>>: WE ARE READY TO GO WHEN YOU ARE. >>: I WAS NOT SEEING EVERYONE LISTED.
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IT IS 6:00 P.M.[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE DATE OF MARCH 30, 2022.CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL VOTE VANESSA.
>>: HERE. >>: COMMISSIONER VALDEZ.
>>: ARE WE GOING RIGHT INTO THE SPECIAL MEETING?
>>: WE HAVE ITEMS 2-4, THE NEXT ITEM IS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>>: PRESIDENT WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>>: OKAY, THIS TIME CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL
PLEASE? >>: WE DID THE ROLL CALL AND WE DID PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE NEXT IS PUBLIC ITEMS WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
>>: I WAS NOT HEARING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN AUDIO ISSUE.
>>: I APOLOGIZE. >>: ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA?
VANESSA? >>: I DO NOT BELIEVE I RECEIVED ANY.
>>: IS TO CLARIFY WITH DIRECTOR SNYDER THERE IS NO INDEPENDENT SEEKING TO OFFER PUBLIC, AT
THIS POINT? >>: WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN ATTENDANCE BUT HE'S HERE FOR THE STUDY SESSION
>>: BEING THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM, SHOULD WE GET STARTED ON THE SPECIAL TOPICS?
>>: CERTAINLY. >>: I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO OUR CONSULTANTS, BUT I DID WANT TO TAKE ONE MINUTE OF YOUR TIME AND INTRODUCE A NEW STAFF MEMBER THAT YOU WILL SEE A LOT MORE OF.
ALYSSA IF YOU COULD STAND PLEASE.
ALYSSA SUAREZ IS ACTING SENIOR PLANNER.
SHE CAME TO US IN JANUARY, SHE IS IN INDIO NATIVE WHO RECENTLY WORKED IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.
WE ARE REALLY LUCKY TO GET HER BACK TO INDIO AND SHE'S BEEN DOING AMAZING WORK IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SHE HAS BEEN HERE.
I AM PLEASED TO HAVE HER AS A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM AND I WANTED YOU ALL TO SAY HELLO TO ALYSSA READ ALYSSA YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE COMMISSION, HEAD OVER TO THE PODIUM.
>>: HELLO MY NAME IS ALYSSA SUAREZ.
I STARTED TO AN HALF MONTHS AGO NOW.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF INDIO.
I RECENTLY MOVED BACK TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR DUE TO THIS POSITION. I AM REALLY EAGER TO BE HERE AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING DIVISION IN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM ME SOON WITH PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.
>>: WELCOME. >>: JUST TO NOTE, ALYSSA'S RESPONSIBILITY INCLUDE SUPERVISING THE PLANNING TEAM. SHE IS ALSO OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE WORKING.
YOU WILL SEE HER COMING FORWARD WITH VARIOUS ITEMS IN THE FUTURE AND WERE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HER HERE. WITH THAT, I WANT TOO QUICKLY REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT WE ARE IN OUR
[5.1. Draft Article 2 of the Proposed Unified Development Code]
STUDY SESSION MODE FOR THE DRAFT, THE ONLY REGULATION AND WHAT WERE REFERRING TO IS THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.THIS EVENING SIMRAN AND ALESSANDRA WESTBROOK TO PREVIOUSLY ARE JOINING US AND THEY WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH A PRESENTATION ON DRAFT ARTICLE TWO WITH ARTICLE THREE IS THE MEAT IF YOU WILL A BARCODE ACTIVITY AND I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU THEY HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN HELPING TO BRING THIS ALONG.
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WITH THAT I WILL TURN YOU OVER TO SIMRAN AND ALESSANDRA AND WE HOPE YOU WILL ENGAGE US IN A Q&A INTERACTION SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG AND GET IT TO THE CONCLUSION BY THE END OF THE SUMMER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL WITH YOURRECOMMENDATION. >>: GOOD EVENING CHAIR YSIANO AND VICE CHAIR.
I AM IN THE PRINCIPAL WITH THE ASSOCIATES.
AND WITH ALESSANDRA AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE ZONING CODE UPDATE COMING ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW. WE ARE VERY GLAD TO PRESENT A MORE DETAILED ON A PORTION OF THE ZONING CODE WHICH IS ARTICLE TWO THIS IS SPECIFIC TO HIS OWN REGULATIONS.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND WE WILL START WITH A COUPLE OF POINTS ABOUT THE WAY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THAT IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE AGENDA.
THE ZONING CODE IS A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF CHAPTERS 150 AND 159 OF THEM IN A SIMPLE CODE AND THE GOAL IS TO CREATE CONSISTENT WELL ORGANIZED HIGHLY ILLUSTRATED DOCUMENT.
IT IS ALSO INTENDED TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY OF THE GENERAL PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2019 AND ADDRESS RECENT CHANGES IN THE STATE LAW.
I THINK WE SHARED THE SLIDE PREVIOUSLY WITH YOU AND THE CITY HAS SENT OUT A MAILER TO ALL RESIDENTS IN THE CITY ABOUT THE PROJECT.
THERE IS A PROJECT WEBSITE AS A PART OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND THAT INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE SIX STUDY SESSIONS THAT WE ARE HAVING WITH THE WALL.
IT ALSO HAS PRESENTATIONS IN THE DRAFT CODE AVAILABLE TO VIEW.
WE ALSO CREATED AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE MAP-BASED PORTAL WHERE SOMEONE CAN GO WHEN AND LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY AND SEE WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING IS, WHAT THE PROPOSED ZONING AND AS WELL IF THERE IS A CHANGE TO THE GENERAL PLAN RESIGNATION WHICH WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR CLEANUP AND CONSISTENCY ISSUES.
THE ZONING CODE IS BEING CONSIDERED AS UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
IT IS ORGANIZED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN USED TO OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS. IT IS ORGANIZED UNDER SIX MAJOR SECTIONS OR ARTICLES.
I WILL GO THROUGH THESE BRIEFLY AND THEN WE DIVE IN LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS ORGANIZED IN SIX ARTICLES AND THE POST ARTICLES INCLUDE PURPOSE OF THE PARTY AND ESTABLISHES THE ZONE AND THE ZONING MAP IT IS SECTION ON HOW TO USE THE CODE. ARTICLE TWO, WHICH IS THE MEAT OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY COVERS OWN REGULATIONS FOR ALL SPECIFIC ZONES.
ARTICLE THREE WILL COVER GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT APPLY CITYWIDE.
THESE INCLUDE LANDSCAPING, PARKING, ETC.
SIDE REGULATIONS ARE PART OF ARTICLE THREE.
WE HAVE PRESENTED THESE AND TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK IN FEBRUARY.
ARTICLE FOUR WILL INCLUDE SPECIAL USES AND STANDARDS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THOSE USES.
INCLUDED ARE STANDARDS FOR ANIMAL KEEPING, AUDIT OPERATION, AUTOMOBILE FUEL SITUATIONS, STORAGE, THRIFT SHOPS AND TEMPORARY USES TO NAME A FEW.
THE NEXT MEETING IN APRIL IS WHEN WE GO OVER ARTICLE FOUR IN MORE DETAIL.
ARTICLE FIVE IS FOR SUBDIVISION REGULATION AND ARTICLE SIX COVERS THE PERFORMANCE AND PROCEDURES FOR APPROVAL.
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THIS ARTICLE IS A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE AS WELL.AGAIN SEVERAL STATE LAWS RELATED TO MILITARY APPROVAL FOR HOUSING PROJECTS BUT THOSE OF BEEN ADDRESSED AS A PART OF THE SECTION.
ZOOMING IN A LITTLE BIT ON ARTICLE TWO.
THIS IS ORGANIZED BY ZONE TYPE AND BIG BUCKETS IF YOU CAN THINK OF RESIDENTIAL ZONES, MIXED ZONES, NONRESIDENTIAL ZONES, PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ZONES, SPECIFIC PLANS, THOSE ARE EXISTING FOR THE MOST PART AND OVERLAYS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED IN CERTAIN PORTIONS.
FOR EACH WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THESE HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED IN A TABLE FORMAT.
THESE TABLES ALLOW WAS AN EASY WAY TO COMPARE REGULATIONS TO CROSS ZONES.
EXAMPLE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR MIXED USED ZONES AND I WILL ZOOM IN SO YOU CAN SEE CLOSELY.
THIS IS THE YOUTH TABLE AND THE ORGANIZED IN GROUPS SO YOU HAVE AGRICULTURE USES AND AS YOU SCROLL DOWN AND RESIDENTIAL, DINING, ENTERTAINMENT, RETAIL AND OFFICE, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, AUTOMOBILE RELATED USES, RECREATION USES, INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING TO NAME A FEW ON THIS TABLE THIS SHOWS ALL OF THESE HORIZONTALLY AND THESE GOING ACROSS.
IT IS CONDITIONALLY ALLOWED IF IT'S A SENSORY WORK IF IT NEEDS ASSESS REUSE FOR TEMPORARY USE PERMIT.
AND THIS SHOWS IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC USES THAT NEED TO BE REPORTED TO AND IT CONTAINS THE SECTION.
THIS WILL MAKE IT VERY EASY FOR OUR APPLICANT TO DIVE INTO WHAT'S ALLOWED ON SPECIFIC APPLICANTS. SIMILARLY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD TABLE LIST VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS GOING VERTICALLY AND STANDARDS OF THE ZONES GOING ACROSS.
WE WILL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD ON THE SECOND PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
NOW A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THE ZONING TYPES, THIS IS THE CITY ZONING MAP THAT WE SHARED LAST TIME. I AM SHARING THIS AS A REMINDER.
