[11:03] Good evening.
I'd like to call tonight's meeting to
[11:07] order. It's August 25th, 2026.
Welcome and thank you for joining us for
[11:13] tonight's meeting of the Orinda Planning
Commission.
[11:17] In the back of the room, there is a
table where you can find copies of
[11:20] tonight's agenda
as well as staff reports for the items
[11:24] that will be heard tonight. On the same
table, you will find request to speak
[11:29] cards. If you would like to speak to the
commission this evening, please fill out
[11:34] a speaker card and place it in the
speaker card tray at the table up front.
[11:40] If you are an applicant or the
applicant's agent, you do not need to
[11:44] complete a speaker card.
Once we begin the public hearing portion
[11:49] of the meeting, each item will be
announced with a brief description of
[11:52] what is being proposed.
After any general questions to the
[11:56] commission,
the staff uh
[12:00] After any general questions by the
commission to the staff, the hearing
[12:05] will be opened and the applicant will be
given 10 minutes to present their
[12:09] project.
If you are the applicant, at the
[12:12] beginning of your presentation,
please let me know how much of your 10
[12:17] minutes you would like to reserve for
any rebuttal.
[12:21] After the presentation by the applicant,
the public hearing will be opened and
[12:26] anyone wishing to speak to the
commission on this item will be invited
[12:30] to do so.
When your name is called, please come to
[12:34] the speaker podium at the front.
Each speaker will have 3 minutes to
[12:40] speak.
Once everyone wishing to speak has made
[12:44] their comments, the public hearing will
then be closed
[12:47] and we will bring the matter up
to the commission for discussion and
[12:52] decision.
If you will be speaking to us this
[12:55] evening, please be sure to make all of
your comments when you come to the
[13:00] podium.
As a courtesy to all comments made from
[13:03] the audience during testimony or
commission deliberation will not be
[13:07] allowed and will not be included as part
of this public record.
[13:11] At the conclusion of the hearing, the
commission's options will be to approve,
[13:17] continue, or deny a project application.
Now, I will proceed with roll call and
[13:24] confirm certain matters for the record.
I would like to note that Commissioners
[13:29] Armstrong, Doctors Hubner, Marola,
Oblinski, and Smith are in attendance.
[13:41] Item B, the adoption of the agenda.
Planning Director, are there any
[13:44] proposed changes to the agenda?
>> I have none.
[13:49] » Hearing none, I would like to move
forward with tonight's agenda. Do I have
[13:52] a motion?
>> So moved.
[13:55] » Do I have a second?
>> Second it.
[13:57] » We'll give that to Hubner.
>> [laughter]
[14:00] » It's not a race.
>> All those in favor say I.
[14:04] » I.
>> I.
[14:05] » I.
The motion passes unanimously and we
[14:08] have an agenda.
Item C is the public forum.
[14:13] The first item on tonight's meeting
agenda is the public forum,
[14:17] which is an opportunity for you to
address the Planning Commission on items
[14:21] that are not listed on tonight's agenda.
Is there anyone who would like to
[14:26] address the Commission on an item that
is not on the agenda?
[14:31] I see no one in the audience.
>> No public comments.
[14:35] » And no one online.
We'll move on to item D, the consent
[14:40] calendar. The consent calendar is
a portion of the agenda that consists of
[14:46] items that are acted on in one motion
unless a commissioner or member of the
[14:51] public requests that the Commission
remove the item from the consent
[14:57] calendar for discussion. By approval of
the consent calendar, the staff
[15:02] recommendation will be adopted.
If the item is removed from the consent
[15:06] calendar, the Commission will follow the
procedures described in the agenda for
[15:11] new public hearings.
May I have a motion to approve the
[15:15] consent calendar as a pro- as proposed
or would someone I'd remove an item.
[15:24] » Move to approve the consent calendar.
>> Second.
[15:27] » Thank you. We have Hubner and Smith.
Uh motion and a second. All in favor,
[15:33] say aye.
>> Aye.
[15:34] » Aye.
>> Aye.
[15:35] » Aye. The motion passes unanimously.
[15:40] Item E, policy matters. Uh we don't have
a report tonight. Uh item F, continued
[15:48] public hearings. There are no continued
hearings.
