Past Steering Committee Meetings

Meeting 1: Friday, February 27th

PowerPoint Presentation
Meeting Minutes

Agenda:

1. Public Comment
2. Introductions
3. NPO Work Program, Schedule & Expectations
4. Subcommittee Chair Designation
5. NPO Existing Setting
   • Draft NPO Checklist
   • Bubble Diagrams - scroll to slides 15 & 16
6. NPO Issue Summary List
   • Work Program Detail
7. Upcoming Neighborhood Visual Survey Workshops
   • Neighborhood Visual Survey Description
   • Neighborhood Maps
   • Draft NPO Update Workshop Flyers

Memo regarding Preparation for Next Steering Subcommittee Meeting

Meeting 2: Friday, May 28th, 1:30 PM

• Agenda
• Meeting Materials
• Issue Paper Topics and General Schedule Handout
• Meeting Notes

Meeting 3: Friday, June 11th at 1:30 PM
Mass, Bulk and Scale Definitions

• Agenda
• Size, Bulk, & Scale Definitions Issue Paper
• Transmittal Memo 1
• Transmittal Memo 2
• Slide Homes Information
• Neighborhood Statistics
• Redondo Beach Design Guidelines
• Architectural Board of Review Guidelines
• City of Rancho Palos Verdes Neighborhood Compatibility Handbook
• Meeting Presentation (please note this file is 6 mgs and may take some time to download)
• Initial Neighborhood Visual Survey ScanTron Results were also be discussed
• Meeting Notes

Meeting 4: Friday, June 18th

• Agenda
• Neighborhood Definition for Compatibility Determinations
• Architectural Board of Review Guidelines
• City of Rancho Palos Verdes Neighborhood Compatibility Handbook
• Guideline Intent Language Examples
• Issue Paper C: Calculation Methods
• Meeting Presentation (please note this file is 6 mgs and may take some time to download)
• Meeting Notes

Meeting 5: Friday, June 25th at 1:30 PM
Square Footage, Building Height, Slope & Grading Calculation Methods

• Agenda
• Issue Paper C: Calculation Methods
• Guideline Intent Language Examples
• Transmittal Memo
• Meeting Notes

Meeting 6: Friday, August 13th 1:30 PM

• Agenda
• Review of Previous Steering Committee Motions
• Continued Discussion of Grading & Slope
  Calculation Methods
• Building Height Calculation Methods
• Meeting Notes

Meeting 7: Monday, August 30th 5:30 PM

• Agenda
• Issue Paper D Addendum
• Issue Paper D - Part I
  • Floor to Lot Area Ratio and Lot Coverage Issues and Options
  • Worksheet
  • Tables
• Issue Paper D - Part II
  • Floor to Lot Area Ratio and Lot Coverage Calculation Considerations
  • Table 7: Floor Area Calculation Methods in Other Jurisdictions
  • Floor Area Definitions in Other Jurisdictions
  • Lot Coverage Definitions in Other Jurisdictions
  • Draft Development Application Project Statistics Form - Excel file
  • Draft Development Application Project Statistics Form - PDF file
  • Town of Woodside Guidelines for Calculating the Floor Area of Buildings
  • Review of Steering Committee Progress
  • Transmittal Memo
  • Meeting Notes

Meeting 8: Friday, September 10th 1:30 PM

• Agenda
• Transmittal Memo
• Meeting Notes

Meeting 9: Friday, September 17th 1:30 PM

• Agenda
• Transmittal Memo
• Meeting Notes

 Meeting 10: Friday, September 24th 1:30 PM

• Agenda
• Transmittal Memo
• Meeting Notes

Meeting 11: Friday, October 8th 1:30 PM

Issue Paper E: Zoning Modifications Review

Attachments

• Downzoning: Map excerpt of 1975 EIR; Effects of Rezoning the City of Santa Barbara
• Non-conforming Structures- Excerpt-MC 22.87.030
• Automobile Parking Requirements- Excerpt-MC 28.90
• Modification, Variances- Excerpt- MC 28.92
• Research on modification/ variance ordinances of other cities
• Graphs 1 thru 7- Various graphs by different category
• "The Variance", a Governor's Office of Planning Research (OPR) Reference Paper

• Meeting Notes

Meeting 12: Friday, October 22nd
Project Noticing

• Agenda
• Meeting Notes
• Issue Paper F: Project Noticing
• Attachments
  1. City of Santa Barbara, handout: Questions and Answers Regarding Mailed Noticing for the Architectural Board of Review (ABR) & Historic Landmarks Commission (HLC)
  2. California Government Code Section 65090-65096 (click on "California Law" button, choose "Government Code" and search for 65090-65096.)
  3. Sample ABR Notice (not available on web)
  4. Sample ABR Agenda, Consent & Full Board
  5. Recent Neighborhood Project Activity Website and Examples from the Upper East

