Far away in another part of the city, Dr. Franz is working in his laboratory. Strange, I haven't heard from Danny. I hope he hasn't. That must be Danny now. Hello? Hello. Hello, has that you, Doc? Did you hear me all right to this carnival waterway telephone? Yes, yes, Danny, yes. Where are you? I'm in prison in an iron cell below ground somewhere in City Park. I'll tell you more about it later. What can I do to help? Well, I need some more electric juice in my magic ray machine. Yes, yes. If I can get some more juice, I may be able to burn through these iron plates before the water rise is too high. What? The rise is too high? Are you in danger? Look, Doc, please don't ask questions. Just do as I say. You're the only chance to help. All right, Danny, I'll do what I can. Now hook up that energizer here to the radio locator. In the middle of the tunnel, my group will go hungry. Shoot the manager through the needle. You're my local good boss. Certainly, boy, certainly. Just a minute now. There. There's the locator working. Two points west. And a half more. That's it. Hello, Danny? Danny, my dial indicates contact. Okay, Doc. Okay, shoot the juice through. Here it comes. Hello, Danny. Are you getting anything? Yeah, sure thing, Doc. Coming through fine. The power of my magic ray is building up. Now look, I'm going to try to burn my way out of here. I have to work above my shoulders, the water. Look to my chest already. Well, hurry, Danny. Hurry. Listen, Doc. Listen here, it's burned. I'm cutting right through this peel with my magic ray. Hurry, Danny. Hurry, boy. Hurry. Doc, Doc, can you give me a little more juice? I can't give you any more. You're getting the limit. Okay, Doc. Okay. The water's up to my neck, but there's only one more side that's cut away. Then I'll be able to... Danny. Danny. Hello. Hello. Can you hear me? Where should we, Danny? What's happened? What's happened, Danny? Oh, Chief. I turned on the valve and let him drown. I am sorry. He was a clever boy, but too honest. What do you want done with that girl reporter? She must disappear five minutes late. I'll take care of it. Good. Listen. I am a respectable businessman. Everybody know I'm a respectable. I am a friend to everybody. You are my agent. You take care of a thing. Someday you'll be police commission. Thanks, Chief. And now you go. I'll take a rocker on a boat with you. No, this way. Nobody must see you leave my house. And remember, if my name is connected with this, you will also disappear permanently. A ghostly figure is kneeling up a winding stairway. Ahead of him, a spotlight plays on the wall at the mountain. In the middle of that circle of lights is a large blue beetle. What's that noise? Just a minute. I'll see what I can do for you. Who are you? Yes, the blue beetle. Who are you? How did you get in there? Some man put me in here. Hey, don't ask questions. Get me out of here. I'm cold and I'm hot. No, no, take it easy. I'll see if any of the master keys I have will fit. There you are. Thanks. Thanks.  Never mind the compliments. Let's get out of this place. First, tell me how you got in. Well, I told the editor of my paper I wanted to work on this case. Dangerous work for a girl. Oh, I love danger. You must. Go on. Well, today I saw a horseman disappear in the bushes at the foot of the cliff. When he didn't reappear, I grew suspicious. So tonight I decided to investigate. Just as I pushed my way through the bushes, I heard a horseman coming. I ran along the foot of the cliff. I must have slipped and fallen because the next thing I remember, I was lying at the bottom of the old abandoned bear pit. Yes, and then what happened? I noticed a large iron-packed door in the floor of the pit. I raged it and found a flight of fear. It was pitch dark, but I decided I was going to silly for I thought it. So I descended. In pitch darkness? Yes, I've got to show that editor that a woman can make as good a reporter as any man living. I see. That account for it. Go on. Pretty soon I turned a corner. I saw a light. By lantern night, a man was reading some documents. He must have heard me because he flashed a spotlight in my eyes. I turned to run, but it was too late. He grabbed me and put me in that room there where you just found me. How would you like to help me catch the killer and also get a front-page scoop for your paper? I love it. Very well. I think we're going to see some action very soon.  All right. Can you shoot? Sure. I'm a Texas Ranger's daughter. Oh, I'm going to lock the girl's cell and bring it down to my office. Oh, boy, will I. She's a beautiful woman. She's so beautiful. Why, it can't be. Why, it's... Very much alive and ready to nip. Rock on. Rock on. Cover the edges.  You'll see who gets out of here alive. You foul murderer.  I am. Well, I can still shoot straight.  You can't into the Blue Beetle. A little kick from my foot in your disarm. And this and this. And you're out like a light.   But, but, you get in from that side. And I get in from this side. And the Blue Beetle will get you both like this, right up close. I ask to strangle you both, but I'll let the law do that. You and your chief here in the old, so reputable Scarletty. There, just knock your heads together.  Miss Mason, you can come out now. Oh, I'm already out. I have these men covered with a gun you picked out of the killer's hand. That's fine. Now, here's your chance to get a scoop for your paper. Where? You know Scarletty? Sure. He's the big-wined citizen. Yes, and he's also the top man of the underworld. He's bigger than the Duke, the octopus, and a lot of others. Really? That respectable businessman? The same. If his scheme for political control had clicked, the killer there would have been made commissioner of police. That murderer? Yes. What a diabolical scheme. Yes, the city would have been systematically robbed and the police made help with it.  Well, this story will make me. I hope so. What are you going to do? Blue Beetle has one more call to make tonight. I'm a teller. You, I'm a respectable businessman. I know... No. How much money? Mmm. Mmm-hmm. So much time I wish I was to know so honestly. No, I don't want to some part of it. Why are you not talking to someone like the adder? He's a crook. But to me, I'm a respectable businessman. Goodbye. The Blue Beetle.  Why, you'll come here. I'm a respectable businessman. Yes, I know you're a respectable businessman to most of the world, but not to the Blue Beetle. What do you mean? You're not kind of picked. That's the noise. That's the law. Coming for you, quality.   Yes, your sins have found you out. Your candidate for police commissioner is already a prisoner. Incriminating documents connecting you with many murder projects and underworld rackets are in the hands of the York City Chronicle and will be published. Put down that gun, quality. It's too late for... Oh, you choose suicide rather than face the music. Well, your death will help to clean up a lot of rackets. Break it in for Roman Mandigan. The Blue Beetle has a present for you. Oh, that's your color. Why? It's gone. Hey, Mandigan, look on the floor there. It's wounded. There's a note thing to his body. Yes, this is the stylish king of the underworld. A present from the Blue Beetle to Detective Mandigan. Again, the Blue Beetle has crossed swords with ganglin and come off the winner. And the great city now rests in peace. Will the criminal element lie low now that their hypocritical chief has been unmasked? Let's look in on Dr. Flan's little apothecary. You certainly had me worried when your voice was suddenly cut off and had fled itself. I'm sorry. Danny, you certainly had me worried when your voice was suddenly cut off and had fled itself. Well, that was a close call. The water rose to the level of my mouth just as I finished cutting away out of it. I had to swim underwater to the stairway, but when I reached that, I was thinking, well, now, Danny, you better get some rest. It's almost daylight. You can turn in on the couch there. Thanks, Doc. I think I will. Excuse me. Hello? Who? Dan Garrett? Yes. Yes, he's here. Oh, uh, Danny, it is for you. Okay. Hello? Dan Garrett speaking. Oh, hello, Mannegan. You did? Gee, that was great. You ought to get a promotion. Huh? Insurance record. Well, that sounds like an interesting assignment. The commissioner wants to see me at 8 o'clock in his office? Okay, I'll be there. Good night. Well, Doc, I can't stay with you. I've got to get home and lay out my dress uniform. I'm due at the commissioner's office in a few hours, and I've got to look my smartest. So long, Doc. There's no rest for the law. So, Dan Garrett gets ready for a new assignment. What will develop in the insurance racket? What new dangers will he face? Can it be that there are still some criminal masterminds at work in the great city? These questions will be answered in the next episode of The Blue Beetle. The Blue Beetle is a copyrighted box feature appearing in Mystery Men Comics magazine on sale at your newsstand. The Blue Beetle is on the air twice a week on this same station. Consult the broadcast schedule in your local newspapers, and don't forget to listen in.


