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City of Davis

Planning Commission Meeting Agenda

Community Chambers, 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, CA 95616

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

7:00 P.M.

Commission Members: Alan Bennett, Catherine Brinkley (Vice Chair), Vince

McLaughlin, Greg Rowe, Johannes Troost, Georgina Valencia,

Michelle Weiss (Chair), Rachael Fulp-Cooke (Alternate)

Council Liaisons: Donna Neville, Linda Deos (Alternate)

Staff: Principal Planner Dara Dungworth

NOTE: The numerical order of items on this agenda is for convenience of reference; items may be taken

out of order. A majority vote of the commission is required to begin consideration of each new item of

business after 9 p.m.

1\. Call to Order & Roll Call

2\. Approval of Agenda

3\. Brief Announcements from Staff, Commissioners, and Council Liaisons

4\. Public Comment

At this time any member of the public may address the commission on matters

which are not listed on this agenda, or are listed on the consent calendar.

IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Speakers will be limited to no more than three minutes. Speakers will be asked

to state their name for the record.

WRITTEN COMMENTS:

Submit written public comments to PlanningCommission@cityofdavis.org. Emails

are distributed to Commissioners, Council Liaisons and staff. To ensure the

Commission has the opportunity to review information prior to the meeting, send

emails by 5:00 p.m. on the meeting date.

5\. Consent Calendar

All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and non- controversial, require no discussion, and are expected to have unanimous support.

The Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion. Commissioners may request

items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action.

digita >> that was hard. I searched for three years. There was an office already that can double as a room. A birthday party room. That is separate from being on the floor. We have two open spaces. So it just was perfect. Everything was just kind of -- I looked. There was kitchen. Nowhere did they have the build out what I needed. The ally was really tight. All the way around -- what I love all the other tenants in this building which would be the new landlord. I start to pick up around 5:30. And saturday no one is open on saturday. So all the complexes near me are just -- I can't operate my business anymore. This is the main reason parking isn't perfect. There is no street parking. Easy to get in and out. So I really like to see that. It is going to -- [Inaudible] >> [Inaudible] >> [Inaudible] . >> I drop my kids off if the school in the morning. I check it out. I had lunchtime. It is a ghost town by 4:30. But the tenant next to me they can't quite describe it to me. They work remotely. There is like three at the most. [Inaudible] >> seen all the -- I also make that turn out on russell. I understand why. I feel like today mostly have people driving. >> the new facility does have ample bike racks. And I pulled a lot of my students. So that was very interesting. Glad to hear that wasn't going to be out of the way or awkward. There is ample bicycle parking. The biggest concern to me I want my students -- the parents feel safe dropping the kid off and get picked up. It gets little congested. What I like about the spaces it is this ong 100 foot. There is no parking. People backing out. Let a kid out on the sidewalk. >> [Inaudible]. >> you know when there is a train. >> thank you. If there is anyone that would like to talk about this? >> hello I'm jim gray. 50 year developer and real estate brooker. I'm here to speak in favor of the project. I actually represent this building. And one of the -- this has often has a wide variety of reasons. If you think the past 20-25 years. We have offices there. [Inaudible] I'm here to encourage you to support this evening. Answering questions. >> thank you. Anybody else? >> thank you guys for being here and allowing us to speak. My name is chris. I worked my way through the training until the 9-year-old and help others. Helping new staff on board. My current position not only teaching classes but looking at the future. Helping learn and experience responsibilities of that. They learn how to communicate with the adults that bring them in. And one of my favorite parts of working there and what the school and the culture does. It allows them to grow into better people. Go back and serve the couldn't. We have students start their teenage years. Sometimes continue as they go into school. After that, the students go on to be engineers. And just seeing the impact and the benefits not only to myself but to everyone around it. And so again, it is more than just the kicks and the punches. It is about fostering growth. And I would be really proud and excited to move to the new location where the school will continue to thrive. So thank you for allowing us to talk. >> anybody else? >> three minutes. I'm a college professor. I will see what I can do. Thank you for letting me speak here. I'm a long-term resident. I had the pleasure of raining mar -- martial arts. Maintaining their fitness as we age. The school uses modern modes of instruction. And it is no surprise positive re-enforcement. The area of mental health professionals recommending it. As well as students that might have organic or other issues. i wish to point out free seminars regardless of their affiliation with the school. Using shorthand terminology. This school is very davis. My point some of the school -- if we didn't have the school, we very much would have a school like this. This school was suffering. Davis should foster its growth. I encourage you to do to support martial arts. >> you still have a minute. >> hello my name is chad. A native. Most important a family friend. I'm a parent of two boys. Even early, early on. The whole point of being here today. And seen it grown and have amazing students and teachers. Have them see it grow. I can say that the -- it is business. [Inaudible] Getting there is quite the hassle. >> I'm a student at the school when I was a kid. My parents they loved it. Me and my brother were going there as kids. I know so many families who love the school. I have seen so many students, myself included. You know grow up -- in my case I was the wildest kid. My parents eventually said you do karate. I became so focused. It was like night and day. I appreciate what they saw in me and what they provided for me. Keeps growing. I heard so many complaints about the parking situation. Thank you. >> thank you. Everybody should wear a nice tie. >> my name is patty I'm a long time resident of davis. I feel proud to be represented. I too come with many hats. I'm a former parent of three students from martial arts. I had a front row seat to the impact the school has had. Not just my children, my friends, and my family. That was a very great love story. Not just personally, professionally, socially. The training they had from this school. The reality the current location is no longer -- if they plan to sell it puts the school at risks. It is tight. It is very dark. There is no great lighting at night. As a student who did kickboxing I would wear my high visibility jacket. We have so many children running around. As a former teacher. I have recommended mariah martial arts to many of my students. So ask that you do consider this move. For future families. It is going to benefit many of us in ways that my family has been impacted. So I really appreciate your time, your consideration. Thank you very much. >> [Inaudible] >> I would move to approve item number one and two zoning interpretation and to approve the resolution. >> second. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. Good night. >> ready to go to item b. >> ready. >> item b. I did mention -- 2400 kwar foot building. There is an outdoor break area. The main entry is on the west. The site will be fenced. This is the landscape plan. You can see where landscaping is. The uilding design is tilt up building. It is broken up vertically. The entryway -- building two is the warehouse. [Inaudible] I'm happy to answer any questions. >> [Inaudible] >> yes, I believe so. >> vice PRESIDENT Of engineering. I'm representing the applicant here tonight. I don't have to say I'm not going to inspire you like the last people. It is a cool important project for davis. We are just excited to be here tonight to put forth -- along that corridor and high tech. The project is going to bring -- the laser systems that are used to fabricate devices. Build lasers and get sold to somewhere else. And as eric mentioned it complies for the zones. And that one is ready to go for your approval tonight. They actually have meetings set up for. We did work on some of the drawings for grading. They are ready to go. they have preconstruction meetings set up for the week. The goal is to have it run by spring of next year. So no pressure there. >> no. >> it is your decision. I thought I share that. So I'm glad to answer any questions that you have. I just appreciate your time. >> [Inaudible] >> [Inaudible] . >> it is an llc. The owners are residents in the davis area. >> [Inaudible] >> they are developing a project. They will be operating a business. >> [Inaudible] Is this a custom building? >> correct. >> I'm assume ing [Inaudible] >> the tenant will be leading the space. >> let's say the tenant says five years from now -- [Inaudible] . >> I'm going give my opinion on that. I think he has much more. >> please come forward. >> he can answer that. You want me to restate it. >> good evening. The building is basically lost. >> thank you. We ad this conversation multiple times. I know there is shade requirements in the parking lot. Was there thought about solar n shade portion of this? >> putting solar panels -- we thought about putting solar panels but we decided -- >> just speaking for myself we would like to see solar. Though trees outgrew them. It is never a good mix unfortunately. It sounds great. There is shade everywhere. It doesn't work out. All right. >> I have a question. [Inaudible] >> okay. Deliberating. >> medical devices. >> I'm so sorry. Seeing none. Thank you for that. >> I was about to say we are looking at lasers, high quality jobs. Imagine that. This is exactly what our city council. I'm included to approve the project. And the staff report that says the final -- zoning standard for land development. And you are holding up the possibility will be high density. Once again I'm prepared to support the resolution. >> no doubt I'm supporting. >> I'm just happy to see a new building. >> can we get a motion? >> I like to introduce a motion as proposed. [Inaudible]. >> second. >> all those in favor. >> aye. >> thank you so much. Are they serving dessert? We move to item c. >> so we are -- it is always APRIL which seems crazy. We are working on it as much as we can. At this moment segue into that. We are -- got lots of great feed back. Seemed like they were understanding ow we are trying to present basically a list. It wasn't the concepts of pick of choose one of the three. It was presenting concepts and introducing ideas and how do we pull all those together into the final vision. We want to make sure we are getting that message. It is not concept one, two, or three. It will be a combination of those. We are trying to get the message out. We will not be able -- so what does it look like? How do we get around? Those kinds of things. It was successful. Thank you for your participation and subcommittee for your guidance and input as we are working through the draft. We are ready to present those draft concepts. And provide those out to the public for the first time. Our second public workshop. It is next week APRIL 30th. Working very closely preparing materials. There will be eight or nine tables. More than kind of -- it is very dense information. We are glad to have you. We welcome everyone in the community to come to this workshop. It will be available the boards will be available. There will be a survey out the day f the workshop on the 30th. the survey will be open through JUNE. There will be ample opportunities. Building this list. There are many, many opportunities. Certain organizations in the community and looking to commercial central property owners. Thinking about how -- we are looking at providing some support to groups on campuses is part of our focus groups and more outreach over the summer. So this workshop -- folks that went to the first workshop. We are going to move on and get their feedback. So it will be fall when we start pulling together what will be eventually become the final concept that we take forward. We will be meeting soon. We are looking how we want to do that and timing. Coming up against summer and vacations. We are very strategic how we get the general committee convened very soon. So there is a lot of moving parts. Some of it has -- we will be gathering information. Working through it. So that's the general plan update. In 150 words or less. We are working on the development audit and clean up that council gave. To start working on auditing and figuring how to clean up, reduce, update our 250 plus developments. We work one at a time as we can as we have viable tenants. We are working on carving out pieces on a one off basis. We hope to hear from one of the property owners who is -- has expressed interests. We are looking forward to working with that property owner. How timing works out we will have to see. So that is in. We still have our -- what we will circle back to. Looking on the next phase of the program. So we are actively searching downtown businesses getting them into compliance. Building code, fire code, cleaning things up. Getting everyone into the new program. And of course bits and pieces. We will see if we can get this exciting suff. That gives you what we are working on. We have it scheduled for JUNE 10th. The housing progress package for the sb6 and sb9 order inate. I don't know if you got introduced the very first day. She helped me get the room ready. We are going to get through some of these. So that is kind of it in a nutshell. Any questions about specific projects or timing on anything? I can answer any question. >> I have a question. I know there are these quarterly sessions. What is that? >> well so we got those place holders as part of the historic management transition. That is also in our to-do list. on SEPTEMBER 9th is when we have said management ordinance. That will be basically the last step of transition. It has taken longer. We have been working on it as we can. So as part of -- we are required a meeting. Our intent to do some training we got some ideas about training and we are rolling that out as soon as we can. Targeted for SEPTEMBER. In the meantime there is an annual report. [Inaudible] Anything else? >> I don't think so. I think that was a lot. >> with that meeting adjourned.