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Note: The transcript of this hearing states the meeting was held on September 30, 2026, but the provided date is October 5, 2026. This summary uses the given date of October 5, 2026, and notes the discrepancy.
The hearing, conducted via Zoom by Hearing Officer Martina Davis, considered a single agenda item: a Plan Development Permit Amendment (PDA 2007-01 and ER26018) for the Cambrian Park Mixed Use Village project. The amendment sought to implement a master plan phasing plan and a state density bonus to adjust the sequencing of development, allowing residential construction to proceed before commercial components. After staff presentation, applicant remarks, and public testimony, the hearing officer approved the amendment, citing legal requirements under the state density bonus law.
Okay, good morning, everybody. We are calling to order the planning director's hearing of September 30th, 2026. My name is Martina Davis, 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 held via Zoom conference call. Members of the public may participate by following instructions listed on page two of the agenda. If you'd like to provide public comment, you have two methods to do so. For participants who joined electronically and have audio input available on their computer or smartphone, they can use the raised hand feature in Zoom during the agenda item they would like to speak to or click star nine on their phone. Remember to keep your raised hand feature on until planning staff identifies your turn to speak. During the meeting, if you uh would prefer to call or don't have a smartphone, uh, please call 408 535 8517 or email planning support staff at San Jose CA.gov and identify your name that's listed in Zoom, the phone number that you'll call into Zoom with, and what item or items you'd like to comment on. All members from the public will remain on mute until their individual item 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 can provide comment for the allotted uh time. If you exceed your allotted time, you may uh be muted. So we can move on to the next uh speaker. Please note the following. Um, the hearing procedure and order of input will be as follows. I will identify each project on the agenda for items on the consent calendar. I'll ask if anyone wishes to speak on them. Um, if a separate discussion is warranted, I'll move it to the public hearing portion of the agenda. If it's separate discussions not needed, it will remain on consent calendar. For items listed under public hearing, I will ask staff to provide a brief report. Their applicant or representative who wishes to speak on the item will have up to five minutes to speak and should identify themselves by stating their name for the record. After the applicant or their representative has spoken, any member of the public who wishes to speak on the item may provide testimony up to two minutes per speaker, either for or against the project. All members of the public should identify their name for the record, although this is not required. Following comments from the public, the applicant may make additional remarks for up to five minutes. I will then close the public hearing and I may ask staff for their questions, respond to comments made by the applicant or the public, or further discuss the item. I will then take action on the item. If you challenge these land use decisions in court, uh you may be limited to raising only though those issues you or someone else raised at this public hearing in written uh or in written correspondence delivered to the city at or prior to the public hearing. The planning director's actions on agenda items will be final when the permit is signed and mailed, unless the permit or environmental clearance determination is appealed. The planning director's actions on the permits are appealable in accordance with the requirements of Title 20 of the Municipal Code, which is a zoning ordinance. The planning director's actions on environmental review for permits under the California Environmental Quality Act or CEQA are separately appealable under uh in accordance with the requirements of Title 21 of the municipal code. Before we begin, I want to remind uh members of the public to follow our code of conduct at meetings. This includes commenting on the specific agenda item only. Public speakers will not engage in conversation with the hearing officer or staff. The hearing officer, staff, and the public are expected to refrain from abusive language. Repeated failure to comply with the code of conduct, which will disturb, disrupt, or impede orderly conduct of this meeting, may result in removal from this meeting. The meeting of the director's hearing will now come to order. Okay, so the first item on our agenda is deferrals. Um scroll down to that deferral. So this is if we are scheduling to defer any uh items this morning to a future meeting date, would be moved to this portion of the agenda. Um, there is an opportunity for folks to speak on deferrals. Um, however, uh we have no items. That said, I will now open the public hearing. Uh, if anyone would like to speak on no items for deferral. Raise your hands. Okay, seeing no hands raised, matter of deferral is now closed. We're going to do a similar thing for our consent calendar.