Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

all right good evening i'd like to welcome everybody to the city of fontana regular planning commission meeting on today june 2nd 2026 here at steelworkers auditorium I would like to remind the audience that this meeting is a business meeting and as such, while the Commission welcomes all members of the public to participate in open discussion regarding matters on the session's meeting agenda, speakers must conduct themselves appropriately so that the Commission has the ability to listen to and to consider all the information and comments related to the agenda item. Deliberate on that item in the context that allows for All viewpoints to be heard and respected. Please remember that disrupting a public meeting is a criminal offense and the City of Fontana is authorized by law to ensure the orderly conduct of this meeting. Engaging in conduct that disrupts this meeting may result in your microphone being muted if disruptions continue and the request to leave this meeting if the disruptive conduct persists after a warning. Disrupt behavior includes verbal and nonverbal outbursts. prohibit this meeting from continuing in an orderly fashion i would like to call to order the meeting of the fontana planning commission with the city clerk please call for attendance

Sorry about that, the microphone wasn't on. I will begin with Commissioner Sanchez.

Present.

Commissioner Kittle.

Present.

Secretary Lozano. Present. Vice Chair Quintana.

Present.

And Chair, you are here.

Okay, so for the invocation and pledge, Can we please stand for the invocation and pledge? The invocation will be given by Chaplain Daniel Vasquez, and the pledge will be led by Commissioner Sanchez.

Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we come before you, Lord, today, and we're just grateful for a beautiful day in the great city of Fontana. Lord, as we come before you, Lord, we are today's election day, Lord. AND YOUR WORD SAYS THAT WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN AUTHORITY, THE PEOPLE REJOICE, BUT WHEN THE WICKED MEN RULE, THE PEOPLE GROAN. AND SO, LORD, WE, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A STATE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GROANING, LORD, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOUR HAND IS AMONGST US. WE ASK FOR A FAVOR AND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO RAISE UP GREAT LEADERS, FATHER, AS WE ARE HERE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, LORD, TO REPRESENT YOU, THE CITY, THE PEOPLE, FATHER, AND THE PLANS THAT PASS, THE PLANS THAT GO THROUGH, ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO MAKING THIS CITY WHAT IT IS TODAY. We pray for them, Lord. We pray for wisdom. We pray for guidance, Lord. We pray, Lord, that as we sit here in this city, the city of Fontana, we're blessed because we see your hands, Lord, all over this place, Father, and that we rejoice as citizens of Fontana because of good planning, because of good leadership. Lord, and we pray that you will continue, Lord, to keep not only Fontana, but the Inland Empire, Lord, as we get to vote today with great leadership, that we can rejoice, Lord, in the state of California as well. We lift these things up to you now. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

Please join me as we pledge our allegiance to the greatest flag in the world. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, individual, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you.

All right, this brings us to our public communications. This is the opportunity for members of the public to address the Planning Commission on items not on the agenda. City Clerk, do we have any public communication requests?

Chair, we do not.

Okay, thank you. Now this brings us to our consent calendar. All matters listed under the consent calendar will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. Are there any written communications or requests for the public to speak on this consent calendar item?

There are none, Chair.

All right. Can I have a motion to approve the consent calendar? I'll make a motion to approve the consent calendar. All right. Got a motion by Commissioner Sanchez. Second. Second by Commissioner Kittle. Place your votes.

Is that working again?

