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8-23-22 PC meeting minutes - signed CITY OF CAMPBELL Planning Commission Minutes 7:30 P.M. TUESDAY August 23, 2022 PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS The Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday August 23, 2022, was called to order at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 70 N. First Street, Campbell, CA, by Chair Ching and the following proceedings were had, to wit: ROLL CALL Commissioners Present: Chair: Stuart Ching Vice Chair: Adam Buchbinder Commissioner: Matt Kamkar Commissioner: Maggie Ostrowski Commissioner: Andrew Rivlin Commissioner: Alan Zisser Commissioners Absent: Commissioner: Michael Krey Staff Present: Director: Rob Eastwood Senior Planner: Stephen Rose Associate Planner: Tracy Tam City Attorney: Bill Seligmann Admin Analyst: Ken Ramirez APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approved July 12, 2022 meeting minutes. July 26, 2022 and August 9, 2022, PC Meetings were cancelled. COMMUNICATIONS None Campbell Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – August 23, 2022 Page 2 AGENDA MODIFICATIONS OR POSTPONEMENTS None ORAL REQUESTS None PUBLIC HEARINGS Chair Ching asked if any of the Commissioners had any disclosures, hearing none Chair Ching read Agenda Item No. 1 into the record as follows: SPECIAL PRESENTATION 1. N/A Special presentation by Commissioner Buchbinder and Kamkar on Missing Middle in Campbell. Vice-Chair Adam Buchbinder and Commissioner Matt Kamkar presented on 11 types of housing that is denser than single-family homes but less than high rises (“Missing Middle”). Current idealized forms of these building types are prohibited in current Zoning districts. Study analyzed Parking, Density, Minimum Lot Size, Minimum Lot Width, and Floor Area Ratio but study did not include implications of SB9 or SB9 projects. Chair Ching opened public comment section. Andre Casanova suggested putting in language for local hiring apprenticeship so that those building the homes also be allowed to live in the neighborhood. Raja Pallela spoke that current Standards are prohibiting building small single-family homes and make it not possible to reach the type of density desired because of the limits. Would recommend making changes to the San Tomas Neighborhood Area Plan and readjust requirements to the plan. Jim Sullivan stated that some of the City of Campbell ordinances do not allow what the City of Campbell should be building. Scott Rees stated appreciation for the work done in the study. Asked what current data is available that shows how many homes qualify for this type of development. Chair Ching closed public comments and opened questions section to Commissioners. Vice-Chair Buchbinder stated that currently PD zoning is being used as an escape valve for certain developments but can be time intensive and costly. Commissioner Kamkar clarified that PD zoning is used for projects that are not able to meet minimum frontage or minimum area requirements, which is why establishing flexibility is important. Commissioner Zisser noted that the presented models within presentation included alley based model examples but questioned if these types of alley based neighborhood Campbell Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – August 23, 2022 Page 3 examples should be made available because most of the neighborhoods in Campbell are already established. Commissioner Ostrowski stated that it is important that we think differently because Zoning rules were created at a different point in time when the City of Campbell looked different. Commissioner Zisser stated that the new plan to revise the Objective Standards will hopefully address some of the issues discussed. STUDY SESSION 2. PLN-2022-90 Study Session to provide an overview of the Objective Standards work plan, project schedule, and community outreach and engagement plan. Director Rob Eastwood referenced the Missing Middle presentation that diagnosed the issues but hopes that the Residential Design Standards plan will present solutions to the identified issues. For quite some time the tools available to the City of Campbell have been insufficient as there were minimal Objective Standards and therefore had minimal say in new developments. Speed of effort to develop new Objective Standards will be very quick. Senior Planner Stephen Rose and Associate Planner Tracy Tam presented the Objective Standards workplan, project schedule, and plan for community outreach and engagement that will be implemented in conjunction with selected consultant, Opticos. The Commission had initial questions about whether Objective Standards applied to single- family housing and also mixed-use housing; why area plans revisions were specific to sections of the area plan when the community has asked to make greater revisions to neighborhood specific area plan, and whether an ad hoc subcommittee will be created within this process. Senior Planner Rose clarified that Objective Standards will apply to both single-family homes and mixed use housing and that area plans will create a type of baseline but will be continuously looked at for improvements within the Objective Standard Redesign process and in the future as needed. Director Eastwood noted that a subcommittee would be most effective with members of the City Council and Planning Commission. Tony Perez from Opticos Design presented the Objective Standards Update for the City of Campbell. Presentation outlined the history and previous work of developing Objective Standards with other cities, the identified approach, and the detail of applying Objective Developmental Design Standards to Campbell. Chair Ching opened questions from Commissioners to Opticos Design team. Commissioners asked if individual parcels will be looked at to identify what is needed; how can they access the presented toolkit, how will creativity and new designs in architectural design be allowed over time; how can the design standards make it more pedestrian friendly; how will tree regulations be referenced; and will options for rooftops/balconies be included in the design toolkit. Tony Perez clarified that they would look at what the General Plan envisioned and match standards to make it happen; that City staff have a copy of the toolkit document; that front Campbell Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – August 23, 2022 Page 4 façade zones help create different streetscapes and modulate different building types; that right of ways will not be reimagined; that existing regulations will not be changed; and that the toolkit includes something that references options for rooftops/balconies. Director Eastwood stated that test fit sample sites, especially for Housing Opportunity Sites, provides critical information that informs what can actually be built on these housing sites. Chair Ching opened Public Hearing section. Joseph Giamiani expressed concerns about ongoing uniformity in development as something “simple and cheap” and asked to not change the Winchester Plan too much. Amy Cody appreciated that privacy and sightline issues were addressed within Opticos presentation and asked if environmental requirements can be incorporated in residential design standards. Raja Pallela asked to not limit elevation standards and keep it open to modern or contemporary styles. Also requesting to allow for creativity in top floors like open terraces. Also asking to amend San Tomas plan to allow for three floor height maximum construction. Jim Sullivan emphasized that flexibility is key to keep in mind when developing Objective Standards. PD is an invaluable tool for a developer that is willing to go through the entire process and present to City Council, if they want to in fact build something bigger and better. Bruce Bowen reiterated that PD is an important tool. Wants to continue to have the opportunity to be creative and do things out of the box. Suggests not creating confining requirements and that they be more of a guideline and not a hard regulation. Chair Ching closed Public Comment session and paused Planning Commission meeting for a 5-minute break. Chair Ching reconvened Planning Commission meeting. Commissioner Rivlin asked if the City’s Architectural Consultant was involved in the process of the new Objective Design Standards and stated that this is the right path as it provides the right menu for the right selections down the road. Senior Planner Rose reiterated that although City Architectural Consultant is not involved but encouraging that all stakeholders or interested parties participate in Community Outreach and stakeholder meetings. Commissioner Zisser recommended clarifying for the community that this process is actually in fact residential design standards for multi-unit housing. Vice-Chair Buchbinder suggested to allow substitution and unbundling for some amount of bike/car share parking at some ratio. Commissioner Ching echoed the sentiments and suggestions of fellow commissioners and stated the ad hoc subcommittee for new Residential Design Standards will consist of Vice- Campbell Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – August 23, 2022 Page 5 Chair Buchbinder and Commissioner Kamkar. The subcommittee would be available if needed to report but would not be scheduled at this point. REPORT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Finalizing drafts of EIR and General plan and is anticipating publishing documents for public review in the early September 2022 timeframe. ADJOURNMENT The Regular Planning Commission meeting adjourned at 9:46 p.m. to the next Regular Planning Commission Meeting on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at City Hall, Council Chambers, 70 N. First Street, Campbell, CA. 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