Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

all right good evening good evening everyone this is the regular meeting of the planning commission for the city of desert hot springs for tuesday june 9th 2026. can we have a roll call please commissioner parker president commissioner roe president commissioner wagstaff president vice chair lombardo president chairman nindel present all right would everyone rise for the pledge of allegiance please and repeat after me. 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. All right. May we have a motion to approve the agenda? And a second, please. motion to approve the agenda I second that motion all right maybe we have a vote please motion passes unanimously all right very good All right, it's time for public comments. At this time, pursuant to the Brown Act, any person may comment on matters of general interest within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Planning Commission that's not listed on the agenda, please. So public comments about anything that's not on the agenda. We have Joshua Handrick. Is that right? Please come up.

Please hit the mic and give your name and place of residence. Hello. My name is Joshua Hendrick. My wife and I own a house in Desert Hot Springs and live here full time. All right. So I'm here tonight to talk to the council. I know you've probably seen what's going on in the other end of the valley in Coachella and the moratorium that they recently got passed for data centers. I really feel, as a tech person myself, data centers have no place here. Power is already too expensive. Things are already too warm. They don't bring jobs to the valley. And I want to see our planning commission here pushed to the council to ban any further movement on any current, future, or

Potential data center projects in DHS if those were to come across our ballot Thank you anyone else for public comments anyone else Okay Let's move on to our first public hearing. This is development permit number 26-1 an application for the development of a new art studio art and Barbie Maybe we have the staff report, please

Thank you and good evening, everybody. The applicant, Deborah Williams, has submitted an application for a new development located on the north side of Pearson Boulevard, just east of the Desert Knights on the Boulevard and approximately 700 feet east of West Drive within the commercial downtown zoning district. The new development Art and Barbie proposes developing on a vacant .15 acre parcel which would include a 3,000 square foot two-story building. The architecture will include a roll-up door along the front and rear to allow for the indoor-outdoor flexibility and the building will also include vertical siding and a pop of orange bold diamond shaped patterns has also been added to the front. The new art studio will offer activities that include public and private events, pop-up art exhibits, art classes and competitions, and photo shoots to name a few. The business will operate from Wednesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment only on the off days. Here is a floor plan that provides an open floor area on the first floor with art studios available for lease and the second floor will also provide an open work space and the remaining will be open to the floor below. The surrounding zoning and current land uses are shown here. To the north is zoned mixed use neighborhood with a single family home and to the west is zoned commercial downtown with an active cell tower and to the south and east is also zoned commercial downtown and is presently vacant land. Staff would like to add a condition of approval to read as follows. The developer shall work with staff to provide revised architectural plans to help enhance the overall design of the building. Pursuant to Section 15332, Class 32, the project is found to be categorically exempt from CEQA as an infill development project, as the project is consistent with the general plan and zoning requirements. And with that, staff recommends the following. One, to certify the CEQA exemption and approve development permit number 26-1 with the added condition for the development of a new art studio located on APN 639232040 subject to the conditions of approval and findings. That concludes my report. I'm available if you have any questions, and the applicant is also here. Thank you.

Does the Planning Commission have any questions for staff? No questions? OK. Then let's open the public hearing. Can we take testimony from the applicant? Does the applicant have anything that she'd like to say?

ma'am if I can have you speak at the podium into the mic and also please also face the Planning Commission okay yeah not a problem okay this is what's being proposed we'll have the second floor mezzanine and We're talking to staff about changing some of the interior, but the front is my hope to have a fun front yard so people can see and come to different activities for pop-ups, for poetry, whatever we want to do there for the community. We'll have a fountain. We'll have this on the front of the yard to keep people from falling and hurting themselves. And I want to use the rocks and boulders that are already there to line the property just to give it an open feeling where you're not inhibited to come in. And so the front, the back, of course, there'll be an area in the back, in the background, an area in the back where we have the shrubbery and the trees. And because I'm an artist, I need a really big table so that I can work and someplace to sit. But this will mainly be an area so work And maybe if I wanted to have like a little private party or something, that could take place there. So I'm not going to fill it with a whole lot of junk. And let me see. Well, here are some of the materials that's going to be used. The lighting.

Turn around so they can see it over there.

