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. Remarks are limted to three(3) minutes unless extended by the Chair.

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.

1.	CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES - Consideration of Minutes of the Planning Commission regular meeting of December 14, 2017.

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1111 MAYTOR PLACE  Trousdale View Restoration (PL 1707203) - Request for a View Restoration Permit by the View Owner at 1111 Maytor Place for the complete removal of six trees located on a neighbor’s property at 1100 Maytor Place (Foliage Owner 1) and for the complete removal of three trees located on a neighbor’s property at 1119 North Hillcrest Road (Foliage Owner 2).  Continued from the November 9, 2017 Planning Commission Hearing.  (Associate Planner Cynthia de la Torre)

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9908 SOUTH SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD  Residential Overlay Zone (PL1509126) - Request for a General Plan Amendment, Zone Text Amendment, Planned Development, and Vesting Tentative Tract Map to create a Residential Overly Zone and allow a five-story, mixed-use project consisting of 27 residential condominium units and ground floor retail in a Commercial Zone on the property located at 9908 S. Santa Monica Blvd.  Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Planning Commission will also consider a Final Environmental Impact Report.  Continued from the November 28, 2017 Planning Commission Hearing.  (Principal Planner Masa Alkire)

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338 NORTH CANON DRIVE (SALON 90210)  In-Lieu Parking Request (PL1720266) - Request to provide two parking spaces through participation in the City’s In-Lieu Parking Program to meet parking requirements for a 439-square-foot addition to the existing building, and a request to modify a previously-imposed condition restricting the third floor of the building to general office use.  Pursuant to the provisions set forth in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Planning Commission will also consider adoption of a Categorical Exemption for this project.  (Associate Planner Cynthia de la Torre)

5.	Upcoming Projects List

6.	Santa Monica Boulevard Reconstruction Update

7.	2018 Meeting Schedule

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ORDINANCE REVISING REGULATIONS RELATED TO BASEMENTS IN SINGLE FAMILY AREAS OF THE CITY AND GRADING AND RETAINING WALLS IN THE HILLSIDE AREA OF THE CITY  Consider a resolution recommending to the City Council an ordinance revising regulations related to basements in single family areas of the City and grading and retaining walls in the Hillside Area of the City.  Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, the Commission will also consider adoption of a Categorical Exemption for the ordinance. (Senior Planner Timothea Tway)