Five in favor, the motion passes. The microphone's not working again. All right, the next item is the public hearing item A. I will open to the public hearing for Master Case Number 23-000034 and Master Case Number 23-000044, General Plan Amendment Number 23-00002, Specific Plan Amendment. NUMBER 23-00002, TENTATIVE TRACK MAP NUMBER 20646, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 20851, AND DESIGN REVIEW NUMBER 23-000011, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 23-00005, AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER 23-000012. A REQUEST TO AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 9.3 ACRES SITE LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SIERRA AVENUE AND TERRA VISTA DRIVE FROM RESIDENTIAL PLANNING COMMUNITY TO A GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO AMEND THE ORBITORIUM SPECIFIC PLAN TO MODIFY ALLOWED LAND USE and reconfigure planning areas and park sites for site and architectural review of the proposed commercial center consisting of 69,617 square feet of commercial development, 49,362 square feet foot grocery store with a 13,017 square foot inline shop building, 9,544 square feet pad building, AND 3,694 SQUARE FEET DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT. FOR CONTINUAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR OFF-SITE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REPOSED GROCERY STORE FOR A TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP TO RECONFIGURE THE PARCELS AND REMAINING PLANNED AREA AND PARK SITE IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA. FOR A TENTATIVE TRACK MAP TO SUBDIVIDE THE RETAIL CENTER AND TO AMEND THE ABBATORIUM SPECIFIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THE MODIFIED LAND USE IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN PURSUANT TO THE ABBATORIUM SPECIFIC PLAN ENVIRONMENT IMPACT REPORT. ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK, DID WE RECEIVE ANY WRITTEN CORRESPONDENTS ON THIS ITEM?

CHAIR, WE DID NOT.

All right. Cecily Sessions-Gowens, our Associate Planner, will provide the staff's presentation.

Hello. Good evening to our Chair of the Planning Commission and Planning Commissioners and members of the public. I'm Cecily Sessions-Gowens.

