[2:46] Good afternoon. Um, I don't know if the
mic's working, but I can hear myself. I
[2:50] don't know if you hear me. Yes.
Um,
[2:55] thank you all for being here. The
regular session of the Planning
[2:57] Commission of the City of Lancaster will
come to order. Tonight, our invocation
[3:02] will be offered by
a long time dear friend, Ron Guthrie.
[3:08] Um, and the pledge will be led by um,
Vice Chair Derryberry. So, if you'd all
[3:13] please stand.
[3:25] Mr. Chairman, Vice Chairman,
Commissioners,
[3:27] staff and guests, let's pray.
Dearly Father, Father, we thank you for
[3:32] this day. We thank you for the time that
uh, we get together here. Father, I pray
[3:36] that you would bring uh,
just wisdom and uh,
[3:40] grace to
the decisions and discussions that we
[3:45] make. I pray, Father, that you would
touch our hearts to improve our city, to
[3:49] keep our city growing, and to be the
light on the hill. We thank you and we
[3:53] pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
You guys remain standing and face the
[3:58] flag.
Repeat with me.
[4:01] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America
[4:06] and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with
[4:13] liberty and justice for all.
[4:24] Thank you. Um
So, we have a new venue tonight um or
[4:29] this afternoon.
Apparently uh
[4:33] the city clerk is uh busy counting still
counting ballots. I you know, whatever.
[4:39] I kind of like this
uh
[4:41] venue.
It's uh not quite as old as I am.
[4:46] Um
It's really nice, isn't it?
[4:51] So, tonight um we have three action
items.
[4:57] Uh first thing we do typically is call
the roll. So,
[5:02] here we are.
[5:05] Roll call.
Chairman Voss.
[5:09] Here. Vice Chair Derryberry. Here.
Commissioner Burke. Absent. Commissioner
[5:15] Corrieo. Here. Commissioner Hernandez.
Here. Commissioner Latonzi. Here.
[5:21] Commissioner Underwood. Absent.
We have a quorum. Thank you.
[5:31] Uh the first action item is a new public
hearing
[5:35] on tentative tract map 23-010.
[5:45] Um
Ms. is presenting on this. Yep.
[5:53] All right.
Thank you. Um I'll go ahead and get
[5:57] started. So, good afternoon, Chairman
Bowes, members of the Planning
[6:01] Commission. My name is Shannon Edwin.
I'm the case planner for this item,
[6:05] tentative tract map number 23-010,
map 83740,
[6:11] and for variance number 25-002.
[6:19] So, the proposed proposed project is
located on the west side of 20th Street
[6:23] West, south of Avenue H, and just east
of SR-14 and Amargosa Creek. The project
[6:31] site is zoned R-7000.
The subject property is surrounded by
[6:36] single-family homes and vacant land,
including the Amargosa Creek drainage
[6:41] channel and State Route 14 to the west,
and commercially zoned property to the
[6:46] north.
The applicant is David Horn, represented
[6:51] today by their engineer Brian Glidden.
[6:57] Next, we have a plan of the subdivision.
The project includes 47 single-family
[7:03] lots and two lots for drainage. Lots
range in size from 7,000 to 11,000
[7:09] square feet. Access into the subdivision
would be provided from 20th Street West
[7:14] and from the neighborhood to the south
off of Avenue H-6.
[7:18] The street surrounding the subdivision
would remain public,
[7:22] and new construction for the production
homes would require a separate
[7:25] director's review review as referenced
in condition 21.
[7:34] And with the tentative map, the
applicant is also requesting a variance.
[7:38] Typically, we don't see many uh requests
for variances. For context, a variance
[7:44] allows for a modification to development
standards under very unique
[7:49] circumstances. These are typically
limited to practical or physical
[7:53] constraints that make it essentially
infeasible to comply with the code as
[7:58] written.
In this case, the city's municipal code
[8:02] allows subdivision perimeter walls at a
maximum height of 6 ft.
[8:07] The applicant requested a variance to
allow for heights greater than 6 ft to
[8:11] tie into the existing walls bordering
the subdivision to the south of the
[8:16] project site, and these are shown in the
pictures on the slide.
[8:22] This would also This would allow the
height necessary to accommodate
[8:26] retaining and drainage for the site
while matching the existing design of
[8:30] the adjacent subdivision.
Therefore, as outlined in the staff
[8:34] report, staff found that the project
meets the findings necessary for a
[8:38] variance.
[8:42] An IS/MND was prepared for the proposed
project and circulated for a 30-day
[8:47] public review in accordance with this
with CEQA.
[8:51] One comment letter was received by the
Antelope Valley Air Quality Management
[8:55] Management District or AVAQMD.
