Here we go.

Wow.

Welcome to the March 4th, 2026 Design Review Commission.

Welcome everybody.

It sounds seems like we have a new commissioner here tonight.

You want to do?

I'd like I'd like to welcome Commissioner Jeff Jeffrey Pros to the Design Review Commission.

Uh Jeffrey is a local architect and been living in town for two years.

Two years.

Two years for two years.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Um with that said.

Can we do a roll call?

We can.

Commissioner Pros.

Here.

Commissioner Case?

Here.

Commissioner Riley.

Here.

Vice Chair Basing.

Here.

And Chair Newsom.

I am here.

Okay.

We have a quorum.

We have for the first time in quite a while.

We have five commissioners in quorum.

Yeah.

Thanks for joining us.

So I guess the first thing up is to elect a new chair.

And then a vice chair.

So do we want to have a discussion about that?

Anyone want to nominate anyone?

I would like to nominate Commissioner.

Commissioner Basing.

A second.

Okay.

Anybody else?

All right, so should we then do a vote?

Yes.

Okay.

All right.

Commissioner Case.

Yes.

Commissioner Riley.

Yes.

Commissioner Pros.

Yes.

Chair Newsom?

Yes.

Vice Chair Basting.

Abstain.

Abstain.

401 is a win.

Uh you can uh go ahead and switch chairs.

All right.

So you're gonna nudge me and rearrange.

You tell me what to do.

Okay, so the next item on the terms.

So the next item on the agenda is the election of the vice chair.

Do we have any nominations?

I'd like to nominate Commissioner Riley.

I second that.

Okay, great.

Okay.

We have a vote.

Commissioner.

Oh, I'm sorry.

That was was that Commissioner Case that made that motion?

Yep.

Commissioner Case.

Yes.

Commissioner Prose.

Yes.

Commissioner Riley.

Sure.

Yes.

Commissioner Newsham.

Yes.

And Vice Chair.

Well, it's chair now.

Chair.

Oh, and Commissioner, Commissioner Riley.

Where did I miss?

Chair.

Basting, sorry.

Yes.

Okay.

That is sorry about that.

Well, it's been that is 5-0.

If you'd like to take your new position.

Sure.

Rearrange.

Should we switch the names in front?

Well, that's confusing if we don't, because I don't think I look much like Phil.

Thank goodness.

If we could avoid confusion, we probably should.

Oh what about you?

Oh thank you.

Okay.

So the next item on the agenda is the consent calendar.

Do we have any items on consent?

Uh we do not have any items on consent, nor does staff suggest moving any to consent.

Okay.

Great.

And the third item on the agenda is public communications.

This um portion of the meeting is revered reserved for comments not on the agenda.

And if you would like to speak on something that's not on the agenda, please fill out a speaker card and turn it in up here.

Is there anyone who would like to speak on anything other than what's on the agenda?

No.

Seeing none.

Is there a uh were there any ex parte communications by any commissioners?

No.

Anyone related to this?

Okay.

Thank you.

So moving on to the public hearing and study session.

Do we okay?

Great.

Hi.

Good evening, design review commissioners.

My name is Jessica Gonzalez, senior planner, and tonight I will be presenting the design review for Oceana.

Getting started with the project site.

The project site is an existing two-story building located at the corner of Bonanza and Locust Street at 1555 Bonanza Street.

Oceana is a fish bar restaurant that proposes to occupy the existing building that was formerly occupied by Yacht Club.

The proposal is to use the ground floor as restaurant space and the second floor as office space.

And in summary, the project scope includes adding a first and second floor addition to the existing building, remodeling the exterior, constructing a new trash enclosure, and adding some landscaping as well as a new patio area.

Just for some context, there's some photos on this screen that show the existing building.

The photo at the top is the building site along Locust.

On the bottom is Bonanza Street.

Just a quick overview of the entitlement path for the project.

They have applied for an AUP to serve alcohol that has already been reviewed and issued by uh planning staff.

The project is before the DRC tonight as a study session for input and review, and will later be reviewed by the planning commission for their final decision.

Jumping into the site changes on the uh left side of the screen, we have the existing site plan.

And this is the proposed site plan on the right.

