Notice is hereby given that a Special Joint Meeting of the Planning Commission and Architectural Review Board will be held at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at the City Council Chambers in City Hall, 1685 Main Street, Room # 213, Santa Monica, for the purpose of conducting the following business:

 

 

A G E N D A

 

SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE

PLANNING COMMISSION & ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD

OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA

 

Founded 1875

"Populus felix in urbe felici"

 

WEDNESDAY, January 21, 2009                                                CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

7:00 P.M.                                                                                                  ROOM 213, CITY HALL

 

                                                                             

1.         CALL TO ORDER

 

2.         PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

3.         ROLL CALL

 

4.         PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT:

Information concerning future Planning Commission and City Council Agendas.  Update on recent City Council action on appeals, ordinances, development projects, and planning policy studies. Information on recent Architectural Review Board and Landmarks Commission actions.  Update on project status and related planning matters.

 

5.                  PUBLIC HEARING:

 

5-A.     Study Session for presentation of schematic design and preliminary discussion to provide informal input to the Redevelopment Agency of a proposed project consisting of the exterior remodel of the Macy’s building.  [Planner: Sarah Lejeune, AICP]

 

            Staff Report 

 

6.         ADJOUNMENT OF SPECIAL MEETING

 

No other business will be continued at the Special Meeting.

 


CITY PLANNING COMMISSION

 

Gleam Davis, Commissioner

Jay P. Johnson, Commissioner

Hank Koning, FAIA, Vice-Chairperson

Gerda Newbold, Commissioner

Terry O’Day, Chairperson

Gwynne Pugh, AIA, ASCE, Commissioner

Jim Ries, Commissioner

 

 

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD

 

Michael Folonis, Chairperson

Lynn Robb, Vice-Chairperson

William Adams, Board member

John Ellis, Board member

Edouard Mimieux, Board member

Amy Rothman, Board member

Maegan Winning, Board member

 

Kevin McKeown, City Council Liaison

Pam O’Connor, City Council Liaison

 

Eileen Fogarty, Director of Planning & Community Development

Amanda Schachter, Planning Manager

Francie Stefan, Community & Strategic Planning Manager

 Barry Rosenbaum, Senior Land Use Attorney

Kyle Ferstead, Commission Secretary


 

A G E N D A

 

REGULAR MEETING OF THE

PLANNING COMMISSION  OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA

 

Founded 1875

"Populus felix in urbe felici"

 

WEDNESDAY, January 21, 2009                                               CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

7:00 P.M.                                                                                                  ROOM 213, CITY HALL

 

 

1.         CALL TO ORDER

 

2.         ROLL CALL

 

3.         PLANNING DIRECTOR'S REPORT:

Information concerning future Planning Commission and City Council Agendas.  Update on recent City Council action on appeals, ordinances, development projects, and planning policy studies. Information on recent Architectural Review Board and Landmarks Commission actions.  Update on project status and related planning matters.

 

4.         PLANNING COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

5.         APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Consent Calendar

 

5-A.     December 17, 2008

 

6.         PUBLIC HEARING: Consent Calendar

 

6-A.     Conditional Use Permit 08-009 and Variance 08-012, Ocean View Hotel, 1447 Ocean Avenue. The applicant requests a Conditional Use Permit (08CUP009) to increase the number of guestrooms from 65 rooms to 70 rooms by converting existing support and storage areas within the hotel and Variance (08VAR012) to allow the 5 guestrooms without providing additional on-site parking spaces. Pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.04.08.12.040(e), a CUP is required to modify the operations of an existing hotel use in the RVC district and SMMC Section 9.04.20.10.030(b) allows the modification of off-street parking requirements through a variance application. [Planner: Grace Cho] APPLICANT:  Michael Farzam. PROPERTY OWNER:  Siroos Farzam.

 

Staff Report

 

7.         PUBLIC HEARINGS:

 

7-A.     Development Review Permit 06-005 and Environmental Impact Report 06-006, 1427 Fourth Street. An application for a Development Review Permit for the construction of a new four-story commercial building consisting of 11,462sf of ground floor retail space and 33,421sf of office space.  The Final Environmental Impact Report and Mitigation Monitoring Program and Statement of Overriding Considerations for the project have been prepared.  The Statement of Overriding Considerations will be necessary to approve the project because the EIR has concluded that there will be significant unavoidable impacts to shade/shadows and traffic/circulation.  All other potential impacts can be mitigated to a less than significant level. [Planner: Jing Yeo] APPLICANT:  David Forbes Hibbert, AIA. PROPERTY OWNER: SM Partners Ltd.

