Remarks by Mohammad Habib
76 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“So we will go around. I think there was one other one. I think this had brought this up from the public. This was around affordable housing. So if you can see the rest of that one, that was from not meeting the 15% minimum requirement.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:35:13
“Sure. And then just to confirm that with that was already improved back in training for for the whole field where they don't have to build that they didn't put money. But everyone has some question. Okay, I'm going to ask john just in”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“I also didn't have any additional items on my comments list, so I'll go ahead and maybe bring it back to the Commission. Share any comments before we go on. I'll make a quick comment. You know, first of all, thank you everybody for coming down.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“On the result of your review side, this is a point of order and public comment is from a close. However, when this into further information, we see that you have that information under these air.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“um and uh commissioner if i may just follow up on that because i know uh one of the public comments joshua mentioned something in relation to that and that was the other three conditions i believe he had mentioned are those conditions currently in the conditions report that we have or didn't all make it um i'm not remembering specifically so we've done more about communication which the city intends during the design review permit”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:47:56
“I just have a couple of questions before we go ahead and just do that. The one I have, this kind of brings me back because this is one of the situations that we're obviously seeing a lot more now than ever, which is wildfires, evacuation, etc. It was already addressed a little bit by city staff. But I think I'm just going back to the initial fire marshal review process. Are they looking at typical circumstances or are they really looking at instances where Again, after God once in a lifetime evacuation processes, etc. He knows what we're having to know the details of what fire marshal looks…”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Maybe one final question is tied to some of those comments in that you also talked about it a little bit briefly with the Barrett access and you shared a little bit about some of the difficulties with having access by a Barrett. Is it impossible or is it just really difficult and complex? Are you referring to the Hill or Barrett? I'm sorry, did I say, I believe it was Barrett, was the...”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Is that too complex to make a change at this time, given the route. As you're sharing earlier, we cannot make significant changes about if you wanted to explore.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“I actually was coming in specifically for CNF that was proposed for the general final status and connections. And that goes into it requiring subdivisions to provide multiple connections to the surrounding community. And so as I'm trying to make that determination, it is to see whether or not we really explored all of those possible connections, even though with that general plan insight on, yeah, if it's possible versus a really complex, complex was obviously will need safety measures to control and maybe traffic light, et cetera, that will just again, make it really complex with other…”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“To answer this question. I'll maybe just add, as of right now, just based off of that discussion, I'm still a little bit held on the outside connections for the general plan consistency that we're looking for. And I know we have a really tight timeline as well for either approving it, not doing anything in the approval room automatically without having those conditions in place. And so I was your own side of the comments you've received so far that I really touched on the opposite connections component of general consistency that we're looking for. And so for myself, I think at this time, I'm…”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“And with that said, once again, there is going to be one more public hearing that comes before the commission, and that will be the design of these. Thank you all for your comments. And we are going to go ahead and move on to the director's report slash announcements.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“If I can ask the public to order things, if you can please sign with me if you are moving out. That's going to be so it's not just back.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:59:57
“The other questions you should be seeing then we'll go ahead and turn things back to you.”
Planning Commission · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 20:12
“So applications for that fourth round is due by July 1st.”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 20:32
“If for any jurisdictions that are compliant, there's going to be a set funded for that, for those jurisdictions.”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. I just had a few clarifying questions, Adam. So the first one earlier on, you mentioned that there was the timeline or at least the deadline for compliance to be sometime in, I believe you were saying July of 2027. And I was looking at the staff report too, and it also mentions that we're hoping to have at least the specific plan completed by roughly the summer of 2028. So how does that come? Is the compliance going to be able to be achieved before we have the completed specific plan?”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. And the points are there to determine the amount of grant funding or eventual funding that you're eligible for?”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Got it. And that's really based off of what you're producing to MTC. So it could, for example, be more aspirational than practical and so on. It's just based off of their analysis of what you end up along those four priority areas that you develop and hand over to them. Okay. And then let's see. So I think one of the commissioners, I think it was actually the chair that already talked about the interactions between different items like the general plan, specific plan, and so on. I think this was more specific for the Monterey corridor form-based code. I think it's been two or three some years…”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Got it. And along those same lines, so talking about the possibilities of how we can really use what we have to achieve the goals was on page one of the staff report, this is where we have the map, the location map slash project information. And I think it was actually a really nice visual to help understand where the original or the current downtown specific plan was. And then where it's expanding along the red dotted lines. And then really, at least how I understood it, the TOC area that they're primarily focused on. And so for me, it was a little bit hard to understand. And I think this…”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, for sure. And I think it also makes sense, too, is, again, given the practicality of it, right, there are some locations that are even closer than if you go way up north on Monterey Road that are just east on East Main or along East Main and that kind of go into some of the development on the east side of the railroad. And so, again, just kind of looking at how we can possibly bring that And even though it might not be as practical, obviously, just looking at the downtown specific plan. But I think that would be something my interest is seeing how we can really connect those other areas…”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Great. Thank you, Adam. And I just wanted to do a final comment too. I wanted to appreciate a couple of the things that you had shared with us. I think it's really phenomenal to be able to go out and beyond and get the grant funding. It's something that not many other cities were able to accomplish. And so I just wanted to give a kudos to the team to be able to do that. And on top of that, being able to get more flexibility I think it was from the tier two to the tier four where you couldn't do parking requirements and so on. And so I think it was really great to be able to, you know,…”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Adam. And thank you, Chair. So I'd be happy to serve as chair. I think just the one caveat to make clear is, as you know, there are times where I am frequently traveling, but we'll be making an effort to join via teleconference. And so with that said, I'm assuming when it comes to teleconference as a chair, it's probably best to have whoever decides to accept the vice chair that's likely yourself, Commissioner Lake. to run the meetings in those situations, but I might be happy to, in the instances where I'm able to, I'm not traveling, to be able to conduct the…”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“At this time, it's roughly what's been the previous year. I would say there's probably around four meetings out of the year or so. The last 12 months, maybe four or five. that I was not able to of what's supposed to be, I think, scheduled as 24 meetings, roughly. So maybe 20% or so, roughly. And I'll also reevaluate too. And if I'm not able to, depending on the days I am traveling, that's maybe a point where I can look at reconsidering if it's needed. But otherwise, I'd be happy to serve as chair.”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I just had one comment. I just wanted to thank Chair Wilson. You've done a phenomenal job over the past year. I know sometimes the discussions can be really long and inundated, and I think you've done an excellent job of really balancing the meeting timelines, making sure we're productive online, and just running the meetings in a very well-formatted fashion. So thank you so much for all the work you've done as chair.”
Planning Commission · Jul 14, 2026