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DISCREPANCY NOTICE: The provided agenda for this date indicates the meeting was cancelled. The provided raw transcript contains proceedings from the Design Review Commission. The summary below synthesizes these materials, using the specified meeting date. The meeting was a study session for two proposed 100-unit Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs) seeking approvals under the state Density Bonus Law.
Welcome. The design review commission meeting is now called to order. It um our meeting for Wednesday, September 16th. We have a regular meeting this evening. If you wish to address the commission, please fill out a speaker's card. And when invited to come up, bring your card to the commission secretary if you haven't already done it and state your name clearly and where you live and who you represent when you get up to the microphone, please. The purpose of a public hearing is to supply the design review commission with information it cannot otherwise obtain. Therefore, please limit your testimony to factual information that will assist in the decision making process for the topic at hand. And in order to facilitate an efficient meeting, please avoid repeating previous testimony and observe the time limits. So again, welcome and roll call. Yes, of course. Commissioner Newsom. Here. Commissioner Prose. Here. Commissioner Case informed me that she would not be able to attend this evening. Vice Chair Riley here and Chair Basting. Here. Are there any items on consent calendar? There are not. Okay. Um if anyone would like to speak on something other than one of the items on the agenda, please come up. Anybody here? Okay, so no public communications. Were there any ex parte communications among the commission? Thank you. All right. So we will now start with the study sessions. Um staff will make a presentation. Getting started with the project location, the site is a 3.10 acre uh site developed with an existing two-story building located at 1350 Montego Way with frontages along Montego and Ignacio Valley Road. The site is zoned plan development PD eight eight eight, and the existing building is occupied by office uses and surrounded by other offices, residential and senior facilities in the area. Just some context on the existing site, some photos of the existing building, moving into the proposed project and applications. The project scope includes demolishing the existing building, constructing a new three-story building with new trash enclosure, parking, landscaping, and tree planting, and some tree removals as well. And the site would be operated as a hundred unit residential care facility or RCFE. As proposed, the project requires a design review and tree removal application. The applicant has also requested processing under density bonus, which allows them to request waivers from various development standards. So just a brief overview of the entitlement path for the project. The project is before the DRC tonight as a study session to review the design review application and building site changes and requested tree removals. Since the project is considered a major project, it will then, if it receives a after getting input from the DRC and a recommendation to the Planning Commission, it will be reviewed by the Planning Commission for a final decision at a future date. Quick overview of the proposed operations for the RCFE. The IV will operate a 70 assisted living unit and 30 memory care unit RCFE. Residents would be age restricted to 55 years and up, and the facility will provide 24 hour care with services including daily living assistance, meals, and recreational activities. Here are the proposed elevations for the building. As you can see, the building includes various projections and varied heights that provide modulation and articulation and alignment with our design review standards.