[15:52] And item G, new public hearing. So, G1,
105 Crane Terrace, a design review and
[16:01] special design review, DRA-
2026-005.
[16:09] This is a design review for
a 1,395
[16:16] square foot of interior additions to an
existing 2,966
[16:22] square foot home with a 574
square foot garage.
[16:28] The proposal includes a covered and
partially enclosed 570
[16:35] square foot loggia with 150 square feet
of credit for covered porches. The staff
[16:44] recommendation tonight is
that the planning commission adopt the
[16:50] proposed statement of official action
approving design review
[16:55] DRA-2026-
006.
[17:02] And yeah, there's a
typo here. So, it's DRA- 2026-005
[17:11] for 105 Crane Terrace for 1,965
square feet of additions to an existing
[17:21] residence resulting in a 4,975
[17:27] adjusted square foot two-story
residence.
[17:32] And I'd like to confirm any ex parte
communications
[17:38] or site visits.
Um
[17:41] I visited the site. I did not go all the
way up to the gate. I noticed uh some
[17:47] story poles and I spoke to no one.
Uh Commissioner Doctors?
[17:52] » I visited the site and spoke with no
one.
[17:54] » Commissioner Hubner?
>> I also visited [clears throat] the site
[17:58] and spoke with no one.
>> Commissioner Morolla?
[18:00] » Visited the site and spoke to no one.
>> Commissioner Bolinsky?
[18:03] » I visited the site spoke to no one.
>> And Commissioner Smith?
[18:07] » Visited the site waved to the neighbor
but spoke to nobody there. Okay.
[18:13] » Thank you. And now we will have the
staff presentation from planner Darren
[18:18] Hughes.
You may proceed.
[18:22] » All right. Thank you, Chair. Good
evening, Chair, members of the Planning
[18:25] Commission, members of the applicant
team.
[18:28] Um associate planner Darren Hughes. I
will give the presentation tonight for
[18:32] 105 Crane Terrace uh design review
2026-005.
[18:38] Um so as you stated interior additions
um for 1,395 square feet. Um and a 570
[18:47] square foot loggia to the existing 3,000
it's an adjusted square foot count here
[18:52] 3,160 square foot residence
um resulting in a 4,975
[18:58] adjusted square foot residence in the
ridgeline overlay.
[19:02] All right. So some context for
everyone here. You can see this is
[19:07] located um
one of these right here. Okay. So you
[19:12] can see the project site is located kind
of in the crook of the hills here right
[19:16] above the Sleepy Hollow subdivision. Um
very fairly remote
[19:22] for a lot in Orinda. This is very large
lot size at 212,000
[19:28] sq ft.
Um this is in the general plan the land
[19:32] use category is
residential low density single family.
[19:37] The zoning district for this lot and all
of the surrounding lots is RL 40. That's
[19:43] residential low density 40,000 sq ft. Um
the lot is within the ridgeline, not the
[19:49] footprint of the primary residence.
But the lot itself is within the
[19:54] ridgeline. It's considered a ridgeline
lot. Ridgeline and environmental
[19:58] preservation overlay district. You can
see that in green on the screen.
[20:02] And the local responsibility area is
very high fire hazard severity zone.
[20:07] That again is applicable to pretty much
this entire region.
[20:12] And the existing residence as stated is
3,160 adjusted sq ft.
[20:18] So, some
information about the project itself.
[20:22] » [snorts]
>> This is triggering design review with
[20:24] the planning commission because there
are additions that exceed 1,500 sq ft.
[20:29] And it's requiring special design review
under OMC 17.30.7,
[20:35] which is special design review for
severely sloped development development
[20:40] footprints, which this is not, and lots
within the R overlay zone.
[20:45] So, as soon as you exceed either of the
two thresholds, and this is exceeding
[20:49] both of these thresholds,
you trigger this design review. And
[20:53] those thresholds are 500 sq ft or more
in an addition in additional square
[20:58] footage.
And or 18 ft in height. So, if
[21:04] and because this is proposing a second
story, that is exceeding 18 ft in
[21:07] height,
that would be a trigger here. Um CEQA
[21:11] status, this is going to be
categorically exempt under section
[21:14] 15301,
which is for existing facilities.
