Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Community policing isn't just about responding to incidents. It's about building relationships. By working closely with you, our local business community, we create partnerships that foster a safe, inviting atmosphere for everyone. Our commitment extends beyond crime prevention. We're here to enhance quality of life, making Lancaster not only a great place to do business, but also a great place to live. At the Lancaster Police Department, we understand that a safe community is the foundation of a thriving business environment. Your safety is our mission and your success is our goal. Together, we're not just growing businesses, we're building a stronger Lancaster. [Music] Hello, Lancaster residents. I'm Vice Mayor Marvin Crest, and today I'm excited to discuss Measure YM's pivotal role in shaping a more vibrant and secure future for our community. Measure YM reflects Lancaster residents desire to keep more of our money here in the city of Lancaster. The residents of Lancaster passed this measure in November of 24. Your voice has been heard. Now it's the city's turn to provide critical improvement in public safety, recreational facilities and community programs, including our Midtown educational center, new stadium, new disaster recovery facility, and aquatic center. These initiatives ensure Lancaster remains a place where safety and a community thrive. The county currently collects 2.5% of the total taxable sales. This represents 70 million in real dollars paid by our residents to the county. The city is getting back less than 20 million in allocated for our local share. This despite our city's significant size and large amount of infrastructure. Overall,

Lancaster maintains one of the lowest effective tax rates across Los Angeles County. If you take into consideration sales, property, and utility taxes, Lancaster collects on average $480 per capita, which is far less than a county's average of $1,041 per capita. Even the state legislature and the governor recognized how underserved the Analopee Valley is and passed AB2443. This allowed both cities in the Anot Valley to keep more sales tax dollars local and to support our essential services. While the county reallocates over 50 million of Lancaster residents dollars to other parts of the county, we focus on what directly benefits Lancaster. Our measure ensures more of your tax dollars are invested right here at home. upgrading our infrastructure, building out a police department, and fostering a businessfriendly environment that supports growth and safety. The city council prioritizes and ensures safe, streamlined processes, minimize bureaucracy, and maximize efficiency. This approach allows us to be more maneuverable, providing quicker, more actionable results. initial study and the responses to these comments are provided in a memorandum dated June 10th, 2025. The comment letters did not necessitate any modifications to the initial study. The public hearing notice was mailed to owners and occupants within a 500 foot radius, installed on the subject site, and posted in compliance with the Lancaster Municipal Code. I will clarify at this time that the recommended action before you consists of recommending approval to the city council for the general plan amendment and zone change. The final determination would go before city council. In conclusion, staff recommend that the planning commission adopt resolution 25509. Uh myself and the applicant team are

available for any questions. Thank you. Just for the record, uh we have received in our packet um some 14550 pages of documents. And then today we had the opportunity to review another 126 pages from the law firm you mentioned and another four pages from um a firm an entity called Green Jobs. Anyway, um we've also reviewed the conditions of approval and I have some questions on that. Um maybe other members may have some comments or questions of staff before we proceed. No. On the condition number 19 talks about a signalized intersection on the west boundary of the property. Did I read that right? That's correct. So there's another signal about um 1300 feet west of that at the courthouse. So what do we think about that Mr. Traffic Engineer? Um that particular signal or that particular location was chosen to coincide with the development across the street from the city of Palmdale. Um I

believe it's their logistics center. I don't remember the name right off the top of my head. but they had already conducted a um traffic study and identified that location where they were going to have an entrance into the project. So we wanted to make sure that this project lined up with that so that we are not putting in um an additional intersection and that they were um able to have full access movement at that intersection since it is uh signalized. So that assumes based on the plan approval of that Covington project in Palmdale, uh assuming they actually build it, um are we sharing are they sharing the cost of that signalized intersection or is this applicant obliged if they go forward to pay for it entirely? If they go forward uh before the Covington project goes forward, they would be responsible for the entire cost. All right. Thank you. Um, on page 21, it talks about internal um, there are no external cabinets. In my understanding, that's switch gear. So, everything in these buildings are within a mechanical room. Nothing's hung up on the outside of the buildings, on the on the facade, on the on anywhere other than rooftop. Is that correct? And that's screened. That is correct. You know, just for a point of clarification, we went through a public hearing a while back on a conditional use permit where we specifically called out that particular requirement. And as I drove by that project, it's not quite finished last week, I noticed um the switch gears hanging on the outside of the building. right on the public right away. So,

