Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

REMOTE PARTICIPATION UNDER THE BROWN ACT (Gov. Code § 54953.8)

This time is reserved for any Board Member to announce remote participation under the “Just Cause” provision of Government Code Section 54953.8.

Draft Minutes - July 2, 2026.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

This is the time when any person may address matters not listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter of the jurisdiction the Design Review and Preservation Board. The public may comment on agenda items when the item is called. Each speaker is allowed up to three minutes.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The Design Review & Preservation Board serves as the City’s authority on design review and historic/cultural preservation. The Board is charged with considering the location, design, site plan configuration, and the overall effect of proposed projects upon surrounding properties and the City in general, as well as considering proposed alterations to properties within the City’s Preservations Districts and designated landmarks. The Board shall compare proposed projects to the General Plan, any applicable specific plan, applicable Zoning Code standards and requirements, consistency of the project within the City’s Design Guidelines, architectural criteria for special areas, the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, and other applicable City and State requirements.

BOARD MEMBER REPORTS

OTHER (i.e. VICE CHAIR ELECTION, NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTION)

New Member Introduction - Vincenzo Signoretti.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

This time is reserved for City staff to provide a briefing on issues of interest. No action will be taken on these matters except to possibly place a particular item on a future agenda for consideration.

STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY BOARD MEMBERS

CONSENT ITEM(S)

None.

PUBLIC HEARING - EMERALD ISLE CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

BACKGROUND: Proposed Major Design Review for an 82-unit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) consisting of a three-story main senior residential building with 63 independent living units and underground parking, 18 single-story detached senior residential units/casitas, and a single-story 9-bedroom assisted living/memory care building, with associated indoor and outdoor recreational amenities, landscaping, lighting, colors and materials, grading, circulation, emergency access, drainage, utilities, and related site improvements. The Design Review and Preservation Board will consider the project architecture, site design, massing, materials and colors, landscaping, lighting, parking, pedestrian and vehicular circulation, and related design features. The Planning Commission adopted the CEQA Addendum and approved the Minor Use Permit and Major Hillside Development Permit on September 10, 2026. RECOMMENDATION: The Planning and Economic Development Department recommends that the Design Review and Preservation Board, by resolution, approve Major Design Review for the Emerald Isle Continuing Care Retirement Community, located at 2021 Gullane Drive and 0 Thomas Lake Harris Drive.

ADJOURNMENT