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PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY - MAY 21, 1996
7 :00 P.M. - CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER
73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE
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I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Beaty called the meeting to order at 7 : 02 p.m.
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Commissioner Campbell led in the pledge of allegiance.
III . ROLL CALL
Members Present: Paul Beaty, Chairperson
Sonia Campbell
James Ferguson
George Fernandez
Sabby Jonathan
Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Phil Drell Mark Greenwood
Marshall Rudolph Tonya Monroe
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
'""' Consideration of the May 7, 1996 meeting minutes .
Action:
Moved by Commissioner Campbell, seconded by Commissioner
Fernandez, approving the May 7, 1996 minutes as submitted.
Carried 4-0-1 (Commissioner Ferguson abstained) .
V. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL ACTION:
Mr. Drell summarized pertinent May 9 , 1996 city council
action.
VI . ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
VII . CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Case No. PMW 96-17 - AMERICAN STORES PROPERTIES, INC. ,
Applicant
Request for approval of a parcel map
waiver to merge four lots located at the
northeast corner of Deep Canyon and
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B. Case No. PMW 96-18 - GONZALO MENDOZA, Applicant
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Request for approval of a parcel map
waiver to merge lots 7 and 8 of PM 17191
located on Ritter Circle.
Action:
Moved by Commissioner Campbell, seconded by Commissioner
Ferguson, approving the consent calendar by minute motion.
Carried 5-0 .
VIII . PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Case No. VAR 96-2 - MATS HEDBERG, Applicant
Request for approval of a side yard
setback variance from eight feet to five
feet for a proposed garage at 73-535
Silver Moon Trail .
Mr. Drell stated that the subject house didn' t have a garage
and the applicant would like to build one. Due to the amount
of room he has, to physically gain access to the garage the
garage needed the extra reduction in the side yard setback.
He was trying to comply with one of the zoning regulations by r
having a garage and to physically do that he needed the
variance. Because of the those factors, staff believed it
met the variance standards and recommended approval .
Chairperson Beaty opened the public hearing and asked if the
applicant wished to address the commission.
The applicant stated that he was present and he didn't
have anything to add.
Chairperson Beaty asked if anyone wished to speak in FAVOR or
OPPOSTTION to the proposal .
DR. HAROLD BIRD, 47-967 Sun Corral Trail, informed
commission that his property is at the back of a portion
of Mr. Hedberg' s property. He had no objection to the
variance for the garage. He indicated that he spoke to
Mr. Drel l about one concern; he wanted to make sure that
this garage would not became a commercial venture. He
said that he was speaking for both himself and as a
member of the Unit 1 Board of Directors of Silver Spur
Ranchers Association. The board felt the same. They
didn't want any kind of commercial venture allowed in
"the Ranch" . His concern was based simply upon the fact
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that Mark Hedberg, who occupies the property at the
� present time and is the owner's son, likes to fix cars .
They saw this being a commercial venture as only a
possibility. Mr. Hedberg assured him that this would
not be the case, therefore, the Ranchers and himself had
no objection to this variance, but were concerned that
the commercial venture not happen.
Chairperson Beaty asked staff if that would be a violation of
the ordinance. Mr. Drell concurred and noted that it was
also a condition placed on the resolution.
Chairperson Beaty closed the public hearing and asked for
commission comments or action.
Action:
Moved by Commissioner Ferguson, seconded by Commissioner
Fernandez, approving the findings as presented by staff.
Carried 5-0 .
Moved by Commissioner Ferguson, seconded by Commissioner
Fernandez, adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. 1743,
approving VAR 96-Z, subject to conditions . Carried 5-0 .
""' B. Case No. CUP 96-17 - PSLI INC. , Applicant
Request for approval of a conditional
use permit to allow the operation of a
15 student private school with
capabilities of expanding to 30 students
within Suites 211 and 212 of the office
building at 44-100 Monterey Avenue.
Mr. Drell explained that this is a language school in the
building located at 44-100 Monterey. Staff 's concern with
schools was based on their propensity to grow; if they were
quite successful they could potentially create a parking
problem, therefore, staff wanted a conditional use permit to
allow the city to have some control and to monitor them.
