Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Okay. Good evening everyone. I'd like to call the planning commission of March 25th to order at 6 p.m. If we could please have roll call. Commissioner Slater present. Commissioner Scarboro Echo present. Commissioner Santos, Vice Chairperson Ortiz present. Chairperson Fron

present. And just for the record, uh, Commissioner Santos is absent today. Thank you very much. If we could please have a pledge of allegiance. And Commissioner Slater, if you would lead us, please. Thank you. Now we'll move on to item number three, public comment for items not on the agenda. Do we have any? There are none. Okay, seeing none, we'll go ahead and close the public comment and move on to item number four, minutes from the March 11th meeting. Do I have a motion or are there any corrections? I'll make a motion to approve the minutes from March 11th.

And I'll second if we can just have Oh, we can go on our screens.

Motion carried. Thank you. Um, okay. We'll go ahead and move on to study session item number 5.1. And do we want to have staff report first or Okay, go ahead. Staff report. Thank you.

Yes, please. If we could get the presentation up, we could get started. So, good afternoon um chair and members of the planning commission. My name is Gustavo Gomez, principal planner with the community development department. And the item before you is item 5.1, INDO90, which is a project consultation. So the proposed project um the the applicant the PTE group and the applicants represented representative David Doigeli um is uh proposing to a residential development that is located north of uh Varner Road and Avenue um 42. It has a current general plan designation of workplace um employment district and current zoning of the the project master plan which is Las Montana's marketplace. So um the applicant does have a presentation but I just wanted to touch upon a few um stuff comments before we get into that. So the um the current vision for the Lesmonas marketplace is um to have a mixeduse development uh which uh includes commercial retail um entertainment uses, town homes, multifamilies, residential um and uh I'll kind of scroll over to the next slide which kind of has a breakdown of all those uses. So, in your uh the memo that was um routed to the planning commission or that was um included as part of the um the agenda, it does call for uh approximately um 672 town homes, um 1,110 units of multif family and about um 851,000 square ft of commercial retail. Um so just to kind of give you an overview of what is the exist um the current uses that are proposed. Um so the applicant if they wish to move

forward then this would require um general plan amendment to suburban neighborhood high and the project master plan would require an amendment to allow single family residential and the the actions associated with it would be um essentially would be a recommendation from the planning commission to the city council to make those changes. Um, next, uh, we have the applicant presentation and they are here. Um, and let me pass over the slide and then I'll let David take over. Okay. If we can just take one moment before we do that and I think Commissioner um, Filipe has something to say.

Yes. So, just for a sake of transparency, a few weeks back I had a coffee meeting with David from the Poltery Group and then we we briefly discussed the project, but he we didn't really go into detail. I just wanted to disclose that. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, commissioners. My name is David Dwley with PY Homes. So, uh, just to give you a brief history of PY in the city of India. We, uh, you know, we we've built the Dell Webb Shadow Hills community, which is approximately 3,000 homes. Uh we're currently building the Del Webb Desert Retreat which is 1500 homes. Uh both of those communities are age restricted uh communities and um you know we're we're uh we're looking forward to this project. It's a it's an entrylevel uh attainable and desirable community that we want to uh you know offer to first-time home buyers. Um this is you know we we think this is a perfect location um for this property and uh you know future home buyers based on uh what is around the community um you know oasises to the uh actually let me let me since we didn't go over the location let me just go over the location real quick. So, as you can see, we're, you know, to the east, um, we have the All-American Canal, and, you know, the major thoroughare would be Monroe Street. To the south would be, uh, Varner 42nd, and then to the west would be Jefferson Street. Um, to the north is Shadow

Hills, uh, DEW Shadow Hills community. Um and then uh as uh Mr. Gomez stated, we would want to do a change of zone um based on revising the the uh current PMP for Los Montanos and um a general plan amendment that would change it from the uh workplace employment district to uh suburban uh neighborhood high. So, um you know, just just based on uh location and the amount of rental property out there or if that is projected out there, um we think this is a good opportunity for locals uh you know uh to have you know home ownership um instead of renting you know because there's the Oasis project out there that has the 32 homes you know down I think it's east of here. Um, it's in the ad right there. Right.

