This guide has been prepared as an aid so that you will be able to express you opinions briefly and clearly before the Commission and thus increase the effectiveness of your presentation. Unless extended by the Chair, applicant presentations are limited to fifteen (15) minutes, and public remarks are limited to three (3) minutes.

1. State your Name and Address.

2. Organization you represent if any.

3. Your Statement should include all pertinent facts within your knowledge. It is important to discuss only those matters relating to the hearing and to tie your discussion of the facts directly to the decision you wish the Commission to reach.

Written Testimony
In order to have written material included in the Planning Commissioner’s mailed Agenda Packet, 10 copies of the material must be delivered to the Planning office no later than 8 calendar days before the date of the Planning Commission Hearing.
Written material (10 copies) that is presented to the Planning Commission after this date and up to 1:00 p.m. the day of the Planning Commission Hearing, will be included in the Commissioners’ Agenda folder, but may not be reviewed by individual Commissioners due to the amount of material that the Commissioners have to review for the Agenda.

2.	Approval of Minutes from the Planning Commission Regular Meeting of December 11, 2014.

3.

8484 Wilshire Boulevard  Conditional Use Permit - Futures in Education  Request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow the establishment of an approximately 3,000 square foot educational institution within the second floor of an existing commercial building located at 8484 Wilshire Boulevard.  Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act, the Planning Commission will also consider adoption of a Categorical Exemption for this project.  (Assistant Planner Alek Miller)

4.

425-429 North Palm Drive  Zone Text Amendment, Development Plan Review, and R-4 Permit Request for a Zone Text Amendment to allow a reviewing authority to grant an R-4 Permit to alter or waive the requirement that a minimum of 60% and a maximum of 70% of the front façade of the first two stories of large scale multiple residential developments be built to the front setback line; request for an R-4 Permit to allow two rooftop bathrooms to exceed the height limit of the building, to grant the equivalent of three, five-foot wide walkways based on the amount of frontage along the front lot line of the subject site, and to waive the requirement that a minimum of 60% of the front façade of the first two stories be built to the front setback line; and a request for a Development Plan Review to allow the construction of a new, 20-unit multi-family residential development. Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Planning Commission will consider a determination of exemption from CEQA.  (Associate Planner Andre Sahakian)

5.	Zoning Code Reorganization  Discussion of project status, the proposed outline for the reorganized Zoning Code, and Planning Commission Task Force recommendations regarding the outline; provide direction to staff on proceeding with the reorganization.  (Principal Planner Michele McGrath)

6.	Upcoming Projects List

7.	2015 Meeting Schedule