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1 A P P E A R A N C E S
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3 Commission Members Present:
4 Scott Carey, Chair Shelley Read, Vice Chair 5 David Blaco Mary Brock 6 James Fewins Frank Petersen 7 Dian VanderWell
8 Staff Present:
9 Alyson McCormick Assistant City Attorney 10 Armando Ornelas 11 Assistant Community Services Director
12 Karen Melby, AICP Development Services Manager 13 Ian Crittenden 14 Senior Planner
15 Jonathan Cummins Planner II 16 Dani Wray, AICP 17 Planner I
18 Marilie Smith Administrative Secretary 19 Community Services Department
20 Other Participants:
21 Marilyn Brainard Art Zoglio, Esq. 22 Rey Nunez J. Witt 23 David Jickling Robert Kovacs 24 Gary Gaumer Stacie Huggins 25 Norine Dimaggio
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1 I N D E X
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3 ITEM PAGE
4 1. CALL TO ORDER 5
5 2. ROLL CALL 5
6 3. PUBLIC COMMENT 6
7 4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA (For Possible Action) 8
8 5. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
9 Review and possible approval of the minutes of the January 15, 2019 Planning Commission 10 Study Session (For Possible Action) 8
11 Review and possible approval of the minutes of the January 17, 2019 Planning Commission 12 Meeting (For Possible Action) 9
13 6. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 10
14 PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS:
15 7. PCN18-0068 - Consideration of and possible action on a request for a Conditional Use 16 Permit to amend Special Use Permit SP050011 to allow for the operation of a transportation 17 passenger terminal on a site 2.67 acres in size located at 1421 Victorian Avenue, Sparks, 18 Nevada, in the MUD (Mixed-Use District - Downtown/Victorian Square) zoning district. 19 (For Possible Action) 10
20 8. PCN19-0001 - Consideration of and possible action on a request for a Conditional Use 21 Permit to allow for auto and truck repair (light - smog shop) on a site 0.5 acres in 22 size located at 5245 Vista Boulevard, Sparks, Nevada, in the PD (Planned Development - Kiley 23 Ranch South) zoning district. (For Possible Action) 41 24
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1 9. PCN18-0070 - Consideration of and possible action on a request for a Conditional Use 2 Permit to allow for the establishment of a brewery and tasting room on a site 4.82 acres 3 in size located at 305 E. Glendale Avenue, Sparks, Nevada, in the I (Industrial) zoning 4 district. (For Possible Action) 51
5 10. PCN18-0069 - Consideration of and possible action on a request to amend a final approval 6 plan (Pioneer Meadows Development Standards Handbook) for a site approximately 640 acres 7 in size generally located east of Kiley Ranch North Planned Development, Sparks, Nevada, in 8 the PD (Planned Development) zoning district. (For Possible Action) 56 9 GENERAL BUSINESS: 10 11. PCN04051 - Consideration of and possible 11 action on a request for approval to amend Condition #14 of the Miramonte Tentative Map 12 on a site approximately 831 acres in size generally located east of Los Altos Parkway 13 between Belmar Drive and Vista Heights Drive, Sparks, Nevada, in the NUD (New Urban 14 District - Miramonte Planned Development) zoning district. (For Possible Action) 66 15 12. PCN18-0072 - Consideration of and possible 16 action on a request for approval of the Phase 9 Final Development Handbook for Kiley 17 Ranch North on a site approximately 29.5 acres in size generally located on the northwest 18 corner of Wingfield Hills Road and Kiley Parkway, Sparks, Nevada, in the NUD (New Urban 19 District - Kiley Ranch North) zoning district. (For Possible Action) 78 20 13. PUBLIC COMMENT 83 21 14. COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS 83 22 15. ADJOURNMENT 85 23
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1 SPARKS, NEVADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019, 6:00 P.M.
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3 CHAIRMAN CAREY: All right. Well, good
4 afternoon, or good evening, everyone. Welcome to the
5 Sparks Planning Commission meeting. This is our
6 February 7th, 2019 meeting. I want to welcome everybody
7 here in the audience this evening, everyone watching on
8 Sparks Centennial TV and on Facebook.
9 We'll move on to item number 2. That's roll
10 call.
11 Madam Secretary.
12 MS. SMITH: Commissioner Carey?
13 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Present.
14 MS. SMITH: Commissioner Read?
15 COMMISSIONER READ: Here.
16 MS. SMITH: Commissioner Blaco?
17 COMMISSIONER BLACO: Present.
18 MS. SMITH: Commissioner Brock?
19 COMMISSIONER BROCK: Here.
20 MS. SMITH: Commissioner Fewins?
21 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Here.
22 MS. SMITH: Commissioner Petersen?
23 COMMISSIONER PETERSEN: Present.
24 MS. SMITH: Commissioner VanderWell?
25 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Here.
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1 MS. SMITH: Assistant City Attorney Alyson
2 McCormick?
3 MS. MCCORMICK: Here.
4 MS. SMITH: Assistant Community Services
5 Director Armando Ornelas?
6 MR. ORNELAS: Here.
7 CHAIRMAN CAREY: It's great everyone's here.
8 Thank you very much for that.
9 Before we get started, just a quick
10 announcement. Please silence your cell phones. Because
11 of the agenda tonight, I want to try to limit
12 distraction as much as possible.
13 We'll move on to item number 3. That's public
14 comment. I do have one request to speak from
15 Ms. Marilyn Brainard.
16 MS. MARILYN BRAINARD: Good evening,
17 Commissioners. My name is Marilyn Brainard.
18 And I'm just here very briefly to applaud the
19 planning of the Pioneer Meadows project. That's number
20 10 on your agenda. But I don't really feel that I need
21 to stay for that. I just wanted to say, as a former
22 Parks and Recreation Commissioner for this fine City
23 many years ago, I think, it's wonderful that you are
24 combining the parks, that you are having two instead of
25 three smaller parks in the planning year's plan. I
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1 think, it speaks very well.
2 I live in Wingfield Springs. And we have, I
3 happen to live by the largest one of our neighborhood
4 parks, Pelican Park. But the rest of them are small
5 parks. And I think that our youth deserve especially,
6 and the adults do, but the youth, team activities.
7 That's, you know, what that they really enjoy. And it's
8 not possible in our very small neighborhood park.
9 So, I think, it's a much better use of the
10 land. And I certainly hope no one would oppose that
11 idea. And I just think it's very forward-thinking.
12 And, I think, at the time that it's really very
13 appropriate.
14 Okay. Thank you.
15 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Thank you very much, Marilyn.
16 You're welcome to stay for whole meeting, if you'd like.
17 MS. MARILYN BRAINARD: Oh, I know. Well, it's
18 not that I wouldn't want to. But my husband would
19 probably like to have this chair. But thank you for
20 that offer. I appreciate it.
21 CHAIRMAN CAREY: And thank you for coming.
22 Is there any other public comment? This is a
23 public comment for any item on the agenda, to take a few
24 minutes to speak.
25 Seeing none, I will close this public comment
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1 period.
2 We'll move on to item number 4 in our agenda.
3 That's approval of the agenda. Do we have any changes
4 from staff or from the Commissioners on tonight's
5 agenda?
6 Okay. Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion
7 to --
8 COMMISSIONER READ: Mr. Chair, I move to
9 approval of the agenda.
10 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you very much.
11 We have a motion --
12 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Second.
13 CHAIRMAN CAREY: -- by Commissioner Read. Do
14 we have a second?
15 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Second.
16 CHAIRMAN CAREY: A second by Commissioner
17 VanderWell. All those in favor of the motion, please
18 say "aye."
19 (Commission members said "aye.")
20 CHAIRMAN CAREY: All opposed, "nay."
21 The ayes have it. The motion is carried
22 unanimously.
23 Move on to item number 5. This is approval of
24 the minutes. The first item up for approval of the
25 minutes is the minutes from the January 15th, 2019 Study
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1 Session. Were there any changes or corrections from the
2 Commission on those minutes?
3 Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion.
4 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Mr. Chair, I move to
5 approve the minutes.
6 CHAIRMAN CAREY: We have a motion by
7 Commissioner VanderWell. Is there a second?
8 COMMISSIONER READ: Second.
9 COMMISSIONER BROCK: Second.
10 COMMISSIONER READ: Oh.
11 CHAIRMAN CAREY: I'm going to give that one to
12 Commissioner Read. You just missed it, Commissioner
13 Brock.
14 Okay. We have a motion by Commissioner
15 VanderWell to approve as submitted, a second by
16 Commissioner Read. All those in favor, please say
17 "aye."
18 (Commission members said "aye.")
19 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Opposed, "nay."
20 The ayes have it. Those minutes carry
21 unanimously.
22 The second item under number 5 is approval of
23 our July 17th, two thousand -- or January -- where's my
24 mind at? January 17th Planning Commission meeting
25 minutes. Were there any changes or corrections to those
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1 minutes by the Commissioners?
2 COMMISSIONER READ: Mr. Chair, I move to
3 approve the minutes of the January 17th Planning
4 Commission meeting.
5 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. We have a motion to
6 approve as submitted by Commissioner Read. Is there a
7 second?
8 COMMISSIONER BROCK: Second.
9 CHAIRMAN CAREY: I have a second by
10 Commissioner Brock. All those in favor of the motion,
11 please say "aye."
12 (Commission members said "aye.")
13 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Opposed, "nay."
14 The ayes have it. Those minutes carry
15 unanimously.
16 Okay. We'll move on to item number 6. That's
17 informational items. Do we have any informational items
18 from staff?
19 MR. ORNELAS: Mr. Chairman, we do not.
20 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. No informational items
21 from staff.
22 That'll get us into the meat of our agenda, our
23 public hearing items. The first up is going to be
24 PCN18-0068. This is a request to amend the existing
25 Special Use Permit SP050011 to allow for the operation
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1 of a transportation passenger terminal at Centennial
2 Plaza.
3 So we'll turn this one over to staff.
4 MS. MELBY: Good evening, Commissioner Carey
5 and Planning Commission. I'm Karen Melby. I'm
6 Development Service Manager.
7 Before you tonight is a request for a
8 conditional use permit to amend Special Use Permit
9 SP050011 to allow for a transportation passenger
10 terminal on a site approximately 2.6 acres located at
11 1421 Victorian Avenue, or also known as Centennial
12 Plaza.
13 You can see here on the vicinity map, it's this
14 property outlined in cyan along on Victorian Avenue.
15 This request for the approval of the
16 conditional use permit as an amendment, as I stated, to
17 the existing special use permit to allow Greyhound
18 Lines, Inc. to operate an intercity or interstate bus
19 service on this property.
20 In 2005, SP05001, I mean 011, was approved by
21 the City of Sparks with 14 conditions of approval to
22 allow the RTC, or Regional Transportation Commission, to
23 develop Centennial Plaza.
24 According to the 2005 special use permit
25 application and staff report, Centennial Plaza was
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1 intended to provide connections to local bus service.
2 It was constructed with 15 bus bays, employee parking,
3 and a 12,814-square-feet building, with approximately
4 2,000 square feet for retail space serving the transfer
5 facility.
6 Centennial Plaza was designed and approved as a
7 facility for the RTC's regional bus service. Centennial
8 Plaza functions as a local bus transfer station,
9 enabling RTC customers to make connections between buses
10 arriving and departing from Centennial Plaza or to
11 connect RTC transfer stations in downtown Reno to access
12 other RTC buses, routes departing from that facility.
13 RTC staff indicates that the transfer center
14 currently serves 8 buses per hour, with a standard
15 design to serve up to 40 buses per hour.
16 Here is the site plan. As you can see, shown
17 in blue here, this would be the area that Greyhound
18 would be taking, and this would be the two bays on the
19 site plan.
20 While there are certainly RTC passengers who
21 begin or conclude their bus travel at Centennial Plaza,
22 special use permit, the special use permit was approved
23 based on the belief that the vast majority of RTC
24 passengers would arrive and depart from this facility by
25 RTC bus.
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1 RTC has entered into an agreement with
2 Greyhound to lease two bus bays and approximately 1,200
3 square feet of retail space for their ticket office, for
4 Greyhound's ticket office and waiting area.
5 Greyhound schedules indicate that there are 5
6 buses arriving and 5 buses departing daily. Traffic
7 analysis conducted by the traffic engineer using actual
8 tube counts at the Reno facility in December 2018
9 counted 22 trips per day attributed to the buses, 12
10 from three employees and 46 from passengers, for a total
11 of 78 average daily trips in the Reno facility.
12 Greyhound indicates on average that there are 10
13 passengers per bus, resulting in an average of 100
14 passengers arriving or departing daily.
15 In October of 2018, the presentation at City
16 Council, Chief Operating Officer Bill Blankenship made
17 remarks acknowledging that the Greyhound passengers will
18 be picked up and dropped off by private vehicles,
19 including shuttle or share-riding services.
20 The traffic analysis prepared by Solaegui
21 Engineers observed on December 11, 2018 that a minimal
22 of 67 percent of the passengers were dropped off or
23 picked up by vehicles or shuttles.
24 City staff's primary concern regarding an
25 intercity or interstate bus terminal operating at
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1 Centennial Plaza is the current absence of a designated
2 passenger drop-off or pick-up zone. Victorian Avenue,
3 adjacent to this Centennial Plaza, has two narrow lanes
4 with no on-street parking and no shoulder. Victorian
5 Plaza, which is this road here -- I'm sorry. I'm off.
6 Victorian Plaza's right here, which borders on the east
7 side, is also constrained.
8 The Sparks Police Department is concerned about
9 the obstruction of the streets by vehicles dropping off
10 or picking up passengers and the safety of pedestrians
11 exiting or entering vehicles. The City's transportation
12 Manager has stated that the passengers loading and
13 unloading needs to occur on-site at the Centennial Plaza
14 facility so as to not negatively impact the surrounding
15 streets.
16 The conditional use permit application
17 submitted by Greyhound proposes employee parking and
18 loading and unloading of passengers to occur on A
19 Street, public right-of-way. Staff reviewed the
20 proposal using A Street and expressed concerns. The
21 Transportation Manager stated that the loading or
22 unloading zone needs to be off the City right-of-way.
23 Centennial Plaza is one block from the Fire
24 Station 1, and the Sparks Fire Department objects to the
25 use of A Street for this purpose, because access to
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1 A Street is via 16th, which is their access for ingress
2 and egress from the fire station. The fire station is
3 by far the busiest fire station within the City of
4 Sparks.
5 Installing a loading zone on A for Greyhound
6 would also compromise its access for the fire station,
7 for emergency access, when Victorian Avenue is closed
8 during special events.
9 Based on the concerns expressed by City staff,
10 RTC, which is the landlord for Greyhound, has submitted
11 a conceptual exhibits proposed location of the plan for
12 on-site. You can see in this exhibit here, they're
13 proposing to put it along the south side of their south
14 driveway. They also submitted a conceptual plan showing
15 where they would put signage which would direct
16 passengers to this loading and unloading zone.
17 Condition 4 recognizes that federal and -- this
18 Condition 4 and 5 requires that the installation of this
19 passenger loading zone and supporting directional
20 signage and striping substantially is similar to this
21 Exhibit A and B. And it must be installed by May 31st,
22 is the date we're projecting for 2019.
23 Condition 4 also recognizes that federal and
24 state laws may require changes to the operation of
25 Centennial Plaza over time. As proposed, Condition 4
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1 and 5 are written to allow RTC and also Greyhound to
2 modify, with the approval of the City Engineer, the
3 location of this loading zone within the Centennial
4 Plaza site and the corresponding signage if changes are
5 required to address the operational issues that maybe
6 arise at some time in the future.
7 Staff, City staff, including the City Engineer,
8 the Fire Chief and the Police Chief, are fine with these
9 Conditions 4 and 5 as submitted, and the revised
10 conditions that was submitted to you this afternoon.
11 Most importantly, having the loading and unloading
12 off-site is the main issue.
13 Regarding employee parking on A Street,
14 A Street does not qualify as frontage for Centennial
15 Plaza. However, Centennial Plaza is located within the
16 Victorian Square. And the need for employee parking can
17 be satisfied by the availability of the City-owned
18 parking lot facilities within Victorian Square.
19 Therefore, City staff is not proposing a
20 requirement of off-street parking as a condition of
21 approval and anticipates the need for parking is
22 mitigated by the additions of on-site and off-site --
23 the on-site loading zone.
24 Addressing the five conditional use permit
25 findings:
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1 Finding C1, compliance with the Comprehensive
2 Plan. The use of this site as a transportation
3 passenger terminal for Greyhound would provide a
4 transportation mode for interstate travel, which is not
5 currently available within the City of Sparks,
6 supporting Goal C2.
7 Greyhound provides an alternative
8 transportation option not currently provided in the City
9 of Sparks, which supports Policy C9.
10 Finding C2, compatibility with the existing or
11 permitted uses. Centennial Plaza is located within the
12 Victorian Square area, which is the heart of downtown
13 Sparks. There is a mix of residential, gaming, bars,
14 restaurants, and various commercial land uses and
15 residential. The RTC transit facility is existing, and
16 adding Greyhound will provide an alternative
17 transportation mode within the City of Sparks. Adding
18 approximately 10 Greyhound buses per day is not
19 anticipated to adversely impact the surrounding land
20 uses, provided the impacts are being -- the impacts are
21 mitigated, or the loading zone is provided.
22 Finding C3, natural resource impairment. This
23 site was developed as Centennial Plaza in the year 2006.
24 City staff does not believe that approval of this
25 conditional use permit would impair the availability of
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1 natural resources or the region's ability to support its
2 population.
3 Finding C4, which addresses identified impacts.
4 The identified impacts are the pick-up and drop-off
5 area, parking, and directional signs. All three of
6 these items I have previously discussed under the
7 analysis, and I won't repeat my information for that.
8 Addressing Finding C5, the public notice,
9 public notice was published in the Reno Gazette-Journal
10 on January 24th, 2019. We mailed 42 notices out to the
11 property owners within 500 feet of this property.
12 This afternoon, staff received one letter from
13 the Nugget's general manager in opposition to the
14 transportation passenger terminal, which has been
15 provided to you. I also received a phone call from a
16 property owner asking for clarification on this request
17 this afternoon.
18 Staff recommends approval with five conditions.
19 And we also have revised the conditions, which we
20 presented to you this afternoon. And so we are
21 recommending approval with the revision of the five
22 conditions. Or excuse me. This particular Condition 4
23 and 5.
24 This concludes my presentation, and I'm
25 available for any questions or comments.
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1 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Thank you, Karen.
2 Before I turn it over to the applicant, I just
3 wanted to, for the record, identify. We received a
4 revised staff report this afternoon. Could you please
5 highlight what those changes were in the staff report
6 and then maybe just highlight the new condition.
7 MS. MELBY: Okay. So what we did, when we
8 revised the staff report this afternoon, we included
9 acknowledgment of Exhibit A and, also, B. We talked
10 about that and recognize that.
11 And then, also, the revision to Conditions 4
12 and 5 is that we are saying these are conceptual, but --
13 I'm sorry. I flipped too far. The condition rewording
14 of 4 and 5, did you want me to read that, or?
15 CHAIRMAN CAREY: That's fine.
16 MS. MELBY: Okay.
17 CHAIRMAN CAREY: That's just fine like that.
18 MS. MELBY: But we referenced that it would be
19 conceptually referencing exhibits A and B.
20 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay.
21 MS. MELBY: And that was a change to the staff
22 report.
23 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Thank you very much.
24 Armando.
25 MR. ORNELAS: I would just, to elaborate on
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1 Ms. Melby's comment regarding Conditions 4 and 5,
2 essentially, basically, Conditions 4 and 5 were revised
3 to say that the loading zone and the directional signage
4 and striping will be installed per, you know,
5 subsequently similar to the exhibits that were provided.
6 There is flexibility in modifying, subject to City
7 Engineer approval, but the expectation is that unless
8 that occurred, they would be installed per those
9 exhibits, basically.
10 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you. I
11 appreciate that, and for everyone at home following
12 along, how they did it.
13 Okay. At this time, I'll turn it over to the
14 applicant, the two gentlemen from Greyhound. You're
15 welcome to come up and provide a presentation. Our
16 Rules of Procedure limit the presentation to 15 minutes.
17 MR. ART ZOGLIO: We have no presentation.
18 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay.
19 MR. ART ZOGLIO: My name is Art Zoglio. I'm an
20 attorney for Greyhound Lines. I have with me Rey Nunez.
21 He's the Director of Real Estate Development for
22 Greyhound Lines.
23 And I'll just turn it over to Rey for a brief
24 comment.
25 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. All right.
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1 MR. REY NUNEZ: Yeah, I'd like to welcome
2 everybody.
3 Yeah, we are thankful for being in Sparks.
4 We've been operating since late December. And we agreed
5 with what the staff has presented.
6 And we agree with the approval of the
7 conditions. However, in doing so, we're not waiving any
8 of our rights for the claims that are made in the
9 admission.
10 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay.
11 MR. REY NUNEZ: And here to answer any
12 questions that you might have.
13 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you for that.
14 I think, Commissioners, let's hold off until
15 after the public hearing, if there's any questions for
16 the applicant and staff.
17 Thank you, gentlemen.
18 MR. REY NUNEZ: Thank you.
19 CHAIRMAN CAREY: At this time, this is a public
20 hearing item, so I will go ahead and open up the public
21 hearing, ask if you can please come to the podium,
22 identify yourself, your address. And you will have up
23 to three minutes to talk.
24 At this time, we'll open up the public hearing
25 on PCN18-0068, and we'll wish you to come forward.
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1 MS. SMITH: Mr. Chair, I do have one.
2 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. You have one. Okay.
3 It looks like we have Mr. J. Witt. Welcome
4 back, sir.
5 MR. J. WITT: My second home.
6 Could we pass that out and make that part of
7 the record.
8 Mr. Chair, Chairman, members of the Planning
9 Commission, I am J. Witt, Silverwing Development, as the
10 property owner of The Bridges, The Deco, Fountainhouse,
11 townhouse mixed-use, and the upcoming Atrium project,
12 along with five other parcels yet to be developed.
