Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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Good evening. It's 6 o'clock on July 1st. This is the Planning Commission meeting. So, Secretary, please take roll.

We will begin the Pledge of Allegiance. Please stand.

I'll read the procedures. This meeting is being conducted in person and electronically. For each matter considered by the commission, there will first be a staff presentation, followed by a presentation from the project applicant. Testimony from supporters of the projects will then be taken, followed by testament from those in opposition. The applicant will have the right to a final rebuttal presentation prior to closing the public hearing. In accordance with section 13 of article two of the planning commission rules and regulations governing the length of public debate, All public testimony f

Thank you. Do the commissioners have any changes to the agenda? Okay, can I have a motion to approve the agenda as amended? Okay, so Commissioner Calandra moved to approve the agenda. It was seconded by Commissioner Sherkel. Will the secretary please take the vote? If you are in favor, signify by saying aye. If opposed, say nay. We'll move on to the consent calendar. Do the commissioners have any changes on all of those agendas, the minutes? OK. We'll go out to the public. Would any members of the public like to provide comment on the consent calendar? Or, oh dear, I think I messed up. I guess

So are there any members of the public that would like to provide comment on the consent calendar? So can I have a motion to approve the consent calendar? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Okay. So new matters 8A is a resolution of appreciation for Peter Fang and David Kriner. So have that resolution.

Do we share the reports before that? Reports by commissioners.

Good evening to everyone, to our vice chair and to my fellow commissioners, to our assistant city attorney, to our mayor in his absence, all of our staff. It has been an honor and a privilege to both work with every one of these commissioners who have grown to become friends of mine um and not just here on the dice but also outside my sister jackie who has become probably one of my closest friends lately and then to all of the staff that has laughed with me has fussed at me for not being at certain things and jennifer for just being who you are it's been an honor to serve the city it's been a

OK, good. Thank you. And I would like to break one of the rules in the part where the audience is supposed to stay quiet. And I'd like you all to stand up and noisy.

I just like to say I've enjoyed being with you, David, and I still remember when we went to lunch together, and it was a great lunch, so hope to continue to see you.

I would like to add, I really appreciate your dedication to the West Side, to the community. You know, we have a lot of work to do in Fresno to create an equity for every single community. So please do not stop your work at the church, in the community, and thank you for being the voice for the community. Y'all appreciate it, man. God bless you.

David, I wish you the best. And I want to thank you for all that you've done for the community and for the greater good of all of us. So keep on. Thank you.

I hate to move on. If I move on, that means he's gone. But I think we have to move on. So we'll next consider item 7C, continued from June 17th.

Commissioner, can I please, I have some reports I want to share. Reports from the commissioners?

You know what, I'm sorry, my agenda doesn't have that, but sure, we can do that now.

First of all, as we are celebrating 250th Independence Day, happy Fourth of July to everyone, and wherever you're celebrating, let's continue celebrating this amazing nation. We love our USA, and also go Team USA today. Also, I want to thank Mayor Dyer. I had the great privilege on just a couple of days ago, there was a ribbon cutting ceremony for the two permanent affordable homes in West Fresno. And that's an amazing, I would say achievement for the community. And I was very excited when Mayor Dyer shared with me that there will be thousands of affordable homes that will be coming to Fresno.

Okay, so now we'll do item seven C, election of the chair and vice chair. Is there a motion to nominate a chair?

I'd like to nominate Kathy Bray as chair.

OK. And I'd like to make a motion to nominate the vice chair. I'd like to nominate Commissioner Lydate. Is there a second? I'll second. Take the vote.

Motion passes. We were supposed to do reports, commissions now, but we've done that, so we'll move on. Continued matter ID 26926 is being continued to July 15th. Do I do all three of those continued, or do I need to take a vote on each one?

Yeah, okay, then we'll go to 7D, which is continued from June 17th. So does the staff have a presentation? Presentation?

Does anyone have questions for staff? Thank you. I don't believe we need the applicant to present because he just did. So we'll go out to the public. Are there any members of the public who wish to comment in favor of the application? Are there any members of the public who would like to comment in opposition of the application that are in the chambers? None. We'll close the hearing. Does anyone have questions or a comment on this item?

No, but I would like to make a motion to approve staff recommendations. I'll second that.

All those in favor, say aye. Aye. No one's saying nay. So the motion passes. Do we have a report from the secretary?

If we're going to say thank you, I'd like to say thank you to the staff. You guys are great, and we really appreciate the support and the Cheetos. Okay, are there any unscheduled oral communications? Is there anyone in the public who would like to speak? Okay, seeing none, we'll adjourn the meeting. Thank you all.