Okay, I would like to start the meeting of the April 13th planning commission And can we have roll please? Commissioner Carter is absent and Commissioner Cisco Here Commissioner Duggan here Commissioner Holton here Commissioner Sanders here Vice Chair Peterson Here chair weeks here Let the record reflect that all commissioners are present with the exception of Commissioner Carter Thank you, and item 2 is approval of minutes. We have three sets of minutes today February 23rd March 9th and March 23rd. Are there any changes? corrections additions to the minutes Seeing none and those will be approved and And then we'll go on to item 3 public comments We're now taking public comments on item 3 non-agended matters And this is the time with when any person can speak To the Commission on matters not listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the committee I mean of this commission Are there any in-person attendees who wish to make public comments and Seeing none We'll go ahead and Now we now need to go to see if there's anybody on zoom to make public comments If you're a member of the public wishing to make a comment via zoom You can do so by selecting the raise your hand icon at the bottom of your zoom screen if you're calling in Please press start nine We do have one member of the public Jay and Talina I'm gonna give you permissions to speak Please state your name for the record My name is Jay Plasman Yes, go ahead, please So I'm assuming this is in regards to the the expansion of the North Village phase 2 I live in North Village phase No, excuse me That is an item that is on the agenda So if you could hold your public comment till then that would be great. Thank you That's okay So If are there any other hands raised for the items that are not on the agenda today Chair weeks, I don't see any other hands raised Okay So with that I will go ahead and close the public comment on non-agended items And we'll move on to planning commissioners report I'll start with reading the statement of purpose which Which is that the planning commission is charged with carrying out the California planning and zoning laws in the city of Santa Rosa? Duties include implementing of plans ordinances and policies relating to land use matters Assisting in writing and implementing the general plan and area plans holding public hearings and acting on proposed changes to the zoning code Zoning map general plan tentative subdivision maps and undertaking special planning studies as needed So with that I'll move to 4.2 subdivision waterways advisory committee reports Commissioner, okay, I don't Nothing to report. Great. Thank you And then we'll go on to 4.3 commissioner reports. Are there any reports? Mr. Duggan I Would like to report that commissioner Sanders and I spent a few days in Garten Grove two weeks ago for the planning commissioners Academy that's put on by the Cal Cities organization and we went to a lot of really informative sessions I'll let him tell you about any ones that that I come to the top of his mind But I some of the ones that I fondly remember our Objective standards to collide with state law and a lot of them were around New and pending new housing development laws There was a session on processing housing developments under SB 330 On the surplus land act and the legislative update talked about proposed and pending state laws and also What Calcities if there's supportive or not supportive of the pending legislation and Then one of the fun sessions this year. I thought miss Crocker would like to hear about this We had a planning commissioners Jeopardy game that had a whole board set like up like a Game board and it was run by two land use attorneys and it was very difficult It was very the answers were very very specific and unless you answered them very specifically You didn't get credit for your answer, but I hope they do that one again because that was a lot of fun So that's my report. We also stayed in the hotel with a lot of Disney princesses and we did not Get to go to Disneyland, but that's okay Thank you. Are there other commissioners Sanders? Yeah, you report on Disneyland. I'm gonna report on Disneyland because I actually was able to go on the walking tour of Disneyland and And touring downtown Disney and what was really neat about it was learning about the relationship between, you know A corporate corporation like Disney and all they have to do in cooperation with city of Anaheim to make Something like California adventure or reality and everything that goes into, you know Concerns about traffic streets housing where the employees are going to live and it's a really intricate dance that they were able to do To make that happen. It was really neat to hear. I did take the opportunity To offer to Disney that they could come to Santa Rosa and do a wine country adventure theme park And when they get back to me with their findings, I will report back And you really have not lived until you've done a planning commission Jeopardy That is Awesome with great categories I'll take Cal Tran said what for 500? That's all I just also wanted to mention that of the Calcities org website under education and events planning commissioners Academy has a tab for session materials and it's got a lot of the PowerPoint presentations for the sessions that we attended but it does not sadly include the planning commissioners Jeopardy So I think that means that Jessica you're going to have to help us put together a planning commissioner at Jeopardy, aren't you? Any other Reports from my fellow commissioners I would like to I did leave each of you a copy of the application for merit awards So we are taking applications now until July 9th It on this application. It's listed the six Areas don't worry about if you have somebody that you want to nominate don't worry about the areas Because on some of them overlap, but please think about people who are helping our community and deserve a merit award So with that we'll go to Department reports Yes, thank you chair weeks members of the Commission. Good afternoon I am super excited to announce and you may have heard but last Friday April 7th The city received a much anticipated letter from the State Department of Housing and Community Development HCD that the city is now in compliance with our housing element So that was extremely exciting something that we've been working very diligently on Our advanced planning team led by Amy Lyle has done an incredible job The council and the planning commission saw it and then the council adopted the housing element on April 14th, and so we were It was the final version was being reviewed by the state and we did finally get that certification So we're very excited to be moving forward with that piece of our general plan and getting Moving forward with implementation for new housing projects Beyond that I did want to just remind everybody We've got a big meeting coming up at our next planning Commission meeting on April 27th We will be presenting to you the proposed amendments to the short-term rental ordinance, so I Hope to see you all at that meeting. That's it Thank you, and I'd also like to congratulate staff for the approval of the housing element. It's It's a great job. So with that we'll move to item 6 statement of abstentions by commissioners. Are there any abstentions? Great seeing none. We'll move to item 7 consent items. We don't have any consent items today So we'll move right on to item 8.1 our first public hearing Alcohol sales for the European food store. It's a sequel exempt project Conditional use permit at 100 Burt Street CUP 22-054 This is an exparte item. So we'll start with Commissioner Holton. I visited the site. I have nothing to disclose Mr.. Cisco I visited the site and have no new information to disclose. Thank you vice chair Peterson I also visited the site and have no new information to disclose Missioner Duggan I have no information to disclose and Commissioner Sanders I have visited the site and I think the only thing I would disclose is that I got to meet a lovely young woman who worked for the Establishment other than that nothing to disclose. Thank you, and I also visited the site and have nothing to disclose. So with that Hunter Hartman Good afternoon chair weeks and fellow commissioners I am the project planner for this conditional use permit application located at 100 Burt Street sweet M So the applicant seeks a conditional use permit to allow for the sale of alcoholic beverages For off-site consumption known as the type 20 ABC license Located at 100 Burt Street sweet M. This is the location of the project proposed project and per the zoning code section 20 dash 4 2 Dot 0 3 4 the addition to the regulations for the applicable zoning district Convenient stores and similar types of stores with a floor area of less than 10,000 square feet That proposed to sell alcohol for either on-site or off-site consumption Shall be permitted Only by approval for a conditional use permit as to why it's here today so this is the project history the application was submitted to us last August and the Original or I should say the existing use right now the European food store received a zoning clearance in 2013 and the PCN application was submitted last year as well along with the CUP application I do want to Disclose that the noticing for this application The on-site sign was posted seven days before this meeting instead of ten But per zoning code section 20 dash 6 6 dot 0 2 0 Defect and the notice procedure shall not affect the jurisdiction or authority of a review authority to take action on a matter Unless otherwise provided by law applicable to and binding upon a chartered city the general plan land use designation for this site is retail and business services and the neighboring land uses include Retail and business services to the west a mobile home park to the south medium residential to the east and Residential and various commercial uses to the north the zoning district for this project site is general commercial which is intended to accommodate a range of retail and Service land uses that primarily serve residents and businesses throughout the city It is determined it has been determined by staff that the following findings have been found for the conditional use permit and These are the findings for the conditional use permit continued an Establishment that is subject to requirements of the section shall comply with the following standards In considering a conditional use permit application the review authority may choose to waive any of the following standards And or to impose revised or additional standards as conditions of approval The full findings can be found in more detail in the staff report resolution and again and granting a conditional use permit for the sales of alcoholic beverage sales for off-site consumption and Making the findings required for a conditional use permit approval by section 20-52050 the review authority shall also consider the following criteria stated on the slide. I Do want to Also acknowledge that there was a an update to the staff report and resolution The change essentially stated that there was no over concentration of the type 20 ABC licenses and to just clarify there Upon a submittal of this License application there was an over concentration and it was submitted in 2021 so We are going off of that over concentration And there was a PCN application submitted and it was determined by the director of planning and economic development in January that it was Approvable and the Police department also had