [Captioner] 19:02:25 ED VIRTUALLY, DURING THE DECLARED PANDEMIC [Captioner] 19:02:29 EMERGENCY, AND THE LIVE STREAM MEETING IS VISIBLE ON COMCAST CHANNEL 27 AND LIVE WEBCAST ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. [Captioner] 19:02:35 DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT THE TIME FREMONT WEBSITE'S [Captioner] 19:02:39 PLANNING COMMISSION PAGE. OUR PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:02:42 INPUT PROTOCOL ALLOWS THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:02:47 TO BE UNMUTED BY THE CLERK, USING [Captioner] 19:02:51 ZOOM'S RAISE HAND FEATURE. [Captioner] 19:02:57 FEATURE.I'LL START TONIGHT WITH COMMISSION ROLL CALL. WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR [Captioner] 19:03:00 NAME PLEASE RESPOND. [Captioner] 19:03:04 CHAIR DAULTON. HERE. VICE CHAIR RAO. [Captioner] 19:03:07 HERE. COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 19:03:12 YE. >> Commissioner Yee: HERE. [Captioner] 19:03:18 COMMISSIONER STECKLER. [Captioner] 19:03:22 HERE. [Captioner] 19:03:28 >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 19:03:31 COMMISSIONER LIU. >> Commissioner Liu: HERE. . [Captioner] 19:03:35 AND COMMISSIONER BASRAI. [Captioner] 19:03:39 >> Commissioner Basrai: HERE. >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 19:03:44 FOR [Captioner] 19:03:47 INTRODUCTION PURPOSES, OUR [Captioner] 19:03:51 CITY ATTORNEY RAFAEL ALVARADO [Captioner] 19:03:54 . THE APPLICANTS ARE CITY APPENDIX, WE JUST HAVE ONE [Captioner] 19:03:58 CITY ITEM SO WAYLAND AND COURTNEY [Captioner] 19:04:01 FROM OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING STAFF ARE [Captioner] 19:04:05 HERE FOR FEEDBACK FOR THE COMMISSION. FOR EVERYONE ON THE CALL [Captioner] 19:04:08 PLEASE GENERALLY MUTE YOUR LINE WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING. PLEASE [Captioner] 19:04:11 ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU PLAN TO SPEAK FOR BENEFIT OF THOSE ON [Captioner] 19:04:14 THE PHONE WHO MAY NOT RECOGNIZE YOUR VOICE AND [Captioner] 19:04:17 ALL PANELISTS UNLESS YOU ARE ON THE [Captioner] 19:04:21 COMMISSION OR THE ATTORNEY OR MYSELF [Captioner] 19:04:24 , PLEASE MUTE YOUR AUDIO. [Captioner] 19:04:27 WHEN ASKING CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OR DELIBERATING AND WITH [Captioner] 19:04:30 THAT CHAIR DAULTON BACK TO YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK [Captioner] 19:04:33 YOU JOEL. I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE MINUTES NOR APPROVAL [Captioner] 19:04:37 , SO DOES ANYONE HAVE CHANGES TO THOSE [Captioner] 19:04:40 MINUTES? IF NOT I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION [Captioner] 19:04:45 . [Captioner] 19:04:48 >> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> Commissioner Yee: AND I'LL SECOND [Captioner] 19:04:51 . >> Commissioner Daulton: WE HAVE A MOTION [Captioner] 19:04:55 BY [Captioner] 19:04:59 COMMISSIONER ZHANG AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER YEE. [Captioner] 19:05:02 COULD YOU ROLL CALL THAT PLEASE. >> Planner Pullen: ON [Captioner] 19:05:05 THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 8th PLEASE VOTE [Captioner] 19:05:08 . CHAIR DAULTON. >> Commissioner Daulton: AYE [Captioner] 19:05:12 . VICE CHAIR RAO [Captioner] 19:05:15 . >> Commissioner Rao: AYE. [Captioner] 19:05:19 COMMISSIONER YEE, AYE. [Captioner] 19:05:22 COMMISSIONER STECKLER. AYE. [Captioner] 19:05:26 COMMISSIONER ZHANG, AYE. COMMISSIONER BASRAI. [Captioner] 19:05:30 AYE. ALL [Captioner] 19:05:33 SEVEN AYES.BACK TO YOU [Captioner] 19:05:37 CHAIR DAULTON. >> Commissioner Daulton: DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY [Captioner] 19:05:40 DISCLOSURES REGARDING ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT? [Captioner] 19:05:43 I SEE NONE. AND I HAVE NONE EITHER. [Captioner] 19:05:46 SO LET'S MOVE FORWARD. [Captioner] 19:05:49 THERE'S NOTHING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR SO LET'S TAKE [Captioner] 19:05:53 PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. TRISH DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS [Captioner] 19:05:57 ? >> Planner Pullen: CHAIR BEFORE WE GET TO THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS I'D [Captioner] 19:06:00 LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE A GUEST WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:06:03 WITH US HERE TONIGHT. WE NORMALLY HAVE [Captioner] 19:06:06 SENIOR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY HEATHER LEE WHO PROVIDES [Captioner] 19:06:09 US THE LEGAL ADVICE DURINGS THAT MEETINGS. WE [Captioner] 19:06:13 HAVE CITY ATTORNEY WHO WANTED TO STOP BY AND MEET YOU ALL AND SO [Captioner] 19:06:16 HE'S HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. AND [Captioner] 19:06:20 SO RAFAEL ALVARADO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO [Captioner] 19:06:23 SAY ANYTHING OR INTRODUCE YOURSELF NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. [Captioner] 19:06:29 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: [Captioner] 19:06:33 GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:06:36 PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A FEW MINUTES. [Captioner] 19:06:39 I WANTED TO DROP BY. AS YOU MAY KNOW I WAS [Captioner] 19:06:42 APPOINTED CITY ATTORNEY THIS PAST FEBRUARY AND QUITE FRANKLY IT WAS [Captioner] 19:06:45 MY HOPE TO HAVE INTRODUCED MYSELF EARLIER TO THE [Captioner] 19:06:49 PLANNING COMMISSION. NONETHELESS, HERE I AM [Captioner] 19:06:52 AND GLAD TO WISH YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS [Captioner] 19:06:55 AND THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND [Captioner] 19:06:58 YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, FLANKLY WITHOUT YOUR REVIEW WE WOULDN'T [Captioner] 19:07:01 BE QUITE AS PREPARED WHEN THESE ITEMS COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:07:05 SO AGAIN I WANTED TO BRIEFLY COME BY AND SAY [Captioner] 19:07:08 HELLO TO EACH OF YOU AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING [Captioner] 19:07:11 WITH YOU AND HOPEFULLY MEETING YOU IN PERSON IN 2023 [Captioner] 19:07:14 . THANK YOU CHAIR. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:07:17 MR. ALVARADO. SO TRISH DO WE [Captioner] 19:07:20 HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AT THIS TIME? [Captioner] 19:07:23 ANY SPEAKERS? >> Trish Cordova: CHAIR DAULTON I DO [Captioner] 19:07:26 NOT SEE ANY RAISED HANDS SO WE DO NOT HAVE [Captioner] 19:07:30 ANY SPEAKERS. >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT. IN [Captioner] 19:07:33 THAT CASE WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE ACTUAL AGENDA. I WOULD [Captioner] 19:07:36 LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THE [Captioner] 19:07:39 SECOND ITEM, THE CODE UPDATE, TO [Captioner] 19:07:43 THE TOP OF OUR LIST HERE AND GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY [Captioner] 19:07:46 RIGHT AWAY. IF ANYONE HAS [Captioner] 19:07:49 AN OBJECTION TO THAT, LET ME KNOW. BUT I THINK WE CAN [Captioner] 19:07:53 DO THAT SUCCESSFULLY. SO JOEL WOULD YOU INTRODUCE THAT ITEM [Captioner] 19:07:57 ? [Captioner] 19:08:05 >> Planner Pullen: SURE, CHAIR. A CONTINUATION [Captioner] 19:08:08 TO A FUTURE DATE. WINTER 20 [Captioner] 19:08:11 22-2023 CODE UPDATE THAT IS A CITYWIDE [Captioner] 19:08:14 ITEM TO CONSIDER AMENDING VARIOUS [Captioner] 19:08:20 CHAPTERS OF THE FREMONT [Captioner] 19:08:23 MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT, [Captioner] 19:08:27 CONSIDER EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF CEQA UNDER SEVERAL GUIDELINES [Captioner] 19:08:30 . AND SO SINCE WE'RE CONTINUING THIS ITEM OR [Captioner] 19:08:34 STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE TO GIVE STAFF MORE TIME TO PREPARE [Captioner] 19:08:37 THIS ITEM, THE ACTION WOULD [Captioner] 19:08:40 BE, SOMEWHAT LIMITED BUT WE STILL SHOULD [Captioner] 19:08:43 OPEN IT TO ANY COMMISSIONER OR PUBLIC INPUT [Captioner] 19:08:46 AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A VOTE. [Captioner] 19:08:49 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS [Captioner] 19:08:53 ITEM? TRISH DO WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:08:56 ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? >> Trish Cordova: WE DO [Captioner] 19:09:00 NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: [Captioner] 19:09:03 THEN IN THAT CASE I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION. [Captioner] 19:09:09 COMMISSIONER YEE PLEASE. >> Commissioner Yee: I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT [Captioner] 19:09:13 STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >> Commissioner Daulton: [Captioner] 19:09:16 SECOND ANYONE? >> I [Captioner] 19:09:19 SECOND. >> Commissioner Daulton: A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 19:09:23 YEE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STECKLER. [Captioner] 19:09:26 PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. >> Planner Pullen: ON A MOTION TO [Captioner] 19:09:29 APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON AS I CALM YOUR NAME PLEASE [Captioner] 19:09:33 VOTE CHAIR DAULTON. >> Commissioner Daulton: AYE. [Captioner] 19:09:36 >> Planner Pullen: VICE CHAIR RAO. >> Commissioner Rao: AYE [Captioner] 19:09:38 . >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER YEE. [Captioner] 19:09:41 >> Commissioner Yee: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: BE COMMISSIONER STECKLER [Captioner] 19:09:45 . >> Commissioner Steckler: IKE. >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 19:09:48 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER LIU. >> Commissioner Liu: AYE. [Captioner] 19:09:52 >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER ZHANG [Captioner] 19:09:55 . >> Commissioner Zhang: AYE. [Captioner] 19:09:58 >> Planner Pullen: AND COMMISSIONER BASRAI. [Captioner] 19:10:00 >> Commissioner Basrai: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: ALL VOTE AYE. [Captioner] 19:10:03 BACK TO YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: THE HOUSING UPDATE [Captioner] 19:10:07 , PLEASE JOEL INTRODUCE THAT ITEM. >> Planner Pullen: WE [Captioner] 19:10:10 ARE GOING AT A BLISTER [Captioner] 19:10:14 ING PACE SO I'M GOING TO GET CONNECTED TO MY WRITE [Captioner] 19:10:17 -UP NOW. TONIGHT IS AN EXCITING NIGHT [Captioner] 19:10:20 . WE HAVE AN CULMINATION OF A [Captioner] 19:10:23 VERY EXCITING TIME. SOMETHING WE DO [Captioner] 19:10:26 EVERY EIGHT YEARS SO BEFORE THE TEAM GETS INTO IT I'LL JUST READ [Captioner] 19:10:30 THE WRITEUP. SO THERE IS THE 2023 THROUGH [Captioner] 19:10:33 2031 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE. IT IS [Captioner] 19:10:36 A CITYWIDE PROCESS TO CONSIDER A 87 [Captioner] 19:10:40 AMENDMENT TO ADOPT THE HOUSING ELEMENT [Captioner] 19:10:43 UPDATE AND AN EIGHT YEAR PLAN TO MEET THE [Captioner] 19:10:46 HOUSING NEEDS OF EVERYONE IN THE [Captioner] 19:10:49 COMMUNITY AND TO CONSIDER THAT NO [Captioner] 19:10:53 FURTHER REQUIREMENT, UNDER [Captioner] 19:10:58 15183 AND [Captioner] 19:11:01 15162. WE ALSO DID AN EIR ON THAT [Captioner] 19:11:04 GENERAL PLAN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PREPARED AND CERTIFIED AND [Captioner] 19:11:07 UNDER CEQA GUIDELINE [Captioner] 19:11:10 17061 B 3 NO POSSIBILITY THERE [Captioner] 19:11:14 IS AN EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY THERE IS SOME [Captioner] 19:11:17 OTHER STATUTORY AND CATEGORICAL [Captioner] 19:11:21 EXEMPTIONS FOR SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF THE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:11:24 ELEMENT UNDER 15378 [Captioner] 19:11:28 , 15262, 17267 [Captioner] 19:11:32 , 305, 3 [Captioner] 19:11:35 01 AND 311. THAT'S A [Captioner] 19:11:38 MOUTHFUL BUT IN WELL PRESENTED TERMS ARE OUR HOUSING [Captioner] 19:11:42 L TEAM MEMBERS, WAYLAND [Captioner] 19:11:45 LI, PRINCIPAL PLANNER AND COWRNTD PA [Captioner] 19:11:52 COURTNEY PAL, ASSOCIATE PLANNER. AFTER THIS AND CLARIFYING [Captioner] 19:11:55 QUESTIONS WE CAN TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:11:58 . THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:12:02 JOEL. PLEASE WAYLAND OR COURTNEY WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:12:08 >> I'LL GET US STARTED. GOOD EVENING [Captioner] 19:12:11 GOOD EVENING, PLANNING COMMISSION, TONIGHT [Captioner] 19:12:14 STAFF HAS PRODUCED A DRAF ON THE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:12:18 ELEMENT UPDATE WHICH GIVEN IS AN EIGHT YEAR PLAN TO MOVE THE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:12:21 NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS ADOPTION [Captioner] 19:12:24 DRAFT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE CLUDGES [Captioner] 19:12:28 CULMINATION OF [Captioner] 19:12:31 MANY MONTHS OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS [Captioner] 19:12:34 AND COLLABORATION OF REGIONAL AND STATE [Captioner] 19:12:38 PARTNERS, HC [Captioner] 19:12:41 B TO [Captioner] 19:12:46 HOUSING ELEMENT LAW. [Captioner] 19:12:49 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS COME [Captioner] 19:12:52 BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS IN JULY 2021 AND [Captioner] 19:12:56 AGAIN ON TWRI 22 TO SEEK DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:12:59 OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT. KNIT [Captioner] 19:13:03 'S PRESENTATION DIFFERS IN THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION [Captioner] 19:13:06 MAKE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION ON ADOPTION OF [Captioner] 19:13:09 THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. [Captioner] 19:13:18 THIS SLIDE HAS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF [Captioner] 19:13:21 OUR PLENGTS. HOUSING UPDATE PROCESS [Captioner] 19:13:25 INCLUDING HOW WE GET TO THIS POINT AND WHAT LIES [Captioner] 19:13:28 AHEAD. WE WILL ALSO REVIEW SOME [Captioner] 19:13:31 HIGHLIGHTS AND FINALLY DISCUSS THE CHANGES [Captioner] 19:13:34 THAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS MADE [Captioner] 19:13:37 TO THE ELEMENT IN ORDER TO [Captioner] 19:13:42 GET COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:13:45 AND HCD. UNDER STATE LAW [Captioner] 19:13:48 , CITIES AND COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA ARE REQUIRED [Captioner] 19:13:52 TO PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:13:55 , AS SEARCH MANDATORY [Captioner] 19:13:58 ELEMENTS OF THE JEOPARDY. IT IS DIFFERENT IN [Captioner] 19:14:02 OTHER ELEMENTS IN THAT IT'S REQUIRED TO BE UPDATE [Captioner] 19:14:05 ED EVERY EIGHT YEARS AND SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [Captioner] 19:14:08 TO ENSURE THAT IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE'S HOUSING GOALS. [Captioner] 19:14:11 NOW RECEIVING THE CERTIFICATION FROM THE STATE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS [Captioner] 19:14:14 BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE [Captioner] 19:14:17 ADOPTED A HOUSING ELEMENT BACK IN 2015 [Captioner] 19:14:21 . IF WE TAKE A LOOK BACK IN TIME AT THESE [Captioner] 19:14:24 LAST EIGHT YEARS WHAT WE SAW WAS THE STATE'S HOUSING [Captioner] 19:14:27 CRISIS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED. HOUSING [Captioner] 19:14:30 BECOME MORE UNAFFORDABLE. RATES OF HOME [Captioner] 19:14:34 LESSNESS INCREASE AND WE SAW DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO HOUSING [Captioner] 19:14:37 IN OUR COMMUNITIES BECOME MORE CURRENT [Captioner] 19:14:40 . NOW STATE LEGISLATURE RESPONDS TO THIS CRISIS [Captioner] 19:14:43 IN A VARIETY OF WAYS AND THEN INCLUDED THE APPROVAL [Captioner] 19:14:47 OF LEGISLATION PLACING MORE REQUIREMENTS ON THE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:14:50 ELEMENTS. THESE CHANGES INCLUDE [Captioner] 19:14:53 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO AFFIRMATIVELY [Captioner] 19:14:56 FURTHER AND FAIR HOUSING AND ALSO MORE RULES AND MORE EXPECTATION [Captioner] 19:14:59 S, WITH REGARDS TO DEMONSTRATING IT [Captioner] 19:15:03 HAS ADEQUATE CAPACITY TO MEET ITS HOUSING [Captioner] 19:15:07 NEEDS. MANY JURISDICTIONS IN THE STATE HAVE FOUND [Captioner] 19:15:10 IT DIFFICULT TO MEET THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS. IF WE [Captioner] 19:15:13 LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION THEIR [Captioner] 19:15:17 HOUSING ELEMENTS WERE DUE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO AND YET A [Captioner] 19:15:20 HUGE NUMBER OF THOSE CITIES STILL DON'T HAVE [Captioner] 19:15:24 A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT A YEAR LATER. AND ONE [Captioner] 19:15:27 OF THE CRITICAL AREAS WHERE JURISDICTIONS [Captioner] 19:15:30 HAVE STRUGGLED IS TO IDENTIFY LAND TO MEET FUTURE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:15:34 NEEDS IN THE JURISDICTION, IN A [Captioner] 19:15:37 PROCESS NEEDS KNOWN [Captioner] 19:15:40 AS RHNA [Captioner] 19:15:43 . BASED ON HOW HOUSING NEEDS ARE NOW CALCULATED [Captioner] 19:15:46 REGIONS NOW FACE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH [Captioner] 19:15:50 ER RHNA TARGETS THAN IN PREVIOUS [Captioner] 19:15:53 CYCLES. IN FACT [Captioner] 19:15:56 THE CALCULATED NEED FOR THE BAY AREA IS MORE THAN [Captioner] 19:15:59 TWICE WHAT IT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS CYCLE [Captioner] 19:16:02 . FREMONT'S NEED IS 12, [Captioner] 19:16:06 897 NEW HOUSING HITS, WHEREAS IT WAS [Captioner] 19:16:09 ONLY 8 [Captioner] 19:16:13 ,455 IN THE [Captioner] 19:16:16 PREVIOUS CYCLE. IT IS BROKEN DOWN [Captioner] 19:16:20 INTO VARIOUS DESIGNATIONS [Captioner] 19:16:24 , INCLUDING LOW INCOME. [Captioner] 19:16:34 2011 GENERAL PLAN HOUSING PROCESS HAS FOCUSED MORE ON [Captioner] 19:16:38 THE VERY CRITICAL QUESTION [Captioner] 19:16:41 OF HOW DO WE PROMOTE HOUSING PRODUCTION [Captioner] 19:16:45 PARTICULARLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION THROUGH OUR ACTION [Captioner] 19:16:48 ACTIONABLE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. [Captioner] 19:17:04 HOUSING IS A FEDERATE [Captioner] 19:17:08 MUCH CRITICAL ITEM FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES [Captioner] 19:17:11 FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD AND TO BE RESPONDED TO. [Captioner] 19:17:14 AND THAT CAME WITH AN EXIST GOING [Captioner] 19:17:17 ON WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REACH PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:17:21 IN THE GREATEST NEEDS FOR HOUSING, LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS, THOSE [Captioner] 19:17:24 WITH SPECIAL HOUSING NEEDS AND ALSO THE UNHOUSED. [Captioner] 19:17:28 OUR HOUSING ELEMENT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IT REALLY KICKED [Captioner] 19:17:31 INTO HIGH GEAR AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS [Captioner] 19:17:34 YEAR WHEN STAFF WENTEN A TOUR OF THE [Captioner] 19:17:37 VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF THE CITY INCLUDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THAT TIME [Captioner] 19:17:41 . TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOUSING MR. PRESIDENT [Captioner] 19:17:44 AND TO COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM [Captioner] 19:17:47 THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES AND THE MISSIONS OF [Captioner] 19:17:50 EACH BOARD. WE UNDERTOOK A [Captioner] 19:17:54 MULTIPRONGED EFFORT WHICH INCLUDED OFFICE [Captioner] 19:17:57 HOURS WHERE PEOPLE COULD CONVENIENTLY SCHEDULE TIME TO [Captioner] 19:18:00 TALK WITH HOUSING ELEMENT TEAM AND WE ATTENDED COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:18:04 EVENTS, HELD FOCUS GROUPS WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND [Captioner] 19:18:07 WE WENT OUT TO VISIT [Captioner] 19:18:11 AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:18:16 AROUND SENT FEEDBACK TO THE CITY'S [Captioner] 19:18:19 REGULAR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND THROUGH THIS VARIOUS FEEDBACK [Captioner] 19:18:23 WE IDENTIFIED CHIEF THEMES, MAPPED OUT POTENTIAL ACTION [Captioner] 19:18:26 ABLE ITEMS AND WE CONNECTED THOSE BACK TO [Captioner] 19:18:29 THOSE THEMES OF COMMUNICATION AND THIS ALL CLIMENTED [Captioner] 19:18:32 WITH THE RELEASE OF A -- CULMINATE [Captioner] 19:18:35 ED WITH THE RELEASE OF A DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT IN JULY OF [Captioner] 19:18:39 2022. [Captioner] 19:18:49 DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT SETS FORTH A QUITE [Captioner] 19:18:53 AMBITION EFFORT, CONSISTING OF 90 [Captioner] 19:18:56 PROGRAMS TO MEET SIX GOALS TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS OF [Captioner] 19:19:00 OUR RESIDENTS. THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENTS [Captioner] 19:19:03 IMPACTS, IMPROVES THE CITY'S EXISTING [Captioner] 19:19:07 HOUSING STOCK, SUCH AT THROUGH REGULATE [Captioner] 19:19:10 ING SHORT TERM RENTALS AND CREATING [Captioner] 19:19:13 OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS. [Captioner] 19:19:16 WE'LL ALSO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:19:19 TO PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE ADU [Captioner] 19:19:23 CONSTRUCTION, UPDATE THE MIXED USE [Captioner] 19:19:26 STANDARDS AND OFFER A BY RIGHT PROCESS TO MORE [Captioner] 19:19:29 AFFORDABLE PROJECTS. ADDITIONALLY. [Captioner] 19:19:33 THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT CONTAINS AN [Captioner] 19:19:37 EQUITABLE INVENTORY TO PLAN AREAS OF HIGH OPPORTUNITY [Captioner] 19:19:40 WHICH ARE AREAS WHERE EVEN THE LOWEST INCOME [Captioner] 19:19:43 RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION, [Captioner] 19:19:46 EMPLOYMENT, AND A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT WHICH [Captioner] 19:19:49 ULTIMATELY LEADS TO MORE POSITIVE LIFE OUTCOMES [Captioner] 19:19:53 . [Captioner] 19:19:57 OVER 75% OF INVENTORY SITES ARE [Captioner] 19:20:00 LOCATED IN PRIMARY DEVELOPMENT AREAS OR PD [Captioner] 19:20:03 A'S CONSISTENT WITH MEETING HOUSING NEEDS [Captioner] 19:20:06 