The San Jose Planning Commission convened on April 8, 2026, at approximately 6:30 PM. The meeting was brief, with no public hearing items on the agenda. The commission approved the consent calendar unanimously, received a report from the City Council, and discussed updates on a previously heard project. The meeting adjourned at around 6:42 PM.
Welcome to our meeting this evening. Please remember to turn off your cell phones, and that the parking validation machine is way up there at the top, located near the entrance. Could you all stand and join me in saluting the flag? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. To the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. We'll proceed to roll call. Our chair is not here. Commissioner Barroso. Here. Commissioner Bandal? Commissioner Cantrell, I do not see. Commissioner Cal. Here. Commissioner Casey? Here. Commissioner Escobar. Here. Commissioner Newen. Here. Commissioner Oliverio. Here. And Commissioner Yeah. Here. Okay. And I'm Vice Chair Bickford. I'm here as well. Thank you. Okay. So for tonight, the summary of hearing procedures are 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 or just bring it up here and we'll take it. There are also speaker cards at the back of the chamber and at the side entrance. The procedure for this hearing is as follows. After staff 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 at the front of by the microphone at the front of the chamber here. 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 or appellant may uh 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. If you challenge these 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 by the city to the city at or prior to the public hearing. The planning commission's action on rezoning, prezoning, 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 provides the procedures for legal protests to the city council on rezonings and prezonings. The planning commission commission's actions 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. Before we begin, I want to remind the planning commission members and members of the public to follow our code of conduct at meetings.