Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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e e Mr Bernard you ready okay good evening everyone and happy African-American month if you can rise we're going to have our pledge and by commissioner Bower please stand if you're able place your right hand over your heart flagis Madam Secretary can we get a roll call please yes commissioner Fowler here commissioner rice here commissioner tro here commissioner Shaw Williams here chairman Springs here any Communications from staff yes chairman um first of um before we begin tonight's meeting um we um recently had some work done on on

the fourth floor and through the process of um uh moving some things around and cleaning and cleaning up I found um this document and we framed it and we wanted to share with you um the goals of the Inglewood Planning Commission to carry out the policies which guide the growth and development of the city through the general plan and zoning ordinances and to provide a balance between the municipal code the general plan Community Values and the interest of property owners and to act as a form for the citizens of Inglewood regarding development issues and to assist and serve the citizens of Inglewood by always striving to be fair to all and to develop and refine ideas that will assist in improving the quality of life and to protect the community's values in the interest of fellow citizens without fear of intimidation or Co coercion and I thought that this was fitting we we framed this and we're going to give each of you a copy so that as you um receive your Planning Commission packets every month you think about the value that you bring to the city and what your role is um and I also thought that it was an opportune time to provide you with this as we're going to be presenting this evening our general plan um phase one report and so um this is just another opportunity to remind you of your value and your importance to this city so thank you okay what year is that what year what was that what year was this developed um was well I don't know when it was written but I found it and I thought that it was perfect for you

all yeah have a big for theair he gets a bigger one oh he's special his name on his shirt thank you thank you very much I'll I feel slated can we get a picture with everyone there uh Mr Bernard we are we we're we're going to uh do a photo op um at the end of tonight's meeting um also with us you guys look amazing in your next level polos by the way thank yes great this is awesome um so um moving moving on um with Communications from staff um the item 6A um the applicant has requested uh a continuance to the March 5th meeting um to allow more time for them to work with staff um as it relates to their uh drive-thru um Improvement of their their design and item 6B as well uh staff is requesting that that item be um uh continue to the March 5th meeting um to work out some final some final details related to their business operation and that concludes staff's presentation I mean staff's uh comments okay public comments any person wishing to address the Planning Commission of any items on the agenda other than the public hearing may do so at this

time hearing seeing none we're going to close that segment I'd like to get a motion on the minutes for December 4th 2024 I motion that we approve the minutes for December 4th 2024 and January uh 14 2025 U we're going to do each one separately so we're going to do December 4th 2024 I'll do a second on December minutes okay we have a second on the minutes for December 4th 2024 call for any questions okay we'll call for a vote commissioner Fowler I commissioner rice I commissioner tryo I commissioner Shaw Williams I chairman Springs I I need the motion on the approval of minutes for January 14th 2025 motion approval of minutes for January 14 2025 second okay there is a second call for any questions hearing none we'll call for a vote commissioner Fowler I commissioner rice I commissioner tro abstain I was not in attendance commissioner Shaw Williams I chairman Springs I okay Madame secretary first item 6A a public hearing to consider an application by Gary Lee for special use permit number 24-26 to allow the expansion of a drivethru and construct a 30qt addition to an existing 3,615 sqt freestanding fast food restaurant that is part of a shopping center on an approximately 58,7 197 square foot HC property at 401

East Manchester Boulevard I um that item has been pulled I need a motion to is there a motion for that move that that item call for any questions here we know we'll call for a vote on moving that postponing that meeting until March 5th 2025 could I get a second second okay it's been properly moved in second call for any questions hearing none we'll call for a vote commissioner Fowler hi commissioner rice commissioner tro I commissioner sh Shaw Williams I chairman Springs I before you move on um Madame secretary were is there a motion on the floor to cancel item 6B continue continue sorry continue I move that we continue item 6B to the March 5th 2025 meeting second before we do a second is was there a date on the postponement of that one yes March 5th okay thank you has been property moved in second we call for a vote commissioner Fowler I commissioner rice I commissioner tryo hi commissioner Shaw Williams I chairman Springs [Music] I item 7A a non-public hearing to consider an application by real estate Development Services Group for a final track map number 8442386019

South Eucalyptus Avenue chairman and fist president and there is no notice required for track map and planner Christine Rivera is prepared to do a staff staff presentation good evening chairman Springs and members of the commission the subject site for this final track map is located at 419 South Eucalyptus Avenue and is zoned R3 the property is located on the west side of Eucalyptus Avenue between Kelo Street and Lime Street surrounded by res itial uses on May 6th 2022 a site plan review was approved for a new 5unit 2 and 1 half story residential apartment building at the subject site on April 5th 2024 a vesting tentative track map was filed for a town home style condominium on the site and on June 6th Public Works approved the vesting tenative track map on August 7th 2024 the vesting tenative track map came before this Planning Commission and the resolution was adopted recommending approval of the vesting tenative track ma to the city council on September 17th 2024 the city council approved the vesting tenative tra ma subject to nine conditions on December 10th 2024 the final track map was approved by public works and the subdivision committee as condition the proposed project will serve as an inh enhancement to its neighborhood setting it will be devel it is developed in accordance of existing zoning and development standards if the Planning Commission recommends approval it will go to city council for approval and it

is exempt from further environmental review no Public public comments were received this concludes my presentation and I'm available tonight to answer any questions the commission might have okay thank you Christine are we going to open up for questions for you we're going to start off with commissioner fer oh thank you Mr chair uh planner Rivera you did mention on September 1th uh there were nine conditions have those conditions been met those conditions have been met and therefore it is going through the uh final track map and there are conditions in the in the resolution the current resolution as well okay thank you so much Mye further questions are for the applicant Mr chair commissioner rice can you give me a little better description of what the air rights of the subdivisions are are um the air rights would be these are town homes so um air rights are it has to go has to have air rights in order for them to be sold separately from each other and what's the height of the air rights is that is there a height um cut off the air rights above the individual units that what it is uh that question question I'm not sure what is it the answer the short answer is no right and so as they as they purchase the the uh property though they um will own um the area within the um units that they the um the footprint of the building that they unit that they purchase it described it as air rights so I was concerned as as to whether or not that was for potential future additions onto the building so they can go up up on it or what's the reason they we need to approve air rights we're approving a track map for the air rights but they wouldn't be able to go any they're still conditioned for you know there's height requirements

within the city so all right no further questions thank you commissioner Trail no questions actually thank you commissioner Shaw Williams no questions thank you I have no questions if the applicant is here you can tell us about your project I think the applicant is running late running late wow okay would also mention that the this this applicant has come before this body to answer questions related to this track map um during the tenative phase okay okay so what we're going to do right now is I need a motion to um postpone any questioning for the applicant until the applicant arrives so moved oh I need to make you need to make the motion I I move that we uh postpone until the applicant arrives for any questions what's the ETA on the applicant I can give her a call somebody second okay let me um let me say this um let's do a a time frame here if the applicant is not here by 7:30 um then if we've completed everything then this has to be postponed until the following meeting is that is that appropriate I can't hear you Mr are you continue the matter yes continue postpone continue it to a date sir thank you continue it so we're going to give our time frame it's going to be 7:30 got to get a motion please you make that motion commissioner yes I I make the motion that uh postpone the meeting until 7:30 giving the applicant time to answer questions

no we don't want to postpone our meeting oh postpone the item yes how about that yes that I work second okay oh that was hard it's been properly moved in second that we're going to postpone this particular item until 7:30 or until 7:30 there was a second call for any questions hearing none we'll call for a vote commissioner Fowler I commissioner rice hi commissioner tro hi commissioner Shaw Williams hi chairman Springs hi okay we have item eight correct is that item you guys are going to discuss uh yes yes chairman um item eight is a staff presentation yes um it probably would would be if if it's within your your call but it probably will be prudent to take a break um until the 8:30 time frame so that 7:30 so that staff can be available to do the presentation okay so we'll we'll take a short8 minute break and at that time we'll come back and staff will give their report if the applicant is not here by 7:30 then we'll postpone it until continue continue it sry I'll get that together okay take a 8 minute break thank you

