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Pleasanton Planning Commission debates roles, long-range planning and streamlining; may form small working group
Summary
The Pleasanton Planning Commission on June 25 debated where its time should go — routine project approvals or long-range planning — and discussed streamlining routine review steps to speed permitting.
The Pleasanton Planning Commission spent the bulk of its June 25 meeting reviewing its duties, pressing staff on how to balance routine project review with long-range planning, and discussing ways to speed permit turnaround for routine projects.
Commissioners said the commission’s workload has been dominated by project-by-project reviews and asked staff how to free capacity for policy work such as a general-plan update, updates to objective design standards and the East Pleasanton policy framework. "With so many responsibilities, it's important for every planning commission to think about how it will divide its time between day-to-day approvals and long-range planning," Commissioner Jago said, citing materials provided…
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