Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Thursday, April 9, 2026
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About this meeting

Government Body
Planning Commission
Meeting Type
Planning Commission
Location
Walnut Creek, CA
Meeting Date
April 9, 2026

Transcript

24 sections (from 45 segments)

1:32 – 13:550

CAPTION TEST 1 TO 3

1:35 – 13:560

CAPTIONS TEST 123

13:55 – 14:210

THIS ADVOCATION AND HAS MADE THE REQUIRED FINDINGS AS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE RESOLUTION. FURTHERMORE, THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT THE GENERAL PLAN. BY SUPPORTING A VITAL DIVERSE ECONOMY WHICH FOSTERS NUTRITION ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND HEALTHY MIX OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THE PROPOSAL SUPPORTS THE CITY'S ECONOMIC VITALITY GOALS AND SUPPORTS THE CITY'S ROLE AS A REGIONAL DESTINATION.

14:17 – 14:490

ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED USE OF AN INDUSTRY ESTABLISHMENT IS PERMITTED WITHIN THE CORE AREA ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE STORE BUILDING WITHOUT IT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION . RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMENDMENT ADOPTED BECAUSE I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS RELEASE FROM THIS CONDITION I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE ALSO HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TEAM NEEDED TO DIVE NTO ANY FURTHER.

14:46 – 15:300

THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? YES MY ON SO I'M THINKING SO WONDERFULLY AND THEN IS THERE THERE'S DEMAND FOR IT WE WANT TO IT FOR A WEEK. WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR MODIFYING THIS AS CURRENTLY PROPOSED THE ALLOWANCE WOULD BE TWO DAYS WEEKLY. ANY ADDITIONAL DAYS OR HOURS OF OPERATION? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO COME BACK WITH THE WAR PLANNING NEGOTIATION TO MODIFY ANYTHING THAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY. OKAY.

15:29 – 16:000

THANK YOU. YOU'RE ELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS OR GUESS IT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION TO LEARN ABOUT THE DISCUSSION FOR US AND SO ONE QUESTION WAS WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE STAFF REPORT INITIALLY I WAS COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS A TEMPORARY. FOR TWO YEARS BUT THEN IT WAS SUSPENDED AT SUNSET AND SO IT IS IN A COMMITMENT INDEFINITE TIME.

15:58 – 16:310

I'M ACTUALLY RAISED THAT THAT THERE WAS A DOUBT IN MY MIND OR ON MY MIND WHEN I HAD INITIALLY DRAFTED AS A STAFF OR THAT THERE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TIME FRAME HIGHLIGHTED. YEAH RIGHT. THANK YOU. APOLOGIES. COMMISSIONER BORK ANYONE ELSE? YES I COULD TELL. IS THERE A BLUE THE OTHER BUILDING YOU CAN DRIVE AROUND OR YOU CAN COME IN AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY LET'S GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE HERE.

16:29 – 16:500

SO DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION NORTH CALIFORNIA THIS IS THE EXISTING ENTRANCE. AND MAKING OUR WAY DOWN. THIS IS DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT ENERGY LOCATION.

16:42 – 18:300

SO TRUCK WILL KIND OF BE PARKED TANDEM AND THEN S YOU CAN CONSIDER THE PARKING DOLLARS WITHOUT ANY REMOVED SO THERE ALL ACTING AS A STAGING AREA FOR A MATTER OF MINUTES UNTIL USERS ARE REMOVED AND THEN THE TRUCKS WILL ENTER THE CORNER IS WHILE THEY'RE DONE. YES THE DRIVE THROUGH STILL OR THEY'LL HAVE TO BACK OUT AND THEN. ACCESS AS THEY SAY THEY AME IN AND THE. OKAY WITH THAT YES YES I MY MY POSITION IS I'VE HEARD STORIES FROM BOYS AND YOU READ IT IT'S AS THOUGH THE PUBLIC GOOD TO TALK ABOUT ALL THIS PARTICULARS I MEAN AND ACTUALLY DO THEY THINK THIS IS INTENDED. ALL THE OTHER COMMERCIAL VENDORS AND ALSO HOUSING WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT FOLKS WERE COMING INTO THE CENTER KIND OF LOOKING FOR IT AND SO WE WE JUST ORGANICALLY CREATED A VENUE FOR THIS OUTLET THAT WE COULD GET INTO AND OUT OF THE INCEPTION OF THE PROJECT AS WE WORK TOGETHER. YOU KNOW THE APPLICATION I'VE BEEN BRINGING IT FOR YOU TODAY REALLY IS IDEAL LOCATION. IT ALSO SERVES AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYERS S IT RELATES TO ALMOST KIND OF TRAVEL AND WHAT'S REALISTIC BUDGETARY AND THEY HAVE OPTIONS THAT ARE JUST RIGHT THERE WITH A SPECIAL PERMIT PROCESS. THE APPLICANT ALSO CAME FORWARD WITH THAT. COMPONENT SO IT'S NOT JUST EMPLOYEE CENTRIC.

18:27 – 19:020

YOU WILL AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SO I THINK THAT HAVING THE SPACE ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS A COURTYARD AND SEATING AREA BUT LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. THEY DIDN'T RESPOND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT NO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP IT'S JUST IT WAS QUICK QUICK QUESTION THAT PERHAPS THE COMMISSIONERS ALSO . ALL RIGHT. ALL I KNOW.

18:56 – 19:330

YEAH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GROUP AND AN HONORARY THE PROPERTY MANAGER WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WHILE WE WERE THERE LAST MAY AND WE DID A TEN MINUTE SURVEY OF THINGS THEY WANTED TO DO AND FOUR YEARS OF THE PROJECT AND EVERY RESTAURANT THAT I DID AROUND WHERE THERE WAS A BISTRO ON ON THE CORNER OF AVENUE AND NORTHERN LANE AND THERE IS A RESTAURANT.

19:27 – 20:260

SWEETENERS AND RIGHT BUT WHAT WAS REALLY CLEAR IS THAT THE TENANT IS A REAL OPTIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO GET AN ORDER I MEAN WE'RE YOU KNOW THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS INTO YOUR TARGET AND IN A TOWN AND PEOPLE LIKE IT SO WE'RE REALLY THIS WAS A REACTION WORD. PROVIDING A SERVICE OR WALKING IN AND IT'S BUT ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE WE WANT OUR FOOD TO BE ACCESSIBLE. SO IT WAS JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT. I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE FOOD GENERAL. BUT ALL OVER AND HOPEFULLY OTHER PEOPLE CAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LONG TERM WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ACTUALLY TURN INTO MORE PERMANENT REGULATION THAT THAT GOAL THERE IS BASED ON ON THE AROUND THE WORDS THIS WHOLE BUILDING AND CAPITAL BUILDING AND WE'RE HOPING TO IS A PROGRAM TO INTO AN IMPROVEMENT IN IT.

20:22 – 21:040

TENANTS SO THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY THE PLAN BUT FOR NOW REALLY WAS A GET AN EXISTING STORE SERVICE TO THE EXISTING TENANTS YEAH PERFECT BUT WE DON'T REALLY YEAH OKAY GOING FORWARD IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY. COMMISSION CHAIRMAN THANK YOU IF IT IS SORT OF OPEN TO GENERAL PUBLIC HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT OUT SIGNAGE OR INFORMATION OR ANYTHING? I SAY THAT BECAUSE IF AS A FLYING OVERHEAD YEAH IT WOULDN'T BE READILY APPARENT IF YOU'RE DRIVING ON.

20:57 – 21:420

YEAH I CORRECT THAT WE HAVE TO WE'RE GOING TO EVERYBODY EVERY MONDAY AND TUESDAY WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT DOWN ON THE STREET AND AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ALL OVER AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS AROUND AND I WOULD AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TURN AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO E'RE JUST OPEN TO BE LEARNED OR. PREDATOR RIGHT RIGHT. BUT MY OTHER QUESTION IS HOW MANY IS THERE A POOL OF A FUTURE YOU CAN CALL OR THEY CALL IT THE FOOD RESTAURANT MAFIA. YEAH. FOOD IS IS YEAH, YEAH YEAH IT IS.

21:37 – 22:220

I THINK IT'S CALLED DO YOU AND I AND YOU COULD CALL THEM A CERTAIN THING THEY SAID YOU WERE FOR THEM AND I DON'T KNOW IT WAS JUST AN INTERESTING. WE HAVE A BUSINESS FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, RIGHT? SO RUSHMORE USES THE LOFT TO TO HAVE A ONCE A WEEK FOOD SO THERE IS A BUSINESS OF COORDINATING THAT. THEY COME IN THAT THEY'RE GOOD. YEAH. YEAH. I JUST LEARNED SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR OUR COMPANY. I ALSO WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR SPORTSMAN AND EVERYONE WAS. AND WE HAVE FOOD PRODUCTION THERE QUITE A BIT SO WE KIND OF KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE WE'RE DOING OUT THERE AND WE'RE TRYING TO ET ACCLIMATED DOWN HERE.