Hey everyone and welcome to Prime comments episode one This is a show. I'm gonna attempt to make weekly My goal is to hit on every Sunday where I look back at the previous week through the videos I created I Recomment on some of the topics that I brought up and I look at your comments pick out at least one comment from each video and Respond to it. I always say here at Nintendo Prime that it's all about the discussion It's all about the opinions not just mine also yours This is a chance for you to get heard and for me to respond and continue that conversation so back There was a bunch of videos this past week and we're gonna start with the liquidator video Which is the one where I talked about how there is a person that has or a company that has hundreds If not thousands of NES classics and Nintendo switches and a warehouse They're a liquidator firm and they might have been selling these off the GameStop and Amazon Which is why you've seen NES classics suddenly available for limited stocks here in July months after the fact and Nintendo I had this to say about it.  They can't sell It's our fault. Just get the games on the e-shop dudes and to that I say I Couldn't disagree anymore to be honest It's never our fault that scalpers exist. I mean yes people buy scalp products because they're not available Nintendo is really more so at fault than anybody else because they didn't make enough NES classics to meet demand The fact that demand is still this high for a product that's no longer being made let's you know that Nintendo really undershot expectations and It's actually turned some people off from the SNES classic edition. So None of this is our fault that scalpers exist. It's just right now Outside of these special deals apparently where the NES classic is suddenly available You're only gonna pick it up from scalping scalping is 100% legal in the United States We are more than able and more than welcome to resell products that we buy and own and I'm not actually against that I believe in that, you know in that type of capitalism, but at the end of the day I It's not our fault and as for getting these games in the e-shop some of them you can get some of them you can't and None of them can you get on the Nintendo switch? So I don't really view that as a You know an argument here in 2017 Anyways, let's move on to the next video the next video we're talking about is the amiibo DLC video where I kind of went Off in a rant talking about how I do not think DLC is appropriate to be locked behind amiibo Basically, this was spurned off by the fact that Metroid Samus Returns has the hardest difficulty mode in the game Locked behind the squishy Metroid amiibo, which is currently sold out So Philly man responded to this by saying I'd prefer a physical item to use on multiple games Rather than a digital code locked to one game any day. And so that I say it's understandable I think any of us would like to purchase one thing and have DLC unlocked for multiple games But the problem with this is that that's not what Nintendo is really doing You might have small things locked behind it Like the fact if you bought the super smash bros link amiibo and you used it in Breath of the Wild You would unlock Ipona and that's all fine and dandy I I don't I don't necessarily have anything inherently wrong with the concept of something you bought years ago Still being useful today But too many times Nintendo is locking the very best content behind the new amiibo that are hard to get a hold of And even now that link smash amiibo isn't exactly easy to get a hold of for some people either And there was you know a time not too long ago when that was the number one selling amiibo in the entire world So I look at it as if that content is locked behind an amiibo that people can't get a hold of What's better for people to be able to get a hold of the content they want to play Or for people to have to buy a physical item that might not be in stock and they might have to purchase from scalper to get And I know you can go on ebay right now and get You know cards made by fans that are have nfc chips in them and allow you to scan and reprogram them for different amiibo And the fact that that solution even has to exist kind of elevates the issue I see here where content just shouldn't be solely locked behind amiibo You want you want to let that squishy metroid amiibo unlock the most difficult mode in metroid That's a metroid return return of samus. That is fine But it should also be unlockable in the game And if not unlockable in the game naturally like it was in the original Then you should let people spend a couple bucks digitally and get that difficulty Uh the fact that there are people day one that aren't going to be able to play the difficulty mode because they can't get their hands on the amiibo That's my exact issue with locking amiibo behind dlc. So Yeah, I'd like that. They're useful over time, but that shouldn't be the only way That you can get that content returning to another video from this past week with the snes classic pre-order video Which essentially talked about the fact that the snes classic is going to be available for pre-order later this month officially announced by nintendo on twitter And bloody underscore fatality responded to this by saying I want an n64 classic edition next year any tips for me Um or starters, they have to announce that we don't know that there's going to be an n64 classic edition next year Although what helps your case is that nintendo did refile the patent for the n64 controller Which if you you know, you could think about you know, a logical progression. They had the nes classic last year the snes classic This year next year could be the n64 classic followed up by the gamecube classic and maybe even a wee classic and At some point I think they're going to release a gameboy classic as well And maybe a gameboy advanced classic and even a ds classic if you can believe it I think these are all things that nintendo is just going to do over the next 10 to 20 years Any tips for getting it are the same tips I would say for in snes classic You just have to really Hawkeye your favorite retailers Uh and personally, I don't prefer things that you know are probably going to sell out through pre-orders Pre-ordering online because every single outlet that you could pre-order from online has had issues In the past with maintaining pre-orders and having to cancel pre-orders Uh, I always prefer to do in person in stores. So my suggestion is As soon as you know when they're going to be available for pre-order go wait outside the morning before the store that you would like to Get it from opens walk inside and put a physical pre-order in person That is what I have done with every product that I wanted to get day one and it's worked I was able to get the special edition of breath of the wild I was able to get the nintendo switch day one all because I went in person the day that pre-orders were going to be available now I will note. I wasn't able to get the master Edition of breath of the wild with the statue because they didn't make those available for pre-orders in stores I I don't understand why but that's more of an anomaly. That's usually not the case It's very rare for the online exclusive pre-orders like that Uh, but yeah, I mean if it's an online exclusive pre-order You just kind of got to get lucky, but uh, yeah, that's that's how I do it So hopefully that helps you out if and when the n64 classic condition happens return to do with the switch battery situation Uh video one thing I want to note before I get into this comment here Uh, is that There are times that when I report on something the information I'm working with on this report may not be correct And in this case, I was talking about the battery bug that's happening On switch where the battery will literally discharge at least in the software from 100% to 0% Really rapidly sometimes in five minutes sometimes a half hour sometimes an hour But yet the system would still work for hours on end and Nintendo's suggested fix included updating the os and then running a bunch of power cycles and I commented that Doing this can actually negatively impact the battery life and I wasn't 100 wrong but I might have exaggerated a little bit the impact that it has on battery life A lot of people said that I said it will kill your battery Maybe I did say those words, but it was more of an overtime effect Doing this to any sort of battery does shorten the lifespan But the amount that you're going to see the battery lifespan shortened is probably not that noticeable If you only have to complete this procedure a handful of times right now to fix the issue So, uh, I was wrong in in making people maybe believe out of fear That this is going to harm your battery But I still stand by the fact that if this is happening to your nintendo switch Take advantage of your manufacturers warranty let nintendo deal with this that you shouldn't at the consumer level Uh need to do any of this and besides the fix sounds like it could take many many many hours of your day To get right and by the time you do it you probably could have sent it to nintendo and got the system back anyways Uh, but here is what skull field 117 had to say on this topic Five or six deep power cycles will have no real effect on battery life It will not kill your battery having to retrain the battery monitor is fairly common I've done it numerous times the cell phones over the years And to that point I'll just say my experience with cell phones is generally about six months after I get my cell phone The battery does not say charge for very long Um, and that's not just the battery percentage thing when my battery percentage thing hits zero on my phone my phone dies Uh, so it's literally the battery is just not holding a charge for as long as it did when I first got it So, you know, when someone says they have to do this many times on their phones I don't know what to say my experience with smart devices is that phones continually get worse within that even first year that you have it Um, I've never the this is why I almost want to upgrade my phone every year because by the time The next version of the phone comes out I'm lucky to get, you know a few hours of a day out of one full charge on my phone Because of this I actually own several different battery banks just to make sure my phone Stays charged throughout the day. It's a little ridiculous to be honest And right now I presently use an iphone 6s plus. So, you know, it's a couple years old now And you can imagine it's it's pretty bad today, you know, even recording this video I haven't plugged in to a battery charger because it cannot keep a charge very well now Uh, but as I did admit, you know, you are correct that It shouldn't massively adverse the battery life I am of the belief it will impact it but the impact is going to be so like unnoticeable to the to People's general use cases That uh, it's probably okay to do this if if you prefer to battery cycle and solve this yourself because you don't want to send it into Nintendo my guest Um, just note that as I said, I personally just would not do that Take advantage of your warranty. That's why you have it. Let Nintendo fix the problem for you We had a video earlier this week talking about resident evil revelations one and two coming to nintendo switch And david digon had this to say about it I want re7 revelations didn't interest me as much and I will say I think we all want resident evil seven on switch Uh, I remember the old rumors that resident evil seven was running on switch that they were trying to get the VR version of resident evil the one on switch and through all those rumors We were able to dig up patents of the nintendo switch that showed that nintendo actually did at one time conceptualize like a VR headset that you could you know slide your switch into And enjoy, you know, kind of a samsung veer giar kind of VR experience but um I don't know that that's ever really gonna happen with switch Uh, but I just because the screen quality at 720p You really want 1080p. If not 4k, uh, when you're looking that close at your screen, but Setting all of that aside, I I agree resident evil seven would be fantastic And I do think because resident evil seven performed so poorly despite having massive critical reception That if revelations one two does decently on switch I could see it being An early port job to nintendo switch next year after all we have a pretty packed slate this year So it would be nice, you know, if next spring maybe a year after resident evil seven initially launched It hits on switch and maybe even sees a second life because I know that capcom invested A significant amount of money into resident evil seven and they were not happy seeing it only sell 3.5 million copies So, um, I think we're gonna get resident evil seven. I think it's coming I think we just have to be a bit more patient moving on. There was a ubisoft video I reported on earlier this week About how ubisoft's engine snow drop runs extremely well on switch and could lead to more games From ubisoft in the future once they use the snow drop engine, uh, you know I basically refer that you can get assassin's creed in other games Someday once they switch over to snow drop and michael skinner had this to say You think the port mass effect one to three or tomb raider 2013 and today Uh, tomb raider 2013 is on google tv, which is uh and like an nvidia shield tv Which has the same x1 processor uh I don't think they're going to port those games and Well, let me rephrase. I think they could port mass effect Andromeda, I don't think they're gonna report one to three because I think they're trying to put one to three behind them They just had had andromeda kind of tank So you could see them try to port it hoping that the portability factor will bring people back to the game after they make patches and DLC updates Or you could see them Decide that they want to reboot mass effect all over again, you know five years from now I kind of think mass effects almost in limbo after what happened with andromeda and and it not being nearly as good as the original trilogy And when it comes to tomb raider, I really like like the rebooted tomb raider that both the 2013 version You know the new the new series the two new games they have Uh, I think they're absolutely fantastic I don't know that they're going to come to switch unless switch is going to get the next tomb raider game If switch gets the next tomb raider game I could see them bundling in or having a special edition of the game on switch that includes the other two games Kind of like, you know, when they saw bayonetta 2 and you can get bayonetta 1 I'm thinking a situation like that. I don't think they're going to get individual releases on their own as like a testing the waters mentality Uh, because for them to do that, they have to be willing to commit the new game in the first place So I'd like to see them commit the new game and then bring those games with that game over I think that's possible barring that situation barring the new game coming over I don't think we're going to see tomb raider the new series even appear on switch. Um, But hey, I hope I'm wrong Returning to the capcom and 2k video Uh, in that video I talked about how capcom and 2k are still kind of testing the waters with switch releasing games that are ports And uh, seeing how they perform In fact, I have a quote from capcom in there about them using monster hunter Double cross is kind of a barometer for future support and that literally is like something that's quoted from what they said So I wasn't putting words in their mouth, but uh, Enrique Panero Had this the same response every company does the same practice Except they do not outright say it and then try to recant as capcom does with the switch Every company evaluates how they choose to support any given platform on a game to game basis Based on how their games sell or don't sell The only difference is that sony and microsoft have an install base While the switch is only getting started these statements mean absolutely nothing if microsoft tanked all of a sudden Capcom would be evaluating whether or not to make games for it Same for sony the switch will continue to keep getting games as long as the games keep selling and the platform does well And in large part, I agree. In fact, this is one of the first comments I think today that I absolutely do agree with and to that I say Uh, you make some good points. I do think every company does this They just don't outright say it and it's the idea that capcom is openly admitting it that makes it really interesting To me anyways because as you said, that's not calming companies don't normally admit that they're doing that And I do agree that the reason that sony and microsoft seem to always get the support is because their prior generation Of platforms perform well and nintendo's last generation You know did not and the generation before that didn't really cater to what their parties wanted So Nintendo's really been out of the game, you know with hardware that third parties desire to make games for since the game cube era So if it's been a couple generations Then yeah, switch is going to kind of have to prove itself in order to get those games games now if nintendo could consistently Get these games and we forward with switch switch to switch three and whatever they whatever they have come into the future Then you might start to see another reshift in the paradigm where people are like well Hey, look, I like having these games to play in the home console and on the go nintendo does it best I'm gonna go with them and maybe I won't pick up the next xbox or the next playstation platform because I know nintendo's Going to have those games the problem is we're not at the point where we know nintendo's going to have those games Switch is still in the prove it mode Trying to rebuild that install base. So I I agree you make some very valid points moving on earlier this week I made a site update video talking about patreon talking about the future of everything and I'll have links to all these videos down in the description below But in response to the site update video adria martina said I'd love to have an hour long podcast Well, how about two? I say that because our podcast is rarely just an hour. It's about an hour and a half to two and a half hours I know that's like a big window of time But I don't like to put limits on the podcast because I like to see Uh, where the conversation is going to lead if the conversation leads to two and a half hours of goodness then great And this came up because I was asking people if they would like to see the podcast in video form as one long segment Or continue to see it split up topic by topic, uh, which is what I have been doing, you know, almost since the beginning and There wasn't a single person that said they wish me to continue doing that. They all said, hey We'd like to see you do the long form podcast. So when I say, um, how about two that's because tomorrow the video version of the podcast is releasing here on youtube and it is An hour and 55 minutes long One video So hopefully you guys look forward to seeing that. Uh, if you want to listen to the podcast right now We have the full audio version available right now two day Exclusively on patreon.com slash nintendo prime All you have to do is submit five dollars that patreon and you get a day full early access to the audio portion of the podcast So technically our podcast is live right now if if you want to support us and check it out Uh This is going to be a tough one So probably the most controversial video I made this week dealt with nick robinson and the sexual harassment case and I'm just going to get to this response because there's a lot a lot of things I could talk about with this Uh, but redskid fan had this to say Unsubbed another sjw beta male.  How else do you meet? Celebrities not that this guy is one are always using their status to get women and there is nothing wrong with that Plenty of women love chasing celebrity Don't act as if they're innocent all the time I work around a bunch of women and they talk way worse than any man that works there Either way, I wouldn't recommend getting your channel involved with this pc virtual signaling Everyone is doing now Well, I don't know what everyone else is doing. I don't I try to avoid any channels that that seem to be talking about this stuff because They don't necessarily Provide an objective viewpoint and I admit maybe I didn't do that and my one regret with this video I don't regret making it. I regret that I didn't wait a day because A lot of people were asking me to provide definitive evidence, which was never provided Uh, and I didn't have it on hand.  Now what I want to make clear here is that I don't think that nick robinson Is as big of a monster as I maybe portrayed him out to be he didn't rape anyone I don't think there's any legal action coming from these allegations in fact, I never thought there was legal action coming from these allegations because When you look at the surface of it, uh, with the evidence that's now been provided We know that this is the kind of thing we we see a lot. Uh, essentially he content the evidence that was provided There are images of, you know, as people said they wanted receipts of these supposed conversations Well, some are provider receipts and this person a fan a fan of his Liked a post he put up of a certain t-shirt and he out of nowhere DM that fan Saying hey, do you like this t-shirt? And she said yeah, and then I said, well, would you like to have it?  I don't think it's appropriate But I can't stop it and whether or not it's harassment at least in my mind is usually up to the individual I don't think men should talk to women that way But it happens And some women are okay with it and some women even talked that way back to men now It's one thing if they're friends and you know each other and you know each other a long time Or you've been dating like there's in jokes and everything I have jokes of my fiance all the time Saying really stupid sexual things that we know We don't mean any offense by it and or anything but This is the reason that this bothered me the reason that I Have takes issue with this is because it's a person who is contacting a complete stranger in doing this And I know this is evidence of just one person But if if where there's smoke there's fire and if there's evidence of one suddenly the other 11 people are now lying Uh, I doubt it chances are there's a lot more evidence and this just happening to one fan it feels like it's happened to a dozen or more over the years and The the thing is I think Nick Robinson is probably gonna land on his feet.  You know, he's not gonna get hired by IGN or GameSpot or anything But I think he's gonna be able to launch his own Thing because just looking at the reactions to to me finding this disgusting There's definitely a lot of people that think what he did is fine and okay And they're gonna support him because of it.  And that's kind of their thing and people enjoy it and and their sexist and their Uh, just bullies and that's fine.  Are you kidding me?  Um, but when you break it down, uh It's one thing to enjoy a certain type of entertainment and provide a certain type of entertainment Then to literally treat fans like they're there to appease you sexually And I think that that's where I kind of draw the line with this just because there are fans that fun after celebrities Like, you know, there's a lot of celebrities that yeah, maybe they did sleep with a fan because the fan You know made their intentions known they aggressively pursued them That's a lot different because that's like consensual that the person's asking for this kind of behavior versus a fan who just liked a post And uh, we're having a conversation about exchanging a t-shirt and turning that into asking for nude pictures like that's I'm sorry. There's there's a different line there between a fan seeking out a person um wanting to hopefully advance it to a sexual nature and a person seeking out a fan who never asked for it and Starting the conversation really casually and turning into that and the whole, you know As red-skinned fan, you know talked about flirting.  It's not Come on flirting if that's how you flirt she needs to get some real game, man.  