Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Good evening everyone and welcome to the city of Oxnard Planning Commission for Thursday, September 4, 2025. The meeting will come to order at 6:01 p.m. The public may view the meeting from home on the city's website, Spectrum Channel 10, Frontier Channel 35, or on the city's YouTube website. Recording in progress.

To participate in the meeting, the public may provide comments to the planning commission via email at planning@oxnar.org no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting or through the city's website at oxnard.org/city-me or call the planning division office. Additionally, those wishing to speak can dial the phone number listed at the bottom of the screen. Follow the instructions to access the meeting and press star9 to raise your hand indicating your intention to speak on the agenda item being discussed. Madam Secretary, can we please have the roll call? Chair Arjo present. Vice Chair Dr. Stewart present. Commissioner Lopez here. Commissioner Nash present.

We have a quorum. Thank you, Madam Secretary. We will now move on to the pledge of allegiance. Uh Mr. Pearson, will you kindly lead us in the pledge of allegiance? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you very much, Mr. Pearson. The next agenda item is C. Public comments on items not on the agenda. At this time, a person may address the planning commission on matters within the jurisdiction of the planning commission, including information consent items and any time not appearing on the agenda. The planning commission cannot take action on any item presented during public comments that is not on the agenda, and such item may only be referred to the commission secretary. Persons wishing to speak on public hearing items should do so at the time of the public hearing. Madam Secretary, are there any public comments for items not on the agenda? No, there's none.

Thank you very much. We'll move on to the consent agenda. The minutes for the August 7, 2025 meeting have been distributed. Uh if there are no corrections, the motion is in order. Commissioner Nash. Chair move to approve. It's been moved by Commissioner Nash to approve the minutes of August 7, 2025 as distributed. Is there a second? I'll second. Seconded by Vice Chair Dr. Stewart. Uh seeing no further comments. Um Madam Secretary, can we have the roll call, please? Commissioner Nash, I. Vice Chair Dr. Stewart, yes. Commissioner Lopez, yes.

Chair or I. Motion passes. Thank you. We'll move on to section E, exparte declarations for public hearing items. Please state any exparte declarations if any. I'll move across the dice. Commissioner Dr. Lopez. None. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Vice Chair Dr. Stewart. None. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Commissioner Nash. None. Thank you.

Thank you. And none for myself. The next agenda item is section F, public hearing. Agenda item F1, Leftch Incorporated, Mag No Sellers Winery Public Ground Brewery alcohol special use permit planning and zoning permit number 25-510-01 special use permit alcohol located at 961 North Rice Avenue, Sweet 5. A request to modify the existing special use permit number 09510-06 to include a new type 23 alcohol beverage control license, small beer manufacturer, and a new type04 ABC licensed distilled spirits manufacturer with a proposed 1705 square foot expansion to include a new brewery and tap room to an existing 5237 square foot winery located at 961 North Rice Avenue, Sweet Five. For purposes of this staff report, the foregoing project description shall be referred to as the project filed by David Rice, business owner on behalf of property owner Mhart Properties Company, 1000 South Seawward Avenue. City staff John Niggo Dalby, associate planner. Per measure M, a staff presentation has been pre-recorded and the link has been posted to YouTube. Per previously approved standing role, staff can provide a brief summary of the pre-recorded presentation in addition to other analysis at this time. Does staff wish to give some introductory remarks?

Hello, my name is John Dalby or John Deuel, whichever you would prefer. Um, I'm a recent graduate assistant planner here with the city of Oxnard and we believe that this project meets the standards set forth by the city. there is adequate site parking and these two type alcohol licenses will expand business upon the site. Thank you very much. We will have the applicant present at this time if there is any. Does the applicant have a presentation chair? Oh, Mr. Pearson, if uh we did receive two comment letters that John wanted to highlight before um moving on to the applicant presentation. Thank you.

Yes, thank you for the reminder. Um, we received two comments. One from a Miss Sally Hall employed by Magnavino Sellers. She is in support of the project as she believes the sales of beer and liquor on site will expand the community and business in the area. Uh, there have been multiple requests to expand upon these sales. There was also a second comment this afternoon just now from a Mr. Rogers also employed by Magnavino Sellers. Uh, he is also in support of the project as well as it will create more jobs and revenue for the city. There was also the question from chairjo regarding police conditions 41Z and 41D. As these were struck from the provided police record or police report, they were not included in the provided staff report and staff reports conditions of approval and no changes are necessary.

