Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Check one, two. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We're going to go ahead and get started with our meeting. Commissioner Tjo, she's going to lead us in our pledge. Stand, please. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all. Madam secretary, could we get a roll call? Commissioner Fowler here. Commissioner Rice here. Commissioner Tjo here. Commissioner Sha Williams here. Chairman Springs

here. Any communications from staff? No communications, Chairman. Okay. Public comments regarding agenda items. Any person wishing to address the planning commission on any items other than the public hearing may do so at this time. Seeing hearing none, we're going to close that segment. I'd like to get a motion on the minutes for March 4th. Motion to approve the minutes for March 4th, 2026. Pretty good. It's been properly moved and second for the approval of the minutes for March 4th, 2026. Call for any questions. Hearing none, we'll call a vote. Commissioner Fowler I. Commissioner Rice. Hi. Commissioner Tjo. I. Commissioner Sha Williams.

Hi. Chairman Springs. I. Is there a motion for the consent of the calendar? Um, can I make a comment before I make a motion? You have to make the motion first. Okay. I move that we approve um Excuse me. Affirm the approval. Um she can make a comment first before the motion. Yeah. If if if it's uh your discretion. Okay. So, you can make the comment first.

I just want to say thank you, Mr. Chair, and Mr. McCri. I just want to say that it looks really nice. They've done a nice a nice job uh on the open area. They put in plexiglass instead of plants which I think works much much better and uh very clean looking. Um and just the market as a whole has really improved over the last years. I was quite impressed and I hope people use it more. There were only about three people in the outdoor dining area but u very nice. So now I make the motion.

Yes. Make your motion. I move that we affirm the approval of resolution number 1995 dated August 7th, 2024. Second. It's been properly moved and second. We'll call for any questions. Hearing none, we'll call for a vote. Commissioner Fowler, I. Commissioner Rice, I. Commissioner Tjo, I. Commissioner Ch Williams I. Chairman Springs. I So, we're going to go to item number 6A. 7A. Chairman 7 7 A

7 A item 7 A nonpublic hearing to consider an application by Kendrick Sanderland representing the city of Inglewood for the Edward Vincent Park. Evan Vincent Jr. Park new maintenance facility at 700 East Warren Lane. Chairman, the project file is present. Notice is not required for a planning commission review. Assistant planner Brian Espinosa is present to give a short staff presentation.

Good evening, Chairman Springs and members of the commission. This request is for a new maintenance facility at Edward Vincent Jr. Park in the OS open space zone. Properties to the north consist of residential uses. To the south is the metro kine. To the east are residential and light manufacturing uses and to the west are residential and commercial uses. The new facility will be located at the northwest corner of the park with access from Warren Lane. The five existing buildings at the facility will be demolished to accommodate the proposed changes. The city is proposing to construct a new maintenance facility that consists of four buildings. The facility will operate daily and will serve as a central hub that supports the maintenance, administrative activities, and recreational programming for the parks, recreation, and community services department. Additional improvements include a nursery area, picnic tables, two bio swells, and 27 new parking spaces. I'm sorry. A pedestrian entrance is proposed at the southeast corner of the facility and the two existing vehicular entrances will be repaved and equipped with card readers for employee access. Building one is located at the north side of the property and is approximately 7,000 square ft and will be used as a workshop. It will have six storage rooms, a woodworking room, two unisex restrooms, and an open area for storage. Building 2 is a 2,000q ft² facility, storage facility located at the southwest corner of the maintenance facility.

Buildings three and four are proposed as office buildings that are 2,000 square ft each with identical layouts. Building three will be dedicated to staff who support the city's racket sports programs. Building four will serve as the administrative hub for the parks, recreation, and community services department supporting park operations and programming. Building one is designed with a with galvanized corrugated metal, gray aluminum panels, and a CMU finish. Buildings two through four are designed with a gray stucco finish and metal panel roofs. The new facility will incorporate a variety of landscaping to visually integrate the maintenance yard with the surrounding park. The entrance at the eastern portion of the facility will be enhanced with four Mexican palo verde trees, two western red bud trees and is complemented by a diverse mix of shrubs, grasses, and agave. The two proposed bio swells located near the nursery area and adjacent to the southern parking area will feature a cobblestone base planted with California gray rush, autumn sage, deer grass, and other grasses and shrubs to aid in storm water capture and filtration. The proposed nursery will provide 66 planters for cultivating trees and plants, which will be relocated to other parks and street medians throughout the city once they mature. If the planning commission approves this request, the applicant will be required to complete the site plan review process. A notice of exemption has been prepared stating the project is exempt from further environmental review. This concludes my presentation and I'm

available to answer any questions the commission might have. The applicant is here tonight to answer any questions. Thank you. Good presentation. We're gonna open up questions for you. We're going to start with Commissioner Ber. Uh thank you, Mr. Chair, I just had one question. Where is this replacing what we have? I just want I want I thought it was, but I just wanted to be clear about that. Yeah, no further questions for staff. Thank you so much, Commissioner Rice. This is a maintenance facility for park staff in order to maintain the park facility. And you have a 7,000 ft woodworking shop.