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e e okay we're going to call this meeting back to order okay this meeting is called back to order please thank you okay we're going to continue Madame secretary item eight have to make chairman before we move to item eight we need to make a decision on item 7A okay I think we said we were going to postpone it continue it so is there a motion on the floor to continue item 7A I move that we continue item 7A final track map number

Williams hi chairman Springs hi we are um muddling through some technical difficulties it be two minutes chairman um it it is at your your uh pleasure if you would like to U move to the public comments right now um while we're processing the through these technical difficulties and then this way that's one less thing we through later okay let's see here okay we're going to open it up for public comments any person wishing to address the Planning Commission on any matters within their jurisdiction and not elsewhere considered on the agenda may do so at this time hearing seeing none we're going to

close this segment now you're ready okay item eight Planning Commission report General plan background analysis and vision statement good evening chair and members of the plan commission um I uh joined the great city of Englewood as an employee here in um July of 14 2008 uh this year will be 17 years of working with this city which surpasses the 15 years that I had working for myself and in doing so when I got here one of the things that was glaring for me uh as I began to work on the Hollywood Park specific plan project that's the reason I came here this specific plan prior to Sofi and all the when it was just a residential and a retail project with illustrious parks and all the great things that were going to be initially planned at um Hollywood par part I realized that the one thing that was really missing was the General plan and many of the Cities I work for including the cities of sanus um the city of Tustin the city of Whittier um the city of uh Los Angeles Santa well Santa Clarita one of the things that help them um matriculate to to be the cities that many looked at and aspired to be was they had a clear plan of where they were going to go one of the things I think that we were blessed in is we have phenomenal leadership here in the city of Englewood uh we were able to um kind of jump on the Tails of the vision of

our mayor mayor James T buts and the city council who came together to push a vibrant kind of of projection for where we were going as a as a city and during this time period I constantly through various leadership within the department some of you remember Sheldon Curry some uh Wanda Williams Linda Tatum we fought and we fought and we fought to get the necessary funding to be able to undertake our general plan and completed um I'm proud to be the director of development services Department um and having such confidence uh displayed by the city council that they would allocate the funds necessary to undertake this and as a result of that we have worked alongside a great team with PL works and Jonathan who you'll see a little bit his hand is up stand up Jonathan all right there he is and also partnering with and I'm not trying to take Bernard's Thunder but I want to just Express how appreciative I am uh Thomas bun and his team Katie and that have really just a phenomenal collaborative relationship to develop us to where I think this uh not only locally but maybe even globally they'll be at awe at what we've done and in the history anals of History they'll look back and say look at what Inglewood was able to accomplish and do um and not only just the things that we known for now but what the future holds and so I want to thank Bernard and the planning division for their extraordinary

leadership and vision and helping me making it easy for me to go up there and fight for funding uh to do this project and the mayor for his embracing us moving to the next the next level so with that I'm going to turn it over to our phenomenal planning manager Mr Bernard mccumby good evening chairman Springs and members of the commission it is with great excitement and joy um that we present to you this evening um the culmination of phase one of our comprehensive General Plan update which is the existing conditions report um our community profile and our vision statement and guiding principles um staff along with our consultant uh Chris pointed him out Mr Jonathan nettler from place works um has prepared an overview presentation um that will give a a highlevel overview of um the the report and the findings um that have come from it um and this will be become what our North Star for guiding us into phase two which would be the official comprehensive General Plan update where we will be updating um all of the elements um of our general plan and adding um an economic development element um to it um as we all know um that our our general plan has not been comprehensively updated since 1987 it's a long time ago um and you know before we begin this presentation I too want to just say a few thank yous first to the mayor and Council um for seeing the need and supplying the resources ching ching um for us to be able to move forward with

this um amazing Endeavor um to our Consultants um Jonathan and his team at place works for the hard work that they've put in and the collaboration that they've provided with us um they uh saw our vision right as to how we can take Inglewood to the next level and we were able to take the steps to move that thing forward so we're really excited about that and and thankful um Chris mentioned Thomas um bun and his team they um too have have uh provided some creative um flare to the educational component of what we're doing with our general Plan update um and creating a video that we'll be showing shortly um to describe what a general plan is um I want to thank my planning staff um who have worked tirelessly um to be present on Saturdays and Sundays um after hours helping set up and take down from our popup events um all of which they're not mandated to do but they did it because they love the city and they believe in what we're doing here in Englewood and so thank you team um and also I want to just thank our director U Mr Chris Jackson for his vision his guidance um and allowing us and the trust in in in our team to move this project forward um and he he's right he fought for this thing and and it's happening so we're excited about it I mean this is we haven't gotten here before so this is unchartered territory for us um and so we're really really excited and then lastly to you right the the members of the commission who all have taken part in one in a some shape or form in the development of this document right through stakeholder interviews or um individual um um meetings popups um you

are an amazing body that's doing um tremendous and have done tremendous work here in this city and so um definitely wanted to make sure that we said thank you to you um and want to thank the residents the feedback the participation the comments that we got from them was phenomenal um and and this is not a this was not required we're not we were not checking off any boxes when we started this process um we we intentionally wanted to involve the members of the community I think mayor buts says often that the only thing that changed in Englewood is everything except the people right and with that understanding we wanted to move forward and be intentional about our Outreach our public engagement which Jonathan is going to talk about a little bit later this um this evening but we wanted to make sure that this document spoke and was written in the voice of the people who live it right as a planning staff we can um all day write policy right and write what we think this city should look like um but who better to to provide that Vision than the people who are going to be living in it and the children who they were going to be raising in it and so um without further Ado would like to begin um our presentation so what is a general plan well let's find out as a member of the Englewood Community you know firsthand that the city is in the midst of a major transformation with so many recent changes and more on the horizon Englewood has an incredible opportunity

to reimagine everyday life for residents business owners and visitors now into the future to guide the community through this Renaissance the city of Englewood is embarking on a comprehensive update to its General plan the general plan is a policy document that guides decisions on how the city will physically grow and change over the next 25 years the state has minimum requirements for what is included in the general plan including eight elements communities can also decide to include additional elements in the general plan to address local priorities like Recreation Economic Development or historic preservation the general plan touches nearly every part of life in Englewood including the location and availability of quality homes and jobs access to community amenities like parks and public programs how easy it is to move around the city including on foot public transit and by car neighborhood health and safety and the well-being of all community members the oldest chapter of englewood's current General plan dates back to 1987 pieces of the plan have been updated at various times over the last few decades but the city's plan has never undergone a comprehensive update the update Englewood is embarking on now is a rare opportunity to clarify and memorialize the community's priorities for the future and engage All City resources and activities in support of a shared vision for the general Plan update to be a success the project team needs to hear from you and all members of the Englewood Community through September 2024 there will be various opportunities to get involved in the first phase of this project the city will host a community Workshop dedicated to understanding key issues

and opportunities for the general plan to address later on a second Workshop will explore Community Values concerns and hopes for the future to support development of a Community Vision that will guide the rest of the plan's development throughout the project the city will be engaging with the community at local events and online for more details and information visit the project web page P at www.n nextlevel [Music] englewood.nj right for our for our our Community you know a lot of times we we'll go to a community meeting and then when we leave we forget a lot of what we learned right but we wanted to make sure that we have something sustainable that people can go back to as we go through this process it's a multi-year process and so we want them to be able to understand um that knowledge is power and then they will be able to provide us with um even better feedback um as we move into the next phase of this so without further Ado would like to bring up my staff to present the key findings from the existing conditions report oh come come up here Faith oh

historic resources um historic resources the origins of the city of Englewood started with the clash between two prominent California families the Villas and the machados ultimately the Villas sold the land to Daniel Freeman who named it Inglewood after his birthplace and the City of Englewood was officially Incorporated on February 14th 1908 this section discusses the city of Inwood through the 1880s and the 1970s highlighting the commercial core of englewood's transformation into a business district with three retail businesses areas in addition to Downtown North Inglewood Morningside Park and khaw during war time the city of Englewood was the fastest growing City doubling in population in Just 2 years but post war englewood's downtown commercial District began to diminish due to competition from outline outling commercial areas to bring back life to the core of the city The Fabulous form was created and 50 million was spent in local County and federal funds creating a new Civic Center on a single super block that combines the city hall a courthouse a library fire and police facilities a Public Health Complex in a major parking garage this Civic Center brought upon new commercial development and residential projects most notably the 200 unit Englewood Meadows but still downtown business district continued to wne and has remained an underutilized asset dating today the Hollywood Park Racetrack closed and in 2015 the Englewood city council approved a plan to build a 70,000 seat football stadium the Sofi stadium in 2012 the form underwent renovation and reopened in 2014 and was listed in the National register of historic places the venue is tied to the identity of the city of ingua moniker city of Champions and the Forum is to host the gymnastics event for the 2028 Summer

