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Planning Commission
Meeting Minutes
for October 25, 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
New City Hall
915 I Street, 1st Floor, Council Chambers
October 25, 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.
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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
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
October 11 , 2007
Location: (Citywide)
Recommendation: Approve Commission Minutes from October 11, 2007.
Contact: David Kwong, Planning Manager, (916) 808-2691
Action: No public comment. (8,0,0 – absent Boyd) to approve Minutes with corrections. (Correction: Item #9, correct speaker name to Laree Stetson)
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.
- P06-046 Chumber Warehouse (Noticed on 09/28/07) (Continued from 10/11/07)
Location: 1521 Main Avenue, District 2
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA Section 15332; Item B: Plan Review to construct three warehouse buildings totaling approximately 32,640 square feet on an approximately 2.9 acres parcel in the Light Industrial Review (M-1S-R) zone.
Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5530; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner, (916) 808-7110
Action: Public comment made by Ralph Friend. Moved, seconded, carried (Woo, Banes, 8, 0, 0) to approve staff recommendations.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P04-215 Mercy General Hospital and Sacred Heart Parish School (Noticed on 10/15/07)
Location: 4001 J Street, District 3
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Impact Report (EIR); Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Item C: Rezone the hospital campus from H and RO to H; Item D: Rezone the new school site from R-1 and R-3 to R-1A; Item E: Rezone the multifamily site from RO and H to R-3; Item F: Tentative Map to merge and resubdivide 16.51± acres into 3 lots for the Mercy Medical Campus (13.25± acres), Multifamily Development (.7± acres), and the Sacred Heart Parish Campus (2.56± acres); Item G: Special Permit to allow a private school and parish ministries in the R-1A zone; Item H: Special Permit to allow the new heart center to exceed the 45 foot height requirement and construct a structure with 62 feet to the plate line and 77.5 feet to the top of the building; Item I: Special Permit to allow offsite parking for the school on the Mercy site; Item J: Special Permit to allow offsite parking for Mercy McMahon Terrace on the Mercy Hospital site; Item K: Special Permit to allow 4 offsite parking spaces for the multifamily units on the Mercy Hospital campus; Item L: Special Permit to allow attendant parking; Item : M. Special Permit to allow vehicular gates for a multifamily development; Item N: Plan Review for the development of 20 residential units in the proposed R-3 zone; Item O: Special Permit Major Modification to demolish the existing East Wing and replace with a 47 space surface parking lot; Item P: Special Permit Major Modification to demolish a chapel and replace with a 29 space surface parking lot; Item Q: Special Permit Major Modification to demolish the Sacred Heart Parish School building and replace with a 155 space surface parking lot; Item R: Special Permit Major Modification to construct a new 123,350 square foot heart center; Item S: Special Permit Modification to renovate the South Wing which includes two new exit stair towers; Item T: Variance to allow the new multifamily units to deviate from the standard courtyard requirement in the R-3 zone; Item U: Variance to allow the new school to deviate from the required setbacks in the existing R-1 and R-3 zone and the proposed R-1A zone; Item V: Variance to waive the required masonry wall between the new private school and a single family home; Item W: Variance to waive the required masonry wall on the residential development’s south and east property lines abutting the hospital site; Item X: Variance to allow parking spaces on the private school site to be developed with less than the required 50% tree shading; Item Y: Variance to allow a trash enclosure to be located in a required setback area for a new multifamily development; Item Z: Variance to allow the new Sacred Heart School 90 degree parking spaces to deviate from the required 26 feet of maneuvering room.
Contact: Evan Compton, Associate Planner, (916) 808-5260; Gregory Bitter, Principal Planner, (916) 808-7816
Action: Public comment made by John Home, Jason Flanders, Dave Edwards, Jim Collins, Chuck Czajkowski, Patrick Gage, Dave Lynch, Nadia Andrews, Ron Patton, Sharon Martinez, Jan Mellen, Jim Holliday, Joe Rodriguez, Ron Kampling, Irma Schmidt, Louisa Vessell, M. Clausen, Glenda Cheesman, Nancy Lipps, Michael Sparks, Angelo Casillas, Dr. O’Neal, Sue Sheehan, Judy McClaver, Josh Hoover, Rose Luther, Steve Luther, Eileen Lynch, Pattie Lynch, Jim Ferry, Michael Faust, Martin Palomar, Susanne Z’berg, Jack Richardson, Tila Madrigal, Roxanne Fuentez, Jim Shively , Cindy Oropeza, Theresa Conley, Claudia Bordin, John Lambeth, Father Robert Walton, Greg Gomez, Sister Libby Fernandez, Paul Lakill, Janet Maira, and Joanie Pope Ferry.
