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THIS MEETING TO ORDER.PLEASE RIDE FOR A FLAG, SALUTE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE CALL MAY BE SEATED.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER MOROSE PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER SERCO PRESENT, COMMISSIONER, SOLE PRESENT AND COMMISSIONER EDISON PRESENT ALL COMM.
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THE ELCON PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.THIS MEETING IS BEING LIVE STREAMED ON THE CITY OF EL CAJON WEBSITE.
APPEALS OF FINAL DECISIONS OF PLANNING COMMISSION MADE THIS EVENING MUST BE FILED IN WRITING WITH THE CITY CLERK BEFORE 5:00 PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 25TH, 2023 AND MUST INCLUDE THE PAYMENT OF A FILING FEE.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON EITHER A NON AGENDA OR AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD LOCATED BY THE AGENDA AND TURN IT INTO THE SECRETARY WHO WILL CALL YOU UP TO SPEAK.
WHEN THE AGENDA ITEM COMES UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME, SPELLING YOUR LAST NAME.
SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
THE DISPLAYS ON THE PODIUM AS WELL AS OTHER MONITORS IN THE CHAMBERS WILL SHOW TIME COUNTING DOWN AT 30 SECONDS.
THE PODIUM CLOCK READOUT WILL TURN RED.
SIGNIFYING YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS UNTIL THE END OF YOUR TIME.
APPLICANTS AND INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING GROUPS OF PEOPLE MAY BE ALLOWED MORE TIME IF APPROPRIATE.
ALL PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ME AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION AND NOT TO INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS OR STAFF MEMBERS.
PLEASE TURN OFF ALL ELECTRONICS DEVICES IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY PURSUANT TO CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ONE 14 DASH SEVEN NINE A COMMISSIONER WHO HAS RECEIVED EVIDENCE RELATED TO A MATTER BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION OTHER THAN AN UNESCORTED VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE SUCH INFORMATION.
ALRIGHT, SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE COMMENTS FROM ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ON ANY ITEM OF BUSINESS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA UNDER NO STATE LAW, NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN ON ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT EXCEPT TO REFER TO STAFFORD ADMINISTRATION OR PLACE IT ON FUTURE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD WISH TO ADDRESS IN PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
SEEING THAT THERE'S NONE GONNA
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GONNA MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR, SINGLE MOTION WILL COVER ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.DOES THE COMMISSION WISH TO PULL ANY ITEMS? NO.
DOES STAFF WISH TO PULL ANY ITEMS? NO CHANGES FROM STAFF.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CIRCO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SOLY, PLEASE VOTE.
AND I DID REVIEW THE MINUTES AS WELL, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF MEMBERS PRESENT.
[ Public Hearing Item 2]
HAVE TONIGHT IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.IT IS THE BEST IN AND SUITES, UH, CONSIDERING AMENDMENT OR REVOCATION OF CONDITIONAL USE.
PERMIT NUMBER 2 5 2 FOR A LODGING ESTABLISHMENT.
AND IT IS C Q A EXEMPT AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVE AMENDMENT.
UH, SO AGAIN, THIS IS A RICK REQUEST TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT OR REVOCATION OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2 5 2.
UH, THAT IS THE FOR THE LODGING ESTABLISHMENT AT 1274 OAKDALE AVENUE.
UM, AND THE MOTEL IS BRANDED AS BEST IN AND SUITES.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS REQUEST WAS INITIATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT YOUR MAY 2ND, UH, 2023 MEETING.
SO THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OAKDALE AVENUE BETWEEN OAKDALE LANE AND NORTH SECOND STREET, UH, WITH THE BOUNDARY FOR THE SITE SHOWN IN YELLOW ON THIS SLIDE.
UH, THE SITE IS 1.3 ACRES IN SIZE AND DOES INCLUDE 32 MOTEL ROOMS AND A CARETAKER UNIT.
AND THE BUILDINGS ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE SITE AND THEN SURROUNDED BY PARKING AREAS AND DRIVEWAYS.
UH, THE SITE IS GOVERNED BY SPECIFIC PLAN NUMBER 51, WHICH OR ORIGINALLY GOVERNED ALL THE PROPERTIES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OAKDALE AVENUE.
