Remarks by Angely Andrade Vallarta
54 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“Go to the public in order to create a large development. So again, I just want to, I've gotten lots of questions on why is all the development happening on these main corridors? It's going to create more traffic. And again, And it's not taken into consideration the existing communities. But again, just highlighting that we're limited to Measure K passing and only allowing us to develop in the teal color areas. Everything else is do not touch. And should a property owner want to develop, it would have to go through a citywide vote, right? And the developer likelihood of doing that probably, I…”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yes. If you can comment on some of the comments that we received regarding the density. We received two letters that there are some sites that are projected for 30, but really to make it feasible, they're asking to increase the density to 90, to at least 90. I FOUND A COUPLE OF HARBOR BOULEVARD LOCATIONS THAT ARE AT 30.”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 17, 2026
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“OKAY, GREAT. SO THEY WOULD HAVE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE THEIR DENSITY. AND THEN THE LETTER WE RECEIVED FROM McCRAE PROPERTIES I'M SURE THAT'S ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED IN ONE OF THE ALREADY COLOR COATED IN OUR MAP.”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 17, 2026
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“Maybe I didn't see that public comment. From Anne McCray, McCray Properties LLC. She just mentioned there's one lot that was included, the second lot wasn't, but she wants both parcels to be included as housing element.”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 17, 2026
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“OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT. MAKE THE MOTION.”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 17, 2026
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“Find that the project is consistent with City Council adopted resolution, certifying mitigated negative declaration, and adopting the mitigation monitoring reporting program. Recommend the City Council adopt resolution to approve the general plan amendment.”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yes, thank you. It's been a long time coming. I really appreciate the staff and consultants that have been working on this project, the extensive community outreach and connections and relationships with the developers that are interested, curious, qualified, don't qualify, and all of that. So really appreciate the hard work and incorporating also the CAP. It was great to see that that was also peppered into this as well, prioritizing green space where opportunities lie. Yeah, so thank you for all your hard work. Looking forward to how City Council moves forward with this.”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 17, 2026
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“JUST A MINOR ALSO ON THE TOP OF PAGE 15 UNDER MY COMMENTS. JUST FOR MY PRONOUN. THAT'S ALL.”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“Yes. Commissioner Andrade? Yes. So along the questions or the conversation with Commissioner Zick about the traffic analysis, and thank you for including this and updating this. And I apologize, I lost track on the slide for the traffic analysis. based on what you presented and what's in the staff report page 1539 of our binder, once the project comes in, you know, should the project, when the project is accepted and processed with the number of anticipated units and development, it would bring us to the Pardon the LoS the level of service standards to a D which is defined as Approaching…”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“Getting off of work. OK. And it's approaching unstable. Not unstable yet, but approaching unstable. We're just right at the cusp, I would say. And that's at the time when folks are kind of coming home. That's helpful. And based on across the city, the D rating, the LOSD rating meets the minimum traffic standard for the city. Right? Are there other LOSDs that you can maybe point to that, you know, just to kind of associate because again, this is all so far in the future, you're trying to take us into the future. So help us vision this. Is there a currently existing LOSD that we can kind of put…”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay. I think that would be helpful maybe for the next round once this goes to City Council because I know that's kind of as we see in the comments that's one of the peak concerns of our community is the level of traffic so understanding that there are already 26 existing areas that are within that C and D standard so this is something that we're familiar with right so something to be familiar with not to be afraid of concerned on the financial feasibility piece so again I just wanted to kind of clarify thank you you see I lost track of the slide numbers here but thank you for that so by…”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“OKAY. SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GIVE UP ON UNITS TO INCREASE THE OPEN SPACE, RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES. OKAY. AND AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE IN THIS ROUND OF THE REPORT, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF Projected units is the one is the is the estimate that is most feasible for a developer to come in, right? And I assume obviously this is with conversations with developers in the community. So okay, so this is based on conversations with experts in the field Yes, correct it's based on the financial feasibility analysis which included extensive”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay. Along the conversations of CEQA, thank you for addressing the comments of the letter that we received. So basically, right, most of the things that were raised have already been addressed in the report. I really did appreciate to hear the follow-up of that. as the project goes forward or develops, there is opportunities to have evaluation, to increase greater safety as construction starts to go up. So there could be at points where the developer can help mitigate some of these concerns. OK. And just high level, say everything works out great. Plan is approved. It goes through city…”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“My kid is 10 now. She ought to be like 28 years old. And hopefully she can afford a unit in here. OK, so we're really kind of projecting really far ahead. So this is an opportunity for us to build for Costa Mesa 2.0, way out in the future for my daughter when she's a full-grown adult. Um, right now she's in elementary school, so far, far ahead. So, um, appreciate all the great work that is going into this. I mean, again, to have an opportunity to think build for the future, um, is really exciting. Um, but I appreciate all the caution and creativity that we're taking here now. Um, so. public…”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“THANK YOU. SO IF I COULD JUST REFRAME IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. SO WE'RE IN A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE. OUR CONTRACT HAS ENDED IN SEPTEMBER 25. THEY GAVE US AN EXTENSION TO to get this done, to get our ducks in a row. So Costa Mesa can do its work. We even received a grant to do the study, to evaluate, get the community feedback, get all the input, to get this project moving. And you're saying that based on precedent, there is an opportunity. If we don't meet the contractual obligations that we have with the state, Essentially, the state could say, well, okay, Costa Mesa, you couldn't come up with a…”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“WOULD THIS PROJECT FALL WITHIN THE WORKFORCE AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS BECAUSE IT'S TECHNICALLY A CITY PROJECT?”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“YES. THAT'S THE MISSING ONE WORD. THANK YOU.”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“Organization so this wouldn't be under the community workforce agreement Is there an opportunity to include that in the proposal for a developer? I'm just again thinking this could be a great opportunity to employ a lot of custom essence Well, this is going up. Is that something that we can include in that as we're exploring? proposals for developers”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“Quick question. Could we, or is it already incorporated in the proposal to include Mary Mack Way once the lease is up? Right, because it's coming up by the end of the year. So is that already included, that we will?”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay. And so we talked about the second access road. If you could just clarify the second access road and we talked I know that in the report I read that we engaged with a golf design expert that Demonstrated that we're not we're reconfiguring Holes, so we're not losing holes. We're like shifting it around Remodeling it moving them around so we were not losing any number of holes. So Is that correct”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“That we adopt the resolution recommended.”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“Yes. Well, first off, I think this is, as we've heard, of critical importance for the development of our city and our growth. I appreciate many of the residents that have come out. My daughter goes to College Park, so I'm very familiar with that neighborhood as well. And many of the parents in our PTA live in that area, Mesa Verde, Mesa del Mar as well. But I also live adjacent to this project along Joanne Street. And I can share with you that on this side of the road, District 4, District 5, residents on Joanne Street along Placentia down Wilson are welcoming this opportunity to have renewed…”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR MAYBE MORE JUST CLARIFYING Wasn't the, I thought at some point part of it or I don't know if the whole cap was also grant funded. I recall when one of the presentations.”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“Yeah. And now some of these changes, is it just for the EJ areas or the whole city? EJ zones or the whole city?”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026
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“YEAH. AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU INCLUDING SOME OF THE POINTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION AS ONE LIVING IN THE EJ ZONE AND TALKING TO MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WELCOME. SLOWING DOWN OUR STREETS, CONTINUING TO MAKE IT SAFE TO Is really important reducing pedestrian deaths. I think we could all be on board on on doing so Especially appreciate the Aspects of expanding green space cooling centers because yes being a predominantly I mean again, and I'm just thinking of District 4 and I'm sure it pours over to district 5 as well as a predominantly renter…”
PLANNING COMMISSION · Aug 10, 2026