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Planning Commission Meeting
Minutes for July 26, 2007
Commission Members
| Joseph Contreraz | Darrel Woo | John Boyd |
| Joseph Yee | 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
July 12, 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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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 except Commissioner Banes
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 July 12, 2007
Location: (Citywide)
Recommendation: Approve Commission Minutes from July 12, 2007.
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, (916) 808-2691
Action: Move, second, carried (Woo, Givens 8:0:0) to approve Commission Minutes from July 12, 2007.
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.
- P06-150 Land Park Gas Station (Noticed on 04/20/07; 05/8/07)(Continued from 05/10/07; 05/24/07)
Location: 4000 South Land Park Dr., District 4
Recommendation: Continue to August 23, 2007
Contact: Michael York, Associate Planner, (916) 808-8239; Tom Buford, Senior Planner, (916) 808-7931
Action: No public comment. Move, second, carried (Woo, Notestine 8:0:0) to continue to August 23, 2007
- P06-154 Marconi Juliesse Estates (Noticed on 06/25/07) (Continued from 07/12/07)
Location: The 3rd and 4th lots west of Connie Avenue between Marconi Circle and Juliesse Avenue, District 3
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental exemption per CEQA guidelines section 15332 - Infill Developments; Item B: Tentative map to subdivide two (2) lots totaling 0.28 acres into four (4) lots; Item C: Special permit to construct four (4) alternative ownership single-family homes in the General Commercial (C-2) zone.
Contact: Elise Gumm, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-1927; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner, (916) 808-7110
Action: Public comment made by: L. LeBreuh, C. Munsee, G. Jenkins, B. Kohler, J. Kalenik, P. Clark, B. Aram, V. Castoreno.
Motion: Move, second, motion fails (Givens, Notestine 2:6:0 No- Samuels, Wasserman, Boyd, Woo, Contreraz, Yee) to approve staff recommendations.
Second Motion: Move, second, carried (Samuels, Woo No - Givens, Notestine) with intent to deny staff recommendations.
- M07-053 Railyards Preliminary Plan
Location: Richards Boulevard Redevelopment Area, District 1
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Amend and Restate the Preliminary Plan for the Richards Boulevard Redevelopment Project to change the boundaries of the Richards Boulevard Redevelopment Project Area for transmittal to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Sacramento; Item B: Preliminary Plan for the proposed new Railyards Redevelopment Project Area to select the boundaries of the Railyards Redevelopment Project Area for transmittal to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Sacramento.
Contact: Rachel Hazlewood, Senior Project Manager, (916) 808-8645
Action: No public comment. Move, second, carried (Notestine, Woo 8:0:0) to approve staff recommendations
- P06-047 Township Nine (9) (Noticed on 07/16/07)
Location: 430 North 7th Street; 819 North 7th Street; 424 North 5th Street, District 1
Recommendation: Forward Recommendations to City Council – Item A: Environmental Impact Report (EIR); Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Item C: Development Agreement (DA); Item D: Amendments to the Richards Boulevard Area Plan Facility Element relating to the street cross section for 7th street north of Richards Boulevard; Item E: Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments to amend the Richards Boulevard Special Planning District to make conforming changes with the Planned Unit Development (PUD) and Design Review Chapters of the Zoning Code; Item F: Rezone of approximately 45.17 net acres from Heavy Industrial Special Planning District including Parkway Corridor Overly and North and Central geographic area (M-2-SPD (PC, N&C)) zone to approximately 25.79 acres of Residential Mixed Use Planned Unit Development Special Planning District (RMX-PUD-SPD) zone, 6.02 acres of Office Building Planned Unit Development Special Planning District (OB-PUD-SPD) zone and 5.47 acres of Agriculture-Open Space Planned Unit Development Special Planning District (A-OS-PUD-SPD) zones; Item G: Establish Planned Unit Development (PUD) development guidelines and Schematic Plan to be known as Township Nine (9); Item H: Tentative Map to subdivide eleven (11) lots into thirty-six (36) lots in the American River Floodplain (ARP-F) and proposed Residential Mixed Use Planned Unit Development Special Planning District (RMX-PUD-SPD), Office Building Planned Unit Development Special Planning District (OB-PUD-SPD), and Agricultural Open Space Planned Unit Development Special Planning District.
Contact: Michael York, Associate Planner, (916) 808-8239; Jeanne Corcoran, Senior Planner, (916) 808-5317
Action: Public comment made by: F. Arnold, B. Waste, B. Weiland, W. Lewis, P. Klenknecht.
Motion: Move, second, withdrawn (Samuels, Woo) to continue to August 9, 2007.
Second motion: Move, second, carried (Samuels, Boyd 8:0:0) to forward Items A through F recommendations to City Council and continue Items G and H to August 9, 2007.
Attachments:
Supplemental Material Part 1; Supplemental Material Part 2; Supplemental Material Part 3; Supplemental Material Part 4
- P07-041 Village Greens Asphalt Paving (Noticed on 07/16/07)
Location: Southeast and Southwest of the intersection of Bayou and Callison Drive. Bordered by Tarboro Drive and the north end of El Centro Road. South of Interstate Five (5) and north of Westlake Parkway, District 1
Recommendation: Adopt – Item A: Previous Negative Declaration; Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Approve – Item C: Post subdivision modification to use asphalt instead of concrete to pave the alleys of a previously approved single family residential development on approximately twenty-five (25) acres in the R-1A PUD zone.
Contact: Jennifer Matthews, Junior Planner, (916) 808-5591; Lindsey Alagozian, Senior Planner, (916) 808-2659
Action: No public comment. Move, second, carried (Wasserman, Woo 8:0:0) to approve staff recommendations
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P07-043 The Greens Motel (Noticed on 07/16/07)
Location: 1700 Del Paso Boulevard, District 2
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental exemption per CEQA guidelines section 15301 (existing facilities); Item B: Special permit to establish a motel use; Item C: Special permit to waive seven (7) parking spaces associated with that use in the General Commercial Special Planning District (C-2-SPD) zone.
Contact: Jennifer Matthews, Junior Planner, (916) 808-5591; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner, (916) 808-2659
Action: No public comment. Move, second, carried (Boyd, Notestine 8:0:0) to approve staff recommendations with amended conditions.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P07-076 Toplean Development (Noticed on 07/16/07)
Location: 3830 Northgate Boulevard, District 1
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental exemption per CEQA guidelines section 15332; Item B: Plan review to construct a 7,320 square foot retail building with two (2) restaurants, within the Highway Commercial Review (HC-R) zone; Item C: Variance to reduce the north interior side setback from fifteen (15) feet to zero (0) feet on the property located on approximately one (1) acre, within the Highway Commercial Review (HC-R) zone.
Contact: Stephanie Hockman, Junior Planner, (916) 808-7497; Lindsey Alagozian, Senior Planner, (916) 808-2659
Action: No public comment. Move, second, carried (Notestine, Woo 8:0:0) to approve staff recommendations
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P07-081 Natomas Town Center Sign Amendments (Noticed on 07/16/07)
Location: Northeast corner of Del Paso Road and East Commerce Way, District 1
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental exemption per CEQA guidelines section 15301; Item B: Planned Unit Development (PUD) guidelines amendment to amend signage guidelines for the Town Center PUD in the North Natomas Community Plan area.
Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5530; Lindsey Alagozian, Senior Planner, (916) 808-2659
Action: No public comment. Move, second, carried (Notestine, Woo 8:0:0) to approve staff recommendations
Attachments:
Record of Decision
Staff Reports
Staff reports include oral presentations including those recommending receive and file.
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Public Comments- Matters Not on the Agenda
- None
Questions, Ideas, and Announcements of Commission Members
- Commissioner Samuels announced that she attended Innovated Parking Strategies in Sacramento and would like to do a report back on it.