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Sorry about that. The project before you today is the Arboretum project. We have two different applicants as they're kind of two arms to this project. We have the specific plan amendment. The applicant is Daniel Wozniak and the commercial center, retail center, the applicant is Rick Manners. The request before you, as mentioned by the chair in the description, is a combination of a general plan amendment and specific plan amendment to change the land use designation of a property within the specific plan in order to allow commercial development as well as in the specific plan to modify the remaining planning areas that have yet to be developed within the specific plan as well as a tentative track map to kind of memorialize or parcelize the changes to the planning areas and a parcel map for the ownership within the retail center as well as a design review for site and architectural approval for that retail center and a conditional use permit for the sale of alcohol within the proposed grocery store and then an amendment to the existing development agreement for the specific plan, for the Arboretum specific plan. So to get into some of the details, here's our overall project site. So the yellow lines that you see are the boundaries for the Arboretum-specific plan, generally bound by Graveland to the north, Casa Grande to the south with a small kind of notch out for the summit at Rosina-specific plan, Citrus to the west, and Sierra to the east, and also bound by the Edison easement kind of on the west on the diagonal. so this is the entire specific plan area the area outlined in red is the proposed retail center and we'll get into the specific plan amendment and general plan amendment in the next slides the most of the changes that are you're going to see represented here in the general plan or excuse me in the general plan and also in the specific plan are above Duncan Canyon Road. Those are the last undeveloped portions of the specific plan. If you've been up to Arboretum, you can see that everything or almost everything below Duncan Canyon has been developed mostly with residential but also some recreation amenities like parks and then also a school. So for our general plan amendment, the applicant is requesting to go from what you see on the left, which is a majority of the specific plan area being the residential plan community designation, so that's like the orange color, to changing an approximately 9.2 acre portion that you see in red on the right, to general commercial. The specific plan amendment will correspond to this partially as well. So this particular amendment is to allow for the commercial land uses that are being proposed on the site. The site itself for the commercial center is at the northwest corner of Terra Vista and Sierra. So it is surrounded by future residential and then as you can see at Duncan Canyon and Sierra there's an existing community commercially designated site that will not be changing. So the only general plan amendment change will be to the actual designation of that 9.2 acre site that you see in red. Here's the specific plan amendment exhibit for you. So on the left is the existing specific plan land use map. So you can see kind of the layout of the streets of what's proposed, especially what is above Duncan Canyon, which is kind of the street that runs in the middle. And on the right you see the proposed specific plan land use map. So you see the change, the red portion is the portion for the retail center that will change. But you see some of the highlighted changes would be the street configuration will be changing or as proposed as well as the park configuration. Some things that are not changing just to kind of highlight for you the overall number of acres of parkland included in the specific plan is not being proposed to be changed. So we'll still end up with the same amount of park acreage. And then the total number of residential units within the specific plan that was originally contemplated in the original specific plan back in 2009 and has been within the specific plan until now is it will not change. So what we're doing is as a part of this land use map change is taking the number of units that would have been on that nine point two or three acre parcel where the retail center is gonna go and kind of dispersing those throughout the remaining specific plan areas that have not been developed. The areas that you see outlined in like the dash line, those are the two planning areas or villages that have yet to be developed. in the specific plan area. So again, everything above Duncan. So we have the Arboretum Village, which is the triangular piece, kind of triangular. And then we have the square piece, which is the resort village. Those are the ones that are being changed. Everything that's already been developed, those planning areas are not changing. And like I said, the total number of units in the specific plan as contemplated by the environmental document and as included in the specific plan document are not changing as a part of this application. So densities are changing just slightly to kind of absorb those units that would have been on the retail site. But there are not going to be any new vastly different development standards or design standards. It's going to be very similar to what you have seen in the specific plan already. It's just a matter of things kind of getting the puzzle pieces kind of getting shifted around. So moving on to the development portion of this project, this is the site plan for the commercial center. As you can see, there is a proposed market as the anchor building that will be a grocery store. With the grocery store, they're also proposing to sell alcohol, a general alcohol license as is typical in grocery stores throughout our city. So that is before you for recommendation today as well. They've also included inline shops, so the Shops 2 building that you see located adjacent to the market, as well as pad shops. So the shops buildings would be for tenants such as retail or office, like you would see in a typical retail center. And then the Pad A is going to be a drive-through restaurant, which is a McDonald's restaurant. You may also notice that there is a pad that is not accounted for. That is to be entitled and developed in the future and separately. And when that application does come in, it will go through the normal planning process. for whatever is being proposed. We believe it'll be a drive-through restaurant, but it has yet to be determined for sure and obviously has not been entitled. So going back to this site plan, you can see that we have access points on both Sierra Avenue as well as Terra Vista. I think my north arrow is rotated the wrong way, but north is going on Sierra. We have access points, like I said, on Terra Vista with loading areas throughout the site to not impede on circulation throughout the site or access. Pedestrian access will be facilitated through sidewalks and marked crosswalks throughout the development as well as a landscaped path through kind of the center portion of the site to the market with pergolas on top of it. So kind of to give a focal point and to add a little bit of design to that pedestrian walkway.

Excuse me.