Moved, seconded, carried (Yee, Banes, 8, 0, 0) limit public comment to two minutes.
Moved, seconded, carried (Banes, Boyd, 8, 1, 0. No - Notestine) to continue till 11:30 pm
Moved seconded, carried (Banes, Wasserman, 9, 0, 0) to continue to 11:58 pm
Moved, seconded, carried (Boyd, Banes 7, 2, 0. No - Samuels and Yee) to approve staff recommendations with amended conditions.
Attachment:
Record of Decision
- P05-205 The Metropolitan (Noticed on 10/12/07)
Location: 921 10th Street, District 1
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Impact Report; Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Item C: Tentative Map to designate the parcel for condominium purposes; Item D: Special Permit for major project; Item E: Special Permit for 320 condominium units in the Central Business District Special Planning District (C-3-SPD) zone; Item F: Special Permit for a 190 condominium units/190 hotel rooms in the Central Business District Special Planning District (C-3-SPD) zone; Item G: Special Permit to allow tandem parking; Item H: Variance to reduce parking maneuvering area from twenty-six (26) feet to twenty-five (25) feet.
Contact:Michael York, Associate Planner, (916) 808-8239; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner, (916) 808-7110
Action: No Public comment.
1st Motion: Moved, seconded, (Banes, Notestine, 5,3,0, No – Samuels, Woo, Contreraz – absent Boyd) to approve staff recommendation. Motion Passed.
2nd Motion: 1st Substitute Motion: Moved seconded, (Woo, Samuels, 3,5,0 – No – Banes, Givens, Notestine, Wasserman and Yee – absent Boyd) to continue project to allow for DEIR to be re-circulated for public comment. Motion Failed.
3rd Motion: 2nd Substitute Motion: Moved, seconded (Contreraz, Givens, 4,4,0 – No – Yee, Wasserman, Banes, Notestine – absent Boyd) to approve Residential use and continue option of hotel use until the DEIR had been re-circulated for public comment. Motion Failed.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P07-070 Capitol City Seventh Day Adventist Church (Noticed on 10/12/07)
Location: 6701 Lemon Hill Ave, District 6
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Exempt per CEQA Section 15332. Item B: A request for a Special Permit for a major modification to expand an existing church, which is located on approximately 2.82 acres, within the Standard Single-Family (R-1) zone. The request requires the following entitlements: Special Permits to store and distribute food, operate a meal service facility, and operate a child care center and a Variance to waive the required six foot CMU wall.
Contact:Stephanie Hockman, Junior Planner, (916) 808-7497; Mark Martin, Senior Planner, 916-808-5945
Action:
Public comment made by David Epling, Kris Singh. Moved, seconded, carried (Notestine, Wasserman 8, 0, 0) to approve staff recommendations with amended conditions.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
- P07-083 North Curtis Walk (Noticed on 10/12/07)
Location: 2512 & 2518 27th Street, District 5
Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption per CEQA Section 15332; Item B: Tentative Map to subdivide two (2) parcels totaling of 0.48± acre into eleven (11) residential lots and two (2) common lots in the Multi-Family (R-4) zone; Item C: Special Permit to construct eleven (11) alternative ownership housing units; Item D: Special Permit to allow off-site parking; Item E: Variance to reduce the 50% tree shading requirement for driveway and parking area.
Contact: Elise Gumm, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-1927; Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner, (916) 808-7110
Action: Public comment made by Michael Thurmond. Moved, seconded, carried (Banes, Notestine 8, 0, 0) to approve staff recommendations.
Attachments:
Record of Decision
Staff Reports
Staff reports include oral presentations including those recommending receive and file.
- P07-126 East End Gateway Sites 2 and 3 (Noticed on 10/12/07)
Location: 1416 16th Street, District 4
Recommendation: Continued and re-noticed to November 8th, 2007Contact: Mark Kraft, Associate Planner, (916) 808-8116; Gregory Bitter, Senior Planner, (916) 808-7816
Action: No public comment. (8,0,0 – absent Boyd) to continue to November 8, 2007.
Public Comments- Matters Not on the Agenda
- To be announced
Questions, Ideas, and Announcements of Commission Members
- Commissioner Samuels to participate in Sub Committee to select Economic Consultant to work on the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance.