1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
(Consent Calendar items are considered 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 March 9, 2010 Regular Commission Meeting.
Recommendation: Approve.
b. Minutes from the April 27, 2010 Regular Commission Meeting.
Recommendation: Approve.
c. Minutes from the May 25, 2010 Regular Commission Meeting.
Recommendation: Approve.
d. 610-614 San Pablo. Planning Application 10-040. Conditional Use Permit. Parking Exception.
The subject property is approximately 6,250 square foot of retail space along San Pablo. The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit to allow the conversion of the space into a gym and fitness center. A Parking Exception is also requested to allow zero off-street spaces where 20 are required.
San Pablo, 610-614 - Staff Report 4d-20100622
Recommendation: Approval.
e. 423 San Pablo Avenue. Planning Application 10-027. Conditional Use Permit & Design Review for Wireless Antenna.
The applicant requests City approval to allow the removal of the four existing wireless communication antennas and replacement with six new antennas on an existing 65-foot high monopole. The existing pole is located at the rear (east) side of the property. Also currently installed on the monopole are antennas serving Metro PCS. The monopole is an existing legal non-conforming facility pursuant to the Wireless Communication Facility provisions of the City’s Planning and Zoning Code.
Recommendation: No substantive discussion or action. Continue to a date uncertain.
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. 1137-1139 Solano. Planning Application 09-037. Design Review and Parking Exception.
Demolition of an existing mixed-use building and construction of a new three-story building, including ground floor retail and a total of three residential units on the second and third floor. The project would require approval of a parking exception allowing six spaces where seven would otherwise be required.
Solano, 1137-1139 - Staff Report 6a-20100622
Recommendation: approval.
b. 1100 Eastshore Avenue. Planning Application 10-027. Conditional Use Permit & Design Review for Wireless Antenna.
The applicant requests City approval to allow the remounting of six existing cell phone antennas and the addition of three new antennas and a microwave dish on an existing racetrack tower at Golden Gate Fields. The tower is located at the northwest corner of the racetrack. The current installation is an existing legal non-conforming facility pursuant to the Wireless Communication Facility provisions of the City’s Planning and Zoning Code.
Eastshore, 1100 - Staff Report 6b-20100622
Recommendation: preliminary discussion and continue to a future date for final action.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION
(Background materials to be provided electronically. Paper copies available upon request.)
a. Correspondence from Ecology Center regarding a farmers market and related update from staff on the process for establishment of a farmers market.
b. New Alameda County Stormwater Requirements for Development Projects.
c. Update on City Council agenda items related to Planning and Zoning activities.
8. FUTURE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEMS
a. Next Regular Planning and Zoning Commission hearing scheduled for July 13, 2010.
(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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PZ minutes-20100608
