Thank you for joining our May 7th, 2024 Planning Commission meeting.

As a reminder, items will be taken in the order in which they are listed on the agenda.

Before we get started, I wanted to briefly go over the public comment procedures for the meeting for those who may be joining us for the first time.

Public comments on the approval of minutes, consent items, matters of commission interest, and items not on the agenda will be taken during item number two on this evening's agenda.

Comments on other agenda items will be taken only when that item is called.

And this could can be provided in person during the meeting or by email ahead of the meeting.

At this time, we are temporarily suspending public comment provided by Zoom.

We want to ensure that the city can continue to conduct the city's business in a manner that allows all residents to participate, and we will continue to evaluate our public comment procedures.

Public comment will be taken in person during the meeting or in advance via email.

Comments that were emailed to PC at Redwood City.org by 5 p.m.

today may be read into the record by the staff liaison.

And both in-person and emailed comments are subject to the three-minute time limit.

And I will now turn it over to staff to call the roll call.

Thank you, Chair Hunter.

Commissioner Alvarez.

Commissioner Chu is absent.

Commissioner Koch.

Here.

Commissioner Lazarus.

Vice Chair Shunagaretz?

Here.

And Chair Hunter.

Here.

And so for the purposes of this meeting, I'm Sue Xline.

I'm the assistant community development director.

And I'm the staff liaison to the commission.

Uh other city staff that are in attendance this evening.

Rick Jarvis is the consultant attorney.

Evelyn Garcia, associate planner, Jonathan Turner, assistant planner, Christina Mateo, admin secretary and meeting host.

And James O'Connell is online as well.

He is our um acting city engineer.

Thank you.

Um agenda item number two is public comments on the approval of minutes, consent items, matters of commission interest and items not on the agenda.

At this time we'll take public comment from those joining us in person only, and I have no speaker cards.

Um so I'll ask Miss Line if we have received any public comments by email.

We have not.

So we now come to item five, which is public hearing.

5A is a request for consideration of general plan consistency for projects included in the city's capital improvement program for the 2024-25 fiscal year.

Is there a staff presentation?

Yes, thank you, Chair Hunter.

All right.

Good evening, planning commissioners and members of the public.

My name is Evelyn Garcia Associate Planner, and I will give be giving the presentation this evening.

So as Chair Hunter has stated, we are here today to consider the general plan consistency for projects included in the capital improvement program for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

This is new state law that now requires all cities to review the proposed CIP for consistency with the general plan.

This is the first year that this that the city is doing this, and moving forward, the planning commission will have the opportunity to review the CIP and determine general plan consistency for each fiscal year from now on.

And clicker here.

And so the capital improvement program is where we plan an appropriate funding for capital projects, which cover a diverse range of functional areas from infrastructure improvements to public facility facility and service enhancements.

The city has two different planning documents for the capital improvement program.

We have a five-year CIP, which identifies short and long-term funding plans and priorities for infrastructure projects, and it's used as a guiding document that outlines the future capital needs of the city.

And then each year, as part of the budget process, we adopt we adopt an annual one-year CIP for the upcoming fiscal year to appropriate funds to pay for specific capital projects in the next year.

This 2024-2025 fiscal year, the capital improvement program consists of 56 projects targeting various transportation, drainage, park and facilities improvements.

The planning commission is tasked with confirming if the projects in the 2024-2025 fiscal year CIP conform to the general plan and are consistent with the general plan goals.

Confirming general plan consist consistency does not mean that the city will construct or even allocate funding for any of the specific projects.

So just to give a quick overview of what the general plan is.

So the general plan establishes the basis for zoning regulations and provides guidance in the evaluation of development proposals through goals, policies, and programs, and it creates the framework for economic development, transportation improvements, and balancing the res residents' desires and the city needs and services.

Staff evaluated the CIP for fiscal year 2024 and 2025 under each of these elements and found it to be consistent with the city's general plan.

Attachment two of the staff materials provides uh general plan includes a general plan consistency table showing the project's consistency to the general plan.

I know it's very tiny, but if you're able to view it, it's there.

Um and uh okay.