As I noted, they are proposing to construct a new trash enclosure which is circled on the screen.

The proposal also includes a two-story addition and outdoor uh dining patio facing Bonanza Street.

Just following up on those two items.

The photo on this screen shows a rendering of the outdoor patio area.

I've also included some elevations of the new trash enclosure, which will be designed to match the new building colors.

Moving into landscaping, the green areas on the plan show the proposed landscaping, which consists of planters which are street oriented and will be planted with grasses, ferns, and creeping figs that will be planted along the building.

Here's some elevations of the proposal for the new design.

And the elevation at the bottom of the screen shows the elevation that will be facing the rear lot.

The project includes painting the building a light sea foam green with bronze trim and accent colors.

The design includes blue and white mosaic tiles on the exterior, blue awnings, and a floor to ceiling decorative metal gold scrim that will highlight and accent the corner of the building.

So here's the colors and materials palette for the proposed project.

As you'll note, the color scheme consists of blue, bronze, and the gold, as well as the light sea foam.

Just some additional proposed rendering.

So this is showing the proposed design along Locust Street.

Here again, the outdoor patio, the corner of the building, and some close-ups showing the mosaic tiles.

Staff does recommend that the DRC review and comment on the following topics, including building design, colors and materials, the outdoor dining area, as well as the proposed landscaping, and provide a recommendation to the planning commission on the design review application.

I'm available.

I'm available for any questions.

We also have the applicant team here who is ready to make a presentation as well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Do we have any questions of staff?

Okay, okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The applicant team did want to make a presentation as well, so I'll pull that up.

Good evening, uh DRC Commissioner.

My name is Rolla Gabin.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you tonight regarding the project on deck, Oceana, located at 1555 Bonanza Street.

Before we discuss the project, I would like to share some background on our family history here in Walnut Creek for those that don't know.

My family's been part of the Walnut Creek business community for about 45 years.

This is where we've built our lives, raised our families, and invested in the city's future and past.

Our father being a first generation hospitality.

We are my siblings and I represent second generation.

And tonight we even have the third generation in the audience attending his first DRC meeting.

Our family's history in this community began in 1980.

Our first location was 1516 Bonanza Street, formerly La Ultima.

It is now housed as Havana.

From there, we moved to 1401 Mount Diablo Boulevard, where we opened the Walnut Creek Hofburg House.

And we decided after that we needed to rebrand.

We rebranded the space into Broadwick Roadhouse, which exists today.

When it was time for another change, we learned we leaned into the future again.

After opening two of our fried chicken concepts, world famous hot boys.

And it was the perfect corner to get loud and home, our third world famous hot boys.

Working closely with the city of Walnut Creek and the Arts Commission, we executed and became and we executed what became the largest mural in town.

Creating an artistic landmark and bringing new energy to the space.

And finally, in 2022, our recent project, we introduced LEDA.

Bay Area's Little Miami, right here in Walnut Creek.

A chef-driven, modern approach, Latin Caribbean cuisine.

Through every chapter, we have embraced change while honoring tradition.

Thank you for your time.

And I hope you love the design as much as we do.

Thank you.

I don't think it won't do it.

You gotta go full screen probably for it to work as you go.

Oh, I see.

Good evening.

Um, helping the uh the Gabins develop this project.

Uh Jessica gave you a great broad overview.

I'm just gonna touch on a few things and and go through at a high level design.

Um I just want to say it's pretty special to have a family like this willing to invest at a at the quality they do.

I don't see as an architect, I don't see it a lot.

So you know what the way they've looked at this building and and how they're really touching every inch of it to refresh it and bring it back.

Uh I I think it's pretty special, and and um we're hoping to get feedback from y'all and and move on through the process um and build something great.

Uh so um at a high level, I think we've already kind of touched on the scale of the building.

Um there's a two-story building there with a small outdoor indoor dining space that was added that's gonna be removed and then a new two-story addition in its place.

Um in addition to that, uh about a 400 square foot outdoor dining space that we're hoping activates uh bonanza roll it.

There we go.

So uh yeah, so this is the one one story um outdoor, uh, indoor outdoor space right now, and then the two-story building with a small um one-story addition.

There's a little bit of history to this this site.

