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JUST SIX O'CLOCK.SO WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, UH, THE MEET REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2023.
AND I WILL START BY ASKING OUR CITY CLERK TO TAKE ROLE.
[GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT]
AND THEN WE'LL GO STRAIGHT INTO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISH WISHING TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
UH, SO AS WE OPEN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, AGAIN, I'LL REMIND EVERYONE IF YOU WANNA SPEAK AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN FIND SPEAKER CARDS, ORANGE SPEAKER CARDS THERE IN THE BACK.
FILL IT OUT WITH YOUR NAME AND BRING IT UP FRONT TO THE CLERK.
UM, THUS FAR WE HAVE ONE IN-PERSON, IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'LL ASK THE CLERK IF WE HAD ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING WE RECEIVED.
NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
WELL THEN WE'LL JUST KICK IT OFF WITH OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THE FIRST SPEAKER IS NOEL M.
UH, TWO ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT ARE NON AGENDA BUT ARE PLANNING COMMISSION RELATED.
FIRST IS TO RELAY THE MEMORANDUM AND THE STORY POLL RESOLUTION THAT WAS SHARED AT CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT TO COMMUNICATE BOTH TO YOU ALL.
I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT, BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, IT'S IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND I AM STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF STORY POLLS, EXCUSE ME, IN GENERAL FOR ALL PLANNING PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU PLEASE TO LOOK AT THAT.
IT EMPOWERS THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR ANYBODY WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT ARENA WITHIN THE CITY TO DETERMINE THAT STORY POLES ARE REQUIRED.
THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT CONTAINED WITHIN THE MEMORANDUM.
AND I THINK IF A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT IS WORTHY OF STORY POLES, THEN CERTAINLY A SIX TO SEVEN STORY HOTEL ADJACENT TO THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT IS ABSOLUTELY WORTHY OF THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S A VIEW SHED EXHIBIT WHICH JUST LANDED FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE HISTORICAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS WORK, WHICH IS APPEARS TO BE SLATED FOR OCTOBER 3RD.
IT, IN MY OPINION, IS LESS THAN, UH, IT IS LESS THAN MEANINGFUL IN RESPECT TO WHERE THE VIEW SHEDS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND THE PERSPECTIVE, AND THE, I'LL PUT IT AS PERHAPS OPPORTUNISM WITH RESPECT TO THE ANGLES AND THE TREE, UH, SHADING.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ASPECT FOR REINFORCING STORY POLES AS THE TRUEST WAY FOR SOMETHING THAT'S SO SIGNIFICANT TO THE COMMUNITY TO BE EXPRESSED IN WHAT, IN TERMS OF ITS TRUE IMPACT FOR ALL OF US, I THINK WE WANT A TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR EVERYBODY.
THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER EXHIBIT THAT I SUBMITTED, UH, INTO THE RECORD, WHICH IS AN ASSESSMENT OF ONE OF THE VIEW SHED DOCUMENTS.
AND, UH, FROM MY INTERPRETATION, AND I BELIEVE I'M CORRECT IN THIS, THE TREES ARE RENDERED AT SIX TO EIGHT FEET HIGHER THAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE NEXT TO THE REX HOTEL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXHIBIT, YOU'LL SEE HOW WE HAVE DETERMINED WHERE THE TOP OF THE WINDOWS IS IN AN ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH RELATIVE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CANOPY.
AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THE APPLICANT HAS RENDERED THOSE.
AND THAT'S EXTREMELY CONVENIENT BECAUSE BEHIND THOSE TREES THAT ARE SIX TO EIGHT FEET HIGH IS THE HOTEL.
THERE'S A QUESTION WITHIN OUR GROUP WHETHER OR NOT THE
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HOTEL IS RENDERED ACCURATELY.WE'RE GONNA ASSESS THAT MORE, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT AND WE WANT THE FAIREST, MOST TRANSPARENT AND FACTUAL PROCESS, PLEASE AS WE CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THE OVERLAY AND THE HOTEL.
UH, THAT IS THE ONLY SPEAKER CARD WE HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE.
UH, SO WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MOVE STRAIGHT INTO APPROVAL OF MINUTES.SO THE FIRST ITEM OF OUR MEETING, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE MEETING.
DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HERE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS, CHANGES OR REQUESTS TO THOSE MINUTES? I WILL BE ABSTAINING BECAUSE I WASN'T AT THE MEETING.
UM, WITHOUT ANY OTHER COMMENTS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT I NOTICED, UH, THE RESOLUTION PASSED DID NOT HAVE THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE MINUTES, AND I APPRECIATE WE GOT A MEMO TODAY ABOUT MINUTES AND WHY THEY'RE PREPARED THE WAY THEY ARE.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO ADD IN THERE IF WE DO OFFER APPROVALS AND THERE ARE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THOSE IN THERE.
UH, 'CAUSE I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
UH, BUT WITH THAT, WOULD ANYONE MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I WILL.
SECOND COMMISSIONER BAUER? YES.
COMMISSIONER MCCURLEY? ABSENT.
VICE MAYOR CATER THOMPSON ABSTAINING ABSTAINED MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
TAKES US THROUGH ITEM ONE.AND NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM TWO, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND SO THIS WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE OF THE PETALUMA IMPLEMENTING ZONING ORDINANCE TO ADD SECTION 5.060 ESTABLISHING A SENIOR MOBILE HOME OVERLAY DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO ZONE FIVE, EXISTING SELF DESIGNATED SENIOR MOBILE HOME PARKS TO CREATE A SENIOR MOBILE HOME PARK OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UH, SO THIS VOLUME DOES REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'LL START WITH ASKING ANY COMMISSION MEMBERS IF THERE ARE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS ON THIS.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL ASK, UH, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY DYLAN BRADY TO GIVE THE CITY'S PRESENTATION.
UH, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO BE MAKING BOTH A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT AS WELL AS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
AND REALLY THIS, UH, POTENTIAL AMENDMENT CAME ABOUT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, OR ACTUALLY JULY, UH, CITY COUNCIL PASSED A NEW RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE FOR MOBILE HOMES THAT SET WHAT THE ANNUAL CAP IS, AS WELL AS STRENGTHEN THE OTHER EXISTING PROTECTIONS TO TENANTS.
AND AS PART OF THAT AMENDMENTS, A LOT OF THE TENANTS EXPRESSED A DESIRE AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE, UH, AS THE SENIOR MOBILE HOME OVERLAY ORDINANCE BROUGHT BEFORE THEM.
SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE NOW.
UH, AS PART OF OUR NOTICING REQUIREMENTS UNDER OUR CODE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED LAST THURSDAY.
I ESTIMATE ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTENDED.
UH, IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND, UH, GENERALLY ALL IN FAVOR.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ONE PERSON AGAINST IT.
THERE IS A MEMO ATTACHED TO THE RECORD ABOUT A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UH, THAT OCCURRED RELATED TO THE OVERLAY ORDINANCE.
UM, SO WHAT IS AN OVERLAY ORDINANCE? IT'S KIND OF SORRY ABOUT THAT.
A SCARY TERM RIGHT NOW WITH THE HOTEL, UH, POTENTIAL.
BUT IT IS A ZONING TOOL THAT THE CITY HAS USED IN THE PAST.
AND A LOT OF CITIES HAVE IT, UH, AS PART OF THEIR ZONING CODE.
IT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT ADDS STANDARDS AND RULES ON TOP OF THE ALREADY EXISTING ONES.
YOU SEE THEM QUITE FREQUENTLY ON NON-CONTIGUOUS, NON-ADJACENT PARCELS THAT ALL HAVE SIMILAR QUALITIES.
