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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes for February 22 , 2007
Commission Members
| Joseph Contreraz | Darrel Woo, Vice Chair | John Boyd |
| Joseph Yee, Chair | Jodi Samuels | Barry Wasserman |
| Michael Notestine | D.E. "Red" Banes | Chris Givens |
City Staff
David Kwong, Planning Manager
Sabina Gilbert, Senior Deputy City Attorney
Andrea Gladden, Customer Service Trainee
Historic City Hall
915 I Street, 2rd Floor Hearing Room
February 22, 2007- 5:30 P.M.
The City Planning Commission was created by the City Council. Its powers and duties include: to develop and maintain the General Plan; to make recommendations to the City Council on amendments to the General Plan and the City’s zoning code and on zoning changes; to act upon applications for tentative subdivision maps, special permits and variances; and to make environmental determinations associated with these actions.
Notice to the Public
You are welcomed and encouraged to participate in this meeting. Public comment is taken (3 minutes maximum) on items listed on the agenda when they are called. Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda will be heard at the end of the meeting as noted on the agenda. Comments on controversial items may be limited and large groups are encouraged to select 3-5 speakers to represent the opinion of the group.
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The order of agenda items is for reference; agenda items may be taken in any order deemed appropriate by the Commission. The agenda provides a general description and staff recommendations; however, the Commission may take action other than what is recommended. The agenda is available for public review on the Friday prior to the meeting. Hard copies of the agenda, synopsis, and staff reports are available from the Development Services Department at 915 I Street, New City Hall, 3rd Floor (.25 cents per page) , during regular business hours or can be downloaded at www.cityofsacramento.org/dsd.
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Minutes
All items listed are heard and acted upon by the Planning Commission unless otherwise noted.
Call to Order – 5:30 p.m.
Roll Call - All present (Samuels left at 7:00pm and Banes left at 7:05pm)
Consent Calendar
All items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered and acted upon by one motion. Anyone may request that an item be removed for separate consideration.
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Approval of Minutes for February 8, 2007
Location: (Citywide)
Recommendation: Approve Commission Minutes from February 8, 2007.
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, (916) 808-2691
Action: Moved, Seconded. (Woo, Banes, 7:0:2 Samuels, Notestine recused) to approve staff recommendation
Public Hearings
Public hearings may be reordered by the Chair at the discretion of the Committee. If you challenge the decision of this Commission you may be limited to raising only those issues that are raised in this hearing or in written correspondence received by the agency prior to the hearing.
- P06-149 Florin Walgreens (Noticed on 12/18/06) (Continued from 1/11/07, 01/25/07, 02/08/07)
Location: Southwest Corner of Florin Road and Riverside Blvd, D-7
Recommendation: Deny - Item A: Negative Declaration; Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Item C: Special Permit to allow drive-through pharmacy service for a 14,820± square foot retail store in the Shopping Center (SC-R) zone; Item D: Plan Review to allow a new 14,820± square foot retail store with pharmacy in the Shopping Center Review (SC-R) zone; Item E: Special Permit to allow 10± off-site parking spaces for a 14,820± square foot retail store in the Shopping Center Review (SC-R) zone; Item F: Variance to exceed the maximum allowable number of attached signs by one (1) sign.
Contact: Antonio Ablog, Associate Planner, 808-7702; Tom Buford, Senior Planner, 808-7391
Action: Public Comment Made by: Monika Bertke, Robert Templeman, Scott Peifer, Stephanie Kappos. Moved, Seconded. (Boyd, Banes motion fails) to approve staff recommendation to approve the project with amended conditions; Subsitute Motion Move, Second. (Notestine, Wasserman, 5:3:0, absent Samuels) to approve the intent to deny.Attachments:
Record of Decision Supplemental Material
- P06-021 Morey Place (Noticed on 1/29/07)
Location: Between Morrison and Morey Avenue, East of Western Avenue, D-2
Recommendation: Certify – Item A: Mitigated Negative Declaration; Adopt – Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Approve – Item C: Tentative Map to subdivide three parcels into ninety-nine (99) residential lots and two (2) public space lots on 8.9± acres in the Single Family Alternative zone; Item D: Special Permit to develop ninety-nine (99) Single Family homes in the Single Family Alternative zone; Item E: Subdivision modification to create lots without public street frontage.
