Planning Commission Meeting Update

November 28, 2007                  Wednesday                                7:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

ROLL CALL:      Commissioners Dan Carpenter, Michael Multari, John Ashbaugh, Amanda Brodie, Diana Gould-Wells, Vice-Chairperson Charles Stevenson and Chairperson Carlyn Christianson 

All of the Commissioners were present. 

ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA:  

The agenda was accepted as presented.   

PUBLIC HEARINGS: 

1.        861, 847, 877 & 863 Palm Street, 840, 842, 844, 848, 868 & 870 Monterey Street, 984 & 986 Chorro Street and 955 Morro Street. ER 69-05; Review of the final EIR for the proposed Chinatown mixed-use development project; C-D-H zone; SLO Chinatown, LLC, applicant.  (Pam Ricci)   

On a 7-0 vote, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution recommending that the City Council authorize certification of the Final EIR with Update by the Architectural Review Commission. The Commission recommended changes to Mitigation Measures MM CR-4 & MM CR-5 which require the applicant to submit a detailed rehabilitation feasibility analysis of adaptive reuse to the City Council and establishes an order of priority with regard to alternatives on the disposition of the Sauer Bakery and Blackstone buildings.  The Commission included a suggested requirement associated with the demolition alternative that the applicant contributes to a fund that would assist other property owners in the preservation of historic resources elsewhere in the City.  The Planning Commission also expanded and modified the findings of overriding considerations to reinforce the social and economic vitality policy objectives that are realized with project development. 

Several members of the public spoke at the hearing, primarily regarding the proposed demolition of the Sauer Bakery and Blackstone buildings.  Other comments included the need to provide affordable housing, the loss of public parking spaces, and the desire to have energy efficient and cutting edge building designs. 

COMMENT AND DISCUSSION: 

2.        Staff 

A.     Agenda Forecast – Deputy Director Davidson gave the Commission the agenda forecast.   

3.        Commission 

ADJOURNMENT