Thank you very much sir. We will now go to the applicants. Um if you have 15 minutes you can use at your leisure. Please begin.

I definitely don't need that much time. Um but but good evening. Thank you for your time. Um my wife and I are excited to introduce public realm Brewing Company which will be joined Magnavino Sellers in creating a unique community focused gathering space for 16 years. Magnavino Sellers has been a proud part of this community and public realm will build on that legacy to offer not just great beer and wine but be a hub for music, local events and community family-friendly experiences. Public Realm Brewing Company was designed to bring people together. Our motto is simple. Public Realm Brewing Company, where connections are made and kept through craft beer. We support local artists and musicians, provide a welcoming venue for neighbors to connect and host events that strengthen community ties. By creating new jobs, and partnering with local nonprofits, we aim to give back to the city that has given so much to our family. We believe in small business, community engagement, giving back, and creating spaces that enrich the lives of those around us. Thank you for considering Public Ground Brewing Company as an addition to Magnavino Sellers and for supporting our vision to bring people together in a meaningful way. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. And I miss your name, sir. David Rice. Mr. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. At this time, members may ask questions of either the applicant and or staff. Uh, Commissioner or Vice Chair, Dr. Seart. Yes, I have some questions for the applicant. Sir, so basically, you're already doing this business. Um, the police uh uh didn't have any might have had to give you a glowing report, I guess, is how to say that.

Okay. um your employees are going through the right training already. Uh you have all of those things that are required as far as uh you know the right kind of cash registers and all those kinds of uh security measures and so forth. So we're not doing anything new, right? That's correct. We're just just making it bigger, right? Bring on a few more employees. So I I I just say that just to to make sure that I understand, you know, what we're doing and um very very little if no change. That's correct. The only thing we are adding just the brewery element, right? And that's that's really it,

right? But the business itself functions the same way as is functioning today. It just is a little bit bigger, a little bit different stuff to deal with, right? All right. Thank you so much. You're welcome.

Thank you, Vice Chair, Dr. Stewart. Any others on the commission at this time? Uh, I have uh a couple questions. My I think they're all going to be to staff. Um, I see that um this is going to be for a bigger space. Um, but I just want to just confirm that we're really we're just uh we're just deciding on just the alcohol special use permit. Correct. Correct.

Okay. Um, correct. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. And I guess I do have one question for the applicant. um is the reason that you're adding a business license um you just you you see the need for it. Um I just want to see what was the reason you're doing it now other than when um you first started at the location. Well, we we're actually new owners. We bought the uh the winery a year and a half ago.

So, as this year and a half progressed, we were originally always looking for a space for a brewery. Um, but we found out when Magnavino was for sale, we used to be wine club members. We used to go there. Me and my wife went there when we first started dating. So, it was a special place to us. So, we so we bought it and knew once we bought it that we were going to always expand into a brewery also and have the brewery and the winery together. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. Um, I believe those are my questions at this time. Um, any others from the commission before we go to public comment? Sure. Oops. Thank you very much. We'll move on to public comment. Madam Secretary, is there any public comment for this agenda item?

No, there is none. Okay. Thank you. Are there any closing remarks from staff? None. Okay. Thank you. The public hearing is now closed. We'll move on to deliberation. Commission. Vice Dr. Stewart. I'm ready to move the recommended action.

Thank you. Um Commissioner Ash. Thank you, chair. I think um if my colleagues will indulge me, I just want to go over some of the reasons why um I will support uh staff's recommendation. And these are all directly lifted from the staff report uh verbatim. The annular crime rate is below the average annular citywide rate. There is not an undue concentration under the provisions of California Business and Professions Code. section 23958.4. Several nearby business operators were contacted in and interviewed regarding this business request to add additional alcohol licenses and modify their business model. None of the business operators had any concerns about these proposed changes. It is believed that the service of alcoholic beverages at this business will have little if any adverse impact on the community or policing services. The proposed project expansion complies with Oxnard's parking requirements. And finally, no public comments regarding project for an additional alcohol outlet in the neighborhood were received. So, uh, having gone over those, I'm ready to support this this, uh, this action.

