Community Development Board - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon. I call this meeting of the community development board to order on Tuesday, July 21st. Welcome everyone. Please rise for the invocation followed by the pledge of allegiance.

Thank you. Dear Lord, we want to thank you for the safe arrival for everyone that made it to the meeting today. and the gorgeous weather that's out there. Know that it's dry and windy. It's just gorgeous. Let us on the board and everyone in the room to please listen with an open mind and open ears so that we can provide the correct decisions in the matters that are before us today. Please continue to watch over our state, our government, and all of our officials. In your son's precious name, amen.

with liberty and justice for all. This board consists of seven members and one alternate who are appointed by the city council and serve voluntarily. I am Michael Gutskas. Now I'll ask the other members and the staff to introduce themselves starting on my left.

Andy Clark. Boyd Hamilton.

Noah Diker, sitting as board attorney.

Nicole Spriggs, city clerk.

Matthew Midge, Assistant City Attorney. Ted Kozak, Planning and Development.

Ava Strait, Planning and Development. Lauren Matzke, Planning and Development.

Diane Eginelli.

Luis Serna.

Andrew Huff.

Please remember to turn off your cell phones to not become a distraction during the meeting. Please also refrain from having conversations in this room so that we might hear all the testimony given today. To ensure a complete record of this board's actions, we ask that each individual wishing to speak, including the applicant, speak into the microphone at the podium in front of us. Clearly state your name and spell your last name for the clerk. Now I'll ask all those in attendance today who plan to speak to please rise and be sworn in by the clerk. Agendas of today's meeting are on the podium to your left near the entry door. Also on this podium are a roster of the community development board, the list of city staff experts on their resumes, the board's rules of procedure, and the annual schedule of this board. Our first order of business is to review and approve minutes from last month's meeting. May I have a motion for approval of the minutes?

I'll move approval of the minutes as submitted. Second.

Motion made and seconded. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. This board has adopted a consent agenda format, and the consent items are identified as such on the agenda. Consent agenda items are those for which the... The Planning and Development Department recommends approval and the applicant is in agreement with any proposed conditions. Please note that written comments of the case that have been received to date do not result in any item being removed from the Consent Agenda. Items may be removed from the Consent Agenda today by a member of the Board, a member of the staff, or any person in the audience for questions or objections. I will read each item on the Consent Agenda and if any person wishes to remove this item from the Consent Agenda, please so state or raise your hand and we will remove it from the Consent Agenda. Items removed from the consent agenda will be heard in the regular order of the meeting. Items that remain in the consent agenda will be approved with a single vote as to each type of hearing. The items on today's agenda are, there's only one, FLD2026-05010, flexible development approval for social community centers, the Carlowell Yacht Club, accessory outdoor amenities, tennis courts, and pool area and overnight cabanas in the institutional and preservation districts as a comprehensive infill redevelopment project for the property located at 1091 El Dorado Avenue. Does anyone wish to have this matter removed from the consent agenda? Seeing none, that is the only item on our consent agenda today. It's a level two matter, if I'm not mistaken. Does any board member wish to disclose any ex parte communication on the level two matter remaining on the consent agenda? There being none, before I ask for a motion for approval, you need to abstain.

I'm going to abstain from voting today due to several conflicts.

OK. So we have one member abstaining. We may have a motion for approval of the level two applications remaining on the consent agenda.

I make a motion to approve case number FLD2026-05010 on today's consent agenda based on the evidence and record, including the application and staff report, and hereby adopt the findings of fact and conclusions of law stated in the staff report with conditions of approval as listed.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Motion made and seconded. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? And we have one abstention. Well, that's going to be quick for our agenda today. Thank you very much on that one. Next item on the agenda is director's items.

so as noted just a reminder the august cdb meeting will be on a thursday next month so that's thursday august 20th the second announcements i wanted to make is a reminder that on july 30th the city is hosting the night at north ward so that's at the historic northward elementary school from 5 30 to 8 o'clock p.m we're inviting residents community stakeholders developers investors and preservation advocates to experience the historic northward school and help shape its future we're going to have an evening with self-guided tours community conversation and refreshments as we celebrate the property's history discuss redevelopment opportunities and possibilities and gather ideas. So we're really hoping to reach out to, in particular, our development partners and try to find the right person to partner with for this project, which is three out of the five buildings are designated historic locally as well as at the national level.

That was July 30th, you said?

That would be on July 30th from 5.30 to 8 p.m. So you can stop and go. There will be parking kind of scattered and shuttles there. But like I said, there will be refreshments. And we're working closely with the Historical Society. They're bringing in some of the old furniture. We have some great videos and other memorabilia as well. So even if you're just interested in it. But please share with your networks as well. Please, thanks. Anything else? No, that's everything.

All right. Any board members wishing to be heard on any matter?

Chair, we did skip public comment on non-agenda items.

I'll raise that now. Any board members? No board members? Okay, so I do have to go back and do that because I skipped over that. Is there any person who remains in the audience wishing to be heard on any matter that does not appear on today's agenda?

No? Okay.

There being none, that concludes today's meeting. We are adjourned. It was easy.