HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission 2015-02-24 Agenda AGENDA
SAN RAFAEL PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, February 24, 2015, 7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 1400 FIFTH AVENUE
SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA
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URGENT COMMUNICATION
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Please notify the Community Development Director in advance.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Minutes, December 9, 2014
PUBLIC HEARING
2. 930 Tamalpais Avenue (Whistlestop Project Conceptual Review) – Conceptual Design Review of Whistlestop/Marin
Senior Services building site redevelopment with a new five-story building containing 48 low income senior housing units,
re-establishment of existing café and senior center facility uses, and provision of 21 ground floor parking spaces on the
14,689 square foot rectangular parcel. APN: 011-277-01; Hetherton Office (HO) District; Marin Senior Coordinating Council,
owner/applicant; Eden Housing, agent. File No: CDR14-009. Project Planner: Kraig Tambornini
3. 39 Trellis Drive (Mark Day School; Formerly St. Mark’s School) – Request for Environmental and Design Review
Permit, Master Use Permit Amendment and Planned District Amendment to allow the demolition of an existing 3,935 sq.
ft., single-story administration building and the construction of a new 11,270 sq. ft., multi-story administration/library
building, with a maximum height of 29’ 1 9/32” above finished grade. The project also proposes to: 1) convert the existing
library building to a faculty/staff lounge/workroom and meeting rooms, 2) redesign an existing courtyard ‘quad’, located
behind the new administration/library building; 3) reconfigure an existing 17-stall parking area located immediately north of
the new administration/library building with no reduction in on-site parking spaces; and 4) storm water drainage and
landscape improvements around the project area; APN: 175-060-01; Planned Development (1760) District Zones; Ted
Lieser for Equity Community Builders, LLC, Applicant; Joe Harvey for Mark Day School, Lessor, Dixie School District,
Owner; Case Numbers: ZC14-001; ED14-086; UP14-027. Project Planner: Steve Stafford
4. Annual Meeting of Planning Commission to include a) election of officers; and b) review of Planning Commission
“Rules and Procedures”
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
COMMISSION COMMUNICATION
ADJOURNMENT:
I. Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
II. I, Anne Derrick, hereby certify that on Friday February 20, 2015, I posted a notice of February 24, 2015 Planning
Commission meeting on the City of San Rafael Agenda Board.