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Draft Meeting Minutes - June 22, 2020
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DRAFT MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020
1. CONVENE
President Curtis convened the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
This was a virtual meeting.
2. FLAG SALUTE
Board Member Jeff Cavanaugh led the flag salute
3. ROLL CALL
Present: Board Members Curtis, Hom, Rothenberg, Cavanaugh, Ruiz, Saheba, and Teague.
Absent: None.
4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION
None.
5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
6-A 2020-8066
Conditional Use Permit for Alameda Commercially Zoned Properties. Public hearing to consider a Use Permit to allow the temporary use of privately owned outdoor space and parking lots and City-owned sidewalks and on-street parking spaces in certain commercially zoned districts for retail and commercial purposes during the COVID-19 Health Emergency. The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 - Minor Alteration of Existing Facilities, 15304(e) - Minor Temporary Use of Land, and 15305 - Minor Alterations to Land Use Limitations.
Consent item, attachments, and public comments can be found at
http://alameda.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=/matter.aspx?key=9767.
Celena Chen, City Planning Counsel, stated that since it is a public hearing for a use permit there is a requirement to have a public hearing portion.
President Curtis questioned if there were any additional public comments other than the ones they already have.
Board Member Teague said the item should be moved to the Regular Agenda if there needs to be a public hearing.
President Curtis stated that all the public comments coming in have been supportive. The City Council and the community are for this, and it's urgent and critical for the businesses in Alameda. As long as there was no objection he would poll the board now and if that was incorrect he would take responsibility for it.
Andrew Thomas, Director of P...
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