THE PURPOSE IS TO FOCUS ON THE TYPES OF ZONES AND A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL ZONES WE HAVE FIVE RESIDENTIAL ZONES, EACH HAS A MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM DENSITY ESTABLISHED, THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED IN EACH OF THE ZONES. ALLOWED USES FOR EACH ZONE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS DESCRIBED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. THE FIVE ZONES ARE ONE UNIT PER ACRE AND DESERT IS STATE TRANSITION WHICH ALLOWS UP TO THREE UNITS IN ACRE, THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR, UNITS IN ACRE, SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD EIGHT IS MINIMUM DENSITY OF FOUR UNITS AND MAXIMUM OF EIGHT IN ACRE.
THE MOBILE HOME ZONE GOES TO TEN UNITS OR TEN LOTS PER ACRE.
IN TERMS OF MIXED USED ZONES THESE NEEDED TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR CONSISTENCY OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THERE ARE FIVE MIXED USED ZONES.
THESE ARE THE TIMELY PURPOSE TO PROVIDE HOUSING HIGHER DENSITIES AND INCLUDING COMMERCIAL USES INAPPROPRIATE LOCATIONS.
SITES CAN HAVE STANDALONE RESIDENTIAL AND THAT CAN BE ORGANIZED HORIZONTALLY OR VERTICAL FORMAT. EITHER COMMERCIAL IN THE FRONT, RESIDENTIAL AND THE BACK WERE COMMERCIAL BELOW
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AND RESIDENTIAL ABOVE.IN THE IN SEASON OWN YOU CAN HAVE STANDALONE COMMERCIAL USES.
SOME OF THESE ZONES HAVE A MINIMAL THRESHOLD AND OTHERS DON'T.
FOR EXAMPLE MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS 20 UNITS PER ACRE, MINIMUM DENSITY 40 UNITS PER ACRE, MAXIMUM DENSITY.
THIS WILL INCLUDE A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES FROM THE MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES.
TWO APARTMENT AND ALSO INCLUDE AND ALLOW NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL, AND WERE COMMERCIAL, ENTERTAINMENT AND OFFICE USES.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER FOCUS IS PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL BUT RESIDENTIAL USES ARE ALLOWED ON BOTH SIDES AS WELL.
FOR THE MOST PART THESE ARE REFLECTIVE OF SHOPPING CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY.
MOVING ONTO NONRESIDENTIAL ZONES THERE ARE FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES.
COMMERCIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND RESOURCE RECOVERY.
RESOURCE RECOVERY IS FOCUSING ON MINING AND EXTRACTION, THIS IS REFLECTING WHAT IS ALREADY THERE FOR THE MOST PART.
THE COMMERCIAL ZONE IS FOCUSED ON LARGE FORMAT RETAIL SERVICES, HOTELS, VISITORS AND COMMERCIAL AND ADULTS IN ALLOWS FOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
THE INDUSTRIAL USES ARE SET UP INTO HEAVY USES, MORE POLLUTING USES WHICH ARE MORE FOCUSED ON CERTAIN AREAS AND MORE LIMITED IMPACT ON EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AND THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES INCLUDE OFFICES WITH RESOURCING DEVELOPMENT AND WAREHOUSES.
THOSE THAT ARE MORE COMPATIBLE AND RESIDENTIAL USES AND OTHER COMMERCIAL USES. PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ZONES, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT INCLUDE LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, SENIOR CENTERS, POLICE, FIRE, FOOD, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES.
THE OPEN SPACE INCLUDES GOLF COURSES, PARKS, OTHER RECREATION USES AS WELL AS HABITAT MANAGEMENT. THE FOUR ZONES THAT ARE BEING CARRIED THROUGH THE ZONING CODE AND THE MAJOR FESTIVAL OVERLAY IS AN EXISTING OVERLAY AND AS IT IS IN THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND IS ALSO BEING CONTINUED AS IS.
PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS AN OVERLAY APPLIED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
WHEN A PROJECT COMES TO THE PROPERTY THAT HAS A PD WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE DESIGNATION.
ANYTIME THE PD DESIGNATION OR THAT PROJECT.
IF THE PD DESIGNATION DOES NOT APPLY TO THE PROPERTY THEN THERE ZONING WOULD NEED TO BE APPLIED TO THE PROPERTIES.
THE SAME APPLIES TO SPECIFIC PLANS AND PROJECT MASTER PLANS WHEN THE CITY HAS MANY, MANY SPECIFIC PLANS AND PMP IS IN PLACE, THERE IS A QUESTION IF THOSE SHOULD CONTINUE AS IS OR IF THERE SHOULD BE AS ZONING APPLIED TO THOSE INSTEAD AND WHAT SPECIFIC PLANS.
THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK ON.
WITH THAT I WILL PAUSE FOR SOME QUESTIONS AND WE CAN DIVE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN MORE DETAIL.
>>: ANY QUESTIONS? >>: IF I MAY.
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>>: I THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, VERY INFORMATIVE.
I'M CURIOUS TO THE BENEFITS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ZONING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFIT AND SHARE THE PROS AND THE CONS.
>>: VICE CHAIR CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
>>: THE LAST, YOU WERE SAYING THEY WOULD BE INDIVIDUAL ZONING.
I MIGHT HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, YOU WERE SAYING, THE QUESTION IS YOU WOULD WANT OUR FEEDBACK AS TO WHETHER WE WANT INDIVIDUAL ZONING.
I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFIT OF DOING INDIVIDUAL ZONING OR NOT.
>>: I APOLOGIZE WHAT I WAS SAYING THERE ARE SPECIFIC PLANS ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE BUILT OUT. THOSE HAVE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS WITHIN THEM.
THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH DIRECTOR SNYDER HUSBAND WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO CONTINUE THE SPECIFIC PLANS AS IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ONE DOCUMENT BECAUSE OF THE ZONING CODE OR THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THERE ARE ALL DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAT A PLANNER NEEDS TO REPORT TO IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT HAPPEN WITHIN THOSE AREAS.
IF A SPECIFIC PLAN IS MOSTLY BUILT OUT IT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE REGULAR ZONING ON THE PROPERTIES ON THE SPECIFIC PLAN.
>>: WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EXISTING PLANS AND PROJECT MASTER PLANS IN THE CITY WHICH IN ESSENCE ARE ZONING AND APPLIED TO THE AFFECTED PROPERTIES.
THE GENERAL PLAN WANTED THE ACTION ITEMS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO EVALUATE THE EXISTING SPECIFIC PLANS AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE APPLICABLE OR THE ZONING WILL IMPLEMENT THE PLAN CAN BE APPLIED.
THIS WILL NOT OCCUR IMMEDIATELY.
BUT IT IS A QUESTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK ON.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF -- THERE IS A GATEWAY SPECIFIC PLAN, LARGE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY THAT COVERS PROBABLY CLOSE TO 1000 ACRES.
IT HAS NOT PRODUCED MUCH DEVELOPMENT TO DATE.
IT'S BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE EARLY 2000'S.
AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE IT MIGHT BE WORTH INVESTIGATING WHETHER OR NOT THE SPECIFIC PLAN WOULD CONTINUE TO BE APPLICABLE.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE LEGAL MECHANISMS TO REMOVE IT.
BUT IN ITS PLACE WE WOULD PUT IN THE IMPLEMENTING ZONING FOR THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION, THE PLAN WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
THAT IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN PREPARED TO EVEN HAS NOT PRODUCED ANY RESULTS.
IT MAY BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
THE SPECIFIC PLAN WAS LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE THE HIGHEST DENSITY YOU CAN DO IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN IS TO THE ACRE.
THE CITY HAS EMBRACED DENSITY.
WHETHER THERE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR MIXED USE ZONING, YOU COULD LOOK AT MUCH HIGHER DENSITY PROVIDED TO THE SPECIFIC PLAN YOU WOULD BE LIMITED TO TEN DWELLING IN ACRE.
THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT SIMRAN WAS REFERRING TO WHETHER IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY LONG-TERM.
IN TERMS OF APPLIED THE GENERAL PLAN THROUGH IMPLEMENTING ZONING WHETHER THE BEST INSTANCE OF THE CITY TO HAVE THE SPECIFIC PLANS AND PROJECTS AND PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT HAVE NOT GONE ANYWHERE AND CONTINUE TO BE IN EFFECT.
>>: THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS RELATED TO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WERE EVEN AS THEY ARE COMING UP TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WE ARE EXPLORING WHETHER SOMETHING SHOULD BE IMPROVED OR NOT AND THERE IS ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLANS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REFERENCE TO COME BACK WITH AN EDUCATED ROADMAP ON HOW WE SHOULD BE VOTING. IS THAT WHAT THIS PROCESS SIMPLIFIES.
WILL WE BE ABLE, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL PROBABLY DO IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE BUT IS THAT SOMETHING, IS THAT THE QUESTION SHOULD WE LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC PLANS? ANALYZE AND SAY CAN WE EMBED SOME OF THE SPECIFIC DESIGN PARAMETERS TO
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BE ADDED INTO OUR ZONING? PRODUCE MORE OF A CLARIFYING QUESTION.WHAT WOULD BE THE TRANSITION? AND HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO STILL GET ALL OF THE INTENTIONS FOR THOSE PLANS INTO OUR
ZONING? >>: TWO RESPONSES, OUR CITY HAS A LOT OF SPECIFIC PLANS AND MASTER PLANS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE.
I THINK IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, THE SPECIFIC PLANS, THE NEW GENERAL PLAN DOES NOT ALLOW FOR PROJECT MASTER PLANS ANYMORE.
IT IS SPECIFIC PLANS ALLOWED BY STATE LAW.
WE CAN ESTABLISH THE PARAMETERS IN WHICH THEY CAN OCCUR.
IT MAY BE FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE VISION OF THE GENERAL PLAN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY BROUGHT TO FOR WISHING.
YOU WOULD WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE ZONING IN EFFECT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE VERSUS SPECIFIC PLANS PARTICULARLY THOSE ARE OLDER UNDER PREVIOUS GENERAL PLAN.