UH, THAT INCLUDES THE VACANT LOT ON THE WEST, THE MOTEL, UH, THE IHOP RESTAURANT TO THE EAST, AND THEN THE, UM, OIL CHANGE, UH, BUSINESS, UH, AT THE CORNER OF SECOND STREET.
UH, WHEN THE SPECIFIC PLAN WAS APPROVED, UH, IT DID REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE
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PERMIT FOR THE MOTEL AND IT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1967 WHEN CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2 5 2 WAS APPROVED.UH, THE OTHER SURROUNDING USES JUST INCLUDE INTERSTATE EIGHT TO THE NORTH AND THEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES TO THE SOUTH.
SO HERE, JUST FOR ADDITIONAL REFERENCE, I JUST WANNA PROVIDE A STREET VIEW OF THE PROPERTY FROM EARLIER TODAY.
UH, THIS SHOWS THE ENTRANCE OF THE MOTEL WHEN VIEWED FROM THE EASTERLY PROPERTY LINE AND THEN LOOKING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST.
SO F M A SECOND, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THE LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS DEEMED APPROVED STATUS WAS REVOKED.
AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIRECTED STAFF TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER EITHER AN AMENDMENT, UH, TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2 5 2 OR THE REVOCATION OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UH, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED ACTIONS BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT ARE SHOWN HERE.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTED THAT THE OPERATOR PREPARE AN OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, COMPLETE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, UH, RESOLVE PROPERTY BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS, UH, SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT, ACKNOWLEDGING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEEMED APPROVED LODGING ORDINANCE, COMPLETE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING, AND THEN PROVIDE MONTHLY REPORTING REGARDING EMERGENCY HOUSING PLACEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, STAFF IS HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ALL THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THE OPERATIONS OF MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ALSO COMPLETED AN INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED PLANS, UH, FOR A BUILDING PERMIT TO ADDRESS THE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED VIOLATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, AFFIDAVITS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING CERTIFICATES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THE MONTHLY REPORTS REGARDING EMERGENCY HOUSING PLACEMENT PROGRAMS HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED.
SO STAFF, UH, ALSO CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF CALLS FOR SERVICE BETWEEN APRIL 1ST, 2023 AND JULY 1ST, 2023.
SO THIS WAS THE THREE MONTH PERIOD, UH, FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND FOLLOWING THE, UH, MAY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
SO DURING THIS TIME, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 11 CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATED TO NUISANCE ACTIVITIES AND MEDICAL CALLS, UH, WHICH WHEN ANALYZED ANNUALIZED OVER THE THREE MONTH PERIOD, THAT WOULD EQUATE TO 1.3 CALLS PER ROOM.
SO IT STILL REMAINS ABOVE THAT THRESHOLD THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL SET OF ONE CALL PER ROOM PER YEAR.
UH, BUT IT, THE CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE LOCATION ARE ON A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY.
UM, AT THE PREVIOUS HEARING, UH, THEY WERE AT 1.6 CALLS PER ROOM PER YEAR.
SO WE'RE MOVING DOWNWARDS TOWARDS 1.3.
UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT THEIR OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, SO, UH, WE SEE IT AS A POSITIVE THAT THEY'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, THIS SLIDE INCLUDES THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BUT BEFORE I GET TO THAT, UM, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA, UM, STAFF DID RECEIVE A COMMENT REGARDING THE PROHIBITION OF WEAPONS IN THE OPERATIONS PLAN.
UM, AFTER CONSIDERING THE COMMENT, UH, STAFF DID PREPARE AN AMENDED RESOLUTION, WHICH IS PROVEN PROVIDED TO YOU AT THE DAIS.
UH, THE AMENDED RESOLUTION JUST NOTES THAT ANY WEAPONS RELATED ISSUES, UM, SHOULD, SHALL NOT BE GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THEREFORE, UH, PRESERVING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.
