Planning Commission February 24, 2026 - Feb 24, 2026

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Cupertino Planning Commission 4h 18m 1 speaker 8 agenda items transcribed 2 months ago official recording ↗

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What corrections to the previous meeting minutes are requested?

Chair / Commissioner Rao (Unknown) 0:19

right city clerk may we please have a roll call president you have to tap it to wake it up thank you very much we will move on to the approval of the minutes uh do we have a motion prior to the motion, I believe there is some corrections there? Yes. So I had a quick correction. So the Where is it? Hold on, let me pull it up. Ah, on page 12, where it says, Chair Kosolcharo conducted a non-binding straw poll to support incorporating emergency response times into programmatic recommendations. The minutes captured say that there was a vote in favor from Kosolcharo and Lindskog and Rao. In favor, Sharf and Fung opposed, and no abstentions. That is incorrect. I actually voted to oppose that straw poll, so if we can correct that, that would be great.

Chair / Commissioner Rao (Unknown) 1:31

Thank you. Okay, and we had additional corrections, I believe, on item number three. It says chair Rao opened the public comment period. We had transitioned the chair, so that should be the new chair on item three. And the motion as well. Well, the motion's right, but the opening was probably something you need to fix. And then on item number five, this is page five, I think. Yes, so the motion by Commissioner Linscott to revisit the scoring system, put less weight on school routes. I did not support that motion. If we can change that, please. My motion was actually called out at the end, which was to discard the criteria proposed and use the feedback provided at council. Thank you. City clerk, did you capture that?

Chair / Commissioner Rao (Unknown) 2:42

All right, so do we have a motion to approve the revised minutes? So moved. Second.

Henry (resident / wildfire committee) (Unknown) 2:50

All right.

Chair / Commissioner Rao (Unknown) 3:06

Great, thank you very much. Do we have any postponements? No postponements. Right, then we will move to the oral communications portion of this meeting. City Clerk, how many comments do we have?

Chair / Commissioner Rao (Unknown) 3:23

No hands raised on Zoom chair. Okay, then we will move on to the public hearing. So agenda item two is to consider a hillside exception for grading on slopes exceeding 30% to create a flat yard area, R1 exception for garage design, design review for a new two-story residence, minor residential permits, tree removal permit for this application, and I won't read all the numbers. So we will now open the public hearing. Do we have a staff report? Yes, thank you, Chair, members of the Planning Commission. I just want to very briefly introduce Emi Sugiyama, who will have both of the public hearing items tonight. I don't really have much more to say on this. I'll probably have a little preamble on the next item.

Chair / Commissioner Rao (Unknown) 4:10

So with that, I will turn it over to Emi. Through the Chair, should we do export day disclosures? Sure, Commissioner Rao, this sounds like a good time to do that.

What are the proposed permits and staff recommendations for the San Fernando Court hillside exception?

Chair / Commissioner Rao (Unknown) 4:22

All right, let's all do ex parte disclosures, starting with Commissioner Fung. Nothing to report. I did meet with a neighbor in the area and was given a tour of the location. I have walked around the site on the backside.

Commissioner Linscott (Unknown) 4:42

I walked around with a neighbor, too. I have had no contact with the property owner.

Chair / Commissioner Rao (Unknown) 4:49

I walked around it, but I haven't spoken to any of the neighbors. Great, thank you very much. Okay, we'll go back to the staff report. All right, thank you, Chair Kissel-Cheron and commissioners, good evening. I'll have video, have my screen, there we go. MU Sukiyama planning staff here today to discuss the request for a hillside exception and various residential permits for a project on San Fernando Court. The subject property is located on San Fernando Court. It's within the Monta Vista neighborhood and is adjacent to Blackberry Farm Park. It is currently surrounded by other single family residential uses. It is within the R1 7.5 zoning district and it currently has a single family residence on site.

Chair / Commissioner Rao (Unknown) 5:36

The application includes various residential permits to allow for construction of a new two-story residence. These include a design review permit for design consistency and massing considerations, a minor residential permit for a rear-facing balcony, and an R1 exception for a garage located in front of living space. The project also includes a request for a hillside exception and tree removal to allow for a flat yard area.