| Time | Speaker | Text |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00:00.03 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Okay. Wait another 30 seconds to see if he comes. |
| 00:00:19.30 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Okay. |
| 00:00:20.87 | Unknown | recording in progress. |
| 00:00:23.44 | Jeffery Luxenberg | This is the October 11th meeting, a regular meeting of the Sausalito Planning Commission. With that, I will have the Director Phipps call shorter. |
| 00:00:35.27 | Director Phipps | Good evening, Chair Luxembourg, Planning Commissioner, staff, and members of the public. This evening's meeting is being held at City Council Chambers at 420 Litho Street and is open to members of the public. Members of the public may also access this meeting and provide public comment through Zoom. With that, I will move to call roll. Commissioner Saad. Here. Commissioner Graff. Here. Commissioner Feller. Here. Chair Luxenberg. Here. And please let the record show that Vice Chair Junius is not present. Back to you, Chair. |
| 00:00:53.73 | Unknown | here. Sure. Here. |
| 00:01:04.80 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you very much. First item on the agenda is the approval of the agenda. |
| 00:01:10.23 | Kristina Feller | So moved. |
| 00:01:12.04 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Director Phipps, please call roll. |
| 00:01:13.59 | Director Phipps | Thank you. Commissioner Saad. Yes. Commissioner Graff. Yes. Commissioner Feller. Yes. Chair Luxembourg. Yes. Motion passes. |
| 00:01:15.70 | Kristina Feller | Yes. Yes. Yes. |
| 00:01:22.21 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Next item in the agenda is public comments for items not in the agenda. Director Phipps, if you can give instructions, please. |
| 00:01:28.54 | Director Phipps | Thank you. Thank you, Chair. This is the time for the Planning Commission to hear from citizens regarding matters that are not on the agenda. Except in very limited situations, state law precludes the Planning Commission from taking action on or engaging in discussions concerning items of business that are not on the agenda. However, the Planning Commission may refer matters not on the agenda to staff or direct the subject be agendized at a future meeting. Video or audio public comment participation is limited to three minutes per speaker. If you would like to make a comment, please raise your hand in person or in the Zoom application, and you will be called upon when it is your time to speak. To raise your hand from a phone, press star nine. Each speaker will be notified when the time has elapsed. Thank you. |
| 00:02:09.48 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. I don't see any raised hands in the audience, and I don't see any raised hands on Zoom. With that, we will close public comments for items not on the agenda. Next item is approval of Planning Commission minutes for 9-27. APPROVED. |
| 00:02:32.26 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Uh, Director Phipps, can you call roll please? you |
| 00:02:35.63 | Director Phipps | Commissioner Saad. Yes. Commissioner Graff. |
| 00:02:36.50 | Kristina Feller | Yes. |
| 00:02:38.01 | Director Phipps | Thank you. |
| 00:02:38.08 | Kristina Feller | Yes. |
| 00:02:38.15 | Director Phipps | Thank you. Thank you. Commissioner Feller. Yes. Chair Luxenberg. Yes. Motion passes. |
| 00:02:39.87 | Kristina Feller | Yes. |
| 00:02:42.71 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Next item on the agenda is communications. Director Phipps has an update from staff. |
| 00:02:48.88 | Director Phipps | Yeah, thank you, Chair. We are moving right along. One brief communication item this evening. I want to give a heads up to commissioners and members of the public that the first annual Sausalito Boat Show is scheduled from this Friday, October 13th through Sunday, October 15th. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, and will be held at the Clipper Yacht Harbor. It is an inaugural event that is a celebration of maritime excellence and local culture, offering a diverse range of activities for all ages, many of which will be boat related as appropriate, but some that will not, including local food vendors and live music performances. We hope to see you all there. That does it for me for updates this evening. Thank you, Chair. Back to you. |
| 00:03:38.33 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. Are there any updates from any of the commissioners this evening? |
| 00:03:42.85 | Kristina Feller | on. |
| 00:03:44.47 | Jeffery Luxenberg | We'll move on. Do I have to open this up for public comment? Yes. Is there any public comment on item five, communications, this evening? Same instructions. Raise your hands in either the Zoom or the audience. Seeing none, sure. Not seeing any hands. We'll close public comment for communications and move on to item six business items. First item is 195 to 197 High Vista Road, which is a parcel map and Mr. Busick is going to do a presentation. |
| 00:03:48.75 | Director Phipps | Yes. |
| 00:04:01.88 | Director Phipps | See you then. |
