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Oakland City Planning Commission
AGENDA


Kenneth S. Katzoff, Chair

Clinton Killian, Vice Chair

Arthur L. Clark

Viola Gonzales

Colland Jang

Glen Jarvis

Michael Lighty

SEPTEMBER 19, 2001

Regular Meeting

COMMITTEE MEETING

4:00 P.M.

Hearing Room 1, City Hall, One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza

The Design Review Committee will convene at 4:00 p.m. Please see separate committee agenda.

MEAL GATHERING 5:30 P.M.

Le Cheval Restaurant, 1007 Clay Street

Open to the public at no charge. (Members of the public must pay for their own meals if desired. Purchase of meal is not required to attend.)

BUSINESS MEETING 6:30 P.M.

Hearing Room 1, City Hall, One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza

Persons wishing to address the Commission on any item on the agenda, including Open Forum and Director’s Report, should fill out a speaker card and give it to the Secretary prior to the convening of the meeting or prior to 8:30 p.m. for matters scheduled to be heard after 8:30 p.m. Speakers are generally limited to two minutes at the discretion of the Chair. Applicants and appellants are generally limited to five minutes.

Agenda items will be called at the discretion of the Chair and not necessarily in the order they are listed on the agenda. However, a matter identified as an 8:30 p.m. item shall not be called until 8:30 p.m. or later. The order of items will be determined under "Agenda Discussion" at the beginning of the meeting. With the exception of Open Forum, a new item will not be called after 10:15 p.m., and the meeting will adjourn no later than 10:30 p.m. unless the meeting is extended by the Chair with the consent of a majority of Commissioners present.

Staff reports for items listed on this agenda will be available by 3:00 p.m. the Wednesday, one week before the meeting, to any interested party, at the Community and Economic Development Agency, Planning and Zoning Division, 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California 94612. Reports are available at the Strategic Planning Division on the 3rd floor (Suite 3330), which closes at 5:00 p.m. For further information, please call 510-238-3941.

If you challenge a Commission decision in court, you may be limited to issues raised at the hearing or in correspondence delivered to the Zoning Division, Community and Economic Development Agency, at, or prior to, the hearing.

ROLL CALL

WELCOME BY THE CHAIR

COMMISSION BUSINESS

Approval of Minutes: August 8, 2001

Agenda Discussion

Correspondence

City Council Actions: September 11, and September 18, 2001

Director's Report

Committee Reports Report from Design Review Committee on meeting of September 19, 2001.

Commission Matters

City Attorney's Report

OPEN FORUM

At this time members of the public may speak on any item of interest within the Commission's jurisdiction. Speakers are generally limited to two minutes or less if there are six or less speakers on an item, and one minute or less if there are more than six speakers.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

The hearing provides opportunity for all concerned persons to speak; the hearing will normally be closed after all testimony has been heard. The Commission will then vote on the matter based on the staff report and recommendation. If you wish to be notified on the decision of an agenda item, please indicate the case number and submit a self-addressed stamped envelope, for each case. If you challenge a Commission decision in court, you may be limited to issues raised at the public hearing or in correspondence delivered to the Zoning Division, Community and Economic Development Agency, at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Interested parties are encouraged to submit written material on agenda items in advance of the meeting and prior to the close of the public hearing on the item. To allow for distribution to the Commissioners, staff, and the public, 20 copies of all material should be submitted. Material submitted at least ten days prior to the meeting may be included as part of the agenda packet; material submitted later will be distributed at or prior to the meeting the meeting. To ensure that material is distributed to Commissioners, it should be received by the Commission Secretary no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting, and preferably earlier.

 

1.

Location:

Oakland Army Base Redevelopment Area

Proposal:

Scoping Session for a Draft EIR to receive comments about proposed redevelopment activities within the Oakland Army Base Redevelopment Project Area; Determination of Alternative Baseline Year for EIR analysis

Applicant:

City of Oakland/Oakland Redevelopment Agency

Case File Number:

DET01-06, ER01-035

General Plan:

Business Mix, General Industrial/Transportation

Zoning:

M-40 Heavy Industrial, M-30 General Industrial, M-20 Light Industrial and S-16 Industrial-Residential Transitional Combining Zones.