Olympics more recently a new sports and entertainment Arena the Inuit Dome was constructed in 2024 and is one of the most technologically advanced Arenas in the world helping to bring the city of Englewood to the next level so this section of the existing conditions report is the demographic and economic profile as of 2023 englewood's population was counted at approximately 106,000 residents um Counting that from 2223 from 2010 there's only been a 1,000 resident decrease um throughout this time the ethnicities that make up the population have remained the same same over the last 15 years with the Black and Hispanic population making up 90% of it of the city uh educational attainment is meas is measured by accounting for residents that have earned a bachelor's degree or higher or a higher level of Education 25% of residents in the city hold a bachelor's degree or higher uh when compared to LA County at 37% yearly earnings follow the same pattern with the average household income being approximately $889,000 in Englewood um when compared to LA County at $121,000 Englewood is diverse in the jobs available with the healthc care industry providing the highest number of jobs in the city the industry that is projected to rise the most over the next 5 years is the Arts entertainment and Recreation industry uh 31% of Englewood employees in Englewood commute from Los Angeles with 5% living and working in the city the city also has a balanced source of generating Revenue when compared to

all California cities most cities rely primarily on sales and property taxes in Inglewood Transportation utility and admissions taxes are other sources of generating high amounts of Revenue that are on par with sales and property tax over the last 13 years the city has seen an 100% increase in sales tax revenues generated a sign that more people are enjoying the amenities the city has to offer the market analysis section examines the current stock of buildings and uses within the city including residential industrial office and Hospitality this section utilizes data including rents vacancy rates and the property type to compare Inglewood to its surrounding submarket and the overall County this section also use utilizes data to project where the largest demand for future growth within the city will occur there is projected to be weak demand for uses including retail and office while future projections show two large areas for growth within the city in multif family residential and hospitality built environment the city of ingwood land use section describes the city's existing land uses current General plan and zoning ordinances land use designations pending or approved development projects and sites identified to meet the County's Regional Housing needs allocation by the the city's adopted housing element it also includes an

overview of the city's land use planning context including specific plans and other relevant planning documents and a description of the city's significant places and urban form characteristics and implications this information establishes a baseline of onth ground uses and existing policies to which potential changes and the land use plan can be compared as an urbanized built out area the city has few Parcels remaining for development future development will need to be infill or replace existing uses a number of major infill projects are underway and have a set a presedent for this type of development in the city including Hollywood Park the city's to plan guide infield development in strateg and strategic areas to maximize access to the regions expanding Transit Network the city of inglewood's urban form and design character speak to how people experience the community and the perception of the quality of life Urban form plays a critical role in the creation of distinctive places and the and the establishment of a unique identity for the community and its neighborhood Urban form not only relates to aesthetic character but also impacts Community Vitality stability and function inglewood's development pattern is dominated by traditional and multiple family residential neighborhoods commercial centers industrial areas a large sports and entertainment district and dispersed open space and office education and medical

campuses common desires from community members were the op where the opportunities for enhancing restoring and the reinvigoration of Market Street and downtown Inglewood with greater commercial activity several corridors were identified by community members as being optimal for mix use development including Imperial Highway Century Boulevard and Prairie Avenue circulation the city's circulation system is in place to allow for safe efficient travel in and through the city the system is in place via policies and plans written by City staff such as the downtown Transit oriented development plan the Westchester veterans to plan crunch Imperial to plan active transportation and safe routes to school and the environmental climate action plan and it is in place via policies and plans written by outside agencies such as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 city of Englewood first last M plan by LA Metro and LA Metro complete streets policy to name a few currently the circulation system is oriented to vehicles 75% of Englewood residents commute to work using an automobile and that includes solo drivers and car poool 5% commute by public transportation 2% commute by walking and less than 1% commute by bicycle it's closer to 0% but Englewood is poised for a future that can support multiple modes of transportation such as walking bicycling public transportation and Freight

the future holds a lot for the city of Englewood the general plan can prioritize the type of growth that the city the that the community wants to see and the type of growth that the city state and transportation agencies need to see key topics to consider are planning for Mobility hubs that includes microl loal spaces with with a bus shelter bike parking drop drop off spaces for ride sharing these places help promote alternative options for driving promotion of Transit which would be an ongoing collaboration with the city and with LA Metro and other Transit operations operators new first Last Mile options this will diversify the types of Transportation used in the city benefit pedestrians and eventually make the city more walkable management of trips from from from special events such as park and go shuttles the general Plan update addresses these priorities and the way the city can adapt to current and future development using those key topics the infrastructure section examines englewoods um water water sewer storm drain and water quality programs an often overlooked aspect of the city but this is an important thing as this is an important issue as the pro the availability to provide water in emergencies uh is a very important uh it's a very important issue during emergencies like the fires that we're just seeing um the city's water supply is supplied by three

providers and sourced from imported surface water local groundwater and recycled water this section also provides assessments of the city's infrastructure and ability to perform necessary functions including providing adequate water sewer and drainage systems for the city during both daily use and emergencies this report details deficiencies within the system as well as addresses these deficiencies through the city's Water and Sewer Master Plan this section also examines the complex systems of catch basins storm drains that are utilized to prevent flooding within the city public services and Facilities so this chapter discusses the city's services and Facilities which include topics like Parks and Recreation libraries and Public Safety our City offers its residents 10 public parks that are Opera ated by the parks recreation and Community Services Department we have almost 90 AC Acres uh for its population of 10 12,865 residents traditionally a uh a goal a desired method of measuring is one acre per thousand residents so we're just shy um the City offers its residents three Library facilities and operated by the parks and recck Department as well uh it offer the libraries offer Electronic media as well as online resources for digital literacy and job training the city is primarily served by the Inglewood Unified School District a small portion uh of the city in the southern in the southern part of the of the city is is served by Lennox the Lennox School

District um there is a declining enrollment of 10 uh so there were 10,9 59 students in the Englewood Unified School District in the year uh school year 2014 through 2015 um to 6,958 in 2324 year and it's projected in the next year six years enrollment will decline to 5,476 students uh school year 20 uh 2029 to 203 uh between 202 2029 and 39 the city has its own police department and has a deficiency in Staffing levels with 20 for for example 29 sworn vacancies it offers various programs throughout the year such such as National Night Out uh for fire the city contracts its fire services with LA with the LA County fire department and has four fire stations as the city continues to grow in population there will be a need for expanded Library service Services programs Collections and new or renovated facilities also the decline of school age children or the population of school-aged children in the city is expected to be of significant decrease in the enrollment for the school districts this creates an opportunity to reuse existing buildings and spaces for more project-based learning models without the need for new infrastructure future closures can bring the community together to decide what the best use of each facility and land is future population growth leads to a need for an in for increased Public Safety fire and police services that would need to be expanded growth could lead to a need for

more fire facilities and apparatus attention should be paid to maintaining targeted response times and Incorporated fees for new construction in subdivis Visions for plan check review could help fund these fire facilities and fire apparatuses that will be needed chapter nine natural environment so this chapter discusses the topics such as public health noise Green Space water air quality energy use other topics that were covered were endangered species um flooding um earthquake prone zones we have various we have very uh multiple faults here in the city um however luckily we're not really prone to flooding due to the Topography of the city um there are really no endangered species in the city as well so it leads us this chapter should should lead us to a better focus focused um a focused approach to our natural environment so as of 20125 2015 the city had an average tree canopy of 14% increasing the tree canopy will help the city as it's not spared from future concerns of climate change uh this could also lead to uh expanded canopy tree canopies to Aid in the fight against climate change which is expected to affect the city in various ways air sequestration and cooling infrastructure can help the city combat future effects of climate change uh we know that due to the growth of the

