HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - PC - 2012.04.09CITY OF BURLINGAME PLANNING COMMISSION
13URLINGAME APPROVED MINUTES
Monday, April 9, 2012 - 7:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers - 501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, California
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Yie called the April 9, 2012, regular meeting of the Planning Commission to order at 7:00 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Auran, Cauchi, Gaul, Lindstrom, Terrones, Vistica and Yie
Absent: None.
Staff Present: Community Development Director William Meeker and City Attorney Gus Guinan
III. MINUTES
Commissioner Terrones moved, seconded by Commissioner Gaul to approve the minutes of the March 26,
2012 regular meeting of the Planning Commission, with the following changes:
■ Page 2, "Commission comments'; sixth bullet: revise second sentence to read: "Success of the
project will be in the details - detailing needs to be carried through to the completion of construction
of the project."
■ Page 5, top of page following "There were no further comments...'; delete "Commissioner Auran
moved to approve the Negative Declaration'; "This motion was seconded by Commissioner Vistica';-
and "Discussion of motion: none. "
■ Page 9, "Commission comments'; second bullet; replace "Where" with "Were".
■ Page 11, top of page following "The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cauchi"'. insert
"Discussion of motion: none."
■ Page 11, mid -page under "Commission comments'; sixth bullet; insert "not" between "does" and
"work" in last line.
■ Page 12, just prior to Agenda Item 4, following "The motion was seconded by Commissioner
Vistica';• insert "Discussion of motion: none."
■ Page 13, middle of page under "Commission comments'; fifth bullet; replace "stay" with "stain" in
first line.
■ Page 15, top of page following "The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cauchi"'. insert
"Discussion of motion: none."
■ Page 16, near top of page under "Additional Commission comments'; first bullet; insert "not"
between "was" and "discovered" in the second line.
Motion passed 7-0-0-0.
IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
There were no changes to the agenda.
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V. FROM THE FLOOR
Nancy McGee, 1520 Sherman Avenue and Terry Liu, Burlingame resident; spoke:
■ With respect to Item 1 (1245 El Camino Real) — the real concerns of the neighbors regarding traffic,
congestion and safety in the neighborhood appear not to be addressed in the application.
■ Noted that there has been no traffic study in conjunction with the request — this was required of the
prior application for the property.
■ Look carefully at the plan that is being proposed — is it workable?
■ Spoke in support of the Trinity Lutheran Church proposal — his children are on a waiting list for a
pre-school in the area — need more opportunities for such a pre-school.
VI. STUDY ITEMS
1. 1245 EL CAMINO REAL, ZONED R-3 -APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT
FORA PRESCHOOL USE OPERATED ON -SITE BY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH (MARK SEEVERS,
APPLICANT; DAN IONESCU, ARCHITECT; AND TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, PROPERTY OWNER)
STAFF CONTACT: ERIKA LEWIT
Community Development Director Meeker presented a summary of the staff report, dated April 9, 2012.
Commission comments:
■ With respect to the intensity of the use, the concern is with respect to parking — where will the
pastor and the administrative staff park? Where will pre-school staff park? Provide clarity of the
parking arrangement. Parking should preferably not occur within the neighborhood.
■ With respect to drop-off management — the model can work with large and moderate sized pre-
schools, but is not easily managed — is very staff intensive. Want to be certain that the staffing is
adequate to ensure that this approach can work properly and efficiently at both the exterior drop-off
area and within the building area.
■ With respect to the small play area — need to ensure that the requisite 75 or so square feet per child
is provided per the State Department of Social Services requirements; as an alternative need to
provide for staging of play time in order to meet the requirements. Ensure that play activities do not
occur within non -designated areas of the site in order to reduce impacts upon neighboring
residents.
■ With respect to the square footage — if all of the 24 children are to be in the classroom, need to be
certain that the State Department of Social Services is comfortable that the proposed plan and
classroom layout will work for the proposed student population — the plan may not work with the
business model proposed by the applicant if fewer children are allowed.
■ With respect to parking — would like to see a bona -fide traffic, parking and circulation study
accompanying the application. Also study the corner of Sherman Avenue and Balboa Avenue with
respect to capacity and visibility at that corner. Need to ensure that the area remains safe and that
the parking, circulation and drop-off/pick-up plans will work, particularly during the morning and
afternoon rush periods.
■ Feels the use is appropriate for the site.
■ Traffic, parking and circulation are the primary issues — the entire area is congested and the
proposed use will just exacerbate the problem.
■ Is there any flexibility in the hours of operation?
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■ Need more information regarding how the drop-off activities will occur given the limited supply of
parking. Doesn't seem realistic that a staff person would be available for the entire two-hour drop-
off and pick-up periods.
■ If all of the students come at the same time, then there wouldn't appear to be adequate parking,
particularly taking into account the pick-up and drop-off required for the half-time students.
■ Perhaps compress the pick-up and drop-off times.