22:17 – 23:010

SO YEAH, THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S A IT'S A BIT OF A FOOD DESERT. IT IT IS YEAH SURE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT YEAH. SO I THINK THE QUESTION SORT OF. YEAH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM FOLKS BECAUSE I WONDER VERY GOOD QUESTION ABOUT THIS MOVIE. YEAH. MHM MHM. YEAH WHEN I WAS READING SOMETHING NEEDS AND YOU KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS ALSO SOME LOCAL FOLKS HERE WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE SOME. ECONOMY I MEAN BACK TO YEAH YEAH WELL CRUISE IS THAT RIGHT.

22:58 – 23:290

I THINK SO YOU KNOW THE VENDORS THEY'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN THE LOCAL EAH I KNOW THAT I KNOW A COUPLE OF THEM AND I SAW HER LAST HOUR WHEN WE MET AT ALL AND I REMEMBER THERE WERE ONE RESIDENTS OR ONE LOCAL. YEAH. WONDERFUL. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OH, I'M SO SORRY I HAVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

23:28 – 24:080

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S CLOSED. I CAN SEE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO COME UP AND GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT SO I'M OFFICIALLY CLOSING IT NOW AND SORRY I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOTION WE WANTED TO POINT OUT A CORRECTION IN THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT SO THE LAST PAGE. PAGE FOR THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON APRIL 19TH I BELIEVE APRIL 9TH AND THAT THAT'S NOT TAKING EFFECT TODAY.

24:00 – 24:190

KENNEDY AFTER TAKING TEN DAYS OF THE MAILING OF TONIGHT'S DECISION WHICH WE PLAINTIVE WOULD BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE THOUGH FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

24:16 – 25:050

THOUSAND TO RUN SO LET US LAST PAGE OF THE RESOLUTION I SAY OKAY SECTION OR TODAY OKAY THANK YOU AND SO NOW I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE PASS THE RESOLUTION ESPECIALLY IN APPLICATION NUMBER Y 2509 FOUR. ANALYSIS AND INTERVIEW TRUCKS AS SECOND KEY VICE CHAIR CORP YES COMMISSIONER FOREMAN. YES. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON YES SURANCE COMMISSIONER COWAN YES. YES.

25:04 – 25:290

COMMISSIONER WALKER YES. AND BY TRAINING YES. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO NOW ON THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE FOR COMMISSIONER CONSIDERATION I HAVE A QUICK UPDATE FROM.

25:27 – 25:540

TRANSPORT WHICH IS THE CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA GROUP UNDER CONDUCTOR CONTRA OSTA CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION OF THE AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH TRANSPORTATION AND THE PROCESSES EVALUATING APPLICANTS FOR FUNDING WE HAVE TWICE AS MANY DOLLARS REQUESTED AS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

25:52 – 27:290

BUT TODAY WE HEARD PRESENTATIONS FROM. APPLICANTS THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE WHO WAS THERE AND PRESENTED THE CITY DEPARTMENT PRE PROJECT CITY OF THEIR CHOICE WHICH WAS THERE AND ROSS WERE THERE SO ALL PRESENTING THEIR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AIMED AT IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION ACCESS TO THOSE WITH LIMITED ACCESS THIS IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER. ETC. SO IT'S VERY EASY TO DO WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING OR MAKE SURE AND ANY ANY OTHER CONDITIONS THAT ARE ANY STAFF REPORTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS. YES. THANK YOU SO I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS ITY COUNCIL DID IT CONSIDER. TO APPEAL THAT FILED ON FEBRUARY 12TH 2026 A ECISION ON A MINUTE MIDTOWN PROJECT AND THE COUNCIL DID A WHOLE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION AND APPROVED THE PROJECT STARTED BY AIR AND DENIED BOTH PEALS AND. UPCOMING APRIL 23RD MEETING WILL BE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE AN INFORMATION BUT APRIL MAY 14TH WE DO HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS LIKE LISTED AS THE SHORT TERM RENTAL GAP TO GO TO APPEAL WHICH IS OCCURRED IS THAT I CAN PROJECT SOMETHING FOR YOU AND YOU. THREE HARDWARE ITEMS ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A QUORUM.

27:260

THANK YOU. PERFECT. O DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THE CONTINUAL ADJOURNED THANK YOU. O

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