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SAN FRANCISCO
PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice of Meeting
&
Calendar
Commission Chambers - Room 400
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B.
Goodlett Place
Thursday, January 13, 2011
1:30 PM
Regular Meeting
President: Ron Miguel
Vice-President: Christina R. Olague
Commissioners: Michael
J. Antonini; Gwyneth Borden; Rodney Fong; Kathrin Moore;
Hisashi Sugaya
Commission Secretary: Linda
D. Avery
Commission Calendars are
available on the Internet at http://www.sfgov.org/planning
or as a recorded message at (415) 558-6422.
Case reports and
relevant materials are linked to the items on calendar at the above web
site.
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AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
1650 MISSION STREET, 4TH FLOOR RECEPTION
Commission Meeting Procedures
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public for Commission review prior to a scheduled hearing should be received by
the Planning Department reception counter at 1650 Mission Street, 4th floor, no
later than 5:00 PM the Wednesday (eight days) prior to the scheduled public
hearing. Persons unable to attend a hearing may submit written comments
regarding a calendared item to: Planning Commission, 1650 Mission Street, Suite
400, San Francisco, CA 94103-2414. Comments received by 11:00 AM on the day of
the hearing will be made part of the official record and will be brought to the
attention of the Planning Commission at the public hearing. Otherwise, submit
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and case/docket/correspondence files, submit an original plus 10 copies.
When sending e-mail correspondence to Commissioners, please copy the Commission
Secretary at:
linda.avery@sfgov.org
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, if you
challenge, in court, (1) the adoption or amendment of a general plan, (2) the
adoption or amendment of a zoning ordinance, (3) the adoption or amendment of
any regulation attached to a specific plan, (4) the adoption, amendment or
modification of a development agreement, or (5) the approval of a variance,
conditional-use authorization, or any permit, you may be limited to raising only
those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this
notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission, at,
or prior to, the public hearing.
Commission action on conditional-uses and
reclassification may be appealed to the Board of Supervisors within 30 days.
Call (415) 554-5184 for more information. Commission actions after
Discretionary Review may be appealed to the Board of Appeals within 15 days of
action by the Central Permit Bureau. Call (415) 575-6880 for more information.
Zoning Administrator action on a variance application may be appealed to the
Board of Appeals within 10 days of issuance of the written decision.
The
Commission has instituted a policy that, in most cases, they will not call an
item for consideration after 10:00 PM. If an item is scheduled but not called
or introduced prior to 10:00 PM, the Commission may continue the matter to the
next available hearing. Items listed on this calendar will not be heard before
the stated time.
Policy on Commissioner’s requests for hearings:
There must be consensus of the Commission (four commissioners) or direction from
the President/Chair to schedule a hearing that otherwise would not be scheduled.
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Electronic Devices Usage at Hearings
Effective January 21, 2001,
the Board of Supervisors amended the Sunshine Ordinance by adding the following
provision: The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar
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similar sound-producing electronic devices (67A.1 Prohibiting the use of cell
phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices at and during
public meetings).
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information related to Planning Commission matters, please call Linda D. Avery,
Commission Secretary, at (415) 558-6407.
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Attention: Individuals and
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COMMUNICATIONS
Note: Each item on the
Consent or Regular calendar may include the following documents:
1) Planning Department
Case Executive Summary
2) Planning Department
Case Report
3) Draft Motion or
Resolution with Findings and/or Conditions
4) Public Correspondence
These items will be available
for review at the Planning Department, 1650 Mission St., 4th floor reception.
1:30 PM _________
ROLL
CALL:
President: Ron Miguel
Vice-President: Christina R. Olague
Commissioners: Michael J. Antonini; Gwyneth Borden;
Rodney Fong; Kathrin Moore; Hisashi Sugaya
A.
CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS PROPOSED FOR CONTINUANCE
The
Commission will consider a request for continuance to a later date. The
Commission may choose to continue the item to the date proposed below, to
continue the item to another date, or to hear the item on this calendar.
1.
2009.0649C (D.
