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.)
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. 1382 Solano. Planning Application 09-002. Design Review. Request for Design Review approval to allow new and replacement signage to an existing commercial building.
Solano, 1382 - 6a Staff Report-20090310
Staff recommendation: approve, subject to minor revisions.
b. 842 Masonic. Discussion and Recommendation to the City Council Regarding Acquisition of Property at 842 Masonic Avenue for Expansion of the Senior Center.
Aquisition of 842 Masonic - 6b Staff Report-20090310
Staff recommendation: Provide recommendation to the City Council.
c. 804 Curtis. Planning Application 09-006. Design Review. Request for Design Review approval to allow a 134sq.ft., two-story addition to the rear of an existing single-family home.
Curtis, 804 - 6c Staff Report-20090310
Staff recommendation: provide direction to staff on design review and the parking exception, and continue the application to the next public hearing on March 24, 2009.
d. General Plan Annual Report
Draft 2008 General Paln Annual Update -6d Staff Report-20090310
Staff recommendation: Discuss and direct staff to make any appropriate revisions.
e. Design Review Guidelines
Draft Res. Design Review Guidelines -6e Staff Report-20090310
Staff recommendation: Discuss, direct staff to make any final revisions, and recommend approval of revisions to City Council.
f. Discussion of Format for Community Discussion of Draft 2009 Housing Element.
Housing Element - 6f Staff Report-20090310
Staff recommendation: Discuss, direct staff to make any appropriate revisions, and recommend approval of revisions to City Council.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION
a. Correspondence from Marci Nolan regarding medical marijuana dispensary
b. Potential amendment to Target project approvals to accommodate an AC Transit Service bus turnaround in the parking lot
c. City organizational and staffing analysis contract
d. Pierce Street Pavement Rehabilitation and Bicycle/Pedestrian Path
e. Update on the Federal Stimulus Package and the California State Budget
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 item after 11:00 pm.
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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.
PZ Minutes - 20090310
