This meeting of the San Jose Planning Commission, held on May 14, 2025, began at approximately 14:30 hours and was chaired by Anthony Tordillos. The commission considered two privately initiated general plan amendment requests (Ketman Road and Winchester Boulevard), heard extensive public testimony, and made advisory recommendations to the City Council. A consent calendar item was approved, and a report on the upcoming General Plan four-year review was provided.
Good evening, everyone. My name is Anthony Tordillos, and I am the chair of the Planning Commission. Welcome to this planning commission meeting. Please remember to turn off your cell phones. The parking validation machine for the garage under City Hall is located at the rear of the chambers. Following roll call during the summary of hearing procedures, we will review how the public may provide comment during today's session. At this time, if you're able, please join me in rising for the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. We will now move on to roll call. Vice Chair Cantrell. Here. Commissioner Brosio. Here. Commissioner Bendal. Here. Commissioner Bickford. Commissioner Lardnois. Here. Commissioner Oliverio. Commissioner Rosario. Here. Commissioner Young. Here. Myself here. That's seven in attendance, two absences. So we have quorum. All right. We will now move on to summary of hearing procedures. If you want to address the commission, please fill out a speaker card located on the table near the audio visual technician and deposit the completed card in the basket. There are also speaker cards in the back of the chambers and at the side entrance. The procedure for this hearing is as follows. After staff's presentation, applicants and/or appellants may make up to a five-minute presentation. During the public comment period, the chair will call out names on the submitted speaker cards in the order received for those members of the public who attend in person. As your name is called, line up in front of the microphone at the front of the chamber. Generally, each speaker will be given up to two minutes for public testimony, and speakers using a translator will have up to four minutes. At the discretion of the chair, the time allotted to each speaker may be changed depending on the number of items on the agenda, number of speakers, and other factors. Speakers using a translator will have double the time allotted. After the public testimony, the applicant andor appellant may make closing remarks for up to an additional five minutes. Planning commissioners may ask questions of the speakers. Response to commissioner questions will not reduce the speaker's time allowance. The public hearing will then be closed, and the planning commission will take action on the item. The planning commission may request staff to respond to the public testimony, ask staff questions, and discuss the item. If you challenge these land use decisions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at this public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the city at or prior to the public hearing. The planning commission's action on rezonings, pre-zonings, general plan amendments, and code amendments is only advisory to the city council. The City Council will hold hearings on these items. Section 20.120.400 of the municipal code provides the procedures for legal protests to the city council on rezonings and prezonings. The planning commission's action on conditional use permits is appealable to the city council in accordance with section 20.100.220 of the municipal code. Agendas and all staff reports for this meeting may be accessed on the city's website. We'll now move on to call to order and orders of the day. Before we begin, I want to remind the planning commission members and members of the public to follow our code of conduct at meetings.