Sep 22, 2026 City Council Regular

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RECONVENE THE SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER. STRONG. CARNAHAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

PETE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG HERE. MAYOR MEDRANO PRESENT. ALL PRESENT. THANK YOU. THE INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE PROVIDED BY PASTOR NADIR OF KING OF THE NATIONS CHURCH. PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM AND EVERYONE ELSE, PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE TO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. LET'S PRAY. HOLY GOD, KING OF THE UNIVERSE, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATITUDE, ACKNOWLEDGING YOU AS THE GIVER OF EVERY GOOD GIFT AND THE SOURCE OF WISDOM, JUSTICE, AND PEACE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE WITH US, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND GUIDANCE UPON THIS GATHERING TONIGHT. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY OF CYPRUS, FOR ITS PEOPLE, NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESSES, AND ALL THOSE WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. IN THIS 70TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US, FOR THE FOUNDATIONS THAT THEY LAID, AND FOR THE GENERATIONS WHO CONTINUE TO MAKE CYPRUS A PLACE THEY ARE PROUD TO CALL HOME. LORD, WE LIFT UP OUR MAYOR. EVERY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGER, CITY STAFF AND ALL WHO CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE. GIVE THEM WISDOM THAT IS PURE AND DISCERNING. PATIENCE TO LISTEN WELL, COURAGE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND HUMILITY ALWAYS TO SEEK THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. AS CYPRUS CONTINUES TO GROW AND CHANGE, GRANT THESE LEADERS WISDOM FOR THE FUTURE AS THEY CONSIDER NEW HOMES AND DEVELOPMENT PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESSES AND THE MANY NEEDS OF A THRIVING COMMUNITY. HELP THEM TO BALANCE OPPORTUNITY WITH RESPONSIBILITY, PROGRESS WITH STEWARDSHIP AND THE NEEDS OF TODAY, WITH THE WELL-BEING OF GENERATIONS YET TO COME. WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THE RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO THIS CITY AND FOR THOSE WHO LABORED DILIGENTLY TO STEWARD THEM WELL.

CONTINUE TO GRANT WISDOM AND INTEGRITY IN FINANCIAL DECISIONS SO THAT THE BLESSINGS ENTRUSTED TO CYPRUS MAY BE USED CAREFULLY, RESPONSIBLY, AND FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

WE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF CYPRUS, FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, FAMILIES, SENIORS, FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND EMPLOYERS, FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FOR THOSE WHO SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS THROUGH VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. STRENGTHEN AND THE BONDS BETWEEN US AND CULTIVATE IN THIS CITY A SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY, KINDNESS, SERVICE AND GENUINE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. WE ESPECIALLY REMEMBER THOSE WHO PROTECT AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND ALL THOSE WHO WHOSE WORK OFTEN GOES UNSEEN. PROTECT THEM, STRENGTHEN THEM, AND GRANT THEM WISDOM AND COMPASSION IN ALL THEY DO. AND LORD, AS THIS COUNCIL TAKES UP THE BUSINESS BEFORE IT TONIGHT, MAY THERE BE THOUGHTFUL, LISTENING, RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION, CLARITY OF JUDGMENT AND WISDOM IN EVERY DECISION WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENT, DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES. GRANT UNDERSTANDING. WE'RE. WE'RE. CHOICES ARE DIFFICULT. GRANT DISCERNMENT, AND IN ALL THINGS, KEEP BEFORE THEM THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO SERVE. ABOVE ALL, MAY YOUR PRESENCE REST UPON THIS CHAMBER AND UPON THE CITY OF CYPRUS. MAY YOUR GRACE LEAD US. MAY YOUR PEACE GUARD US. MAY YOUR WISDOM GUIDE US, AND MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. WE OFFER THIS PRAYER IN

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[ REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION The City Attorney will announce reportable action(s).  ]

QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND ANSWERED. THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT STAFF ASSEMBLE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND REPORT BACK AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT NO REPORTABLE ACTION WAS TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THE SECOND CLOSED SESSION INVOLVING THE PERIODIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER. THAT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION WAS CONDUCTED AND CONCLUDED, AND FINALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION BECAUSE IT HAS RECEIVED A LETTER THREATENING LITIGATION CHALLENGING CERTAIN PRIOR CITY ACTIONS. A COPY OF THE LETTER THREATENING THAT LITIGATION IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND COPYING. THE CITY ATTORNEY PROVIDED A PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL BRIEFING. THIS MATTER WILL BE TENDERED TO THE PROJECT APPLICANT, WHO HAS A DUTY TO DEFEND THIS CITY IN THE EVENT LITIGATION IS FILED.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY ATTORNEY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATIONS

[ PRESENTATIONS Recognizing National Planning Month Recognizing National Service Month with the Rotary of Los Alamitos, Cypress and Seal Beach  ]

NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL SERVICE MONTH FOR THE.

WITH THE ROTARY OF LOS ALAMITOS, CYPRESS AND SEAL BEACH. THE CITY COUNCIL PLEASE REMAIN IN THE. WELL CITY WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL SERVICE CLUB MONTH.

THE PROCLAMATION IS BEING PRESENTED TO MEMBERS OF THE ROTARY OF LOS ALAMITOS, CYPRESS AND SEAL BEACH. WE HAVE JEANETTE JAMES AND ANNE MALLORY HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT. I GET THE HONOR OF SAYING WHAT THE PROCLAMATION? THE CYPRESS CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES SEPTEMBER 2026 AS NATIONAL SERVICE CLUB MONTH AND HONORS

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[ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS This portion of the meeting is set aside for public comments regarding any matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council. Comments on non-agenda items will be heard at this time. Comments related to a specific agenda item will be heard following the staff report for that item and prior to the City Council action, unless the speaker prefers to make the comment during the general public comment period. The City Council cannot discuss or take action on matters not on the agenda for this meeting, but Council members may provide brief responses. Please complete a Speaker’s Card to address the City Council in-person. Please follow the instructions at the end of the agenda and wait for the Mayor or City Clerk to call on you to address the City Council virtually. Speakers providing in-person comments will be called first. Time allotted for public comment (subject to change by the presiding officer). General Public Comment (not on agenda): 3 minutes Consent Calendar (any or all items): 3 minutes Agenda Items (not on consent calendar): 3 minutes per item]

PROJECT TWO HAD 55 PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY SHOW UP TO THE COMMUNITY, PROJECT TWO, AND EVEN THE CITY MANAGER MADE A NOTATION THAT IT WAS QUITE LARGE FOR BEING SUCH A SMALL COMMUNITY. OF THOSE 55 PEOPLE, 46 FILLED OUT THE SURVEY, 45 WALKED THERE, 25 ATTEND DAILY, EIGHT GO MONTHLY, AND SIX WERE YEARLY. AND I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS A TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY. AND WE VOICED OUR CONCERNS AND I WAS I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RENDITIONS THAT CAME FORTH. I SPENT ALL WEEK LISTENING TO EIGHT HOURS OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS SINCE JULY, BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT BARALDI PARK. AND THEN I FOUND OUT IT CAME UP TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE MEETING. SO I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS THE CONCERNS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR COMMUNITY WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT NO RESTROOMS AT THE COMMUNITY PARK. WE WERE VERY CLEAR ABOUT HAVING MORE SHADE, MORE WALKING PATHS, MORE GREEN SPACE, AND KEEPING THE FEEL OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE MATURE TREES.

WE DID NOT WANT BATHROOMS AND WE DID NOT WANT AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND WE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. WE DO HAVE A SOMETIMES A PROBLEM WITH UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS HANGING OUT IN THERE, AND THE NEIGHBORS EXPRESSED THAT AS WELL. THIS MORNING I GOT UP AND I TALKED TO A COUPLE NEIGHBORS, AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT YOU GUYS WERE DOING RENDITIONS WITH ONLY ONE, ONE WITH A BATHROOM AND ONE WITH THE OTHER ONE. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE THIRD ONE WAS, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BRING RENDITIONS WITH NO BATHROOMS, AND THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM AND THEN BRING IT TO OUR COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN COME UP AND HELP VOTE ON WHAT THEY WANT THAT PROJECT TO BE LIKE. NUMBER TWO, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GO INTO IT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROJECT STATS FOR FOR THE FIRST OUTREACH, THE

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WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF CAMPAIGN SEASON, AND I'VE SEEN THE NEGOTIATION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT. I THINK TONIGHT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE THIRD TIME, AND I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ENDORSING ANY CANDIDATE, WHETHER IT'S A CANDIDATE ON OR OFF THE DAIS, BECAUSE AND I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY ILLEGAL, ELSE THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING. IT'S A MATTER OF INTEGRITY. SO IF YOU'RE IN ADDRESSING PEOPLE THAT ARE VOTING ON YOUR CONTRACT, TO ME, THAT SEEMS A BIT PROBLEMATIC. AND IT ALSO IT PUTS PUTS COUNCIL MEMBER, CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND POLICE OFFICERS, LIKE IN A REALLY WEIRD KIND OF SPOT. AND TO ME, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BOTH SIDES, MY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT ME AND OUR LOVELY POLICE DEPARTMENT, TAKE INTEGRITY INTO ACCOUNT. BECAUSE EITHER WAY, IF THERE'S ANY ENDORSEMENT THAT INVOLVES MONEY, WHETHER IT'S DIRECT OR INDIRECT EXPENDITURES, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BODE WELL FOR EITHER SIDE FROM AN INTEGRITY PERSPECTIVE. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS EITHER NOT ENDORSING ANYONE OR PERHAPS GIVING EVERY CANDIDATE, AND THAT INCLUDES ONES THAT AREN'T ON THE DAIS, THE EQUAL AMOUNT OF MONEY AND A LITTLE LETTER THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, GOOD LUCK WITH THE ELECTION. JUST SOME TYPE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AND I'M SURE THAT RESIDENTS WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT. BUT I THINK ANY FORM OF ENDORSEMENT AND PAYMENT THERE REALLY COULD BE CONSTRUED BY SOME TO BE PAY FOR PLAY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD REALLY LOOK GOOD. SO I JUST WANTED TO COME AND VOICE THAT I'M SURE IT'S ALL LEGAL ELSE ATTORNEY WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE THIS TO YOU FROM A VOTER AND A TAXPAYER PERSPECTIVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT IS ED KRAMER, FOLLOWED BY TOM MOORE. HELLO, COUNCIL MAYOR. MY NAME IS ED KRAMER. I LIVE IN CYPRESS.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME SAY MY PIECE. FOUR ISSUES. FIRST IS ON THE PARK AND THE POLICY THAT WAS DISCUSSED LAST LAST MEETING. I COULDN'T CHIME IN LAST TIME. I COULDN'T GET IT ON THE MIC. I HAD MY HAND RAISED, COULDN'T GET IN, BUT THE POLICY SHOULD MAKE IT MANDATORY THAT WE PUT IN RESTROOMS AT ALL OUR PARKS, INCLUDING BARALDI. IT SHOULD HAVE A PARK. THE ONLY REASON THE LOCAL RESIDENTS DON'T WANT A PARK IS BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE CAN USE THE PARK. IT MAKES IT PRIVATE PARK FOR THEM. THEY HAVE A RESTROOM RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. THEY DON'T NEED A RESTROOM IN THE PARK. IT BASICALLY EXCLUDES THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY PAYS FOR THE PARK. AND SO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE USE OF THE PARK, RIGHT? SO MUST HAVE RESTROOMS IN THE PARK. THE SECOND THING IS WE'RE FORGIVING THE INTEREST.