um I have a level of concern about that. I'm sure the developer is going to whine. Um he can whine all he wants. That's not where it goes. Um number 35 talks about a 5-ft sidewalk. Are we requiring a mor meandering sidewalk for this project. Yes. Along Avenue M, they are required to install a 14t meandering sidewalk. Is it is it attached to anything on the west or east? Um, it would be well the they would have to design it so that it ends um basically at their individual driveways. Okay. Thank you. and and that is yes, it would be attached to the uh existing gas station that's just to the east of the project site. Okay, I'm reading my notes. So, and just to clarify, we're only reviewing the project site, not the site to the to the west that's office professional there. There's no changes to the site closest to the courthouse. That's correct. Yes, there is still a parcel of vacant land between this site and the courthouse which is not part of the proposal before us. Okay, Commissioner Co, you had a comment? Uh, yeah, it was just more related to the external switch gear. Um, it's my understanding that Edison is very particular. So I I've run into that myself multiple times where Edison forces your hand.

Edison thinks they have more power than we do and they don't. They have power. No pun intended. Actually they don't have power. uh the majority of the projects coming forward particularly the industrial projects um most likely do not have power and certainly not water. So uh those are issues that developers are having to deal with today on large industrial projects and residential projects for that matter. So uh on the paper drop we got today um Miss Brady any comments on that? It looks to me like a replication of what we had previously. That's my assessment as well. Okay. So, for the record, your comments relative to the paper drop, that's the 130 pages we've received today is for the record uh the responses provided in the memorandum on file um would still apply to the response that we received. That's a memorandum of June 10th that was in our pack at the four pager. Correct. Great. Thank you. All right then. That's all I had at this point. Um is the applicant developer whomever do they wish to speak to us today? If they do, they're welcome to come up and tell us who you are and speak in your outside voice. Afternoon commissioners. My name is Jessica H. Hotton. Can you hear me? Okay. I don't think your mic is on. It should be on testing. Yes. Okay. Go ahead. Good afternoon. Jessica, Synergy Consult, Jessica H. Hotton, Synergy

Consulting. Welcome. And I'm representing uh Lancaster M Avenue LLC, the ownership group. And I'm available if you have any questions. So are you are you a consultant for the developer or actual developer of this project? A consultant. Yes. A consultant. All right. Very good. Thank you. You do the entitlement and Okay. Correct. Thank you. Thank you. Have any public speakers on this item? Sure. We have nine speaker cards. Really? Okay. All right then. Since we have no other speakers, staff is any further comments? Nope. All right, then. So, without objection, we'll close the public. Oh, I'm sorry, Cheros. I said nine. There's nine speakers, not none. Nine as in the number nine, not the German nine. I thought you said none. Nine. Nine as in less. It's too late. That's too late. If I may, uh, the first speaker is Zach Straers, followed by Quinton Miles. Zack, please the letter writer, come on up, Jack. Good afternoon. Zack Strawers, Creed LA. A pleasure to be here. Uh, Chairman Vos, fellow commissioners. Uh today the project before you and the developer who came to represent it, Synergy, they've done an excellent job to make sure that they reached out to the community, heard the concerns, were willing to come to the table and sit down and adapt a project that met the various needs of the community. If you're not familiar, what Creed does is we represent the interests of the local communities in which projects are built. We don't rubber stamp projects and we don't approve them just because they're being built. We take a look at whether or not they meet the needs of the local community. As you mentioned, a lot of these projects come out here and some

developers uh are willing to just try to get away with doing the bare minimum. However, fortunately, in this particular case, I can say that Synergy was willing to go above and beyond. This project has not only seen the needs of the local workforce, but it's also seen the needs of the the community that wants to engage it with the permanent positions that'll be offered afterwards. We think it's a great offering. uh it's it's not only checked all the boxes, but the developer themselves again has shown an authentic willingness to meet people where they're at. For those reasons, Creed LA is overwhelmingly in support of this project and we're asking that you give it a vote of approval today. Thanks and God bless you. Thank you for your comments. That's one of nine. So, there's eight more. Uh next up is Quinton Miles, followed by Walter Flores. Afternoon and welcome. Good afternoon, honorable planning commission. My name is Quinton Miles and I'm here to speak in favor of the Synergy Industrial Project. Once upon a time, I was lost and on drugs and alcohol. Then one day, Jesus came into my heart and changed my life. Through the trades, men and women who have difficult pasts are able to find employment and a second chance to be contributors to our local community in a positive way. The developer has shown willingness to help lend a real hand up to men and women like myself to include them on this project and make a tangible impact in the redemption of our local community. For that reason, I ask that you approve this project. Thank you and God bless you guys. Thank you for your comments. Next up is Walter Flores, followed by Fatima Delgado. Good afternoon and welcome.

Hello. Good afternoon, honorable planning commissioners, chairman Vos, and fellow commissioners. My name is Walter Flores, and I'm here to speak in favor of the synergy project. I'm an emerging leader of the Kingsman Disciplehip Home and we are a Christian residential uh program and we help men get off the streets and and introduce them to the love of Jesus to help equip them to be successful in the fulfilling of their particular calling. For some, this includes finding gainful employment to provide for their for themselves and or for their families. The developer of this project has made meaningful commitments to include the local community on both the development and operation of this project. Therefore, the KDH is asking that you approve this project. Thank you and God bless you. Thank you for your comments. Next up is Fatima Delgado followed by Jose Gomez. Good afternoon and welcome. Good afternoon. My name is Fatima. Um I am speaking today to show support to the synergy project. This project will have a big impact on the city of Lancaster. We need more pro positive developments and projects like this to boost our economy. Overall, I think this project is good for everyone involved and seems to be a huge asset to this area. Vote yes and thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next up is Jose Gomez, followed by Brenda Castillo. Good afternoon. Welcome. Good afternoon.

My name is Jose Gomez. Um, I'm here uh today uh to support this project and would like to see you guys vote yes on it. Um, I've been a resident of Lancaster for uh about 10 years now and I had to travel down to uh LA for work for many of those years. It's kind of difficult for us um with limited employee employment here in Lancaster. So, it's nice to see projects like this that'll promote uh employment for for the city. Um, I hope that uh more uh projects like this come to Lancaster and um I hope you vote yes. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next up is Brenda Castillo followed by Glenn Nahar or Najar. Good afternoon and welcome. Hi. Good afternoon. My name is Brenda Castillo. Um, I came here uh to show support of this project. Southern California and spec uh specifically the city of Lancaster uh needs more projects like these. Um for us that we have to travel an hour and 20 minutes and not 300 miles to work daily. Projects like this um really really work in the city. Um this will bring bring employment opportunities in uh both short and long term. Um, this project will do that and it will boost the uh definitely will boost the economy of Lancaster. Um, our city needs to grow and it really needs more projects like this. Um, I think this project will be a positive asset and an addition to the city and I hope um you guys support it. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next up is Glenn Nahar followed by Johnny Escobido.

