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(DRAFT) EXCERPTS FROM THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO SAN LEANDRO PLANNING COMMISSION SOUTH OFFICES 835 East 14th Street San Leandro, California MINUTES FOR AGENDA NO.07-23 December 13, 2007 7:00 P.M. Regular Meeting Item 1: Roll Call Present: Planning Commissioners Abero, Collier, Nardine, Ponder, Vice-Chair Dlugosh, Chair Reed. Excused: Commissioner Finberg. Staff: Kathleen Livermore, Secretary to the Planning Commission; Elmer Penaranda, Planner II; Maryann Miller, Planner III; Stephanie Stuart, Assistant City Attorney; Barbara Templeton, Recording Secretary. Item 6: Public Hearing a). Matter of PLN2007-00059; Use Permit for Condominium Conversion; Planned Development Modification; Vesting Tentative Map. The proposed use permit is for the conversion of the Woodside Apartments, 235 Haas Avenue, a 96-unit apartment complex, to condominium ownership. As part of the condominium conversion process the property owner is proposing to redesign the front parking lot to increase the current off-street parking supply, thereby reducing the front landscaped setback and requiring a modification to the planned development. Vesting Tentative Map Tract No. 7767 is proposed to create the subdivision for condominium ownership. Assessor's Parcel Number 76-437-7-1; Kathy Oesterreich, Davidon Investors (applicant and property owner); RM-1800 (PD) Residential Multiple-Family District, Planned Development Overlay District. (Continued from the Planning Commission meeting of November 8, 2007.) Environmental Status: This project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15301 (k). Planner Penaranda, who confirmed that there have been modifications to the original planned development to increase parking, showed Commissioners a number of exhibits, including a vicinity map, the site plan, floor plans and underground parking areas, the proposed parking design and parking lot layout, landscaping proposals, streetscape elevations, inclusionary housing plans and photos from various angles. The subject property, constructed in 1987, now contains 50 one-bedroom and 46 two-bedroom apartments and a total of 167 parking spaces. When the original development was approved (1985), the City required 167 parking spaces, a ratio of 1.74 spaces per unit. According to Zoning Code Article 24, which addresses Condominium Conversions, the project proposed must conform to applicable parking requirements for amulti-family residential project. Specifically, one-bedroom units require 1.5 spaces per unit, while