The applicant is proposing ample landscaping throughout the site. It is parked sufficiently to meet the zoning and development code. They are proposing block walls on the property lines. WITH THE PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO THE MARKET, EXCUSE ME, TO THE NORTH, BEING A RETAINING WALL WITH BLOCK BECAUSE THERE IS A GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH ON SIERRA AND THEN WHAT'S IN THIS SITE. As of right now, there are no plans for development that I am aware of for the sites around, but it is slated for residential, just to give you that bit of information. And the applicant is meeting all of the requirements in the zoning and development code for screening of the drive-through lane, drive-through queuing, all of the standards that are pertinent to the drive-through that are in our code. So... So here we have the elevations for the grocery store and the inline shops. The applicant is utilizing Santa Barbara architecture, which is very similar to Spanish style, but kind of with its own twist. They're using a very white and neutral color palette, with some flat roof lines as well as more gabled roofs, or pitched roofs, excuse me, to kind of mix it up and draw the eye upward. You will see the use of arches as well as stone veneer, excuse me, and also iron or metal accent pieces, excuse me, like grills that you can see over the entrance to the grocery store and over the pergolas on either side of the entrance. Something that's a little harder to see but I think you'll be able to see when we get to the renderings is the use of Spanish tile. that the applicant is proposing. So I've included this the tile detail there on this slide and you'll see it on the next. The areas that have the Spanish tile are going to be the areas above the or the arches above the grocery store entrance. You'll see it at the end points of the buildings over those arches and then the middle portion as well. So they'll be using some of these tiles mostly of the blue that's on the far left on the detail and then accenting with the colorful typical Spanish tiles to give it a bit of the Santa Barbara flair. You'll also notice decorative clay pipes and the clay roof tiles as well to really exemplify the architectural style. This building is the pad building that is closer to Sierra Avenue. So you'll see that it fits in with the other building, the anchor building and inline shops. And we'll really add some of the Santa Barbara features as well. You can kind of make out on the west elevation over on that arch some of the Spanish tile as well as on the right side on the north elevation. you can kind of picture that tile there with the details that are there on the slide. These are the elevations for the proposed McDonald's. So the goal here was to use the same architectural style while still giving the building its own identity. And they did so by using the tile, or excuse me, the stone veneer and the use of the arches and the S-tile roof while having the covered portico shared that is required over the drive-through windows. in a style that really goes with the architectural style. They have sizable wall sconces for lighting near the entrances as well. So you really get a sense of the Santa Barbara style while seeing that this building has its own identity. The walls that you see kind of around where the drive-through lane is, they are intended to screen the cars in the drive-through from the public right-of-way. You'll see on the rendering when we get to that next that they've incorporated a good amount of landscaping to really soften the wall while still maintaining that screening. Just getting to our 3D rendering, this is from the northwest corner of Sierra and Terra Vista, looking toward the northwest. You'll also notice something that was maybe a little harder to pick up on the site plan, but the corner entry statement or the corner statement that can be used for a meeting place gathering, but it's also a good place to add interest with the walls, low walls and the landscaping as well. So it provides a kind of welcoming scene into the coming into both the center and then also the future community. Here's a similar view in the evening. So you can see they've added lighting under the eaves to really accentuate the architectural features, the roof lines, and to just add some visual interest there. And then this view is from at dusk around from the interior of the center. So it's looking toward the southwest. And you can see how the buildings really kind of really go together and are compatible, have a lot of the same elements. I think you can pick up more on that Spanish tile that they're using there in the center of the building, the pad building. And then you can see it over this or under the Sater Brothers signage that will under the state of brother signage, excuse me, where the arch is. Okay, so now just to get down to a little more of the details, you may see the memo that was placed on the dais for your consideration. The applicant and staff have agreed upon some proposed changes to some conditions of approval. So I won't belabor the whole thing, but I definitely want to kind of go through and just highlight some of the changes for you so that you can see what they're pertaining to. We have a decent amount of changes that are related to the tentative track map, both adding, removing, and then also modifying some of those changes. A lot of that has to do with timing and phasing of the improvements that will be required, like public improvements, off-site improvements that will be required. So the applicant and staff have come to an agreement on these changes. I have also some changes to the design review as well, just some conditions there having to do with just some clarification of terms such as equipment enclosures and also the type of sewer and lines that have to be monitored. So those are engineering conditions as well. And then we also had a change to on the last page to the condition having to do with hours of operation for or hours that alcohol can be sold at the grocery store as associated with the conditional use permit. So just to clarify that alcohol cannot be sold between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., Monday through Sunday, and that's a alcohol beverage control rule. So that memo is meant to supplement the resolution that was placed before you as a part of the staff report. And with all of that said, I also wanted to mention that for this project, for the environmental review, an addendum to the EIR for the Arboretum specific plan was done and it was found that there were no new impacts that would be no new impacts would be associated with the proposed project. So we have completed that addendum and all of the study that's associated with it. And the last thing that I wanted to bring up before I get to the recommendation, this project does also include an amendment to the development agreement for the Arboretum specific plan. So the development agreement is being amended to reflect the new land uses that are being included in the specific plan and also to account for any applicable construction fee credits as it relates to development impact fees. So with all of that said, based on the information on the staff report or in the staff report and subject to the attached findings and conditions of approval, staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt resolution number PC 2026-022 AND FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING. A RESOLUTION THAT ADOPTS THE ADDENDUM TO THE ARBORITUM SPECIFIC PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND DIRECT STAFF TO FILE A NOTICE OF DETERMINATION. ALSO THE RESOLUTION WOULD BE APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 23-00002. APPROVING TENTATIVE TRACK MAP NUMBER 20646. APPROVING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 20851. approving design review number 23-000011 and approving conditional use permit number 23-00004. Also recommending that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving specific plan amendment number 23-00002 AND ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE APPROVING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER 23-000012. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CECILIE. DOES THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF?

