11.19.2025 Development Review Hearing Meeting - Nov 19, 2025

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What is the purpose and structure of the Development Review Hearing agenda?

Sheldon Asing 0:02

to order the development review hearing of November 19th, 2025 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, Afshan Hamed. The planners in attendance are Senior Planner, Namisha Agrawal, Assistant Planner, Alex Taez, and Assistant Planner, Summer Falls. Distribution of the agenda. The agenda is available on the city's website under the calendar event on the Friday afternoon preceding the meeting. For those of you that are present in the chambers, please silence your mobile devices. Copies of the agenda are available for your convenience. There's also a QR code if you want to scan that for the agenda as well.

Sheldon Asing 0:44

Declaration of procedures. The hearing procedure and order of input for this hearing will be as follows. I will identify each project as described on the agenda. For items on the consent calendar, I'll ask if anyone wishes to speak on the item. A separate discussion is warranted. I will move the item to public hearing portion of the agenda. If a separate discussion is not needed, the item will remain on the consent calendar for

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approval.

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up to

Sheldon Asing 1:26

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 may make additional remarks for up to five minutes. I will then 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. Then I will take action on the item. If you challenge these land use 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.

Sheldon Asing 2:05

Continuances or exceptions. Are there any requests from applicants or the public for withdrawal, continuance, or exception for any other items on today's agenda?

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seeing

Sheldon Asing 2:35

no one in the chambers no one online consent calendar is one item on the consent calendar it's as follows item one developed review hearing meeting minutes of october 15th anyone has any comments on this item please raise your hand seeing none item one is approved on the consent calendar So moving on to public hearing items. Item number two is public hearing determination of consistency with the adopted mitigated negative declaration and action on the architecture review. File number PLN 2400474 to allow the development of 142 residential units and associated on and offsite improvements for the property located at 1400 Coleman. SQL status is adopted mitigated negative declaration. So Namisha, are you ready to pre-station?

Namisha Agrawal 4:14

Consistency with the adopted mitigated negative declaration. And the second is architectural review to allow the development of 142 residential units and associated on and off site improvements. The site as highlighted in yellow to the right here is a three point acre site. It is surrounded by commercial and industrial users to the north and to the east.

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Namisha Agrawal 5:00

high density residential this property is within the santa clara station focus area plan the specific plan is currently underway and it is yet to be formally adopted um for the santa clara code section 18.112 uh the request to construct

Namisha Agrawal 5:40

This year, city council took the following actions. Adopted the mitigated negative declaration and mitigated monitoring or reporting program for the proposed residential townhome project. Approved a general plan amendment from regional commercial to high density residential. Approved a rezone of the property from commercial regional CR to high density residential R4.

How are consent‑calendar items approved and what items were on the consent calendar?

Namisha Agrawal 6:05

And lastly, also approved

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There

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is a rendering of the project looking from Coleman Avenue. The project features a modern architectural style that incorporates a variety of building materials and textures to enhance the visual appeal and interest. The materials include brick veneer, stucco, vertical siding, and metal railings.