Um this used to be two different storefronts uh and was combined by the previous owner.

Um this is the site plan showing in the blue, generally the remodel of the existing building, and then the orange is where the addition would be.

Um I just wanted to point out a lot of the work that's being done with the the landscaping is in relation to stormwater control, um, you know, including the pervious paving um in the area called courtyard in the rear.

The the rear paved area is really meant for service access for the restaurant and not for vehicular access.

Um again, the existing floor plan.

I think we've kind of covered that.

Um the upper level is uh uh kind of a rat's nest that's gonna be completely kind of gutted and and refreshed.

I'll I'll get to the the proposed plan in a second.

Uh I did actually did want to touch on the location of the stair.

Um one of the one of the things that we studied um with the Gabins was where to place the stair.

It's in a pretty inconvenient uh place for a I guess a full commercial kitchen.

Um and you'll see in the proposed plan that it's a pretty extensive kitchen and it's and it's gonna provide um you know uh like I said, a full service.

So relocating to the stair to the addition was a key component of this design.

Uh the existing roof plan right now, all of the mechanical that supports the the two-story is is housed in this enclosure, and then there's some minor mechanical equipment on the lower volume.

So again, the the stair was somewhere in this area, and really to pull off this concept um and and continue as a uh seafood and oyster bar.

Um they needed more space for the kitchen and and really pushed hard to make the dining space not only accessible off the street side but also um more efficient.

So uh the addition here is gonna be more dining space that feeds to a small outdoor dining area on Bonanza, and then like I said, uh a stair that will allow access to the upper floor, um, which is largely gonna be officing um for the the operators.

Um we'll we'll see this in the the renderings, but the the new uh addition has a sloped parapet that will that will house uh a significant amount of the new mechanical equipment to serve the the building.

You can see that here.

Uh one of the one of the elements um to kind of break down the scale on the bonanza side was an overhead patio, a covered patio that will provide some weather protection um as well as uh outdoor lighting and and like I said, break down the scale.

Um of the other things that the the owners are interested in is a door that really opens up the indoor and outdoor on on good weather days so that the space really breathes and flows well.

Um Jessica touched on the materials.

Uh I did want to touch on one of the subtle materials, which is uh proposed laser cut metal scrim that will uh uh protect portions of the the curtain wall.

So the the the entire skin is gonna get kind of refreshed.

The curtain wall that's there, the two-story uh at the frontage will get fully replaced, and with that um, you know, portions will get um protected by this uh scaled uh scrim that kind of feeds off of the nautical theme.

So it's it's maybe hard to see, but um some of the some of the scrim will will cover the the existing CMU uh plaster wall, and some will go in in front of the the curtain wall.

So it's it's maybe hard to see, but um some of the some of the scrim will will cover the the existing CMU uh plaster wall, and some will go in in front of the the curtain wall, and then the intent is to use that as a vine wire type system and have uh living plants on that to really soften uh both sides of the building.

Um again uh the the the um the mosaic tile kind of a uh scaled nautical theme, really trying to to break down the scale of that smaller portion as well as give it a little bit of texture and color.

You can see that closer here.

Um this is the existing planter.

Again, we're using pretty much all of the the plantings to contain stormwater, filter it, and then send it if necessary back out to the city storm system.

Um one of the things that we are proposing is to remove the corner of the entry to really get to let it breathe a little more, make it more accessible for people entering, um, and also deal with accessibility and and the difficulty of the sidewalk that slopes.

Um this is the the view as as Jessica pointed out of the outdoor dining area.

You can see the the outdoor covered space as well as again the the plants.

And I think that's it.

So uh I guess we're open to questions if there are any.

And thanks for your your feedback.

Any questions?

I have a question.

Um materials page, there's a stainless steel trellis system.

And I wanted to understand where that occurs because I like the ficus, but I want to know where that's going.

You know what I mean?

So where on the building elevations is that.

So that's gonna support um this wall here.

Okay.

So that it's gonna be a stucco construction with uh you know an elevated stainless steel fine wire.

Okay.

Um the the vines for that will be planted in grade and planters.

Correct.

Which sorry, which one?

Yeah, great.

Okay.

Okay.

Uh yeah.