Um It's not illegal what he's doing But I find it ethically and morally wrong And I'm not gonna apologize for it As for me being an sjw and anything else Sure, I mean I disagree with much of the sdw card. I disagree with much of gamergate and much of the pc crab But just because I disagree with a lot of things doesn't mean that Uh, I don't think we should treat people respectfully, especially strangers, especially fans Of like your work. It's really weird to contact a complete stranger and just start being that way Um, I know this has been around since forever, but uh, it doesn't mean I think it's any more Okay today as I did when I was a kid All right, moving on the last video of this week was about splatoon two having some data transfer issues With peer-to-peer connections and it being 30 slower at, you know, submitting multiplayer data In matches than the original splatoon and here's what Bradley Piper had to say I don't believe there are any shooter games that purely use dedicated servers It's not the simple answer everyone thinks it is Dedicated servers are too slow to be used for every single communication and a fast paced game like splatoon or battlefield Most games with dedicated servers like battlefield only use them for functions that make sense and don't need the speed Of a peer and don't need the speed of a peer-to-peer connection Saying that you shouldn't pay for nintendo's online service because they don't use dedicated servers is nonsense Not every game on xbox live or playstation plus use dedicated servers and plenty of people pay them In fact, they pay more than what nintendo will be charging a real reason you shouldn't pay nintendo for online Would be if their communication platform and infrastructure is garbage and let's be honest they don't have a good track record So Obviously this dives into a lot of different situations Yes, not every game on playstation network and or playstation plus and xbox live Use dedicated servers and I don't remember ever saying that every game does The only games that really do it are either because of the third party developer decided to do it Or their first party games or exclusive games to the platform And microsoft is the one that made a bold claim back in 2013 that every single online game on xbox live Is going to have dedicated servers because of our cloud service Which turned out to be complete hogwash and isn't at all what has happened in the year since But again, I think that whole 2013 Was just a really bad year for microsoft in general when it came to xbox live and xbox one They said a lot of really confusing crap that was not true at all Um, and then you know the next year they they promoted phil spencer and Well, they've been pretty forthcoming ever since. Um, I really like phil. He's done a really good job over at the xbox The xbox office and with the xbox team Um, as for any shooters that purely use dedicated servers I don't know. At the top of my head. I'm not sure Uh, if when I'm editing this if I happen to find a shooter that does I'll throw up an image of it, uh, but I it's not necessarily that that that swatoon 2 needs dedicated servers Uh, I was just saying that because the author of the piece that originated that video Said that dedicated servers would theoretically provide a much better service and compared to the way that swatoon 2 runs right now online It definitely would probably it like there's no doubt in my mind that a dedicated server would do 100,000 times better Uh The the real issue here is that even in peer-to-peer Splatoon 2 is bad It is like one of the worst games, you know, I threw up the graph before I'll throw it up again Showing just how bad the connection rate is with splatoon 2 speed wise compared to all these other multiplayer games Even the original splatoon. So the issue is Uh, the way and the speed of the peer-to-peer is not good enough so Yeah, otherwise I kind of agree. You know, nintendo doesn't have a good track record Uh, I you know whether or not the online is worth it I think a lot of people pay xbox live in playstation network because They have to to get online access Anyways folks, that's going to do it for this edition of prime comments episode 1 As always folks, look forward to our next video starting tomorrow with the podcast and I will catch you guys next sunday For prime comments episode 2 I am Nathaniel ruffle jantz from nintendo prime. If you like this video, you know what to do If you dislike this video hit that dislike button. Otherwise folks, I will catch you in the next one


Roger Federer says he will assess his Federer or participation in the on-win French Open after a grueling 7-6-6-7-7-6-7-5 win over Gemma's Dominic Copa on an empty court for Leib Charter in Saturday's night March. The 20 times Grand Slam champion was competing in only his 6th March in 17 months following knee surgery and suggested after the third round clash which ended last midnight that he could preserve himself for Wimbledon which begins on June the 28. Federer who faces Matteo Berettini for a place in the quarter-finals where he could potentially meet world number one Novak Djokovic said he would have liked to know he is at his best like Djokovic or holder Rafa Nadal. I prefer to be in Rafa's or Novak shoes right now where they're like I'm feeling good you know if I'm playing well I'm winning so I don't have that feeling right now so for me it's these are all stepping stones right to something that is really important to me it's the season and it's the comeback and I need matches like these you know we go through these matches you know we analyze them highly and look on what's next and we'll do the same to tonight and tomorrow latest because I need to decide if I if I keep on playing or not or is it not too much risk at this at this moment to keep on pushing you know or is this just the perfect way to just take a rest because I don't have the weekend between here and Halle like normal to see like how what's best now if you come back from Wimbledon hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates


that will move to the approval of our November 14 draft minutes any comments or corrections on those those will stand as printed then next we'll move to public comments which is a time for any member of the public to come up and address the Commission on matters of interest to the Commission you have three minutes to speak and I would ask that you go to one of the microphones at the back I don't have any cards but you don't have to have filled out a card and this would be for items that are not listed tonight on our agenda as a public meeting and I am not seeing anyone move so I'm gonna go ahead and close public comments and move on to planning commissioners report any reports this evening no planning commissioners reports and then we'll move on to department reports I do not have any department report statements of abstention by commissioners I will be abstaining from item 10.1 as my employer had a business meeting with the applicant there's no existing business her personal relationship but I think it's prudent to abstain okay no other abstentions okay we have no study session tonight nor any consent items so with that we'll go ahead and move on to the first of our public hearings the first one and let Commissioner Peterson exit the chamber while I announce it is item 10.1 the given to flex mod conditional use permit it is an ex parte disclosure mr.  Andrew Drupal good afternoon chair Cisco and members of the planning Commission today's project for review is the given to flex mod extraction facility it is a major conditional use permit proposed for site at 2715 given Avenue the application was submitted on July 18th the project was deemed complete on November 15th and project notification was distributed in advance of this meeting on November 27th so the project application proposed as a cannabis manufacturing of volatile manufacturing with type 7 license in a 480 square foot self-contained flex mod modular unit located adjacent to building to East at 2715 given Avenue building to East is one of the buildings in the given Avenue complex and planning Commission has previously reviewed and approved flex mod units I believe two units for building seven and those two units can be seen over here to the west of building seven on the far end of the given complex so it's located in Southwest Santa Rosa off of North North Point Parkway in the light industrial district and here we can see the project site the multiple buildings on site as well as building to right here and then finally here's a bird's-eye perspective of it this is building to East which consists of cannabis distribution and non-volatile manufacturing operations and then building to West which has cannabis cultivation and distribution uses in the community as well so this would complement the existing cannabis distribution manufacturing and cultivation uses and sit adjacent to building to the general plan is light industrial the light industry rather in the zoning is light industrial and this isn't allowed use within the light industrial zoning district subject to major conditional use permit approval here we can see an outline of the secured portion of the campus with these additional unsecured parking areas to the east and to the south primary access to the campus is via these gates located here and so the entirety of the campus is secured all of the buildings in addition to perimeter fencing I do have alarms on all points of access surveillance cameras as well as security guards on site and so the specific proposal is for the flex mod unit and this is the unit that would be installed located adjacent to building to it is about a 480 square foot unit it would be detached from the building although it is accessible via pedestrian walkway the unit would benefit from the security provided to the rest of the campus as well as alarms at point of entry surveillance cameras and it would have the ability to monitor and monitor all of the buildings in the campus as well and it would have the ability to monitor and monitor all of the buildings in the campus as well as the facility as well as its own order control system as well we have a blown up image of the flex mod unit it is a C1D1 unit and here we can see the project specifications demonstrating that it is a C1D1 unit specifically designed as an extraction unit for facility lighting and also the ventilation which ensures that there's not a buildup of volatile gases within the extraction unit itself and then we have alarms specific for the gas detection the project has been reviewed presented environmental california quality act or california environmental quality act excuse me qualifies for a class 3 exemption under section 15303 in that it is a construction and location of a single new small facility or structure on a site where only minor minor modifications are being made I did receive a public comments late last week I had a phone conversation with a property owner who lived in residential neighborhood to the north northeast of the city of downtown giffin giffin avenue facility she wanted to express concerns about the proposed use as proximity to residential neighborhood proximity to the school the volatile nature of the proposed use and then just the concentration of other cannabis uses in the area I reviewed those with their and informed her that there is no minimum distance from residential uses for the type 7 manufacturing use use, there is no required setback from school facilities and that the code does require through building and fire code proper conditioning of the facility for the specified use. And that the other cannabis uses, the cultivation distribution and non-manufacturing, or non-volatile and volatile manufacturing uses in the Giffen Avenue facility are either permitted by right or allowed with the required use permits and those applications have been reviewed and approved. With that planning staff had no other issues, Planning and Economic Development Department recommends that the Planning Commission by resolution approve a major conditional use permit for commercial cannabis medicinal and adult use manufacturing level two, volatile use in a flex mod unit at 2715 Giffen Avenue and the applicant is available to answer any questions as his staff. Thank you. Okay. Any questions of staff right now? Okay. Not seeing. And is the applicant wishing to make a presentation? Up to you. Okay. Available for any questions if you have them. Okay. Okay. We may have some after the public hearing if we have any public that wants to speak. Okay. This is a public hearing tonight. I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing. I don't have any cards on this item and I don't believe we have any public wishing to speak on this item. So I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing, bring it back to the commission. Any questions of the applicant or staff at this point? Okay. Is that would someone like to move the resolution for the purposes of discussion? I'll move a resolution of the planning commission of the city of Santa Rosa making findings and determinations and approving a conditional use permit for a commercial cannabis manufacturing level two, volatile use in a flex mod unit located at 2715 Giffen Avenue APN 010450-008 file number CUP18-035 and waive for the reading. Second. Okay. So that was moved by Commissioner Duggan seconded by Commissioner O'Crepkey. Commissioner