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 June 10, 2008 meeting.
Staff recommendation: approve.
b. 1532 Solano. Planning Application 08-039. Conditional Use Permit. Request for a Conditional Use Permit approval to allow a massage business to operate in an existing office building.
Solano, 1532, SR-20080708
Staff recommendation: approve.
c. 808 Key Route. Planning Application 08-035. Design Review. Front Yard Parking Exception. Request for Design Review approval to allow a 296sq.ft. rear addition to an existing home. The applicant is also requesting approval of a front yard parking exception.
Key Route, 808, SR-20080708
Staff recommendation: approve.
d. 959 Ordway. Planning Application 08-041. Design Review. Request for Design review approval to allow construction of a new 86sq.ft., second-story addition.
Ordway, 959, SR-20080708
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. 934 San Pablo. Planning Application 06-074. Design Review. Non-residential Parking Adjustment. Density Bonus. Affordable Housing. Public hearing for approval of a new four-story mixed-use building with thirteen residential units and two retail units. A density bonus & other concessions, as described below, are also requested as part of the approval.
San Pablo, 934, SR3-20080708
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Staff recommendation: Open public hearing, review project financial analysis and submitted design, and continue final action on project to date certain of July 22, 2008
b. City Council request for comments and recommendations on establishing Paid Parking Program.
PZ, Paid Parking, Memo-20080708
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Staff recommendation; provide initial comments and recommendations to assist the City Council in its discussion regarding the potential of establishing a paid parking program in the City of Albany.
c. 701-705 Hillside. Status Report on Implementation of Planning Application 05-025. Discussion of implementation of project originally approved in 2004 to construct two single-family homes. (no Staff Report included)
Staff recommendation: discussion.
d. 845 Cleveland. Planning Application 06-077. Lot Line Adjustment. Planned Unit Development. Design Review.
Cleveland, 845, SR3-20080708 height
Staff recommendation: approve amendment to previously approved Planned Unit Development
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION
a. Update on City Council actions related to Planning and Zoning.
b. Recent State of California publications on climate change (“Climate Change Draft Scoping Plan” and “CEQA and Climate Change”)
PZ, Climate Chg Draft Scoping Plan, 7b-20080708
PZ, CEQA and Climate Chg Technical Advisory, 7b-20080708
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, July 22, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
b. Regular Meetings of August 12, 2008 and August 26, 2008 will be cancelled for summer recess.
c. Work session on Housing Element tentatively scheduled for July 15, 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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