The Walnut Creek Planning Commission met on April 9, 2026, to consider a special use permit for food truck operations at the Ignacio Center, located at 1990 North California Boulevard. The commission unanimously approved the permit, which allows up to four food trucks on site two days per week. The meeting also included updates on transportation funding and a recent City Council decision upholding the commission's approval of the Mitchell Town Homes project.
Okay, good evening and welcome to the April 9th Planning Commission meeting with the Secretary. Please call the roll. Yes. Commissioner Anderson. Here. Commissioner Moran. Here. Commissioner Cowend? Here. Commissioner Strongman. Here. Commissioner Quok. Here. Vice Chair Klopp. Here. And Commissioner Needing. Here. Thank you. And looking at the staff report or the agenda, I don't believe so, but just to be clear, do we have anything on the consent calendar? There's nothing on the consent calendar. Perfect. Now there are two opportunities for the public to provide comment. The first is during each of the item as it pertains to the item. And the second is that if it's a comment that's not on the agenda but is within the purview of the planning commission. So are there any uh public comments for items not on the agenda? Seeing none, okay. Perfect. Um I'd like to ask the commissioners if anyone's had any ex parte communication. None. Okay. Then with that, let's move on to item number four public hearing, which is Ignacio Center Foods truck special use permit application. I believe that we have a staff report. Yeah, and I actually wanted to just um for the record state that Curtis is our new associate planner, and this is his first um hearing or presentation before this commission tonight, and we're very happy to have him as part of our team. I agree. Welcome, Curtis. Thank you, Certainly. Appreciate it. Let's see if I can get the slides working. And we're talking food trucks, so I hope we don't get too hungry. All right. Well, good evening, Chair and members of the planning commission. My name is Curtis Sawyer, associate planner with the um community development division. Now, before you tonight is an application for a special use permit for food truck operations at 1990 North California Boulevard, more commonly known as the Ignacio Center. The project is located at the Ignacio Center within an existing pedestrian courtyard. The subject parcel is zoned to office with a general plan land use designation of office commercial. As seen on the screen, the red arrow indicates where the project will be located. And even a little bit more refined if I can get our laser pointer to work right in there. As proposed, that and identified in the applicant's business plan, the goal of the project is to enhance the workplace experience for the Ignacio Center tenants and to provide high quality diverse lunch options for the local community. Food truck operations will occur twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.