The July 16, 2025 meeting of the Oakland Planning Commission began with the election of Commissioner Josie Aaron as Chair Pro Tem due to the absence of the regular chair and vice chair. The commission addressed a continuance request for a public hearing item, received an informational report on a proposed affordable senior housing project, heard from the Planning Director, discussed committee reports and commission matters, and approved previous minutes.
Good afternoon. This is the July 16th, 2025 City of Oakland Planning Commission meeting, and we do not have our chair or vice chair today. And so I will the first thing that we will do is take roll. And after we take roll, we will ask the commission to elect a chair pro tem for today. So with that, Hanifa, if you could please take roll. Commissioner Alex Randolph. Here. Commissioner Maurice Rob. Here. Commissioner Zorsey Aaron's here. Commissioner Owen Lee. Here. We have a quorum. And so with that, we leave it to this commission to put forward a chair pro tem a recommendation or a motion. Sorry, a motion. Let's just go straight to a motion for a chair pro tem if you like. If you if there's a motion on the floor, we'll take a vote on that. Thank you. And anyone can make that motion. Any any planning commissioner. Right. So if you'd like to make a motion, it would be a motion for a chair pro tem for this meeting. Okay. Um like to make a motion for a chair pro tem for this meeting. Um, Commissioner Josie Aaron. All right, there's a motion for uh to elect uh Commissioner Aaron's as chair pro tem for the July 16th meeting. Is there a second? Second. And there's a second by Randolph. So motion by Rob, second by Randolph, vote, please. All right, so Commissioner Alex Randolph? Yes. Commissioner Maurice Robb. Yes. Commissioner Owen Lee. Yes. Each chair Pro Tim Josie Aaron's. Yes. I believe that was a unanimous vote, and it cannot be challenged. Therefore, congratulations to Chair Pro Tem Aaron's. And with that, I will hand over uh management of the meeting to you. Thank you. Thank you. So moving on to commission business, our first item under that topic is agenda discussion. And from the secretary, we have had a request from the applicant for the public hearing. That is item number two, twelve oh five Franklin Street. For a continuance, the request came after the agenda was published. So we ask the applicant to um become available or their representative to make that request in person. Since we can't change the agenda at this point, so a representative of that applicant is here to make that request if you are willing to consider that. And once you are ready, I can offer if you know if you have any questions about what options are available to you, we are here to assist.