Thank you, Commissioner Nash. Any others? Um, I have a couple comments. So, I just want to I'll thank Mr. rice for providing that um context and color um to the permit. Um unfortunately it's very technical and dry based in regards to the staff report. Um and so we appreciate um getting the fuller picture in regards to what you're doing at that location. Um when the uh location or the address was revealed, I had to really check if I was outside the area because it's quite close to where I live. Um and kudos to you um in regards to making that a place that people want to go because it's in a quite industrial place. Um and so that's great that I there's not going to be a problem with the neighbors or um in regards to uh too many parking or uh in regards to uh cars and everything like that and traffic. Um and and uh what's it? I forgot the last point. Oh, now I remember. And usually my main thing at looking at these alcohol permits, really my only thing is um in regards to the safety and Commissioner Nash nailed it on the head that if anything of all the alcohol permits that have come to us, at least before me and Dr. Lopez for the past 5 years, it's it's the safest place um if anything to have another or any other additional alcohol permit. So I see no reason why this can't be approved and it would get my support, too. So, um, if there's no other comments before us, um, motion is in order. Vice Chair, Dr. Stewart,

I'll move the recommended action. Has been moved by Vice Dr. Stewart. I will second and seconded by Commissioner Nash to find the project to be categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to SQL guidelines section 15301 existing facilities and adopt resolution 2025X approving planning and zoning permit number 25-510-01 for an alcohol special use permit subject to certain findings and conditions. Is there any deliberation on the motion before us? Seeing none, Madam Secretary, can we have the roll call, please? Vice Chair Dr. Stewart. Yes. Commissioner Nash. I. Commissioner Lopez. Hi. Chair Arjo. I.

Motion passes. Thank you very much and congratulations. Um before we move on to the next section, study session reports which are none. Um if I could, I believe Mr. Dobby, this is your first time in front of the planning commission. If you just introduce uh who you are um to the planning commission. Thank you. Well, hello. Yes. Uh, go by John Miguel legally. Everyone calls me John. Is a nickname. Recent graduate uh from grad school on the east coast and moved back here to be closer to my hometown of Santa Barbara. And really looking forward to the future here in the city of Oxnard.

Thank you very much. Appreciate that. Um, as mentioned before, moving on to study session reports. And with none listed, we'll move on to section H, planning commission business. Um, I'm the point of me bringing this up was to do a review mostly for the newer and newest member of the planning commission. And so, um, if there's no objection, I'm going to request that we postpone this until the next meeting. Um, seeing no objection, we'll postpone this and look at if there's any comments from the planning commission before we go on to the next section of community development business. Seeing none, we'll go to the community development staff update. Mr. Pearson. Hello, Cho Commissioner. So, staff would like to provide just an update on the active projects that are going on here in the city. Um, we previously brought this before the commission and so we thought it was time to bring it back. Um so we provided a list in the packet with the projects and then we also have um some slides just to provide the visuals for um the projects. And so we have uh Christopher and Roy who are going to be walking through these updates. So I will hand it over to them.

Thank you Joe. Good evening members of the planning commission. Uh tonight both my fellow planner Christopher Murio and I will be providing you with a brief overview of the current development projects that have been completed as well as the projects that are still under construction in the city. For the first half of the presentation, I will be sharing updates on the residential projects, including those that are mixed use. after which my fellow planner Christopher will be taking over to discuss both the commercial and industrial projects currently in process. Please keep in mind that the information being shared tonight is an approximation as a majority of the projects are still in development and the timelines listed are only an estimate. If you have any questions regarding the uh regarding certain projects, we may be able to answer them at this time. However, if not, you are welcome to pose the questions to planning staff post meeting. All right. So, here we have a map of all the active projects in the city. As you can see in the bottom corner, we have a colored key to help differentiate between the different types of projects. I will begin with the projects that are exclusively residential. The first residential project we have for you is the Northshore at Mandalay Bay located at Harbor Boulevard and Fifth Street. The development includes 183 single family residences. Uh 109 of those are to be detached condominiums and uh the development also includes private streets on the 90.26 acre site. The development is going to include open

space and common areas for the residents as well as a public bike and walking path. Uh as of right now its current status um is that of just grading um for the site and the estimated completion it date for it is still to be decided or to be determined I should say can can I ask a question about that project just what is the status of the Edison Canal I'm sorry what is the status of the Edison Canal that I'm not too Sure. I will be back in a minute. Yeah. Okay. Thank you, Chair. And I'm sorry I interrupted.