no comments or concerns of the PCN application The proposed project has been reviewed and compliance with the California environment quality acts and staff has determined that the project qualifies for a class 1 exemption section 1 5 301 and that the project is located within an existing structure involving a negligible expansion of an existing use that will not result in significant impacts and Also class 3 section 1 5 303 and that the project involves a change in a change of use Which will not require an exterior any exterior modifications to the structure site No exceptions to the exemptions apply and there is no reasonable possibility that the activity will have a significant effect on The environment due to unusual circumstances No public comments have been received prior to this meeting And so it is therefore recommended by the planning and economic development department that the Planning Commission by resolution approve a conditional use permit that would allow for the sale of alcoholic beverages at the European food store located at 100 Byrd Street suite M above is my contact information if you have any questions We also have the applicants present in person if you do have questions for them as well. They have no presentation. Thank you Thank you I just wanted to add one clarification that the revisions that planner Hartman referred to are Already included in the materials that you have uploaded to legislators So members of the public have those and you have them all so we would not need to address those in making a motion for the resolution But she wanted to identify them here so that you were sure to recognize them and that members of the public were aware as well Thank you. Thank you So does I'm sorry miss Hartman. Did you say it did the app does the applicant have a presentation? Are they here to answer questions if we have here to answer questions if you have any? Thank you. Are there any questions from the Commission of the of staff at this time or the applicant? Okay, Commissioner Sanders So you were we're talking about the Licenses the number of licenses in that area We are saying that there is an over-concentration of licenses there and we're okay with that Is that what? things head So just to clarify the over-concentration is a requirement by ABC It is not a city requirement. So our code does not have a limitation on concentration for alcohol licenses ABC has certain tracked areas where they look at where they allow a certain amount of of each type of license for alcohol sales and if By ABC standards, there is more alcohol or there's you know a request for another alcohol license when they're already either at or Over the amount that they would allow then they ask the city to prepare what's called a public convenience or necessity letter Basically stating that there is a public convenience and necessity in allowing this additional license to go in that area and so that would allow them to Add more than what they currently allow So that they did request that letter from the city the city provided it the city generally speaking, you know for over-concentration issues unless there is Some crime issue or something like that in the area and the city city generally speaking You know is in favor of these types of uses in these areas. So that was that letter was issued So, yeah, so this this information is just clarification for the commission and also clarification for our records That that but that that determination has been made Thanks, I also just wanted to add to that it is common for over-concentration to happen within you know Downtown or say shopping areas and this is considered a shopping center area Thank you So then with that, we'll go ahead and I will go ahead and open the public hearing For this item or if there are any in-person attendees who wish to make public comment Please step to the podium at up above and state your name for the record and you'll be given a total of three minutes seeing one person rise if you Don't have any other public comments. No as the applicant I'm sorry. I can't hear him Yeah, so he's the applicant As the applicant you had the opportunity to speak during the time after staff and not during the public hearing portion So thank you. Thank you So I don't see anybody else in the audience to speak on this item. Is there anybody? If you are on zoom and you wish to make a comment, please raise your hand if you're dialing in via telephone Please dial star nine to raise your hand and star six to unmute once called upon Are there any? Chair weeks. I'm seeing no hands raised. Okay So with that I will go ahead and close this public Hearing and bring it back to the Commission This item has one resolution and it's the revised resolution. Is that correct that we received earlier? So if someone could move that first that resolution so we can start discussion on the project that would be great Mr.. Siscoe I move a resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Rosa making findings and determinations and approving a conditional use permit for alcoholic beverage sales for off-site consumption at the European Food Store an existing commercial establishment that is under 10,000 square feet Located at 100 Burt Street sweet M file number PRJ 22-0 22 CUP 22-0 5 4 PCN 22-003 and way for the reading of the text. Thank you. Is there a second second? Thank you. So that was moved by Commissioner Cisco seconded by Commissioner Sanders So let's go ahead and start with Commissioner Duggan Me caught me in a way there. I can make all the required findings. I Actually, I'm familiar with the store. I've been a patron there in the past and it sounds very reasonable to me that Importing alcoholic beverages that go with the food stuffs that they import from Europe Sounds like a good match and I think From the explanation from staff it makes sense to even though it's an over concentrated area It makes sense to approve this so I can make all the required findings and I'm in support of the proposal Thank you Commissioner Sanders Yeah, I do can make all of the required findings. I visited the European Food Store. I wish all of my site visits were as yummy I think it's gonna be a great thing. Especially I was moved by The comments I read about having those beers and wines those things that aren't readily available in Sonoma County in Santa Rosa So I think it's a perfect addition to that area. So I support the project Thank you commissioner Holton I can also make all the required findings to approve the conditional use permit for the type 20 ABC license and I Agree, I I've been to the store before and they really do have great snacks and And I'm really looking forward to seeing some of the other worldly affairs that they can provide to the public Commissioner Cisco Yeah, first I want to Disappreciate miss Hartman you did a really nice job on the staff report very thorough so that's that's always really helpful in these situations and Like others are sort of inferring one of the best parts of this job is visiting places in the city Establishments and or areas of the city that we haven't seen before or haven't been there frequently so this was my first visit to the European food store even though I drive by it all the time and Just what a lovely what a lovely little market. Do you have and I've been telling people about it ever since I saw it so Yeah, so I also can make all of the findings for this. I think this is a you know the perfect use Thank you and vice-chair Peterson I I agree I can make all the required findings for the resolution. I don't think this is the type of store that over concentration is particularly concerned about so With that I can make all the findings. Thank you, and I also can make all the required findings and You know I echo a commissioner Cisco and part of the fun of being on the commission is visiting sites, so And I do think it's an appropriate Expansion of your store so with that If you could go ahead and that was moved by commissioner Cisco seconded by commissioner Sanders if we could call for the vote, please commissioner Cisco I Commissioner Duggan I commissioner Holton I commissioner Sanders I Vice-chair Peterson I Chair weeks I So that passes with six eyes and one absence with commissioner Carter being absent and I will Note for the record that this action is final unless an appeal is filed within 10 calendar days of today's action The time limit will extend the following to the following business day if the last day falls on a day that the city is closed for Information on how to submit an appeal form. Please contact the project planner So with that, thank you very much And we'll move on to item 8.2 after we have a changing of the guard Chair weeks just wanted to let you all know that Mike Wixen is the project planner for the next item and he is a contract planner with the city and works remotely So he will be joining us via zoom, but we'll be running the Presentation from the table here. Okay So whenever you're ready Okay, so you're ready for me to go I Think chair weeks needs to announce the item just give us a moment Mike Okay, thank you You guys okay, okay, so with that we'll go to item 8.2. This is a public hearing north of village two extensions This is three one-year extension requests. Yeah, I are previously certified by the planning commission This is an extension request for two four zero six Fulton Road Ext one seven dash zero zero two six Ext two zero dash zero zero zero three Ext twenty two dash zero zero one two twenty-twenty Period sorry, and this is an exparte item. So we'll go ahead and start with Let's start with Commissioner Houlton Visited the site and I have nothing further disclose Mr.. Siscoe I have no disclosures to make Vice-chair Peterson. I have nothing to disclose Mr.. Duggan I have nothing to disclose. Thank you Commissioner Sanders I visit the site and I have nothing to disclose. Thank you And I also visited the site and have nothing to disclose. So with that we'll go ahead with mr. Wixen Okay, thank you chair weeks. Yeah, my name is Michael wixen he has Jessica mentioned I'm a contract planner with the city and The applicant the architect They're actually the the project has two architects and the engineer all in attendance tonight And I believe are in the audience and if not in the audience Would be attending on zoom. There's also a few staff members Attending via zoom that are from both the parks department and the engineering division in case there are other questions So if you could go to the next slide, please So the project itself as you mentioned in the description There are three applications and each one is a separate request to extend the tentative map a single year for a total of three years The project is located At basically at the northwest corner of the city and at the boundary of the city limits it's east of Fulton Avenue and It's also south of the city limits just to the north actually So which is defined a little bit by Francisco Boulevard or I'm sorry Francisco road and the extension of wood road The project site was annexed into the city in about 2004 and was one of several projects considered with the Northwest Santa Rosa Annexation and the title on that was Santa Rosa annexation 397 which gives you a kind of an indication of when it started in 1997 So if you could go to the next slide, please This is just showing the project location and context with the neighborhood and you can see to the south is the already Developed north village one project to the west is in the county as an agricultural area to the north is a larger