_Minutes_January 26, 2022 - Laserfiche WebLink

THE CITY OF ,,,_s PLANNING COMMISSION 4LEASANTON MEETING MINUTES DRAFT Wednesday, January 26, 2022 This meeting was conducted via teleconference in accordance with Governor Newsom's Executive Order N-29-20, approved AB 361, and COVID-19 pandemic protocols. CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND ROLL CALL The teleconference meeting of the Planning Commission of January 26, 2022 was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by Chair Pace. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Commissioner Gaidos. Staff Members Present: Ellen Clark, Director of Community Development; Julie Harryman, Assistant City Attorney; Eric Luchini, Senior Planner; Diego Mora, Assistant Planner; Sachiko Riddle, Recording Secretary Commissioners Present: Commissioners Nancy Allen, Justin Brown, Matt Gaidos, Jeff Nibert, and Chair Brandon Pace. Commissioner Ken Morgan joined the meeting late. Commissioners Absent: None AGENDA AMENDMENTS Item 6 was continued to a future Planning Commission Meeting. 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. 1. Actions of the Zoning Administrator 2. Approve the meeting minutes of December 8, 2021 3. P21-1102, Galactic Challenge, Inc., 2241 Stoneridge Mall Road Unit C215A—Application for Conditional Use Permit approval to operate a game arcade at 2441 Stoneridge Mall Road, C215A. Zoning is C-R (m) (Regional Commercial District (Mall)) District. Planning Commission Minutes Page 1 of 3 January 26, 2022 on on lifts and in-lieu fees. He discussed the need to manage density and policy questions on how to address the issues. Ms. Harryman stated the Council might not want to address the policy questions unless it knew the Commission liked the project. Chair Pace suggested the possibility of conditioning the approval in a way the Council would consider the lift. Ms. Clark stated the lift was not an acceptable solution to meet the parking requirement and the Commission should decide whether it supported the in-lieu fee. Ms. Harryman discussed the proposed lift and questioned whether the project was better without the lift or with the lift that would get used when needed. Commissioner Brown stated the tenant might use the lift if they had two cars or to store a car used infrequently. He discussed options for the Commission's recommendations on the project. Chair Pace asked if any Commissioners had concerns about the design. The Commissioners indicated support for the design and clarified that the only concerns were related to parking. Commissioner Allen moved to deny the project as proposed. Ms. Clark stated the applicant could appeal the decision to the City Council. Commissioner Brown moved to approve the project removing the lift and lift screening but approve the in-lieu parking fee. The motion died due to lack of a second. Commissioner Gaidos seconded Commissioner Allen's motion to deny the project. Planning Commission Minutes Page 7 of 9 January 12, 2022 asked why the project was proposing the lift. Ms. Clark explained that the lift spot was better than no space. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED Planning Commission Minutes Page 5 of 9 January 12, 2022