This letter reiterated AVAQMD standard
[9:02] requirements.
We also received a letter from uh,
[9:06] Caltrans today, which included their
general comments and did not warrant
[9:11] change to the IS/MND.
And a letter from CDFW was received um,
[9:17] right before this meeting. Um,
we reviewed it and it also included
[9:21] standard comments and similarly did not
necessitate changes to the IS/MND.
[9:29] With that, staff recommends the Planning
Commission adopt resolution 26-03
[9:35] approving TTM 23-010,
83740,
[9:40] and variance number 25-002,
adopting the IS MND and MMRP, as well as
[9:47] authorizing staff to execute and file
the NOD.
[9:51] This concludes staff's presentation.
Myself and the applicant are available
[9:55] for any questions.
[9:59] Thank you very much. Um I forgot to
mention
[10:03] uh
at the beginning, anyone wishing to
[10:07] address us tonight relative to agenda
items is offered an opportunity once um
[10:15] the applicant, if they choose, has uh
the chance to comment on their proposed
[10:21] project.
Um
[10:25] I'm not sure where the speaker cards
are.
[10:28] They'd be uh the speaker cards in the
front, Chair Bose, and then they can
[10:32] deliver it here to me. They're on my
left. You're right. Um so, if you'd like
[10:36] to fill those out and um
pass them over to Mr. Nuren, he will
[10:43] then
uh let us know when it's time for you to
[10:48] address us.
Um
[10:52] I'm actually out of sync on the agenda.
I should have asked
[10:56] for the minute approval from the last
meeting, but we'll do that at the end. I
[11:00] mean, since we're in a new venue, I
mean, it's going to turn everything
[11:03] around.
[11:06] All right, then. Thanks, Mr.
Members, any questions regarding this?
[11:13] Uh does the applicant here wish to speak
to us?
[11:16] You're not obliged to, but you're
certainly welcome to.
[11:20] All right.
[11:24] Good afternoon, Chairman Bose. You can
You can speak in your outside voice. I
[11:28] know you have one.
[11:34] All right, Mr. Good. Nice to have you
here. Yes, thank you. So, I'm the civil
[11:38] engineer and land surveyor on the
project and with me today is David
[11:42] Warren, the applicant, and we're
available should you have any questions.
[11:46] Thank you.
I've kind of a unique um
[11:50] drainage
um concept on this. You're actually
[11:55] draining backwards, south to north or
north to south rather than south to
[12:01] north.
Um
[12:04] pretty creative and considering the
topography of the property, that's
[12:09] the only way you could do it, I guess,
but uh
[12:13] interesting.
[12:16] Do we have any public comments on this
item?
[12:20] There is one thing I wanted to clear at
Chairvos. Um Ms. Edwin, you said that
[12:24] the the two letters that were delivered
at to us today have been addressed and
[12:27] and we're comfortable with them. I
believe that I am. I just wanted to hear
[12:30] that from you as well. Yes, yeah, they
were more general standard comments that
[12:34] we receive on almost every project.
[12:39] All right, thank you.
Chairvos, uh besides the applicant
[12:44] speaker cards, we do not have any
speakers for this item.
[12:49] All right, thank you.
[12:54] Any further?
[13:00] All right, then.
I'll move to close the public hearing
[13:04] without objection and consider a motion.
[13:10] I'll move that we adopt resolution
number 26-03 approving tentative tract
[13:15] map number 23-010
and variance number 25-002
[13:21] to allow for the subdivision of
approximately 11 gross acres into 47
[13:26] single family lots and two drainage lots
and a variance increasing wall height in
[13:31] the R-7000 zone south of Avenue H and
20th Street West on the west side of
[13:36] 20th Street West identified as at Excuse
me, identified as assessor parcel number
[13:42] 3114012069,
[13:47] adopting the initial study mitigated
negative declaration, and approving the
[13:52] mitigation monitoring and reporting
program, and authorizing staff to
[13:55] execute and file the notice of
determination.
[14:00] Thank you.
I'll have the second, please.
[14:06] I'll second. Thank you.
[14:12] All right, then. Anything further?
Uh we'll have a voice vote tonight. So,
[14:19] all those in favor, please say I. I. I.
I. Any opposed?
[14:25] So, the motion passes 5-0 with two
absent. We're going to do a verbal roll
[14:29] call just to clarify all that.
Pardon? We're going to do a verbal
[14:34] voting call just to clarify each of each
other's votes. Okay.
[14:38] So,
Chair votes?
[14:42] Oh, you want You wanted to record? Yeah,
just for the meeting.
[14:49] Chair votes? Your vote?
Your vote?
[14:54] Yeah, the air conditioner not too cool
in here, by the way.
[14:58] Uh
My vote is yes, and so is everybody
[15:01] else. So,
[15:05] Okay.
The reason for that is under the Brown
[15:07] Act, there were some changes made a few
years ago that don't allow voice votes
[15:10] anymore.
So, I I know I know it's a little bit
[15:13] cumbersome, but that's the reason why
we're asking for for the roll call. I
[15:16] hadn't read that in the Brown Act
lately, but that's okay.
[15:22] Go ahead.
Chair Vos?
[15:25] Yes. Yes.
Commissioner Burke or sorry, Vice Chair
[15:29] Derryberry? Uh my vote is yes as well.
Commissioner Burke is absent.
[15:34] Commissioner Curiel? Yes.
Commissioner Hernandez?
[15:38] Yes.
Commissioner Latonzi? Yes.
[15:42] Commissioner Underwood is absent.
[15:48] So it did turn out 5-0, right? Oh, all
right. Ready?
[15:55] All right. Next public hearing um
This is item number three, tentative
[16:01] tract map number 22-003.
[16:06] Ms. Alvarado is uh the presenter on
this.
[16:12] Good evening or good afternoon Chairman
Vos and members of the Planning
[16:15] Commission. My name is Mitzi Alvarado
and I am the case planner on this
[16:18] project. This is tentative tract map
22-003
[16:22] for tract map 61573.
[16:27] The proposed project is located on the
southeast corner of Avenue H8 and 20th
[16:31] Street West or sorry, 20th Street East.
The project site is zoned R7000.
[16:37] The subject property is surrounded by
vacant land immediately north and south
[16:41] of the site and has a mobile home park
to the east and a single-family home
[16:46] across 20th Street East to the west. The
applicant is Radiocron Radiocron
[16:51] Enterprises LLC represented by Chris
Pinero.
[16:57] Here's the site plan of the tentative
tract map. The project proposal includes
[17:01] a subdivision of 20 acres into 77
single-family residential lots in the
[17:05] R7000 zone.
Lots range in size from 7000 to 13000
[17:10] square feet. Access into the subdivision
would be provided from Avenue H8 and
[17:15] 20th Street East. All streets within the
subdivision would be private. Meandering
[17:20] sidewalks would also be provided along
Avenue H8 and 20th Street East. Project
[17:25] production homes for the subdivision
would require a director's review.
[17:33] An IS MND was prepared for the proposed
project and circulated for a 30-day
[17:37] public review period in accordance with
CEQA guidelines. One comment letter was
[17:42] received by Antelope Valley Air Quality
Management District or AVAQMD. This
[17:47] later This letter reiterated AVAQMD
standard requirements. The second letter
[17:52] was received today from CDFW requesting
minor revisions to the mitigation
[17:56] measure referring to the
pre-construction surveys.
[17:59] These draft changes were made and have
been provided in your packets.
[18:03] Public hearing notices were also mailed
to all owners and occupants within a
[18:06] 500-ft radius and posted on on the
subject property in compliance with the
[18:10] Lancaster Municipal Code.
[18:15] With that, staff recommends the Planning
Commission adopt Resolution 26-004
[18:20] approving Tentative Tract Map 22-003,
which is 61573
[18:25] adopting the IS MND and the MMRP with
the noted changes to the
[18:30] pre-construction surveys mitigation
measure, as well as authorizing staff to
[18:34] execute and file the NOD. This concludes
staff's presentation. Myself and the
[18:38] applicant are available for any
questions you may have.
[18:43] Thank you.
Members have any questions of staff?
[18:47] Well, there is a
There was kind of a booklet handed to us
[18:51] as we started this about this project.
Um so, my concern is that the
[18:55] environmental impacts that have been
listed in this are being mitigated.
[19:01] They are. They're reflected now in the
minor revisions. Okay.
[19:05] Thank you.
[19:09] All right. Um
[19:12] The applicant here and wish to address
us.
[19:17] Oh, there you are. You're hiding.
[19:21] Ms. Panero, how are you? Great. Great to
see you as a Always it's a pleasure to
[19:25] be here.
Uh Chris Panero with Rodeo Credit
[19:28] Enterprises. If you have any questions,
be happy to answer them this this
[19:31] afternoon. Thank you.
All right, thank you.
[19:37] Any speakers on this item? Chair votes,
there are no speaker cards.
[19:42] Thank you.
Um any further? No. No. All right, then
[19:47] it's appropriate to close the public
hearing
[19:50] without objection and consider a motion.
