 Good morning Timberlain. Can you hear my voice? I can. Can you hear me okay? Yes, I can hear you. Thank you Connor, I mean we can go ahead and get a sound check Test test. Can you hear me? Yep, sure can. Thanks. Thank you. Good morning. I am Signing in. How's my audio and video? I Think you sound fine and look fine too. Thank you so much. I'll Jump off for a couple minutes here before we start Okay, sounds good. All right So if any of our attendees are part of an applicant team and you'd like to do a sound check Please raise your hand and I'll get your sound in April Looks like we have Susan Hartel You'll get a prompt Susan and as soon as you answer that prompt we can go ahead and try your sound. There you go Okay, I don't know if I'll be speaking my supervisor will be here, but I'm here representing a turning point anyway Okay, sounds good. Thank you Okay, it looks like we have Maurice I'm Otis and Maurice Lee with Drugs alternate this and can you hear me? We can thank you So if you want to keep yourself muted, we won't have to go through the prompting every time Yes, I'm gonna mute my mic Thank you. All right, we have more people logging on So just want to before we get started here in a moment anyone else that's part of an applicant team If you want to do a sound check you can go ahead and raise your hand. All right, I'm gonna get the agenda up Just a moment Good morning. My name is Andy Gustafson and I am the zoning administrator today And I would like to call to order the November 18th zoning administrator meeting Today's meeting is a virtual meeting This is in pursuant to Government code section 54 953 E and the recommendation of our county public health officer That public meetings such as this can be held remotely to help reduce the spread of COVID This meeting will be conducted as any other public meeting members of the public and the applicant as well as our Project planners will be able to participate in doing so those of you who are Online participating via zoom As the moment is appropriate you can raise your hand and you will be recognized For those of you who may be calling in you would press star nine on your telephone and you'll be recognized This meeting is live streamed And it will be recorded you will be able to see the recording at on our youtube site, which is listed on the agenda here and So, okay, so with that preliminary introduction out of the way we will have We'll go through the agenda items here in order and the first is to Allow for public comment if there's any matter That you wish to raise that is in the purview of the zoning administrator But that is not on this agenda You are welcome to make a comment limited to three minutes And if you do, please raise your hand or press star nine I'll wait a moment to see if anybody wishes to do so I see one hand raise andrew Andrew Um, thanks for recognizing me. Um, I just wanted to put a word in for turning point um, I went to turning point in uh, january to july 2014 and um, when I went there I Was a heroin addict. I couldn't stop and I have have not done any drugs or used any substance After uh, I went through turning point It uh Really just changed my life I mean, I think society is better off and I'm better off and my family is better off Since I like went through it It like basically is one of the most valuable things I've ever done in my life It also helped me with uh, like interpersonal problems and relationships that uh, kind of led me down that road in the beginning And I like peeled back all the layers and discovered what was going on with that um You know, the only complaint I would have had with it is that it wasn't closer to like town and um, court hearings that I had to go to and Job interviews that I had to go to so it would have been nice if it was like closer to transportation hubs and stuff that I could Travel around easier but other than that it was a great thing and I just wanted to put my name out there for um You know that turning points that I Changed my life and really helped me. So thank you very much Okay, thank you. Um Is there any other member of the public that wishes to make a comment on a matter within the zoning administrators jurisdiction? But not on this agenda If so, please raise your hand And um, you'll be recognized fourth presser and I All right seeing none Let's go into our scheduled agenda Um, so before we begin, I just want to lay out how each item will be handled um For each item the project planner will give a presentation The applicant team will then be offered opportunity to comment at more information and then Finally The public will be an interest parties will be given opportunity to comment myself and the Um, planning the recording secretary will acknowledge you if you raise your hand Or press star nine also, um any matter which is Acted on today meaning that it's approved denied or approved with conditions of approval May be appealed within 10 calendar days For the first business day after 10 calendar days. So typically that means I'll look at my calendar here um It falls on a monday, which in this case will be um, December, excuse me Um, November 29th. If you do wish to appeal an action today That's taken please contact the project planner and they will Uh inform you about that process. Okay with that Let's start with Item number 3.1. It's a conditional use permit for 77 west 3rd street And the project planner is connor mckay. Mr. McKay, would you please Give your presentation Thank you. Mr. Zoning administrator. Yeah, we'll share my screen Yes, you're good. Yep Sweet. Can you see my presentation? Great. Um, yeah, so, uh, thank you. Mr. Zoning