Lighting. And the wooden, the blue doors, I'm really dying for these blue doors so you can see that off the street, roll-up doors. And this back area for photo shoots because a lot of people, they want that. And so this is open. That's why it doesn't have a lot of decoration in the whole bit because we need this open space. Now in the, when you walk in, my goal, a photographer friend of mine has done this photography. And I do a wall, paper, mural of his work. So it feels like you're walking into, So this is stainless steel with a black inlay, and this will be the inside.

A yellow wall, white wall here, and that, just so that you could see when you walk in, you'll feel something.

And so the artist could have, or whomever wants to rent it, hopefully artists, they'll have their space there. and they would be able to get lighting from the windows in the front. Okay. So that's basically it. I'm all excited about being, having an art gallery here that Hopefully will interest other artists to come and do the same to have their own workspace that they own Would be a plus I think for the city so we could just jump start for wholesale and distribution uses by right Before you are the surrounding land uses

The project is appropriately located within an established industrial area, surrounded by industrial uses, providing compatibility with the proposed logistics use. The site is designed to support large-scale logistics operations with 158 truck loading docks and frontage improvements along Calle de los Ramos that improve trucks' access and circulation. The proposed warehouse building contains approximately a little over 1 million square feet of floor area, including approximately 55,612 square feet of mezzanine space located on the second level. A mapped fault trace associated with the San Andreas fault system traverses a portion of the project site. In accordance with this submitted geotechnical investigation and applicable assessment safety regulations, A 50-foot fault setback has been established. No buildings or occupied structures are proposed within this designated fault setback area. The proposed warehouse features a modern industrial design with high-quality materials, articulated building facades, clerestory windows, and coordinated architectural finishes, variations in the building Elevations, glazing signage areas, and neutral color palette help reduce the building's visual mass and create a cohesive appearance. The design is consistent with the surrounding industrial character and meets the city's design objectives for industrial development. Regional access to the project site is provided from the I-10 via North Indian Canyon Drive and 19th Avenue, which connects to Calle de los Ramos. The site is accessed from Calle de los Ramos. The project includes 781 parking spaces, of which 498 are truck spaces and 283 are employee spaces. Parking spaces include ADA and EV-capable parking stalls, meeting the city's requirement of 487 spaces and exceeding it by 294. The layout is designed to provide convenient access and support efficient site operations. The project includes an eight-foot tall decorative tubular metal fence along the perimeter of the site, including the frontage of 19th Avenue and Calle de los Ramos. The fencing is designed to provide site security while maintaining an attractive appearance. It is complemented by landscape screening that helps soften views of the warehouse development from adjacent public roadways. The project includes perimeter and parking lot landscaping designed to enhance site and aesthetic while meeting water-efficient landscaping requirements. The plant features drought-tolerant trees, shrubs, and accident plantings, along with decomposite granite, decorative rock, and boulders to complement the desert character. Landscaping is provided along the frontage perimeters and within parking areas to soften hardscaped edges. All plant materials are low to moderate water use and comply with applicable standards. The landscape palette incorporates a combination of desert spoons, bougainvilleas, yellow bells, aloe veras and hybrid fan trees. Construction of the proposed project is anticipated to occur in one phase and last approximately nine months. Construction activities would consist of grading, removal of vegetation and construction of the proposed warehouse. The site is anticipated to operate 24 hours per day through 165 days per year. It is anticipated that the proposed warehouse would support approximately 983 employees who would work in staggered shifts across a 24-hour operational period. The City, as a lead agency under CEQA, reviewed and certified an annuntum to the General Plan of Environmental Impact Report for the approved project. The analysis determined that, with implementation of required mitigation measures, all environmental impacts were reduced to less than significant levels. The City has also reviewed the proposed Reduce project and file no substantial changes or circumstances or impacts that would require further environmental review under CEQA section 1562A. So staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the following. The addendum to the general plan environmental impact report and development permit number 26-2 for the development and operation of an industrial logistic facility. Since the posting of the agenda, the city has received multiple common letters, which have been provided to the Planning Commission. That concludes my presentation. The applicant is an assistant. Staff members are available to answer any questions. Thank you.

All right. Does the Planning Commission have any questions for staff? No. No? I just have a couple. So this facility will not now or ever be used as a data center, right? And also the same question, will it ever be used as an ICE facility?

