This meeting of the San Jose Planning Commission, chaired by Anthony Tordillos, included a public hearing required under SB 423 for a proposed 100% affordable housing project at 7 Top Golf Drive in the Alviso neighborhood. The commission also approved consent calendar minutes, heard public comment on non-agendized items, and elected new officers for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. No action was taken on the proposed development.
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. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God. Thank you. We will now move on to roll call. Vice Chair Cantrell. Here. Commissioner Barosio. Commissioner Ben Dahl. Here. Commissioner Bickford. Here. Commissioner Casey. Here. Commissioner Larnois. Here. Commissioner Wynne. Here. Commissioner Oliverio. Commissioner Rosario. Here. Commissioner Young. Here. Myself here. It's nine in attendance, 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. And I'll just note that the cards that we have this evening have a misprint that says citizens request to speak. You do not have to be a citizen to provide public comment, so please continue to fill out cards. The procedure for this hearing is as follows. After staff's presentation, applicants andor 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 commissioners' 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 public hearings on these items. Section 20.120.400 of the municipal code.