[20:02] Uh
I'll make a motion. So, um that we adopt
[20:06] resolution number 26-004 approving
tentative tract map number 22003,
[20:11] the subdivision of approximately 20
acres into 77 single-family lots located
[20:16] at the southeast corner of Avenue H8 and
20th Street West identified as
[20:20] assessor's parcel number 3154-002-094,
[20:26] adopting the initial study mitigated
negative declaration with the mitigated
[20:30] monitoring reporting program and
authorizing staff to execute and file
[20:33] the notice of determination.
Thank you.
[20:38] Second, please. I'll second that. Thank
you.
[20:46] All right, then if there's nothing
further.
[20:51] I guess we'll vote. We shall vote.
Chair votes. Yes.
[20:56] Vice Chair Derryberry. Yes.
Commissioner Burke is absent.
[21:01] Commissioner Corriel. Yes.
Commissioner Hernandez. Yes.
[21:05] Commissioner Latonzi. Yes. Commissioner
Underwood is absent.
[21:11] That's Motion passes 5-0 with two
absent.
[21:18] All right. The next item we will call as
a
[21:23] public hearing item.
Item number four, zone text amendment 23
[21:30] 26-002.
Uh staff recommended that this item be
[21:35] continued.
Uh if there are any comments from the
[21:40] public relative to this item,
um we will hear them.
[21:47] Uh this item, if it's approved to be
continued by the
[21:52] members, then
it will stay open until this agenda item
[21:58] again.
[22:02] Good afternoon, Chair Bose, members of
the Planning Commission. I'm Kendall
[22:05] Brekke, Planning Manager for Community
Development. Um I can reiterate the MART
[22:10] Compliance Program, which includes
amendments to Title 17 of the Lancaster
[22:13] Municipal Code related to MART, Massage,
Alcohol, Recycling, and Tobacco Uses, um
[22:19] are currently being prepared in close
collaboration with stakeholders and
[22:22] leadership, and so staff recommends that
the item be continued to the May 18th
[22:26] Planning Commission meeting.
MART Compliance, huh?
[22:31] That's correct.
>> Always have to have a name.
[22:37] So, when do you think the city attorney
and the um
[22:40] peer review will be done so we can
finally get this on the agenda?
[22:45] As soon as possible. Um we are hoping to
continue this to the May 18th Planning
[22:49] Commission meeting so that we can hit
the next meeting. Exciting. All right,
[22:53] great.
So,
[22:57] the public hearing will stay open, and
this matter will be continued
[23:02] until it comes back.
[23:06] All right, then. And we do not need to
vote on that, right?
[23:12] Okay.
Um the next item is conditional use
[23:15] permit 25-005.
[23:19] Recommendation on this is also to be
continued.
[23:21] » Chair Voss, apologize for interrupting,
but we actually do need to vote uh to
[23:26] continue the item. But
We if we we noticed the item, so in
[23:31] order to keep the noticing intact, we do
need a formal vote to continue to the
[23:35] May 18th meeting.
I'll move that we um continue the Mark
[23:39] Compliance Program from today's agenda
to May 18th uh Planning Commission
[23:44] meeting.
Second.
[23:47] Anyone?
Second. Thank you.
[23:51] You know, that's a new process. The
chair is always at the chair's um
[23:58] discretion to continued items in the
past for the last 18 years. But I guess
[24:03] something's changed. Thank you.
So it's a motion and seconded. Please
[24:08] call the vote, please.
Chair Voss? Yes. Vice Chair Derryberry?
[24:13] Yes.
Commissioner Burke is absent.
[24:16] Commissioner Corillo? Yes. Commissioner
Hernandez? Yes. Commissioner Latonzi?
[24:21] Yes. Commissioner Underwood is absent.
Motion passes 5-0 with two absent.
[24:30] Okay. Now we're on number five,
conditional use permit 25-005.
[24:37] This is also recommended to be
continued. Who's presenting on this?
[24:42] I am. Ms. Alvarado. Yes.
Chairman Voss and members of the
[24:47] Planning Commission, my name is Mitzi
Alvarado. I'm also the case planner on
[24:51] this next item, which is conditional use
permit 26-005,
[24:56] which is for special events and live
entertainment at El Malecon Restaurant.
[25:00] Due to public noticing not having been
completed, staff recommends it be
[25:03] continued.
Thank you.
[25:07] So moved.
Thank you, Steven.
[25:13] Second, please. Second. Thank you.
[25:18] And it's been moved and second to
continue this matter till
[25:23] it comes back.
Hopefully next month.
[25:28] We'll have a verbal vote. Chair votes?
Yes. Vice Chair Derryberry? Yes.
[25:33] Commissioner Burke is absent.
