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From YouTube: MAY 11, 2022 | Planning Commission Study Session
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City of San José, California
Planning Commission Study Session meeting of May 11, 2022.
This public meeting will be conducted via Zoom Webinar. For information on public participation via Zoom, please refer to the linked meeting agenda below.
Agenda https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/85490
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Welcome
to
the
planning
commission
meeting
this
meeting
is
being
held
via
zoom
conference
call
due
to
the
covet
19
crisis.
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of
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public
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summary
of
hearing
procedure,
we
will
review
how
public
the
public
may
provide
comment
during
today's
session.
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No
action
will
be
taken
by
the
commission
city
staff
will
call
out
names
of
the
public
who
identify
they
want
to
speak.
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may
identify
yourself
by
the
raised
hand,
feature
on
zoom
click,
star
9
on
your
phone
or
you
may
call
408,
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or
email
planning,
support
staff
at
san
jose
ca.gov
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number
and
what
item
or
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you
would
like
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speak
on,
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your
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is
called
city
staff
will
unmute
you
to
speak
after
we
confirm
your
audio
is
working.
Your
allotted
time
will
begin.
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Sorry
about
that,
before
we
begin,
I
want
to
remind
the
planning,
commission,
members
and
members
of
the
public
to
follow
our
code
of
conduct
at
meetings.
This
includes
commenting
on
the
specific
agenda
item
only
and
addressing
the
full
body.
Public
speakers
will
not
engage
in
a
conversation
with
the
commissioners
or
staff.
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All
members
of
the
planning
commission
staff
and
the
public
are
expected
to
refrain
from
abusive
language.
Repeated
failure
to
comply
with
the
code
of
conduct
will
disturb,
disrupt
or
impede
the
orderly
conduct
of
this
meeting
and
may
result
in
removal
from
the
meeting.
This
special
meeting
of
the
planning
commissioners
will
now
come
to
order.
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Okay,
thank
you.
My
name
is
jill
borders
and
I
am
a
lifelong
resident
of
san
jose.
I
was
born
and
raised
here.
I'm
54
not
ashamed
to
say
it.
I
love
this
city.
I
was
born
under
the
san
jose
hospital,
but
I
was
a
district
10
resident.
I
was
born
under
the
santa
teresa
ridge.
I
apologize.
I
I
was
going
to
write
a
speech,
but
I
I'm
going
to
speak
from
my
heart
on
g
on
june.
E
8Th
a
project
will
come
before
you
and
that
project
is
called
the
gershwin
residence
project
and
in
2017
a
community
meeting
was
held
and
over
100
people
signed
on
to
that
meeting
a
signature
saying
they
did
not
want
this
project
to
move
forward.
I
do
not
live
under
that
hill
and
it
would
not
affect
me.
The
visual
part
of
it
does
not
affect
me.
E
That's
not
why
I'm
upset
and
worried
about
this
project
I'm
upset
and
worried,
because
san
jose
has
made
a
47
million
dollar
investment
in
coyote
valley
and
we
vote
on
major
q
for
open
space
dollars
to
tax
ourselves.
We
vote
on
major
t
and
use
these
dollars
and
we
invest
in
coyote
valley,
and
we
make
this
huge
decision
and
there's
this
one,
two
parcels
that
are
a
part
of
this
project
that
now
the
planning
department
will
come
before
you
and
argue
after
already
giving
it
an
early
denial
for
the
reasons
of
wildlife
connectivity.
E
It
already
gave
him
a
letter,
this
applicant
saying
because
of
these
parcels
and
the
wildlife
connectivity
between
the
ranges
and
to
preserve
the
wildlife
there
that
they
denied
that
project.
So
I'm
asking
you
before
the
june
8th
meeting.
If
you
would
please
read
that
document
the
early
denial
letter
to
the
applicant,
they
are
bringing
it
back
now,
five
years
later,
without
any
community
meeting
with
slight
visual
alterations.
In
my
opinion,
to
the
home
that
will
be
built
on
this
hillside-
and
there
are-
is
all
kinds
of
environmental
opposition.
E
My
opposition
to
it
is
that
we
are
it
is
we
it's
like?
