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[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

[00:00:08]

LIKE WE HAVE OUR STAFF WITH US THAT'S GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING TODAY. SO I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND GO FOR ROLL CALL, PLEASE. CHAIR WILLEM HERE, VICE CHAIR MANUEL HERE. COMMISSIONER BALKOVEC HERE. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON HERE, COMMISSIONER MINOR HERE. COMMISSIONER RYAN HERE. COMMISSIONER WINDHAM HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, LILY, ARE YOU FILLING IN FOR JEREMY? DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU AND MR. ANTHONY TODAY? ABSOLUTELY.

WITH US, WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, JEN JEN GANNON. AND THEN TO MY RIGHT, I HAVE THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY ASSISTANT CITY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I. JOSH ANTHONY, AND I AM LILY TOY PLANNING MANAGER WITH THE CITY HERE. I ALSO HAVE DANNY CASTRO, ASSOCIATE PLANNER.

[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]

THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM TWO APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 23RD, 2026 MEETING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE APPROVAL SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[4. PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS ]

OKAY. PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS. SO WE HAVE ITEM FOUR A THE AMENDMENT APPLICATION A MND2025-00266 AND PARCEL MAP APPLICATION PM-20252025-00991 BY EP2 READING OASIS LLC. AND WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS. SO, MR. CASTRO, DO YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE IT FROM HERE? AND CAN I PAUSE FOR ONE QUICK SECOND? CAN WE ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL ON THE PHONE? OH, MARY WAGNER, YES, WE HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, MARY WAGNER ONLINE. THANK YOU. WHICH REMINDS US THAT WE NEED TO SPEAK INTO OUR MICS SO SHE CAN HEAR US CLEARLY. YES. SO BEFORE I CALL UP THE PROJECT PLANNER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HERE. WE WERE HOPING TO BRING THE ITEM BACK WITH REVISED CONDITIONS AND MAKE A PRESENTATION AND HAVE A DECISION MADE. WHAT WAS REVEALED IS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM, AND DANNY CAN GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL, BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE TO MEET IS BECAUSE WE DID PUSH IT OUT TO A DATE CERTAIN. AND SO THAT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. AND WE CAN'T JUST DISMISS THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE WE DID DO A DATE CERTAIN. AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WITH THAT SAID, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL WELCOME UP DANNY CASTRO TO JUST KIND OF DISCUSS IN SUMMARY, WHERE WE HAVE LANDED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS WAS NOT HERE LAST TIME. I DON'T THINK THIS IS OKAY. IT'S A BIGGER MICROPHONE. YES. SO STAFF IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE OF THE ITEM DURING THE LAST MEETING, THE COMMISSION VOICED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE ADDENDUM THAT WAS DONE FOR THE PROJECT. SO STAFF REACHED OUT TO CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY ATTORNEY OPINED THAT WE NEEDED TO GO BACK AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT SOME SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF AGAIN. SO ESSENTIALLY THE, THE, THE REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE IS TO GIVE STAFF TIME TO, TO DO THAT. THAT'S BASICALLY IT IN A NUTSHELL. IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILS, I CAN I CAN GO INTO THAT. SURE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? YOU DO. DO YOU GUYS HAVE A TIME FRAME THAT YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS OR YOUR CHANGES? SO THAT DEPENDS ON SOME OF THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR HANDS. SO WHAT IS WHAT WHAT IS BEING ADVISED BY LEGAL COUNSEL IS, WOULD ESSENTIALLY REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL, AT LEAST SOME SORT OF MEMO OR STUDIES ON SPECIES THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED AS SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES SINCE 2005. AND SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THE APPLICANT TO PRODUCE THAT.

AND AT THAT TIME, WE CAN WE WOULD HAVE MORE OF AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH TIME WE'D NEED MOVING FORWARD. FOR ALL WE KNOW, THAT COULD TAKE A WEEK. THAT COULD TAKE A YEAR. THAT'S KIND OF

[00:05:01]

