[3:13] Thank you all for viewing tonight's planning commission meeting. I'd like to

[3:16] call this meeting to order at the city of Clear Lake chambers on Tuesday, June

[3:21] 9th, 2026 at 6 PM. As a reminder, we are currently live streaming this meeting on

[3:28] the city's YouTube channel. Please be aware the public will not be able to

[3:33] provide verbal comment during this meeting if attending via Zoom. However,

[3:38] the public can submit comments and writing for commission consideration by

[3:43] commenting via the Q&A function in the Zoom platform. To begin with, can I get

[3:49] a roll call, please?

[3:55] Commissioner Williams >> here.

[3:57] » Commissioner Silva, Vice Chair English >> here,

[4:01] » and Chair Smallley >> here.

[4:03] » And Commissioner Counts is absent.

[4:09] » For those present, will you please stand for the pledge of allegiance?

[4:17] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[4:23] republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[4:30] justice for all.

[4:36] » Okay, we'll move on to the adoption of the agenda. Uh, city manager or city

[4:42] planner, are there any modifications? No modifications, Mr. Chair.

[4:47] » Thank you, sir. >> Um, may I have a motion to adopt it the

[4:52] agenda? >> I move to adopt the agenda as presented.

[4:57] » Second.

[5:04] May I have a roll call on the vote, please?

[5:07] » Commissioner Williams, >> I.

[5:10] » Commissioner Silva, >> I. Vice Chair English

[5:14] » I >> and Chair Smallley

[5:18] » I.

[5:22] » So this is the time for any member of the public to address the planning

[5:25] commission on any matter not on the agenda that is within the subject matter

[5:30] jurisdiction of the city. The Brown Act with limited exceptions does not allow

[5:36] commission staff to discuss issues brought forth under public comment. The

[5:41] commission cannot act on non non-aggenda items. Concerns may be referred to staff

[5:47] or placed on the next available agenda. Please note that comments from the

[5:52] public will also be taken on each agenda item. Comments shall be limited to three

[5:57] minutes per person.

[6:01] Are there any members of the public in the council chambers who would like to

[6:05] speak at the podium?

[6:10] Will you come up and introduce yourself please?

[6:24] » My name is Seth Dandridge. >> Um, basically I just wanted to I just

[6:30] had a couple questions about the operation.

[6:33] » Uh, one >> I'm sorry. Are you are you addressing um

[6:37] uh the permit issue? >> Yes. So

[6:41] » that comes that comes in a while. >> Okay.

[6:43] » Yeah. Yeah. We'll get we'll get to the public comments on that one.

[6:46] » Public comments. >> Yeah. Okay. Okay. No.

[6:50] Have we received any written comments via the Q&A Zoom function?

[6:56] » There are no comments on the Zoom, Mr. Chair.

[7:00] » Uh so we'll move on to the consent items. Uh June 9th, 2026 planning

[7:04] commission minutes. Uh recommended action is receive and file. Uh are there

[7:10] any members of the public in chambers who wish to comment on the consent items

[7:15] which there is none, right?

[7:20] There's no consent items. Okay.

[7:23] » There's just there's adoption of >> Yeah, I was going to make that. So, may

[7:28] I have a motion to adopt the consent items?

[7:33] I so move. >> Second.

[7:43] » May I have a roll call on the vote, please?

[7:46] » Commissioner Williams, >> I.

[7:49] » Commissioner Silva, >> I.

[7:51] » M. Vice Chair English, >> I.

[7:54] » And Chair Smallley, >> I.

[7:58] Um, so there's no business items tonight. So, we'll skip to public

[8:02] hearings. Item one, discussion and consideration

[8:06] of conditional use permits CUP 20265 to allow the rental of small boats and

[8:14] personal watercraft located at 13 or 13885 Lakeshore Drive in Clear Lake,

[8:21] California. Uh, recommended actions would be to adopt the resolution

[8:25] PC202607. Uh staff, will you please proceed with

[8:30] the report?