THE GOAL OF THE ZONING REGULATION IS TO IMPLEMENT THE GENERAL PLAN.
IN THE IDEAL SITUATION THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR A SPECIFIC PLAN UNLESS IT WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE WAS THE UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY THAT ARE ZONING REGULATION DID NOT COVER BUT COULD PRESENT POTENTIAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAT WE WANTED TO CAPTURE.
THAT WOULD BE OUT OF LIMITED BASIS.
WHAT WERE PUTTING IN FRONT YOU BUT THE INDIO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON.
TRYING TO PROVIDE A BROAD NET UNDER TRADITIONAL ZONING WHERE YOU WOULD NOT BE THE SPECIFIC PLAN APPROACH.
>>: THANK YOU MATT, THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU TO BOTH.
>>: THANK YOU KEVIN. ANY QUESTIONS?
>>: NOT AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU.
>>: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF EITHER.
>>: THE NEXT ELEMENT THEY WANTED TO PRESENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SIMRAN AND ALESSANDRA ARE GOING TO LEAD YOU THROUGH THE CONVERSATION NOW AND HOPEFULLY GET YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK IF YOU HAVE ANY.
>>: THANK YOU KEVIN, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
AS KEVIN MENTIONED I'M GOING TO WALK.
OVERVIEW OF OUR ZONE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
NEXT SLIDE. >>: SIMRAN MENTIONED THIS WILL BE TALKED ABOUT THE OVERALL HIERARCHY AND ARTICLE TWO ORGANIZATION.
BASICALLY FOR EVERY GROUPING OF ZONES WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE ORGANIZED INTO THESE TABLES MAKE IT REALLY EASY TO SEE ALL THE STANDARDS IN ONE LOCATION AND COMPARE THE STANDARDS SIDE-BY-SIDE FOR SIMILAR ZONES YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE SCREENSHOT HERE. IN TERMS OF WHAT WERE COVERING THE TABLES IT IS IN DENSITY STANDARDS INSTEAD OF MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DENSITY AND FA ARE AND NONRESIDENTIAL USES.
WE HAVE MINIMUM LOT SIZE WITH IN-DEPTH AND LOT COVERAGE, WE ARE BUILDING HEIGHT EXPRESSED IN MAXIMUM AND STORIES AND WE ALSO HAVE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SETBACKS STREETSIDE, INTERIOR SIDE AND REAR AND PROPERTIES WE DEFINED THEM BOTH THE BUILDING SITE IN INDIVIDUAL LOTS, WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS ON THE COMING SLIDES.
WE HAVE SETBACKS FOR MIXED USE DEFINED FOR GROUND FOR RESIDENTIAL VERSUS NONRESIDENTIAL.
THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE NONRESIDENTIAL GROUND-FLOOR USES YOU WANT TO PUT THOSE LITTLE CLOSER TO THE SIDEWALK AND THE STREET TO CREATE AN INDUSTRIAL FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. GIVE A MULTI-BUILDING AND GROUND-FLOOR RESIDENTIAL YOU WOULD WANT TO SET US BACK FURTHER FROM THE STREET TO CREATE PRIVACY FROM THE UNITS.
WE ALSO DEFINED MINIMUM USABLE OPENING SPACE AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN I GET TO THE SMALL LOT AND MULTI-STANDARDS AND WE HAVE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AS WELL IN THOSE TABLES. NEXT SLIDE.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU AGAIN A SCREENSHOT OF WHAT ONE OF THOSE TABLES LOOKS LIKE WITH ALL
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THE STANDARDS LAID OUT EASILY SIDE-BY-SIDE.WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF GRAPHICS THROUGHOUT THE CODE THAT ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT WE MEAN AND HOW TO CALCULATE SUCH AS DETERMINING LOT COVERAGE.
NEXT SLIDE. >>: I AM NOW GOING TO TALK ABOUT A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. THESE ARE LITTLE BIT NEW TO THE CODE THAT RECOVERED IN THE EXISTING CODE.
ONE OF THOSE IS SMALL LOT DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
SOMETIMES THIS IS REFERRED TO AS A HOUSING TYPE AND WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THIS, WE DEFINED THESE AS SMALL LOT DETACHED HOMES ON A MAXIMUM LOT SIZE UP OR THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE IS 2500 SQUARE FEET.
SMALL LOTS AND WE HAVE UNITS ON THEM AND WE HAVE THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE SO THEY ARE ENORMOUS HOMES ON THESE TINY LOTS.
WE REALLY CALIBRATED THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS REALLY CAREFULLY TO THE CONDENSER SMALL LOT DETACHED HOUSING TYPE.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, THIS TRANSLATES INTO A NARROW SETBACK THAT MIGHT BE TYPICAL FOR A STANDARD SINGLE-FAMILY LOT.
AND HIGHER LOT COVER UNDER COVERAGE STANDARDS PRE-SMALL BUT SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS COULD OCCUR AS A LARGER SUBDIVISION BUT OFTEN THEY COULD TAKE THE FORM OF 2 - 5 SMALL LOT HOMES BUILT ON AND FOR PARCEL LIKE THE SITE PLAN E THAT YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE SLIDE. FOR CERTAIN ZONES WE PROVIDED A MINIMUM AND A MAXIMUM SETBACK FOR AN OVERALL BUILDING SITE AS WELL AS THE INDIVIDUAL LIGHT AND LOTS WITH UNITS.
WE HAVE STANDARDS AT LIMITED PARKING FRONTAGE ON THE PRIMARY OR PUBLIC STREETS TO ENSURE THE GARAGES DON'T DOMINATE THE BUILDING FAÇADE.
IN THOSE CASES WE PROVIDE A TOTAL COMBINED SQUARE FOOTAGE OF REQUIRED OPEN SPACE PER UNIT. WE FURTHER DEFINE THE MINIMUM THAT MUST BE PROVIDED AS PRIVATE OPEN SPACE.
THIS PROVIDES DEVELOPERS WITH FLEXIBILITY TO DETERMINE THE CONFIGURATION OF PRIVATE VERSUS COMMON OPEN SPACE THAT THEY PROVIDED THE DEVELOPMENT.
IT ALSO ENSURES THAT THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PRIVATE OPEN SPACE IN THE YARD OR BALCONY OR WHAT HAVE YOU. NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SMALL LOT DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND GO ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
WE COVER SITE PLANNING STANDARDS SUCH AS ACCESSING CONDUCTIVITY, LANDSCAPING, REQUIREMENTS, WHERE PARKING SHOULD BE LOCATED IN SERVICES AND UTILITIES SUCH AS MAILBOXES AND TRASH RECEPTACLES IN AREAS.
WE HAVE BUILDING AND FAÇADE STANDARDS.
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL VARIATIONS OR BUILDING MODELS ARE REQUIRED.
WE HAVE MODULATION ARTICULATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSING.
WE DEFINED STANDARDS FOR BUILDING ENTRIES AND MAKE IT YOUR PRIMARY ENTRIES ARE ONTO PUBLIC STREETS. WE HAVE STANDARDS FOR COLORS AND MATERIALS AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITION OF PRIVACY.
FOR EXAMPLE OFFSETTING WINDOWS TO AVOID DIRECT SITE LINES INTO ADJACENT HOMES AND THE LIKE. AGAIN IF A DEVELOPER CHOOSES TO PROVIDE COMMON OPEN SPACE WE HAVE SPECIFICATIONS ON HOW COMMON OPEN SPACES SHOULD BE DESIGNED.
>>: SHE IS THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STRATEGY YOU WILL HEAR THAT AS IT RELATES TO RESIDENTIAL AND MAYBE ALESSANDRA IF YOU COULD TAKE A MOMENT EXPLAINED.
>>: I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF WE COVERED THIS VERY BRIEFLY IN A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.
DUE TO RECENT STATE LAWS ESPE 330 AMONG OTHERS, THE STATE REQUIRES FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL USES AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS THAT INCLUDE TWO-THIRDS OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AS RESIDENTIAL. A CITY CANNOT IMPOSE SUBJECTIVE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE CANNOT HAVE GUIDELINES ANYMORE.
YOU HAVE TO BE CLEAR AND OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.
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SO ALL RESIDENTIAL -- BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE DEVELOPED OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FORTHIS PROJECT. >>: JUST TO ADD TO THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS, WE WILL BE -- IF WE WERE TO GO DOWN THE PATH OF BEING SUBJECTIVE WHEN WE HAD A ABDOPTIVE STANDARDS THAT WOULD BE THE BASIS FOR TALENT BECAUSE THE STATE HAS MANDATED THAT WE HAVE THESE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS REMOVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SUBJECTIVITY AND THIS IS THE GOAL OF TRYING TO GET WAREHOUSING OUT OF THE GROUND.
IT IS REALLY TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE IDEA THAT DELAYS AND OTHER THINGS CAN HAPPEN THROUGH SUBJECTIVE DETERMINATIONS.
>>: EXACTLY, IT'S ALL PART OF HOUSING AND STREAMLINING IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS. SIMRAN YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
>>: THE PURPOSE OF THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS IS TO LOOK VERY CLEAR TO AN APPLICANT AND THE DECISION-MAKER OF WHAT APPLIES AND WHAT CAN BE USED AS A BASIS TO DENY OUR PROJECT. IF A PROJECT COMES IN AND IT MEETS THE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS THE CITY WOULD HAVE NO LEGAL GROUNDS TO DENY THE PROJECT.
WHAT THAT DOES, HELPS MOVE PROJECTS FASTER AND CREATE MORE HOUSING AS OPPOSED TO PROJECTS TAKING YEARS AND YEARS OF DESIGN AND REDESIGN AND SOMEONE TO GET APPROVED.
THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES MORE SO IN INDIO.
BUT THE STATE LAWS APPLY TO CITIES WITHIN CALIFORNIA.