parcel which has a few farmhouses on it and then to the east is the Jacqueline in school and Also the Jacqueline in school park to the south and at the southeast corner is actually land It was dedicated with the north village one project for the future construction of a park and Then that would add on to the existing park to the east As you can go to the next slide, please The project site is about 19 or I'm sorry 17.9 acres It's located in a zone that's indicated as a PD 040 07 Which is also indicative of Basically all the areas surrounding the project site except to the west which is in the county The site is also located in the low density residential area in the general plan and Basically the project is consistent remains consistent with the general plan in the zoning designation And I'll describe that a little bit more as we get into a few more slides here So if we can go to the next slide, please Okay, again, the project is an extension of the tentative map and three separate requests But the project itself the north village two project is Set to create 70 parcels and that would construct 120 units and of those 120 units 24 would be detached single family dwelling units and then 90 of those units would be Attached single family dwelling units and it also proposes an apartment complex with six units and of those of all the units these are particularly for the apartment units and Two of the attached single family units eight of those will be affordable units to low-income households There's also a 4,000 square foot community center that was approved with the project Includes a pool a gym a daycare for 20 children And then there is approximately 11 acres of private open space that were approved with the project And that protects the existing wetlands or they can also be referred to as uplands And that in the associated habitat And then there's also a bike and pedestrian connection proposed with the project that will provide the connection to the adjacent school park So if you can go to the next slide designation, it's for two-to-eight units of the range of unit very good in policy to the general plan That includes one policy that talks and speaks to Designing the project so that it protects the natural resources on the site and clearly that project has done that here The project also provides much-needed housing and includes eight affordable rental units as I mentioned earlier And then the plan development policy statement Permits by right both the single family dwelling units and the multi-family dwelling units up to four plex So the six flex unit was part of an earlier conditional use permit as was the community center The previous plan development or approved project, they should say also established the development standards for the residential uses so Basically all the setbacks building coverages and standard development standards That would be associated with any zone Those were established when the project was approved Initially and those continue on Many of those standards for the residential part of the project are similar to small-out residential standards that you would find in your ordinance today The policy statement of the plan development zone also permits by conditional use permit as I mentioned the community center But they care as well. And then again that six unit apartment complex So if you can go to the next slide, please So just briefly on the project history There was a draft ER prepared in March 2003 in August 2004 The project was had a certified final ER. That is when the project was annexed that was also when The applicants signed an original housing allocation and park construction agreement as part of the North Village 1 project Which was also approved at the time The North Village 1 subdivision was recorded in I'm sorry I didn't put the month in there. That was in 2004 and soon then thereafter it began construction So if we can go to the next slide, please Just continue on with the project history December 2006 there was a concept review of the design review board for the North Village 2 project And then in January 2007 the application Were applications were received to develop the North Village 2 project subdivision but the project was asked and requested be put on hold in 2010 and many of you will remember that in 2006-2007 Basically we saw the crash of the housing market So at the time the applicant had requested that the project Processing be put on hold that was picked back up in and reactivated in 2010 In 2010 there was a neighborhood immediately held that result and then the removal of four units from the project So then that revised project was then picked back up and pursued forward and in March 2011 there was a supplemental EIR that was prepared by the city and adopted by the city and actually the planning commission April 14th 2011 that supplemental EIR the tentative map the conditional lease permit were all approved by the Planning Commission and That set the project expiration date to April 14th 2013 so thereafter There were a number of assembly bills that were adopted in those assembly bills acted in a way to keep the project alive and then basically bringing it to about 2017 where it was set to expire and then the applicant submitted the initial application to extend the project That sat for a little bit of time and I think that sat because of both the the tubs none fire and then I know subsequent to that also it's sad because we also had the COVID experience and Between those the applicant also had submitted another to request to extend the tentative map because again the map came To a time where those applications needed to be submitted Those applications were also kept alive and then they could be submitted Because the city all and the state also adopted city adopted a few ordinances and the state adopted a few more assembly bills that basically allowed those map the map itself to be considered for extension applications and Basically, therefore, we have three applications before us and that's what we're considering here tonight so On to the discretionary entitlements the map itself includes the tentative map The conditional use permit and the design review and what I wanted to mention here is pending the outcome of tonight's meeting the director of planning and economic development would then act on Those other discretionary applications the conditional use permit and the design review permit To the next slide, please So this essentially is the current project site or the current project as it's laid out And you can see the central road coming east to west and then the roads are all private inside the project You can see that the axis is going north and then alleyways again east and west of the north of the main road There's also a small alleyway to the south again, all of the residential units are Attached and or detached And you can see that they're all set up around the open space You can also see that the project also provided for a separate lot a separate area for the community center to be accessed By those both in north village one and north village two and then what you also see on the site plan is the The path if you kind of look Around around the community center You see the path that goes through the open space area Not only does it connect it to the east of the school and then the Park but it also is just a walking path for people to kind of meander through the open space And again those paths are accessible to both people both in north village one And north village two So if you go to the next slide, please This is the architectural site plan and the reason I threw this in Tonight's meeting is not to review the architecture But I just wanted to make it clear that the previous approval included a very variety of different elevations For both the attached and detached homes And so I just wanted to make that clear that that had been considered and approved And if you can go to the next slide, please This is the site plan for the community center And the daycare as well And if we can go to the next slide, please And then these are just example elevations of the homes and the architecture that were approved By the by the design review board and staff So these are the current elevations. There are several of these elevations I didn't want to throw too many in just wanted to give you a flavor of what the design looks like at this point So if we can go to the next slide, please The project also includes parking and Basically the slide indicates the the required minimum number of spaces Is 120 spaces for the residential parking That is based on the plan development policy statement So it it is a little bit less than you would normally find in other small live residential projects as a required minimum Because of the plan development policy statement So if you look at the minimum required parking spaces At giving that to you in terms of what's required Basically, the project exceeds the minimum. They've provided 216 parking spaces for the residential Broken down that way those parking spaces are made up of covered garage spaces driveway spaces as well as The on-street parking spaces and then for the apartments just the uncovered spaces that are out in the parking lot And then the recreation also That center also provides 25 spaces which more than exceeds the 15 minimum required So if we can go to the next slide, please The project was initially reviewed Had environmental review Back in I guess what did I say 2004? And then there was a supplemental EIR prepared for the project as it came to the commission in 2000 11 and Basically at this point there are no subsequent changes that would necessitate further environmental review I did want to point out that there was a question that had to do with traffic And the level of service for the intersection of piner and coffee And the supplemental EIR identified that the north village tube project would contribute Traffic to that intersection And that the consequence of that would be shifting the level of service from an LOS E to an LOS F And that was included in the supplemental EIR The city at the time had adopted statements about writing consideration Basically acknowledging those impacts and then providing the reasons to override those traffic concerns and approve the project And that was in 2011 Since 2011 The city traffic division was able to make some traffic improvements To that particular intersection And those and traffic improvements were not considered In the supplemental EIR that was done in 2011 However, with the addition of those traffic improvements Another traffic study was done for the EPS Center sports complex In 2014 And that indicated that the level of service at that intersection Would actually with those newer improvements remain at a level of service D So at the time in 2011 when the project was initially approved Changes have been made Since that allow that that intersection actually Maintain a higher operating level of service than was originally approved And that is the current situation today as well. Just to let you know And if you'd like me to I can give you a reason for that, but um Anyway, that that gives you a good I think a good indication that things are okay at that intersection Again, no updates are needed from the previous sql document and then are recommended And staff is recommending that that stay in place And the next slide, please So there is a remaining issue and we just wanted to draw this to your attention because we are recommending a modification of condition 85 And it is to delete the