O'Crepkey, would you like to start? I think it was a great presentation and a job by staff and the applicant and I will be supporting the application. Okay. And Commissioner Duggan. I'm also in support of the application. I can make all the required findings. Commissioner Collier. I also would be supporting the application. I can also make all the required findings. And Commissioner Carter. I can make all the required findings and will be supporting staff's recommendation on this side. And I can make the required findings as well and will be supporting staff's recommendation on this. So with that it was again moved by Commissioner Duggan seconded by Commissioner O'Crepkey and our votes please. And I need some help. I'm not sure where I'm supposed to vote. What do I hit? Okay. For those of you who are watching us, this is a new system for us so we're a little rocky on it, me in particular. Okay. So that motion has passed with five ayes, Vice Chair Week's absent and Commissioner Peterson abstaining. And with that, that is our only resolution for this item and concludes the item. So we'll wait for Commissioner Peterson to rejoin us. And we'll be moving on to item 10.2, which is the green QILLC conditional use permit. It is an ex parte disclosure. Commissioner Carter, anything to disclose? I visited the site and have nothing further to disclose. Commissioner Collier. I also visited the site and have nothing further to disclose. I visited the site and have nothing further to disclose. Commissioner Peterson. I also visited the site and have no new information to disclose. Commissioner O'Crepkey. I visited the site and spoke to the applicant and have nothing further to disclose. And I have nothing to disclose. With that, we'll go ahead and move on to the staff presentation, given by Susie Murray. Good afternoon, Chair Siscoe and commissioners. The project before you is Green Key, a cannabis microbusiness proposed at 925 Piner Road. Requires a conditional use permit and it will occupy an existing 4,185 square foot commercial building. The microbusiness is comprised of a retail dispensary, which also includes on-site consumption and delivery service, excuse me, and will provide both medical and adult use products. They are also, they also have light manufacturing there and distribution, distribution is permitted by light manufacturing has a, they've already been issued a zoning clearance that was discussed in the staff report, thanks. They are hours of operation are proposed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. So the project is located in the northwest quadrant of Santa Rosa on the north side of Piner and it's just east of Airway Drive. We received the application in April of 2018 and it was deemed complete the following June. In October, 2018, I went before the Cannabis Policy Subcommittee and was selected from a group. It was in an over-concentration area and it was the project that was selected to move forward. This last September, the applicant asked to add on-site consumption into the project. So the area, the site is located in an area designated by the general planned land use diagram as light industrial and is kind of smacked up in the middle of a light industrial area there and the zoning is consistent. It's, I'm sorry, the general planned land use designation is light industry and it's in a light industrial zoning district. Here's an aerial of the site as it stands today and the top photograph is the existing elevation and the bottom photograph is the proposed elevation. The parking requirement is 14 spaces. There are, I'm sorry, there are 11 on site but the parking ordinance has a provision that allows that an existing building that can have a deficit in the parking area up to 10 spaces or 25%. This is, there are three spaces short and 25% would have given them four spaces. So they have met their parking requirements. The floor plan, as you can see here, the areas in blue are the on-site consumption areas. The dispensary itself is the area located in green and the area designated for manufacturing is in brown. The area in red up in the upper right-hand corner of that graphic is, it's called a, we refer to it as a Sally Port but this came up today and I went in online and looked up the definition of Sally Port and it really doesn't refer much to cannabis dispensaries but it acts like a Sally Port for a cannabis dispensary in that it is an area where the vehicle can pull on in. It can be secured with a roll-up door and it's not, they can unload and load the vehicles whether it's for delivery or bringing product in. So the other thing is that there was a question raised by a commissioner yesterday about on-site consumption requirements. State law does have some, does guide us on some of the requirements and it says that we're a cannabis in consumption areas. It can only be people 21 years of age or older. It can also, it cannot be visible from anyone 20 years of age or younger, so anyone younger than 21 years. And you can't have the sale of alcohol or tobacco on site or the consumption of alcohol or tobacco on site either. I wanna point out that this city has a smoking ordinance that prohibits anybody from smoking on site and that's still the case. The applicant has agreed that they understand that and the project has been conditioned appropriately. There are six required findings for a conditional use permit, all of which have been met. The project complies with all applicable zoning code provisions. It's consistent with the general plan. Compatible, it's compatible with existing and future land uses and then it's surrounded by other commercial and light industrial uses. The site is suitable for the type density and intensity of the proposed cannabis micro business. It wouldn't constitute a nuisance and it has been found in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act. It complies through several categorical exemptions as well as streamlining measure. There are no unresolved issues. I did receive one comment from the public. It was a woman that was concerned about the concentration of cannabis facilities, not necessarily just retail, but cannabis facilities as a whole in the Northwest Quadrant and concerned that there was a higher concentration there than other areas of the city. We also received late correspondence from the applicant team today, which I forwarded to y'all and I hope with my response and I'm hoping that you had an opportunity to review that. But again, I think I've addressed one of the areas. The primary concern was the Sally Port. And again, there will be an area that is, that acts like a Sally Port at the facility. And with that, it's recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Planning Commission approve a conditional use permit for Green Key, a cannabis micro business to be located at 925 Piner Road. And I am, the applicant is here. They do have a presentation and I'm available for questions as well. Any, yeah, Commissioner Peterson. Just one question for staff before we get to the applicant's presentation. Have any of the other conditional use permits the commission has approved for on-site consumption open for business? Do we have any functioning on-site consumption dispensaries in the city? No, I don't think so. Thank you. Commissioner Kruppke, you had a question? Yeah, and if I miss it, I apologize. Sorry, I'm trying to go back and find it. In the diagram on page nine, there's no cultivation yet. The project's narrative says there will be cultivation. Did they get rid of that or is that not included? Or is that going to be covered by the applicant their presentation? I'm going to defer to the applicant on that. Okay. Any other questions of staff right now? Okay, so the, yes, Commissioner Carter. I'm sure it's in the record somewhere, but how many approved permits do we have in the Northwest Quadrant? Do you know off-head? Your question is just about dispensaries, is that right? Yes, for dispensaries. How many have we permitted in the Northwest Quadrant? The Northwest, I don't have that on hand. We have it on our website, so I can have it maybe following public comment. Okay, thank you. Any other questions of staff? Okay, all right. So would our applicant like to make a presentation? Okay, thank you, Chair Sisco and members of the commission. My name is Erin Carlstrom. I appear this evening on behalf of, as the attorneys for the applicant, Green Chi.  Not least of all because this project in particular has been reviewed several times by the city. So we're delighted to be here finally for consideration of our CUP and recognition of everyone's time. I'll move quickly. Staff have already done an admirable job of orienting you to the site and you all have, of course, toured it. So you know the area we're speaking of. I'm stalling because my clicker's not working. Here we go. So we find as the city's cannabis ordinance develops that it's incredibly important to highlight for you your applicants that come from Sonoma County and Santa Rosa and who have experience doing business here with the city. I'm not sure where I need to aim this thing. Here we go. Will you click, please, Susie? Thank you very much. Jesse and Henry, please would you wave your hands and let the commissioners know these are your guys. Their credentials are laid out for you there. They're very excited as hometown folks to bring another fabulous, not cultivation, cannabis retail experience to the city. Oh, please click, Susie. Thank you. A bit of information for the commission's consideration about Green Cheese Commitment to our community, ideas for development and how they intend to approach the project as well as continuing to contribute to our community. Go ahead, Susie, please. Thank you. Some renderings for your consideration. One of the wonderful things about the opportunities that the cannabis ordinance and this project in particular bring to you is the opportunity to upgrade industrial buildings that maybe have seen better years. So here is another wonderful opportunity and some of the ideas that the project team are considering for their design, which of course will be subject to design review. Thank you. You've seen our new floor plan and to Commissioner O'Crepkey's question. As Susie highlighted, this project was originally submitted back in April of 2018. And so over the course of the last year and a half plans change, cultivation has been removed and we've added on-site consumption as that use has also been authorized by the city. Susie, again, I highlighted for you all the restrictions that will be in place for that on-site consumption. It is both, it is restricted to age. So of course, we're talking anyone over the age of 21 is eligible to participate, but it can't be visible from the right of way and it can't be visible from within the dispensary itself. So anyone under the age of 21 will not be able to see it from within the building. There we go. Just to give you an idea, of course, Piner is very busy, but parking and traffic are two of the elements really that both the cannabis subcommittee and the council as a whole in our appeal took into consideration when continuing to recommend this project. Better parking opportunities, easier flow of traffic. Please, Susie, thank you. Some of the organizations with which the principals and Green Chi have already been working and will continue to work as their project comes to fruition, you will see seated in front of your project applicants and representatives from Teamsters Local 665 who is here in support of the project and in recognition of the ongoing good faith discussions between the groups. Please go ahead. Just another opportunity for you to consider as projects like this are entitled and conditioned to require roadway improvements, this is an opportunity for a beautification overall in Santa Rosa. Go ahead. And that's it. We are, of course, available for any questions. Thank you for your time and your service. Any questions of the applicant? Yeah, Krisha Peterson. I just have a question. If you have, I may have missed it in your project narrative. Is there like a public liaison if the area neighbors have any concerns? Is there somebody that will be designated that they can speak with? That's why it's important to have local applicants. Thank you. Ms. Carlstrom, would you mind repeating what he said into the microphone so that we can make sure we've got captured? Yeah, thank you. Henry Huang, one of the applicant representatives indicated to Commissioner Peterson that he will be the community liaison for concerns from the neighborhood and from the public. Thanks for doing that. Any other