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 May 27, 2008, July 8 and July 22, 2008 meetings.
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. City Council request for comments and recommendations on establishing Paid Parking Program.
Staff Report
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
Attachment 3
Attachment 4
Staff recommendation; provide 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.
b. 904 Santa Fe. Planning Application 07-087. Design Review. Request for Design Review approval of a new mixed-use building, which includes two residential units and one commercial retail space.
Staff Report
Staff recommendation: provide direction to the applicant on any appropriate design changes and approve the project.
c. 908 Ventura. Planning Application 07-081. Design Review. Conditional Use Permit. A request for Design Review approval to allow a 923sq.ft. second-story addition to an existing single-family home. A Conditional Use Permit is also requested to allow the extension of a nonconforming (northern) wall.
Staff Report
Staff recommendation: Approve Planning Application 07-094. Design Review and Conditional Use Permit, subject to attached findings and conditions of approval.
d. 423- 427 Talbot. Planning Application 08-037. Subdivision. Planned Unit Development. Parking Exception. Design Review. Request for a Subdivision, Planned Unit Development and Design Review approval on an application to construct a new twelve-unit, three-story, multi-family building.
Staff Report
Staff recommendation: Provide direction to the applicant regarding design of the project and to staff on the preparation of findings and conditions of approval, and continue the agenda item to a future meeting.
e. 962 Cornell. Planning Application 08-044. Parking Exception. Conditional Use Permit. Design Review. Request for Design Review approval to allow a 626sq.ft., second-story addition to an existing single-story home. A conditional use permit is requested to allow the extension of the nonconforming northern wall. A parking exception is requested to allow one off-street parking space where two are required.
Staff Report
Staff recommendation: Staff recommends that the Commission approve the request for Parking Exception, Conditional Use Permit and Design Review to allow a 626sq.ft. second-story addition, subject to the attached draft findings and conditions of approval.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION
a. Update on City Council actions related to Planning and Zoning.
b. Notification of café approval at 862 San Pablo Avenue
c. Correspondence Housing Consortium of the East Bay
d. News Article: Senate Bill 375
e. Update on revised Conditions of Approval
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, September 23, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
b. Discussion of Commission Meeting Schedule for Fall 2008 -- Hold meetings on November 25, 2008 and December 23, 2008?
9. ADJOURNMENT
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