Their initial request was for 15 students with a potential of
up to 30 students . The parking analysis for the way the
building is currently being used indicates that there is
significant surplus parking and, therefore, 15 or 30 students
would not be a problem. In that the initial request at this
time is only for 15 students, the condition is that if and
when the applicant wants to go to 30 that as part of this
action 30 would be conditionally approved pending a report by
staff to the commission that there still remain adequate
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capacity for the additional 15 students . Staff recommended
approval . v,
Commissioner Campbell asked how long the school has been in
operation. Mr. Drell replied that in a limited sense, for a
few months. Based on their current enrollment they would
comply with their current parking requirement. It is the
potential for expansion that triggered the conditional use
permit.
Commissioner Jonathan asked if staff knew the total square
footage of the office building and the total number of
parking spaces. Mr. Drell replied no. Commissioner Jonathan
said he wondered if the parking lot was built at the standard
faur per 1,000 requirement or whether there was a full 15�
reduction. Mr. Drell replied that it was four per 1,000, but
wasn' t sure about the reduction.
Chairperson Beaty o ened the public hearing and asked the
applicant to address the commission.
MS. NICOLE GRAHAM, representing the applicant, explained
that many of the students going to the school take the
bus or if they have a car there was generally two or
three students to a car. Parking hasn' t been a problem.
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Chairperson Beaty asked if it was adults attending the
school . Ms . Graham replied that they were young adults who
were either planning to attend College of the Desert or
CSUSD.
Commissioner Campbell asked if the school had a classroom
atmosphere or if it would be on a one to one basis . Ms .
Graham replied that it would be a classroom atmosphere, but
because it was small groups, it would be one to one.
Commissioner Campbell asked if they were just learning
english or if they already spoke some english. Ms . Graham
indicated that the students spoke various levels of english.
They were being prepared for their TOEFEL test which would
get them into a university or COD.
Chairperson Beaty noted that there was no one else present to
speak in FAVOR or OPPOSITION and closed the public hearing.
Commissioner Jonathan asked for clarification on condition
no. 1 . He noted that it implies that the allowed limit was
15 and a request for anything beyond 15 would be required to
be processed through the city and the Planning Commission as
a miscellaneous item. Mr. Drell said that was right,
although he would probably like to reword this in that the
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current survey clearly indicates the likely acceptability of
'` 30 students and he would be comfortable with 30 . It would
allow them to apply for up to 30 without having to go through
a public hearing, but staff would reconfirm the parking
analysis at the time of the request. Commissioner Jonathan
noted that they would start with 15, if they wanted more than
15 they would come back and it would force staff and the
commission to take a look to make sure that the use is okay.
Mr. Drell concurred.
Commissioner Ferguson requested clarification on the parking.
Mr. Drell stated that staff ' s experience with schools
indicated that there could be a potential problem. While
staff knew the school was quite small now, that there wasn't
an existing problem and that the appZicant wanted to grow
beyond the current enrollment, therefore as a condition of
the business license a conditional use permit was required.
Commissioner Ferguson noted that there wasn't a parking
problem based on the numbers given to the commission, which
was his overriding concern. The building was only 75$ full
and as he understood the situation, they were well below �he
number of spaces to fill it. For the remaining 25$ of the
office space, when people come in and want a potential use,
he asked if they would stick to the criteria set forth in the
� code or if they would take note of the fact that the
ordinance anticipates a certain amount of use in parking
spaces and this one was hardly used at all . Mr. Drell said
that if we had a standard office permitted use going in,
could they take note of it, and the answer was yes .
Commissioner Ferguson noted that the applicant was being
asked to come back if she wanted an additional 15 students
and there obviously wasn't a parking problem. He was
wondering why staff wanted her to come back. Mr. Drell
answered that it was because initially 15 students was all
that was being asked for. If the applicant had asked for 30
students, staff probably would have recommended approval .
Since she only needs 15 right now, staff would rather have
the luxury of making that decision later because the existing
25$ vacancy could be occupied by a business with a higher
employee generator.
Commissioner Ferguson asked the city attorney if it would be
within the commission' s authority to approve 30 students
subject to staff approval . Mr. Rudolph replied yes .
Commissioner Ferguson stated that he would like to offer that
as an amendment so that the applicant would only have to deal
with staff and not have to come back before commission.
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Commissioner Ferguson stated that he would move to amend
condition no. 1 for CUP 96-17 to state that subject to staff �
approval, the 30 student maximum would be approved by the
Planning Commission.