administrator My name is connor mckay city planner and i'm happy to be here this morning to present the minor conditional use permit application for the mv transportation incorporated project Located at 77 west 3rd street So this project poses to operate a vehicle services minor maintenance repair and office accessory land uses With the vehicle maintenance hours of operation consisting of 8 a m to 8 to 8 a m to 5 p.m Daily with office hours of operation from 6 to 8 p.m. Daily The office land use would support the minor maintenance repair operation and there's also going to be the dispatching of transit vehicles that are being repaired at this site but staff does not The center as a zoning code is not identified the specific land use the only dispatch that is identified in the zoning code is related to emergency vehicles so staff is considering the dispatch to be Under the umbrella of the minor maintenance and repair land use which requires the minor conditional use permit approval the office accessory land use is allowed By right meaning no land use permit is required So the project is located in the northwest quadrant of the city of san ariza along west 3rd street at an existing industrial warehouse The zoning district is maker mixed use Which like I mentioned allows for the operation of vehicle minor maintenance and repair With the minor conditional use permit approval The general plan land use designation is also maker mixed use which emphasizes a mix of land uses Includes including limited light industrial uses Here we have the site plan the left side of the figure shows west 3rd street and with the Buildings going back away from the street The floor plan shows how the warehouse and the interior service operation Would function along with the office space to the To the top of the figure And with that the planning and economic development department recommends that the zoning administrator by resolution Approved this request for a minor conditional use permit for the mv transportation project located at 77 west 3rd street And the applicant is not available There is not present at the meeting, but I can answer any questions that you might have And my contact information is uh displayed on this slide Thank you connor. I do have a couple questions. Um So again the The the uh, the core business just to understand this correctly is a transportation business and The repair services that are being Sought or allowed by this minor use permit is to service their fleet. It's not for outside Repair of vehicles. Okay, that is correct okay and um That that um, uh Transportation service is a permitted use within this maker Zoning and land use designation um, we actually do not identify specifically A transportation type of land use that would dispatch On like a non-emergency basis so, um staffs Analysis basically concludes that the operation of this dispatch is Characteristically the same as the minor repair because the same trucks would be coming and going from the site and I think there is Less than 10 total trucks being dispatched on any one day. It's a pretty light land use okay, so for purposes of Thinking about the primary use that's being approved today It is really the repair activity, but in this particular case The repair activity will be limited to vehicles that are operated and maintained by The transportation company. That is correct. Okay. Thanks for that All right, and then That in reading your resolution That clarifies the magnitude of the activity and the The nature of the potential effects that the activity may have on surrounding land uses Um, all right. I just want to okay. Thank you for clarifying that and then So now I want to give opportunity once again if in if there's any member in Of the project team That wishes to comment Please raise your hand. If not, then we will Move on to public input or comment And I see no one Who wishes to comment from the applicant team? All right, so now it's time for The public or any interested party who wishes to comment on this matter Please raise your hand and you'll be given opportunity to do so Okay, seeing none. I'll close the public hearing For discussion on this So, uh Thank you connor for the clarification Your resolution does go into detail about the use and its operation And I think uh as it's characterized In the resolution and in the project description that was submitted As well as the plans This minor use permit is appropriate to approve it does um Hit the the the neighborhood as well as being consistent with the Soni and land use designation for the area So I appreciate how you laid that out in the resolution and thank you very much. I'm with with that I'm approving this Requested minor use permit as recommended by staff. Thank you That concludes items 3.1 Let's go ahead and move on to item 3.2 connor is also the project planner This is for a hillside development permit at 3619 crescent circle Connor if you can give you a report that'd be great There we go Yeah, thank you. My name is connor mckay city planner here again To present the hillside development permit proposed for 3619 crescent circle So this is a hillside development permit To request the approval of the construction of a single family Dwelling at a parcel that was affected by the tubs fire They are proposing additional square footage in areas that are greater than 10 percent or slope Which results in their requirement for minor hillside development permit approval Here is the existing location map her aerial map shows the site conditions Here is the proposed site plan Here it shows the pre fire footprint, so I'll just kind of switch back from this one