Meeting 13: Friday, November 5th

Agenda

Meeting Notes

Issue Paper G: Good Neighbor Policies

Attachments:

• Attachment 1:  City of Palo Alto:  Single Family Individual Review Guideline Checklist  (p. 24) (web link no longer available)
• Attachment 2:  Rancho Palos Verdes:  Pre-application Process & Neighborhood Compatibility Questionnaire (p. 6)
• Attachment 3:  City of Santa Barbara Handout:  Visual Aid Requirements for Development Applications
• Attachment 4:  (NOT AVAILABLE ON WEBSITE)
  October 1, 1999 Council Agenda Report: Request from View Ordinance Task Force to Consider Proposal for a View Preservation Ordinance.

Part II: Draft Revised Good Neighbor Policies

1. Track Changes (Revision Marks) Showing   
2. Example Illustrations from Other Jurisdictions Included (NOT AVAILABLE ON WEBSITE)

Meeting 14: Friday, November 12th

Agenda

Meeting Notes

Issue Paper G: Good Neighbor Policies

Attachments:

• Attachment 1:  City of Palo Alto:  Single Family Individual Review Guideline Checklist  (p. 24)
• Attachment 2:  Rancho Palos Verdes:  Pre-application Process & Neighborhood Compatibility Questionnaire (p. 6)
• Attachment 3:  City of Santa Barbara Handout:  Visual Aid Requirements for Development Applications
• Attachment 4:  (NOT AVAILABLE ON WEBSITE)
  October 1, 1999 Council Agenda Report: Request from View Ordinance Task Force to Consider Proposal for a View Preservation Ordinance.

Part II: Draft Revised Good Neighbor Policies

3. Track Changes (Revision Marks) Showing   

Example Illustrations from Other Jurisdictions Included (NOT AVAILABLE ON WEBSITE)

Meeting 15: Friday, November 19^th - 1:30 p.m.

Meeting Notes

Issue Paper H:  Form-Based Zoning

Attachments:

• Attachment 1: Form First by Peter Katz, Planning, November 2004
• Attachment 2: (NOT AVAILABLE ON WEBSITE)
• Isla Vista Master Plan Excerpt, County of Santa Barbara.  Click on Chapters 4 and 6

Meeting 16: Friday, December 3rd - 1:30 p.m.

Intent Language and Continued Discussions: Noticing, Good Neighbor Policies, Modifications. To review Issue Papers E, F, and G, to be discussed, please see above links.

Meeting Notes

Meeting 17: Friday, December 10th - 1:30 p.m.

Issue Paper D: Floor to Lot Area Ratio Follow-Up Discussion
Meeting Notes
Attachment to Meeting Notes - Draft Revised FAR Table Per 12-04 Steering Committee Motion

Attachments:

·        Attachment A:  List of Commenters Regarding FAR Use

·        Attachment B:  FAR  Comparative tables:

1.      FAR’s in Other Jurisdictions by Restrictiveness – Smaller Lots

2.      FAR’s by Jurisdiction – Detailed

·        Attachment C:  Procedures for Establishing a Resident Permit Parking Area (not available on web)

·        Attachment D:  County of Santa Barbara Property Information Worksheet Sample (not available on web)

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Staff Reports
January 13 Council Agenda Report
NPO Update Actions Attachment 1
NPO Update Actions Attachment 2
NPO Update Actions Attachment 3
Council Agenda Report July 28, 2003

Workshops
Citywide Workshop Flier - March 23rd
Citywide Neighborhood Visual Survey Workshop - Agenda & Instructions
Visual Survey Workshop Description

Wednesday, September 8th 6:00 PM
Central Branch Library Faulkner Gallery 40 E. Anapamu

• Agenda
• Issue Paper D Addendum

• Issue Paper D - Part I
  • Floor to Lot Area Ratio and Lot Coverage Issues and Options
  • Worksheet
  • Tables

• Issue Paper D - Part II
  • Floor to Lot Area Ratio and Lot Coverage Calculation Considerations
  • Table 7: Floor Area Calculation Methods in Other Jurisdictions
  • Floor Area Definitions in Other Jurisdictions
  • Lot Coverage Definitions in Other Jurisdictions
  • Draft Development Application Project Statistics Form - Excel file
  • Draft Development Application Project Statistics Form
  • Town of Woodside Guidelines for Calculating the Floor Area of Buildings
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• Review of Steering Committee Progress
• Transmittal Memo
• Meeting Notes

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