Commissioner Jonathan said that along the lines of discussion
he would explain why he would be opposed to that. The 2,000
square feet would normally be allowed eight parking spaces .
If the use goes to 30 students, that was a foreseeable usage
according to the city requirements which would need between
13 and 15 spaces . Mr. Drell concurred. Commissioner
Jonathan noted that would eventually double the usage from a
normal office and prafessional user. His concern was that at
the present time the ten or 12 students might bicycle, walk,
or rideshare, but there was no guarantee of that. In a
typical school most students use their own cars . If there
were 30 students there could be 30 cars . Even though the
city calculations would indicate a 15 space requirement, that
could easily double and they could end up with a situation
where instead of eight spaces, there was 25, 30 or more being
required. Where the problem comes in is when the rest of the
building fiZls up and typically, in his experience, in a
successful office building even four per 1,000 was pushing
it. That typically covered the employees and in that
particular building if they drove by or went into the lot not
only was the parking lot kind of difficult but there was no r
place for overflow parking. It was very limited. He didn't
mind making an exception, even when it goes to 30, but he
felt the opportunity of reviewing the current status made
sense and because it would be a miscellaneous item it should
not cause a hardship to the applicant. It would not require
a public hearing. He felt that would be a reasonable
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Commissioner Ferguson said that the only reason he made the
amendment to the conditional use permit was because as he
understood the staff report, even if they went to 100�
capacity and assuming that no one rode a bike, took the bus,
or brought their own cars, there were still 51 extra parking
spaces in that parking lot. He drove through the lot and
there isn't a parking problem and if staff was comfortable
with letting the applicant go up to 30 students, he didn' t
mind delegating that to them in this instance. It was simply
courtesy to the applicant. He would go with whatever the
commission decided.
Chairperson Beaty asked if there was a second to the motion
with the amended condition no. 1 .
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Action:
'` Moved by Commissioner Ferguson, seconded by Commissioner
Campbell, approving the findings as presented by staff.
Carried 4-1 (Commissioner Jonathan voted no) .
Moved by Commissioner Ferguson, seconded by Commissioner
Campbell, adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. 1744 ,
approving CUP 96-17, subject to conditions as amended.
Carried 4-1 (Commissioner Jonathan voted no) .
IX. MISCELLANEOUS
A. Vacation Inn Expansion, Zoning Ordinance Amendment
Interpretation Concerning Applicability of Hotel
Development Standards Requirinq Restaurants for Projects
Approved Before Ordinance Adoption.
Mr. Drell indicated that Vacation Inn would like to provide
more services and create a more visible broader front on
Highway 111 and adjacent to them was a restaurant with a poor
track record. An ordinance was adopted in 1986 requiring
hotels to be associated with restaurants that provide three
meals and room service. This whole project, which included
Vacation and Holiday Inns and this restaurant pad, was
"r approved in 1984 before the ordinance and was not conditioned
in any way to provide these services to each other. The
purpose of the ordinance was to discourage lower quality
hotels, not necessarily to encourage more restaurants .
Vacation Inn would like to provide a program similar to
Embassy Suites with a buffet breakfast, afternoon hors
d'oeuvres, and cocktail hour. This would require the
demolition of the existing restaurant building and expanding
their lobby out with this dining facility, plus creating
meeting rooms where the existing offices and lobby are and
adding approximately ten more hotel rooms or suites . Staff
believes that this is a legal non-conforming use
grandfathered in and nat subject to this ordinance and
neither of the properties are protected by the ordinance.
The improvements were subject to the ordinance and since the
purpose of the ordinance was to have higher quality hotels,
which is what Vacation Inn would like to do here, staff is
making the interpretation that this expansion is not subject
to the ordinance and they can eliminate this restaurant.
Staff was requesting Planning Commission' s concurrence. Mr.
Drell noted that he would also be asking for concurrence from
City Council .