questions? I have one, what is the purpose of the two on-site consumption areas, the one smaller and the one larger? Confused. I'm gonna yield the microphone to the project applicant himself. Hi, thank you. The purpose is we were gonna have maybe two different fields. Like one might be more of a lounge and another might be more of a diner field. Okay. Which one's which? The lounge would be the one, for now we're envisioning the lounge to be the area in the southeast corner of the building. The smaller one. The smaller one, yes. Okay, for those of us that are direction challenged. Okay, any other, yeah, Commissioner Krupke? My one question would be, what kind of, I know in your narrative and in your presentation you said that employees will be trained in spotting intoxication. However, as is evident in the location, the context maps, the only real residential area around this is the mobile home park next door. It's not really walkable. So what kind of safety aspects do you have to prevent people from as there is a zero tolerance for driving under the influence of cannabis to mitigate that or identify those that have consumed or prevent them from driving? Sure, it's a great question. And of course the safety of the public is paramount concern for all of my clients and all of our applicants. There are industry standard, standard operating procedures for identification of folks that are over intoxicated. That's actually one of the bright spots about having an on-site consumption area is people have the opportunity who maybe haven't been exposed to a particular type of medicine before to experience it in a safe environment. Both green cheese staff will be trained in those protocols to identify over intoxication. Unfortunately, there is always going to be an element of exposure and it does always fall to the individual to take responsibility for their actions. However, they will have very highly trained staff on-site and I imagine that as the city becomes more familiarized with what does an on-site consumption really mean, much of those concerns will be alleviated just as we've seen with all the other perceived impacts of the cannabis industry. Any other questions of the applicants? Okay. Well, thank you.  No, ma'am, thank you very much. Okay, great, thank you. This is a public hearing tonight. I'll open the public hearing. I don't have any cards from the public, but you're welcome to speak for three minutes. Awesome. Hi, I'm Clayton Taylor. I'm the representative from Teamsters Local 665. I just wanted to point out to Commissioner Krepke's question. Green cheese has been in conversations with us for our first ever state recognized cannabis apprenticeship program. One of the components of the training for retail workers for the apprenticeship program is training for recognizing intoxication with cannabis. It's new, so it's gonna be working through it. And I'd also like to point out that Green cheese has not only been working in good faith with the Teamsters Local 665, they've also been a great liaison to other employers in the industry to help us really start to work forward on creating a trained, qualified workforce. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak on this item? Okay, I am not seeing anyone else move to the microphone, so I'll go ahead and close the public hearing. Bring it back to the commission. Commissioner, any other questions of the applicant? Yes, Commissioner Duggan. To the question or the statement about recognizing intoxication, is there gonna be a whole protocol that's developed about if somebody is intoxicated, what steps the staff will take, like they call them an Uber, they call them a friend, or get them home safely somehow?  Luckily we do have the alcohol beverage industry as a great analog, and their experience will hold out here as well. Any other questions of the applicant? Any other questions of staff? Okay. Chair, I have a response to the earlier question about distribution of dispensaries. I don't have exact numbers. My vision and our, we do have a map on our website that illustrates the 35 applications that the city has received and is in some form or process or set of approval or set of status of operation. That website's srcity.org slash cannabis and it's on the application support page. But looking at the map, one thing that stands out is dispensaries are allowed in all four quadrants of the city and there's quite a bit of opportunity in terms of the six, seven eligible zoning districts in which an applicant can apply for a retail conditional use permit in each of these quadrants. And so as a result, we have received interest in all four quadrants. There are about 10 applications that the city has received in the northwest quadrant. There are about four in the southwest quadrant. There's about nine in the northeast quadrant and about eight in the southeast quadrant. That doesn't add up to exactly 35, I apologize, but some of the map is as of June and there was a couple of overlapping applications. So I didn't want to, I don't have any exact numbers, but it's plus or minus one or two is the margin. Any other questions? Okay. So would somebody like to move the resolution for the purposes of discussion? I'll move a resolution of the planning commission of the city of Santa Rosa, making findings and determinations and improving a conditional use permit with a green T of 4185 square foot cannabis micro-business to be located at 925 Piner Road, file number CUP18-056 and wait for the reading. Second. Okay, so that was moved by commissioner Duggan, seconded by commissioner Calia. Commissioner Duggan, would you like to start? Sure, I'm pulling up the staff findings. I'm a little bit torn on this one just because it's our first on-site consumption application and it is not in, it's not. No, no, actually that question didn't come up. There was a different question about consumption. Has any, are any in operation? None are in operation. We have a couple pending and plan check right now because we have approved at least three or four by use permit by the planning commission for our on-site consumption. So this is at least the fourth one that I'm wearing. There's one on Cleveland, there's one on Mendocino, just on the top of my head. My memory's failing me, but so, so I am struggling with the on-site consumption component but I'll take your word on that we've approved them but otherwise I can make all the rest of the finding tonight actually be interested in hearing what my fellow commissioners think on the on-site consumption question. Okay. Commissioner Collier. I agree to serving so with the commissioner but it is interesting, it is a, it's an interesting dynamic with on-site consumption. I do think that we have precedent with, you know, with ABC and how bars are regulated and I think as we can see across the state this is where we are all going and I think the application was well put together and I can make all the required findings and we'll be supporting this project. Commissioner Carter. I can support staff's recommendation and I'll be voting to approve the project. Okay. Commissioner Peterson. So as has come up in these other on-site consumption conditional use permits, I share the concerns expressed by Commissioner Duggan about the appropriateness of on-site consumption for these types of dispensaries I think in a place like Santa Rosa, on a place like Heiner, I'm not sure that it's particularly pedestrian friendly so I think it's a reasonable inference that people will consume on-site and then likely get behind the wheel of a car. This has been true of the other conditional use permits. I'm not sure that there's a meaningful difference in my mind between the ones we've approved and this one. I think that it's one of those scenarios for me where I don't particularly think it's necessarily the best idea but it is something that was debated by the council, debated by the commission and was included in the cannabis ordinance and I'm not sure I can sync a conditional use permit on something that is clearly laid out as permissible in the code. I'm not sure I find such a threat to the health, safety or welfare of Santa Rosa by allowing on-site consumption such that I wouldn't be able to make the finding but again, with that in mind, I think there's probably a reasonable argument to be made for on-site consumption in maybe more appropriate areas but it's allowed in the code, there's bars down the street where you can consume on-site and get behind the wheel of a car and as much as I may not think it's a good idea, it is certainly permissible. So with that in mind, I think this is another good project. We've done, I don't know, a dozen or so of these and it certainly gets easier with the passage of time as we see these projects get integrated into neighborhoods and take the steps, work with the teamsters, work with the public to make sure that we're actually setting up an industry that provides good jobs, provides the type of neighborly behavior that we would expect. I do wanna address a couple of the points raised by one of the comments that the public submitted in writing which is when we see all the time the security I think as we've said in other hearings this is the counterintuitive example where something that appears to maybe be kind of an attractive nuisance can actually improve the security of the neighborhood by putting eyes out there, having the security cameras, having the security guard on-site, just getting people watching the neighborhood. So while I understand the public's concerns, that's not a concern from my perspective here. I like to see the local control. I know Santa Rosa is one of the few jurisdictions that is allowing these dispensaries to go in in California under the new law and I think it's nice to see that there are people running them, people profiting from them are actually members of the community and in this case, long-term members of the community with strong ties here. I also agree with another public comment that we should see more on the East side. It does feel like this quadrant is bearing a lot of the cannabis development and I think it should be more equitably distributed as was the goal of the cannabis ordinance. With all that out there, I can make all the required findings including the finding necessary for the parking reduction. Commissioner O'Cripke. Yeah, I hear some of the same concerns of my fellow commissioners. You know, I believe Commissioner Carter's question was how many dispensaries, I believe there's, in the Northwest quadrant, I believe there's five that have been approved and only one's operational. And the on-site consumption has concerned me especially with the removal of cultivation to add consumption. And I understand, you know, whether you say you can go down to the nutty or west side and have a drink, it's the same thing but there's an allowable amount of alcohol you can imbibe while it's still illegal whereas that's not the same as cannabis.  