Recording progress.

Okay, good evening.

Uh, welcome to the October nineteenth planning commission meeting.

Um, call the meeting to order.

We'll start with roll call.

We do have two commissioners.

Excuse tonight, vice chair, um, DeGiorgio is out tonight and excuse.

And Commissioner Salimi is also out tonight, and excuse.

Um, maybe just kind of switch it up.

We do have Commissioner Lebanon, Commissioner Mason, Commissioner Snyder, and Commissioner Radnich, President.

Can I get a motion to adopt tonight's agenda?

So moved.

Second.

All in favor.

Aye.

Aye.

The agenda passes.

Public comment item four.

This is an opportunity if anyone has a public comment tonight for items not on the agenda.

Now would be the time.

Okay, if you would like to speak on the item A or B, 5A or B that is on the agenda.

You're welcome to please fill out a blue speaker slip and hand it to staff.

So we don't have anyone in the room for item four.

Is there anyone online for public comment?

If you would like to speak on an item within the purview of the Planning Commission, but not on tonight's agenda, please use the raised hand function now.

I'm seeing none.

Okay, thank you.

Moving to item 5A, new public hearings.

Item 5A, GP01-26, and ZT01-26.

And I will turn it over to staff for presentation.

Thank you.

Good evening, Commissioners, members of the public.

My name is Stephanie Cervantes, assistant planning director with the City of Lafayette Planning Department.

I will be presenting item 5A tonight, which is GP01-26 and CTO1-26 for the downtown land use and zoning changes.

So

just some background, why are we here?

In that spring in March of 2025, the um sorry, the following spring of 2025, the Housing Action Action Coalition or HAC filed a lawsuit against the city.

After that, the city entered into negotiations with HAC, and in June of 2026, the city reached a settlement with HAC.

The

terms of the settlement include increasing the density of certain areas.

The terms specify that that will be increased to 65 dwelling units per acre.

The height will be increased, and that minimum density will also be placed or clarified for opportunity sites at 88% of 60 dwelling units per acre.

Just south of the yellow area, but north of Mount Diablo Boulevard.

That area currently allows up to 35 dwelling units per acre.

The settlement terms state that that area will be upstone to 45 dwelling units per acre with according height and the minimum density for opportunity sites will be 88% of 35 dwelling units per acre.

South of Mount Diablo Boulevard as shown on the map, same thing, identical to the number two.

And then there is also two additional acres of the De Silva South South site that would be added to 35 dwelling units per acre.

And you can see that in green on this exhibit.

Additionally, the settlement terms state that the city cannot use faith-based organization sites for note net loss calculations, and that the city will pay legal fees as

well.

The

settlement terms also state that these actions should be considered prior to the end of this

year.

And

so with the settlement terms, the city looked at what we had to do.

There was a few action items that needed to occur.

The first is a general plan tax amendment to our land use element.

And so the areas that are currently allow up to 60 dwelling units per acre.

And in our land use general plan element, we're also clarifying language that opportunity sites have a minimum density of 88% of 60 dwelling units per acre.

There's also some new land use designations to allow for the up to 45 dwelling units per acre.