SANCHEZ: (415) 575-9082)
2980 24TH STREET - northeast corner of Harrison and 24th
Streets, Lots 039, 040 in Assessor’s Block 4206 - Request for
Conditional Use Authorization under Planning Code Sections 727.83 and 303 to
install a wireless transmission facility for T-Mobile, consisting of six panel
antennas on an existing mixed use building within the 24th Street -
Mission Street Neighborhood Commercial Transit District and a 55-X Height and
Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
(Continued from Regular Meeting of
December 9, 2010)
(Proposed for Continuance
Indefinitely)
2. 2009.0646C
(K.
GUY: (415) 558-6163)
524 HOWARD STREET
- north side between First and Second Streets; Lot 013 in Assessor’s Block 3721
- Request for Conditional Use Authorization, pursuant to Planning Code
Sections 156 and 303, to allow the continued operation of an existing temporary
surface parking lot within the C-3-O (SD) District and the 450-S Height and Bulk
District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
(Continued from Regular
Meeting of November 18, 2010)
(Proposed for Continuance
to March 24, 2011)
3.
2010.1121T
(A. Rodgers: (415) 558-6395)
Parking in South of Market and Mission Bay -
The Commission will
consider a proposed Ordinance introduced by Supervisor Daly amending the San
Francisco Planning Code by amending Sections 151, 151.1, 155, 161, 249.1, 249.23
and Part VII of Article 9 (1) to remove minimum parking requirements and
establish maximum parking limits in M-1, C-M, and South of Market districts and
the Folsom and Main Residential/Commercial and Fourth and Freelon Streets
Special Use Districts to make them consistent with those of neighboring
districts, (2) to require that non-residential and non-hotel parking in C-3 in
the South of Market Mixed Use districts adjacent to Downtown maintain a fee
structure which discourages long-term commuter parking, (3) to make parking
controls in the Mission Bay Districts that are subject to the Planning Code
consistent with requirements of neighboring districts; and adopting findings,
including environmental findings, Section 302 findings, and findings of
consistency with the General Plan and priority policies of Planning Code Section
101.1.
Recommendation: Approval with Modifications of
Proposed Ordinance to Board of Supervisors.
(Proposed for Continuance
to February 10, 2011)
B. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed hereunder
constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the Planning
Commission, and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the
Commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member
of the Commission, the public, or staff so requests, in which event the matter
shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item at
this or a future hearing
4.
2010.0766Z (G.
CABREROS: (415) 558-6169)
2451 SACRAMENTO STREET
- south side between Fillmore and Webster Streets; Lot 037 in Assessor’s Block
0636 - Intention to Initiate a Project-sponsored Amendment to San Francisco
Zoning Map 2. Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Planning
Commission will consider a Resolution of Intention to initiate an amendment to
the Zoning Map. The proposed amendment will change the zoning district of the
subject lot from the RM-1 (Residential, Mixed, Low-Density) District to the
adjacent Upper Fillmore Neighborhood Commercial District.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve a draft
Resolution of Intention to initiate an amendment to the Zoning Map and schedule
a public hearing to consider the amendment on or after February 10, 2011.
C.
COMMISSIONERS’ QUESTIONS AND MATTERS
Adoption of Commission
Minutes – Charter
Section 4.104 requires all commissioners to vote yes or no on all matters unless
that commissioner is excused by a vote of the Commission. Commissioners may not
be automatically excluded from a vote on the minutes because they did not attend
the meeting.
Consideration of
Adoption:
·
Draft Minutes of
Regular Meeting of February 18, 2010
·
Draft Minutes of
Regular Meeting of October 21, 2010
(Continued from
Regular Meeting of December 9, 2010)
·
Draft Minutes of
Regular Meeting of December 9, 2010
Commission
Comments/Questions
·
Inquiries/Announcements.
Without discussion, at this time Commissioners may make announcements or
inquiries of staff regarding various matters of interest to the Commissioner(s).
·
Future
Meetings/Agendas.
At this time, the Commission may discuss and take action to set the date of a
Special Meeting and/or determine those items that could be placed on the agenda
of the next meeting and other future meetings of the Planning Commission.
D. DIRECTOR’S REPORT
5. Director’s
Announcements
6. Review of Past
Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors, Board of Appeals, and Historic
Preservation Commission.
(M. LUELLEN: (415) 558-6478)
7. ACTION PLAN UPDATE
INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION - Planning Staff will highlight the
accomplishments of the Action Plan (2008-2010) and present the Revised
Development Review Process and Conditions of Approval work.
8.
2006.0431C
(A. HOLLISTER: (415) 575-9078)
1080 SUTTER
STREET -
as specified in the Conditions of Approval, the Planning Commission shall review
the design modification to the building's facade. The Conditional Use
Authorization was approved by the Planning Commission on December 10, 2009.
E. GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT – 15 MINUTES
At this time, members of the
public may address the Commission on items of interest to the public that are
within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission except agenda items.
With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Commission will be
afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may
address the Commission for up to three minutes.
F.
REGULAR CALENDAR
9.
2010.0756T
(A. RODGERS: (415) 558-6395)
Ordinance amending Planning Code Sections 124, 132.2, 144, 145, 145.1, 145.5,
150, 151.1, 155, 161, 186, 209.8, 210.3, 212, 231, 243, 253, 253.3, and
repealing Sections 175.1, 175.2, 175.3, 175.4, 175.5, and 249.26, to create
comprehensive and consistent street frontage controls. Ordinance proposed by Supervisor Mirkarimi
to create comprehensive and consistent street frontage controls for
residential districts, to create consistent ground floor controls for industrial
districts, to permit certain small corner commercial uses in RM-3 and RM-4
districts, to modify floor area ration controls in the Van Ness SUD, to modify
conditional use authorization requirements for buildings over 40 feet in RM and
RC districts, to amend the procedure for certain exceptions from off-street
parking and loading requirements, and to permit parking and loading exceptions
to preserve historic buildings and trees.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Modifications
(Continued from Regular Meeting of December 9, 2010)
10.
2010.1059T
(A. STARR: (415) 558-6362)
Upper Fillmore Neighborhood Commercial District
-
The Planning Commission will consider a proposed Ordinance
[BF 101309] amending the San Francisco Planning Code by amending Section 718.1
and Sections 718.42, 718.44, and 718.69A of the Zoning Control Table
to allow new full-service restaurants, small self-service restaurants, and
self-service specialty food establishments with conditional use authorization
and to amend Section 718.41 and add a specific provision for full-service
restaurants to allow a bar in conjunction with a full-service restaurant with
conditional use authorization; adopting findings, including environmental
findings, Planning Code Section 302 findings, and findings of consistency with
the General Plan and the Priority Policies of Planning Code Section 101.1.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with Modifications
11.
2005.0869E
(J. POLING: (415) 575-9072)
121 GOLDEN GATE AVENUE
- south side of Golden
Gate Avenue between Jones and Leavenworth Streets; Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block
0349 - Public Hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Report. The
proposed project includes the demolition of a 2-story 42,468 sq. ft. building
containing dining hall/philanthropic uses, and the construction of a 10-story,
109,375 sq. ft. building that would replace and expand the dining
hall/philanthropic uses and add 90 affordable senior housing units. During
project construction, the dining hall uses would operate at 150 Golden Gate
Avenue. No off-street parking exists or is proposed. The existing building,
constructed in 1912, is a contributor to the
Uptown Tenderloin National Register Historic District and is individually
eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and the
California Register of Historical Resources.
The 14,156 sq. ft. project site is located in an RC-4 zoning district, an
80-120-T height and bulk district, and the North of Market Residential Special
Use District, Subarea No. 1. The project would require conditional use
authorization for construction of a building exceeding a height of 40 feet and
for elimination of off-street parking requirements; exception to setback, rear
yard, and bulk requirements, and for the establishment of a social service or
philanthropic facility above the ground floor; and a variance for off-street
loading. Written comments will be accepted at the Planning Department until
5:00 p.m. on January 22, 2011.
Preliminary Recommendation: No
Action Required
12.
2010.1009C
(S.Young: (415) 558-6346)
1971 FILLMORE STREET
- southwest corner of Fillmore and Pine Streets; Lot 001 in Assessor’s Block
0659 - Request for Conditional Use Authorization pursuant to Planning
Code Sections 703.4, 303(c), and 303(i) to establish a Formula Retail Use within
the Upper Fillmore Street Neighborhood Commercial District (NCD) and a 40-X
Height and Bulk District. The proposal is to convert a vacant approximately
2,400 square feet retail sales establishment (previously occupied by "Shu
Uemera") to another retail sales establishment (dba Kiehl's, a retail store
specializing in skin and hair care products). The proposal will allow the
existing Kiehl’s retail store at 2360 Fillmore Street to relocate to the project
site within the Upper Fillmore Street NCD.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
13.
2010.0513C
(A. HOLLISTER: (415) 575-9078)
473 BROADWAY -
south side between Kearny
and Montgomery Streets, Lot 029 in Assessor’s Block 0163 - Request for
Conditional Use Authorization to amend Planning Commission Motion No. 16193
for Case No. 2001.0262C to allow electronically amplified music between 12 AM
and 2 AM for a bar use (dba Monroe). No physical expansion of the existing
building is proposed. This site is within the Broadway Neighborhood Commercial
Use District and a 65-A-1 Height and Bulk District.
Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions
14a.
2010.0003CV
(K. GUY: (415) 558-6163)
519 ELLIS STREET/430 EDDY STREET
– south side between Hyde and Leavenworth
Streets; Lot 028 in Assessor's Block 0334; and, 430 EDDY STREET - north
side between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets; Lot 008 in Assessor’s Block 0334 -
Request for an amendment to the conditions of approval for two previously
approved Conditional Use authorizations, pursuant to Planning Code Section 303,
to amend the performance period for an additional three years for two previously
approved companion projects to demolish two existing surface parking lots and
construct two five-story buildings containing a total of 46 affordable dwelling
units for senior citizens. The subject properties are within the RC-4
(Residential-Commercial Combined, High Density) Zoning District, the 80-T Height
and Bulk District, and the North of Market Residential Special Use District.
Preliminary Recommendation:
Approval with Conditions
14b.
2010.0003CV
(K. GUY: (415) 558-6163)
519 ELLIS STREET/430 EDDY STREET
- south side between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets; Lot 028 in Assessor's Block
0334; and, 430 EDDY STREET - north side between Hyde and Leavenworth
Streets; Lot 008 in Assessor’s Block 0334 - Request for an amendment to the
conditions of approval for two previously granted Variances, pursuant to
Planning Code Section 305, to amend the performance period for an additional
three years for two previously approved companion projects to demolish two
existing surface parking lots and construct two five-story buildings containing
a total of 46 affordable dwelling units for senior citizens. The subject
properties are within the RC-4 (Residential-Commercial Combined, High Density)
Zoning District, the 80-T Height and Bulk District, and the North of Market
Residential Special Use District.
15a.
2009.1170DDDV
(A. STARR: (415) 558-6362)
35 LLOYD STREET
(AKA 37-39 LLOYD STREET)
-
south side between Castro and Scott Streets, Lot 035
in Assessor’s Block 1260 - Requests for Discretionary Review of Building
Permit Application No. 2010.05.12.2282 proposing to construct a new four-story,
two-unit building on a vacant lot in an RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family)
District and a 40-X Height and Bulk District.
Staff Analysis: Full Discretionary Review
Preliminary Recommendation:
Do
not take Discretionary Review and approve as revised.
(Continued from Regular Meeting
of October 14, 2010)
NOTE: On October 14, 2010, following public testimony, the Commission
continued this item to 12/2/10 by a vote of (+6 -0). Public hearing remains
open.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of December 2,
2010)
15b.
