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          WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          I WOULD ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. 
          I 
          [Call To Order]
HEREBY CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY OF MAY 6TH AT 6:01 PM TO ORDER A LIVE WEBCAST OF THIS MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT HTTPS SLASH SLASH WWW NATIONAL CITY CA.GOV/WEBCAST. 
          THE NOTICE AGENDA AND INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S WEBSITE INFORM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY MAY SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. 
          FIRST, BY EMAIL AT PLC PUB, COMMENT@NATIONALCITYCA.GOV NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING. 
          SECOND VIA ZOOM BY PRE-REGISTERING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, NO LATER THAN FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING AT HTTPS SLASH SLASH WWW NATIONAL CITY CA.GOV/PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THIRD, THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE COMMENTS AT PERSON IN THE MEETING. 
          ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS APPROPRIATE PRIOR TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MEETINGS AND PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE. 
          IF RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE, I REQUEST THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          SECRETARY, NOW PROCEED WITH ROLL CALL VICE CHAIR CASTLE. 
          CASTLE. 
          UH, PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER MENT PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER FOREMAN PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER ES PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND CHAIR MILLER PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER VALENZUELA IS ABSENT TODAY. 
          THANK YOU MADAM SECRETARY. 
          I WILL NOW HAVE COMMISSIONER ARMA LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          NOW RISE IN FACE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          PLEASE BE SEATED. 
          WE WILL NOW HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ITEMS OR MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA UNDER STATE LAW. 
          WE CANNOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ITEMS REQUIRING PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION. 
          THESE ITEMS MUST BE BROUGHT BACK ON A SUBSEQUENT AGENDA UNLESS THEY ARE OF A DEMONSTRATED EMERGENCY OR URGENT NATURE. 
          MADAM SECRETARY, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? NO. 
          CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE WILL NOW 
          [1. Approval of the Agenda for the Meeting on May 6, 2024.]
BEGIN CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA. 
          ITEM ONE IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF MAY 6TH, 2024. 
          IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR CASTLE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ARMINTA TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. 
          THE COMMISSION WILL NOW VOTE ELECTRONICALLY ON THE MOTION. 
          UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE DECLARE THE RESULTS OF THE VOTE. 
          MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY WITH COMMISSIONERS PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM TWO 
          [2. Approval of Minutes from the Meeting of April 1, 2024.]
ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF APRIL 1ST, 2024. 
          IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, DO I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR, UM, CASTLE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER QUINONES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF APRIL 1ST, 2024. 
          THE COMMISSION WILL NOW VOTE ELECTRONICALLY ON THE MOTION. 
          MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE DECLARE THE RESULTS. 
          MOTION APPROVE UNANIMOUSLY WITH COMMISSIONER PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS THE TIME AND 
          [3. Public Hearing – Recommendation for adoption by the City Council of the City of National City an ordinance adopting the City Zoning Map Amendment to implement the Focused General Plan Update. Case file no.: 2021-14 ZC]
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PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO CONSIDER. 
          ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION FOR ADOPTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY. 
          AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE FOCUS GENERAL PLAN. 
          UPDATE CASE FILE NUMBER 2021 DASH 14 ZZ BEFORE WE BEGIN, DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES RELATING TO THIS HEARING? THIS IS EACH PLANNING COMMISSIONER'S OPPORTUNITY TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, PROPERTY INSPECTIONS, EX PARTE CONTACTS OR COMMUNICATIONS, ET CETERA. 
          UH, VICE CHAIR CASTLE, I LIVE WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE, THE ZONING, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, PROJECTED ON FORTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER ARMA. 
          I WILL, UH, ASK TO RECUSE MYSELF SINCE I LIVE, UH, WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THE FOURTH STREET BOUNDARIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. 
          UM, I'M DIRECTLY AFFECTED ON FOURTH AVENUE. 
          FOURTH STREET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER QUINONE. 
          I LIVE FIVE FEET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I WOULD ASK THOSE WHO HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO PLEASE STEP DOWN TO THE BACK ROOM. 
          DUE TO A LACK OF QUORUM, WE WILL NOT BE HEARING THIS ITEM TONIGHT. 
          THIS ITEM WILL BE BOUGHT BACK TO A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AT A FUTURE DATE. 
          OKAY. 
          COULD YOU ASK THE COMMISSIONERS TO COME BACK IN? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. 
          NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 
          [4. Public Hearing – Determination that the project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 1 of the CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) and Conditional Use Permit for beer and wine sales (Type 41) and live entertainment at an existing restaurant (Villa Manila), located at 500 East 8th Street. Case file no.: 2024-02 CUP APN 556-492-23]
FOUR. 
          I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT ITEM FOUR WAS IMPROPERLY NOTICED. 
          THEREFORE, WE WILL NOT BE HEARING THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK, HOWEVER IT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT A FUTURE DATE. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH 
          [STAFF REPORTS]
THAT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO STAFF REPORTS, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL. 
          NOTHING AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          NOTHING TO REPORT AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS ABSENT. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONERS, UH, VICE CHAIR CASTLE. 
          UH, NOTHING TO REPORT AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER ARMA. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAYBE BRING UP, I KNOW WE'RE DOING A CITY BUDGET STUFF AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN REVISIT, UM, OUR STIPEND AND OUR YEARLY, UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONER, UH, AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACADEMY. 
          WE CAN REVISIT THAT. 
          SO NOTED. 
          THANK YOU MR. AGUIRE. 
          COMMISSIONER QUINONES? NOTHING AT THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ. 
          NOTHING AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER FOREMAN. 
          NOTHING FOR MYSELF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER VALENZUELA IS ABSENT AND I HAVE NOTHING TO UH, ADD. 
          THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS HEREBY ADJOURNED UNTIL THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF MAY 20TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM THE TIME IS 6:10 PM.
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