$6 MILLION OR $600,000, WHICHEVER IT IS FOR THE REC DEPARTMENT. I, I'M NOT AGAINST DOING THAT FOR THE REC DEPARTMENT, BUT I IT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN A DIFFERENT BUCKET.

THE. WE SHOULD NOT BE FUNDING ORGANIZED SPORTS. WE GAVE THEM $70 MILLION IN PARKS, PRIVATE PARKS, WHEN THEY COULD HAVE DONE IT AT THE SCHOOLS. AND WE SHOULD NOT BE FORGIVING IF IF

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THEY SHOULD BE PAYING THEIR WAY. WE SHOULD NOT BE FUNDING THAT. I DON'T MIND GIVING IT TO REC DEPARTMENT, BUT IT SHOULD GO FOR COMMUNITY USE. IT SHOULDN'T BE FOR SPECIAL INTEREST ORGANIZED SPORTS, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO FORGIVE THE INTEREST, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHY THAT ORGANIZATION IS INSOLVENT, WHY WE'RE NOT REPAYING THOSE LOANS. WE NEED.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY INFORMATION ON THE LICENSE PLATE. READERS. I WANT TO SEE THE POLICY. I WANT TO SEE THE DATA COLLECTION, THE DATA USE AND DATA SHARING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR FLOCK CAMERAS OR WHAT THEY ARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN WITH THE DATA COMING OUT OF THOSE CAMERAS, IT'S AN AI ENGINEER. I CAN DO SURPRISING THINGS WITH THE DATA IF I HAD ACCESS TO IT.

SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE USING IT FOR, RIGHT? I MEAN, FLOCK IS ALL OVER THE NEWS NOW, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. THE AGENDA ITEM APPROVING THE LARK PROPERTY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AT THE END OF THIS THING TONIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WASN'T BROUGHT UP IN THE I R YOU GUYS HAD TO KNOW ABOUT IT. IT WASN'T A SURPRISE. I MEAN, TONIGHT ISN'T THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT THAT. I'LL GUARANTEE YOU ONE OF YOU KNEW ABOUT IT. WHY WAS IT NOT DISCUSSED? YOU GAVE US A 15 YEAR TIMELINE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT 15 YEARS. THE NEXT MEETING, YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE. SO I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE LIED TO IN THAT EIR. THERE'S SOME UNMITIGATED THINGS GOING GETTING PASSED THROUGH ON IT.

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE APPROVED THAT. EIR. THANKS. THANK YOU. NEXT IS TOM MOORE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBER. MY NAME IS TOM MOORE, CYPRESS RESIDENT. TONIGHT I HAVE SEVEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TOWN CENTER, BUT I'M NOT ASKING THEM TO RELITIGATE LARK. I'M ASKING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT CYPRESS TO EVER NEGOTIATE ANOTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENT THIS WAY AGAIN. IN 2018, MEASURE A TOLD VOTERS THAT ALLOWS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A TOWN CENTER BUT ALLOWS ISN'T REQUIRES. MEASURE S CAME ALONG IN 2024, AND SIX YEARS LATER, THAT LOOPHOLE STILL WASN'T CLOSED. THE SPECIFIC PLAN TALKS ABOUT A VIBRANT TOWN CENTER AND ENJOYING AN ASSORTMENT OF PUBLIC PLAZAS, BUT DOESN'T REQUIRE ONE NO MINIMUM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND NO DEADLINE. YET. THE SAME DOCUMENT MANDATES AT LEAST 20 ACRES OF PARK SPACE. THE CITY KNEW HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING MANDATORY, DIDN'T THEY? WHAT? WHY DIDN'T THEY DO THAT WITH THE TOWN CENTER? QUESTION NUMBER ONE. PLANNING DIRECTOR VELASCO GAVE A 20 MINUTE PRESENTATION ON JULY 14TH. WHY WASN'T THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC EXPLICITLY TOLD THAT THE PLAN PERMITS A TOWN CENTER, BUT DOESN'T REQUIRE ONE? TWO. WHEN A SHIRE AND WINDER REVIEWED THE PLANS, HOW FAR BACK DID THEY ADVISE THE CITY THAT IT CONTAINED NO ENFORCEABLE GUARANTEE THAT A TOWN CENTER WOULD EVER BE BUILT? THREE WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS NEGOTIATED, DID ANYONE ASK THE TOWN CENTER BE MADE MANDATORY WITH ENFORCEABLE MINIMUMS OR DEADLINES? IF SO, WHO REJECTED IT? FOUR TWO OF YOU HAVE SERVED ON THIS COUNCIL FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS, AND TWO OF YOU FOR TWO YEARS. DID ANY OF THIS COUNCIL EVER ASK STAFF? THE SIMPLEST QUESTION IS THE TOWN CENTER LEGALLY GUARANTEED? FIVE WHO MADE THE DECISION TO LEAVE A DISCRETIONARY STAFF, THE DEVELOPER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE FORMER CITY MANAGER? WAS THIS AN OVERSIGHT OR WAS THIS A DECISION? SIX ON AUGUST 25TH, WHEN COUNCIL ASKED WHEN THE EIR HAD TO BE APPROVED, THE CITY ATTORNEY ANSWERED TONIGHT, WHY DIDN'T A SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER ASK WHAT CREATED THAT DEADLINE? SEVEN AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF PLANNING AND NEGOTIATION, ARE WE REALLY SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE IT WAS A COINCIDENCE? COINCIDENCE THAT TIME RAN OUT ON AUGUST 25TH, THE VERY NIGHT THE COUNCIL WAS BEING ASKED TO VOTE? WHEN WAS THAT DEADLINE FIRST KNOWN? WHO KNEW IT, AND WHAT DECISIONS OR DELAYS CAUSED THE CITY TO REACH THE POINT WHERE THE COUNCIL WAS TOLD IT HAD TO VOTE? TONIGHT I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. WHEN CYPRESS NEGOTIATES SOMETHING OF VALUE FOR RESIDENTS, PERMITTED ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH, PLANNED ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH, AND CERTAINLY ENVISIONED ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH. IF IT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC BARGAIN, PUT IT IN WRITING. SET A MINIMUM, SET A DEADLINE. MAKE IT ENFORCEABLE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE DEVELOPER GETS ENFORCEABLE. ENTITLEMENTS. RESIDENT GETS WORDS LIKE VIBRANT. THIS ISN'T A NEGOTIATING MODEL CYBER SHOULD EVER REPEAT. LET'S LEARN HOW THIS HAPPENED. MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I'M ASKING EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER TO ASK OR ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO YOU. DIRECT THE RESPONSIBLE STAFF AND CITY ATTORNEY TO ANSWER THE OTHERS IN WRITING AND PUT ALL THOSE ANSWERS ON THE PUBLIC RECORD. THEN ESTABLISH ONE RULE GOING FORWARD. PUBLIC BENEFITS USED TO JUSTIFY A PROJECT MUST BE SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, AND ENFORCEABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, I HAVE NO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS? NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS AND NO ONE ONLINE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED. OKAY, WELL THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE

[ CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be approved with one motion unless a Council Member requests separate action on a specific item. Council Members voting no or abstaining on a Consent Calendar item may do so without removing the item from the Consent Calendar.]

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IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.

LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN. YES.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. PUBLIC HEARING. CITY

[8. Site Plan Review and Tentative Tract Map for a 112-Unit Townhome Development at 4691 Katella Avenue Prepared by:  Kyle Webber, Senior Planner Recommendation:  Adopt Resolutions approving Site Plan Review No. 2025-01 and Tentative Tract Map No. 19413 for a 112-unit townhome development at 4691 Katella Avenue, subject to the attached Conditions of Approval, and finding the project exempt from California Environmental Quality Act requirements.]

GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT IS MY FIRST NIGHT PRESENTING. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. GREAT TO MEET ALL OF YOU AND EXCITED TO PRESENT FOR YOU TONIGHT. SO THE PROJECT BEFORE THE COUNCIL INCLUDES A SITE PLAN REVIEW AND TENTATIVE TRACK MAP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 112 TOWNHOME STYLE CONDOMINIUM UNITS ON AN EXISTING LOT. THE PROJECT PROPOSES FOR SALE UNITS WITHIN 162 STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

A SITE PLAN REVIEW IS REQUIRED TO EVALUATE ALL RELATED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT, BUILDING, ARCHITECTURE, PARKING, LANDSCAPING, OPEN SPACE AND SITE CIRCULATION. THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP PROPOSES TO SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY INTO EIGHT SEPARATE LOTS IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE THE SALE OF INDIVIDUAL UNITS. THE PROJECT SITE ITSELF IS APPROXIMATELY 7.33 ACRES IN SIZE, OUTLINED IN YELLOW HERE, AND IS LOCATED AT 4691 KATELLA AVENUE WITHIN THE CYPRESS TOWN CENTER AND COMMON SPECIFIC PLAN. THE SITE IS WITHIN THE MIXED USE TOWN CENTER MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, WHICH.

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HOWEVER, THE CHURCH NO LONGER OPERATES AT THE SITE AND THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY, APART FROM THE CHURCH ITSELF, CONSIST OF PAVED SURFACE PARKING. AS MENTIONED, THE PROJECT SITE IS ADJACENT TO THE LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE. PROPERTY AND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD NOT INVOLVE ANY PHYSICAL OR OPERATIONAL CHANGES TO THE RACECOURSE PROPERTY ITSELF. THE 162 STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WILL BE ORGANIZED AROUND PRIVATE INTERNAL STREETS AND DRIVE AISLES. THE LANDSCAPE WITH LANDSCAPED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, COMMON OPEN SPACE AND A CENTRAL RECREATION AREA THAT INCLUDES A POOL AND OTHER OUTDOOR AMENITIES. AGAIN, THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP WOULD SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY INTO EIGHT LOTS, LOTS ONE THROUGH SIX AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY HERE WOULD BE USED FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LOT, A FOR THE PRIVATE STREET AND INTERNAL CIRCULATION, AND LOT B AT THE FAR WEST HERE WOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR COMMON RECREATION AREA.