I believe it's going to be south of that. So, it's um the Oasis project if you're referring that's the one that's on um south of Avenue 42 kind of sandwiched in between uh Monroe and um essentially with Madison the the canal.

Okay. Yeah. So that community has what 32 I believe 3,200 you know multifamily for rent um units and you know with that amount of units you know we think that you know that's going to supply a good uh rental base but uh you know I think the American dream is to own you know their own property and their own home and and uh this is you know the project that we want to provide for that new home home ownership. So um this is a general plan as uh Mr. Gomez uh presented that we change the general plan and zoning. This is the Los Montana site plan. Uh showing the commercial portion, the multifamily. Believe there's 1,700 units family. That is correct. It's um it calls for 1,782 units

and that's up to I believe four stories in the in that. Yes.

And just uh jumping into our site plan. So So we would be proposing 492 single family detached homes. Um the darker brown lots are 60 by 100 and would be single story which would you know accommodate the the northern half of our project and uh not impede on the shadow the Dell web shadow hills residence by keeping it down at one story. Um and then moving towards uh Barner and 42nd would be a twotory product. Um that'd be a mixture of 50 by 80s and uh 45x70s lot size. some statistics of the site. Um you know the 40 by 45 by 70s would be approximately you know 40% of the site uh 50 by 80s would be approximately 35% of the site and then 60 by 100s would be 30% of the site. So with this unit count and acreage the project density would be five uh acres five units per acre. This is our product range. So the product style would be a progressive Spanish traditional Spanish desert contemporary desert ranch and prairie. Um the unit sizes would range from 1,700 to 2,000 square foot for the 45 by 70 foot lots. Uh 2400 to 2800

square foot for the 50 by 80 uh lot size and then uh 2,00 um to 2600 square ft for the 60 by 100 singlestory lots. Then we would um have community amenities which would be you know a combination of lot uh tot lots uh pickle ball courts, basketball courts, uh walking trails that would not only connect the pedestrians internally with the parks but also connect with the parkway on 42nd to create connectivity to the existing neighborhood. the entries. Um we would propose to not have gates on the entries and um you know it be it would have a median entry with pedestrian connectivity. Um and yeah and it would be you know we proposed to have a HOA private streets on this Then going back to the product product um so for our pricing you know it's always based on on the market right but uh we're currently tracking low 500s for the the product and that would range up from low 500s to mid6 So, we're we're really trying to, you know, hit the the market for first home first home uh buyers and um something that's attainable to somebody ready to buy their first home or

transition from, you know, their first home to upgrading to a newer home. That just want to open up to any questions. Okay. Thank you very much,

chair, members of commission. I just wanted to chime in real quickly. So, as you know, um it's common where where an applicant or developer will come to the city and say they're interested in a certain project. So, tonight, even though an application hasn't been submitted, the consultation is really designed to get feedback um on this project that they're potentially wanting to move forward with. So I just wanted to emphasize that you know this is the only materials we have at this time for the consultation but the applicant as well as staff welcomes to the feedback at this moment. So thank you. Thank you very much. Uh do we have questions? Okay.

Okay. Uh well well thank you Dave for your presentation and thank you for um trying to build more housing in India. Um I really appreciate the fact that and it's something that I have said in the past here in this commission that we need more housing that people can afford. Uh so bringing like some housing that is 500 500k or maybe like low 600k like uh it's not as expensive. So it gives like an opportunity to people normal people that don't have like the means to buy like a more expensive house to actually achieve that. So I appreciate that. I appreciate that you guys are trying to bring that to the city. Uh my question is so there's a lot of talk with electricity with IID uh how do you guys have like talked to ID about how you guys going to power this project or you guys haven't reached that point yet or what is the status on that?