PRIMARILY TO STRATEGIC TRANSIT ORIENTED [Captioner] 19:20:09 DEVELOPMENT. [Captioner] 19:20:18 IN JULY OUR PRESENTATIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND [Captioner] 19:20:22 THE CITY COUNCIL KICKED OFF AN EXTENSIVE [Captioner] 19:20:25 PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS FOR OUR DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT [Captioner] 19:20:29 . AS A CORNERSTONE [Captioner] 19:20:32 EVENT OF THAT PERIOD STAFF HELD A DROP IN OPEN HOUSE ON [Captioner] 19:20:36 AUGUST 3rd, AT THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY EVENT CENTER [Captioner] 19:20:39 WHICH IS AN EVENT THAT SOME PLANNING COMMISSION [Captioner] 19:20:42 S ATTENDED. AROUND 20 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAME AND [Captioner] 19:20:45 WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT DRAFT FOLLOWS. AND AFTERWARDS, IN [Captioner] 19:20:49 TOTAL, STAFF RECEIVED 28 COMMENT LETTERS [Captioner] 19:20:52 FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT. [Captioner] 19:20:55 AND AFTER THE PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD CLOSED IN [Captioner] 19:20:58 AUGUST 8th, STAFF MADE EDITS [Captioner] 19:21:01 TO THE DRAFT IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL FROM THE COMMISSION [Captioner] 19:21:04 AND FROM THE PUBLIC. [Captioner] 19:21:19 FURTHER REVIEW ON AUGUST 25th. STAFF [Captioner] 19:21:22 HAD FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH [Captioner] 19:21:26 STATE AND THE PUBLIC AND RECEIVED PRELIMINARY [Captioner] 19:21:29 VISUAL FEET BACK ON DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND AS PART OF [Captioner] 19:21:32 THESE CONVERSATIONS I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT WE DID RECEIVE SOME [Captioner] 19:21:35 POSITIVE BACK FROM THE STATE IN THAT WE HAD SOME REVIEW [Captioner] 19:21:38 OF HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS AND ALSO [Captioner] 19:21:42 SOME STRONG AVERAGE, SOME OF THE BEST WE'VE SEEN [Captioner] 19:21:45 WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. [Captioner] 19:21:48 STAFF EVENTUALLY MADE -- STAFF EVENTUALLY RECEIVED A PRELIMINARY [Captioner] 19:21:51 WRITTEN SET OF COMMENTS FROM HCD IN THE EARLY PART OF NOVEMBER [Captioner] 19:21:55 . AND THOSE ARE MADE PUBLIC VIA [Captioner] 19:21:58 OUR WEBSITE AND VIA OUR E-MAIL [Captioner] 19:22:01 LIST AND STAFF MADE CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENTS TO REFLECT THOSE [Captioner] 19:22:05 INITIAL COMMENTS FROM THE STATE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE DRAFT THAT IS CURRENTLY [Captioner] 19:22:08 ON THE WEBSITE, THE REVISIONS [Captioner] 19:22:11 BASED ON THOSE INITIAL COMMENTS WERE [Captioner] 19:22:14 IN BRIGHT UNDERLINE. A REVISED DRAFT [Captioner] 19:22:17 WAS PUBLISHED [Captioner] 19:22:20 ON NOVEMBER 10th AND SUBMITTED TO HCD ON NOVEMBER 15th [Captioner] 19:22:24 AND HCD [Captioner] 19:22:27 SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED THE NOVEMBER [Captioner] 19:22:30 DRAFT AND MADE A FORMAL [Captioner] 19:22:33 COMMENT LETTER ON NOVEMBER 23rd. THAT FORMAL COMMENT [Captioner] 19:22:36 LETTER HIGHLIGHTED FOUR MAIN AREAS IN WHICH HC [Captioner] 19:22:40 D FELT THAT ADDITIONAL REVISION WAS NECESSARY TO [Captioner] 19:22:44 MEET STATUTORY ELEMENT 1 REQUIREMENTS. IN GENERAL [Captioner] 19:22:47 , STAFF FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE NUMBER AND TYPES [Captioner] 19:22:51 OF COMMENTS RECEIVED BACK FROM THE STRAIGHT AND WE FELT [Captioner] 19:22:55 FAIRLY CONFIDENT IN RESPONDING TO THEM SO STAFF WENT FORWARD [Captioner] 19:22:58 AND RESPONDED IN AN UPDATED DRAFT AND THAT UPDATE [Captioner] 19:23:01 ED DRAFT IS WHAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IN [Captioner] 19:23:04 WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE ADOPTION DRAFT. [Captioner] 19:23:08 AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO [Captioner] 19:23:12 THE OTHER HALF OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT PROJECT [Captioner] 19:23:15 TEAM, COURTNEY PAL AND SHE'LL GO [Captioner] 19:23:18 OVER MAJOR CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ADOPTION DRAFT, MADE [Captioner] 19:23:21 IN THE ADOPTION DRAFT SINCE THE LAST TIME THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOOKED [Captioner] 19:23:24 AT THE DOCUMENT BACK IN JULY. [Captioner] 19:23:30 >> THANKS, WAYLAND. SO FIRST OF ALL IN THE GOALS [Captioner] 19:23:33 POLICIES AND PROGRAMS CHAPTER STAFF HAVE MADE [Captioner] 19:23:37 EDITS THAT STRENGTHENED PROPOSED PROGRAMS TO [Captioner] 19:23:40 CLARIFY THEIR INTENTS, ADD TIME LINES AND COMMIT [Captioner] 19:23:43 TO ADDITIONAL ACTIONS. STAFF ADDED LOCALITY CONTEXT [Captioner] 19:23:46 REGARDING THE GEOGRAPHIC IMPACTS OF CERTAIN FAIR [Captioner] 19:23:49 HOUSING POLICIES. FOR EXAMPLE, STAFF [Captioner] 19:23:52 CLARIFIED THAT A POLICY TO ALLOW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN [Captioner] 19:23:57 CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE LAW [Captioner] 19:24:00 SB 478 WOULD LARGELY HAVE THE INCREASE [Captioner] 19:24:04 OF AFFECTING RESIDENTIAL DENSITY WITHIN [Captioner] 19:24:07 EXISTING ISLANDS OF COMMERCIAL ZONING WITHIN ESTABLISHED [Captioner] 19:24:10 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST [Captioner] 19:24:13 AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY. [Captioner] 19:24:16 STAFF ADDITIONALLY MODIFIED CERTAIN PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP [Captioner] 19:24:19 CONCRETE TIME LINES, OBJECTIVES AND COMMITMENTS [Captioner] 19:24:22 . FOR EXAMPLE, PROGRAM 33 WAS [Captioner] 19:24:26 UPDATED TO CONDOMINIUM TO A BONUS [Captioner] 19:24:29 ADU PROGRAM. IN RESPONSE TO A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE BY A MEMBER OF [Captioner] 19:24:32 THE PUBLIC. PROGRAMS 52, [Captioner] 19:24:35 53, AND 62 WERE [Captioner] 19:24:38 SIMILARLY MODIFIED IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS FROM HCD IN [Captioner] 19:24:41 ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE CONCRETE OBJECTIVES RELATE [Captioner] 19:24:44 ED TO APPLYING FOR STATE FINANCING RESOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:24:47 . FINALLY, [Captioner] 19:24:51 STAFF STRENGTHENED THE CITY'S COMMITMENTS ON A NUMBER OF KEY PROGRAMS [Captioner] 19:24:54 . PROGRAM 63 WHICH IS REGARDING THE [Captioner] 19:24:57 DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING ON PUBLIC LANDS INCLUDING THE FREMONT [Captioner] 19:25:00 ART PARKING LOT, WAS REVISED TO INCLUDE A [Captioner] 19:25:03 SPECIFIC PLAN OF ACTION IN ORDER TO FACILITATE [Captioner] 19:25:06 DEVELOPMENT AT THAT SITE. PROGRAM [Captioner] 19:25:10 69 WHICH AIMS TO EXPAND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES [Captioner] 19:25:13 FOR DISABLED PEOPLE, NOW PROPOSES [Captioner] 19:25:16 MULTIPLE INCREMENTAL ZONING CLEANUP ITEMS THAT [Captioner] 19:25:19 WILL REMOVE BEAR USERS TO ACCESSIBLE HOUSING AND [Captioner] 19:25:23 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION [Captioner] 19:25:26 S CONSISTENT WITH THE FAIR HOUSING ACT. THE ADOPTION [Captioner] 19:25:29 ACT ALSO CONTAINS ADDITIONAL DETAILS WITHIN THE [Captioner] 19:25:32 CONDESCRAINT ANALYSIS CHAPTER. [Captioner] 19:25:35 CONSTRAINT [Captioner] 19:25:40 ANALYSIS CHAPTER. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IS CONSISTENT WITH [Captioner] 19:25:43 THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT. IN RESPONSE [Captioner] 19:25:46 TO PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS FROM HCD STAFF [Captioner] 19:25:49 ALSO EXPANDED OUR ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE [Captioner] 19:25:52 CONSTRAINTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF STAFF ADDED [Captioner] 19:25:55 ANNAL ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL COST THAT DEVELOPERS [Captioner] 19:25:58 MUST UNDERTAKE IN ORDER TO [Captioner] 19:26:02 CONSTRUCT STREET IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS STREETS GUTTERS [Captioner] 19:26:05 AND SIDEWALKS ALONG A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. ADDITIONAL DETAIL WAS ALSO [Captioner] 19:26:09 ADDED REGARDING THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN [Captioner] 19:26:12 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTING WHICH IS USED TO MAINTAIN [Captioner] 19:26:15 GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PERIOD. [Captioner] 19:26:19 LASTLY, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WERE ADDED TO THE [Captioner] 19:26:22 CITY'S FAIR HOUSING ANALYSIS CHAPTER IN ORDER TO [Captioner] 19:26:25 COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. [Captioner] 19:26:28 THESE COMPONENTS INCLUDED A RANKING OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO [Captioner] 19:26:32 FAIR HOUSING ISSUES, A [Captioner] 19:26:35 REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF DISPROPORTIONATE [Captioner] 19:26:38 HOUSING NEEDS AMONG HOUSING [Captioner] 19:26:42 OPTIONS AND CLEAR ANALYSIS OF POLICIES [Captioner] 19:26:45 THAT HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD IN CHAPTER 2. ALL OF H [Captioner] 19:26:48 CD'S COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE ADOPTION DRAFT OF THE [Captioner] 19:26:51 HOUSING ELEMENT. A MATRIX NOTING STAFF'S RESPONSES [Captioner] 19:26:54 TO HCD'S PARTICULAR COMMENTS HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE [Captioner] 19:26:58 STAFF REPORT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND RESULTANTLY [Captioner] 19:27:01 STAFF BELIEVE THAT THE ADOPTION DRAFT IS [Captioner] 19:27:04 IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH [Captioner] 19:27:08 STATE [Captioner] 19:27:11 HOUSING ELEMENT LAW. THEREFORE, STAFF [Captioner] 19:27:14 'S RECOMMENDATION FOR TONIGHT IS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, FIND [Captioner] 19:27:17 THAT THE 2023 THROUGH [Captioner] 19:27:21 20 [Captioner] 19:27:26 32, ADOPT THE 2023 THROUGH 20 [Captioner] 19:27:29 31 HOUSING ELEMENT ADOPTION DRAFT . [Captioner] 19:27:33 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADDITIONALLY [Captioner] 19:27:37 FINDS THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE IS EXEMPT [Captioner] 19:27:40 FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO THE [Captioner] 19:27:43 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, A CHECKLIST DEMONSTRATING THE [Captioner] 19:27:46 PROJECT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A 151 [Captioner] 19:27:50 83 EXEMPTION IS INCLUDED AS EXHIBIT B IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT. [Captioner] 19:27:55 THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING AND WE'RE NOW AVAILABLE FOR [Captioner] 19:27:58 ANY QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONERS HAVE AT THIS TIME. [Captioner] 19:28:02 >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, COURTNEY [Captioner] 19:28:06 AND WAYLAND. >> CHAIRPERSON I [Captioner] 19:28:10 MIGHT BRIEFLY ADD THAT BEFORE [Captioner] 19:28:13 THE MEETING WE PROVIDED THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH [Captioner] 19:28:16 NOTES AND CORRECTIONS AND RESPONDED TO TWO ADDITIONAL LETTERS [Captioner] 19:28:19 THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC, THAT WAS PROVIDED [Captioner] 19:28:22 TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE THE MEETING. >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY, THANK YOU WAYLAND. [Captioner] 19:28:27 SO COMMISSIONERS. DO YOU HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR [Captioner] 19:28:30 STAFF ON THIS ITEM? [Captioner] 19:28:36 I SEE COMMISSIONER YEE, [Captioner] 19:28:40 PLEASE. >> Commissioner Yee: YES, THANK YOU CHAIR [Captioner] 19:28:43 . I HAD A CHANCE TO THOROUGHLY GO [Captioner] 19:28:46 THROUGH THIS NOW IT'S A 540 PAGE DOCUMENT [Captioner] 19:28:50 , ORIGINALLY IT WAS 541. [Captioner] 19:28:53 I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WAS THE ONE PAGE MISSING [Captioner] 19:28:56 ? I DON'T WANT TO READ THE WHOLE THING OVER AGAIN TRYING [Captioner] 19:28:59 TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. BUT ALSO, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:29:02 ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT'S IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, [Captioner] 19:29:06 THAT ACTUALLY HAS THEIR HOUSING [Captioner] 19:29:09 ELEMENT REPORT ALREADY PASSED BY HCD [Captioner] 19:29:12 AS ALAMEDA, SO MY QUESTION TO STAFF [Captioner] 19:29:16 STAFF, HOW MUCH CONTACT HAS OUR STAFF [Captioner] 19:29:19 SPOKEN TO ALAMEDA'S STAFFS SINCE [Captioner] 19:29:22 THEIRS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY ONE THAT'S ALREADY PASSED? [Captioner] 19:29:29 >> Planner Pullen: LET ME START WITH THAT AND I'M [Captioner] 19:29:32 SURE THE TEAM CAN ADD ON TO IT. BUT I KNOW [Captioner] 19:29:35 AND WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THE -- ONE OF THE KEY PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:29:38 IN ALAMEDA THERE AND [Captioner] 19:29:41 MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY AS PART OF A REGIONAL [Captioner] 19:29:45 SORT OF GROUP OF PLANNING MANAGERS. [Captioner] 19:29:48 AND I'M AWARE OF THEIR EARLY PASSAGE [Captioner] 19:29:51 OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD STORY [Captioner] 19:29:55 FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. THERE ARE CERTAIN FACTORS THAT LED TO [Captioner] 19:29:58 THAT, THAT ARE MORE NUMEROUS FOR US TO COVER OVER A [Captioner] 19:30:01 MEETING LIKE THIS. BUT YET THEY'VE DONE A VERY GOOD [Captioner] 19:30:04 JOB. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:30:07 BEHIND THEM AROUND HERE FOR VARIOUS REASONS [Captioner] 19:30:10 . SO WE HAVE -- WE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH [Captioner] 19:30:15 OUR REGIONAL COUNTERPARTS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S [Captioner] 19:30:18 GOING ON IN GENERAL. >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:30:21 >> I'LL ALSO ADD THAT -- >> Commissioner Yee: [Captioner] 19:30:24 GO AHEAD. >> ALSO ADD THAT WE FORMED WHAT WE CALL [Captioner] 19:30:28 THE HOUSING ELEMENT COLLABORATIVE WITH OTHER CITIES IN ALAMEDA COUNTY [Captioner] 19:30:31 . AND [Captioner] 19:30:35 THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE SHARE A LOT OF EXPERIENCES NOTES AND [Captioner] 19:30:38 LESSONS LEARNED WITH EACH OTHER, WHICH HELPS GUIDE US [Captioner] 19:30:41 THROUGH PROCESS. ALSO, IT IS [Captioner] 19:30:45 QUITE IMPRESSIVE THAT ALAMEDA [Captioner] 19:30:48 WAS ABLE TO GET THAT RECOGNITION EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS [Captioner] 19:30:51 . IT'S A CREDIT TO THEM. >> Commissioner Yee: RIGHT, YEAH [Captioner] 19:30:54 , BECAUSE I HAD A [Captioner] 19:30:57 CHANCE TO ALSO READ THEIR REPORT, YOU KNOW, OURS [Captioner] 19:31:00 IS 540 PAGES. THEIRS IS -- IN [Captioner] 19:31:04 TWO SECTIONS, 338 PAGES. MY QUESTION [Captioner] 19:31:07 IS, I NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:31:10 WAYLAND, YOU HAD MADE MENTIONED THAT HC [Captioner] 19:31:13 D REALLY LIKED THE FEEDBACK [Captioner] 19:31:16 OF ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THEM [Captioner] 19:31:20 FROM THE PUBLIC. BUT MY QUESTION IS THAT, IS IT [Captioner] 19:31:23 REALLY NECESSARY TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE [Captioner] 19:31:27 SLIDES PRESENTED FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES INCLUDING [Captioner] 19:31:30 THE CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE SLIDES ARE VERY SIMILAR [Captioner] 19:31:33 . I'M JUST WONDERING IS THERE A WAY TO KIND OF STREAMLINE [Captioner] 19:31:36 THAT A LITTLE BIT? BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE 40 PAGES. [Captioner] 19:31:39 YOU KNOW? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO SHOW THAT. [Captioner] 19:31:42 BUT I'M NOT SURE IF WE NEED TO SHOW EVERY SINGLE [Captioner] 19:31:45 SLIDE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE OVER AND OVER AGAIN [Captioner] 19:31:50 . >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT [Captioner] 19:31:53 , THAT IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO HAVE IN A [Captioner] 19:31:56 LARGE POLICY DOCUMENT SUCH AS THIS. I DO [Captioner] 19:32:00 THINK THE EXERCISE [Captioner] 19:32:03 OF THIS [Captioner] 19:32:06 HOUSING ELEMENT APPROVAL [Captioner] 19:32:09 PROCESS HINGES A LOT ON SHOWING YOUR WORK. [Captioner] 19:32:12 BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE THE STATE'S APPROVAL [Captioner] 19:32:16 . SO INCLUDING ALL INFORMATION DOES [Captioner] 19:32:19 HELP SUPPORT OUR DOCUMENT FOR THAT REVIEW PROCESS [Captioner] 19:32:22 . AND WE DID FOLLOW THE LEAD OF OTHER CITIES THAT [Captioner] 19:32:26 HAVE DONE A SIMILAR THING. BUT I THINK [Captioner] 19:32:29 ABSENT THAT I'D PROBABLY BE IN FAVOR OF EXCLUDE [Captioner] 19:32:32 EXCLUDING AS WELL. >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:32:35 SURE WE HAVE OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD. [Captioner] 19:32:38 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE ONE IN ALAMEDA AND A COUPLE [Captioner] 19:32:41 OF THE OTHER ONES DOWN [Captioner] 19:32:44 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHERE THEY TOO PAST [Captioner] 19:32:47 PASSED, THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES. [Captioner] 19:32:51 I WANT THE COMMISSION TO KNOW. I'M SURE THE [Captioner] 19:32:54 STAFF KIND OF TRIED TO MIRROR WHAT WORKED, WE DON'T HAVE [Captioner] 19:32:57 TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. THERE ARE DEFINITELY [Captioner] 19:33:02 SOME [Captioner] 19:33:06 SIMILARITIES. BUT OTHER THAN THAT I [Captioner] 19:33:09 SEE THE QUESTIONS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT HCD [Captioner] 19:33:12 IS ASKING OF US FOR OUR HOUSING ELEMENT REPORT. [Captioner] 19:33:15 AND IT MIRRORS EXACTLY WHAT I SEE, [Captioner] 19:33:18 HOW ALAMEDA DID, IN ORDER TO GET THEIRS THROUGH. [Captioner] 19:33:21 AND IT'S SECTIONED JUST -- AND I [Captioner] 19:33:24 COULD SEE THAT YOU GUYS DID A VERY GOOD JOB MIRRORING IT [Captioner] 19:33:28 AS WELL. SO THE -- I [Captioner] 19:33:31 GUESS THE ONLY OTHER THING IS I'M STILL TRYING [Captioner] 19:33:34 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT ONE PAGE. IT WENT DOWN [Captioner] 19:33:37 FROM 541 DOWN TO 540. >> WE [Captioner] 19:33:41 DID ADJUST FORMATTING A LITTLE BIT AND I THINK [Captioner] 19:33:44 THAT CHANGED THE PAGINATION. WE TRIED OUR BEST [Captioner] 19:33:47 TO NOTE ALL AREAS IN CHANGE WE WENT THROUGH [Captioner] 19:33:50 RED UNDERLINE OR PURPLE UNDERLINE THROUGHOUT THE [Captioner] 19:33:53 DOCUMENT. >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY, GREAT. AND [Captioner] 19:33:56 THEN I GUESS THE OTHER THING TOO, I JUST WONDERED [Captioner] 19:33:59 , ONCE THIS IS FINALIZED AND HOPEFULLY HC [Captioner] 19:34:02 D APPROVES IT, IT WILL BE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES [Captioner] 19:34:06 FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO READ. [Captioner] 19:34:13 >> I DON'T THINK WE'VE -- I DON'T THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE PLAN TO TRANSLATE THE DOCUMENT [Captioner] 19:34:17 . THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK. WE'LL ANALYZE [Captioner] 19:34:20 THE POTENTIAL TO DO THAT. >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY. ALL RIGHT, [Captioner] 19:34:23 JUST THOUGHT. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR [Captioner] 19:34:26 TAKING CARE OF THAT TABLE 4.3 ERROR. BECAUSE I [Captioner] 19:34:29 NEVER KNEW THAT FREMONT IN 19 [Captioner] 19:34:32 90 ONLY HAD 17,399 PEOPLE BUT [Captioner] 19:34:35 I SEE THAT THE DIGIT WAS NOW -- WE'RE AT 1 [Captioner] 19:34:38 73,399 SO THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING THAT. SO THOSE [Captioner] 19:34:41 ARE MY QUESTIONS. RIGHT? I KNOW EVERYBODY'S LAUGHING. [Captioner] 19:34:48 >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER YEE FOR PROOF [Captioner] 19:34:51 PROOFREADING THE DOCUMENT LIKE THAT. THAT ONE PAGE I SIMPLY [Captioner] 19:34:54 ASSUMED THEY WERE TRYING TO CONDENSE. YOU KNOW, [Captioner] 19:34:57 THIS VERY LONG DOCUMENT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER [Captioner] 19:35:01 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION [Captioner] 19:35:05 ? COMMISSIONER ZHANG, PLEASE [Captioner] 19:35:09 . >> Commissioner Zhang: THANK YOU, CHAIR. [Captioner] 19:35:12 I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE [Captioner] 19:35:16 TIME LINE, IS IT JANUARY 31st THE [Captioner] 19:35:20 APPROVAL BY THE CITY? >> WE ARE REQUIRED TO [Captioner] 19:35:24 ADOPT HOUSING ELEMENT BY THAT DATE. ALTHOUGH [Captioner] 19:35:28 WE HAVE TENTATIVELY [Captioner] 19:35:32 SCHEDULED THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JANUARY 10th [Captioner] 19:35:36 , IN ADVANCE, HOPING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MOVE THIS [Captioner] 19:35:39 FORWARD AND THAT WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER [Captioner] 19:35:42 BEFORE THE TIME IS UP. [Captioner] 19:35:45 >> Commissioner Zhang: ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:35:48 I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT THAT COMMISSIONER YEE MENTION [Captioner] 19:35:52 ED TRANSLATION TO ANOTHER LANGUAGE. THAT FRANKLY SPEAKING THAT'S [Captioner] 19:35:56 A TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO TRANSLATE SUCH A [Captioner] 19:35:59 LONG DOCUMENT TO A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE [Captioner] 19:36:02 . I BELIEVE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THOSE [Captioner] 19:36:05 SLIDES IN CHINESE THAT I [Captioner] 19:36:08 LIKE THE MAJOR ELEMENT I WOULD SAY [Captioner] 19:36:12 THAT PROBABLY IS ENOUGH [Captioner] 19:36:15 . [Captioner] 19:36:19 I WOULDN'T -- COMPLYING [Captioner] 19:36:22 WITH JUST KEEPING IT IN ENGLISH. THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:36:26 >> Planner Pullen: I DO WANT TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT OF TRANSLATION THAT [Captioner] 19:36:29 OUR WEBSITE AFFORDS SOME ABILITY TO VIEW IN [Captioner] 