Text as shown here that's included in your staff report And essentially the deletion of this text brings the project to date So initially, uh, the project was approved and had an agreement that was asking the park to be constructed Following the construction or with the construction of phase one or north village one That didn't happen And so today The applicant is intending to still follow up on that if it's possible to And complete the construction of the park park At his cost being reimbursed by the fees to be collected and the dedication of land However, if he's not able to do that the revised language here would let the applicant basically Amend the agreement with the city and that would have to be approved by city council And that that amended agreement would then allow the applicant to And the city as well to complete the construction of the park associated with the timing of The final map here and in essence this allows the final map to be recorded and the city to Satisfy the construction of the park either by the fee collection Or with the developer constructing the park and then reimbursement And then the next slide please So overall staff is recommending The approval of the three resolutions that are attached And with those three separate requests There are also three sets of conditions attached to each one of those resolutions I might point out that one of those resolutions uh actually Has a date for the signature that that mentions april 14th 2023 should say april 13th. So we'll make that correction as we get to the signing If it's approved tonight um, and then we also did receive a letter uh of concern from A neighbor who lives nearby And um, I think we were able to get that to you this afternoon We received late correspondence today and the the late correspondence basically Had I'm gonna if you want me to I can summarize this If you're okay for me not to summarize it That letter is In it's in your possession so you have it So if you'd like me to summarize that please just let me know and I'd be happy to And give a response as well Um, so I'll I'll leave that to you as the chair and as the commission and uh with that that completes the staff report Um, and again if you needed to get you can go to the next slide, please if you needed to get a hold of me Um, there's my information if you'd like to discuss the project after tonight Um, you could certainly get a hold of me. Be happy to do that And that concludes my presentation Thank you, mr. Wixen Does the applicant have a presentation? Okay Then are there any questions from the commission for staff before we go to the public hearing Uh, does staff wish mr. Wixen to summarize the letter? I mean, yes, does the commission wish mr. Wixen to summarize the letter Um, I think that would be helpful I think the member of the public that was initially speaking might be the author of that letter So I think if we let him speak and then mr. Wixen can address the questions that way I think that would be okay to do the for him to summarize the letter first No after the public after the public. Okay Then we'll go ahead and do that So if there are no questions of staff at this time, I'll go ahead and open the public hearing on this item Um If you if there are any person in attendance who would like to make a public comment Please step to the podium at the top and state your name for the record and you'll be given a total of three minutes Seeing nobody rise to the podiums then we'll go ahead to The zoom If you wish to make comment via zoom, please raise your hand if you are dialing in via telephone Please dial star nine to raise your hand and star six to unmute Once called upon Chair weeks. We do have a few hands raised.  Can you please state your name for the record? Okay, can you hear me? Can you hear me? Okay? Yes, we can Okay, my name is chris boda and uh, I actually live in north village one and um Kind of I have a couple of questions Which I don't know that this is the proper format to be actually posting these on but I'm just going to kind of throw out as much stuff as I can and then you can deal with it as as needed, but Um, a couple questions. I first off. I'm not totally understanding how that park that would be in the southeast corner of Of north village two and where north village one beat up What that's actually going to look like and how that actually is going to attach to the school park itself Kind of like that letter that you guys are holding off to summarize on there Living right in that area. I can definitely say we are already dealing with a severe parking issue And the thought of that being a public park that more people could could actually be parking their vehicles In an already congested area that's hard to find parking spots for the people that live here. It's definitely a major concern um And I also feel like there's a couple things with this the The owner of this parcel is definitely setting up all this with the idea that they're planning to sell it to someone else so, you know, once again in the right and uh That's the way business works, but I think that is something that everyone needs to know on this is that Uh, the plan here is not for the current developer to actually do something with this They're going to sell it to someone else to do something and there's been some side aspects because they were part of village one um You know, we were there was promises of common areas being kept up And and that sort and that those promises have not been met Along the way and so I guess the question is is how do the common areas with village two actually gets met with that those parameters and um I think those are the three main things I wanted to just you know, what what does that park going to look like how are The parking is an issue already. So how is that going to be addressed properly? um And you know the community areas so um I think that's everything I've got so I will relinquish at this point Thank you Jay and Talina I'm going to give you a prompt to unmute yourself. Please state your name for the record My name is Jay Plasman. Um I live in north village one Uh similar to chris. I have similar issues um, so originally when the project was planned out in 2006 the population for the city of san aroza Was just under 154,000 people As of current 2022 the census for uh, san aroza is 334,000 people They're talking about the potential for having parking spots for an additional 216 cars in north village one And i'm questioning whether or not the impact study that was done back in 2006 is still relevant You ended up having uh planter wixen Bring up the whole thing of how they were talking about the epi center And bringing up how that was tied into our traffic So surrounding the epi center you have a four lane road on one side and a one or a two lane road on the other side So I don't really see that that actually lines up with what we've got out here Um, I a couple of things I would like to request is is that if they are planning on putting in Uh an additional 216 cars. I'd like to see a stoplight put in um, some of the other issues that we have Uh parking out here is ridiculous. Um, there is at least two cars per household out here And whatever they're planning because this is a lower income household area Um, it kind of plays a part in that. Um, and as far as the existing owner, mr. Go bar, uh the wetlands he talked about protecting the natural resources For two and a half years. We've been fighting with mr. Go bar to Get abandoned vehicles dragged off of the wetland area and he's allowed that to happen Um, in addition to that, uh, there's been numerous times when we had the fire hazards that were here That we actually had to call the fire department to get them to come out and enforce that he would actually maintain the property in addition that Another thing was they talked about uh in 2006 when the project was originally done You talked about the pool the gym and the daycare center being done for for phase one Uh, we here in phase one have been waiting 15 years for that stuff and nothing's come up about it So I would recommend that before you allow phase two to begin Make the promise is good on what you did for phase one, which was we want our community center We want our gym. We want our pool. We want our daycare. All of that stuff should be built before there's even any brown Ground broken on uh phase one or i'm sorry phase two Uh, that's it. That's all I have.  Please state your name for the record Hi, this is liz Uh, we live in the north part and we just lived moved here three years ago Heard stories from the people around us that they've been living here from the beginning They're upset about the fact that they were told that they were going to get all these wonderful things and nothing happened We'd like to see for sure that they happen again But we'd also like to see a community garden put in there so that all the community can get together and grow their own food Uh, the wetlands are very important. They are a flyway for many birds And uh, we need to make sure that we protect those Parking is a big issue. Yes, there are garages but Everybody has like their household that is different, you know and our garage is full of stuff and then we can't park our car in that So, um, I think that they have to think about parking a little bit more And I like the idea of the uh the stoplight because it is an issue But you know I'm happy to see that we're we're expanding there, but you know Make sure that we protect the wetlands make sure that we make it safe Make sure that we take care of people that want to walk their dogs Uh, you know, it's a very special place and make sure that they keep up the same kind of uh Waterway no, excuse me the um the driveways where they protect The houses and the water goes down into those big watersheds. They've done a great job doing that In the past in the past uh building and I just want to see that that happens again Uh, because it makes of like a great great space It protects everyone and uh I love it up here and I want to make sure that it's it's protected I don't want to have any space taken away from animals. That's really important because there are so many wonderful farms all around us and uh You know keep up the car architecture. It's it's great and um We love it here. So let's make sure it's a lovable place With it going forward. Thank you very much. Bye Thank you. Uh, the only other hand I see Oh, that was elizabeth. We just heard from right the only other hand I see raised is from the applicant who already had an opportunity to present a Their presentation So if they can hold on in case we have questions for them, um Do you I okay one more hand I see Tammy I'm going to send you a prompt to unmute yourself. Please state your name for the record Tammy I sent you a prompt Uh, please unmute yourself Can you hear me now? Yes, we can I'm Tammy Edwards and we live at the corner of north village and sofia drive And we were the third house built in this neighborhood We love it here and I agree with jay back when we purchased back in 2008 Fulton road was still a two-lane road and It was nice, but of course six months after that they were making it into two lanes each way, which I understand had to be done However, the traffic is so bad now And we're one of the first stopping response for people to park Um, we couldn't even park our own car out in front of our own house um Having those additional parking spots. I don't think it's going to have any effect on the north village One Um, or what I should anyway, and my concern is I've