13 I take great issue with the findings or the
14 lack of information for its use.
15 When we acquired to develop, develop the
16 property, we relied upon the fact that Centennial Plaza
17 was only with bus services. This is supported by the
18 2005 SUP.
19 Per SOC Title 20, SUPs and CUPs must be
20 admitted to address impacts and strong requirements.
21 What is the City, RTC, or Greyhound doing to
22 address the uptick in property crimes and vagrancy we've
23 already experienced there in the last four weeks? It's
24 only going to increase during warmer weather.
25 The City's traffic is documented. While 46
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1 percent of the passengers are being picked up, 33 are
2 simply leaving the station on foot. These are not our
3 tenants.
4 Passenger information from Greyhound says only
5 10 drivers per bus are departing from Victorian Square,
6 has never been verified by the City. So if not, why
7 not?
8 40 East 4th Street, Reno, is an empty
9 transportation facility a half a block away from the
10 Amtrak bus facility where Greyhound departs for other
11 cities. Why is the station not being used?
12 Additionally, many with RTC and the City of
13 Reno have stated that the 4th Street station in Reno is
14 only at half capacity. And the Amtrak station was also
15 a viable option. However, in the end, Reno took issues
16 with each of these options. Why was Reno throwing up so
17 many hurdles? Has the Commission looked at the police
18 calls around the Greyhound terminal in Reno over the
19 last years? If not, it should. The numbers are high.
20 In Finding Number 1, the Comprehensive Plan
21 states the transportation network needs to support
22 business formation and economic vitality. I see
23 absolutely no connection between Greyhound's business
24 and the creation of economic vitality in the Victorian
25 Square area, right here.
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1 We have more crime and vagrancy this last month
2 than we've had in the entire past four years. Is it a
3 coincidence that a bus facility was vandalized last
4 week?
5 Finding Number 2, the application is compatible
6 with adjacent properties. As a property owner, I could
7 tell you there's no compatibility between our lifestyle
8 and entertainment district and Greyhound's customer
9 base. They're not renting out apartments. They're not
10 patronizing our retail. And they're not coming to
11 attend a show.
12 If this application is allowed to proceed, you
13 could expect to see further increase in vagrancy and
14 property crimes. The SPD, which is already
15 overextended, will have more demands placed on it,
16 making it less available to other areas in Sparks.
17 Victorian Square will not find success in bringing
18 Greyhound into the area, with 33 percent of the
19 passengers simply walking out of the stations into the
20 shadows.
21 Greyhound risks the residual effect that some
22 aspect of the station's original costs were federally
23 funded. So the RTC has to provide reasonable access for
24 private carriers. But who's asking the question,
25 reasonable at what cost to the surrounding community?
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1 I find the entire situation unreasonable. And
2 we should not be asked to bear the long-term cost of our
3 Washoe plan. Thank you.
4 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Thank you, Mr. Witt. Five
5 seconds to spare.
6 Is there any other public comment?
7 Okay. Seeing none, I will close the public
8 comment period. We'll bring it back to the Commission
9 for any questions from staff for the applicant and any
10 discussion.
11 Do the Commissioners have any questions?
12 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Yeah, Chair, here.
13 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Go ahead, Commissioner Fewins.
14 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Commissioner Fewins. I
15 have a question for the applicant.
16 Thank you for being here, gentlemen. The first
17 question is do you currently -- you've had a station in
18 the City of Reno for many years. Is that station still
19 open and running?
20 MR. REY NUNEZ: No, the former station was
21 closed upon relocation to Sparks. So we closed it on or
22 about December 28th or 29th. It's been vacant,
23 essentially, since then.
24 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Okay. So you will not be
25 keeping that open, the Reno one?
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1 MR. REY NUNEZ: No. That property was sold in
2 March of last year, and we were leasing it from March up
3 until the end of December.
4 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Okay. So Sparks is the
5 main station. Now, would that be, would you consider an
6 uptick in the traffic with Sparks being the only
7 location, because you're not having -- you're just not
8 just having one, than what you had in Reno, or is it
9 going to be similar as far as the traffic?
10 MR. REY NUNEZ: Let me make sure I understand
11 your question. Are you suggesting if we're expecting an
12 increase in ridership?
13 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Yeah.
14 MR. REY NUNEZ: That is, we think that could be
15 possible just based on the attractiveness of the
16 facility here. This Centennial Plaza is really a very
17 nice, nicely designed and well-located facility. And so
18 that was part of the attractiveness to the company as
19 well.
20 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Is it monitored?
21 MR. REY NUNEZ: The facility in Reno used to
22 be. It had dormitories, which we don't have anymore.
23 And it was a training, it provided a driver training as
24 well. So it had some maintenance activities. We
25 amended those long ago, but the facility was -- the
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1 square footage to support that was still there. It was
2 just vacant. And so it made it, we think, an attraction
3 for some of the homeless folks that tend to hang around
4 there, that it got associated with Greyhound.
5 And so that being the case, we expect, now
6 being a modern facility, that there could be, over time,
7 I think, just a little bit of an increase in ridership
8 just based on the quality of the facility.
9 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Okay. Thank you.
10 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Are there any other questions
11 for the applicant?
12 COMMISSIONER READ: I have a question.
13 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Commissioner Read.
14 COMMISSIONER READ: Can you address some of the
15 concerns that Mr. Witt spoke of earlier?
16 MR. REY NUNEZ: Yeah. There was a comment
17 about crime. I'll address that. Unfortunately,
18 Greyhound gets sometimes unfairly targeted with being a
19 source of crime. And, what we have found is that
20 Greyhound is actually a victim often, because our
21 stations, like the one that we had in Reno, was large,
22 and we tend to be open, you know, through, in some cases
23 late into the night, early in the morning.
24 And in some cases, people are looking for
25 shelter, they're looking for restrooms. And if the word
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1 gets out, hey, Greyhound's open at, you know, 11:00 p.m.
2 or late, then some folks are attracted to that. That
3 would be fine. So we're as much a victim on that. And
4 then, if something happens nearby, often the report will
5 say, you know, Greyhound, although it wasn't at the
6 Greyhound station, it was near the Greyhound station.
7 So we find that our name gets associated with that just
8 generally.
9 So, I think, that's an unfair -- I think,
10 that's an unfair categorization that there is
11 necessarily an uptick in crime.
12 And as far as the vandalization of the old
13 facility, well, it's vacant. Vacant properties, we all
14 know, just are. It's been vacant for -- you know, for
15 over a month now.
16 COMMISSIONER PETERSEN: Okay. It was the new
17 facility.
18 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Any other questions,
19 Commissioners?
20 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Commissioner Carey?
21 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Go ahead.
22 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: I just have a
23 follow-up question on Commissioner Read's. And you're
24 talking about vagrancy and things like that. Does
25 Greyhound have security to maybe deter those types of
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1 things?
2 MR. REY NUNEZ: We have worked with RTC.
3 They're providing a leased security. So RTC provides
4 the security for the station.
5 And there is a clause in the lease that if
6 there is a need for increased security, that the parties
7 will sit down, evaluate the data, and see what would be
8 the appropriate remedy for that.
9 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Rey, I had a question.
10 So, currently, what we see in our staff reports is about
11 five bus trips a day coming in, five coming out. Are
12 there any plans for future expansion at this time?
13 MR. REY NUNEZ: Well, the reality is that buses
14 carry 50. They have 50 seats. Right? And so, while
15 more folks can buy tickets, that assumes that bus is
16 getting that traffic. So we would have to kind of max
17 out those seats before, before we get to that point.
18 The other part that, I think, is mitigating
19 that is that we have recently entered into a
20 relationship with Amtrak. And so the Amtrak train is
21 actually transporting Greyhound passengers between here
22 and Salt Lake City. And so we have actually reduced
23 some bus schedules because of that.
24 This collaboration that we entered into with
25 Amtrak, I think it was January of last year, where we
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1 saw that as a win-win. As we collaborate with Amtrak
2 around the country, this was one of the more recent
3 examples of that. So in that case, that actually led to
4 a reduction in buses and passengers through that
5 partnership.
6 CHAIRMAN CAREY: And I'm curious, with leasing
7 two bays is what's proposed in the staff report. How
8 many, what would be the max number of trips you would
9 get from two bays, the amount of buses coming in and
10 out, with just two bays?
11 MR. REY NUNEZ: Yeah. Well, then you got to
12 get into capacity and demand, with your type of
13 question. But just conceivably, it just depends on the
14 dwell time.
15 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay.
16 MR. REY NUNEZ: You know, what I tell you is
17 we've got, you know, approximately five in, five out on
18 the weekends. There may be an extra one here or there,
19 because there's just more activity in the weekend.
20 But, I think, that's probably more a question
21 for RTC, just really in terms of capacity and that.
22 CHAIRMAN CAREY: I appreciate that.
23 Any other questions?
24 COMMISSIONER BLACO: Yes.
25 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Commissioner Blaco.
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1 COMMISSIONER BLACO: You just said that you --
2 sorry -- have that agreement with RTC to provide
3 security and that you would be revisiting what is being
4 done if there is some sort of increase in crime. What
5 exactly do you look at to make those decisions, and when
6 do you decide to revisit the security of that site?
7 MR. REY NUNEZ: Well, initially, the security
8 is provided by RTC. And that's part of our rent. We're
9 paying for that, essentially built into the rent.
10 And so I don't have the lease here in front of
11 me, but it was something to the effect that if there is
12 determined to be a need for more security, the parties
13 would sit down, look at the data, the property data, and
14 then formulate a plan.
15 COMMISSIONER BLACO: How exactly do you
16 determine the need for more security; is there a certain
17 threshold of instances of crime that it causes you to
18 revisit that, or is there any -- what exactly is the
19 policy for that?
20 MR. REY NUNEZ: It's just, I think, it's just
21 going to depend on -- I know, when we've looked at
22 things in the past, it could be something such as
23 determining where the concern is, what time of day,
24 sometimes more at night. And so perhaps maybe making
25 more coverage at night with more of a frequency, or an
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1 additional person at night versus in the daytime.
2 So that's kind of one of the things we look at.
3 COMMISSIONER BLACO: So that's not something
4 that is scheduled to be looked at, you know, the --
5 MR. REY NUNEZ: Well, no, because if there's no
6 need, there's no reason to sit down.
7 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Now you guys are off
8 the hook.
9 Are there any questions for staff?
10 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Commissioner Carey,
11 I've got a question.
12 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Commissioner
13 VanderWell.
14 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: I guess, what my
15 question is, is when you started with your presentation,
16 you said in 2005 RTC received a special use permit to
17 build Centennial Plaza. And then that special use
18 permit, it was connections to local bus services, for
19 local bus transfer stations, for RTC local bus routes.
20 So, I guess, what my question is, is RTC is
21 local, and Greyhound is cross-state. So in that special
22 use permit, is there a gray area or, you know, a way to
23 say, okay, well, it's no longer; you know, we can also
24 do interstate?
25 MS. MCCORMICK: Alyson McCormick, for the
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1 record.
