Remarks by Branda Lin
23 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Thank you to the applicant for this project. One thing that I want to be considerate of, especially when we see housing projects in the IBC, sometimes we see what I feel are incompatible land uses. So I was just wondering if staff, you knew where the nearby warehouses were relative to this housing project.”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“Great. And this is including anything in the pipeline we have in terms of applications for warehouses that we may have?”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. And just in terms of safety for the families?”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“And then in terms of the nearest grocery stores, are there any other plans for groceries coming in the IBC? And if not, where are the existing ones relative to...”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“And I've heard, I'm not sure if you can confirm this because it is on the Tustin side, but is there a park coming in near, that would be closer to Bill Barber for these residents?”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“OK, great. Thank you for that. For the applicant, thank you for utilizing the opportunities for clean energy and helping bring down the cost for the residents there. So what exactly? I think I missed it. Have you implemented to help bring down the energy costs?”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“That's wonderful. Thank you. I wish we saw that on most of our projects. And then lastly, piggybacking off of what Commissioner Grossman had mentioned regarding the affordable units, what we like to see obviously is some kind of public benefit. And I was wondering what the public benefit was for this project.”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. And was that just due to based on the analysis and the costs for the project, there was nothing, I guess, nowhere where the applicant could find perhaps providing some type of public benefit for the city?”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. You know, Commissioner Grossman did bring it up. I'd like to ask, you know, if there's anything that could be done to provide some type of public benefit for the city, I think it'd be wonderful, whether it's, you know, adding one four-bedroom affordable unit, if possible. I'm sure you have considered this, and I don't know what other things the applicant has considered in terms of providing something for the city, but it would be wonderful just to have that. for our residents in our city. But thank you so much for the project itself, and that's it for me. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you chair, and thank you for the presentation, and I know the staff report was rather lengthy and all the attachments are a lot, but thank you for kind of just going over the main points, my first of all. I haven't seen this number of attachments before on this on on on this item, could you just explain the change in process for the planning Commission.”
Planning Commission · Aug 6, 2026
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“more updates because this is the only update that we're taking this year okay and the the reason mainly was because because we used to have them three times a year or four times a year three times a year typically three times a year and okay um i had a question regarding the cottage food operation I was wondering what triggers, like a referral to enforcement to look into a case. I was wondering, regarding operations, were there certain triggers that you've been seeing in the city?”
Planning Commission · Aug 6, 2026
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“Great. Thank you. And then I had a question regarding the setbacks and I don't remember exactly, but I wrote down it was Gateway Village. And it was the separation changing from eight feet to six feet. And I was wondering what prompted that change.”
Planning Commission · Aug 6, 2026
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“Great. I love the preemptive moves and measures that our city takes. One more question. It was regarding the connectivity, the objective design standards. And I was wondering, so in terms of connectivity, if there are plans over different sites, multiple sites, like multiple property developments, and there are different ownerships, how would that work in terms of working on connectivity? I was just wondering.”
Planning Commission · Aug 6, 2026
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“All under one owner. Separate owner. Separate owner. Sorry, separate owner. Okay. Okay. Thank you. And that's it on my end.”
Planning Commission · Aug 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Thank you, staff. And thank you for the applicant for bringing about this project. And thank you to the commissioners for asking great questions. I just had two quick questions. One is regarding bike parking. How many bike parking stalls will there be in the parking structure, if any?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Okay. 72 with 400. And will there, just a request, I don't know if the Community Services Commission had brought it up, but if we can provide just bike maintenance tools at the parking, it seemed like something convenient and appreciated by residents.”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“And then will there be restrictions in terms of residents wanting to park their bikes on the balcony, per se? Yes. There will be. OK. So 72 spots with a total of 422. OK. That's per the requirement. And that's, let me see if there's anything else. And then in terms of EV parking, how many stalls will there be? Do you know? Do you have that number, Erica?”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Okay, great. Thank you. And thank you for making changes according to the community services with the native plants and such. So do appreciate that. Thank you very much for that. The designs are gorgeous. The concepts are beautiful. And I think that open air with the, you know, inside interior to going out concept is something that would be appreciated, especially in that area. So thank you very much. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Just based on this discussion and what's come up, we veered a little off of the zoning text amendment, but I did have a question in terms of how we would go about placing a check-in time restriction, perhaps, just hearing about certain cases where perhaps someone who's renting a long-term rental goes to the wrong home if it's late at night. So if we can put a restriction on perhaps check-in time, I don't know what the process would be and if that's possible, but something to look into to possibly put like a check-in no later than this time restriction. Just thought that…”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Thank you so much. That's it. Thank you very much.”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Chair, I'll move to approve this recommended zoning text amendment to implement the Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act.”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair, and thank you, staff. This is just another example of how wonderful our staff is in making sure that we make adjustments as needed. If the commissioners don't have any comments, which I don't see in the queue, I'd like to bring a motion to adopt the recommended action.”
Planning Commission · Jul 16, 2026