Aug 2, 2022 - 06:26 PM

>> ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6:30 P.M.. SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE OAKLEY PLANNING COMMISSION CALLED TO ORDER. CAN I GET A ROLLCALL. >> [ROLLCALL]. [ALL PRESENT]. >> I'M GOING TO ASK VICE CHAIR TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THANK YOU. ITEM 1.3 IS THE HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN NATURAL COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION PLAN PRESENTATION, ABIGAIL PATEMAN. >> HI, GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ABBY, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EAST CONTRA COUNTY. HI, EVERYBODY. I'M SORRY MY BACK IS TO YOU. LET'S GET THIS QUEUED UP. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION, A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY THAT INCLUDES THE CITY OF OAKLEY, BRENTWOOD AND PITTSBURGH AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. AND THESE GROUPS CAME TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A STREAMLINE PERMITTING PROGRAM FOR OUR REGION. THIS IS TO BENEFIT OUR CITIES, OUR HOUSING, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. SO I'M GOING TO BOLDLY SEE IF THIS ACTUALLY CLICKS, WHICH IT DIDN'T. I'LL TRY ONE MORE TIME. AWESOME. THANK YOU, KEN. SO FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW I HAVE ABOUT TWENTYISH MINUTES, TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION IF THERE IS ANY. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN IN PERSON PRESENTING. THIS IS THE REGION THAT WE COVER. NOT ONLY DO WE COVER THE CITIES IN THIS COUNTY BUT OPEN SPACE IN REGIONAL PARKLANDS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE. OUR PLAN WAS DEVELOPED TO SOLVE A PROBLEM WHICH WAS THAT WE HAVE A HOUSING NEED, INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND WE WERE GETTING SLOWED DOWN COLLECTIVELY IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THIS IS PART OF ANTIOCH AND MOUNT DIABLO IN THE DISTANCE BUT THIS DEMONSTRATES THE INTERSECTION OF OPEN SPACE AND HOUSING THAT WE'RE SEEING. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF ENDANGERED SPECIES IN OUR AREA. I CALIFORNIA RED LEGGED FROG. AND OUR PLAN PROVIDES PERMITS FOR TWENTY-EIGHT SPECIES, PLANTS, AMPHIBIANS, BIRDS FOR ALL OF THOSE CREATURES AND THE HABITATS THEY DEPEND. WHAT IS PARTICULARLY UNIQUE ABOUT OUR AREA WHICH CIRCLED IN RED, THE MOUNT DIABLO RANGE, THE COASTAL HILLS AS WELL AS INFLUENCES AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES HERE WHAT WE SEE IS A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF SPECIES IN THIS AREA. WE SEE THE NORTHERN EST MOST EXTENT AND THE EASTERN EST MOST EXTENT OF SOME SPECIES AND THE WESTERN EXTENT AND WE HAVE THIS UNIQUE SITUATION IN OUR AREA WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF ENDANGERED SPECIES, CRITICAL HABITAT IN WHICH THEY DEPEND AND A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE LOOKING FROM THE PITTSBURGH HILLS LOOKING EASTWARD TOWARDS THE DELTA. YOU CAN SEE THE SACRAMENTO RIVER IN THE DISTANCE. THIS IS IN THE AREA OF ABOUT KIRK PASS ROAD LOOKING EASTWARD. SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE DO? WE'RE THE HABITAT CONSERVANCY. A GPA AND OUR JOB IS TO IMPLEMENT A HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN AND A NATURAL COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PLAN. THESE ARE BOTH PERMITS. THE HCP IS A FEDERAL PERMIT AND THE NCCP IS A STATE PERMIT AND BY IMPLEMENTING THOSE WITH OUR PARTNERS AND CITIES AND THE COUNTY WE PROVIDE AND EXTEND PERMIT COVERAGE TO OUR APPLICANTS SO RATHER THAN OUR APPLICANTS HAVING TO TALK TO CDFW THEY COME TALK TO THE PLANNING COUNTERTRANSFERENCE AND THEY TALK TO US. WE CAN GO AHEAD WITH THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS AVOID THE INEFFICIENT PERMITTING CYCLE THAT APPLICANTS GET STUCK IN. THEY TALK TO ONE PERMITTING AGENCY AT THE STATE-LEVEL AND THEY ARE ASKED TO REVISE AND REDESIGN THE PLAN AND ANOTHER AGENCY AND ASKED TO REDESIGN THEIR PROJECT AND THIS GOES ON AND ON SOMETIMES FOR DECADES SPENDING HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, DELAYING PROJECTS AND WASTING TIME IN ACHIEVING BENEFITS FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THE HCP IS NCCP IS SUPPOSED TO REMOVE THIS PROCESS. THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS THAT WE COORDINATE THE MITIGATION. INSTEAD OF HAVING APPLICANTS BUILD WETLAND PROJECTS, SET ASIDE LAND WE HAVE SCIENTIFICALLY PRESERVED SYSTEM THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS ACQUIRING LAND, RESTORING PROPERTY, AND MANAGING IT FOR THESE SPECIES. SO WE DON'T HAVE PIECEMEAL INEFFECTIVE MITIGATION SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES. WE'VE SAID EVERYTHING INSIDE THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA THAT THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS HAVE MADE DECISIONS ABOUT CAN GO AHEAD AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED AS HIGH-QUALITY HABITAT WITH SPECIES PRESENT WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO CONSERVE AND MANAGE. SO I THINK ONE QUESTION IS, DOES IT REALLY WORK? WE HAVE A 30 YEAR PERMIT. WE'RE 15 YEARS IN AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES. I'LL DEFER TO YOUR CITY STAFF ON THIS BUT WHAT WE SEE WORKING WITH US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE IS THAT PROJECTS ARE GETTING BUILT, SOMETIMES AS QUICKLY AS 30 DAYS PERMITS ARE TURNED AROUND AS OPPOSED TO FIVE YEARS. THAT'S NOT EVERY PROJECT. SOME PROJECTS TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN THAT. WE ARE CONSERVING SPECIES AND WE ARE BUYING LAND. SO HOW THIS HAPPENS IS THAT KEN AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT THE PLANNING COUNT WORK WITH APPLICANTS TO DEVELOP A PERMIT APPLICATION. THOSE APPLICANTS PAY A FEE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO NEGOTIATE DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THEIR PROJECT WITH US. THERE'S A PER ACRE FEE THAT THEY PAY. THEY WRITE A CHECK TO THE CITY. THE CITY TURNS THAT CHECK OVER TO THE HABITAT CONSERVANCY, WE LEVERAGE THAT WITH GRANT FUNDS, WE BUY LAND, WE MANAGE HABITAT. WE DO RESTORATION PROJECTS AND WE DO SCIENCE AND SATISFY THE MITIGATION APPLICATIONS REQUIRED FOR ALL OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIE PERMITS THAT WE HOLD. THIS BASICALLY IS A GRAPHIC THAT DESCRIBES EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID SO IF YOU ARE BETTER WITH A GRAPHIC YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS BUT IF YOU ABSORBED WHAT I JUST SAID THEN WE CAN MOVE ON. SO THIS PROJECT IS STREAMLINED U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE TO NO LONGER SEE THE APPLICATIONS UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT IT. AN EXTRAORDINARY WED LAND IMPACTS AND UNIQUE SPECIES THAT'S ON SITE. OTHERWISE, THEY ARE BASICALLY REMOVED FROM THE EQUATION EXCEPT FOR WHEN WE DO ANNUAL REPORTING AND THAT WAS WITH THE HABITAT CONSERVANCY AND THE WILDLIFE AGENCY IT REMOVES THE APPLICANT FROM THAT PROCESS. WE HAVE THREE FEE ZONES FOR THE HCP AND THEY ARE BASICALLY DIVIDED INTO TYPES, LAND COVER TYPES IN FAR EAST COUNTY. FEE ZONE ONE WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED MORE OF AN AGRICULTURAL IMPACT. FEE ZONE TWO YOU CAN SEE IS A GREEN VERTICAL STRIPES, THAT'S MORE OF A NATURAL LAND COVER TYPE AND THESE ARE GENERALIZATIONS BECAUSE CLEARLY I CAN'T -- NO ONE AREA IS ENTIRELY ONE TYPE OF HABITAT. AND THEN WITHIN THE URBAN AREAS WHICH ARE GRAY, THERE ARE SMALL LITTLE SQUARES THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THERE THAT ARE URBAN IN FILL AREAS AND THERE'S A SEPARATE FEE FOR THOSE. THE FEES ARE LARGE. YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR 2022 THESE ARE THE FEES AND THESE ARE PER ACRE FEES WHERE THERE ARE ACREAGE S AND STREAMS AND SLEW CHANNEL ARE CAPTURED AS LINEAR FEE. WHAT DEVELOPERS GET IN EXCHANGE FOR PROVIDING A FEE IS REDUCED SURVEY REQUIREMENTS, REDUCED MONITORING ON THEIR PROJECT SITE DURING CONSTRUCTION AND REDUCE MINIMIZATION REQUIREMENTS. AND THIS IS BASICALLY AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE EXPECT THERE TO BE TAPE WITHIN THESE AREAS AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE GOING TO DO ALL THE MITIGATION AND CONSERVATION IN AN AREA WHERE WE KNOW THESE SPECIES WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND PROPAGATE IN THE FUTURE. SINCE THE START OF THE HCP 15 YEARS AGO WE'VE PROVIDED STREAMLINE PERMITTING FOR OVER 200 FORTY PROJECTS INCLUDING PROJECTS IN THE FOUR CITY'S AS WELL AS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND IT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN CUSTOMERS WITH BRIDGE REPAIRS, ROAD REPAIRS BUT WE PROVIDE PERMITS FOR PG&E, FOR CCTA AND ALL SORTS OF AGENCIES THAT ARE WORKING IN OUR AREA TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. THIS IS IN 2021. THIS IS A GRAPHIC OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PERMITTED IN 2021. 2021 WAS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN 2020. I THINK THERE WERE SOME DELAYS AROUND COVID AND UNCERTAINTIES IN THE MARKET. 2022 IS ACTUALLY SHAPING UP TO BE VERY, BUSY SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THIS MAP LOOKS LIKE NEXT YEAR. THE ORANGE PROJECTS ARE TEMPORARY IMPACTS TO HABITAT AND THE RED SQUARES -- SORRY, I'M SQUINTING BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON -- ARE PERMIT IMPACTS SO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ROAD WIDENING AND SUCH. OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS YOU CAN SEE THESE PROJECTS ARE SCATTERED AROUND THE REGION WITHIN CITY'S AS WELL AS OUTSIDE THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MANY ON MARCH CREEK ROAD, PG&E POWER LINE TRANSMISSION LINES ARE SOME OF THOSE BIG YELLOW LINES YOU SEE GOING ACROSS YOUR MAP. SO I'LL JUST TAKE A SECOND THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO QUESTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT PERMITTING STUFF BEFORE I DIVE INTO CONSERVATION OR IF THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE I CAN KEEP ON TALKING. I KNOW I'M THROWING A LOT AT YOU. WE TAKE IN PERMIT FEES. WE TAKE IN MONEY. WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? WE HAVE A STRATEGY SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED AS PART OF OUR PERMIT. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO IMPACT THESE AREAS AND YOU ARE GOING TO CONSERVE AND WE TAKE THAT MONEY AND PAY FOR STAFF AND LAND ACQUISITION AND RESTORATION AND MANAGING THE LANDS. SO WE TARGET PROTECTING TWENTY-EIGHT RARE THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE TO YOU BUT JUST SO YOU GET A VISUAL FOR WHAT TWENTY-EIGHT SPECIES LOOKS LIKE AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU PICTURES OF THESE CRITTER S. WE DON'T ALWAYS GET TO SEE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE THREATENED. THIS IS THE TIGER SALAMANDER IN ITS VARIOUS LIFE STAGES OUT ON OUR PRESERVE SYSTEM. BURROWING OWLS, SNAKES, RAPTORS, FLOWERS, SOME ARE CUTE FLOWERS AND SOME ARE CRUSTY NOT EXCITING FLOWERS BUT THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT AND WE ALL HAVE A PERMIT FOR IT. IN THE LAST 15 YEARS WE HAVE CONSERVED 14,000 ACRES. WE'VE SPENT A LITTLE OVER 80 ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THIS. THIS IS NOT ONLY PERMIT FEES BUT ALSO LEVERAGED WITH STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS TO EXPAND AND BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER ON THE CONSERVATION WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE COUNTY. WE ARE TARGETING ABOUT 30,000 ACRES. SO THIS IS WHAT OUR AREA LOOKED LIKE IN 2017 WHEN OUR PLAN AS ADOPTED. YOU CAN SEE THE WATERSHED, MOUNT DIABLO, STATE PARK, BLACK DIAMOND MINES AND THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK WE'RE WORKING WITH AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN TARGETING AND ACQUIRING LAND. THE BRIGHT GREEN IS 14,000 ACRES OF LAND WE'VE ACQUIRED SINCE THE START OF THE PLAN. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR STRATEGY IS MEANT TO CONNECT THESE LARGE AREAS OF LAND THAT WE'VE BEEN FORTUNE EIGHT TO HAVE SO CREATING CORRIDORS AND IDENTIFYING PLACES WHERE KEY SPECIES ARE THE LAST REMAINING POPULATION OF SUCH AND SUCH AND FOCUSING ON CONSERVATION EFFORTS ON MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE OTHER CONSERVATION IS EXPANDED UPON AND MAKING SURE WE GET THE MOST VALUE FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING. THIS IS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE PLAN, HALF OF THE CONSERVATION WE ANTICIPATE SO HOPEFULLY IN ANOTHER 30 YEARS WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER 15,000 ACRES. I KNOW YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AROUND HERE, BUT I WANT TO SHOW PICTURES OF THE LANDS WE'VE CONSERVED. MOST OF THESE LANDS ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC YET. WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT TO GET THESE LANDS OPEN BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO MAKING LANDS SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC AND MAKING SURE WE CONSERVE THE SPECIES AS WE ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS THESE LANDS IF YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH SOME OF THESE PHOTOS, WE HAVE GRASSLANDS, PONDS, WETLANDS, WE HAVE RIDGE LINES AND BIG VALLEYS, AND WE DO SOMETIMES HAVE SMALL GROUPS THAT GO OUT ON PROPERTIES TO CHECK IT OUT WITH BIOLOGISTS AND HAVE GUIDED TOURS OUT THERE FOR VARIOUS INTEREST GROUPS. I THINK THERE'S JUST ONE MORE AFTER THIS. THAT WAS THE YEAR IT RAINED. REMEMBER THOSE? I GUESS I DO HAVE A FEW MORE. SO, THANKS, KEN. IN ADDITION TO JUST BUYING LAND FOR WHAT IT ALREADY SUPPORTS WE DO RESTORE THE LAND SO WE BUILD WETLAND RESTORATION PROJECTS, WE REMOVE TRASH FROM PROPERTIES AND RESTORE CREEKS AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND EXPENSIVE AND INCREDIBLY REWARDING WHEN IT RAINS AND FILLS UP THE PONDS OR CREEKS START FLOWING AGAIN THE SPECIES DO APPEAR. WE HAVE ELEVEN OR TWELVE PROJECTS SCATTERED ALL AROUND THE REGION. WE HAVE A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE BIG PLANNING PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. ONE IS THEM IS THE RANCH GOLF COURSE UNDER PLANNING AND RESTORATION DESIGN PROGRAM WHICH HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET ADOPTED AND START MOVING ON EARLY NEXT YEAR. RESTORATION DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HIKING OUT IN THE WOODS. IT IS BIG HEAVY EQUIPMENT MOVING DIRT. AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST DIGGING A HOLE BUT WE DO COMPACT DIRT, PUT IN CLAY LINERS AND WHEN IT RAINS WE HAVE THINGS. IN ADDITION TO DOING RESTORATION AND MANAGING THE LAND AND TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF ALL WE HAVE TO DO, WE DO RESEARCH AND MONITOR OUR LAND AND WE MANAGE THEM SO WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF INITIATIVES AROUND STUDYING GRAZING EFFECTS ON DIFFERENT VEGETATION TYPES, MONITORING WHERE GOLDEN EAGLES FLY SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WHEN TURBINE S ARE PLACED IN PLACES WHERE THEY ARE NOT LIKELY TO INTERACT WITH GOLDEN EAGLES WE HAVE TRAPS SET UP ON OUR PRESERVES LOOKING FOR SPECIES THAT COME OUT AT NIGHT OR ARE VERY SHY AND WE WOULDN'T SEE THEM. WE DO HAVE GRAZING ON ALMOST ALL OF OUR LANDS. WE WORK WITH LOCAL GRAZING TENANTS ALL AROUND THE REGION HELPING SUPPORT NOT ONLY FIRE SUPPRESSION BUT HABITAT MANAGEMENT THROUGH GRAZING. AND I CAN TALK FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS WE DO BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE MANY OTHER THINGS ON YOUR GENERAL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT PERMITTING PROCESS, CONSERVATION, ABOUT WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY WE'RE GOING TO GO ONTO ITEM 1.4 PRESENTATION BY MOUNT DIABLO RESOURCE COMPANY. SARAH DAVIS. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS SARAH DAVIS AND I AM HERE WITH MOUNT DIABLO RESOURCE RECOVERY. I AM HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE'RE HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON OUR COMPANY. OKAY. SO, WE WILL BE GOING OVER A BRIEF HISTORY AND COMPANY OVERVIEW, ORGANICS LAW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR OAKLEY AND SOME UPDATES THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR RESOURCE RECOVERY PARK AND MASTER PLAN. WE'LL LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR Q&A. IF I'M GOING TOO FAST OR BLOWING THROUGH ANYTHING FEEL FREE TO STOP ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. SULLY, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND HELP ME WITH THE NEXT SLIDE. >> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, OUR COMPANY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW OR HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO OUR FACILITY WE'RE LOCATED IN PITTSBURGH CALIFORNIA AND WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE THE EARLY 30'S AND HERE IN OAKLEY SINCE THE EARLY 80'S. WE'RE A PRIVATE COMPANY. WE'RE NOT A WALL STREET COMPANY. WE'RE FAMILY OWNED AND WE PROVIDE GARBAGE AND RECYCLING AND GREEN WASTE AND WE DO THAT FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF CONCORD, PITTSBURGH AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AND WE DO THE SAME IN RIO VISTA AS WELL AS THE RECYCLING IN LAFAYETTE AND WALNUT CREEK. WE OPERATE A TRANSFER STATION IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH WHERE WE HAVE CUSTOMERS COME IN IF THEY ARE CLEANING OUT THEIR GARAGE AND THE RECYCLING AND GARBAGE TRUCKS COME AND DUMP THEIR MATERIAL AND INBOUND MATERIAL IS CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION SO ALL THE GOOD PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE BUILDING HERE IN OAKLEY, WHEN THAT MATERIAL COMES TO OUR FACILITY IT'S OUR JOB TO TRY TO RECYCLE IT, TRY TO REPURPOSE IT AND SEND AS LITTLE TO THE LANDFILL AS POSSIBLE. THE CITY OF OAKLEY HAS RECENTLY ADOPTED GUIDELINES THAT A LOT OF YOUR CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS HAVE TO FOLLOW WITH CAL GREEN. THAT ACTUALLY REQUIRES THEM TO SEND THIS MATERIAL TO FACILITIES THAT DO MORE THAN JUST SENDING IT TO THE LANDFILL. WE'RE PROUD TO BE ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES. AS A COMPANY WE DON'T OWN A LANDFILL. WE USED TO YEARS AND YEARS AGO. WE MOVED AWAY FROM IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AGAIN, IT'S OUR JOB TO KEEP MATERIALS OUT OF THE LANDFILL AND FIND A HOME FOR THEM. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE DO AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO SARAH IS, OF COURSE, DEDICATED OUTREACH, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND EDUCATION. >> SO OUR PRESENCE AND COLLABORATION IN THE COMMUNITY OUR EMPLOYEES LIVE WHERE WE WORK. I'M AN OAKLEY RESIDENT AND SAL IS A RESIDENT OF PITTSBURGH AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT HIRING PEOPLE WITHIN OUR SERVICE CITIES THERE'S AN EXTRA SENSE OF PRIDE THAT WE HAVE TO BE PRESENT AND TO PUT FORTH MORE EFFORT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE MEMBERS IN EVERY ROTARY CLUB IN EACH ONE OF OUR SERVICES. WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN ALL OF OUR CHAMBERS. WE SUPPORT ANY CITY EVENTS, WE SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS IN VARIOUS WAYS. WE ALSO WORK WITH CITY STAFF, BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS DURING THE PLANNING OF NEW PROJECTS TO AVOID SERVICE SETBACKS AND PROMOTE SAFETY. THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT WE DID IN OAKLEY WAS WITH ACACIA HOMES OFF OF HARDCASTLE, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN HONEY AND MAIN STREET. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK VERY PROACTIVELY WITH THE BUILDERS AND THE HOA TO GET IN FRONT OF SOME CART PLACEMENT ISSUES. IT WENT SMOOTH AND IT WAS AWESOME WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN FRONT OF THAT. WE HAVE RECENTLY ROLLED OUT A BATTERY COLLECTION PROGRAM IN THE SIT YES I HAVE OAKLEY. I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF US CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH FIRES WE'VE HAD WITHIN OUR TRUCK AND TRANSFER STATION. >> PROBABLY ONE A WEEK. IF NOT ONE EVERY OTHER WEEK BETWEEN A TRUCK OR THE TRANSFER STATION. >> TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF HELP FROM OAKLEY RESIDENTS TO PREVENT THAT WE'VE ROLLED OUT THE BATTERY COLLECTION PROGRAM SO YOU CAN DROP OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES HERE AT CITY HAUL OR ACROSS THE STREET AT ACE HARDWARE, AND WE RECENTLY DID A COMMUNITY CLEANUP, 800 PICKUP LOADS OF MATERIAL. AND WE HAD AN AMAZING RESPONSE TO THAT, AND WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER ONE LATER IN THE YEAR. THIS IS THE FUN PART OF WHAT WE GET TO DO BUT THE BIGGEST PART OF WHAT WE DO IS WE'RE MAKING SURE OUR JURISDICTIONS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS. WITH THAT, WHO HAS HEARD OF SB1383? EVERYBODY? WELL THEN I'LL JUST TRY TO BREEZE THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT FUN TO TALK ABOUT. IT'S A MANDATORY ORGANIC COLLECTION SERVICE TO ALL RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER AND REQUIRES EACH JURISDICTION TO REQUIRE AN EDIBLE PROGRAM AND MDD R ARE WORKING WITH WHITE PONY RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF THAT. IT REQUIRES US TO CONDUCT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITIES. THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME THAT YOU SEE US. MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE: LID FLIPS WILL START IN 2023 AND THEY ARE EXACTLY WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE. ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR WHEN YOU PUT YOUR CARTS OUT ON THE STREET THERE WILL BE A THIRD-PARTY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EITHER SAL OR I, GOING INTO THE CONTAINERS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE PROPERLY SORTING YOUR MATERIAL. THEY WILL GIVE YOU TIME TO RECTIFY THAT IF IT IS NOT CORRECTED OR THERE IS MAYBE A REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE, FINES WILL START IN 2024. PER STATE LAW. IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. WHY DID THEY GET ADOPTED? FOOD WASTE MAKES UP A LARGE PART OF CALIFORNIA WASTE STREAM AND IS SENT TO THE LANDFILL WHICH EMITS METHANE GAS AND IT'S THE THIRD LARGEST PRODUCER OF METHANE AND SIX MILLION TONS OF EDIBLE FOOD EVERY YEAR AND S B WAS STARTED TO HELP WITH THESE MAJOR ISSUES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUNGER. >> EVEN THOUGH THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A BIG BURDEN AS I STATED IN MY COMMENTS, IT IS THE MISSION OF A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND ALL OF US TO SEND LESS TO THE LANDFILL. WE AS A COMPANY JUST QUESTION THE TIMING OF SOME OF THESE LAWS FROM SACRAMENTO, GIVEN COVID, GIVEN HOW INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS HAVE STRUGGLED, GIVEN HOW BUSINESSES HAVE STRUGGLED TO THEN NOT GET AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR CITIES LIKE OAKLEY TO HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THIS. IT'S SOMETHING WE BELIEVE IN AND SOMETHING PHILOSOPHICALLY WE WANT TO DO BUT WE WISH IT WAS DELAYED A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE BUSINESSES A CHANCE. >> BRINGING OAKLEY'S BUSINESSES INTO COMPLIANCE. SERVICE TO ALL COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS BY THE END OF 2022. WE'RE IN THE THICK OF IT RIGHT NOW AND ANOTHER PART IS UNIFORM COLORING ON THE CONTAINERS SO EVERY CITY, TOWN IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL HAVE BLACK FOR THEIR GARBAGE CONTAINERS AND BLUE FOR RECYCLING AND GREEN FOR ORGANICS SO YOU'LL START SEEING THESE LIDS POP UP AROUND OAKLEY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEN WE HAVE I THINK ABOUT TEN YEARS TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING BUT YOU'LL START SEEING THESE. AND THEN BRINGING OAKLEY'S HOUSEHOLDS INTO COMPLIANCE. IN 2023 MDDR WILL START PROVIDING WEEKLY ORGANIC COLLECTIONS TO ALL RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS AND LATER IN THE YEAR ADDITIONAL OUTREACH MATERIALS INDICATING WHEN FOOD SCRAPS CAN BE PLACE INTO THE FOOD CONTAINER AND THAT GOES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR. OAKLEY IS PRETTY MUCH ALREADY THERE BUT YOU'LL PROBABLY START SEEING BLACK AND GRAY CARTS INSTEAD OF THE BROWN CARTS, AND ONCE WE CAN START ACCEPTING FOOD WASTE INTO THE GREEN WASTE WE'LL ISSUE KITCHEN PAILS FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD, YOU CAN PUT THEM ON YOUR COUNT AND GET YOUR FOOD WASTE INTO THE GREEN CART OUTSIDE. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO PAUSE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR BEFORE I MOVE ON. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT. SOME OF THIS SUBJECT MATTER PEOPLE HAVE SEEN, THEY'VE READ ABOUT, THEY'VE SEEN ON THE NEWS, BUT I WANT TO PAUSE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT SARAH MENTIONED IS THAT OAKLEY WILL GO TO WEEKLY COLLECTION. THAT'S PART OF WHAT DROVE SOME OF THE COSTS AS WELL AS THE BIGGEST BURDEN OF THIS PROGRAM WHEN IT'S ROLLED OUT IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. AS YOU ALL KNOW IN OAKLEY GREEN WASTE IS EVERY OTHER WEEK. IT'S VERY COMMON IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. SOME COMMUNITIES EVEN HAVE RECYCLING EVERY OTHER WEEK. THE GOOD NEWS IS IT GOES TO WEEKLY AND EVENTUALLY THE FOOD SCRAPS WHEN IT'S ROLLED OUT. AND I'D LIKE TO TIE IN THE PRESENTATION YOU HEARD FROM ABIGAIL REGARDING THE HCP. THIS IS OUR EXISTING FACILITY IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. IN ANOTHER SLIDE OR TWO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT OUR PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION RIGHT UNDERNEATH OUR LOGO YOU SEE A DITCH AND THAT DITCH RUNS UP AND DOWN AND KIND OF VEERS OFF. WE WOULD BY THE END OF THIS YEAR START HAVING OAKLEY'S CITIZENS TO START PUTTING FOOD WASTE IN THEIR GREEN WASTE. HOWEVER, IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND THE HCP THAT IS MEANT TO STREAMLINE PERMITTING THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR STATE AGENCY THAT IS NOT PART OF THAT GROUP. IF THIS PROJECT WAS IN OAKLEY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE AND PERMITTED BECAUSE OF THE PRESENTATION YOU JUST HEARD. WE HAVE BEEN QUOTE UNQUOTE ALMOST HELD HOSTAGE BY A STATE AGENCY THAT HAD A CHANCE TO COMMENT ALL THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OVER THE LAST DECADE AND STILL WHEN IT CAME TIME TO PULL PERMITS IT WAS A TWO YEAR TIMELINE ON SOMETHING THAT LITERALLY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN TWO MONTHS. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION ON A 100,000 SQUARE FOOT -- I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE. THE SLIDE IS OUT OF ORDER. SO YOU CAN SEE. THIS IS WHAT OUR PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH HAS GRANTED US APPROVALS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THIS IS LONG-TERM VISION PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS A LOT OF BUILDINGS AND IN OUR INDUSTRY THE CURRENT REGULATIONS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS TO BRING A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY OUTSIDE, WE HAVE TO BRING IT INDOOR. A LOT OF IT IS ALSO HOW CAN WE TURN DISCARDED MATERIAL INTO CLEAN ENERGY? WE HAVE PROJECTS HERE THAT ARE CONTEMPLATED AND THAT WE HAVE APPROVAL FOR THAT WOULD HELP GENERATE ELECTRICITY AND/OR FUEL BECAUSE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO DO BY THE END OF THE DECADE? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE AWAY FROM DIESEL TRUCKS, HYDROGEN OR SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE FUEL. AGAIN THESE ARE ALL GOOD THING AND IF WE CAN TURN DISCARDED MATERIALS INTO FUEL TO POWER THE FUTURE IT'S GOING TO BE FABULOUS. ONE SLIDE I SKIPPED OVER IS WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE RECYCLING IN THE CITY OF OAKLEY AND A LOT OF OUR OTHER JURISDICTIONS FOR A LONG TIME. DURING COVID WE USED THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN A LOT OF BUSINESSES WERE SHUTTING DOWN TO ACTUALLY RETROFIT AND UPGRADE OUR ENTIRE RECYCLING SYSTEM. WE INVESTED APPROXIMATELY 14 MILLION WHEN A LOT OF COMPANIES WERE PUTTING THE BREAKS ON EVERYTHING. WHY DID WE HAVE TO DO THAT? BECAUSE THE DYNAMIC OF RECYCLING CHANGED AT THE END OF 2017. EVERYONE THOUGHT WHATEVER WE PUT IN THE BLUE CONTAINER WOULD BE RECYCLABLE, AND IT WOULD HAVE A VALUE TO PAY TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE LANDFILL. THAT'S NOT TRUE TODAY. IT'S NOT TRUE IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. THERE ARE A LOT OF MATERIALS THAT YOU PUT INTO THE BLUE CART THAT THERE IS A COST TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE LANDFILL BUT TO DO THAT WE HAD TO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY, IN ROBOTICS, OPTICAL EQUIPMENT THAT CAN HELP US MAKE A BETTER RECYCLABLE PRODUCT TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE. WE'LL HAVE A GRAND OPENING OF THIS FACILITY IN THE FALL. YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO COME OUT. IT WILL BE ON AN EVENING THAT HOPEFULLY WORKS IN YOUR SCHEDULE. IF IT DOESN'T YOU CAN CONTACT SARAH AND WE'LL SET UP A SEPARATE TOUR ANYTIME YOU OR STAFF WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE WITH THIS AND THERE'S A BRIEF VIDEO THAT'S ABOUT 50 SECONDS. ONE THING OUR COMPANY IS VERY PROUD OF AND THAT'S FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK IN OUR INDUSTRY. DURING COVID A LOT OF COMPANIES PULLED BACK, SHUT DOWN, WE DIDN'T. YOU CAN TALK TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEIGHBORING CITIES, WE DIDN'T SKIP A BEAT. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE OUR WORKING MEN AND WOMEN. SOME OF YOU MAY SEE THIS BECAUSE WE DID PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT I'M GOING TO HIT PLAY. [CLOSE CAPTIONED VIDEO CLIP]. >> WELL THERE IS SOUND THAT GOES WITH IT AND WHAT IT BASICALLY SAYS IS DURING COVID WE WERE THERE, WE PICKED UP YOUR GARBAGE EVERY DAY. I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY FOR 11 YEARS AND I CAN PROUDLY SAY WE'VE NEVER MISSED A PICK UP DAY. WHEN YOU CALLED WE PICKED UP THE PHONE TOO. 100% OF OUR CUSTOMERS' ISSUES WERE RESOLVED. WE'RE PROUD TO BE AN ESSENTIAL MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WE CALL HOME. MOUNT DIABLO RESOURCE RECOVERY 100% COMMITTED. >> I LIKE THE VOICE IN THE NARRATION SO I'M SORRY YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE WHOLE THING. OUR INDUSTRY CLASSIFIED AND IT WAS A CONCERN THAT ALL CITY'S HAD FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND IT WAS WITH BUSINESSES WE NEVER SHUTOFF ANYONE'S ACCOUNT DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WE CONTINUED EVERY DAY AS PROMISED. THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION. WE WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE SNAPSHOT AND WELCOME YOU AS THE NEW PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE CITY OF OAKLEY. AS YOU ALL KNOW YOU SEE SARAH HERE QUITE OFTEN AND WE INVITE ANY OF YOU THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT FOR A TOUR AND WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS QUITE OFTEN OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS THIS PROGRAM ROLLS OUT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. >> YES MA'AM. >> WHEN THE GREEN AND THE FOOD WASTE GO TOGETHER DO THEY HAVE TO BE IN THE BUCKETS. >> WE'RE GOING TO SUPPLY BUCKETS. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE BUCKETS. THEY THINK THEY ARE UGLY. YOU CAN GET ONLINE TO AMAZON AND THERE'S DECORATIVE CERTIFY AM I CAN ONES AND ONCE YOU START DOING IT, IT BECOMES HABIT. IT'S A MATTER OF LEAVING FOOD OUT AND SCRAPING INTO THE PAIL WHAT'S NOT EATEN AND YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT TO THE GREEN WASTE CONTAINER. >> IT'S A MATTER OF NOT HAVING THE FOOD WASTE INTO THE TRASH. SO IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER MEANS OF COMPOSING WE HAVE A COMPOST PILE IN MY BACKYARD, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT. YOU CAN CONTINUE TO USE YOUR GARBAGE DISPOSAL. AS LONG AS IT'S NOT GOING INTO THE LANDFILL IS THE MAIN GOAL ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE LAND THAT WE HAVE OUT HERE IN OAKLEY. YOU CAN CONTINUE TO USE IT FOR PIG FEET AND ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE DOING. >> THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IS TO PUT IT BACK INTO THE SOIL. THE LAW DOES NOT MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR GARBAGE DISPOSALS BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, CAPTURING THAT METHANE AND TURNING IT INTO FUEL, AND IF YOU ARE REALLY GOING TO CAPTURE THE RESOURCE IN ITS AUTHORITY IT'S RETURNING IT TO THE SOIL AND CAPTURING THAT METH AN, NOT PUTTING IT DOWN THE PIPE. ALTHOUGH IT'S ALLOWED WE ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO. THANK YOU. >> AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS. I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS AT THIS TIME. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA? ALRIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM 3.1. AND I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THAT EITHER. SO, DO I HAVE A DISCUSSION OR A MOTION? >> MOTION. >> I SECOND THIS MOTION. >> WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED OR ABSTENTIONS? MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, ITEM 4.1, THE GOLDEN OAK SUBDIVISION TENTATIVE MAP AND VARIANCE. REQUEST A SUBDIVIDE AND PROXIMATE MATE TWO ACRE SITE INTO EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. >> GOOD EVENING MADAME CHAIR, MR. VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. TONIGHT STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING AN APPLICATION REQUEST FOR THE PROJECT TITLED GOLDEN OAK SUBDIVISION AND VARIANCE. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WILDCAT WAY AND FEW SHAH WAY. AS SEEN HERE ON THE VICINITY MAP THIS IS THE GENERAL VICINITY OF WHERE THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED. PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN YELLOW AND CONSISTS APPROXIMATELY 1.985 ACRE SITE AND THE PROPERTIES LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE PROJECT SITE ARE LOCATED WITH THE SB4 DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC DISTRICT. BOUND TO THE NORTH BY A NONCONFORMING USE, THE USED CAR DEALER ABOVE AND THE POLICE PARKING LOT. THIS AERIAL HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED BUT THAT WILL BE REPRESENTED ON ANOTHER SLIDE LATER ON. PROPERTIES TO THE EAST, SOUTH AND WEST ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE R6 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL LOW MEDIUM. THE DESIGNATION ALLOWS FOR A MINIMUM OF 3.8 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE AND A MAXIMUM OF 5.5 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE AND LOCATED WITHIN THE R6 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND THE SITE IS PARTIALLY DEVELOPED AS AN SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE LOCATED ON THE PROJECT SITE. THE REQUEST INCLUDES APPROVAL OF A TENTATIVE MAP APPLICATION TO SUBDIVIDE THE TWO PARCELS INTO EIGHT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND INCLUDES THE EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY. SO THIS TENTATIVE MAP WOULD PRODUCE SEVEN ADDITIONAL LOTS, AND THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A VARIANCE ON MEETING THE MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENT FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR OF THE EIGHT LOTS PROPOSED. APPROVAL OF THE TENTATIVE MAP WILL RESULT IN A DEDICATION OF APPROXIMATELY 16,700 SQUARE FEET SO TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED TO INSTALL PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, CURB GUTTER AND SIDEWALK. THE R6 DISTRICT REQUIRES A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 6,000 SQUARE FEET WITH A MINIMUM LOT WIDTH OF 60 FEET AND MINIMUM LOT DEPTH OF 80 FEET AND REQUESTED FOR LOTS THREE, FOUR, SIX AND SEVEN. LOT THREE IS ABNORMALLY SHAPED IN WHICH THE REAR PROPERTY LINE DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH REQUIRED AND LOT FOUR DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM LOT DEPTH AND SIX AND SEVEN DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH. HERE'S THE EXISTING SITE PLAN. SO, THE DASH LINE REPRESENTS THE PROJECT SITE. YOU'LL SEE TO THE NORTH IS THE POLICE PARKING LOT. WITH THE EXTENSION OF WEST RUBY STREET EAST OF THE PROJECT SITE. THIS NEXT SLIDE REPRESENTS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN WITH THE DEDICATION OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PROPOSED LOT. THE PROPOSED LOT PLAN INCLUDES A PRIVATE ROADWAY WITHIN THE PARCEL TO CREATE AN ACCESS POINT FOR LOTS SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT. A DESIGN REVIEW HAS NOT BEEN PROPOSED WITH THIS TENTATIVE MAP OR VARIANCE REQUEST. HOWEVER THE APPLICANT HAS PREPARED THIS PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN SHOWING THE CONFIGURATION DISTRICT STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AND THIS WAS PROVIDED AS AN ATTACHMENT IN THE STAFF REPORT. POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COULD COMPLY WITH THE SETBACKS OF THE R6 DISTRICT. THE PROPOSED TENTATIVE MAP HAS A GROSS DENSITY OF FOUR DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. A TRAFFIC MEMO WAS ALSO REQUESTED BY STAFF TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT COULD BE CREATED BY THE PROJECT. THE MEMO INDICATES VEHICULAR TRAFFIC SPEEDS COULD BE UNSAFE. TO HELP REDUCE THE SPEEDS THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED BOLD OUTS AT THE INTERSECTIONS. THE VARIANCE PROPOSED MEETS THE THREE STANDARDS THAT MUST BE CONSIDERATION WITH THE OAKLEY STRATEGIC PLAN 27. OVERALL, THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND COMPLIES WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE OAKLEY MUNICIPAL CODE AND SUITED FOR THE TYPE OF DENSITY AND DWELLING UNITS PROPOSED. THE PROPOSED DEDICATION MEETS THE CITY STANDARDS, AND THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND LAND USE DESIGNATION. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPT THE RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROJECT TITLED GOLDEN OAKS SUBDIVISION TENTATIVE MAP AND VARIANCE AS CONDITIONED. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE SHOULD YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU. >> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK IF THEY WOULD LIKE. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAME CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS PAM YOUNG AND I'M A MANAGING MEMBER FOR PROPERTY LLC. NOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTION. MY CIVIL ENGINEER HAD AN EMERGENCY AND WASN'T ABLE TO SHOW UP. HOWEVER I COULD DIAL HIM, PUT HIM ON SPEAKER SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THIS PROJECT ITSELF. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ALRIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE -- I'M SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTS. MOST DID NOT INDICATE WHETHER THEY WANTED TO SPEAK BUT THEY WILL BE SUBMITTED INTO THE RECORD. WE DO HAVE DANIEL LARRY. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND THEN THE TIMER IS UP THERE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. >> NOT A PROBLEM. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. AS A RESIDENT OF OAKLEY IT'S A LITTLE UNSETTLING. IT WAS THROWN AT US QUICK AND WE'RE UNFAMILIAR ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS. I WANTED TO GO ON RECORD IN REFERENCE TO THE CODE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS TO THE GOLDEN OAK SUBDIVISION, CONCERNS BEING BUILT TOO CLOSE TO THE EXISTING HOMES. BASE DOLLARS ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE FURTHER UP THE ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CYPRUS -- I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION. I APOLOGIZE. THE HOUSING TRACT BEING DEVELOPED ON THE OTHER SIDE ON FEW SHAH WAY THE HOMES ARE SO CLOSE. IT'S CAUSING CONCERN. PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT OF THAT AREA. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, HOMES BEING TOO CLOSE. WITH THE TREE GOING THROUGH WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT EXCESS TRAFFIC, INCREASED SCHOOL AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND CURRENT RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE. I ASK AND SEEK AN ALTERNATIVE LAYOUT AND WOULD LOVE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH CURRENT RESIDENTS AND FIND A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL ARRANGEMENT AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME I'VE PROPOSED MY OWN ALTERNATIVE LAYOUT TO HOW THINGS CAN WORK, ACCESS TO BOTH SIDES AND I CAN BE REACHED AT OAKLEYRESIDENT15@GMAIL.COM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS. >> ALRIGHT. I HAVE A CARD FOR DOUG. >> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. I LIVE ON WILDCAT WAY. I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 1999 AND FOR THE MOST PART I'VE BEEN HAPPY LIVING THERE. WHEN I SOUGHT OUT TO BUY MY HOME WE SOUGHT TO BE ON A WAY TO NOT BE ON A THROUGH STREET. SINCE MOST RECENTLY THE DEVELOPMENT ON FEW SHAH DOWN THE ROAD FROM US WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 30 HOMES, THE TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. YOU FIGURE THIRTY HOUSES, THREE CARS, THAT'S 90 CARS WE NOW HAVE AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE USING WILDCAT AS THEIR WAY IN AND OUT. NO ONE DENIES THAT DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS AND THE HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE BUILT ON VACANT PROPERTY. EIGHT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT FOR ME BASED ON THE PROPERTY. I'VE LOOKED AT IT FOR 23 YEARS BUT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE PROPOSAL IN ITS CURRENT FORM TO CONNECT RUBY WITH WILDCAT AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAVE HUGE CONSEQUENCES. FIRST OFF, THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR MAPS, ARE COMPLETELY ISOLATED. IF YOU WANT TO GET FROM ONE TO THE OTHER YOU HAVE TO GO TO CYPRUS TO ACCESS THEM. YOU'VE OPENED A CORK AND A BOTTLE AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RUN THROUGH. YOU'VE GOT A SCHOOL THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE INCREASED TRAFFIC GOING DOWN WILDCAT FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE SCHOOL WHICH IS NATURAL. THE BIGGEST THING THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN IS IT'S GOING TO BECOME A BYPASS FOR MAIN STREET. CURRENTLY, MAIN STREET GOES FROM TWO LANES TO ONE LANE AT GUARD EVEN YEAH. AS SOON AS THE WORD IS OUT THAT THAT IS OPEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LEFT ON GUARD EVEN YEAH AND A LEFT ON WILDCAT AND TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE HORRENDOUS. IT'S A NICE STREET. FAMILIES ENJOY BEING THERE AND KIDS CAN GO OUT IN THEIR YARDS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. I FEEL YOU ARE GOING TO IMPACT IN ITS CURRENT FORM WILL IMPACT BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS. RUBY IF YOU GO DOWN THERE IT'S A NICE DEAD END. IF THE ISSUE IS THE POLICE ACCESS NOBODY I THINK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD MIND THE POLICE HAVING AN ACCESS THROUGH THE PROPERTY, HAVING ELECTRIC GATE AT WILDCAT TO COME OUT THERE. WE'D WELCOME IT, BUT HAVING THAT AS A THOROUGHFARE, I DO BELIEVE WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS. >> SORRY, I DIDN'T PLAN ON SPEAKING. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND ON, I SUBMITTED AN E-MAIL, BUT WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD A FEW YEARS AGO THE PEOPLE WHO MOVED IN PUT UP A HUGE FENCE IN THE FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. SO, IT WAS IN ORDER UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH THESE PLANS COMING THROUGH ITS EVIDENT THAT THEY WANT TO DESTROY THE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD WE MOVED INTO. THE KIDS PLAY IN THE STREET AND THEY PLAY BALL AND DO ALL THIS STUFF AND TAKING THAT AWAY FROM THEM THEY HAVE -- THERE'S NO PARK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO THEY PLAY IN OUR FRONT YARD AND STREET AND OPENING ACCESS UP ON THE OTHER SIDE IS GOING TO DESTROY THAT. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYWHERE TO PLAY ANYMORE. THEIR SAFETY IS GOING TO BE AT RISK. WE DIDN'T REALIZE WHEN THE HOUSE SOLD AND THE HUGE FENCE WENT UP WE THOUGHT PEOPLE WANTED ISOLATION. WE DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE THERE TO DESTROY WHAT WE HAD. I WANTED TO MAKE THAT KNOWN AS WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE OUR LITTLE SMALL AREA. WE MOVED TO OAKLEY BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO KEEP. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO SOME HOUSES GOING UP BUT WE DON'T WANT INCREASED TRAFFIC ANYMORE THAN IT ALREADY IS. AND I GUESS THAT'S THE ONLY ADDITION I HAVE. SORRY, I DIDN'T PLAN ON SPEAKING. THAT'S WHY I E-MAILED. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? >> I WROTE AN E-MAIL BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE WHAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PARTICULARLY, THERE'S I THINK A POINT THAT I WANT TO BRING UP THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP. I UNDERSTAND THAT ADVANCEMENT IN OUR CITY IS IMPOSSIBLE. THE CONSTRUCTION IS NONSTOP AND WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF AN INCREASE IN POPULATION AND TRAFFIC. HOWEVER, IF THE CITY TRULY CARES ABOUT THE RESIDENT SAFETY AND WELL-BEING AS IT SHOULD, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE RARE NOW AND HENCE THEY SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS THEY ARE. THE ONLY PERSON THAT WILL NOT BE EFFECTED BY THE CHANGES IS AN APPLICANT. THE PERSON IS PROVOKING CHANGES THAT HARMS THE RESIDENTS AROUND IT THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR DECADES AND/OR GENERATIONS AND ONLY EXPERIENCE MONETARY BENEFIT AND DO NOT EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THEIR PROPOSALS. THEN THIS IS I'M WRITING AND SAYING TO YOU ALL NOW THAT WE TRUST THE COUNCIL WITH THE POWER OF MAKING THE DECISION AS YOU ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN EITHER APPROVE THIS OR DENY THIS. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE OPPOSED TO NEW HOUSING. IT'S THE PATHWAY AND THE INCREASE OF TRAFFIC AND DECREASE OF SAFETY AND TRANQUILITY THAT WE FEAR WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS, ALSO THE REASON WHY WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE WHERE WE ARE ON THE WAY BECAUSE IT WAS A CLOSED STREET, QUIET, TRAN QUILL AND SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUTSIDE AND FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY. SO JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT AND POINT OUT THAT THE ONLY PERSON THAT WILL NOT EXPERIENCE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS WILL BE THE APPLICANT WHICH WANT TO DO THEIR THING AND NOT EXPERIENCE THESE NEGATIVE IMPACTS. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE THAT SUBMITTED ANY WRITTEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT. SO WE WILL THEN NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO DELIBERATION. COMMISSIONER DELIBERATION OR A MOTION IF THERE'S NO DELIBERATION. >> QUESTION FOR STAFF. YES. COMMISSIONER HENDERSON, TONIGHT, KEVIN, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CITY ENGINEER IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT I DID DISCUSS THIS PROJECT WITH HIM THIS AFTERNOON. WHEN WE LOOK AT TRAFFIC FLOW, TRAFFIC COORDINATION AND CONNECTIVITY WE'RE LOOKING AT LARGER PIECES THAN JUST ONE STREET SEGMENT AND SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STREET THAT WE CONNECT. I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE COMMENTS. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE AND I'LL SHARE THAT PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CONNECT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND GET THEM TO THE DOWNTOWN PARKS SO THEY DO HAVE ACCESS. THAT'S ONE THING. THERE'S AN S IN THE STREET THERE. AND THERE'S ALSO BULL BOUTS AND IF YOU WERE TO GO DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW THERE'S A CROSSWALK COMPLETED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S BEEN INTEREST THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IT'S CREATED A BLIND SPOT. AND WE PUT SIGNS UP, AND I DO TAKE THAT STREET SOMETIMES. AND I'LL SAY THAT IT SLOWS YOU DOWN. THERE'S JUST NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT. IT NARROW S IT DOWN AS YOU COME UP ON IT. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN. SO SOME OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE RESIDENTS PERSPECTIVE. WE NEVER ENVISIONED THAT TO REMAIN A VACANT PARCEL. IT'S ALWAYS MEANT TO BE DEVELOPED AND THE CONNECTIVITY IS SOMETHING THAT'S A PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE. SO THERE IS SOME CALMING MEASURES THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED INTO THAT. >> THANK YOU. YOU GUYS, THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR THAT. WE'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'RE GOING TO LET THE -- I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO -- >> I'M GOING TO STEP IN. I'M SORRY, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. PLEASE PROCEED. >> WELL I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS GUY WHO WORKS FOR YOU -- >> I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STOP OR ASK YOU TO LEAVE. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. THIS IS THE TIME FOR DELIBERATION. COMMISSIONER. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS. HOW COULD WE MITIGATE IF THIS PROJECT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, HOW COULD WE MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC GOING ON THAT WAY TO CIRCUMVENT THE ONE WAY ON MAIN STREET? IS THERE A WAY TO MITIGATE THAT TO EASE THAT CONCERN SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, LIKE A NO THROUGH? I MEAN HOW WOULD YOU? >> I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE OUR ENGINEER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SPEAK TO THAT. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SPEAKING TO. WHEN YOU DO HAVE SIGNAGE THEY'LL DO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE THE TRAFFIC IS NOT GOING THAT WAY. I KNOW THERE'S SPOTS IN PITTSBURGH THAT FOLKS CAN HOP OFF FOR AND GET THROUGH THE SIDE STREET AND HOW WE WOULD ENFORCE THAT AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT TO GIVE YOU MORE SPECIFICITY. >> THANK YOU. >> THOUGHTS DOWN THERE? >> SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I DEFINITELY HEAR A LOT OF VOICES. A LOT OF CONCERNS IN THE ROOM. WE RECEIVED A LOT OF MESSAGES ON E-MAIL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, BUT IN A PERFECT WORLD I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A WIN WIN SITUATION WHERE WE CAN STILL CONTINUE WITH THIS VARIANCE BUT ALSO HELP TO PROVIDE SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A HUGE INFLOW OF TRAFFIC. THE PROBLEM IS IF WE ARE BUILDING NEW HOMES WE'RE INVITING NEW HOUSEHOLDS AND THOSE HOUSEHOLDS COME WITH CARS, RIGHT? SO EVEN IF SAY THAT STREET WILL NOT BE TAKEN AS A DETOUR FOR DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC DURING THE RUSH HOUR YOU ARE STILL GOING TO BE DEALING WITH MORE VEHICLES JUST IN GENERAL, RIGHT? NOW, LOOKING AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SITUATION, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CREATE SORT OF A PATHWAY, RIGHT, FOR THESE COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE PARK HERE IN DOWNTOWN, RIGHT? SO, IT'S REALLY -- IT'S A TOUGH ONE. IT REALLY IS. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. SO, WE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM THE RESIDENTS. WHAT I DIDN'T HEAR IS MAYBE SUGGESTIONS AT LEAST IN THOSE COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE -- MADAME CHAIRMAN. >> WHAT I'M HEARING IS THE STREET WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO GO THROUGH WHETHER IT'S THIS DEVELOPMENT OR ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE, THE STREETS WERE MEANT TO GO THROUGH DESPITE THIS. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. >> AT THIS TIME THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS, THERE WOULD BE NO RESTRICTIONS TO THROUGH TRAFFIC WHICH IS WHAT THE COMMISSIONER BROUGHT UP OR NO TIME LIMITS ON THAT. THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL THROUGH FAIR FOR THE DOWNTOWN NETWORK OF STREETS AND THE RESIDENTIAL NETWORK OF STREETS. THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE OBVIOUSLY HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD. I THINK WE CAN ALL RELATE TO THEIR COMMENTS. BUT THE IDEA IS THAT THIS IS INCREASING THE NETWORK BUT ALL FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, FOR POLICE SERVICES, FOR OPENING UP THE STREET TO ACCESS THE SCHOOL. WE'VE HEARD COMMENTS THAT THERE ARE NO PARKS NEARBY. THIS ACCESS WOULD ALLOW RESIDENTS TO ACCESS THE PARK AT OAKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO DOWN TO CYPRUS ROAD AND AROUND CITY HALL. WITH THE ADDED TRAFFIC THAT MAY COME OFF OF MAIN STREET AND GO THROUGH THERE, THERE WOULD ALSO BE POSITIVE ASPECTS TO OPENING UP. SO THERE'S POSITIVES AND THEN THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT STAFF HAS PROVIDED AND IS RECOMMENDING AND THROUGH ANY DELIBERATION OF YOUR OWN IF YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE ANYTHING ELSE, STAFF CAN ASSIST IN WRITING THOSE CONDITIONS BEFORE THE END OF THE NIGHT TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL. >> SO WHEN THE PLAN MOVES FORWARD RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST KIND OF A TENTATIVE IDEA. THERE'S NO HOUSES OR ANY SPECIFIC DESIGN, WHEN THAT COMES THROUGH WOULD THERE BE TIME THEN TO ADD SOME MORE LIKE SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THE COMMISSIONER WAS ASKING ABOUT, WOULD THAT BE THE TIME FOR THAT OR WOULD THAT BE TONIGHT? >> WHEN THE DESIGN REVIEW COMES THROUGH THAT WOULD FOCUS ON LANDSCAPING, HOUSE ARCHITECTURE AND SO FORTH. I THINK IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIRCULATION OF THE PROJECT, TONIGHT AND WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES ACTION THOSE WOULD BE THE TIMES TO DO THAT. >> COMMISSIONER. >> WHAT ABOUT ADDING SOMETHING LIKE SPEED BUMPS IN THE AREA? I KNOW MY AREA HAS THE LARGER ONES THAT REALLY SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN. IS THAT AN OPTION? >> IT WOULD BE AN OPTION THAT THEY WOULD REVIEW. SO THEY WOULD GO OVER -- THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERATIONS BUT IT WOULDN'T BE THE MITIGATED MEASURE WE WOULD TAKE BUT IT IS SOMETHING THEY COULD LOOK AT. THAT COULD BE ONE OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO BACK AND DO AN ANALYSIS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE TRAFFIC STUDY INCLUDED HOW MANY TRIPS WOULD MAYBE BE REROUTED THROUGH THERE. THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY DIG IN AND ASK FOR SOME MORE STUDY ON THAT. >> SURE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> MOTION. >> I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> SO IT HAS PASSED UNANIMOUS. ALRIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.2, WHICH IS THE -- SORRY -- INSURANCE REFACADE DESIGN REVIEW REQUEST FOR DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL. >> HI, MADAME CHAIR, MR. VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. BEFORE YOU THE PROJECT TITLED -- THAT'S OKAY. NO, THAT'S OKAY. SO BEFORE YOU WE HAVE THE PROJECT DESIGN REVIEW DRO2-22. THIS PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF MAIN STREET AND WEST OF O'NEILL COURT. HERE IS A PROJECT AREA MAP SHOWING THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE SITE. THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY IS DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL AND THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICT. THIS REQUEST INCLUDES APPROVAL OF A DESIGN REVIEW APPLICATION TO ALTER THE FACADE OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING WHICH ORIGINALLY CONTAINED WOODEN SIDING WITH THE STUCCO BODY. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE FOLLOWING CHANGES, TO REPAINT THE SOUTHERN BUILDING AND THIS WILL BE SHOWN LATER ON AND DECORATIVE FOAM TRIM AROUND THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND TEN BY TWO FOOT SIGN. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION AS IT EXISTED WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS PROPOSING TO INSTALL THE TWO BY SIX FOAM TRIM AROUND THE DOOR. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TELL BUT YOU SEE YELLOW I HIGHLIGHTS AROUND THE DOOR ON THE WINDOWS FOLLOWING THE BUILDING. THE SOUTHERN MOSS IS THE COLOR THAT IS PROPOSED AND JUST GENERAL TRIM NOT TOO MUCH ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL EXCEPT A POP OUT OF THE TWO INCH BY SIX INCH FOAM. THIS IS A SIGNAGE THAT THEY ARE ALSO PROPOSING. IT IS PLACED ON TOP OF A WOODEN PANEL. THAT WOODEN PANEL WOULD BE PAINTED TO MATCH THE SOUTHERN MOSS OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING. THIS PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH OAKLEY'S GENERAL PLAN AND COMPLIES WITH THE SB4 DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICT AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGN STANDARDS OF THE COMMERCIAL DESIGN GUIDELINES AND OAKLEY'S DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN AND OAKLEY MUNICIPAL CODE. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROJECT AS CONDITIONED. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. I'D BE HAPPY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND THE STAFF IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THEM. >> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALRIGHT. SO WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF THE APPLICANT WISHES TO SPEAK AT THE TIME. >> HI GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. BASICALLY WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND WE TRIED TO DO A LITTLE MAKEUP ON IT TO MAKE IT NICER. WE STARTED WORKING ON IT, STARTED WORKING ON SIDEWALK AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE ASPHALT ON SOME STREET BUT THE THING IS WE TRIED TO DO THIS BEFORE THE RAINY WEATHER IS COMING. SHE ASKED FOR CERTAIN COLORS, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN APPLY AND THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. WE JUST TRIED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT NICER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN FOR DELIBERATION. AND/OR A MOTION. >> IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT? NO? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE DESIGN REVIEW TO REFACADE THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT THE SAID ADDRESS. >> I SECOND THAT. >> ALRIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED OR ABSTENTIONS? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALRIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR CALENDAR. SEEING NO ITEMS, WE'LL MOVE TO REPORTS. SO REPORTS FROM STAFF. >> JUST ONE. QUICK REMINDER THAT THIS FRIDAY IS THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT FOR THE CITY OF OAKLEY. JUST WANTED TO GET THAT WORD OUT THERE AND REMIND THE COMMISSION IF YOU KNOW ANYONE INTERESTED IN COMMENTING ON THE PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT THEY'LL GO UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK THIS FRIDAY. >> THANK YOU. >> 6.2 WILL BE PLANNING COMMISSION. ANY REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSION? REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? >> YES. I HAVE A REQUEST TO BE ABSENT FROM THE NEXT MEETING. I'M GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ALRIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON. THERE ARE NO WORK SESSIONS SO, NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THIS MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED. [ADJOURNED].