UH, LIKE I SAID, PETALUMA, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE THAT'S THE HISTORICAL OVERLAY, FLOODPLAIN AND THEATER AND ALL HAVE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS ON TOP.
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UH, SO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO, OR PROPOSED ORDINANCE, I SHOULD SAY, IS ADD ADDITIONAL STANDARDS TO, UH, FIVE OF THE SEVEN MOBILE HOME PARKS HERE IN PETALUMA.FIVE OF THOSE SEVEN PARKS ARE ALREADY THROUGH THEIR OWN LOCAL RULES, SELF DESIGNATED AS SENIOR PARKS.
UH, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THIS.
THERE IS A FAIR HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, WHICH PREVENTS AND, UH, DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RENTING AND SELLING TO GENDER, SEX, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, UH, FAMILIAL STATUS.
BUT THERE IS, IT'S KNOWN AS THE SENIOR EXEMPTION FOR A CARVE OUT FOR, UH, THE FAIR HOUSING ACT WHERE C COMMUNITY GROUPS AND COMMUNITY HOUSEHOLDS ARE ABLE TO RENT AS LONG AS THREE, UH, KIND OF FACTORS ARE MET OR PRONGS.
THE FIRST IS THAT 80% OF THE OCCUPIED SPACES MUST BE ABOVE THE 55 YEARS OR OLDER.
THERE NEEDS TO BE RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT SHOW THE INTENT TO KEEP IT A SENIOR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE VERIFICATION.
SO THESE FIVE EXISTING SENIOR PARKS, AND THESE ARE WHAT THE FIVE PARKS ARE.
LEISURE LAKES, PETALUMA STATES, ROYAL OAKS COTTAGES OF PETALUMA, YOUNGSTOWN, WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT 724, UH, SPACES HERE IN PETALUMA.
THEY ALL CURRENTLY ARE DESIGNATED AS SENIOR PARKS THROUGH THEIR OWN LOCAL RULES.
SO THEY HAVE THESE RULES IN PLACE.
80% OF THE SPACES, AGAIN, MUST BE OCCUPIED BY ONE PERSON, 55 OR OLDER.
THERE MUST BE, UH, RULES AND PROCEDURES TO SHOW THE INTENT TO BE A SENIOR PARK AND VERIFICATION TO HUD.
SO WHAT THE CITY IS PROPOSING IS TO KEEP THOSE STANDARDS CURRENTLY IN PLACE, UH, AND TO HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, BE CODIFIED IN OUR ZONING CODE AND ZONING AMENDMENT.
SO THESE ARE THE THREE REGULATIONS HERE.
IT WOULD PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PARKS DON'T CHANGE TO ALL AGE PARKS.
AND THAT'S, UH, UH, FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
ONE IS THAT MOBILE HOMES, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE CALLED MOBILE HOME, THEY REALLY AREN'T MOBILE.
UH, IT COSTS A LOT AND MAY BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE TO REMOVE ONE UNIT TO ANOTHER UNIT.
UH, AND SO TENANTS MAKE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS TO BUY THESE UNITS AND UNDER THE PREMISE OF CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO LIVE IN A SENIOR HOME.
AND THEN IF THE PARK RULES CHANGE THE RULES TO ALL AGE, WELL, IT'S HARD FOR THOSE TENANTS TO POTENTIALLY MOVE TO ANOTHER SENIOR HOME BECAUSE OF THE COST TO, UH, REMOVE A MOBILE HOME.
SO THIS LOCKS IN THOSE CURRENT PLACES THROUGH OUR ZONING CODE.
AND REALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT PRESERVES THE STATUS QUO FOR THOSE FIVE SELF-DESIGNATED PARKS TO REMAIN AS SENIOR CITIZEN.
UM, AND JUST AGAIN, THERE'S REAL POLICY REASONS TO HAVE THIS TO KEEP A ALREADY EXISTING IN CONTINUE TO EXIST.
UH, AGE IN PUBLIC OR PETALUMA.
UH, BACK IN 2000, OUR HOUSING ELEMENT SAYS THERE WAS 11% OF THE POPULATION WAS SENIOR CITIZENS.
NOW IT'S UP TO 18, UH, PERCENT AND SENIOR CITIZENS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY COST BURDENED WITH THEIR HOUSING.
SO THIS WILL PRESERVE A AFFORDABLE MOBILE HOME UNITS AND HOUSING FOR, UH, THE SENIOR CITIZENS.
AGAIN, THESE WILL BE THE FIVE OF THE SEVEN PARKS THAT THIS OVERLAY WOULD, UH, UH, ENCOMPASS.
HERE IS A MAP OF WHAT THE, WHERE THOSE FIVE PARKS ARE LOCATED.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'LL BE A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AS WELL.
SO THESE PARKS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING MAP, WILL HAVE IF ADOPTED, UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY MOBILE HOME ZONED, BUT THEY WILL BE CALLED M H S MOBILE HOME.
AND THEN THE SS STANDS FOR SENIOR.
SO THAT IS WHAT THE, UH, ZONING MAP LOOKS LIKE.
FOR ALL ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION NEEDS TO MAKE TWO FINDINGS.
ONE IS THAT THERE'S GENERAL PLAN CONFORMANCE, THAT THE AMENDMENT IS CONFORMED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC NECESSITY, CONVENIENCE, AND WELFARE.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS KEEPING THOSE FIVE SELF-DESIGNATED PARKS THE SAME THAT, THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN.
THERE WOULDN'T NEED TO BE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO OUR GENERAL PLAN AND SPECIFIC GENERAL PLAN CONFORMANCE.
UH, THERE'S PROGRAM 18 AND 24 OF OUR RECENTLY ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT EIGHTEENS PRESERVATION OF HOU UH, AT-RISK HOUSING.
AND THEN POLICY SIX P 24 RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF PETALUMA SENIORS AND THE RESOLUTION MAKES THESE FINDINGS.
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THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECIDES TONIGHT TO, UH, MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, I WOULD ASK THAT WE ADD THESE SPECIFIC PROGRAM 18, PROGRAM 24 6 P 24 INTO THE RESOLUTION.UH, AND SPECIFICALLY THAT WOULD BE SECTION FIVE, AND I CAN HELP MAKE THOSE EDITS IF NECESSARY.
AND AGAIN, THAT THIS AMENDMENT IS IN THE WELFARE AND CONSISTENCY AND PUBLIC GOOD IS IT WILL ALLOW SENIOR CITIZENS TO IN PLACE.
UH, THEY ALREADY HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY, UH, IN KEEPING THESE HOMES AND, UH, UNITS INTACT AND PARKS INTACT.
UM, SO HERE, AND THERE'S A MEMO IN THE PACKET ABOUT THE C Q A COMPLIANCE.
UH, AGAIN, SINCE THESE FIVE PARKS ARE ALREADY SELF DESIGNATED AS SENIOR PARKS, THERE REALLY ISN'T GOING TO BE ANY PHYSICAL CHANGES TO THE PARKS.
SO THIS IS EXEMPT UNDER THE COMMON SENSE 'CAUSE THERE'S NO, UH, INDIRECT OR DIRECT FORESEEABLE IMPACTS.
UH, LAST NIGHT CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A SHELTER CRISIS DECLARATION, AND THIS SEQUENCE, SECTION 15 2 6 9, THAT'S AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION FOR ANY, UH, ACTION THAT WILL HELP MITIGATE AN EMERGENCY.
SO THIS WILL HELP MITIGATE THE SHELTER CRISIS THAT COUNCIL JUST, UH, ADOPTED LAST NIGHT.
UH, EXISTING FACILITIES, THAT'S CLA UH, CLASS ONE.