UM, STAFF HAS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE AMENDED RESOLUTION, UH, TO THE APPLICANT AND THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AS WELL.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE AN AMENDMENT OF CONDITIONAL USE, PREVENT NUMBER 2 5 2, UM, AS REFLECTED IN THE AMENDED RESOLUTION ON THE DAIS, AND THEN FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DIRECT STAFF TO SCHEDULE A REVIEW BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IN APPROXIMATELY 180 DAYS.
AND THAT'S REALLY JUST TO CONFIRM, UH, THAT WE'RE CONTINUING ON A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY FOR THE CALLS AND THE OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, IS SUFFICIENT.
SO THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD QUESTION.
I KNOW THAT THE CALLS FOR SERVICE CAN BE A NUMBER OF THINGS.
DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN ON WHAT THOSE 11 CALLS WERE?
UM, I DIDN'T PROVIDE THE EXACT CALCULATION, BUT IT WAS ABOUT 50 50 ON MEDICAL CALLS AND, UH, NUISANCE RELATED CALLS.
SO QUESTION IS, IF I'M, IF I HAVE A PROBLEM ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THAT PLACE MM-HMM.
THERE'S PEOPLE FIGHTING OUTSIDE THE HOTEL.
DOES THAT PART OF THAT DATA? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
IT WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED TO BE VERY DILIGENT ABOUT OUR REVIEWS OF THE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UM, SO WHEN I PULLED ALL OF THE CALLS OVER THAT THREE MONTH PERIOD, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 29 CALLS.
SO WE, UM, EXCLUDED 18 OF THOSE.
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UM, SO ANYTHING THAT'S LIKE A TRAFFIC STOP, UM, IN THE STREET, UM, THERE WERE CALLS FROM, UH, THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, UH, RELATED TO LIKE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ON THE SIDEWALK.SO WE'VE EXCLUDED ALL OF THOSE.
WE'RE LOOKING PRECISELY AT THE ONES THAT ARE RELATED TO WHERE LIKE THE REPORTING PARTY IS AN EMPLOYEE OR IT'S A REPORTING PARTY IS SOMEONE THAT'S STAYING AT THE MOTEL.
IF THERE'S ANY CAUSE FOR US TO NOT BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THAT CALL IS RELATED DIRECTLY TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE SITE, WE'VE BEEN EXCLUDING THOSE.
SO YOU SAID 50% MEDICAL THOUGH, ON THE 11? I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, SIX AND FIVES, YES.
ANY QUESTIONS? UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A BUILDING PERMIT IN PROCESS MM-HMM.
UH, SO IT'S, UM, THE PLANS ARE GOING THROUGH PLAN CHECK NOW, BUT UH, THERE'S CONDITIONS IN THERE TO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, STUCCO TO MATCH THE BUILDING.
'CAUSE I THINK YOU REMEMBER FROM THE PICTURES IT WAS WOOD SIDING.
UM, SO THEY'VE TAKEN ACTION AND SUBMITTED THAT BUILDING PERMITS.
UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA PRESERVE, UM, MOST OF THOSE STORAGE AREAS, BUT NOW THEY'LL BE PERMITTED, UM, PER THE BUILDING CODE 'CAUSE THOSE PREVIOUSLY WEREN'T, UM, ENCLOSED WITH A PERMIT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, UM, THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT.
I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY REALLY WORKED HARD TO GET EVERYTHING DONE.
THEIR MANAGEMENT PLAN WAS PRETTY, UH, IT WAS FOUR OR FIVE PAGES, SO IT WASN'T JUST SOMETHING THEY THREW TOGETHER.
UM, BUT MOVING WITH THE CITY CALLS FOR SERVICE DOWN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD HOPE FOR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, DO I HAVE A MOTION AT, WELL LET'S OPEN PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? UH, YES WE DO.
I WAS, KEEP IT A BRIEF, I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT MR. ALVY WAS STATING.
YOU KNOW, THE HOTEL OWNER IS CONTINUOUSLY COMMITTED TO ADHERING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND, UH, HAS BEEN TAKING HUGE STEPS IN LIMITING THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S ABOUT 50 50 ON MEDICAL AND NUISANCE RELATED CALLS.
SO, UH, THE HOTEL OWNER IS WORKING TOWARDS SLOWING THOSE DOWN.