Yes, and you can actually add those conditions to the conditions of approval.

I believe the applicant would be open to both of those. And the answer to those questions is no to data center?

No data center.

Or ICE, okay. Does anyone else have any questions for city staff? No? That was probably the main question. That's it, that's it. So let's open the public hearing. Take testimony from the applicant. Is the applicant here and would like to speak? Please push the button and state your name and where you're from.

Good evening. My name is David Snyder. This is my daughter, Mar Snyder. I want to thank the staff and the Commissioner and the Planning Commission members for hearing our proposal tonight for the project. I'm David Snyder. I'm the CEO of the Snyder Company and the manager of the I-10 Distribution Center, LLC, which is the applicant for the project in front of you. My daughter, Mar, is up here with me as well, and she can expand on some of the project's details in a couple of minutes, but I'd like to spend just a couple of minutes discussing who we are, why we're investing in this project, and why we believe it's a good fit for Desert Hot Springs. As you said, it has been brought to my attention that recently there has been some discussion about oppositions to both data centers and ICE facilities. Therefore, I've asked the planning director to make the condition of approval that would prohibit this building. It has never been thought of on our part. We've never considered it. and are happy to make it a condition of approval that it would not be either of those at any time. We've been doing business here since 2015. Over that time, we've developed, constructed, and continue to own a number of projects here in the area, including multiple industrial buildings here in Desert Hot Springs. One of the reasons that we've continued to be here is because we believe that the city has a clear vision for economic growth. The industrial corridor along I-10 didn't happen by accident. It happened because the city has identified this area as an appropriate area for this type of industrial development. And this is exactly where a project like this belongs. When we first purchased the site in 2022, we believed it to be uniquely positioned for exactly this purpose. We have worked with our engineers, the geotechnical engineers, environmental consultants and architects, and the city staff to verify that this was the right project for this location. We believe this plan is a culmination of all that hard work, and we've brought with us a couple of our consultants in the event there is a question for them. Our project represents a very meaningful investment in the future of Desert Hot Springs. The economic analysis study that was prepared for the project says that it will support at least 1500 construction jobs during the project. I think it's about 1000 permanent jobs, which we think is a very, very conservative figure. If you look at the existing Amazon facility next door, they are, I believe, going to have 2,000 employees now, and that's a 750,000 square foot building. So the projections are very, very conservative for both the permanent jobs and the construction price or the total cost of a building like this would be well over $200 million, somewhere in the $225 million range. So all that money will be spent here during the construction phase of the project. we have uh we have an agreement with safer which is an environmental organization associated with the union so the city can be sure that all the all the all the the entire project will be built by union labor as was mentioned before we have an agreement with the sierra club and i believe that that agreement will be uh will be uh executed very quickly. That letter was really sort of crossed paths between the attorneys, but we have an agreement with them. As it relates to the jobs that this will create, they're accessible. They don't require people to commute out of the valley. They are stable jobs and families can rely on them because most likely the occupant of this building would be a Fortune 500 company or some type of international company that is stable. The annual And it'll expand on the annual payroll of the area. And it will further diversify the job base in the area and will be quite beneficial to the local economy. The project is expected to generate somewhere between $10 and $13 million of fees to the city between DIF fees, which don't go all to the city, but between a building permit and all the development impact fees, that number is somewhere north of $10 million. So that's a significant impact here. My daughter, Mar, can go over some of the details of the project, of the site itself.

Thank you, David. Good evening, everyone. My name is Mar Snyder, and I'm the president of operations at the Snyder Company. A huge thank you to all of the planning staff who did a wonderful job introducing and summarizing our project tonight. Because of that, I'll just take a couple of minutes to call out some of the details that we think are most important to share. From the beginning, our goal was to create a best-in-class building that not only operates well but is an aesthetically pleasing addition to the Desert Hot Springs Industrial Corridor. We worked hard to over-design this building and the site layout so that it really addresses the needs of modern companies who occupy these facilities. We spent a significant amount of time studying circulation, traffic patterns, truck movements and employee parking, and a lot more. The site was intentionally designed with plenty of trailer storage, docking facilities, areas where trucks can queue, stage, maneuver, and load entirely within the site's boundaries. This was purposeful, and the result significantly minimizes impact on surrounding streets or neighboring properties. The traffic studies prepared for our project confirmed that the existing infrastructure can handle this facility, which makes sense given that it's less than a mile from I-10 in an established industrial corridor. While the general plan already modeled and accepted 9,500 daily trips, this facility generates around 2,100. So we're coming in at really just a fraction of that. Additionally, as a condition of our approval, We'll plan to widen which will improve circulation and help support future development in the area. Beyond operations, we always focus heavily on making our projects architecturally significant and environmentally sustainable. Like I said earlier, our goal was to create more than a typical industrial building. We wanted this project to establish a higher standard for industrial development here in Desert Hot Springs. To that end, we invested significant time and resources into the building's architecture, incorporating articulated facades, extensive glazing, high-quality materials, and a desert-inspired color palette, which you saw in the rendering tonight. Everything about the building and the site layout was carefully planned to screen operational areas from public view and create a more attractive streetscape. Additionally, the perimeter landscape of drought-tolerant plants helps to soften the building's scale and integrate it into the surrounding areas. As this landscaping matures, it will continue to enhance the appearance of this section of the industrial corridor. We're really proud of the way it turned out and we appreciate you taking the time to consider it. Thank you so much and we're here if you have any questions.

All right, thank you. Do we have any questions for the applicant? OK, I just have one. You talked about the number of jobs. These jobs that will happen are your tenants' jobs for the most part? It's not your employees, correct?

Correct. They're permanent jobs associated with whoever occupies the building.

OK. And do you expect that your tenant will at least set aside a certain number for Desert Hot Springs residents, or will they

start here first and then go out to find i think amazon is sort of a good indicator of how these companies do it and uh you know we spoke to some of the people at amazon and so my expectation is that's just sort of a natural occurrence of what happens they want to hire people locally um And I think Amazon is sort of a good example. They don't have enough people in Desert Hot Springs to occupy all these jobs. I mean, this building obviously would be sort of in the same position, but our expectation is that that's the natural course of things is that they try and hire locally. And they only, I mean, they'd much rather hire locally.

Okay. And I guess my one other question is about movement of trucks and traffic down Indian. And probably it's, my question really could be better answered by a tenant than you folks. But I guess what I'd like to know is do you envision any coordination with the other warehouses that have tons of trucks going out to Indian also to minimize the,

You know, I think the important thing in one of these kinds of buildings is that there's no trucks. We're not planning any trucks on Calle de los Romas. They're obviously not allowed to idle or sit on 19th Avenue. So all the trucks that are coming to this project will come into the project and stack inside the confines of the property. You know, if you look at the... traffic studies and how they're done you know these roads are they're you know they've recently widened indian canyon you know they a couple of years ago or several years ago they widened the the overpass over i-10 and they're continuing to build additional roads between uh desert hot springs and palm springs so when i the the traffic studies speak to that better than i could speak to it from what i can see of the traffic studies they do take into consideration all the buildings and the potential buildings for the area and that these roads are really built for you know quite a lot of traffic and as as mar pointed out the general plan calls for 9 500 trucks or something for a project like ours The estimate now is really that it's really just a couple of thousand. So I think whoever was thinking about the traffic a long time ago did a pretty good job in anticipating that these roads could handle pretty easily, really, what kind of truck traffic will come.

And if you're approved, when will you start and when will you be completed?

You know, I think that's more of a market-driven question. I don't have an answer for that. I mean, we would begin marketing the project primarily, you know, we would begin marketing the project immediately, and then the market itself will, I don't know the answer to that question. Depending on the market, depending on interest rates, depending on a lot of different things, that's when the market will absorb the project.

Okay. Who else has questions? Anyone?

No?

No? Okay. Then let's take testimony from anyone who's in favor.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

I have a speaker card for Martin in favor.

Saida? Do you have Martin?

No? No? No, he said no. He doesn't want to speak.

So we have no speakers who want to speak in favor of the project. How about who? Do you, sir? Yes. Please give us your name and where you live.

Jeff McGuire, and I'm a California lifelong resident. I live in Oak Park, California, but I'm a stakeholder here on this project with David and Mar. I'd just like to say that This project, as we can all imagine, would greatly improve the economics of the area, jobs that was already stated, and give people, the community, more vibrancy, and they'd be able to buy some art, I would imagine, too, as well as lots of other things as well, the restaurants, whatnot, and all kinds of other businesses. So a project of this size potentially would do very positive things for the city. So I just wanted to state that. and support of it.