ARCHITECTURALLY, THE PROJECT INCORPORATES A CONTEMPORARY SPANISH ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WHERE THE TWO STORY BUILDINGS FEATURE STUCCO FINISHES, CONCRETE TILE ROOFS, VARIED ROOF LINES, AND DECORATIVE ENTRY TREATMENTS THAT HELP BREAK UP THE BUILDING MASS AND ADD VISUAL INTEREST. WHILE THE BUILDINGS VARY IN THEIR ELEVATIONS, ROOFLINES AND ENTRY TREATMENTS, THE OVERALL DESIGN REMAINS CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND COMPLIES WITH APPLICABLE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SITE. THE PROJECT ALSO COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS PROVIDED IN CYPRUS TOWN CENTER COMMON SPECIFIC PLAN THE 112 UNITS ARE WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE DENSITY FOR THE SITE. THE BUILDINGS ARE APPROXIMATELY 28.5FT IN HEIGHT, BELOW THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED HEIGHT OF 35FT, AND THE PROJECT COMPLIES WITH REQUIRED FRONT, SIDE AND REAR YARD SETBACKS. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM PARKING AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS. A TOTAL OF 140 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED, WHERE 271 SPACES ARE PROVIDED AND WHERE THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 45,000FT■!S OF OPN SPACE, ROUGHLY 69,000FT■!S OF OPEN SPACE IS PROPOSED. AS PART OF THE PROJECT. THE SEGMENT OF FUTURE MOODY STREET BETWEEN KATELLA AVENUE AND THE NORTHERN PROJECT BOUNDARY WILL BE IMPROVED ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SITE, GENERALLY FOLLOWING THE EXISTING 70 STREET ALIGNMENT. THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS WILL INCLUDE TRAVEL LANES, A LANDSCAPED CENTER, MEDIAN, BIKE LANES, PARKWAY AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, AND STREET LIGHTING. VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH A SINGLE DRIVEWAY FOR MOODY STREET, CONNECTING TO THE PROJECT'S INTERNAL PRIVATE DRIVE. A NEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSING WILL ALSO BE INSTALLED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY TO CONNECT THE PROJECT WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER TO THE EAST. WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WAS PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED AS PART OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. FOR THIS PROJECT, THE CITY RETAINED LSA TO PREPARE A PROJECT SPECIFIC CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS, WHICH IS INCLUDED AS ATTACHMENT EIGHT TO STAFF'S REPORT. LSA CONCLUDED THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED. IMPORTANTLY, THE PROJECT WOULD REMAIN SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE MITIGATION MEASURES AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE MEASURES FROM THE SPECIFIC PLAN EIR. THOSE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT'S CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS ALSO COMPLETED AS PART OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN. UPDATE INCLUDED A PROJECT SPECIFIC ANALYSIS FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT BEING REVIEWED TONIGHT. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 755 DAILY VEHICLE TRIPS, INCLUDING 45 TRIPS DURING THE MORNING PEAK HOUR AND 57 TRIPS DURING THE EVENING PEAK HOUR. THE ANALYSIS EVALUATED THE KATELLA AVENUE IN SIBONEY STREET INTERSECTION AND CONCLUDED THAT THE INTERSECTION WOULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SERVICE DURING PEAK PERIODS. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PROJECT AND DETERMINED THAT THE REQUIRED FINDINGS CAN BE MADE FOR THE REQUESTED SITE PLAN REVIEW. THE PROPOSED LAND USE SITE LAYOUT, ARCHITECTURE, PARKING, OPEN SPACE AND SITE CIRCULATION COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CYPRESS TOWN CENTER AND COMMON SPECIFIC PLAN AND THE CYPRESS MUNICIPAL CODE. THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE CITY ENGINEER, ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE CITY DEPARTMENTS. PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE PROJECT AND TO THE INTO THE NEW DUTCH HAVEN AND CARRIER ROW HOUSING TRACTS IN LOS ALAMITOS. THE NOTICE WAS ALSO POSTED ON CITY'S WEBSITE AND AT THREE

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FOR THAT REASON, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A LEGALLY APPROPRIATE TO ADDRESS DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE SPECIFIC APPLICATION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. DURING THAT QUASI ADJUDICATORY PUBLIC HEARING. MOREOVER, THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUA, SO IT WOULDN'T HAVE IMPACTED CERTIFICATION OF THE EIR IN ANY EVENT. OKAY, WELL, SO THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. I THINK, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDABLY, SOME RESIDENTS HEARD THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THE RACE COURSE CONTINUING TO OPERATE AND NOT AND NO DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING. AND THEN FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AND THOUGHT, WHAT THE HECK, THIS IS DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING. AND SO I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A LEGAL REASON FOR SEPARATING THEM AND THAT THIS PROJECT HAD ALREADY KIND OF BEEN IN THE WORKS. BUT I WANT TO ASK, JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PARCELS IN THE AREA THAT WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THAT ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF? RIGHT. SO THIS PARCEL EXISTED ALREADY, RIGHT. SO IT'S IT IS ALREADY A FINAL MAP. IT IS ITS OWN PARCEL WITH ITS OWN ADDRESS. BUT THOSE OTHER PARCELS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS REVIEWING FOR THE TENTATIVE MAP. SO LOTS 13 AND 12 AND TWO AND FOUR SEVEN. THOSE LOTS DO NOT EXIST. SO WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED WITH THAT TENTATIVE TRACK MAP WAS ESSENTIALLY THE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FOR THE FUTURE SUBDIVISION OF THAT PROPERTY, BUT THOSE PARCELS CANNOT EXIST UNTIL THE RACETRACK IS DEMOLISHED AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS INSTALLED. SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO A PUBLIC STREET. SO THERE ARE NO OTHER PARCELS THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST AND THEY CAN'T EXIST UNTIL THE RACETRACK IS DEMOLISHED. I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THE COUNCIL APPROVED A TENTATIVE MAP, BUT THEN THE NEXT STEP IS APPROVING THE FINAL MAP. AND THAT ACTUALLY SUBDIVIDES THE PROPERTY. BUT SINCE THIS PARCEL ALREADY EXISTED, THAT'S WHY THERE CAN

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RACHEL. THANK YOU. SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. AS I'M HEARING THE DESCRIPTION THAT THE PROJECT WAS IN THE WORKS. AND THEN ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING, THERE WAS A NOTIFICATION SENT OUT TO, TO RESIDENTS WITHIN 500FT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU WERE NOT IN 500FT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROJECT IS IN THE WORKS, WHAT IS A REGULAR CONSTITUENT WHO'S NOT IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA? WHAT'S THEIR RECOURSE IN BEING AWARE THAT THIS IS TAKING PLACE? LIKE WHERE SPECIFICALLY WOULD THEY LOOK FOR THAT INFORMATION? ON OUR CITY WEBSITE, WE HAVE A INFORMATION, A NOTABLE PROJECTS WEBPAGE ON THE COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT LANDING PAGE. AND THIS PROJECT IS ON THAT PAGE AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR PROBABLY 6 OR 7 MONTHS ALREADY, 6 OR 7 MONTHS, IN ADDITION TO OTHER PROJECTS. AND THEN, AS YOU'RE MENTIONING, IN ORDER TO CREATE OTHER PARCELS, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD NEED TO BE IN PLACE. CAN YOU CAN YOU SORT OF ELABORATE ON WHAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE OR BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WHAT COMPONENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED? IT WOULD BE THE CONNECTION OF MOODY TO CERRITOS, AND THAT'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. I USUALLY LOOK AT THINGS ABOVE GROUND. I DON'T KNOW IF NICK, I DON'T WANT TO THROW THIS TO NICK, BUT HE ALSO LOOKS AT INFRASTRUCTURE BELOW GROUND AND STORMWATER. SO I THINK THERE MIGHT BE OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC STREET.

THANK YOU. NICK WANTS TO. YEAH. SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD HAVE TO BE IN PLACE AGAIN.

STREET ROADWAY SEWER STORM DRAIN. AND KIND OF LIKE WHAT ALICIA SAID, THAT

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OKAY. WHERE IS THE GARAGE? THEY HAVE GARAGES, RIGHT? YES. SO WHERE ARE THE GARAGES? IS THAT THEY DRIVE INTO IT AS THEY COME FORWARD OR HOW DID THEY GET INTO GARAGES ARE WHERE YOU SEE LIKE THE SLIGHTLY LARGER SEPARATED SPACE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS. OKAY. THEN THEY FACE EACH OTHER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY CONCERN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NOISE, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GOING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT CARS GETTING CLOSE AS THEY GO INTO THE GARAGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, DO YOU THINK THAT'S. NO. NOT REALLY. I DIDN'T THINK SO. AND THEN THE OFFSET IS IS HOW FAR BETWEEN THE WALL OF OVATION AND THE HOME. THE FIRST HOMES. HOW MANY HOW MANY FEET IS THAT. I 14FT A LITTLE BIT OVER TEN FEET A LITTLE BIT. AND IS THAT NORMAL OR IS THAT OKAY. RIGHT. I THINK IT'S SIX FEET ON THE OVATION SIDE BECAUSE IT'S THEIR SIDE YARD SETBACK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW LOOKING THE OTHER WAY IS HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE PUT IN HERE. SORRY TO ASK SO MANY DETAILS. IS THAT ANOTHER QUESTION FOR MALIA? NO, NO, WE HAVE IT. SORRY. THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING 271 SPACES, 271 SPACES SEPARATE FROM THE GARAGES. AND THAT INCLUDES THE GARAGES. OKAY. THANK YOU. IF YOU SEE, THEY ALSO HAVE ON STREET PARKING RIGHT THERE. INTERNAL ROADWAY. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS MY QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I DID HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS MYSELF ON SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS PROJECTS ON LINCOLN, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WHAT MAKES THIS PROJECT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER PROJECTS? WELL, OKAY, WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS ON LINCOLN WHICH HAVE HAD AFFORDABLE UNITS. ONE SITE WAS CITY OWNED IN WHICH THE CITY EXCHANGED THE PROPERTY IN EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY FOR FIVE LOW INCOME UNITS. THE OTHER TWO ARE DENSITY BONUS PROJECTS, AND THOSE APPLICANTS VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED THE AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR THOSE PROJECTS. NOW, THEY DID GET EXTRA DENSITY IN EXCHANGE FOR THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS, BUT THOSE WERE VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED. OKAY. AND SO THIS APPLICANT WAS ALSO GIVEN THE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD AFFORDABLE UNITS, BUT CHOSE NOT TO. YES, THAT STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? IS IT THAT THE DENSITY BONUS ISN'T GREAT ENOUGH, OR DOES IT JUST NOT MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE? SOMETIMES? AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT TOO, RIGHT? WELL, DEFINITELY YOU NEED CERTAIN DENSITIES TO EVEN HAVE IT FINANCIALLY MAKE SENSE TO DO A DENSITY BONUS. AND YES, THE APPLICANT COULD SPEAK TO THAT BETTER ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS. THAT BEING SAID, THERE THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND IF THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO SERIOUSLY LOOK INTO THAT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD STRATEGIC PLANNING OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? WE WOULD LIKELY HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DO AN ANALYSIS FOR THE CITY AND PROVIDE US OUR OPTIONS. AND WHAT WOULD BE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THOSE OPTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN UP? OKAY. AT THIS TIME, IT'S TIME

