[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
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UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE DOUBLING PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF AUGUST 25TH, 2026.
PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA.
UM, ANY PRESENTATIONS, UH, KATHY FOR TODAY? NO, THERE'S NO PRESENTATIONS.
UM, MOVING ON TO AGENDA NUMBER FOUR ON THE, UH, PUBLISHED AGENDA.
UM, AT THIS POINT, UH, THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
NO ACTION OR DISCUSSION MAY TAKE PLACE ON ANY ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS MADE OR QUESTIONS ASKED.
UM, STAFF, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS CARD? NO, THERE'S NO PUBLIC, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
[5. CONSENT CALENDAR]
ON TO, UH, AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR.UM, TODAY WE HAVE ONLY ONE ITEM IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH IS APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FROM, UH, JUNE 23RD, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE 23RD, 2026.
UM, UH, ANY OF MY COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY EDITS OR CORRECTIONS THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TO THE MINUTES PUBLISHED? NO, WE'RE GOOD? NO.
UM, MAY I REQUEST A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONES JUST AS RED IS ON.
I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MINUTES OF JUNE 23RD, 2026.
UM, MAY I HAVE, UM, THOSE OF YOU ARE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[6.1 Enlight Academy Conditional Use Permit Amendment (PLPA-004440-2026) ]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.UM, WE HAVE, UM, 6.1 ITEM NUMBER 6.1 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT AT A PRIVATE K SIX SCHOOL FROM 20 STUDENTS TO 35 STUDENTS.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AT THIS POINT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY EX PARTE DISCLOSURE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
MOVING ON TO STAFF PRESENTATION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE PRESENTER? GOOD EVENING PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
CHRISTIE WHEELER, SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER FOR THE CITY.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT FOR THE INLIGHT ACADEMY, WHICH IS A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON AMARILLO ROAD AND IS SURROUNDED PRIMARILY BY A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MAPE MEMORIAL PARK TO THE EAST AND THE JOHN KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TO THE SOUTH.
UH, THE SITE WAS, IS OWNED BY THE DUBLIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND USED TO BE THE, UH, NIELSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE PROJECT SITE IS PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC, AND IT IS ZONED R ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE CLASSIFIED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS COMMUNITY FACILITIES, AND THEY REQUIRE APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IN THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT.
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THE INLIGHT ACADEMY RECEIVED PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR CUP TO ESTABLISH A PRIVATE SCHOOL ON THE NIELSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE WITH UP TO 20 STUDENTS IN GRADES, UH, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIVE.IN ADDITION, UH, THE FOLLOWING DAY, UH, IN LIGHT ACADEMY RECEIVED, UH, MINISTERIAL APPROVAL OF A ZONING CLEARANCE TO OPERATE A DAYCARE CENTER ALSO ON THE NIELSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE WITH UP TO 15 CHILDREN AGES THREE TO SIX.
THE PROJECT BEFORE EACH NIGHT, AS I MENTIONED, IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
UH, AND LIGHT ACADEMY HAS PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FROM 20 TO 34 STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH SIX.
THERE WOULD BE FOUR CLASSROOMS, ONE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, AND AN OUTDOOR PLAY AREA.
AND LIGHT ACADEMY ALSO PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE DAYCARE CENTER ENROLLMENT FROM 15 TO 25 CHILDREN AGES THREE TO SIX.
THIS, UH, REQUIRES APPROVAL, A MINISTERIAL APPROVAL OF A ZONING CLEARANCE, AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL TONIGHT.
BUT JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, A CUP IS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT.
THE CUP AMENDMENT IS REQUIRED TO INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT OF THE PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED AND APPROVED PRIVATE SCHOOL, AND IT DOES REQUIRE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL.
THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, AND THOSE CONDITIONS ENSURE THAT THE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SCHOOL ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THE SCHOOL IS TWO SPACES PER CLASSROOM, PLUS 50 LINEAL FEET OF STREET LOADING AREA.
IN THIS CASE, THERE ARE FOUR CLASSROOMS. SO THE PARKING REQUIREMENT IS EIGHT SPACES.
UH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE 31 ONSITE PARKING SPACES, SO A SURPLUS OF 23 SPACES.
