1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL

4. CONSENT CALENDAR
(Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. By approval of the Consent Calendar, the staff recommendations will be adopted unless otherwise modified by the Commission. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Commission Member or a member of the audience requests removal of the items from the Consent Calendar.)

a. Minutes from the October 28, 2008 meeting.
Staff recommendation: approve.

5. PUBLIC COMMENT
For persons desiring to address the Commission on an item that is not on the agenda please note that each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes. The Brown Act limits the Commission ability to take and/or discuss items that are not on the agenda; therefore, such items are normally referred to staff for comment or to a future agenda.

6. DISCUSSIONS & POSSIBLE ACTION ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ITEMS

a. Public Hearing to Receive Comments on a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration Of Environmental Significance For St. Mary’s College High School. St. Mary’s College High School is an existing co-educational high school serving 630 students on a 12.5-acre site. The school is seeking modifications to an existing conditional use permit to allow an expansion of campus facilities to a maximum of 141,147 gross square feet, including (no increase in enrollment is proposed as part of the project).
Staff recommendation: Open the public hearing, take testimony from the public, and continue the public hearing to December 9, 2008. No action on the proposed project is to be taken at this meeting.

b. Compliance with Conditions of Approval related to Window Recess of Planning Application 07-058: 951 Stannage.
Recommendation: Review preliminary staff determination to accept windows as installed.

c. Design Review Guidelines. Review and discussion of draft design review guidelines, which have been created over a series of meetings in the last year.
Staff recommendation: Provide direction to staff on appropriate changes and revisions.

d. Green Building Program Update of Standards of Compliance.
Staff recommendation: Provide direction to staff on appropriate changes and revisions.

e. Comments Draft Environmental Impact/Report Statement (DEIR/S) for the proposed Berkeley/Albany Ferry Terminal, released by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA).
Staff recommendation: Provide direction to staff on any comments deemed appropriate to be expressed in a comment letter on the draft Environmental Impact Report.

f. Resolution of Intention of the Planning and Zoning Commission to Initiate Amendments to the Planning and Zoning Code to Correct and Clarify Development Regulations.
Staff recommendation: Approve a Resolution of Intention and continue Commission discussion initiated at the September 23, 2008 and October 14, and 28, 2008 meetings on proposed amendments.

g. Review and discussion of preparation of the 2009 Housing Element.
Recommendation: For discussion only.

h. Review and Recommendation to the City Council Regarding Procedures for Consideration of Development Agreements.
Staff recommendation: Review draft procedures and recommend to the City Council the adoption of the procedures.

i. Update on the action by the City Council on the Appeal of the Planning & Zoning Commission approval of Planning Application 07-087. Design Review at 904 Santa Fe Avenue.
Recommendation: For information only.


7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION

a. Update on City Council actions related to Planning and Zoning.

b. Discussion of process for Planning and Zoning Commissioner reappointment.


8. FUTURE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEMS

(Staff discussion and Commission member announcement of status of previous agenda items and requests for future agenda items. No public comment will be taken on requests for future agenda items).

a. Next Regular Meeting: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 7:30 p.m.

b. Cancellation of Regular meeting scheduled for December 23, 2008

9. ADJOURNMENT

The Commission/Committee/Board packet is available for public inspection at the Albany Community Center/Library, Fire Department and at Community Development Department offices at 979 San Pablo Avenue. The agenda and supporting staff reports can be found on our web page at www.albanyca.org.

Please note that if you provide your name and address when speaking before the Commission/Committee/Board it will become part of the official public record, which will be posted on the Internet. Agenda related writings or documents provided to a majority of the Planning & Zoning Commission regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Community Development Department.

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