AND AT THE SAME TIME RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THE SUMMER PERIOD, THERE'S A HIGHER OCCUPANCY NUMBER AT THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF ONE CALL PER ROOM AS THE YEAR GOES ON.
UH, AND WE DO AGREE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY, GREAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? NO, NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS.
ALRIGHT, WELL AT THIS TIME I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER MOROSE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER RUDD.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
ALRIGHT, WELL I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST A SIX MONTH OR ONE YEAR REVIEW AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ALREADY PUT IN THE SIX MONTH, SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TIME TO LOOK BACK IN THREE MONTHS.
THEY'VE ALREADY MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN ANOTHER SIX MONTHS, IT'LL HAVE BEEN ALMOST A YEAR.
SO THAT'S A GOOD TIME TO REVIEW IT.
UM, WELL WHEN I READ, UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM, THE, UH, WEAPONS THAT CAME OUT AT ME BECAUSE OF, UH, THE SECOND AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
HOWEVER, UH, PEOPLE DO HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY THEY CAN RESTRICT CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY WANT.
SO I AM, UH, IN AGREEMENT WITH A PERSON HAVING THE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO, UH, TO UH, ELIMINATE THAT, UH, THAT RIGHT.
THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN GENERAL IN PUBLIC.
AND I DO LIKE THE WAY THAT IT'S PHRASED SO THAT THE PROPERTY, THE LODGING ESTABLISHMENT, IF THEY DON'T CATCH WEAPONS ON THE PREMISES, IF THERE'S A CALL FOR SERVICE, SOMEBODY ATTACKED SOMEBODY WITH A WEAPON, IT'S NOT THE HOTEL'S FAULT THAT SOMEBODY BROUGHT A WEAPON TO THE HOTEL, WHETHER THEY'RE A GUEST OR NOT.
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UH, DO I HEAR A MOTION? UM, I'LL MOTION TO MOVE TO ADOPT THE NEXT RESOLUTION ORDER.I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT THE NEXT RESOLUTION IN ORDER APPROVING THIS C Q EXEMPTION AND AN AMENDMENT OF THE C U P NUMBER 2 52 SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS STATED EARLIER.
SORRY MR. CHAIRMAN FOR CLARIFICATION.
UH, THAT'S THE AMENDED RESOLUTION AT PRESENTED AT THE DICE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER P*****K RU SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SOLE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I HOPE IT PAYS OFF AS WELL FOR YOU ATTRACTING SOME BETTER CLIENTELE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS HERE.
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THREE IS ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATIONS REPORT.WE'RE JUST HERE TO DISCUSS AND ACCEPT IT.
SO THANK YOU HONORABLE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS SABEL BELTRAN AND I'M A JUNIOR PLANNER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THIS ITEM IS A SUMMARY REPORT REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS MADE SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2022.
CHAPTER 17, 1 0 OF THE ZONING CODE REQUIRES THAT STAFF REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS INCLUDING DIRECTOR'S DETERMINATIONS, MINOR AMENDMENTS, AND SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE REVIEWS.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2022, A TOTAL OF 17 DETERMINATIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
THE DECISIONS COVER A WIDE VARIETY OF QUESTS AND INCLUDE SEVERAL COMMERCIAL BUILDING UPGRADES AND PROJECT MODIFICATIONS, AS WELL AS WIRELESS ANTENNA UPGRADES, STORM WATER FACILITIES AND EDUCATION USES AT SHADOW MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CHURCH.
THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.
MR. ALBEE WILL RESPOND TO QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THE DETERMINATIONS.
WELL, MANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
I'VE GOT QUESTIONS ON THREE THINGS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE PARKWAY PLAZA OUT PARCEL REDEVELOPMENT, UH, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING RETAIL BUILDING, APPROVAL OF NEW RESTAURANT BUILDING AND RECONFIGURATION OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT.
UM, IS THAT THE, THE OLD BANK BUILDING THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF JOHNSON AND FLETCHER PARKWAY? YES.
SO IT WAS, UH, THAT WAS MOST RECENTLY I THINK A SPRINT, UH, WIRELESS PHONE SALES BUILDING.
