The Redwood City Planning Commission held a special meeting on December 13, 2022, at 6:00 PM (adjourned at 8:30 PM) to consider a major mixed-use project at 557 E. Bayshore Road and a focused General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Housing Element. The meeting included a continuation of a separate item (801 Willow Street), public testimony, and two unanimous votes on the Bayshore project.
So, Chair Hunter, you can start when you're ready. All right. Welcome everyone to the Planning Commission meeting on December thirteenth, twenty twenty two. Good evening, and uh I'm glad to see to see so many people in the room. We haven't had a room this awful since uh since the pandemic of uh in in-person attendees. Um before we get started, I wanted to briefly go over the public comment procedures for the meeting for those of you who may be joining us for the first time. Um public comments on public comments will be taken on anything other than the two uh main agenda items, uh, we'll be taking during item number two on this evening's agenda. Um, if you have comments on the two agenda items, uh, those comments will be taken at the time that the uh the um our items are taken up. Um in-person speakers will be called first, followed by virtual attendees. And we do have a number of virtual attendees. Um for in-person speakers, please fill out a speaker's card at the front of the at the back of the chambers and bring it to staff. Um, Christina over here. Um, I have a number of speaker cards. If there's anyone in person who wishes to speak and hasn't given me a speaker card yet, please fill one out and give it to Christina. Um, so that we can get a count of how many speakers we may have. Um, if you are um joining by Zoom right now, um, could you please raise your hand so that we can we can see how many hands we have? And if you're joining by phone, you can raise your hand by dialing star nine. Um, and then later when you're called upon, you can dial star six. Um each speaker is allowed to three minutes, but if we have a large number of speakers, and I think we may, we are that maybe reduced to two minutes. Um lastly, uh, I'm sure that everyone knows this, but um, we each bring different perspectives to this uh to this discussion and all discussions like this. And we want to make sure that everyone is open-minded to hear other points of view and is respectful of everyone and that everyone has a church to be chance to be heard without an interruption. So we thank you in advance for your consideration. Um we will now proceed with roll call, Miss X Line. Commissioner Bandano. Here. Commissioner Chuck here. Commissioner Espinoza is absent. Commissioner Koch here. Vice Chair Sunagoretz? Here and Chair Hunter. Here and for the purposes of this meeting, I will state that I'm Sue X line, staff liaison for this commission, and the other city staff that are attending this meeting are Ryan Kachenik, senior planner, John Francis, Principal Planner, Jennifer Byers, Assistant City Attorney, and Christina Mateo, administrative secretary, and meeting host. Okay, thank you for that. Um there are no approval of minutes or consent or um consent calendar items on today's agenda. So we will begin with the public hearing. Uh for the first is um item 5A, which is 801 Willow Street. And um we uh I would like to hear a motion to continue this item to a date uncertain. So move. And do we have a second? Second. Do we have a roll call, please? Commissioner Bandano. Yes. Commissioner Chu. Yes. Commissioner Koch? Yes. Vice Chair Surnagarvatz? Yes. And Chair Hunter. Yes.