Thank you. Anyone neutral or against who wants to come up?

I have another speaker card for Lorraine. Oh, she did not indicate. For neutral?

Oh, yeah. It didn't indicate on the card whether opposed or neutral, but I am definitely opposed to this project, though. So you said neutral or opposed, so opposed?

So currently right now, we already had people in favor speak. Now is the time for people who are in opposition. If you did fill out a card, the clerk will go ahead and call your name. If you didn't, we would encourage you to fill out one, but we'll also make sure that you have a right to be heard.

Okay, so yes, I am definitely opposed to this project and the owner just stated to look at Amazon as an example of hiring work. Have you guys all seen what Amazon does to its workers? That is not a good answer, I'm sorry, but they're anti-union and there's other reasons too why I've driven the 10 freeway and that Amazon warehouse is just something that is not anything that I would have liked to seen driving on the 10 freeway. Even on the 60, I see another Amazon warehouse. That is something that should have been opposed a long time ago. First of all, I'm an environmentalist. I am opposed to any more destruction of our sacred desert. I also want to say this. Coachella Valley is better known as sacred Cahuilla land, and land acknowledgements need to happen at every city council meeting in every city throughout sacred Cahuilla land. But I'm here to talk about the damaging and long-term effects of a 64-acre logistics center that would harm the livelihoods of residents, plants, and animal life, air quality, and the depletion of our water resources in desert hot springs and surrounding communities. We all know about the poor air quality near warehouses in the Inland Empire, and people in LA and Inland Empire escaped those circumstances to come out here to enjoy the desert without these warehouses. The childhood asthma rates tell the story out in the Inland Empire and in Los Angeles. And we do need, we do not need for it to become a worse reality here in the West End of the Coachella Valley with more large scale warehouses. What water agency does this project fall under? Mission Springs or Desert Water Agency? Because I'd like to know how many thousands of gallons of water would this project use just on the construction alone. Did you all read the news lately? Lake Mead is at its lowest levels and the city of Denver, Colorado has already shut down their decorative and drinking water fountains. We're at a crossroads here. We are going to decide, we're either going to decide to conserve water and keep water rates affordable for residents here and nearby, or we're going to continually to irresponsibly waste water on unsustainable developments such as this logistics center. The Amazon warehouse, once again, was a dagger in my heart. Don't dig this dagger deeper. Also, you all know about the Cadiz Water Project in the Mojave Desert. That water belongs there to the sacred desert and its animals. The Chemehuevi indigenous tribe there are pleading not to consume that water, and I stand with them because the Cadiz executives will end up extracting that water when we approve these types of developments. So please, I'm in opposition of this. Please reconsider driving on that 10 freeway. I don't wanna see any more blight of these warehouses. Thank you.

All right, anyone else opposed who would like to speak? Do we have any cards or? okay any other speakers opposed hello

I am Joshua Hendrick. I'm a resident of DHS, and I wanted to speak in a neutral tone to this project. I do know it's very difficult to balance both the environmental aspects and new jobs, and when there's not a lot of investment, it's hard to understand what jobs are appropriate to bring in. I personally haven't done enough research on this project, but I do want to let everyone know, especially if you did come here to speak about data centers, that you have every opportunity to do so at the end as a general public comment. Well, this is not a data center. And I do acknowledge that I know that there's been some confusion as the main neighborhood group that was orchestrating a lot of the organizing for folks to come here tonight was shut down partway through today. So there's been a little bit of incongruence in the response of the people here. But I just wanted to encourage everyone to do your own research, figure out what investments we do want to bring into the city. And if you do have something to say that is not on this topic, please do make sure you stick around and take your time at the end of the meeting.

All right. Anyone else? Next. Yes.

