Remarks by Michael Serrone
237 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 10
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“now is the this is the public public's opportunity to address the commission on topics not listed on tonight's agenda this section is limited to 15 minutes and may be extended or continued after the public hearing after the public hearings general business section of the meeting individuals may only speak once during oral communications This Planning Commission meeting is a limited public forum and the Commission can regulate the time, place, and manner of speech. Speaker comments during oral communications must be limited to matters within the Commission's authority, which is known as the…”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“All right. So I will go ahead and close oral communications. Now I will go ahead and open public comment on consent calendar items. Please submit a speaker card to the recording officer. Raise your digital hand now or dial star 9 on a telephone to indicate you wish to speak. I have no cards from in the room. Is there anyone online?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“All right. I will close public comment and ask for a motion from my colleagues. Commissioner Pine.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Commissioner Iglesias. Second. Is there discussion or advocacy on the motion? All right, recording officer, please conduct a vote.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“OK, so we can move to our first general business item. This is item 26-0713, the appeal of a decision by the Director of Community Development approving a design review to construct a 693-square-foot first story addition, a 1,253-square-foot second story addition, and a 714-square-foot accessory dwelling.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“I'll now ask for questions from my colleagues. First, we have Commissioner Segura.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Okay, and I just had a question about the gas meter remains. Are there gas appliances inside the house?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. Seeing no other questions. I will go ahead and open the public hearing on this specific item now, in this case we have appellants and an applicant team, the appellants will have 10 minutes to address the planning Commission first. followed by 10 minutes for the applicant team members of the public will then have an opportunity to speak. Afterward, the applicant team will have five minutes to provide closing comments first, followed by five minutes for the appellants. So I will go ahead and open the public hearing for this specific item. So Jim and Anna French, you have…”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Can you pull the microphone a little closer to you? Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“All right, thank you. I think we may have a question from Vice Chair Davis.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“I have a couple of questions. You said that the house would extend across your full property line, but your property line effectively extends clear to the creek, right? You mean it would extend the length of your house?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“So your current view also includes that big PG&E tower, is that right?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“And I had the question earlier about the gas, the gas meter remains. And I thought it said somewhere that this is a considerative, this doesn't apply to you, nevermind, sorry. Sorry, thank you. Oh, Commissioner Shupa.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“You'll have five minutes at the end of the public comment to add any additional comments.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“So now the applicant team will have 10 minutes to speak. So that's Eliza Ridgeway, Morgan Maeger, and Bill McIntosh.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“And I just wanted to follow up on the gas question. At some point a remodel, maybe this is for staff now, at some point a remodel is extensive enough that it triggers, you have to comply with the reach codes and things like that. This is not that extensive?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Okay. All right. Thank you. All right. And thank you. You'll have five minutes at the end to provide closing comments. Thank you. So now I will go ahead and open the public hearing on this specific item. The members of the public now have an opportunity to provide comments on this item. Please submit a speaker card to the recording officer. And if online, raise your digital hand or dial star nine on the telephone to indicate you wish to speak. Recording officer, do we have any cards in the room?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“All right. So I will close the, well, I guess before we close the public hearing, the applicant team will now have five minutes to provide any closing comments.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you. And now the appellant team, Jim and Anna French, you have five minutes to share any closing comments.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. Um, I will now close the public hearing and, uh, we'll ask for a discussion or a motion from my colleagues. Commissioner Pine.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“And I'd just like to clarify, if we were looking at the new standards that are coming out in a few days, can you clarify, would anything be different about this, or we don't know, we haven't looked at it?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“I thought it was part of the El Camino Real specific plan that where you have commercial buildings up against potentially single family homes, that there was an angle of 40 degrees or something. 45. Correct. Yeah.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Right. It doesn't apply in this case. All right. Thank you. Commissioner Davis.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Commissioner Iglesias? I second the motion.”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Seeing no other hands, I'll just comment that, first of all, I want to thank both the applicant and the appellant for their very well thought out detailed presentations and can fully understand the you know, the feelings on either side of this issue. I think many if not most of us who are homeowners can point to specific things that have changed our sight lines from our house. It happens a lot for various reasons. And so I fully appreciate the issue and maybe our city standards should be different, but given the standards as they apply here, it seems like the applicant has followed the rules…”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026