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MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHAD BROWN WITH MELIA HOMES.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COMPANY. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE AHEAD OF TIME. I WAS A LITTLE BIT ACTIVE OVER THE WEEKEND AT A AT A FOOTBALL GAME AND WITH MY SON, AND MY VOICE HASN'T QUITE RECOVERED YET, SO I APOLOGIZE. YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT MELIA HOMES HAS WHAT WE THINK SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED TWO PREVIOUS PROJECTS IN THE CITY, ONE DIRECTLY DOWN THE STREET THAT WAS AN AGE RESTRICT. THAT IS AN AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY THAT DID INCLUDE 50 AFFORDABLE UNITS AS A PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, TOGETHER WITH 48 MARKET RATE UNITS. AS AN UPDATE TO YOU, THERE ARE STILL FIVE OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST BUYER AT THIS POINT IN TIME, EVEN THOUGH THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, WHICH IS QUITE DISTRESSING TO US AS WELL. OUR OTHER PROJECT WAS A PREVIOUS PROJECT ON A PORTION OF THE RACE COURSE. PRIOR TO ANY ACTIONS GOING ON WITHIN LARK, IT WAS A PORTION OF THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE PARKING LOT KNOWN AS OUR BELMONT PROJECT, AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS A. I'LL SAY A SEGMENT OF. IT IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT SAME TYPE OF HOME THAT WAS IN THE CENTER PORTION OF OUR BELMONT PROJECT, KNOWN AS OUR MOTOR COURT TOWNHOMES, WHICH WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WERE VERY DESIRABLE FOR YOUNG FAMILIES BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE, BECAUSE OF THE TWO STORY CONFIGURATION AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED THEM WITH INTERNAL WALKING PATHS AND SO FORTH THAT LEAD TO THEM. SO WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE REGARDING THE RECREATION THAT I'LL TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT LATER FOR THESE TYPES OF COMMUNITIES. THIS IS A SPECIFIC AREA OF THE LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, SEPARATELY HELD PROPERTY BY A DIFFERENT ENTITY THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED WHILE THE OPERATIONS ARE STILL ONGOING, WHILE THE RACETRACK OPERATIONS CONTINUE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF THE. IT'S A CYPRUS TOWN CENTER COMMONS SPECIFIC PLAN. I'LL LATER REFER TO THAT AS THE CTCCSP IF IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT'S A MOUTHFUL AS STATED BY YOUR STAFF AND IN THE STAFF REPORT. WE'VE DESIGNED THIS SITE CONSISTENT WITH THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN COMPLIANT WITH DENSITY, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SUCH AS ALL OF THE SETBACKS, THE HEIGHT, THE PARKING, THE OPEN SPACE, THE RECREATION, AND THE CONNECTIVITY, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THERE, YOUR STAFF REPORT DOES PROVIDE A DETAILED CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS TABLE FOR YOU TO REVIEW. THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY SITE PLAN PROVIDES EXTERNAL ARCHITECTURE ALONG THE FRONT EDGES AND ON ALL SIDES OF THE TOWNHOMES. ALL GARAGES ARE CONCEALED INTERIOR ON THE INTERIOR WITHIN MOTOR COURTS, WHERE FOLKS WOULD DRIVE DOWN THE CENTRAL SPINE STREET AND ENTER A MOTOR COURT TO GET TO ALL THE GARAGES OF THE POTENTIAL OF THE UNITS IN EACH ONE OF THE SEGMENTS, WITH FRONT DOORS ENTRIES AND THEIR PRIVATE PATIO AREAS ON THE EXTERIOR FRONTAGES AROUND THERE, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE INTERACTION WITH THE PASEOS THAT COME THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. THE MOTOR COURTS WILL BE COMPRISED OF DECORATIVE PAVING AS WELL, AS WE HAVE INTEGRATED A SMALL LANDSCAPE OR NOT LANDSCAPE, BUT A PEDESTRIAN TYPE SIDEWALK STRIP IN THE MOTOR COURTS THAT ALSO LEAD OUT TO THE PASEOS FROM THE MOTOR COURT AREAS. AS I STATED, ALL FRONT DOORS FROM THE UNITS LEAD TO THOSE INTERNAL PASEOS AND WALKWAYS WHICH CONNECT TO THE COMMON AREAS, THE RECREATION AMENITIES AND OF COURSE, OUT TO MOODY IN ORDER TO WALK TO THE RESTAURANTS AND TRADER JOE'S AND CONNECTIVITY TO THE FUTURE SPECIFIC PLAN BUILD OUT AREA. THE FLOOR PLANS. THERE'S FIVE FLOOR PLANS THAT ARE BEING

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OVER THE THREE STORY ELEMENTS. OUR REMINGTON PROJECT WAS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THIS REMINGTON AT THE COMMONS. WE'LL OFFER ONLY THE TWO STORY MOTOR MOTOR COURT HOMES AND NOT ANY THREE STORY ELEMENTS TO THEM. THE SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURE WERE MINDFUL WITH THE ADJACENT OH EXCUSE ME, OVATION COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE LIMITED ONLY THREE TOWNHOMES THAT INTERACT WITHIN THE FIVE OVATION HOMES ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY. WE COMPLY WITH THE SPECIFIC PLAN, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS. IN FACT, WERE OVATION IS ONLY ABOUT 5 OR 6FT FROM THAT COMMON BOUNDARY WALL. WE ARE OVER. WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES BACK, CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIFIC PLAN REQUIREMENTS OF TEN FEET. FROM THAT, THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE FACILITATED ALONG MOODY STREET THAT WOULD SERVE THIS. THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOT A PART OF. BUT WE ARE RELIANT UPON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, DESIGN AND SO FORTH THAT WAS EVALUATED AND FULLY EVALUATED WITHIN THE LAST MAP. THAT'S WHY YOU SAW ME ROAMING AROUND HERE DURING THE BOTH HEARINGS ON LARK AS WELL. I'M VERY WAS VERY INTERESTED AS TO WHAT YOUR CONCERNS WERE AND WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT PROJECT AND DECISION WAS GOING TO BE. IF I LOOK FAMILIAR, I WAS THE GUY THAT WAS SITTING THERE, AND THEN I WAS OVER HERE AND KIND OF MOVING AROUND BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY LONG HEARING AND A LOT OF INFORMATION CAME OUT THAT WAS VERY VALUABLE FOR BOTH THE PUBLIC AND FOR US. WE WILL FACILITATE THAT EARLY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR BETWEEN KATELLA AND OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY AND ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF MOODY STREET, BECAUSE SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE DOES CURRENTLY CUT THROUGH THE EXISTING CHURCH FACILITY THAT NEEDS TO BE RELOCATED. AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS BEFORE WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD AND CLOSE ANY HOMES ON THIS PROPERTY IF IT IS APPROVED. I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK STAFF FOR THEIR PATIENCE WITH ME OVER THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF OR SO, AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR DILIGENCE AND HARD WORK ON THIS, KNOWING THAT WE WERE THERE, WAITING IN THE WINGS, RELIANT UPON THE SEQUA DOCUMENTATION APPROVAL, AND THAT OUR PROJECT WAS A PART OF THE TRAFFIC COMMUNICATION, THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND THE EVALUATION ON THAT, BECAUSE WE DID SIT ASIDE, SET ASIDE, SIT ASIDE AS A SEPARATE PARCEL, BUT YET WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE THAT THOSE UNITS IN THE TRAFFIC COUNTS IN THE STUDIES WERE INCLUSIVE OF KNOWING OF WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAPPEN ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE. I HAVE READ THROUGH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT ARE BEING OFFERED TONIGHT. WE ACCEPT THEM, AND I DO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS PROJECT TONIGHT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS A RESULT OF MY PRESENTATION. BUT I ALSO HAVE SOME ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY AS WELL. THE PROPOSED TO STAFF WAITING FOR ME. CITY ATTORNEY, IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS? YEAH. PLEASE CONTINUE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BURKE, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE NOISE AT THE RECREATION CENTER, THE RECREATION CENTER IS RELATIVELY SMALL. IT'S AN AMENITY FOR ONLY THE RESIDENTS. IF IT'S ANYTHING. AND IT IS DESIGNED VERY SIMILARLY TO THE BELMONT SITE, WHICH HAS 135 HOMES IN IT. OF THE VARIOUS TIMES I'VE BEEN THERE, I SEE A FAMILY, MAYBE TWO FAMILIES AT ANY GIVEN TIME THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE POOL, THE THE SITTING AREA WHERE THERE MIGHT BE CONVERSATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE LATER AT NIGHT, SITTING AROUND A TABLE OR A FIRE TABLE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES ARE NOT ADJACENT TO THE BACK END. IF YOU CAN PULL UP A SITE PLAN JUST FOR REFERENCE ON THE ON THE SCREEN WOULD BE HELPFUL. IT IS ON THE CALL IT THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE RECREATION AREA AND NOT BACK AGAINST THE COMMON OVATION WALL. AND FURTHER THE CORNERS THAT WE HAVE WILL WILL. WE DON'T WANT THE RESIDENTS, OUR RESIDENTS TO BE DISTURBED BY THAT EITHER. SO

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AND THE CONNECTION, THE ULTIMATE CONNECTION AND SIZING NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE BUILD OUT OF THE TRACK THAT ARE NOT IN PLACE CURRENTLY, THAT HAS BEEN EVALUATED AND WILL BE A PART OF OF THIS PROJECT AND THE NEEDS. COUNCIL MEMBER PETE, I THINK YOU MAY UNDERSTAND NOW THE MOTOR COURT ORIENTATION. WHILE THE GARAGES ARE ALL INTERIOR TO THAT, ALL OF THE EXTERIOR FACING ELEVATIONS ARE WELL DESIGNED AND INTERACTIVE, WITH THE FRONT DOOR ENTRIES ON BOTH THE FRONT AND SIDES OF EACH OF THE UNITS IN THE PROSPECTIVE LAYOUTS.

