Remarks by Neela Shukla
39 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
- Play at 2:02:50
“Thank you. I have a question too. When you have miscellaneous plan permit, does it have a time attached to it? If the building is old, And let's say they are coming up to make the building useful land use. It's like we encourage it. But does it have any time limit or like we don't? I mean, meaning that you give permit for like five years and then they have to come back or like is there because if... Sure.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 2:03:59
“So I suppose that if the building owner decides to demolish the building or do something else, then they will directly work with the business. So that time when they are, Then that permit goes away. MPP, correct? Land use, that land use and permit.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 2:04:20
“If it doesn't have any control over whether it's a building is very old, you just want to give the permit if they want to build that. Yes. Understood. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 2:33:19
“Oh, I have a question for you too, because as far as I remember that I've taken business licenses and, uh, people have home business and it's very easy process. Like when I go and do business with other city, I have to take license and they don't check on, I'm not sure that they do have to check or something. You fill up the form and, um, they just, you pay for the, like, whatever the money to pay and. because you're doing some business with the city and you have to pay for the license. Why does it, if somebody comes and applies for business license, why it is by mistake?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 3:08:24
“Oh, I just want to say something which is not exactly related. I mean, it is related to that, but I've gone to city for like different cities, even Sunnyvale to get permit when I was doing like 10, 15 years ago. And when my applications are not correct, I don't fill up properly or I don't ask proper questions. and sometimes I come out with no concrete answers and then sometimes more professional, I mean not professional but like more experienced architect goes to city and ask the questions and they get the permit right away and it's like this has happened and also it has happened sometimes…”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 4:34:33
“Thank you, Chair. Um, I have a question, um, about, uh, the waivers you have asked, I mean, about the distance between main buildings, like twenties, uh, you required is 26 feet and you are reducing 12 feet. Then you also, you have the front yard setback, which reduced to three, 56. And then escape frontage, which is reduced. So I will say, I mean, it's going to be so dense. Have you done, uh, this kind of, um, because you said that city ventures, you have done many, where have you done like similar density of where the buildings are this close? And because I'm just wondering that I can't…”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 4:36:38
“I agree. I mean, it's like, I mean, I'm just, why am I saying is that like, I know that in India, we have so many like the densest cities like Banaras, Varanasi, where like people have a store of like, two feet by four feet. I mean, seriously. So I have kind of been and I mean, it's like how you feel, but this is happening everywhere. But this is like 12 feet. This is I'm just visualizing because people are fighting here about the sky views and this will be Like 12 feet. So you're really going to say hi to each other because you can almost see through it. So I, it's just some, I just brought…”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 42:41
“Thank you. Um, I have a question about, um, about the benefits of that tree had given to you in last few years, because I'm just thinking because it's in the direction where sun goes Southwest. So your bedroom is probably very, very cool in the summertime because the shades of the tree, have you noticed that or.”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 43:24
“okay because i i feel that i mean i have um kind of similar direction my houses but it's not the same cedar trees they are a little bit a little bit um not that tall but it does make uh lots of difference in time when in summer but you don't have windows on that side too so you don't get to see the trees too because you haven't really i i feel that if you i know this is it's nothing to do with just the question that if you had a window and if you're enjoying the tree and maybe maybe you could you could have a different relationship with the tree but anyway that's uh that's not the question i…”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 50:48
“I have a question for staff actually. If the client wants to have an ADU there, then the situation changes, correct?”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 51:03
“Yes, so exactly. So that's compared to like growing fruit trees compared to the like our agriculture land or growing some wheat or something. And we can't probably do that in the front yard, growing like grain or something.”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 1:02:39
“Yeah, I think I'm kind of torn, too. I remember that if the PG&E electrical wires go above the tree, then they cut your tree. And sometimes, because they have to keep coming back so much often, like some fast-growing trees, they even offer to completely cut your redwood. Not redwood, but Italian cypress. and it's like you they shared the cost with the homeowner and then they cut your tree so i am like i think if it's um utilities if it obstructs the utilities to provide the other neighbor neighbors then we allow them to cut the trees and we have a street trees which is helpful for the…”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 1:32:28
“Oh, thank you. I was questioning both sides because I was, I was giving the applicant some ideas that they, if there is a, there is a PG&E is going, yes, you can cut or you feed, there is ADU, you can do it, but you can also have contained, you can have the hire the landscape architect and design around the tree. So I do, I want something like I would go with the staff if, because I don't have that much power to just grant, or I don't have even that many ideas to give, make a motion to go strongly to cut the tree. So I was in the middle and I think I would, I'm going, I do a, agree that the…”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 2:06:42
“commissioner yeah i would be i'm i'm happy to see this project it's a good addition um especially in that location uh you have a lot of waivers but uh because the location is such that it wouldn't impact the quality of the life of the city so it's like kind of um I mean, even though we can't object them, but still, it's not going to depreciate the quality of life in that area, especially. So I think I appreciate all the little details you have taken care. And especially I heard in presentation that you'll be working with the native tribal people while doing excavations. So that we appreciate…”
Planning Commission · Aug 10, 2026