[21:19] And we received no public comments to
date.
[21:23] Uh so, proposed site plan, you can
barely see anything here. It's because
[21:27] it's a very large 212,000 sq ft lot.
Um but we will zoom in and just look at
[21:34] the floor areas that are proposed for
this. So, we've got additions at the
[21:39] lower, upper, garage, and loggia
areas.
[21:43] The lower level is here in the rear of
the home.
[21:48] The upper story has two areas of
addition, one between the primary
[21:53] residence and the garage, and one above
the addition at the rear of the home.
[21:58] The garage is extending to the rear of
the home.
[22:02] And the loggia itself is on the north
side of the home,
[22:07] and we are counting this loggia as
square footage because it is partially
[22:11] enclosed.
When we look at the section,
[22:15] it's the loggia credit is in 17.6.3,
it's how we calculate floor area.
[22:20] There's a whole section on what
constitutes
[22:23] floor area if it is a building recess,
and we would consider this a building
[22:28] recess because it is enclosed
on one side completely and partially
[22:34] closed on another side. So, as soon as
you add that additional enclosure
[22:38] by zoning administrator interpretation
memo,
[22:43] this becomes considered as floor area.
It does receive a 150 sq ft credit,
[22:49] and the garage credit is the only other
credit that is applicable to this
[22:54] project. So, we are looking at
a
[22:58] a proposed gross floor area 5,525 ft,
Um, with those two credits, we're
[23:03] looking at 4,975
sq ft. Now, this one portion at the very
[23:08] front, um, that is
uh, an addition of a an 800, I believe,
[23:13] 94 sq ft uh, porch that is not enclosed
on, um,
[23:19] there it is unenclosed on three sides,
and therefore it does not count against
[23:23] the square footage.
[23:27] All right. Um, so just looking very
briefly at existing elevations, and, um,
[23:32] let's see if I can do this. Yes.
Existing elevations and the proposed
[23:35] elevations.
Um, so looking at the, uh, southwest and
[23:40] southeast elevations here, you can see
at the This is the the front of the
[23:45] house at the top, um, with the
with the addition of the loggia to the
[23:53] uh, left-hand side of the screen. Um, in
the center here is the addition of the,
[23:59] um, front porch, and you can only a
little bit see the the garage popping
[24:03] out towards the the rear.
Um, and this portion of the addition at
[24:09] the top level.
Um, here at the southeast elevation,
[24:13] uh, where we're looking at the garage,
you can see this is the extension of the
[24:17] garage to one side, um, and the front
porch over here.
[24:23] Looking at the existing elevations for
the northeast and the northwest,
[24:29] we can see additions. Um, here's This is
looking at the rear of the house at the
[24:33] top. Um, so the addition of the garage
to the back. Um, this is the the total
[24:38] of the addition on the first and second
story in the rear here, with the loggia
[24:43] over here.
And at the the lower elevation,
[24:48] at the northwest, um, looking at the
side of the house, this is the the
[24:52] loggia here, and the,
um,
[24:55] and the front porch here.
[24:59] So, looking at the floor area, um we
took these numbers uh
[25:05] the the floor area numbers come
generally from
[25:08] the uh from the county's data on um the
parcels.
[25:14] The
the project itself, because it's on a
[25:17] very, very large parcel, it's the
largest in the area um
[25:21] or among the largest in the area,
um
[25:24] it's got the one of the lowest floor
area ratios at .02. Um that's 2% of the
[25:31] the lot has been
um
[25:34] uh would it would be developed with this
project. Um the current floor area ratio
[25:39] for this project is .01. So, this is
effectively uh close to doubling it.
[25:45] Um but it's not the largest home in the
area. Um existing square footage, not
[25:51] including any garages, goes up to 5,965
in the area. Um
[25:59] and it is uh far from the the highest
floor area ratio, um which is .18. Um
[26:06] also applicable to that uh largest home.