had the police out there several times to Uh, look at the way people drive through the neighborhood Um, it's they go 40 miles now. We're going down north village and they come from the other neighborhood. So I don't know if there's anything that can be done about that, but also Getting a stoplight put in At the intersection of north village and fulton road It's impossible to get across. We've had cars drive into the courthouses crashed into them Many many accidents have happened just at that little intersection My other question is When we first purchased of course, we were promised the rec center the pool Community center that we could use to have family gatherings And we were supposed to get it free for First, I think it was like three years or something like that Where are those funds going to come from? Are we going to be charged as an h o a When the time comes for this, um, and how are you going to eliminate other neighborhoods from using um The community center rec center and the pool Those are the questions that I have Thank you Uh-huh Chair weeks the only hand I see raised is from the applicant. Um, no other members of the public are raising their hand Okay, thank thank you. So with that, um, I'll go ahead and close the public Hearing on this and bring it back to the commission. Um I have some questions So let me go through the questions that I heard from the public and if I miss things, please chime in And I'm not sure if these would be for the questions for the applicant Or mr. Wixen or miss crocker Or whoever can answer them um The first um had hello Yeah, sorry. Um Okay, can you please wait? Thank you The first one had to do with um The park the issue on the parking. Um, I couldn't quite understand what The public was asking about the parking. Uh, so if Um, mr. Wixen, perhaps you were able to hear it and understand it better than I was Sure What what I let me get myself up there What I understood was that there's a parking issue in the current development according to the residents that testified That has testified mr. Wixen. Can you speak closer to the microphone to your microphone? Please? Thank you. Yeah, is that better? Yes, it is. Thank you. Yeah, so What I had heard is that there's a concern about parking In the existing developed north north village one And that what what I would say in response to that is That the project right now is not connected to north village one Although there there is a park site to be developed for both projects um And that that has yet to be Designed so that the actual parking for that project and and the park itself has yet to be determined That there's a process that occurs with that where the public is involved in the process to give input And that has yet to occur So I remember hearing the testimony of one concerned resident about what that's going to look like Uh, there isn't a design right now. And so that has yet to be developed But that will include public input and so public has opportunity to be involved in that The parking Is also for north village two Completely detached from north village one Which I mentioned but also the community center at the end of the drive aisle that that accesses The community center.  So the my understanding is that there will be a A barrier there that will prevent The public from using that to drive through and so there won't be any opportunities for people to drive through north village one And then travel right on up through the drive aisle Through the community center to get there So people who are in north village two will have to drive through north village two And then get to the community center in that that route Um, I I'm hoping that addressed the concern the as I mentioned previously Staff's review of the parking For the current project is that it is adequate and provides more than minimum required There was a a couple of questions regarding stop lights. Um, is that something that The action that we would that we're looking at today Would fall under Or stop lights would fall under that well You know, I I almost am wondering if Cleave Would be able to answer that or talk to that Um, certainly the project If I can speak to the environmental document The environmental document Had anticipated what would happen At build out of the project as well as build out of other projects that were anticipated at the time when When the project was originally approved and that was in 2011 So that included a number of other projects in and around the area And it might be that You know, miss johns might be able to speak to this as well As in terms of what other projects might have been included and considered at that time But I you know, typically it's a pretty all inclusive traffic analysis That considers the full development of the traffic lanes and all traffic improvements That are to be done at the time Um, those traffic improvements many of them have been done The one traffic improvement that I mentioned at Uh, China and coffee that was it that was actually a traffic improvement Done by staff that was not included in any plan But they saw an opportunity to make an improvement there So they pursued that separately Although it did make a Pretty nice improvement by keeping that intersection At an l os d um All other L os is an impacts on corridors to the level of service that were anticipated We we haven't received any information to indicate That that would not still hold true that those impacts would be any worse Then were originally considered at the time And that kind of is the test of the environmental document at this point Is there any evidence to to suggest that that previous document Didn't consider adequately any new information that might come to light So whether or not the intersection of north village two or i'm sorry north village one and the north village Drive with folton warrants traffic signals Is something that the traffic division Would continually evaluate and if there was ever a necessity for that I'm sure that they would be installing that are looking to install that as soon as possible Usually that's met with traffic warrants that they evaluate that are set by standards used by caltrans Um, and that by the way, that wouldn't be a jeopardy question I'm just trying to get on that Thank you Yeah, if if uh If there's anything else that I missed there, I i'm not sure I I hopefully I've answered everything in that aspect The other question I had um, and I believe this would be for either miss jones or miss crocker that Members of the public talked about promises that were made when they bought their property Um with the park the community center, etc That's not what we're here tonight to discuss Is that correct? That is correct Um, any other questions from uh staff Or any other questions for staff from the commission? Okay, so we'll start down there with Commissioner cisco Oh, I'm sorry, and if if I forgot if I missed any of the questions from the public, please When I call on you if you could Sign in I think some of the the questions that I have written down are probably more pertinent to the applicant about how He's maintaining um some of those things, but that's not what I want to ask right right. It's um staff at the moment. Yeah, so um With reference to an hoa There are all kinds of private streets in areas that need to be maintained, and I'm just looking at the um The exhibit a And I'm not seeing the usual sentence and maybe I'm just missing it that says a home one of those associations. I'll be Established reviewed by the city attorney. There is a reference to a homeowners association and just a small paragraph, but What's going to happen with a homeowners association with these private streets and it's there's some additional language that needs to be in these Exhibits Yeah, if I could um, so the uh exhibit a is our engineering conditions And we do have cleave gurney on the line. Um, who is from our engineering and development services So cleave if you wouldn't mind Unmuting and in helping us answer that question Uh, yeah, this is cleave and you with engineering development services So i'm looking through the exhibit a right now. There's a reference to the hoa um for condition number 55 um regarding the That'd be storm drain facilities for those those roads um, typically all public roads would be Maintained by the the city but all the the private driveways and private roads would be Maintained by the hm way Yeah, I'm just wondering where Usually in our our DAC reports. There's language and maybe miss crocker. You can help me out here Um, maybe it's not necessary because it's making reference to a homeowners association But i'm just used to seeing more a definite paragraph An association will be formed ccnrs will be reviewed and all of that so Just not seeing what i'm used to seeing here when there's private roads and a reference to a homeowners association about how that would be formed Let me see if I could find the exact condition for you I don't have any input on the hoa to dress to directly address your question commissioner sisco I think they're looking here. Okay Looks like condition six References the homeowners association for the ownership and maintenance of all the littered parcels common area building and site improvements And that's an exhibit a condition six Six yes, and that references uh the ccnrs as well That's a clear yeah, I see it's I see a couple places where there's I'm not being clear enough that where I see what the Responsibility is of the hoa. I'm not seeing where you know if there was a DAC report and it's not included here Of how it's formed and how it's reviewed and all of the responsibilities of it And you know, maybe it's not important, but i'm just because the public brought that up um I see a couple of places where it says this is the responsibility of the homeowners association I'm just not seeing the typical language. I usually see about how one is formed Yeah, so we do have um condition number six in the exhibit a Which is uh The formation of a homeowners association responsible for homeownership maintenance Um of littered parcels common area building and site improvements is required for the subdivision The documents creating the association and the covenants conditions and restrictions also known as ccnrs Governing the association will be required to be submitted with the first plan check for review by the city attorney And the approved ccnrs shall be recorded Contemporaneously, sorry With the final map. Okay. That was what I was looking for so thanks for finding that for me Okay, great. Thank you. Yep Other questions for staff Vice chair peterson I do think I just got some clarifications Based on the the comments and questions we heard from the public so For an eir It sounds like there's not any sort of time limit for those as long as Any new or change conditions don't occur if this eir Accounted for everything it could be good indefinitely. Is that correct? Yes, that is correct. And the analysis was provided in the staff report. There are specific occurrences if you will that would trigger the requirement for additional analysis and the project had been routed Through staff and all the city departments and found that there was no significant new information As set forth in seqa that would require any additional analysis Thank you. Um, and I've got just sort of a general question, I guess Again built off the the public's comments. So We've got tentative map extensions in front of us What happens if based on what the caller said it is sold? Um, you know, these these extended through