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Excerpts of the Draft Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes November 13, 2008 <br />Agenda No. 08-21 Page 7 of 7 <br />space; the plan would add 5 square feet. The size of the decision seems out of proportion to the size increase <br />for the dwelling. <br />Commissioner Ponder appreciates comments from those on the Library -Historical Commission and <br />believes they will be instructive to the City Council. The Planning Commission's job is to evaluate projects <br />that come to us and decide whether they would be better or worse for San Leandro. Raising this roof height <br />is not that huge a request, but neither does the proposal offer much to the City in exchange — two additional <br />rental units in a TOD plan area. He would rather see something that would contribute more to the historical <br />character to make it something he would want to favor. <br />Commissioner Abero said that she, too, definitely wants to maintain the property's historical value, but as <br />a Planning Commission we must stay focused on looking at the plan, the designation of this property. The <br />Library -Historical Commission has reviewed it in depth from that perspective; our focus belongs on the <br />property and the proposed plan for it. It meets all the criteria for what we want to do in TOD strategy; using <br />properties for livable space. It looks very nice, and it's not going to be 10 stories high; it will look the way it <br />does today. Our role is to review this from a planning perspective, and then the City Council will consider <br />both our recommendation and the Library -Historical Commission's. <br />Motion to Forward to City Council with a Recommendation <br />for Approval of the Proposed Modifications to the Carriage House <br />and Denial of Proposed Modifications to the Blacksmith's Shop <br />in the Planned Development at 1315 Clarke Street <br />Finberg / Collier <br />4 Ayes, I Noe (Abero), I Absent (Brannan), 1 Recused (Reed) —Approved <br />END OF EXCERPTS <br />