OUTSIDE OF OUR HANDS. SO I'M RELUCTANT TO GIVE ANY KIND OF TIME FRAME. AND THEN ALSO IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT'S IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE. WOULD, WOULD, YOU KNOW, THE VARIABILITY BETWEEN WHETHER IT'S A SLAM DUNK, JUST MOVE FORWARD OR WHETHER THERE'S MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? ALL DEPENDS ON THE ITEMS RECEIVED. SO IT'S VERY UNCLEAR WHAT THE TIMEFRAME WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD FROM THIS POINT. SO CAN YOU CLARIFY THIS WAS NOT ONE OF OUR CONTINGENCIES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. THIS WAS SOMETHING SUGGESTED FROM THE LAWYER ON THE CITY SIDE, CORRECT? YEAH. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THAT COMMISSIONER MANUEL BROUGHT UP. THIS IS ONLY TO DO WITH THE ADDENDUM THAT HE BROUGHT UP A CONCERN ABOUT THE ADDENDUM AND AND THE WAY STAFF APPROACHED IT.

AND FRANKLY, I'LL BE I'LL JUST BE BLUNT. I REACHED OUT TO CITY ATTORNEY EXPECTING THEM TO BACK UP WHAT STAFF HAD DONE TO SO THAT WE COULD LEAVE THE ISSUE TO REST AND MOVE FORWARD TODAY WITH HOPEFULLY AN APPROVAL UNEXPECTEDLY. THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER. WE GOT BACK FROM CITY ATTORNEY. SO I'M NOT A LAWYER, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THE LEGAL COUNSEL THAT THE CITY'S LEGAL COUNSEL HAS HAS PROVIDED TO US. SO THAT'S I THINK THAT'S WHERE STAFF'S AT TODAY THAT THAT IS WHERE STAFF'S AT TODAY. AND IF I MAY, I'M SORRY THAT I'M NOT ON CAMERA, SO I CAN'T TELL IF IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO JUMP IN OR NOT RIGHT NOW. BUT THIS IS MARY WAGNER WITH YOUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO WE DID REVIEW THE QUESTION FROM STAFF RELATED TO THE SEQUA ADDENDUM AND THE FACT WITH THE AGE OF THE EIR AND A LITTLE BIT OF A LACK OF CLARITY IN THE ADDENDUM, WE THOUGHT THAT THE BEST COURSE AND OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE ADDENDUM BE LOOKED AT TO DETERMINE THAT INFORMATION RELATED TO ANY NEW SENSITIVE SPECIES OR NEW HABITAT THAT WASN'T PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED IN THE EIR. IT MAY BE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY. BUT AGAIN, GIVEN THE AGE OF THE EIR AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T CLEARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ADDENDUM, WE HAVE ADVISED THAT IT WOULD MAKE THE SEQUA DETERMINATION STRONGER AND MORE DEFENSIBLE, IF THAT THAT THOSE ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED. OKAY, I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SOMETHING. SO WE DO HAVE THE DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVES HERE TODAY, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON MAYBE HOW LONG THEY THINK THE PROCESS WOULD? I MEAN, PART OF THIS IS WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUSH THIS PROJECT OUT AND KEEP PUSHING IT OUT. SO WE'RE HOPING I'M HOPING TO GET AN ANSWER OF HOW LONG BEFORE WE BRING THIS BACK. WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT BETTER, DO YOU THINK? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THEY COULD ANSWER. I MEAN, THEY'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S YOUR SHOW. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'D BE ABLE TO ANSWER ON MAYBE WHAT THEY HOW QUICKLY THEY ANTICIPATE THE BEING ABLE TO, TO GET OVER A REPORT. BUT AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THOSE DOCUMENTS. SO, I MEAN, THEY COULD KIND OF SPEAK TO THEIR HALF. WE COULD KIND OF SPEAK TO LIKE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S JUST THE IT'S TOO UNCLEAR WHAT THE TIMELINE TIMELINE WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD AT THIS POINT. OKAY. WOULD ANYBODY WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM? AND THEY WILL HAVE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ANYWAY SO THEY CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS TILL AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE WE OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU, MR. CASTRO. WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE ARE NO CARDS, BUT I BELIEVE MR. DORMER IS MAKING HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM.