To the proposed site plan as you can see it's Substantially similar. It's kind of hard to see the full footprint of the house as it existed previously Because of the tree cover but substantially the same footprint But they are adding square footage in areas that have 10 slope or greater Oops wrong direction. Sorry And then the site does really use the site The the house uses the site topography and steps down and has rooms In this area as you can see in the south elevation I'm as opposed to just making it a flat pad the designer incorporated this design to Minimize that the required grading So and then the east elevation shows what the street would look like from Or what the house would look like from the perspective of the public right of way along crescent circle so it really Does not appear to be like a large expansive structure um And with that that you planning an economic development department recommends that the zoning administrator by resolution approve this hillside development permit For the rebuild that the tubs fire a lot at three six one nine crescent circle That is adding additional square footage in areas of 10 slope or greater And I'm happy to uh respond to any questions that you might have And the applicant is not I do not believe the applicant is present today All right. Thank you. I do have a quick question. Can you point out where the additional structure square footage is being added um I believe it's towards the rear. It's kind of hard because they kind of they slightly shifted the Entire design you can see it's kind of oriented more Um It's less like the garage door was more parallel with the right of way at the pre-fire footprint whereas this one it seems to be a little bit more like Rotated um, so it's it's hard to see it's hard to say exactly where but I think um the the most kind of New area of development would be the rear because um, it was more Set it was set a little bit forward and it was more straight with the crescent circle right of way So I imagine that this is the kind of newly disturbed area in the rear way um All right, well, uh, yeah, I just wasn't it wasn't really clear to me where it was added um And it just kind of a thought uh comment. Maybe you can Think about this The response a bit later is This is a replacement rebuilt house in the fire area and um We have this hillside development permit before us. Is that simply because of the added floor area? um And if they had if this house had been positioned Identically or the same square footage we would not have this matter before us tonight today Yeah, that's correct. So if it was if it was built, um Nick same exact footprint it would there would be no hillside permit Or if there was additional square footage proposed that wasn't in areas of 10 slow or greater So in this case, they are adding additional square footage from pre-fire footprint And that square footage in is in areas of 10 slow or greater So that results in the requirement for hillside permit approval Okay All right, thank you for that All right, so uh the applicant the owner the applicants team are invited now to comment if you wish, please raise your hand or press star nine All right, seeing none Uh, is there any member of the public that wishes to comment? Please raise your hand or press star nine Yeah, and I see no takers. So I'll close this uh discussion right Connor, um, thank you for For this presentation, I did Review your your resolution. Uh, let me if I may just hear Take a quick look at it. I had it loaded previously One moment bear with me. Sorry Should have had this loaded Here we go Yeah, I think you make the appropriate findings for this and I you clarified the reason this matters before us as a as a rebuild because of its change position and increase floor area um What I don't see here Is a slope map? That would indicate why or where Uh in excess of 10 percent is on the property Is the entire property greater than 10 percent or is it Just a portion of the property and that's where this particular Expansion has occurred or the realignment of the buildings occurred Let me check on that. Um, my internet browser has been a sloth today. So it will Take a moment unless Someone else is able to pull up the gis It is still loading for me What would a slope density map be required for this application typically? um Let's see looking to Not sure that we explicitly state that a slope Like analysis map is required, but their plans would show contours that would identify um percent slope and I'm trying to see if um That was if a specific slope map was submitted. I don't think it was because I probably would have included that with the project plan set um I'm looking at the site plan I haven't pulled up in gis, but i'm not sure which um Which layer you're looking for Okay, I finally uh, I finally got on gis myself So I think it's um, oh, I was sharing my screen that was I sharing my screen the whole time. No, okay There we go. Okay, so um, here we have the Percent slope as reported in 2013. Um, obviously it might be slightly different now But like I kind of anticipated Um, I think this rear area wasn't built upon um Prefire Let's see if I can bring up the aerial I think this exhibit this area this slope map demonstrates that um Despite how that site might be developed whether it replicates the original footprint with the parallel front edge to the road Versus the sort of skewed alignment today that's being proposed It would not avoid Uh, there would be no opportunity to avoid or less than potential development on areas in excess of 10 percent. So for me, that's a very material fact to To support the approval of this