WHEN CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED PRIVATE SCHOOL, UH, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE LESS THAN 100 STUDENTS, THERE IS NO LOADING REQUIREMENT.
AND THEN FOR THE DAYCARE CENTER, THE PARKING REQUIREMENT IS ONE SPACE PER EMPLOYEE, PLUS ONE SPACE PER COMPANY VEHICLE, PLUS LOADING SPACE FOR EVERY FIVE CHILDREN.
THIS RESULTS IN A PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THE DAYCARE CENTER OF SEVEN SPACES, OR A TOTAL OF 15 SPACES FOR BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE DAYCARE CENTER.
SO THERE'S STILL A SURPLUS OF, OF PARKING ON SITE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROJECT BE FOUND EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT CQA PURSUANT TO CA GUIDELINES SECTION 1 5 3 0 1.
BECAUSE THE PROJECT INVOLVES NO EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, SENATE BILL 3 43, UH, MANDATES THAT SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THAT ARE RECEIVED RELATED TO AN AGENDA ITEM AFTER THE AGENDA PACKET HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THAT THOSE, THAT INFORMATION BE PROVIDED ALSO TO THE PUBLIC STAFF RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE APPLICANT YESTERDAY REQUESTING A MODIFICATION TO THE GRADE CONFIGURATION FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOL FROM KINDERGARTEN TO SIXTH GRADE TO KINDERGARTEN TO EIGHTH GRADE.
THEY'VE HAD SOME INTEREST IN, IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO, IN THE STAFF REPORT TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT WOULD NOT CHANGE BASED ON THIS MODIFICATION BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT BEYOND THE REQUESTED 34 STUDENTS.
UH, A REVISED AGENDA WAS DISTRIBUTED EARLIER TODAY TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC THAT INCLUDED THE SB 3 43 SUMMARY.
UH, THE APPLICANT'S EMAIL, AND ALSO AN UPDATED PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION WITH THE MODIFICATION TO THE GRADE CONFIGURATION FOR THE SCHOOL.
SO TONIGHT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING, DELIBERATE AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT AT A PRIVATE K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL FROM 20 TO 34 STUDENTS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, THANK YOU, CHRISTIE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN, UH, FOR QUESTIONS TO THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
CHRISTIE, UH, DID I GET THAT CORRECT? I SAID LIKE, I THOUGHT LIKE YOU'LL HAVE ALMOST 54 STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL, RIGHT? UH, 30 BECAUSE THERE WAS A DAYCARE FROM 15 TO 20.
IF I ADD THAT PLUS 34, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT CLOSE TO 54.
FROM THE ORIGINAL NUMBER THAT WAS THERE ALL THESE DAYS, IT WAS 35.
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AND, UM, I THINK AS MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT, UH, WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS OPERATIONAL, THERE WERE OVER 300 STUDENTS THERE.ANYONE ELSE? UH, UH, THANK YOU, CHRIS.
DOES THE, UH, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, SINCE THEY'RE PROBABLY LEASING THIS TO THIS ENLIGHT ACADEMY, YES.
THEY WILL ADJUST THE FEES ACCORDING, I MEAN, THE, WHATEVER IS THE FACILITY CHARGES ACCORDINGLY BECAUSE THE STUDENTS ARE BEING INCREASED.
I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION.
NO, THE QUESTION WAS, UH, I DON'T KNOW, IT MAY BE PART OF THIS, UH, DISCUSSION HERE OR NOT, BUT, UH, SINCE THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEASING THAT FROM DUSD.
IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE PROBABLY THE PROPERTY BELONGS TO DUSD? YES.
SO IS DUSD ALSO GOING TO BE NOTIFIED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE INCREASE IN STRENGTH THERE AND, UH, WILL THEY YES.
YEAH, THEY, UM, THEY HAD TO SIGN THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY TO REQUEST THE INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT.
SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS VERY MUCH AWARE.
SO I HAVE ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.
SO WHERE ARE THE 34 COME FROM? I MEAN, THERE STILL HAVE ROOM, SO IF FREEDOM LATER ON PROBABLY NEED A FURTHER AMENDMENT TO INCREASE IN THE NUMBER BY RIGHT NOW, GIVE FREEDOM, 40 OR 50, GIVE ENOUGH ROOM.