Okay.

Thanks.

I got one.

Um I'm interested in um the the scrim and how all that works.

That the two-dimensional elevations don't really match the rendering, so I can't at least I don't understand how they do.

So maybe we kind of walk through that.

It looks more substantial here on the two-dimensional ones.

It actually doesn't, it's not clear that that scrim continues on.

So I want I want to find out exactly what we're getting.

Does that make sense?

Uh yeah, so um I think the renderings, it reads better because of the shadow um two-dimension elevations.

It's just a hatch over the the building model.

Um I would say largely most of the glazing is going to be protected by this scrim, and in some cases, we've extended it over, as I mentioned, the the stucco really to just combine those those surfaces, um, so it's not just you know, AB.

Um, and the scrim, I think, kind of lightens the entire kind of um heaviness of those big CMU uh walls.

So yeah, I would say the first two panels of the curtain wall and then and these two panels, as well as another uh two four-foot sections on uh uh locusts, and then similarly, I don't know if this is as obvious on on Bonanza.

Um there's there's a section of the glazing that will be completely transparent, and then multiple sections that'll be protected by the scrim.

I I'd say it's it's mostly decorative.

Uh but you know, these this is a two-story curtain wall, and I don't know how many of y'all had been into the yacht club, but it gets a lot of sun.

So this is gonna do some work.

Yeah.

I just think you'll uh it'd be important how it gets detailed.

That was my only question.

Yeah, I think what the the goal is for the curtain wall to support it with a kit outrigger, and it's not gonna be set off significantly, maybe four inches, depending on the the scram, the scrim in that structure is is different than the curtain wall, right?

I mean, like is are you ex are you putting the curtain wall in front of the CMU wall where that's no, no, and that's that's gonna be really the trickiest detail is it it's gonna have to attach to the CMU wall where it's you know this last this last section here, and then it's also gonna have to attach at the vertical mollyan, um, which again will be you know an arcadia kit system.

The panel of the scrim will be custom made, but made to fit that system.

So really, you know, the outriggers that support the edges over the CMU will have to work with you know both the the movement, the structural movement, but also just how to cleanly attach it.

I mean, I mean here it looks like you're extending a portion of the curtain wall over the CMU.

It looks it looks like I mean it doesn't show as clearly here as it does in the elevation other elevation in here.

But it looks to me, which which I support.

I mean, it looks like you have those vertical mullions extending over the CMU in a way.

It's just it's not as clear in the two-dimensional elevation.

Yeah, I think um that's the trick that you're gonna have to work.

I think it's uh definitely a detail that's gonna have to have a lot of attention because they're um again, we've got you know, vertical mullings that it's pretty simple to attach an outrigger to.

Uh you know, they the the proprietary systems make those where it transitions to being supported by the solid wall, there may be a frame that's gonna you know kind of connect everything together.

Um Arcadia probably will help you with that, they're really good.

Yeah, yeah, that's probably what your first choice would be.

I mean, the good news is that the the Gabens have a they've got a uh a glazing sub who knows the Arcadia system well is working on you know kind of each of these attachment points.

The trick will be kind of getting the fitting that off the shelf system with a custom you know laser cut panel.

So the other I had one more question.

So if you go to the other Vananza elevation.

Nope, wrong way.

Why did you decide to can't that roof instead of making it reference the existing building?

So on the well, no, on the on the addition here.

Because that that actually slopes up, right?

Correct.

Yeah, the so you know the goal was to create a uh a rooftop mechanical shroud with part of the building massing, but also respect the existing building, which is kind of a nice building, right?

I mean it has its place.

It's it's old, but it's nice.

And so, you know, one of the concerns was making something that was gonna kind of overshadow it.

So it's sloping down to really try and respect the scale of the existing building while still trying to be compatible with it.

Um so you know, it it's sloping to maybe three or four feet here up to you know seven or eight feet where all the equipment's gonna be.

But the equipment is b below the is is behind the higher section, right?

Correct, yeah.

Then I guess you're gonna have all the ductwork below, right?

Uh as in the office level.

I don't I don't know.

You know, like you have the rooftop equipment, and you know, I've I've played these tricks many times myself.

