Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.
Albany City Hall Council Chambers, 1000 San Pablo Avenue
This meeting will include discussion of Conditional Use Permit for 979 San Pablo. The Safeway discussion has been requested by the applicant to postpone to a future date.
*** AGENDA ***
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 May 10, 2011 Regular Commission Meeting.
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. 979 San Pablo. Planning Application #11-026. Conditional Use Permit.
The subject property is a 4,000 square foot two-story building with existing ground floor retail and vacant second story most recently used as office space. The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to allow a Turkish educational and cultural center.
San Pablo, 979 - Staff Report 6a-2011-06-14
Recommendation: Approve.
b. 1500 Solano Avenue (Safeway). Planning Application #08-031. Design Review and Planned Unit Development.
A study session has been scheduled to discuss the CEQA review process associated with an application from Safeway to construct a new grocery store and retail shops totaling approximately 63,411 square feet.
Solano, 1500 - Staff Report 6b-2011-06-14
Recommendation: Continue to future date to be determined.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: Safeway has requested that the discussion of their project be rescheduled to a future meeting (exact date tbd). The City and Safeway apologize for any inconvenience this change may cause. For your information, because the public notice had already been sent out, it is standard Commission practice to keep the item on the agenda as a courtesy to members of the public that may attend the meeting. No substantive staff analysis or Commission discussion is anticipated.
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7. ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS/DISCUSSION
a. City of Albany Planning and Zoning Update “E-Notification”
b. Update on City Council agenda items related to Planning and Zoning activities.
c. Review of status of major projects and scheduling of upcoming agenda items.
8. FUTURE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEMS
a. Special Planning and Zoning Commission hearing scheduled for Wednesday, June 22, 2011 on the University Village Mixed Use Project.
b. Next Regular Planning and Zoning Commission hearing scheduled for Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
(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.
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 1000 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 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 - 2011-06-14