[26:11] Uh development re- development review
compliance, um this is a table that we
[26:16] normally look at to say, "Okay,
is everything meeting the applicable
[26:21] standards within the zoning code for
setbacks, height, um parking spaces?" Um
[26:26] again, with this being such a large lot,
there were no setback issues since
[26:30] everything is being proposed relatively
close to the footprint of the home.
[26:33] Um all setbacks being met, the the the
increased area on the second story is
[26:39] not increasing the overarching height of
the home, so there's no
[26:43] um new height to consider here. It's uh
coming in below 27 ft at 26 ft 2 in. Um
[26:50] um
there are only two stories, it's not
[26:53] exceeding the maximum of 2.5 stories.
Um and the floor area is staying below
[27:00] the 7,000 square feet maximum that would
be applicable to
[27:05] uh to this particular lot by by the
zoning code.
[27:11] So, uh a just a brief overview of the
design review standards and the special
[27:15] design review standards in play um for
the first one, we think of that as
[27:20] sighting and context. Um so, we're
looking at making sure that what is
[27:24] being proposed is
um
[27:27] maintaining is relatively unique, is
maintaining some variety in uh the
[27:31] neighborhoods, is maintaining dominance
of wooded and open ridges and hillsides.
[27:36] Um it's blending into any existing
landscape. Um the second piece, design
[27:41] elements, visually harmonious. So, we're
looking at does the design um meet the
[27:46] threshold for design review in Orinda?
It is the project going to be
[27:50] attractive? Is it are the features going
to reduce any perception of blocky or
[27:55] massive features of building surfaces
and provide um some articulation to the
[27:59] project?
Um
[28:02] the third standard under basic design
review, we're looking for any impacts to
[28:07] neighboring residences and other
people's quality of life. So, is it
[28:10] impairing views that people have or um
invading privacy or impacting um light
[28:17] and air?
And then finally, landscaping
[28:21] are um considered and we look at the
appropriateness of the landscaping for
[28:25] what is being proposed on the site.
And then for special design review, um
[28:30] for
specifically for lots within the R
[28:33] overlay zone, um the first one is it's
in substantial compliance with the
[28:38] hillside and ridgeline design guidelines
from the 1990s. And the third one is
[28:44] looking specifically at ridgeline lots,
um looking to preserve the natural
[28:49] appearance of the ridgeline, make sure
that we're not impacting
[28:52] people's views from distant locations,
and ensuring that that ridgeline that we
[28:58] would like to see preserved in Orinda is
being preserved by what has been
[29:02] proposed. The second one is not
particularly applicable here because it
[29:06] is for severely sloped development
footprints,
[29:10] um
and because this is located on a fairly
[29:14] level portion of the lot and has been
graded for the existing residence, and
[29:20] everything is staying fairly close to
that residence. We're not seeing
[29:24] that this would be applicable in any
way, shape, or form. So, just a brief
[29:27] overview of the findings that have been
proposed by staff. Generally speaking,
[29:33] we're looking at a lot that has deep
setbacks from the the primary road, um
[29:39] Van Castle.
We are looking at something that is it
[29:43] is
located at a relatively elevated
[29:47] um
portion of the lot,
[29:50] but tucked back fairly well from the
street, and everything that is being
[29:54] proposed is pretty much hugging up
against the structure, and what we are
[29:59] seeing or what we have proposed with our
findings is that this is something that
[30:04] is approvable, is not impacting
anybody's views and light from off site,
[30:09] is not
creating any large bulky mass that can
[30:14] be seen from other points, other vantage
points,
[30:18] and therefore will have
little impact
[30:22] with what is being proposed.
So, staff recommendation is to adopt
[30:27] both proposed statement of official
action
[30:30] approving design review DRA 2026
005 for 105 Crane Terrace for 1,965
[30:40] total square feet of additions to an
existing residence that would result in
[30:44] a 4,975
adjusted square foot two-story
[30:48] residence. And with that, I conclude my
report and turn it over to the planning
[30:52] commission for questions.
>> Thank you.
[30:55] Thank you, Planner Hughes, uh for your
presentation.
[30:59] Commissioners, uh do you have any
questions for staff?
[31:03] Commissioner Hubner.
>> Darren, just so I clearly understand the
[31:07] difference between Sorry.
>> There.
