04.08.2026 Development Review Hearing Meeting - Apr 08, 2026
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Santa Clara Boards and Commissions
1h 18m
6 agenda items
transcribed 3 days ago
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What is the purpose and structure of the Development Review Hearing agenda?
Right, thank you. And now I'll call to order the development review hearing of April eighth, two Two thousand twenty six at the time of four o'clock. Good afternoon. My name is Sheldon Asing. I am the hearing officer for today's agenda as delegated by the Director of Community Development, Afshad Ahmed. Staff in attendance today are Makeup Patel. Tracy Tam. Alex Tay is It's summer false. Distribution of the agenda. The agenda is available on the city's website under the calendar event on the Friday afternoon. Seeing the meeting. But those of you uh in attendance here, please silence mobile devices. And copies of the agenda are available for your convenience near the entrance. Declaration of procedures. Rearing procedure and order of input of this hearing will be as follows.
I will identify each project as described on the agenda. For those items on the consent calendar, ask if anyone wishes to speak on an item. If a separate discussion is warranted, I will move the item to the public hearing portion of the agenda. A separate discussion is not needed. The item will remain on consent. Approval. Those items listed under public hearing, I will ask staff to provide a brief report. Then the applicant or the representative will have up to 10 minutes to speak and should identify themselves by stating their name for the record. After the applicant or the representative has spoken, any member of the public who wishes to speak on an item may provide testimony for up to two minutes.
Per speaker, either for or against the project. All speakers are required to state their name for the record. Following comments from the public, the applicant will uh may make Additional remarks for up to ten uh for up to five minutes. Excuse me. Now we'll close the public hearing and I may ask staff to answer questions, respond to comments made by the applicant or the public or further discuss the item, and then I'll take action on the item. If you challenge these ninety decisions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at this public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the city at or prior to. The public hearing. Actions on the agenda items are final unless appealed within seven calendar days.
Continuances or exceptions? Are there any requests from applicants or the public for withdrawal? Continuing with our exception for any of the items on today's agenda. You say none. Public presentations would any member of the public like to briefly address Any item or topic not on the agenda today? In none. Set counter. Uh there's one item on the consent calendar. As follows item one. Development review hearing meeting minutes of March eleventh, twenty twenty six meeting. If anyone has any comments on this item, please raise your hand. Seeing none in person or online. Uh item one on the consent calendar is approved. So public hearing, we have Six items today, so we got a lot to get through. So be mindful of that.
Um Item number two in the agenda is public hearing adoption of an addendum to a previously adopted mitigated negative declaration and mitigation monitoring program. Action on architecture review. Project PLN twenty five zero zero zero ninety three. For the construction of approximately 145,000 square foot industrial building with associated site improvements, including a surface parking lot and landscaping located three thousand bowers. Jason, you ready for a pre station?
Thank you. Uh Tracy Tam, Associate Planner, presenting on item number two for 3000 Bowers Avenue. So the request before you today is an architecture review permit to allow the construction of an approximately a hundred and forty five thousand square foot Industrial building with associate site improvements, including a surface parking lot and on-site landscaping. The project is required. The project requires an architecture review permit as it involves the construction of a brand new building. To give a little background on this request, there was a prior permit that was submitted and approved, allowing two thousand hundred sixty-five thousand square foot five-story office buildings with a parking structure.
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Agenda
6 items
1
What is the purpose and structure of the Development Review Hearing agenda?
0:04–14:43
2
What items are on the consent calendar and how are they approved?
14:43–31:41
3
What are the key features of the 145,000‑sq‑ft industrial project at 3000 Bowers Avenue?
31:41–49:03
4
How did the staff address public comments and environmental review for the industrial project?
49:03–1:04:06
5
What is the proposed addition and ADU at 84‑84 Washington Street and how does it meet historic guidelines?
1:04:06–1:17:33
6
What concerns did neighbors raise about privacy, parking, and neighborhood character?
1:17:33–1:18:18
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