city due to our car dependency there is a particular concern for for air for air pollution um and with the City's population uh growing in age as far as as the amount of of um of this parate matter basically we we can focus the attention to what they call sensitive receptors which are you know people of young age or might be people who who suffer from ailments um so air quality um is and car dependency because we are so close to the 105 Freeway the 405 freeway intersects the city again the need for for air quality for air quality mitigation uh moreover expanding these areas include green infrastructure such as public transit mitigation uh stemming from our proximity to freeways um the city has mitig existing mitigation measures which is good to address the various challenges associated with the natural environment um as you'll see later feedback from the community will basically hit hit these points as well thank you thank you team and so now um to discuss our community engagement and the feedback that we got through through our um different events that we attended mind you we touched every count Council District um through our Outreach popups and um and the like I think we've we were active in every Council district

and got robust feedback from the community um and so today to discuss that and the results that came from our um Community engagement is our consultant um from place works Mr uh Jonathan nettler next slide please all right good evening Commissioners nice to see you again commissioner chair Springs um I've got the privilege and honor tonight of talking about what was really the heart and soul of this planning effort and that is the public engagement process what uh what our team what the city uh staff learned from that process what we heard from the community is embedded in the products that you have before you this evening the the existing conditions report the um Community profile and uh what you'll be hearing about in a few minutes the draft vision statement and guiding principles and I want to talk a little bit about what that process looked like the different um mechanisms and and activities that uh that the team engaged in to solicit feedback and involvement uh from the community and also about what we heard during that process and so I want to start by talking about um those activities and um the the impetus for the wide range of activities was to answer four basic questions and the questions we were asking uh at these variety of activities were what are the things that you really value about Anglewood today what works in Anglewood and should be preserved question one question two we want to hear about what is not working so well in Englewood today what could be improved the third question was would you like to see more of in Anglewood or what might not be here today that you would like to see in the city in the

future and then finally we ask people to put their visioning caps on to think aspirationally about the future in 10 or 20 years what could Englewood be what could it strive to be what is englewood's next level and um and what is your vision for the future so we engaged in a number of different types of activities to try to both inform and uh and get feedback on those questions from the community the first was or that you'll see listed here is a series of popups which essentially means we went to the places where the community was already gathering for at different types of city-wide events to make them aware of the general Plan update process ask them questions provide them an opportunity to provide feedback both there and in person and and Via a survey that was conducted both online and and using forms we also hosted a community openhouse that was presented in both English and Spanish in September and at the end of this process we hosted another Community Workshop to get feedback on a set of draft vision statement and guiding principles we also conducted a series of targeted stakeholder interviews with different uh groups of individ of individuals with um members of the community like business owners service providers uh and yourselves next slide Oh and before we move on I I do want to mention that um as as Bernard hit on this substantial Outreach really generated some very thoughtful um considered responses and and more than uh more than 1250 comments were received during this process next slide please so I want to

touch on some of the common themes that we heard in those conversations and this is by no means exhaustive of every comment that we heard but these were some of the ones that that resonated broadly that we heard repeated um uh by by different people at different times and I'm just going to mention some of these here I won't list them all but um you know one thing that we heard about what people appreciate about the city are the new entertainment and sports venues as well as increased property values although they did mention concerns that come with those um those improvements of the city and we'll talk about those in a second uh we also heard that people appreciate the business environment here particularly the environment for new and small businesses and then I I think most profoundly we heard about people's pride in the community their sense of community how that relates to their neighborhoods the places where they live and the people that they live next to and also uh as it relates to in that Community spirit that comes through when they're gathering at parks and at special events uh and programs hosted by the city and I'll also mention here um that we heard appreciation for the responsiveness of City staff we did not make that up just to make uh Bernard look good we actually heard that from multiple people um next slide now in the area of improvements you may have heard a few of these you may have said a few of these yourselves um I just want to hit on a few of these we did hear some concerns as I mentioned with um along with uh increases in uh values of property also comes Rising housing and living costs and concerns with have or desire for improvement in terms of affordable housing options stricter rent

control and measures to prevent displacement we also heard uh as I mentioned the importance of small uh and local businesses and a desire for an improvement in how the city supports those businesses both uh in terms of providing more flexible regulations cutting red tape providing more resources in terms of Grants and training programs we heard uh about uh the large uh event venues and and the the uh the benefits that come from those we also heard that people would like to see those benefits spread more broadly throughout the city we also heard about a desire for improvements to a visual blight and and uh and uh addressing things like vacant buildings and empty lots and beautifying those next slide please uh to the question of what would people like to see that's not here today or what would they like to see more of uh we did hear about uh a desire for more grocery stores and particularly ones that are uh high-end and organic things like Trader Joe's and Sprouts we heard about a desire for improved dining and shopping experiences including um upscale restaurants we heard about a desire for more support for economic development things like um more job opportunities uh more business incubators and job training in the city and we also heard about a desire for more services for residents of all ages things like uh youth centers uh more park space um affordable options for recreation and entertainment for families uh and support for seniors and we also heard about a desire for more housing choices and that ran the gamut from as I had mentioned before affordable housing but also including things like Workforce housing housing

for seniors housing for low-income families housing for teach ERS and Veterans and more Section 8 housing next slide and then finally uh when it came to envisioning what Anglewood could be in the future uh what that next level would be we heard about a vision for an inclusive and thriving community that Ben that balances excuse me both entertainment uh for visitors with local needs we heard about a a city that Excel and economic development and support small businesses through things like grants and incentives we heard about a vision for revitalized Market Street and downtown historic downtown I should say we heard about a desire for more housing choices and a vision of more home home ownership opportunities to Foster generational wealth and dis and prevent displacement we also heard about a vision of a city that provides more amenities for tourists but also ones that benefit people that live here today things like hotels outdoor dining retail stores and a more uh wider variety of those and then as mentioned before uh part of that Vision was how do we transform the streets of Anglewood major streets like Imperial and centri and Prairie into areas with more a greater mix of uses and vibrant local businesses uh that serve both residents and visitors next slide so what came out of that process we we took all of those comments that we heard those themes and uh worked with the city uh and partners and then ultimately with the community members themselves to develop a draft vision statement and draft guiding principles that Express those ideas now what is the importance

of a vision statement to the general plan why do we start there well the vision statement really is the foundation for the entire plan it is the common ground from which all of the decisions on a planning basis are made and it informs through the guiding principles the goals policies and actions of the general plan the goals policies and actions then become that road map that demonstrates to the community the elected uh leaders to City staff how to achieve that vision and then um really really the the vision statement is that foundation for the general plan house that we'll be building going forward next slide please so when we talk about a vision statement we typically think of some key characteristics of what that should Express and when we're looking and we're thinking about crafting a vision statement it should be something that is uh identifies some common ground uh by which um the stakeholders and community members of the city can agree it should be fairly succinct but it should also be aspirational and inspirational and something that people can come back to over time over the course of the general plan uh and as their Northstar that is guiding planning decisions that are made over the course of the general plans implementation over the next 10 to 20 years so uh the vision statement is an incredibly important part of this planning process one of the the primary uh results of this first phase and it really is along with the guiding principles that foundation for the planning work that's going to happen going forward and I'm going to let Bernard introduce the draft vision

statement so if you would indulge me for a moment and close your eyes I want you to really listen to this vision statement the city of Inglewood with our Rich history and diverse culture culture owes our return to success to our residents small businesses and economic Partners Community Pride in the city's resurgent National brand as a premier place to live work prosper and play is tangible and visible inkle Wood's vibrant residential neighborhoods and our diverse range of local Services accented by our state-of-the-art sports and entertainment venues attract Regal and international visitors throughout the year Inglewood is an inclusive community where people walk run recreate and actively participate in community events both large and small Inglewood is a city that cherishes the concept of being good neighbors inglewood's next level will be defined by our ability to provide residents and visitors with a variety of housing choices both market rate and afford able alongside desirable local shopping and services the inglewood's resurrection will continue to manifest itself in the Abundant generation of well-paying jobs for residents and and surrounding cities and improved Access to Health Care the next level will include quality schools a continued emphasis on high quality Recreation and development developmental Services well-maintained parks and a safe efficient transportation system to serve a community that will accommodate 4 and a half to 5 million visitors annually the next level of Inglewood is not just a vision it's a continued manifestation resulting from the combination of

