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All right, good evening, the July 2nd, 2026 meeting of the Planning Commission is called to order. Would everyone please rise for the pleasure of allegiance?
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Will the
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Secretary please conduct the roll call?
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The
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Commissioner Solis and Commissioner Zubar and Commissioner Tip Julu are not present at
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the time of roll call. We do have a quorum.
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Great. Thank you, Secretary. The next item on the agenda is announcements.
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Mr. Secretary, are there any announcements this evening?
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I do not have any announcements this week this evening.
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Moving on to the consent calendar. There is one item on the consent calendar this evening.
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the draft minutes for the planning commission meeting of June 4th, 2026.
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Would any commissioners like to pull the item from the consent calendar for corrections?
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If not, may I have a motion to approve the consent calendar?
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Do we have a second?
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Second.
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It has been moved by Commissioner Solis and seconded by Vice Chair Mendoza.
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That the consent calendar be approved.
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Please cast your votes on screen.
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I
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don't see anything on screen, but motion passes five, there it is, five to zero, five
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yeses, no nays or no exemptions, abstentions.
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The next item on the agenda is staff reports and announcements.
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Mr. Secretary, do we have any staff reports or announcements this evening?
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There are no staff reports or announcements this evening.
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Okay.
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Thank you, Mr. Secretary.
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the next item on the agenda is public comments. The public is invited to make any comments related to
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agenda items that are not listed under public hearings or other items of public interest at this time.
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If you wish to speak during public comments, please fill out a speaker card and hand it to the
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administrative assistant and speakers will be invited to speak. Public comments are limited to
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three minutes per person. If you wish to comment on an item not on an item listed under the public
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the hearing's portion of the agenda,
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you will have the opportunity to do so when the item is heard.
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Please fill out the speaker card
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and hand it to the administrative assistant.
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We are now taking public comments.
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This is the time when any person may address
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the board on matters not listed on this agenda.
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No items for public comments.
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Moving on to the next item on the agenda presentations.
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Mr. Secretary, are there any presentations this evening?
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There are no presentations this evening.
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Public hearings.
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Tonight's agenda has one public hearing item for consideration by the Planning Commission.
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If you wish to speak before the Planning Commission, please submit a speaker card and
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state your name and address for the record.
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Meetings of the Planning Commission are recorded and televised so please speak clearly for the record.
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The hearing item is Agenda Item 7A-PLN25-0031.
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Consideration of a resolution approving a conditional use permit, CUP,
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to establish an outdoor vehicle storage yard associated with a towing company,
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located at 476 Whitney Street, APN 778-743-23, Zoning District, IG.
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May we please have the staff report?
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Good evening, Chair and Commissioners.
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My name is Felipe Morfin Martinez.
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I'm the project.
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Planner of the item before you, project number PLN 250031. This is a request for a conditional use permit to establish an outdoor vehicle storage art associated with a towing company at 476 Whitney Street. Tonight, I will be providing an overview of the proposal, staff analysis and recommendation.
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The applicant and owner, Parvanise Chond present here today is requesting a conditional use permit to establish an outdoor vehicle storage art at 476 Whitney Street.
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within the 22,500 square-foot lock the applicant proposes to use the
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existing gated area at the rear of the property for outdoor vehicle storage
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use.
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The site is located on the west side of Whitney Street between Adam
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Avenue and Addison Avenue within the industrial general zoning district and is
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not adjacent to any residential zones or use. Adjacent uses include warehouse
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light manufacturing as well as professional offices. The broader area contains a
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a variety of industrial uses, including warehouses,
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contractor yards, manufacturing facilities,
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and professional business offices.
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The proposed use fits within the context
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of the surrounding area and is not expected
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to impact adjacent uses.
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The 22,500 square foot lock contains
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an existing four-unit commercial building
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of approximately 9,800 square feet.
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Of those four units, one is used as a storage unit
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and the rest are vacant, but were previously occupied
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as office spaces.
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The site currently contains 17 parking spaces and a gated area towards the rear of the
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lot.
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The applicant proposes to use the fan-stuff area highlighted here and blue on the site
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plan for the vehicle storage use.
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This space is approximately 5,400 square feet.
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The connected unit highlighted in purple, 476 Whitney Street, would be used as the administrative
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office for the towing company.
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Sign improvements include restriping of the parking lot without reducing existing parking
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count, upgrading existing fencing and security gates, and installing approximately 72 square
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fee of new landscaping within planter boxes.
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Moving on to operations, vehicle deliveries
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may occur at any time 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with an anticipated two tow truck trips
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per day. All vehicle deliveries will be conducted within
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the indicated area. The secure outdoor storage area would
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accommodate up to 20 vehicles on a rotating basis. As seen in
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the image, vehicles would be stored in a tandem when the
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vehicle yard is at capacity.
