Remarks by Katrina Rice-Schmidt
163 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 7
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“It's very simple and it's done all the time.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“if the hotel if we have another pandemic and the hotel goes out of business um the hotel can say pack sand i am not providing parking to anybody because i'm just not i'm gonna change the use and i'm gonna do something else so that's the problem that's the problem so yeah it's the hotel has to agree to share that parking because the spa is depending on it. So that's the agreement. I think the particulars can be discussed among the attorneys, but the hotel has to accept that responsibility And they're not named in this CUP. So if you want to go through the process again and couple El Roblar…”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“here's the recommendation that the Planning Commission I make a motion that the Planning Commission accept the Historic Preservation Commission comments from their regularly scheduled meeting of August 13th and including the elevation that was presented today by the applicant having that forwarded to the City Council And also adding that a shared parking agreement should be done per the traffic analysis and parking analysis for the project tied with El Roblar Hotel. the form to be the form of that agreement to be approved by city attorney and Forward that recommendation to City Council Is…”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I'm a process person, but it's important for transparency and equal and fairness. But the zone clearance is ministerial. So although the code, doesn't the code talk about discretionary? So it would seem to me that since the zone clearance is ministerial, that that would be done on its own, and any discretionary projects, like if this was a two-story DRP, then it would come before us, combined with a tree permit and a map and anything else. But the fact that it's ministerial that is ministerial on its own. It shouldn't come to us because we're discretionary.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“I'm not just talking about this one in particular. I'm just saying, like, something's ministerial, it's ministerial, it's ministerial. Like, it's not discretionary, so we shouldn't have to see it. Like, we shouldn't see it. I think it's erroneous for it to come here.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, but I'm just saying, when you look into it, whether it says if it's discretionary or not, I'm still thinking something that's ministerial is, by definition, something that is not discretionary, so it shouldn't have to go to us. That's all I'm saying.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Is that correct? I thought it was August. I think they're dark in August. Yeah, they're dark in August. Okay.”
Planning Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“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 · Aug 5, 2026
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“I would like to make a recommendation. We received a letter from Craig Walker, a local historian, and he's also on the Historic Preservation Commission. He pointed out that the Historic Preservation Commission was bypassed from receiving a historic resources report for item number four. He said the report and the project should have come before the Historic Preservation Commission. The report identified that it was potentially eligible for the California Register of Historic Resources. For that reason, I agree with him. So I think that should go to the Historic Preservation Commission before…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Well, do you wanna second the motion for a discussion purposes? We can't discuss it.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay. Okay, your question? So I'm not understanding the 50-year.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Oh, no, there's an informal, and the staff can talk about this too, but there's an informal 50-year guideline that is used when a project comes in to the city. And if the property's not listed on any historic list or landmark list before a discretionary project, you would have an assessment done.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“The motion was to postpone the public hearing for item number 4 to August 19 and directing staff to take it to Historic Preservation Commission on August 13.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“So we're not having it go to the Historic Preservation Commission?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I would like to take item number two off the consent, because it wasn't a unanimous vote. So I don't want to. approve the resolution by consent because it's not unanimous.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Well, we're talking about the consent calendar, right? Well, the first part is the minutes. All right.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“It wasn't a majority, and it's not clear to me if we're adopting it as an approved resolution based on last discussion or if we're approving it as to form. So if we're approving it as to form only, That's different because even though I voted no as to form, I would vote yes on this vote. But if it's regarding the actual decision that was made, I want to vote no because that was my vote.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay. So I still want to take it off as to form because it doesn't have the record of the vote. I think that probably has to be a motion. Okay. I make a motion to take item number two off the consent calendar. Is there a second?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“There's no harm in taking it off consent.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, so I guess it's just a technical thing, but if we are approving this as to form – I was hoping to see the vote in there that there was four commissioners that voted yes and one that voted no and then because it has today's date on it so if it has today's date then it's the vote today that we're talking about in the resolution right because the resolution is dated with today's date”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“So it really is the vote today to approve the resolution, correct? Yes, that's correct.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I went out to both sites and I met with the applicant for item number three, Ojai Roots. Brad?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I don't have any questions in particular, but I... One question is, I don't remember ever for any other restaurant... in town Deciding what particular I don't think it's ever gone to the Planning Commission before What ABC license they could have? It's usually it's alcohol sales. They can have alcohol. I don't know what the difference between two glasses of wine and a margarita like what do we It to me. It's the same So it's either you have alcohol or you don't. So I guess that's where I'm coming from. I think this is kind of an anomaly for us to talk about the ABC type. I mean, have we done…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Well, I guess this highlights the idea that we need to look at our land use map because right now this is not spot zoning. As Bill Miley said, it's not. It's C1 zoning from the corner of Aliso North to those condos. So that's, I don't know, seven or eight parcels on the west side of Montgomery and probably an equal number on the east side of C1 zone. I'm looking at the map. Maybe we don't want C1 there in the future. Maybe we want that to be VMU as a transition zone from our downtown C1 area north to the VMU and the residential beyond that. But right now, It's C1, and the house to the south…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Right. And, and I think the type of business that they have is kind of, um, a retail it's evolving. It's, it's a newer way that people, you know, people don't eat the same way they did 20 years ago. They, you know, we're eating better. It's more casual. We want our families, their hotels change. The Ojai Valley Inn used to be basically adult only, and now they built a kid pool. They want kids and families because that's who's spending the money. People want their families to be there. So I can tell you this, I am supportive of the change to allow for the 41. to allow the kids, because it's a…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026