The San Jose Planning Commission met on August 12, 2026, at 2:30 PM. The meeting included approval of the consent calendar, a public hearing on a planned development permit for a vacant commercial building at 5651 Cottle Road, and updates on city council actions and upcoming meetings. The commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the permit to the city council.
Hello? All right. Good evening. I'm gonna bring this meeting to order. Good evening. My name is Chuck, or sorry, Charles Cantrell, and I am 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 or up top. Let's uh start by with a Pledge of Allegiance. All right, thank you. Let's start with the roll call. Um Charles Cantrell, I am here. Uh Vice Chair Michael Young. Here, Commissioner Luisa Aguirella Present. Thank you. Dilpreet Bandal. Here. Commissioner Melissa Bickford. Commissioner Daniel Cowell. Commissioner Lawrence Casey. Here. Commissioner Amy Escobar. Here. Commissioner Choi Newen. Commissioner Pierluigi Oliverio. Here. Didn't notice. And Commissioner Carlos Rosario. Here. Great. We do have quorum. So the 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 presentation, applicants and or appellants may make up to five minute presentations. During the public comment period, the chair will call out names on the submitted speaker cards in the order received. 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 allotment 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 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 actions on rezoning, pre-zonings, general plan amendments, and code amendments is only advisory to the city council.