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Uh, good evening, President. It's 7
o'clock and we do have quorum.

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» All right, then.

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» Good evening and welcome to the August
18th, 2025 regular meeting of the

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Alhhamra Planning Commission. Um, we'll
start with a roll call, please.

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» Chen, present. Dorado
>> here. Gardia

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» present.
>> Graalva

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» present.
>> Ho

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» here.
>> Wararez

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» here.
>> Maharo.

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» Garcia
>> here.

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» Olsson
>> here. Please rise and join me in the

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flag salute.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» All right. Next on our uh is our consent
agenda. Agenda items number one through

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three. Items listed on the consent
agenda are considered routine and will

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be enacted, approved, or adopted by one
motion unless a request for removal is

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received from a commissioner or citizen.
Items removed from the consent calendar

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shall be considered immediately
following the adoption of the consent

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agenda. Uh does anyone wish to uh remove
an item from the consent agenda?

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Then I will hear a motion, please.

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I'll move to approve.
>> We have a second.

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» I second.
>> Commissioner Garda has moved to approve

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and Commissioner Ghavva has moved to
second. Uh, may we have a roll call?

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» Chen, yes. Dorado,
>> yes.

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» Garda,
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» Graova, yes. Hog,
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otherwise. Yes.
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» yes.
>> Maharo,

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» yes.
>> Garcia,

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» yes.
>> Olen,

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» yes.
>> Thank you.

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Now, agenda item number four is a public
hearing to legalize an addition to an

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existing automotive repair shop. Is
there a presentation from staff for this

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item?
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giving the presentation tonight.

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Good evening, commissioners. Good
evening, chair. Item four before you is

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conditional use permit CUP 2402 for
Phoenix Auto Care located at 3071 West

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Valley Boulevard. Phoenix Autocare is
existing auto repair shop operating

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within the commercial mixeduse zone. Uh
the request tonight is to legalize a

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206q ft office and restroom addition
that was constructed without permits.

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Staff's recommended action is to adopt
resolution number 255 approving the

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conditional use permit and finding the
project exempt from SQA.

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This is the project site located in the
northeast intersection of West Valley

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Boulevard and Westmont Drive. The
property has about 137 ft of frontage

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along Valley Boulevard and 104 ft of
frontage along Westbond Drive with a 15t

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wide alleyway along the northern
property line. The surrounding

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neighborhood consists of a mix of
commercial, office, and residential use.

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The property has operated as a auto
repair facility since 1981 with Phoenix

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Autoare as the tenant since 2017. No
changes to the building or use occurred

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at that time. In March 2024, the city
zoning update reclassified the site from

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valley specific boulevard uh valley my
bad uh valley boulevard specific plan to

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CMU commercial mixuse making automotive
repair a non-conforming use at this site

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between June and September 2023. A 206qt
addition was constructed without

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permits. A code enforcement case
followed in October 2023 and a planning

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application was submitted in January
2024 to legalize the addition which had

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since been reviewed for compliance with
the Alhhamra Municipal Code.

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The proposed expansion includes a large
office area of approximately 161 square

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ft and a restroom expansion of about 45
ft. The addition does not include any

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expansion of the existing repair
garages. Accessibility improvements have

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been added, including an ADA compliant
ramp, guardrails, and a um accessible

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restroom. There are 13 on-site parking
spaces, which exceeds the city's minimum

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requirement of five spaces. One ADA
compliant stall has also been added.

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The addition's design matches the
existing building in terms of materials,

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massing, and scale and was approved by
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2025.

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Here we have the existing floor plan
outlined um alongside alongside the

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proposed floor plan. You could see the
area of added square footage outlined in

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the dotted line. Uh the hatched area on
the proposed ford plan uh denotes

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woodframe construction and areas of the
building that have been remodeled but do

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not encompass new square footage. The
office and restroom areas are both

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expanded to improve employee working
conditions and customer service

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capacity. Uh the rest of the building
layout remains dedicated to automotive

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repair operations.

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These photos show the current conditions
of the site. You could see the addition

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to be legalized marked with dotted lines
in photo two located as the last photo

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in the second row of the photo
arrangement. The building is a single

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story 12 ft in height as well uh well
below the 40ft maximum allowed in the

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CMU zone and the addition has been
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existing building.