project with the modified building footprint And also I think the increased square footage. So Thank you for bringing that up and that That exhibit you uh, show us now will be part of the record and part of the Facts that I'll use to approve this This hillside development permit Did we have did we have public comment already done this that? Oh, I'm sorry. I jumped ahead. Thank you Guys, uh, okay, so Correct, let's give opportunity for public comment. Is there anyone in attendance who wish wishes to Comment on this project. Please raise your hand or press star nine. All right seeing none. I think we already did this seen none again, I'll go back to discussion and Come to the same conclusion with that slope map That was displayed here from the city's gis system I will approve this requested hillside development permit as proposed subject to the conditions of approval Put forward in the resolution for this matter Thank you connor and appreciate your Responding to my questions there Right, so let's go on to Item number three point three and we get the agenda in front of me Um, thank you. It's a conditional use permit for 790 Sonoma Avenue and the project planner is monette chicali Good morning, and thank you. Mr. Gustafson. I'm going to share my screen right now Okay, there you go. So as you mentioned The project before you this morning is a minor conditional use permit for turning point center Located at 790 Sonoma Avenue The applicant is proposing a community care facility with 50 beds within the existing vacant building, which is approximately 11 000 square foot commercial building It used to be Burbank housing and that has been vacant for a while. So the new person this new developer is taking over the site Here i'm trying to give you a brief description of this community care facility what they are proposing The applicant team is available if there are any actual questions They can provide more information or detail about this care facility So this facility will provide residential substance abuse treatment inclusive of life skills anger management parenting employment soft skills And other supportive services designed to assist the residents in discontinuing substance abuse The residents will be on site 30 to 270 days and the pro program operations will be 24 hours a day seven days a week And the facility will be staff and mine tort seven days a week again 24 hours And the maximum number of staff that will be on site will be about 8 to 10 people during the peak hours, which is from 10 a.m to 6 p.m And from the hours of 6 p.m to 10 p.m. There will be approximately six employees on site The residents will be in their bedrooms from 10 p.m to 6 a.m And during the times that times there will be three staff On the site, which is like a sleeping times, but three staff will be on the site also And there will be no outside visitors to the facility during the weekdays And visitation will only happen during the weekends New admissions so there are some questions about the admissions So the new admissions into the program will take place in another location It's not like people can drop off at this location and get into the program So the admission office is located at 24 0 3 professional drive office The new residence then will be transported from that location to this facility at 790 Sonoma Avenue There are no walk-ups allowed or available at this location Here is the zone and general plan land use for this parcel The general plan land use is office and the zone is office commercial A small portion of the site has a zone PD But there is no separate building there the entire parcel has been developed with the parking And no new changes are exterior changes are being proposed to this building at this time So in case if there are any exterior changes a separate design review will be required Here is the aerial view of the site more than I think there are 36 parking spaces on the sites And come to care facilities require one parking per five beds So the total parking requirement for this care facility is 10 If we have 10 additional like a 10 employees we might need 20 parking spaces However, the start for wise 36 parking spaces and is more than what a care facility would require And here is the floor plan most of the work and building work going to be inside of the building The demolition of some walls addition of a kitchen and creation of those rooms for sleeping And staff sent two notices out one notice was sent out when we received the application To notify the neighbors about this project and the second notice was sent out 10 days ago prior to this meeting to let the neighbors know about this today's public meeting zoning administrator I have received different calls and emails Some of the calls were just general questions about we need to know what's being proposed here Can you send us project description? Also a few calls were just asking about what is being proposed here I have received some emails and calls were also against the project The reason that they were against or opposing this project There were concerns about that this use will would negatively impact this neighborhood There were comments about there are homeless in this area. This might add more homeless in this area And some concerns about trash being like a scatter in this area can Use increase to those more like a trash and stuff in the neighborhood or sidewalk And then also another comment was like this Property or this location is not appropriate. This type of users needs to be more scattered throughout the city Not all concentrated in this area And I had an email supportive in favor of this project saying