I mean, you know, you have you have the rooftop equipment, and now I have to go I'll have all the main feeds for the for the ducks.

I I don't want to see them.

Yeah, I follow what I'm saying.

Yeah, so like when you when you taper that down to zero, this is more of a comment than a question, but um I think I got my answer.

Yeah, the goal is we're not gonna see it.

That's that'll be my comment when I'm gonna do it.

I think that's probably the city's expectation as well.

Yeah, yeah, I think so.

All right.

That's all I got.

I have a few questions.

Um first off, I think the the massing is articulated pretty well.

I think you kind of picked up on the scale of the existing building.

Um, you know, that second storefront that was there, uh, and then brought the new one with the stopback.

So I think that's working pretty well.

Um the justification of or just position of building planes, I think that kind of helps to keep a break of the mask.

I think the small scale that's in the neighborhood, I think, wants to be maintained with that um layering of planes.

Uh and I also think that the scrim uses I think is showed some problems, I think, with some layering enrichment of kind of the building's opaqueness and translucency.

Um but one thing I do c a question I have is about the couple things is the windows that kind of wrap around uh that along the corridor for the bathroom.

Uh how are yeah, those windows are how are those going to be um animated?

Um I don't know that having a view into a corridor and bathroom doors or bathrooms is really uh a disarrable thing.

So is there some other treatment or is there something you plan for the windows that hasn't been expressed in these drawings?

I think uh I'm not sure if you got we're we're at the interior design level yet.

Um or if you've been in LETA, uh the same designer that worked on Lita is gonna be doing you know some another layer behind, so it's not just gonna be a a sheetrock level four wall.

It's gonna it's gonna have some texture.

We're retaining um you know and refreshing what are currently some awnings that hang over those windows, and then uh one of the things we really touched on is the lighting um to try and accent some of the horizontal features of the building.

But absolutely, um, you know, what I I didn't touch on this in the plan, but one of the things that we pushed for was the ability to um exit out of this corner and provide a good flow and obviously provide you know what we need to for the the restroom uh because I think previously the the the building was underserved with the toy the two unisex toilets.

Yeah, I think you had to go upstairs if they were anyway.

Um that problem's gonna be solved, and uh we looked at this probably 20 different ways how to how to maintain the glazing, which we think shouldn't really change because it it it it improves that street facade.

Um but yes, I it's a great comment.

Uh I also wonder about keeping the awnings, uh you know, I understand the design process and iterations, but I'm wondering if the the existing awnings aren't kind of informing a direction of the project where I think that around the corner on bananas you're doing some language new language with the trellis system, you know, it's you you've got a trellis at the upper level windows, which I'm guessing is you know um elemental, so it casts shadows and light across the facade.

So I got two questions.

One, why would that not be repeated at the lower level?

Because I understand outdoor dining, but I don't know that inclement weather dining is gonna be there, and I worry about shadow that being too dark back behind there if that's the one.

Uh on Bonanza on the on the east side there where you've got you know the the outdoor dining patio, uh-huh, that roofing, or if it's more like the upper level.

It's a yeah, it's fellowship low slope uh weatherproof membrane roof.

That's the proposal.

I question if that's appropriate.

Uh huh.

Um, but then I'm also wondering if that same language you're now developing a new language for the building, if you don't want to bring that around to this elevation as well.

In lieu of the the angled the fabric canopies.

Right.

Certainly, you know, at a minimum the frame, you know, I don't know if you've looked at the old she she had a view of the old frames, they're kind of wood and a little more expressive.

Right.

But the frames I think would be simplified.

Um but yeah, it's a fair comment.

Yeah.

I think I think it would just help to kind of enliven the the facade and and tie the building together.

Yeah, you know, on board on both facades.

Um and then on the site plan and the floor plan uh at the behind the building, which is where the retention facility is in that pavement.

I'm wondering if you know there isn't again I'm kind of going back to the language you've introduced about this the layering and the building elevation.

I want that can't be, and I I do kind of see that in the floor plan because I can see standing outside seeing a uh uh you know diners at a booth and then at the oyster bar and then in the kitchen.

I think it's really quite rich and draws people in.

Um but I wonder if if the landscape that by uh requirement you need to put in the back, it can't be actually accentuated.

