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Planning Commission

Meeting Minutes

for June 11, 2009

Commission Members

Joseph Contreraz	Darrel Woo, Chair	Chris Givens
Joseph Yee, AIA	Jodi Samuels	Barry Wasserman
Michael Notestine, Vice Chair	Michael Mendez, MCP	Panama Bartholomy

City Staff

Jim McDonald, Senior Planner
Sabina Gilbert, Senior Deputy City Attorney

New City Hall
915 I Street, 1st Floor- Council Chambers
June 11, 2009- 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.

Notice to Lobbyists: When addressing the Commission you must identify yourself as a lobbyist and announce the client/business/organization you are representing (City Code 2.15.160).

Speaker slips are located in the lobby of the hearing room and should be completed and submitted to the Commission Secretary.

Government Code 54950 (The Brown Act) requires that a brief description of each item to be transacted or discussed be posted at least 72 hours prior to a regular meeting. The City posts Agendas at City Hall as well as offsite meeting locations.

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 Community Development Department at 300 Richards Boulevard, 3rd Floor (25 cents per page), during regular business hours or can be downloaded at www.cityofsacramento.org/dsd.

Meeting facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. If you require special assistance to participate in the meeting, notify the Community Development Department at (916) 808-5908 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

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 commissioners present, except Commissioner Bartholomy who arrived at 5:35 p.m.

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.

1. Approval of Minutes for May 14, 2009
   Location:      (Citywide)
   Recommendation:  Approve Commission Minutes from May 14, 2009
   Contact:  Tom Pace, Long Range Planning Manager, 916-808-6848
   

   Action: Moved, seconded, and carried (Notestine/Wasserman; 8:0:0) to approve minutes with edits.

   
   
2. LR09-015         Review of the Sacramento Regional Transit (RT) Capital Improvement Program                         (CIP) for Consistency with the 2030 General Plan
   Location: Citywide
   Recommendation: Receive and File-(Information Only)
   Contact: Teresa Haenggi, Associate Planning, Community Development Department, (916) 808-7554
   Action: Moved, seconded, and carried (Givens/Wasserman; 9:0:0) to receive and file.
   

Director's Report

3. Director’s Report  
   Location: (Citywide)
   Recommendation: Receive and File- Status report on pending development applications and appeals; proposed amendments to Zoning Code, design standards, and other development-related regulations; Community Development Department organizational and operational changes, work program, and training program; and similar matters.
   Contact: Greg Bitter, Principal Planner, 916-808-7816
   

   Action: No Director’s Report was given.  Commissioner Samuels has requested that an update be given on the status of forming a subcommittee between the three commissions (Design, Preservation, and Planning) to work on the Commission Streamlining Proposals, and Commissioner Yee requested an update on the Planning Commissioner subcommittee which was to work with the Design Commission on the Design Guidelines.

   
   

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.

4. LR09-001         City Reasonable Accommodation Ordinance
   Location:       Citywide
   Recommendation: Withdrawn from Agenda, To Be Re-noticed.
   Contact: Greg Sandlund, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-8931; Jim McDonald, AICP, Senior Planner, (916) 808-5723
   

   Action: Withdrawn from agenda; to be re-noticed to a later date.

Staff Reports

Staff reports include oral presentations including those recommending receive and file.

5. M08-039        Infill Strategy Report
   Location:       Citywide
   Recommendation: Review and Comment
   Contact: Desmond Parrington, AICP, Infill Coordinator (916) 808-5044
   

   Public comment made by Jeremy Druker.   Action: Reviewed and Commented.

   
   

6. LR09-013         Ben Ali and Hagginwood Strategic Neighborhood Action Plans (SNAPs)
   Location:      Citywide
   Recommendation: Forward Recommendation to Council to Accept – Ben Ali and Hagginwood Strategic Neighborhood Action Plans.
   Contact: Andrea Koch, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-1943; Erik de Kok, Senior Planner, (916) 808-2022
   

   Public comment made by Benjamin Sher, Barbara Stanton, Arnold Darula, Margaret Leonard, Sondra Betancourt, Peter Anderson, Eric Miller, Verlene Castoreno.   Action: Moved, seconded, and carried (Bartholomy/Yee; 9:0:0) to forward recommendation to Council to Accept.

   
   
   
7. LR09-014        Report on Rezone Public Workshops
   Location:        Citywide
   Recommendation: Review and Comment
   Contact: Rob Cunningham, Assistant Planner, (916) 808-5894; Jim McDonald, AICP, Senior Planner, (916) 808-5723
   

   Public comment made by Paul Kelley, Terry Piazza –Perham, Benjamin Sher, Eric Miller, Chris Brocchini, Mark Abrahams, Todd Lewis.   Action: Reviewed and Commented.

   
   

Public Comments- Matters Not on the Agenda

8. None

Questions, Ideas and Announcements of Commission Members

9. Commissioner Samuels recommended visiting a New York website regarding online urban design information on reclaiming streets. Commissioner Samuels will not be at the Planning Commission meeting on June 25, 2009. 
   
10. Commissioner Mendez mentioned that many of the regions Planning Commissions have been reducing their meetings to only once a month, or canceling meetings that have agendas that can be combined with future agendas.  He wishes to have a discussion between staff and the commission about the possibility of combining meetings and canceling unneeded meetings.  The City Attorney suggested that this might need to be a separate agenized item.  Commissioner Wasserman suggested that the commission should cancel when staff recommends. 
    
11. Commissioner Notestine invited the commission to attend an hour and a half long webinar, starting at 10:00 a.m. on June 18, 2009. 

 

Adjournment - 8:13 p.m.