Yeah we we haven't really reached that point yet but I think you know based on the current JPA and the upgrades to 42nd as well as to the 40th substation I believe we'll you know have that capacity at the time of when we go vertical in the with the homes, I think I think we're in good, you know, position to to have the houses energized. Okay. And my second question is I know I see that you guys don't want like a gate for the for the community. Uh can I ask why why you guys don't want that like a specific gate?

Well, I think you know we're trying to make it affordable to the first time home buyer. So, you know, when you start to add, you know, gates and and extras, you know, it it starts to add up on the HOA. So, you you know, you have your your mortgage and then you have your HOA. So, to try to reduce that amount, okay, allows more people to achieve home ownership. Okay. And then I see that you guys have like some pickleboard courts and then like some open space. Will that be open to the public public or just for the residents of that community or how you guys are going to figure that out?

Good question. Um I think I mean there's not really a way to you know if we're not going to gate the entry then it's really going to be open to everybody. I mean, I don't I don't know how we can that um Yeah, I think we'll need to kind of review how that, you know, uh plays out. Um do you have any suggestions kind of based on any communities that built, you know?

No, I was just asking because I know that some people might not like that. Some people might like it that it's open to the, you know, to the public and everybody can just come in. But I don't know maybe some people will be like oh why are other people coming to my my course or my community you know so maybe we have like to have a clear plan of each whatever way you guys are going to is will be good so people can like see oh we're going to it's going to be open but at least this is how these are the procedures and then only for the community stuff like that so that's why I was asking that question. Okay. Yeah we'll have to to look more into that and see. I mean, you know, in other communities that actually had public streets, you know, we had, you know, key fobs or Yeah.

gated areas where the open space was, you know, that you had to have a key fob to get in. So maybe that's

Yeah, maybe you guys can implement that. Okay. But those are my questions. But again, thank you so much. And then thank you for trying to bring more affordable housing to city of India. Appreciate it. Thank you. Um thank you for your presentation and for your time and for being willing to again as uh Commissioner Ortiz um mentioned is to be willing to develop in in India. Um one of my questions is you stated that this would be a pri or location would be ideal for this project. like what makes this specific location ideal for this project as opposed to other identified um areas within India that are identified for single family homes.

Yeah, I think you know not only that, you know, the location of it next to Del Webb Shadow Hills, I think being sensitive to that community, um you know, is a good location. Um but also you know that there's a great amount of commercial to the west and to the east that's going to be u built along with uh commercial on the on the south side. So I think you know with those commercial areas um I think this this community just really you know will support those uses um you know either by supplying um you know employment uh their facilities to support their business. M

so yeah just just you know in between all of that commercial just we feel that it fits in best and supports the community in that area.

And so just kind of taking a look at both what the original plan for Las Montana's marketplace was um compared to this proposed development. Um, the previous vision for Las Montana's marketplace went from 672 town homes, over 1,000 units of multif family uh units and nearly a million square ft of commercial retail use including grocery, hotel, and medical and clinic uses which I feel would be a huge community benefit especially with the other developments nearby as you mentioned Dale Webb and um just kind of the trajectory in which that area is growing. It's growing population wise. There's lots of single family homes, but as far as like more affordable types of living, like mixed use or mixed family homes or even apartment complexes. I know everyone strives for home ownership. Um, but like in today's day and age, like that's outside of the scope of reality for me in my personal life. So, uh, having the option of maybe more updated modern, uh, apartment complexes, condos or town homes, just a different type of living quarters, um, near these types of development where people could be employed. And so, that's another thing that you touched base on was employment. There's employment growing in that area, but the previous plan included like quite a bit of employment opportunities from a proposed medical centers, grocery stores, or um, I think there was a movie theater as well. And so just seeing all the potential growth as far as like one the potential amount of residents that could reside in that space where it would have been um anywhere from around 1,500 to 2,000 uh no I'm sorry units like let's just say every person has a family of two or three that that's a significant amount of individuals that could be calling India home as opposed to this um proposed development uh

changing the scope of I guess the total amount of residents and worksp space to just accommodate 490 single family homes. So, um to me that's a bit concerning. It's just there's a huge shift from what this site was initially intended for um to what is being proposed today.

Yeah. And I I totally understand where you're coming from and I I believe you know that's where we think that you know with the Oasis project and you know that's 3,200 units. Um and then you know based on a market study we've done there's an additional 2500 uh rental units. So with that amount of units this project kind of makes you know that ability to do a step up right. So you're going to you know as you're you're working and you're you're growing in your career. Um, you know, you might be living at this multifamily uh condo or or uh for rent uh project working in the area and you know, as you grow in your career, you're going to want that, you know, home ownership of, you know, little piece of pie, you know, American piece of pie, right?

That uh you know, you want to achieve. So I think you know that's another reason why we think this is a good spot you know because there is that you know uh for rent property or projects that are around this property along with uh you know commercial and industrial uses that you know this is kind of that step up from all of that you know project that's around projects that are around. Okay. Thank you. is Jim Vaughn with Porttopio. He's our our land consultant. Hi Jim.

Hi. Good evening. I just wanted to add a couple things because I think it's a perfect question. You know, why are we changing the zoning? Why are we changing the general plan for this? And there was the Concord group did a pretty detailed market analysis and fiscal impact to see well what would the why the change and what would it mean for the city? And the a couple of conclusions I'll just it's kind of uh marketer speak I suppose but it says like for highdensity multif family the conclusion was uh there are currently flat rents elevated vacancy limited recent absorption and what David is talking about significant planned supply nearby and so based on that the conclusion is essentially it's not needed on this site this site has been approved with the prior plan for more than a decade and no one's been able to build it and So, uh, the thought was more, uh, housing in this location that is closer. It's more dense than the adjacent Sun City, Shadow Hills, but it's more like a transition from that as opposed to right to fourstory residential and a movie theater and all that kind of stuff. As great as that would have be to have, this analysis is essentially saying that is already kind of planned. There's plenty of acorage over by uh Monroe and over by Jefferson nearby to accommodate that for this particular site in the middle. This kind of suburban residential with a little more density is a better fit. So that we'll make sure a copy of this report gets provided to all of you.

Sure. Thank you,

Megan. No. Okay. Um I guess I'm kind of in the same field is that you know we have a a lot of residential single residential developments in in in India and not that we don't need more right but when we look at needing higher density you know building I you know this development based on the fact that it's right along I 10 right um always seem to fit better for a little higher density um and I know you know we've always talked about needed to diversify our housing stock Right. And we have some really nice houses. We have some entrylevel single family houses. We have apartments. But in reality, to me, when you talk about affordability and a step up home, I mean, I've always thought of like a townhouse or something that's not quite to this level, right? But it still gets you in the door in ownership. You know, I know condos are like not a thing that people are doing, but I'm curious if you guys thought about doing something like town houses. So instead of the entry level being 500 to 650,000, maybe it would be 450 to 550,000. I mean, I'm just curious as to I can see where you're saying Oasis is going to have the rentals, right? And that's 3,200 homes, which is great, but I also worry about walking away from 1,700 potential places for people to live and bringing it down to 490. But there is also the market study, right? and we're going to build what we can build. So, can you tell me does PY build anything smaller like the town houses or is this kind of your your thing?

