Laserfiche WebLink
RECOMMENDATION: <br />Receive and file public comments for revised draft Environmental Impact Report No. <br />2011-01. <br />Principal Planner Vince Fregoso presented the staff report and recommendation. <br />The public hearing was opened. <br /> <br />Public members speaking: <br />Nick Spain with Save Our Orchard Coalition, now known as The Old Orchard <br />Conservancy, stated that the revised DEIR accurately reflects the status of the <br />Sexlinger property as an historic resource. He said that TOOC would provide written <br />comments on the Hybrid Development Alternative. He stated that TOOC supports <br />the Urban Garden Alternative with the No Build Alternative as their second choice. <br />Ryan Bensley with The Old Orchard Conservancy stated that he believed the <br />Revised DEIR now contained two new alternatives: the Hybrid Development <br />Alternative and the Cul de Sac Alternative. [Staff confirmed that the revised DEIR <br />only contained one new project alternative -the Hybrid Development Alternative.] <br />Mr. Bensley urged the Planning Commission to read the Draft EIR and noted that, <br />due to the fact that the demolition of the grove and house would result in a <br />significant and unavoidable environmental impact to Cultural Resources, any project <br />approval would require the City Council to adopt a Statement of Overriding <br />Considerations. <br />~- <br />Laura Montague, Executive Director of the Grain Project, highlighted that group's <br />involvement with the community garden effort in Jerome Park as an example of a <br />City partnership that could be used as a model for a similar approach to implement <br />the Urban Garden Alternative. <br />The public hearing was closed. <br />5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (on non-agenda items) <br />None <br />6. STAFF COMMENTS <br />No comments. <br />7. PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS <br />No comments requiring action from staff. <br />8. EXCUSE OF ABSENCES <br />Planning Commissioner Mill moved to excuse the absence of Commissioner Acosta. <br />The motion was seconded by Commissioner Gartner and unanimously approved by <br />the Commission with a vote of 5:0. <br />' ADJOURNMENT 7:44 P.M. <br />Recording Secretary <br />Planning Commission Minutes <br />6 <br />November 13, 2012 <br />