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THE CITY OF ,r a PLANNING COMMISSION pLEASANTON MEETING MINUTES City Council Chamber 200 Old Bernal Avenue, Pleasanton, CA 94566 DRAFT Wednesday, June 26, 2019 CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND ROLL CALL The Planning Commission Meeting of June 26, 2019 was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by Chair Allen. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chair Allen. Staff Members Present: Gerry Beaudin, Director of Community Development; Shweta Bonn, Senior Planner; Megan Campbell, Associate Planner; Ellen Clark, Planning Manager, Julie Harryman, Assistant City Attorney; Stefanie Ananthan, Recording Secretary Commissioners Present: Commissioners Justin Brown, Herb Ritter and Chair Nancy Allen Commissioners Absent: Commissioners Jack Balch, Greg O'Connor and Brandon Pace AGENDA AMENDMENTS There were no agenda amendments. CONSENT CALENDAR - Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion unless a request for removal for discussion or explanation is received from the Planning Commission or a member of the public by submitting a speaker card for that item. There were no Consent Calendar items. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 1. Public Comment from the audience regarding items not listed on the agenda — Speakers are encouraged to limit comments to 3 minutes. There were no members of the audience wishing to address the Commission. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 2. Downtown Specific Plan Update — To review, consider, and recommend adoption of: (1) the updated Downtown Specific Plan; (2) various amendments to the General Plan, Planning Commission Minutes Page 1 of 27 June 26, 2019 n the Agenda Report and wanted to see the design with the inclusion of story poles. He referenced the discussion surrounding lack of privacy presented during public comment and said he would like to see the applicant look at window placement and consider larger trees to address neighbors' privacy concerns, but could not see anything non-compliant and was open to modifications after looking at the story poles. Commissioner Pace had no additional comments in relation to Discussion Point 3. Commissioner Ritter mentioned the privacy issue and expressed that he would like to see the design in comparison to the Irby Ranch and Ponderosa Homes developments. MATTERS INITIATED BY COMMISSION MEMBERS There were no matters initiated by Commission Members. Planning Commission Minutes Page 6 of 7 June 12, 2019 he other two homes which are proposed to face the driveway. If they were to switch the driveway to the other side of the property on the west side, it would put the homes against the back of the property. Ms. Hagen said if the plan was flipped, the first floor would have an approximate 10-foot setback and the second floor would be 15 feet, whereas as currently designed, it is set back on Planning Commission Minutes Page 4 of 7 June 12, 2019