BASICALLY WHERE YOU SEE THE LOT NUMBER BEING CALLED OUT. THOSE ARE THE ENTRY MOTOR COURT AREAS THAT LEAD INTO ALL THE GARAGES, AND THOSE AREAS WILL ALL BE PART OF THAT DECORATIVE PAVING THAT I TALKED ABOUT TO BRING AN ENHANCED LANDSCAPE ASPECTS TO IT. IT'S HARDSCAPE, BUT IT'S STILL DECORATIVE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, YOU ASKED ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHY THAT'S NOT INCLUDED HERE WITH REGARDS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AT THIS LIMITED DENSITY OF 15 UNITS TO THE ACRE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS COVENANT RESTRICTED IS REALLY NOT POSSIBLE IN THE FOR SALE MARKET WITHOUT A SUBSTANTIAL SUBSIDY BEING PROVIDED BY SOMEBODY, WHETHER THAT BE COMPLETE DOLLARS OUT OF THE DEVELOPER'S POCKET, THE OR A, A SUBSIDY PROVIDED BY AN AGENCY OR A CITY OR FROM A LANDOWNER ITSELF. AND TYPICALLY THE DENSITIES NEED TO BE UP IN THAT 28 TO 30 UNITS PER ACRE IN ORDER FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO REALLY MAKE SENSE. WHILE WE DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF STATE DENSITY, BONUS LAW ON THIS IS FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT WE WON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE TO TRY TO DECREASE SETBACKS OR DECREASE OPEN SPACE OR DECREASE PARKING REQUIRED, BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE GIVEN TO STATE DENSITY BONUS PROJECTS AND IN MY OPINION, REALLY DON'T BELONG IN A FOR SALE MARKET BECAUSE IT'S A DEGRADATION OF THE LIVABILITY OF PROJECTS IN MANY WAYS. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT MALIA WANTS TO CREATE. WE WANT TO CREATE A COMMUNITY THAT IS ACCEPTABLE, THAT IS LOVED BY THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERE AND THAT THE CITY CAN BE PROUD OF. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, THERE WASN'T A EARLY CONSIDERATION ON AFFORDABILITY AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, AND THAT DECISION REALLY NEEDS TO BE MADE AT THE DEAL TERM, SITE SIDE AND TIME OF WHEN A DEAL IS BEING STRUCK WITH A LANDOWNER, BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS TO PARTICIPATE WITH US IN THAT. OTHERWISE, IT IS A HUGE SUBSIDY AND A NEGATIVE LAND VALUE. DID I TOUCH ON ALL THE QUESTIONS? AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE, COUNCILMEMBER BURKE, THANK YOU. WELL, YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSIVENESS.

AND IT DOES SOUND LIKE YOU'VE TAKEN SOME MEASURES THAT TO ENSURE THAT PERHAPS THE RECREATION AREA, LIKE THE CONVERSATION AND THE NOISE HOPEFULLY WON'T AFFECT THE OVATION RESIDENTS, IF THERE EVER WERE SOME ISSUE, IS THERE WILL THERE BE A CONTACT PERSON OR PHONE NUMBER THAT SOMEONE FROM OVATION COULD REACH OUT TO? IF THERE WERE A CHALLENGE OR SOMETHING THAT AROSE? A PROJECT LIKE THIS WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE A PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

IT'S NOT AN ON SITE LIKE AN APARTMENT TYPE PROJECT, BUT THERE WILL BE A PROJECT MANAGER ASSIGNED TO THIS, HIRED BY THE BY THE FUTURE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WILL INITIALLY SET THOSE UP. GAVIN PERCY, WHO'S HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, HE'S OUR PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS PROJECT.

HE WILL BE IN CHARGE OF OF FACILITATING ESTABLISHING THE CC AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, AS WELL AS BRINGING OUR PROPERTY MANAGER UP TO SPEED. WHEN THAT SELECTION IS MADE AND THEY GET ASSIGNED AND OR AGREE TO TAKE ON THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR

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IT'S IT'S REALLY ONE FOOT TO 1.8FT OF GRADE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT OVATION HAS ON THEIR SIDE OF THE WALL AND WHAT WE WILL HAVE ON OUR SIDE OF THE WALL. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SEEING AS THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. I SEE SOMEBODY WITH THEIR HAND RAISED. IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE A COMMENT, HERE'S A SPEAKER CARD FOR YOU AND YOU CAN FILL THAT OUT. AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CALL UP SPEAKERS AND HER SALARY, FOLLOWED BY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. FOR YEARS, CYPRESS RESIDENTS HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE CYPRESS TOWN CENTER ECONOMY AND COMMONS COULD BECOME, AND TONIGHT'S 112 HOME PROJECT REPRESENTS A VERY IMPORTANT EARLY STEP. THERE ARE MANY POSITIVE ELEMENTS HERE. THE PROJECT PROVIDES CONSIDERABLY MORE PARKING AND OPEN SPACE THAN REQUIRED, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THESE ARE TWO STORY TOWNHOMES WITH THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM FLOOR PLANS THAT CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING CHOICES FOR FAMILIES, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD IN THE AREA, I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL LOOK BEYOND WHETHER THIS INDIVIDUAL PROJECT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS AND CONSIDER THE PRECEDENT WE ARE SETTING FOR EVERYTHING THAT FOLLOWS. FIRST, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CIRCULATION. INITIALLY, RESIDENTS WILL ACCESS THE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MOODY 72 KATELLA, WHILE THE CONNECTION NORTH TO CERRITOS WILL COME WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND HOW TRAFFIC WILL FUNCTION DURING THAT INTERIM PERIOD, NOT JUST WHEN THE ENTIRE AREA IS EVENTUALLY BUILT OUT. AND THAT LEADS TO A LARGER CONCERN ABOUT TIMING. THE STAFF REPORT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT FULL BUILDOUT OF THE RACETRACK PROPERTY COULD TAKE 15 YEARS OR MORE. THESE 112 HOMEOWNERS, NEW CYPRESS RESIDENTS, COULD THEREFORE BE LIVING NEXT TO AN EVOLVING DEVELOPMENT AREA FOR MANY YEARS. MY QUESTIONS ARE WHAT SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE FIRST RESIDENTS AREN'T LEFT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WITH TEMPORARY CIRCULATION OR INCOMPLETE CONNECTIONS, OR WAITING FOR THE AMENITIES THAT ARE ENVISIONED FOR THE LARGER TOWN CENTER. AND I ALSO HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SET HIGH STANDARDS FOR OUR ARCHITECTURE, OUR LANDSCAPING, OUR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, AND USABLE OPEN SPACE AND CONNECTIVITY AND CONNECTIVITY TO THE REST OF CYPRESS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THE TOWN CENTER AS A WHOLE. HOUSING IS IMPORTANT, AS ARE THE RESTAURANTS, THE RETAIL, THE PARKS, THE GATHERING PLACES, AND THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT TURN THIS INTO A TRUE COMMUNITY. AND THE COMMUNITY DOES INCLUDE OVATION. I DO HAVE QUESTIONS

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IN ADDITION TO THIS 112 TOWNHOME UNIT TOWNHOME PROJECT, WE ARE LOOKING AT A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALSO OCCURRED HERE, SUCH AS THE 135 UNIT TOWNHOME PROJECT WITHIN THE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA, THE SQUARE, WESTMONT, THE HILTON, ETC. SINCE WE ARE EARLY IN THIS BUILDING STAGE AND THERE'S A LOT MORE HOMES TO BE BUILT, PARTICULARLY AFTER THE RACE TRACK CLOSES, I URGE YOU TO PERIODICALLY UPDATE YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY, PARTICULARLY ON THE TRAFFIC END, BECAUSE THIS AREA IS ALSO IS GETTING CROWDED AND GETTING CROWDED ALMOST BY THE DAY. THERE IS A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE BEING PUT IN THE CYPRESS TOWN CENTER AND COMMON AREA. THIS IS A PRETTY SMALL AREA.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE, WE HAVE CERRITOS AND WE HAVE LEXINGTON AND WALKER. THE VERY SMALL AREA, SMALL PART OF CYPRESS, PROBABLY 10 TO 15% OF THAT LAND AREA. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS ENTIRE PROJECT. THAT ALL THE HOMES THAT ARE GOING IN HERE WITH THE RACETRACK CLOSING, WE'RE TAKING ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THOSE HOMES THAT HAVE THAT ARE MANDATED TO BE BUILT. AND WE'RE ALSO TAKING IN A HALF A MILLION OR CLOSE TO IT, OF 440,000FT■!S OF COMMERCIL SPACE. I FEEL THIS IS VERY UNFAIR TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT THE CYPRESS TOWN CENTER AND COMMON AREA, BECAUSE WHAT IT'S DOING IS CAUSING A NIGHTMARE WITH TRAFFIC AND A NIGHTMARE WITH ACCESS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND PARTICULARLY PARKING. PLEASE CONSIDER THE HARDSHIPS YOU ARE PLACING ON THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS BY DOING THIS, AND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. MARILYN RIGGS. FOLLOWED BY DAN HARRIS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MARILYN MIMS, CYPRESS RESIDENT I, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION FROM ALICIA. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION FROM MR. BROWN. IS THAT RIGHT? YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU FOLKS HAD UP ON THE DAIS. I THINK THAT THE TROUBLING THINGS

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THEY'RE PLAYING LOUD MUSIC. I MEAN, WHERE IS THE THOUGHT OF BEHIND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BECAUSE THEY'RE SO CLOSE? HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO FIND OUT WHO IT IS AND IF IT'S ONGOING, WHAT'S THE SOLUTION TO THAT IS MY QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY CAN ANSWER IT, BUT THE TRAFFIC IS BIG. YEAH, THE BIG THING ALSO, I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS BEEN ANSWERED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ED CRAMER. YEAH, SO MY, MY QUESTION IS I'M ED CRAMER, CYPRESS RESIDENT. MY QUESTION IS NOT ONE OF LEGALITY OR. OR A WEBSITE QUESTION. IT'S MORE OF A LOYALTY QUESTION OR EVEN A QUESTION OF CONFIDENCE. RIGHT? SO WE PUSHED THIS THROUGH FROM THE CITIZENS VIEW THAT. APPARENTLY TAKEN EIGHT YEARS, BUT THERE WAS A BIG RUSH AT THE END. BUT PEOPLE TALKED

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IT'S LOYALTY QUESTION. IT'S NOT LEGALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE GUY'S PLAN DURING THIS OTHER MEETING. SURE, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT YOU CAN SAY, LOOK, THERE'S PEOPLE CHOMPING AT THE BIT. WE GOT TO RUSH THIS THROUGH. THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT TONIGHT. WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR? RIGHT. AND IT GOES BACK TO THROWING AWAY OUR TOWN CENTER BECAUSE THERE WILL NEVER BE A TOWN CENTER THERE. THANKS. ANGELA MCGREGOR, FOLLOWED BY ROGER FRIZZELL. I COME HERE TODAY AGAIN, JUST LISTENING TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND JUST KIND OF TAKING IT ALL IN IN DEPTH AND JUST SPENDING EIGHT HOURS WITH A MEETING'S IN MY BRAIN AND CALCULATING DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. AND TODAY, YOU KNOW, MY NOTES THAT I WROTE DOWN, THE FIRST CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS MAILERS. I CALLED TWO PEOPLE ON THE WAY DOWN HERE AND TOLD THEM I WAS SPEAKING TODAY.