Yeah, and I' I've brought that up to our marketing team and our and our uh you know, planned acquisition team and they you know, in in the Coachella Valley, you know, it hasn't been supported. So, you know, having what's been supported is is having your own lot and and detached product. So, that's that's you know, what we know that the market is asking for and, you know, get people into these homes is, you know, us trying to make something that is detached, but obviously, you know, 45 by 70 is not a huge lot. I mean, it's something but it's something to start out with. So, so I think you know by us providing kind of a a entry level house that's not attached to anybody, you know, not attached to another structure is, you know, a start start, you know, entry level. It's attainable. It's, you know, desirable by, you know, the market that, you know, want to have their own little block, right? I mean, want to have their own little piece of the pie. So um so yeah just based on our market studies and um you know what we're seeing is the market is asking for and okay so my other question is does PY usually build like this close to a major freeway? I mean I know that Jefferson the Sun City is definitely much further. This is really close as far as, you know, I can see to a major freeway that it's not going to get any smaller. It's only going to get bigger. So, what type of mitig mitigation would PY be putting in to protect the owners from, you know, the pollutants from the

cars, the noise? I mean, I 10 is not going to get smaller or quieter. It's just going to get bigger, louder, and dirtier. So what what do you guys how do you protect the residents from or mitigate that that thing? I know people can buy where they want to buy. It is a market, but I mean that's another concern I have is that this is so close to I 10. Yeah. And I I think I think there's enough buffer, you know, I um between I 10 with Barner and you know there's I see what you're saying. There's not much open space, but we're not, you know, backing up to I 10. So,

any idea what the distance is in square feet? Well, I'm, you know, based on on 42nd, I believe that's at least a 100 foot rideway plus we have a 30 foot buffer um from the rideway. I would say there's at least 200 feet on what's on the other side of Is that the closest or the farthest distance? I think that would be the closest distance. Yeah, just based on you know the pinch point. So 200 feet. Okay. All right. Um

have we built anything out here? We haven't. So I'm asking if see closer to 100. Okay. We're going to go through our normal sequest study on on

air quality and all of that. I mean know it's limited what you can do with that. As far as the sound though, um along those areas, there's certainly going to be a boost in the sound attenuation. So, maybe higher walls potentially, certainly different windows along those that are that are closest to and are affected by certain decibel levels. But that's part of the study we'll do through our through our SQL evaluation. Okay. Oh, and don't forget the Bermuda Dunes airport. It's not too far from there either. Yeah, that's right. That's right across the street. But I'm sure they have their own rules that you guys will have to adhere to when it comes to the airport committee. So, okay.

We we'll run a coustic study just to make sure that we're addressing from airport and freeway. Okay. Yeah, this is a really big ask a big change for what we kind of saw in that in that space, right? Um so I think we'd like to maybe talk to staff. You guys have any more questions from for the developer at this point? No. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have anyone from the public that would like to discuss this? I know it's not a session, but let's ask anyway. Uh we don't have any comments. Great. Okay. So, I think now we probably have some questions or comments for staff. Does anybody have anything?

No. Okay. So, I have one. This is um work what is it called? Workforce. I think I'd remember all these terms, but I do not. uh workplace and employment district, which was when we looked at creating the plan, the 2040 plan, and we really looked at where we wanted and needed jobs. And this was one of those spaces that really came up and was discussed multiple times. when we talk about not having enough commercial space, not having enough this, not having enough that, enough that, do you think we have enough workforce space in other parts of our city that this is not something that is hugely impactful to the 2040 plan?

Yeah, chair, that's a really good question. Um, the plan before the project master plan was um quite large, quite dense. Um, it a little it was dated as well. you I don't know if you noticed but um there is a proposed cinema. So obviously cinemas are not as popular today. Um as far as the workplace uh employment and losing those jobs that is something that will need to be analyzed if the applicant does move forward with an application. Um we don't have any specifics on that now but we do need more jobs. And so there were offices that were proposed as well as the commercial uses, commercial shopping centers. Um so that is something that um if this ultimately moves forward, we would lose those opportunities. Um the Oasis project was brought up quite a bit. Um probably be coming to the planning commission, city council soon. So that's a separate topic, but obviously we're going to have um that proposal soon as well. Um, in regards to gated, I just wanted to real quickly bring that up since that was a a point that was um asked about. We have been trying to discourage gates. Uh, there's a lot of gates in the valley. There's nothing wrong with them. I think each community um it's a pl has a place for gates. Maybe not everywhere. Um, when the general plan was adopted, the 2440 general plan, it was discouraging actually gated communities. It doesn't prohibit them, but it does discourage them. But um this is a significant change and that's why the consultation is is important is to kind of think about what's on the table, you know, what could could be on this property. Um but that analysis will be done and and brought to if this ultimately becomes um an application, but absolut absolutely there would be a loss in those jobs. Do we have like do you think out of like