■ Doesn't see the proposal as a problem at all — is an existing church; all activities will be occurring
upon the property.
■ The time frames for drop-off and pick-up are large enough to provide flexibility for parents dropping
off their children.
■ Supportive of the application — has been a use that was approved in the past and is something that
should be accommodated in the community.
■ Discuss whether there are local residents that will be walking students to the location and reducing
traffic to and from the site.
■ Licensing requirements for the use from the time of the original approval to those required today are
different — need to be certain that the facility will comply with current licensing requirements for such
facilities.
■ Feels that walking students to the area will be limited — will primarily be drop-off and pick-up via
vehicles.
This item was set for the regular Action Calendar when all the information has been submitted and
reviewed by the Planning Department. The Planning Commission's action is advisory and not appealable.
This item concluded at 7:27p.m.
VII. ACTION ITEMS
Consent Calendar - Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine. They are acted upon
simultaneously unless separate discussion and/or action is requested by the applicant, a member of the
public or a Commissioner prior to the time the Commission votes on the motion to adopt.
Chair Yie asked if anyone in the audience or on the Commission wished to call any item off the consent
calendar. There were no requests.
2. 1436 CABRILLO AVENUE, ZONED R-1 - APPLICATION FOR DESIGN REVIEW FOR A NEW,
TWO-STORY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AND DETACHED GARAGE (LARRY MORSELLO,
APPLICANTAND PROPERTY OWNER; BRUCE BALLENTINE, ARCHITECT) STAFF CONTACT:
RUBEN HURIN
Commissioner Cauchi moved approval of the Consent Calendar based on the facts in the staff report,
Commissioners' comments and the findings in the staff report, with recommended conditions in the staff
report and by resolution. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Vistica. Chair Yie called for a voice
vote on the motion and it passed 7-0-0-0. Appeal procedures were advised. This item concluded at 7:28
p. M.
VIII. REGULAR ACTION ITEMS
There were no Regular Action Items for review.
IX. DESIGN REVIEW STUDY ITEMS
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Commissioner Auran indicated that he would recuse himself from participating in the discussion regarding
Agenda Item 3 (1325 Drake Avenue) as he resides within 500-feet of the property. He left the City Council
Chambers.
3. 1325 DRAKE AVENUE, ZONED R-1 - APPLICATION FOR DESIGN REVIEW FOR A NEW, TWO-STORY
SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AND DETACHED GARAGE (RANDY GRANGE, TRG ARCHITECTS,
APPLICANT AND ARCHITECT; JARET AND SUSAN BUTLER, PROPERTY OWNERS) STAFF
CONTACT: RUBEN HURIN
Reference staff report dated April 9, 2012, with attachments. Community Development Director Meeker
briefly presented the project description.
Questions of staff:
None.
Chair Yie opened the public comment period.
Randy Grange, 205 Park Road; represented the applicant.
The neighbor's concern regarding the preservation of the fruit trees will be referred to the landscape
architect.
Commission comments:
■ Why are they not proposing a deck and/or balcony off of the bedroom? (Grange — didn't think it
would be used due to the height of the required rail.)
■ Troubled by the columns on the front porch and the beams — may look a bit better if the columns
and/or beam were wood rather than stucco. (Grange — can show an example of what is proposed —
felt it would be a nice change.)
■ Happy that the architect is attempting to preserve the existing character of the neighborhood.
■ Shared the concerns regarding the stucco columns, but realized that the design would typically
include stucco columns.
■ Are at the maximum FAR — the success of the project will be in the details when it is being
constructed. Convey to the client that will need to follow-through with the details shown on the
plans and not water down the design as the project proceeds. Wishes to avoid seeing an FYI
submitted for consideration later as the profit margin comes into play.
Public comments:
None.
There were no other comments from the floor and the public hearing was closed.
Commissioner Yie made a motion to place the item on the Consent Calendar when complete.
This motion was seconded by Commissioner Lindstrom.
Discussion of motion:
None.
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Chair Yie called for a vote on the motion to place this item on the Consent Calendar when plans have been
revised as directed. The motion passed on a voice vote 6-0-1-0 (Commissioner Auran recused). The
Planning Commission's action is advisory and not appealable. This item concluded at 7:37 p.m.
Commissioner Auran returned to the dais.
X. COMMISSIONERS' REPORTS
There were no Commissioner's Reports.
XI. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Commission Communications:
■ None.
Actions from Regular City Council meeting of April 2, 2012:
■ Nothing to report.
FYI: 1220 Mills Avenue — requested changes to a previously approved Design Review project:
■ Accepted.
FYI: 1032 Balboa Avenue — requested changes to a previously approved Design Review
project:
■ Pulled for discussion particularly regarding the vinyl shutters.
■ Requested that the designer and developer both attend the public hearing regarding the
amendment.
FYI: Peninsula Hospital Complaint Log — March, 2012:
■ Accepted.
XII. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Yie adjourned the meeting at 7:39 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Tim Auran, Secretary
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