Remarks by Michael Serrone
237 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 10
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“Well, but there was the other condition that as long as it was the same or less intensive than other uses, that it could be approved.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Because it is a less intensive use, which is why I was asking earlier, why are we being so specific about that?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“So, I mean, I think what I'm hearing is that even if the applicant leaves and goes someplace else and that's empty, that the city would still not approve an MPP for a hairdresser in that location.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“So you're saying a hair salon could use that?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“But they wouldn't have the requirements for the limited use, you know, by appointment and...”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Okay. All right. Thank you. Okay. Well, not seeing any other hands, I'll just also comment that To me, the sort of the competition aspect of this is, as has been repeatedly said, There are many hairdressers all over the city, and in my experience, and yes, I have had my hair cut, that I've never been to a place where there was just one person cutting hair. You know, it's always a lot of different people there, and they operate just fine. uh but the uh you know so the to me the more plausible point is the um applicant uh moving and presents prevented the appellant from expanding in that…”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“And what is the fate of this? The decision is final with the Planning Commission. All right. Thank you, everyone, for coming in and for your presentations. Yeah. So let's take a 10-minute break and return at 10.11.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Okay, we, moving on to our next item, 26-0639. This proposed project is a related application on a, 4.44-acre site, special development permit to demolish the existing 96,410-square-foot one-story industrial building and construct 137 townhome-style condominiums within 13 three-story buildings. And there's a vesting tentative parcel map to create 137 condominium units and subdivide into four lots. Is there a staff presentation?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you for the presentation, and I'll now ask for questions from my colleagues. Commissioner Pine.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Okay, I've got a couple questions. At the study session I was concerned about the BMR units that were, they were reduced in size and not necessarily distributed and I asked questions Can you get a density bonus based on the BMR units and then get a concession and then use the concession to reduce the number of BMR units, which seemed like kind of an end run around the intent of the law. But what they have done here to address that is they increased the number of BMR units although they are smaller and interestingly enough the square footage of the increased number but smaller size of the BMR…”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“okay well I won't I won't argue with that reasoning in fact the smaller units are presumably more affordable by design in addition to being subsidized so I think that's a good thing hopefully HCD won't complain And maybe this was asked, but the bike lane along, well, both two sides, what do these connect to? They're the tracks there, and what do they connect to?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“So there'll be kind of a pathway along this?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Okay, well, that should be, all right, that should be good. And I appreciated... Commissioner Segura's comments about the noise or vibration from the terrain. I worked for a number of years in a building that was off of Kiefer along the tracks. And when people, we were used to it, but when people would visit, they would frequently think we were having an earthquake when the terrain came by. So it is significant. So I appreciate that comment. Commissioner Vigoni.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“OK, seeing no more commissioner hands, I'll go ahead and open the public hearing on this specific item. If there is an applicant presentation, the applicant gets 10 minutes provided at the beginning of the public hearing to address the planning commission, along with five minutes at the end of the public hearing. Is there an applicant presentation? Yes. OK. Go ahead after that we will members of the public can Raise their digital hand or dial star 9 to indicate if they wish to speak Good evening commissioners.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Do we have any questions? Commissioner Pine.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Members of the public now have an opportunity to provide comments on this item. Please submit a speaker card for people in the room. Submit a speaker card to the recording officer. For people, remote speakers, raise your digital hand or dial star 9 on a telephone to indicate you wish to speak. Recording officer, do we have any speaker cards in the room?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Well, remote speakers are warned to limit their comments to the agenda item being considered. Speakers who are ruled out of order will not be given another chance to speak on this item.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“All right. So I will close the public hearing. Now the applicant has the opportunity, has five more minutes. if you want to use it for any questions or”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. With that, I will close the public hearing and now ask for a motion from my colleagues. Commissioner Pyne.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Vice Chair Davis? I'll second the motion. All right. Commissioner Pine to your motion.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“And I will also be supporting the motion. This project is significantly improved from the last time we saw it at the study session. And as everybody's pointed out, it's a great improvement over what is there now. you know, a well-designed project. I look forward to seeing it built like everybody else. I wish, you know, we could get more density, but we Basically, the incentives in place encourage these townhome projects, which we see over and over. So this will certainly be a great project, and I'm happy to support it. Seeing no other hands, recording officer, please conduct the vote.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. And Thanks to the developer and the individual who spoke. Now we can move to non-agenda items and comments. The next portion of the agenda is for oral reports and announcements by commissioners and staff to share information. Commissioner Fagoni.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“And planning officer, do you have any non-agenda items or comments?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Okay. So this meeting is adjourned at 1135 p.m. I want to thank everyone for your participation in tonight's meeting.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Uh, let's call to order the planning commission meeting of, uh, August 24th, uh, 2026 at 7 00 PM. The city does not tolerate disruptive behavior in our meetings. Sunnyvale prides itself on the rich diversity of our residents. We are committed to creating a culture of belonging where members of our diverse community feel included, safe, and respected. This planning commission meeting is considered a limited public forum, which means the commission can regulate the time, place, and manner of speech. The speaker comments must be limited to the agenda item being considered by the commission for…”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026