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MOTION: Bacerra SECOND: Crespo <br />VOTE: AYES: Alderete, Bacerra, Crespo, Gartner, Mill, Nalle, Yrarrazaval <br />(7) <br />NOES: None (0) <br />ABSTAIN: None (0) <br />ABSENT: None (0) <br />I 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS (on non-agenda items) <br />None <br />5. STAFF COMMENTS <br />DISCUSSION OF IMAGES AND OTHER INFORMATIONAL ITEMS FOR STAFF <br />REPORTS <br />Planning Manager Karen Haluza requested direction from the Commission <br />regarding: <br />The expanded use of photoaraphs in staff reports - The Commissioners found the <br />expanded use of photographs in staff reports useful and asked that they continue. <br />The inclusion of Commissioner's e-mail addresses on the Citv's website - The <br />Commission decided to provide e-mail links on ,the City's website for Planning <br />Commissioners. Planning Manager Haluza asked that the Commissioners send the <br />e-mail addresses to staff that they would like to have posted to the website. <br />The inclusion of findinqs of both apptoval and denial in staff reports - Staff outlined <br />the difficulties in preparing findings for both approval and denial prior to the <br />application's consideration by the Planning Commission. Assistant City Attorney <br />Ryan Hodge also explained that having competing sets of findings would create an <br />unclear adrr~inistrative record, which could make it difficult for the City to prevail in <br />challenges to enforcement of conditions of approval, or to challenges of <br />environmental determinations. As an alternative, Staff will include a new section in <br />the staff reports that will outline the various alternative decisions the Planning <br />Commission could make along with instructions on how to proceed should the <br />Commission wish to do so. <br />The expanded use of analytical maps in staff reports - Staff explained that the City <br />was currently in the process of updating its mapping and geographic information <br />systems' capacities and expected to have the ability to do more map-based analysis <br />within the next 12 to 18 months. Staff indicated that, when maps could be created <br />that did not need the assistance of the City's GIs division, they would continue to <br />provide them. <br />6. PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTS <br />Chairman Alderete requested information on the regulation of e-cigarette stores. <br />Staff responded that they are regulated as retail stores and that smoking of the e- <br />cigarettes are not permitted on the premises. <br />I There were no other comments that required response. <br />7. EXCUSEOFABSENCES <br />ADJOURNMENT 8:12 P.M. <br />,- ,/ <br />Lfi!/&d6q,P/u&G <br />Martha ~amirez- --- <br />Recording Secretary // <br />Planning Commission Minutes 6 July 8, 201 3