AGENDA

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. Minutes of November 6, 2008

5. OLD BUSINESS:

5A. Final Tree Planting Plan – 1520 Folger Drive 

6. PUBLIC HEARING:

6A. PUBLIC HEARING – 620 Alameda de la Pulgas 
To consider a Single Family Design Review to convert 599 square feet of crawl space (below the main living area) to habitable floor area, resulting in a 1,758 square foot dwelling (3,500 sq. ft. maximum building size permitted for this site). (Appl. No. 2008-0054)
APN: 044-043-480; Zoned: R-1B (Single Family Residential)
CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303
Applicant(s) Owner(s): Douglas Ford & Ted Maeigomen
Project Planner:  Rob Gill: 650-598-4204

6B. PUBLIC HEARING – 968 & 956 Ralston Avenue
To consider a Parking Variance for expansion of the existing Divino restaurant into an adjacent 958 square-foot commercial space (Appl. No. 2008-0063)
APN: 044-152-120; Zoned: C-2 (General Commercial)
CEQA Status: Recommended Categorical Exemption per Section 15303
Applicant: Rosanna Marks & Vincenzo Cucco
Owner:  Charlotte A. Nissen
Project Planner:  Carlos de Melo: 650-595-7440

7. REPORTS, STUDIES AND UPDATES: 

7A. Motel 6 – 1101 Shoreway Road
7B. NDNU (Koret) Athletic Field
7C. Charles Armstrong School – 1405 Solana Drive
7D. Ralston/US-101 Landscape Project
7E. San Mateo Development – North Road/43rd Avenue
7F. 900 Sixth Avenue – Belmont Vista Facility
7G. Safeway – 1100 El Camino Real

8. CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008
   
Liaison: Commisioner  Mayer
Alternate Liaison: Commissioner Parsons
 
9. ADJOURNMENT: 
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 7:00 pm for a Regular Planning Commission Meeting at Belmont City Hall.

City Hall will be closed from December 25, 2008 – January 4, 2009.  Open: Monday January 5, 2009. 

Please note, due to the Holiday’s the January 6, 2009 Planning Commission Meeting has been cancelled.
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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. 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.