2009.1170DDDV
(A. STARR: (415)
558-6362)
35 LLOYD STREET (AKA
37-39 LLOYD STREET) - south side between Castro and Scott Streets, Lot 035
in Assessor’s Block 1260 - Request for a rear yard variance pursuant to
Section 134 of the Planning Code to construct a new four-story, two-unit
building on a vacant lot with a non-complying 20’ wide, 2-story portion at the
rear of the building that would extend 12’ into the required rear yard in an
RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk
District.
(Continued from Regular Meeting
of October 14, 2010)
NOTE: On October 14, 2010, following public testimony, the Zoning
Administrator continued this item to 12/2/10 by a vote of (+6 -0). Public
hearing remains open.
(Continued from Regular Meeting of December 2,
2010)
16.
2009.1162DD
(E. WATTY: (415) 558-6620)
456 URBANO DRIVE
– west side between Alviso and Moncada Way; Lot 010 in Assessor’s Block 6916 -
Requests for Discretionary Review of Building Permit Application No.
2010.07.26.7410, proposing to legalize several as-built conditions, which
deviate from the approved plans (Case No. 2007.0448DDDV), including but not
limited to the height of the vertical addition, size of the front deck, window
pattern, roofline alterations, banding details, and chimney size and materials
of the existing one-unit detached residential building within the RH-1(D)
[Residential, House, One-Family (Detached)] Zoning District and 40-X Height and
Bulk District.
Staff Analysis: Full Discretionary
Review
Preliminary Recommendation: Take
Discretionary Review and disapprove.
17.
2010.0434DDD
(B. FU: (415) 558-6813)
3418 26TH STREET
- north side, between Bartlett and
Mission Streets; Lot 034 in Assessor's Block 6529, Requested Discretionary
Review of Building Permit Application No. 2007.06.20.4573 proposing
construction of a new, 18,000-square-foot, 55-foot-high, five-story building
with eleven dwelling units and six off-street parking spaces in a RTO-M
(Residential Transit Oriented-Mission) District with a 55-X Height and Bulk
Designation
Staff Analysis: Full Discretionary
Review
Preliminary Recommendation: Do Not Take Discretionary Review and
Approve Project as Revised.
6:00 PM
The following item(s) will be
considered by the Commission at 6:00 P.M. or later, but not before.
(J. SWITZKY: (415) 575-6815)
18. PARK MERCED MIXED-USE
PROJECT OVERVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT – INFORMATIONAL ONLY -
Parkmerced is generally bounded by 19th Avenue to the east, Lake
Merced Boulevard to the west, Holloway Avenue to the north, and Stanley
Boulevard to the south. The proposed project includes those lots owned by
Parkmerced Investors, LLC, and includes Assessor’s Blocks 7303, 7303A, 7308-311,
7314, 7316, 7319-26, 7330-45, 7333 A-B, 7333E & 7353-7373. Parkmerced is a
rental housing complex constructed between 1941-1951 consisting of approximately
3,200 existing residential units and owned by Parkmerced Investors, LLC.
This is an Informational Hearing to provide an overview of the proposed project
components and draft Development Agreement. Specific topics to be discussed at
this session include an Economic Feasibility and Fiscal Impact Analysis of the
proposed project. The project, which would be implemented over 20-30 years
in multiple phases, includes the addition of approximately 5,700 net new
residential units, the demolition and replacement of approximately 1,800
existing units which would remain subject to the San Francisco Rent
Stabilization Ordinance, rent-protections and relocation rights for existing
tenants, re-alignment and re-design of streets and blocks, re-alignment and
improvement of the M Ocean View light rail line, the addition of new
neighborhood serving retail and office space, new and re-configured public open
spaces including neighborhood parks, pedestrian and bike paths, athletic fields,
a new organic farm, and community gardens, overall transportation improvements,
ecological hydrology improvements, and provision of renewable energy and water
infrastructure. The draft Development Agreement would become the binding legal
contract between the City and the Developer and would memorialize all of the
public benefits and obligations of the Developer and associated agreements
between both parties toward implementation of the Project.
Preliminary Recommendation: No Action Requested. Informational
Discussion Only
19.