>>: NOW THAT WE ARE ON THIS SLIDE I PROVIDE A QUICK EXAMPLE.
IN THE PAST YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD A VAGUE DESIGN GUIDELINE THAT SAID SOMETHING LIKE A SUBDIVISION MUST PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL VARIABILITY AND YOU CANNOT SAY THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT SUBJECTIVE BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN HOW MUCH.
NOW WE HAVE AN OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARD THE SAYS IF THE BUILDING SITE OR SUBDIVISION OR WHAT HAVE YOU CONTAINS 4 - 8 UNITS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO FAÇADE DESIGNS.
IT'S VERY CLEARLY SPELLED OUT.
THIS BENCHMARK TO MEASURE IT AGAINST.
>>: IS THAT PRETTY CLEAR TO THE COMMISSION BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENTIAL.
WE ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO.
AND WE ARE DOING IT TO MEET THE LEGAL TEST.
IT WILL LIMIT THE COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY IN TERMS OF APPLIANCE OBJECTIVE DESIGN.
THOUGHTS OR IDEAS TO A PROJECT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEAR TO THE COMMISSION AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AROUND THE OBJECTIVE APPROACH? OKAY. THANK YOU.
>>: NEXT SLIDE. NEXT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT MIXED USED IN MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MIXED-USE THIS COULD BE VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL MIXED-USE.
RESIDENTIAL ABOVE OR BEHIND RETAIL OR NONRESIDENTIAL GROUND-FLOOR USES PAPER MULTI-FAMILY THIS IS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES SO WE CAN BE ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY TOWNHOMES, DUPLEX, QUAD PLEX, COURTYARD APARTMENTS AND LOW TO MID RISE APARTMENTS AND CONDOS. NEXT SLIDE.
AGAIN, WE CALIBRATED THE STANDARD SPECIFICALLY TO THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
IN THIS VARIETY OF MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING TYPES.
WE HAVE A NARROW SETBACK FOR GROUND-FLOOR COMMERCIAL AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED IN THE MINIMUM GROUND-FLOOR COMMERCIAL HEIGHTS.
THAT IS TO ENSURE THE COMMERCIAL SPACES ARE WELL DESIGNED AND USABLE FOR COMMERCIAL TENANTS. WE HAVE BUILDING SITE VERSUS INDIVIDUAL SETBACK STANDARDS.
GENERALLY FOR THE MIXED-USE AND MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.
WE DO NOT HAVE A MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT
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TYPES. WE ALSO REQUIRE PARKING MUST BE LOCATED TO THE REAR OR THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO ENSURE PARKING DOES NOT DOMINATE THE STREET FRONTAGE AND TO PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT. AGAIN WE DEFINED A TOTAL OF SQUARE FOOTAGE OF OPEN SPACE PER UNIT WITH A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PRIVATE OPEN SPACE REQUIRED PER UNIT.PROVIDING THE FLEXIBILITY OF DEVELOPERS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.
LASTLY, WE HAVE HEIGHT TRANSITIONS ADJACENT TO LOW DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS.
I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE DETAIL ON THE COMING SLIDE.
IN TERMS OF DESIGN STANDARDS FOR MIXED-USE OF MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THIS PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL TOPIC AREAS THAT WE GO INTO.
WEBSITE PLANNING STANDARDS, ACCESSING CONDUCTIVITY.
THIS INCLUDES STANDARDS SUCH AS MAXIMUM BLOCK SIZE OR BLOCK LENGTH, REQUIREMENTS FOR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO SITES.
WE HAVE SERVICE AND UTILITY STANDARDS.
THIS INCLUDES LOCATING SERVICE AND UTILITY FUNCTIONS OR AREAS TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF BUILDINGS AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATE SCREENING OF GROUND MOUNTED IN ROOF EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STANDARDS ON RECYCLING AREAS IN THE DESIGN OF TRASH ENCLOSURES.
WE HAVE A VERY LARGE SECTION ON BUILDING MASSING AND ARTICULATION.
GO BACK FOR A SECOND. I WILL TALK MORE ON THE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE THE OPEN SPACE DESIGN REQUIREMENT.
THIS IS FOR PRIVATE AND COMMON OPEN SPACE.
WE HAVE INCLUDED MINIMUM DIMENSIONS FOR BALCONIES.
WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITION STANDARDS.
IF YOU HAVE A HIGHER DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY OR MIXED-USE BUILDING ADJACENT TO A LOW DENSITY ZONE SUCH A SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE WE BUILT IN STANDARDS FOR REDUCING AND STEPPING DOWN HEIGHTS ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES MAKING SURE THERE ARE APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS AND PRIVACY. LASTLY WE HAVE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS.
SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A CONFLICT BETWEEN NONRESIDENTIAL USES AND RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE SAME BUILDING IF YOU THINK ABOUT RESTAURANTS CREATING NOISE OR ODOR, WE HAVE REGULATIONS ON NOISE, ODOR AND HOURS OF OPERATION FOR NONRESIDENTIAL USES MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE NOT CREATING ANY NUISANCE ISSUES FOR RESIDENTS.
NEXT SLIDE. I WOULD GET INTO HER DETAIL OVER MASSING IN DESIGN STANDARDS.
THIS IS THE KEY TOPIC AREAS THAT WE GET INTO.
OR THE DESIGN STANDARDS FALL WITHIN.
WE DEFINED MASSING BREAKS, BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THE BUILDING.
WE REQUIRE THAT MULTISTORY BUILDINGS USE DESIGN TECHNIQUES TO DEFINE A CLEAR, BASED, MIDDLE AND TOP. YOU SEE THAT ILLUSTRATED IN THE GRAPHICS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE. WE DEFINED A FAÇADE, RHYTHM AND PATTERN AND HOW THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH MODULATION, ARTICULATION AND BUILDING.
EVEN THE TREATMENT OF QUARTER BUILDINGS AND PROVIDING SPECIAL TREATMENT TO QUARTER BUILDINGS. IN MANY CASES THE STANDARD IS WRITTEN WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM TO PROVIDE DEVELOPERS WITH FLEXIBILITY ON HOW THEY CHOOSE TO ACHIEVE THEM OR ACHIEVE THE STANDARD. LASTLY, WE HAVE AN ARRAY OF DIAGRAMS THAT HELP ILLUSTRATE THE COMPLEX MASSING AND ARTICULATION STANDARDS SO IT'S CLEAR WHAT'S REQUIRED AND HOW IT CAN BE ACHIEVED.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD YOU WOULD TYPICALLY NOT SEE THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL ABOUT ARCHITECTURE IN THE ZONING CODE BUT GOING BACK TO THE WHOLE ISSUE OF OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENT FOR OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS AS A PART OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE CITY IS PROVIDING THOSE STANDARDS IN A CLEAR MANNER.
SO APPLICANTS KNOW RIGHT OFF THE BAT WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO.
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IN ORDER TO HAVE A PROJECT WITHIN THE CITY.>>: ONE ADDITIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE COMMISSION.
IN YOUR PREVIOUS REVIEW EFFORTS YOU HAVE HEARD ME MULTIPLE TIMES TELL YOU, WE DO NOT HAVE THE REGULATIONS FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO.
THIS IS GETTING US CLOSER, IT IS REQUIRED FOR THE HOUSE INSIDE A VIAL.
THE MENTOR FLEXIBILITY BUT ALSO ANSWERS A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU BEEN ASKING OVER THE YEARS. AT LEAST IN THE CONTEXT OF BEING ABLE TO BE CLEAR OF WHAT THE DESIGN PARAMETERS ARE AND THIS GIVES YOU THE CONTEXT.
IT IS NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENT FROM OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS WHICH WERE WRITTEN PRIMARILY BACK IN THE MID-90S AND HAVE BEEN MODIFIED OVER THE YEARS SOMEWHAT BUT NOT SUBSTANTIALLY PROVE THIS IS A WHOLESALE REWRITE AND REDO JAMAICA'S CURRENT WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS.
THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL MEANS FOR THE COMMISSION AS YOU GO THROUGH FUTURE REVIEW EFFORTS THAT ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THE DESIGN STANDARDS AS THEY APPLY TO A PROJECT WHICH IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT WE WILL LEARN TOGETHER. THAT HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS DONE NORMALLY EVEN THE SPECIFIC PLANS HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT GENERIC.
BUT WE HONESTLY HAVE NO CHOICE.
I DO NOT WHAT TO BE A DOWNER AT ALL BUT THAT IS THE REALITY AND WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IN SIMRAN SAID IT REALLY WELL WE TRIED TO MAKE IT SO WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM SO BY THE TIME THERE IN FRONT OF YOU YOUR JOB IS CHECKING THEM THEN GUIDING THEM.
>>: CERTAINLY THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
THANK YOU. ARE WE TAKING ANY COMMISSION QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
>>: ABSOLUTELY, COMMISSION, ANY THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS, IDEAS.
>>: WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN PLEASE.
>>: IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT YOU WANTED TO ASK AS A STARTING POINT FOR DISCUSSION THE ONLY THOUGHTS, IDEAS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE --
>>: MY QUESTION I KNOW THAT YOU WERE SAYING WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS TO ALLOW FOR THE DESIGN STANDARDS. THESE WILL APPLY TO ALL THE DEVELOPER ACROSS THE CITY WERE JUICE THE CONCENTRATION ON HOW WERE DESIGNING MIXED USE?
BUT GIVE YOU A SHORT RESPONSE.
WE ARE MANDATED TO OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED-USE OVER 50% OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU AS WE GET INTO THE COMMERCIAL, WERE DETAILED STANDARDS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY TODAY, WE HAVE PARKING STANDARDS BUT THE BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURAL WE DO NOT. YOU WILL HAVE MORE THINGS TO WORK WITH AND MORE FLEXIBILITY IN YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THAT. BUT THE OBJECTIVE THAT ALESSANDRA AND SIMRAN HAVE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ARE IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THE STATE HAS MANDATED.