Commissioner Ferguson asked if it would be cleaner
�.�, procedurally to say that the ordinance applied to the
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improvement and to grant an exception to it. Mr. Drell
indicated that there was no provision for an exception. Mr. �
Rudolph stated that it would be an amendment to the
ordinance. Mr. Drell noted that for a variance, an extreme
hardship sort of finding had to be made. In this case the
project was developed prior to the ordinance and the new
improvement was at least as conforming as the existing
operation. The use that the hotel is proposing in all other
respects conforms to the permitted uses in the zone. He
indicated that enforcement of this ordinance has always been
a problem. He asked at what point in time if a small "Mom
and Pop" hotel wanted to expand were they required to install
a restaurant or provide the guests with room service. The
goal was for new hotel development to be developed with
restaurant and food service. This was not a requirement in
effect when this project was approved. There were three
separate pieces of property under no legal obligation for the
restaurant to ever provide services to that hotel or to
compel them to serve breakfast and there wasn't an exceptions
procedure. Mr. Rudolph noted that there was a chapter of the
zoning ordinance that deals with expansions of non-conforming
uses, which this is, since it 's a legal non-conforming use.
The ordinance was not crystal clear on this particular type
of scenario. It recognizes that it is appropriate to expand
a non-conforming use to a certain degree and if the legal
non-conforming use were destroyed, it could be rebuilt. �
There was recognition for some expansion. It was also
thought that if they discontinued the use and replaced it
with a new use, then they have lost their non-conforming
status . It was not crystal clear in this sort of situation,
factually speaking, whether they have gone so far that this
would be a new use, or whether as staff feels that what they
are doing is essentially consistent with current use and so
should remain under the non-conforming protection. Mr. Drell
noted that unlike other non-conforming uses they were talking
about an absence of an activity that the ordinance requires
hotels to be engaged in. All the uses they were currently
engaged in and all the uses of the expansion were conforming
uses . It was non-conforming not due to the uses they were
engaged in, but because of a particular service they are not
providing.
Commissioner Ferguson said that it reminded him of the Palm
Desert Lodge sign situation. Not the non-conforming monument
sign on the ground, but the non-conforming big o1d-fashioned
sign that the Architectural Review Commission found some
merit in and a gandy black and white sign that was perfectly
legal and was still there today. The applicant asked if he
could simply make it look better and it sounded analogous to
this and in that case staff said no and was taking a hard
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line and in this case they were saying okay. If it was just
""'' a matter of staff interpretation, he asked how the developer
of a non-conforming use would know when they are not in
compliance with the ordinance. Mr. Drell explained �hat the
commission was being asked to concur with staff 's
interpretation. There was a significant distinction between
those two cases . That sign/activity was illegal under
today' s sign ordinance. The operation of a hotel on that
property was a permitted use in the zone. Every activity the
applicant is proposing in the expansion is a permitted use in
the current resort commercial zone. It is the absence of a
particular service which makes them non-conforming.
Commissioner Ferguson asked if there was a distinction
between a capital improvement and a service. Mr. Drell said
yes, if anyone asked to build a sign like the one at Palm
Desert Lodge, staff would say no, that it was illegal because
that type of sign is specifically prohibited. Commissioner
Ferguson noted that if someone wanted to build a hotel and
not have room service, that would also be prohibited. Mr.
Drell agreed that staff would say that they would have to
provide room service. Commissioner Ferguson said that he
didn't have a quarrel with the recommendation, he just wanted
to be consistent. Mr. Drell replied that this was why it was
in the record that the Planning Commission was concurring
with staff ' s interpretation for expansion of existing hotels
"� built prior to adoption of the ordinance and whether the
expansion involves an elimination of an adjacent restaurant,
that does not force them to be conforming with the new
ordinance. Commissioner Jonathan noted that this was where
the distinction is, that they were built prior to the
ordinance. He agreed with staff 's interpretation and moved
for approval .
Action:
Moved by Commissioner Jonathan, seconded by Commissioner
Campbell, by minute motion concur with staff interpretation
of inapplicability of restaurant requirement, allowing
expansion of Vacation Inn. Carried 5-0.
X. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE
None.
XI . COMMENTS
1 . Chairperson Beaty noted that staff was asking if there
were any meetings that the commissioners knew they would
r.,., be absent from during the summer months . He indicated
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that the council cancelled their last meeting in July
and their first meeting in August. Chairperson Beaty �
said that he would probably be gone the first meeting in
August, but he was not certain yet. Commissioner
Jonathan said that he also would be gone on August 6th.
Mr. Drell said that basically staff would avoid
scheduling public hearings and if there were no public
hearing items for date, the meeting would be cancelled.