Good afternoon, sir, and welcome, honorable committee. Uh, good afternoon. My name is Glenn with Anker Church. Our ministry is so happy to support projects like this one with clear community benefits for people in our congregation who live and work in Lancaster and Los Angeles County. This project will support our local workforce and lead to stronger community development. We urge you to approve this project to give those in need of a second chance and opportunity to improve their lives. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. Next up is Johnny Escobido, followed by Renee Palasios. Good afternoon, sir, and welcome. Good afternoon, chairman, uh, and members. My name is Johnny Escobido. I'm a representative for Iron Workers Local 416 here today in support of this project. The comments made by the applicant to hire to local hire ensures that our hardworking men and women are given a chance to advance their careers while earning a middle class wages and benefits. Additionally, the choice to hire from our local skilled workforce ensures a highquality project will be built right from the beginning. We we urge you to vote yes on this project today. Thank you. Thank you for your comments. The last speaker for this item is Renee Palasios. Good afternoon and welcome. Good afternoon, Chairman Voss. Is it Voss or Vos? Vos. Vos. Good afternoon, Chairman Vos and members of the planning committee commission. Uh my name is Renee Palasios and I am the business agent for the iron workers of local 433. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you today and I am seeking your support for this project. Approving this project is a critical step in moving forward that has a

potential to create good paying union jobs right here in Analopee Valley. Our members live and work in this region and projects like this will allow them to support their families, contribute to the local economy and build the very structures that strengthen your community. I'm from Orange County. On behalf of the Iron Workers Local 433 and the skilled men and women that I represent, I respect respectfully ask for your support. Thank you for your time and your continued commitment to the people of Lancaster and the members of Local 433. Thank you. Thank you, sir. That concludes the uh speakers. Okay. Do I dare close the public hearing now? So without objection, we'll close the public hearing and consider a motion. I'll move that we adopt resolution number 25-09 recommending city council approval a general plan amendment number 24001 to change the general plan designation of approximately 40 gross acres located at the northwest corner of Avenue M and division assessor's parcels numbers um 3128 013 010 and 011 from office professional to light industry and of zone change number 24-001 to change the zoning from office professional to light industrial and recommend the city council adopt the initial study mitigating negative declaration number 2025 04920 and mitigation monitoring and reporting program and authorizing staff to execute a notice of determination. Thank you. Do I have a second? A second. Thank you. Anything further from members?

We'd like to vote. There we go. Please vote. Motion passes 50 with two members absent. Congratulations and good luck on your project. [Applause] We'd like to see it grow out of the ground soon. The next item is um a new public hearing conditional use permit 24-11. So without objection, the hearing is open on this matter. Miss Alvarado is presenting on this today. Good evening, Chairman Vos and members of the planning commission. My name is Mitsy Alvarado. I'm the project planner. The next item before you is conditional use permit 2411, which is for a new banquet hall. The applicant is the venue by Palacio represented by Raphael Tovar and team who are here tonight. The project site is located at 2733 West Avenue L. As you can see, the location of the site is within the West Lancaster Plaza Shopping Center um on the northeast corner of 30th Street West and Avenue L. For context, this is also the shopping center with the Stater Brothers and the Vinces as the bigger tenants. Um, it also has the schooners and the newly constructed Starbucks over on the southeast corner of the project or of the uh commercial center. The project is zoned commercial plan development or for CPD. Entertainment uses such as banquet halls require a conditional use permit in this zone.

The proposed banquet hall plans to host private events such as meetings, weddings, and birthdays during the business operating hours, which are Monday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. The applicant is not requesting an ABC license as part of this proposal. All food and alcohol would be provided by licensed caterers. Security will be provided for every event at a rate of one guard for every 75 guests. And this is also a condition of approval. Here's the floor plan of the banquet hall space. The tenant space includes two venue spaces um where events can be held. A small venue highlighted in green and a larger venue highlighted in blue. The tenant space also includes several smaller um rooms that will be utilized for storage, restrooms, and a guest preparation room. The proposed banquet hall plans to host Oh, sorry. Um, the project is categorically exempt from SQUA under class one for existing facilities. Public hearing notices were mailed to all owners and occupants within a 500 foot radius and posted on the subject property in compliance with the Lancaster Municipal Code. Uh, with that, staff recommends planning commission adopt resolution 2510 approving CUP 2411 to allow for a new banquet hall at 2733 West Avenue L. I and the applicant are available for any questions you may have. Thank you. For the record, we did receive um an uncontested letter on this project uh from the applicant, although it wasn't signed, but I'm assuming that's who it came from. Um members, you have any questions or comments?