[8:35] » Yes. Thank you, chair and commissioner. Um this is conditional use permit CUP

[8:42] 2020605 for watercraft rentals located at 13885

[8:48] Lakeshore Drive. The name of the business is Clear

[8:53] Cottages and Marina. Just

[8:57] just a quick update on the staff report. Couple of changes here and in addition

[9:02] to the conditions of approval as you can see there on the screen. So project

[9:06] summary and the parking um packet page nine paragraph two uh change

[9:12] approximately seven additional uh vehicles will be changed to as eight

[9:16] additional vehicles. staff actually went out there and did a count and took some

[9:21] pictures and confirmed that it was eight eight vehicles

[9:25] um additional vehicles and what is an area that's um what we could call

[9:30] overflow parking but it's actually striped parking. So

[9:35] then for the conditions of approval um section A general conditions packet page

[9:41] 14 would like to add item eight. Um and I had a discussion with the applicant on

[9:47] this and he signed with it. Um the public watercraft rental operation shall

[9:51] be limited to a maximum of seven simultaneous rental parties during peak

[9:56] period operating operating periods. A rental party shall mean an individual

[10:01] renter or group of renters using utilizing a single rental watercraft

[10:05] under one rental agreement. Reason why we're doing this, this is tied to

[10:09] parking. Okay. This limitation is established based on the maximum proof

[10:13] of rental fleet and that the existing on-site parking supply is adequate to

[10:17] accommodate the approval of an amendment to this conditional use or other

[10:22] entitlement as determined by the director.

[10:28] So let's move on to the location here. Um so everybody I think knows where this

[10:36] is located. It is zone mixed use. Um site size is approximately 2 2.06

[10:44] acres. It's of an existing use with lodging, you know, small marina, and

[10:50] they currently um rent watercrafts

[10:55] to registered guest only. So, this kind of plays into how the rental to the

[11:01] public and how that um determines peak period use.

[11:09] So the applicant is requesting approval of CUP 202605

[11:15] C 20265. It's categorical exempt. We're in a

[11:19] categorically exempt project from this because it is a existing use with no

[11:25] expansion. U the purpose is to allow the rental of

[11:29] small boats and personal watercraft to members of the general public. Now keep

[11:33] in mind this is in conjunction with the existing

[11:38] uh rentals to guest and how that relates to parking. Okay. No new no new

[11:44] construction onsite or or expansion is approved.

[11:48] So they have an existing um lodge with lodge which includes

[11:55] cottage. It's about 18 cottages. Well actually there are 18 cottages. Um

[12:00] they've currently the current owner own has owned it since 2016 and they've been

[12:05] renting only to guest the watercraft since 2017.

[12:10] Uh they're proposing operating hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for watercraft rentals

[12:14] and they have approximately five employees as stated in their

[12:18] application. No changes proposed to the buildings,

[12:22] docks, slips, parking areas and rental fleet size.

[12:27] So the rental fleet is uh this is what they currently have. Um they have two

[12:34] jet skis, a bassboat and two pontoons and then some kayaks. One is a single

[12:39] person kayak and one is a double person kayak. And actually um in their

[12:46] actual uh well their second proposal to us, we asked them to do an actual um

[12:52] write up on it. They only included in that the um jet skis,

[13:00] um the bass boat and the pontoons, but we went ahead and included the kayaks in

[13:05] there also in terms of um parking as it relates to

[13:11] parking. So this particular slides um as in their

[13:17] application talk about safety requirements

[13:21] doing SE pre-safety rental inspections and they've been doing this for several

[13:25] years now. So renting to their guest so I'm guessing they pretty much have some

[13:30] sense of what they need to do to be compliant. Um California voter card

[13:35] verification. These are all things they're going to be doing. Minimum

[13:38] operated age 21 years. uh liability and waivers in the rental agreements. Um

[13:45] life jackets and they will be doing orientations and

[13:50] competency reviews for those who are renting the the watercraft.

[13:56] Uh they will have GPS tracking devices on the on the um watercraft.

[14:03] Propellar guards obviously that would only be for the pal uh pontoon boats.