I DO, CHAIR. right commissioner keto i have a couple questions um the area that's going to be developed in the future is that by a different developer like that that parcel is owned by someone else so that's um it's just going to be an empty piece of land for the time being or what's the story there

So the remainder of the specific plan area? Yeah, that small.

I think you had mentioned that it's potentially going to be another drive-through.

Oh, yes. So that's under the ownership of the applicant. I think it's just still being determined who the user would be and how the site would be developed. So once an application comes forward, it would move through our normal entitlement process.

Okay and then I noticed as I was reviewing the additional condition or the amendment to the conditions of approval most of them it seems like have to do with traffic lights in the area and so and I think previously it said they would all have to be in in order to get the certificate of occupancy. Am I understanding correctly now with the prior it looks like 92 so they're going to be phased in basically as the project goes on is that am I understanding that correctly?

Hi, Commissioners. Travis Ongren with the Engineering Department of Land Development. To answer your question, yes, they're going to be phasing it. Not all the signals are required immediately for the first phase of development.

so this gives us a little bit of flexibility to add the signals as they're needed per the traffic study the approved traffic study that went along with the um eir got it um and then you had mentioned that there's no uh the residential units that are going to be i guess displaced so it's just going to be a higher density than is kind of what we're planning to replace those units is that correct it will be more

ACREAGE OF THE HIGHER DENSITY ON THE RANGE THAT'S IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN CURRENTLY. SO WE'RE NOT GOING OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE SPECIFIC PLAN ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED.

OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS FOR THE ALCOHOL CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THE BETWEEN 2 AND 6, IS THAT STANDARD THROUGHOUT THE CITY? SO THAT'S GOING TO REMAIN

THAT STANDARD PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND THEIR HOURS, I HAVE IT DOWN HERE BECAUSE I DID INQUIRE. SO CURRENTLY THE HOURS WOULD BE 6 A.M. TO 11 P.M. FOR THE GROCERY STORE IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED.

GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.

SECRETARY LOZANO.

I HAVE AN EASY QUESTION. SO IS IT CONFIRMED THAT STATER BROTHERS WILL BE THE MARKET THAT WILL BE OCCUPYING THE MARKET IN THIS PROJECT? AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND AND HAVE BEEN TOLD, BUT I WILL DEFER TO THE APPLICANT TO CONFIRM. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ.

A QUESTION I HAVE IN REGARDS TO THE ALCOHOL, I'M AWARE ABOUT THE HOURS FROM 2 TO 6, BUT IS STATER BROTHERS GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO SELL SINGLES?

So it would be the typical grocery store sales that you'd be able to do. So it's not really like the convenience store sales. It would be the full general that they would be able to do, like what you'd see in a typical grocery store.

Okay, one other question. Not a question, but a comment. Thank you very much for holding a McDonald's to the standards of the Santa Barbara style. I was concerned about that.

And I can say that the McDonald's and the applicant were very willing to kind of meet the standards that have been set by the commission. So it was a pleasure working with them on that.

Good job on that, thank you.

