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 Special Meeting of April 9, 2015.

3.	Planning Agency Review of Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for Consistency with the General Plan  Adopt a resolution finding the 2015/16-2019/20 Capital Improvement Program consistent with the City’s General Plan. (Associate Planner Timothea Tway)

4.

310 North Crescent Drive  Zone Text Amendment and R-4 Permit A request for a Zone Text Amendment to allow a reviewing authority to grant an R-4 Permit to allow an extension of legally nonconforming height for multi-family residential development; and a request for an R-4 Permit to allow an extension of legally nonconforming height for an addition to an existing multi-family residential development located at 310 North Crescent Drive. Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act, the Planning Commission will also consider a determination of exemption for this project. (Associate Planner Andre Sahakian)

5.

1146 Tower Road  Hillside R-1 Permit Consideration of a resolution conditionally approving a Hillside R-1 Permit to allow cumulative floor area exceeding 15,000 square feet for additions to the west wing of an existing residence and certain other areas; allow an accessory structure within the front yard to exceed 14’ in height; and to allow a solid wall/gate with a height of 6’ in the front yard setback; and denying a Hillside R-1 Permit to allow cumulative floor area to exceed fifteen thousand square feet for an addition of a pool house on the east slope of the  property located at 1146 Tower Road.  Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act, the Commission will also consider adoption of a Categorical Exemption for the project. (Associate Planner Andre Sahakian)

6.

8950 Olympic Boulevard  Conditional Use Permit - Mathnasium  A request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow the establishment of an approximately 990 square foot educational institution within the ground floor of an existing commercial building located at 8950 Olympic 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)

7.	Upcoming Projects List

8.	Building Permit Activity Report - 3/01/15 thru 3/31/15

9.	2015 Meeting Schedule