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 2/19/2013

5. PUBLIC HEARINGS:

5A.  PUBLIC HEARING – 1374 Sunnyslope Avenue
To consider a Variance to construct a 362 square-foot addition to en existing 1,614 square-foot single-family residence for a total of 1,976 which is the below the maximum permitted 2,665 square feet for this property. A portion of the addition would continue a legal non-conforming ten-foot street side property line setback (Sunnyslope Avenue frontage) where a minimum of 15 feet is required.
(Appl. No. 2013-0003)
APN: 045-263-090; Zoned: R-1C - Single Family Residential                                                
CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303
APPLICANT: Stewart Associates
OWNER: Elaine Middleman and Richard Smith
PROJECT PLANNER: Jennifer Walker (650) 595-7453

5B.  PUBLIC HEARING 2520–22 De Koven Avenue (Mid-Peninsula Water Tank Site)
To consider a Conditional Use Permit, Variance and Design Review to replace two existing Sprint antennas and ground equipment, and to install additional wireless facility components at the Mid-Peninsula Water Tank Site.
(Appl. No. 2012-0021)
APN: 043-272-400 Zoned: R-1B – Single Family Residential
CEQA Status: Categorically Exempt, Section 15303, Class 3(e)
APPLICANT: Modus, Inc., for Sprint/Nextel
OWNER: Mid-Peninsula Water
PROJECT PLANNER: Rob Gill, (650) 598-4204

5C.  PUBLIC HEARING – 2847 San Juan Boulevard
To consider a Single Family Design Review to construct a new 2,800 square foot single-family residence, which is the below the maximum 3,285 square feet permitted for the zoning district.  The project would also include a Variance for retaining wall height, parking and front setback, and a Major Encroachment Permit for retaining walls within the public right-of-way.
 (Appl. No. 2010-0006)
APN: 043-322-270; Zoned: R-1B - Single Family Residential
CEQA Status: Categorical Exemption per Section 15303
APPLICANT: Steve Lesley
OWNER: Ahmad Dababo
PROJECT PLANNER: Damon DiDonato, (650) 637-2908

6.  ELECTION OF PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIR/VICE CHAIR

7.  REPORTS, STUDIES AND UPDATES:

7A.       Caltrain Modernization Program/High Speed Rail
7B.       Ralston/US-101 Landscape Project
7C.       Tree Board
7D.       Chase Bank – 1900 Ralston Avenue

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

    City Council Meeting of March 26, 2013 has been cancelled.

Liaison:    Commissioner Parsons
Alternate Liaison: Commissioner Frautschi
    
9.  ADJOURNMENT To:  Tuesday, April 2, 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.