UH, THERE'S GONNA BE NO CHANGES AS WELL AS 15 3 0 5 MINOR ALTERATIONS IN LAND USE WHERE THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE, UH, THE INTENSITY AND USE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST KEEPING THE STATUS QUO.
AND I DID FORGET TO MENTION, UH, SO THE REGULATIONS FOR THE ORDINANCE, AGAIN, ALL PARKS WOULD BE 80% MUST STAY OCCUPIED ONE PERSON AGE 55 OR OLDER.
UH, ANY SIGNS ADVERTISEMENT LEASES MUST STATE THAT IT IS A SENIOR MOBILE HOME PARK AND THEY NEED TO VERIFY EVERY TWO YEARS THROUGH CERTIFICATION TO THE CITY THAT THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH OUR CITY ORDINANCE AND THIS CERTIFICATION AS PART OF OUR MOBILE HOME RENT AMENDMENTS, THE PARKS OWNERS ARE ALREADY REQUIRED ONCE A YEAR TO SUBMIT A PACKET TO THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY, UH, IS AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON, UH, IN THE MOBILE HOME PARKS AND THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE CITY'S MOBILE HOME RENT STABILIZATION.
SO THIS WOULD NOT BE AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN.
IT WOULD BE ON THE SAME PAGE, MAYBE ADDITIONAL COUPLE LINES AND QUESTIONS THAT THE PARK OWNERS WOULD NEED TO FILL IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OCCUPIED UNITS ARE 80% OR ABOVE.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION, ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, AMEND THE ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP, UH, FOR THE FIVE SELF-DESIGNATED MOBILE HOME PARKS TO CREATE THE SENIOR MOBILE HOME OVER OR PARK OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UH, HERE WOULD BE THE TENTATIVE DATES THAT IT WOULD GO TO COUNCIL IF ADOPTED.
OCTOBER 2ND WOULD BE THE FIRST READING.
THEN OCTOBER 16TH WOULD BE THE SECOND READING.
UM, AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, DYLAN, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR QUESTIONS.
AND I'LL THROW IN OUR USUAL CAVEAT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO, UH, COMMENTARY, BUT KEEP IT TO QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN OUR COMMENTARY AFTER THAT.
UH, SO DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL START, UH, AND JUST START TO MY LEFT AND WORK ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
UH, SO COMMISSIONER WISSMANN, I WILL START WITH YOU.
UH, SO, UH, JUST A GENERAL QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE, THE GENERAL GOVERNING, UM, PRINCIPLES OF, OF THE, THE CODE OR, OR OF THE OVERLAY? UM, DOES IT APPLY AN EXISTING CODE? DOES IT APPLY? WILL IT BE A, A NEW CODE THAT'LL BE DEVELOPED OR? YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE WOULD BE A PART OF OUR ZONING CODE.
IT WOULD BE A SMALL LITTLE SECTION.
IT IS INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION.
UH, AND I CAN JUST BRIEFLY KIND OF READ OFF WHAT THE SECTIONS REQUIRE.
SECTION A IS THE INTENT AND PURPOSE.
SECTION B IS THE DEFINITIONS OF CONVERT CONVERSION, MOBILE HOME PARK, SENIOR MOBILE, HOME PARK, C IT LISTS WHAT THOSE FIVE PARKS ARE THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD APPLY TO.
SECTION D ARE THOSE THREE RURAL REGULATIONS ABOUT YOU NEED TO HAVE A, UH, UNIT.
EVERY UNIT NEEDS TO BE, OR 80% OF THE UNIT OCCUPIED UNITS NEED TO BE OVER 55 OR OLDER.
UH, SECTION E IS THE LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL WHERE IF IT GETS BELOW THE 80%, YOU THEN NEED TO CONTINUE OR THE NEXT PEOPLE NEED TO QUALIFY AS SENIOR CITIZEN.
UH, SECTION F IS THE MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS AND PERFORMANCE
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THAT IS THE ADVERTISEMENTS AND LEASES, UH, THAT THEY NEED TO DESIGNATE THEMSELVES AND, UH, AS SENIOR PARKS.AND THEN SECTION G IS THE ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.
SECTION EIGHT IS THE VIOLATIONS, WHICH IS THE CITY'S REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE ORDINANCE LOOKS LIKE.
EVERYTHING YOU'RE READING FROM, IS THAT, IS THAT A DRAFT DOCUMENT THAT IT IS? YOU'LL SEE UHHUH AT THE FUTURE DATE.
SO THOSE NEW STANDARDS SPECIFICATIONS, THOSE WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS AN OVERLAY ON THE EXISTING SS E L COR? CORRECT.
AND AS THOSE FIVE PARKS ARE ALREADY SELF DESIGNATED AS SENIOR PARKS, THEY'RE ALREADY REQUIRED BY HEAD IN THE FAIR HOUSING ACT TO HAVE 80%, UH, BE, UH, OF THE OCCUPIED UNITS BE AGE 55 OR OLDER.
THEY NEED TO HAVE VERIFICATION TO HUD THAT THEY ARE COMPLYING AND THEY NEED TO HAVE RULES AND PROCEDURES THAT SHOW THAT IT IS A SENIOR PARK.
SO REALLY THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY CHANGES FROM THIS ORDINANCE TO WHAT THOSE FIVE EXISTING PARKS ARE.
BUT WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES DO IS IT PREVENTS THOSE PARKS FROM CHANGING THEIR LOCAL RULES WHERE, 'CAUSE NOW THEY WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THE ZONING CODE.
AND THEN JUST IN, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHING, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE RULES AND CONSISTENCY, UM, HOW CONSISTENT IS THIS OR NOT WITH, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORING CITIES? NO.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANOTH NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT HAVE A SIMILAR ORDINANCE.
UH, THE STAFF REPORT DOES CITE I WOULD SAY FIVE OR SIX AMERICAN CANYON.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE CLOSEST ONE.
UH, OTHER CITIES, HUNTINGTON BEACH, VENTURA COUNTY, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, SANTA CLARITA, OCEANSIDE, CITY OF YUKA, PA UH, SAN JUAN VENTURA, AND THEN VILLE AS THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE SIMILAR ORDINANCES.
I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, WHERE DOES THE 80% COME FROM AND WHY NOT 85, 90, 90 5%? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I, THE STATE LEGISLATURE OR MAYBE EVEN THE, UH, THE PEOPLE IN HUD THAT ENFORCE THE RULES, I WOULD SAY.
UM, BUT I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHY THEY GOT 80% FROM, IS THAT, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, OUR DISCRETIONARY OR I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
AND THIS ORDINANCE IS, UH, ADOPTED SPECIFICALLY TO GET THAT SENIOR EXEMPTION CARVE OUT.
WE ALSO MIRROR, UH, THE CITY OF YUKO PA'S ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS CHALLENGED AND UPHELD, UH, THROUGH A FEDERAL COURT.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT IS THE ENFORCEMENT LIKE? WHAT IF THEY DON'T ADHERE TO IT, WHAT HAPPENS? YEAH, SO THE CITY WOULD HAVE ITS FULL SLATE OF ENFORCEMENT.
THAT WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES, WHICH WOULD BE FINES UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER VIOLATION PER DAY.
UH, CRIMINAL MISDEMEANOR CITATIONS.
UH, IT COULD ALSO SEEK A CIVIL INJUNCTION TO, UH, AND REQUIRE THESE PARKS TO, UH, COMPLY WITH THE CITY ORDINANCE.
AND THEN I'LL SKIP OVER ME AND GO STRAIGHT TO VICE MAYOR CATER THOMPSON.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
UH, SO I WILL GO TO, I WILL GO TO MY QUESTIONS.