THEY WEREN'T EVEN AWARE THAT MOODY WAS GOING TO OPEN UP. THEY HAD NO IDEA. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO A BETTER JOB AT SENDING OUT FLIERS AND NOT JUST POSTING IT ON YOUR WEBSITE, ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT'S THE LEGAL WAY. IT'S NOT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY. THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY IS SENDING MAILERS OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I ALREADY EXPLAINED HOW BENEFICIAL THAT WAS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO SEND MAILERS OUT. SECOND THING, I'M ASKING YOU TO DO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. THESE ARE BIG. THIS IS HUGE. AND I KNOW WE VOTED FOR IT. SOME OF US SOME OF US DIDN'T.

BUT THIS IS BIG STEPS THAT ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF CYPRUS. SO THE SECOND CONCERN I HAVE IS TRAFFIC. SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED ON ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT THEY TO DO A TURNABOUT OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT, I'M HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT MOODY. I DRIVE CERRITOS EVERY SINGLE DAY, 4 TO 5 TIMES A DAY, MAYBE EVEN SIX. I GO DOWN CERRITOS, I COME DOWN MOODY AND I GO TO MY WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT'S PEACEFUL. NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC. I CAN GET THERE IN MY 37 MINUTES THAT I HAVE CLOCKED. THIS IS DRASTICALLY GOING TO CHANGE THIS. AND NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO DRASTICALLY CHANGE THIS, WE'RE PUTTING. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY THAT WAS COMING INTO IT THAT IS GOING TO OPEN UP MOODY. IT'S GOING TO BRING LASALLE DOWN. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO WALKER ANYMORE BECAUSE COSTCO IS VERY BUSY OVER THERE. SO IT'S GOING TO START FLOODING THROUGH LEXINGTON AND MOODY. SO I'M ASKING YOU, I KNOW YOU DID AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND YOU DID IT ON PER MILES DRIVEN PER MILES DRIVEN IS NOT EFFECTIVELY STANDING AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ACTUALLY TALLYING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DRIVING DOWN. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR IMPACT. AND SOMEHOW I NEED WE NEED TO SOMEHOW SLOW DOWN THAT TRAFFIC, DIVERT IT OR SOMETHING. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I DEFINITELY SEE IT AS A HIGH CONCERN, ESPECIALLY BEING A PERSON WHO TRAVELS DOWN THAT ROAD EVERY DAY. AND NOW WE HAVE 114 NEW HOMES. THE THIRD THING I'D LIKE TO TO BRING ABOUT IS A TIMELINE. HOW LONG IS THIS PROJECT GOING TO TAKE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS IT A YEAR? IS IT TWO YEARS? IS IT THREE YEARS? AND I DON'T KNOW

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DO WE HAVE ANY TIMELINE ON THIS? I'M SORRY. WE AREN'T ABLE TO ENGAGE IN DIALOG. THIS IS WHATEVER COMMENTS YOU WANT TO GIVE. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS. THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE THE LAST WORD SO THEY CAN RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY. THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE THE LAST WORD SO HE CAN RESPOND TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY. YEAH, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TIMELINES WERE AND WHAT OUR BECAUSE WE ARE ADJACENT TO THAT BIGGER THE ONE WALL THAT CAME OUT OF OVATION. WE HAVE NO PROTECTION EXCEPT TO BE UP AGAINST THIS MONUMENTAL THING WITH NO SPEAKABLE ON STREET PARKING. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME HERE TO MAYOR PRO TEM. I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC SPEAKER. REMEMBER NOW, ONCE ALL OF THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS IN. SINCE THE APPLICANT BEARS THE BURDEN OF PROOF AND PERSUASION, YOU'LL GIVE HIM ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY AND THEN YOU CAN BEGIN YOUR DELIBERATIONS. OKAY. AND I DID WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO DECIDED TO COME AND GIVE THEIR TESTIMONY TODAY, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST TIMERS. IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO COME UP AND AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF PUBLIC. ONE LAST SPEAKER, BROOKE. HI. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST, I THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION ALICIA DID WAS GREAT, AND ALL OF COUNCIL ASKED REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS THAT WERE EXCELLENT. AND MR. BROWN DID A GREAT JOB. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF GENERAL COMMENTS. FIRST, IT'S HONESTLY, IT'S REALLY SUCKY THAT ARENA IS MANDATING THOUSANDS OF UNITS AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE. THIS IS A DICTATED BY SACRAMENTO IN REGARDS TO THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT OF THE COMMONS. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

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OH, HELLO. I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF, I GUESS, CONCERN ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS. I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO THE PLANS PERSONALLY, BUT I DO HOPE THAT JUST FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD AT THIS MEETING, MORE THOUGHT WILL BE PUT INTO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MODES. THIS PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE IT'S VERY FAVORABLE TO CARS. AND WITH THAT COMES PARKING AND HAVING TO COMMUTE AROUND CYPRESS. PERSONALLY, I HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING AROUND IN ANY OTHER WAY THAN DRIVING. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE FOR ME CURRENTLY, I THINK THAT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MANY MORE ISSUES THAT WILL COME ABOUT AND I HOPE GOING FORWARD THAT CONSIDERING THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTES ON KATELLA AND NO, NOT ON BALL WILL BE MORE THOUGHT THROUGH, AND CONNECTIONS TO THESE ROUTES WILL BE AVAILABLE AND NOT JUST KIND OF A SIDE THOUGHT ACTUALLY CONNECTING THROUGH WITH MOODY AND HOPEFULLY LEXINGTON DRIVE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY NOT ACCESSIBLE BY PEDESTRIANS. THE SIDEWALK IS. IT ENDS. AND YEAH, JUST HAVING A LOT MORE THOUGHT INTO HOW DO WE GET AROUND OUR CITY, WHAT TRAFFIC WILL COME ABOUT BY ONLY ALLOWING CARS REAL ACCESS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALLOWING FOR OTHER MODES IN WAYS TO GET AROUND AND SEE EVERYONE? YEAH, BUT THANK YOU. PLEASE CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER CARD, DONNA MCDOUGALL. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I CAME HERE NOT INTENDING TO SPEAK, BUT AFTER LOOKING AT THE PLAN AND AND LISTENING TO EVERYONE, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LOT B AND THE THE RECREATIONAL AREA. WHY IS THAT AT ONE END AND NOT IN THE MIDDLE, WHERE IT'S BETTER ACCESS TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF THAT COMMUNITY? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WOULD SOLVE TWO ISSUES. ONE, THE OVATION, NOISE AND ACCESS, LIKE TO THE PEOPLE WAY AT THIS END, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO AS FAR TO ACCESS THAT.

AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ANYTHING, AS YOU SAID, IT WAS FOR YOUNG FAMILIES? OKAY. HOW MANY CHILDREN WILL THAT AS A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, I'M CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MANY CHILDREN THAT WILL GENERATE AND WHAT SCHOOL THEY WILL GO TO OR WHETHER YOU NEED A NEW SCHOOL. SO THOSE ARE JUST THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? ONE MORE BEFORE WE MOVE ONLINE. YEAH.

SORRY. REALLY QUICK. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE SPOKE ALREADY ON THIS. OH, YOU DIDN'T GET ONES. OH, SORRY. THANK YOU, I SPEAK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.

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AND DO YOU MIND SAYING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD TO. I'M ALICIA HARRIS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND ARE THERE ANY MORE SPEAKER CARDS? I HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS, BUT I DO HAVE ONE PERSON ONLINE THAT WITH THEIR HAND RAISED. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ONLINE. OKAY. OKAY. OUR SPEAKER IS HELEN LEE. HELEN, YOU ARE CURRENTLY ONLINE AND YOUR TIME STARTS NOW. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME JUST FINE. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER AS WELL AS THE CITY. ONE GIVEN THE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED DATE OF BREAKING GROUND AND GOAL OR ESTIMATED TIME FRAME OF COMPLETION? WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE A DRAFT OF THE CSNS TO BE AVAILABLE? AS FAR AS ONE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HOA, WHERE IT MEETS THE NEW MOODY STREET EXTENSION, WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT STREET, THE ASPHALT, THE CONCRETE GUTTER CURBS, LANDSCAPING ALONGSIDE WHAT AREAS WITHIN THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE DESIGNATED OR IS DESIGNATED FOR PUBLIC USE OR PUBLIC LAND USE, SUCH AS MOODY STREET. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AT LEAST A FLOATING PARK OR BOTH FLOATING PARKS TO BE WITHIN HOA COMMUNITIES OF THE FUTURE. SO I'M WONDERING IF IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ONE OF THE FLOATING PARKS ARE PART OF THIS PLAN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CHECK. BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE THE STREET MIGHT BECOME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOA. AS WE HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION IN THE PAST, WHAT WILL THE ASSOCIATION'S MAINTENANCE. BASICALLY, I THINK I COVERED THAT THE. WHAT WILL THE ASSOCIATION'S MAINTENANCE AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY AREA SUCH AS THE STREET EXTENSION, POTENTIALLY THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR PUBLIC USE, PUBLIC LAND USE. WE HEARD THAT THERE ARE NO AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS A. AND MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF A QUESTION TO THE CITY AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPER. ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS COMPLETELY AT THE DEVELOPER'S DISCRETION? DOES THE CITY WEIGH IN WHEN THERE IS A PROPERTY PROPOSED OR NEW DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED THAT THE CITY MANDATES AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHETHER IT'S A PERCENTAGE OR SO? OR IS THAT COMPLETELY AT DEVELOPER DISCRETION? AND JUST TO STEP BACK, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ARE COMPLETELY FUNDED BY HOMEOWNERS MONTHLY ASSESSMENTS. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE HEARD AFTER 25 NEXT MONTH, 26 YEARS OF, YOU KNOW, BEING IN MY FIRST HOME, A CONDOMINIUM AND PAYING ASSESSMENTS. I'VE NEVER HEARD AND BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTE IN CALIFORNIA, OVER 55,000 HOAS. AND THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO GROW A LOT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RENA MANDATES TO ALL THE CITIES UP AND DOWN THE STATE. HOAS DO NOT RECEIVE GRANTS FROM ANY GOVERNMENT. PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS. CITY, STATE AND OR FEDERAL. THE FUTURE HOMEOWNERS DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY THE MAINTENANCE. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE PUBLIC USE AREAS. IS THAT. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IT'S DEVELOPER DISCRETION TO REMOVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY? IF. OKAY, IF. THANK YOU. HELEN. I THINK AT THIS TIME THAT'S YOUR TIME OR YOUR TIME. ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM NO MORE. OKAY.