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The storage and retrieval within
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the skated yard would be limited to train staff and not
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accessible to the general public. The local towing service
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would operate with two employees during regular business hours,
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8 a.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday.
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Vehicle retrievals will only occur during these standard hours.
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The project complies with industrial general zones and meets all parking requirements.
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It is compatible with its surroundings and it is consistent with the general plan
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by supporting an industrial land use and transportation related services.
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The project, which the project with its limited operations does not anticipate
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to cost significant traffic or public service impacts.
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To ensure the project maintains compatibility, staff has recommended a number of conditions
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of approval, some of which include use limitations to towing operations only with car rituals
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during standard business hours.
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Maintenance of the site, keeping the site in orderly fashion, upkeeping landscaping, ensuring
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noise is minimized.
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Environmental compliance for vehicle fluids, hazardous materials, ensuring proper assessment,
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containment and disposal of hazardous materials.
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Staff has amended condition of approval number 24
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to include language regarding storm water management
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and ensuring compliance with Alameda County-wide
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clean water programs, best management practice
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for towing and out of storage.
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This amendment has been provided to you all tonight.
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And I would also like to highlight a condition
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to install one bicycle space on site.
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Given the proposed project complies with all applicable code,
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It will not impact any residential use and adheres to the general plans desire to maintain
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and protect industrial uses within an industrial zone.
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Staff recommends the Planning Commission approve conditional use permit PLN 25-0031 based
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on the findings of fact to establish an outdoor vehicle storage yard at 476 Whitney Street.
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This concludes staff presentation and staff is available to answer any questions.
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If needed, the applicant is also here to answer any questions.
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Thank you.
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Thank
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you for that. Appreciate it. Does the commission have any questions for staff?
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See Commissioner Rich?
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Turn this light. Here we go. Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. Thank you for the report. I appreciate the revision to condition 24. I think that's really important. And I'm also excited about the bicycle spot. I do have a question and it may be for the applicant regarding after hours drop off. I understand that the facility has opened 24 hours a day, seven days a week for drop off and that there is approximately 40 hours a week when it
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available for customers to come in and take up their car.
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The condition 24 provides objective criteria for storm water pollution prevention.
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Once a vehicle is inside the 20 spot area, I'm interested in what the procedure is when
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someone drops off after hours.
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So for example, if it was open now, when the car was dropped off tomorrow, Friday at midnight,
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Does that vehicle go inside those 20 spots or does it sit outside that fence?
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And if it sits outside the fence, is there any protocol procedures planned for containment of potentially hazardous fluids from vehicles for specifically a vehicle that has been an accident and then got to that.
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Okay, so it's kind of a two-part question.
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Yes, so the vehicle, the vehicle storage area is within the fence-top area, so any drop-off
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of any vehicle within any time frame would have to go within the gated, inbound area.
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So regardless if it's to in the morning, it would be within that gated area and actually
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per the code, the parking requirements, the two available parking spaces outside of that.
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So, you can see here 11 and 12. They're associated with 476. Those are for pickup purposes.
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Thank you. Those are my only questions. Okay.
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Any other questions for staff from the commission?
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Nope.
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Okay. Seeing none. Move
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on to public hearing. Thank you for the presentation.
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Is there anyone from the public who wishes to speak on this item? Do we have any speaker cards?
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Okay,
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no speaker cards, do any commissioners wish to discuss the item,
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in that case do I hear a motion to adopt a resolution?
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I move to adopt a resolution with the revision to condition 24 that was distributed to us today.
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Okay, it has been moved by Commissioner Rich and seconded by Commissioner Solis to adopt a resolution approving a conditional use permit to establish an outdoor vehicle storage yard.
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associated with the towing company located at 476 Whitney Avenue, inclusive of the revisions
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that were part of our commission or packet or planning commission packet today.
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Please cast your votes on screen.
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Motion passes unanimously, six yeses.
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Decisions of the planning commission are final unless appealed to the city council by filing
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a form to the city clerk within 15 days of the date of this action.
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The form shall specifically state the reason for the appeal and an appeal to be is required.
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All right.
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Next item on the agenda, Commissioner report and announcements.
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Does the staff have any, does the staff have any updates under this item?
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Not this evening.
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Okay.
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Are there any announcement that members of the commission would like to make?
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Commissioner Rich.
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I actually have a question and I hope that's okay at this point in the agenda and that
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is regarding our pipeline, our development pipeline.
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Are there any proposals for data centers in San Leandro in our pipeline currently?
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We have now received the applications for data center in the city.
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Thank you.
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Anyone else from the commission with announcements? The time is now 715. I think this is a record. This meeting is adjourned.