UH, I THINK THE FIRST, WHICH YOU ANSWERED, WHICH WAS WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN LEGAL CHALLENGES TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS, WAS YUKAI THE ONLY JURISDICTION THAT HAD A, A LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THEIR, UH, OVERLAY? YES.
UH, BUT THERE WAS ALSO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CALIFORNIA, IN ONE OF HIS OPINIONS OR HER OPINIONS SAID THAT SUCH AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS WOULD BE LEGAL UNDER CALIFORNIA RULES AS WELL.
AND THEN HAVE WE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM ANY OF THE OTHER AFFECTED MOBILE HOME PARK OWNERS OTHER THAN YOUNGSTOWN? UH, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
AND AGAIN, UH, WHAT YOUNGSTOWN IS TRYING TO CONVERT TO AN ALL AGE, BUT THE OTHER FOUR, THIS WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY THE STATUS QUO IN THE EXISTING.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE TOO MUCH CONCERN FROM THEM.
AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD, UH, WAS JUST IN TERMS OF CONDITIONING FUTURE LAND USE, DOES THIS OVERLAY IN ANY WAY, UM, IMPACT LANDOWNERS, UH, OR MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO CHANGE THEIR LAND USE FROM A MOBILE HOME PARK THAN IT ALREADY IS? OR CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT PROCESS IF IN THE FUTURE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS WANTED TO CHANGE AWAY FROM A MOBILE HOME PARK, IS THIS SOMEHOW PREVENTING THEM OR ADDING BURDENS THAT ARE, ARE MUCH GREATER THAN WHAT ALREADY EXISTS, UH, WITH CURRENT ZONING? YEAH, SO ALL SEVEN OF THE EXISTING PARKS IN PETALUMA
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ARE CURRENTLY ZONED AS MOBILE HOME PARKS.THAT IS THE ONLY ALLOWABLE USE FOR THESE SEVEN PARKS.
UH, IF ONE OF THE FIVE PARKS, ASSUMING THE ORDINANCE GETS ADOPTED, WANTED TO CHANGE TO A DIFFERENT USE, THAT WOULD NOT AFFECT IT.
'CAUSE IT WOULD GET RID OF BOTH THE OVERLAY AS WELL AS THE MOBILE HOME USE.
BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE A ZONING AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL.
SO, SO THERE'S ALREADY A PRETTY BIG THRESHOLD TO CHANGING LAND USE AT ALL.
UM, WITH OR WITHOUT THE OVERLAY.
WELL, BARRING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMM VICE MAYOR KAY THOMPSON JUST WANTED, UM, STATE THAT TONIGHT AT THE, UM, KADI CITY COUNCIL, THEY'RE DOING AN INTERIM EMERGENCY ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE CONVERSION OF SENIOR MOBILE HOME PARKS.
SO THAT'S STARTING TONIGHT, KADI, AND I'M SURE IT'LL TRICKLE DOWN TO THE REST OF THE PARKS IN THE COUNTY AND MAYBE WE'LL PLAY A PART IN, IN PRECEDENT
UM, WELL THEN BARRING ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, SO THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE SEE THE ORANGE SPEAKER CARDS IN THE BACK WHERE YOU'LL FILL IN YOUR NAME AND HAND IT TO THE CLERK.
UH, IF YOU, YOU CAN COME UP AND SPEAK AND HAND THOSE CARDS IN AFTER AS WELL.
UH, AND I WILL ASK THE CITY CLERK IF WE HAVE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
PRIOR TO THE MEETING, WE RECEIVED, UH, THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
THEY WERE POSTED ONLINE AND ARE, THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE DICE IN THE BACK TO VIEW.
WELL, I HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE, UH, SO I'LL ASK NICOLA FRY TO COME FORWARD TO THE SPEAKER BOOTH HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I LIVE IN THE PETALUMA STATE'S MOBILE HOME PARK.
I'M ALSO ON THE PETALUMA SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REBUILDING TOGETHER PETALUMA.
I'VE LIVED IN PETALUMA SINCE 1970, MOVED TO MY CURRENT HOME APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS AGO.
LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY HAS AFFORDED ME SECURITY AND SAFETY WHILE GIVING ME NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ACTIVE AND INVOLVED IN MAINTAINING A SENSE OF CLOSENESS AND CARING.
RECENTLY, DUE TO THE CHANGE IN THE ATTITUDE OF THE OWNER AND THE MANAGER OF THE PARK, WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED UNNECESSARY RETALIATION AND THE SUDDEN LOSS OF THE JOY OF LIVING ON OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
I WISH TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE MOBILE HOME PARK SENIOR OVERLAY PROPOSAL.
SENIOR MOBILE HOME PARKS PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR MANY RESIDENTS FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND STABILITY.
THIS OVERLAY WILL PROTECT THE SENIORS WHO RESIDE IN THE PARKS THOSE VALUABLE RESOURCES THAT ENSURE FAIR TREATMENT FOR RESIDENTS WHILE MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TOWARDS HOUSING EQUITY FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS.
I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS VITAL INITIATIVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I'LL CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER, JODY JOHNSON.
AND AFTER JODY WILL BE TIM PORTUS.
THE SENIOR PARK OVERLAY ZONING DESIGNATION IS PARAMOUNT TO KEEPING THE SENIOR CITIZENS INTACT IN THEIR, IN THEIR OWN OWNED MOBILE HOME PARKS.
AND IT WILL STOP THE RETALIATORY EFFORTS THAT HAPPEN ACROSS THE NATION RIGHT NOW FROM HEAVY INVESTORS THAT COME IN AND WISH TO CHANGE THINGS WHEN THEY DON'T LIKE THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING.
THEY ALREADY ARE ACTUALLY GIVING US, OR ACTUALLY THEY'RE, UH, OUR PROPERTY, OUR GROUND RENTS ARE SO HIGH TO BEGIN WITH.
UM, AND SO WE ASKED FOR THIS SENIOR PARK OVERLAY AFTER A REVISION OF THE, UM, THE RENT STABILIZATION ORDINANCE IN JULY.
UM, AND IMMEDIATELY WE WERE RETALIATED, UH, WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK.
EVEN NOW, UH, THE PARK OWNERS HAVE IT LISTED ALL OVER AS A ALL AGE PARK, EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T BEEN NOTICED OR CHANGED IN STATUS.
UH, AND THEY EVEN INDEED SOLD ONE LAST WEEK UNDER THE GUISE THAT THEY'RE ALL AGE ALREADY.
SO, UM, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE FIVE MOBILE HOME PARKS IN PETALUMA, THAT YOU COULD BE THE FIRST CITY IN, IN CALIFORNIA HERE IN OUR AREA, I MEAN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THAT SET THE PRECEDENTS THAT SENIOR CITIZENS MATTER AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO PROTECT THEIR HOMES
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AND TO LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN PEACE.THANK YOU, JODY, FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, AND THEN I WILL ASK TIM PORTUS TO COME AND GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AS YOU HEARD, MY NAME IS TIM PORTUS.
I AM A YOUNGSTOWN RESIDENT AND MOBILE OWNER.
IT, UH, I'M PAYING LIKE 1180 RIGHT NOW.
THEY WANT TO PUT ON 9 24 UNILATERALLY ACROSS EVERYTHING.
THEY HAVE THREATENED US WITH THE ALL AGE PARK.
THEY'VE TWICE THREATENED US TO CLOSE THE PARK.
YOU WEREN'T HERE DURING THE FIRST ARBITRATION, BUT THAT MAN, DANIEL WEISS FIELD SAID SPECIFICALLY, HE HUNTED FOR A TOWN THAT DIDN'T HAVE ELDER PROTECTIONS.