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Here are the architectural renderings as
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They confirmed that the addition is
integrated into the existing building

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design with consistent materials and
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Because the addition is a expansion of
non-conforming use, it cannot be

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permitted under the previous cup from
1981. The cup from 1981 only encompasses

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approval for what was physically
developed on the site at the time. The

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municipal code allows expansion of a
non-conforming use only with a new

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conditional use permit. Staff has
determined that with appropriate

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conditions, the expanded use will remain
consistent with the general plan,

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compatible with surrounding uses, and
compliant with all applicable

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development standards.

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In conclusion, the proposed expansion
improves business functionality um

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accompasses uh accommodates for expanded
administrative offices, remains

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consistent with both the operational
history of the site and the surrounding

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land uses. Staff recommends that the
planning commission adopt resolution

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number 255 approving the conditional use
permit CUP 2402 to legalize addition and

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find the project exempt from SQA. Staff
and applicant are available for any

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questions. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Does the applicant have a

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presentation?
>> Okay. Commissioners, do you have any

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technical questions or requests for
clarification from staff based on their

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presentation?

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» Yes, I have a a point of clarification.
Um, when I'm looking at the uh

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conditions for the use,
I'm not sure I see anything that

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restricts the um the use to only an
office and a restroom. So did I did I

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miss anything? Is there anything that
that says there's no there's a

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restriction on the use that that is that
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Um so on the floor plans it has been
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the office and the restroom. Um so this
for this particular expansion it's not

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expansion of the garages um and it's
something that has been indicated on the

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submitted floor plans but
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exclusion of use of that 216 ft. The
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to know if that's a uh something we
could discuss on whether we can um add

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to that conditional use permit that the
um that space can only be used as an

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office and uh and restroom. So there
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the repair operations into that area.
That's why I'm asking if there's

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anything that's in the conditional use
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that prohibits the expansion of
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So, it's there's no prohibition
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it essentially says that the plans
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that are being approved as part of this
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operate in accordance with those plans.
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it's for office space, approval of this
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that it be utilized for office space
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» unless they requested an amendment to
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» Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Commissioner Dorado. Um are

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there uh is there anyone who has
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comment? I see we have one card here. Uh
are there any written comments that have

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been submitted?
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to this agenda item. Uh we provided
copies up on the dis for each of the

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commissioners. Um that email was
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» Um yes and Mr. McCammon has uh submitted
a um request to speak on this item. So

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Mr. McCammon, you're up.

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a few things to pass out to you first
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And
should be enough copies

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or uh

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the staff up here too. There's two items
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This is this is

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Okay,
good evening. Luman, 105 North Cordova

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Street. First off, let me say I think
this u uh project is entirely within

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order and is non-controversial and you
should pass it. Um my um what I want to

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talk about this evening is um the map I
noticed in there, which actually doesn't

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even apply to this project
uh in the sense that it has way more

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than enough parking on site. So, the
matter of uh the ability to reduce the

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parking requirement isn't even necessary
item to address. Nonetheless, it's in

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there and it does um uh it does bring to
mind I've asked before for when when we

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had the update on state housing laws
that you received recently. I said there

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really needs to be a followup about the
impact of pending legislation

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uh in Sacramento on these things. And I
think we do need to go back and review

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that particularly with the terms like
the definition of what is a major

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transit stop and things of that nature.
I've seen various items in u that Skagg

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has put out in their regional
transportation studies adopted initially

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back in 2020 and uh the stuff that's
coming out of Sacramento

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uh in which case you really have to
follow the trail of what what does

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something mean and it'll refer you one
code section to another to another and

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so forth. Very hard to follow.
But um I have tried to put together some

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stuff and uh if my email there was
reproduced too, you have a lot more of

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it. There is one typo I noticed in the
email and it's also in the part here and

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that is just in uh the last introducing
that last section that last uh uh next

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last boldfaced line there. It does. It
should be uh

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California Public Resources Code section
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which matches the code number referred
to above. I had just hadn't caught that

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typo before I put it out. But at any
rate, uh you'll notice previously when

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we've had maps distributed, what are the
major transit stops that are we have to

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be concerned with in approving
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stops along Atlantic Boulevard were the
ones that were highlighted and you were

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just looking at things within a half
mile of those um yellow dots. Now, this

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map here has greatly expanded that and
included all these little uh blue

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circles.
Um some of which are really in my mind

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very very minor things. In fact, uh if
if you're uh now in major transfer

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stops, they're talking about
intersections of bus lines. They're not

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talking about just a one group bus line.
There are things called transit

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quarters, which could just be the one
route, but if you're talking about