SORRY ABOUT NO CARDS. MIKE DORMER WITH THE FIRM OF SHERIDAN SAWYER REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER. SO, YEAH, THIS CAME AS A BIT OF A SURPRISE TO US. AND ANOTHER DELAY, WHICH IS REALLY FRUSTRATING TO THE PROPERTY OWNER DEVELOPER. WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR RATHER THAN JUST CONTINUE IT TO A DATE UNCERTAIN TO PICK A DATE BECAUSE MADRONE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIRM, HAS ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED. THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON IT. THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE LOOKED INTO THE SPECIES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED. YOU KNOW, THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY, THE THE THE BEE, THE BUMBLE BEE. SO THEY THE SENSE I'M GETTING IS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING IN ABOUT A WEEK FOR STAFF TO REVIEW. AND RATHER THAN JUST GO DATE UNCERTAIN, WHICH CAN DRAG OUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WE'D LIKE TO PUSH IT, PUSH IT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I KNOW MY CLIENT'S VERY FRUSTRATED AT HOW LONG THIS HAS ALREADY TAKEN IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR REQUEST. THANK YOU. JOSH, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR LILY.

MIKE, PLEASE SAY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MORE FOR YOU TO. SO, LILY, DO YOU DID YOU HAVE BESIDES

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THIS PARTICULAR DELAY RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE, WAS EVERYTHING ELSE READY FOR TODAY, OR DID STAFF NEED ADDITIONAL TIME RELATED TO COMMISSIONER MANUEL AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS ON THE. THE AMENDMENT FROM LAST TIME? NO. ALL THE OTHER ISSUES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE. AND THOSE ARE READY. THIS WAS THE LAST REMAINING ISSUE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER. IS THERE A TIME FRAME THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER REASONABLE FROM YOUR POSITION? I WOULD WE WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD BE BACK BEFORE YOU IN THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT MEETING DATE WOULD BE AUGUST 25TH. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. DORMER? NO THANK YOU. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE IT BACK TO COMMISSIONERS FOR COMMENTS. YOU SAID YOU HAD ONE. MR. ANYBODY ELSE? COMMISSIONER MINOR, IS THERE ARE THERE OTHER ITEMS SCHEDULED TO COME TO PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 25TH? I'M GOING TO DIRECT THAT TO PLANNING MANAGER LILY TOY. I'M SORRY. NO, NO. NO PROBLEM. ARE THERE OTHER ITEMS SCHEDULED TO COME TO PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 25TH? NOT AT THIS TIME. NOT AT THIS TIME. WEIGH IN. AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT. MARY WAGNER, AGAIN ON SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE HOUSING ELEMENT. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE WERE COMING FORWARD ON AUGUST 25TH, BUT STAFF MAY HAVE INFORMATION THAT I'M I'M UNAWARE OF ABOUT THAT. IF IT'S OKAY, I'M GOING TO LET THEM FIGURE THAT OUT AND GET BACK TO US. SO LET US KNOW IF THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, THE HOUSING ELEMENT MIGHT BE GOING ON THE 25TH. IF WE HAVE EVERYTHING AVAILABLE. OKAY.

DOES THAT ANSWER IT FOR YOU? COMMISSIONER MINOR, DID YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP? YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO DO A FOLLOW UP. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I CAN IN THIS CASE, I CAN CERTAINLY AND WHILE I, I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE DELAY DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ALL THE NUANCES OF THE, THE SEQUEL ELEMENTS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO CROSS OUR, OUR T'S AND DOT OUR EYES. I CAN EMPATHIZE A LOT WITH THE DEVELOPER AND APPLICANT IN THIS CASE, AND KNOWING THAT IT HAS BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME AND A VERY A FRUSTRATING PROCESS.

EVEN IN THIS CASE, IT MAKES ME, I THINK WHEN WHEN WE HAD THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO CONTINUE IT TO A DATE, CERTAIN THERE WAS SOME EVEN APPREHENSION, APPREHENSION FROM PEOPLE ON THIS COMMISSION TO PUSHING IT OUT THAT FAR OR TO PUSHING IT OUT AT ALL, KNOWING THAT IT'S, IT'S BEEN QUITE A LONG ELONGATED ALREADY. SO FOR ME, IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEVIATION AND MAYBE IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF A DEVIATION FROM THE DIRECTION THAT PLANNING COMMISSION GAVE US. AND I WANT TO EMPATHIZE WITH, IN THIS CASE, DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THE PROJECT MOVE FORWARD AND ACCOMMODATE THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE. SO IF THAT DID LOOK LIKE MOVING IT TO A DATE, CERTAIN, THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY REASONABLE REQUEST. AND CERTAINLY IF WE HAVE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT MAY COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THAT TIME ANYWAY. SO MY INITIAL THOUGHTS FOR THE MOMENT.