HE SAID, I LANDED HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE HE WANTS TO GET RID OF.
THE OLD TRAILERS AND ALL THE OLD DRUG ADDICTS.
I'VE BEEN IN PETALUMA FOR 40 YEARS.
I RAISED TWO SONS HERE, AND I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS.
I I NEVER THOUGHT OF TURNING 65.
I AM 65 AND THIS IS, IT'S A BLATANT AWFUL ATTACK.
I MEAN, THE ANXIETY IS PHENOMENAL.
WE WAIT EVERY TIME DRIVING UP TO OUR HOMES TO SEE THE ENVELOPE THAT'S TAPED TO SOMETHING OR TO WAKE UP TO THE ENVELOPE TAPED TO SOMETHING AND MORE THREATS.
THEY, UH, THEY'RE REALLY USING IT TO PUSH.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THEY WANT US OUT.
SO THAT ANXIETY AND THE, AND THE DEPRESSION, IF YOU START SINGLING OUT INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR PARKS AND ESPECIALLY OURS, IT'S HEAVY RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY UNDER IT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SCARED TO DEATH.
AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP IT UNLESS WE TURNING TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU ARE IN THE ONE POSITION NOW WHERE YOU COULD REALLY HELP, NOT JUST US, BUT HELP TO STOP THE KINDS OF PERSONS THAT ARE WILLING TO PURCHASE THIS PLACE AND TRY TO DRIVE PEOPLE OUT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE VULNERABLE.
I MEAN, FOR BUSINESS IT'S BRILLIANT.
IT'S TERRIBLY AWFUL, BUT IT CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
THERE'S 54 PARK IN HIS POCKET NOW.
AND IF A ANOTHER CITY HERE NEEDS A LITTLE KICK IN THE BUTT, YOU GUYS ARE JUMPING ON THE STICK, IT'S GONNA SHOW 'EM.
AND THE REST OF THE PARKS NEED TO BE WARNED.
ALL THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE TOLD THAT LOOK OUT BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO TAKE IT FROM YOU.
SO PLEASE DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, TIM, FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, AND I WOULD INVITE ANY OF THE OTHER, UH, PUB MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
JUST MAKE SURE THAT AFTER YOUR COMMENT, YOU DO FILL OUT AN ORANGE CARD IN THE BACK AND HAND IT TO THE CLERK.
AND GIVE US, UH, YOUR NAME BEFORE YOU BEGIN.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I AM ALSO A RESIDENT AT YOUNGSTOWN MOBILE HOME PARK, EXCEPT LIKE MOST OF THE FOLKS HERE, I AM A RENTER AND I HAVE BEEN IN PETALUMA SINCE 2001.
I THOUGHT I HAD A GOOD JOB HERE.
I USED TO WORK FOR THE GOLDEN GATE, BRIDGE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.
AFTER 23 YEARS, I RETIRED DISABILITY.
ONE WOULD THINK THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET BY ON HAVING SUCH A GOOD JOB IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, EXCEPT AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED HERE BY THESE FOLKS AHEAD OF TIME.
UH, I AM FEELING THE SAME STRESS THAT THEY ARE.
I WATCHED MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR BE PRICED OUT WHEN HIS RENT JUST KEPT GOING UP YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
MY RENT IS GOING UP YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
I, AT THE AGE OF 56, DON'T FEEL THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO STAY IN PETALUMA BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE PRICED OUT.
I, AT THE AGE OF 56, I'M LOOKING AT MOVING NOW BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE FORCED OUT 10, 15 YEARS FROM NOW.
IMAGINE THE STRESS OF HAVING TO MOVE WHEN YOU GET THAT MUCH FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
AND I'VE LANDED MYSELF A, A HOUSEMATE.
I'M NOW IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING TO MOVE, AS THEY SAID, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET US OUT.
AND HONESTLY, ONE SHOULD LOOK AT THE ETHICS OF A COMPANY THAT COMES INTO A COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY TARGETS PEOPLE WHO ARE ON A FIXED INCOME.
THERE'S SOMETHING TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY
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WRONG AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR HOLDING OUR HANDS AND TRYING TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, THOSE WHO SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY THEIR COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF BEING FORCED OUT.I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, BARRING ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO COME FORWARD AND OFFER COMMENT, UH, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS ITEM AND END THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
AND I'LL JUST GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, STAFF TO RESPOND IF YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSES.
VICE CHAIR, UH, AND VICE MAYOR KATE THOMPSON.
UM, WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THEY'VE ALREADY SOLD A MOBILE HOME OR A MODULAR, UM, MANUFACTURED HOME TO YOUNGER PEOPLE.
SO THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THEIR LOCAL PARK RULES.
IT WOULD NOT BE A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
'CAUSE THAT'S NOT IN EFFECT YET.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REMEDIES THE TENANTS WOULD HAVE, UH, THEIR FOUR VIOLATIONS OF THEIR OWN PARK RULES.
AND BECAUSE THE NEXT ITEM IS TO OPEN COMMISSION COMMISSIONER, UH, DISCUSSION.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST KICK US OFF STRAIGHT INTO COMMENTS, UH, AND DISCUSSION.
UM, WELL, MY COMMENTS ARE, I MEAN, I I'VE BEEN TO THE LAST ARBITRATION AND THEY'RE REALLY TAXING.
I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE HOURS LONG AND THEY'RE, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO BE, UM, IT, IT'S GOOD TO WATCH ONE.
UM, IT REALLY GIVES IT WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
BUT I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE THIS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND SO I SUPPORT, UM, THE OVERLAY AND WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO MOVE THIS
AND THERE WAS A HUGE RALLY TODAY AND A LOT OF THEM, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T GO TO THE RALLY AND THEN GET HERE.
AND SO THERE'S JUST, UM, ALL, EVERYBODY, EVERY ALL FIVE MOBILE HOME PARKS ARE WATCHING WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND WE NEED PROTECTION.
UM, PEOPLE DESERVE TO AGE IN PLACE AND I'M ABSOLUTELY, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEAR SOMEONE LIKE BETH PECK, A YOUNG WOMAN, UM, YOU KNOW, DISABLED.
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S FEARFUL, UM, BEING 56 AND GOING THROUGH THIS AND, AND I FEEL WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH AND WITH ALL OF YOU, IT COULD BE, IT COULD REALLY BE ANY OF US.
SO, UM, I'M HERE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
UH, AND AGAIN, I WILL SKIP MYSELF AND GO STRAIGHT TO, UH, COMMISSIONER BAUER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE CHAIR.
UM, JUST HEARING YOUR, YOUR WORDS AND YOUR COMMENTS AND, AND SEEING THIS BEFORE ME REALLY MAKES ME VERY ANGRY THAT YOU HAVE TO BE HERE.
AND, UM, THAT, UM, THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE REALLY TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND I'M REALLY LUCKY TO BE IN THIS POSITION TONIGHT AND TO HAVE, UM, LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY LEVEL WHERE THEY'RE, UM, STRONG ENOUGH AND QUICK ENOUGH TO BRING THIS TO US SO QUICKLY SO WE COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE REALLY BAD THINGS START TO HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE I KNOW, UM, OUR SENIORS ARE VERY, VERY SPECIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU CAN STAY HERE AND LIVE HERE AND BE AMONG US.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, I THINK WE'RE A COMMUNITY THAT CARESS FOR ALL OF OUR PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHAT OUR AGE ARE IS.
SO, AND, UM, I'M ALMOST 55 MYSELF TOO.
SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT ONE DAY MAYBE SOMEBODY HOPEFULLY WILL CARE ABOUT ME ONE DAY, THE WAY WE CARE ABOUT ALL OF YOU AND OUR SENIORS.
SO I AM 100% SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND I'M REALLY ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF OTHER CITIES FOLLOWING AND, UM, USING WHAT WE DO TONIGHT TO, TO ALSO TAKE CARE OF THEIR SENIORS.
YEAH, JUST A QUESTION FOR THE RECORD.
UM, WAS THERE ANY COMMUNICATION AT ALL FROM ANY OF THE OWNERS? THERE WAS NOT, UH, OF COURSE WITH THE NOTICE WE E OR MAILED TO THE PARK OWNERS, BUT HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM.
UM, I, I THINK MY, MY COMMENTS ARE PRETTY BRIEF.
I, I THINK IT'S, UH, THE, THE CITY'S WELL-SERVED BY PRESERVING AS MANY, UH, HOUSING OPTIONS AND MANY CLASSIFICATIONS, UH, AS POSSIBLE, UH, FOR THE BROADEST RANGE OF, OF OUR CITIZENS.
UM, SO SIMPLY STATED, I, I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT THE OVERLAY.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WIMAN.
UH, AND YEAH, I'LL CLOSE WITH MY COMMENTS.
UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT STAFF DID PRESENT, UH, THE IDEA THAT FOLKS HAVE MOVED TO
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THESE COMMUNITIES AND INVESTED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AND TIME UNDER THE AUSPICES OF A SENIOR COMMUNITY.UH, AND NOT JUST ADVERTISING THAT, BUT ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH STEPS TO MAINTAIN STATUS AS A SENIOR COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT WE ARE WELL WITHIN, UH, THE PUBLIC GOOD HERE TO PROTECT FOLKS' INVESTMENT, UH, ALLOW OUR SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE.
YOU KNOW, I I ALSO APPRECIATE OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY LAYING OUT THAT THIS OR THESE ORDINANCES HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A LEGAL CHALLENGE AND THE SOUL JURISDICTION THAT HAS, UH, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS DOES STAND UP AND, AND STAND UP TO LEGAL CHALLENGE.
UH, SO WE'RE NOT PASSING ANYTHING THAT UNNECESSARILY INFRINGES ON PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS, BUT INSTEAD IS FOR THE PUBLIC WELFARE AND THE WELFARE OF VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND AS SOMEONE WITH A FATHER-IN-LAW WHO'S 91 YEARS OLD LIVING IN PETALUMA, I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO PROTECT FOLKS WHO HAVE, AGAIN, INVESTED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF, OF RESOURCE AND TIME INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, SO I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AS WELL.
UH, I GUESS WITH THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GONE THROUGH COMMENTARY.
UNLESS ANYONE WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE, I WOULD INVITE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
AND VICE CHAIR, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
'CAUSE I'M HOPING THAT THE MOTION COULD INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC GENERAL PLAN, UH, POLICIES, GOALS.
SO AT THE END OF SECTION FIVE, IF WE COULD MAKE A MOTION WITH AN AMENDMENT TO ADD THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH, UH, THAT INCLUDES THESE WORDS TO MEMORIALIZE THE POLICIES, GOALS, AND PROGRAMS THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD, UH, HELP IMPLEMENT.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO ADD PROGRAM 18, PROGRAM 24 6 DASH P DASH 24.
CITY CLERK, IF YOU CAN HAVE A ROLL, ROLL CALL.
VICE MAYOR CATER THOMPSON? YES.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE MEETING ITEM TWO AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA.
UM, AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND THE PUBLIC FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS AND, AND SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
UH, AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING, UH, TO MEETING ITEM THREE, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION ITEM, A DISCUSSION IN DELIBERATION ON WHETHER TO FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE PETALUMA PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROMOTE OUTREACH AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF.
I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO RECOMMEND THIS MEETING ITEM BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
UH, SEEING AS CHAIR HOOPER AND COMMISSIONER MC ARE NOT WITH US TODAY.
UH, SO I WOULD INVITE A, A MOTION ON THAT.
I'LL MOVE THE MOTION TO, UH, RESCHEDULE TO NEXT MEETING.
I'LL SECOND, UH, CLERK AT ROLL CALL.
VICE MARY KADER THOMPSON? YES.
AND WITH THAT WE'LL CLOSE MEETING ITEM THREE.
UH, AND CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, IF YOU WANNA STEP TO THE DIOCESE, I WOULD INVITE, IF YOU HAVE A BRIEF COMMENT THAT'S OKAY.
IF WE CAN KEEP IT REALLY BRIEF, THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.
IF YOU CAN STEP BEHIND THE MIC THOUGH.
UNTOLD YOU, THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF ADVERTISEMENTS, FOR INSTANCE, IN MICHIGAN FOR THE ALL AGE PARK HERE AT YOUNGSTOWN CURRENTLY GOING ON, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, THIS GUY'S ALREADY DOING IT AND HE'S ALREADY BEEN TOLD NO.
WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
UH, SO WE'LL CLOSE MEETING ITEM THREE, CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA AND MOVE INTO COMMITTEE
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COMMENT.SO I'D INVITE, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, TO PRESENT.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LATE COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, SO WHY DON'T I START WITH VICE MAYOR KIDDER THOMPSON
WELL, I ALSO HAD S C T A FROM 10 TO FIVE AND THEN
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HAD TO GET TO CITY COUNCILUM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS WHAT I LOVE BEING, BEING A ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER FOR, I MEAN, THIS IS THIS, UM, THIS IS WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE, UM, HAVE HOMES TO LIVE IN, MAKING SURE THAT OUR ORDINANCES ARE UPDATED.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROTECTING PEOPLE AND IT IS JUST AN HONOR TO, UM, REPRESENT THESE PEOPLE.
AND I LOVE THEM ALL VERY MUCH.
UM, LAST NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING WAS VERY LONG.
UM, I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF WHAT WE DID
UM, BUT WE DID, UM, WHAT DID WE DO LAST NIGHT? DYLAN
WELL, ACTUALLY, THE, THE FLOODWAY WAS BACK AND WE UPHELD THE, OUR, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION'S, UM, DIRECTION, UM, TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
UM, AND I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF PEOPLE DO BUY, UM, LAND THAT THEY REALLY TALK TO A LAND USE ATTORNEY BEFORE PURCHASING A PIECE OF PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS.
AND YOU CAN'T JUST COME TO THE CITY AND THE CITY SAY, YOU, WELL, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS AND I, UH, FEEL AS THOUGH, UM, UH, MS. KRATT AND I DO FEEL BAD PURCHASED A PIECE OF PROPERTY, UM, THAT REALLY IS IN A TRUE FLOODWAY.
AND, UM, AND, AND LIKE I SAY, I SERIOUSLY FEEL BAD THAT SOMEBODY WOULD GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GET TALK TO A LAND USE ATTORNEY BECAUSE THEY REALLY KNOW AND CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
UM, SONOMA S C T A, UM, YESTERDAY WE HAD ALL, UM, MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WERE HEARINGS FOR A NEW DIRECTOR.
'CAUSE SUZANNE SMITH, WHICH I STILL CALL HER SUZANNE WILFORD
UM, BUT SHE'S, SUZANNE SMITH, UM, IS RETIRING.
AND I JUST THINK SHE HAS DONE A REALLY, A FANTASTIC JOB IN HER ROLE.
AND, UM, WE DID CHOOSE, UM, ONE OF THE CANDIDATES, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHO IT IS YET, UM, BUT IT IS AN INTERNAL CHOICE AND I THINK IT, UM, IT'LL BE VERY GOOD.