WELL, THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER QUESTION TO ASK THE APPLICANT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION TO MAKE, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS, THEY CAN COME TO THE PODIUM.
I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD OFF THE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
LET'S FINISH FOR IF WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR THIS STAFF FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO BASED ON THE OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, SO USUALLY IT IS ONE S, TWO 20 STUDENTS.
UM, SO WHAT IS THE NEED OF INCREASING TO 34? YEAH, THAT, THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION IF, UM, OKAY.
UM, SO, UM, WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PHYSICALITY OF IT, LIKE THE, IN TERMS OF HOW MANY CLASSROOMS WERE THERE OR EXISTING.
AND NOW ARE WE ACTUALLY LOOKING INTO INCREASING THE CLASSROOMS? SO THEY, UH, WERE PREVIOUSLY LEASING, UH, THREE CLASSROOMS MM-HMM
AND AN, UH, OFFICE OR A, A CLASSROOM THAT WAS BEING USED FOR AN OFFICE.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE MOVING THE OFFICE FROM ONE LOCATION WITHIN THE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
SO I THINK THEY'RE INCREASING THEIR SQUARE FOOTAGE AROUND 25 OR 2,600 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO LEASING ANOTHER, UH, BATHROOM.
SO IT'S A, A PORTION OF THE SCHOOL.
AND SOUNDS LIKE THE PARKING IS ALREADY AMPLE FOR NOT JUST 34 STUDENTS AND THE DAYCARE, RIGHT.
UM, UM, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION IN TERMS OF, UH, SO THIS IS A, IS IT A EIGHT TO TWO, LIKE AN EVERYDAY SCHOOL OR IS IT LIKE A CHARTER SCHOOL? HAS IT, WHAT KIND OF SCHEDULE DOES THE SCHOOL HAVE? UM, I DON'T HAVE THE HOURS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I BELIEVE, WELL, THE HOURS THAT WE'VE PUT IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ARE EIGHT TO FIVE.
EIGHT TO, BUT I THINK THEY'RE, UM, A TYPICAL SCHOOL.
SO EIGHT TO THREE AROUND THAT TIMEFRAME.
IF WE DON'T HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE STAFF, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT AS WELL.
SO THEN I'LL MOVE THE QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT AT THIS POINT, MAYBE.
I CAN INVITE THE APPLICANT TO, UH, YOU FOR THE APPLICANT.
YEAH, WE ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
I'M ONE OF THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS OF NLI ACADEMY.
WE HAVE A FEW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, PRINCIPAL, AND BETWEEN US WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, I KNOW COMMISSIONER J JASON, YOU HAD A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, SO, UH, TO UNDERSTAND IT CLEARLY, SO IS IT LIKE, YEAH.
IS IT THE RA THE RATIO OF STUDENT TO THE TEACHER? IS IT LIKE GOING TO BE ONE TO 20 TO ONE TO 34? IS THAT HOW IT IS OR? SO THE, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS INCREASE THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT.
SO IT'S ASKING FOR THAT INCREASE, AND I THINK OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE'LL PROBABLY GET THERE BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS INCREASING.
THERE IS DEMAND THAT SCHOOLS DOING WELL.
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UM, THERE IS AMPLE TEACHER RATIO BECAUSE IT IS A MONTESSORI BASED SYSTEM.AND MONTESSORI BASED SYSTEM, WHICH SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, REQUIRES A CERTAIN TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIO.
SO 20 TO 34 IS IN A CLASSROOM PLANNING TO HAVE 34 STUDENTS.
IS THAT'S WHAT, NOT, NOT IN A CLASSROOM.
UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL CLASSROOMS. SO THE TOTAL STRENGTH OF THE, UH, UH, OF WHEN WE GET TO 34, UM, UH, THAT'LL BE THE TOTAL STRENGTH, BUT IT'S NOT IN A CLASSROOM 'CAUSE WE HAVE MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS. OKAY.
THAT'S WHY IN THIS WITH COINCIDING WITH THIS REQUEST TO INCREASE, WE ACTUALLY ADDED LEAST MORE CLASSROOMS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
COMMISSIONER BMI, COMMISSIONER WU.