[31:10] » The difference between the loggia and
the front porch qualifying as far as
[31:14] square footage is the fact of the
fireplace creating the partial
[31:17] enclosure. Is that
>> Yes. Yes, with that wall um with that
[31:21] fireplace acting as a wall that
>> Yeah.
[31:24] » creates partial enclosure. We count that
as square
[31:26] » Just make sure I understood the
definition. Thank you.
[31:32] » Are there any other questions from the
commissioners?
[31:37] Okay, hearing none.
Um the applicant has an opportunity now
[31:43] uh to
present the application to the
[31:47] commission. Um
you have 10 minutes total. Uh and before
[31:53] you speak, uh can Do you want some time
for a rebuttal?
[32:00] » [laughter]
>> Okay. I think I'll be fine. Okay.
[32:03] » Unless I need to rebut the commission,
but I'm going to do that, you know,
[32:06] » Okay. I think you're I think you're
okay.
[32:09] Okay. Please state your name and uh
proceed.
[32:12] » Thank you. My name is Steven Kubicek,
and I'm the designer of the house. And
[32:16] I've designed this house for the
Clevelands, who are sitting here today.
[32:19] And part of my 10 minutes it um I'm not
going to talk that long, but they want
[32:23] to speak as well.
Um so, when they called me to design
[32:26] this home for
uh Mr. Cleveland, he's from the South.
[32:30] The house has some southern elements to
it, and he wanted to elaborate on that.
[32:34] One of the things that the house did to
me, I you know, I lived in Orinda for 20
[32:38] years. So, uh I um
it it it seemed very large and square
[32:44] sitting on top of the hill, and I just
felt like I wanted to break that up. And
[32:48] with their program of wanting to add the
add porches to it, that created an
[32:52] opportunity to actually make the house
more at at more interest to the facade
[32:57] as it's viewed as it's viewed from
offsite. Um Darren did a very very
[33:03] complete presentation for the for the
project.
[33:07] And I think that he's kind of said
everything and it it play it it meets
[33:12] all of the requirements of the city
design guidelines. So, really I'm just
[33:17] happy to answer questions for you.
[33:23] » Commissioners, are there any questions?
Okay.
[33:27] » One one quick one.
What's just I'm just I'm curious, is
[33:31] Isokern a brand or is it a type of
fireplace?
[33:33] » An Isokern is a brand, but it's it's a
it's a Rumford type of fireplace, and
[33:37] it's a a Rumford type of fireplace. And
it's a kit that you buy. So, it's one of
[33:42] the few brands of kits that you can buy
that you can burn wood in.
[33:47] » Okay.
>> Because the flue is a very unique design
[33:50] where it complete it it burns the fuel
more completely so that the the
[33:54] emissions are low.
>> I was I was only
[33:56] » They're very cool because the back of
the fireplace is vertical instead of
[34:00] having an angle to it, and they have a
very large opening. So, they're they're
[34:04] they're really great.
>> Okay. Just fireplace. Just a curiosity.
[34:07] Thank you.
>> Yeah.
[34:10] Anything else?
>> No, thank you. And we will invite the
[34:14] homeowners. You can
have time to speak. Thank you.
[34:18] » Hi. Oh my gosh, thank you all for having
us. This is our first time doing this.
[34:22] Um we've renovated homes in the past,
but this is our first one in Orinda. Um
[34:27] so, I'm Beth Cleveland, and this is my
husband, Blake. Um I grew up in Orinda,
[34:31] and um
just sharing a little story with you
[34:34] all. I actually grew up on Taber Lane
um and lived at this house my entire
[34:38] life and um
it's pretty special to be there now.
[34:42] We've been there for about nine years.
Uh gotten to know the property, gotten
[34:46] to know the house, the neighbors um
and we feel like we're trying to do
[34:52] justice to the house and I'm not just
saying that because you all are
[34:55] evaluating this. It is uh my grandmother
used to go to garden club at this house
[35:00] with Kitty Roche and we found a prom
dress in our attic that we mailed to
[35:04] their family, the daughter. Um so we
really care genuinely about tradition,
[35:09] about um holding onto the heritage.
