HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission 2011-06-28 Agenda AGENDA
SAN RAFAEL PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2011, 7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 1400 FIFTH AVENUE
SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA
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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. Minutes, May 24, 2011
2. Minutes, June 14, 2011
PUBLIC HEARINGS
3. 812 4th Street (Pizza Orgasmica Restaurant Exterior Repainting) – Request for Environmental and Design
Review Permit approval of revised building colors for Pizza Orgasmica commercial restaurant and brewery
building, located in the downtown area. This item was continued from the May 24, 2011 Planning Commission
Meeting; APN: 011-224-08,-10,-11&-19; 4SRC District; Gale Fisher, owner; Taylor Maia, applicant; File No.:
ED10-092. Project Planner: Kraig Tambornini
4. 350 Los Ranchitos Road (Guide Dogs for the Blind) – Request for a Use Permit and an Environmental and
Design Review Permit to demolish an existing 22,560-sq. ft. residential hall and rebuild it as a 26,626-sq. ft.
structure (this application would amend a previously approved Environmental and Design Review Permit
(ED10-001) and Use Permit (UP10-002) for this facility); APN: 175-250-03; Public/Quasi-Public (P/QP) District;
Guide Dogs for the Blind, owner; Phred Starkweather, applicant; File Nos.: ED11-017 and UP11-024. Project
Planner: Sarjit Dhaliwal
5. Bellam Boulevard and Windward Way – Request for Use Permit and Environmental and Design Review
Permit to allow the establishment and operation of the Canal Community Garden and associated site and
landscaping improvements on a vacant, 15,500-square-foot site; APN: 009-280-08; LI/O (Light Industrial/Office)
District; Trust for Public Lands, applicant; City of San Rafael/San Rafael Sanitation District, owner, ; File No(s).:
UP11-014; ED11-013. Project Planner: Paul Jensen
6. Draft General Plan Amendment consisting of: an updated Housing Element, a new Sustainability Element,
and amendment to Conservation Element Policy CON-3; and deletion of policies, programs and references
regarding the Project Selection Process (GPA11-01) Project Planner: Linda Jackson
7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy (P11-009) Project Planner: Bob Brown
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
COMMISSION COMMUNICATION:
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ADJOURNMENT:
I. Next Meeting: July 12, 2011
II. I, Anne Derrick, hereby certify that on Friday, June 24, 2011, I posted a notice of the June 28, 2011
Planning Commission meeting on the City of San Rafael Agenda Board.