october of this year Um, if their map isn't finalized before then what happens if it gets sold Can you build something different than what's in this tentative map? Uh, can you tell me a little bit about that? Yeah, so as mentioned the map does expire in october of this year and so when the map this is Mr. Wixen can correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is this is the Final extension for this project. So if a final map is not recorded by that date Then the project would Any future project would need to come back to the planning commission go through the the process through the city If the project is sold That does not change the the dates don't change. They don't get additional time. They would still be They would still need to comply with that october date Thank you. Um, I think that's all I've got for staff at this point. Okay, uh Mr. Sanders So piggybacking off of that question does that mean that by october This year there needs to be a shovel in the ground or the property sold No, so that would be when they would have to have their final map recorded And then they would proceed with their project I I just have a clarification Regarding slide 14 and parking There was a I noted here that it says 51 on street parking spaces Is that in a sense guest parking and then in addition there's 25 spaces for the rec center Is that parking available to tenants or is that only available to People utilizing the rec center at that time So the on street parking Is available to whomever would come into the project site. So it's both for it's not specifically designated for guests So it's available to anybody who would come into the project site then as far as the The parking for the community center that that parking Appears the way it appears to me is that it is all available to anybody That might go into that area So I I think it would be good to have the project applicant Give a little more detail on that aspect of it though Mr. Sanders Sorry, they come in waves Um, can you explain level of service? E d F and what that actually means So mike, I don't know if you're able to answer that question Unfortunately, our traffic engineer is not here this evening But um, we do have as I mentioned cleave gurney who just spoke And I don't know if cleave is able to address that but in level service is uh, it used to be How we would analyze traffic impacts through the californian environmental quality act or sequa I think as most of the commission knows For environmental purposes, we've moved to vmt, which is vehicle miles traveled But our general plan still looks at los which is the impacts to our intersections And so the letters go from top to bottom You know a is perfect and then I don't know where it goes down to but and I don't know if F is at the lowest so that would be the worst So as I understand it from what um, mr. Woodson was describing When the analysis was first analyzed through the eir from 2011 That intersection that we were talking about was At an e with the project it would go down to an f but now with the improvements that have been done over time We're now at a d So it is better Was that correct mr. Woodson? Yeah, that's correct. And then just to add a little bit the los is it's basically a measure of delay So as you go from a No delay to f where you might sit through I think it's multiple signal cycles I think that's how it works Any other questions for staff? Um So then if we could have the applicant Promoted we can ask questions of the applicant And once that occurs we'll start with commissioner sisco Ready for me. Okay. Um, yeah, I just would be curious to hear from the applicant As to how they're addressing some of these the the ongoing complaints from the neighbors in north village one as to um Keeping the property up a vehicle a bain of vehicle abatement How are you communicating with um that neighborhood in terms of dealing with Their concerns of maintaining the property As the applicant been promoted Okay Applicant frank you can unmute yourself. I Yeah, I was trying to say earlier My name is frank, but I'm not the the frank go bar. I am a resident that should have been included in the public comment um, and Yeah, I I just I just hear to echo everything Excuse me. We've already closed the traffic issue is already closed the public hearing on this item Um, and that we were waiting for the applicant And I believe he is up there at the top if that's correct, correct You could please state your name for the record frank go bar we Yes So commissioner sisco. Can you ask your question again, please? Uh, yeah, mr. Go bar. I think you heard a number of the different north village one Residents asking about maintenance of the property concerns about abandoned vehicle abatement cleanup fires How are you working with with those neighbors as to On ongoing maintenance of your property before you build Um, well the the land is vacant. Um, and we do the mowing for the fire regulations Um At least once a year Depending on the growth this year will probably Two times We've had one Complaint in regards to a vehicle. It was not abandoned It has been a problem that it's one of the neighbors there That works on cars and he Oftentimes will park one of them on the side of his house, which is actually on our property And I have to go and ask him to remove it So he does some car repair there Um, other than that, uh, we have not had any vehicles that were aware of parking on the property and we've not had any abandon Um We have had another complaint where we had to have some things removed where somebody Had dumped him out on the frontage road They backed up at one night and dumped some things. Um, and then we also had a Small encampment at one time On the property But you are hearing there are complaints in working with them. It sounds like yes, but those are the only complaints The only ones that you don't have anything contacted about correct Are there any other questions of the applicant? commissioner holton So, uh, just circling back on the parking So there is no exclusive guest parking in the division at all Correct. Okay. So it's kind of first come first serve Yes, and do you have requirements for your tenants in regard to What the maximum occupancy of vehicles that they can have in any one household? Well, these are these homes would be for sale And uh with that We wouldn't uh, that would be within if if there are guidelines that would be within the ccnr's For the homeowners association We would have on the affordable housing that we're retaining we would ask for We would have input on the amount of parking All right number of vehicles Okay, okay, great And then in regard to the rec rec center parking those 25 spaces are exclusively for rec center use or is that also for Just kind of again first come first serve I'll say the intention was that it was designed for when people are coming and For the daycare and picking up their kids and things and being in and out And then with the idea with after hours and on weekends When the community center was being utilized The the idea in the some of the common area Is that people can use that for events that that would allow them to come in and out And then also additional parking in the evenings when the center is closed from a daycare facility But people if they're coming To work out or use the pool The idea and the concept and where it was located is specifically Is we're trying to get it so that people can simply walk there from their homes Is there any proposal in terms of uh Because I what I what i'm getting at is that I can see based on some of the concerns of the existing tenants that There is a legitimate concern in regard to parking and that Obviously, you know, even one of the ladies stated I use my parking for storage, you know, and uh, so I anticipate that you're going to run into quite a few scenarios where you're going to have people that are going to be Long-term parking in the rec center parking That you're going to get a lot of frustration from a lot of your new residents and also from some of your pre-existing residents I would I would anticipate having some sort of Regulations that you know people couldn't park their their vehicles at the At the community center for days on end. Yeah, there's city ordinances and things that address that and They'd have to abide by that and then And how would that be policed Like would you have an onset with the hoa or whoever there there would be an hoa Yeah, and so would the hoa be policing that and that's that and then also with the daycare the Intention and with the design of the building is that there would be somebody There from a management aspect. They would also be able to notify us of these things Okay, okay, great And then just the last question I had is just to kind of address One of the other concerns that I heard from some of the tenants and that is A statement of promises is oh, oh again. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to circle back on that. No, we're good. Thank you The intention when the north village one portion was built was to have the community center And it was going to go directly into the north village two project and the community center was going to be built With that and it was very specific and we had a an attachment to the sales agreement that was That stated that there was no specific time and that that Excuse me. Can you speak into the microphone a little closer? It was very specific and it was there was an attachment that stated that When and if The community center was built that they would have access to that Any other questions of the applicant So with that Chair weeks If I could yes, my apologies for interrupting So as it turns out the person that was on the zoom frank was mislabeled as The applicant frank gobar And so he did not the person on zoom did not get an opportunity to speak during the public hearing So our suggestion would be to reopen the public hearing so that he can have a chance to speak and then close it again Okay, thank you. So with that I will reopen the public hearing on this item If you have your hand raised via zoom, uh, you'll be promoted I hear see miss crocker reaching for the microphone. Thank you. This we're reopening just for frank Okay, there he is. Okay. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. I appreciate you allowing me to speak. Uh, I'm a resident and uh, yeah, I just wanted to echo what All the other residents were saying, um, you know the people we bought this property from were original owners They bought in here with the promise of yes access to this open space um community center all of that was Very much implied and as I believe, uh, the other frank mr. Govara just said it was in the sales contract That we would have access or that the really don't property owners would have access You know, even till this day, there's a sign in the field speaking about the private access To the field so and it's a major major part of this Community why people have chosen to live here? Um, you know, it's it's a whole community that this is pretty much affecting and it gets a lot of use around here, so I really hope that that is somehow honored or looked at Seriously with this new development if and when it goes through um, I would echo the parking situation People leave their cars here for I've had cars parked in my front of my house for months Uh, and the houses in here are rammed together part of that People have accepted that because yes, there is a lot of beauty and open spaces around here, which Originally we had access to and is a major part of the uh The quality of life around here And if that's all taken away that you're you're very much impacting a serious quality of life issue for people who built into this vision and You know got behind it and allowed it to continue. So I really hope that yes the previous residents us current residents who who bought in Expecting access as well as some not anticipating a whole subdivision being built next to us while we live here I don't know how long it's going to take but um You know, this is all going to have some very serious impacts and um You know, I just really hope that's all taken into consideration and um, thank you again for letting me speak and Oh, yeah, one thing please protect the views All right, thank you That's it. Thank you, and I apologize for that kerfuffle I don't know if that's a technical word or not, but um, so with that Uh, we'll bring it back to the commission if we could close the public hearing. Oh, thank you And I will now close the public hearing that was for frank Um and bring it back to the commission It takes a village So with that, um We have three resolutions on this item if someone could read the first resolution then We can discuss the project as a whole and then go back to the second and the third resolution So thank you commissioner holton Move resolution of the planning commission of the city of san aroza granting a one-year extension of time for the tentative map for the north village Two subdivision located at 2406 folton avenue assessors parcel number zero three four zero three zero Zero nine three file number extension one seven dash zero zero two six and wait for the reading a text Thank you. And is there a second? Second thank you That was moved by commissioner holton seconded by commissioner dug in let's go ahead and start with commissioner dug in okay, um Well, these are typically housekeeping items just renewing a tentative map and I since I was on the commission that approved this originally in 2011 What was that 12 years ago tomorrow? Um You know, I'm in favor of extending it again I I feel for the residents who are dealing with the issues that are going on right now in north village one But this has been planned since way back before those houses were rocky but I think And I think it's just a you know, I can make all the required findings And the parking issue is going to be the parking issue forever until people can clean out the garages and park off street Or have fewer cars and We can't keep paving roadway to park cars on it So I'm in favor of the resolution and I will be supporting it Thank you, uh chair weeks. Is this with the modification as proposed by staff Do we need to do anything for that? For the exhibit a the modifications were already included in the document that you have with the one exception that the dates on Each of the resolutions says april 14th instead of 13th. So we will revise that When we don't need to do it up here Or for a date change Um Yeah, I think you just can say as revised to reflect today's date as the date of execution Great. Thank you And if we could also this is super minor, but we just noticed this All three resolutions should also be revised to reflect folton road rather than folton avenue So, um, should commissioner holton revise his motion to reflect the correct date and folton road Yes, let's do that I would like to revise my resolution of the planning commission of the city of san aroza Granting a one-year extension of the time for the tentative map for the north village two subdivision located at Two four zero six folton road The censors parcel number zero three four zero three zero zero nine three file number extension 20 zero zero zero three um As revised to reflect the current date And await for the reading of the text Thank you And commissioner duggin. I'll second that again. Okay. Thank you Okay Commissioner sanders You're up um The thing that comes to my mind. I guess is uh I feel for the people who live in the village one And have to be mindful that you know, there was a bad economy coming in 2006 seven eight COVID fires You know, it's it's the fire is the gift that keeps on giving for our community as we try to get back to normal So, you know, I read in the Documents about the community center and one of the things that it said was that it was either going to be completed at the end of the First phase or at the beginning of the second phase So I couldn't find out exactly where that is, but i'm sure you'll know where that is and so um hang in there y'all um I can make the findings to support this so But I do feel for the residents Thank you, uh commissioner houlton Um, I can also make all the required findings. Uh, and again, uh much like commissioner duggin said, you know, this is just general housekeeping Uh, and you know, I'm in support of the project, but I do want, um, the I I do want it to be known that um, I I too like all the other residents and my fellow commissioners have concerns about the parking And I just really I've been in a situation similar to that when I was once a renter And I know how frustrating it can be to see the same vehicles parked on your street for months and months and months And just I just encourage um that the um That the hoa staff is really really on top of and just being very diligent to ensure that the parking regulations are being enforced Thank you commissioner sisco Well along with commissioner duggin. I was here way back when too So, um, yeah, I will be able to to make the findings on this extension Um, I would offer to frank though that if these are vehicles that are not moving I'm a regular caller in my neighborhood of the non-op or abandoned vehicle abatement programs through the police department So I would offer that you keep track of those that aren't moving And make those calls given their license plate number and the make and model of the vehicle and where it is and um Someone will come out and tag it and ultimately tow it away if necessary But it keeps things moving for those that are just being left unattended So I would offer that and with that I can make all of the findings and I'll be voting yes on this Thank you, uh vice chair peterson Uh, thank you chair weeks. I will echo my fellow commissioners on this. This is certainly the most robust tentative map discussion Uh, I think I've been a part of But I think it's because it you know, the public Raises some good issues about what the the city should look like and this just happens to be the vehicle To do that so I can make all the required findings. I think um With almost every project we've seen recently though, we've had complaints about parking and traffic and I think we do Uh, like commissioner dug and said need to think of a a new way out of this because No one likes it. Uh, it's terrible everywhere and uh, you're certainly not going to build enough roads to To get away from it. So Maybe a broader discussion for this the council at some point, but um I can make all the required findings and in in support of this extension Thank you, and I also can make all the required findings and want to also echo what commissioner sisco said about Cars that uh might be abandoned Um and to be sure and call the police department regarding that Um, so with that, um, it was moved by commissioner holton seconded by commissioner dug in On this first resolution if we could have the vote I Commissioner sisco I commissioner dug in I commissioner holton I Commissioner sanders I Vice chair peterson. I chair weeks. I So that passes with six eyes when absent commissioner carter being absent and If someone could move the second resolution Thank you. Commissioner holton Uh, I'd like to propose a resolution of the planning commission of the city of santa rosa granting a one-year extension of time for the tentative map for the north village two suburb vision located at 20 406 Fulton road sessors parcel number zero three four zero three zero zero nine three file number extension 20 zero three As revised to reflect the current date Thank you. Is it second? Thank you. So that was moved by uh commissioner holton seconded by commissioner dug in um Any other discussion on this item? So we'll go ahead and start then with um Can we just go ahead and do the vote? Okay Commissioner sisco I can make all of the findings on this resolution and i'll be voting I Commissioner dug in I can also make all the required findings and I will be voting I Commissioner holton, I can also make all the required findings and I will also be voting I commissioner sanders I am voting I Vice chair peterson. I can make all the required findings and I'm voting I Chair weeks. I also can make the required findings and and voting I So is that okay for a vote? Or do you want to actually do a more traditional roll call vote ladies? At the conclusion of each resolution you need to do an official roll call adopting that resolution Which you just did correct. Okay. Yeah, so you're saying you need to do anything additional No, we can move on to resolution three. Thank you Okay, then Jeff are you up again? Thank you I'm proposing a resolution of the planning commission of city of santa rosa granting a one-year extension of time for the tentative map for the north village two subdivision located at 24 o six fullton road Assessors parcel number 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 9 3 file number extension 2 2 dash 0 0 1 2 and a wait for oh As revised to reflect the current date and I'll second. Thank you So that was moved by commissioner holton seconded by commissioner duggin So vote please commissioner sisco Um, I can make all of the required findings for this third resolution and we'll be voting I Commissioner duggin I can make all the required findings for the resolution and I'll be voting I Commissioner holton. I can also make all the required findings and I will also be voting I Commissioner sanders I can make the required findings and and voting I Vice chair peterson I can make all the required findings and we'll be voting I Chair weeks and I also can make the required findings and I'm voting I So that passes with six eyes one absent commissioner carter being absent And please note this action is final unless an appeal is filed within 10 calendar days of today's action The time limit will extend to the following business day if the last day falls on a day that the city is closed For information on how to submit an appeal form. Please contact the project planner And with that, um, unless there's anything else We will go ahead and adjourn this meeting and to our next regularly scheduled planning commission meeting Thank you all


The STEM education model is becoming increasingly popular in Ukraine, but its implementation is still limited due to lack of resources and knowledge. To address this issue, we propose to analyze the existing STEM-oriented cloud environment STEMUAT.science and identify its strengths and weaknesses. This will allow us to create a plan for improving the efficiency of the environment. Our research shows that both traditional and STEM-based publications have similar demand from educational process stakeholders. However, while traditional keywords are more commonly used, STEM-related keywords are used only rarely. This suggests that STEM-based methods are not yet widely adopted in Ukraine. Nevertheless, the positive effects of STEM education should not be underestimated, as demonstrated by the success of the STEMUAT.science cloud environment. This article was authored by Yaviniai Bishapovilov, Victor Bishapovilov, Fabian Andruskiewicz, and others.