 

Staff Report

Attachment K

Attachment K - Supplemental

Supplemental Staff Report (1/21/2009)

 

7-B.     Development Agreement 08-002, 725 California Avenue. The applicant is requesting Planning Commission consideration and recommendation of a Development Agreement for a campus improvement project located at 725 California Avenue (St. Monica Catholic Community).  The subject property comprises a full city block bounded by California Avenue, Lincoln Boulevard, Washington Avenue, and 7th Street.  The project involves primarily the demolition of the existing Pastoral Center (13,065 sq. ft.), located at the corner of California Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard; construction of a new 30,438 square feet Community Center, in the demolished area of the Pastoral Center, with two levels of subterranean parking (250+ spaces), construction of a 7,200 square foot classroom addition to the rear of the High School East, surface level parking improvements, and the renovation of the existing auditorium, gymnasium and other facilities.  Pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Section 9.48.130, the Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed development agreement and shall make its recommendation to the City Council for review. [Planner: Brad Misner] APPLICANT: St. Monica Catholic Community. PROPERTY OWNER: Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

 

Staff Report

 

8.         DISCUSSION:

 

8-A.     Input, discussion and possible action on policies, process, materials, timeline, participation strategies and related issues pertaining to the Shape the Future 2025 and Motion by the Ocean projects. This will include input, discussion, and possible action on policies, process, materials, timeline, participation strategies and related issues pertaining to the Land Use and Circulation Elements of the General Plans.

 

9.         WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:

 

9-A.     Planning Commission Caselist

9-B.     Current Case List

9-C.     Cumulative Projects List

 

10.       FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS:

 

11.       PUBLIC INPUT:  

Public comment is permitted only on items not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City. Please note that State law prohibits the Commission from taking any action on items not listed on the agenda, including issues raised under this agenda item.

 

12.       ADJOURNMENT

 

Please note that this agenda is subject to change up to 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. We encourage you to check the agenda 72 hours prior to the meeting.

 

Any documents produced by the City and distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available at the City Clerk's Counter located at City Hall, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, during normal business hours.”

 

City Hall and the Council Chambers is wheelchair accessible. If you have any disability-related accommodation request, please contact (310) 458-8341, or TDD Number: (310) 458-8696 at least three (3) days prior to the meeting. All written materials are available in alternate format upon request.

 

Please turn-off or set your cell phone to vibrate while in the Council Chambers.

 

Santa Monica “Big Blue” Bus Lines #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9 and the Tide Ride service the City Hall. Parking is available in front of City Hall and on Olympic Drive and in the Civic Center Parking Structure (validation free).

 

CITY PLANNING COMMISSION

 

Gleam Davis, Commissioner

Jay P. Johnson, Commissioner

Hank Koning, FAIA, Vice-Chairperson

Gerda Newbold, Commissioner

Terry O’Day, Chairperson

Gwynne Pugh, AIA, ASCE, Commissioner

Jim Ries, Commissioner

 

Kevin McKeown, City Council Liaison

Pam O’Connor, City Council Liaison

 

Eileen Fogarty, Director of Planning & Community Development

Amanda Schachter, Planning Manager

Francie Stefan, Community & Strategic Planning Manager

Barry Rosenbaum, Senior Land Use Attorney

Kyle Ferstead, Commission Secretary

 

AGENDA POLICIES

 

The Planning Commission considers a range of requests for development permits, appeals, and planning policy matters, and conducts public hearings on many of its agenda items. Due to the number, complexity and public interest associated with many agenda items, meetings of the Commission are generally lengthy. The Commission makes every effort to proceed as expeditiously as possible; your patience and understanding is appreciated.

 

PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES on each public hearing item include ex parte communication disclosure by the Commissioners; presentation of a staff report; Commission questions of staff; a fifteen (15) minute presentation by the project applicant or applicant’s representative or team, if any; Commission questions of the applicant; three (3) minutes for each member of the public wishing to speak to the item; three (3) minutes for project applicant to respond to the public or clarify issues raised by the public; Commission deliberations and decision. For an appeal, the appellant, if not also the applicant, has fifteen (15) minutes to address the Commission prior to the applicant speaking and three (3) minutes to respond to public comment.