Staff asked if there would be any conflict for the
meeting of July 2 . Mr. Drell noted that this was a
fairly important meeting date because it would give
applicants an opportunity to be at the next city council
meeting; otherwise, they would have to wait until the
fourth Thursday in August.
2 . Commissioner Ferguson noted that he spoke with Mr. Drell
regarding the Redevelopment Agency presentation last
Thursday. He and Commissioner Campbell both felt that
it was more of a monologue than a dialogue, and while it
was helpful for people who were familiar with
Redevelopment Agency law and except for portions of it,
it was not very helpful about what the City of Palm
Desert was actually doing. They went through a litany
of the ten housing development projects by name, through
the four project areas with brief summary descriptions,
but nothing deeper than that and he was hoping they �
would have a great discussion on low and moderate income
housing and the city's effort to fulfill that element.
None of that was presented. He spoke to Mr. Ortega
afterward the joint meeting and Mr. Ortega pledged to
make himself or his staff available to the commission at
any time. They just had to let him know. Commissioner
Ferguson stated for the record that he was letting Mr.
Ortega know right now that the commission would like to
have additional briefings, at least he personally would,
to talk about these specific areas . He indicated that
Mr. Drell had mentioned to him that it might be a good
idea to address the topics one at a time (i .e. take
Project Area 1 one week and go through the history of
that, how it developed, what the city is doing) and then
take project areas 2, 3 and 4 or get into specific
housing projects like Desert Rose and Desert Willow. He
said he wanted to ask the rest of the commission if they
concurred with that. If so, he would ask staff to
collect topics from the commission and move forward. He
proposed starting the first meeting with the director of
the agency to inaugurate this and perhaps have his staff
at meetings after that.
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Commissioner Campbell concurred with all comments made
'� by Commissioner Ferguson.
Chairperson Beaty stated that his only concern was if
the meetings were like the last one. Mr. Drell said
that they were proposing single topic study sessions,
either a half hour or an hour before the meeting.
Chairperson Beaty said that would be fine with him.
Commissioner Ferguson noted that if these were done
during study session before the commission meetings,
staff had asked if the commissioners would like to have
dinner brought in to make it a working meeting. Mr.
Drell suggested scheduling the study session �or one
hour and having sandwiches or something like that
brought in. Commissioner Ferguson noted that these
wouldn't have to be scheduled for every meeting. They
could space them out, but they needed to get a
meaningful dialogue going between the "city' s largest
developer" and the commission. Commissioner Campbell
suggested once a month or every six weeks .
Commissioner Jonathan asked what Commissioner Ferguson
was trying to accomplish and what the objective was .
Commissioner Ferguson stated that the objective was to
help the commission become more effective in a number of
"" ways . The commission saw a CVAG presentation on Project
2020 and they were asked for input about how the valley
in general should develop over the next 26 years . He
was recently placed on a Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
Review Committee that was supposed to completely revise
the current Zoning Ordinance, or make a recommendation
to City Council with an eye towards economic development
in Palm Desert specifically over the next 20 or 30
years . The Agency is acting as the developer in the
sense that a number of its projects are economic
development oriented and the city was carrying paper and
property and selling much as a developer would towards
economic development. Most of the packages that come
before the commission come with very little notice and
basically an appellate panel, which was also the
executive director of the developer. He felt it would
be much easier for him to know what was going on, to
know where we are moving as a city, to offer
contributions and comments where appropriate, and be
able to make planning decisions on ancillary projects
that come before the commission with an eye towards
where the entire city was going over the next 20 to 30
years as opposed to getting a cold packet 72 hours
before the meeting. Commissioner Jonathan asked for
�..,, clarification that Commissioner Ferguson was looking for
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a broader understanding of what was "coming down the
pike" and when RDA has a project that comes before the �
Planning Commission that was not adequate--he was
looking for an understanding now. Commissioner Ferguson
concurred that this was not adequate. Commissioner
Jonathan asked if he was looking for a broader
understanding of what their longer term goals and plans
are. Commissioner Ferguson replied no. The economic
development zoning policy of the city where it wants to
move collectively, it seemed that there is a bicameral
legislature here in Palm Desert where the Redevelopment
Agency is a world unto itself, there was a City Manager
and all the operational functions, and the commission
was this sort of third entity as an advisory group to
the city council and it seemed that as a municipality
they could get a lot more "bang for their buck" if they
were all working together as opposed to just reviewing
a project when it was ready. He felt this would be
heathy for the city. Commissioner Jonathan said that he
didn't disagree with what Commissioner Ferguson was
trying to accomplish and on a personal level he was in
agreement, but wondered how that related to their role
as planning commissioners . He felt it made sense to
have a broader view of short term, medium term, and long
term plans if there was a big "developer" out there that
has such in mind, that being the RDA. He didn't know if ,�
the commission needed to set up regular meetings and get
involved in the political aspects of what RDA was all
about because he didn't think that was within the
commission' s purview, but he did think that it made
sense to begin a dialogue and do it one step at a time
and set up what the commission had originally intended,
which was a dialogue. That could be done as a study
session or a separate meeting where they wouldn't have
to limit themselves to one issue or one area and could
ask their questions and have a two-way dialogue as
opposed to a monologue. Commissioner Ferguson said that
point was well taken and when he spoke to Mr. Drell,
that was his suggestion to Mr. Drell . Mr. Drell asked
him what kind of questions he had and he started with
Section 4 . Mr. Drell told him that they could spend one
hour on Section 4 alone. Commissioner Ferguson' s
response was that if it took an hour, he would like to
spend that time because he wanted something substantive.
Commissioner Jonathan suggested starting with an hour
and having a general discussion, he didn't know if
initially they wanted to limit themselves to one topic,
and then based on the results of that study session they
could decide where they want to go with it. Maybe they
might want to have regular meetings, or possibly have
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them every six weeks and kind of see what happens and
� take it one step at a time. Commissioner Ferguson
stated that would be fine with him. Mr. Drell explained
that the reason Mr. Ortega would like the topic to be
somewhat limited was that he has staff that specializes
to a certain degree and rather than having all members
of the staff there, if it was a little more confined,
then he could have whoever was in charge of that
particular area present. Commissioner Jonathan stated
that he was concerned that they would get a staf f report
and talking for an hour. He felt what might make sense
for a beginning would be to have Mr. Ortega join them
for a discussion and sandwiches at 6 : 00 p.m. one of
these Tuesdays . Commissioner Jonathan said their
commitment would be not to ask for specific numbers of
units or square footages . Mr. Drell said that if he was
in this position he would like to have some idea of what
areas he needed to be familiar with to be able to
respond. He felt that somewhat of an agenda needed to
be done. Mr. Rudolph pointed out that this would be a
Brown Act meeting so an agenda would have to be done.
Mr. Drell noted that the agenda would have to describe
what they planned to talk about. Commissioner Jonathan
suggested a dialogue about short term, medium, and long
term plans of the RDA. Commissioner Campbell stated
'� that she would rather have a meeting with the individual
sections covered. Chairperson Beaty felt the first
meeting should be with Mr. Ortega. Mr. Drell suggested
an overview discussion of the four project areas and
generally what is going on in each one and the
commission could always diverge and digress if they find
one of those subjects more interesting than others .
That would give them a general idea of what the topics
would be.
Chairperson Beaty asked if the commission wanted to
schedule a date. Commissioner Ferguson said that he
raised this issue for discussion and did not feel it
needed a motion. He just wanted to ask Mr. Drell to set
up the meeting under the general guidelines as
discussed. He agreed with comments by Commissioner
Jonathan. He had this discussion with Mr. Drell which
was why he got a little more specific. At one point he
was asked to write out his questions, which he found
offensive. The compromise was to have the discussions
by topic. If after the first meeting the commission
felt it was a waste of time, then they wouldn't have
them or if they wanted to get more specific, they would
have that flexibility. Chairperson Beaty asked if staff
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wanted to set up the general meeting for June 4 . Mr.
Drell replied that he would try. �
Chairperson Beaty stated that he didn' t want the record
to show that the whole commission was dissatisfied with
the joint meeting. Commissioner Ferguson agreed that
the meeting was informative, but it was too broad.
Chairperson Beaty felt that if it took that long just to
list the topics, that needed to be done as an
introduction.
XII. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Chairperson Beaty, seconded by Commissioner
Fernandez, adjourning the May 21, 1996 meeting to June 4 ,
1996 by minute motion. Carried 5-0. The meeting was
adjourned at 7 :46 p.m.
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