Michael Murphy, it's Michael Murphy and Jim Rogers. Jim Rogers from Dublin City University and Michael Murphy from the Dunleary Institute of Art, Design and Technology. And what the book does is it sort of analyzes our music industry and why it has been successful and the reasons why maybe it's fallen down in certain areas. And it goes right the way through from amateur teenage promoters through to university entertainment officers. And then those that have been behind the success of some of the really big names in the industry like U2 and NN, the cores and so on. Well, Michael Murphy now joins us on the line and we're streaming live as well. Michael, good afternoon. Good afternoon. Delighted to be here with you, John. Thanks. Well, let's talk a bit about this book because it takes a behind the scenes look, I suppose, at the music industry. And you go back away as well. I mean, I'm not just chatting about popular acts in the last 20, 30, 40 years, but you go way back as well. Yeah. And, you know, when I started the book, I was doing a PhD in Trinity College in sociology. And I thought, OK, Irish pop music. So that that's the 1960s. That's the show bands, you know, nice to go back that far. But the further you go, John, you realize actually what happened in the 1950s has a direct influence on what happened in the 1960s. And I just kept going back and I ended up in New York in terms of the research with a woman called Eleanor Byrne, who emigrated as a teenager in the post famine years from from from Lytrum and founded a shop in Manhattan at a time when women didn't own their own shops. Now, she owned it with her husband. And there was a bit of pushback that you can't have a woman's name on the shop in Manhattan. You know, which we think of Manhattan has been so progressive. But here was this Irish woman. She started what probably was the first Irish store as they called them in the States. She sold Irish music. She realized it was demand for Irish music. And when the major labels decided not what they termed ethnic music has gone out of fashion, she said, I know my customers. There's still a demand and I want Irish music. She championed it and then she set up her own record label. So we've got a founding mother of the Irish record industry. Well, that's that's way back at the very start. And there's been a lot of pigs and troughs since that for the the industry. And I suppose there's been a lot of success stories along the way. Some of the acts that I mentioned there in the the intro. But a lot as well that have, you know, done well nationally, but internationally have fallen short. Yeah, and that's the big problem with Ireland is that we, in my opinion, we produce fantastic world beating music. But we don't have an industry that brings those artists to the world demand efficiently. We're still dependent on, you know, someone in New York or LA or London saying, hey, you know, I could see that having worldwide worldwide marketability. We've never ever developed kind of a series of Irish record labels. We've had Galen did a brilliant job with even with pop music in the 60s. We had a lot of records with the chieftains. We've never had very, very successful long term pop, pop record labels. And because of that, we don't have that many full time music managers in the country compared to the amount of brilliant bands that we have. And is that because of the size of the country because of the size of the market? Yeah, you know, we're a victim of our geography as well as beneficiaries of our geography. So, you know, anyone can get on a plane in my day. It was getting on the car ferry from Dunleary to go over to England. And we're so close that there has never been a need because generally the English record labels have enjoyed the Irish talent and have marketed the Irish talent. But at a time when the record labels are not signing as many artists, that's really, really bad news for Ireland. The record labels are investing. You see it all the time, the headlines. They're buying the back catalogs of Bob Dylan or Springsteen or Shakira because they know that there's a long term revenue stream coming from that. But the result is that they're not investing as much in you artists and that's catastrophic for Ireland. You deal with the music industry, I suppose, from, you know, almost management perspective. But what about before it gets to the stage of marketing a band abroad? What about the music industry here and in particular the live circuit here?  Well, it is for the global music industry. We're fantastic at going to big gigs. We're fantastic at paying kind of above the odds for concert tickets. And obviously the whole summer, you know, we were bombarded with headlines about the Coldplay tickets and going to auction and people waiting on the phone, waiting online. Not knowing what price that we're going to be offered the tickets for by the time they got to the head of the queue. So we're brilliant at going to gigs. What we're not great at is supporting our local acts, going to see young developing bands, helping them make the transition from, you know, four pals forming a band. Where's the next step? How do you get on the radio? How do you make a video? How do you get a record deal? So there's a bit of a failing there. And to me, it's not because the music talent is anyway lacking because I'll put it up against music from anywhere. And there's a perception that we, when it comes to, well, the arts in general, but even music that we punch above our weight globally, is that true? I am without question. Historically, you know, look at us, even before recorded music, it's argued that the first million seller in the music industry, back when it was sheet music, you know, that you play piano along with. That was Thomas Moore with Moore's Irish melodies. Then records come along. They're new. They're fancy. They're exciting. They're very, very heavily promoted by the music industry. And who's one of the first superstars of the music industry? It's John McCormack. So going way back, we've got this extraordinary legacy, exactly as they say, John, of punching above our weight for a country that's small in size. But the downside of that is that we've always rested on those laurels. We're great. Look at our success. That's like, would a guy like me is always looking at, well, what's going to prepare the next wave of successes? Rather than thinking, hey, we're great. Let's just sit back. And have we been as successful in recent years as we were in the past? Do you think that in a way we've been found out or the deficiencies in our so-called record industry here have been found out? John, I wish you hadn't asked me that question because that's the key one. And the truth is we're still producing fabulous artists, but we had Hozier. Hozier went to number one in the States, so that's a recent success. We have fabulous bands. We have the Fontaines, DC, Murder Capital. We've now got black artists coming from Ireland. We've got a really good hip hop scene. But in terms of artists that have the kind of sales that Enia and U2 and the Cranberries, we don't have anyone at that tier at the moment. And that's definitely a danger sign. And what can we do to change that? It's easy to say there should be more record companies here. We should have a decent Irish record company or an Irish label of its own and not an offshoot of Universal or Sony or something. But I suppose those in the industry will say, well, it's just the market's not big enough to sustain one. Yeah, but then I would argue, look at New Zealand, similar population, very close to Australia in that case. And yet there's far more New Zealand acts in their local top 20, top 40 than Ireland. So you're completely right that it's easy to diagnose we're crap at the business of music. But there is one easy solution is go and see your friends' bands.  And one thing that came out of the research for the book is that the Irish are extraordinarily brilliant and creative at lighting the little fires, at incubating the little baby bands. We've a hundred year history of doing absolutely brilliant things that help a band go from what do we do next. We don't have any fans and getting them on that road so that by the time the record labels globally become interested in them, they're ready to go. And obviously you too is a great example of that. But so is Enya and people in this country don't realise how successful Enya is. We have blind spots. Yeah, absolutely. You could go into a lobby in any hotel in any part of the world and hear some of Enya's music. And many's enact a look on end, obviously. Well, a lot of this we've been chatting about, analysed in the book. Sounds Irish, Axe Global is the name of the book explaining the success of Ireland's popular music industry co-author Michael Murphy. Thank you very much. Thank you very much.


My name is Arthur Gil Green, I'm a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Geography here at UBC. When I started teaching in 2010, my first semester I was finishing a course in Introduction to Human Geography and I noticed there was four of my students in the back of the class taking pictures. I thought why would they stay after class and do selfies. So I walked to the back of the class and it turned out they were taking pictures of the actual textbook. At that time it was really hard to find anything in geography. It really struggled and it was only in 2014 that BC Campus started to work on a geography open textbook. Since they've started their program BC Campus open textbooks are estimated to have saved students between 1.1 and 1.4 million dollars. I feel like my work with them is encouraging responsible pedagogy. It's encouraging adoption of open education principles and resources. There's now survey results that show that students in parts of the United States and Canada may not take certain courses because they can't afford the textbook. So if textbooks and other proprietary resources are hindering learning then we're not being responsible in how we choose the textbooks and how we choose what students should read. I think most of the open education resources literature has been focused on the economic benefits for students and I think one part of the equation that hasn't been focused on enough yet and what I want to focus on in BC Campus is the idea that adopting open education resources changes pedagogy. We're no longer relying on the textbook that's been approved and reiterated through nine editions with minor so-called improvements. We are now relying on a community of people who are collaboratively editing a text. It can actually help us reinvent some of the ways that we're teaching and I believe it can open up a discussion with the students.


Today I'm your Secretary of the Navy, but 20 years ago on September 11, 2001 I was the commanding officer of the pre-commissioning ship Bulkley. I was in my hometown city of New York for what we expected would be the last meeting of the commissioning committee. As we gathered aboard Intrepid, a floating museum to pass conflicts, a brand new war began, one that would last for 20 years. I made my way to Battery Park and took charge of the sailors who gathered at the Navy Reserve Center. I'll never forget the burning towers, the chaos of the streets, and the valor of the police, firefighters, and first responders that day. And I'll certainly never forget the 2,977 innocent souls that we lost that day, and the families that still miss them today. I know the 20th anniversary of 9-11 brings many emotions and memories with our Department of the Navy family. Some of you, like me, were in New York City that day. Some of you were here at the Pentagon, where 125 of our brothers and sisters in the Department of Defense lost their lives, including several that I personally served with. And many of you only know of 9-11 from childhood memories or from the stories told by others.  If you served on 9-11, like those sailors I took charge of in New York, you answered the call. If you stepped forward to serve in the months, years, and decades that followed, you answered the call. If you volunteered to support our mission, equip our force, or care for our military families and veterans, you answered the call. And if you carry with you the memories of service in Afghanistan, Iraq, or elsewhere over the past 20 years, you answered the call. I know this anniversary comes at a time when many in our Navy and Marine Corps family are hurting. On this day, we're reminded of the sacrifices so many of our service members made over the last 20 years, including those who died in service and our Gold Star families. That is a reminder that freedom does not come cheap. But just as we will never forget September 11, the American people will never forget how you responded. Because of you, countless people, including hundreds of thousands of women and children, have experienced greater freedom and opportunity than they ever would have imagined. Because of you, tens of thousands of families were rescued and protected, living on to give their children a brighter future. Because of you, our nation and our world is a safer place. I am so proud to serve alongside each and every one of you. Take pride in your service and all that we've accomplished together since that fateful September day 20 years ago. Take this opportunity to reach out for help if you needed, or see the need in others. If you are struggling, our department has counselors, chaplains, and support professionals ready to help. You are not alone in this journey. You matter. And your service has changed the world. Three months after 9-11, I returned with my crew to New York City, commissioning U.S.'s booklet. 8,000 people attended the ceremony, gathering to pay tribute to those who had lost their lives that day, their families, and to you, the brave men and women who serve our country. Later that week, our ship passed by ground zero on the way out from New York Harbor. We drew to attention, saluted the fallen, and played the battle in the Republic. It was a sight that brought hope to the city, just as each and every one of you today brings hope to others. You all serve as freedoms torch throughout the world. I thank you and your families for your service. May God bless each and every one of you.