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Oakland City Planning Commission
AGENDA


Colland Jang, Chair

Anne Mudge, Vice Chair

Mark McClure

Nicole Franklin

Doug Boxer

Suzie W. Lee

Michael Lighty

November 16, 2005

Regular Meeting
Revised(11-10-05)

Revised

MEAL GATHERING      5:00 P.M.

Off Broadway Cafe & Catering Co., Cafe Deli, 416 15th 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 “Agenda items will be called at the discretion of the Chair not necessarily in the order they are listed on the Agenda”.

Speakers are generally limited to two minutes at the discretion of the Chair. Applicants and appellants are generally limited to five minutes.

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.

Please check with the Planning Department prior to the meeting regarding items that may be continued.  Any agenda item may be continued, without the hearing on the matter being opened or public testimony taken, at the discretion of the Chair.  Persons wishing to address the continued item may do so under Open Forum.

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.

 

New web-site staff report download instructions

 
                                                                    Staff reports are also available on-line, generally one week prior to each meeting, at www.oaklandnet.com by searching “Frequently Visited Pages” located on the City of Oakland Homepage.  Clicking on “Planning Commission Meetings” will open a menu of Planning Commission and Committee Agendas.  Staff reports are available on the selected agenda by clicking on the highlighted case file number. For further information, please call 510-238-3941.  While attending Planning Commission meetings parking in the Clay Street Garage is Free. Attendees should write Planning Commission on the back of the parking ticket.

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.  Any party seeking to challenge in court those decisions that are final and not administratively appealable to the City Council must do so within ninety (90) days of the date of the announcement of the final decision.

 

ROLL CALL

WELCOME BY THE CHAIR

COMMISSION BUSINESS    

      Agenda Discussion

      Director's Reports:              Industrial Land Use Policy Report. Jack London District construction mitigation monitoring report.

LP Map Industrial Baseline
Industrial Study Alternative 1
LP Map for Industrial Report Alternative 2
Subareas and Industrial Report Employers and Parcels
Attahcment E
Attachment F

      Committee Reports

     Commission Matters             Special Project Committee Appointment

      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.

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

The Commission will take a single roll call vote on all of the items listed below in this section.  The vote will be on approval of the staff report in each case.  Members of the Commission may request that any item on the Consent Calendar be singled out for separate discussion and vote.

 

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.  Planning Commission decisions that involve “major” cases (i.e., major variances, major conditional use permits) are usually appealable to the City Council.  Such appeals must be filed within ten (10) days of the date of the announcement of the Planning Commission decision.  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, 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 Commission, staff, and the public, 25 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. To ensure that material is distributed to Commissioners, it should be received by the Commission.

 

 

1.

Location:

The project area is generally located along East 12th Street, between 45th and 49th Avenues and is bounded by International Boulevard to the north and San Leandro Street to the south. The project area is comprised of two individual non-contiguous sites, totaling approximately 9 acres, on portions of six city blocks.

 

 

 

 

 

Assessors Parcel Number:

 

 

 

 

034 -2254-002-01, 034 -2253-008-00, 034 -2253-007-02, 034 -2261-008-00,034 -2261-001-03, 034 -2261-001-04, 034 -2258-007-00, 034 -2255-013-04, 034 -2256-010-00, 034 -2256-011-00, 034 -2256-012-00, 034 -2256-013-00, 034 -2256-014-00

Proposal:

To redevelop approximately 9 acres of generally industrial land into residential housing with a potential of up to 285 dwelling units to be built on these non-contiguous sites. At this point, the Planning Commission is holding a scoping session on the Notice of Preparation prior to the filing of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). No decision on the actual proposal will be made at this hearing and the project description is preliminary and subject to change.

                               Applicant:

Olson Company

                                    Owner:

Olson Company

 Planning Permits Required:

ER05-0016, GP05-538, RZ05-539, PUD05-541, PUDF05-542, TTM7707

Planning Permits Required:

 

General Plan Amendment to change the General Plan from Business Mix/Heavy Industrial to Housing and Business Mix. Rezoning to change the zoning designation from M-30 General Industrial to R-50 Medium Density Residential, a Preliminary and Final Planned Unit Development to develop the two project sites (note, the applicant is filing preliminary PUD's for both project sites but a final PUD for the northern site only), and a Tentative Tract Map to subdivide the properties for up to 285 residential units.

General Plan:

Business Mix/Heavy Industrial

Zoning:

M-30 General Industrial Zone

Environmental Determination:

Subject to an Environmental Impact Report. The applicant will submit a Draft Environmental Impact Report at some time after the Notice of Preparation timeline of 30 days expires on November 30th, 2005.

Historic Status:

One parcel at 1257 46th Ave is a Potential Designated Historic Property; Survey Rating: D2+ (APN 034 -2253-007-02), all others have no historic record attached to them.

Service Delivery District:

5

City Council District:

5

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on staff report

For further information:

Contact case planner Robert D. Merkamp at 510-238-6283 or by email at Rmerkamp@oaklandnet.com.

 

 

2.

Location:

2400 Filbert Street (APN: 005-0433-018-04) (3/14/05)

Proposal:

Construct 55 new townhouse style condominiums units on a 66,250 square foot parcel.

Applicant:

Tom Dolan

Contact Person/Phone Number:

(510) 839-7200

Owner:

Monica Hujazi

Case File Number:

CD05-116

Planning Permits Required:

Interim Conditional Use Permit to allow residential uses within the M-20 Zone, and Regular Design review.

General Plan:

Mixed Housing Type Residential

Zoning:

M-20, Light Industrial Zone/ R-50, Medium Density Residential Zone

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15332 of the State CEQA Guidelines; in fill development projects.

Historic Status:

Not a Historic Property

Service Delivery District:

I – West Oakland

City Council District:

3

Status:

Pending

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on Staff Report

Finality of Decision:

Appealable to City Council

For Further Information:

Contact case planner Peterson Z. Vollmann at (510) 238-6167 or by email: pvollman@oaklandnet.com.

 

 

3.

Location:

1000 Apgar Street (APN’s: 012-0952-012 & 029)

Proposal:

Subdivide two lots into twenty to accommodate 19 new townhouse units on individual parcels.

Applicant:

Andrew Swett

Contact Person/Phone Number:

(650) 743-8644

Owner:

Andrew Swett & Steve Colton

Case File Number:

CD05-408 & TTM-7672

Planning Permits Required:

Minor Conditional Use permit for a mini lot development, Design Review for new construction, and a Tentative Tract Map.

General Plan:

Mixed Housing Type Residential

Zoning:

C-40, Community Thoroughfare Commercial Zone.

Environmental Determination:

Exempt, Section 15332 of the State CEQA Guidelines; in fill development projects.

Historic Status:

Potentially Designated Historic Property (PDHP); rating: Dc3

Service Delivery District:

2

City Council District:

1

Status:

Pending

Action to be Taken:

Decision on application based on Staff Report

Finality of Decision:

Appealable to City Council

For Further Information:

Contact case planner Peterson Z. Vollmann at (510) 238-6167 or by email: pvollman@oaklandnet.com.

 

APPEALS

The Commission will take testimony on each appeal.  Following testimony, the Commission will vote on the report prepared by staff. Unless otherwise noted, the decisions in the following matters are final and not administratively appeasable. Any party seeking to challenge these decisions in court must do so within ninety (90) days of the date of the announcement of the final decision. If you challenge an appeal in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the appeal hearing, or in written correspondence received by the Zoning Division, Community and Economic Development Agency at, or prior to, the appeal hearing.

 

COMMISSION BUSINESS    

      Approval of Minutes:           October 19, 2005,  November 2, 2005                                              

      Correspondence                   

      City Council Actions:

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.

 

ADJOURNMENT  By 10:30 P.M. un­less a lat­er time is agreed upon by a ma­jor­ity of Com­mis­si­on­ers pre­s­ent.

 

 

GARY V. PATTON

Deputy Director of

Planning and Zoning

 

 

NEXT REGULAR MEETING:   December 7, 2005