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CITY OF SARATOGA
PLANNING COMMISSION
ACTION MINUTES
Tuesday, August 3, 1993
Adjourned Regular Meeting
ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Caldwell, Jacobs, and Murakami
Absent: _ Chairperson Moran and Commissioners Asfour and Wolfe
Staff Present: Planning Director Curtis and Associate Planner White
ITEM OF DISCUSSION
1. DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT -Review of Final Draft Housing Element
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2nd to last paragraph, last sentence, Commissioner Caldwell suggested that
the sentence read: "Therefore, Saratoga's share of regional housing need,
combining the existing and projected figures, was calculated to be 835
,, housing units.
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1st paragraph which refers to the argument the City made with regard to the
assessed housing need in Saratoga -Commissioner Caldwell asked if the
document (the letter or official challenge) which contains the findings to
support the argument be distributed to the Commissioners and possibly
included with the Open Space Element as an appendix or at least be cited.
B1, Commissioner Caldwell noted the figure under the 1980 Mean Income
section should be 77,000.
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3rd paragraph, a parenthetical stating "as of this writing" should be inserted
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after the word "payments".
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Last entry should be "WILLIAMSON ACT".
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References made to "NHR" and "HC-RD" should be changed to "HR" and
"HR-RD".
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The (NHR) appearing in the foot note should be "HR and ROS
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1st paragraph last line, the words "calculated to be" should be deleted.
2nd to the last paragraph, 2nd to the last line, a comma should be added
after the word "facilities".
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1st line, the word "documented" should be added prior to the word
"citizen". Commissioner Caldwell asked if any minutes or notes referring to
the concerns of the citizens with regard to traffic that could be cited in this
section.
1st paragraph 2nd sentence should begin: "According to the EIR - a
government document -the construction of Highway 85..."
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4th paragraph, 2nd sentence, should read: "As a general rule, rezoning
residential land to allow higher densities actually raises the value of the land
and will not..."
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Last paragraph, 2nd sentence, the following should be added to the end of
the sentence: "and has participated with other localities in providing
temporary shelter for the homeless".
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Last paragraph, the occupancy restriction should be removed.
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3rd to last paragraph should be deleted.
This concluded the actions/changes on the draft Housing Element.
2. WORK- PROGRAM -DISCUSSION AND UPDATE OF THE 18-MONTH
PLANNING DEPARTMENT WORK PROGRAM
Associate Planner White and Director Curtis explained the purpose of the work
program and explained why changes are needed. They suggested adding the
development of brochures for City processes/applications relative .to Planning and
Zoning.
The Commission suggested adding the following: developing a Residential lighting
ordinance, address and encourage the undergrounding utility lines/cables in
development application such as subdivisions, work on establishing a riparian
easement ordinance for subdivisions, revisiting the General Plan for the purpose of
re-formatting and making it more user-friendly.
At this point, the discussion with regard to the Planning Department Work Program
ended.
There was further discussion regarding Planning Department and Planning
Commission issues. No further actions were taken.
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