We
are
allowing
this
one
particular
residence
with
a
1400
foot,
concrete
driveway
to
go
all
the
way
up
from
santa
teresa
up
to
this
residence,
and
these
two
parcels
have
been
called
out
in
the
silicon
valley,
habitat
plan
as
extremely
important
parcels.
E
The
animals
go
underneath
the
canal
and
his
1400
square
foot
driveway
is
going
to
be
built
right
alongside
his
canal,
and
I
just
want
to
bring
it
to
your
attention,
because
I
can't
believe
the
planning
department,
five
years
later
has
come
back
and
said.
He's
made
some
visual
adjustments.
Don't
worry
about
it.
It's
all
good!
It's
not
good
this
person,
these
parts,
these
parcels
were
tried
to
be
purchased
by
the
silicon
valley,
habitat
agency,
and
I
hope
you
will
read
these
documents
and
really
take
a
good
look
at
why
we
should
deny
this.
F
Great
thank
you
chair
and
commission
members.
My
name
is
jim
shannon.
I'm
the
city's
budget
director
joined
here
tonight
to
give
a
presentation
of
the
2223
proposed
capital
budget
and
the
2327
proposed
capital
improvement
plan
with
catherine
catherine
brown,
who's
deputy
director
over
in
the
public
works
department.
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C
G
F
You
know
I
haven't
thank
you
for
that.
For
that
question
I
haven't
seen
those
questions,
but,
but
maybe
catherine
has
and
if
we
don't
get
them
during
the
presentation,
then
they'll
make
sure
to
look
at
it
and
get
it
in
the
q.
A
after
afterward-
and
I
know
we're
joined
here
by
staff
from
the
departments
as
well,
who
are
responsible
for
a
lot
a
lot
of
the
projects
and
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
and
get
into
it.
F
F
Probably
our
employee
account
kind
of
kind
of
varies,
but
budget
position
count
is
about
68
55,
with
this
proposed
budget
and
several
different
categories
of
of
funds.
We've
got
the
general
fund
which
most
folks
are
familiar
with,
and
those
are
things
that,
like
sales,
tax
and
property
tax-
and
we
talk
a
lot
about
it,
especially
on
the
operating
side,
because
it's
a
pretty
much
an
unrestricted
revenue
source
by
by
which
we
can
perform
any
governmental
service.
F
So
we
talk
a
lot
about
that
because
that's
where
all
the
trade-offs
sort
of
sort
of
happen,
but
that's
only
25
of
the
city's
budget,
the
rest
of
the
75
percent
is
split
up
amongst
two
more
restrictive
sources,
the
largest
of
which
is
what
we
call
our
special
funds.
And
so
these
are
our
funds
that
pay
for
the
operations
of
of
specific
utility
or
enterprise
operations
like
the
airport,
for
example
the
airport
operating
funds
or
the
operation
of
our
wastewater
treatment
plant
or
think
about
our
recycling
and
garbage
services.
F
Those
are
all
funds
collected
that
can
only
be
used
for
a
specific
purpose,
and
then
we've
got
about
27,
which
is
what
our
capital
capital
fund
provides,
which
is
again
mostly
restricted
funds,
but
then
are
can
be
used
for
various
capital
assets,
so
the
airport
revenue
support
airport
capital
programs.
Some
revenues
related
to
the
sanitary
sort
of
collection
can
be
used
for
the
re.
F
F
We
call
that
re-re-budgeting
of
funds
so
when,
when
we
kind
of
go
through
the
year-end
process
to
kind
of
move,
some
of
that
money,
it'll
probably
be
pretty
pretty
close
to
where
the
22-26
ca,
cip,
is
when
it's
all
said
and
said
and
done
there.
But
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
provide
that
longer
term.
Looking
backward
perspective
next
slide.
F
A
little
bit
about
some
of
the
revenue
sources
that
make
up
our
cicip,
so
we
have
contributions,
loans
and
transfers,
so
these
are
transfers
from
various
special
funds
and
other
and
internal
capital
capital
funds
to
make
those
those
operations
work.
So
a
lot
of
those
are
transfers
from,
let's
say
the
sanitary
sewer
program
into
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
capital
program.