I had a quick neutral comment. I believe that the area is already zoned. Sorry, Ms. Thomas. I believe the area is already zoned for that kind of building and everything that's going on over there. We know that that area is where those things are building. I'd like to encourage the growth of our city. We need that. The money that I believe that they're going to bring in would do the city great in the areas that they are. The stipulation, I think that The concern would be, for me, would be setting some jobs aside for strictly Desert Hot Springs residents, making sure that if there are people in this area that need to work, want to work, with all the changes in the government programs and benefit programs, there's going to be more people that need to fulfill certain areas and certain hours of work, and it would be great if those things could be available at a type of tenancy like that. So obviously they'd have to maintain a tenancy that would allow for something like that. can promise that that might be something would be great, then that would be great. Other than that, I think they did their due diligence on all the work and all the stuff. And I'm glad to see anybody come that's bringing a positive way and a family business. Something to be said when family works together. Thank you.

Thank you. Yes, come up.

Hi, I'm Ellen Fine. And I just really, I'm neutral. I just have two questions. Because I had read about the project. And in the reading, it was written by a woman who is a farmer in this area. And her concern were two things, and they can probably be answered by you. One is about the fire department was saying that if there's such a building that it may not, it may, lessen the ability of the fire department to respond to residents of our town in that area and the second was that the water that will be used and i think we're all just concerned in general about water because water is life in the desert so just those two questions really and i'm sure they can answer them so all right thank you yes come on up

My name's Vicky. Just a couple of thoughts. And I have no idea how this will impact, but it's just a thought and a concern. is due to the trucks on the road with the amount that we already have with Amazon building and this and our main thoroughfare's closing due to wind, rain conditions almost weekly. How is this going to impact the already strain we have with that congestion there and not being able to get into town? And just why are we building large, huge warehouses full of nothing when we should be shoring up our infrastructure, fixing these roads, spending money on what counts, getting our citizens to hospitals when they need to. So I think that is the most important thing to be addressed is access in and out of this city and will this facility be a problem to that. Thank you.

Thank you. All right. Are you in favor against or neutral, and what is your name, please?

Hello, my name's Raymond. I'm a Desert Hot Spring resident here. live up in Pearson Street. I'm a neutral due to my lack of information and research I have already done on this project and just here listening. In being neutral and seeing both sides of what can be possible and the investments of this possible project, I also want to propose instead of using building infrastructure such as a building, a warehouse off the I-10 where everybody can see, people already talk down on DHS when they have to drive up. That doesn't make sense. My proposal is to also look into moringas, agricultural. Everybody here knows that at Coachella Valley, this valley is very prominent for agriculture. We have raised so much millions, billions, even trillions of dollars that we have already seen due to the agriculture and immigrants that have came here to provide work ship and food for the nation. Moringas are over 80% imported into the United States. over 80% imported into the United States. The biggest contributor is India. Those being a agricultural field and being 80% imported, I believe that Coachella Valley alone can provide, can be a very top supplier for the nation. I'm not talking about the state. I'm not talking about here, Coachella Valley. I'm talking about the nation. So if we're talking about building an investment, if you're talking about building a warehouse, when we can supply the whole nation, what are we doing here? There's no reason for us to kill our lands, talk about the water. I'm not even from here. I'm from Florida. So I get really emotional when I hear the locals getting really upset about how the country or even the city is not providing the common sense to, oh, if we're talking about making money, being an investment, we want to raise up the city, why not invest in agriculture? We already know that Coachella Valley here is very strong, and Moringa itself is a taproot system. I have two Moringas that I have already planted in my house yard two years ago. I did not know anything about them until this year when I saw, like, wait, these plants, these trees are huge. What's going on here? I did my research. I learned about Moringas. They're taprooted. All you really need is a little bit of water, and once you get them going, they can just do themselves. It's even better than... I'm sorry, it's even better than palm trees because moringa is almost 100% edible. The leaves, the flower, the seeds, you can use oil, you can produce so much materials that there's no reason for us to not invest into moringas. So I just want to propose, I'm going to be also an advocate for the moringas here, not just in the Valley, but also everywhere I go, but just moringas. Thank you.

Thank you. Anyone else? Next.

Hello, everybody. My name's Hannah. I've been a resident of Desert Hot Springs since I was born in 2007.

Are you in favor against or neutral? I'm in favor. OK. Yeah.

