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Agenda
PLANNING COMMISSION
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
6:00 p.m. REGULAR MEETING Council Chamber
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE : Chair Wulkan
ROLL CALL : Commissioners Robert Jorgensen, Steve Kahn, John McKenzie, Nicholas
Quincey, Charles Stevenson, Vice-Chair Hemalata Dandekar, and Chair Mike
Wulkan.
ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA: Commissioners or staff may modify the order of items.
PRESENTATION
A. Commission purview and expectations presentation by City Manager Derek Johnson and
City Attorney Christine Dietrick.
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
1. Minutes of the Planning Commission meeting of July 24, 2019.
PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, people may address the Commission about items not on
the agenda. Persons wishing to speak should come forward and state their name and address.
Comments are limited to three minutes per person. Items raised at this time are generally referred
to staff and, if action by the Commission is necessary, may be scheduled for a future meeting.
Planning Commission Agenda for September 25, 2019
PUBLIC HEARINGS
NOTE: Any court challenge to the action taken on public hearing items on this agenda may be
limited to considering only those issues raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence
delivered to the City of San Luis Obispo at, or prior to, the public hearing. If you wish to speak,
please give your name and address for the record. Please limit your comments to three minutes;
consultant and project presentations limited to six minutes.
2. Review of a proposed mixed-use project consisting of three buildings including: Building A
(8,636-square foot [sf] manufacturing shell with mezzanine); Building B (31,726 sf mixed-
use building including 7,200 sf of commercial shell on the ground level with 16 loft-style,
two-bedroom residential units above); and Building C (6,850-sf mixed-use building including
3,421-sf of commercial shell on the ground level with two residential units above) with
associated parking and site improvements The project includes a request for a mixed-use
parking reduction of six percent, and an Addendum to the previously adopted Mitigated
Negative Declaration (ER#0286-2014); Project Address: 279 Bridge. Case #: ARCH-0255-
2019; Zone: M; Bridge Squared, LLC, applicant. (Shawna Scott)
Recommendation:
Adopt the Draft Resolution approving the project based on findings and subject to conditions.
3. Review of the proposed annexation of approximately 39 acres of property along Fiero Lane
and Clarion Court; this action includes consideration of an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative
Declaration tiered from the Final Program Environmental Impact Report for the Airport Area
and Margarita Area Specific Plans and Related Facilities Master P lans (SCH#2000051062);
Project Address: 850 Fiero. Case #: ANNX-1166-2015, Zone: Easement; Fiero Lane
Water Company, applicant. (Shawna Scott)
Recommendation:
Adopt the Draft Resolution recommending approval of the proposed annexation and adoption
of the Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration, subject to findings and conditions.
4. This item will be continued to a date uncertain, to allow the applicant time to respond to
Architectural Review Commission direction, and for staff to prepare evaluation of any design
modifications; Project Address: 564 Higuera. Case #: ARCH-0150-2019; Zone: C-D;
Creekside Lofts, LP, owner/applicant. (Walter Oetzell)
Planning Commission Agenda for September 25, 2019
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
5. Staff Updates & Agenda Forecast
ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday , October 9,
2019, at 6:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California.
APPEALS
APPEALS: Any decision of the Planning Commission is final unless appealed to City Council within
10 days of the action (Recommendations to City Council cannot be appealed since they are not a final
action.). Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Commission may file an appeal with the City
Clerk. Appeal forms are available at the Community Development Department office, City Clerk’s
office, or on the City’s website (www.slocity.org). The appropriate appeal fee must accompany the
appeal documentation.
LISTENING ASSISTIVE DEVICES are available for the hearing impaired -- please see the
Recording Secretary.
The City of San Luis Obispo wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the
public. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to
persons with disabilities. Any person with a disability who requires a modification or
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Planning Commission regular meetings are televised live on Charter Channel 20. Agenda related
writings or documents provided to the Planning Commission are available for public inspection in
the Community Development Department located at 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California
during the hours of 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and on the City’s website:
http://www.slocity.org/government/advisory-bodies.
Meeting video recordings can be found on the City’s website:
http://www.slocity.org/government/department-directory/city-clerk/on-demand-meeting-videos