SEEING AS THAT'S THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, I'LL OPEN THE. WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANTS COME BACK FOR ONE LAST WORD. WE'LL GIVE HIM FIVE MINUTES THIS TIME. CHAD BROWN, MALIA HOLMES. ONCE

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THIS PROJECT WOULD BE REGULATED BY THE LOCAL REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES AND TIME FRAMES OF WHICH CONSTRUCTION AND SO FORTH CAN TAKE ON THE SAME THING THAT GOVERNS OVATIONS. RECREATION USE AREAS WOULD GOVERN THIS RECREATION USE AREA AS FAR AS TIME AND NUISANCE AND SO FORTH.

BUT THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CC AND RS THAT ARE REQUIRED THROUGH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND THE MANDATED CITY REVIEW OF THOSE. CC TO EVALUATE AND CONSIDER THE TIME LIMITATIONS AND SO FORTH THAT MAY BE ADDED TO THEM. WE TALKED ABOUT THERE WAS SEVERAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRAFFIC. I THINK I WOULD ASK STAFF TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS VERSUS THE VMT, THAT IT HAD BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE LARGER PROJECT, OF WHICH THIS IS A SMALL SEGMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT, RATHER THAN ADDRESS WHERE THIS IS, I THINK THE SITE PLAN MAY BE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING. IF WE WERE TO BACK UP AND SEE WHERE THIS FITS. IN THE LARGER PICTURE OF LARK, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THIS IS A SMALL SEGMENT OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED AS A PART OF THE MULTIPLE HEARINGS THAT YOU WENT THROUGH ON THE ON THE PREVIOUS VESTING, TENTATIVE TRACK MAP FOR ALL 14 OF THOSE LOTS. THIS IS A SMALL SEGMENT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE ZONING THAT'S IN PLACE FOR THAT PROJECT. WE HEARD COMMENTS, AND I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE WALL JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. THE EXISTING WALL THAT WAS BUILT ON A ON AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OVATION COMMUNITY BY DEVELOPERS, MUCH LIKE OURSELVES, IS SITTING RIGHT ON THE FACE OF THE PROPERTY LINE AS AN IN FANTASTIC CONDITION. AND IF WE WERE TO ADD A DOUBLE WALL TO IT, WE CERTAINLY COULD. BUT THAT THEN SOMETIMES CREATES A NUISANCE FOR AREAS BETWEEN THE TWO WALLS. AND IT ALSO CREATES A STRUCTURAL CHALLENGE. IN SOME WAYS, OUR PROPOSED SOLUTION FOR THAT IS A SMALL, WHAT WE CALL AN AT GRADE RETAINING CONDITION ON THE FACE OF THAT WALL AT GRADE AND UTILIZING THAT EXISTING WALL. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ON THE MAINTENANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT OUR FACE OF THE WALL FACING OUR SIDE WOULD BE MAINTAINED, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN TO THIS POINT IN TIME BY ANYBODY ELSE. IT'S IN GOOD CONDITION. BUT IF VAGRANTS AND SO FORTH WERE TO GET THERE, SUCH AS THE. UNFORTUNATE PERSON WHO IS LIVING IN A VAN THAT'S PARKED UNDERNEATH THE CART BARN RIGHT NOW THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED, COULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE PROBLEMS BACK IN THERE. CURRENTLY, COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT CIRCULATION AND SO FORTH. LOOKING AT THE LARGER PICTURE OF THIS, AS I TOUCHED ON IN MY IN MY PRESENTATION, WE ARE OFFERING AND PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY FROM ALL THE FRONT DOORS THROUGH THE COMMON AREAS, THROUGH PASEOS OUT TO MOODY, TO A REGULATED CROSSING THAT WOULD BE PLACED ACROSS MOODY, THAT WILL LEAD OVER TO TRADER JOE'S, THAT HOPEFULLY WILL HELP REDUCE PARKING, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO WALK FROM THEIR HOMES TO THOSE FACILITIES AND RESTAURANTS, AS OPPOSED TO GETTING IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVING 75, 150FT AND HAVING TO SEARCH FOR A PARKING STALL. THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA BEHIND PLANNING AND CREATING WALKABLE SPACES IS TO HAVE USES LIKE THE COMMERCIAL CENTER THAT SERVE THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE DUST CONTROL THAT IS BOTH REGULATED BY THE STATE AND FOR AND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL FOR CONSTRUCTION AND KEEPING THEM WET FOR DUST MITIGATION DURING CONSTRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION HOURS ARE REGULATED UNDER THE THE, THE BIG ISSUE THAT I HEARD EARLIER REGARDING LARK AND THAT IS AT PLAY HERE, THIS PARTICULAR LOT IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN IS PART OF THE MIXED USE, QUOTE UNQUOTE TOWN CENTER, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS EVALUATED AS A PART OF OUR INITIAL GLIMPSE AT THIS PROPERTY. BECAUSE OF THE OVATION, ADJACENCY AND OTHERS, THIS IS NOT CONDUCIVE AND NECESSARILY COMPATIBLE FOR A RESIDENT, FOR A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE WITH LARGE PASEOS AND COMMERCIAL SPACES, DELIVERIES AND SO FORTH.

ADJACENT TO THAT EDGE IS WHAT IT DOES. PRESENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL ROOFTOPS TO BE EVER PRESENT IN THE AREA THAT HOPEFULLY WILL DRIVE TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL

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THAT'S A PROCESS THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ENGINEERING REVIEW TO GET PERMITS TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION, WHETHER IT COMES IN. WE WOULD LOOK TO BREAK GROUND ON THIS WITHIN EIGHT, NINE, TEN MONTHS AND BEGIN CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 15 MONTHS OF THAT TIME FOR THE GRAND FOR OPENING OF MODEL HOMES ON THE SITE. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE QUESTION REGARDING THE PLACEMENT OF THE RECREATION AREA AT THE WEST END OF THE PROPERTY, RATHER THAN CENTRALLY LOCATING IT? YEAH, IT HAS TO DO WITH WITH THE DRAINAGE AND THE WATER QUALITY ASPECTS THAT ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE HIGH GROUNDWATER THAT'S THAT'S PREVALENT THROUGH ALL OF THE MAJORITY OF, OF, OF CYPRUS. THE STORMWATER DETENTION FACILITIES ARE REQUIRED. THAT LARGER GREEN AREA. AND PART OF THE DRIVEWAY AND PARKING SPACES. WHERE LOT B IS LABELED ON THE SITE PLAN.

IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS ACTUALLY WILL BE ANTICIPATED TO BE A SUBTERRANEAN VAULT FOR WATER STORAGE. AND IT NEEDS TO BE AT ONE END OR THE OTHER. IT REALLY NECESSARILY CAN'T BE IN THE MIDDLE FOR CONNECTION AND TO GET POSITIVE GRADE AND DRAINAGE IN AND OUT OF THE SITE.

I WILL ADD THAT THE AREAS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SITE PLAN THAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN, WHERE LOT ONE AND LOT TWO ARE LABELED, THOSE, THOSE GREEN OPEN SPACE, COMMUNITY SPACE BOX AREAS, THOSE ARE ACTIVATED AREAS. THEY WILL HAVE BENCHES OF SEATING AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT'S NOT ALL ISOLATED TO THE BACK END. THEY'RE JUST NOT AS AN ACTIVE AREA. IT'S MORE OF A PASSIVE USE AREA THAT WILL EXIST IN THOSE IN THOSE MORE CENTRALIZED OPEN SPACE AREAS.

AND OF COURSE, THAT CENTRAL PASEO THAT COMES DOWN. IT WILL ALSO HAVE SOME BENCHES AND ACTIVITIES AND WALKING SPACES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER PETE. THANK YOU. I WAS LOOKING AT IN A THEN IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR LAYOUT FOR CITRUS SQUARE AND VERY FAMILIAR WITH. THERE WENT TO THE OPEN HOUSE. VERY NICE. THERE'S A ROAD THAT KIND OF IS ON THE EXTERIOR, SO I'M SURE WHEN YOU DID THE ROAD, YOU ENDED UP PUTTING BUSHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY TO HELP THE ADJOINING HOMES THAT ARE RIGHT BEHIND, ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE. YEAH, THE NORTH SIDE. IS THERE ANYTHING FEASIBLE HERE? IS THERE ENOUGH SPACE TO DO THAT ON THE WEST END? I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE WALL AND THAT PROVIDES PROBABLY THE BEST THING. BUT IS THERE ANY TYPE OF SHRUBBERY OR TREES THAT ARE POSSIBLE TO TRY TO. WE WOULDN'T WE WOULD ACCEPT A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. YEAH.

