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: 1/15/13 
4B.      Planning Commission Minutes of:   2/5/13

5.         OLD BUSINESS:

5A.      City-wide Streetlight Design Guidelines

6.     PUBLIC HEARINGS:

6A.  PUBLIC HEARING – 2200 Carlmont Drive  (Merry Moppet School)
To consider Conditional Use Permit, Design Review, and Variance applications for a 450 sq. ft. addition to an existing class room (no increase in school staff or students is proposed).   (Appl. No. PA2012-0053). 
APNs: 045-013-020, 045-013-030, 045-013-040; ZONING: R-3 (Multi-Family Residential)
CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15301
APPLICANT: Joanna Reams
OWNER: Pamela Clark
PROJECT PLANNER: Damon DiDonato, (650) 637-2908

6B.  STUDY SESSION - Vacant lot adjacent to 2824 Monte Cresta Drive

To conduct a preliminary assessment of a Single Family Design Review application for the construction of a new single family dwelling for the subject property. (Appl. No. 2012-0057)
APN: 043-243-340; ZONING: HRO-2 (Hillside Residential/Open Space)
APPLICANT/OWNER: Damon Campbell
PROJECT PLANNER: Carlos de Melo, (650) 595-7440

6C.  PUBLIC HEARING – Zoning Text Amendments

To consider Zoning Text Amendments to Section 15.1 (Appeals – Purpose) and 13.5 (Administrative Approvals – Design Review) of the City of Belmont Zoning Ordinance as related to the appeal time period and public notice requirements for administrative design review approvals.  (Appl. No. 2013-0007)
CEQA STATUS: Categorical Exemption per Section 15308
APPLICANT: City of Belmont
PROJECT PLANNER:  Carlos de Melo, (650) 595-7440

7.  REPORTS, STUDIES AND UPDATES:

7A.      Caltrain Modernization Program/High Speed Rail
7B.       Ralston/US-101 Landscape Project
7C.      Tree Board

8.   CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013 – 7:30 PM

Liaison:    Commissioner Frautschi
Alternate Liaison: Vice Chair Parsons

9.    ADJOURNMENT:

Adjournment To:  Tuesday, March 5, 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.