Planning Commission on 2026-02-11 6:00 PM - Feb 11, 2026

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What opening procedures and roll call occur at the start of the Planning Commission meeting?

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 3:01

We will be starting the meeting shortly.

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 5:24

Thank you, we are ready to start the meeting.

Eric Crutchlow 5:26

I call to order the meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Clara, starting at 6.04. Okay. Would everybody please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, and then remain standing for the Statement of Values. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And please remain standing. As we gather, we humbly seek blessings upon this meeting. May we act with courage, strength, and will to perform our obligations and duties to our people with justice to all. Let us seek wisdom so that we may act in the best interest of our people, our neighbors, and our country. All this we ask so we may serve our community with fairness and respect, putting their needs before all.

Eric Crutchlow 6:31

Thank you very much. Please be seated. Elizabeth, please call the roll.

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 6:42

Commissioner Botnagar? Present. Commissioner Biagini? Here. Commissioner Chiaracuru? Here. Commissioner Wang?

Commissioner Wang 6:49

Here.

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 6:49

Commissioner Buza?

Commissioner Wang 6:50

Here.

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 6:50

Commissioner Saleem?

Commissioner Wang 6:51

Here.

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 6:52

Chair Crutchlow?

Eric Crutchlow 6:54

Here.

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 6:54

Thank you.

Eric Crutchlow 6:58

So, Secretary Chiaracuru, could you read the Declaration of Commission Procedures? Public hearings are conducted by the Chair in accordance with the following procedures. The Chair of the Commission directs all activity during the hearings. All comments shall be addressed to the Commission. Any item on this agenda may be continued to a subsequent hearing. Applicants will be allotted up to 10 minutes to present and justify proposals. following staff presentation of the item. Other speakers will be given up to two minutes. The applicant is allocated up to five minutes for rebuttal or comments. No additional comments will be accepted upon the close of the public hearing, although the Commission reserves the right to direct questions to any speaker on any matter.

Eric Crutchlow 7:57

Special procedures, time limits may be applied to any items as prescribed by the Chair. Appeal of Commission actions must be filed in writing within seven calendar days. Thank you, Chair. Thank you. Copies of the current agenda and staff reports for each of the items on the agenda are available from the Planning Division office on the Friday afternoon preceding the meeting and available online. Continuances and exceptions. This part of the meeting allows for applicants, members of the public, or other interested parties to request an item be one, continued without hearing, two, withdrawn, or three, taken out of order. Are there any requests from applicants, the public, or the Commission for continuance or exception for any items on tonight's agenda?

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 8:46

No, we do not have any requests.

Eric Crutchlow 8:50

Thank you very much. Okay. So on the consent calendar, there's one item on the consent calendar today. Secretary Cherukuru, would you please read the procedure for the consent calendar? The procedure for the consent calendar is as follows. Consent calendar items may be enacted, approved, or adopted by one motion unless requested to be removed by anyone for discussion or explanation. If any member of the planning commission, staff, the applicant, or a member of the public wishes to comment on a consent calendar item, or would like the item to be heard on the regular agenda, please make this request now. Items listed today on tonight's consent calendar with associated file number do constitute public hearing items.

Eric Crutchlow 9:40

Today's one item only, 1A, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of January 14th, 2026. Now this is where we start public presentation. We want to just vote on the minutes and then go to the break.

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 9:55

Then we're going to go to public presentations after the consent calendar. Then we're going to take a break.

Eric Crutchlow 10:01

All right. I move that we approve the Planning Commission meeting minutes of January 14, 2026. Priya Chherkru. I will abstain. I was not here in January.

Commissioner Wang 10:10

Second.

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 10:19

Go ahead and cast your vote, please.

Elizabeth (Clerk / Secretary calling roll and handling votes) 10:29

And thank you, the motion passed.

Eric Crutchlow 10:33

Okay, so public presentations? Yes, call. Do you want to take a?