Planning Commission – September 15, 2020
7:00 pm
AGENDA
San Rafael Planning Commission
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 7:00 P.M.
Virtual Meeting
(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 the Alicia Giudice, Principal Planner (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 August 11, 2020
Recommended Action – Approve as submitted
Minutes
PUBLIC HEARING
2. 38 Upper Fremont
The applicant is requesting Environmental and Design Review for a new single-family residence with 4 parking spaces on a vacant hillside lot. Parking will be provided using mechanical parking unit located within the garage; APN: 012-041-48; Single-Family Residential – Hillside Overlay (R5-H) Zoning District; Jeffrey Prose, owner/applicant;
File No.: ED18-082
Planner: Ali Giudice
Recommended Action – Adopt Resolution
Staff Report
Correspondence
OTHER AGENDA ITEMS
3. Progress Report on San Rafael General Plan 2040/Downtown Precise Plan
A progress report and update on General Plan 2040 and Downtown Precise Plan will be presented to the Planning Commission. The report will include a recap of work completed to date, outcome of the General Plan subcommittee work, organization of the new plans, major draft policy changes that will be included in draft plans and upcoming schedule/tasks anticipated for the upcoming release of the public review draft of the Plans and associated Environmental Impact Report (EIR);
Case Nos.: GPA16-001 & P16-013.
Project Planners: Barry Miller and Raffi Boloyan
Recommended Action – Accept report
Staff Report
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.