Contact: Mark Kraft, Associate Planner, (916) 808-8116
Action: Moved, Seconded. (Banes, Woo, 9:0:0) to approve staff recommendation with amended conditions
Attachments:
Record of Decision Supplemental Material
- P06-186 Y Street Habitat for Humanity Homes (Noticed on 1/29/07)
Location: 3528 Y Street, D-5
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption CEQA Section 15303; Item B: Tentative Map to subdivide a ±0.14 acre parcel into two (2) lots in the Multi-family (R-2-B) zone; Item C: Variance to construct a single-family residence on a residentially zoned parcel lacking twenty (20) feet of public right-of-way frontage.
Contact: Kimberly Kaufmann-Brisby, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5590
Action: Public Comment made by: Larry Bailtey, Ken Cross. Moved, Seconded. (Notestine, Banes, 9:0:0) to approve staff recommendation
Attachments:
Record of Decision Supplemental Material
- P06-194 Provence (formerly Carriage Lane III) (Noticed on 1/30/07)
Location: 2930 Benefit Way, D-1
Recommendation: Certify – Item A: Previously Adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration (P05-079); Adopt – Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Approve – Item C: Tentative Subdivision Map to subdivide one (1) parcel totaling 10.9± acres into 187 residential parcels and thirty-eight (38) common parcels in the Employment Center Planned Unit Development (EC-50-PUD) zone; Item D: Subdivision Modification; Item E: Planned Unit Development (PUD) Special Permit to develop a 187 unit alternative housing development (townhouses) on 10.9± acres in the Employment Center Planned Unit Development (EC-50-PUD) zone; Item F: Request To Revoke (Void) A Planned Unit Development (PUD) Special Permit to develop a 187 unit condominium complex in the Employment Center Planned Unit Development (EC-50-PUD) zone.
Contact: Arwen Wacht, Associate Planner, (916) 808-1964; Lindsey Alagozian, Senior Planner, (916) 808-2659
Action: Moved, Seconded. (Woo, Banes, 8:0:1, Notestine recused) to approve staff recommendation
Attachments:
Record of Decision Supplemental Material
- M06-055 Temporary Surface Parking Lots
Location: Central City Community Plan Area
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption CEQA Section 15332; Item B: An ordinance amending sections 17.16.010, 17.64.050, and 17.64.030 of, and adding section 17.64.070 to Title 17 of the Sacramento City Code (Zoning Code) relating to temporary surface parking lots in the Central City.
Contact: Christopher Dougherty, Assistant Planner, 808-5680; Sandra Yope, Senior Planner, (916) 808-7158
Action: Moved, Seconded. (Notestine, Wasserman, 7:0:0, absent Banes and Samuels) to approve staff recommendation with recommendations to council
Staff Reports
Staff reports include oral presentations including those recommending receive and file.
- LR06-046 General Plan City Leadership Workshop (Oral Presentation)
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Receive and File – Debrief of the February 20, 2007 General Plan City Leadership Workshop
Action: Received and Filed
- M07-009 Introduction of Regulatory Improvement Team and Programming Guide
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Receive and File – Introduction of Development Services Department new Regulatory Improvement Team and Introduction to the Regulatory Improvement Programming Guide.
Contact: Joy Patterson, Principal Planner, (916) 808-5607
Action: Received and Filed
- M07-010 Review Commission Bylaws
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Adopt – Item A: A revision to the regular meeting schedule, to change regular meeting dates to include the 3rd Thursday as a regular meeting; Item B: Revise meeting location place from 1231 I Street to Historic City Hall 915 I Street 2nd Floor Hearing Room; Discuss and Adopt – Item C: Commissioner recommended revisions.
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, (916) 808-2691
Action: Moved, Seconded. (Wasserman, Woo, 7:0:0, absent Banes and Samuels) to approve staff recommendation for Item A and Item B; Item C discussed.
Public Comments- Matters Not on the Agenda
- None
Questions, Ideas, and Announcements of Commission Members
- Notestine and Samuels went to a conference in LA last meeting, and Notestine want to express his appreciation of the presentation of that conference.
- Commissioner Woo will not be able to attend the March 8, 2006 meeting