| 00:04:25.17 | Robert Busiek | Good evening, commissioners. My name is Robert Busiek, senior planner here at the city of Sausalito. It's great to see you all again. Tonight, I'm discussing the approval of parcel map project number 2022-00175, located at 195 and 197 High Vista Road. The applicants who comprise the households currently residing in the existing duplex at the property are requesting final approval for the recording of their parcel map for this property. This action is required in accordance with the Sausalito Municipal Code, section 9.55.040, prior to recordation of the parcel map. The Planning Commission did previously hear this project, the tentative map and condominium conversion permit, for these two units in June of 2021. In the time since the project approval, the applicants have been diligent in pursuing recordation of this parcel map. staff from the Southern Marin Fire District, the Planning Division, the Department of Public Works, and the City Surveyor have reviewed this parcel map and have found it consistent with the prior approved tentative map. Per the Sausalito Municipal Code, the Planning Commission is required to give the final approval prior to the applicant submitting the parcel map for signature and recordation. The certification is a procedural formality associated with this already approved project which staff have reviewed and determined to be in substantial compliance. Thank you. |
| 00:05:45.44 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:06:19.09 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you, Mr. Busiek. Is the applicant here this evening? Or they do not need to speak, but if they wanted to speak, this was the opportunity. |
| 00:06:28.63 | Robert Busiek | Yes, I believe they were joining by Zoom. I'm not sure. |
| 00:06:33.71 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. |
| 00:06:33.73 | Robert Busiek | Thank you. |
| 00:06:33.74 | Jeffery Luxenberg | No, no, no, no. |
| 00:06:37.50 | Director Phipps | Warren Forster? |
| 00:06:39.43 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Yes, that's, yes. Yes, yes, they are present on the Zoom application. Mr. Forrester, you're on Zoom. If you want to say anything with regard to this final map, we can, can we unmute Mr. Forrester? |
| 00:06:41.25 | Director Phipps | Yes, they are present on the Zoom application. |
| 00:06:54.09 | Jeffery Luxenberg | And... |
| 00:06:54.48 | Director Phipps | He is unmuted. |
| 00:06:55.21 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Okay, Mr. Forrester, are there any additional comments you would like to make this evening? |
| 00:07:03.64 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Mr. Forster, actually. Sorry. I pronounced that incorrectly. |
| 00:07:16.84 | Director Phipps | Chair, based on lack of response, I think we can assume they're either technical difficulties. |
| 00:07:20.30 | Jeffery Luxenberg | technical difficulties. It means that he did not want to make a response. |
| 00:07:23.56 | Director Phipps | either technical difficulties or he would not like to make a response. If we hear that he would like to make a response, we will bring it back to you. |
| 00:07:30.68 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Okay, thank you. With that, any questions from the commission of Mr. Bucic? |
| 00:07:36.52 | Kristina Feller | No, thank you. |
| 00:07:37.87 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Okay, I will look for a motion to approve. |
| 00:07:41.75 | Kristina Feller | So moved. |
| 00:07:42.85 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Uh, |
| 00:07:43.42 | Kristina Feller | Second. |
| 00:07:43.99 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. Okay. Any further discussions? I know. |
| 00:07:47.30 | Kristina Feller | Thank you. |
| 00:07:47.32 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. Director Phipps, can you take the role, please? |
| 00:07:49.93 | Director Phipps | Yes. Thank you, Chair. Commissioner Sond. Yes. Commissioner Graff. Yes. Commissioner Feller. Yes. Chair Luxenberg. Yes. Motion passes. |
| 00:07:52.09 | Unknown | . Yes. |
| 00:07:54.15 | Kristina Feller | Thank you. |
| 00:07:55.55 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:07:55.60 | Kristina Feller | Yeah. |
| 00:07:55.67 | Unknown | Yes. |
| 00:07:59.08 | Director Phipps | Thank you. |
| 00:07:59.10 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. |
| 00:07:59.13 | Director Phipps | Thank you. |
| 00:07:59.18 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Uh, |
| 00:07:59.47 | Director Phipps | Thank you. |
| 00:07:59.53 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. |
| 00:07:59.55 | Director Phipps | Thank you. |
| 00:07:59.60 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. |
| 00:07:59.82 | Director Phipps | Thank you. |
| 00:08:00.02 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Yeah. |
| 00:08:00.39 | Director Phipps | Thank you. |
| 00:08:00.53 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. Moving on to the next item, which would be item 7A, which is a public hearing for 633 Bridgeway. It's a conditional use permit. At this time, are there any ex parte communications from members? |
| 00:08:19.28 | Unknown | Nothing to declare. |
| 00:08:20.68 | Kristina Feller | Nothing to declare. |