None. All right. The applicant like to chat with us this evening, this afternoon? You're welcome to. gentlemen. That way we get to ask you a question. Absolutely. My name is Andreas Ka and I'm part of this project and Oh, there you go. There. I'll be here. Okay. But if you guys have any questions, we're trying to do a center that we can actually do business gatherings, private events to host for this community. And uh we have a team that is very involved with the community, community leaders. And then we just want to go ahead and bring everybody together in one of the locations here. That's why we call it the venue. I see. I had a couple questions and you did too. Go ahead. Go ahead. Is there on-site kitchen? No kitchen. No kitchen. Everything will be outside. This is all getting strictly catered from different outside restaurants. I also own Rio the restaurant and then we'll be doing catering from there as well. Um so you indicated that you accept the conditions of approval which on under number 12 you have to if I understand it correctly you have to apply for every uh catering alcohol beverage opportunity at the time or prior to the time of being approved through city planning. You can't just put it in and do it when you want, right? You understand that? Correct. We are going to be working on the future to go ahead and and change that as well, but for now, we're going to be using the catering. Could depend on your clientele and the venue and what they intend to do and all the rest of it. So, absolutely, some may some may have alcoholic beverages, some may not, right? Some don't, some do. like kinieras maybe not having alcohol

for instance right they probably would but we'll make sure we have a good team of security we're working with inside security they do a lot of the concerts and festivals here and they're actually I think patrol I want to say a good portion of the day they do night not sure if it's 24 hours plus we're going to be using in-house also with other professional security companies as well including the sheriff department we're going to be working as well with them as well. Well, it's a venue certainly needed in the community. That's for sure. 100%. Yeah. You do understand the conditional assuming it's approved today. The conditional use permit uh can be reviewed periodically by this commission. Yes. Particularly if there's concerns about the conditions of approval and any issues, crime primarily. Correct. Yeah. We're definitely going to get get away from that. That's why everything we're doing is private gatherings. So, we're dealing with one client versus open to the public. It's not going to be open for the public. We're not doing no nightclubs or any kind of like promotion stuff like that. Very good. And we're trying to be closed by midnight. I go to sleep at 9:30. So, I wake up at 4:30. So, I'm trying not to have a business that keeps me up too late. So, takes a while to clean up. I know. We have a good team, too. All right, sir. Well, thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Anything else from staff? Nothing else. Nothing. All right. Thank you. Any speakers on this item? There are no speakers. None. Did he say nine? Uh, too much fun. All right. Thank you. Um, so without objection, we'll close the public hearing on this item and consider a motion.

I move to adopt uh resolution uh number 2511 approving the tenative track map 2207. Am I reading it wrong? I'm sorry. 2510. I'm sorry. 2510. Yeah, I'm sorry y'all. Um 2510 approving the condition use permit number 20-011 for banquet I can barely read that thing banquet hall within an existing bu uh building located in the commercial plan development zone at 27 2733 West Avenue L Um, and finding the project categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act, authorizing staff to execute and file a notice of exemption. Thank you. Sorry about that, y'all. I'll second. Thank you. Moved and seconded. Anything further from members? Please vote. Motion passes. Four with one abstension and two absent. You need is it Commissioner Creel? Yes. You abstain. you need to tell us why. Yeah. Uh I think it's appropriate. Uh I just recognized earlier today when I walked um when I saw Andre walk up to the podium. Um we are working on a very small project elsewhere. So I think it's