And take that stair you have, rotate 90 degrees so it's as you get to the kitchen wall, and then partially open that that that dining room window to the back so that you're you have again more just kind of layering and enrichment.

Because I think there's nothing that draws people more at a restaurant than seeing activity going on.

And um just you know, just a thought.

Yeah, one clarification the the rear area won't be used by the patrons.

It's it's a hundred percent service.

Um and the the what we're calling a courtyard, the permeable pavers are really getting us to C3 compliance.

Sure, understand right, and allowing us, I think, to only have to treat 50% of the existing roof, because if not, we're we're gonna have a lot more landscaping, a lot more planners.

Right.

Um so the you know, the the plan uh uh is to provide access to the upper level for the employees that are working in the office through that back service area, but not access for the the you know the public, the general public.

Okay, okay.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

I just have one question that's comes off of what commissioner case said about the ficus.

Um when you look on the plans on the planting, what's labeled as the planting plan, um the beds that would be where that ficus would be against that wall aren't on this plan.

You're talking about at the scrim where where it's very shallow.

No, I'm talking about where the outdoor seating area.

Oh, yes.

Um that that bed where that whatever wherever you're planting, all right.

Yeah, if we look at this, where you are proposing that you're planting that ficus against that wall, there is no cutouts in the ground.

Yeah, I don't I don't know, David, if you if you want to speak to that, but um the I think the idea is to cultivate this plant from from the perimeter from the edges.

So I I lost the mouse, but uh this one.

So I I lost the mouse, but uh this one uh so from from this perimeter here, uh because I you know the renderings show plants growing along this wall.

Exactly.

I I know we don't have a lot of space here.

Um I think really realistically it's gonna be at the perimeter.

I I don't know that we have the detail sorted out yet, but um I will say that you know the operators have uh experience with us, you know, with the uh you know this detail here uh we're not showing yeah you're not showing where it's getting planted in that in the corner of climbing the walls, right?

Yes, correct.

I mean the the plan was to put it where's the pointer on this?

That's the this one.

This one?

Yeah, the plan was, and we missed it on this to do a small cutout here for it.

Okay, then on this side, the intention was you know that ficus to grow around this corner and creep up the walls.

Okay, I as as I agree that it's a really nice feature.

So just making sure it's since it was overlooked on this that it gets it's definitely a detail that's gonna need to be sorted out.

Yeah, could you identify your uh introduce yourself, please?

For the record.

Hi, uh David Gabin, one of the owners of Oceana.

Okay, great.

And then along again, along the same lines as about bringing this style around the building.

Did you consider doing that same feature at all along that west side of the building so that it is there's that cohesion?

Along locust, yes.

I think we do we do show this to work.

We do show some of that here.

So that's what you what you have in there.

Again, I mean this isn't gonna happen overnight.

Right.

Like somebody's gonna have to maintain this and cultivate it and help it grow.

But the the you have specified in that it's growing all the way along here and maintained such that yeah, and just to clarify, along locust, the cutout in the is already in the ground.

There's already a small little planter that's there.

Right.

So that's one of the reasons we chose to keep that planter there and have the ficus grow up to sort of try to match what's happening on um on bananza.

Yeah.

Because this is the portion of the building that you're you're keeping the majority of this portion of the building just refurbishing it.

Yep.

That entire building is existing.

Yes.

Thank you.

Any other questions?

I have one.

It's it's a just a practical one, and it's because my niece opened a restaurant in Santa Cruz in October.

So number one, thank you guys for your continued participation in Walnut Creek and for helping it out all these years.

I've I've watched and I've appreciated that because I've been here my life too.

Um the in the in the existing plans, there shows uh like an an employee area and lockers and things like that.

I'm assuming you're going to use some of those offices for those functions.

And again, it's just a practical question.

No problem.

Um you're talking about the existing plan.

Yeah, I just noticed that there wasn't any um facility labeled in the new plan.

That's all.

I just want to make sure we're I'm um I understand where you're in the upstairs.

Oh, upstairs.

Yeah, upstairs existing.

Upstairs existing.

Yes, yes.

Yeah.

Um yeah, and you know, we're still working on the interior design.