SO THE, THE, THE NUMBER THREE, FOUR, I THINK JUST ASK THE QUESTION TO CHRISTIE.
UM, BASICALLY THE ARY FOR WORDS COME FROM, SO IF FOR, IF YOU FORESEE HOW YOU PRECALCULATE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE NEXT SIX OR MAYBE LAST ONE OR TWO YEARS, THE POTENTIAL FOR THE INCREASE IN ORDER TO AVOID LIKE ASKING ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
SO PROBABLY COULD BE LIKE FOR THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER.
SO WHERE, SO WHERE YOU FEED ON THE 34.
UM, AND AGAIN, IN MORE DEPTH, UH, MY COLLEAGUES CAN ANSWER THAT.
BUT GENERALLY WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS WHAT'S THE GROWTH TRAJECTORY? 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF A NEW SCHOOL AND YOUNG SCHOOL.
WHAT'S BEEN THE GROWTH TRAJECTORY, HOW FAST WE CAN HIRE TEACHERS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
UH, SPOKE WITH THE DUBLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD, THEY HAVE TO RENOVATE THOSE INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS AS WE OCCUPY THEM.
SO BASED ON JUST THAT MATH OF THAT SPACE AVAILABILITY, HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GROW IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IT SEEMED LIKE AN AMPLE THING TO ASK AT THIS MOMENT.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, SO BESIDES THE REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS, UM, DO YOU HAVE OR HOST ANY SPECIAL EVENTS? UM, LIKE ANY OTHER SCHOOL? UH, AND IT'S IN OUR CONTRACT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE GET TO USE THE MPR, UH, X TIMES A YEAR, FOUR TIMES A YEAR, I THINK.
FOR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS RELATED TO THE SCHOOL.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS.
UM, AT THIS POINT, UM, IS THERE ANY I, ANY AHEAD? YEAH, I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
SO RIGHT NOW WE CHANGING FROM K SIX TO K EIGHT, SO ADDITIONAL SEVEN TO EIGHTH GRADE.
DO, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUIREMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR FACILITY OR FOR THE OTHER CD TO BE LIKE ADDING TO ACCOMMODATE THE SEVEN NOW EIGHTH GRADERS? SURE.
THE, TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT.
SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A MISCOMMUNICATION, CONFUSION BETWEEN US AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT WENT TO THE CITY AND SO ON.
WE ALWAYS MEANT, WE ALWAYS MEANT FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE K THROUGH K THROUGH EIGHT, BUT IT WENT IN AT K SIX, OUR MISTAKE, AND THEN WE TRIED TO CORRECT IT BEFORE TODAY'S MEETING AND SO ON.
BUT, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS SORT OF THE, THE STRATEGY OR THE PLAN FOR THIS IS, IS MOST OF OUR SCHOOL RIGHT NOW IN THE WAY IT STARTED OR YOUNGER KIDS AND AS THEY'VE BEEN SORT OF PROGRESSING IN THEIR GRADES AND SO ON.
AND AS YOU, AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, THE MONTESSORI SYSTEM IS NICE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE CERTAIN, UH, AND MONTESSORI SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR CERTAIN GRADES TO BE COMMINGLED AND OPERATED TOGETHER IN, IN THE SORT OF THE CURRICULUM OF IT.
SO WE JUST, WE JUST, THAT'S WHY WE FIGURED THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR THE K EIGHT.
WE ACTUALLY DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANY K EIGHT STUDENTS IN THE NEXT COMING YEAR, UH, OR EVEN K SEVEN FOR THAT MATTER.
UH, BUT AS WE GROW INTO IT, WE JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS CARD? UM, KATHY? NO, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SPEAKER SLIPS ON THIS ITEM.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION, IF ANY OF MY PERMISSION, I DO HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO I HAVEN'T CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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WHAT IS LIKE HOW WE ARE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE FROM K TO EIGHT AND, UH, LIKE IN A CERTAIN CLASS OR SO? SO THE SYSTEM REQUIRES THAT ONCE WE, ONCE THE, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT SEVERAL LAYERS IN A MONTESSORI HAS CERTAIN LAYERS.'CAUSE YOU KNOW, MONTESSORI DOESN'T FOLLOW THE TYPICAL GRADE 1, 2, 3, 4 STEPS OR CERTAIN EDUCATION LAYERS, IF I MAY.
