Remarks by Don Penning
157 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 7
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“Hello, testing. All right, good evening. It is October 14th, 7 p.m. I'd like to call this meeting to order. Are there any disclosure of participation by teleconference pursuant to government code section 54953.8.3? No, sir. No. Okay, roll call the declarations of conflicts.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“And if you could please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“All right, thank you. All right, the City of Tracy will continue to allow for remote participation by members of the public at tonight's meeting by using the following options. Online by logging into Zoom using the link provided. Under public comment, raise your hand to speak by clicking on the hand icon on the participants panel to the right of your screen. This procedure will be used to receive all comments received from Zoom during items from the audience and all other items. Director's report.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“All right. Thank you, Carl. Presentations? I do not believe we have any. Okay. Consent calendar minutes. Have we all had a chance to take a look at the minutes? And if so, entertain a motion.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“We have a motion has been seconded. Roll call vote, please.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“All right, moving on, items from the audience. Just real quick, if you do decide to come up and speak, please sign in. There's a sign-in sheet at the podium. We invite members of the public to use Zoom to comment under items from the audience. This particular one is for items that are not on the agenda. Online by logging into Zoom using the link provided. First of all, are there any speaker cards submitted for public comments on items from the audience? No speaker cards. No speaker cards. Are there any members of the public who did not submit a speaker card that would like to speak on items…”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“Okay. If you don't mind, come on up, say your name, and sign in, please.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. AND JUST TO RUN THAT TOPIC, I'M LOOKING OVER HERE, REMIND EVERYONE WHO'S HERE AND OR LISTENING, WHEN ARE THOSE TWO MEETINGS, THOSE WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED AND LOCATION?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“It is at the transit station. Okay. Just bring those ideas, again, whoever is listening, and bring those ideas to both those workshops. That would be great. Thank you very much for that comment. It doesn't appear there are any more comments. The public comment period for items from the audience has now closed. Any comments that were received after the close of the public comment period will not be included in the record. All right, moving on, public hearings.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“waive the first reading by substitution of the title and introduce an ordinance approving an amendment to the Glenbrier State Planned Unit Development to establish development standards for 3415, 3465, 4475, and 27745 South MacArthur Drive. Assessors Parcels Numbers 248-040-07. 248-040-05, 248-050-20, and 248-050-02, respectively exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, also known as CEQA guidelines, section 15183. Staff report, please.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“All right, thank you very much. Prior to opening up public comments, are there any clarifying questions from Commission?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“All right, thank you. No more, no further clarifying questions. I would like to formally open up the public hearing. And once again, if you do decide to come up here, please sign in on the podium. First of all, are there any speaker cards submitted for item 6A? No speaker cards. No speaker cards. Are there any members of the public who did not submit a speaker card that would like to speak on item 6A? Show of hands from the audience. No show of hands. Are there any public comments received by email for item 6A?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“No email. Are there any public comments received via Zoom for item 6A?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“No comments. Okay, so now the public hearing for this item is now closed. Any comments that were received after the close of the public comment period will not be included in the record. We'll bring it back up here for commission discussion. I just got a, just one thing, and we kind of briefly talked about it yesterday, but now this, what's being proposed here is actually just kind of following the same format as most of the residential areas in Tracy, is that correct?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“Thank you for that. And do you anticipate any more of these coming through us? Are there any more areas out there that had the same exact condition, if you will?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“So one last question then. So the City of Tracy, your team actually took the initiative and took care of this without getting any information from the property owners. You just kind of follow the same format as everything else. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much. Anything else?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“I'll definitely entertain a motion if there's more questions.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“All right. We have a motion that's been seconded. Roll call vote, please.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“All right. Thank you very much. Moving on. Item 6B. Conduct a public hearing and upon its conclusion, adopt a resolution recommending that the City Council take the following actions. waive the first reading by substitution of the title and introduce an ordinance adding section 10-08-4242 to the Tracy Municipal Code regarding short-term rentals exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA guidelines section 15061 . Once again, staff report.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“All right. Once again, thank you, Christina. Prior to going out to the public, any clarifying questions from anyone up here? Any commissioners?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. No further clarifying questions. Thank you. I would like to open up the public hearing. And once again, please sign in before speaking at the podium up here. Are there any speaker cards submitted for public comments on item 6B?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“No speaker cards. Looking out in the audience, are there any members of the audience that would like to comment on item 6B who did not submit a speaker card? No show of hands. Are there any public comments received by email for item 6B? No emails received. Are there any public comments via Zoom for item 6B?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“All right. Well, then we will close the public hearing. The public hearing for this item is now closed. Any comments that were received after the close of the public comment period will not be included in the record. We'll bring it back to Commission for discussion.”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“So if this does go through, what I didn't see on here, and I just want to just clarify this, does this apply to ADUs as well that are on property?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026
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“And second question, who will be enforcing? Let's say this goes through, right? And we recommend the council approve it. Who's going to be enforcing this throughout the city?”
Planning Commission · Oct 14, 2026