| 00:08:22.79 | Jeffery Luxenberg | also I have nothing to declare with that. Mr. Manich, it's up to you. |
| 00:08:29.01 | Matthew Mandich | Hello, commissioners. Good evening. I have a brief presentation for you on this permit today. Get that called up real quickly. Thank you, Maria. |
| 00:08:42.87 | Matthew Mandich | Great, fantastic. All right. Yes, so as mentioned, the permit you'll be hearing this evening is a conditional use permit for 63 Bridgeway for the restaurant Suzette. Next slide, please. This request is for the sale of alcoholic beverages at 63 Bridgeway pursuant to Sausalito Municipal Code. You can see here table 1044 requires that any restaurant located in the Central Commercial Zoning District requires a CUP for all alcohol sales. Next slide, please. The site is located at the corner of Bridgeway and Princess Streets in a mixed-use building, primarily retail uses with the restaurant. It is surrounded by other restaurants in the area, notably the newly renamed Vecino's Pizzeria, Venice Gourmet, Angelino's, and across the street, Barrel House, as well, next to Itokchi Pocket Park and across Bridgeway from wonderful Bay views. As you can see here in this rendering, the restaurant will be located in the space previously occupied by Bridgeway Cafe. It will be known as Suzette, and that's just a rendering of their projecting sign there. And they have previous approvals for that, which we'll touch on a little bit in this presentation. Next slide, please. This is just a site plan to show you guys how it all sits in that building there on the corner of Bridgeway and Princess. You can see the bit of a public parklet there in front, which we'll talk about as well. Next slide, please. This is the floor plan of the space. It's a really small space that was previously occupied by Bridgeway Cafe. There won't be much going on as far as changes to any walls or interior space or exterior spaces rather, but there will be the addition of a bar |
| 00:10:16.66 | Robert Busiek | but, yeah. |
| 00:10:20.63 | Matthew Mandich | It's not working. There we go. right in this area here and some seating here. Here's the ADA bathroom and we have the kitchen back there. It is a small space as mentioned, 638 square feet with a capacity for 29 patrons. Next slide please. As mentioned, there are previous planning approvals in July of this year, the zoning administrator approved a minor use permit and assign permit for the restaurant here and you can see the minor use permit was for use of the adjacent parklet and the. Sidewalk dining encroachment agreement was also required by this section of the code listed down below for special use requirements. There's also conditions of approval attached to a previous permit, CDD 13117, which was required for the construction of the parklet. As you can see here just in these images, the parklet serves four different restaurants. Those four I just mentioned previously, Angelino's Venice Cafe, Vecino Pizzeria, and will now serve Suzette. So again, they have previous approvals to use the parklet for outdoor dining service, but today we'll be talking about the conditional use permit for the alcohol sales. Slide, please. So in order to get a Type 41 ABC license for on-sales of beer and wine, the applicant must first obtain local approval and a local permit, so the CUP before the commission today. Operating hours of the restaurant will be from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. They'll be serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, full service menu at all times, and in no times will this restaurant operate as a bar or nightclub. Food will always be on sale. Alcohol service is considered secondary to food. The applicant predicts that alcohol service will be about 30% of all sales for the restaurant, and they are anticipating to have two beers on tap and a selection of wines either by the bottle or the glass. Again, this request is for indoor and outdoor service. However, the permit that you'll be approving this evening will only immediately permit indoor service. It needs to go on further with a recommendation approval from the commission to the City Council as a consent item for the outdoor service. This is because any service of alcohol in the right of way is governed by the City Council. So tonight, if we get an approval that goes forward for the CUP indoor immediately and then outdoor once it reaches City Council, you know, pending the Commissioner's recommendation of approval on the permit. Next slide please. Just a little bit of an idea to show you the layout of the parklet here and where they would be serving outside. This is just about four seats that'll be in the parklet there that is directly adjacent to formerly Bridgette Cafe and will be coming Suzette. Next slide, please. And recommendation staff recommends approval of this conditional use permit and a recommendation of approval for alcohol sales in the public right of way to the city council. Staff finds that the proposed project is in conformance with the conditional use permits finding from the Sausalito municipal code and supports the recommendation to city council approval for service in the right of way. The approval, of course, is subject to the conditions of approval listed in the draft resolution. And with that concludes my presentation. I'm happy to take any questions from the commissioners. Thank you. |