19:36:32 MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. AND SO SOME OF THAT KEY INFORMATION IS ALREADY AVAILABLE [Captioner] 19:36:35 TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS IN [Captioner] 19:36:38 GENERAL. GOOD POINTS ALL. [Captioner] 19:36:43 >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 19:36:46 S? NO? I GUESS I HAVE A COUPLE OF [Captioner] 19:36:49 QUESTIONS. WAYLAND, THERE [Captioner] 19:36:53 WAS SOME BACK AND [Captioner] 19:36:56 FORTH REGARDING THE NONVACANT SITES ISSUE. COULD YOU JUST [Captioner] 19:36:59 MAYBE ENCAPSULATE THAT AND CLARIFY IT FOR ME [Captioner] 19:37:04 . >> ARE YOU REFERRING TO ONE OF THE LETTERS THAT [Captioner] 19:37:07 WAS RECEIVED BEFORE THE MEETING? >> Commissioner Daulton: AS WELL AS [Captioner] 19:37:10 THE COMMENTS FROM THE STATE. [Captioner] 19:37:14 >> SO I THINK THE [Captioner] 19:37:18 -- THE LETTER POINTED [Captioner] 19:37:21 TO THE CITY'S USE OF NON [Captioner] 19:37:24 NONVACANT SITES IN THE INVENTORY, PARTICULARLY [Captioner] 19:37:28 SITES WITHIN COMMERCIAL CENTERS [Captioner] 19:37:32 . SHOPPING CENTERS AND OTHER [Captioner] 19:37:35 COMMERCIAL USERS. AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF UTILIZING A [Captioner] 19:37:38 NONVACANT SITE IS TO DEMONSTRATE [Captioner] 19:37:42 -- IS PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT [Captioner] 19:37:45 THE -- THIS SITE HAS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD [Captioner] 19:37:49 OF TURNING OVER DURING THE UPCOMING PLANNING PERIOD AND [Captioner] 19:37:52 BEING REDEVELOPED. I [Captioner] 19:37:56 THINK SEVERAL THOSE SITES ARE, THEY ARE [Captioner] 19:37:59 SOME OF THE STRONGEST SITES OF THE CITY [Captioner] 19:38:02 AND DIFFERENT FACTORS INCLUDING TRENDS OF REDEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:38:05 , A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF THE [Captioner] 19:38:09 CITY REDEVELOPING THOSE [Captioner] 19:38:12 SITES AND ASPECTS OF THOSE [Captioner] 19:38:15 SITES PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:38:18 . >> Commissioner Daulton: SO THE VARIETY OF WAYS THAT YOU MAKE THOSE [Captioner] 19:38:22 ASSESSMENTS ON THE LIKELIHOOD OF THOSE SITES [Captioner] 19:38:27 BEING AVAILABLE [Captioner] 19:38:30 FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, DOES THAT BOIL DOWN TO STATISTICAL [Captioner] 19:38:34 OUTPUT THAT YOU CAN QUANTIFY AS A POTENTIAL REAL [Captioner] 19:38:37 NUMBER OF UNITS? [Captioner] 19:38:41 >> THOSE CHARACTERISTICS ARE KEY TO SITES THAT WERE [Captioner] 19:38:44 REDEVELOPED DURING THE PREVIOUS PLANNING [Captioner] 19:38:47 PERIOD, WHAT SITES WERE DEVELOPED, [Captioner] 19:38:50 WHAT CHARACTERISTICS THOSE SITES HAVE AND HOW THEY COMPARE TO SITES [Captioner] 19:38:53 ON OUR SITES INVENTORY, [Captioner] 19:38:56 LOOKING INTO SOME OF THE THINGS [Captioner] 19:38:59 THAT LED TO REDEVELOPMENT OF THOSE SITES AND [Captioner] 19:39:04 HOW DO THEY AND DO THE SITES THAT [Captioner] 19:39:08 WE'RE PROPOSING MATCH THOSE CHARACTERISTICS. [Captioner] 19:39:12 >> Commissioner Daulton: OKAY. ANOTHER QUESTION WAS [Captioner] 19:39:16 ON PROGRAM 36. THE MIXED USE [Captioner] 19:39:20 ELEMENT. YOU [Captioner] 19:39:23 SPEAK IN THAT ELEMENT ABOUT [Captioner] 19:39:27 THE [Captioner] 19:39:30 DEVELOPER'S SORT OF COMPLAINTS OR COMMENTS ABOUT DIFFICULTY [Captioner] 19:39:34 OF RETAIL AND SUBSIDIES REQUIRED FOR THAT KIND [Captioner] 19:39:37 OF DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN GO ON [Captioner] 19:39:40 TO STATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PROMOTE THRIVING [Captioner] 19:39:43 RETAIL CARE DORS. [Captioner] 19:39:47 CORRIDORS BUT THERE'S NO MENTION HOW [Captioner] 19:39:50 THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? [Captioner] 19:39:53 >> SURE. I HAVE AN UPDATE [Captioner] 19:39:57 OF THE MIXED USE ORDINANCE IN GENERAL IS [Captioner] 19:40:00 A MECHANISM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK [Captioner] 19:40:04 INTO WHAT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND WHAT [Captioner] 19:40:08 RULES CAN WE PUT IN PLACE TO MEET THE [Captioner] 19:40:11 CITY'S GOALS OF PROCESSING HOUSING [Captioner] 19:40:14 . BUT AT THE SAME TIME MEETING OUR OTHER GOALS [Captioner] 19:40:17 WITH REGARDS TO REVITALIZATION OF OUR TOWN CENTERS [Captioner] 19:40:20 AND HAVING SERVICES AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S [Captioner] 19:40:23 THE EFFORT. AND I POINT TO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE [Captioner] 19:40:26 NUMEROUS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE HOUSING [Captioner] 19:40:30 ELEMENT WHICH SUPPORT THAT, WHICH [Captioner] 19:40:34 SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT IN VARIOUS WAYS [Captioner] 19:40:37 , INCLUDING PROVIDING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BY [Captioner] 19:40:40 -RIGHT DEVELOPMENTS [Captioner] 19:40:43 , CHANGES IN PARKING, CHANGES IN PARKING [Captioner] 19:40:46 STANDARDS, [Captioner] 19:40:49 UPGRADING OR INCREASE [Captioner] 19:40:53 INCREASING FOUR YEAR RATIO LIMITS AND OTHERS [Captioner] 19:40:56 . >> Commissioner Daulton: I ASK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT [Captioner] 19:40:59 A VERY COMMON COMMENT THAT [Captioner] 19:41:02 I RECEIVE [Captioner] 19:41:05 ON ACTIONS BY [Captioner] 19:41:09 DEVELOPMENT IN FREMONT IS THAT WE LOSE [Captioner] 19:41:13 RETAIL. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I [Captioner] 19:41:16 KNOW YOU REMEMBER THIS SORT OF OUT [Captioner] 19:41:19 POURING OF GRIEF WHEN CONNOLLY [Captioner] 19:41:23 'S DISAPPEARED, AND IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S GOING TO [Captioner] 19:41:26 BE FURTHER EMPHASIS ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT [Captioner] 19:41:30 OF FORMER RETAIL SITES [Captioner] 19:41:33 . WHICH IS SORT OF WHY I BROUGHT UP THE NONVACANT SITE ISSUE [Captioner] 19:41:36 . SO I KNOW THAT [Captioner] 19:41:39 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT DOWN THE [Captioner] 19:41:44 LINE AS, YOU KNOW, RETAIL IS TURNED [Captioner] 19:41:47 INTO RESIDENTIAL. I MEAN IT HAPPENS EVERY [Captioner] 19:41:50 TIME. [Captioner] 19:41:55 SO THEN REGARDING PROGRAM 56, [Captioner] 19:41:59 HELPING AFFORDABLE DEVELOPERS FIND LAND [Captioner] 19:42:03 , COULD YOU JUST GIVE ME A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF [Captioner] 19:42:05 HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK? LIKE [Captioner] 19:42:09 ARE AFFORDABLE DEVELOPERS GOING TO BE GIVEN PRIORITY [Captioner] 19:42:12 ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES OR IS THERE SOME [Captioner] 19:42:15 OTHER PRIORITIZATION OF AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 19:42:20 DEVELOPERS REGARDS TO FIRST DIBS ON GETTING THEIR [Captioner] 19:42:23 HANDS ON NEW PROPERTIES OR AVAILABLE VACANT SITES? [Captioner] 19:42:35 >> GIVE ME A MOMENT TO REORIENT [Captioner] 19:42:39 WHAT PROGRAM THAT IS. >> Commissioner Daulton: I THINK [Captioner] 19:42:42 IT'S 56 REGARDING AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 19:42:45 DEVELOPERS FIND LAND. [Captioner] 19:42:58 >> SORRY, I'M THERE. COULD YOU REPHRASE THE QUESTION? [Captioner] 19:43:02 >> Commissioner Daulton: YES. SO [Captioner] 19:43:05 WHEN I -- WHAT PROGRAM 56 LOOKS [Captioner] 19:43:08 LIKE IT'S AN [Captioner] 19:43:11 ATTEMPT TO HELP [Captioner] 19:43:15 AFFORDABLE DEVELOPERS ACCESS [Captioner] 19:43:18 SITES, ESSENTIALLY, AND I'M [Captioner] 19:43:22 JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE MECHANICS OF THAT. DOES [Captioner] 19:43:25 THAT MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT [Captioner] 19:43:29 OF PRIORITY TO AFFORDABLE [Captioner] 19:43:32 DEVELOPERS WITH REGARD TO RECENTLY [Captioner] 19:43:35 VACANT SITES OR CITY SITES, HOW IS [Captioner] 19:43:38 THAT? >> THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS UNDER SURPLUS [Captioner] 19:43:41 LANDS ACT TO MAKE INITIAL OFFER TO [Captioner] 19:43:44 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH [Captioner] 19:43:48 A -- DISPOSING THE PROPERTY THROUGH [Captioner] 19:43:51 OTHER USERS. SO THAT'S A PUBLIC PROPERTY SIDE OF IT. [Captioner] 19:43:54 I THINK THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL SPEAKS TO THE CITY'S COMMITMENT [Captioner] 19:43:57 TO WORKING WITH THE [Captioner] 19:44:02 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO [Captioner] 19:44:06 IDENTIFY SITES AND INCLUDING [Captioner] 19:44:09 THOSE ON THE SITES INVENTORY AND ASSIST THEM IN NAVIGATE [Captioner] 19:44:12 ING THE PROCESS. >> Commissioner Daulton: [Captioner] 19:44:15 OKAY. I GUESS [Captioner] 19:44:18 THAT'S ALL FROM ME. ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS [Captioner] 19:44:22 ? COMMISSIONER YEE. >> Commissioner Yee: YES, [Captioner] 19:44:26 ANOTHER MAYBE COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. PROGRAM 33 [Captioner] 19:44:29 , PAGE 29, IT SAYS THAT WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE [Captioner] 19:44:32 THAT ALLOWS UP TO [Captioner] 19:44:36 2 ADUS AND ONE J ADUS [Captioner] 19:44:40 ON ONE SINGLE LOT. [Captioner] 19:44:44 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CORRECT [Captioner] 19:44:47 . I [Captioner] 19:44:51 THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE ADU [Captioner] 19:44:54 AND ONEJ ADU. >> A [Captioner] 19:44:57 SINGLE LOT IS ABLE TO [Captioner] 19:45:01 HAVE TWO ADUS AND ONE JUNIOR ADU. [Captioner] 19:45:06 SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR TRANSIT BY ALLOWING FOR [Captioner] 19:45:09 ADDITIONAL ADU DEVELOPMENT ON TOP. >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY, [Captioner] 19:45:12 OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THEN I GUESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LETTERS, I [Captioner] 19:45:15 NOTICE THAT VICE CHAIR RAO, YOU RECEIVED [Captioner] 19:45:18 A LETTER FROM AN ORGANIZATION AND I'M JUST WANTING TO [Captioner] 19:45:22 KNOW, IF YOU HAD ANY COMMENTS WITH THAT, OR IF THE [Captioner] 19:45:25 STAFF HAD ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT LETTER [Captioner] 19:45:28 ? >> I THINK I ADDRESSED [Captioner] 19:45:32 THAT PARTICULAR LETTER A LITTLE BIT THROUGH [Captioner] 19:45:35 CHAIRPERSON DAULTON'S COMMENTS. THAT [Captioner] 19:45:38 DID COME THROUGH THE -- THAT DID COME THROUGH [Captioner] 19:45:41 MAIL AS [Captioner] 19:45:48 ENVELOPES DELIVERED TO THE DIFFERENT PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. SO [Captioner] 19:45:51 WE HAPPENED TO SCAN COMMISSIONER RAO'S [Captioner] 19:45:55 BUT THEY'RE ADDRESSED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER AND WE PACKAGED UP [Captioner] 19:45:58 AND PUT AS PART OF THIS PACKAGE FOR [Captioner] 19:46:01 THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW. SO IT'S NOT -- IT [Captioner] 19:46:04 WASN'T SIMPLY DIRECTED TOWARDS THE VICE CHAIRPERSON [Captioner] 19:46:08 BUT IT WAS DIRECTED -- >> Commissioner Yee: THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT [Captioner] 19:46:11 LOOKED LIKE BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER RECEIVING ANYTHING. SO I KIND [Captioner] 19:46:14 OF WENT OH, WHY -- I WAS JUST [Captioner] 19:46:17 THINKING VICE CHAIR RAO GOT THIS ONE SPECIFIC LETTER AND USUALLY IT IS [Captioner] 19:46:20 THE WHOLE COMMISSION. >> APOLOGIES FOR NOT MAKING [Captioner] 19:46:24 THAT CLEAR. IT WAS A QUICK TURN AROUND [Captioner] 19:46:27 . >> Commissioner Yee: OKAY, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:46:30 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER LIU, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:46:33 >> Commissioner Liu: OKAY, I JUST HAVE A GENERAL COMMENT TO MAKE [Captioner] 19:46:36 . THIS HOUSING ELEMENT PLAN FROM 20 [Captioner] 19:46:39 23 TO 2031, IT'S AN EIGHT-YEAR [Captioner] 19:46:43 PROGRAM. AND THIS HAPPENS TO OVERLAP [Captioner] 19:46:46 SO COINCIDES WITH THE [Captioner] 19:46:50 CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT PLAN TO [Captioner] 19:46:55 PHASE OUT THE GAS CARS. THAT [Captioner] 19:46:59 MEANS THE ELECTRIC CARS WILL BECOME [Captioner] 19:47:02 MORE AND MORE PERVASIVE [Captioner] 19:47:05 , AND ESPECIALLY THE [Captioner] 19:47:08 CHEAPER ELECTRIC CARS FROM [Captioner] 19:47:12 OTHER TRADITIONAL CAR COMPANIES [Captioner] 19:47:16 . WITH THAT ADOPTION OF ELECTRIC CARS IS GOING TO CREATE [Captioner] 19:47:19 AN ENORMOUS STRAIN ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, [Captioner] 19:47:23 OUR ELECTRICAL GRID. AND WITH THE [Captioner] 19:47:26 ANTICIPATED MUCH HIGHER DENSITY CALLED [Captioner] 19:47:29 FOR IN THIS HOUSING ELEMENT [Captioner] 19:47:34 , ARE WE -- DO WE HAVE A PLAN TO [Captioner] 19:47:37 WORK WITH THE PG&E [Captioner] 19:47:41 AND THE OTHER POTENTIAL POWER [Captioner] 19:47:45 SUPPLIERS IN THIS MORE AND [Captioner] 19:47:48 MORE POPULAR AND [Captioner] 19:47:53 BATTERY STORAGE OF POWER [Captioner] 19:47:57 , ALL THESE POWER SUPPLIERS WILL MOST [Captioner] 19:48:02 LIKELY CREATE ISSUES [Captioner] 19:48:05 ON LAND USE AS WELL, BECAUSE I CAN [Captioner] 19:48:10 FORESEE PG&E NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH POWER FOR A [Captioner] 19:48:13 LOT OF BUILDING SITES THAT REQUIRE A LOT MORE [Captioner] 19:48:17 ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS. [Captioner] 19:48:20 THEY MAY REQUIRE CONTAINER SIZ [Captioner] 19:48:23 ED BATTERY PACKS, AND ALL [Captioner] 19:48:26 OF THAT [Captioner] 19:48:32 WILL BECOME ISSUES THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT. SO I JUST [Captioner] 19:48:36 WANT TO MAKE SURE THE HOUSING ELEMENT WILL [Captioner] 19:48:40 CAPTURE THE INFRASTRUCTURE [Captioner] 19:48:45 DEMANDS BY THIS NEW [Captioner] 19:48:48 ADOPTION OF ELECTRIC CARS. [Captioner] 19:48:52 SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. [Captioner] 19:49:01 >> Planner Pullen: SO I CAN SPEAK TO THAT VERY BRIEFLY, COMMISSIONER LIU [Captioner] 19:49:04 , AND THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW BUT THE STATE [Captioner] 19:49:07 'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS LAST WEEK [Captioner] 19:49:11 , CARB RELEASED, IT'S [Captioner] 19:49:15 A SCOPING PLAN THAT LOOKS [Captioner] 19:49:18 TOWARDS I THINK IT'S 2045 CARBON [Captioner] 19:49:21 NEUTRALITY, THAT IS A REALLY BIG SUBJECT, THAT [Captioner] 19:49:24 INVOLVES MULTIPLE SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY. HOUSING IS ONE OF THOSE [Captioner] 19:49:27 BUT, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS AND A LOT OF OTHER COMPONENTS GO INTO THAT [Captioner] 19:49:31 . WE HAVE OUR OWN CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT WILL [Captioner] 19:49:34 BE COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR [Captioner] 19:49:38 APPROVAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT [Captioner] 19:49:41 ALSO QUANTITY NICE WHAT THAT MEANS [Captioner] 19:49:48 QUANTIFY [Captioner] 19:49:51 IES FOR FREMONT. AS YOU KNOW THE STATE HAS [Captioner] 19:49:55 BEEN SLOWLY ERODING THE ABILITY FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO [Captioner] 19:49:58 REQUIRE PARKING AND MANY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS HAVE ELIMINATED [Captioner] 19:50:01 PARKING IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, [Captioner] 19:50:04 OR WHOLLY WITHIN THEIR CITIES. [Captioner] 19:50:07 SAN JOSE HIT THE NEWS RECENTLY FOR [Captioner] 19:50:12 THAT -- A CONTINUATION OF THAT TREND. AND [Captioner] 19:50:16 SO, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE USE ITSELF MAY TAPER [Captioner] 19:50:19 OFF, THE IDEA THAT I'VE HEARD IS [Captioner] 19:50:22 THAT IT'S NOT [Captioner] 19:50:26 ENOUGH FOR LONG TERM CLIMATE GOALS TO [Captioner] 19:50:29 ELIMINATE GAS CARS. BUT ALSO, TO [Captioner] 19:50:32 REDUCE DRIVING IN GENERAL VEHICLE MILES [Captioner] 19:50:36 TRAVELED EVEN WITH ELECTRIC. BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL [Captioner] 19:50:39 IMPACTS AND THAT GOES TO THE CLEANLINESS OF THE GRID [Captioner] 19:50:42 , ET CETERA. SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG SUBJECT. ALL CITIES [Captioner] 19:50:45 IN CALIFORNIA AND THE WORLD, ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL [Captioner] 19:50:48 WITH THIS SUBJECT. AND IT'S A LITTLE BEYOND THE SCOPE [Captioner] 19:50:51 OF THIS EXERCISE TONIGHT BUT I [Captioner] 19:50:54 THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE TO THINK ABOUT [Captioner] 19:50:58 . >> Commissioner Liu: THANK YOU, JOEL. [Captioner] 19:51:01 >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER ZHANG DID YOU HAVE A [Captioner] 19:51:06 QUESTION? >> Commissioner Zhang: THANK YOU CHAIR. [Captioner] 19:51:09 QUESTION ABOUT QUESTION 9, SHORT [Captioner] 19:51:13 TERM RENTAL, IN THE TIME FRAME INDICATING WE NEED [Captioner] 19:51:16 TO ADOPT A RENTAL, SHORT TERM [Captioner] 19:51:20 RENTAL ORDINANCE WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THIS ADOPTION. [Captioner] 19:51:23 I BELIEVE THERE IS ALREADY A [Captioner] 19:51:26 SHORT TERM RENTAL [Captioner] 19:51:29 ORDINANCE [Captioner] 19:51:32 CIRCLING AROUND. WILL THAT COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST [Captioner] 19:51:35 OR GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTLY [Captioner] 19:51:39 ? >> Planner Pullen: TO THE EXTENT THAT [Captioner] 19:51:42 THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE THAT WE [Captioner] 19:51:45 ARE ALONG THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING, AND [Captioner] 19:51:48 YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT BECAUSE WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING [Captioner] 19:51:51 , NOT TOO LONG AGO. IF [Captioner] 19:51:55 THAT -- TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT MODIFIES PORTION [Captioner] 19:51:58 S OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO [Captioner] 19:52:01 YOUR REVIEW. AND SO LOOK FOR THAT TO BE NOTICED, IF THAT'S [Captioner] 19:52:04 THE CASE. THE SHORT TERM [Captioner] 19:52:08 RENTAL ORDINANCES CAN EASILY [Captioner] 19:52:11 BE COMPLETED WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS. THAT'S [Captioner] 19:52:14 SORT OF A WINDOW THAT'S GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, KIND [Captioner] 19:52:17 OF A GOOD NUMBER, EVEN THOUGH [Captioner] 19:52:20 SOME THINGS MIGHT HAPPEN SOONER THAN THAT. [Captioner] 19:52:27 >> Commissioner Zhang: THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: ANY FURTHER CLARIFICATION [Captioner] 19:52:30 QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE TRISH I WOULD ASK IF [Captioner] 19:52:33 THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> Trish Cordova: [Captioner] 19:52:36 CHAIR DAULTON I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. HOW MANY MINUTES DO [Captioner] 19:52:38 THEY HAVE? >> Commissioner Daulton: THREE MINUTES. [Captioner] 19:52:41 THREE MINUTES. >> Trish Cordova: OKAY, ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND [Captioner] 19:52:44 INTRODUCE OUR FIRST SPEAKER. [Captioner] 19:52:48 KELLY A, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK, YOU HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:52:51 GIVEN PERMISSION. >> THANK YOU. SO ON PAGE 5- [Captioner] 19:52:54 35 IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT EVALUATE BUILDING FEES AS [Captioner] 19:52:57 A CONSTRAINT. [Captioner] 19:53:01 AND, YOU KNOW, ON ONE OF THE JUSTIFICATION [Captioner] 19:53:05 S OFFERED OR EXCUSES OR [Captioner] 19:53:09 RATIONALIZATIONS, QUOTE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE A [Captioner] 19:53:12 REFLECTION OF COMMUNITY VALUES. WELL RECEIPT LIED [Captioner] 19:53:15 ING SEGREGATION, THAT REFLECTION [Captioner] 19:53:18 FLECTS COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:53:22 VALUES AS WELL, THAT [Captioner] 19:53:25 FLECTS COMMUNITY VALUES, RESISTANCE TO [Captioner] 19:53:29 COMMUNITY CONSTRUCTION, THAT REFLECTS [Captioner] 19:53:32 COMMUNITY VALUES. THAT DOESN'T PUT FEES [Captioner] 19:53:36 IN CONTEXT TO OTHER CITIES. THE FREMONT, THERE IS DATA OUT [Captioner] 19:53:39 THERE THOUGH, THAT FREMONT WAS CALLED OUT IN TWO STUDIES BY [Captioner] 19:53:42 U.C. BERKELEY TURNER CENTER FOR HOUSING [Captioner] 19:53:45 INNOVATION AS HAVING SOME OF THE HIGHEST BUILDING FEES IN THE [Captioner] 19:53:48 STATE, ESPECIALLY FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, I'M [Captioner] 19:53:51 QUOTING FROM THE NEWSPAPER, I'M SURE YOU READ THE SAME PAPER. THEY [Captioner] 19:53:54 REPORTED THAT WHEN THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF FEES ARE INCLUDED [Captioner] 19:53:57 A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN FREMONT COULD WIND UP [Captioner] 19:54:00 PAYING ROUGHLY $150,000, I THINK IT'S UP TO $ [Captioner] 19:54:04 $160,000 NOW IN THIS REPORT. THE CITY HAS [Captioner] 19:54:07 NOW BEGUN TO ADJUST FEES ANNUALLY TO THE [Captioner] 19:54:11 BUILDING COST INDEX, [Captioner] 19:54:14 AS ISSUED BY THE McGRAW WEEKLY [Captioner] 19:54:18 . IT ROSE 14% IN THE MOST [Captioner] 19:54:21 RECENT YEAR. SO THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT [Captioner] 19:54:25 VERIFIED INDEX TO BE SELECTED RIGHT? THIS CITY APPEARS TO BE [Captioner] 19:54:28 AN INFLATING SENSE OF MUNICIPAL ENTITLEMENT [Captioner] 19:54:31 . YOU KNOW, AND IF WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING DOWN THIS ROAD [Captioner] 19:54:34 OF SPECIALIZED DEMS FOR FEES, BUILDING [Captioner] 19:54:38 FEES, WHY NOT TAKE THE HIGHER EDUCATION [Captioner] 19:54:41 PRICE INDEX, USE THIS FOR PRIEFG [Captioner] 19:54:44 EDUCATION, TUTORING CENTERS, AS [Captioner] 19:54:47 A MEASURE OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION [Captioner] 19:54:51 , HOW ABOUT THE INDEX OF [Captioner] 19:54:54 MEDICAL OFFICES, HOW [Captioner] 19:54:58 ABOUT RESTAURANT PRICE INDEX FOR [Captioner] 19:55:01 FAST FOOD OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW. DRILL DOWN INTO [Captioner] 19:55:04 EACH INDIVIDUAL MARKET THAT YOU'RE SERVING AND CHARGE THEM [Captioner] 19:55:07 THE FEES, THE FEE INDEX THAT THEY DESERVE. [Captioner] 19:55:10 HOW ABOUT THE FOOD INDEX AND THE CONSUMER