 

SPECIAL TIME LIMITATIONS. The Commission may limit the time of individual speakers or the total time on a particular issue. If there are more than seven (7) speakers requesting to speak on an agenda item, or if twenty (20) or more persons have requested to speak on any combination of items, the project applicant or appellant on any agenda item shall be limited to ten (10) minutes initially and three (3) minutes in rebuttal. Members of the public are permitted three (3) minutes to address the Commission except as follows: if a member of the public requests to speak on more than one agenda item, the time will be three (3) minutes for the first item and two (2) minutes for any other item unless the Commission grants by a majority vote additional time.

 

REQUESTS TO SPEAK on an agenda item must be submitted on a speaker's request form (“chit”) and submit it to the Commission secretary. All requests to address the Commission on public hearing items must be submitted prior to the Commission's consideration of the item.

 

ASSIGNING OF TIME for members of the public wishing to speak to an item is permissible within specified limits.  A "representative speaker" may be allowed one additional minute of speaking time, to a maximum of five (5) additional minutes [hence, eight (8) minutes total] for each person actually in attendance who assigns his or her right to speak via a request to speak form to the "representative speaker." The project applicant, applicant’s representative or team of representatives (which may include the project architect, attorney, facilitator and all other representatives of the applicant), shall be allowed a total of fifteen (15) minutes initially and three (3) minutes in rebuttal.

 

PRESENTATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC should begin with the speaker stating his or her name and address for the public record followed by a statement regarding the item under consideration.  Please speak to the Commission as a whole. 

 

PROFESSIONALS APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMISSION should clearly identify their status, such as "attorney", "paralegal", "architect", "designer", or "landscape architect".  Instances of misrepresentation of professional status may be referred to the City Attorney for possible prosecution.

 

WRITTEN MATERIALS, LETTERS AND E-MAILS regarding agenda items should be submitted to the City Planning Division staff prior to the Commission meeting. All written materials, including e-mails, will be forwarded the Commission Secretary for inclusion in the public record and, if received by noon on the Monday prior to the Wednesday public hearing, shall be forwarded to the Commission in advance of the meeting. Late submissions will be place on the dais on the night of the public hearing, but might not be reviewed by the Commission..

 

EX PARTE COMMUNICATION DISCLOSURES.  During the pendency of any quasi-judicial proceeding, no member of the Planning Commission may engage in ex parte communications with applicants, appellants or members of the public with respect to the matter which is the subject of the proceeding unless that member of the Commission discloses such communication. Prior to each quasi-judicial agenda item each Commissioner must place on the record the subject and substance of any written or oral ex parte communication including the identity of the person, group or entity with whom the communication took place.

 

TIME LIMITATION ON CONSIDERATION OF NEW ITEMS. The Commission shall not commence consideration of a new item on its agenda after 11:00 p.m. unless otherwise required by State or local law or unless otherwise determined by a majority vote of those Commissioners present.

 

CONSENT CALENDAR items will be acted upon by the Commission at one time without discussion unless a Commissioner requests discussion on an item or a member of the public has submitted a request to speak on an item.  If such a request is made, the item will be heard after the balance of the Consent Calendar has been voted upon.

 

ACTION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION on most matters occurs with the affirmative votes of at least four Commissioners.

 

DESIGN ASPECTS OF PROJECTS considered by the Planning Commission must also be approved by the Architectural Review Board.  For more information on this process, contact the City Planning Division.

 

APPEALS of certain actions of the Commission are appealable to the City Council.  The appeal period is generally ten to fourteen days from the date of the Commission’s action For specific information on appeals, please contact the City Planning Division.

 

For more information regarding the Planning Commission  agenda or development permit procedures and standards,  please contact the  City Planning Division at (310) 458-8341.

 

Copies of agendas and staff reports are available on the City’s Home Page on the World Wide Web using the following address: www.santa-monica.org

 

Help Us Shape the Future!   Be part of the effort to update the City's Land Use Element and Zoning Ordinance and help create a vision for Santa Monica in 2025.  http://www.shapethefuture2025.net/

Motion by the Ocean:  The City of Santa Monica is preparing an update to the General Plan Circulation Element to learn more about the Circulation Element and to download a personal transportation survey. . Go to
http://pen.ci.santa-monica.ca.us/planning/transportation/CirculationElement/index.html

 

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