Uh we've already talked about saving a
[35:14] little piece of the uh wallpaper in the
kitchen cuz it's just really special and
[35:18] you can tell a family was really happy
there. So um yeah, thank you for the
[35:22] review. We're we're trying to just
really kind of adapt it to how families
[35:26] live today, a little bit more shared
space, a little bit more
[35:29] you know, ability to use get to see the
beautiful view of Orinda um spend time
[35:33] with friends and family. So thank you
and I'll let my husband say something. I
[35:37] don't know what he's going to say, but
>> Thank you.
[35:41] Good evening. My name is Blake
Cleveland. Um I'm Beth's husband and
[35:45] when I first moved to Orinda uh being
from uh South Georgia uh I looked out
[35:50] from her parents' home uh onto this
house and I said that's a beautiful home
[35:54] and noticed that the you know, the space
around it was uh quite quite open and
[35:59] distinct separate from you know, a lot
of the a lot of the homes in the valley
[36:02] and it was you know, it was appealing to
me when I first saw it just because of
[36:07] the you know, kind of the federalist
look to it uh that it had which is more
[36:11] East Coast and um had no clue that you
know, 20 years later we would be
[36:17] having a chance to to live in that home
and raise our family there and it's been
[36:22] you know, we've been there for almost
seven years now and uh and you know,
[36:27] living in it for as long as we have um
as probably any of you have if you've
[36:32] done, you know, changes to your home,
knowing exactly what probably would be,
[36:36] you know, not only beneficial to us but
also aesthetically pleasing to to the
[36:40] home and and to all the people that
actually probably look at this home
[36:44] because there's quite a few um that have
spoken to us about it and
[36:48] it's just one of those things that we
think very
[36:51] um very highly of, you know, maintaining
the the ridge lines and the beauty that
[36:56] Orinda have um especially for, you know,
historical sites. I would call this a
[37:00] home, you know, it's definitely not the
oldest in Orinda by any means, but um
[37:04] there's uh just some beauty to it. But
it's all It is absolutely old and
[37:09] um and also, you know, from a standpoint
of being in the the fire risk zone that
[37:14] it's in.
The the home needs to have some updates
[37:19] that would be much more
um you know, safe, if you would. And I
[37:23] know there's a lot of trees around that
home, but it's, you know, bringing in um
[37:27] fire retardant materials, etc. That um
will be obviously much, you know, will
[37:32] will withstand the sun that comes onto
that home as well. So, I think that
[37:37] uh
as we sit from sitting on that porch
[37:39] once it's built, uh it will be uh
enjoyable and invite you all up for a
[37:43] cocktail.
>> [laughter]
[37:46] » Thank you very much.
>> Thank you. Appreciate the comments.
[37:52] And I'll ask the commission are there
are there any comments uh or questions
[37:56] for the homeowners?
[37:59] » Just thanks to associate planner Hughes
for the great presentation and um as a
[38:03] fellow Orinda boomerang, I grew up here,
moved away and came back. Um just
[38:07] excited to see a a fellow fellow Orinda
boomerang taking care of a a house that
[38:11] needs some updates and just appreciate
the thought that um that went into the
[38:14] home and clearly doing your best to to
balance um your needs with considering
[38:19] the surroundings. So, appreciate it.
>> Thank you.
[38:24] Okay, so hearing no more comments from
the commissioners,
[38:28] we are going to have the public comment
portion,
[38:32] and I will open the floor up to the
public. There's no one in the audience.
[38:37] Are there any
>> No public comments.
[38:39] » Okay.
So, there are no public comments, so
[38:44] I'm going to close the floor
and
[38:48] bring the matter up to the commission
for discussion and action.
[38:54] Are there any comments or
>> Well, I thought it was just a totally
[38:59] off the topic, but it was kind of
adorable that the owners of the lot that
[39:03] I bought when I was building my house
were in the audience and everybody
[39:06] assumed they were there to support us,
but the the party ended up throwing
[39:10] themselves in front of the tractor when
we started building our house. So, we
[39:13] weren't quite as welcomed
at the time. Anyway, um I just want to
[39:18] thank staff for a thorough presentation
and thanks for the extra little bit of
[39:22] table that I was used to seeing and um
it does it does seem like a very
[39:27] appropriate uh addition to the to the
house and to the neighborhood.