All right, well, thank you very much commissioners. Is the applicant here and will the applicant state his name by stepping back to the podium back there and whether you accept the conditions of approval.

evening chairman planning commissioners staff residents and guests my name is daniel wozniak with the lewis group of companies and we are very pleased to present our newest project for your consideration this evening the resort at arboretum first and foremost i'd like to thank staff for their hard work and dedication and getting this project on the agenda tonight specifically planner cecily session goins along with Gia Kim, Philip Burrum, Travis Almgren, Grace Turney, and especially Dave Hammer. We've carefully reviewed the proposed conditions of approval, and we have no reservations with them. Our team and consultants are here if you have any questions. In closing, we are not only excited to bring new homes and retail to the community, but also a new elementary school for the children in this great city of Fontana. Thank you for your consideration.

OK, thank you. Are there any questions for from the Commission to the applicant?

So just to clarify, we do have a second applicant. It's a dual applicant, so I don't know if you want to hear from the applicant.

Good evening, Chairman, Commissioners. I'm Rick Manners with Lewis Retail Centers, and we're, like Daniel said, very pleased to be here and truly appreciate all the effort of staff, especially the last few days getting through the conditions. Thank you very much. So yes, we are pleased to be here. One of the questions was Stater Brothers. We do have a lease deal with them, and they're very anxious to open here, so they are set. If you have any other questions, we also have McDonald's reps, and I'm happy to field any other questions.

Okay. Now, are there any questions from the Commission for the applicant?

I just have a comment, sure.

Commissioner Kittle.

I just want to thank both of you gentlemen and the teams in the city. I think this is an amazing project that's going to really develop that area up there. There's so many new homes going up there. So I'm really excited to see that they're not going to have to drive all the way to the Target Center just to get groceries. So I think this is a great, great project. So I really appreciate you guys bringing this forward to the commission.

Any other comments or questions for applicants?

I CAN'T AGREE WITH MR. KETO MORE. IT'S LONG OVERDUE. STATER BROTHERS IS STACKED AND PACKED FOR A LONG TIME NOW AND IT ALLEVIATES US TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME GROCERIES FOR THOSE THAT LIVE UP ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR INVESTMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS?

Can you hear me okay? Yeah. I'm not sure the second applicant indicated acceptance of the conditions. Oh, I'm sorry.

Do you accept the conditions of?

Yes, thank you. Yes, we've been through them. And like I said, work quite diligently with Cecily and team. So yes, we're satisfied with all of them.

Thank you, and thank you for catching that. All right, so if there is no other questions from the commission to the applicant, city clerk, are there any requests to speak on this item?

We have no requests to speak, Chair.

All right, with no requests to speak, this public hearing is now closed. Is there any future discussions by the commission, or may I have a motion?

Motion to approve as stipulated.

All right, motion from Commissioner Kittle.

Second.

A second from Secretary Lozano. Let's go ahead and place our, yes.

Hear me okay? Thank you. Go ahead. Looking at the resolution of approval section 12, I believe staff should confirm that under section 12, page 12 of 117 or 405 in the agenda packet, ITEM 4, RESOLUTION APPROVING TTM 260006, HAS REVISED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. ITEM 6, SAME THING FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW, IT'S SITE AND ARCHITECTURAL APPROVAL. And item seven under section 12 as well, revised conditions of approval for the CUP. Are those the only ones with revised conditions? Yes. Okay, so the motion would include, I presume, the revised conditions of approval before you tonight.

So do we need to have them recuse or just add it?

No, it's my presumption that the maker of the motion can confirm my understanding. That's correct. It's included. Okay. Thank you.

Okay. And then we said, so we had a motion from Commissioner Kito and a second by Secretary Lozano. Go ahead and place your votes.

I'M SORRY. IS IT?

YEAH. MINE IS OFF.

PROBABLY HAVE TO DO ORAL VOTE BECAUSE OURS ARE ALL OFF.

I'M SORRY. YEAH. COMMISSIONER KEATLE?

