PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE AND RELY ON A PREVIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT The City of Livermore Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the following applications on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the City Council Chambers, 3575 Pacific Avenue. 1. Hearing to consider a request for a Development Agreement to vest certain rights for the property owner and to secure off-site improvements and financing of improvements. • Location: 1780 Freisman Road • Applicant: El Charro Vista, LLC • On-site and off-site public improvements: Public street improvements, stormwater system improvements, extension of public utilities, and landscaping in the public right-of-way. • Site Area: 21.35 ± acres • Zoning: Planned Development-El Charro Specific Plan-Regional Commercial (PD-ECSP-RC ) • General Plan: Business and Commercial Park (BCP) • Historic Status: None • CEQA: The proposed project is within the scope of the project analyzed in the adopted Environmental Impact Report for the El Charro Specific Plan (State Clearinghouse No. 2006052112). • Application Number: Development Agreement 08-006 • Project Planner: Scott Lee
If you challenge any of the foregoing described actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission or prior to the public hearing. Copies of the environmental documents, vicinity maps, and project applications are available at the City of Livermore Planning Division, 1052 South Livermore Avenue. Agenda packets, which include staff reports and other pertinent documents for the Planning Commission meeting, will be available after 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 26, 2008, at the City Library, 1188 South Livermore Avenue. All interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing or may submit written comments to the Planning Commission Secretary.
Dated: Publish: Posted:
November 19, 2008 November 22, 2008 November 22, 2008 Fred Osborn, Planning Manager Secretary to the Planning Commission
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND RELY ON A PREVIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND ON CATEGORICAL EXEMPTIONS The City of Livermore Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the following applications on Tuesday, December 16, 2008, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the City Council Chambers, 3575 Pacific Avenue. 1. Hearing to consider a request to approve Lizzie Fountain Park improvements consistent with 2005 City Council direction to implement park enhancements. Proposed improvements include upgrading the existing fountain, walkways, clock refurbishment, lighting, and landscaping improvements, the provision of new site furnishings, signage, and trellis structure, and seat wall. Existing memorial trees, benches, and bricks will remain. The general configuration and improvements of Lizzie Fountain Park will also remain the same. • Location: 73 South Livermore Avenue - northwest corner of South Livermore Avenue and First Street • Applicant: City of Livermore • On-site and off-site public improvements: Replacement or reconstruction of fountain, hardscape, lighting, landscaping, trellis/seat wall, and site furnishings • Site Area: 9,550± square feet • Zoning: Downtown Specific Plan (DSP) Core Area • General Plan: Downtown Area (DA) • Historic Status: None • CEQA: This project is Categorically Exempt under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15302 Replacement or Reconstruction. • Application Number: Design Review 08-104 • Project Planner: Debbie Bell Hearing to consider a request to authorize construction of a bus maintenance and operations facility at an existing bus storage yard within the Oaks Business Park. The project consists of a 10,300± square foot administration building, a 43,320± square foot maintenance building, a 1,370± square foot wash building, and a 2,325± square foot fuel building. The proposal includes related parking lot and landscape improvements. The site is presently developed as a bus storage yard with a concrete masonry screen wall. • Location: Oaks Business Park, Discovery Drive, APN 904-0012-018-00 • Applicant: Jacobs Carter Burgess • On-site and off-site public improvements: Extension of public utilities • Site Area: 9.32± acres
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Zoning: Planned Development-Industrial (PD-I) 01-003 General Plan: Low Intensity Industrial (LII) Historic Status: None CEQA: The environmental effects of the project were previously evaluated in the adopted Environmental Impact Report for the Oaks Business Park, State Clearinghouse #2001032069. Application Numbers: Site Plan Approval/Design Review 08-007 Project Planner: Christine Rodrigues
Hearing to consider a request to subdivide land into residential parcels and build 27 three-story townhome dwellings accessed by a private road. The application proposes increased housing affordability to qualify under density bonus provisions of State Law to propose additional dwellings above the maximum General Plan residential density of 23 dwellings. The application includes a request to rezone the property to a Planned Development-Residential District. • Location: 3134 Gardella Plaza • Applicant: Vishva Homes, LLC • On-site and off-site public improvements: includes sewer, water, storm drain, streets, lighting, and landscaping • Site Area: 1.2± acres • Zoning: Medium Density Residential (RM) • General Plan: Urban High Residential (14 to 18 dwellings per acre) • Historic Status: Certificate of Appropriateness previously issued for demolition of existing structures • CEQA: A Mitigated Negative Declaration under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) will be considered. • Application Numbers: Vesting Tentative Tract Map 7900 (Subdivision 07-003); Planned Development - Residential 07-002; Development Agreement 07-005; and Site Plan Approval/ Design Review 07-007 • Project Planner: Scott Lee Hearing to consider a request for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for an existing golf recreation facility. The proposed CUP will replace a CUP for the project approved by Alameda County (Application No. C-5959) prior to annexation of the parcel. The application also involves amending existing Conditional Use Permits approved by the City of Livermore for wireless communications facilities on the site to modify equipment access locations and Conditions of Approval (Application Numbers CUP 00-022; CUP 00-037; CUP 01-008; CUP 01-030; CUP 02-003; CUP 06-018; CUPA 05-003; and CUP 06-001). • Location: 1780 Friesman Road • Applicant: El Charro Vista, LLC • On-site and off-site public improvements: None • Site Area: 21.35± acres • Zoning: Planned Development-El Charro Specific Plan-Regional Commercial (PD-ECSP-RC) • General Plan: Business and Commercial Park (BCP) 2
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• Historic Status: None • CEQA: This project is Categorically Exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, which exempts the permitting of existing facilities. • Application Number: Conditional Use Permit 08-011 • Project Planner: Scott Lee If you challenge any of the foregoing described actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission or prior to the public hearing. Copies of the environmental documents, vicinity maps, and project applications are available at the City of Livermore Planning Division, 1052 South Livermore Avenue. Agenda packets, which include staff reports and other pertinent documents for the Planning Commission meeting, will be available after 3:00 p.m., Friday, December 12, 2008, at the City Library, 1188 South Livermore Avenue. All interested persons are invited to attend the public hearing or may submit written comments to the Planning Commission Secretary. Dated: Publish: Posted: November 21, 2008 November 26, 2008 November 26 2008 Fred Osborn, Planning Manager Secretary to the Planning Commission
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