2 The conditional use permit would be the process
3 to amend that special use permit. The City's view of
4 the existing special use permit is that if it were not
5 amended, it would not allow an interstate or intercity
6 bus use. But amending it through the conditional use
7 process, permit process would allow that use, because
8 that process provides an opportunity to review and
9 mitigate potential impacts from that change in use.
10 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Okay. Thank you.
11 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Thank you, Commissioner
12 VanderWell.
13 Any questions for staff?
14 Okay. Seeing none, I do have a question for
15 RTC. I did see Mr. Jickling is here in the audience.
16 I wonder if you could. I have a couple
17 questions for you.
18 David, welcome to the Sparks Planning
19 Commission.
20 MR. DAVID JICKLING: Thank you.
21 CHAIRMAN CAREY: My question was about capacity
22 at Centennial Plaza. As we've seen in the staff report,
23 it's the opinion of RTC that there is no capacity to
24 accommodate this use. I am wondering about, currently,
25 there's no passenger pick-up allowed on site. And, I
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1 think, it's been that way since Centennial Plaza opened
2 up. I was curious about, you know, in your opinion,
3 about capacity of the proposed use and the proposed
4 unloading and loading area. Would that interfere with
5 the current bus service and potential future bus
6 service?
7 MR. DAVID JICKLING: David Jickling, Director
8 of Public Transportation for the RTC. Thank you,
9 Chairman Carey. Good questions.
10 As part of this process, through the federal
11 kind of review that we needed to do about capacity,
12 you're looking at both the 4th Street station and
13 Centennial Plaza to ascertain how much bus service we
14 are currently providing, how those schedules were
15 working, the bay capabilities that we had at both
16 facilities. And through that analysis, the conclusion
17 is 4th Street station did not have the capacity, but
18 Centennial Plaza did.
19 We had actually five bays of the existing, I
20 believe, 14 or 15 bays that we weren't using whatsoever.
21 And so right there was certainly opportunity for buses,
22 whether they be our service or someone else's, to
23 utilize those.
24 In terms of the question you had earlier about
25 capacity of the bay per hour, generally, we think about
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1 15 minutes is about right. So four buses an hour in a
2 bay. And as Mr. Nunez mentioned, it really does just
3 depend on how long is that bus going to be there. If
4 your schedule is so efficient that the bus stops and
5 goes, you could have 40 buses in an hour. But most
6 times, you need some recovery and all of that for the
7 bus.
8 So we assumed, when we built this project, in
9 the original special use permit, that maximum capacity
10 would be each of those bays having four buses an hour,
11 basically 16 hours a day. So that's where those numbers
12 came from.
13 From a design standpoint, because it was such a
14 constraining site, and generally we prefer to keep
15 private vehicles separate from our transit vehicles, and
16 so that's why the original design and concept here did
17 not have any public access with vehicles onto the site.
18 Once Greyhound started operating, we did see
19 some -- obviously, there was some confusion amongst
20 folks coming and going. And it's pretty easy, just
21 during normal operations, we have people who sometimes
22 coming eastbound on Victorian, get confused and come
23 into our facility. So that is certainly something that
24 had happened periodically.
25 Our view was the best way to manage this and to
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1 accommodate the request of the City of Sparks staff was
2 to come up with this passenger pick-up, drop-off lane
3 that we will mark through there. We've ascertained how
4 that would operate, and we're confident we can do that
5 without -- minimal conflict with our buses. And we
6 think that will work quite satisfactory in terms of
7 addressing the request of Sparks staff.
8 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you very much,
9 David.
10 Are there any questions for RTC?
11 Go ahead, Commissioner Fewins.
12 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Commissioner Fewins.
13 Thank you for coming. How many bays are open
14 in the 4th Street station in Reno, currently?
15 MR. DAVID JICKLING: 4th street station, you
16 know, again, it's --
17 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Is it more than two?
18 MR. DAVID JICKLING: Open? Oh, no, there are
19 none open. Every one of those bays is occupied.
20 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Okay. We heard testimony
21 from the applicants today that they have a partnership
22 with Amtrak. Is the 4th Street station in Reno closer
23 to the Amtrak station than Centennial Plaza?
24 MR. DAVID JICKLING: It is.
25 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Okay. Thank you.
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1 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Any other questions for our
2 RTC friends?
3 Okay. Thanks, guys.
4 Were there any other questions for staff?
5 Okay. We'll bring that one back for discussion
6 initially.
7 COMMISSIONER READ: Mr. Chair, I'd like to make
8 a motion, if we're ready for that.
9 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: I'd like to say a little,
10 have discussion on that. Commissioner Fewins here.
11 I have a problem with the motion or the
12 approval as it's coming forth for the conditional use
13 permit with this. I am having truly finding C1 in the
14 findings, particularly with Goal C2, that's saying that
15 it's providing a transportation network that supports
16 business formation and attraction and economic vitality.
17 I'm just not seeing how I can make that finding.
18 And, also, with C2. You know I think, in 2005,
19 when the special use permit, at that time -- now it's a
20 conditional use permit -- was made, that it said that
21 retail spaces could be leased out by RTC. And they even
22 pointed out things like just newspaper stands,
23 concession stands for the passengers at RTC for local
24 use.
25 And I'm finding that interstate use is not
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1 compatible with the existing permitted uses and adjacent
2 properties. At the time, I think, in 2005, it was
3 tourist commercial down there, which it is no longer.
4 We are now a mixed-use development that is apartments to
5 the north and a lot of development that's happened to
6 downtown Sparks that has been great development for our
7 city.
8 I'm not saying that this use is going to, you
9 know, be horrible as a use there. But I just don't
10 think it is compatible with the existing mixed-use
11 development with the apartments.
12 I see local bus service as being a compatible
13 with the existing uses, because you are dealing with
14 people that are going to jobs, going shopping. They are
15 not, essentially, coming here from out of the state. To
16 where I see that a station that's been opened in Reno
17 where you have closer use to the current Amtrak, that
18 they have a partnership with, I am finding that I cannot
19 find the Finding C2 that staff had found.
20 So I will not be in favor of this conditional
21 use permit.
22 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Commissioner
23 Fewins.
24 Commissioner Read?
25 COMMISSIONER READ: My motion is that --
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1 CHAIRMAN CAREY: You sound fine.
2 COMMISSIONER READ: I move to approve
3 conditional use permit CU18-0018, associated with
4 PCN18-0068, adopting Findings C1 through C5, and the
5 facts supporting these findings as set forth in the
6 staff report and subject to the five Conditions of
7 Approval.
8 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. We have a motion by
9 Commissioner Read to approve. Is there a second on the
10 motion?
11 I'll go ahead and second the motion.
12 Okay. We have a motion by Commissioner Read, a
13 second by myself. Any comments, discussion on the
14 motion?
15 I have -- oh, go ahead, Commissioner Petersen.
16 COMMISSIONER PETERSEN: I would like to make
17 one. I don't like to disagree with my colleague on it,
18 but I checked these plans over and over again. And
19 really I see no arguments in it that we could really
20 again -- that have not been very well covered in the
21 findings.
22 In addition, I thought the conditions were
23 written real well. And they are pretty well, I mean, I
24 believe that both parts in this case could recognize
25 these conditions and live with them. So I would kind of
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1 be for this item.
2 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Commissioner
3 Petersen.
4 Are there any other comments or discussion on
5 the motion?
6 I had one, just for the record. I will be
7 supporting the motion. Well, obviously, I seconded it.
8 But my -- you know, my main concern is I do, I do
9 certainly concur with staff, because of substantial
10 change from the original special use permit that was
11 approved in 2005.
12 I think, Centennial Plaza is a very important
13 asset to this community and to our Comprehensive Plan
14 and to meet our goals for transit and in the City.
15 My big concern with this proposed use is that
16 it doesn't conflict with the main and primary use of
17 Centennial Plaza, and that's local bus service. I
18 think, from a land use perspective, the proposed use
19 seems fine in that it's limited. It will be a secondary
20 use to the primary use of being a local transfer
21 station, or transit station.
22 I think, at this level that it's proposed,
23 that's acceptable. My big concern is that I wouldn't
24 want to see this proposed use becoming the primary use,
25 and it stays a secondary use, in order to protect
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1 transit and to help promote our comprehensive land use
2 goals.
3 Okay. With -- I'll get off my soapbox. I'll
4 call for -- you've all heard, we have a motion to
5 approve and a second. All those in favor of the motion,
6 please say "aye."
7 (Commission members said "aye.")
8 Opposed, "nay."
9 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Nay.
10 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Nay.
11 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. So, for the record,
12 that was Commissioner VanderWell and Commissioner
13 Fewins. Okay. So the motion passes 5 to 2. Thank you
14 very much, Commissioners.
15 We'll move on to item number 7 (sic: item
16 number 8) on our agenda. This is PCN19-0001. This is a
17 conditional use permit to allow auto and truck repair,
18 and on this board.
19 Ian, welcome.
20 MR. CRITTENDEN: Chairman Carey, members of the
21 Planning Commission, Ian Crittenden, Senior Planner.
22 As stated, this is a request for a conditional
23 use permit to allow auto and truck repair, light, at a
24 location. It's -- I have the address right here.
25 5245 Vista Boulevard.
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1 You can see here on the vicinity map, it is the
2 site outlined in cyan. It is a portion of the Aspen
3 Glen Shopping Center. This shopping center, the Aspen
4 Glen shopping Center is located in the Kiley Ranch South
5 Planned Development. That planned development handbook
6 specifically called out this site, the Aspen Glen
7 Shopping Center, as being subject to the use
8 requirements of C1, the neighborhood commercial zoning
9 district in the City of Sparks.
10 The applicant is proposing to occupy roughly
11 500 square feet. You can see here on the site map that
12 the applicant provided kind of the location of that
13 specific tenancy that they're proposing to occupy is
14 roughly 500 square feet located in the northeast corner
15 of that building.
16 The applicant currently owns and operates Smog
17 Monkey at 1564 Prater Way, and this would be a second
18 location for this business.
19 Emission testing would take place in the
20 parking space directly adjacent to the entrance, about
21 where the red car is on this site map. Emission testing
22 takes approximately three to five minutes, and only 1968
23 and older -- and newer, heavy-duty gasoline vehicles
24 require a two-speed test, as well as -- two-speed idle
25 test, as well as 1996 and older light-duty gasoline
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1 automobiles. All newer light-duty automobiles do not
2 require the two-speed idle test.
3 The idle test will produce some noise, as
4 idling cars do, although this site is adjacent to Vista
5 Boulevard, which produces quite a bit more noise due to
6 traffic and so forth adjacent to the site.
7 The Comprehensive Plan land use for this site,
8 this location is C, which is Commercial. And the zoning
9 of C1, or Neighborhood Commercial, is in compliance with
10 that land use designation.
11 The site has existing and mature landscaping,
12 which does comply with Sparks Municipal Code Section
13 20.04.006, which is landscaping and screening.
14 Required parking for auto and truck repair,
15 light, per the Sparks Municipal Code, is one space per
16 500 square feet. The site has ample parking, and the
17 applicant's lease guarantees them two parking spaces.