IT IS A PROCESS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW BUT IN THE NONRESIDENTIAL IN THE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL, YOU WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE GUIDANCE THAN CHECKING.
YOU HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE BUT WE WILL HAVE MORE CLEAR STANDARDS BECAUSE PART OF THE GOAL OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS TO REMOVE THE CHALLENGES DEALING WITH THE CURRENT CODE WHICH IS OFTEN VAGUE AND SOMETIMES UNCLEAR AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS 30 YEARS AND SOMETIMES I STRUGGLE WITH OUR REGULATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ALESSANDRA, SIMRAN WANT TO ANSWER. I WAS JUST GOING TO CLARIFY THE STATE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU NEED OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL OF MORE THAN ONE UNIT AND MIXED-USE OVER TWO-THIRDS
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RESIDENTIAL. WE DID NOT DEVELOP DESIGN STANDARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.BUT WE DID DEFINED THEM FOR SMALL LOT SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THANK YOU THAT MIGHT BE A DEVELOPMENT TYPE THAT THE CITY COULD LIKELY SEE BASED ON THE GENERAL PLAN DIRECTION FOR A SLIGHTLY HIGHER DENSITY IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
>>: YES, OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE NOT REALLY CONSIDERED SMALL LOT SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WILL NOT HAVE ALL THE SAME GUIDELINES OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPTIONS AS FAR AS DESIGNING REQUIREMENTS AS SUCH.
>>: THERE IS A SINGLE LOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO BUILD A HOME ON.
THE REGULAR DESIGN GUIDELINES CAN APPLY BUT IF SOMEONE IS COMING IN AND BUILDING A TRACK OR A SMALL LOT SUBDIVISION THAN THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARD WOULD APPLY.
>>: WHAT IF THERE WAS A TRACT WITH LARGER LOTS.
THE SMALL LOT WAS 4000 SQUARE-FOOT.
>>: THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE, SO FOR EXAMPLE.
IF WE HAVE WEST OF US WE HAVE AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD AND IF WE HAD A VACANT LOT THEN WE WOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT THESE DESIGN STANDARDS.
THE COMMISSION JUST REVIEWED A RECENT SUBDIVISION COCO PALMS. IF THAT TAKES AFTER THESE REGULATIONS WERE ADOPTED, YOU WOULD REVIEW THEM AFTER THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.
IS THAT OKAY CHAIR? >>: PLEASE.
>>: THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.
THE LAST THREE YEARS WE ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO COME BEFORE US FOR A STUDY SESSION TO DISCUSS DESIGN, WHAT THEY SEE, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON BEFORE THEY GET TO THE POINT OF COMING BEFORE US.
BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID, IT WILL BE MORE CHECKING INSTEAD OF GUIDING.
DOES THAT MEAN BASICALLY, THE DEVELOPERS CAN'T BE TOO INTERESTED IN COMING FOR GUIDANCE, THEY WILL SAY IF THIS IS WHAT THE RULES ARE IN WE MEET THE MINIMUM'S, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH
ALL WE HAVE TO DO. >>: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
COMING BEFORE YOU AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS, THE CONVERSATION WILL BE MORE CONTROLLED BECAUSE OF THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL STILL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, YOUR FEEDBACK ON OTHER THINGS CAN STILL BE APPLIED BUT WILL WE GET INTO WHAT ALESSANDRA COVERED, IT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MAKE SURE YOU ARE FOLLOWING THIS, THIS, THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION.
NOT THAT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS BUT AS IT RELATES THAT WILL BE WHERE THE CONVERSATION HAS TO GO.
>>: RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE GOING TO ZONING IN THE GUIDANCE.
WE AS A COMMISSION NEED TO BE REAL CAREFUL WHAT WE PUT IN HERE BECAUSE ONCE IT'S HERE UNLESS YOU GO BACK TO BANKING MAJOR CHANGES, YOU WILL NOT MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES TO THE ZONING EASILY ONCE THE COUNCIL APPROVES IT, CORRECT?
THEY WILL BE PRETTY TIGHT BUT ONCE WE HAVE THEM IN PLACE WE CAN ADD STANDARDS BUT THEY HAVE TO BE OBJECTIVE. OVER TIME NO ZONING ORDINANCE OR SET OF REGULATIONS IN MY EXPERIENCE IS NEVER STATIC.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THINGS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR CITY COUNCIL OR COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE OR WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER RESPONSIVE FUTURE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT TODAY. WHEN IT GETS TO THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS THERE IS MORE CONTROLS IN PLACE IS THE BEST WAY TO SAY.
WHEN WE DELIVERED NONRESIDENTIAL YOU MORE FLEXIBILITY THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL THEN YOU DO WITH THE RESIDENTIAL.
I SUSPECT, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS RECENTLY PROBABLY SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ZONING REGULATIONS WERE ADOPTED THEY WILL BE ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT WILL POP UP THAT WEREN'T CONSIDERED AT THE TIME THAT WE THOUGHT THIS THROUGH.
BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED WHERE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING COMING DOWN THE PIKE. WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE BECAUSE WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE EVERYTHING WHERE WE NEED TO
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ADDRESS BECAUSE IMPLEMENTATION DID NOT GO THE WAY WE WANTED IT TO.>>: THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT HAD EXAMPLES OF TOWNHOUSES TO ME, SOMEWHERE A LITTLE MORE MODERN IN SOMEWHERE A LITTLE MORE TRADITIONAL.
WHEN WE ARE PUTTING IN THESE GUIDELINES, FOR EXAMPLE CURRENTLY MODERN IS A LITTLE MORE POPULAR, CORRECT.
BUT WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COMMISSION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE COMMISSIONER THAT SET UP YOUR THAT TIME WERE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN SOMETHING MORE SANTA BARBARA.
>>: SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN LOOK.
BECAUSE WERE BEING SO SPECIFIC IN HERE.
IS THERE STILL GOING TO BE ROOM FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO BE A LITTLE CREATIVE SO MAYBE NOT EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPMENT STARTS TO LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME AND THERE'S NO ROOM FOR CHANGE FIVE, TEN, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WITHOUT MAJOR REVISIONS?
>>: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION ALESSANDRA.
MAYBE YOU COULD DISCUSS AND GO BACK TO THE VARIOUS COLORS AND MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WOULD YOU HELP RESPOND TO THAT I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
>>: THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION TO CLARIFY.
THE WAY WE HAVE STRUCTURED THE DESIGN STANDARDS WERE TRYING TO GET AT A MINIMUM LEVEL OF ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST AND VARIABILITY.
BUT WE ARE NOT DEFINING ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, THESE ARE STANDARDS THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH ANY ARCHITECTURAL STYLE SPANISH, MODERN WHAT HAVE YOU.
AGAIN WE PROVIDED A MENU OF OPTIONS FOR A LOT OF THESE.
WE USED AT A MINIMUM TWO OF THE FOLLOWING ARTICULATION DESIGN TREATMENTS AND THEN THERE'S A MENU OF OPTIONS THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE FROM.
RIGHT NOW WE REALLY FOCUSED ON MODERN IN CANTERBURY IN THE NONRESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. WEAKEST OF FOCUS ON THE MODERN CONTEMPORARY.
BUT THE ARTICULATION AND THAT'S FREE GET TO THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN BUT IF WE SAY OUR PREFERENCES MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY, WE CAN STILL SAY THAT.
IF WE GO BACK AND SAY A PREFERENCE IS SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN WE CAN SAY THAT.
BUT WHAT IS GOOD TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHEN WE SAY THAT WERE GOING TO SAY AS YOU DEVELOP YOUR PRODUCTS, KEEP THE STANDARDS IN MIND.
WITH THAT IN MIND THAT THE DEVELOPER CAME TO US WITH SOMETHING THAT MET ALL THE MINIMUMS BUT THE STYLE WAS SOMETHING IN THE CITY AS A WHOLE IS NOT WORKING WITH AND DOES NOT WANT.
IS THAT GOING TO GIVE US ENOUGH AUTHORITY TO SAY YOU MEET ALL THE MINIMUMS BUT YOU ARE NOT MEETING THE DESIGN THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOR OUR CITY.
IS THAT ENOUGH TO SAY WE WILL NOT APPROVE YOU IF YOU DO NOT CHANGE YOUR DESIGN?
RON IS NOT GOING TO LIKE WHAT I SAY.
HE IS THE LEGAL PART OF THE TEAM HERE.
I SAY LIKELY YES IT'S IN LIMITED PARAMETERS.
I WILL LET LET HER TAKE OVER NOW BECAUSE SHE'S PROBABLY GOING TO KILL ME OFF-LINE.
LIKELY YES BUT WITH PARAMETERS.
JUMPING I KNOW YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
>>: SURE, I WILL DEFER TO ZACH FOR THE LEGAL RATIONALE FOR IT.
I WANT TO STEP BACK AND TALK ABOUT THIS AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL FIRST. COMMISSIONER YOU ASKED US TO COME TO US BEFORE THEY GET TOO FAR ON THE DESIGN. THAT ALLOWS THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE THEM WITH GENERAL FEEDBACK AND PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
THEY KNOW WHEN THEY DESIGNED THEIR PROJECT AND COME BACK IS SOMETHING THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD LIKELY IMPROVE.
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THE FAITHFUL HAS ALSO PUT IN A LIMIT THAT A PROJECT CAN GO THROUGH.THERE IS A LIMIT OF FIVE TOTAL HEARINGS.
THE CITY CAN USE ONE OF THE STANDARDS AT THE START OF A PROJECT IF THEY SO LIKE.
OR DEVELOPER MAY COME IN AND WANT TO COME TO THE CITY ON THEIR OWN BEHALF AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSION.
