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Planning
Commission Meeting Update
September 10, 2008
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL:
Commissioners Amanda Brodie, Dan Carpenter, Carlyn Christianson,
Diana Gould, Michael Multari, Vice-Chairperson John Ashbaugh, and
Chairperson Charles Stevenson
Commissioner Gould
was absent.
ACCEPTANCE OF
AGENDA:
The Public Comment
and Commission Discussion items were taken in advance of the Public
Hearing.
MINUTES:
Minutes
of August 27, 2008.
The minutes were
accepted as amended.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Dan Caldon noted
concerns with the 300 Lawrence Drive project plans in terms of the
structural integrity of the retaining wall, encroachment onto his
property, and required public improvements. He suggested that
changes to plans that have occurred are not minor and that the
project should be put back on a future agenda for discussion.
Shawn McNabb
expressed concerns with the same project mostly focused on the
required public improvements.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
1.
2238 Broad Street.
R/U 70-08: Request to add the mixed-use overlay zoning to the
site’s existing Neighborhood-Commercial and Service-Commercial
zoning designations and consideration of an Addendum to update the
previously-adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration; and request for a
use permit to allow a mixed-use project, including exceptions for
building height and a side yard setback, and a 30% shared and
mixed-use parking reduction; C-N-H, C-S-H, and C-S-S-H zones; Rick
Moses, applicant. (Continued from August 27, 2008, meeting)
(Pam Ricci)
Chairperson
Stevenson recused himself because he owns property within 500 feet
of the project site. On a 5:0 vote, the Commission approved
a Use
Permit for the mixed-use project, and recommended to the Council
approval of the request for a Mixed-Use overlay zoning. The
Commission added a condition supporting the addition of four
additional residential units to the upper floors of Buildings C &
D. Six members of the public spoke, all of whom indicated their
enthusiastic support for the project. Some of the speakers were
also members of the South Broad Street Corridor Plan Working Group
that viewed the project as an excellent example of the type of
mixed-use development that the plan envisions and a catalyst for
future redevelopment in the plan area. The Planning Commission
complimented staff and the applicant team on the project
presentations and agreed with the public testimony about the high
caliber of the project.
COMMENT AND
DISCUSSION:
2. Staff
a. Agenda
Forecast –
Deputy Director Davidson
provided an agenda forecast noting that the meeting of September 24th
had been cancelled.
3. Commission
a.
Discussion
of the City Council’s decision to allow owners in the area bounded
by Foothill and Los Osos Valley Road to proceed with an annexation
application separately from the Land Use Element Update process.
Commissioner Multari
expressed his concern that the annexation request was presented to
Council without Planning Commission input. He offered a written
statement to the Commission containing language to send to the
Council and asked the other Commissioners for feedback. The
Commission discussed the issue and on a 5:1 vote (Commissioner
Carpenter dissenting), moved to send a letter to Council requesting
initiation of the community involvement process related to the
General Plan update as soon as possible to coordinate the community
planning process with this private amendment application.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting
adjourned at 9:21 p.m.
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