AND ALL THE CANDIDATES WERE REALLY FANTASTIC.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS.
AND THEN WITH SS C T A, WE MOVED, UH, FORWARD TO HAVE CALL FIELD ON THE LIST, UM, TO GET FUNDING FOR CALL FIELD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT THAT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE MONEY AND THIS WILL AUGMENT THE MONEY THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE CALL FIELD CROSSING, WHICH I THINK IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, WHAT ELSE HAS BEEN GOING ON? UM, I WAS IN LA
AND IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT TO REALLY STAY CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE.
AND EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, IT WAS REALLY A JOY JUST GOING DOWN THERE.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT REALLY BLOOD FAMILY, WE ARE FAMILY.
AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY A REMINDER THAT, UH, YOU NEED TO REALLY STAY CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE.
AND THERE'S JUST, UM, A SENSE OF, UM, SO MUCH, UM, ANGER IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO STEP BACK AND PAUSE AND REALIZE THAT THAT SAME, UM, REACTIONS ACTUALLY HIT EVERY TOWN.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE IN CALIFORNIA, PETALUMA, OR IF YOU'RE IN TENNESSEE.
UM, THERE'S PEOPLE GET AFFECTED BY ALL THE, UM, THE DOG BED THAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS I'M PART OF, UM, A JEWISH ELECTED OFFICIALS GROUP.
AND WE HAD A RETREAT THIS WEEKEND WHERE WE REALLY TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, JUST THE HATE CRIMES THAT ARE GOING ON WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
AND THESE ARE COLLEAGUES FROM SAN SANTA ROSA ALL THE WAY TO LIVERMORE, EL CERRITO, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL AROUND THE BAY AREA AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ALSO.
AND REALLY TALKED ABOUT THE HATE AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING, GOING AFTER.
AND IT'S REALLY FRIGHTENING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
AND, UM, NEXT WEEK, UM, WE'RE, I'M, I'M GONNA BE AT THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES.
THERE IS A CONFERENCE AND THIS GROUP WE'RE CALLED THE BANJO GROUP, AND THEY WILL BE, UM, PRESENTING, UM, AND TALKING ABOUT HATE AND THE EXPERIENCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN, UM, PEOPLE SAY THEY WANNA HAVE ZOOM, A LOT OF TIMES ZOOM HAS BEEN A REAL PROBLEM.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GET ON THERE AND I MEAN, THE, THE, I CAN'T EVEN SAY WHAT THEY WERE BEING SAID.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, AFTER GOING THROUGH COVID AND GETTING ON ZOOM, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC, BUT NOW IT'S BECOME KIND OF A, A DIFFERENT TOOL.
AND SO I JUST THINK PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
AND JUST THAT, UM, DOES IT HAPPEN IN PETALUMA? PROBABLY.
UM, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR, MY COLLEAGUES IS REALLY, UM, UNACCEPTABLE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A TREND.
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OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IS THAT FINALLY, THIS IS IN, I'M GONNA SAY WHAT CITY? UM, THERE WERE THE PROUD BOYS GOING IN THERE AND THEY WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, STANDING IN THE ROOM WHILE ALL OF A SUDDEN THE COMMUNITY STARTED COMING AND THEY WERE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.AND SO THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS ISSUES OF HATE.
YOU HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE IN THAT ARE NOT HATEFUL BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HATEFUL REALLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.
THEY LIKE, THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE TO BULLY, BUT THE SECOND THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE GOOD KINDNESS AND THOUGHTS, AND I WANNA BE POSITIVE, THEY JUST KIND OF BUCKLE IN.
AND SO I JUST WANNA REMIND PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, HATE IS REALLY AROUND.
AND, UM, WE MAY NOT HEAR THE SAME THINGS HERE, BUT IT WILL HAPPEN HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE ONE OF THE LARGEST NAZI, UM, GROUP, THE GOAM NAZI, THE GOAM GROUP IS OUT OF, UM, PETALUMA, AND IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE NATION, AND IT'S GOING WORLDWIDE.
AND SO, UM, IT'S JUST A REMINDER OF IT DOES HAPPEN IN OUR TOWN.
WE MAY NOT SEE IT, I FEEL IT AND I'VE SEEN IT, BUT I AM JUST STILL REALLY SHOCKED THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE SO HATEFUL.
AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE MORE KIND TO EACH OTHER.
AND TONIGHT WAS JUST LIKE THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
AND IF I NEVER GET ANYTHING ELSE RIGHT, I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SENIOR CITIZENS ARE PROTECTED IN OUR TOWN.
THANK YOU VICE MAYOR, FOR AN EMOTIONAL AND SOBERING AND, UH, GREAT COMMENTARY.
UH, BUT I'LL JUMP OVER ME, UH, AND COMMISSIONER BAUER, IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR, UM, PLANNING MANAGER, BUT IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME OR SHOULD I WAIT FOR THE STAFF REPORT? I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME.
AND THEN IF I CAN'T ANSWER THEM NOW, I'LL ANSWER THEM DURING THE STAFF REPORT.
YEAH, THERE'S JUST TWO OF THEM.
ONE IS, UM, CAN YOU GIVE US A STATUS UPDATE ON, UM, THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS? YES, I'LL DO THAT DURING THE, UH, PLANNING MANAGERS.
OH, AND THE OTHER THING IS, UM, I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS ABOUT THE VENA APARTMENTS AND IS
TERRIFIC QUESTIONS, UH, AND COMMISSIONER WIMAN, UH, NO COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS TO REPORT ON.
OKAY, I'LL WRAP THINGS UP THEN WITH MY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, UH, PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE COMMITTEE.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UH, I'M ACTUALLY PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE HELPING WITH THE VISION AND GOALS OF THAT DOCUMENT.
AND I THINK, UH, WE HAVE DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF KIND OF BUILDING ON THE WORK FAIR AND PEERS HAS BEEN DOING ON, UH, THE A T P PLAN.
I'M EXCITED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED.
UH, THERE'S ALSO BEEN, BEFORE I EVEN JOINED THE COMMITTEE FROM PLANNING AND A HUGE EFFORT PUT INTO MAPPING A NEW A T P SYSTEM.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS FINALLY, IT'S BEEN BUILDING, I THINK FOR YEARS.
UH, AND, AND THIS IS GONNA BE A, A GREAT PIECE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, ALONGSIDE THE, THE GENERAL PLAN COMING ALONG AS OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
AND I WANNA THANK, UH, BJORN ON THAT COMMITTEE.
BJORN IS AN EXCEPTIONAL STAFF MEMBER.
SUPER HANDS-ON, WORKS VERY HARD.
UH, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND I'LL ALSO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE TREE COMMITTEE BECAUSE COMMISSIONER MCLAIN IS NOT, UH, HERE TODAY, AND IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, BUT I THINK, UM, ONE OF THE, THE BIG PIECES THERE IS WE ARE DISCUSSING, UM, POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE.
WE MAY HAVE A PRESENTATION SOON ABOUT THE NORTH RIVER, UH, PARK FROM FRIENDS OF THE PETALUMA RIVER.
UH, SO TREE COMMITTEE IS KIND OF A, A GREAT PLACE RIGHT NOW FOR SOME INFORMATION AND PRESENTATIONS ON, ON TREES AND PARKS AROUND THE CITY.
UH, SO THAT CLOSES MY UPDATE AND BY EXTENSION COMMISSION MEMBER UPDATE.
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MOVE TO STAFF COMMENT, UH, PLANNING MANAGER ANDREW TRIPLE TO PROVIDE THE PLANNING MANAGER'S REPORT.AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THIS EVENING.