[14:10] and the bass boat, the jet skiis typically have an impeller, so um that

[14:16] probably doesn't need a propeller guard. Um

[14:23] uh building things full spill prevention procedures, that was all spelled out in

[14:26] the um the staff report how they would take care of that with sponges.

[14:32] uh invasive species inspections. They pretty much um have that noted all over

[14:38] the property for boats. Um post-rontal inspections and ma

[14:44] maintenance. So this kind um the next slide kind of

[14:49] leads up to kind of the gut of this you know whether this can work or not for

[14:54] them. So existing so there's two parking analysis going on here. Uh lodging. So

[15:00] there's one for lodging. Um so the code requirement they have 18 guests rooms

[15:06] and one manager's unit. So per our code there's one parking space required for

[15:12] each guest cottage plus two additional for every 10. So that's four parking

[15:18] spaces. Then the manager's unit we you know that would be two consider that

[15:24] kind of a dwelling or housing. So two spaces for that. So they would be

[15:28] required to have a total of 24 um existing they have potentially 35. If

[15:35] you're looking at the map there on the screen,

[15:39] the yellow is existing parking spaces that are actually striped. Now the area

[15:45] where you see the red dot, that's kind of hard packed dirt or gravel. And then

[15:51] the red dot there, um I didn't measure the distance across. It's about 62 ft

[15:56] which could accommodate double row parking. Um and in the end rows down by

[16:02] the park they would you know we would it would make sure that that there were

[16:07] some room for back out for the cars on the end down towards the the lake. So

[16:12] with the red dot, there's a potential for six additional vehicles,

[16:17] which aren't striped, but that's just a demonstration to show how potentially

[16:22] you can get up to 41 parking spaces in this particular site. Um,

[16:28] you would have to consider trailers obviously, but I spoke with the um

[16:35] actually the applicant this afternoon uh in terms of how busy they are during the

[16:41] week. They said 50% you know the rooms would be occupied dur

[16:45] over the weekend would be 90%. You would have to consider also that they would

[16:50] get first dibs to the rentals to the guest and then anything that's left over

[16:54] would be for public general public rental.

[17:00] Yeah. Um so um parking seats minimum code. So

[17:05] essentially they exceed parking code based on just

[17:10] the striped parking spaces.

[17:16] Um so here's just the next slide is just a quick watercraft

[17:21] um analysis by staff based on additional parking and what how many parties

[17:31] rental agreement um one bass boat. So you'd have one party, so one vehicle. So

[17:36] that's saying one space for one party, one parking space for one party. Okay.

[17:43] Um, two pontoon boats, two parties. So two

[17:47] vehicle parking spaces, two jet skiis, two vehicle parking spaces. Now, the

[17:51] kayaks, that wasn't actually in their final proposal, but we went ahead and

[17:56] added it anyway. So we would assume two additional parking spaces, so a total of

[18:01] seven parking spaces. um for the watercraft.

[18:08] Next slide is just um there's some pictures. So the first picture is of the

[18:16] we'll call it overflow parking. That's where you would have seven additional

[18:21] plus the potential of six. And then he they also do park trailers there. So,

[18:27] um, that would literally, you know, um, get you up to 41 parking spaces. The

[18:34] next slide is where it doesn't really tell a p tell the story here, but

[18:39] that's where, uh, they launch their boats. So, there's some pull in and

[18:43] backup room in there to launch boats down the ramp. Um, next picture is they

[18:48] have do have two, uh, handicap parking spaces.

[18:54] Um next slide is uh zoning consistency. So this area is again zone mixed use

[19:00] visitor serving um which you know includes housing um

[19:05] commercial I mean this isn't existing it's been there for a long time uh

[19:09] recreational activities. So the main um from analysis standpoint

[19:17] um so expansion only allows public assets to existing rental services.

[19:24] That that's it. I mean we're not doing anything structurally. No more slips no

[19:29] docks not being expanded. Um no physical expansion proposed.

[19:36] So the staff finding is the project is consistent with the intent of the mixed

[19:40] use district.

[19:45] Um so with looking at our code there really is no category of land use that

[19:53] you could fit watercraft in. So staff made the closest and best guess on that

[20:00] which would be other outdoor commercial amusement

[20:04] which that could potentially fit in. And if you actually look at the

[20:11] definition of that it says allincclusive but you're talking about baseball

[20:16] parks. These are really high demand traffic type uses. Baseball

[20:21] um mini golf those sorts of things. So um

[20:28] so with that with that type of use a use permit is required

[20:34] to use appropriately is um a conditional use permit

[20:43] because there's no expansion um staff determined that it would be

[20:48] categorically exempt from SQA

[20:54] And next slide is uh agency review. So these are the

[21:01] agencies we uh sent the application to. We did not get any responses back and we

[21:07] public publicly noticed it you know to the uh neighbors around within 300 ft.

[21:14] So quick summary existing lodging marina use no expansions

[21:19] um staff feels adequate parking and consistence with the mixeduse zoning

[21:24] seek to exempt no agency objections that we have received. Um so um with motions

[21:31] I mean we move to adopt number one move to adopt two move to deny the resolution

[21:37] or send staff with directions to re-evaluate project

[21:44] that concludes presentation

[21:50] small microphone please. >> Thank you sir. I'll now ask

[21:55] commissioners if there are any questions of staff on this item.

[22:02] » I may have a couple and they'll probably also go for when the the uh applicant

[22:08] comes up. Um part of our job is to imagine worst case scenarios like the

[22:15] overcrowding and stuff like that. And the one obvious thing was the parking.

[22:18] That's why you spent a lot of time with that. How you got to determine that it

[22:21] was adequate. Um but uh if indeed um that street in that area is the overflow

[22:28] parking, are there clearly marked places? Number one, just let me get them

[22:33] all out and then you can answer. Um I have a concern full of a like a car full

[22:37] of people visiting Clear Lake with eight kids in the car deep dear debarking not

[22:43] debarking getting out getting out of their cars um and and and walking out on

[22:48] that. So, it'd be nice if there was some procedure in place that would tell them

[22:52] about that. It sounds like it might, if on a really busy day, require more

[22:57] monitoring. Um, and maybe something specific. Um,

[23:04] yeah. How many street parking spaces? Did you say five additional?

[23:10] » No street parking. This is all on site. >> Okay. So, the overflow is all on site.

[23:14] » There's no street parking. Yeah. seems pretty tight.

[23:18] » I mean, when you say street parking, are you talking

[23:21] » Well, it said it said in in here that overflow was there was overflow and also

[23:27] adequate street parking. >> Okay. Well,

[23:30] » um let me typo >> section F item two.

[23:35] Uh existing partner. >> Well, if that's the case, that that's a

[23:41] a mistake on our part and we didn't really mean street. So that would be it

[23:45] says it's all on site. >> It says the code doesn't establish

[23:47] specific off- streetet parking requirement. Okay. So

[23:53] » so it seemed to just kind of blow that off by saying it's it it's um

[23:59] it's it's that way. I mean that was what popped into my head. So if that's a

[24:04] mistake and this is adequate with onsite then I guess that's a different story. I

[24:09] suppose just be aware of it that that something like that could happen. Um,

[24:15] this is great. I'm all for rental. I mean, the more people that move up here

[24:19] full-time, the more people that are selling their boats and starting to

[24:22] rent, and I love the fact that the economy is showing the ability to just

[24:26] stay in the rental, and I'm all for this,

[24:28] » but and we we did kind of look at it a peak a peak period. And

[24:33] » you know, I talked to the applicant today. They said they're really 50% full

[24:37] during the week and then on the weekends 90% maybe. And then you'd have guests

[24:41] who were actually renting who would you know.

[24:44] » So yeah, that was what I got. The vigilance should definitely um

[24:49] » definitely apply to the week to the weekends and holidays and peak periods.

[24:53] » Yeah, >> I I don't know. It's maybe over

[24:55] alarming, but it can. We're here to kind of evaluate the worst case scenario. We

[25:00] don't have to deal with the reality that you do. We can imagine anything. So um

[25:06] no, that's pretty much about it. Um, on that, I know that that the one street

[25:12] limit is 72 hours, and I don't think that would apply or be of any kind of

[25:16] concern. That's the only city rule I could find that would affect that.

[25:20] » Yeah. The uh parking code is is geared around off streetet. So, you know, any

[25:26] use, it would be off streetet parking. >> Yeah.

[25:29] » And I don't see anybody staying for three days off street unless their car

[25:32] broke down. So, that was it.

[25:37] And and When these gentlemen have a chance, I would like to hear just a

[25:42] tight comment on that. >> Mr. Silvin,

[25:47] » thank you. Um, I took the opportunity Sunday to drive

[25:52] down in there and I happened to run into a a gentleman pulling his boat

[25:57] out and he was squaring it away before

[26:02] um it was a little tight getting by him heading down to the launching area. But

[26:08] that area uh adjacent to the dock is a big area. I was surprised how big it is.

[26:15] And and uh I think the amount of parking that they have in there right now uh

[26:20] depending on how they orient u if they need to to park trailers or anything

[26:26] like that, they got a lot of room there. So um it's a real clean site. I was

[26:32] impressed. Thank you,

[26:42] » Commissioner Williams. >> I have nothing at this time.

[26:46] » At this time, I will open the item up for public comment.

[26:57] » Okay.

[27:00] » Yeah. Come on up. and state your name again.

[27:09] » Uh my name is Seth Dandridge. Um just on behalf of myself, I was just wondering

[27:14] about the parking itself. Uh I was wondering is the 41 parking places with

[27:21] or without boat trailer parking? So is that just by themselves? No trailer

[27:26] parking included. So single places. So if you actually have boats in there,

[27:31] trailers in there, it's not going to be 41, right?

[27:35] » That's correct. Yeah, but they do have >> they do have marked spaces on. So

[27:41] that 41 if I were if we were to actually include the six on the right side where

[27:46] they if you look in the picture, you can see a few trailers parking there.

[27:50] um that still would leave you with enough

[27:54] parking for you know the the folks that are driving

[28:00] in to rent. >> I know that people that actually rent

[28:03] the cottages also launch both there. >> Yeah.

[28:06] » So they also have trailers >> and then I just I know from running a

[28:10] rental that um you can have even if you have a requirement for only one vehicle

[28:16] you can have three people show up for a single jet ski. So, where do the other

[28:20] two cars park? I was just wondering. >> So, that's part of the condition where

[28:24] we're saying that um and we've spoke to the applicant about that. Um so, per

[28:31] like for instance, if someone wanted to come in and rent the

[28:37] um mass boat, one parking space for the

[28:41] party, the rental party. >> No, for sure. I was just wondering where

[28:47] the other cars parked for the family. >> Do they just park in town somewhere

[28:50] random or >> that's because usually, you know, I get

[28:55] it, but you can't have a if a full family is coming up here, say there's

[28:59] nine people getting on the vessel >> onto a pontoon boat.

[29:03] » Okay. Just just a quick point order. Um we need to address the questions or any

[29:07] comments directly to the commission and then they can direct staff to respond.

[29:11] » Sorry. Uh yeah, no, that was just basically my concern was mostly with the

[29:15] parking because I know it can get pretty crazy with the parking. Um so yeah, just

[29:22] just making sure that that was not knowing where people were going to

[29:25] actually park the other vehicles or anything. U like I said, there's going

[29:29] to probably most likely 100% be more than one vehicle showing up for Pontoon

[29:34] B on occasions. Even if you have the requirement, they'll still be coming

[29:38] into town with more than one vehicle. So, where they parked the other vehicle,

[29:41] I have no idea. That was all all I was saying.

[29:48] » All right. Thanks. I want to comment on on Mr. Dander's

[29:52] thing. I I kind of agree with that and that's why I thought there has to be

[29:56] some kind of procedure in place whether shuttle from Austin Park overflow strict

[30:01] like off off streetet compliance. There will be a time when they when they hit

[30:06] peak and there's going to be three cars showing up for a pontoon boat at the

[30:10] same, you know, that's gonna happen. So, it' be nice if they had procedures in

[30:14] place. So, when people call for the rental, you can give them a sheet that

[30:18] says if there's overflow parking, please park here. Don't bring five vehicles,

[30:22] you get one. I mean, I get told that even when I bring my car in to get work

[30:27] done, you know, I can't park my wife can't just park our other car there. Um,

[30:32] bad analogy, but I mean there are limits to parking spaces. So, I thought perhaps

[30:37] some some simple procedure could avoid that peak problem that Mr. Dandridge was

[30:42] talking about. And I hope I got your name right.

[31:00] » Can you state your name, please? Of >> course. I'm Jerome Mane and I'm the

[31:04] manager at Clear Lake Cottages. Um, so when people we haven't run into the

[31:10] public yet, but what I was what I would think is that they're either

[31:16] in town or they're come, you know, they're coming to stay here, so they're

[31:20] we would instruct them like so they're probably so they're staying somewhere

[31:24] else. I'd instruct them to come in one car. Um, so they wouldn't be I I don't

[31:30] see that people I guess people could be coming to town just for the day to rent

[31:33] the place and then, you know, have to figure out, you know, where to park, but

[31:36] I think most people are going to be here, you know, either on vacation or

[31:39] living here. I don't know for sure, but that's that's

[31:43] my thought. >> If that indeed is part of the procedure

[31:48] to avoid any chance of overlock on some of those big days, that would seem

[31:53] » I don't know. Is that difficult to add, sir? to the

[31:58] » or is it even required? Is that kind of thing you just I I I'm still new to

[32:02] government. >> I I think um let's let's get all the

[32:05] comments out and then let's try to address that. I think um I have some

[32:09] things to add, but we really should provide everyone the three minutes to

[32:13] talk and then address the question. >> Sounds good.

[32:16] » I think that's all I have to say about it.

[32:19] » Okay. Thank you. >> I do have one question.

[32:23] » Oh, okay. If um on average, would you say how many of

[32:28] your guests bring their own watercrafts with them who stay in in the cabins?

[32:35] Uh I would say

[32:39] like on a busy weekend. Um three or four maybe. Um we only have

[32:47] three or four slips to rent out. They don't have to rent the slip. they can

[32:52] store it on the in the overflow parking. Um, but yeah, that's what it that's what

[32:58] I feel about during the week less. You know, we get a lot of people that are

[33:02] doing like construction that are staying there for work during the week

[33:05] » that aren't there for fun. >> Great. Thank you.

[33:07] » Thanks. >> One more question. Yeah, thank you. Um,

[33:11] when these people bring their their skidos or what boats or whatever, do

[33:16] they park the trailers in that lower area adjacent to the dock? Is that where

[33:19] they park? >> Yes, that's where they park. Yeah.

[33:21] » Yeah. >> So, a little bit of organization in

[33:24] there would go a long way, right? >> Yeah, of course. Uh I've been there

[33:27] almost a year now and I've never There's up to now we were busy last summer.

[33:33] We've it's never been full >> or close to full that area.

[33:38] » Thanks. >> You know, that's that's my experience.

[33:40] » Thank you. >> Thanks.

[33:41] » Thank you.

[33:46] » Is there anybody else in chambers if we'd like to speak?

[33:57] Have we received any written public comments via Q&A function on Zoom?

[34:04] » We do have a hand raised on the Zoom. Mr. Chair,

[34:11] which I believe is the applicant, >> Jim Davis.

[34:16] » So, Mr. Davis, can you hear us?

[34:25] Can you hear me? Well, barely. >> Okay, give me a second.

[34:37] Turn this off. Is that better?

[34:43] » That is

[34:47] okay. Sorry, I've not had to deal with this particular I had a lot of trouble

[34:51] getting in. I apologize. Um, like Jerome had stated, we only have

[34:58] three open slips. Um, the time that we get individuals bringing their own boats

[35:05] and typically it's usually fishermen um, uh, coming for a tournament.

[35:13] We may get three. Um, and so there's there's quite a bit of parking there.

