Remarks by Katrina Rice-Schmidt
163 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 7
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“I just wanted to say I'm glad you put in black walnut because that comes up in CEQA. So if you have a... report done by a biologist they're going to identify the black walnut and it's going to be considered an impact if you take it from a sequence standpoint but then our code is silent on it so that it creates a conflict so i like that you're putting it in so it's consistent”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“I bet Sherry has it. Sherry has it from, she started it at one point. So I know a long time ago it was done.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“I wanted to clarify something too. The community forest management plan, says trees planted in the public realm and the city-owned lands. So I think that this is also encouraging private property owners to plant trees that are on this list in their, say, their front yards, anywhere where there's public view. So that's in the policy. So it's an encouraging thing, but it's a document. that identifies neighborhood trees in the public right of way, but also in the public realm and in the front yards.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“I was on the original committee to write this.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“I know they took it off when they revised it, but they kept the old Council and the old planning Commission, but they didn't keep staff your name.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Yeah, this is encourage private property owners to plant.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“I think it's OK to have a combination of planting and mitigation fees. Yeah, that's all good. But the mitigation fee is complicated because, you know, you can't go strict diameter because if you have a 20-inch diameter tree that's not healthy, you know, that— This came up recently.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“But that's part of the dollar calculation, not the inch. But it's hard to evaluate. So if you're asking to replace by inch.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“The value is based on an assumption of the health of the tree Right, the dollar figure Yes But not the diameter Yeah, it's a combination Yeah, so there's two things we were looking at, though We were looking at, okay, we've got 97 inches to replace Or this appraised value to replace Totally”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“So I just caution being overly simple about it because it's very not simple.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“And that's what we want is you know you know we have the mature forest right now we don't have a lot of trees going in and so we're we need to plan for our future so that's why we're talking about little smaller trees that will plant and thrive yeah In the right conditions But like in the forest document there are a couple areas you know like”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“So maybe, you know, in those instances where there are trees that come down that were hazardous, you know, at no fault of the owner, you know, just false, that may be some kind of planting plan, you know, where you plant 100 acorns instead of an actual tree or something like that. That could be some kind of mitigation plan for the loss of that tree instead of, you know, just one for one replacement.”
Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Katrina. Just driven around. I didn't go on site again. Same here.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“So you added some additional information about parking, on-site parking?”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, I appreciate that. And so I want to still talk about that. Okay. Okay. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Well, that was my question. I guess it's like, can we talk about this? Because it's still, for me, an issue. I mean, I love the project. Don't get me wrong. And I appreciate this going to Historic Preservation Commission, because I think it should have gone there in the first place, personally. So I appreciate that it went back to the Historic Preservation Commission. And I agree with some of the comments from the commissioners about the courtyard being a character defining feature and to keep the landscaping low. So that's my comment on that. But the parking, I know that the applicant's…”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“CUP. And it's on this property. It's not incorporating the Oak or the El Roblar Hotel. So this is not a combined project, even though some of the analysis was done on the combined project. So because of that, if we're doing analysis and making modifications to our zoning ordinance, shared parking, I think to cover ourselves, for the city, to protect the city, we need to make sure that shared agreement, parking agreement, is put in place. That way, both parcels, both property owners, are acknowledging that they're having shared parking. If you just say, hey, it's just part of the CUP, then the…”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“What, I mean, I'm sorry, El Roblar, I'm sorry. My brain is going back in time. But my point is, this is a CUP on these two APNs on 107 North Ventura has nothing to do with El Roblar, except we have these two reports that say, hey, it's a shared use and they're gonna share parking. I think that's not enough, so that's my point.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I guess this is a clarification question. So the gate is a five foot wrought iron see-through gate. Is there a five foot wrought iron see-through fence the entire way behind those plants?”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“So it's just plants and the five foot gate? Yeah. Okay. I'm okay with that.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“But the applicant did react to historic preservation commission because they came back with a new elevation So that's what we're reacting to really is the new elevation.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“No, that's what we do. That's that's our bailiwick is saying yes this is This design fits in character with the building, with town, with the situation. It's in scale. That is our bailiwick. So we have to look at it and say, yeah, yay or nay. And that's what we do. That's what we're here for.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I think we're past that, though. I think we kind of gave our comments. I mean, we're not past it if we don't want to be. But I think the way the process has gone, in my mind, were past that point. So we sent it back to Historic Preservation Commission. They all commented. They weren't 100% in line. But the applicant went back, made some changes, and presented a new elevation. So I think that's what we're reacting to. So we're looking at the comments from HPC. We're looking at the elevation. And we're determining that, yes, They are, you know, they're either responding to HPC comments or not.…”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“No, it doesn't. It doesn't satisfy me because I'm, they're dependent on the parking being shared. This project is being dependent. Yes. on another property. So they're being dependent on an offsite property. So when they're dependent on an offsite property, you need an agreement so that offsite property is onboard and it's recorded on that parcel as well. So without that, The Oaks can say, or Roblar can say, we don't want to do it anymore. We don't want to share parking anymore. We don't want any part of it. But it behooves us to do that. It behooves them not to have it. So I don't understand…”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I do, because they're relying on another property. The El Roblar APN is not mentioned here. The El Roblar address is not mentioned in this project description. El Roblar stands on its own, and so does this. So the only reason this has anything to do with El Roblar, because of the project description, only saying what parcel numbers are at stake here that we're looking at, is the parking agreement, or not the parking agreement, the parking study, the transportation study. traffic analysis there we go so the traffic analysis in parking is based on two properties which in this project…”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026