Please file a speaker’s slip if you wish to address the Board. Anyone wishing to address the Board on agenda items or Oral Communications may speak for a maximum of 5 minutes per agenda item when the subject is before the Board. The Board may limit the speakers’ time to 3 minutes when five or more speaker’s slips are submitted.

1. Convene
   

2. Flag Salute
   

3. Roll Call
   President Ezzy Ashcraft, Vice-President Autorino, Board members, Cook, Cunningham, Kohlstrand, Lynch, and Zuppan.

4. Minutes
   

     Minutes from the meeting of September 10, 2009 (Pending)
   Minutes from the meeting of September 28, 2009 (Pending)
   Minutes from the meeting of October 12, 2009 (Pending)
   Minutes from the meeting of October 26, 2009 (Pending)

5. Agenda Changes and Discussion
   

6. Staff Communications
   

     Item 6-A Future Agendas   [ view item ]

     Item 6-B Zoning Administrator Report   [ view item ]

     Oral Report
   
   Alameda Point Update

7. Oral Communications
   * Anyone may address the Board on a topic not on the agenda under this item by submitting a speaker's information slip, subject to the 5 minute time limit.

8. Consent Calendar
   Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted, approved or adopted by one motion unless a request for removal for discussion or explanation is received from the Planning Board or a member of the public by submitting a speaker slip for that item.

    

9. Regular Agenda Items
   

     9-A Draft Master Street Tree Plan   [ view item ]

     Attachment 1 - Tree Removal Policy   [ view item ]

     Attachment 2 - Preferred Distance Table   [ view item ]

     Attachment 3 - Response to Planning Board Comments   [ view item ]

     Attachment 4 - Comments on Jennifer Bowles Recommendations   [ view item ]

     Attachment 5 - Proposed Map of Select Species Planter Strip Widths   [ view item ]

     9-B
   PLN09-0054 Consideration of a Use Permit to Allow additional Truck Delivery Hours at the Trader Joes Store. The Trader Joes store is requesting use permit approval to allow truck deliveries between the hours of 6:00 AM and 11:00 PM.
   
   PLN09-0073 Consideration of a Use Permit to Allow additional Truck Delivery Hours at the Big 5 Sporting Goods Store. The Big 5 Sporting Goods store is requesting use permit approval to allow truck deliveries between the hours of 6:00 AM and 11:00 PM.
   
   PLN09-0259 Consideration of a Use Permit to Allow additional Truck Delivery Hours at the Petco Pet Supply Store. The Petco Pet Supply store is requesting use permit approval to allow truck deliveries between the hours of 6:00 AM and 11:00 PM.
   
   PLN09-0349 Consideration of a Use Permit to Allow additional Truck Delivery Hours at the Safeway Store. The Safeway Store is requesting use permit approval to allow truck deliveries between the hours of 6:00 AM and 11:00 PM.
   
   PLN09-0348 Consideration of a Use Permit to Allow additional Truck Delivery Hours at the Walgreens Store. The Walgreens store is requesting use permit approval to allow truck deliveries between the hours of 6:00 AM and 11:00 PM.
   
   PLN09-0353 Consideration of a Use Permit to Allow additional Truck Delivery Hours at the Panera Bread Store. The Panera Bread store is requesting use permit approval to allow truck deliveries between the hours of 6:00 AM and 11:00 PM.
   
   PLN09-0330 Consideration of a Use Permit to Allow additional hours of operation at Kohls Department Store. The applicant, Kohls, requests use permit approval to allow additional store hours of operation on certain mornings before 7:00 am and on certain weekend and holiday nights until 12:00 midnight.
   
   Consideration of proposed changes to City Truck Routes. The applicant, the City of Alameda, is requesting that the Planning Board consider initiating a General Plan and Alameda Municipal Code Amendment by asking staff to evaluate and develop recommendations for potential changes to the City Truck Routes to reduce evening truck activity and noise along truck routes.   [ view item ]

     Attachment 1 Resolutions of Approval (7)   [ view item ]

     Attachment 2 Applications (7)   [ view item ]

     Attachment 3 Letters from Interested Parties   [ view item ]

     Attachment 4 Truck Count   [ view item ]

     9-C Planned Development Amendment – PLN09-0234 – 1109 Chestnut Street - The St. Joseph Community. A request to extend the St Joseph Community Master Plan Planned Development application, PD-98-01 for a period of 15-years. As conditioned, any part of the project not completed by November 30, 2009 requires approval of a new Planned Development application. The applicant is requesting an amendment to this condition to allow the remaining portions of the project to be completed by November 30, 2024.   [ view item ]

     Attachment 1 Resolution   [ view item ]

     Attachment 2 City Council Resolution No. 13190, March 11, 2000   [ view item ]

     Attachment 3 City Council Resolution No. 13191, March 11, 2000   [ view item ]

     Attachment 4 Applicant’s supplemental information   [ view item ]

     Attachment 5 Public comment received October 20, 2009   [ view item ]

     9-D Municipal Code Amendment – City of Alameda A Municipal Code Amendment to amend the Alameda Municipal Codes Sections 30-36 and 30-37 related to Design Review and related amendments to the Guide to Residential Review and the Webster Street Design Manual.   [ view item ]

     Attachment 1 Draft Amendments: Design Review Ordinance   [ view item ]

     Attachment 2 Draft Design Review Program: Administrative Guidelines   [ view item ]

     Attachment 3 Draft Amendments: Sign Ordinance   [ view item ]

     Attachment 4 Draft Amendments: Guide to Residential Design Guidelines   [ view item ]

     Attachment 5 Draft Amendments: Webster Street Design Manual   [ view item ]

     Attachment 6 Draft Design Review Customer Handouts   [ view item ]

10. Written Communications
    

11. Board Communications
    

12. Adjournment
    

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