But absolutely, I think the health department requires us to have lockers and have um an area for the employees.

So, yeah, absolutely.

Part of the design will absolutely have an area for them.

I thought so.

I just thought it had, I mean, it's just not labeled.

Thank you.

Yeah, no problem.

Any other questions?

Comments?

Um public and see if there's any public for yeah.

We have to see if there's anybody in the so at this point we'll open up the public hearing if there are any members of the public that would like to make a comment or statement.

Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing.

And commissioner comments.

Yep.

Um, I do have a comment.

Um first I just want to reiterate that I like the vines, so make those happen.

Sounds like you have a plan.

Um and then second, the maiden grass.

Um, I I'm guessing that's a miscanthus.

That gets really big.

So I just think you might want to consider what goes because I know there's a narrow little planters.

Um, but other than that, I think it looks cool.

Thank you.

I'll make a few comments.

So uh first of all, again, echoing, we really appreciate your folks' commitment to Walnut Creek.

Uh I've always my family's always enjoyed going to your restaurants.

Um I've been to all of them, even the ones that don't exist anymore.

So thanks for that.

Um I think I I really think the architect pointed out that there are some merits to the building as it is, and there's some memories, you know, the yacht club.

I like the mass of the eye club.

I'm glad that you maintained it and respected it and modernized it.

Um I think like I said, I think if we try to craft this into comments, I just think you know, when it comes back to just make sure that the scrim is well detailed and that it that the rhythm continues across from from the curtain wall in front of the CMU.

Um I think that's gonna be important that it you have a you have a consistency to pull off what is really a nice design.

Um I think I appreciate the comments that we've got about the ficus and and the the scrim.

I think on the the the ficus works particularly I think one of the things I like about what you've done and what you've respected is that this is a long long storefront on two on three streets, and it used to be multiple businesses, and if you were to try to blend it all and try to make it all one thing, it would be out of scale with all the other businesses.

So I like the way that you've respected the fact and and try and tried to break down that facade into three real statements, right?

There's there's the corner, there's there's the locust front with with the tile and the and the canopies.

I think that's pretty cool how it steps back.

Um, and then then of course the new building is different.

I think um that said, I think there's you know, comments about it, you know, things that I think could be improved.

I think what commissioner pro said about looking at the window windows, uh particularly around the restroom.

Not super comfortable with the idea of looking in, people walking by and having those toilet doors open and close.

Like the way you've maintained the windows, but can you could you do a frit on the glass so that it's not so visible?

So like consider I don't know, no necessarily is that it's frosting, but you know, like fritting, so like that's a graphic treatment to the glass.

That that might be something to do to try to soften that view into the bathrooms.

Um that's one idea that I had, other than that, I looking at the tile.

That tile is a is a is a big departure from what that building is.

So I had to think about that a bit, but but when I really think about it and think about the three buildings and three parts, I think it works.

And it definitely speaks to what you're what you're trying to convey that you sell within.

So I think that's cool.

Um you know, on the on the on the uh bonanza side, the addition.

Um I think that one of the things that really makes it work is that is that FICUS is really really a cool idea.

I think when it comes back to it won't never come back here, but you really it has to be worked out that that ficus has to be able to grow that and and get to that point where it can actually grow up the building.

Um right now I'm not convinced that it can, you know.

So you're really gonna need to think about how to execute that in a way that works.

Um I think and I I appreciate what you did by canting the roof uh of the addition.

I just think the comment I want to make is no vis visible HVAC or duct work.

So if the angle of that can has to change a bit, I think we're good with that, but what we don't want to see.

I've been through been through this many times myself.

You put the HVAC on the roof and you don't think about the duct work, think about both and make sure we don't see it.

Even if it changed a little bit when when it comes back in working drawings, I think that's fine.

Those are my comments.

Speak to each other.

I also really like the way that you've changed the front door and recessed it, sort of clipped that corner.

I think that'll make the both entering and exiting the building nicer as well as breaking up the sort of the scale of that building.

So in general, I think it's a really nice design, and I look forward to it opening.

And I echo all of the commissioners' comments.

