The San Jose Planning Commission, chaired by Carlos Rosario, met on April 22, 2026, to consider two major items: an amendment to the San Jose Mineta International Airport Master Plan and a new Environmental Review Policy. The commission also approved the consent calendar and heard public testimony. Both items were recommended to the City Council for approval in unanimous 9-0 votes.
Item 5A - Amendment to the Airport Master Plan (ER25259):
Item 5B - Environmental Review Policy (Environmental Review Handbook and Standard Permit Conditions):
Good evening. My name is Carlos Rosario, and I'm the chair of the planning commission. Welcome to the planning commission meeting. Please remember to turn off your cell phones. The parking validation machine for the garage under City Hall is located near the entrance. Please join me if you are able to uh pledge allegiance to the flag. The United States of America to the Republic. Under God. Invisible Liberty and Justice Crawl. We'll start with the roll call. Vice Chair Bickford. Here. Commissioner Barroso. Here. Commissioner Bondal? Here. Commissioner Cantrell. Here. Commissioner Cow. Here. Commissioner Casey. Here. Commissioner Escobar. Here. Commissioner Wynne. Perhaps not here yet. Commissioner Oliverio. Commissioner Young said he would not be able to make it. And I am here, so that is nine. I'm sorry. Yeah, and we have quorum. Okay, summary of hearing procedures. If you want to address the commission, please fill out a speaker card located at the table near the audiovisual technician and deposit the completed card in the basket. There are also speaker cards in the back of the chambers and near the side entrance. The hearing procedure is as follows. After staff's presentation, applicants 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 they are received for members of the public who attend in person. As your name is called, lined up in front of the microphone in 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 public testimony, the applicant and or appellant may make closing remarks for 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 public testimony, ask staff questions, and discuss them. If you challenge these land use decisions in court, you may be limited to only raising those issues you or someone else raised at the 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. Sections 20 section 20, 120, 400 of the municipal code provides the procedures for legal protests to the city council on rezonings and pre-zonings.