[35:20] Our watercraft sit in the slips in all the other slips

[35:25] at the location. Um, and so you know, our guests, uh, and

[35:32] also we're going to set this up on our website.

[35:36] And so we'll have a the same reservation system as we do for our cottages.

[35:44] So when someone wants to book one of our watercraft, one of the locals,

[35:51] um, they're going to be getting information from us in advance. they're

[35:55] going to be told to minimize and carpool. Um, and so we're we're trust me

[36:02] when I tell you it is way to our benefit to ensure that our parking never maxes.

[36:08] Um, we can always park our employees off site. Um, and so we've we're pretty

[36:15] adept at at making sure that cuz we do have people come and rent half our

[36:23] cottages or actually all of our cottages. Um, and so managing through

[36:28] the parking, it's something that Jerome has to do on a on a daily basis. Um,

[36:35] during the summer on the weekends when it's max,

[36:40] Sunday through Thursday, we're running 45 to 50% occupancy.

[36:48] Um, even in the summer. So, I just I wanted to make myself

[36:53] available to answer questions. I I'm profoundly sorry it I had such a

[36:58] difficult time getting in.

[37:04] Well, that's quite all right. Thanks for uh thanks for coming on.

[37:09] I will now ask the commissioners if there are any further comments for

[37:13] deliberation on this item.

[37:17] » Commissioner Sylvia, you got your hand up there.

[37:21] » Mr. Chair, maybe before you get into that, I guess make a couple of comments

[37:24] about I mean, there's a lot of discussion about the parking, which I

[37:27] think >> is appropriate. Um,

[37:31] a couple of things. I mean, we have, um, you know, our parking standards in

[37:37] the zoning ordinance, which are in designed and intended to sort of cover

[37:43] the most likely scenarios for different uses. Um, you know, as an example, just

[37:48] a a u a restaurant, we normally don't um, you know, figure out like what the

[37:56] maximum occupancy is and like how many cars that like if three people show up

[38:01] for one of those tables or whatever, but it's based on that type of use and how

[38:07] many cars that generally generates, right? So, this is a similar type of

[38:11] thing. Um, but the main goal in in my view of the

[38:17] commission is to make sure that this expanded use doesn't cause broader

[38:23] negative impacts to the community around this facility, right? Um, and you know,

[38:30] it would be our hope at you know, similar to the property owners that I'm

[38:33] sure as many days as possible in a year there would be 100% occupancy and

[38:38] parking would be very difficult around there, right? Um

[38:44] however um with the parking standards that we have I mean you know we've

[38:49] permitted them based on that but we that calculation doesn't specifically include

[38:55] um okay we have 18 units what happens if uh the occupants each show up with two

[39:02] cars for each of those units right um that would cause a tight issue but our

[39:08] standards say that each unit has to have one space And then for each 10 units,

[39:13] you have to have an additional space, right? So they have those in an

[39:16] additional four spaces. Correct. Um just for the units and that's not including

[39:24] the overflow parking. So it seems like there would be very few times when

[39:30] parking would be at such a premium on the site

[39:35] um that it would cause some significant

[39:39] conflicts. Now, as the owner kind of alluded to, it's kind of a business

[39:43] problem for them if their operations create that type of problem on site.

[39:49] What I think we care about more is does that then begin to overflow into the

[39:54] community? Are people parking their cars and boat trailers out on the street on a

[39:59] corner where maybe it's not safe? And that's something that we may then um

[40:03] need to get involved in. Um, so you know, uh, I guess one other thing

[40:09] I wanted to point out is essentially the way the conditions are laid out,

[40:14] they are restricted to having the five um

[40:21] um, like motorized watercraft, right? And so

[40:26] they can't suddenly come in next month and add five more because then that is

[40:31] very clearly going to cause a parking problem. However, having said all that,

[40:35] if the commission is still concerned about the parking situation, you could

[40:40] um direct us to add an additional uh question or direct them to provide some

[40:46] uh you know, say a parking overflow parking plan or something like that.