Now, uh, moving along to the Eding Road Apartments project, um, which is located at 2161 East Eding Road. Uh, the Eding Road Apartments development includes 58 units, 57 of which will be 100% affordable in addition to one manager's unit. The development includes 1,280 square foot community area that will provide a sitting space, laundry room, management offices in addition to veteran and farm worker services. Uh as of today, its current status is complete and the project was completed back in July of this year. The Pleasant Valley Apartments uh project is located at 2300 East Pleasant Valley Road. The development will provide 48 units, eight of which will be affordable in addition to indoor amenities such as a lounge area with a media center as well as outdoor amenities including seating and dining areas with fire pits and barbecue areas. The project is still in plan check um and its estimated date of completion is still to be determined. Now uh here we have the Lockwood one senior apartments project that's located at 2001 Outlet Center Drive. This development is 100% affordable and will be providing a 173 unit apartment community for active seniors that includes a community recreational building and pool. The project is currently under construction um and its estimated date of completion is that of early 2026. The Lockwood 2 senior apartments project is lo also located at 200 2001 Outlet Center Drive. The development is once

again 100% affordable uh and with 168 unit apartment community again for active seniors and this project also includes both the community recreational building and pool. uh similar to the Lockwood one senior apartments project. It's in construction and again is um estimated to be complete by early 2026. The Encanto development is located at 1101 West 2nd Street. The Encanto development consists of 27 single family detached homes, each with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, including seven affordable homes. The current status is that uh it's in building construction. Um and it's estimated to be completed by fall of this year. Cypress Place at Garden City is located at 5482 and 5536 Cypress Road. The Cypress Place at Garden City development is a 150 unit apartment complex that includes 7,976 square foot common learning and community building with a centralized laundry room and community kitchen as well as additional on-site amenities including outdoor recreational areas for residents. The project is currently under construction uh with its phase one estimated to be completed by early 2026. As for phase two, that is still to be determined. The Gasento project is located at 1245 1255 North Oxnard Boulevard. This development involves converting the

former vagabond end into a 70unit supportive housing complex. Uh the project is currently occupied under a temporary certificate of occupancy uh with its date of completion estimated to be uh in early 2026. The Panorama Apartments project uh formerly known as the four apartments uh which is located around the river park and landing area is uh located at 2700 North Winter Road. The Panorama Apartments is a five-story apartment complex that will be providing 333 units featuring a sixle centrallylo parking structure. The project is partially occupied and it's estimated to be completed by early 2026. Here we have the F Street condos uh located at 301 uh 3 through 321 North F Street. This residential development includes uh 40 condominiums including four affordable units within 10 twostory buildings. The project uh is considered complete and was completed uh back in April of this year 2025. The Portoino Place project is located uh between Fifth Street and Portoino Place. The Portoino Place development consists of 90 condominium units, nine of which will be affordable. The project is set to include private roads and will be a gated community that will provide on-site amenities for its residents. It is uh still under plan check with its date of completion to be determined.

And so we have the Wagon Wheel development um that is set to provide 1500 residential units uh with 50,000 square ft of commercial space. Um it also includes uh parks, transit area, and multi-use uh path once it's complete. As part of the development um included in it, it has the Oxnard Flats um which provides uh 96 condo units and it is considered complete. It is lot 8 of Wagon Wheel. The Wagon Wheel development also provides a park place 2 at lots five and nine uh that is set to that is set to provide 78 town homes. uh its current status it is under construction and the estimated completion is to be determined at a later time. The Mayfair portion of the project is located at lots 4 and 10 um with 88 condos, 56 of which have been built. Lot 4 is still under construction uh while lot 10 it has been completely built. Again, the estimated completion is to be determined. Moving on, we have the mixeduse projects. Uh to begin, we have the navigation center which is located here at 241 West Second Street. The project is set to provide 56 units of which all of them will be affordable, thus being 100% affordable project. The navigation center um is a five-story

mixeduse building that includes a 13 thou 13,078 foot permanent homeless shelter on the ground floor uh with again the 56 affordable supportive housing units located above it. It is uh still in construction um and it's estimated to be estimated to be completed by fall of 2025. The Billboard Lofts project uh is located at 800 South A Street. The development consists of 55 units within a five-story mixeduse building with 458 square ft of commercial space located on the ground floor. The project is still in plan checked and its date of completion is to be determined. Sea street apartments are located at 761 South Sea Street. The Sea Street Apartments development includes 175 units within a five-story mixeduse building with 1,145 square ft of commercial space on the bottom floor. Uh again, this project is still in plan check with its estimated date of completion to be determined at a later time. Uh moving on to the Sandpiper Apartments project uh which is located at 155 South A Street. Uh the development is a 56 unit 5-story mixeduse building with 3545 ft of commercial space on the ground floor. And this project is also in plan check and its date of completion is to be determined.