The 7,000 ft² woodworking building. It's one of the amenities within that 7,000 foot building. So they have the on the floor plan, one of the offices here on the far right is a woodworking shop. The rest have storage rooms and then an open area for equipment. I see it. Yeah. You have quite a maintenance facility here. Will it be utilized to handle maintenance at other parks in the city also? Correct. Okay. Thank you. Commissioner Trey, I'm just curious what is a woodworking shop for to build like

building materials or for any projects the parks staff might have. So like um stage setups or um things for events that the city might host. It it is is it isn't to teach woodworking to young people. No, this is just for park staff. Thank you. Commissioner Sher Williams. I have no questions. Uh, Commissioner Rice asked my question and it was answered. Thank you. I have no questions. Very good.

Just um Boy Trice is available to speak um to the project. But I do I would like to say that um this this project and part of the reason why we presented it presented it this evening was to celebrate um this new maintenance yard. Um currently our maintenance um staff, our parks maintenance staff are working out of trailers that had become dilapidated,

old and so this is the cities um for quite some time. They had been working um really really hard in not the best conditions. And um I I think the uh the mayor found out and he made it a priority to invest in our parks maintenance facilities. Um and so they they're going to get a brand new uh maintenance yard. Um and it also is going to, as Brian mentioned, um have an opportunity to also serve as an office office building for our parks and recck staff. Um, and so this is, you know, generally we've we've began to put these these uh these items as consent items on the on the U planning commission docket, but um we wanted to to at least inform you and do a presentation so that you're aware of um the investment that's being made in our our parks and reccks department and that maintenance staff because um they they work really hard and they deserve it. So,

was there is there any way that we can take a tour of this because they we have a tour of these facilities. You don't want to tour the one that we have now. You want to tour the new one. Yes. We'll make We absolutely will make sure that once it's complete uh Well, we can see the before and after then. How's that? Yeah. I'll send you some pictures of the before.

Go to the mic. You want to go to the mic? Hello. There you go. Uh

good evening chairman and uh other commissioner. Thank you for uh taking this uh in your agenda. Yeah. Just uh to let I just want to let you know that this project is hot. Uh I mean the mayor's uh very much adamant to do go with this project because if you would observe our parks department doesn't have the maintenance facility. We have it on the right side of the war lane. It's old and it looks like nobody can stay there, but it's still, you know, our parks maintenance crew are staying there and they're using it. And the mayor said, you know, you can really uh if you will see them, they're trying their best to just occupy the area which is old and I don't know how could you. So, um he is very u he told us, you know, this is urgent that we have to uh take this project. That's why those warehouse there's a warehouse which is the 7,000 square ft offices and if you would observe that there's some u maintenance also that warehouse and maintenance building uh that's the place where they're going to store some of those uh paints and other equipment small equipment. So um we give the uh schedule uh to the mayor that uh we it's already we're going to bid it and then award it as soon as possible and then open it around next year to uh and then the ribbon cutting probably around August. So we need to expedite everything. We will uh push it because our parks doesn't have any offices. I'm I'm talking about our maintenance crew. they are temporarily uh occupying uh a modular building in the yard. So it is very necessary. So I would like to thank you for uh you know uh approving this.

Thank you. Okay sir, stay right there. We may have some questions for you. Okay, Commissioner Follow, you have any questions? Uh no question. Just a quick comment. Uh I'm happy to see this investment being made. Many of our workers work very hard if we know we all see them at all the events and everything. So, I'm very happy to uh support this. Thank you. Very good. Thank you, Commissioner Rice. Kudos to you, Kendrick, and your department. Um you've scored on this one. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you, Commissioner Treyo.

Yeah, it's a great project, I think, for welldeserved employees. Um and uh I'm sure all of you are very excited. So kudos to the department and to the mayor for saying, "Okay, let's get this done." Thank you, Mr. Sha Williams. You guys always do such a wonderful job in all the events that are planned for the city. So it is welld deserved. Thank you. And I want to say thank you as well. Good job. Thank you. Thank you so much.

All right. Since this is not a public hearing, there is no I think on the blank. So, is there a motion, please? I I move that we uh affirm categorical exemption EAC206-033 and adopt the resolution approving PCR 26-00002. Second, properly moved and second. We call for any questions. Hearing none, we'll call for a vote. Commissioner Fowler, I. Commissioner Rice, I. Commissioner Tjo, I. Commissioner Sha Williams, I.

Chairman Springs, I. According to the IMC, the applicant may appeal the decision within 10 days of the planning commission decision by filing a written notice of appeal with the planning division and an appeal fee. Okay. Very good. Thank you. Okay. Public comments. Anyone wishing to address the planning commission on any items or any matters within their jurisdiction may do so at this time hearing. Seeing none, we're going to close that segment and now we're going to go with our commissioner's initiatives. We're going to start with Commissioner Ber.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um on behalf of Councilwoman Gray in the first district, uh she want to me to express because several of you have called to uh give her support as she's on her road to recovery and to thank the community for their uh much much outreach. Uh she's getting stronger every day. Uh I just want to wish everyone a happy resurrection day and be safe. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Commissioner Rice. Efficient meeting chair. No comments. Commissioner Trey,

I just want to wish everybody a blessed Easter that you enjoy the day with uh your family and your friends. Thank you. Commissioner retire I mean Sher Williams. I want to wish everyone a wonderful and blessed Easter. Enjoy. I have nothing. Just have a safe and wonderful resurrection day. Friday is Good Friday. And you know what happens after Good Friday? Jesus was crucified on a Friday and he rose on a Sunday. That's the end. A meeting is adjourned.