BUT TO GO BACK TO WHAT KEVIN WAS SAYING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IF A PROJECT COMES IN AND MEETS THE DESIGN STANDARDS IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IF IT'S ADOPTED AS IS AND IF A PROJECT MEETS THOSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM MY UNDERSTANDING DENIED THE PROJECT ON THE BASIS OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.
>>: SIMRAN IS RIGHT, THAT WOULD HELP HIM WITH THE COMMISSIONER DESCRIBE.
THE COUNTER TO THAT, THE STYLES AND TASTE CHANGE.
DOES THAT MEAN EVERY SINGLE TIME, MODERN CONTEMPORARY NOW AND NOW BACK TO SPANISH AND GO BACK AND MODIFY THE CODE, MAYBE.
THE LIKELY IF YOU GAVE CONTEXT IN THE ZONING REGULATIONS TO THE PREFERENCES, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE DID THIS A LITTLE BIT TO REPRESENT ARCHITECTURAL PREFERENCE.
IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY LIST ANYTHING, WE MADE IT CLEAR ABOUT THE MODERN CONTEMPORARY IN THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.
THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDED APPROACH.
I DON'T KNOW EXACT WHAT STOWAWAY AND FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE BUT THAT'S HOW I WOULD
CAVEAT. >>: ONE THING I WILL OFFER UP THE TELEPHONE UNDERSTANDING THIS CONVERSATION THE STATUTORY DEFINITION THAT THEY USE FOR OBJECTIVE STANDARDS.
JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S BEEN REFERENCED IN THE GENESIS FOR SOME OF THESE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS THAT SIMRAN AND ALESSANDRA AND THE CITY SOUTH HAVE PUT TOGETHER AND THAT INVOLVE NO PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT BY A OFFICIAL AND UNIFORMLY VERIFIABLE TO THE NEXT JOURNAL IN UNIFORM BENCHMARK AND BY THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICANT OR PROPONENT IN THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
ESSENTIALLY THAT DEFINITION FOCUSES ON SOMETHING THAT IS SUBJECTIVE THAT ALL CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CRITERIA IS IN IT ELIMINATES THE PERSONAL OR SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENT TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT WOULD FACTOR INTO APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF A PROJECT.
AND TO THE EXAMPLE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPING CODE SAID ALL RESIDENTIAL HOMES SHALL HAVE, I'LL USE THE TERM GENERICALLY A MODERN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL THEME IN THE OBJECTIVE MORE THAN WHAT I JUST STATED.
THEN THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT ZACH IS TOUGH.
IF WERE LOOSEY-GOOSEY SO TO SPEAK AND SAY THE COMMISSION WILL FIGURE THAT OUT, THAT'S
WHERE WE WOULD FAIL. >>: , YOU HAVE TO VERY, VERY CLEARLY DEFINE WHAT THAT STYLE MEANS. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE TO JUDGE WHAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
ALSO IT MEANS IF YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN ONLY DO THIS ONE OR TWO OR THREE THEN ALL OF YOUR BUILDINGS CAN ONLY BE THOSE THREE STYLES.
>>: THEN YOU RUN THE RISK THAT YOU EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT EARLIER.
>>: BASICALLY THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.
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WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT THE COUNCIL AND THE GENERAL PLAN IS TRYING TO DO AND WHAT OUR CITY WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS.WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT I'LL BE TOO OLD.
AND THERE MIGHT HAVE TO BE SOME CHANGES.
THIS IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO BRING UP MORE TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS THAT WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL AT THE END OF THIS AND WHAT WERE RECOMMENDED.
>>: THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME AS THE COMMISSION WE WOULD LIKE THE STAFFING CONSULTANTS TO GO BACK AND DEVELOP LANGUAGE AROUND ARCHITECTURAL THEME IN PERSPECTIVE THEN WE WOULD COME BACK AND WORK WITH ZACH AS WELL TO MAKE SURE IT'S TIGHTLY WRITTEN IN A LEGALLY VALID WAY.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BRING BACK THAT YOU COULD REVIEW AT A LATER DATE.
THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY SESSIONS IS EXACTLY WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT THERE'S PLUSES AND MINUSES TO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU CAN EXPRESS SOMETHING AND THAT SOMETHING COULD BE IN EFFECT FOR A WHILE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE MARKET PREFERS.
WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL BE THE STYLE TEN YEARS FROM NOW.
AS ALESSANDRA POINTED OUT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS AND LOOKS LIKE. THERE WOULD BE NO ROOM FOR SUBJECTIVENESS.
>>: I HAVE AN ANSWER TO A FOLLOW-UP.
>>: I WAS JUST CAN ADD ONE MORE THING THAT THROWS THE LOOP ON THE TOPIC.
THAT IS IT GROWS OVER TIME AND ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IS OFTEN UP TO IMITATION OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND GENERALLY DON'T WRITE THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOCUSING ON ALLOWING CERTAIN STYLES ONLY IN VERY FEW COMMUNITIES THAT IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
WE KNOW SANTA BARBARA IN SANTA BARBARA STYLE BUT IS FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE CITY AND IT WORKS THERE READ ONE COULD DO THAT POTENTIALLY AND PORTIONS OF INDIO BUT IT'S BLINDED ARTIFICIALLY TO SOME EXTENT.
TECHNICALLY IF YOU HAD DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AND DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY I THINK THAT IS A WAY TO CREATE A DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCES.
WHAT WE DO IS ON ONE BUILDING YOU DO NOT HAVE ELEMENTS OF STYLE HOMES WITH THE SPANISH STYLE IN THE CONTEMPORARY BALCONY OR OTHER SUCH ELEMENTS.
WE DO NOT WANT THAT HODGEPODGE HAPPENING AND THERE IS A STANDARD FOR THEM ON THAT.
BUT IN TERMS OF BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY OR DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE CITY, THEY CAN HAVE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES.
>>: MY QUESTION IS LESS ABOUT THE STYLE.
I FEEL YOU ALL HAVE STATED IT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE IT DEPENDS WHO'S AT THE COMMISSION AND WHAT THE COMMISSION IS INTO AT THE TIME.
I LIKE THIS IDEA OF STANDARDIZING SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN EXPECT IN THE LONG-TERM AND THE APPLICANT CAN EXPECT IN THE LONG-TERM AND THEN FIGURING OUT HOW WE ADD A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR AND FLAVOR TO IT.
HOWEVER, MY QUESTION IS MORE IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, FOR EXAMPLE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PLAN WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE CARBON REGISTRATION WHICH IS COME UP AND WERE HOLDING THESE PARKING LOTS FOR EXAMPLE IT IS NOT ROBUST, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT MEET THE STANDARDS AS THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR ABOVE AND BEYOND STANDARDS.
IS THIS THE MOMENT AND WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IS THAT TOO SUBJECTIVE? JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, WE AS A CITY HAVE ALREADY STARTED TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS
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AND PUT INTO A PLAN.HOW DO WE BRING SOME OF THAT INTO THIS PROCESS SO AS NEW MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS ARE COMING IN OR THE MIXED-USE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD ARE THEY TAKING THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION? SHADE IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR REGION.
I GUESS I AM JUST CURIOUS HOW DO WE EMBED THAT INTO THIS PROCESS NOW TO MAKE SURE IT IS LIVING WITHIN THE ZONING BECAUSE IN THE PAST THE APPLICANT HAVE COME AND WE'VE SAID MORE ROBUST AND MORE TREES AND MORE THIS BUT THERE IS REALLY NOTHING THAT SORT OF GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW DO WE DO THAT.
VERY GOOD QUESTION VICE CHAIR RODRIGUEZ CEJA. THOSE ARE ACROSS THE CITY AND NOT IN SPECIFIC ZONES, THOSE INCLUDE PARKING STANDARDS, LANDSCAPING STANDARDS, HOW DO YOU DESIGN FOR INDIA'S CLIMATE AND FOR THOSE STANDARDS ARE ALL IN BED.
THAT REALLY GIVES -- THOSE ARE VERY ROBUST FOR WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY.
HE GIVES THE COMMISSIONER AWAY FOR THE APPLICANT'S TO FOLLOW THOSE STANDARDS SO YOU WILL GET PROJECTS WHICH ARE DESIGNED MORE APPROPRIATELY TO THE GENERAL PLAN
VISION WAS. >>: THANK YOU, THAT CLARIFIES, IT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO THE COMMISSION SINCE YOU BEEN PART OF THE COMMISSION.
PEOPLE HAVE COME UP AND SAID YOU ARE SAYING SEQUENCE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT BECAUSE THIS MEETING THEIR GENERAL PLAN RECOMMENDATION, JUST BY THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO DO ANY SORT OF FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY AS BROUGHT BACK CERTAIN PROJECTS AND THEY SAID WE ARE NOT SO SURE THAT THAT IS THE CASE.
FOR ME IT'S BEING ABLE TO VERY CLEARLY DEFINED HOW IT IS THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THESE INTERVENTIONS INTO OUR ZONING.
I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT WOULD BE.
>>: VICE CHAIR I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING.
THE ZONING UPDATE BY ITSELF IS NOT ADDRESSING SEQUEL AS THE STATUTORY GUIDANCE.
THINGS RELATING TO CONDUCTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ARE REGULATED UNDER THE STATUE OF THE STATE. TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, THERE HAS BEEN THINGS OVER THE TIME AS WE'VE DONE REVIEW FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS WHERE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTALLY ORIENTED ACTIONS THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE COMMISSION AND AS SIMRAN POINTED OUT, ARTICLE THREE, THAT CONVERSATION WOULD OCCUR FOR YOU AS A COMMISSION TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL. IN TERMS OF THE ISSUE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, WHETHER IT BE AT ONE POINT THE COMMISSION HAS TALKED ABOUT REQUIRING CAR PARTS, NOT CAR PARKS BUT COVERED PARKING AREAS.
THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD TALK ABOUT.