out of your right now like do you think how many jobs will be losing like you have a number or you just we need to go to the studies first? No

do not have a number now but we can certainly do that later. I think what's important um to emphasize is is a project master plan or a specific plan and so it is very conceptual. So no one moved forward with fullblown entitlements where you really start to get into the nitty-gritty regarding like job creation and you know what could feasibly be built would truly be four stories or would be one and two stories. Um so that that is something that we can certainly look into but again it's a specific plan. It's more generic. Um, but we certainly could, you know, estimate that for you if this moves forward with the full application. So, since I know we do have quite a few housing projects going on, which is great, and I know we need more, can you give us some type of a big picture view like how many units of homes like this do we have either permits been drawn, they're being built versus, you know, apartments, multif family? because we, you know, my biggest thing is we need a mix of housing stock, right? And I'm always worried that we see a lot of the same single family homes. And I'm all for everybody owning a small piece of the American pie. But at the same time, is 550,000 really what an entrylevel home now is in the Coachella Valley? And I don't and I don't know the answer. I'm not a real estate agent. Um, I just want to make sure that we're not just putting the same thing again over and over and not really considering what other options there may be out there. And I know this would be a big change. So, if we do it, it's not we can't even change it, right? This is the recommendation to council if they did come back before us, right, for the um the change from uh workforce to to neighborhood.

Yeah, that's correct. I mean, you bring up some good questions. Um so you recently saw the general plan annual report. You saw the housing element general u plan or general report as well progress report if you will. So you saw we issued over 700 permits for building permits for homes. Um what's interesting in India is we we actually are getting um some good u multif family projects built. So road crossing was built in the last year and a half. Um Avenue 44 is under construction off of Golf Center Parkway. You can take a look at that. Sticks are in the air right now. Um we had a boat also called Snora Homes that was approved that was 200 units that's attached affordable housing. So we are getting um you know multifamily product being built in Indo. So in that sense um we're seeing some really good progress. Um this is a single family um product although it there's three different types. They're relatively you know small lots I would say. Um, so we are getting a mix. We're not getting, like you mentioned, a lot of condominiums. When I first came here, I was a little surprised not to see a lot of condominiums or that coming through the pike. Um, but, uh, it's it's where the market is. Obviously, the applicant thinks this is a great location for single f single family. Um, but we could certainly, you know, bring some more data to you, but you did just see the general plan and a report. you kind of saw what we're doing and what has type of permits have been issuing. Um, so we have our reena which we have to do a a variety of income levels from very low all the way up to moderate and above moderate. So definitely be considered um above moderate as far as the income level goes. So hopefully that helps to kind of conceptualize what we're building, what's kind of in the pike and and there is uh more coming down the

line that you will review as far as attached multifamily housing. So what's in the pipeline ballpark units? Yeah, good question. So, um, the Oasis project keeps being brought up. Obviously, uh, that's that's a sizable one. And maybe Gustavo, he can maybe list a few more that that he may be a little more attuned to, but, there are some others that are attached.

Absolutely. So, we do h we're working on the Roadrunner Flats. So, that is um it's affordable housing project. It's off of Avenue 38, so in proximity to where this is located, off of Jefferson. Um, we also are reviewing some applications for the 247 units that are located by the airport. So, this is going to be on Jefferson and Country Club. So, that bordering Bermuda Dunes and so we do have a couple projects um coming in and you know, if you want to report, we could definitely have that for you guys as well.