YES. AYE.

SECRETARY LOZANO? AYE. CHAIR?

AYE.

AYE.

Oh, thank you. Commissioner Sanchez. Aye. Okay, five in favor. The motion passes.

All right, moving forward, we have next our fabulous director's communication. Always excited to hear what great things she has to speak of today. So Patty, go ahead and take it away.

I will be brief as ever, no communications, thank you.

All right, so moving forward to commission comments, let's go ahead and start with Commissioner Kittel.

Thank you, Chair. Just want to thank the staff, planners, and you guys are amazing. I appreciate the presentation and having all the answers to our questions. You guys always just do such an amazing job. Thank you, Director Nevins and your entire department. Thank you to the City Council for entrusting us, and it's an honor and a privilege to serve on the commission. and i hope everyone went out and voted today it's our civic duty as citizens of this great country i'm very grateful to live here in in this country state and especially the city of fontana thank you and everybody have a blessed night all right commissioner sanchez well i also want to say thank you to staff you guys have done an amazing job throughout the years

I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT MY RESIGNATION TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE MY LAST MEETING TONIGHT WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING ON HERE ALMOST 12 YEARS. BUT I THANK GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY HE GAVE ME TO SERVE THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW THIS COMMUNITY HAS COME FORWARD WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS AND PARKS AND RECREATIONS FOR KIDS. AND THAT'S WHY I SAY GOOD NIGHT. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

SECRETARY LOZANO.

Thank you, Chair. I just want to say thank you to the planning department and their staff presenting today this wonderful new project in North Fontana. Also, best wishes to Commissioner Sanchez. It's been a pleasure sitting alongside you and our wonderful conversations we've had. And I hope, just to echo what Commissioner Kittle mentioned, I hope you all go out and vote. And I hope you all have a wonderful evening and stay hydrated.

Vice Chair Quintana.

I just want to thank staff as everyone else. Great presentation today by Cecily, so great job. The project that was brought before us was amazing. I think it's really going to highlight that area and very much needed for grocery store up there. I was driving past it the other day and I was wondering what was going up on there and I saw the Stater Brothers potential sign there. It'll be a great addition to this fabulous city. Commissioner Sanchez? I just want to let you know that I APPRECIATE SITTING NEXT TO YOU ON THIS COMMISSION. WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON HERE, I CONSIDERED YOU MORE OF A MENTOR AND ALWAYS REACHED OUT TO YOU FOR ADVICE. AND YOU'VE ALWAYS PROVIDED GREAT INFORMATION, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE HERE. SO YOU WILL BE MISSED, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, There's a positive for you. You'll have other things going on. And, you know, any way I can support you moving forward, I definitely will. I appreciate it. Yeah, absolutely.

Thank you very much.

All right, so next I just want to, again, just echo the words of my counterparts and thank the Planning Commission for consistently making this job very easy and very... easy to navigate and ask questions with the openness of being able to call, ask questions, get clarifying answers. It's just this planning department does an amazing job at just ensuring that we have all the information ahead of time so that we can make clear conscious decisions without having to Worry about things and day of meetings so appreciate all the hard work that you and your team do pat patty so thank you so much. Secondly, I just want to remind everybody get out there and vote you don't vote you don't have a voice and so get out there vote make your voice count. And lastly, I just want to say to my friend. Because you're a friend first, so I hope whatever your next endeavors are, you enjoy them and have fun. And just thank you for your mentorship with me starting out here and just your consistent values of being a leader and just sharing with me the information that I needed to help me transition into this role. So you will be missed on this dais, but I know I will be seeing you around at our personal stuff. you guys all everybody uh and the public i hope everybody has a blessed week and uh we will see everybody at our next meeting so now i'm moving forward to adjournment be adjourning to the next regular plan commission meeting on june 16th 2026 at 6 00 p.m in here the steelworkers auditorium at 8437 sierra avenue fontana california this meeting is adjourned