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 January 27, 2009 and February 10, 2009 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. 1301 Solano. Planning Application 08-078. Design Review. Parking Adjustment. Demolition of an existing 1,583 sq. ft. commercial/office building and construction of a new 3,660sq.ft., two-story commercial/office building. Adjustment to parking requirements from 15 spaces to five spaces.
Solano, 1301 - Staff Report 6a-20090224
Staff recommendation: Discuss and continue to a date uncertain.
c. 1091 Neilson. Planning Application 08-079. Design Review. Request for design review approval to allow for an approximately 764 sq. ft. second-story addition to an existing single-family home.
Neilson, 1091 - Staff Report 6c-20090224
Staff recommendation: Discuss and continue to a date uncertain.
d. 725 Key Route. Planning Application 08-080. Design Review. Front Yard Parking Exception. Request for design review approval to allow a 328 sq. ft. two-story addition to an existing single-family home. A parking exception is also requested to allow the second required parking space in the front yard.
Key Route, 725 - Staff Report 6d-20090224
Staff recommendation: approve.
e. 954 Kains. Planning Application 09-003. Design Review. Request for design review approval to allow a 1,137 square foot addition to an existing single-family home, which the applicant would like to convert into a two-family dwelling.
Kains, 954 - Staff Report 6e-20090224
Staff recommendation: approve.
f. Discussion of 2010 General Plan Update
2010 General Plan Update - Staff Report 6f-20090224
Staff recommendation: for discussion only.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION
a. Update on Art Subcommittee 2/17/09
b. Update on Sustainability Committee Meeting 2/18/09
c. Update on City Council actions related to Planning and Zoning
d. Staff Report from the Finance Director to the City Council on the City’s Financial Status
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).
9. ADJOURNMENT
Note: As a general policy, the Commission will not begin discussion or consideration of an agenda items after 11:00 pm.
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PZ Minutes - 20090224
