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A G E N D A REGULAR MEETING OF
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF Founded 1875"Populus felix
in urbe felici" WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
1, 2010 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. PLANNING
COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS
6. APPROVAL
OF MINUTES: None.
7. STATEMENTS
OF OFFICIAL ACTION:
None.
8. PUBLIC
HEARINGS:
8-A. Amendment to the Civic Center Specific Plan
(CCSP). An amendment to the Civic Center Specific Plan (CCSP) to eliminate
the Main Street Circle as a public improvement for Main Street as described in
the CCSP. Amend
the 2005 Civic Center Specific Plan (CCSP) to eliminate the Main Street Circle
as a planned public improvement for Main Street in the CCSP
to accommodate changed conditions and align with the broader priorities for the
Civic Center.[Planner: Travis Page] APPLICANT:
City of Santa Monica. LOCATION: Main Street between Pico Boulevard and Olympic
Drive.
9. DISCUSSION:
9-A. Discussion
of Draft Conceptual Drawings for the Replacement of Parking Structure #6 (1431
Second Street).
9-B. Bicycle
Masterplan Discussion: Status, Implementation Plan, Key Milestones, Priority,
Funding Status, Challenges, and Planning Commission role. [Requested by Chair Ries on November 17,
2010.]
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, and #9 service the City Hall. Parking is available
in front of City Hal on
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
Jennifer
Kennedy, Commissioner
Hank
Koning, FAIA, Commissioner
Gerda
Newbold, Chairperson Pro Tempore
Jason
Parry, Commissioner
Gwynne
Pugh, FAIA, ASCE, Commissioner
Jim Ries, Chairperson
Ted Winterer,
Commissioner
Kevin McKeown, City
Council Liaison
Pam O’Connor, City
Council Liaison
Eileen Fogarty,
Director of Planning & Community Development
Amanda Schachter,
City 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 two (2) 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 two (2) minutes for the first item and one (1) minute 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 submitted 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, if possible, but no later than prior to the commencement of public
testimony on that item. Any request received after the commencement of public
testimony shall be considered late and may be heard for one (1) minute only
with the approval of a majority of the Commission present.
PERSONS
SPEAKING ON MORE THAN ONE ITEM shall be limited to three (3) minutes on the
item he or she considers most important and two (2) minutes on any other item
unless further time is granted by a majority vote of the Commission.
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
or http://www01.smgov.net/planning/planningcomm/planningagendas.htm
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