UM, IT WAS PROPOSED TO BE DEMOLISHED, UM, AND UH, FOR A RESTAURANT TO REPLACE IT THERE AT THE CORNER.
AND THEN A, UM, DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT, UH, WAS ALSO APPROVED.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A MINOR AMENDMENT THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE LAST CYCLE WHEN WE DID THE, THE LAST, UH, MINOR AMENDMENT REVIEWS, UM, BACK IN, UH, THE BEGINNING OF 2022.
UH, THIS WAS A REFINEMENT TO THAT PLAN BECAUSE OF THE RESTAURANT LAYOUT CHANGING AND A SMALL REFINEMENT TO THE, THE DRIVE THROUGH.
BUT SINCE THAT TIME, UH, THAT IT WAS APPROVED, UH, THE PROPERTY HAS CHANGED HANDS AND, UH, A NEW, UH, PROPERTY OWNER HAS, UM, CONFIRMED RECEIPT OF THE MINOR AMENDMENT APPROVAL DOCUMENTS.
UH, BUT THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY ACTION ON IT.
I WAS LIKE, I HAVEN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T REMEMBER ANY OF THIS.
SO THE NEW OWNER, HOW LONG AGO DID THEY SWITCH OWNERSHIP? DO WE KNOW? I WANNA SAY, UM, PROBABLY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS AGO.
UM, THE NEW OWNERS HAVE BEEN, UH, PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL VISIONING SESSIONS THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH REGARDS TO PARKWAY PLAZA AND THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON TRYING TO LOOK AT WAYS TO IMPROVE PARKWAY PLAZA.
THE SECOND ONE I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS ARBY'S.
LAST TIME I DROVE BY THERE, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY BULLDOZED THE WHOLE THING.
WELL, YEAH, IT'S, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UM, THE, THE POLICIES ALLOW FOR A COMPLETE EXTERIOR CHANGE.
UH, IT, IT BASICALLY WAS TAKEN DOWN TO THE STUDS, SO, SO YES.
BUT, UH, IT DIDN'T, UM, WARRANT, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T CHANGING OR EXCEEDING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ADDITIONS, UM, THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT.
AND IT WAS JUST REALLY A, UM, COMMERCIAL FACADE RENOVATION, BUT, BUT YES, IT'S, IT'S A VERY EXTENSIVE FACADE RENOVATION.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, AH, FACADE.
UM, THE LAST ONE WAS THE BATTERY STORAGE 1527 EAST MAIN STREET.
IS THAT ON THE OLD, UH, WHICH ONE WAS IT? THE SEVEN, THAT'S THE E C T L C CT, UH, PROPERTY.
AND, UH, THE BATTERY STORAGE, UH, WAS APPROVED QUITE SOME TIME AGO.
UH, BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, THEY MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE, TO THE DESIGN AND THEN THEY WERE, UM, THEY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH
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GRADING AND THEY WANTED TO REDESIGN, UH, THE LAYOUT OF THE BATTERIES, UM, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE FLOODING ISSUES AND POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL ISSUES.I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FORWARD MOTION ON THAT.
UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE NO OTHER I QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT, I WILL SECOND.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER MOREAU, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CIRCLE, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
ANY, UH, STAFF COMMUNICATION? UM, OUR NEXT SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS ON THE TUESDAY AFTER LABOR DAY.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS AT THIS TIME THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR THAT MEETING.
UM, SO I WILL DO MY BEST TO SEND OUT A CANCELLATION NOTICE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT IF ANY URGENT ITEMS COME UP IN THE NEXT UH, WEEK, UH, WE'LL ALSO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
BUT I'M ANTICIPATING THAT WE'LL BE CANCELING THAT MEETING.
ANYTHING FOR STAFF? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, MY WIFE AND I VISITED LA RECENTLY AND WE WERE ENJOYING ALL OF THE MONOPOLES THAT THEY HAVE IN LA AND WE WERE LOOKING AT ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY WERE FINALLY PUTTING LEAFY THINGS ON.
I WON'T CALL IT TREE DECORATION BECAUSE IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE ANYONE HAD THAT IN MIND.