UM, ONCE, BUT THEY HAVE STRICT REQUIREMENTS OF IN ANY LAYER OR ANY GROUPING NUMBER OF STUDENTS CAN BE WITH A TEACHER AND, AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPACE AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT.
IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR, THE MONTESSORI HAS CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.
ONCE WE GET TO THAT, WE HAVE TO SEPARATE THAT EITHER IN A SEPARATE CLASSROOM OR IN A VERY BIG CLASSROOM AND SEPARATE THEM OUT WITH DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT AND A DIFFERENT TEACHER.
AS IT GROWS SORT OF, WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE CAN'T DO MONTESSORI THEN IF WE CAN'T, IF, IF WE'RE UNABLE TO SORT OF FOLLOW THEIR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
JUST TO ADD ON, SO THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT INCREASING FROM 20 TO 34, IS IT FOR K TO FIVE OR K TO SIX? MOST OF THAT WILL BE, WELL, FOR THE NEAR FUTURE, FOR THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR, MAYBE EVEN TWO YEARS WILL BE OCCUPIED BY STILL THE YOUNGER ONES.
THAT IS K TO FIVE, UH, K TO FIVE, K TO SIX, MAYBE SORT OF BUDDING UP AGAINST SIX.
MOST OF IT'LL BE OCCUPIED BY THAT.
AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE ONE OR TWO STUDENTS THAT'LL GRADUATE INTO K SEVEN K EIGHT, AND THAT WAY IT'LL PROGRESS THAT.
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, UM, MAYBE YOU KNOW THE ANSWER.
SO THE REST OF THE SCHOOL THAT ARE NOT OCCUPIED, ARE THEY EMPTY? YES.
UH, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, AS YOU ARE OCCUPYING, UH, YOU'RE ALSO KIND OF RENOVATING TO, UH, APPROPRIATELY RENOVATING AS IT REQUIRES FOR THE MONTESSORI SYSTEM.
RIGHT? SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, KIDS ARE KIDS, THEY WANDER AROUND AND THE, ON THE CAMPUS AND THE EMPTY SPACES THAT WE HAVE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE SAFE AREAS FOR THEM TO RUN AROUND AND PLAY AROUND.
UM, AND I'M HOPING THE, UM, RENOVATION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE REST OF THE AREAS THAT ARE EMPTY ARE ALSO SAFE SPACES FOR CHILDREN.
SO WE, WE MEET, THAT WAS A REQUIREMENT OF OURS BEFORE WE RENTED ANY FACILITY IN THE DUBLIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAS BEEN GREAT IN MAKING SURE THAT THE PORTION THAT THEY GAVE US WAS APPROPRIATELY BLOCKED OFF FROM A WHOLE BUNCH OF THE OTHER AREA OF THE SCHOOL, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO IS THEY RENOVATE AS THEY RENOVATE, THEY'RE RENOVATING THE CLASSROOMS, AIR CONDITIONING, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
INSIGHTS AND, AND ALL OF THAT SLOWLY.
AND, AND WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAYS BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN INTENT TO, UH, GAIN REVENUE FROM A PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
WHICH BY THE WAY HAS BEEN BEFORE WE OCCUPIED IT, WE WERE TOLD WAS VANDALIZED AND WAS OCCUPIED.
UH, OR, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE JUST OCCUPIED IN THE NIGHT AND DO BAD THINGS THERE AND SO ON.
SO IT WAS VERY UNSAFE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO.
BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NICE NOW.
UH, BUT THE WAY THAT THEY AND US ARE PLANNING IS WE TOOK SORT OF THE, I THINK THE, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IT, WHICH HAS THE SMALL KIDS PLAYGROUND.
THERE'S A FENCE THERE, AND THEN THERE'S A FENCE ON THIS SIDE TOO, AND SO ON.
NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE SORT OF THE SOUTH AREA OF IT WITH TWO MORE CLASSROOMS MM-HMM
BUT AGAIN, VERY SORT OF, UM, KIND OF CORDONED OFF IN SOME WAYS AND SO ON.