appropriate to abstain. Very good. Thank you. All right. Then that uh brings us to the next public hearing. tenative track map number 22- Z007 the map number is 53256 so without objection public hearings open on this breaky again thank you chair vos the next item before you is tenative trap track map number 220007 map number 53256 the project site is located at the northwest corner of 35th Street East and Avenue A directly south of East Side High School. The property is zoned R7000 and the applicant on this project is Yal Hed. The track map before you shows the proposed layout of the lots. It's a 150 residential lot subdivision on 40 gross acres. An initial study was completed for the project and noticed publicly between May 13th and June 12th, 2025. Staff received two comment letters during this period which did not necessitate any modifications to the initial study. The public hearing notice was mailed to owners and occupants within a 500 ft radius of the site, installed on the subject property, and posted in compliance with the Lancaster Municipal Code. In conclusion, staff recommend adoption of resolution number 2511. Uh staff and the applicant are here for any questions. Thank you. members have any questions? Uh earlier today I had an opportunity to exchange emails uh with our planning manager regarding the phase

one that was conducted on the property and the comments that were made relative to that phase one. Just as a point of information, I was involved with uh entitlement and construction of East Side High School and uh during the environmental review of that particular project, we determined that the site uh contained u above ground and underground transite pipe for irrigation purposes, which is for those of you that don't know, transite pipe contains asbestos which is a requires mitigation, careful mitigation. Um, in the bugs and bunny category, that's my term. It's actually the um the birds. Um we ended up finding um bats which are a protected specy in some of the drainage areas there and um I wouldn't be surprised if uh loggerhead shrikes are also within the area. So, at any rate, I just bring it up as a point of information. So, I'm sure the developer of who has experience building projects like this um will follow correct protocols and do the proper mitigations which are required by our conditions of approval. So, do we have speakers on this? We have one by the name of Ardan Hughes. Okay. One speaker.

That's it. Good afternoon. Welcome. Good afternoon. It's good to be back. Um, my name is Ardan Hughes. I live at 440074th Street East, Lancaster. I am a 39year Eastsider and proud of it. So, I've been out there a long time. Uh was out there at the very beginning of the Rancho Tier del Soul project. Um from an Eastiders uh standpoint, it's a fabulous place to live out there. It really is. Nice homes on large lots. Over the years, I was the uh vice president on the Rancho Tier del Soul Homeowner Association, and we were given the opportunity to meet with several of the developers out there in the past trying to just trying to just get a blend from their projects to ours. Nobody ever expects anybody to again to build on one acre lots in a custom setting like that. That's that's not going to happen. And our 7000 is the flavor of the day at this time. We understand that. But over the years, we dealt with some old names. Mr. Vos, you remember Cambridge Homes, uh what was another one out there? Srano Ranch, uh Kaufman and Broad. And each and every one of them met with us and agreed that there should be some kind of a buffer between their projects and us. And and not just for us and not just for them, but let's let's be real about it really for the city of Lancaster. So, I don't know if any of you have driven down Avenue K, but you're going eastbound, you cross 32nd Street, and you look to the south, and that's the existing KMBB track. We negotiated our 10,000 foot lots with them. Now, not to take a lot of my time or your time, but we asked for 15 and 20,000 foot lots. And of course, nobody gets what they want, and we we ended up with our 10,000 foot

lots. As you travel eastbound 32nd Street to 35th Street, look off to the south and look at how nice that setting is and how that how that track really does blend with Sarano Ranch. The lots are wider apart, a little bit more of a setback. Really a nice look as you come south now or I'm sorry, excuse me, north on 35th Street into this rancher soul track. I think it would be a nice look, a valuable look to both the the the developer, the existing homeowners, and the city to kind of maintain that same kind of look out there that we negotiated with all of the previous contractors. Some of them, of course, fell by the wayside and they didn't make it, but they may come back someday. And I look forward to talking to each and every one of you again. So, if you haven't been out that way, maybe stall this for 30 days. go out there and look at that so you can get a get us get a an idea and a flavor of what we're really talking about. It's unique. It's one of a kind in the city of Lancaster. I'd like to see it maintained. Thank you for listening. Thank you, sir. And thank you for your comments. Members, anything staff response? The applicant is here. Would you care to address us? Good afternoon. My name is Eigal Hassid. Uh we're developers up here in Palmdale, Lancaster for over 30 years. Your staff is amazing. I work with both Mitzy and Kendall. We think so, too. Huh? We think so, too. Yeah, you guys have been doing great. I've I've known Vern Lawson and I don't know if you remember him. I've been up here in Palmdale, Lancaster for many, many years. Built, developed, made money, lost money, the the whole nine yards. And looking forward to doing this. Looking forward to doing this. We

have another one on 40th East and Jay that we got approved a year ago also. And to his uh needs, the lots are much bigger. They're 10,000. So, I think he'll he'll be happy with that. And that's it. Thank you very much. All right. I may have questions. Anyone? No. All right. Thank you, sir. Have a great day, guys. Thank you. Excuse me. What's the size of the lots to the west? Are those R7000 as well? If you know, I would have to check. I can verify. I believe it is R7,000 to the west. Yes, my eyeballs make it seem about 7,000. Can I speak just for a second? I forgot to put in Excuse me, sir. Uh, we can't hear you and we don't know who you are. So, if you want to talk to us, please fill please fill out a speaker card and then you could come join us. Otherwise, you're not on the record. We'd like to, you know, we'd like to hear from you, but we got to get you on the record. Stephen, don't you have a copy of the map on this one? Or didn't you have that in your hand earlier? Yeah. Why don't you bring it up and we can't I can't see that either. Why don't you bring it up and let uh Vice Chair Derberry look at it? And the only entrance and exit is off of 35th Street East, right? Nothing off of Avenue K. Am I seeing that correctly? That's correct. Yes. Uh entrances would be to the east and to the west. Oh, there's one off of the the west side on El Elito Lane as well. I see. Correct. Yeah, from the existing street connection. Okay. That's what I was missing. I didn't see that other exit. I thought it was odd to only only I thought it was odd to only have one off of 35th Street,

but now I see it's this there's another one there on the bottom left corner. Thank you. If I recall, there's a there's a drainage structure uh on the west side of this proposed track as well, right? I'm not I can't remember if it's above ground or below ground if there's one um proposed under the current map on the west side. Yeah. Uh, it's an existing earthn channel along the west side. Yeah. Okay. Sorry. Afternoon, sir. And your Okay. Your name is My name is Paul Ward. He has it in my card there. Okay. Welcome. Yeah. I just had a simple question of the developer. And my question is is I know there have been a couple of tracks built along Avenue K recently. One is actually off of I think 30th Street about a half mile down off of 30th of K just south of K. And the other one is right on K around 25th Street or 23rd Street. And they have these ADUs, okay, auxiliary dwelling units that they put in there, okay? And I'm just curious if this builder has any concept or any ideas of building any of those type of ADUs in with his regular housing. Well, he can this applicant can answer you if you like. Okay. As of right now. As of right now. No. Okay. Okay. Well, I I live on K and I'm just the first house on the other side of 35th Street. Okay. and I've lived there for about 25 years. I've been in the valley for, I don't know, 52 or 53 years living here on the east side. And I'm

very concerned about, you know, the way they put in a lot of the housing and stuff and they compress things without, you know, people knowing what's happening. And I say I just kind of concerned that maybe you know somebody's going to you know bring in you know extra compact housing you know that's going to be you know gathering in there. And the other thing is is a few years ago when they were talking about developing that before I heard somebody say that they were planning to put maybe halfacre lots facing Avenue the 35th street and you know before they would build houses behind it. Has anybody researched any of that and seen if that was ever okayed or not okayed or if that was part of the design? Well, staff will answer you on that question. Answer is yes. The the subject property is zoned are 7,000. The um lots themselves do range in size from 7,000 square feet to just over 14,000 square feet. Mostly at some of the corner lots. Um there are lots just as I'm looking at the proposal um in the 7 8,000 square foot range along the eastern boundary. Well, I know the previous speaker was talking about a buffer area between our tract and the new tract and I didn't know if that was what kind of buffer area they were considering or if that buffer area is totally gone. Well, the property zone R7000. Well, I I understand that. And and the map before us meets those standards. So, um you talked about other dwellings on a on a property if I understood you as well. Right. That was the main thing because

people ad accessory dwelling units are a use by right. Um any property owner can install them. Yeah, I get 10 phone calls a day wanting me to put one on my property. Yeah, I understand that. So, make a little revenue. Yeah, I get a bunch of you know what back door comments. Thank you, Chair Vos. I additionally can answer the earlier question that the properties both south and to the west of the subject site are zoned R7,000. Right. Okay. So, anything further from anyone? No further speakers. All right. So, it's appropriate then to close the public hearing on this matter. Without objection, consider a motion. I move to adopt resolution number 2511 approving tenative track map number 220007 to allow for the subdivision of 40.3 gross acres into 150 single family lots in the R7000 zone located at the northwest corner of 35th Street East and Avenue K. Adopting a mitigated negative declaration approving the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and authorizing staff to execute and file the notice of determination. A second. Thank you. Nothing further. It's been moved and seconded. And as soon as the light flashes, we can vote. Motion passes 5 with two absent. All right. And the last item on our agenda is a presentation

um which is the Westside Annexation North Lancaster Industrial Specific Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report for public comments only. The commission has uh no input on this matter. We're just conducting a public hearing. So, Miss Swain, who is our uh ACE environmental planner, um is the presenter on this. Chairman Vosa, members of the commission, the draft DIR for the Westside Annexation and North Lancaster Industrial Specific Plan was released for a 45day public review and comment period on May 23rd of this year. Um the original expiration, not expiration date, end of comment period was July 7th, 2025. Um due to an error in the document, um we had to renotice. Um and so that comment period has been extended until July 21st, 2025. Um this is the public's opportunity to provide comments on that draft diir and draft specific plan in front of the planning commission. Any comments received tonight will be um typed out verbatim from the video and included in the final EIR and responded to. Um it's not an opportunity for questions to be answered. It is simply an opportunity for the public um to provide oral comments. They have other opportunities. They can send emails, regular mail, um through July 21st. Um and all comments will be responded to in the final EI. Um very good. Thank you. So, do we have speakers on this item? There are no speakers for this item. No one wants to share anything on the

environmental document with us. Are you surprised? No. It's really long. Yeah, it is definitely um all right then we'll close the public hearing on this item as well and um look forward to July 21st did you say that's when the comment period ends. Um, the annexation project as a whole, including the draft specific plan, will be coming to the planning commission to make a recommendation to city council on August 18th. Very good. Thank you. All right, then. That concludes our action items for this evening. Um, comments from our planning manager, Mr. Yes. Uh, good afternoon, Cheros, members of the planning commission. I'm Huin, planning manager. We are working on the agenda for the upcoming July 21st planning commission meeting which may include two or three projects uh such as live entertainment and a car wash. So expect notification on that um pretty soon. Uh one thing I wanted to mention was uh staff conducted the first public outreach event just last Saturday for the comprehensive update to the TOD plan which is the area to the south and to the east of the boulevard. We had a great time talking to the residents about their neighborhood. And I want to shout out the staff at the Lancaster Community Center, specifically Bessie Lu Luavano and Melanie Lopez for being wonderful to work with. And then last and certainly not least, uh I wanted to formally introduce a new face on this side. It's not Steve. Steve's been around for a while, but it's Viviana Martinez. Uh Viv has been with the city for about three years now. uh she started with building and safety and then she moved over to planning um just last year. So you've already received a

bunch of communication uh from her. She will assist me with all things related to the planning commission and she's doing all that while doing her primary job which is assisting customers at the planning counter as well. So uh very excited to have Viv uh join the team uh in this capacity. That's it for now. Um staff is always available if you have any questions. Thank you. Very good. Thank you. And welcome to the grinder. All right then. Uh members, anything further com questions, comments, anything? Nothing. All right. Then we'll stand adjourn to our next regular meeting which is somewhere. It is here on July 21st at 3:30 p.m. here in the chambers. Thank you all for your work tonight, this afternoon, I should say. Have a pleasant evening.