Doesn't matter if you've had an entire pan of brownies or a bite. So that's a concern. However, we have approved these before and the thing that sticks in the back of my mind is that as was pointed out, none of these are operational so we have no empirical evidence. So any belief that I may have or any concern I may have is just based in speculation and I can't hold myself to or I can't apply those to my ability to make the required findings. So that all being said, I believe I can make all the required findings and then we'll be supporting the application. Okay. Well, I also can make all of the required findings. We have been approving these throughout the city but the one thing I hadn't really talked about till Ms. Carlstrom mentioned it was the opportunity for a new user, for lack of a better word to have the opportunity to try it under supervision and in a safe environment. That hadn't occurred to me. We're hearing lounges and kept it. But actually I think that actually is something that could be important for particularly the medical individuals that wanna try something and to have the opportunity to do that and to be supervised while they experience that. So and again, city council, we've put all of these policies in place and we don't have anything to compare to yet but they're in place. And I think this was a well done application and height as usual. It is getting easier for us to move through these with fewer questions because we can see that kind of what the protocols are and that they're well met. So I'll be supporting the application. Mr. Dunning, do you have anything else you wanna say? Well, I totally understand how it's like we don't have the same kind of regulation about bars and there are roadhouses that are out in the middle of nowhere that you have to drive to and you have to drive away from. And I think I've been swayed by my commissioners, my fellow commissioners discussion points so I will be supporting the project. Okay. So with that, the resolution was moved by commissioner Duggan. It was seconded by commissioner Kahlia and your votes please. And that passes with six eyes, twice-year weeks being absent. And I believe that's our only resolution and that concludes this item. Thank you. Do we need to take a break? You wanna just keep going with it? Okay, good. Then we will move on to item 10.3 which is Old Dominion Freight Planning Project. It is an ex parte disclosure. Commissioner Carter, anything to disclose? I did visit the site and have nothing further to disclose. Commissioner Kahlia. I also visited the site and have nothing further to disclose. I visited the site and have nothing further to disclose. Commissioner Peterson. I also visited the site and have no new information to disclose. Commissioner Krepke. I have nothing to disclose. And I also visited the site and have no new information to disclose. And with that, we'll move to the staff presentation Mr. Ross. Thank you Chair Siscoe, members of the Commission. I'm Adam Ross City Planner on this project. The item before you today is the old Dominion Frate. It is a truck and freight terminal. The entitlements include a major design review. Go here. Kind of got ahead of myself. A minor use permit for the use. A major zoning variance for an increase in outdoor light pole height and a major design review by the designer review board. The project itself is a new trucking freight terminal on an undeveloped 8.45 acre parcel and includes one 17,695 square foot building with 34 loading docks. We have a 4% parking reduction also included with the use permit. That's a total of two spaces on this site and 224,901 square feet of new paving. It's estimated at 8 to 10 pickup and delivery trucks, truck trips per day and we have two line halls per day and the operations would be seven days a week staggered shifts most during normal business hours with some lighter shifts into the evening. Like I said, the entitlements are a minor use permit which has been elevated for your review today to include in the major zoning variance packet as well. The design review would be subsequently approved or approved and reviewed by the designer view board after the decision today. The project is in the southwest quadrant of the city. There's a type of this is not the right address. It's 2 9 6 0 .in Avenue. A bit of the project history. It goes back to 1999. The designer view board approved a similar project and a negative mitigated negative declaration with that project. It was two industrial buildings approximately 127,000 square feet in new building construction. In January 2016, the item came before the Planning Commission for a general plan land use designation amendment. So a general plan amendment from general industry to light industry which was recommended by the Commission to the City Council for adoption of the resolution. So that was used and I'll get into a little bit on the next couple slides but that was to bring into compliance with the existing zoning on the site and the surrounding light industry general plan land uses. In July of 2018, the Planning and Economic Development Department received the entitlement package as a project. A complete application with issues was sent out and in November of this year all issues were resolved on this project and a public hearing notice was sent out as required by City Code. Here's an aerial view of the project site. It's this undeveloped facility. This is a small parcel. Here's an existing industrial court there and then another one to the north of it. This is a it's like a dog training facility is what it is. A commercial use within the light industrial zoning district. Smart rail to the right on well I'm my right I'm sorry. East of the city. And then from there there is more commercial uses. So the general plan land use designation is light industry. It was changed to be more compatible with the with the existing zoning in addition to the surrounding land uses. The light industrial zoning was intended for areas appropriate for light industrial uses as well as commercial services that may be compatible with residential retail and or office uses. Residential uses may also be accommodated as part of work live projects. Here's the site plan and I have a couple on here to kind of go over but the site has an existing seasonal wetland and this project creates a buffer and it keeps it on site rather than eliminate it. There's also a smart rail it's a railroad spur that is remaining in place with this site with this development. So here would be the entrance this gray area is kind of a general flow of traffic through the site. Most would come in this way out this way on the southern portion southern entrance and exit on the northern entrance and the loading docks are surrounding the building the buildings here and parking in the front would be for those working there. Everything in the back is associated with the with the the tractor trailers and where that storage is that includes you know dismantling of their shipments and loading and unloading. Here's some elevations for reference so they have the pretty a nice industrial building associated with this area. Here's more elevations just to highlight the the the trailer doors. So it's a 4,472 square feet of office space and the 13,384 square feet of industrial space. So this is the industrial where the tractor trailers would connect to for unloading and loading and this is the office space closer to Dutton Avenue. Here's a landscape plan for reference you could also see the seasonal wetland right here and the landscape buffer around it. Again just to reiterate that landscape buffer and the the rail road spur right here in the back so that that'll play into the variance and the lighting requirements. So for this project we went through a pretty extensive exercise with their variance request originally the applicant applied for 40-foot light poles. City standards limit industrial areas for the outdoor lighting poles to be 16 feet and their determination was for safety. There's also a one candle foot amount of light required for all areas that are frequented by employees or visitors during night hours. So in order to comply with that with the 16-foot poles they would have to put them throughout the site and for the for the use at this site because of this limited space here where they would normally be able to access it while it would still be tight they're they're severely limited with this seasonal wetland and this spur so it kind of limits their it's the unique feature that limits their light poles. So there's also maneuverability exhibit showing kind of how the operation would work and where those light poles are if they were 16 feet and you can see kind of in the center there's really no possible way for them to to utilize the site as much as they would need to with these light poles within the interior. Additionally is the trucks are 14 feet at the top and with 16-foot light poles you're blocking all of that downcast light also associated with this. So what happened was they came in with 40 feet and staff was not comfortable with moving forward with 40 feet light poles because of the the great difference between what is allowed by code but so we asked them if they can lower to 30 which which they did and they show kind of where those go on the interior of the site as well to this is all to comply with safety for the the one-foot candle lighting required throughout the site and we both agreed that that wasn't something that we wanted to stray from which is that that lighting requirement for safety. So this is the proposed lighting plan with 16-foot light poles there's 12 12 I'm sorry 30-foot light poles there are 12 of them so there's one here here here around the site they all face inward and then the ones within the interior they're all shielded and downcast and facing within itself within the site itself there is also lighting on the building but that is allowed with the hyperpose based on that it's on the building. So this is what their maneuverability is like with the 30-foot light poles there's still some limits but it's it's more comparable to a city street light which is 25 feet tall so that's kind of the the logic there and again all the lighting is shielded and downcasted the residents nearby are approximately 550 feet between the Victoria Drive residents to the north and the light would not be facing the residential neighborhoods and then approximately 680 feet from Bourne Street residents to the west of the site. So here's an exhibit so here's the closest this is the Bourne Street residents area and here's the Victoria Drive residents up at the top and between those are existing commercial and industrial uses as well and then this was a representation of what they would need for 40-foot light poles there's only two in the center and the rest are remaining on the outside. All light poles in the front are 16 feet per city code standards. Some renderings of what that could potentially look like I this doesn't include landscaping and softening features but just for a just a it's just a standard light pole down-facing with that in this rendering. There are several findings for a major zoning variance special circumstances applicable to the property like I previously stated there's the seasonal wetland in the in the southwest corner of the lot and the railroad spur in the southeast portion of the lot which limits the allowable uses or allowable space on site. It's a non created non self-created hardship peculiar to the property does exist and again that goes back to the seasonal wetland and the heel spur and the zoning code itself which limits the light poles of 16 feet in granting the variance is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right. The constraints described here in with the constraints described here in a strict application of the zoning standards would deprive this property of the ability to present an efficient and functional site plan that will reasonably facilitate the intended truck or freight terminal use and be proportionately appropriate for the site and consistent with other developments nearby and granting the variance is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right and it would allow the relief from the zoning standard would allow the subject property operate their use and I just wanted to say one more thing is the property south of the site does have 30 foot light poles approximately 30 foot light poles throughout their parking throughout their parking structure I'm sorry parking facilities so there's some along .navenue and they're there within here with that that there's no record of a zoning variance for those 30 foot light poles but and no building permits for that either but it was built in 1981 in annexed in 85 so the assumption was that it was built legally at some point and that's why they remain there today and sequa the project includes a second addendum where the impacts were studied in the original 1999 project again in the 2016 addendum so this would be the second one where no circumstances under sequel guidelines section one five one six two were triggered and therefore no additional analysis is required there's no unresolved issues and no public comments were received with this notice of application and public hearing notices as well so recommendations to the planning and from the planning and economic development department to the planning commission to approve three resolutions for old Dominion freight project file number PRJ 18-043 so the recommendation is for the planning commission to adopt a second addendum for to the mitigated negative declaration for the Dutton Avenue industrial buildings located at 2960 Dutton Avenue and a res and another resolution approving a zoning variance for 30 foot light pole standards and then the final one would be for the conditional use permit again that's a minor but for the applicant's request or agreement to elevate it to you for your review instead of go to the zoning administrator after the your review tonight and that's it for my presentation I am available for any questions the applicant team is here to also I think give a little bit of more information for you and answer any other questions you may have Mr. Ross I just want to clarify one thing that for the findings