Okay. Um, I mean, I'm sure the applicant can feel the, you know, we're not, we kind of, we I think we mourn what we don't have, right? What we had hoped we would have. And you're right, it's been a long time since we had that project come before us and it hasn't come out of the ground. I think some of my biggest concerns with this project is I really would want to understand the health impacts of living so close to the freeway and what the actual closest point is between the closest piece of property and I 10. And um if you're going to build pickle ball courts and the HOA is going to have to maintain them, they should be for the use of their residence. So they they do need to be gated um because they're going to have to pay for maintenance and upkeep. So it's not fair that they're public courts if the homeowners are maintaining them. At least that's I mean if we don't gate the the streets, I think those things they need to belong to whoever is going to take care of them. Um so that's one opinion there. But I definitely I would need a lot of information to see how we mitigate the highway, the the noise, you know, and see if what else you can come up back with.

Yeah, I I do agree with your concerns that it's so close to the freeway, but there's other cities here in California that they literally do it like next to the freeway. So, it's just like is that what the market is? Um I mean in Lomolinda right by the hospital um they're literally right there by the tent, right? So I do understand your concerns and then we're growing right probably we're not used to it because we were like a small town small valley but we're growing. We're we're kind of like building whatever we can and then if the applicant thinks it's a good site obviously we have to go through SQA like u reports and all that but um it's just like it's not the first time it will be happen. So I just wanted to bring that up

and I agree with you. I'm not saying it won't happen. I'm saying the things that we'll be asking questions about and that's what a study session is for is so that if they do come back, they know what we're going to be asking about, what we find that is important for our residents. I said it's not what we dreamed for, but the market changes. Um, but I I really want to be careful with, you know, the the well-being of the residents that are going to live there. It's a big deal and especially if they're investing, you know, half a million dollars or or more to do it. But um but again, thank you for building in India. We love your Sun City projects. Um and we'll see what comes next. Any else?

Can I make a comment? So, I'm not sure if you're going to come back with this um same development or if they're going to apply with a different version or what the process is. Um, but I would just like to make a comment that with regard to green space, uh, I'm a bit underwhelmed with the amount of green space considering the size of the, um, the proposed development. Um, I do see that a retention basin is labeled as a soccer field, but I just want to be mindful of of that as when we're marketing to potential residents of Indo, like not saying we have a soccer field that you can utilize. ect that's really in realistic in reality it's a retention basin and so we have to be mindful of the of what we're in what we're labeling things and the intended use of that space I would love to see more green space more walkability I do love the walking trail running throughout um the the residence um but as far as like the parks and the amenities like we for 500 homes we have two tot parks and a couple pickle ball courts like I would love to see like a a sort of more more communal space like where people could gather and congregate celebrate birthdays or graduations. Um just something more that's a bit more community oriented as a part of this development should it go through if possible. Thank you.

Good catch. Thank you. I agree. Um all right, no more comments. Okay, we'll go ahead and move on to our next item which is um public hearing. And I believe this is just a continuation. Is that correct? So I do need to open the public hearing though, right? Yes. Okay. So we're going to go ahead and move on to item number 6.1, uh, which is the continuation of the Madison Point phase 1 project. Uh, we'll go ahead and open the public hearing. Is there anyone present that would like to speak?

There are no comments. Okay. Do I leave it open? Okay. So we're going to go ahead and continue the Madison Point phase one project to our next regularly scheduled meeting. and time which is I think I know uh oh April 8th April 8th 2026 at 6 p.m. at the chambers. All right. Um any commissioner comments? Nope. I have one. It's too hot already. That's it. That's the end of my comment. Um all right. We'll go ahead and move on to staff items 8.1.

Yes. Thank you, chair, commission. Um, just two quick items that you see on your agenda. So, uh, the council looked at the general plan annual report progress report as well as the housing element progress report. Both of those reports will be submitted to department of housing community development