1.         ROLL CALL

2.         AGENDA AMENDMENTS

3.         COMMUNITY FORUM (Public Comments)

This agenda category is limited to 15 minutes to be allocated as determined by the Planning Commission Chair.  If you wish to address the hearing body, please complete a speaker's card and give it to the Secretary.  If your subject is not on the agenda, the Planning Commission Chair will recognize you at this time.

4.         CONSENT CALENDAR

Consent Calendar items are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion on these items unless members of the Commission, staff or public request specific items to be removed for separate action.

 4A.      Planning Commission Minutes of:  9/8/12, 10/2/12, and 11/8/12

5.      Old Business:

5A.   Davey Glen Park Conceptual Design Review – Discussion & Direction

         Jonathan Gervais, Parks and Recreation Director

 6.     PUBLIC HEARINGS:

6A.  PUBLIC HEARING – Caltrain parking Lot – 1300 Block of El Camino Real  

To consider a Conditional Use Permit to allow for the operation of a mobile food trucks market on Mondays between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. within an existing Caltrain parking lot.
(Appl. No. PA2012-0050)
APN: 045-243-050; Zoned: C-3 Highway Commercial
CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15304, Class 4
APPLICANT: Benjamin Himlan, Off The Grid
OWNER: JPA/Caltrain 
PROJECT PLANNER: Jennifer Walker, (650) 595-7453

6B.  PUBLIC HEARING – 181 Virginia Avenue

To consider a Floor Area Exception, Conditional Use Permit, and Single Family Design Review to construct an attached 881 sq. ft. secondary dwelling unit for a total of 4,351 square feet for the site. (Appl. No. 2012-0008)
APN: 044-212-190; Zoned: R-1A - Single Family Residential District
CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15301
APPLICANT/OWNER: Joanna Giambona
PROJECT PLANNER: Rob Gill, (650) 598-4204

 6C.   PUBLIC HEARING – 1900 Ralston Avenue (Continued to January 15, 2013 P/C Meeting)
To consider a Design Review for partial demolition and remodeling of an existing commercial building and a Conditional Use Permit to allow an office use (Chase Bank) to replace a retail use.
(Appl. No. PA2012-0007)
APN: 044-303-080; Zoned: C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial)
CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Sections 15303 and 15301
APPLICANT: Chase Bank - Drew Bardet 
OWNER: Jae Roh
PROJECT PLANNER: Damon DiDonato, (650) 637-2908

 7.     STUDY SESSION:

7A. Preliminary Review – Vacant Lot Adjacent to 1328 Old County Road
PROJECT PLANNER: Damon DiDonato, (650) 637-2908

8.         REPORTS, STUDIES AND UPDATES:

8A.      North Road Right-of-Way
8B.      Caltrain Modernization Program/High Speed Rail
8C.      Ralston/US-101 Landscape Project

9.         CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2013 – 7:30 PM

Liaison:                  Chair Mercer
Alternate Liaison:     Commissioner Herbach

10.       ADJOURNMENT:

PLEASE NOTE:  The January 1, 2013 Planning Commission Meeting has been cancelled.

Adjournment To:  Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 7:00 PM for a Planning Commission Meeting at Belmont City Hall.

Information on the applications to be considered at this meeting may be obtained from the City of Belmont Planning Division, One Twin Pines Lane, Suite # 110, CA, 94002, 650/595-7417.  This meeting will be televised and webstreamed.  In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact: 650-637-2999.  Notification in advance of the meeting will enable the city to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.