2008.0021EPMTZW
(J. SWITZKY: (415)
575-6815)
INITIATE PLANNING CODE, ZONING MAP, AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AS
PART OF PARKMERCED’S DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302,
the Commission will consider a Resolution of Intention to initiate amendments to
the Planning Code, Zoning Maps, and General Plan. The Amendments are related to
the Parkmerced Development Project, which is generally bounded by Lake Merced
Boulevard to the west, Brotherhood Way to the south, Junipero Serra Boulevard,
Felix Avenue, Cambon Drive, and 19th Avenue to the east, and Holloway Avenue,
Varela Avenue, Serrano Drive, Font Boulevard, Pinto Avenue, and Vidal Drive to
the north (Assessor’s Block/Lots 7303-001, 7303-A-001, 7308-001, 7309-001,
7309-A-001, 7310-001, 7311-001, 7315-001, 7316-001, 7317-001, 7318-001,
7319-001, 7320-003, 7321-001, 7322-001, 7323-001, 7325-001, 7326-001, 7330-001,
7331-004, 7332-004, 7333-001, 7333-003, 7333-A-001, 7333-B-001, 7333-C-001,
7333-D-001, 7333-E-001, 7334-001, 7335-001, 7336-001, 7337-001, 7338-001,
7339-001, 7340-001, 7341-001, 7342-001, 7343-001, 7344-001, 7345-001,
7345-A-001, 7345-B-001, 7345-C-001, 7356-001, 7357-001, 7358-001, 7359-001,
7360-001, 7361-001, 7362-001, 7363-001, 7364-001, 7365-001, 7366-001, 7367-001,
7368-001, 7369-001, and 7370-001) – Request for Planning Code Text Amendments
to: (1) create Planning Code Section 249.64, the “Parkmerced Special Use
District” (PMSUD), which would establish specific use categories that include
residential, mixed-use, school, community, and open space districts; height and
bulk restrictions, parking, car-share, bicycle-parking requirements; establish a
design review process for the phased development plan; and allow for the
demolition and replacement of 1,538 rent-controlled dwelling units; (2) amend
Code Sections 102.5 and 201 to include the Parkmerced Zoning Districts; and (3)
amend Code Section 270 (Bulk Limits) to create a new Bulk District for the
proposed “Parkmerced Special Use District”. Request for Planning Code Map
Amendments: to (1) amend Zoning Map ZN13 to delete references to existing
zoning within the project site and to refer to the proposed new “Parkmerced
Special Use District” zoning districts (PM-R, PM-MU1, PM-MU2, PM-S, PM-CF, and
PM-OS); (2) amend Zoning Map SU13 to designate the project site as the proposed
new “Parkmerced Special Use District”; and (3) amend Zoning Map HT13 to
reclassify the height limits within the project site according to the proposed
project. Request for General Plan Amendment to amend the Urban Design
Element Height Map (Map 4) to reflect the proposed height restrictions as
described in the proposed development program.
Preliminary Recommendation: Approve a draft Resolution to initiate
amendments to the Planning Code, Zoning Maps, and General Plan and schedule a
public hearing to consider the amendments.
(Continued from Special Meeting of December 16, 2010)
G.
PUBLIC COMMENT
At this time, members of
the public may address the Commission on items of interest to the public that
are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission except agenda
items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Commission
will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting with one exception.
When the agenda item has already been reviewed in a public hearing at which
members of the public were allowed to testify and the Commission has closed the
public hearing, your opportunity to address the Commission must be exercised
during the Public Comment portion of the Calendar. Each member of the public
may address the Commission for up to three minutes.
The Brown Act forbids a
commission from taking action or discussing any item not appearing on the posted
agenda, including those items raised at public comment. In response to public
comment, the commission is limited to:
(1) responding to
statements made or questions posed by members of the public; or
(2) requesting staff to
report back on a matter at a subsequent meeting; or
(3)
directing staff to place the item on a future agenda. (Government Code
Section 54954.2(a))
Adjournment:
