The South San Francisco Planning Commission convened on October 16, 2025, primarily to consider a design review application for a six-unit townhouse project at 616 Maple Avenue. The meeting included routine approvals, public testimony from concerned neighbors, and commission deliberation focusing on zoning compliance, housing needs, and displacement issues, resulting in the project's approval.
The parks and recreations city council buildings city council chambers to provide a comment during the meeting. Please fill out a speaker card and give it to the clerk. You will have three minutes to make your comments. Please note that all commission time limits and rules of decorum will apply to public comments. This meeting of the South San Francisco Planning Commission is hereby called to order and join a meeting in the clause of allegiance. I applied allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic from which it stands. One nation under Liberty and Dr. What you questioned. Thank you so much. May we have roll call, please. Yes. Chairperson Funes. Yes. Here. Uh Commissioner Zhang. Here. Commissioner Shahade. Here. Commissioner Faria. Here. Commissioner Baker. Commissioner Evans and Vice Chairperson Palmiku are absent. Thank you. Are there any changes to the agenda? No changes to the agenda. Are there any an items or announcements from staff? I have two items or announcements. One is that there is a planning commission training on October 29th. I will send you an email about it if you are all interested in signing up. And the topic is climate resiliency. And the second is that I'm sure a lot of the commissioners and members of the public have probably seen a lot of news about a new state bill called SB 79, which is about increasing densities around traffic transportation nodes. It just passed, I think Friday, the governor sent signed it into law. So we staff is working on learning about it and learning if and how it will affect our city. And we will provide a report and updates to the commission as we know more. Thank you so much. Does any member of the public wish to address the commission on any item that is not on the agenda tonight at this time? Please fill out a speaker card and give it to the clerk. We don't have any comments. Hearing none at this time, I will ask the clerk if there are any members of the public. We said no. Um, so hearing no speakers, we will move on. Next on the agenda is the disclosure of ex parte communications. If any commissioner has had any communication with applicants, did any site or project's visits and interactions with third parties or has any conflicts regarding any item on the agenda, you may disclose them at any time. If you would like to recuse yourself for an item, you can do so at this time. Hearing none, we will move on to the next item. Next item on the agenda is the consent calendar. May we have a listing of the consent calendar items, please? Yes, we have one item on the consent calendar, which is consideration and approval of minutes from the September 4th, 2025 Planning Commission. I make a motion to accept the consent calendar. I'll second.