Incarnate strategy planning and implementation processes both Broad and in intricate that have resulted in the current Inglewood in the current inglewood's reality the reality has birth a thriving local economy where big and small businesses for the most part blend seamlessly with both local residents and visitors from all over the globe inglewood's Next Level will be defined by our commitment to development practices grounded in environmental sustainability small business economic incubation and the promotion of high levels of Public Safety with a continued recognition of a need to promote social Equity we will leave no resident behind as we embrace our self-imposed Mandate of Social and economic determination the city of Englewood will continue to be a municipal leader setting an example for other cities to follow that's our North Star at the end of this General plan cycle 25 30 years that's when we look back at the text that's what we expect Englewood to look like that's the next level for the city of Inglewood all right thanks Bernard I'm gonna also um share and and just provide a a a quick overview of The Guiding principles that accompany that vision statement and really the purpose of the guiding principles is to elaborate on the vision and to address those themes

that and uh there are the guiding principles are organized around SE topics they are Community character growth and development Community facilities and services responsive governance and communication economy ability and environment and they generally align those those categories with the organization of the general plan got it all right let's start with Community character um some of the major themes expressed in these principles and I'm not going to read them out um uh as written but just highlight some of the concepts that are touched upon are um that the character of the community continues to embrace the city's history art education and diversity of cultures um the concept of integrating new buildings in a way that transition them transitions them seamlessly into the existing environment the principle of developing attractive streets Scapes and plazas continuing to emphasize Public Safety and maintaining attractive public spaces and environments beautifying the community uh the next series of principles are around the topic of growth and development and they address uh the themes of focusing growth and development within existing centers and as infill and uh along commercial corridors reestablishing the historic downtown developing adjacent to Transit nodes and modes enhancing and improving those commercial centers and corridors and protecting and expanding housing opportunities next slide so again these are meant to hopefully you're hearing

some repeats of topics we've talked about before because these are meant to convey those themes that we heard from the community on the topic of community facilities and services uh the principles address providing for services and programs for residents of all ages in ability and and uh providing recreational and park amenities and supporting Community Arts culture and events on uh the topic of responsive governance and communication uh the principles address providing information to Residents and enabling them to uh engage in providing feedback on City initiated policies and programs and uh and leading the city in its coordination efforts with uh both with in the city family and with other uh jurisdictions on the economy the principles address uh sustaining existing and attracting new businesses providing opportunities and resources for new and small businesses pursuing new business opportunities uh and uh providing opportunities for jobs and job training and Career Training to Residents uh the principles address the f health of the city and also how uh the city can leverage major uh investment and uh Redevelopment projects next slide thank you Mobility um the principles address a multimodal system meaning many different different uh providing the opportunity for many different methods of people to circulate in the city get around the city adaptability uh to meet future needs and Technologies connectivity with land uses so that that the circulation system and the city's major land uses are integrated uh serving the city's parking

needs and then um making sure that the environment around schools uh enables children and their and uh and families to be able to walk to and from schools safely and then uh lastly uh the last topic is related to the environment and the principles address achieving high levels of sustainability uh making sure that air water are of the highest quality that natural resources are expanded or excuse me conserved and that noise is or noise impacts are mitigated uh it also addresses adaptation resilience to climate change and uh making sure that people and places are protected from hazards so what's next thank you for indulging us I know it was a lot of information that we provided you with tonight um so the next step is that we move into um the actual um work that goes into starting to update each element of our general plan um we're currently in the process right now um we've um completed the RFP process um to select the consultant that's going to pick up the um continue the work work that's that's being done um that's already been done um and uh we will also be um presenting this information um as a receiveing file to the city council as well um and so then there will be another opportunity um for the general public if they were unable to comment today to be able to provide some feedback and comments um at the council level as well um it would be a similar um um presentation um and um and so then we will we'll move into the next phase of this which as a commission you'll be

actively involved in um there will be a number of opportunities for the community to continue their engagement um to continue to uh push forward some of the the ideas that they've presented um and and we weren't able to encapsulate all 12200 comments so I'm sorry if you were watching and you didn't see your comment up there we tried to get most of it but we we really wanted to share the common threads that we heard consistently throughout this process um and that's what guided the drafting of of the vision statement and The Guiding principles that followed it um and so then we would use those to to move um continue to move forward as we develop the next phase of this thing um and so um we're excited to move forward the the final product is generally will take two years we're anticipating um that that this would be a two-year project there's going to be a programmatic EI IR um that's going to uh be a part of this that this body would also um be adopting as well as as city council upon the adoption of the general the elements of the general plan um so you will be very uh you'll be intimately involved in this process and have plenty of opportunity to comment provide feedback and allow your influence um in decision- making to to guide the future development of our city moving forward and with that um that would conclude staff's presentation and um we're happy to answer any questions okay thank you thank you Mr Bernard I'm sure there's a lot of questions from our commissioners I know I have a few so I'm going to open up for questions for what we've read actually we have the packet that was given to us so we did go over at least I'm sure we did I know commissioner tro did because I see her notes so we're going to open up for questions for you Mr Bernard and for you Mr

Jackson and our consultant as well we're going to open up questions so please stay at the at the electr so we can over ask the various questions so we're going to start our questions with commissioner fer if you have any questions and direct your questions to an individual I have no questions at this time okay commissioner rice are two general questions and anyone can feel them who want wants to fill them there um we had I think I heard someone say we were shy 29 sworn officers I thought it was 10 some at some point have we hired that many officers here so so what what our consultant was tasked to do is to go in and try and collect as much data as possible and there's a moment in time that this data has to to be uh harvested and so at that particular time there were 29 sworn positions that were open or available um and I'm not sure what the number was of officers that we actually had but it was 29 non sworn or sworn it was SW sworn that were available uh to be filled and as you know if you have driven in the city and I know you have our Billboards or wild Billboards are lit up with advertising for uh police and that's an active effort to try and get more candidates to to to come in I'm proud to say that we have a couple at least one candidate come out of our code enforcement that is uh looking to uh matriculate up into the uh the police uh Force so we're actually having some homegrown opportunity there and I'm not sure jonan you want to add anything to that yeah I don't have anything to add just on on more context for that I can

just say in terms of the source of that information we did ask for feedback from the police department so this information came directly from them they're reporting at that time that they filled out a survey we provided to them okay and I think uh either Sean or Brian spoke about the vacancy factors residential vacancy factors does anyone know what that number actually is in the city of Englewood the V the number of current vacancies rental vacancy yeah I'm not uh I don't have that number off the top of my my head but uh uh I can't recall if that's covered in in the report but it's somewhere in here yeah and we can find that information John if he could add any contact uh that number was 5.3% okay thank you very much very low all right no further questions3 thanks commissioner tro you have any questions well I have comments um as far as the student enrollment that was quite a shock to hear how that is has dropped and it will be continuing to drop is there gosh I don't even know how to phrase this but that that tells me a couple of things that our population is getting older and we somehow are not attracting younger families and that's a concern because we've got a document here that's for 253 years and I don't know if if there's how we attract younger families by by providing everything that we've mentioned here the housing and the and the recreation and the facilities and all of that because wow that is that is

mindboggling uh that's one comment that I have and that really came from just hearing whoever made that presentation as far as the education well done staff um that's one thing and then um on your guiding principles I had a couple of comments under Mobility where it says promote system adaptability to changing modes and Technologies electric cars and autonomous vehicles now do you anticipate any new Federal policies that we probably will have uh affecting um what what we want to use as a guiding principle and how you're going to adapt to that that's and that that's my that's one of the things I had because I foresee that coming well 25 years from now we'll be flying from across the city not driving so uh yes um I I I think you know these guiding principles um and and again from a Visionary standpoint right it this allows us the opportunity to really be creative and and be imaginative right you know I remember being a little kid watching the Jetson oh I watched it too right and and thinking like wow they're you know I mean this is they're flying all over the place right but but you know the way that technology is evolving and our transportation system is is changing so rapidly that we're really probably not that far away and so being able to think in that from that perspective um to address the future Mobility needs I mean I'm I'm at home watching a whmo drive through down the street right I was leaving City Hall today and I saw another wayo driving down you know

Inglewood Avenue and and so you know it's becoming you know that's the next level right and so we have to think about how we can adapt to to to what's what's going what's already here um that I agree with I think I was referring more to what may be coming down from the uh the new Administration that is so anti- electric cars and is encouraging uh gasoline the same type of car that we have now and I guess my question is in in feeling because I don't really know that's going to happen but in feeling that something could happen maybe in the next four years maybe in the next eight years at the direction we're going will that in any way affect what we're looking at now well I don't think so there I think it behooves the city to set their own course for the future what what does Englewood want to encourage in terms of a transportation environment and so the general plan can set that overall framework the guiding principle can point towards the policy Direction the policies that we want to develop that's going to support that framework and I would say you know what what that principle points to is having flexibility within the circulation environment knowing that we're not going to be able to predict what different types of methods and modes may appear over the next uh 10 or 15 years um but providing you know what is the nature of circulation in the city what are the kind of most important factors that it's safe that it's efficient effective you know those are the types of things that we'll want to be addressing in

developing the policies of the general plan rather than being specifically determinative maybe of you know people should travel by this or that you know technology um and so it's it's that overall kind of framework that really will be the focus moving forward establishing that okay yeah and I I would also just add on piggybacking off of what Bernard spoke to what Jonathan spoke to is the one thing that I think we all agree to agree with is that California has always been Cutting Edge California has Set uh as we talked about the North Star for um addressing climate action uh uh addressing uh what we consider to be Global issues and it it's one of the things obviously that puts us as odds with the current Administration um a policy uh and I do not anticipate based upon the leadership that we have here in the great state of California that because the FED changes some direction that we're not as a state going to continue to go down we're not going to we never have really responded to where federal policy we've been we set the stage for what federal policy has become uh the NEPA squa squa set the stage for Environmental Quality and and and then that reverberated to other states so I think as we look at where we're going to be as California we are going to be at the front of that no matter who's at the helm uh of our our federal government I think we're going to continue to do that and evolve which is one of the reasons why California has been so successful so just want to add that in okay thank you because that I see that coming and then just one final thing on uh and maybe I misreading but

I'm looking at the one of the guiding principles under economy it says expand and prioritize opportunities to sustain existing and attract new business that primarily serve the local community I have sort of an issue with that because I think I would recommend that that it would say attract new businesses that not only serve the local community but attracts and serves visitors to the city as well I mean that is already in some of the other documents or Pages or principles that you've mentioned but this one just kind of like stood out that it to me it just sounded like okay let's just concentrate on who lives here I mean the new entertainment venues are a part of the city now and it is because they are a part of the city they attract visitors I mean that's a given we're going to have visitors and uh anyway that's my recommendation that there be a little a little finessing of the wording there yeah we we can play around with it and and and you know again these these were derived out of common themes that that were heard throughout um this process and so and one one of one of the the the common threads was was the city support for the mom and pop businesses that really drive and have driven this community and kind of sustained us until we were able to bring Sofi in into it here and so the the as we move into the next level and I think when we we talk when we read the vision statement when we talked about not leaving anyone behind there's a there's a sentiment in our community that we found is that

people felt like they would be left behind and so we wanted to make sure that we were intentional and that we let people know that we heard them right and and and so yes we absolutely want and and I'm sure that the business owners that are coming into the community want to attract people from other areas right but we also want to make sure that that that the businesses are also available um to serve the people who live here right and so whether it's a fine dining establishment that wants to come into our community that our our residents can use or it's a it's a a retail store that's been here for many years that's continuing to thrive because of the relationships that they've built with the community we want to make sure that we're able to to prioritize that through um some of our our goals and policy tweak it though okay commissioner sha Williams um it's more of a qu well I have a question regarding Fox Theater because we're talking about the revitalization of downtown Inglewood I've noticed some activity there or something going on with Fox Theater yeah that that's me I I actually talked to um black equities owns the fox the the um which is Zach Zan and his crew and they are now going through uh um um a um dealing with some of the asbestos SL paint they're cleaning it out uh we're going to be uh meeting probably early next week to talk about the next level for that particular location um they've indicated that they want to uh make it into a performance theater they want to augment with some properties that the city owns to provide for some dining experience and then they still have control over some of the

vacant Lots so we want to talk about some stuff going on down there so we I anticipate that uh they want to prioritize the Fox Theater um the issue with the fox obviously is it's on the National Registry for historic places and as a result of that there the department of um interior I believe MH has to comment on whatever occurs so we're being very um but before they could get to that point they had to clean it up it was just in real bad bad situation so he was confident that it's now a point that we could actually take inventory and the word he used uh today was it's going to be beautiful and I love that said I love that Zach I love that word beautiful so um stay too well you know with downtown Inglewood or any um location that has uh a downtown you have to have something that anchors it in other words something that draws people in you know for example um I was I went to uh Isa Ray's restaurant and I said man that would have been so great if she had came downtown Englewood but then I remember what Chris said about uh already having an exist exting building that has a kitchen that has all the things necessary due to cost factors but is there's something that you guys really can't discuss that's more like an anchor that's going to be coming to uh downtown engg Le let's just say um we are working on some really um Grand opportunities in our in our downtown uh and as one of the things

that has slowed that down was just getting the residential projects there we have the Dilo now we have Astra now and so now the retailers are looking at it differently because you have uh you have um an increased uh foot traffic that's curring that's kind of organic because of the the residential projects so yes we are looking at some I think you'll be very pleased over the next two to three years and I hate to put it out there because everybody wants it yesterday but it does take some time and there is some investment actually that question you just talked about or that that comment regarding the infrastructure is one of the things that that economy question was kind of built on because the cost associated with the retrofitting lends itself to to entities that would serve more of the sports entertainment center than it does the local population because of the cost so you have to be intentional about assisting in that we just uh working on now some uh grant funding dispersements we're get we'll be at Council to uh bring on a uh a consultant firm that's going to help disperse about 8.5 yeah 8 8 .5 million to assist both external because usually there's an emphasis on facade but we're going now allowing for those funds to be used internally so you can get the hoods and the kitchen areas put in that are very expensive to undertake and that property owners are usually a little slow at moving on that um and that local businesses that come in and we've seen this they'll spend all their money on doing that and then not even open

because it just is so costly uh so we're hoping that uh we'll be able to have some really cool anchors in the downtown area that are unique to Engle wood so yeah great presentation thank you no further comments or questions okay I have a couple of questions and some comments I I really want to pigy back on on commissioner tro when she indicated about well the presentation that was given about the schools and how they're lining and then we talked about I want to I want to bring in schools and residents what happens on people coming into the community younger people because she indicated that it doesn't appear that younger people are coming in and that's based upon affordability and to bring younger people in we're looking at a school system we're looking at schools so I'm I'm I'm kind of confused on how we be able to bring them in when you need a school system to keep them in so can we kind of can you kind of help me on this one I I can't speak for the school district unfortunately but what I what I think we have um and we did uh survey the school district in terms of uh their current status uh their strategic planning I think what we've what is indicated in the existing conditions report is that you know they are as as you're aware resizing their infrastructure and their facilities I think with the idea that they'll also be making investments in upgrading the infrastructure that remains the schools that remain so you know again I don't want to speak for

them but I would think and hope that the result of that will be that you know that they're able to focus their resources on a number of facilities that is going to overall improve The Learning Experience improve the environment provide a more you know attractive system once you you know have have established that Foundation rebalanced it that will ultimately you know engender more confidence among the community people outside the community um in wanting to you know partake in in the public school system here okay now I I and I'm sorry I just wanted to add that this what what we're what we're presenting today too is a snapshot of where we are right and I I think I think that's with the with the thought that we're going to be able to work collaboratively with the school district right and other agencies to provide um a path forward to create and establish policies to help us get to where we want to be right so the question is well how do we attract families well that's something that we need to talk about and that has to be a driving question that helps us to develop some policy that moves Us in that direction right um so I I I you know we can't know where we're going to go if we don't know where we are and where we've been okay and I think that's the that that's where this this document has become so critical to our our us moving forward to the next level and I'm going to add one more thing in because we see that under action right now as you know uh we're going through a upgrade of our uh our library and as part of that one of the things that the

the mayor has done along with the council is to work with the school district about connectivity right instead of separating entities we have a big street called Manchester that separates Englewood High School from our library to create uh connections that make it easier to collaborate so you can imagine one of the things that's been discussed as a skybridge that go that connects Englewood High School with our library and now you can begin to do some programmatic things that does not necessarily strain the uh School District because the city has these resources and as you know the school district and the city are two separate entities so you do have to have some collaboration to be able to share between and in the past we've had speaking of existing we've had conflict there and now the new level of leadership is saying we got to work together because what we want to do is no matter where that number ends up in terms of the employe um the number of students that those are the best students right and the way you do that you don't Focus necessarily on getting the numbers up you folks are getting the quality up right and that's what makes it attractive and then ultimately people choose to put their because you have choices right my your kids don't have to go where you live before it was normal folks here in Englewood went to Englewood schools and we we've heard that over and over again when you look at the history But as time has come along we've have Charter Schools we have private schools we have all these choices that parents have and then as income has have risen opportunities have subsidies have and so we have to make oursel attractive like we've done across

the landscape of Englewood with our entertainment district and some of the changes we've done internally with the city and then once that happens people don't want to have to spend more money to go drive away they rather have their kids here but they're not going to risk the future of their kids from an educational standpoint if the school district is not understood going to provide that so just wanted to throw that to cense thank you sir okay um you you went around and you got information from stakeholders my question would be in short are you going to to show on the road in other words are you going to go to the town hall meetings in the first district second district and give them this information that you're giving us that's my suggestion um and it can be a short it doesn't have to be long it could be short and just hit the key points because people want to know what's going on in the city and they want to know the future of the city so I think it's a a good idea to put it on the road and I think I I asked the last question I'm going to open it up you have any other questions from the Commissioners commissioner fer you have a question no just uh I really appreciated the uh indepth presentation lot to take in I tried to read a lot but uh I think it's it's an excellent opportunity I'm so glad that this is happening uh the the entire city should be excited about it because as it evolves I think PE more and more of the residents and the business owners will

see the value uh and I think I hope they recognize that we definitely did take in the city's uh input uh which is critically important and you'll have more opportunities to do that I'm sure so I'm looking forward to suddenly all of district one commenting so thank you thank you very much commissioner rice I think Chris had spoken on um enhancing the package and that was not just a extra Grant I'm talking about the grant program for Market Street they it was being enhanced to not just um enhance the exteriors but to include the Interiors now yeah the the grant funding doesn't limit itself to just exterior because I think part of that uh procurement of that 8.5 million was uh understanding that you know painting the outside doesn't necessarily Drive the business so many uh business owners things like the interior this is each person would get up to $250,000 towards um the renovation now we certainly do want exterior we want to make sure it's clean on but you can imagine how big that is if for a refrigerating unit for hood for those types of things that normally in a facade Improvement program would not be available unless it's a second generation kitchen it's that much can be spent in one kitchen by itself that's correct that's correct and for things to pencil for that small business those are deciding factors over whether or not they move forward or not sometimes it's just those little things that determine whether they they they actually are on have a Competitive Edge or not so Bernard you were speaking and I don't think you got an opportunity to finish

your statement I think you were saying something was going to start [Music] tomorrow oh no we have an internal kickoff meeting for the the destination Market Street program tomorrow so we're going to be rolling it out really really soon thank you no other questions need to hear that and and while I have the mic Shameless plug um please the existing conditions report the community profile the vision statement and guiding principles are all available on our website um www.next lingle wood.com you can also there you can also view the general plan video that we showed at the uh beginning of our presentation so um you can sign up for our email list um also complete a survey um to then again continue to allow your your voice to be heard as we move through this process um we will also on that website post Flyers um for upcoming Community meetings and things of that nature and chairman we hear you and we will um attend some we'll take our show in a row you must have liked it if you're asking for an encore so you know I'm going go to her I'll come back to me commissioner Trail well as a 50 50-year resident I bought my house in Englewood 50 years ago almost in July of this year it'll be 50 years longtime resident BBE I was a baby still am um and I've seen a whole lot of changes in Englewood I've been on the commission since 2006 so have seen a lot of changes and it's really really exciting exciting and you know reading this I you know I looked at it and I thought oh my God but it was actually fun reading um

and one of the ones the items that I really got a big kick out of was our histo historic resource ry's donut I love Randy's donut and and I was as some of you know because I sent a picture I was in a high-end shopping mall just north of Mexico City over the holidays and Randy's Donuts is going to be in that high-end mall and I thought wow look how far Englewood has come so that was I bragged to all my family over there and said hey that's ry's that's ry's and uh same logo same color everything so anyway I have a big big love for for the city of Englewood and I'm excited to see this thank you ry's Donuts is in Manhattan Beach they're in Torrance started not OG commissioner sha Williams Englewood is doing it big I tell you I was at the airport in Las Vegas coming back and uh at a Southwest counter so you know you got to show your ID so I showed the lady my ID of course uh and she just went Bonkers oh my God you're from Englewood I'm from Englewood and she was probably I would say maybe late 60s and she said I was born in Cella hospital I lived on Hardy I just love Englewood and I wanted to say then why are you living in Las Vegas so I leave it alone but no this this is wonderful thank you so much for the presentation everybody it was excellent yes I love the presentation I I really did and the reason I said I want you to put it on the road is because you know a lot of people come up to you and they ask what's going on in the city what can you tell me what's happening and I say well if you come to the city council meetings they're they're televised they'll tell

you a lot of no I don't want I I don't want to know that I want to know if are there going to be any stores or could I open up a business you know so that's that was the reason I asked could we put this this show on the road those questions can be asked and answered um the first district is probably one of the largest districts in you mentioned about education and Financial in a particular district and I think the first district has uh your economical base is a little higher than any the other districts so the first district because I'm in the first district is the district that I think will enjoy this more so and the reason I say that Mr Jackson you indicated um about a restaurant you kept you're trying to keep it a secret but that's okay you can keep it a secret until it comes out eventually it will um but they want to know about um eateries they want to know about um things like health food stores Trader Joe's things like that that's what they're interested in this the older group lives in the first district they don't want to travel you mentioned about Transportation so they want to be able to I know there's an access that is in Englewood that can take you from from one location to the next if you were senior but they want to we want to be able to get to one location to the next quietly not drive the car we want to be able to get there we want to be able to go to the Intuit Dome to watch a Clipper game we want to be able to go to The Forum to for a concert we want to be able to go to Sofi to watch a football game or the battle of the bands that were there recently so this the city

even though it's large it's small it's it's small itself and they want to be able to find out what's going on I want you to give that website again Mr Bernard so we'll know what that website is because I want to be able to put that that information out and we want to be able to produce that website on a regular at our City Council meetings I need you to say that website again so everybody knows what that website is because they can go on that website and get all the information that they need and they'll be able to answer and get questions on that website so if you can get that website again so the the website for our general Plan update is www.ex level Englewood all onew word.com www. neext l e v e l i n g l e w o o d.com now on that website what information is given on that website Mr so on on that website you'll be able to find the existing conditions report that was presented tonight A graphically Rich version more condensed um version of the existing conditions report which is called a community profile um and then you can find the um vision statement and guiding principle you also can find on that website um the video that we showed that explains exactly what a general plan is and why it's important um as a form of educating the public as to what we're doing and and U why we need to um there's a email sign up list there um you can where you can put your information in and receive any email updates that we provide which

we'll be doing regularly moving forward um um and we also provide the dates that we will present um this plan to uh the existing conditions report to city council for their um for them to receive and file as well you know there's a Inglewood magazine Inwood publication that goes out I think every quarter every three weeks it's a magazine um oh yeah is this can that go in that um Parkton Rex yeah AB absolutely well you know we don't say no we GNA find a way now there also is there also is I don't know if you've noticed if you've driven as you drive through the city um the there's the next level um moniker has been on the wow Billboards as well um and so you know we're really working to reach um we we've we're working with Thomas bun and his team um to you know broadcasting on social media um and so we're really just trying to meet people where they are and so you know we will be taking our show on the road um presenting the existing conditions report but then also going to meet people um where they are to get their their comments and feedback as we move into the next phase of this so next level Inglewood has taken on more than just a tagline for the general plan it's really become how how we in the development Services Department are operating how we're operating Citywide um it's it's it's something that that we're taking a lot of pride in um you know the mayor has really um taken the the the moniker and and is is you know grab the bull by the horn for lack of a better word and is is moving this thing forward um for not just the residents

but even us here in the city um as employees so it's truly next level thank you I want to thank your staff as well for their your presentation very good you guys did a good job I if I can clap can I clap can [Music] we is there a motion that we have to do on this one okay very good thank you sir you guys did a phenomenal job that's your word Mr Bernard okay we're gonna move right along I think our next here is um the initiatives yes we did our public comment so we're going to go with commissioner initiatives we're going to start with commissioner fer if you can give us your initiative thank you Mr chair um council member gray uh has made a staffing change uh we bid farewell to Alicia Smith who've been with us for 11 years and we welcome Angela Maye as her new Administrative Assistant uh Miss Maye uh brings over three decades of invaluable experience uh access in the area of entertainment finance and Logistics so if you need to reach the council member Angela May she's looking forward to hearing from you uh we are also holding a paper shred day on February 15th from 9 a.m. to 12: noon at the IOP Center uh we always seem to even though I a lot of people think that they're not frequent enough we do but uh there always a line around the street around the corner so get rid of those items that you know are piling up spring cleaning early I think you can call it also uh we're asking everyone in district one to join in with the rest of the city in the black history

celebration uh the family Festival which is Saturday 11: a.m to 5:00 p pm. uh council member Grace's Walkin office hours are the fourth Thursday day from 400 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. uh at the IOP Center so you can catch her there and uh we're also asking you just to keep the families uh in Altadena Pasadena um Palisades in your prayers and continue to donate um we don't want them to just think it was a one-time shot deal we anything you can do uh please uh work with your your community your churches Etc to uh help sustain them so thank you Mr rice I think the mayor has a quote what was it um the only thing that's changed in Inglewood is everything except the people and I'm going to put the a quotation for the planning department on the back of my shirt we don't say no we find a way you're going to see that a lot we find a way with all of this and I really appreciate this Grand program for Market Street it's going to be everything that we've needed to get this street going thank you so so much um Florence Avenue eastbound from lasena there's a left turn at Ivy signal doesn't work light doesn't work left turn nothing for a months but people are turning into that laning and they're trying to get out because it doesn't turn green okay but that's it yeah we'll transmit that over to our traffic public works department Traffic Division commissioner Trail uh yeah I just wanted to ask if if

any of you are any of you aware of what may be happening at for at the vacant uh gas station on the northeast corner of Sentry and Englewood Avenue it's been vacant for about 6 months it's still Fen so I I know I had mentioned that some time ago and they fenced it it's still fenced I I saw it knocked down but it's like they immediately repaired it and uh but I was just curious if there's been any plans for for that we'll we'll we'll circulate and talk to staff nothing that comes to the top of the mind right now uh they may be doing some remediation on the site to clean it up typically gas stations have to go through that before there's any potential development going on on there there are a number of uh um uh EV charging stations that have been popping up and we have a few others that are going to be coming on line um with some of the properties that have been um fenced off so we'll look for that particular one and we we'll get you some communication on what we have tomorrow great and ALS and also the property next door to it that I had reported before the tire shop completely cleaned it up I mean they moved out um yeah looks like they've now painted the building so that's another one if you know what may be happening there yeah and Kudos code enforcement division they worked very hard on that to make sure and that once I think the operator understood that that we weren't going to be permissive to allow them to do it just made sense for them to go somewhere where they could do that so yes hopefully it opens up an opportunity we'll give you an update on that as well okay great thank you commissioner Shaw Williams yes thank you for the birthday card everyone very touching made my evening thank you so much and what is the new place called the uh charging station I forget the

name of it we went to their grand opening yeah is it Tera something ter ter terat terat why do they have a sheet like a long sheet around the fencing area it's almost like a covering around the fencing yeah not sure about that we'll take a look I know mo uses that particular location I think weo uses that location but we'll we'll we'll we'll query them and find out and um come up with another alternative for screening probably for screening right now but uh we'll make sure that they upgrade so that it's not uh it's not a visual nuisance yes thank you that's all thank you okay thank you okay I just have a couple of things uh number one I want to say happy birthday belated birthday to commiss Rice I think yours was on the 8th of January fourth oh the fourth and I want to say happy birthday to commissioner sha Williams hers was on the 20th and I want to thank everyone for my card I'm going to frame this card and put it on my fireplace I love it I I'm reading some of the some of the things that that are on here you guys really thought about it you said something really nice to me me so I I I really appreciate that thank you very much uh I want to comment on the Commissioners Academy we spoke about that briefly but we never we never came to a final conclusion on the Commissioners attending it I put it on my calendar I just want to know should I erase it or keep it there keep it penciled we we're processing the paperwork um now and so we're just waiting on a final approval um and once we get that hopefully within the next week or two then we'll be able to um you

can plan accordingly but yeah yeah and with that being said one of the things that you might want to consider is to uh um to identify a meeting an alternative meeting because that that certainly came up by commissioner Fowler and you could um identify a special meeting date now and we could uh in case that meeting is not held we would be able to move forward with a special meeting so you want us to put a meeting together now is that what you said it you could is this something do a motion that would say in the event that the fifth meeting is not held then we'll have we'll have a special meeting the following week or 12th the 12th yeah okay so all right I'm doing my initiatives and you want me to have put a motion you don't have to but it's just one of the the casualty of that is that then we would have to call the special meeting ourselves um if you already have it established if needed okay got ask my Commissioners is there a motion on the floor everybody want to make a motion on that there's a i' like to make a motion that in the event that May 5th 2025 meeting is cancelled that it's moved to May 12th 2025 March March March passed T March 12 2025 second okay is the property moved in second we're going to call for any questions on that motion everybody understand the motion hearing none we will call for a vote commissioner fer hi commissioner rice hi commissioner tryo hi commissioner Shaw Williams hi chairman Springs I thank you thank you for that I think

that's it for me I don't have anything else I I just want to applaud um Next Level Inglewood I think you guys I think it's great I'm I'm so excited I haven't lived in Englewood for 50 years cuz I'm only 49 oh okay oh my but I've lived here a while and I can see the change in the city um when I first first moved here there was a bus going down Fifth Avenue and it stopped at the Fifth Avenue theater and then it Circle back around it went down Market Street to the theaters and then they had a theater on Imperial we don't have that theater on Imperial we don't have the theater on on Manchester either but I've the city has grown and it's grown because of the hard work that the Planning Commission the planning department has put into it and the work that you guys have done and our leadership that we have and our and our mayor and our city council so I'm really proud of the city I'm like um commissioner sha Williams when we when I go somewhere and they ask me because I have a I have a sweatshirt that says Englewood on it and people what did you get that sweatshirt from you know they want to know where I got the sweatshirt from um so I'm so proud to be a I am so proud to be uh a resident and I'm so proud and happy to be chairing the Planning Commission so thank you very much thank you guys thank you and that's it all right