this is the perfect location for this kind of uses close to downtown And close to transportation center and also another call I received was in favor of the project I'm saying this is the right location for this site And as for siqua This project will qualify us for three exemptions class three class one and class class 32 The project is converting existing structure from one use to another use and the site is already developed There is less than five acre and the utilities and everything are provided for the site With that The planning and economic development department recommends that the zoning administrator By resolution approve a minor conditional use permit for the property located at 790 Sonoma Avenue. I know the applicant team is also available if there are any questions Also, I am available to answer if there are any questions And here is my information. If you have any question, let me know. Thank you Thank you. Thank you, Manette. Um I have no questions your your presentation was very complete So, uh, this is the time for the project Applicant or team to comment if you wish to do so, please raise your hand or press star nine and you'll be recognized Mr. Lee, are you an applicant or part of the project team? Yes, I am the applicant. Okay. Thank you. Um Go ahead, please. Thank you I would like to say uh to you mr. Administrator and to the public that may be listening that Dak has been Uh, uh participant in these services in the county of sonoma and santa rosa For over four decades. We provide an essential service that is necessary Uh to save lives Especially during this pandemic. We're starting to see An increase in the need Uh, the problem exists in this community already that building Is infested With the homeless Uh, we have done a cleanup of the property and I submit to you that our use Will help clean up that area Uh, it will help not just put a band-aid on the gunshot wound It will actually address a problem Get people back on their feet and return them to society as productive members Nobody wants these programs in their communities And usually they are pushed into plighted areas That are infested with drugs Low income Areas that already have a tremendous problem This is a perfect location We scout with the area to look for the right location Where our individuals would have the best opportunity of getting back on their feet Our programs are very structured These revenants will be engaged in services continually We will return people back to work Plus we'll be preserving some jobs in the area our services One of the only services that are available in the county Unfortunately, our situation Are required us to relocate. We were in an untenable situation in our current location Uh, and we had to find a new home Uh, this was the location that we selected I tried to be a good neighbor and knock on as many doors as I could To inform people of what we were doing left my cards behind I have communicated Personally with the neighbors matter of fact, I made a trip this sunday to one of the neighbors because They were doing some mitigation work At the facility and the generators were loud. So on sunday, I got up and met with a neighbor understand Why people would not want this But I also know that this problem is impacting Our entire society nobody's escaping this every family's impacted and when people want help Uh, they have to have some place to turn to and the county needs the capacity to continue to serve This growing problem in our society And cindy point has done that with a stellar record for over four decades or cindy point that has done it You know with a stellar record for over four decades So I think if if anyone really looks at the history of our services, it would alleviate some of their concerns. Thank you I uh, I'll just uh, you know comment here briefly. I think the project description you provided for describing The operation of the facility is very helpful. Um, I In answered a lot of my questions About the use and the intensity of the activity Is there any other member of your team that wishes to comment at this point? I have no other questions for you now There's no need for anyone else from my team to comment Thank you All right, so now's opportunity for the public who might be in attendance and wishes to comment on this matter please raise your hand or press star nine and you'll be recognized and uh All right, I see one person mr Our hand was up briefly And then went down Again if you wish to comment you'll be recognized by pressing your hand By con um marine is as a hand up marine be recognized Hi, my uh, my name is marine and um, I served on the board of directors at DAC for eight years And my experience there is that this is a very well run operation It helps hundreds if not thousands of people who suffer from substance abuse Whether it's alcoholism or drugs Um Addiction is a disease and we need facilities like this in our community to help people who live in our community and their families are here um My experiences that treatment works both of my sons went through programs at DAC And um have found success beyond anybody's wildest imagination Um, and when you worry about the homeless issue. Yeah, absolutely. We all worry about the homeless issue But when you think about the people who come into the program They're housed. They have a safe place to be and they're working on themselves to become contributing members of our community um, and I just can't I can't wrap my arms around Anybody who hasn't in one way or another been affected by this within their families or with a loved one a friend a relative a child a parent um, and we need