And here we have the Aspire Apartments that is located at 536 538 Meta Street. The Aspire Apartments project includes the development of 88 units within a five-story mixeduse building that provides 1,768 ft of office space on the ground floor. Uh similar to the three previous projects, it is also in plan check uh with the date of completion to be determined as well. And uh lastly for the mixeduse projects we have Rio Urbana which is located at 2714 East Vineyard Avenue. Uh the development consists of 167 condominium units and 15,000 square feet of office building space. Uh this project is also in plan check and it um as far as its estimated completion date that is to be determined at a later time. And with that, I conclude my portion of the presentation and we'll be passing this over to my colleague, Christopher. Thank you.

Good evening, commissioners. My name is Christopher. I'm a new PL assistant planner. I started in November 2024 and I have the pleasure of presenting the commercial and industrial projects are being uh currently developed right now. uh to transition from what Roy was talking about for the mixeduse proc uh mixeduse projects uh we would like to start focusing our attention more towards the commercial developments of the city as we move forward please uh like to reiterate that the project uh information being displayed is based off the latest approved uh permit information. So um the project uh information is subject to t is subject to change as uh the development continues. But if you have any further project specific questions or any updates concerning the projects presented, please feel free to reach out to the planning staff after the meeting has concluded. To start off, we have the U-Haul of North Oxnard. This is going to be located at 2420 North Oxnard Boulevard. It features 5,341 square feet of retail space for truck rental and storage, 34,537 square feet of container storage, and 2019,000 square ft of mini warehouse. It is currently under construction. Uh the commercial component of the uh of the development and the estimated date of completion is to be determined. The True Hotel is located at 180 West Avenue. It is a fivetory 444,370 ft² hotel with 88 rooms. It's going to be located in a shopping center shared with Food for Less. It's going to be featuring uh two uh 2,267 square feet of landscaped area and required 88 parking spaces. Uh this the the estimated date of

completion is going to be first quarter of 2026. Moving on to the vineyard Starbucks. It is going to be located at 2551 North Vineyard Avenue. The development is a conversion of an existing Wendy's restaurant into a 20 thou uh 2,450T Starbucks with a drive-thru. The development improvements will consist of a small addition, facade changes, revised signage, and upscape landscaping. Uh the drive-thru uh modifications to allow for an extended queuing line to allow for the maximum capacity of 16 vehicles. This is also includes a request for parking modifications to allow for a reduction in the amount of required parking from 50 parking spaces to 35 parking spaces that are going to be allowed on site. The project of the p the status of the project is completed. So you could go there after this meeting. Next we have Starbucks located at Venture Boulevard. The specific address is going to be 2011 North Oxnard Boulevard is going to be a 1acre site at an ex existing shopping center that's proposing a 30 3,47 uh 3,400

I'm sorry, Mr. Mario. Can you uh say the address again? It doesn't match with the slide that you said. 1720 Ventura Boulevard, excuse me. Thank you for that. Thanks.

Is demolishing existing structure on site and is going to be constructing constructing 1,800 square feet of new restaurant space. It will provide 25 parking spaces and will have a queue designed to hold 15 vehicles. As of right now, the building uh the current status of the project is a building inspection phase and it's going to be completed at fall 2025. So soon. Next, we have the In-N-Out at Ventura Boulevard. This is going to be located directly cost uh directly across from the previous Starbucks is going to be located at 1700 Ventura Boulevard is proposing to demolish an existing structure and construct 3,885 square ft of new restaurant space. The project will provide 74 parking spaces and will have a queue designed to hold 23 vehicles. The current status is completed and is currently open to the public. Next, we have the gas stations. Uh the gas station convenience store at the landing. The location of this is at 2790 North Ventura Road. It is construction of a 30 3,442 ft gas station and a convenience store building with a 1,160 ft car wash building and a 875T car wash equipment storage building on North Ventura Road. The status of the project is completed and it is open to the public currently. Next, we have a multi-tenant commercial building that's going to be located nearby at the landing. The project location is at 751 through 767 Town Center Drive. The is going to be uh construction of a 7,236 foot multi-tenant commercial building with a drive-thru intended for one of the commercial restaurant tenants on site. Uh the current status of this project is completed. Current tenants include Handles Ice Cream, Starbucks, a Nectar Juice Bar, Kidsy Dental and Orthopedics, Orthodontics, excuse me.