Environmental Determination:

An EIR is being prepared by the City as the Lead Agency ion the OARB Redevelopment Plan and Reuse Plan. A separate EIS is being prepared by the Army on the base disposal and reuse actions.

Historic Status:

An national register eligible Historic District has been identified within the Redevelopment Project Area

Service Delivery District:

1-West Oakland

City Council District:

3

Action to be Taken:

Receive public and Commission comments as to what information and analysis should be included in the Environmental Impact Report, and Determination of the baseline year to be used in the EIR analysis

For further information:

Contact Elois A. Thornton, CEDA Base Reuse Unit, at 510-238-6284

 

 

2.

Location:

1640 Broadway (Northeast Corner)

Assessors Parcel Numbers:

008-0622-001-03; 008-0622-001-04; 008-0622-001-05

Proposal:

To modify an approved conditional use permit (CMDV 00-25) to allow construction of either the approved high-rise office/residential building or alternatively a 254 unit residential high-rise building with approximately 4,710-square feet of ground-floor commercial space; and approximately 326 parking spaces (above and below grade), on an approximately one-half acre corner site that is currently used as a surface parking lot.

Applicant/Owner:

1640 Broadway Associates, LLC. (Marge Cafarelli, representative)

Case File Number:

REV01-07

Planning Permits Required:

Interim Conditional Use Permit to allow density pursuant to the Guidelines for General Plan Conformity; Minor Variance to provide less than the required amount of usable open space; and Design Review. The project will require a lot merger of three existing parcels.

General Plan:

Central Business District

Zoning:

C-55 Central Core Commercial Zone and S-8 Urban Street Combining Zone

Environmental Determination:

Final Environmental Impact Report, certified on October 4, 2000, addresses this alternative. No further environmental assessment required.

Historic Status:

Non-Historic Property; survey rating: N/A

Service Delivery District:

I – Downtown

City Council District:

3

Status:

Project originally approved on October 4, 2000.

Action to be taken:

Decision on application based on staff report.

For further information:

Contact case planner Patricia McGowan at 510-238-3063

 

 

 

3.

Location:

451-28th Street

Proposal:

Conversion of a vacant convalescent hospital into transitional housing for a chemical dependency treatment program serving Alameda County residents

Applicant:

Sam Scott, West Oakland Health Council

Owner:

Daniel Irene B TR ETAL

Case File Number:

CM01-288

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit to establish transitional housing at former convalescent home.

General Plan:

Community Commercial

Zoning:

C-25 Office Commercial Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt: Section 15301, State CEQA Guidelines; minor alterations to existing structure

Historic Status:

Non-historic property (NHP); Survey rating: N/A

Service Delivery District:

IV – Fruitvale/Central Hills

City Council District:

5

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Chris Candell at 510-238-6986.

 

4.

Location:

7789 Greenly Drive

Assessors Parcel Number:

40A-3446-016-04

Proposal:

Conversion of existing second floor space within an existing single family dwelling into a secondary unit

Owner/Applicant:

Timothy & Monique Wales

Case File Number:

CM01-335

Planning Permits Required:

Major Conditional Use Permit for new secondary unit

General Plan:

Detached Unit Residential

Zoning:

R-30, One-Family Residential Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15301; State CEQA Guidelines, minor alterations to existing facility

Historic Status:

Non-Historic Property (NHP); survey rating: NA

Service Delivery District:

IV – Central East Oakland

City Council District:

6

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Maurice Brenyah-Addow at 510-238-6342

 

ADJOURNMENT By 1030 P.M. unless a later time is agreed upon by a majority of Commissioners present.

 

 

 

SCOTT HARRIMAN

Secretary

 

NEXT REGULAR MEETING: OCTOBER 3, 2001

 

 

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