18 And as this site -- the applicant's tenancy is only 500
19 square feet, this use would only require 1 parking space
20 per code.
21 Staff does believe that the parking allocated
22 for this use is adequate and complies with the parking
23 standards. We also did an evaluation of the parking
24 that's also inside of the site. Here's kind of a map
25 showing the other uses that are on the site.
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1 The site has a total of 206 parking spaces,
2 which is more than adequate to meet the demand of 122
3 spaces that would be required based on the existing
4 businesses and the anticipated demand for the businesses
5 or vacant buildings on the site, plus the demand for
6 this new business.
7 Based on the transportation engineers, the
8 Institute of Transportation Engineers, this use would be
9 expected to generate no more than 40 average daily
10 trips, with a peak of 5.19 peak-hour trips. That is
11 well below the threshold that would require a parking,
12 or a traffic study.
13 Staff has received one email in opposition to
14 this item. That email was given to the Planning
15 Commission at the Study Session. It's also been posted
16 to the website as part of this item.
17 There are five findings associated with the
18 conditional use permit.
19 Finding 1 addresses compliance with the
20 Comprehensive Plan. The goals and policies of the
21 Comprehensive Plan that this request would support
22 include Goal MG1, which is to support economic vitality
23 by providing a non-residential land use base; Goal EV1,
24 to grow and diversify Sparks' economy; and Policy C4, to
25 require sidewalks for pedestrians on all street
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1 networks.
2 This is a non-residential land use and provides
3 a service that's not available in the immediate
4 vicinity, which supports both goals MG1 and EV1.
5 The site has been developed since 2000, and
6 there are sidewalks throughout the interior of the site
7 and along the exterior on the road member.
8 Finding 2 addresses compatibility. The site is
9 adjacent to single-family residential on three sides,
10 kind of on the west here, the north, and then the east
11 across Vista Boulevard. And then to the south is the
12 remainder of the Aspen Glen Shopping Center.
13 Because there is adequate parking on the site,
14 and the expected traffic generation is low, the proposed
15 emissions testing facility should be relatively quiet,
16 and the site is located along a relatively busy street,
17 help mitigate the noise that it will create, City staff
18 views this proposal, or this proposed use as compatible
19 with the existing adjacent uses on the site, to the
20 site.
21 Finding C3 addresses impacts on the natural
22 environment. As stated, this site has been developed
23 since 2000. Staff does not believe that this use would
24 impair the availability of natural resources or the
25 region's ability to support its population.
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1 Finding C4 looks at identified impacts. The
2 specifically identified impacts that staff saw on this
3 item were parking, traffic, noise, and another issue
4 about where the location of the testing unit would be.
5 I'll get into that.
6 As I mentioned, parking. Staff went through
7 that pretty detailed. And we believe its parking could
8 be easily met for this site.
9 Traffic. The traffic generation for this use
10 is very low and should be more than easily accommodated
11 by the location of this site.
12 Noise. Idle tests will generate noise, but not
13 nearly the amount of noise that's already going to be
14 generated off of Vista Boulevard, which has high speed
15 and it's already going to generate quite a bit of noise.
16 And then the smog unit location impact that we
17 addressed was just a concern that whatever cables and
18 cordage needed to run that smog machine which would be
19 brought out would not cross the sidewalk and produce a
20 tripping hazard condition. Proposed Condition of
21 Approval Number 3 addresses that and requires that that
22 be run in the landscaping so that it doesn't produce a
23 hazard.
24 And then, finally, Finding C5 requires proper
25 noticing. Public notice was published in the Reno
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1 Gazette-Journal on January 24th. In addition, 86
2 notices were sent to all owners of property within 500
3 feet of the subject property on January 23rd. The
4 Planning Commission functions as the public hearing for
5 this item.
6 Staff is recommending approval of this item.
7 And I'd be happy to answer any questions that the
8 Planning Commission has.
9 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Ian.
10 Is the applicant's representative here? Do you
11 wish to speak? Okay. All right.
12 MR. ROBERT KOVACS: I'll answer, I'll answer
13 any questions, though.
14 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Come on, come on down.
15 We may have some questions for the applicant.
16 COMMISSIONER READ: Mr. Chair, I'd like to ask
17 the applicant a question.
18 Can I just ask what your hours of operation
19 are?
20 MR. ROBERT KOVACS: My hours of operation.
21 COMMISSIONER READ: Weekdays and weekends.
22 MR. ROBERT KOVACS: We're going to be open 7:30
23 to 5:30 Monday through Friday and 7:30 to 4:00 on
24 Saturday, closed on Sunday.
25 CHAIRMAN CAREY: And could you identify
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1 yourself for the record.
2 MR. ROBERT KOVACS: I'm sorry. My name is
3 Robert Kovacs. I'm the owner of Smog Monkey.
4 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Robert.
5 Any other questions for Robert?
6 Okay. We'll move on. Okay. Thank you.
7 We'll move on to the public hearing. This is a
8 public hearing item.
9 Did you receive any requests to speak?
10 MS. SMITH: Mr. Chair, I did not.
11 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. At this time, we will
12 open up the public hearing for anyone in the audience
13 that would like to make a public comment on this item.
14 Seeing none, I will close the public hearing.
15 And we'll bring this back to the Commission for
16 questions, comments, or possible motion.
17 COMMISSIONER BROCK: Mr. Chair, if I may make a
18 motion, if we're ready for that.
19 COMMISSIONER BLACO: Oh, I have a question
20 actually.
21 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Hold on, Commissioner Brock.
22 We have a question from Commissioner Blaco.
23 COMMISSIONER BLACO: This one's for the
24 applicant. For the stuff that's required to do the
25 smog, will any of that be obstructing any view for the
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1 traffic northbound on Vista Boulevard?
2 MR. ROBERT KOVACS: Not at all.
3 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Robert, come on, come on up
4 and identify yourself and get that on the record.
5 COMMISSIONER BLACO: My concern is that I
6 already know that turning left out of that, that you can
7 see that total area and out there. Turning left onto
8 Vista Boulevard from there is actually a little sketchy,
9 especially during rush hour times. And then I was just
10 curious if any of the equipment might cause obstruction
11 of the view.
12 MR. ROBERT KOVACS: The equipment is not going
13 to be in the way of anything there. It's going to sit
14 primarily in front of the --
15 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Is your mic online or -- is
16 it? Okay. I'm sorry.
17 MR. ROBERT KOVACS: It's going to, the
18 equipment sits, it's going to sit right on the sidewalk.
19 And I've got a picture here.
20 It'll sit right back. So where it's going to
21 be is right there.
22 COMMISSIONER BLACO: Okay.
23 MR. ROBERT KOVACS: That's where the machine is
24 going to sit.
25 COMMISSIONER BLACO: Okay. Thank you.
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1 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Any other questions?
2 Okay. Commissioner Brock, then, you're up.
3 COMMISSIONER BROCK: Okay. I'd move to approve
4 the conditional use permit CU19-0001 associated with
5 PCN19-0001, adopting Findings C1 through C5, and the
6 facts supporting these findings as set forth in the
7 staff report, subject to the three Conditions of
8 Approval as listed in the staff report.
9 COMMISSIONER PETERSEN: I'll second.
10 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: I second.
11 CHAIRMAN CAREY: We have a motion by
12 Commissioner Brock to approve. Is there a second?
13 COMMISSIONER PETERSEN: I'll second.
14 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Second.
15 CHAIRMAN CAREY: I'll give that to Commissioner
16 Petersen with the second.
17 COMMISSIONER PETERSEN: I second.
18 CHAIRMAN CAREY: So motion by Commissioner
19 Brock and second by Commissioner Petersen. Any other
20 discussion, comments on the motion?
21 Seeing none, I'll call for the vote. All those
22 in favor of the motion, please say "aye."
23 (Commission members said "aye.")
24 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Opposed, "nay."
25 The motion carries unanimously.
50 CITY OF SPARKS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Thursday, February 7, 2019
1 MR. ROBERT KOVACS: Thank you.
2 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Good job, Commissioner
3 Petersen, on the second.
4 Okay. We'll move on to item number 9. This is
5 PCN18-0070. This is a conditional use permit to allow
6 for a brewery at 305 East Glendale Avenue.
7 Jonathan, welcome.
8 MR. CUMMINS: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Planning
9 Commissioners. I'm Jonathan Cummins, Planner.
10 PCN18-0070 is a request for a conditional use
11 permit to establish a brewery and tasting room on 4.82
12 acres at 305 East Glendale in the Industrial zoning
13 district. The property's outlined in cyan on the map.
14 Breweries are a lot of the Industrial zoning
15 district in the site complies with zoning codes,
16 locational criteria, as well as meeting the approval of
17 the Planning Commission on the conditional use permit
18 process to mitigate potential impacts that, essentially,
19 a nontypical use for the zoning district might have.
20 The proposed brewery includes 8,200 square feet
21 of manufacturing brewing space, 3,890 square feet of
22 storage and warehousing, 1,350 square feet of office
23 space, and a 1,300-square-foot tasting room where
24 customers will be able to both purchase and consume beer
25 on-site.
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1 To address one of the questions from the
2 Planning Commission Study Session on Tuesday, a tasting
3 room would fit the zoning code's definition of a bar,
4 slash, lounge, which would require in the Industrial
5 zoning district that be limited from 6:00 a.m. to
6 midnight.
7 So the brewery overall will take up just over
8 10 or 12 percent of the overall site at 305 East
9 Glendale, in the area where the brewery is going to be,
10 this top section of the image here.
11 The applicant is allowed 34 parking spaces per
12 their agreement with the property owner. Per the uses
13 proposed in that breakdown that I gave you, the business
14 would require 13 spaces as well as what they're allowed
15 on-site.
16 Further, the City Transportation Manager has
17 evaluated the application and the 29 peak-hour trips
18 anticipated by the applicant's calculations, and concurs
19 with those numbers, considers them to be generally
20 acceptable for this use at this location.
21 Given the primary function of the size of the
22 manufacturing and warehousing facility, with only a
23 relatively small portion of the site to be used as a
24 tasting room open to the public for limited hours, staff
25 finds the proposed use to be compatible with the
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1 surrounding uses.
2 Staff believes that the five findings for a CUP
3 can be made.
4 Finding C1 requires compliance with the
5 Comprehensive Plan. Staff believes that the proposed
6 use would contribute to Goal MG1, to provide economic
7 vitality by providing a non-residential land use base;
8 and Goal MG2, to foster diversity in the land use mix.
9 The proposed use would bring activity to the
10 Industrial district after usual hours of operation of
11 most businesses in the Industrial zoning district.
12 Finding C2 requires compatibility with the
13 surrounding uses. The majority of the site is used for
14 manufacturing and warehousing, matching the surrounding
15 and nearby uses. All surrounding uses are zoned
16 Industrial or categorized in the land use Comprehensive
17 Plan as Industrial as well.
18 Finding C3 addresses the impairment of natural
19 resources. The proposed use would be only to an
20 established site and would not be impacting natural
21 resources.
22 Finding C4 requires that staff and the Planning
23 Commission address any other identified impacts. The
24 Environmental Control office, the City's Environmental
25 Control office would regulate the use of grease
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1 interceptors and other equipment that might be necessary
2 to dispose of unused product and spent grain.
3 The applicant is proposing a 9-foot-wide grain
4 silo to be established on the site. In that part of the
5 parking area here in the top corner, near the exit on
6 Glendale, that 9-foot silo would go there. And the Fire
7 Department's deemed that to be satisfactory in order to
8 get their fire engines on, on the site.
9 Staff received no comments from outside
10 agencies.
11 Finding C5 requires public notice. 60 property
12 owners within 500 feet of the site were notified on
13 January 23rd. Also, notice was published in the Reno
14 Gazette-Journal on January 24th. Staff received no
15 comment from the public on this item.
16 And staff believes the five findings can be
17 made and is recommending approval.
18 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Jonathan.
19 Is the applicant's representative here, and do
20 you wish to speak?
21 MR. GARY GAUMER: I just have a brief comment.
22 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Yeah, come on up. Please
23 state your name and for the record.
24 MR. GARY GAUMER: Yeah, my name is Gary Gaumer.
25 And the only thing I have to say is that it that it was
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1 much work with your staff. Jonathan is a top-notch
2 person. So I look forward to being in Sparks.
3 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Any questions for Gary?
4 Okay. Thanks. Thanks, Gary.
5 MR. GARY GAUMER: Yeah.
6 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Well, this is a public
7 hearing item.
8 Did we have any requests to speak?
9 MS. SMITH: Mr. Chair, I do not.
10 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Not any questions. Would
11 anyone in the audience like to provide public comment on
12 this item?
13 Okay. Seeing none, I'll close the public
14 hearing. We'll bring this back to the Commission for
15 any questions or discussion.
16 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Mr. Chair.
17 Commissioner VanderWell.
18 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: I'm prepared to make
19 a motion.
20 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Go ahead.
21 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: I move to approve the
22 conditional use permit CU18-0019 associated with
23 PCN18-0070, adopting findings C1 through C5 and the
24 facts supporting these findings as set forth in the
25 staff report, subject to the four Conditions of Approval
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1 as listed in the staff report.
2 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Thank you, Commissioner
3 VanderWell.
4 Is there a second on the motion?
5 COMMISSIONER BLACO: I'll second.
6 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. We have a second by
7 Commissioner Blaco. Any questions or comments on the
8 motion?
9 Hearing none, I'll call for the vote. All
10 those in favor of the motion, please say "aye."
11 (Commission members said "aye.")
12 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Opposed, "nay."
13 The ayes have it. The motion is carried
14 unanimously. Thank you.
15 MR. GARY GAUMER: Thank you.
16 CHAIRMAN CAREY: We'll move on to our last
17 public hearing item for tonight's agenda.
18 But, I guess, before we do, I was wondering if
19 we could make a request for staff to maybe turn the heat
20 up in this.
21 MR. ORNELAS: It's out of our control.
22 CHAIRMAN CAREY: It's out of our control.
23 Okay. Maybe one thought to let you know, try to gather
24 everybody.
25 We'll move on to item number 10. This is
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1 PCN18-0069. This is a request to amend the Pioneer
2 Meadows handbook.
3 Jonathan, welcome back.
4 MR. CUMMINS: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Planning
5 Commissioners. Jonathan Cummins, Planner.
6 PCN18-0069 is a request to amend the final
7 approved plan for the Pioneer Meadows planned
8 development, to amend the approved plan, slash, handbook
9 for a 640-acre site.
10 The site is outlined in cyan on the map. It is
11 east of Kiley Ranch North, west of Wingfield Springs,
12 and south of Stonebrook planned developments.
13 The Pioneer Meadows handbook was adopted by the
14 City Council in 2000. It has since been amended three
15 times. This will be the fourth amendment of the
16 handbook.
17 On January 28th of this year, the City Council
18 certified the Comprehensive Plan amendments changing the
19 land use designations for approximately 10 acres in
20 Pioneer Meadows from CF, Community Facilities, to LDR,
21 Low Density Residential. I just want to see these,
22 clarify what those changes were. The 10-acre site, the
23 10.6-acre site was changed recently. It's outlined in
24 cyan on this map, in the top middle. The old
25 designation had that piece there listed as Community
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1 Facilities, where a school and park were going to go,
2 and today it was, now had the rest Low Density
3 Residential.
4 So the applicant is seeking to amend the
5 handbook to conform to this new Comp Plan designation
6 and is also taking the opportunity to amend some
7 sections of the handbook that have been affected by the
8 change.
9 Overall, the proposed amendments include
10 changes of the land use, the land uses to match the
11 Comprehensive Plan: Updates the land use summary and
12 density tables; removal of the school site; a reduction
13 in the number of parks from three to two -- where there
14 were three smaller parks planned, there will now be two
15 larger parks planned for Pioneer Meadows; removal of
16 references to the Northern Sparks Sphere of Influence
17 Plan, which is no longer in effect; and other minor
18 administrative changes throughout the document.
19 There are 10 required findings, which staff
20 believes can be made by the Planning Commission.
21 Finding A, the amendment is consistent with the
22 City's Comprehensive Plan and the Truckee Meadows
23 Regional Plan and is otherwise consistent with Nevada
24 and federal laws. Staff finds the amendment contributes
25 to Goal H2 of the Sparks Comprehensive Plan to promote a
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1 strong housing market in order to support economic
2 vitality and growth.
3 Finding B requires the amendment to be
4 consistent with the surrounding land uses. The proposed
5 amendment does not change the types of land uses within
6 Pioneer Meadows but does rearrange them a little bit in
7 order to better reflect the new land use designations in
8 the Comprehensive Plan.
9 Finding C requires that the amendment be
10 fiscally positive to the City. Requiring a handbook
11 amendment, it's less than 20 acres and therefore does
12 not trigger a fiscal impact analysis.
13 Finding D requires the amendment further the
14 mutual interest of residents and owners of the planned
15 development. Among other things, the changes will allow
16 the development of two large parks, which will advance
17 the parks department's efforts to create fewer but
18 larger parks, which can provide better services and
19 function more effectively for its residents over time.
20 Staff believes that this change, in addition to the more
21 low-density housing that will be added, would mutually
22 benefit current and future homeowners in Pioneer
23 Meadows.
24 Finding E requires the amendment not impair the
25 reliance of the residents and owners on the provisions
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1 of the plan. The proposed changes are not expected to
2 make an impact on current and future owners.
3 Finding F requires the amendment will not
4 result in changes that would adversely affect the public
5 interest. The proposed changes are intended to
6 facilitate and improve the development of Pioneer
7 Meadows in a manner that is consistent with the new Comp
8 Plan land use designations and would not be detrimental
9 to the public interest.
10 Finding G requires the amendment is consistent
11 with the efficient development and preservation of the
12 entire planned unit development. These amendments are
13 intended to preserve the character of the approved
14 planned development and, in doing so, make it consistent
15 with new changes in the Comprehensive Plan.
16 Finding H requires that the amendment not
17 adversely affect the enjoyment of land abutting the
18 planned development. The land use pattern and street
19 network will remain generally the same as was originally
20 approved.
21 Finding I requires the amendment not grant,
22 solely grant or confer private benefit upon a person.
23 The proposed amendment is intended to rectify the loss
24 of the school site, which was outside the control of the
25 landowners, and bringing the land use pattern into
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1 conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan and
2 realigning the designated park sites is intended to
3 benefit current and future owners alike.
4 Finding J requires that public notice be given
5 and a public hearing held. Notice was mailed to 1,173
6 property owners within the Pioneer Meadows planned
7 development on January 23rd. Public notice was
8 published in the Reno Gazette-Journal on January 24th.
9 Staff did receive comments from about 10
10 property owners via telephone, email, and a handwritten
11 letter as well. The emails and the handwritten letter
12 have been provided to the Commissioners.
13 Staff believes the 10 findings can be made by
14 the Planning Commission and is recommending the Planning
15 Commission forward a recommendation of approval to the
16 City Council.
17 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Jonathan.
18 We'll turn it over to the applicant's
19 representative.
20 MS. HUGGINS: Good evening, Mr. Chair,
21 Commissioners. I'm Stacie Huggins, for the record, Wood
22 Rodgers, representing the applicant.
23 I really don't have anything specifically to
24 add to Jonathan's staff report or his presentation, but
25 I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have
61 CITY OF SPARKS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Thursday, February 7, 2019
1 about the amendments to the handbook.
2 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Thank you, Stacie.
3 Any questions for the applicant?
4 Okay. You're off the hook.
5 All right. This is a public hearing item. At
6 this time, I will open up the public hearing.
7 Did we receive any requests to speak?
8 MS. SMITH: Mr. Chair, I have none.
9 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Is there anyone in the
10 audience who would like to provide a public comment?
11 Come on down. You've been waiting all night.
12 Thank you.
13 MS. NORINE DIMAGGIO: This is my first time
14 here, so bear with me.
15 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Well, welcome. Just
16 say your name and then your address, and you'll have
17 three minutes.
18 MS. NORINE DIMAGGIO: Okay. My name is Norine
19 Dimaggio, and I live in the Pioneer Meadows. So,
20 unfortunately, these pictures are just not clear enough
21 for me to know where they're talking. So I am off of
22 Wingfield Hills near Darby Rose, which is right there.
23 I don't know if you can see this on the screen.
24 So is the yellow -- the question is, is the
25 yellow section where they're building houses now, is it
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1 the blue section here that they're planning on building?
2 Isn't that area out of our waterways, that they have to
3 readjust, and is that as far as it goes, is back, and is
4 there any opening to the road, Wingfield to Sparks or
5 Pyramid?
6 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. And Norine, we'll have
7 our staff address that when you're done. Do you have
8 any other questions or comments?
9 MS. NORINE DIMAGGIO: Just concerned, is it the
10 blue section that they're talking about rebuilding?
11 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Once you're done, we'll
12 have our staff address that.
13 MS. NORINE DIMAGGIO: Yeah, I just have a quick
14 question.
15 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay.
16 MS. NORINE DIMAGGIO: But I just don't know how
17 to go about asking it.
18 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Well, I think, our
19 staff got that.
20 MS. NORINE DIMAGGIO: Okay.
21 CHAIRMAN CAREY: If you're done, we'll have
22 them address that.
23 MS. NORINE DIMAGGIO: Okay.
24 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Thank you, Norine.
25 Are there any other requests to speak on this
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1 item?
2 Okay. Seeing none, I'll close the public
3 hearing at this time. We'll bring it back to staff to
4 answer Norine's questions.
5 MR. CUMMINS: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
6 Jonathan Cummins.
7 The section in blue that we were talking about
8 just a moment ago is Employment Center. It's not going
9 to be the development of single-family housing. The
10 housing is anticipated for the part in the yellow coming
11 out.
12 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. And, Norine, if you
13 have any other questions, you're welcome to talk with
14 our staff after.
15 MS. NORINE DIMAGGIO: Okay.
16 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Afterwards.
17 Any questions or questions for staff?
18 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Thank you. Yeah.