[39:33] » Yeah, and I would like to add that uh to
thank the staff for the presentation. Um
[39:39] I would like to say also that you have a
wonderful lot. It's amazing. Uh I think
[39:44] the patio is going to be a really nice
addition sitting out front. I'm sure it
[39:49] gives you a lot of memories from uh back
home.
[39:52] And so, um
yeah, and I really appreciate also the
[39:56] comment about uh using fire retardant
materials. That's a really important. I
[40:02] feel um really
uh glad to hear that. So,
[40:06] thank you.
[40:10] » Make a motion to
proceed as as staff.
[40:15] » I'll vote no.
>> Wait, I thought this was
[40:18] going to be an action.
>> Okay, make a motion to approve the
[40:23] planning commission
>> No, adopt.
[40:26] Adopt.
>> Oh.
[40:27] » Adopt the proposed statement.
>> Adopt proposed statement of official
[40:31] action proving design review DRA
2026-005
[40:37] for 105 Crane Terrace for
1965 square feet of additions to an
[40:42] existing resident resulting in a 4,975
adjusted square foot two-story
[40:46] residence.
>> Thank you. And before I ask for a second
[40:51] to that motion, we're going to do a
different procedure
[40:54] according to Robert's rules, is there a
substitute motion?
[41:00] Do not hear any substitute motion. Now,
is there an amendment to Commissioner
[41:06] Smith's first motion?
Hearing none, do I have a second to the
[41:11] motion?
>> Second.
[41:15] » Commissioner Doctors seconds that motion
and we'll do a roll call vote.
[41:20] Commissioner Hubner.
>> I.
[41:22] » Commissioner Merola.
>> I.
[41:25] » Commissioner Oblinski.
>> I.
[41:27] » Commissioner Smith.
>> I.
[41:29] » Commissioner Doctors.
>> I.
[41:30] » And Commissioner Armstrong is an I.
So, the motion is carried and the motion
[41:37] is unanimous.
>> It's okay.
[41:39] » Oh, congratulations. Your
project is approved.
[41:43] » [laughter]
[41:46] » And I have for the record I have to read
appeal rights. I will now read the
[41:49] appeal rights. A decision by the
planning commission is final unless a
[41:54] written notice of appeal specifying the
grounds for the appeal is submitted to
[41:59] the planning department during normal
business hours
[42:02] within 10 calendar days with the
appropriate fees.
[42:06] The appeal will be considered by the
city council. If you challenge any
[42:10] actions on the agenda in court, you may
be limited to raising only those issues
[42:16] you or someone else raised at the public
hearing described in this notice
[42:22] or in written correspondence delivered
to the Planning Commission
[42:26] uh at or prior to the public hearing.
The time to file action to challenge the
[42:34] decision is governed by the Code of
Civil Procedure section 1094.6.
[42:40] Thank you.
Okay.
[42:43] Item H, other commission matters.
Are there any other commission matters
[42:48] tonight?
[42:51] Hearing none, item I, Planning
Commissioner's report. I do not have a
[42:56] report tonight. Item J, Planning
Director's update.
[43:02] » Commissioner, Director Director
>> thank you. Thank you, Chairman
[43:05] Armstrong. The only update I have for
you is on August 18th,
[43:08] the City Council did approve 42 Charles
Hill.
[43:12] They did acknowledge the comments that
were received by the Planning
[43:16] Commission, in particular the concerns
about build now, ask for forgiveness
[43:22] later. They did acknowledge,
but this project had some other
[43:26] significant issues
um
[43:29] that was pulling us in a certain
direction, so
[43:32] um
there was legal
[43:35] advice on this project, so
that was given to City Council.
[43:40] » I I was going to ask what the other
significant issues were, but that
[43:43] answered my question.
>> [laughter]
[43:46] » Thank you for that update.
Okay, we're at item K. Chairman, do I
[43:51] have a motion to adjourn this meeting?
>> So moved.
[43:55] » Do I have a second?
[43:58] » Second.
>> We'll give that to Commissioner Doctors.
[44:03] All in favor, say I.
>> I. I. I.