AND THEN THE BIG BLUE GATE IS CLOSED AND THEN THE FENCE IS CLOSED.
AND, AND US AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE THIS UNDERSTANDING WHERE THAT'S LOCKED DURING SCHOOL HOURS AND SO ON, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S VERY SAFE.
SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE REQUIREMENT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
WE HAVE TO LIKE, IT'S OUR CHILDREN.
BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE.
WE'VE HAD VERY, UH, SORT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, GOOD REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE ON THE OTHER END.
UM, THE REASON I BRING THIS ISSUE UP IS LIKE A LOT OF TIMES EMPTY BUILDINGS COULD HAVE HAZARDOUS WASTE ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LEAD AND THIS AND THAT, SO MAYBE THE CITY, UM, THAT'S PART OF THE STANDARD CONDITIONS.
MAYBE WE DO THIS INSPECTIONS WHEN YOU BEFORE OPENING OR THAT THOSE STANDARD SPECS ARE THERE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S YEAH.
AND THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY, AND THAT'S ALL REGULATED THROUGH THE STATE.
SO THEY HAVE TO GO WHEN THEY LEASE THEIR SPACE OR REOCCUPY THEIR SPACE MM-HMM
THEY HAVE TO GET THAT APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE STANDARDS.
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY COME TO THE CITY.
UM, THAT, THAT WAS ALL REGULATED JUST LIKE, UM, AGAIN, ALL OF THEIR FACILITIES
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IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.SO THAT'S DONE THROUGH THE STATE.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SOON WHILE GOING.
ONE, GOING, GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.
WITH THAT, UH, NO SPEAKER'S CARD, NO MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, UH, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO LET'S BRING THAT BACK TO US.
UM, SO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE PERMIT THAT WE HAVE ISSUED TO THIS SCHOOL, UH, ALREADY.
UH, THEY'RE JUST INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND, UH, THEY'RE TAKING NECESSARY MEASURES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
UM, ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR, UH, DISCUSSIONS? WE'RE GOOD? I THINK I'M GOOD.
SO THEN MAY I REQUEST A MOTION? I MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT AT THE PRIVATE K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL FROM 20 TO 34 STUDENTS? UH, SECOND.
UH, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
KATHY? NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
ANY NEW BUSINESS? NO NEW BUSINESS.
[9. STAFF AND COMMISSIONER REPORTS]
STAFF AND COMMISSIONER REPORTS.ANYTHING FROM YOU, JENNIFER? UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT'S TRAINING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAYBE PROVIDING MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AS WE HAVE NEW COMMISSIONERS JOIN US.
I KNOW I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE EXPRESS INTEREST.
UM, AND JUST FOR THAT, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE INTERESTED, THERE'S GONNA BE A RECRUITMENT FOR NOT ONLY THIS COMMISSION, BUT OTHER COMMISSIONS CITYWIDE STARTING IN OCTOBER WITH APPOINTMENTS, UM, ANTICIPATED BEGINNING OF JANUARY.
AND SO AGAIN, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, NEXT YEAR, WE'LL UH, RECONVENE AND MAYBE DO A SIMILAR, UM, EXERCISE OR CHANGE IT UP A BIT, UH, TO ONBOARD, UM, ANY NEW COMMISSIONERS.
AND THEN, UM, I DID WANNA REPORT RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PENCILED IN FOR SEPTEMBER 8TH, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
BUT AGAIN, WE'LL UM, LET YOU KNOW AS TIME PROGRESSES.
WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO, UM, THE TIME SLOT CUT OFF.
UM, BUT THEN I BELIEVE IT IS THE, SEPTEMBER 22ND IS THE NEXT MEETING.
AND I DO BELIEVE WE'RE WORKING ON AT LEAST ONE ITEM, IF NOT TWO, FOR THAT MEETING.
SO JUST TO KIND OF KEEP YOU INFORMED, THAT'S HOW SEPTEMBER LOOKS LIKE IT'S PLAYING OUT.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU JENNIFER.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK CITY OF DUBLIN FOR PROVIDING US THE, WITH APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND, UH, DINNER AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU, UM, WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S 7 28.