Remarks by Katie Maynard
91 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“Um, so I know we also have a special event permit process with the city Can you talk to us about when we should be putting events in a CUP versus when do we handle events through a special event permit and”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“That's helpful. Thank you. There was an earlier CUP process where the city was working with some existing housing and there was a CUP that required the applicant to move the housing at that time to the central development area. Can you help me understand what the impacts that the city had identified at the time were and why there was a condition to move it to the central area? And then I know now we're looking at kind of moving it back to that area. So I'm trying to understand what changed between those two processes.”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“Thank you. And there are some yurts on the site that are currently not approved, is that correct?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“So they were allowed until permanent construction, so they're still technically allowed as a temporary use?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“No, there are setbacks. There's some conversation about sound setbacks for smaller events that would be 20 feet from the property line. Is there any differentiation between sound setbacks for small versus large events?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“The staff housing is so there's nine staff housing units, one in the central campus and eight in the farm worker housing. But there are eight units with 16 bedrooms. So it looks like we have one parking space for two bedrooms. Is that normal for farm worker housing?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“And is that because it's farm worker housing? I know for like a normal residence, we normally require one and a half or two spaces for that same amount of space. So is it because it's farm worker housing that it's reduced?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“And there's a cafe on site. I was looking at the parking requirements, and it was nine spaces for the farm stand and eight for the farm worker housing, 25 for the barn, and four for farm support. But I didn't see any parking assessed for the cafe space. Is that incorporated in the barn parking requirements?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“And actually, I have another question for the applicant that won't require Scott, so I can ask you over there. I appreciate the letter that you provided that reduced your expectation for number of events and size of events. One thing I didn't notice in here was any change to the number of animals. And so I wanted to check in. I believe there's a maximum of 100 chickens and 26 small animals. But I also saw your enclosure for animals was only 2,000 square feet. So I guess my question is, are you really going to have that many? Or could that number also be reduced, in your opinion?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“So what was the total parking spaces for the cafe then?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“Oh, sorry. I had nine parking spaces for the farm stand and 25 for the barn. I was curious if that was consistent with your numbers, too.”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“Thank you. That's very helpful. You're welcome. That's all my questions for right now.”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“A couple of quick follow-up questions. So as we were talking about the CEQA exemption where they were looking at the 3.4 acres or the 12.3 acres, to what extent does the events component play into that? So there's the construction piece, which is clearly less than the five acres, but then there's also the use of the land for events. But if we're looking at a COP application but they didn't have a construction piece, there wouldn't be a CEQA requirement. Is that correct?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“There's two pieces of this, right? There's a construction project and several construction projects. And then there's also all of the events. And the events are really going to go throughout the 12.3 acres or the full area of the land. More than five acres would be impacted by events in different ways. But the construction is limited to under five acres. So I guess my question to you is, if this was a CUP only for events and we weren't looking at construction, it wouldn't require CEQA. Is that right?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“Thank you. Those are really helpful. And then I have just two last quick questions for the applicant. So my first one is, you provided so many reductions here. I'm trying to get my head around the different reductions. So I don't know if you can come up with this number on the spot. How many events, given your new plan that you submitted right at the beginning of the meeting, would be over 195 attendees? Because I know you've got lots of different types of events of different sizes, but those seem to be the events that would reach out into the neighborhoods or have You know, work trying to…”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“Because it was four fundraising, two seasonal events.”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“How often would there be an event over 195 people?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“Oh, and sorry, one last question. There was a public comment letter that had mentioned that maybe some of the bass sounds might not have been incorporated into the acoustic assessment. Could you speak more to that?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“I came into the meeting thinking that I would say yes and ask for the landscape plan. And a couple of things actually helped me feel OK without it. There's only one or two trees that are being removed. I thought that there was going to be more trees that would need to be removed. And then I really wanted to see where those were going to get replanted. I also did a site visit and was impressed at the extent of shielding with the pomegranate bushes, particularly on that north side. But throughout the perimeter of the property, there's a lot of shielding already in place, and that helped to…”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“I was impressed with the limited amount of light that was planned by the applicant. So I guess I would like to see specifics in the proposal of where those light limits would be. I think we didn't get a lot of that in the proposal, which leads me to think we might need to see a photometric plan, but also that a better understanding of the lighting for events, particularly evening events, would be helpful for me.”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“Yes, go ahead. This is a little off topic, but it's related to the planning documents. So in terms of acoustics, typically we do get like an acoustical plan that also shows that it's not going to go over 65 decibels at the property line. Do we have that information from other things that they've submitted to us?”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“And that meets that 65 decibels at the border? That's correct. Including for all the events? Correct. OK, thank you.”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“I feel like this is actually a very appropriate spot for the farm worker housing. It provides confidentiality and some privacy to the farm workers, moving them away from the more public parts of the farm. So I think that that's a good choice. It does fit with the easements that are allowed with the property. It does split out a little bit of the traffic, so you have a very low amount of traffic for the eight cars coming in at the corner. I felt better knowing that that's really a culvert and is not an established creek base, because I was a little concerned about the road going across the…”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026
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“I am also very thankful for the letter that the applicant submitted right before the meeting, but am leaning towards a continuance because it is such a significant change right before the meeting that I do want the community to have a chance to look at these numbers and to think about this. But it's really clear that the applicant has done a significant amount of work to try to meet the community halfway through this proposal and that makes me feel really good about the direction that you all are heading. I also am thinking about that 195 number just because as we start to think about doing…”
Planning Commission · Jul 13, 2026