Agenda items (6)

Procedural (1)

3.1ProceduralDraft Minutes - June 5, 2025.

General Business

5.1General BusinessSTATEMENT 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.

5.2General BusinessBOARD MEMBER REPORTS

5.3General BusinessOTHER (i.e. VICE CHAIR ELECTION, NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTION)

9.1General BusinessMENDOCINO DISTRICT PROJECT - 427 MENDOCINO - PLANNING RECORD - 427 MENDOCINO AVE - PLN25-0100 (THIS ITEM IS BEING CONTINUED TO A DATE UNCERTAIN) BACKGROUND: Mendocino District Project - 427 Mendocino - A proposed multi-use complex, consisting of two 24-story towers. Together, the buildings would provide a total of 862 residential units, 529 parking spaces, ground-floor retail space. Exempt Project. RECOMMENDATION: Provide comments, suggestions, and recommendations related to the design of the Project.

9.2General BusinessMISSING MIDDLE HOUSING The Missing Middle Housing (MMH) initiative establishes development standards and targeted areas to allow Missing Middle infill housing which is intended to increase the production of housing units of varying types and affordability, in walkable areas of the city. (THIS ITEM IS BEING CONTINUED TO A DATE UNCERTAIN) RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Planning and Economic Development Department that the Design Review and Preservation Board conduct a Study Session on the Draft Missing Middle Housing Code Section and Draft Guidance Document and provide comments to staff. Presented By: Amy Nicholson, Supervising Planner