PRICE [Captioner] 19:55:13 INDEX FOR SUPERMARKETS? HOW ABOUT THE ENERGY [Captioner] 19:55:17 INDEX AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR GAS STATION [Captioner] 19:55:20 S AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE? YOU KNOW THIS CITY [Captioner] 19:55:23 RANKED UP THERE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST ALONG WITH [Captioner] 19:55:26 IRVINE, CALIFORNIA AS HAVING THE HIGHEST FEES [Captioner] 19:55:30 FOR DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY [Captioner] 19:55:33 AND STUFF, THIS KIND OF SLIPPERY [Captioner] 19:55:36 EVASIVENESS WHERE YOU SAY WELL, YOU KNOW, HERE [Captioner] 19:55:39 ARE OUR FEES, YOU KNOW, HERE'S EVER SINGLE [Captioner] 19:55:42 ONE, NOBODY CAN TELL THAT YOU'RE CHARGE [Captioner] 19:55:45 ING AMONG THE HIGHEST. IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A [Captioner] 19:55:49 BUNCH OF NUMBERS. NOBODY CAN TELL THAT YOU ARE INDEXING IT TO [Captioner] 19:55:52 AN INDEX THAT ROSE 14% LAST YEAR. THIS CITY [Captioner] 19:55:55 NEEDS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AND ASK ITSELF WHY DON'T [Captioner] 19:55:58 WE CHARGE FEES THAT ARE IN LINE WITH THE AVERAGE OF THE OTHER CITIES IN [Captioner] 19:56:01 CALIFORNIA? THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 19:56:05 KELLY. TRISH DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER? >> Translator: YES, WE DO [Captioner] 19:56:08 . ONE MOMENT, I'M JUST GOING TO REMOVE THE CLOCK SO I CAN [Captioner] 19:56:12 SEE THE FLAME. JUST ONE MOMENT. OKAY YES, OUR NEXT [Captioner] 19:56:15 SPEAKER IS LISA, LISA, [Captioner] 19:56:18 GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. I'VE GIVEN YOU PERMISSION. >> [Captioner] 19:56:21 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE SENT MY [Captioner] 19:56:24 COMMENTS ON THE DIRECT -- >> Trish Cordova: I'M SO SORRY -- [Captioner] 19:56:28 >> DID THAT NOT WORK? >> Trish Cordova: I'M SO SORRY, I [Captioner] 19:56:32 THOUGHT BY ACCIDENT I CLICKED YOU OFF. YOU'RE GOOD. GO AHEAD. [Captioner] 19:56:35 >> YES, I ALREADY SENT DETAILED COMMENTS IN WRITING MOST [Captioner] 19:56:38 LY AS PART OF THE FREMONT FOR EVERYONE COMMENTS SO I WON'T GET [Captioner] 19:56:41 INTO THOSE DETAILS HERE. MOSTLY I WANT TO SAY A [Captioner] 19:56:45 BIG THANK YOU FOR CITY STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND BEING SO [Captioner] 19:56:48 RESPONSIVE AND ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY. I DID WANT TO QUICKLY RESPOND [Captioner] 19:56:51 TO ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD EARLIER ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES [Captioner] 19:56:54 . AND I WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT YOU ACTUALLY [Captioner] 19:56:57 HAVE A LOT OF POWER TO MAKE LAND USE POLICY THAT DECREASE [Captioner] 19:57:01 S VEHICLE USAGE. YOU KNOW THE DENSITY [Captioner] 19:57:04 CAN DECREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF [Captioner] 19:57:08 DRIVING PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE ARE THINGS CLOSE BY THAT PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:57:12 NEED, YOU GUYS GET [Captioner] 19:57:15 TO MAKE DECISIONS EVERY TWO WEEKS THAT ARE TWICE A MONTH [Captioner] 19:57:17 I GUESS THAT HIT THE LITTLE DETAILS OF THAT. [Captioner] 19:57:21 SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND AND THINK [Captioner] 19:57:24 ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE MAKING DECISIONS HOW ARE [Captioner] 19:57:27 THEY WORKING TOWARDS DECREASING VEHICLE [Captioner] 19:57:30 MILES TRAVELED. THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Daulton: THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:57:34 LISA. TRISH IS THAT OUR FINAL SPEAKER? >> Trish Cordova: LET ME [Captioner] 19:57:37 DOUBLE CHECK. ACTUALLY WE HAVE ONE MORE. [Captioner] 19:57:40 STEVE REILLY, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. [Captioner] 19:57:44 >> HI, THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, MY [Captioner] 19:57:49 NAME (INAUDIBLE) REACHING OUT TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF TWO PROPERTIES [Captioner] 19:57:52 THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NEAR THE SOUTH [Captioner] 19:57:56 FREMONT BART STATION. THEY'RE [Captioner] 19:57:59 ACTUALLY ADJACENT TO THE PARKING LOT ON EITHER SIDE. AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED [Captioner] 19:58:03 PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS ON BOTH SIDES FOR A TOTAL OF [Captioner] 19:58:06 489 UNITS AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF CITIES ARE [Captioner] 19:58:09 HAVING ISSUES MEETING THE STRICT REQUIREMENTS OF H [Captioner] 19:58:12 CD'S, YOU KNOW, LATEST HOUSING [Captioner] 19:58:15 ELEMENT GUIDELINES. AND THESE TWO SITES ARE BOTH VACANT [Captioner] 19:58:19 , THEY'RE TRANSIT ORIENTDEVELOPMENT WITHIN A QUARTER MILE [Captioner] 19:58:22 OF THE BART STATION , SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT [Captioner] 19:58:25 OUT AND LET THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE WE WOULD BE MORE [Captioner] 19:58:28 THAN HAPPY AND AMENABLE TO [Captioner] 19:58:31 ADDING THOSE TO THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY SITES [Captioner] 19:58:34 LIST AND LET YOU GUYS AT A THAT UNDER [Captioner] 19:58:37 CONSIDERATION. >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:58:40 MR. REILLY. [Captioner] 19:58:44 TRISH, IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, [Captioner] 19:58:47 I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME [Captioner] 19:58:50 . >> Trish Cordova: WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS. [Captioner] 19:58:53 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:58:55 >> Commissioner Daulton: ALL RIGHT THEN. [Captioner] 19:58:58 COMMISSIONERS DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM [Captioner] 19:59:01 STAFF? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR A MOTION [Captioner] 19:59:06 . [Captioner] 19:59:10 COMMISSIONER YEE PLEASE. >> Commissioner Yee: I MAKE [Captioner] 19:59:13 A MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION [Captioner] 19:59:17 . >> Commissioner Daulton: CAN I GET A SECOND [Captioner] 19:59:20 ? >> Commissioner Zhang: I'M SECOND [Captioner] 19:59:23 . >> Commissioner Daulton: COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 19:59:27 ZHANG SECONDS THAT MOTION. JOEL WE NEED A ROLL CALL. >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 19:59:30 SORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH AND I NEED [Captioner] 19:59:33 TO GET BACK TO MY THOSE [Captioner] 19:59:36 NOTES. THERE WE GO. [Captioner] 19:59:39 OKAY. SO ON A MOTION BY -- CAN YOU REFEET [Captioner] 19:59:42 THE MOTIONERS AGAIN? >> Commissioner Daulton: MOTION WAS TO [Captioner] 19:59:46 ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION. >> Planner Pullen: OKAY, [Captioner] 19:59:49 ON A MOTION TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHEN I CALL [Captioner] 19:59:52 YOUR NAME, PLEASE VOTE. CHAIR DAULTON. [Captioner] 19:59:56 >> Commissioner Daulton: YEA. >> Planner Pullen: VICE CHOWR RAO [Captioner] 19:59:59 . >> Commissioner Rao: YES. >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 20:00:03 STECKLER. >> Commissioner Steckler: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER YEE [Captioner] 20:00:06 . >> Commissioner Yee: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER LIU. [Captioner] 20:00:09 >> Commissioner Liu: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 20:00:13 ZHANG. AYE. >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 20:00:16 AND COMMISSIONER BASRAI. >> Commissioner Basrai: AYE. >> Planner Pullen: [Captioner] 20:00:36 ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION HERE HAVE [Captioner] 20:00:40 ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD? [Captioner] 20:00:45 COMMISSIONER YE, PLEASE. >> YOU [Captioner] 20:00:49 KNOW ME, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING. [Captioner] 20:00:52 I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THE ANNUAL PLANNING [Captioner] 20:00:55 COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMY ON MARCH 29-31 [Captioner] 20:00:58 IS OPEN FOR REGISTRATION. FOR THOSE THAT DO WANT [Captioner] 20:01:02 TO ATTEND, YOU CAN GET [Captioner] 20:01:05 ON TO THE WEBSITE THERE, CAL CITIES, TO BE ABLE [Captioner] 20:01:08 TO DO THE REGISTRATION. I KNOW JOEL WILL [Captioner] 20:01:11 PROBABLY REACH OUT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US THAT WANT TO, [Captioner] 20:01:14 YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AS WELL. THEN, [Captioner] 20:01:17 ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS, [Captioner] 20:01:20 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY HERE AT THE COMMISSION AND [Captioner] 20:01:24 STAFF. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 20:01:27 YEE. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE [Captioner] 20:01:30 COMMISSIONERS? WELL, I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT SO [Captioner] 20:01:34 THIS IS MY FINAL MEETING AS THE CHAIR, [Captioner] 20:01:37 AND IT IS ALSO MY FINAL MEETING AS [Captioner] 20:01:40 PLANNING COMMISSIONER. >> OOH. >> SO I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 20:01:44 TO, AT THIS TIME, GIVE MY [Captioner] 20:01:47 THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR THEIR [Captioner] 20:01:51 EVER-PRESENT ACCOMMODATION OF [Captioner] 20:01:54 MY PERHAPS SOMETIMES ADVERSARIAL APPROACH TO THIS [Captioner] 20:01:58 PROJECT. I LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS [Captioner] 20:02:01 FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL AND LIVELY DELIBERATION AND [Captioner] 20:02:04 DISCUSSION. AND MOST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK [Captioner] 20:02:08 MAYOR MEI FOR HAVING GIVEN ME [Captioner] 20:02:11 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY ON THIS COMMISSION. IT'S [Captioner] 20:02:14 BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SERVE THE CITY [Captioner] 20:02:17 OF AGREEMENT AT THE PLEASURE OF HER OFFICE [Captioner] 20:02:21 -- CITY OF FREMONT AT THE PLEASURE OF HER OFFICE SO THANK YOU ALL [Captioner] 20:02:24 AND GOOD LUCK. IF THERE IS NO OTHER [Captioner] 20:02:27 -- I BELIEVE JOEL HAS SOME THINGS TO BRING UP HERE. JOEL. [Captioner] 20:02:30 >> I DO, BUT IF -- HE WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE [Captioner] 20:02:33 AND SEE IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO SAY [Captioner] 20:02:36 SOMETHING IN REACTIONS TO YOUR SPEECH, [Captioner] 20:02:40 COMMISSIONER, CHAIR. >> COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 20:02:44 CHANG, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:02:51 FOR, CHAIR DAULTON FOR GUIDING ME THROUGH THIS [Captioner] 20:02:55 PROCESS. I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU AND PROFESSIONALISM AND [Captioner] 20:02:58 THE KNOWLEDGE OF PLANNING HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL, [Captioner] 20:03:01 HELPED ME IN THE FIRST YEAR AS PLANNING COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 20:03:06 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE [Captioner] 20:03:10 AND HOPE YOU THE BEST AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. >> [Captioner] 20:03:13 SAME TO YOU, SIR. [Captioner] 20:03:17 COMMISSIONER RAO. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR [Captioner] 20:03:21 DAULTON. WE ARE GOING TO [Captioner] 20:03:24 MISS YOU AND IT WAS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU, [Captioner] 20:03:29 TOO. >> THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:03:32 REENA. COMMISSIONER YEE, PLEASE. >> FIRST YOU'VE GOT TO [Captioner] 20:03:36 GET THE NAME RIGHT, AGAIN. [Captioner] 20:03:39 DON'T FEEL BAD. I GET OTHER NAMES, [Captioner] 20:03:42 TOO. I JUST ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT OTHERS HAVE [Captioner] 20:03:45 SAID. I THINK I'M ONE OF THE LONGEST, INCLUDING CRAIG, [Captioner] 20:03:49 YOU KNOW, THE TWO OF US HAVE WORKED WITH [Captioner] 20:03:52 YOU SINCE YOU CAME ON THE COMMISSION DAY ONE. I THINK IT [Captioner] 20:03:55 WAS, WHAT, 2019, I THINK THAT'S WHEN IT WAS. [Captioner] 20:03:58 YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT [Captioner] 20:04:02 FROM ALL THE CHANGES AND EVERYTHING. I BECAME THE CHAIR [Captioner] 20:04:05 AND NOW YOU'RE THE CHEER AND SEEPING ALL THESE [Captioner] 20:04:08 THINGS, ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAPPENED, [Captioner] 20:04:12 ESPECIALLY IN THE [Captioner] 20:04:16 PANDEMIC. THANK YOU FOR GUIDING [Captioner] 20:04:20 US. WHETHER ADVERSARY OR NOT, THAT IS ONLY A DIFFERENCE [Captioner] 20:04:23 OF OPINION. AS LONG AS WE ARE ABLE TO [Captioner] 20:04:26 COMPROMISE AND WORK TOGETHER THAT'S THE MAIN THING FOR ALL OF [Captioner] 20:04:30 US. EVEN THOUGH YOU WILL BE MOVING ON, I KNOW YOU WILL BE [Captioner] 20:04:33 MOVING ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS SO YOU'VE [Captioner] 20:04:36 GOT MY NUMBER AND DEFINITELY KEEP IN TOUCH BECAUSE [Captioner] 20:04:39 YOU KNOW YOU'RE WELL [Captioner] 20:04:42 CONNECTED IN THE COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:04:45 BEN. THE REAL PLANNING COMMISSION IS THE FRIENDS WE [Captioner] 20:04:48 MADE ALONG THE WAY [Captioner] 20:04:50 . COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:04:54 I'M AT THE NEWEST [Captioner] 20:04:57 PERSON HERE, CHAIR DAULTON, I'VE [Captioner] 20:05:00 LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU IN HOW TO LOOK AT PROJECTS IN A [Captioner] 20:05:04 VERY OPEN WAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T THINK IT [Captioner] 20:05:07 IS ADVERSARIAL, IT IS TO OPEN OUR EYES AND [Captioner] 20:05:10 THAT'S WHAT A GOOD PLANNING COMMISSION DOES SO MUCH [Captioner] 20:05:15 FOR ALL YOUR HARD [Captioner] 20:05:18 WORK. >> THANK YOU FOR [Captioner] 20:05:21 THAT. COMMISSIONER LIU. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR DAULTON, FOR [Captioner] 20:05:25 YOUR SERVICE. I ALWAYS ENJOY EVERY MEETING I WAS IN WITH [Captioner] 20:05:28 YOU AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO [Captioner] 20:05:31 YOUR INSIDE. YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE [Captioner] 20:05:34 SOMETHING TO SAY ON PRACTICALLY EVERY PROJECT. SO [Captioner] 20:05:38 ANYWAY, I LEARNED A LOT [Captioner] 20:05:41 FROM YOU AND BEST OF WISHES [Captioner] 20:05:45 FOR YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. >> THANK [Captioner] 20:05:48 YOU. YOU WILL FIND I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT [Captioner] 20:05:52 JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 20:05:55 STECKLER, PLEASE. >> I JUST WANT [Captioner] 20:05:58 TO SECOND WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID. I DON'T WANT [Captioner] 20:06:02 TO REPEAT EVERYTHING. [Captioner] 20:06:05 I FEEL BAD THAT YOU DIDN'T MAKE [Captioner] 20:06:09 THE LAST ELECTION THAT YOU WENT [Captioner] 20:06:12 TO. I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE BROUGHT [Captioner] 20:06:15 A REALLY DYNAMIC [Captioner] 20:06:18 ELEMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO [Captioner] 20:06:21 HOPEFULLY I WILL SEE YOU IN THE FUTURE [Captioner] 20:06:25 AND BE ABLE [Captioner] 20:06:28 TO SUPPORT YOU IN WHATEVER YOU DO. ANYWAY, [Captioner] 20:06:32 YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AS [Captioner] 20:06:35 CHAIR. OBVIOUSLY, STUDIED ALL THE [Captioner] 20:06:38 MATERIALS SO YOU WERE PREPARED. AND I WISH YOU THE [Captioner] 20:06:42 BEST. I WILL SEE YOU [Captioner] 20:06:47 AROUND. AND MY DINNER IS GETTING [Captioner] 20:06:50 COLD. >> WELL, THANK YOU, CRAIG, I [Captioner] 20:06:53 APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND OF COURSE, [Captioner] 20:06:56 HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF [Captioner] 20:07:00 YOU. JOEL GOING AHEAD. >> FOR MY PART, YOU KNOW, I [Captioner] 20:07:03 DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SR. TO THE [Captioner] 20:07:07 PUBLIC. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, I WILL SAY I DON'T REMEMBER [Captioner] 20:07:11 A PLANNING COMMISSION WE ARE A BETTER MUSTACHE SO I [Captioner] 20:07:14 THINK YOU HAVE THAT [Captioner] 20:07:18 TITLE. THAT WILL BE AN [Captioner] 20:07:21 EARMARK. >> YEAH. RIGHT THERE. [Captioner] 20:07:26 >> AS STAFF, WE FACILITATE THE REVIEW, IT IS [Captioner] 20:07:29 A LOT OF WORK THAT HAPPENS BEFORE THESE [Captioner] 20:07:32 PROJECTS GET TO YOU AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY'RE DOTTING THE [Captioner] 20:07:36 Is AND CROSSING THE Ts. OUR WORK IN THE [Captioner] 20:07:39 END RELIES AND CITIZEN BOARD OR COMMISSION, [Captioner] 20:07:42 SO YOU BRING YOUR OWN UNIQUE [Captioner] 20:07:45 LIFE EXPERIENCES, BRING YOUR OWN LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND [Captioner] 20:07:48 THE IDEA IS YOU ADD VALUE BECAUSE OF THAT, AS [Captioner] 20:07:51 BOARD. SO I KNOW YOU HAD THAT LOCAL [Captioner] 20:07:55 KNOWLEDGE AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCES IN SPADES AND [Captioner] 20:07:58 I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO EVERY MEETING. >> [Captioner] 20:08:01 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:08:04 I DO HAVE SOME OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND I WILL [Captioner] 20:08:07 LAUNCH INTO THEM HERE BEFORE WE CLOSE. I DID WANT TO [Captioner] 20:08:11 SAY, AS WAS MENTIONED DURING THE AGENDA ITEM THE [Captioner] 20:08:14 COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO REVIEW THE PLANNING [Captioner] 20:08:17 COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE [Captioner] 20:08:21 HOUSING ELEMENT -- SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE HAS AN OPEN [Captioner] 20:08:25 MIC. THANK YOU. SO, THEY WILL REVIEW IT ON THE [Captioner] 20:08:28 10TH, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE ACTUAL HOUSING [Captioner] 20:08:31 ELEMENT, REMEMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE ACTION [Captioner] 20:08:35 ITEMS, MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS [Captioner] 20:08:39 HAVE 12 MONTH, MONTH, 36 MONTH TIME FRAMES SO YOU WILL [Captioner] 20:08:42 SEE ACTION ITEMS. HOUSING IS NOT [Captioner] 20:08:45 AN OPEN AND SHUT BOOK, IT IS A ROAD MAP TO DO THINGS [Captioner] 20:08:48 TO MOVE HOUSING FORWARD FOR MORE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. [Captioner] 20:08:51 SO YOU WILL SEE THOSE ACTIONS CONTINUING [Captioner] 20:08:55 LONG AFTER THE COUNCIL MAKES [Captioner] 20:08:58 THEIR ADOPTION IN JANUARY. SO LOOK FOR [Captioner] 20:09:01 MORE EVIDENCE OF THIS WORK CONTINUING. THE SECOND THING [Captioner] 20:09:04 I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE SIGN YOU REVIEWED [Captioner] 20:09:07 IN APRIL, WE DID RECEIVE AN APPEAL TO THE COUNCIL FOR [Captioner] 20:09:11 THAT ITEM SO THIS IS GOING TO BE TAKEN TO THE COUNCIL IN THE [Captioner] 20:09:14 NEW YEAR, LIKELY LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY, FOR [Captioner] 20:09:17 THEIR REVIEW. THAT'S THE ONE COUNSEL IN [Captioner] 20:09:21 OSGOOD. THIRD, WE DO HAVE ALSO ON TUESDAY [Captioner] 20:09:24 THIS PAST WEEK, WE HAD A NEW [Captioner] 20:09:27 COMMISSIONER [Captioner] 20:09:31 APPOINTED AND HER NAME IS [Captioner] 20:09:36 SHBANA RAMAWORTHY. I'VE SPOKEN WITH HER. YOU WOULD BE PROUD SHE [Captioner] 20:09:40 ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMY. SHE HAS [Captioner] 20:09:44 COME OUT OF THE GATE KNOWING WHAT SHE WANTS TO LEARN [Captioner] 20:09:47 ABOUT. >> SHE WAS IN THE HUMAN RELATIONS, RIGHT? [Captioner] 20:09:50 >> HUMAN RELATIONS, THAT'S RIGHT. SHE [Captioner] 20:09:53 IS TRAINED AS DENTIST, PER HER [Captioner] 20:09:56 APPLICATION, AND SHE IS IN THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION SO SHE HAS [Captioner] 20:10:00 SOME EXPERIENCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND BOARDS. [Captioner] 20:10:03 PLANNING IS A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE BUT SHE HAS LEG UP [Captioner] 20:10:06 IN THAT RESPECT. [Captioner] 20:10:10 SO SHE WILL BE JOINING US ONCE WE ONBOARDER IN [Captioner] 20:10:14 JANUARY AND THAT WILL BE GOOD, WE WILL BE BACK TO SEVEN MEMBERS WITHOUT A [Captioner] 20:10:17 BREAK SO THAT'S GOOD PLANNING THERE. ALSO IN [Captioner] 20:10:20 JANUARY, I WANTED TO MENTION FORTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO RETURN [Captioner] 20:10:24 TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS SO THIS IS [Captioner] 20:10:27 A CITY WIDE INITIATIVE. YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THE [Captioner] 20:10:31 CITY'S NEWS OR THE [Captioner] 20:10:34 VELMA DIGEST, WE WILL BE USING OUR [Captioner] 20:10:37 BEAUTIFUL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME [Captioner] 20:10:41 ON THAT, IF NEEDED. WE DID SOME TRAINING LAST [Captioner] 20:10:44 SUMMER AND PREP BEFORE THAT WAS PULLED BACK, BUT WE MAY [Captioner] 20:10:47 BE DOING SOME INDIVIDUALIZED TRAINING IN THE [Captioner] 20:10:50 CHAMBERS SO YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK THE MICS AND [Captioner] 20:10:54 VOTING MECHANISM. THEN, ALSO, [Captioner] 20:10:57 I'LL BE WEARING A TIE AND A COAT [Captioner] 20:11:00 AGAIN, REGULARLY, AND EVEN I CAN'T [Captioner] 20:11:03 WEAR BASKETBALL SHORTS ANY MORE. AND SAME [Captioner] 20:11:06 FOR EVERYBODY ON THIS [Captioner] 20:11:10 CREW. >> NICE INFORMATION. >> SO YOU SEE [Captioner] 20:11:13 ME IN A SUIT RIGHT NOW, I'M [Captioner] 20:11:17 PREPARING. >> YOU WILL BE SET. SO [Captioner] 20:11:20 YEAH, WE'LL -- YOU KNOW, WE WILL MISS THE UNIQUE [Captioner] 20:11:23 BACKGROUNDS BUT WE WILL BE ALL IN THE CHAMBERS SO THAT WILL BE NEW FOR [Captioner] 20:11:27 US. SO, THOSE ARE ALL MY UPDATES, [Captioner] 20:11:29 CHAIR. >> ALL RIGHT. >> A LOT OF CHANGES COMING. [Captioner] 20:11:32 >> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER [Captioner] 20:11:35 INFORMATION FROM THIS COMMISSION, THEN I WOULD LIKE [Captioner] 20:11:38 TO ADJOURN THIS, MY FINAL [Captioner] 20:11:42 MEETING AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT