Um good evening and thank you all for being here.

Um we're not gonna start quite yet.

We're waiting for one more, unfortunately.

Okay, good evening, everyone.

And welcome to the Planning Commission meeting of June 20th, 2023.

As a reminder, items will be taken up in the order in which they are listed on the agenda.

Before we get started, I wanted to briefly go over uh public comment procedures for the meetings for those who may be joining us for the first time.

Public comments on the approval of minutes, consent items, matters of commission interest and items not on the agenda will be taken during item number three on this evening's agenda.

Comments on other agenda items will be taken only when that item is called.

In-person speakers will be called first, followed by virtual attendees.

For in-person speakers, I've already mentioned this, but um please spill out a fill out a speaker's card like this, which are available on the back, uh, and bring them to the staff in the front if you wish to speak in person.

Uh for those joining virtually, if you're joining on Zoom, you may use the raise hand feature.

And if you're joining the teleconference by phone, you may raise your hand by dialing star nine and then star six to unmute your microphone when prompted.

Please only raise your hand at the time that the item on which you are speaking is called.

Each speaker will be allotted three minutes, but that may be adjusted if we have many uh many speakers, which is a possibility tonight.

For in-person speakers, there will be a light on the podium, right?

Which is right up there to let you know how much time you have left and a buzzer when your time is up.

For virtual speakers, there will be a timer on the screen.

And last week, we know that this is a um a a large large issue uh with many different opinions in the community, and so we really encourage you to be respectful and to listen to everyone's comments, even those you disagree with, listen to their comments, and I trust that they will listen to yours, and um we can uh hopefully achieve a consensus uh in this room.

So we will now proceed with the roll call.

Sue Commissioner Alvarez here.

Commissioner Espinoza um will address that in just a minute.

Commissioner Koch.

Here Commissioner Lazarus.

Present.

Vice Chair Cernel Gorbatz.

Here.

Chair Hunter?

Here.

And Commissioner Chu is absent.

And so for the purposes of this meeting, I'm Sue Xline.

I'm the liaison to the planning commission.

Other city staff that are attending tonight are Ryan Kuchenig, senior planner, Margaret Neto, contract, principal planner, Jeff Schwab, contract CDT, Jennifer Byers, Assistant City Attorney, and Jessica Ira, Secretary and Meeting Host.

Thank you.

Uh item number two is AB 2449 notifications and considerations.

I'll ask our staff liaison if there's any notifications or requests for virtual meeting participation.

If any virtual notifications or requests for virtual meeting participation have been received from any members of the commission.

Yes, Commissioner Espinoza for just cause circumstance.

Thank you.

Uh Commissioner Espinosa, would you like to address the commission commission?

Thank you, uh Chair and to my fellow planning commissioners.

Uh I have a few sick folks uh at home and definitely don't want to spread anything to my fellow planning commissioners and staff.

Um so I'm just letting y'all know that I'll have audio and video on throughout the entire meeting.

Uh and there are no individuals over the age of 18 in the room present.

Great.

Thank you.

And Sue, I think.

So um so for the record, we have at least four a quorum of the other commissioners that are present.

And then council chambers.

Commissioner Espinoza has not exceeded the annual limits.

So for Just Cause, it's no more than two times a year.

And A B 2449, no more than three months of I'm gonna delete that part.

It's actually related to a different condition.

Um the city is providing two-way audiovisual platform, telephone service and live webcasting so public can remotely hear and visually observe the meeting.

Thank you.

Well now move we'll now move on to the next item on the agenda.

Um item number three is public comments on the approval of minutes, consent items, matters of commission interest, and items not on the agenda.

And uh I actually don't believe I have any speaker cards for agenda item three.

So are there any remote uh requests?

I don't have any hands raised, Chair Hunter.