BUT, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR KEEPING ON OUR BEAUTIFUL MONOPOLES IN ELCON.
SO MANY OF THEM HAVE GONE UP AND THEY ARE ALL FITTING THEIR AREAS.
WE PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE PHONE COMPANIES, BUT THE DESIGNS ACTUALLY FIT THE AREAS.
SO IT'S NOT THOSE SILLY FAN PALMS THAT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT.
AND, UH, THE ONE THAT THEY'RE REDOING OVER ON JUST OFF OF 67.
AGAIN, THEY'VE GOT GREAT DESIGNS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR KEEPING THAT LINE GOING.
'CAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT ALL THESE MONOPOLES GOING UP AND GOING, THESE ARE SO UGLY AND VISITING LA IT REMINDED ME HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO BE IN ELGON.
WELL, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK AND PRAISE.
UH, WE DO, WE DO OUR BEST TO WORK WITH THEM WITHIN THE CONFINES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE STATE LAW AND FEDERAL LAWS CHANGING ALL THE TIME WITH, UH, THRESHOLDS ON HOW QUICKLY WE PROCESS THE PERMITS.
AND I WOULD ALSO, UM, JUST SAY FOR, FOR MY FAMILY, I, I TEND TO POINT THOSE THINGS OUT TOO, SO THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE THOSE COMMENTS THAT I MAKE ABOUT, LOOK AT THAT OPINE OVER THERE.
UM, THE CORNER OF, UH, MAGNOLIA AND, UM, MAIN STREET, WEST MAIN STREET, I SEE THAT THE BUILDING IS BEING ERECTED.
IS IT THE ORIGINAL BUILDING THAT WE APPROVED LIKE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO? YES.
IT'S THE, THE SAME BUILDING THAT WAS APPROVED.
UH, THEY HAVE AN ELEVATION, I THINK THAT'S ON THE MAGNOLIA SIDE OF THE FENCING.
UM, SHOWING, UM, THE APPROVED ELEVATION.
I THINK THERE WAS A, A MINOR, A COUPLE MINOR CHANGES TO THE FACADE, BUT THE SAME PROJECT SCOPE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER, WAS THAT SIX OR SEVEN APARTMENTS ABOVE? IT WAS ACTUALLY RETAIL OFFICE.
THIS APARTMENTS ABOVE, ABOVE THE, YEAH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY, IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT DOES.
'CAUSE WE WENT LONG TIME FOR THAT ONE.
I WANNA SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IN EUROPE, THAT'S HOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUILT.
AND ANOTHER THING I NOTICED IS THAT EL CAJON BOULEVARD, UH, WHEN I WAS COMING TO A MEETING, I USED TO GO DRIVE THROUGH EL CAJON BOULEVARD, UH, A DETOUR IN OUR ROADBLOCK.
SO TWICE IT HAPPENED, I GOT CAUGHT IN IT.
SO THEN LAST COUPLE TIMES I HAVE NOT BEEN TAKING CAJON BOULEVARD.
THEN I SAID, WELL, IT'S BEEN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
IS WHEN IS THAT GONNA BE OPEN, DO YOU THINK? I THINK THE LAST, UH, JOINT MEETING THAT I HAD WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, WAS THAT THEY WERE GETTING CLOSE TO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PHASE WHEN THEY WOULD REROUTE, UM, THE TRAFFIC, UH, BACK TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
EAST SIDE IS THE, IS THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT'S CLOSED RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO A NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN IS, UH, PLANNED TO BE, UH, IMPLEMENTED SHORTLY.
UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW A DEFINITE, A DEFINITIVE TIMEFRAME.
UH, JUST I DON'T DRIVE IT THAT MUCH.
OH, THAT'S JUST THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUNDABOUT AT PALM AND ELKO BOULEVARD.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S TRAFFIC CALMING ANGLE PARKING ON, UH, ELKO BOULEVARD AND THEN THE ROUNDABOUT AT THE, AT THE INTERSECTION.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
YOU SEE THAT IN THE MIC? I MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER PAUL RU, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CIRCO.
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ALL RIGHT.