[40:51] Sounds like they've already thought about a number of solutions,

[40:54] but you could um request that that applicant do that and and have it um

[40:59] reviewed and approved by staff. for I mean you could ask that it come back to

[41:03] the commission if you want as well but just wanted to kind of give a little bit

[41:07] of background and throw out a couple of options if you feel like there needs to

[41:11] be more um you know conditions put into place to

[41:16] make sure that it doesn't this problem doesn't overflow into the larger

[41:20] neighborhood. My feeling on that is if indeed you can

[41:26] talk to each person that's going to rent and tell them bring one car or drop

[41:31] somebody off or however you limited that. If that's already part of your

[41:35] practice then I think that question is at least for me is answered.

[41:39] I drive by there all the time. If it isn't answered we'll see. So

[41:48] » Mr. Sil I'd like to make a comment on that. I

[41:53] like I said, I drove down in there and uh um I can't see there being a problem,

[42:00] but if there were, I would I would assume that it would be in the best

[42:05] interest of the people who are on duty there to uh figure out a way to make

[42:10] things as easy as possible for everyone involved. Otherwise, you get a traffic

[42:16] jam, boats coming in, uh trailers coming out, it would be a nightmare. So, I

[42:22] think that they'll probably if they have a problem, they'll address it post

[42:28] haste. That's it. Thank

[42:31] » I agree. Thank you, sir. Um, I have a motion on item one.

[42:40] I move to approve conditional use permit COP 2026-05

[42:46] as well as the categorical exemption CE 2026-05

[42:51] to include the additional conditions that were mentioned in the staff report.

[42:58] » I'll second.

[43:03] » Commissioner Williams >> I.

[43:07] Commissioner Silva >> I.

[43:10] » Vice Chair English >> I.

[43:13] » And Chair Smallley. >> I

[43:20] passes 40 Z. So, city manager floor or senior planner

[43:27] Roberts, do you have a report? >> Uh, I don't have too much report. I did

[43:31] want to make sure and point out that last week we released the public draft

[43:34] of the environmental impact report for the airport redevelopment project. Um I

[43:40] think you all should have gotten that via email. If you didn't recall seeing

[43:44] it, we'll make sure that you get the the link to that. So, this opens the um

[43:49] initial 45day um comment period on that draft and um

[43:56] we'll be receiving comments hopefully um incorporating those and then at some

[44:02] point hopefully sooner rather than later bringing that to the commission for

[44:06] review. Um we have also considered actually just

[44:11] having a um no recommended action just kind of a public hearing type of thing

[44:17] and doing it here in front of the commission to kind of give an initial

[44:22] presentation to the commission about the project. allow the community to come and

[44:27] get questions answered while there's um uh you know kind of a a first bite at it

[44:34] because you know obviously it's a very lengthy document with a lot of studies

[44:38] and then bring it back for actual hopefully recommended approval at a

[44:43] later time. So um I think that's the the most significant update I had since the

[44:48] last meeting. >> Thank you. question and I know my my

[44:55] colleague Commissioner Counts asked this last week but my boss my wife asked me

[44:59] to ask about writing. Okay. Um I don't remember what I told

[45:04] you last time but we have been coordinating with the owner and working

[45:07] with them and our um retail specialists to try and um help identify some tenants

[45:16] for them. Um, so, you know, I haven't heard any um, you know, deals are in

[45:23] place yet, but we're trying to to push folks towards them and and the owner's

[45:27] been been pretty engaged uh, with us on that. So, he's seems very open to um,

[45:35] you know, doing his best to accommodate something that the community really

[45:39] wants there. >> Thank you, Owen.

[45:44] Any

[45:47] of the commissioners do any of the commissioners have any

[45:51] item to report?

[45:56] » No, not see any uh do any any commissioner have a request for future

[46:03] agenda items?

[46:08] All right. Well, thank you to everyone who took the time to attend tonight's

[46:11] meeting and to those who are watching our meeting on Zoom and YouTube

[46:15] platforms. Uh meeting there being no further business of the commission, we

[46:21] are now adjourned at 6:43 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026.

[46:28] Thank you.

Clearlake Planning Commission Meeting June 23, 2026

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