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Planning Commission
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 7:00 P.M.
AGENDA
Participate In-Person:
San Rafael City Council Chambers
1400 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
or
Participate Virtually:
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Telephone: 1 (669) 444-9171
Meeting ID: 815 0028 1975#
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CALL TO ORDER
Chair Saudi called meeting to order at 7:00 PM. She then invited Planning Manager Leslie
Mendez to call roll.
RECORDING OF MEMBERS PRESENT AND ABSENT
PRESENT: JON PREVITALI, COMMISIONER (Virtual)
SHINGAI SAMUDZI, COMMISSIONER (In-person)
KELLY SHALK, COMMISSIONER (In-person)
JON HAVEMAN, VICE-CHAIR (In-person)
SAMINA SAUDE, CHAIR (In-person)
ABSENT ALDO MERCADO, COMMISSIONER
ALSO PRESENT: LESLIE MENDEZ, PLANNING MANAGER (In-person)
MONICA LY, SENIOR PLANNER (In-person)
ALEXIS CAPTANIAN, HOUSING ANALYST
ALI GUIDICE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
CHRIS HESS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
APPROVAL OR REVISION OF ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS
No changes were made to the order of the agenda.
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF MEETING PROCEDURES
Chair Saude invited Planning Manager Leslie Mendez, who informed the community the
meeting is streamed live to YouTube and members of the public can provide public
comment either on the telephone, through Zoom, or in person. She explained the process
for community participation in-person, on the telephone and Zoom.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
There was no commination from community members.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Approval of the Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of January 24, 2023
Recommended Action – Approve minutes as submitted.
Chair Saude invited public comment and there was none.
Vice-Chair Haveman moved, and Commissioner Samudzi seconded to approve both the
Consent Calendar.
Acting Chair Saude then invited Planning Manager Leslie Mendez to take roll:
AYES: Commissioner Previtali, Samudzi, Shalk, Vice-Chair Haveman, and Chair
Saude.
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Mercado.
ABSTAIN: None
Motion carried 5 – 0
ACTION ITEMS
2. Annual Progress Report for General Plan and Housing Element (RHNA)
P23-001
Presentation of the Annual Progress Report (APR) on the status of policies and programs
identified in the City’s General Plan and the City’s progress toward meeting its share of the
Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA) issued by the Association of Bay Area
Governments (ABAG)
Project Planner: Monica Ly Monica.Ly@cityofsanrafael.org and Alexis Captanian
Alexis.Captanian@cityofsanrafael.org
Recommended Action – Accept the General Plan Annual Progress Report and the
Housing Element Annual Progress Report for 2022 and direct staff to present the
reports to City Council.
Chair Saude invited Staff to present the annual Progress Report for General Plan and
Housing Element.
Planning Manager, Leslie Mendez presented the presenter Monica Ly along with other staff
members being Alexis Captanian, Alicia Giudice, and Chris Hess.
Chair Saude invited public comment and there were two comments, staff responded.
Chair Saude asked for questions from the Planning Commission and staff responded.
Commissioner Samudzi moved, and Commissioner Previtali seconded to accept the
General Plan Annual Progress Report and the Housing Element Annual Progress Report for
2022 and direct staff to present to City Council.
Chair Saude then invited Planning Manager Leslie Mendez to take roll:
AYES: Commissioner Previtali, Samudzi, Shalk, Vice-Chair Haveman, and Chair
Saude.
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner Mercado
ABSTAIN: None
Motion carried 5 – 0
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Planning Manager reported on the following items:
1. Last day of COVID Emergency, last day of Virtual attendance for the Board.
2. March 7th, 2023 meeting is cancelled next meeting will be held on the 28th of March.
3. The upcoming Design Review Board is focusing on 1515 Fourth street and Wildcare
facility renovation.
COMMISSION COMMUNICATION
Chair Saude asked if any members have any communication and allowed opportunity to
provide comments.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Acting Chair Saude adjourned the meeting at 8:07 PM.
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LESLIE MENDEZ, Planning Manager
APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION ON March 28, 2023