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Excerpts from the Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes September 20, 2012 <br /> Page 1 of 6 <br />EXCERPTS FROM THE <br />SAN LEANDRO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />City Council Chambers, First Floor <br />835 East 14th Street <br />San Leandro, California 94577 <br /> <br />7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting September 20, 2012 <br />Item 1: Roll Call <br />Present: Planning Commissioners Ed Hernandez (District 2); Tom Fitzsimons (District 5); <br />Scott Rennie (At Large); Vice Chair Denise Abero (District 3); Chair Esther <br />Collier (District 6). <br />Absent: Kevin Leichner (District 1). [Note: The District 4 seat is currently vacant. Former <br />Commissioner Tom Dlugosh has replaced Joyce Starosciak to represent District 4 <br />on the City Council for the remainder of her term.] <br />Staff: Tom Liao, Secretary to the Planning Commission (Planning & Housing <br />Manager); Elmer Penaranda, Senior Planner; Jennifer Faught, Assistant City <br />Attorney; Larry Ornellas, Facilities Coordinator; Barbara Templeton, Recording <br />Secretary. <br />Item 4: Correspondence <br />Secretary Liao noted that he would cover comments that Commissioner Leichner submitted <br />about the proposed development on Aurora Drive during the Work Session item on the agenda. <br />Item 6A: Work Session <br />PRE2012-00001: Work session on a proposed residential planned development to retain the <br />existing four single-family homes and to construct six new two-family homes (duplexes), <br />resulting in a 16-unit residential development. The proposed duplexes will be two-story <br />construction. The site is zoned RO Residential Outer District. The applicant would be seeking to <br />rezone the properties to include a Planned Development Overlay District. 13533 -13547 Aurora <br />Drive. Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 79A-584-18-1, 79A-584-18-2, 79A-685-19-1, 79A-584-19-2. <br />Steve Fagalde, Aurora Partners, LLC (applicant and property owner). (Penaranda) <br />Planner Penaranda, using a PowerPoint presentation to describe the proposal for the subject <br />property, said it lies just north of the Mulford Branch Library and backs up against the 9-hole <br />Marina Golf Course. Called Aurora Cottages, the proposed development consists of four parcels <br />that would be consolidated into one 56,000-square-foot lot, retaining the four single-family <br />homes already there and adding six new two-story three-bedroom duplexes. All the existing units <br />are single-story structures. The developer proposes all market-rate rentals for the gated project. <br />Planner Penaranda said staff seeks Commissioners’ feedback on density, proposed setbacks, <br />parking, open space, architecture, materials and colors, landscaping, fencing and exceptions to