19 Jonathan, I think, the public was curious about
20 when they were going to -- the road connecting to
21 Pyramid.
22 MR. CUMMINS: Correct. Yeah, yeah. So thank
23 you, Commissioner Fewins. Jonathan Cummins, for the
24 record.
25 To the best of my knowledge, the developer is
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1 anticipating connecting Wingfield Hills Road into Lazy
2 Five Parkway, meeting Pyramid Highway. That
3 construction would begin this year. An anticipated
4 completion date I don't have, but we know that they're
5 anticipating construction of that very soon, this year.
6 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Thank you.
7 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Any other questions for staff?
8 Okay. I'll bring it back to the Commission for
9 discussion or possible motion.
10 COMMISSIONER PETERSEN: Mr. Chairman, I'd like
11 to make a motion, if I could.
12 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Commissioner Petersen.
13 COMMISSIONER PETERSEN: Commissioner Petersen,
14 for the record. I move to forward to the City Council a
15 recommendation of the approval of the request to amend
16 the final approval plans for Pioneer Meadows Planned
17 Development based on findings A through J and the facts
18 supporting these findings as set forth in the staff
19 report.
20 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Commissioner
21 Petersen.
22 There's a motion to approve. Is there a
23 second?
24 COMMISSIONER BROCK: Second.
25 CHAIRMAN CAREY: There's a second by
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1 Commissioner Brock. Any questions or discussion on the
2 motion?
3 Hearing none, I'll call for the vote. All
4 those in favor of the motion, please say "aye."
5 (Commission members said "aye.")
6 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Opposed, "nay."
7 The ayes have it. The motion is carried
8 unanimously. Thank you, Jonathan.
9 Okay. That concludes our public hearing items
10 for tonight's agenda. We'll move on to general
11 business.
12 The first item is PCN04051. This is
13 consideration and possible approval on a request to
14 amend Condition 14 of the original Miramonte Tentative
15 Map.
16 Dani, welcome.
17 MS. WRAY: Thank you, Chair and members of the
18 Planning Commission. I'm Dani Wray, Planner I.
19 Firstly, staff apologizes, that we'd like you
20 to draw your attention to page 3, paragraph 2, line 4,
21 of your staff report. An error was erroneously made.
22 It referred to Vista Boulevard as Vista Heights Drive.
23 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you.
24 MS. WRAY: This is a request to amend Condition
25 Number 14 of the Miramonte Tentative Map on a site
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1 approximately 834 acres in size.
2 You'll see the area of the tentative map is
3 outlined in red. It's generally located east of
4 Los Altos Parkway between Belmar Drive and Vista Heights
5 Drive. The existing zoning is New Urban District.
6 there's no proposed changes to the existing zoning or
7 the land use plan.
8 The Miramonte planned Development handbook and
9 the Miramonte tentative map were approved back in 2005.
10 At the time of that approval of the tentative map, the
11 Regional Transportation Commission, or RTC, model called
12 for widening from two lanes to four lanes the section of
13 Los Altos Parkway from Belmar Drive to Vista Boulevard
14 when the final maps are recorded for 600 units in the
15 Miramonte tentative map area. That is, that area is
16 outlined in cyan, the effected portion of Los Altos
17 Parkway.
18 So Condition number 14 of the Miramonte
19 Tentative Map required a widening of Los Altos Parkway
20 to address the RTC standard for planned long-range
21 roadway changes and improvements.
22 As of the date of this staff report, final maps
23 have been recorded for 589 units, close to that 600-unit
24 trigger for Condition Number 14.
25 The RTC model, the 2040 Regional Transportation
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1 Plan has since changed and no longer requires Los Altos
2 Parkway to be widened to four lanes. The applicant is
3 requesting that Condition Number 14, therefore, be
4 amended to comply with the current RTC model and
5 standards.
6 Amending that condition will not change the
7 number of approved lots in Miramonte, nor will it affect
8 the size, the layout, the design standards of any of the
9 existing or remaining lots. The requested amendment of
10 Condition 14 only affects the off-site improvements that
11 are required on Los Altos Parkway.
12 A traffic analysis was submitted by Traffic
13 Works that evaluated existing traffic and estimated
14 future demand based on approved land uses, both in the
15 Miramonte Planned Development and the other planned
16 developments that access Los Altos Parkway. The
17 analysis was performed when the 448-townhome subdivision
18 to the south of this project was approved back in May of
19 2017. This traffic analysis evaluated all existing and
20 proposed traffic impacts on Los Altos Parkway and
21 suggested a mitigation measure that was evaluated by RTC
22 and the City of Sparks.
23 The proposed mitigation measure is to extend
24 the westbound left turn lane pocket from 120 feet, as it
25 exists today, to 400 feet, which is shown on this
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1 graphic, at the intersection of Los Altos Parkway and
2 Vista Boulevard. This mitigation measure will allow
3 Los Altos Parkway to operate at a level of service
4 LOS D, which is the standard LOS for Los Altos Parkway
5 currently required by RTC, the current level of service
6 at LOS C.
7 If approved, the amended Condition Number 14
8 would read: 14. Roadway improvement on Los Altos
9 parkway: The developer shall comply with the conditions
10 of the traffic study prepared by Traffic Works, dated
11 9-8-17, to include, without limitation, the left-turn
12 lengthening improvement on Los Altos Parkway, south, and
13 Vista Boulevard intersection, extending the westbound
14 left turn pocket on Los Altos Parkway to accommodate
15 400, plus or minus, feet of storage.
16 Staff requested comments from public agencies,
17 and the responses that were received have been
18 incorporated into the findings and the proposed
19 conditions of approval for this item.
20 Staff has confirmed with RTC staff by phone
21 that there have been no changes to the Regional
22 Transportation Plan, RTP, for this area since the date
23 of that letter.
24 A special plan review meeting was held on
25 January 24th with the applicant's representatives
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1 present, as well as staff from engineering and the
2 Sparks Fire Department, and all parties are in agreement
3 with the proposed change to Condition 14.
4 Given that this proposed amendment to
5 Condition 14 would have no material effect on the
6 tentative map for Miramonte, other than to bring the
7 proposed mitigation measure for Los Altos Parkway into
8 compliance with the current RTC model, staff is in
9 support of amending Condition 14 to this effect. All
10 other conditions of approval from the original tentative
11 map shall remain the same and are included with this
12 approval.
13 It is the opinion of staff that Findings T1
14 through T12 can be found and are as follows:
15 Finding T1. Environmental and health laws and
16 regulations concerning water and air pollution, the
17 disposal of solid waste, facilities to supply water,
18 community or public sewage disposal and, where
19 applicable, individual systems for sewage disposal were
20 considered.
21 The amendment of Condition 14 will have no
22 impact on the existing compliance of the Miramonte
23 Tentative Map regarding environmental health laws and
24 water and air pollution, or the supply of water or
25 disposal of sewage and solid waste, Conditions 3 and 4.
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1 Finding T2. The availability of water which
2 meets applicable health standards and is sufficient in
3 quality for the reasonably foreseeable needs of the
4 subdivision have been considered.
5 The amendment of Condition 14 will not impact
6 the existing compliance of the Miramonte Tentative Map
7 regarding the availability of water because the
8 condition pertains to off-site improvements,
9 Condition 3.
10 Finding T3. The availability and accessibility
11 of utilities has been considered.
12 The amendment of Condition 14 will not impact
13 the existing compliance with the Miramonte Tentative Map
14 regarding the availability and accessibility of
15 utilities.
16 Finding T4. The availability and accessibility
17 of public services such as schools, police protection,
18 transportation, recreation and parks has been
19 considered.
20 The amendment of Condition 14 will not impact
21 the existing compliance of the Miramonte Tentative Map
22 regarding the availability accessibility to public
23 services.
24 Finding T5. The request conforms to the
25 Comprehensive Plan and zoning ordinances.
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1 The Comprehensive Plan Goals and Policies that
2 are relevant to this proposal include:
3 Goal C1. Develop a complete, efficient
4 transportation system that gives Sparks residents of all
5 ages a visitors access to employment, housing, services
6 and recreation throughout urban Washoe County.
7 Staff believes that the amendment of Condition
8 Number 14 will meet the goal of providing adequate
9 access for residents and visitors and will continue to
10 provide an acceptable LOS as identified by RTC.
11 Policy C1. Work with the Regional
12 Transportation Commission to add roadway capacity as
13 necessary to accommodate Sparks' growth.
14 Working in partnership with RTC to assess and
15 develop roadway capacity needs for long-term planning
16 achieves a moderated and controlled development of
17 roadway infrastructure to meet the future needs of the
18 City. RTC has removed the widening of Los Altos Parkway
19 from its list of long-range roadway improvements.
20 Amendment of Condition 14 brings street improvement
21 plans for this area into conformance with the current
22 RTC modeling.
23 Goal MG6. Promote compact development to
24 reduce the per capita cost of providing infrastructure,
25 public facilities and public services.
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1 Staff believes that the amendment of
2 Condition 14 will reduce the per capita cost of
3 providing and maintaining infrastructure by reducing the
4 total number of lanes that need to be construct and
5 ultimately maintained by the City of Sparks.
6 Finding T6. General conformity with the City's
7 master plan of streets and highways has been considered.
8 The amendment of Condition 14 is in compliance
9 with the current RTC model and will maintain LOS D. All
10 other streets within the Miramonte Tentative Map will
11 remain the same. This amendment does not change the
12 subdivision street design or layout, Conditions 9, 10,
13 11, 12, 13, and 15.
14 Finding T7. The effect of the proposed
15 subdivision on existing public streets and the need for
16 new streets or highways to serve the subdivision has
17 been considered.
18 The 2005 RTC model that was in place when this
19 tentative map was originally approved required the
20 widening of Los Altos Parkway from two to four lanes
21 from Belmar Drive to Vista Boulevard. The current RTC
22 model no longer requires this as a mitigation measure
23 for Los Altos Parkway to operate at the acceptable
24 LOS D. The proposed mitigation from the
25 applicant-provided traffic analysis is to extend the
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1 left turn pocket to 400 feet from the intersection of
2 Los Altos Parkway and Vista Boulevard. The City
3 Engineer and RTC staff have reviewed this mitigation
4 measure and are in support of the mitigation.
5 Finding T8. The physical characteristics of
6 the land such as floodplain, slope, and soil has been
7 considered.
8 The amendment of Condition 14 will not impact
9 the existing compliance of the Miramonte Tentative Map
10 regarding floodplain, slope, and soil. There are no
11 changes to the subdivision's number of lots or design,
12 Conditions 5, 18, and 26.
13 Finding T9. The recommendations and comments
14 of those entities reviewing the tentative map pursuant
15 to NRS 278.330 to 278.348, inclusive, have been
16 considered.
17 The City has received a comment letter from
18 RTC, which is attached to the staff report, Exhibit 6.
19 RTC's comments and recommendations generally support the
20 amendment of Condition 14 and are discussed throughout
21 this staff report and the conditions of approval.
22 Finding T10. The availability and
23 accessibility of fire protection, including, but not
24 limited to, the availability and accessibility of water
25 and services for the prevention and containment of
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1 fires, including fires in wild lands, has been
2 considered.