Commissioner Carillo? Yes. Commissioner
[25:38] Hernandez? Yes. Commissioner Latonzi?
Yes. Commissioner Underwood is absent.
[25:44] Thank you. Uh the motion passes 5-0 with
two absent.
[25:49] Now we'll go back to item number one,
which is the roll call. No, not roll
[25:55] call. We already know we're here.
It's the minutes of this group,
[25:59] the regular meeting of January 26, 2026.
[26:09] So,
you all have an opportunity to review
[26:12] them. May I have a motion, please? I
motion to approve the
[26:16] the minutes from the last meeting. Thank
you.
[26:23] Have a second, please. I'll second.
Thank you.
[26:28] So, please call the roll again, please.
Vice Chair votes?
[26:34] Oh, sorry. Chair votes?
[26:39] Sorry, paper's small.
I yes. Vice Chair Derryberry? I'm I'm
[26:44] going to abstain.
Okay.
[26:47] Commissioner Burke is absent.
Commissioner Carillo? Yes.
[26:51] Commissioner Hernandez? Yes.
Commissioner Latonzi? Yes. Commissioner
[26:56] Underwood? Is absent.
So, the motion passes 4-0, one ab-
[27:02] stention, and
two absent.
[27:08] All right then, that concludes our
action items this afternoon.
[27:20] Mr. Nguyen, you have something to share
tonight, this afternoon? Maybe a couple
[27:25] things. Good afternoon, Chair Vos and
members of the Planning Commission. I am
[27:29] Hai Nguyen. I'm the Assistant Director
for Community Development.
[27:33] Uh I want to thank you for another
well-run meeting, yet again. Uh this
[27:37] meeting is special because we do not
have our typical home-field advantage
[27:42] this time. So, I wanted to specifically
thank the Parks Department and uh Diane
[27:48] Beloy, uh our Communications team, Jen
Seguin and Annabelle, and the entire IT
[27:53] team for moving the village from point A
to point B, which was not an easy task.
[27:59] Uh they moved mountains. We are
literally live-streaming this meeting
[28:03] right now, if you couldn't already tell.
So, shout-out to our wonderful staff.
[28:07] Speaking of wonderful staff, uh wanted
to announce for the record that uh
[28:12] Kendall Brekke is our new Planning
Manager. Uh you'll be seeing a little
[28:16] bit less of me and a lot more of her,
which we can all agree is preferable to
[28:20] everyone involved. So, uh thank you,
Kendall, for stepping up.
[28:25] Uh and then the May 18th meeting will
definitely happen, hopefully back at the
[28:30] chambers, as expected, and we'll
definitely hear from the two items that
[28:33] we voted on to continue
um to the next one. So, until then,
[28:38] staff is always available for you. Thank
you so much.
[28:41] Thank you.
[28:47] Any
from
[28:49] you'd like to
share, add?
[28:54] I heard there was an election
a couple weeks ago. I don't know what
[28:58] the vote the final vote will be,
but uh we'll certainly on behalf of the
[29:03] commission congratulate those who
participated, the voters,
[29:09] certainly the candidates, and whoever
whomever I should say, not whoever,
[29:14] whomever
uh becomes the successful
[29:19] city council members
um in about
[29:24] a week or two, I guess. Yeah. Anyway.
[29:32] So, we come to public business from the
floor. This is the time when
[29:38] uh anyone can address us on non-agenda
items.
[29:43] Uh just be
uh
[29:46] you just be informed that anything you
share with us uh we cannot take any
[29:51] action on, but we'll certainly uh be
happy to listen to you, and we have
[29:57] staff here who can um
answer your questions or give you
[30:03] further direction if that's what you're
looking for. So, do we have any uh
[30:09] speakers? There are no speaker cards,
chairperson.
[30:12] » Very good.
[30:15] All right then, if there's nothing
further, we'll stand adjourned
[30:19] to our next regular meeting of May
18th, 2026, 3:30
[30:25] in the
um city hall council chambers.
[30:31] Thank you all, and again thank you for
uh pulling all this thing together
[30:37] tonight or this afternoon.
Um
[30:41] very challenging, I'm sure, for staff to
have to come
[30:46] out of their comfort zone and into a
venue that uh
[30:51] might have had some challenges I would
imagine. But certainly working with
[30:56] audio-visual issues are always uh
uh concern and uh you all did a fine job
[31:04] and thank you very much on our behalf.
Well, that the AL PAC staff always can
[31:09] make you sound good. I promise you that.
All right, gentlemen.
[31:16] All right, very good. Thank you all.
Good afternoon. Thank you. That's it.
[31:20] Not too bad, huh? So many
It's so bad. What do