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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-30-1987 Planning Commission Minutes CITY OF SARATOGA ..PLANNINB COMMISSION MINUTES DATE: Tuesday, June 30, 1987 -~7:00 p.m. PLACE: Conmunity Center Arts & Crafts Roo~, lgGSS Allendale Ave. TYPE: Comnittee-of-the-Uhole The meeting uas called to order at 7:05 p.~. Present: Commissioners Harris. Guch. Burger, Tucker, Clay, Siegfried ' Staff - Planning DlrectOr Hsla, Rsso'ciate Planner Young Other - Rpproxinately I S nanbars of the public I. ITEMS OF DISCUSSION A. Saratoga Senior Housing Report - raylaw and evaluate report prepared by Planning Staff regarding senior housing issues in SaratCga and ~ake recon~endatlons to the Ci ty Counci 1. Planning Dlrector Hsla gave a brlef introduction to the report, stating that it was prepared in response to a City Council request for an analVsls of potential senlot housing sites in Saratoga. : Chair Harrls stated that it was the Con~isslon's job to review and evaluate the report, hake changes if necessary and prepare a reconnendatlon to the Clty Councll. Con~issioner Siegfried stated that the report needs to reflect the individual planning area concerns abou~ this issue and focus on only those sites that really have potential for senior housing. There ~as concensus to go through each section, wlth a brief su~nary provlded by Planner Young, and allow public input durlng the discussion. History Section - Commissioner Sl'egfried expressed concern that this section was lacking a dis'cusslon of issues that were brought up during the General Pla:n preparation, and individual planning area policies. C. Macho1, Ronnie Uay, distributed excerpts fron the 1984 Housing Elanant and General Plan developnent guidelines for area L (Kentfield) stating that the policies did not support the development of senior housing on vacant R-I sites. Commissioner Tucker uas concerned that General Plan policies other than ~hose specifically addressing senior housing be included and discussed. Chair Harris concurred and noted that the questionnaire that was sent out when ~he General Plan was Planning GoMmission ComMittee-of-the-Uhole Minutes being done contained a question on senior housing; she would like to see the responses to that question discussed in the report, Oemoqraphic section - There was discussion on the use of age 55 rather than GO to define senior citizen. Commissioner Siegfried stated that the realistic age for. when seniors Move is ?O-?S. R Member of the public expresSed'his concern that'the number of respondants to the recent questionnaire was small in relation to the total number of seniors, and that policy changes should not be based on such a small sampie. There was consensus among the Commission that the population projections for seniors should be,changed from age SS to Beverett, 19597 Via Monte, suggested that the age SS data be included as important background information for the Gouncil. Existinq Facilities section - C. Macho1 asked that the number of condoMiniums figure be updated. There was discussion on the figures showing sen~or facilities in other communities, and a suggestion that the Saratoga data be included in these figures. ComMission felt that there needed to be a statement about the purpose of the figures, that they were not necessarily for comparison purposes, but just to;provide background data, Bob Swanson, 19305 Cr~sp Rue,, noted that in comparing the number- of Saratoga facilities to those in other communities, Saratoga has quite a In response to a question from Cammissioner Siegfried, Planner Young noted the sources and dates of the data. The Commission asked that this information be provided in the report, and that the faderally subsidized units be so noted. Existinq Requlations section - G. Hachol asked if the City of Saratoga ~as still involved financially with the Saratoga Court project. Staff will research and2report back. Assessment of Needs section - Planner Young gave a brief background on the purpose and development of the questionnaire. Bert Toeus, 14345 Saratoga Avenue,' gave information on membership of SRSCC. V. Young noted that incomplete questionnaires and questionnaires from persons not residing in Saratoga were not counted in the tabulated results.' The Commission noted that one of the strongest responses was that Most seniors preferred to stay in 'their own homes for as long as possible. Planning Commission Committee-of-the-Whole Minutes Location Guidelines and Site Identification section - Planning Director Hsia summarized the criteria and how the sites were identified. Commissioner Siegfried noted that the list of sites does not reflect planning area concerns. Commissioner Burger stated that the list was part of. the report ~ron Staff and that the Commission needs to refine it to reflect ComMission and public input. C. Machol expressed concern about the list getting into the Housing Element and General Plan. There was discussion on the format and content of the report and recommendations to be forwarded to the City Council. Planning Director Hsia said that the Council would get a copy of the staff report along with the Commission's recommendations regarding its content. Chair Harris felt th~ the staff report should be revised to reflect the concerns ~xpressed tonight, and that the Council shouldn't get two reports, one ~r'om staff and one from the Commission. Commissioner Guch concurred and noted that the report should reflect the General Plan history and neighborhood concerns. Commissioner Clay expressed concern that the list of potential sites not be left out:of the report so that if the issue came up again in the future this history would be available. C. Machol stated that the issue of identifying multi-family housing sites was addressed in'the 1984 Housing Element identifying the 31 acres o~ commercially-zoned property which would allow higher density residential development. Chair Harris recommended that all but two of the sites (Paul Masson site and the P-A zoned parcel across from it on Saratoga Avenue) be deleted from the report. All of the other parcels are in the R-1 or A zoning category and should not be considered. The Commission concurred, and stated that the other sites should not be specifically mentioned, but that there should just be general statement that all potential sites were reviewed and only two are recommended. Issues section - The CoMmission directed that this section be changed to reflect the decision on the sites. The Commission then continued this item to the July 1~, 1987 Committee-o~-the-Uhole study session, directing staff to Make the revisions to the staff report as noted. Planning Conn~5sion Conmi~ee-of-~he-~hole Hinutes 6/~8/87 ZZ. ADJOU~HHEHT The neering was adjourned a~ 8:50 p.~. Respec~fullV 8ubnitted, UY/dsc