| 00:13:23.99 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you, Mr. Mandage. Questions from commissioner? No. |
| 00:13:29.56 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:13:29.76 | Kristina Feller | I just have a quick clarification. Thank you. Thank you, Chair. And thank you for the presentation. This is a wonderful project. I just wanted a clarification about the actual parklet. You said that they have the right to use the parklet, but do they not own that piece of the parklet? |
| 00:13:30.37 | Jeffery Luxenberg | So, quick question for... |
| 00:13:48.97 | Matthew Mandich | Correct. So the parklet is on city property. It's in the public right of way. And this is kind of an interesting case of this parklet. This parklet was approved back in 2014, Sausalito's first public parklet, and has been in use ever since. So there are some conditions of approval attached to the parklet that required any business that wishes to use the parklet obtain both a minor use permit and a sidewalk dining encroachment agreement. And that was taken care of by zoning administrator approval back in July. So they do not own the parklet space, but they have access to it. And that minor use permit, as the commissioners are aware, will run with the land and will run with the restaurant going forward. Bridgeway Cafe previously, which has been out of business for several years now, never actually had a minor use permit to use that space. So we're getting our new tenant compliant and always possible and making it so that they can use that space legally and that any future tenants down the road could also do that as well if it ever changed stands again. |
| 00:14:44.37 | Kristina Feller | Excellent. Thank you for the clarification. Yeah. Thank you, Chair. |
| 00:14:45.34 | Matthew Mandich | and it's a good thing. |
| 00:14:47.54 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you, Commissioner Feller. Mr. Manage is the applicant here and do they want to do a presentation? |
| 00:14:52.47 | Matthew Mandich | The applicant is present and I believe they're willing to speak or present if you have any questions for them. |
| 00:14:57.38 | Jeffery Luxenberg | That's great. If you could come up to the podium, give your name and address for the record, and you'll have up to 15 minutes to make a presentation. you |
| 00:15:04.70 | Matthew Mandich | Thank you. |
| 00:15:08.70 | Susanna Suvest | Good evening. My name is Susanna Suvest. My address is 380 Vista Linda Drive in Mill Valley. And I have actually have nothing to add. I think Matthew did a great presentation, but I'm definitely open to answering any questions if you have any. |
| 00:15:24.02 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you very much. Stay at the podium. Are there any questions from the applicant? None. Well, thank you very much. Thank you. At this time, we're going to open it up for public comment. Director Phipps, if you could give instructions for the public. |
| 00:15:32.05 | Susanna Suvest | Thank you. |
| 00:15:40.85 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. |
| 00:15:40.86 | Director Phipps | Certainly. If you are in the chamber, please raise your hand. Or if you are in the Zoom application, please raise your hand. If you are dialing in from a phone, press star nine. Looking to members in the chamber, seeing none. Looking to the Zoom application for raised hands, seeing none. |
| 00:15:57.84 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. Thank you, Director Phipps, and we will close the public comment part of the hearing. And with that, I'll bring it up to the dais. It's the pleasure of the commissioner. |
| 00:16:13.67 | Unknown | I make a motion to approve. |
| 00:16:15.47 | Kristina Feller | I'll second that. |
| 00:16:16.92 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Is there any further discussion? Thank you. |
| 00:16:20.06 | Director Phipps | Director of Hips, can you take the role, please? Happy to, Chair. Commissioner Saad. Yes. Commissioner Graff. Yes. Commissioner Feller. Yes. |
| 00:16:23.95 | Kristina Feller | Yeah. Yeah. Yes. |
| 00:16:27.22 | Director Phipps | Yes. Thank you. Chair Luxenberg. |
| 00:16:29.02 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Yes. |
| 00:16:29.36 | Director Phipps | Thank you. |
| 00:16:29.70 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Motion passes. |
| 00:16:30.54 | Director Phipps | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:16:30.88 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you very much. With that, we'll move on to item 8, which is adjournment. |
| 00:16:37.14 | Kristina Feller | Second. No moves. |
| 00:16:37.66 | Jeffery Luxenberg | SECOND. All those in favor. |
| 00:16:39.92 | Director Phipps | Thank you. |
| 00:16:39.96 | Kristina Feller | Thank you. |
| 00:16:40.11 | Director Phipps | was a favorite. |
| 00:16:41.60 | Kristina Feller | Thank you. |
| 00:16:43.12 | Jeffery Luxenberg | Thank you. |
| 00:16:44.74 | Director Phipps | Thank you, commissioners. |