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON HAS A QUESTION FOR MISS WAGNER, THE ATTORNEY. YES, JUST JUST FOR OUR EDUCATION AND MAYBE THE PUBLIC'S EDUCATION A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, RELATED TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT. YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT BEING DEFENSIBLE. AND BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE EIR, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CITY CONDUCTED A PRETTY THOROUGH AND IN DEPTH EIR RECENTLY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. HOW DOES THAT BENEFIT THE SITUATION? IS THAT WHY THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY IS ABLE TO BE DONE QUICKER? AND THAT'S A KIND OF A QUESTION I WAS LOOKING AT SHARE DUNLAP FOR, BUT BUT MORE FOR THE ATTORNEY. IS, IS THAT BENEFICIAL? THE FACT THAT WE WENT THROUGH A GENERAL PLAN SO RECENTLY WITH SUCH AN IN-DEPTH

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EIR, WHICH WOULD HAVE STUDIED ALL OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY LIMITS WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, OR IS DOES IT REALLY NOT MATTER IN THIS CASE? WHAT WOULD BE YOUR OPINION ON THAT? SO IN THIS CASE, THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE PROJECT EIR, WHICH IS FROM 2005. IT IS POTENTIAL THAT THE WORK THAT THE CITY DID ON EIR FOR THE GENERAL PLAN COULD BE INFORMATIVE TO THE APPLICANTS SOCCER TEAM, AND MY GUESS IS THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION, OR COULD EASILY WORK WITH STAFF TO GET ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION IF THEY NEED IT. IT MAY HELP THEIR ANALYSIS OF ANY NEW SPECIES OR SENSITIVE HABITAT THAT COULD HAVE COME INTO PLAY SINCE 2005. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR DOCUMENTS ARE INCREDIBLY DEFENSIBLE. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT OUR INTENT TO DELAY THE PROJECT. JUST OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT IF WE WORK WITH THAT STAFF, WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO BOLSTER THAT ADDENDUM, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT WON'T TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF TIME. MY STAFF INDICATED IT MAY DEPEND ON WHAT THEY FIND, AND ADDITIONAL WORK IS NECESSARY TO GO INTO THAT ADDENDUM. THAT WOULD BE WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT'S A RELATIVELY QUICK PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS IF I MAY. THANK YOU. I VERY MUCH SUPPORT. GOING FOR AN AUGUST 25TH. WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR A MOTION DATE, CERTAIN. THE REASON IS THINGS HAVE A WAY OF. WELL, IT.

IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE A DEADLINE THAT YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR AND IN A HEARTBEAT I WILL COME HERE AND GO THROUGH THE FORMALITY OF OF, OF A NON-ACTION ON THE HOPE THAT HAVING A DATE CERTAIN BRINGS SOME URGENCY TO BOTH SIDES AND GETS IT DONE. BECAUSE THE REALITY IS IF THEY DO THE BUMBLEBEE STUDY AND THEY DO THE BUTTERFLY STUDY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER NEW PLANT THINGS, AND THEY COME BACK NEGATIVE FROM THE SCREENING LEVEL REVIEW, THEN IT SHOULD BE JUST A MATTER OF A COUPLE HOURS. IT'S PACKAGED UP.

THE WHOLE STAFF REPORT CAN BE PRE WRITTEN ON THAT ASSUMPTION, AND THIS THING CAN BE RIGHT BACK IN FRONT OF US BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE A HORRIBLE DISSERVICE TO THIS APPLICANT. AND WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE OUR NORM. I KNOW IT ISN'T OUR NORM, BUT IT'S HORRIBLE. MY HEART SUNK WHEN I SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE I REALIZED I WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION LAST TIME OF SAYING, LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND AND CONTINUE THIS FOR A MONTH TO GET THESE CONDITIONS WORKED OUT. CERTAINLY NOT ANTICIPATING, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS CHANGE. I ALSO WOULD ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THAT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A RISK FREE DECISION. I THINK I HEARD A REFERENCE TO A RISK FREE, MY VERSION OF THE WORDS THAT WERE USED A LITTLE WHILE AGO BY A CONSULTANT ON THE PHONE. AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A RISK FREE DECISION. AND SO IF OUR IF OUR BAR IS RISK FREE, WE CAN JUST CLOSE THE DOORS. AND SO I DON'T WANT US TO CONDUCT OURSELVES THAT WAY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE KINDS OF, OF PROJECTS. I FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT THAT I TOYED WITH THE IDEA. BUT FORTUNATELY, I DON'T ACT UPON A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO THROUGH MY HEAD THAT MAY SURPRISE YOU GUYS, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THINGS THAT GO THROUGH MY HEAD THAN I ACTUALLY SAY OR ACT ON. BUT I HAD THE TEMPTATION OF ACTUALLY GETTING WITH THE APPLICANT, UPDATING THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, BASICALLY DOING THE STAFF WORK AND BRINGING IT IN HERE WITH EMOTION AND GETTING A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT TODAY, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A LEGAL ACTION. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION. WE COULD DO THAT OURSELVES. NOW, THAT'S AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE SITUATION.

BUT BUT SOME OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PROJECTS WHERE THAT OCCURRED. AND THE COMMISSION ACTUALLY BROUGHT FORWARD THEIR OWN FINDINGS, BROUGHT FORWARD THEIR OWN CONDITIONS, BECAUSE IT THE PROJECT IN THE RIGHT DECISION WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MADE OTHERWISE. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OFF MY CHEST. AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AS I SAID THAT. AND WITH THAT, WHEN THE TIME COMES, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO SAY, LET'S GO DATE CERTAIN ON THE 24TH, AND I'M GOING TO TRUST MY FRIENDS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE TO WORK THEIR TAIL OFF TO MAKE SURE STUFF GETS DELIVERED AND WE'RE BACK IN FRONT OF US. BARRING THE UNFORESEEN, THEY FIND A CRUTCH. IS BUTTERFLY. WELL, ALL DEALS ARE OFF. I MEAN, CRUTCHES, BUMBLEBEE. SORRY, I JUST BLENDED TWO SPECIES. YOU FIND A CRUTCH AS BUMBLEBEE. WE GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS. SO ANYWAY, SO WITH THAT, I'LL SETTLE BACK DOWN. AND IF, IF AND WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION, I'M READY. WELL, I'M ON BOARD WITH

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HAVING A CERTAIN DATE AS WELL. I, I WAS HOPING TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED TONIGHT, IF NOT THE PRIOR MEETING. SO I'M, I'M FOR HAVING A CERTAIN DATE OF THE 25TH. SO I'M READY FOR A MOTION UNLESS THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION. I MOVE KICKING THIS BABY TO AUGUST 25TH DATE CERTAIN. BRING IT BACK AGAIN AND LET'S APPROVE IT. I SECOND THAT MOTION. SO WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. I DO WE HAVE ANY OPPOSED OR DISCUSSION? NOPE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE JUST OPENING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS. WHAT WAS THAT.

OH I DID CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AFTER. YES MR. DAUMER LEFT. NO THAT'S OKAY. YOU GUYS WERE CHATTING OVER THERE. YEAH. BACK TO YOUR OLD SEAT. I KNOW RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE ON TO

[6. COMMISSIONERS’ COMMENTS ]

ITEM SIX FOR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? I HAVE NO ONE. WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME, I HAVE NONE, I HAVE GOT I GOT IT ALL OFF MY CHEST. YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THERAPY THIS WEEK. OKAY WITH THAT THEN, COMMISSIONER MINER? SURE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I REMEMBER HEARING RUSS, YOU SAY THE 24TH AND THE 25TH. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOTION WAS RECORDED AS THE AUGUST 25TH. YES. I THINK MAYBE YOU SAID THE 24TH PRIOR TO THE MOTION, BUT DID ANYONE HEAR THAT? I DID FOR CERTAIN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I SAID. I WANT THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST, WHATEVER DATE THAT IS, WHICH JENNIFER SAID WAS THE 25TH. YEAH. THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST IS AUGUST 25TH. OKAY.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE MADE A MOTION FOR THE 25TH, BECAUSE I JUST REMEMBER HEARING THE 24TH AT SOME POINT, AND IT WOULD BE MAKING ME SECOND GUESS IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING. I THINK THE COMMISSIONER MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE 24TH OF THE MOTION WAS ACTUALLY FOR THE 25TH. SO THE ITEM THAT YOU VOTED ON WAS TO MOVE THIS TO A DATE. CERTAIN THE 25TH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. YEAH. THANKS. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKA

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.