Planning Commission – January 12, 2021
7:00 pm
San Rafael Planning Commission
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 7:00 P.M.
Virtual Meeting
Watch on Webinar: https://tinyurl.com/PC-2021-01-12
Watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/cityofsanrafael
Telephone: (669) 900-9128
Meeting ID: 872-0645-4435#
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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) ADVISORY NOTICE In response to Executive Order N-29-20, the City of San Rafael will no longer offer an in-person meeting location for the public to attend. This meeting will be streamed through YouTube Live at www.youtube.com/cityofsanrafael. Comments submitted via YouTube Live must be submitted according to the directions located on the YouTube video description. The City is not responsible for any interrupted service. To ensure the Planning Commission receives your comments, submit written comments to Alicia Giudice, Planning Manager (alicia.giudice@cityofsanrafael.org), prior to the meeting. For more information regarding real-time public comments, please visit our Live Commenting Pilot page at https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/live-commenting-pilot/. Want to listen to the meeting and comment in real-time over the phone? Call the telephone number listed on this agenda and dial the Meeting ID when prompted. Feel free to contact the City Clerk’s office at 415-485-3066 or by email to lindsay.lara@cityofsanrafael.org if you have any questions. Any member of the public who needs accommodations should contact the City Clerk (email lindsay.lara@cityofsanrafael.org or phone at 415-485-3066) who will use their best efforts to provide reasonable accommodations to provide as much accessibility as possible while also maintaining public safety in accordance with the City procedure for resolving reasonable accommodation requests. |
Members of the public may speak on Agenda items.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
RECORDING OF MEMBERS PRESENT AND ABSENT
APPROVAL OR REVISION OF ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF MEETING PROCEDURES
URGENT COMMUNICATION
Anyone with an urgent communication on a topic not on the agenda may address the Commission at this time. Please notify the Community Development Director in advance.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Approval of the Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of December 15, 2020
Recommended Action – Approve as submitted
Minutes
OTHER AGENDA ITEM
2. Annual Meeting of the Planning Commission
Annual Meeting of the Planning Commission for 2021 to include: a) election of officers; and b) review of Planning Commission “Rules and Procedures”; and c) selection of liaisons to Design Review Board meetings
Case No.: P21-01
Project Planner: Ali Giudice
Recommended Action – Elect a new Chair and Vice Chair for 2021; and Accept changes to the Planning Commission “Rules and Procedures”; and Select Planning Commission Liaisons to the Design Review Board for 2021
Staff report
PUBLIC HEARING
3. Draft Downtown San Rafael Precise Plan
The Planning Commission will conduct its first public hearing on the Draft Downtown
Precise Plan on January 12. A second hearing covering the Draft Form Based Code
will take place on January 26 and a third “wrap-up” hearing will take place on February
9. The purpose of each hearing is to receive public comments on the Draft Plan and to
discuss the Plan’s recommendations. Continued public comment on Draft General Plan
2040 also may occur at these meetings.
Case Nos.: GPA16-001 & P16-013
Project Planner: Barry Miller
Recommended Action – Accept report, provide comments and continue hearing to January 26, 2021 for the Form Based Code discussion
Staff report
Correspondence
Correspondence
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
COMMISSION COMMUNICATION
ADJOURNMENT
Any records relating to an agenda item, received by a majority or more of the Commission less than 72 hours before the meeting, shall be available for inspection online. Sign Language interpreters may be requested by calling (415) 485-3066 (voice), emailing Lindsay.lara@cityofsanrafael.org or using the California Telecommunications Relay Service by dialing “711”, at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Copies of documents are available in accessible formats upon request.
The Planning Commission will take up no new business after 11:00 p.m. at regularly scheduled meetings. This shall be interpreted to mean that no agenda item or other business will be discussed or acted upon after the agenda item under consideration at 11:00 p.m. The Commission may suspend this rule to discuss and/or act upon any additional agenda item(s) deemed appropriate by a unanimous vote of the members present. Appeal rights: any person may file an appeal of the Planning Commission’s action on agenda items within five business days (normally 5:00 p.m. on the following Tuesday) and within 10 calendar days of an action on a subdivision. An appeal letter shall be filed with the City Clerk, along with an appeal fee of $350 (for non-applicants) or a $4,476 deposit (for applicants) made payable to the City of San Rafael, and shall set forth the basis for appeal. There is a $50.00 additional charge for request for continuation of an appeal by appellant.