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Planning Commission DOFT/UNAPPROVED Awry 24, 2000 Minute No. 2000-04 (Excerpt) Page 1 of 16 Item 6: Informal Hearings (a) Informal Design Review: Ford Motor Company Retail Facility (Chovanes Ford Relocation) 1111 Marina Boulevard. [Norm Weisbrod, Associate City Planner; Debbie Potter, Redevelopment Administrator] Secretary Hom said the proposed project would relocate the existing Chovanes Ford dealership to a new location on Marina Boulevard. He said the dealership is an allowed use under the redevelopment plan and would be subject to an owner participation agreement (OPA). He said staff had recommended conditions of approval for inclusion in the OPA. Commissioner Demirjian asked if the matter would return for an additional formal hearing. Secretary Hom said it would not. He said it was the policy of the City to bring Redevelopment Agency projects to the Planning Commission for an informal design review prior to final referral of the project to the Redevelopment Agency. He noted that the informal hearing was not required by statute and notice was also not required. He said the informal hearing was an opportunity for the Planning Commission to provide comments and any recommendations to the Redevelopment Agency. Associate City Planner Weisbrod said the subject 5.77 acre property is the former site of the Safeway Preserve Plant at Marina Boulevard and Teagarden. The site is adjacent to the Marina Square Shopping Center, Peterson Tractor, the San Leandro High playing fields, and, across Marina Boulevard, other new car dealerships. He noted that the proposed Ford dealership was a permitted use in a joint redevelopment area that had been approved seven years previously. He said a new car dealership was also a permitted use in the underlying general industrial zone. He said the Planning Commission's role was primarily to review the project design including parking, the architectural design, landscaping, and setbacks. He said the existing buildings would be demolished with the exception of one newer metal building of 33,000 square feet toward the rear of the property that would be retained. This building would be utilized primarily to house the service department and service bays. He said a new building, totaling 12,000 square feet,would include a show room on the ground floor and a partial second floor containing offices. This building would have adjacent to it an outside patio area for displaying new cars, and there would be other areas for display of new cars along the frontage of the property facing Marina Boulevard. 341