F
We've
got
our
beginning
fund
balances.
Again,
that's
the
money
we
have
to
start
the
year.
The
is
basically
money
for
that'll
be
spent
down
over
the
subsequent.
You
know
five
years
of
this,
the
cip
for
for
funds
that
were
collected
in
the
past.
We
have
some
financing
proceeds,
which
is
funds
we
use
to
borrow
to
invest
in
those
capital
assets
that
have
a
longer
term.
Life
span.
F
Majority
of
that
there
is
in
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
capital
fund,
some
revenue
from
other
agencies,
so
we
get
revenue
from
the
federal
government
from
the
state
government
and
from
v
v.
Excuse
me,
vta
and
other
agencies,
some
taxes,
fees
and
charges
that
are
specific
to
the
capital
program.
We
have
interest
in
in
interest
income
earned
on
the
cash
balances
of
the
various
funds
and
then
a
slew
of
sort
of
miscellaneous
revenue
and
developer
contributions
to
round
out
all
of
our
sources
for
the
capital
program.
F
Next
slide
our
our
loans
and
transfers
here
so
again,
a
lot
of
it
just
like
I
said
there
came
from
the
special
funds
about
716
million
million
dollars
worth
again.
Those
are
mostly
utility
funds
that
over
a
five-year
horizon,
help
transfer
funds
into
our
utility
capital
funds
to
help
make
those
capital
assets
assets
work.
The
general
fund
you
see
here
is
sort
of
a
relatively
small
component
of
all
of
our
transfers.
F
Next
slide,
please,
when
we
look
at
the
beginning
fund
balances
by
the
various
capital
programs,
they
kind
of
shown
out
here,
the
largest
one
is
our
traffic
capital
program,
which
is
again,
which
is
where
we
used
to
maintain
our
streets
and
road
network
safety
projects,
those
sorts
of
activities,
our
parks,
community
facilities.
Development
program
is
about
154
million
dollars
for
a
beginning
fund
balance
and
again
all
of
these
balances
are
sort
of
you
know.
Funds
collected
in
previous
years
that
are
then
programmed
to
be
spent
down
into
the
in
the
following
years.
F
Claudia
will
jump
in
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
there,
so
those
are
the
the
two
biggest
buckets
for
our
financing
proceeds
next
slide.
Please,
other
agencies
are
broken
down
here,
so
we've
got
our
federal
federal
government.
Most
of
this
is,
you
know.
Well
so
sorry
we
have
federal
federal
government,
our
at
240
million
state
government,
at
about
190
95..
We
do
have
transfers
in
from
other
users
from
our
regional
wastewater
facility
and
then
other
agencies
there.
F
Primarily
that
is
mostly
makes
up
the
valley,
transportation
authority
for
contributions
for
pavement
maintenance.
Similarly,
for
the
federal
government,
a
lot
of
that
is
some
various
payment
maintenance
programs
as
well
and
similar
with
this
with
the
state
too,
a
lot
of
paper
main
programs.
There
there
there
too,
when
we
look
at
the
state,
gas,
tax
programs,
taxes,
fees
and
charges.
We
do
have
some
taxes
that
are
specific
to
the
capital
program.
F
Our
largest
source
is
what
we
call
our
construction
and
conveyance
tax
at
30
million
dollars
over
a
five-year
five-year
period.
We've
seen
you
know
some
pretty
robust
growth,
it's
not
surprised,
especially
the
planning
commissioners.
Here,
I'm
sure
have
seen
that
the
you
know
the
land
values
have
remained
very
high
in
both
the
commercial
and
the
residential
side,
and
so
that's
translated,
especially
in
this
last
year,
to
high
prices
and
a
high
number
of
sales.
And
so
our
instruction
and
conveyance
tax
is
is
a
transfer
tax?
F
That's
you
know,
primarily
it's
primarily
based
on
the
conveyance
of
property,
but
those
revenues
then
go
in
to
support
a
number
of
capital
programs,
the
biggest
of
which
is
our
parks
and
communities
facilities,
development
capital
program.
