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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
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2006 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:
6-A. December 7, 2005
7. STATEMENT OF OFFICIAL ACTION: None.
8. PUBLIC
HEARING: None.
9. FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS
10. COMMUNICATIONS:
10-A. Planning Commission Request for Information
10-B. Shape the Future 2025 (Land
Use Element & Zoning Ordinance Project) – Motion by the Ocean (Circulation
Element Project): Five
Month Calendar
11. DISCUSSION:
Public Input Permitted
11-A. Dr. Thomas Donner, Interim Superintendent / President of
Santa Monica College, or Donald Girard, Executive Assistant to the President,
will report on the Santa Monica College Master Plan, as well as long-term
trends in post-secondary education that are expected to affect the land use and
circulation needs of Santa Monica College. Requested by Commissioner Pugh.
11-B. Presentation by the City’s Transportation
Management Division staff and discussion regarding possible Circulation Element
goals. Continued from January 4, 2006.
11-C. Discussion regarding the
Zoning Ordinance schedule and invitation to the Planning Commission to be
interviewed by the City’s consultant to identify code-related concerns,
problems and other issues related to its administration, structure and format.
Consideration and possible formation of a Planning Commission subcommittee on
issues related to the Zoning Ordinance will be discussed and if appropriate,
acted upon. Continued from January 4, 2006.
11-D. Discussion of the appropriateness of preliminary Planning
Commission review of proposed development projects in advance of the Planning
Commission’s formal review as established by the Zoning Ordinance. If the
Planning Commission determines that preliminary review of proposed development
projects is appropriate, the Commission will also discuss the procedure and
format for this review, and make a recommendation to the City Council regarding
its implementation.
11-E. Discussion suggesting to
City Council that
11-F. Discussion and possible
recommendation to the City Council regarding an amendment to the Subdivision
Ordinance to modify administrative and discretionary application procedures,
including hearing and notice requirements. Requested by Chair Johnson.
Continued from January 4, 2006.
11-G. Set
hearing date for Appeal 05-014 of Architectural Review Board 05-265,
11-H. 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.
12. PUBLIC INPUT
13. 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.
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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.
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phone to vibrate while in the Council Chambers.
Santa Monica Blue Bus Lines #2, #3
and #8 serve City Hall. Parking is available in front of City Hall and on
Olympic Drive.
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
Barbara Brown, Commissioner
Darrell Clarke, Commissioner
Julie Lopez Dad, Commissioner
Jay P. Johnson, Chairperson
Hank Koning, FAIA, Commissioner
Terry O’Day, Commissioner
Gwynne Pugh, AIA, Vice Chairperson
Pam O’Connor, City Council Liaison
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.
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 at our Planning Counter, Room
111 of City Hall, and through the City’s Home Page on the World Wide Web using
the following address: www.santa-monica.org
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