I want to explain kind of I heard references to the Amazon warehouse facility and maybe some stipulation about whether or not the jobs in that facility were worthy of being brought to DHS. I personally find they are. I just graduated from DHS high school in 2025. I have fellow classmates in my graduation class and even classmates that just graduated this year who now have jobs at the facility starting at around $19 an hour. And I feel like that is really important to the community around here, especially because, you know, Desert Hot Springs needs more jobs brought to it to uplift the community. And I just feel like that's a very important aspect. And if this facility is going to allow that to happen, I think that we should positively think about it in favor of it. Yeah.

All right. Thank you. Any next? Anyone else?

Hi, my name is Debbie English. I'm a resident of DHS. I moved here in 2022. I was just looking at a lot of, I have a lot of questions, so I'm not sure.

Are you in favor against or neutral?

I'm neutral because I'm not sure. I have a lot of questions.

We can't answer your questions.

No, but I just want to set them out there for notes. It's how many jobs. Are they permanent? Are they temporary, like she said? Are they robots? You know, that's something to consider. And then also the roads are really bad getting off that exit. The road getting over that freeway wouldn't possibly make it collapse. That I calculated, they said 1,900 trucks per day. That's 97 per hour. or 175 per hour. So that's a little crazy, because I get off on that exit all the time to come here, because this street's too dangerous. I'm worried about a lot of things. I have a lot of questions. You know, that many trucks per day, that's a lot. going across so I have concerns and I want to make sure that they will employ people here in the city and make sure it's not going to turn into a bunch of robots. The environmental part of it too has to do with the smog. This is a beautiful place. We don't want it all smoggy because we're bringing more trucks in. I mean they have these warehouses all over. The freeways, off this 10 freeway, if you count how many warehouses, there's tons. Why do we need one here?

So that's all I got.

All right. Thank you. Come on up. Tell us if you're in favor, neutral, or against.

I guess I'm kind of neutral. only because I just found out about this as I walked in. But one of the things, listening to everyone talk, have we worked on our, I think we were working on getting more entrances out to the freeway from Desert Hot Springs? Is that still in the making? Because I know a lot of what their concerns are, are the environment, the truckloads, and us being able to get in and out of the city. And because we don't have a hospital over here, our ambulance, our hospitals, if it's an emergency and we have all this traffic, that may be an issue. So that's my thing. I do like the fact that they're bringing more businesses in. That's always wonderful. One of the other things that I think someone mentioned about hiring locally, that when they did that with the marijuana and they hired, 20% had to be local from Desert Hot Springs. So those are the things that I want you to consider. Thank you.

right who else anyone else in favor against or neutral okay this is an opportunity for the applicant to make a rebuttal or respond in any way are you interested in responding to anything you heard I don't think so unless you would like me to or us to I don't think I think we've covered okay then I will close the public hearing and we'll move on to Planning Commission discussion anybody have any thing to say discuss okay

I think there's just some concern. I'm Vicki Nelson.

Excuse me. Are you making more comment, public comment?

No, but it was never answered about the water usage. And I just wondered whether that was going to be addressed.

So we appreciate that. Thank you. The public hearing has been closed. I know that there's sufficient data in the record for it. But with that, the public hearing is closed. It brings it back to commission at this point. Unless the commission would like to reopen public hearing and have specific questions of staff.

Any need to reopen the public hearing in your minds? OK. OK. OK. Then let's move on and decide if we want to make a motion.

I'll make a motion to approve the addendum to the general plan environmental impact report and development permit number 26-2 for the development and operation of an industrial logistics facility with the added condition that it will not be a data center or an ice facility.

Second. We have a second. Yeah.

All right.

Let's take a vote.

Motion passes unanimously.

All right. Congratulations to the applicant.

Thank you very much for your time.

Thank you, everyone, for your time tonight. And please continue to attend these meetings. We appreciate it.

public comments at the end for anyone who didn't get to speak at the beginning of the meeting?

No, we still have a few. There are just a few things left on the agenda still. Okay, we're back to public comments. This is opportunities given to those members of the public who have not addressed the Planning Commission on an item which is not on the agenda. Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker and please state your name and city of residence. Do we have any other public comments? Okay, that's it. Then let's move on to Chair and Planning Commissioner member reports. Do any of us have a report that we want to make? No? Community Development Director report. I'll save you the pain. No updates, reports tonight. No updates? All right. Then the meeting is adjourned. Thank you, everyone.