Um with the the door set back on that corner and the material the use of the different materials breaking up the the frontage so that um it's more pedestrian scale and it and it looks more like the like there are separate buildings and it's not so so big, but uh also really appreciate that you kept the sort of the bones of the yacht club because it is a cool building.

Thank you very much.

Seeing no further comments, I'll close commissioner comments.

So Commissioner Pros, this is a portion of the build portion of the item where we where we reach consensus on some items that I've that I've noted, and I don't always catch them all.

So if if there's some that I've that I missed, and Commissioner Case, you may have some said something about grasses that I didn't catch.

Is that is that something that should be noted here?

Um I think they heard me.

It's just the type of grass that it might get big.

That's all review grass type.

Okay.

Great.

Okay, so the issues, the issues that I've noted here, and some may or may not be necessary, but um we'll we'll we've got a we've got a few minutes.

Uh so um the the there was I think everybody agreed that there was uh the the scrim was nice, but there was we want to know how it's going to work, maybe what the separation is.

I'm thinking maybe a section drawing that shows that or detail section and detail or just I'd be fine with just the detail, right?

That'll show us.

Okay, okay.

Is that we got three?

Yes.

Okay.

Um I had one that showed um show employee break room, but we're we're not really here for the use.

So uh roof to nuts, it's all good as a great comment.

Uh rooftop equipment.

Should we should we shade that in in a drawing and see what that looks like?

And that would include the ducting.

Yeah, okay.

Um great.

Um take a look at doing something with the glass at the bathrooms, potentially some kind of fritting.

Fritting, yeah.

Yeah, okay.

Um to something to obscure the view from the sidewalk.

Yeah.

Right.

Right.

Yeah.

Not fully opaque, but it's pretty big.

Still kind of see through it.

Okay, and we've got three waving heads, good.

Um, work out uh work out how the ficus is going to be grown along bonanza.

Where's the dirt?

Yeah, right?

Okay.

Sufficient start so that it can okay.

Um let's see.

Rooftop.

Add something.

Take a look at whether what kind of a matrix the scrim is gonna provide for the ficus.

You know, like when that ficus starts to grow, scrim is not really something that's designed to receive plant material, so might need to have some of that cabling or something wherever the ficus is over the scrim, so that it doesn't damage the scrim.

Literally, we have three on that.

Yeah, okay.

And then one was uh review the grass type, it might be too tall.

Okay.

Just put yeah, with the plants in general, mature sizes to proper scale.

Yeah, yeah.

And I want to add, you know, uh enough to kind of use the architectural language and tie the uh locust and the bonanza side together with that trellis um or awning condition, you know, not a fabric awning on locus and then a metal awning on bonanza, but more consistency in the material language just to look at okay.

Okay.

I think that's I think that's it.

Okay.

Next item.

So that closes the public hearing on this project.

Um, next item is commissioner considerations.

Do any of you have any input or items for consideration by the rest of the commissioners?

Thank you.

Thanks for coming.

Nope.

Okay, seeing none.

Does anyone have a um announcement or does staff have any staff reports?

I I will on a second, but yeah, if we're right.

We need to assign committee.

We can ask for volunteers for a sign sub.

The current sign sub is Commissioners.

It's us.

Us Riley and Baskin.

Do we do we have Do we have any volunteers for Science Subcommittee?

Great.

Did I see a hand?

Yeah, you saw it too.

Who is the other one?

They're in trouble.

So moved.

Okay.

Okay.

And I I I don't think we need to do a roll call vote on that.

It's a voluntary action.

And thank you very much.

All right.

Uh the only announcement I have is that there's a um one item for March eighteenth that's joy bound, and Joey Bound wants to to do a uh a uh a doggy or uh I shouldn't say doggy, because I'm sure it's not only for dogs, but a pet daycare facility on their campus out in Shade Lunds.

Okay.

Yeah, I thought you were gonna say they were gonna bring in.

I thought there were gonna be pets at the meeting.

I thought we were gonna could be fine.

Just an idea.

A puppy for each lap.

Yes.

Approved.

And FYI, I will not be at the next meeting.

Right.

Okay.

So um Commissioner Riley will be in charge.

Oh my gosh.

Oh.

Any more announcements?

No.

Seeing none, we're adjourned.

All right.

Okay, great.