Um so all of the things that you want, the new residents of this new KB Homes community, they're gonna want that too.

You have a unique circum circumstance here to build upon that.

So I think it's really key.

Um and when I think of a neighborhood park, why can't there be a partnership?

Why can't this be a new model looking at KB Homes?

Kind of my charge to you, because I will not be on the commission when this comes forward.

I term out in January.

Um so I'm looking for my colleagues to carry the baton.

Um in all seriousness, we have the unified school districts at gates and locks facilities at night and weekend.

That should not happen.

And that's not just strapped to KB Holmes and the and the applicant team.

I am talking to uh the unified school district.

Let's let's stop doing that.

Those facilities are paid by taxpayers.

Let's have those facilities be open.

This project has the potential to do that.

To have a joint facility, KB Holmes is involved, the Unified School District, the community planning group is involved, the Seoul Sports Center, the bicycle.

Your testimony today gave a heart to this project.

The project will have a heart because people are coming there to live in the future, but you could do that now with all the facilities that you brought forward to us.

And I I felt that it was incredibly compelling and the passion and the good that you're doing for for children and for families.

Um the the piece I have following up on Commissioner Osuji's comment is it would be really important to understand what a Lyant University's plans are.

Can this gym be relocated to the 21 acres?

And if it can, great.

If it can't, why?

I I think of a detailed study of how this facility can be incorporated.

I also think um the photos were incredibly compelling about drop-off and pickup.

We all know that within our communities as we have school-aged children, and then as we drive through our own communities, if we don't have children, but we see that.

I think this project, I I want to be cautious because we're we're I don't want to say it's your complete responsibility for things, but but there's an adjacency and a and a opportunity so that the pick up drop off is safer, the walking is safer, the bike access is safer, all those things that were brought up today because of this middle school at 95 97% occupancy, and I believe it's the largest middle school in the unified school district, and I'm seeing some nods.

It's a it's bigger than many high schools.

Um Palmarado Road, uh, I won't repeat what my colleagues said, but I think the issue is larger.

I think the project has this potential to work with staff and city officials and leadership to look at it beyond just the boundaries of ingress and egress for this project.

It it has to, because it doesn't work now.

Um and the last thing, I I really think that when we come forward with projects like this and we have these lists of benefits, it's important that there's a robust outreach.

So I'm asking the applicant if you could come forward and tell us how will you continue to keep these people involved, all of the folks that spoke today, plus those that maybe hear about this hearing after, and maybe you can come forward and tell us what will be your your plan to keep um people informed with a website with meetings.

Um the community group always has recognized community group meetings, but there's a lot of moving parts with this project.

So I'd I'd like to hear more about your your your plan for keeping people involved and including them in your in your studies.

Yeah, we're gonna work closely with the planning group and also the neighborhoods.

Um it's a very large community, so we will put up a website once we have our plans established.

Um we're gonna work with the university, obviously uh Wally and his team, um, and we'll reach out to as many people as possible.

Um, but we first have to put some ideas on paper for them to give us feedback on.

And it's a process, not an event, as he is now.

And so uh we'll we'll go through that and do everything we can.

But um I really appreciate you guys' feedback, and I tried to make uh as many notes as I could.

So well, we'll also have meeting minutes.

There you go.

So that'll be a resource.

Um, do you have a representative of the unified school district that you're working with or that you've already been starting to work with?

We did meet with the school uh um and we did talk to them about their concerns and um um the the good news is a lot of our uh people will be walking the school, so that could actually take some of the stress off of the drop-off points.

And hopefully some of those renters come in and we we reduce the cars.

Um they told us that they have um a volume of 1600 possible, they're below 1400 now after losing some students, and there are some out of district kids that go to that school that will be trying to figure out where they would go and how we can reduce that.

uh people will be walking the school so that could actually take some of the stress off of the drop-off points and hopefully some of those renters come in and we we reduce the cars um there they're they told us that they have uh a volume of sixteen hundred possible they're below fourteen hundred now after losing some students and there are some out of district kids that go to that school that we'll be trying to figure out where they would go and how we can reduce that I think the traffic the fire um the sports facility will all have to be figured out over the next um you know couple years probably but we'll do everything we can thank you and we'll continue to keep adding to that bullet list that's on the slide and it will be in the minutes could you speak yes I'd like to hear about the brief comment um um Randy and Kurt and KB Holmes have been working with the planning group all along we've had several subcommittee meetings and a couple of planning group hearings and stuff and they they have been honest with us about um what their plans are and we hope to continue to work together um for you guys I believe it was a city council resolution in the early 90s that um required the public vote for widening Palmerado Road but I'm not absolutely positive I think it was 93 but don't don't quote me that's before my time yeah and can I ask a quick question up public vote citywide vote community wide vote or advisory vote by the city of this groups ranch community well that would seem to be not that hard of a vote that would be less arduous it seems we'll have to look into uh what that actually means it sounds like there was a policy decision made back when that um amendment was adopted right so different question just just from my view of the community I think it'll be 5050 right now there are a lot of people that are in favor of widening the road and then a lot of people that like the country living and is that a majority needed we'll we'll I'm sorry and I'm just so curious I know I hadn't heard that before we will have staff pursue that maybe well while staff is pursuing that could this body request a community plan amendment the city um usually through the planning department can bring forward community plan initiations the planning department isn't or excuse me the planning commission isn't an actual um applicant for anything but you could um certainly um perhaps as part of this action consider that that that be looked at I I would think it's on the bullet list I think we've heard it maybe we need to articulate it very clearly that it be studied and be brought to the table about palm or road what the process would be and and how to go about doing that and that would be something we'd expect the applicant and the community to work with staff on the Chairman Chairwoman Pearson um yes we hear um the commission every one of you regarding this topic and we will ensure when it comes back as a project discussion assuming that the vote passes today that this um will be part of staff's report terrific I the final thing is and just to be absolutely clear so for all of the the the members of the audience that are here today to speak where's the best place for them to get information about upcoming meetings when this project will be discussed so that they could continue to be part of that discussion and there's not a design that they're reviewing a design but they're part of that design.

So the Civic Association publishes a newsletter which is distributed to all residents of the community once a month and the plan the uh planning group and the civic association both put articles in there about all of these things so I report for the planning group every month in that about what are upcoming issues and meetings and stuff so we can put it in the in the newsletter and as I say it's distributed free to every residence in the um 92131 I put soul on that uh list I was just we oh we are help aesthetic here so um uh Mr.

Tony Allen and Miss Amy Cleveland there's a flyer here and if you don't have their contact information already I'll have staff right here they're here so if we can have an exchange of information because we know how critical it is as you go through iterations and not personally I I have uh issues when work is done and then a final product is presented we're not saying that at all this is going to be iterative so I appreciate the way that you're notifying the community and I wanted everyone in the audience to understand that's the vehicle we have a recognized process.

Yeah we've had a lot of email with Tony and with coach Cleveland already excellent just want to make sure that they're represented and in those meetings.

Okay I will I'm almost at the end of my time and with that please vote and the initiation process is approved and passed unanimously this concludes the September 12 2019 planning commission hearing thank you very much

This concludes the September twelfth, two thousand nineteen Planning Commission hearing.

Thank you very much.

Don't know how I got lost.

Don't know how I got caught.

I don't want to feel anxious any more.