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING MORE ROBUST LANDSCAPING OR DESERT FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DISCUSS.
YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT PERHAPS NOT HAVING AS MUCH PARKING AS IT'S BEEN SHOWN ON THE PROJECTS. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
I'M SPEAKING MORE ON THE COMMERCIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL ORIENTATION RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE OCCURRED, THIS IS OPPORTUNITY IN THE STASH DISCUSSIONS TO GET ON THE FLOOR AND WE AS STAFF AS A CONSULTANT TEAM NO WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE THAT WE CAN BRING THEM FORWARD WHEN WE GET INTO THE FORMAL PROCESS AS YOU DEVELOP YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
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DO WE HAVE ANOTHER TOPIC TO REVIEW AFTER THIS?
>>: I BELIEVE IN TERMS OF THEIR PRESENTATION, THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO COVER WITH YOU.
WE DO WANT TO INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UP IF THEY WANT TO GET COMMENT.
AT YOUR DIRECTION SO THEY CAN GIVE COMMENTS IN ON THIS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING STANDARDS AND NOT NECESSARILY ANYTHING RELATED TO ZONING PROPERTY. RIGHT NOW THIS CONVERSATION IS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
WHEN YOU ARE READY I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK BY AN INDIVIDUAL AND WE CAN INVITE THEM
UP WHEN YOU ARE READY. >>: YES ON THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>>: I WILL ASK AFTERWARDS, GO AHEAD.
>>: AT THIS TIME LETICIA IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
>>: THANK YOU, I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE TIME, LIKE KEVIN JUST SAID, MY ISSUE IS ABOUT ZONING.
I WANT TO STEP FORWARD AND SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I DID GET THE POSTCARD THAT WAS SENT OUT TO RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE UNDERGOING.
I WANTED TO COME IN HERE AND BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS THAT THE PROCESS ENTAILED SO I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW I COULD BRING FORTH SOME ISSUES THAT I MAKE SPRINTING OUT WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. I WILL WAIT TO PROVIDE THOSE COMMENTS, THERE REALLY ADDRESSING ZONING REQUEST. I JUST WANT TO SAY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE DID GET THE POSTCARD AND I WISH THERE WAS MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE TAKEN AN INTEREST BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT PROCESS, THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT EASY TO FOLLOW TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I AM NOT A PLANNER BUT I WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT.
THANK YOU. >>: I JUST WANT TO KNOW I HAVE MET WITH HER IN A MEMBER OF HER FAMILY, WE DISCUSSED THEIR SITUATION, THEY OWN PROPERTY IN NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY, THE THEY HAVE INTEREST -- IS CURRENTLY IN THE LOW DENSITY GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION.
THEY HAVE INTEREST WITH SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAVING A CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THEIR PROPERTY, I THINK IT IS SOMETHING WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED AND WE CAN HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION. >>: THANK YOU.
>>: DO WE WANT TO GO OVER THE NEXT STEPS?
>>: BEFORE WE DO THAT WE HAVE SOME OTHER MEMBERS I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAD DESIRE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY DESIRE TO SPEAK.
>>: CERTAINLY THE FLOOR IS OPEN IF WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
>>: I THINK COMMISSIONER FRANZ WAS MAKING ANOTHER COMMENT.
>>: I WAS PUTTING A MARK ON THE PAGES.
I WAS REVIEWING THE REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED THERE WAS A SECTION EITHER SAYS SITE PLAN STANDARDS, UNDER THAT WAS NUMBER C., INTENTION ABOUT SOUND WALLS.
IT TALKS ABOUT THEY WOULD BE PROHIBITED AND IF THE DEVELOPMENT HAS FOUND WALLS IT WOULD PROVIDE FREQUENT PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS AT A DISTANCE OF 600 FEET.
MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS IS TRYING TO SHARE.
WHEN I THINK OF SOUND WALLS, LET'S THINK OF FRED WARING AND WHEN THE CITY WENT IN AND BUILT UP, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SIX OR 8 FEET TALL WALLS TO KEEP THE SOUND FROM HOW BIG IT IS GOTTEN IN THE MUCH BIGGER FROM WHEN THE ROADS ARE BUILT.
THEIR BIG WALLS TO PREVENT HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE SOUND FROM THE TRAFFIC.
OR SOMETHING LIKE HERITAGE PALMS, THEY HAVE THE WALLS FOR THE BACKYARD AND A SETBACK WITH SOME WALKING AREAS, USUALLY THOSE ARE BOLTED SPECIFICALLY AROUND BUSY INTERSECTIONS, JEFFERSON, MILES, FRED WARING.
AM I READING THIS RIGHT, GOING FORWARD SOUND WALLS WOULD BE DISCRETE TO THE COMMUNITY.
>>: I'LL GET AN INITIAL RESPONSE AND I'LL ASK ALESSANDRA.
IN THE GENERAL PLAN WE ARE DISCOURAGING WALL COMMUNITIES BUT WE ARE NOT PROHIBITING THEM.
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WHEN THEY DO OCCUR WE ARE REQUIRING PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY EVERY 600 FEET, THAT IS A GENERAL POLICY.THAT LANGUAGE IS IN PART INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE GENERAL PLAN POLICY.
ALESSANDRA OR SIMRAN D-1 AWAY AND.
>>: THE GENERAL PLAN DISCOURAGES DATA COMMUNITIES.
BUT IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT THEM.
WE HAVE NOT PROHIBITED THEM IN THE CODE BUT THE GENERAL PLAN HAD SPECIFIC DIRECTION ON SOUND WALLS. THAT SECTION THAT YOU READ ON SOUND WALLS CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE POLICY AND THE GENERAL PLAN BUT IT ONLY PROHIBITS THEM ON ARTERIAL BOULEVARD CONNECTED DOWNTOWN AND LOCAL STREETS. SO THE REALLY BIG BUSY ROADS WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED THERE.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT. >>: THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE WRITTEN.
AS AN EXAMPLE IF YOU THINK THAT NEEDS FURTHER CLARIFICATION OR EXPLANATION THIS IS THE TIME TO TELL THE SURE THOUGHTS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE TO REFLECT THAT.
THAT WAS THE CONFUSING TO THE COMMISSIONER NEED TO GET MIGHT BE CONFUSING TO AN END USER
OR DEVELOPER. >>: I THINK IT SHOULD BE CLARIFIED A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAYBE SAY THAT ON THE MAIN ARTERIAL ROADS THAT IT IS ALLOWED THERE BUT NOT ANYMORE IN SMALLER COMMUNITY
AREAS. >>: THE COMMISSION MAY REMEMBER YOU IN THE COUNCIL MADE A PURPOSEFUL PIVOT AWAY FROM THE GATED COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OF LACK OF CONNECT ABILITY THAT USE ALL OF HER TIME AS MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES IN INDIO WERE GATED.
YOU DID NOT RECOMMEND AND THE COUNCIL DID NOT TAKE IT AS FAR AS TO SAY NO TO THE GATED COMMUNITIES BUT THEY DID SAY THERE NEEDS TO BE CONNECT ABILITY.
THAT IS WHY FOR EXAMPLE IN THE COCOA PALMS PROJECT THAT YOU REVIEWED, THERE IS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. IT DOESN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT WE DISCUSSED THE PEDESTRIAN GATES EVERY 600 FEET. THAT IS A GENERAL PLAN POLICY THAT OUR PROJECT HAD TO FOLLOW.
>>: A QUICK QUESTION ON REGARDS TO WHAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING, AS FAR AS SOUND WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BEING ALLOWED AND WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS HEAVY TRAFFIC AREAS, IS THAT BASED ON TRAFFIC STUDIES IS OPEN TO INTERPRETATION, ARE THERE CERTAIN FRED WARING OR MILES WOULD THAT INCLUDE LIKE AVENUE 42, AVENUE 40, WHAT DICTATES WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER BEING AN ACCEPTABLE AREA FOR SUCH WALLS?
EARLIER ALESSANDRA REFERENCED.
WE HAVE DESIGNATED IN HER GENERAL PLAN, DESIGNATIONS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF STREETS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY RANGE FROM A RESIDENTIAL STREET THAT YOU MIGHT LIVE ON TODAY TO A COLLECTIVE WHICH IS TYPICALLY YOU WILL SEE A COLLECTOR OFTENTIMES THAT WILL GATHER THE TRAFFIC FROM RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE A COLLECTOR -- I APOLOGIZE I AM BLINKING.
A COLLECTOR COULD BE ADAMS ON THE WEST EDGE OF THE CITY AS AN EXAMPLE THAT COLLECTS TRAFFIC AND FILTERS IT DOWN TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
NOW YOU GET INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARTERIAL AND THEY ARE OUR WIDER STREET, THIS WOULD BE FRED WARING AS AN EXAMPLE.
AND/OR THE AVENUE 42 USED AS A REFERENCE EARLIER.
THE GOAL IS TO TIE IT BACK TO THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATED CLASSIFICATION FOR STREET IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALESSANDRA PLEASE JUMP IN.
>>: I WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE GENERAL PLAN TO REMIND MYSELF.
IT HAS ARTERIAL, SECONDARY HIGHWAYS, COLLECTORS, DOWNTOWN STREETS AND LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. AS I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GENERAL PLAN WAS SAYING SOUND WALLS WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED ON FREEWAYS AND SECONDARY HIGHWAYS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE GENERAL PLAN TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS.
>>: I WOULD ALSO ADD MAJOR ARTERIALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE INTENT AT THE TIME.
THE EXAMPLE OF FRED WARING IS A MAJOR EAST-WEST ARTERIAL AND WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT BUT NOT NECESSARILY.
MILES WEST OF MONROE YOU WOULD NOT SEE IT AS AN EXAMPLE.