3 The amendment of Condition 14 will not impact
4 the existing compliance of the Miramonte Tentative Map
5 regarding fire protection, Condition 19.
6 Finding T11. The application, as submitted and
7 conditioned, will address identified impacts.
8 This section identifies project-specific issues
9 not discussed above, such as landscaping. The amendment
10 of Condition 14 will not impact the existing compliance
11 of the Miramonte Tentative Map regarding landscaping,
12 Condition 8.
13 Architecture. The amendment of Condition 14
14 will not impact the existing compliance of the Miramonte
15 Tentative Map regarding architecture, Condition 24.
16 Finding T12. Public notice was given, as
17 required by the Sparks Municipal Code and Nevada Revised
18 Statutes.
19 Public notice for tentative map is accomplished
20 through the posting of the agenda for a public meeting.
21 The Planning Commission agenda was posted on
22 January 30th. Staff has not received any additional
23 comments. The Planning Commission and City Council
24 meetings function as the public meetings for this item.
25 Staff believes the findings of fact have been
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1 made and recommends that the Planning Commission make a
2 recommendation of approval to the City Council.
3 This concludes my report. I'm available for
4 any questions.
5 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Dani.
6 Are there any questions for staff?
7 Are there any questions for the applicant?
8 Okay. Hearing none, I'll bring it back to the
9 Commission for comments, comments or possible motion.
10 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Mr. Chairman, I'm
11 prepared to make a motion.
12 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Commissioner VanderWell.
13 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: I move to forward a
14 recommendation of approval to City Council to amend
15 Condition Number 14, approving Conditions of Approval 1
16 through 27 associated with PCN04051, adopting Findings
17 T1 through T12 and the facts supporting these Findings
18 as set forth in the staff report.
19 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Thank you, Commissioner
20 VanderWell.
21 We have a motion to approve. Is there a second
22 on the motion?
23 COMMISSIONER BROCK: Second.
24 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Second by Commission Brock.
25 Any comments or discussion on the motion?
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1 I have just one quick comment before we vote,
2 for the record. You know, this Commission, we received
3 a lot of public comment last year concerning the two
4 townhome projects that we saw. I think, there's an
5 expectation in the -- with at least the item from public
6 and what we heard from the residents, that there is a
7 need for a four-lane, you know, roadway in this area.
8 However, I think, given them all, that our
9 staff and RTC staff have conferred with, that that's no
10 longer necessary, and the proposed improvements to the
11 turn lane there on Los Altos and Vista should help with
12 the situation.
13 It's always kind of tough, in my eyes, when the
14 City is amending conditions that would, essentially,
15 bring forth, you know, millions of dollars in
16 infrastructure and road infrastructure. But with this
17 case, given the facts presented, I have to go with our
18 staff and RTC on this.
19 And I hope down the road that there isn't a
20 situation where the City ends up, you know, expanding
21 this roadway, if it's not needed, and using that out of
22 the City CIP or some other funding source.
23 So just some comments.
24 Are there any comments or other, further
25 discussion on the motion?
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1 Okay. We have a motion on the table to
2 approve. All those in favor, please say "aye."
3 (Commission members said "aye.")
4 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Opposed, "nay."
5 The ayes have it. The motion carries
6 unanimously. Thank you, Commissioners.
7 Move on to our final general business item of
8 the evening, and that's PCN18-0072. This is a request
9 for approval of the Phase 9 Kiley Ranch North Handbook.
10 Hey, Karen.
11 MS. MELBY: Good evening, Chairman Carey and
12 Planning Commissioners. I'm Karen Melby, Development
13 Service Manager.
14 This is a request for the approval of Phase 9
15 Final Development Handbook for the Kiley Ranch North
16 planned development area. This is generally located on
17 the northwest corner of Wingfield Hills Road and Kiley
18 Parkway.
19 Wingfield Road here will be constructed in the
20 future. And this is Kiley Parkway on the north.
21 The proposed Kiley Ranch North Phase 9 handbook
22 is approximately 29.5 acres, the handbook designation
23 land uses in Phase 9 as 25 acres of High Residential and
24 4.26 acres of Open Space.
25 The City Council approved the amended tentative
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1 handbook, development handbook for Kiley Ranch North
2 Planned Development on July 11, 2016. The tentative
3 handbook covers the entire 874.2 acres. Unlike other
4 planned developments, Kiley Ranch North is being
5 reviewed and approved in phases as final handbooks are
6 submitted for each respective phase. To date, there are
7 eight final handbooks that have been reviewed and
8 approved and recorded for the Kiley Ranch North Planned
9 Development. The handbook being reviewed tonight is the
10 ninth handbook or, hence, we are calling Phase 9.
11 The land use designations are Open Space along
12 the east and north boundary and then High Residential,
13 which allows rental or for sale multi-family dwellings
14 at a density of 18 to 23.9 dwelling units per acre. The
15 handbook specifies the permitted and conditional uses;
16 the project approval procedures; the land use
17 development standards; streetscape and development
18 standards; design standards and guidelines for the site
19 planning, architecture, and landscaping; and, lastly,
20 construction and operation and maintenance requirements.
21 The handbook does not include development plans, and any
22 future development will be developed in accordance with
23 the handbook standards.
24 Staff wants to inform you about some changes in
25 the Phase 9 handbook. As staff was completing the staff
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1 report, in preparation, staff realized that the Phase 9
2 handbook incorporated land uses, which is in conformance
3 with the Comprehensive Plan amendment that was approved
4 and certified by City Council on July 28, I mean
5 January 28. I'm pulling with Scott. However, the
6 amendment, amended tentative handbook has not been
7 approved today.
8 So staff had asked that these amendments, these
9 exhibits be changed. That is on page 2-1. And then,
10 also, 2-3 is noted that the approval was pending.
11 The third page that was amended is page 1-9
12 that shows a summary of land uses by acreages and
13 densities. The revised handbook was provided to the
14 Planning Commission at the Study Session on February
15 5th.
16 Sparks Municipal Code 20.02.012 and NRS
17 278A.540 both specify a review process for the final
18 approval of the planned development handbook. Staff has
19 compared the handbook with the tentative handbook,
20 approved tentative handbook and determined that the
21 development standards in the handbook are in substantial
22 compliance.
23 There are five criteria to determine
24 substantial compliance.
25 The first one, it does not vary the proposed
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1 residential density or intensity from the Kiley Ranch
2 North Planned Development handbook.
3 The High Density Residential designation
4 permits a maximum density of 23.9 units per acre for
5 multi-family housing, as does the tentative handbook.
6 The handbook does not propose any changes to the maximum
7 density.
8 The next criteria is it does not vary the
9 proposed ratio of residential to non-residential.
10 The handbook designates 25.27 acres as High
11 Residential, the same acreage that is in the tentative
12 handbook.
13 The next criteria is does not reduce the common
14 open space area.
15 The handbook designates 4.26 acres of open
16 space, allocated between a buffer of Phase 9 and the
17 Lazy Five Regional Park to the north and a regional
18 trail connection to Lazy Five along the eastern boundary
19 of Phase 9. This is consistent with the tentative
20 handbook.
21 The fourth criteria, does not increase the
22 floor area proposed for the non-residential uses from
23 the approved tentative handbook.
24 Phase 9 handbook does not have any
25 non-residential uses. And they're all designated High
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1 Residential.
2 There is no increase in the total ground area
3 covered by buildings, nor is there substantial change in
4 the height of buildings.
5 The development standards in the handbook do
6 not vary from those in the tentative handbook. Future
7 development plans will be reviewed in accordance with
8 the handbook.
9 This concludes my presentation. I'm available
10 for any questions.
11 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Karen.
12 Any questions of staff?
13 Are there any questions of the applicant?
14 Okay. Seeing none, we'll bring it back to the
15 Commission for comments or a possible motion.
16 COMMISSIONER BROCK: Mr. Chair.
17 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Commissioner Brock.
18 COMMISSIONER BROCK: Yeah, I'd like to make a
19 motion. I move to forward a recommendation of approval
20 to the City Council of PCN18-0072 as the Kiley Ranch
21 North Phase 9 Final Development Handbook is in
22 substantial compliance with the Kiley Ranch North
23 Tentative Development Handbook based on the findings as
24 set forth in the staff report and the facts supporting
25 these findings.
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1 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Thank you, Commissioner Brock.
2 Is there a second on the motion?
3 COMMISSIONER PETERSEN: I'll second.
4 COMMISSIONER BLACO: Second.
5 CHAIRMAN CAREY: I'll give that one to
6 Commissioner Petersen again. He just beat you,
7 Commissioner Blaco.
8 Okay. Is there any comments or questions on
9 the motion?
10 Hearing none, I'll call for the vote. All
11 those in favor of the motion, please say "aye."
12 (Commission members said "aye.")
13 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Opposed, "nay."
14 The ayes have it. The motion is carried
15 unanimously. Thank you very much for that.
16 Okay. We'll move on to item number 13 on our
17 agenda. That's public comment. This is our final
18 public comment period for tonight's evening, or this
19 evening's meeting.
20 Are there any members of the public that wish
21 to speak at this time?
22 Seeing none, I will close the public comment
23 period. We'll move on to item number 14, and that's
24 Commissioner comments.
25 Any Commissioners wish to make any comments at
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1 this time?
2 COMMISSIONER READ: I would.
3 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Commissioner Read.
4 COMMISSIONER READ: I'd like to thank staff for
5 the significant amount of work they did preparation this
6 agenda. I think, there was a lot going on. So thank
7 you for that. It was very thorough.
8 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Commissioner
9 Read.
10 Commissioner Fewins.
11 COMMISSIONER FEWINS: Yeah, Commissioner
12 Fewins. And just one last parting shot on PCN18-0068.
13 I just want to be on the record that David Jickling, the
14 Director of Public Transportation for RTC, did say
15 tonight that the 4th Street station was 100 percent
16 occupied. I think that just over the last six months,
17 there has been discussion with our sister city next to
18 us that that station was not used to 100 percent
19 capacity.
20 Thank you.
21 CHAIRMAN CAREY: Okay. Thank you, Commissioner
22 Fewins.
23 All right. Well, I guess, we'll move back to
24 item -- the item number 6, informational items.
25 Armando.
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1 MR. ORNELAS: Mr. Chair and members of the
2 Planning Commission, we will endeavor to see if we can
3 provide for a warmer room in the future. I realize it
4 gets cold in here. So far, you know, we've fiddled with
5 the programming of the thermostat.
6 And then the other question is, I guess, would
7 the Commission like us to install temperature dial
8 bumpers?
9 CHAIRMAN CAREY: That might help. That might
10 help.
11 MR. ORNELAS: All right.
12 COMMISSIONER VANDERWELL: Space heaters.
13 CHAIRMAN CAREY: I would just -- we'll bring it
14 back to item number 14, Commissioner comments.
15 I would just like to thank the Commission for
16 all their work tonight. Thank you for putting up with
17 me in my first meeting as Chair. This is quite the
18 event. And so thank you for your help with that. And
19 thank maybe staff.
20 We'll move on to item number 15. That's
21 adjournment. We'll call this meeting closed at 7:37.
22 Thank you very much, everybody.
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