The Planning Commission met at City Hall Council Chambers, 2600 Fresno Street, with Chair Peter Vang presiding. The official minutes record the meeting as Wednesday, May 20, 2026, beginning with roll call at 6:03 p.m. and adjourning at 6:09 p.m.; this summary uses the requested meeting date of May 21, 2026. Commissioners Monica Diaz, Jacqueline Lyday, Linda Calandra, and Gurdeep Singh Shergill were present. The minutes list Vice Chair Kathy Bray absent, but the later vote records list Commissioner Criner and Commissioner Bray as absent; the roster also included one vacant seat. There were no consent calendar items, new matters, or scheduled/unscheduled oral communications.
Good evening, everyone. Thank you for your patience. We'll go ahead and start tonight's meeting. Let's please start with the roll call. Commissioner Diaz. Commissioner Calandra. Commissioner Shergill. Present. Commissioner Criner. Chair Ving. Here. Thank you. Next, we'll start with we'll do the Pledge of Allegiance. Everyone, please stand. For everyone's convenience, I'll read the procedures for tonight's meeting. This meeting is being conducted in person and electronically. For each matter considered by the commission, there will first be a staff presentation, followed by a presentation from the project applicant. Testimony for supporters of the project would then be taken, followed by testimony from those in opposition. In accordance with section 13 of Article 2 of the Planning Commission rules and regulations governing length of public debate. All public testimony from those in support and an opposition of the project will be limited to three minutes per person. The three lights on the podium next to the microphone would indicate the amount of time remaining for the speaker. The green light will be turned on when the speaker begins. The yellow light will come on with the soft bell ring when one minute is remaining. The speaker should be completing the testimony by the time the red light comes on with the final bill indicating time as expired. All in-person public testimony must be presented to the commission at the podium. Any testimony that references race, religion, ethnicity, economic status, national origin, or any other classification protected under state or federal law in a derogatory matter shall be deemed irrelevant and would not be considered by the commission in making the sign use determinations. If you challenge these non-use matters in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raise an oral or rent testimony or before the close of the hearing. Next we have the agenda. Do we have any changes to the agenda? Good evening, Chairvan members of the Planning Commission. I'm Israel Trail with the planning and development. Planning and development department. No changes to the agenda. Thank you. All right, thank you. Do we have any motion to approve the agenda? Motion. All right. We have a motion by Commissioner Diaz. We have uh a second by Commissioner Kalandra. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed say no. Agenda's approved. We don't have anything under consent calendar. Do we have any reports from the commissioners? Yes. Go ahead, sir. Yeah, so I got a multiple calls about uh like bot holes and uh I don't know, people have been calling me for I don't know why. Uh but um I must uh share with the community uh Fresco app.