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transit stop, it it's an intersection,
and they say it's an intersection of two

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major bus lines.
We just had a study which came before

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the city council on June 23rd, very
elaborate study,

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uh, done by a city retained consultant
about the act lines. And one of the

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pages in that I just unfortunately I
didn't have time to reproduce that also

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for you, but it's on uh digital page 79
of the uh of the online agenda for that

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me city council meeting. It talked about
the act blue line and the act green line

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and it had a column over here in the
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uh and they said 15 minutes or better at
the peak hour and they're using a little

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bit different criteria and some parts of
state law refer to 15 minutes some parts

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of state law refer to 20 minutes and on
the act blue line and green line was no

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but they were referring to a 15minute
thing there uh it's generally about 20

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minutes sometimes may be a minute or two
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at any rate. They don't carry a huge
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and I and particularly in the case of
the blue line, you're looking at uh

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Cordova and u or not Cordova but um uh
Chapel in Maine. There's almost nobody

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switches from one line to the other
there because they essentially run

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fairly parallel through most of the city
and everything. Um at any rate, that's

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that's my five minutes. I just think we
need a um a chance to reiterate that

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thing if we really need a study as soon
as possible and what's going on with the

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legislation in Sacramento. How do all
these various things come together from

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SKAG and the state about the major
transit stops the impact on the city if

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everything is going to go with this map?
Boy, you can build to the max anywhere

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in the city. Just throw out our zoning
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» Thank you.
>> Thank you. Yeah.

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» Uh, do we have any other um speakers
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» We do. We have Jennifer Ing.
>> Go ahead, Jennifer.

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» Good evening, commissioners. My name is
Jennifer Ing. I am a member of our

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designer review board, but I'm speaking
for myself as an individual. Um, I don't

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really have an opinion at all regarding
uh this particular property, but I do

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have the map concerns, and I I want to
thank Lou for pointing those out. I

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actually completely overlooked it on the
agenda until he sent the email out.

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Um, I'm not going to repeat everything
that that Lou said, but I have many

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similar questions. I know we have the
three major transit hubs that are along

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Atlantic, but all these other, you know,
white dots with the blue outlines, um,

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I'm not sure what those those are. Um, I
don't think there's a state law that

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goes along with those yet. So, I'm
really looking for more clarification on

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what's going on, um, with this this map.
Um, and you know, I again I don't want

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to duplicate a lot of what L said, so I
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like to speak as well.
>> Hi there. My name is uh, Bert Ing. I'm a

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resident of Alhhamra. Uh, as just
disclosure, I am uh, a member of the,

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uh, historic preservation commission.
Uh, and I'm speaking about item number

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four, not about the actual conditional
use permit, but rather the uh the

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exhibit uh with the map and the uh the
definitions and delineations of uh the

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different transit stops. Um uh again, I
want to thank Lou for bringing this to

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our attention. I uh I didn't see it. Um,
but when I did look at it, a concern

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that I did have was
what the blue circles really mean. What

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is the implication
uh of making those blue and how that

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affects our zoning and how that affects
potentially our historic preservation

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ordinance from the perspective of uh
preserving homes, preserving

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neighborhoods. Um, I know that there's a
lot of different Senate bills out there

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right now. Uh, and a lot of things are
up in the air. Uh, but coming down the

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pipeline seems like there's, you know,
definitions of, uh, bus stops, transit

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stops, and so on that actually have
implications to zoning. And I'm curious

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what that map means that we have, uh, in
that exhibit, and again, what the

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implications are. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Rang. Do we have any

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other speakers online?
>> No, we don't.

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» Okay, cool. Can staff speak to any of
those concerns about the blue circles or

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the purpose of the the of the blue
circles on the map? Yeah, just to

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provide some context, um, uh, at a
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commission meeting, we had received a
request from a commissioner to in the

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future include the, um, major transit
stop map as an attachment for your

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reference. So, that was the reason why
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to help you guys better understand where
these stops are. Um, for the purposes of

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this project and um, how this project
relates to AB2097.

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under AB2097,
the project is not required to meet this

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the city's minimum parking requirements.
So that's why we included the map just

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to demonstrate that they are providing
parking, but um if there was a desire

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for the commission to impose stricter
parking requirements or additional

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parking, we wanted to advise you that
AB2097 precludes us from doing that. Um,

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with respect to the map, there was an
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that went into effect uh, January 1st of
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of a major transit stop from 15-minute
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that updated definition, it now includes
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particularly those on the um, ACT line,
the blue and green line, which do have

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20-minute headways. So that is why you
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city that now qualify as a major transit
stop based on that public resources code

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definition which was updated earlier
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I also understand that some of you are
referring or some of our callers are

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referring to SB uh 79
um which I understand will be there will

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be a discussion at our next uh city
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implications. So stay tuned for that.
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well hang on just one second. Let me
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Uh
so we have nobody else wishing to speak

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then I will close the public testimony
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first um we'll go to uh see if the
applicant wants to respond to any

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comment that was made. Okay. And does
staff want to respond to any comment on

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any public testimony or comments made?
>> Not at this time.

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» Okay. Then commissioners.
>> Yes. Thank thank you for thank you for

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your forbearance.
This is a followup to that and I

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appreciate the uh the background you
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what about the two major the
intersection of two major routes as a

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defining uh criteria for a criterion for
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» So here's your question. What qualifies
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» No, the intersection. So, right. So, it
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bus routes.
>> Correct.

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» What what defines that if that of what
I'm looking at this I don't see major

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bus routes intersecting at those at the
blue dots.

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» So, okay. So are your question is how we
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bus lines
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that's the that's the language right two
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routes
>> that's right

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» yes
>> so intersection not along the along the

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route but where it intersects that's
what I'm understanding is where they

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intersect that's what's considered a maj
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» yes so that's what's reflected on the
map is it's showing the intersection of

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ma of major bus routes
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yellow ones, right?

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» So both the blue the dots with the white
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yellow dot with the red outline both
reflect the intersection of uh bus

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routes,
>> major bus routes.

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» Correct. Yes.
What the difference in in what they're

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showing is that the the line along
Atlantic um that's based on the the SCAG

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RTP regional transportation plan
sustainable community strategy transit

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stops. And then the the ones with the
white circle with the blue outline are

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just showing all of the transit stops
that meet that uh qualification of the

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20-minute headways.
>> Okay.

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So then that does fall within the
definition of an intersection,

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» right? Yes.

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» We have any other commissioners with
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President.
>> All right. Just thank you. Thank you,

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President Olsson. Just to double click
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Metro line that runs on Atlantic and I'm
aware of the SCAG um major transit stops

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that were at least depicted before the
definition was revised. Um, and given

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the revision of the definition, now we
have the apparently the ACT bus lines

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that now fall within the major transit
stops definition. Um, so I could see why

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the dots here have circles. The white
dots have circles and the yellow dots

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have circles in the map. What I'm still
kind of struggling with though is the

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definition of major transit stop being
that it's the intersection of two or

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major bus routes. So I don't understand
where the again Atlantic has a corridor

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and with another bus route intersects
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example where they intersect as a major
transit stop according to the code

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according to this code to
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Are you saying that every one of these
act bus circles has is reflects reflects

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two two bus routes intersecting at that
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» Yes. So there's also a metro line that
runs along valley. So it's the the fact

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that there's a metro line running along
valley plus we have the act lines that

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» that runs up and north that runs north
and south those ACT lines. So the um I

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think it's the green line, one of them
is circular and the blue line I think um

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kind of goes down Fremont. So it's the
intersection intersection of both the

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act lines and the metro lines.
>> So what you're seeing here is those

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metro lines on valley metro lines on
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» correct. Yes.
>> And ACT bus lines running intersecting

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directions of those like opposite of
what the metro line runs. or having

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basically to qualify as intersecting, it
just needs to have a stop basically at

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the same intersection.
>> Even if they're going in the same

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direction,
>> let's call it overlapping instead of

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intersecting. How about that?
>> Yeah. So, they're not they're not

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intersecting in the terms of what I
think of an intersection, different

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directions of traffic. They're just
could be going parallel. So HCD has

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provided loose guidance and based on
their loose guidance of how to interpret

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that it it basically just means that you
have more than one bus line that shares

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the same stop somewhere at an
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» Okay. And then have we confirmed for
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reflected here are 20 minutes or less?
>> Yes, that's correct.

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» Okay. And then uh just one point, I was
the commissioner who asked to have these

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maps added. So thank you Maya for doing
so. So, I apologize you're getting all

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these questions as a result of my
request, but that's why I actually

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wanted to have that those maps added
because there's two terms that have been

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thrown around in the past. One was um
high uh quality transit areas and that's

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where the whole corridor is highlighted
and now ACT is included. I don't even

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know what the map looks like now at this
point. It might just be all blue. And

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then there's the high quality or I'm
sorry, there's the high uh there's a

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major transit stop map which before was
just you know essentially maybe maybe

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two full circles and partials of three
other circles which now has been

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replaced by what you see in the agenda
today. So again I think it's very

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informative that you did this. So thank
you for doing that.

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» We have any other comments or questions?
Commissioner Garda?

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» Yes. To bring us back to the topic at
hand. I was wondering I had two

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questions. One is uh on the site plan
there's an area in the alley that looks

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like it's an easement. Maybe it's an
Edison easement where the power line

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runs. And I was just wondering um why
it's just like a landscape strip in the

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back there and if the if the applicant
is responsible for the maintenance of

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that. Mhm. Um so the site plan submitted
by the applicant shows that there's a

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existing electrical pole uh located
inside the landscaping strip. Um so

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based on the plans we could deduce that
there is some sort of eastment to the

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north of the property uh with the
landscaping belonging to the subject

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property.
>> So the applicant is responsible for the

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maintenance of that strip back there
behind the alley on the alley.

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» That's correct.
>> Okay. And then um my second question was

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when we're considering the externalities
of this type of use, I'm wondering if we

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can't um with the applicant's consent
perhaps add a condition restricting the

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hours of operation to what they've
listed in their application.

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» Well, maybe we'll have the applicant
come to the podium to respond to see if

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they'd be amendable to that.

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So
what do you guys propose?

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» So right now uh there's restrictions on
hours for construction.

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» Okay.
>> And it's 7 to 7, but in your application

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you seem to have more limited hours than
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wondering if you just would mind having
a a condition imposed that would

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coincide with the hours of operation
that you have listed on the application.

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» That's fine.
Just to clarify for the record, so the

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the hours of operation that the
applicant provided are Monday to Friday,

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9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, 9:00
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and closed on Sundays.

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» Yes.

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» And uh I think that's it. Just want to
come to you. Uh, one other thing I just

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wanted to ask was, uh, there seems to be
a lot of, um, items that are stored on

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the site that are unrelated to the
automobile repair use, and I'm wondering

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if, uh, you're amable to removing those
items from the site.

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» That's not a problem.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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» Yeah.

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» We have any other comments or questions
from commissioners?

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Uh,
all right then. Um, I will now close the

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public hearing and entertain any motion
on the proposed resolution.

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» I move that it uh be approved as voiced
or written

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» with the additional condition.
>> Yes, the additional condition.

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» The hours of operation.
>> I'll uh

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» hours of operation and clean up of the
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» extra things.
>> Yeah, I think that's already in there.

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Good.
>> Yeah, I'll second that.

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» Excellent. So, we have uh miss uh a
motion from Commissioner uh Maharo and

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I'm sorry, Dorado and a second from
Commissioner Gardea. Um do we have can

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we have a roll call, please?
>> Chen, yes. Dorado,

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» yes.
>> Garda,

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» yes.
>> Galva,

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» yes.
>> Ho,

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» yes.
>> Wararez,

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» yes.
>> Moaro,

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» yes. Garcia,
>> yes.

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» Olsson,
>> yes.

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Next, we have oral and congratulations.
>> Yes.

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» Next, we have oral communications for
non-aggendaized items. This is the time

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in the meeting when the public may
comment on anything not listed on the

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agenda. Anyone wishing to address the
commission may fill out a blue card, a

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speaker request card, and step to the
podium. If you are on Zoom, you may

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raise your hand using the raise hand
feature on Zoom. If you have called into

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the meeting, please dial
star9 on your phone's dial pad to raise

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your hand and star six to unmute
yourself. If you could also state your

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name for the record, it would be
appreciated. You will have five minutes.

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Is there anyone wishing to provide
public comments?

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» We have no one online.
>> All right. Thank you.

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Uh then we will now continue to general
comments from the planning commission

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and conference and meeting reports. Uh
do we have

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uh do commissioners have any comments or
announcements?

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All right, then we will now continue to
comments from staff. Is there a report

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from the director of community
development?

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» Uh there's no report tonight.
>> Right. Thank you. We have now completed

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all the items on this evening's agenda.
The next regularly scheduled meeting of

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the Alhhamra Planning Commission will be
held on Monday, September 15th at 7 PM.

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We are adjourned.

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» Well, that was easy.
I know it's intense.

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» Get a headache behind your left eye.
>> Everybody's working. Say,