Remarks by Jonathan Chesley
138 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 6
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“Can you just walk us through the entry sequence? I think I'm not quite understanding it yet.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I see. Okay. Got it. I thought you'd come in through the lobby.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So you don't really walk through the courtyard that you see right now from?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“area right I think that's why they're proposing to bring it from the north side through the gym I mean whatever we think about the interior organization of it by having that be the entrance it's gonna force people up to Matilla walk across street most of the you know parking is on the north side yeah right yeah most of the access to the sidewalk that gets you to the entrance is on the north side so”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Yeah I'll just I'll just reiterate about the I think the fence on North Ventura Street. Yeah, just to make sure that, I mean, maybe it's a fence, but as long as it's very welcoming. I mean, I feel like it's a very modest, you know, touches the changes between what's existing, what's not. It's a simplifying, you know, kind of a stripping down, making it sort of be, you know, kind of blend in with the hotel across the street, you know, but I think... to make it still feel open, whatever that looks like. And it could still be screening, but to feel open.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Just to make sure I understand the merger thing real quickly, you're saying that the voluntary merger is not in the provision in the code right now, but they can use that mechanism Right.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So in a way, so what's complicated here is in the staff report is the contiguous law merger is saying we'd like you to use this thing that's not yet in the code.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“The voluntary merger would be nice to have because it's a simpler process.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“They demand it, but we can't use it. Yes. Got it. Perfect sense. Yeah, just getting on the same page. Okay.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“But within that, I guess, right, there may be also, right, it's a designation, which I guess if the city were to,”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I was just trying to see what it was. What does it really mean? It's like what is possible in the public versus what's possible in the VMU. We'd have to kind of dive into that to really make sure that it makes sense.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“and i think that's what katrina's saying is like the fence seems like it's the biggest thing impacting the formal expression of the building on the street and how it interacts with you know we don't like the fence well yeah we've i think no i think that we've discussed it and they have been responsive and i think what we also probably know from the el roblar and just from this proposal is that they're yeah they're trying to do the nicest thing they can so likely, in the end, if they put a fence up, they might look at it and be like, yeah, maybe this wasn't the best idea. So I think we're…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I mean, it's complicated, but I think it's the start of, it's just the part of this larger conversation about driving and parking and walking and how we use Ojai now and into the future. So, you know, I think it's an interesting... wanted to have as part of the dialogue. I don't have much else to say. I mean, I think that this is, it's all looking pretty nice. I mean, I think that there's, yeah. It'd be interesting to see it next, on the fifth and maybe have a better sense still of how the kind of entry sequence all works.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026