TO BE ADDED WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE REVIEW TO, TO LOOK AT AND LET STAFF WORK WITH US FOR A VERTICAL TYPE OF LANDSCAPE. RIGHT. SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WE DID INCORPORATE. WE HAD A MUCH LARGER PLANTER THERE BECAUSE OF THE ROAD AND THE DRAINAGE DESIGN FOR THAT PARTICULAR SITE AS WELL AS I DID HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE OWNERS SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE CITRUS SQUARE. YEAH, I REMEMBER. SO THERE IS SOME VERTICAL ASPECTS THAT WE COULD DO, SOME VERTICAL TYPE OF CYPRESS TREES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THOSE AREAS. THAT DOES CREATE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES NEIGHBORS DON'T ALWAYS LIKE. WELL, YEAH, AND I GUESS WE'D HAVE TO MUTUALLY AGREE WHAT THOSE ARE, RIGHT? BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE TYPE OF VERTICAL GROWING EVERGREEN SHRUBBERY, WHETHER IT BE CYPRESS, WHETHER IT BE STRAWBERRY TREES OR WHETHER IT BE SOME SORT OF OTHER WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CALL THEM? YOU KNOW, FERN PINES. OKAY. ARE ARE POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS I WOULD KIND OF LOOK AT THAT. THAT MIGHT BE A SOLUTION, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO CAUSE OTHER ISSUES THAT TREES CAN POTENTIALLY PROVIDE. SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO MY COLLEAGUES NEED A BREAK? YES. OKAY. OR YOU GUYS WANT TO POWER THROUGH? OKAY. AT THIS TIME, LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. OR WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO OFFER A MOTION IF THERE'S. I'LL JUST MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FEASIBLE, BUT I

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AND I COULD SEE THAT MAINTENANCE COULD BE A POTENTIAL ISSUE. AND WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE SPECIES AS WELL, WITH THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WALL AND THE HOMES. I THINK IT'S DOABLE. I JUST WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. ALSO, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SUNLIGHT IN THAT AREA. SO IF THE TREES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT HEALTHY, THEN THAT'S ALSO AN ISSUE. BECAUSE IT'S JUST A TEN FOOT AREA BETWEEN A TWO STORY HOUSE, A TEN FOOT WALL AND ANOTHER TWO STORY HOUSE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW FEASIBLE IT IS FOR HEALTHY TREES TO LIVE IN THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT. BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE HAD, LIKE THE APPLICANT HAD SAID, WE'VE HAD TWO SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS IN THE CITY WITH THIS DEVELOPER, AND I THINK THAT IF IT IS FEASIBLE, ONCE WE LOOK INTO IT, I. I DON'T SEE THAT THEY WOULD PUSH BACK ON DOING THAT. WE ALREADY HAVE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF A LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT'S ALREADY A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. SO WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY AT THAT TIME WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE LANDSCAPE PLANS. AND IF IT IS DOABLE AND IT WON'T CAUSE A MAINTENANCE SITUATION OR UNHEALTHY TREE SITUATION, WE COULD GET IT DONE. WELL THANK YOU. I THINK LISTEN, WE HAVE A SET OF REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS. AND FROM YOUR PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT MEETS ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. WE WE HEAR A COUPLE OF I THINK, YOU KNOW, VALID CONCERNS RAISED. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE UNLESS I'M WRONG, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE ADDRESS SOME OF THEM AT A LATER DATE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOA HOUR, THE HOURS OR THE HOURS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COMING BACK TO US FOR APPROVAL.

THAT COMES BACK TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. SO IT COMES BACK TO YOU AND THEN MAKING SURE THERE'S ADEQUATE OR SUFFICIENT NOISE MITIGATION, SOUND MITIGATION THROUGH TREES, WALLS, WHATEVER IT IS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW, BUT YOU'RE TELLING US THAT WE CAN EXPLORE, I GUESS, ADDITIONAL OPTIONS AS LONG AS THEY'RE FEASIBLE. IN IN REFERENCE TO COUNCIL MEMBER PETE'S REQUEST ABOUT THE TREES, YOU WERE JUST KIND OF RIGHT. I THINK THAT THAT IS AN OPTION THAT WE CAN EXPLORE WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND IF IT'S FEASIBLE, THEY'LL DO IT. OKAY. AND ALSO, IF THEY'RE LET'S SAY THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE HOURS OF THE POOL AND THE RECREATION AREA, THOSE CAN BE AMENDED, RIGHT? IF THE CITY HAD AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS BEING ROUTINELY CALLED OR PD IS BEING ROUTINELY CALLED, BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST CALL THAT IS MADE. IT'S MADE TO PD OR TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, DEPENDING ON THE HOURS. RIGHT. AND THEN IF THERE'S A ROUTINE ISSUE, THEN WE WOULD FORCE THE HOA TO ADDRESS IT, AND WE COULD ACTUALLY BRING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO RESTRICT THOSE HOURS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR MOTION? THEN AT THIS TIME I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW AND TENTATIVE TRACK MAP FOR 112 UNIT TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT AT 4691 KATELLA AVENUE. I'LL SECOND.

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[ COUNCIL MEMBER ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION]

DO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY'D LIKE TO REQUEST FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION? DOCTOR CHANG, THANK YOU. AND THIS IS SOMETHING ACTUALLY I WOULDN'T MIND ADDING TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'VE HAD A PRESENTATION JUST I THINK TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO ON OUR TREES AND OUR LACK OF SHADE COVERAGE. I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF SHADE FROM OUR TREES TO MEET THE STATE AVERAGE. I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD LOOK INTO A TREE PLANTING PROGRAM IN OUR CITY AND IF THERE'S ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR THAT. I SUPPOSE JUST BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO ADD TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, I DON'T NEED A SECOND FOR THAT. BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW. COUNCILWOMAN BURKE SOUNDS FANTASTIC TO ME.

MAYOR PRO TEM CHANG, I'M FULLY ON BOARD. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? SEEING NO SPEAKER. SEEING

[ COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS FROM CITY-AFFILIATED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND REMARKS]

A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, I KNOW THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVENTS AROUND THE THE AREA IN ORANGE COUNTY. I ATTENDED THE OCFA REMEMBRANCE. VERY WELL DONE AND HEARTWARMING. SO NICE TO. NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY GATHERED THERE AND. AND SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR PUTTING THAT ON. SECOND IS ON THE 12TH, I ATTENDED THE CELEBRATION FOR ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHARON QUIRK-SILVA FOR HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. AND SHE'S GOT A LOT TO BE PROUD FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE OVER THE YEARS. NEXT ON THE 17TH, I ATTENDED THE LA SALLE CHAMBER HEROES AWARD. THERE WERE, I THINK, TEN DIFFERENT HEROES FROM DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WERE NOMINATED AND HONORED, AND CYPRUS DID SUBMIT CERTIFICATES AND EVERYTHING, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER DIGNITARIES. SO IT WAS AN EXTREMELY NICE EVENT. I THINK IT WAS THEIR SEVENTH OR EIGHTH EVENT. AND THEN I ATTENDED, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER STAFF MEMBERS. THE STATE OF THE OC SAN. SO THE OC SAN IS ONE OF THE BOARDS I SERVE ON, AND THEY DO A VERY NICE JOB OF SERVICING ALL OF OUR SEWERS. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR ALL THEIR WORK BEING DONE ON DENNY RIGHT NOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEY DO A NICE JOB. JUST TWO OTHER COMMENTS. ONE IS I WANT TO SHOUT OUT FOR CITY STAFF, SPECIFICALLY SHANNON, OUR CITY MANAGER, ALICIA FOR COMMUNITY. AND THEN AS WELL AS NICK AND HIS TEAM IS A COUPLE OF RESIDENTIAL ISSUES CAME UP THAT THEY RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY IN TERMS OF HOW TO GET THINGS RESOLVED OR ACTUALLY TOOK ON THEMSELVES TO TALK TO A RESIDENT ABOUT THE ISSUE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING THAT. IT REALLY SHOWS A LOT ABOUT THE CYPRUS COMMUNITY AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THANK YOU. AND I'LL ALSO DO A FOLLOW UP AS WELL. THE OTHER THING IS THERE WAS A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MADE TO ME ABOUT THE CHANGE IN SEATING HERE. AND I APPRECIATE PEOPLE BEING COOPERATIVE, LETTING ME CHANGE SEATS. IT WAS AT MY REQUEST. I DID PUT A NOTE INTO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE LAST MEETING, JUST REQUESTING A CHANGE. AND AND THEN I KNOW THERE WAS A FEW OTHER PEOPLE THAT ALSO HAD WAS A PART OF THAT REQUEST. I ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER

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THERE'S A LOT OF OVERSIGHT AND CROSSOVER WITH SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY, ETC. SO WE CAN'T BE AS RESPONSIVE AT TIMES. SHANNON MAKES IT A POINT TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE PERSONALLY AND ON THE PHONE. I THINK THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S A REAL BREAK FROM THE PAST DEMEANOR AT CITY HALL. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M SO ENJOYING OUR NEW SEATING ARRANGEMENT. I LOVE SITTING NEXT TO COUNCIL MEMBER BURKE. HE HAS SOME OF THE BEST INTEGRITY OF ANY PUBLIC SERVANT I'VE EVER BEEN AWARE OF. SO DAVID, IT'S GREAT TO SIT NEXT TO YOU. NEXT. COUNCILMEMBER BURKE. THANK YOU. I ATTENDED THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING RECENTLY, AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY NINE OVER 11 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY. AND I ECHO COUNCILMEMBER PETE AND COUNCILMEMBER STRONG CARNAHAN'S COMMENTS. ONE THING, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS, THEY DO HAVE A A STEEL BEAM FROM THE NORTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER LOCATED INSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS AND BOTH INTERIM CHIEF TJ MCGOVERN AND BOARD CHAIR JOSH SWEENEY WERE GAVE EXCELLENT REMARKS ABOUT THE. THE HEROISM ON THAT DAY AND THE REMARKS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL VIDEO IF YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. BUT YEAH, NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN IN ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK INSIDE. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I ATTENDED THE CERRITOS FORMOSA SENIORS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL EVENTS. I ALSO WENT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL PERSONAL AND POLICY MEETING, THE ORANGE COUNTY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL GENERAL MEETING. AND WE ARE UP TO TWO WEST NILE CASES IN CYPRESS, SO MAKE SURE TO DUMP ALL YOUR STANDING WATER AND AND GO AROUND AND CHECK YOUR CHECK YOUR CHECK YOUR HOUSES. WEST NILE VIRUS IS A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS VIRUS.

NEUROINVASIVE. SO IF YOU DO GET INFECTED BY WEST NILE VIRUS, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT YOU'RE LEARNING HOW TO WALK AGAIN. AND YOU'RE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL WEEKS, SEVERAL MONTHS. SO PLEASE BE WARY OF THAT. I ALSO WENT TO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, THE ASIAN CAUCUS EVENT, THE CHINESE SCHOOL, MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL, AND I GOT A TOUR OF THE NEW OCTA STREETCAR IN SANTA ANA AND GARDEN GROVE. AND THAT SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I ATTENDED THE 216TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO AT CELEBRATION AT OUR MUSEUM. I ALSO ATTENDED THE SHARON CORK CIVIL RETIREMENT CEREMONY AND THE OC SANITATION LUNCHEON FEATURING THE STATE OF OC SANITATION ALSO. ADDITIONALLY, I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE WELL WHO RECENTLY OBSERVED YOM KIPPUR. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. CITY MANAGER REMARKS. THANK YOU MAYOR.

NOTHING AT THIS TIME. CITY ATTORNEY OKAY, VERY WELL THEN, WE'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

NEXT MEETING WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY,

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.