for the variance it looks like in the staff presentation you listed the granting would not it's necessary for the preservation and enjoyment and did not include that the one that's the variance would not be a substantial detriment to adjacent properties so could you go over that finding just so when we make them we're making the right ones yes I apologize for that so the requirement would be the variance would not be it would not be a substantial detriment to adjacent properties and would not be in conflict with the purposes and intent of this zoning code the general plan any applicable specific plan or the public interest or welfare the relief of the zoning standards will allow the subject property operate the trucker freight terminal safely and sufficiently without becoming a burden of the surrounding properties to the site and more of a because the lighting would be directed inward it would not protrude on to surrounding properties also a variance is a case-by-case basis and a property owner with peculiar circumstances may also apply for variances should they have one and feel the need to pursue one okay any yeah commissioner Peterson I think that last discussion of the finding may answer this question but can you tell me sort of the underlying logic or reason for the 16-foot height limit is it light pollution is it a burden on other properties well the zoning code doesn't give us any specific direction on that so if we're just kind of thinking through somewhat logically I think you're on the right path it's a standard that's designed to probably keep the light pollution is concentrated on to the site as possible the zoning code does go a step further as does as does this proposal in terms of the downward shielding to ensure that light stays on site it's also probably to get the light the the foot candle requirement that staff is mentioning to make sure that you meet that requirement as well thank you yeah commissioner Carter yeah I didn't follow you said there were some existing 30-foot lights in the vicinity of the project yes the property directly south okay so the existing freight facility has 30-foot lights on it I don't know if it's a freight facility it is a an industrial use but yes the property directly adjacent south south on the same side of street yes correct you any other questions of staff okay the applicant ready to make a presentation great thank you can you hear me oh yeah you can okay my name is Sean Eaton I'm the architect for the project I also have here represented with me the contractor the electrical engineer and the and a representative from Old Dominion Freight Line themselves we're here to answer any questions and to make sure that you have all the information available to you I'll give you a little bit of history on where the 40-foot pole came from Old Dominion operates hundreds of facilities throughout the nation and there have been safety incidents in the past that have ended up in injury or even death and so Old Dominion takes it very seriously the safety for their employees that includes procedures and training for every single one of their employees whether they sit behind a desk or whether they drive a truck and when we go to design the sites we actually work with insurance companies on statistical data of what works best so for Old Dominion's kind of standard we do the 40 foot poles they're the semi truck trailers they're 14 foot tall you can see him driving along the freeway blocking your view when you're driving next to him well it does the same thing for light and we want to make sure that our drivers and our dock workers when they have to hook up a trailer or when they have to get out and check the rigs and do those things that there's adequate enough light that anybody else driving on the site can see him that case they all wear high vis gear so that any light that is available reflects off of them and keeps them safe we we definitely want to be a good neighbor we don't want to be an eyesore for the city we want to be that company that is part of the city that employs people from the city and that people enjoy to come to as far as Old Dominion is concerned we feel that among all of the freight carriers we're the Cadillac we take care of our employees the best so in our coming to Santa Rosa we worked with staff very closely because we want to make sure that we're taking care of the city as well taking care of our employees and that's why we've compromised our standard to come down to the 30-foot poles and we've done some pretty extensive research with staff included in all of this process to make sure that we could maintain those city stand maintain those safety standards as well as try and comply with your ordinance the best that we possibly can so we hope that staff would take this all into consideration and approve this variance any questions of the applicant right now okay thank you okay this is a public hearing tonight I'll go ahead and open the public hearing and I don't have any cards on this item and I am not seeing anyone move to the microphone so I'm gonna go ahead and close public hearing bring it back to the commission commissioners any other questions of the applicant or staff okay so with someone like to let's see move the first resolution for the purposes of discussion and I think what we'll do is we'll we'll go ahead and discuss the other items at the same time but let's make sure that we are specific in agreeing that the second addendum to the MND is appropriate so that's the first one okay I'll move a resolution of the planning commission of the city of Santa Rosa adopting a second addendum to the mitigated negative declaration for the Dutton Avenue industrial buildings located at 2960 Dutton Avenue assessors parcel number 043-134-051 file number PRG 18-043 and wait for the reading and do I have a second and I do second okay so that was moved by Commissioner Duggan and seconded by Commissioner Peterson and actually I think it would be better just to go specific because then we can be specific as to the findings of the variance so right now we're just discussing the second addendum to the MND Commissioner Duggan would you like to start on that? I have no questions or comments about the addendum to the mitigated MND I think it's appropriate and actually the building is smaller and I think I appreciate that the seasonal wetlands going to be maintained and there are no other impacts on the site so I'm in favor of it. Okay, Commissioner Coya. I agree with Commissioner Duggan I agree with the second addendum to the negative deck and I do appreciate keeping the seasonal wetlands in place. Commissioner Carter. Yeah and reviewing the environmental analysis it appears to be appropriate and then I can make all the necessary findings but I am curious as to how long and a mitigated negative declaration remains good for this one is 20 years old like I said the analysis seems down but just curious as to how long we could continue to use that document. So that's a great question. What happens is when they come in with an addendum and it analyzes the changes that have occurred from the original that that keeps it alive and in compliance with the original. So basically we look to see what the if there has been any circumstantial change and if not we can it is a baseline that you refer back to. And that accounts for the changes that Sequa that seemed to happen every year also and in reviewing the 20-year-old document. We do have to I mean we have to comply with the current statute but we have an opportunity to first rely on the existing benchmark and if it complies it's consistent and in addition the project can be found within the scope of the general plan. So oftentimes you'll see we'll have multiple references that helps reinforce the case it's not necessary to have multiple. I agree with my fellow commissioners I think the mitigated negative deck is appropriate and I can make the necessary findings. And Commissioner Krupke. I agree with my fellow commissioners and can make all the required findings for adopting adopting a second addendum to the negative deck. And I also can recommend as to the adequacy of the amendment to the MND. So with that that resolution was moved by Commissioner Duggan seconded by Commissioner Peterson and your votes and that passes with six eyes vice chair weeks being absent. Next is our variance resolution. I'll move a resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Rosa approving a zoning variance for 30-foot light standards extending the amount allowed by City Code by 16 feet for the safe operation of a truck and freight terminal located at 2960 Dutton Avenue file number C being 18-03 and wait for the reading. I second. Okay so variance resolution was moved by Commissioner Duggan seconded by Commissioner Peterson. Commissioner Peterson would you like to speak to that? Sure you know the reason for my earlier question is to kind of see what are the underlying issues that we're dealing with and we're dealing with it. A variance of 14 feet for a light pole. In this case I think it based on the applicant's statements the staff's recommendations I think it appears entirely appropriate. The location is in an industrial area the neighbors have apparently 30-foot light poles you're not you're a significant distance away from any residential neighborhood based on the documentation in the file the lights themselves are designed to shoot downward to meet that one candle foot standard so I think that in this case I can make all the necessary findings for the variance. Commissioner Kripke. I agree with Commissioner Peterson and I appreciate the willingness of the applicant's work with the city on this and not necessarily go against their safety standards or compromise them but find a middle ground that works for everybody so I can make all the required findings to support the resolution. Commissioner Duggan. I can I can also all the required findings and support the their request for a variance at first when I saw that that was what in the staff report that they were going for I was a little bit skeptical on this big site but it makes total sense with you know the nature of their business so I'm in support of it. Commissioner Call you. I agree with my fellow commissioners I can make all the required findings to support the nature's variance I think safety is a number one priority for everyone and I think this will help with that. Commissioner Carter. I concur with the staff's recommendations and can make all the necessary findings for the variance on the light fixtures. And I can make the necessary findings as well for the variance that would be great to see this property usable and again I appreciate the applicants working with the city and trying to come to as Commissioner Crepe he said a good conclusion so I can also make those findings. So with that it was moved by Commissioner Duggan seconded by Commissioner Pearson and your votes please and that passes with six eyes. Commissioner vice your weeks being absent. I have one final resolution which is our use permit. I'll make a resolution of the planning commission of the city of Santa Rosa approving a conditional use permit for old Dominion freight to operate a truck and freight terminal with a 4% parking reduction in a new 17,695 square foot industrial building on an 8.45 acre parcel located at 2960.navenue assessors parcel number 043-134-053 file number PRJ 18-043 to UP18-112 and wait for the reading. I second. That resolution was moved by Commissioner Duggan seconded by Commissioner Peterson. Commissioner Peterson any further comments on the parking reduction? No you know I always like to see a parking reduction and this is this is no different I can make all the required findings I think it's only appropriate for this project. Commissioner Kripke? I agree with Commissioner Peterson and I can make all the required findings to support staff's recommendation. Commissioner Duggan? I'm also in support of the resolution and I can make all the required findings. Commissioner Callia? I also in support of this resolution and can make all the required findings. Commissioner Carter? I support my fellow commissioners and think I can make all the required findings to approve the use permit. And I can make the required findings for the reduced parking as well. So with that the resolution was moved by Commissioner Duggan seconded by Commissioner Peterson and your votes please and that passes with six eyes vice chair weeks being absent and I believe that concludes this item and go ahead and conclude our meeting for tonight and adjourn to our January meeting. So thank you all.