Planning Commission

Agenda

1. FINISHED AGENDA & MINUTES
2. CALL TO ORDER
3. ROLL CALL
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
5. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
6. REGULAR AGENDA
7. COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION
8. ADJOURNMENT
9. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
10. Also Present: Christopher Koontz, Director of Community Development; Alison Spindler-Ruiz, Planning Bureau Manager; Alexis Oropeza, Current Planning Officer; Erin Weesner-McKinley, Deputy City Attorney; Alex Medina, Bureau Secretary; Vanessa Hall, City Clerk Specialist.
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12. CALL TO ORDER
13. ROLL CALL
14. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
15. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
16. REGULAR AGENDA
17. 1. Recommendation to approve the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, September 21, 2023.
    PL-Agenda Item
    Action: approve recommendation Passed

    A motion was made by Vice Chair Templin, seconded by Commissioner Clemson, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

18. 2. Determine that the project is within the scope of the project previously analyzed as part of the Land Use and Urban Design Elements Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) (State Clearinghouse No. 2015051054) and warrants no further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162; Recommend that the City Council adopt an Ordinance and findings approving a Zone Change (ZCHG 19-004) from PD-25 Sub Areas 2b and 2e to R-4-U, which is a higher density multifamily residential district more consistent with the General Plan PlaceType; Approve a Site Plan Review (SPR 19-028) and the findings and conditions of approval thereto, for the construction of a new six (6) story multi-family building with a minimum of 160-units for seniors (including twenty (20) affordable units at the very low-income level) with a minimum of 74 vehicular parking spaces and 23 bicycle parking spaces; Approve a vesting tentative parcel map (VTPM 19-004) and findings and conditions of approval there to, to consolidate nine (9) lots with five (5) lots having frontage on Atlantic Avenue and four (4) lots with street frontage along Vernon Street and an unnamed, vacated, north south alley into one (1) 38,264 square foot (0.88 acre) irregularly shaped site; and, Accept a General Plan Conformity Finding (GPC 19-004) for the vacation of an unnamed, north-south alley between the parcels facing 2515-2545 Atlantic Avenue and the parcels facing 550-572 Vernon Street. (District 6)
    PL-Agenda Item
    Action: approve recommendation Passed

    A motion was made by Commissioner Castillo, seconded by Vice Chair Templin, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

19. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Members of the public are invited to address the Planning Commission on items of interest to the public within the Commission's jurisdiction. Each speaker will be limited to three minutes unless that time is extended by the Chair.
20. COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION
21. ADJOURNMENT
22. I, Vanessa Hall, City Clerk Specialist, certify that the agenda was posted not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting.
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