these programs And this looks like a perfect place To house the people in our community who are in need So I totally support this and I hope the community will get behind them because they do phenomenal work Thank you Thank you marine. Um I see uh, Richard Gonzalez has raised his hand. Please be recognized Unmute yourself and you'll be able to comment Good morning. Yes. My name is Richard Gonzalez. I am currently a sonoma state student studying the researching and studying the nimby attitude towards substance abuse facilities and I just wanted to say that through my research Commonly when you have a community reacting negatively to a project such as this Information and um, education is key. So hearing mr. Lee going door to door speaking with the community is essential And I do believe that these programs are effective. We we also I personally also have Interviewed many many counselors members that have done programs themselves And when they're motivated and ready they will Use the program successfully and it has great Effect on a community along with Lowering the number of homelessness when you have a facility to address the issues they are having Either substance abuse mental health issues and so on Thank you for your time Thank you for your comment. I appreciate that um Any other member melissa striccio? Uh, please be recognized I saw melissa's hand up, but now it's gone If you wish to comment, please, uh Please raise your hand. If not, uh, we will Wait another moment and see if anybody else wishes to comment We have a comment in the chat from melissa. She said she was unable to unmute but Oh, that's because I I need to send you a prompt in order for you to be able to unmute so Look for the prompt and as soon as you see that you should be able to be heard Are you able to hear me now? Yes. Yes, we can Yeah, sorry about that. I was trying to say something. Yeah, so my name is melissa striccio. I'm actually the SUD so substance use disorder and community and recovery services section manager for the department of health services here at the county of Sonoma our behavioral health division. So I just wanted to acknowledge We contract directly with DAC and have so for many years and We just you know, just wanted to say that this is is a vital service in our community We, you know work with thousands of individuals that are dealing with a substance use disorder and as previous Individuals have mentioned it in or is it a chronic disease that we're trying to address And and also as Maurice mentioned earlier We have seen a significant increase in our community and across the state and the nation for that matter during the time of the pandemic where there has been a significant increase In um mortality related to overdose death. So we've seen individuals under the stress of the pandemic Losing their job and financial stress returning to use and trying to address their challenges So by having a service and facility available to them to be able to address these concerns It is a way for someone who is dealing with This chronic disease to be able to have those services available to them. So I just want to reiterate that and And I know there's been a lot of attention to the overdose deaths related to opioid use but other substances as well And so I just I you know wanted to put that out there as well. Thank you Thank you for your comment Anyone else wish to comment on this matter? So please raise your hand or press star nine if you're on the phone all right, so Seeing none, I'll close the public meeting on this matter This this is a vitally needed type use in our community unfortunately Um, but I do think this project site is really a fortunate intersection of Attributes um for this facility to operate. I think it was noted by Lynette in her presentation that this is a Location and in the central part of the city where there are a lot of services including transportation um and That's that's not an insignificant Factor here that I think really makes this project Suitable for the area it's been I also In hearing the presentation By the operator that Marie from Maurice Lee that It's a highly structured program. It's a program with Long track record here in the city or or in operation that we can expect a very successful and productive beneficial Facility to help those people in need with addiction here in our community The the other thing that I like to point out I'm I'm always encouraged when I see Uses that have been standing vacant buildings that have been not occupied A new life a useful life that Will contribute to the community as in this case We will not see any Really physical change to the property and I doubt the casual observer will even notice this facility Is in operation, but what they will notice? Hopefully an improvement in our community helping address homelessness that's caused by addiction uh, so I think for all those reasons as well as the findings that were presented by Mrs. C. Collie and her resolution Support the approval of this youth permit subject to the conditions of approval and also the project description that was submitted with this application describing the operation occupancy Of the facility So with that I'm very pleased to approve this conditional use permit and really wish the operator Success going forward with this very much needed facility. So with that We have come to the end of our scheduled items on this agenda And it's my pleasure to adjourn this meeting Of the zoning administrator on november 18th, and I wish to thank all of you who participated today for attending Your input is very much appreciated. Thank you and have a great day. Bye. Bye