But
then
it
also
feeds
a
number
of
others,
such
as
our
public
safety
program,
our
library
program,
our
communications
program.
So
so
that's
been
a
healthy
source
and
has
been
growing
and
then
we've
got
our
airport
passenger
facility
charge
proceeds.
F
So
this
is
attacks
for
the
passengers
that
use
the
airport,
and
this
is
a
recovering
category
which
is
nice
to
see
that
the
airport
certainly
was
hit
by
the
onslaught
of
the
pandemic,
but
passenger
levels
have
been
coming
back
up.
Flights
have
been
coming
back
up
so
library.
The
airport
is
on
some
increasingly
sounder
footing
going
into
the
future,
which
is
a
good
news,
good
news
story.
Then
we
have
these
two
lower
left-hand
slices
construction,
excise
tax
and
the
building
and
structure
construction
tax.
H
Awesome,
thank
you
so
much
jim
again,
I'm
katherine
brown,
I'm
a
deputy
director
in
public
works,
so
this
slide
just
shows
how
the
cip
is
aligning
with
the
general
plan.
I
do
want
to
just
take
a
quick
second
to
recognize
and
thank
all
the
partner
departments
that
public
works
works
with.
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
goes
behind
developing
the
plans
and
and
the
cip.
We
are
a
part
of
that
and
it
is
a
it's
a
giant
team
effort
that
goes
into
these
developments.
H
This
is
the
measure
t
sorry.
In
november
2018
the
san
jose
voters
had
approved
measure
t
bond
measure
which
provides
up
to
650
million
dollars
in
general
bond
general
obligation
bonds,
and
this
is
for
a
wide
variety
of
infrastructure
needs,
with
at
least
300
million
being
dedicated
to
road
rehabilitation
over
the
course
of
the
bond
measure,
and
then
roughly
418
million
will
be
allocated
in
the
next
five
years
next
slide.
H
This
is
the
the
sanitary
sewer
system.
This
consists
of
over
2
000
miles
of
sewer
mains
serving
the
city
of
san
jose,
as
well
as
three
other
jurisdictions,
and
it
conveys
the
sewage
to
the
regional
wastewater
facility
program.
Priorities
include
improving
our
sewer
capacities
to
accommodate
the
economic
development,
as
well
as
rehabilitating
the
existing
sewer
lines.
Next
slide.
H
H
H
This
is
the
san
jose
santa
clara
regional
wastewater
facility
or
the
rwf
this.
This
wastewater
treatment
facility
serves
eight
south
bay
cities
and
four
special
districts,
so
a
total
of
four
hundred
and
sorry
nine
hundred
and
47
million
will
be
used
to
renovate
and
upgrade
the
rwf.
I
know
jim
touched
on
this
previously,
just
to
upgrading
the
infrastructure
ensure
that
the
facility
has
the
the
capacity
and
the
reliability
that
the
area
needs
next
slide.
H
The
san
jose
municipal
water
system
provides
water
service
to
roughly
120
000
residents
in
five
areas
within
the
city
of
san
jose.
Some
of
the
key
focus
areas
for
this
cip
include
the
construction
of
new
facilities,
maintenance
of
existing
infrastructure
and
improvements
to
the
water
utility
system
facilities.
H
The
library
capital
program,
the
objective,
is
to
provide
accessible
quality
library
services
to
the
residents
of
san
jose.
This
cip
provides
funding
to
acquire
physical
and
electronic
materials
for
the
residents,
installation
of
automation,
equipment
and
systems
and
support
facility
repairs
and
improvements.
H
H
The
parking
cip
program
maintains
and
improves
existing
parking
facilities,
as
well
as
upgrades,
and
replaces
on-street
and
off-street
parking
equipment,
as
well
as
development
of
new
parking
facilities.
The
proposed
cip
has
been
programmed
around
addressing
larger
scale,
maintenance
needs
and
rehabilitating
garage,
elevator
infrastructure.
H
The
traffic
cip's
mission
is
to
implement
and
manage
a
multi-modal
transportation
system
that
is
safe,
efficient
and
environmentally
sensitive,
as
well
as
maintained
in
the
best
condition
possible.
So
this
cip
includes
investments
that
are
targeted
towards
providing
safe
streets
for
all
modes
of
travel,
with
balanced
transportation.
H
The
municipal
facilities
or
sorry,
the
municipal
improvement
cip,
provides
improvements
that
for
maintenance
and
for
city
facilities
and
their
operating
systems
that
aren't
funded
through
other
cip
programs.
The
goal
of
this
specific
program
is
to
develop
and
maintain
the
functionality
of
city
facilities
that
meets
the
service
needs
both
for
internal
and
external
customers.
H
H
And
then,
lastly,
we
have
the
developer
assisted
project,
cip,
which
includes
multiple
rule,
28
underground
projects,
and
that
concludes
the
presentation.
Staff
from
all
departments
have
been
invited
to
this
meeting.
So
if
you
have
any
program
specific
questions,
they
hopefully
will
be
here
to
help
us
respond.
So
thank
you.
I
I
A
Hi,
yes,
my
name
is
matthew
nguyen
deputy
director
for
public
works
and
thanks
for
the
question
right
now
we
are
meeting
with
pg
e
on
a
yearly
basis
and
basically
we
have
a
long
list
of
locations
where
we
can
underground
and
I
I
forgot
the
criteria,
but
it's
been
on
the
list
for
a
while.
I
will
have
to
go
back
and
check
on
the
criteria
and
see
specifically
how
we
went
through
that
list.
I
Sweat
just
curious,
I
I
remember
attending
public
meetings
on
the
lincoln
avenue
one
around
2010,
and
so
obviously
these
projects,
just
you-
could
spend
a
lifetime
as
just
as
your
career
and
only
get
a
fraction
of
the
city
done,
but
that's
no
criticism
of
anyone.
These
projects
just
take
a
long
time
and
then
a
question
for
libraries.
I
It
mentioned
that
the
capital
improvement
funds
can
be
purchased
electronic
items.
So
if
libraries
are
to
be
utilized
as
learning
centers,
for
you
know,
worker
retraining,
opportunities
for
underprivileged
youth
etc.
So
does
that
mean
the
library
can
buy
train?
You
know
that
type
of
workforce
retraining
software
to
enable
those
community
members
to
get
those
services.
D
Good
evening,
commissioners
hi,
I'm
jenny,
choi,
I'm
the
deputy
director
of
operations
for
the
library
department
to
answer
your
question
included
in
our
capital
budget
what's
listed
out,
I
believe,
is
the
acquisition
of
materials
which
it's
mainly
the
e-resources
that
that
line-up
refers
to.
However,
we
do
have
automation
budget
as
well,
which
is
our
public
and
employee
technical
support,
so
that
would
include
all
of
our
software
public
pc.
All
of
those
components.
D
I
Great
thanks
so
much
sure
and
two
more
questions
and
I'll
be
done.
I
know
hey
jim.
If
I
remember
correctly,
you
know
the
fms,
which
is
the
financial
management
system,
and
then
you
I
think
the
budget
office
was.
It
should
be
live
now
that
your
budget
now
is
in
that
new
module,
which
was
like
peoplesoft
now
oracle,
that's
completely
up
and
running,
and
the
budget
process
is
night
and
day
as
far
as
the
amount
of
work
it
takes.
F
Commissioner,
how
time
does
does
fly?
We
implemented
that
software
in
1718
and
it
took
us
a
while
to
kind
of
iron
out
some
of
the
kinks,
and
so
that
was
the
hyperion
budgeting
platform
that
we
had
installed.
So
we
we
implemented
that
concurrently
with
the
upgrade
of
peoplesoft.
So
it's
a
different
software
application,
but
actually
we
have
to
upgrade
to
the
cloud
for
that
to
happen
or
to
continue
on
that
software.
I
F
Probably
I
mean
we
would
probably
have
general
fund
resources
to
pay
for
it.
So
one
maybe
to
answer
your
specific
question.
We
did
set
aside
some
scoping
funding
right
when
the
just
after
the
pandemic,
hit
like
we
have
to
kind
of
you
know,
make
sure
that
we're
ready
for
an
erp
tran
transition.
So
finance
is
leading
that
work.
It
will
take
general
fund
dollars
to
get
that
over
the
goal
line.
I
wouldn't
call
it
necessarily.
F
I
don't
know
if
that
would
land
squarely
in
the
capital
realm
of
things,
but
it
would
be
a
big
sort
of
city-wide
investment
because
it
would
involve
multiple
departments.
I
don't
know
if
you'd
see
it
in
the
muni
capital
program
for
software.
So
typically
our
software
solution-
implementations
reside
in
the
general
fund
unless
we're
putting
in
a
lot
of
hard
hardware.
F
G
G
I
always
try
to
read
all
the
staff
reports.
I
will
be
honest
with
the
finance
folks.
I
didn't
quite
get
through
all
the
financials.
It
was
a
little
over
my
head,
but
but
all
the
information
about
all
the
projects
was
really
excellent.
Very
very
well
done
I
just
I
there
must
have
been
a
tremendous
amount
of
work.
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
that.
So
ms
wang
answered
a
lot
of
my
questions
that
I
sent
in
earlier.
Thank
you,
sorry
for
the
email
glitch.
G
H
Thank
you
for
the
question
again.
This
is
katherine
brown,
deputy
director
in
public
works,
so
for
fire
station
23
we
do
not
have
a
planned
location
as
of
yet
we
are
working
with
our
real
estate
team
to
identify
the
most
ideal
location
that
fits
within
the
fires,
the
fire
department's
criteria,
their
response
time
criteria,
but
for
fire
station
eight
we
do
have
a
a
location
and
that's
actually
on
santa
clara
street.
It's
only
a
few
blocks
away
from
where
it
currently
sits
more
centralized
towards
downtown.
H
G
G
This
is
in
regards
to
the
high
hazard,
wildland
urban
interface
area
in
the
east
foothills
and
whether
there
has
been
any
discussion
with
pg
e
about
undergrounding,
the
electrical
lines
in
that
area,
because
you
know,
as
we
know,
many
of
the
well
and
urban
fires
in
recent
years
have
been
caused
by
pg
e
lines
going
down
in
the
wind.
So
just
curious.
If
that
has
been
broached
at
all.
A
A
F
Well,
you
know
it's
a
category.
Actually,
I
don't
think
we
have
any
any
loans
enter
interfund
loans,
so
we
do
have
a
policy
for
enter
fund
loans.
We
it's
a
really
restrictive
policy,
so
we
almost
never
never
use
it,
but
but
on
occasion
where
one
one
particular
fund,
I
sort
of
need
sort
of
a
bridge,
a
bridge
loan.
We
can
loan
it
from
another
fund
who
has
the
resources
available
to
do
so.
F
The
caveat
is,
though,
that
our
policy
is
is
kind
of
like
hey,
that
loan
has
to
be
callable
at
any
time,
and
so
it's
tough
to
loan,
because
if
you,
if
you're
able
to
call
it,
you
wouldn't
need
a
loan
in
the
first
place,
probably
so
it's
simply
just
more
of
a
category
name
than
it.
Actually,
we
don't
have
any
loans
in
there
currently,
so
most
of
it
is
transfers
from
other
funding
sources.
That's
the.
F
B
C
Thank
you.
I
apologize
for
not
having
my
camera
on
my
desktop
computer
at
work
doesn't
have
a
webcam,
but
nonetheless,
yes,
before
the
study
session,
is
adjourned.
If
the
planning
commission
wouldn't
mind
taking
action
based
upon
staff's
recommendation
noted
on
the
agenda
so
that
we
can
take
the
planning
commission's
recommendation
and
pass
it
along
to
the
city
council,
thank
you.
B
C
A
I
That's
the
test.
I
mean
the
the
agenda
item.
Has
this
staff
recommendation
that
the
action
can
be
taken
on
it?
You
know
I
looked
at
the
planning
commission's
bylaws
and
you
are
required
to
vote
on
matters.
So
abstention
in
this
case
would
not
be
appropriate
since
there's
not
a
legal
conflict,
so
you
so
you
guys
will
have
to
vote
and
if
you're
feeling
comfortable,
then
you
can
vote
vote.
No.