[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
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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
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[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
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[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.