Good morning.

We are calling to order the planning director hearing of April 29th, 2026.

My name is David Keen, and I'm the hearing officer for today's agenda on behalf of and delegated by the Director of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement, Christopher Burton.

This meeting is being beheld via Zoom conference call.

Members of the public may participate by following the instructions listed on page two of the agenda.

If you would like to provide public comment, you have two methods to do so.

For participants who join electronically and have audio input available on the computer or smartphone, they can use the raise hand feature in Zoom during the agenda item they would like to speak or click star nine on their phone.

Remember to keep your raise the hand feature until planning support staff can identify your turn to speak.

Second option to provide public comment is during the meeting.

You can call 408 535 8517 or email planning support staff at San Jose CA.gov and identify your name that is listed on Zoom, your phone number that you'd be calling into Zoom with, and what item or items you'd like to comment on.

All members of the public will remain on mute until the individual identifies they would like to speak and they are unmuted.

Planning support staff will identify you by name when it is your turn to speak.

At that time, you will be unmuted and you can provide comment for the allotted time.

If you exceed your allotted time, you may be muted so we can move on to the next speaker.

Please note the following.

For those items on the consent calendar, I will ask if anyone wishes to speak on the item.

If a separate discussion is warranted, I will move the item to the public hearing portion of the agenda.

If a separate discussion is not needed, the item will remain on the consent calendar for approval.

For those items listed under public hearing, I'll ask staff to provide a brief report.

Following comments from the public, the applicant may make additional remarks for up to five minutes.

I do not see any items for deferral.

Support staff or any anybody.

Does anybody have any wish to move any items onto deferrals?

Okay, not hearing anybody.

I'm going to see there's no items for deferrals.

So therefore the matter of deferrals is now closed.

So I'm now going to move on to the consent calendar.

There will be no separate discussion of individual consent calendar items as they are considered to be routine and will be considered in one action unless an item is moved to the public hearing calendar for separate discussion by the hearing officer.

The public may comment on the entire consent calendar or any items removed from the consent calendar by the hearing officer.

If you wish to speak on one of these items, please use your raise hand feature and zoom or click star nine to raise a hand to speak.

Now there is one item.

It is item 3A.

It is file number SPA 20-012-01 and EER 25-249.

This is a special use permit amendment to modify an existing permit, file number SP20-012 to allow changes to site B of the affordable housing building to include a reduction in vehicle parking spaces from 51 spaces to 44 spaces, an increase in bike parking from 75 to 89 bikes, a reduction in square footage amenity space from 14,000 square feet to approximately 11,500 square feet, changes to the exterior finishes and materials, a reduction in the building height from 70 feet to 63 feet, and to allow the removal of 32 trees in this phase to allow phase one of a signature project to construct a five-story multifamily residential building with 89 affordable units, trail improvements to Kanoas Creek, the relocation of a bus stop on Blossom Hill, and partial demolition of the existing surface parking lot.

No changes to the previously approved density bonus requests are proposed under the approximately 5.39 gross acre site located at 605 Blossom Hill Road.

So the sequel is a determination of consistency with the Blossom Hill Station Project Environmental Impact Report adopted by City Council Resolution 80644 on August 9th, 2022.

So is there anybody who wishes to speak on this item?

I see one raised hand.

Yes, Lillian County.

Yeah.

H0664.

Yeah, I do have a comment, and I would like to speak on the item of the removal of the trees over 30 trees.

I totally object to the removal of all these trees.

Hi.

So that yeah, I'm gonna um I'll remove this from the consent calendar and move it to public hearing.

So because there's a member of the hotel that wants to speak, so then we'll move this to public hearing.

Okay, and then you'll get a chance to speak as part of public hearing.

So because there is public interest, I am moving item number three A to the public hearing portion of the calendar.

Um, again, this is item 3A.

I'm not going to reread the reread the full permit description.

This is special use permit amendment to permit SP20 to 012.

Um, staff, can I have a brief report?

Good morning, hearing officer.

Um, my name is Jacqueline Guerrero, and I'm the planning project manager with the city's planning division for item 3A on the agenda today.

Um, as mentioned today, the special use permit amendment is to facilitate the construction to site B of a previously approved project SB 2012.

Um, the physical changes to the project are minor and staff has analyzed the project to ensure that it complies with all applicable city policies.

Um assessing the project, we found that the project was still consistent with the general plan and zoning.

Um staff follows city council policy 630 for public outreach.

An on-site sign was posted on the project frontage, and this hearing was noticed at a radius of a thousand feet.

Um the environmental document for this project is a determination of consistency with the previously approved Blossom Hill station mixed to use project EAR, which was adopted in August 9th, 2022.