Next, directly across from the landing or the multi-tenant building, we have the Shake Shack at the Landing. This is going to be 7-Eleven Town Center Drive. Uh, it's a construction of a 3,470 foot drive-through restaurant on approximately 1acre site. Uh the as of right now, the project is currently open and it features double drive-thru with double lane uh queuing lanes for the restaurant. Next, we have the Town Play Suites and Spring Hill Suites at the Landing. The locations of these two developments are going to be at 701 and 801 Town Center Drive, respectively. It's going to be development of two fourstory hotels. Each hotel is featured to contain 120 room. The Townplay Suites uh excuse me, the Spring Hill Suites is a 7 76,000 gross square foot hotel. Amenities are to include a swimming pool, patio, breakfast bar, small market adjacent to the lobby, approximately 780 square ft, and a 1,267 square foot meeting room. For the town play suites, it's going to be an 80,133 score uh gross square foot hotel. It's going to contain 121 guest room. Uh amenities are to include um a swimming pool and patio, breakfast bar, guest laundry, a 600 ft fitness center, a 400t meeting room, and it's going to be open 24 hours a day, staffed by a total of 40 employees. condition. Uh the estimated date of completion is going to be sometime within the next year 2025 to 2026. Last but not least, we have the industrial development that's going to be part of the city. To start, we have the 101 logistics center located at Sakyoka Farms. This is located south of the 101 freeway between Vice Avenue uh

and Delote Boulevard. The proposed project is four warehouses totaling 77 778,720 square feet with related site improvements. The project site is 40.87 acres within the Sakioko Farms business park. The project will be approved alongside lot line adjustments for the respective warehouses. The as of right now the current status of the project is at the grading for the site and an estimate estimated date of completion is going to be to be determined. Next we have the Trojan Storage of Oxnard. This is going to be located at 2111 Auto Center Drive. It's construction of a onestory and threetory self-s storage facility on a 2.34 acre site. The estimated date of completion is to be determined. Uh however, it was just approved for its framing inspection um moving forward. So is there going to be more inspections um afterwards? Next we have the Arcturus Avenue outdoor storage yard. Uh the this is going to be construction of a surfal storage and parking facility on a 9acre site. This is going to be holding shopping container or shipping containers, tractors, trailers, trucks, and automotive uh automotive vehicles. It's currently in construction and the estimate of this is to be determined. Project would feature a total of 3,300,50 352,51 square feet of paved parking, 27,038 ft of landscaping, 38 overhead lights, four fire hydrants, and a bio swell and storm drain on the southern edge of the parking lot. Lastly, we have the Arcturus Avenue cold storage. This is going to be located at 5980 and 5990 Arcturus Avenue. This construction of a 103, 705,000 square

foot steel frame coal storage building is to feature 36 uh truck loading docks, 270 truck container storage spaces. Uh they're able to stack up to 90 containers three levels high. Uh this current status is in plan check means it's still being reviewed by building and planners and the estimated date of this project is to be determined. Um, we thank you planning commissioners for your time and this concludes our presentation.

Thank you very much, Mr. Soles and Mr. Mario. I I know that both of you said that if we had any questions that we would wait till after. So, I'm going to get around that. Um, I'm going to ask for any comments or questions for the commission. We'll pose them to Mr. Pearson and he can be the one to transfer to you in case. Um, but if you don't have the answers to the questions, I understand. Um, because there were a lot of projects there, you might not have it in detail. Um and then we just ask for any answers to any possible questions at a later time um at your leisure. So thank you very much. I'll go I first saw Vice Chair Dr. Stewart and Commissioner Nash.

All right. I just have two. One, can I get that briefing the charts sent to me to my email so I can look at them. Secondly, and I don't know how difficult it is, but it would be nice for like the houses, the apartments and so forth to see what the square footage is for the units. Now, if the units are so many different types, like one one bedrooms and two bedrooms and a onebedroom may have three or four different variations, then there would be a lot of data um to fill up the chart and it wouldn't be necessary. But if it's simple, it would be nice to just know what the square footage is just to see how big these units are. And that's what I have.