AND YOU WOULD NOT SEE IT NECESSARILY ON AVENUE, THAT IS IN
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ARTERIAL. I WAS GOING TO SAY AVENUE 48 BUT THAT IS THE WRONG ONE.I WILL USE OUR FAVOR HISTORY AVENUE 49.
>>: OKAY, IF SOMETHING EXISTS TO SHOW THESE DESIGNATIONS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM FOR
REFERENCE. >>: I THINK INTEGRATE COMMENT.
WE WILL WORK TO REFINE THAT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR AND TIE IT BACK TO THE GENERAL PLAN MORE CLEARLY. I THINK IN THE FUTURE FOLKS WOULD LIKELY ASK THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT
YOU ARE. >>: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>: I WANT TO REMIND YOU THIS IS A STUDY SESSION, THIS IS NOT YOUR ONLY CHANCE.
I KNOW SEVERAL IF NOT ALL ARE WAITING FOR HARDCOPIES I HAD A PRODUCTION ISSUE WITH OUR PRINTER WHICH WE ARE WORKING THROUGH SO I SHOULD HAVE THAT.
I DO HAVE THE LARGE-SCALE ZONING GENERAL PLAN MAPS ARE REVIEWED PREVIOUSLY.
I HANDED THEM OUT TO THE TWO COMMISSIONERS AND WE WILL MAIL THEM TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS TOMORROW.
YOU WILL HAVE THOSE AND I HOPE TO GET THOSE HARDCOPIES OF THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN IN GENERAL PLAN HOPEFULLY NO LATER MIDWEEK THE NEXT WEEK.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK THROUGH THESE ITEMS. THEY ARE AVAILABLE WITH THE ZONING UPDATE WEBPAGE WHICH WE REFERRED TO PREVIOUSLY AND DIRECTED YOU TO, THAT IS THERE IN THE INTERACTIVE ZONING MAP THAT ALESSANDRA PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU TO TRAVEL THE CITY AND SEE HOW THE ZONING WILL BE APPLIED.
WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET AS MANY OF THE GREAT IDEAS, THINGS TO THINK ABOUT ON THE TABLE SO WHEN WE GET TO THOSE HEARINGS IT MAY WE KNOW WHAT YOUR ISSUE AREAS ARE AND THAT WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THEM THAT MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
>>: CAN I MAKE A REQUEST THE NEXT STUDY SESSION IS NEXT WEEK, RIGHT?
>>: THE NEXT SCHEDULED STUDY SESSION IS APRIL 13.
THE SCHEDULE WAS JUST PUT ON THE SCREEN.
IT SHOULD BE UNDER SCREEN MOMENTARILY.
AT THE APRIL 13 MEETING WE WILL BE DISCUSSING SPECIAL USES ARTICLE FOUR.
WE ARE SKIPPING WERE MOVING AROUND.
THE CONSULT, ROGER WHO SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THE SIGN CODE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND BASED ON HIS AVAILABILITY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE WILL TAKE A BREAK BEFORE WE JUMP INTO ARTICLE THREE WHICH IS GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND WE WILL SPEND TIME ON APRIL 13 ON SPECIAL USES.
IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FROM TODAY THAT YOU HAVE IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW IN ADVANCE SO IF WE NEED TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING WE CAN ALSO RESPOND.
THE GOAL IS TO FOCUS ON ARTICLE FOUR.
>>: I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A HARD COPY.
FOR ARTICLE FOUR THE FRIDAY THAT IT IS RELEASED.
I'M OLD SCHOOL I LIKE TO MAKE NOTES AND PUT STICKIES, IT'S HARD TO DO DIGITALLY I'M NOT THAT TALENTED ON MY COMPUTER.
I'M WILLING TO COME PICK IT UP ESPECIALLY FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
>>: THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM, IF ANY COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE HARDCOPIES OF THE ARTICLES WE WILL GET THEM TO YOU.
PROBABLY ON A NOTEBOOK RATHER THAN BUYING THEM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG NOTEBOOKS IN THAT WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.
DOES ANY OTHER WHAT ARE COPIES OF THESE ARTICLES? THE CHAIR DOES.
VICE CHAIR YOU'RE SHAKING HER HEAD YES.
I WILL CHECK WITH COMMISSIONER ON HER PREFERENCE AS WELL BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU AND WE WILL WORK TO GET THAT TO YOU.
IDEALLY I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT TO YOU FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT THE CONSULTANT TEAM OR MYSELF CAN ADDRESS FOR YOU OR OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS WITH US.
WHAT HAS BEEN PUT IN FRONT OF YOU, SIMRAN USED A VERY GOOD TURN A MODERN SET OF ZONING REGULATIONS. THIS IS WHERE THE WORLD IS TODAY.
THE ZONING REGULATIONS YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO ARE VERY OLD.
THEY DO NOT REPRESENT INDIO WELL.
CURRENT INDIO. YOU HAVE ADOPTED A GENERAL PLAN, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A GENERAL PLAN WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE THAT IS INTENDED TO PROPEL THE CITY FORWARD TO A DIFFERENT
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FUTURE. A MORE URBAN FUTURE IN A MORE DENSE FUTURE AND MORE CONNECTED FUTURE.WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AS WE GO THROUGH THESE IS A REFLECTION OF WHAT YOU WAITING ON.
WHILE THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS AS WE SAID EARLIER, THESE DETAILS ARE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE GENERAL PLAN SPEAKS TO FOR INDIO OF TODAY AND TOMORROW WILL BE.
I JUST WANTED TO KEEP IN MIND, IF YOU EVER HAVE QUESTIONS WE WILL ANSWER THEM.
BUT YOU MAY HEAR REFERENCES BACK TO THE GENERAL PLAN.
THAT IS THE FOUNDATION WE ARE BUILDING OFF OF.
I DON'T KNOW IF SIMRAN OR ALESSANDRA HAVE ANY COMMENTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET.
>>: THIS IS A VERY HELPFUL DISCUSSION.
WE APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS IN THE TIME THAT YOU PUT IN REVIEWING THE MATERIALS.
AND ASKING THE GREAT QUESTIONS.
>>: WITH THAT WE ARE DONE CHAIR.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE BEFORE ADJOURNMENT, WE HAVE OUR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AGENDA ITEMS. IF THE CHAIR IS READY, WE CAN MOVE TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
>>: CERTAINLY, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS FOR OTHER ITEMS?
>>: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I KNOW I ASKED YOU EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THE COMMISSIONERS BEING PART OF THE APA AND I WAS HOPING MAYBE YOU COULD ANNOUNCE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NEW FOLKS.
JUST AS AN OPTION THAT WE HAVE.
>>: THAT IS GREAT, THANK YOU VICE CHAIRPERSON.
VICE CHAIRPERSON REACHED OUT, THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION WHICH IS A NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION AND STATE CHAPTERS IN EVERY STATE AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS TO JOIN AND BE MEMBERS.
WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
AS A VICE CHAIRPERSON REACHED OUT ASKING ABOUT THAT.
IF ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS ARE INTERESTED IN THAT.
YOU CAN LET ME KNOW NOW OR SEPARATELY THROUGH AN E-MAIL OR PHONE CALL AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PROCESS A MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU.
WHAT THAT DOES, PROVIDE YOU WITH ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN GATHER THROUGH E-MAILS AND THERE IS BLOG POST AND NEWSLETTERS.
THERE IS ALSO ONLINE INFORMATION, GREAT LINE TRAINING THAT IS FREE.
IF YOU HAVE AN AREA YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT.
THERE IS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CONFERENCES ADDED A MEMBER RATE VERSUS A NONMEMBER RATE. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE IN, YOU CAN SAY RIGHT NOW OR LET ME KNOW.
>>: I THOUGHT I WAS ALREADY A MEMBER UNLESS MY MEMBERSHIP WAS CANCELED.
I STILL GET SOME OF THE E-MAILS.
>>: ME TOO. >>: AND WE VERIFY PERSONAL MEMBERS.
IT'S AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SO THEY DID NOT GET RENEWED REPAYMENT, IT LIKELY MEANS YOU ARE NO LONGER MEMBERS.
>>: IT WAS DONE THROUGH THE CITY.
>>: I KNOW THERE'S A CONFERENCE COMING UP IN SAN DIEGO.
WHAT I WILL DO, SO FAR I HAVE THREE COMMISSION MEMBERS.
CHAIR DID WANT TO BE SIGNED UP AS WELL?
>>: CERTAINLY. LIKEWISE I AM OR WAS, I STILL GET SEVERAL E-MAILS.
>>: YOU PROBABLY HAVE A MEMBER BUT IT'S LIKELY INACTIVE IF WE DID NOT PAY WHICH IS LIKELY THE CASE. WE WILL CONFIRM THAT AND TAKE CARE OF THAT ON YOUR BEHALF AND THAT I WILL CHECK WITH COMMISSIONER VALDEZ AS WELL REGARDING HER INTEREST.
AGAIN, I DO THINK IT IS A GREAT EXPOSURE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PLANNING THAT YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY EXPERIENCE IN THE DEAL.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? OKAY THEN, WE WILL ADJOURN TO THE NEXT MEETING APRIL 13.
WHICH IS A REGULAR SCHEDULED PLANNING MEETING IN THE STUDY SESSION WITH REGULAR ITEMS. CORRECT, KEVIN QUESTIONING.
>>: THAT IS CORRECT. WE ANTICIPATE HAVING PROJECT CONSULTATION AT THIS TIME PLUS A STUDY
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SESSION. WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT WILL HAVE ANY ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW APPLICATIONS CONSIDERED BUT THERE ARE TWO PROJECT CONSULTATIONS, ONE FOR A COMMERCIAL PROJECT IN ONE OF RESIDENTIAL PROJECT THAT I WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU.I WOULD JUST NOTE WE WILL BEGIN THE MEETING AT THE NORMAL TIME AT 6:00 P.M.
ON APRIL 15. >>: THANK YOU, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING ON APRIL 15. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.