UM, THE FIRST OFF, OYSTER COVE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED, UM, OYSTER COVE ENTITLEMENTS FOR PHASE ONE ENTITLEMENTS ON MAY 9TH OF THIS YEAR.
AND THAT PROJECT IS IZED FOR REVIEW BY THE COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, SO NEXT MONDAY.
SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.
UH, OF COURSE, IF THOSE ENTITLEMENTS ARE APPROVED, UH, THE PROJECT WOULD STILL THEN GO THROUGH A DESIGN PHASE AND THEN COME BACK FOR ITS, UH, SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THAT, UH, PROJECT COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO IT'S, UH, IT WILL BE A, A GREAT EFFORT TO SEE THAT THROUGH.
UM, SECOND IS, AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UM, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AGENDAS WILL, WELL, WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF
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PROJECTS COMING FORWARD FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW, BUT I THINK YOU'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE A LOT OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AND THEN THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS AS WELL.SO, UM, WITH REGARD TO OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, WE DID COMPLETE, UH, INTERNAL REVIEW WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE BUILDING, DIVISION PLANNING AND SO FORTH.
UH, AND WE'RE CONVENING SOME STAKEHOLDERS, BOTH, UH, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AS WELL AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO ADDITIONALLY REVIEW TO GET PERSPECTIVE FROM, UM, THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD BE TASKED WITH IMPLEMENTING AND, UH, RESPONDING TO THOSE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT IS, UH, SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 21ST.
AND THEN WE PLAN TO BRING THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR TWO STUDY SESSIONS, UH, IN OCTOBER PRIOR TO THEN PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DO NEED TO, BECAUSE OF THE TERMS OF THE FUNDING, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT, THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE YEAR'S END.
SO WE DO HAVE A TIME LIMIT ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UM, AT LEAST ONE OTHER, UH, I THINK A PRE ANNEXATION, A PREZONING FOR ANNEXATION PROJECT THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD AND PERHAPS ANOTHER ONE.
BUT ALL THAT TO SAY THEN TO RAVINA LANE, IF YOU RECALL, IN JULY, WE, WE HAD HELD THAT WORKSHOP AND THEN IT WAS CUT SHORT BECAUSE OF THE POWER OUTAGE.
SO I THINK AT THE SECOND MEETING OF THIS MONTH, WE WANT TO CIRCLE BACK AND COMPLETE THAT WORKSHOP.
BUT I BELIEVE ADD ON, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A ADDITIONAL EXAMINATION OF SSB 35 AND SSB THREE 30 AND SOME OF THE OTHER STATE LEVEL LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT IS IMPACTING, UM, IN PARTICULAR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW AND STREAMLINING OF DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.
AND I THINK THAT INFORMATION WILL BE HELPFUL AS YOU LOOK AT THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE TWO RAVINA LANE PROJECT HAD SUBMITTED AN SB THREE 30 APPLICATION AND, UM, HAS INDICATED THAT THEY, THEY'VE EITHER SUBMITTED THIS WEEK OR THEY'RE PLANNING TO SUBMIT THIS WEEK FOR THEIR SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
I BELIEVE SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN RECEIVING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, UM, TO, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND TO TALK ABOUT HOW, WHAT THE SSB THREE 30 LEGISLATION DOES IN PRELIMINARY APPLICATION AND THEN WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE DISCRETIONARY REVIEW APPLICATION THAT'S SUBMITTED.
SO VICE MAYOR, I'M NOT GETTING THOSE EMAILS.
ARE THEY GOING ACTUALLY TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR SPECIFIC COMMISSIONERS? I THINK I KNOW A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS HAVE RECEIVED, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE PICKING US OUT, HONESTLY,
AND SO, AND I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING INFORMATION AND I GETTING, YOU KNOW, BITS AND PIECES, BUT THROUGH THE COUNCIL, NOT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I THINK IT'S JUST COMING TO US DIRECTLY, I THINK, I THINK THEY JUST MAYBE FOUND OUR EMAILS ON THE WEBSITE.
OH, PLUS DO YOU HAVE A CITY COUNCIL EMAIL ADDRESS? NO, THAT'S PART OF IT TOO THEN MM-HMM.
RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CITY EMAIL ADDRESS.
THOSE OTHERWISE COMMISSIONERS USE THEIR PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESSES.
WELL, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING IN OUR PROCESS, WHEN WE DO SEE A CC CHAIN OF MULTIPLE COMMISSIONERS, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR PLANNING STAFF TO THEN MAKE SURE IT'S FORWARDED TO EVERYBODY? UM, IS THAT SOMETHING I, I DON'T WANT TO, MY INSTINCT IS LET ME DO THAT FOR ANYONE NOT INCLUDED, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY NO COMMISSIONER.
BUT MAYBE FORWARD IT TO ANDREW AND ME AND IF IT'S RELEVANT TO A GENERAL TOPIC, WE CAN JUST POST IT WITH WHATEVER APPLICABLE, UH, AGENDA.
AND IF WE GET, IF YOU FORWARD, IF YOU FORWARD A QUESTION THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED, WE'LL ALWAYS PROVIDE THE RESPONSE TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE ASSUME THAT IF ONE PERSON'S GOTTEN THE QUESTION, OTHERS ARE GETTING IT AS WELL.
I HAVE GOTTEN, I JUST TO UNDERSTAND, I HAVE GOTTEN EMAILS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHETHER THEY, THE SAME, SAME EMAILS MM-HMM.
RIGHT? SO, UM, IS THE ROVENA APARTMENTS, UH, PROPOSED TO BE 100% AFFORDABLE? YES.
SO THEN, UM, WOULD WE HAVE THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS DONE IN ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO BE APPLIED TO THAT PROJECT? NO, BECAUSE THE, UM, SSB THREE 30 SAYS THAT IT'S OBJECTIVE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN PLACE AT THE TIME THAT APPLICATION IS MADE, RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT THE, UM, THE SECOND REGULAR MEETING OF THIS MONTH, WHICH, UH, WOULD BE THE 26TH, THEN WE CAN WRAP UP THAT WORKSHOP ADD ON SB THREE 30, SSB 35, THAT'LL BE A NICE PREP FOR, UH,
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THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARD STUDY SESSIONS.SO IF YOU HAVE OTHER TOPICS OF, YOU KNOW, DUE PROCESS OR, OR ANY OTHER TOPICS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO WEAVE INTO THAT, UH, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO.
SO I, I'D PUT A BIG VOTE IN FOR DUE PROCESS.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY CENTRAL AND A CONCEPT.
UH, I'M STILL KIND OF, UH, GETTING MY HEAD WRAPPED AROUND.
AND, AND I SHOULD SHARE BRIEFLY TOO, IT, I FORGOTTEN MY PBA UPDATE.
WE SAW SCANNELL AGAIN AND THE, UH, BIKE AND PED PLAN AND ACTUALLY THEY HAD CHOSEN A DESIGN AND MADE SOME CHANGES.
SO I DO ADVISE COMMISSIONERS HERE, UH, TO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, DO THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT PBA C MEETING.
IT WAS AN INTERESTING MEETING.
IT WAS A TIME WHEN A LOT OF THOSE COMMISSIONERS, UH, AND COUNCIL LIAISON, BRIAN BARNACLE, GOT TO SEE THE PROJECT AND MAKE COMMENTARY OUTSIDE OF PBA C UH, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING MEETING.
UM, WELL WITH THAT WE WILL CLOSE, UH, STAFF COMMENT AND BARRING ANY OTHER ITEMS OF CONSIDERATION, I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING RIGHT AT 7:02 PM GREAT.