So, uh, vice chair, Dr. Stewart, in relation to your first question, um, yes, we can, um, share that. Um, also the, uh, larger presentation, um, is up on the city's website, which there's a link in the packet as well. Um, but we can share that. And this does have some more updated photos in it as well. Um, in relation to the second question, um, if there was a specific project that you wanted to look at, we could, um, look at sharing that information. Um, but yeah, the sizes are going to vary kind of across all the different types of projects, but if there was one in particular, we can definitely pull that.

Okay. I guess I kind of have in my mind what the typical like one-bedroom apartment size is. So when I see the numbers going down, this is okay, they're making more units but the units are smaller or they're making less units and the units are bigger or they're just making, you know, a great bunch of units that are larger than the average. So that's that's the kind of thing I just want to look at. Same with houses. In other words, we're building these houses and the average house is certain size, you know, and then so these houses are a little bit less than the size of the average one. So you can squeeze more into the area, but you know what you're getting. And so I'm just kind of getting a feel for what we're doing around the city and what it looks like.

Yeah. So we can uh look at providing some additional information on that. Thank you, Vice Chair, Dr. Surret. And Mr. Pearson, if I could add on to the first part of his request, can you just do that to the planning commission? Okay. Thank you very much, Mr. Pearson. Commissioner Nash. Thank you, Chair. Um Mr. Mr. Pearson, do you can you offer any insight as to the status of the Edison Canal?

I'm not aware of any specific development associated with it at this point in time. The Northshore project isn't necessarily impacting that canal directly or at least there's no um changes really being proposed to that. So um I'm not aware of any status changes to the canal.

Okay. Thank you. Um and just a general comment, you know, we are under a mandate to approve and build a lot of housing and I think that this presentation demonstrates what a great job the planning staff and our development partners have have done. Um, so I'm very happy to see uh to see that and to see it all done within our urban restriction boundary is even more gratifying. So I know that we've always had uh you know questions and comments and issues with housing. Um but I think overall we we've done a good job. So I I do want to thank uh uh Mr. Pearson and and his staff for u moving things along. So, thank you and uh and and kudos to the to the uh city council also for uh having a vision and uh implementing that vision uh within the um dictates the 2030 general plan. So, I'm I'm uh it's very gratifying to sit on a planning commission that that that's had that's played some role in that. So, uh kudos to everybody. So, that's all. Thank you for the presentation. Thank you, Commissioner Nash. Any others from the commission? Commissioner Dr. Lopez.

Uh just to add a wonderful presentation. I think uh you know my certainly my five years here, we haven't necessarily seen a presentation like this with the status of all the uh projects uh that are in progress or you know uh have been uh completed uh um perhaps we've seen it uh with the CIP uh reports, right? um when those have been distributed. But in terms of a a presentation here at uh at a commission meeting, uh just wonderful job uh to you all for updating uh you know, oftentimes when we're driving around the city, we see, you know, the project, certainly the uh um the uh apartment complex uh at River Park um right off of the freeway and then uh the Lockwood apartments as well that are under construction. So to kind of just see the full spectrum of all the um construction and development uh going on um and again a high number of available uh housing units uh you know across the stock of of uh housing options for for folks. It's it's great to see and I know there's more down the pipeline with the Teal Club project and others uh as well. So yeah, just great job. Thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner Dr. Lopez. And um I was I forgot to intro to this section that um uh when talking with Mr. Pearson either earlier this year or last year um just thinking about whatever study sessions or what extra other than the public hearings that we wanted to hear. One of them was definitely to have staff updates. And so um I I thought there would be something maybe on the range of every 3 to 6 months, but I thought there would only be so many projects, but this was definitely a lot. So, I would want to put that on the city staff to do every three to six months, but I'm hopeful whoever is going to be the chair next year that um you just make try to make this at least once a year um once during your term. So, um and then also I just wanted to remind us on the commission the results of our decisions and definitely like what my other fellow commissioner said, the hard work of staff um getting all of these projects simultaneously. So, um really it's just amazing. Um I had a couple questions and then a comment to wrap up and then we can move on to a German. Um this one specifically on the wagon wheel. Um I was kind of surprised with the amount of parking that I saw in the back and was that just going to be for residential or is that for everyone? Um, I know that's very specific, but um that that's like my main concern when I go in there to do anything. So, um I I haven't driven far back, so maybe that's just a me thing, but um do you have any uh answers on that one?

Has it been done yet? And then what what who is it available to? Sorry, Cher. Maybe just to clarify, are you just asking the parking that's available there? or that for

Yeah, I saw the it was in the back of the lot. There was on the order of between 75 and 100 parking spaces and I didn't know that was there. I thought there was only the street and within the building one. So, I didn't realize there was all of that. So, has it been constructed yet? And when it does when it is constructed, is that going to be available for everyone or is that just for the residents or is it going to be a mix if you know? to Cherjo. Not exactly sure which area you're referring to, but there is an area a parking lot kind of behind Wagon Wheel Brewery there that is like open to the public. Uh most of that area and then there's parking within that parking structure as well that's open to the public. Most of the parking that's around the kind of residential areas, those are going to be for the residents themselves.

Okay. Thank you. Um, and then one more question. Um, when we when permits usually come to us, it they usually have a timeline of between, I don't know, 18 months to 3 years. Is that for the start of them doing something substantially? And is there something in the city policies or regulations in regards to how quickly they need to be done or do you just need to see some progress? Um, and is there any flexibility? I know when the economy has a downturn, wagon wheel wasn't done for a while. River Park wasn't like there was a pause. So, I just wanted to know what that flexibility is because I'm really surprised at the big difference in when projects are completed to a to a um after we've approved them. So, um if you could just give that some context or a reply to that.

Sure. So, chair Rojo, a lot of for most of our development projects, there's a three-year time frame that they have or 36 months. Um our code does allow for a one-year time extension that can be done administratively. So that gives them up to four years. Um there these projects a lot of them kind of happen during that COVID time as well. So there were some uh COVID extensions that were granted by the city. So between the three-year time extensions, some of the COVID extensions that happened in 2020 um as well as the administrative extensions plus this year there was a state law that passed that granted an additional 18 months to um residential projects. So that's tends to be um what kind of extended that time frame and then um as you mentioned it is just for them to start construction. So that initial 3-year period um that uh without the extensions is just for them to start construction. Once they start construction, as long as they continue to diligently pursue that construction, um there's not a set timeline on that one.

Okay. Thank you very much. Um I asked that because there's a big project in Port Wayimi. It's the one in the south end of their city that is has been vacant for like I feel like decades and it's because the owner hasn't been doing anything anyways that's import I I I don't want Oxnard to be in that position or if they are like what were the reasons for so I know that they're undergoing litigation or something like that so I'm glad that we don't um at this time have that problem so I'm glad um and then just a couple comments to wrap up um that um I am still amazed at how much affordable housing that we've been approved and just in general all the housing um you def obviously biased but I I don't think that there can be an argument said that Oxarn is not doing their part in regards to housing and affordable housing um especially in relation to our neighboring cities and especially in relation to our neighboring counties even and so um I want to uh at least um argue against those who say that we haven't been building enough affordable housing. Uh I really think that we have there are some cities in our counties whose affordable housing is extremely minimal. Um and minimal as in in the tens of percents in regards to the very low affordable housing which we've even like uh biased some of our affordable housing um more towards um that uh income level. So, um I kudos to the I mean we love to criticize city council but to the past city councils that have gotten this and hopefully this city council will do it um in the future in regards to that even with the limited land that we have. So, um if there are no further comments or questions um I'll just do a blanket thank you to Mr. Solis and Mr. Mario. Was that um thank you for introducing

yourself. Do you want to do a more fuller introduction or are you good with what you said? Uh, no. Sure. I'll give a little bit more full. Recent graduate. I graduated in 2023 with a background architecture. Had a couple years of commercial architecture experience and then uh made my way into the city of Oxar Planning Division. I grew up in Santa Paul. So, it's honor to serve u a community where my family and friends come from.

Okay. Thank you very much. I'm looking forward to seeing futures um if we didn't scare you off. So, thank you very much. Um before I move into adjournment um I did just want to point out that um I know I thank you all in private um on here on the dis um I I you know one of the times when planning commission is hurt is when there's a controversy um if you can just Google planning commission it's there's a contentious item or something bad has happened and so um I'm not just alluding I'm like talking about one of our fellow planning commission members in one of our cities in Ventura county. Um there was controversy and they had to resign. And so that looks bad on their city, but it also looks bad on planning commissioners. And so um I know that we hold ourselves in the highest regard and I hope that we can do that because usually when the news is on us, it's because something negative, not something positive. So hopefully we can do that for all planning commissions and our city of Oxnard just in general. So if there is no further business, the meeting will be adjourned. If there is no objection, the meeting is adjourned at 6:55 p.m. Thank you all and good night.