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Capitola Planning Commission swears in two new members, elects chair and vice chair, and approves consent items
Summary
At the opening of its meeting the Capitola City Planning Commission administered oaths to two newly appointed commissioners, elected leadership for the year and approved routine consent items including meeting minutes, the 2025 meeting schedule and a two-year permit extension for 216 Central Avenue.
The Capitola City Planning Commission opened the meeting by administering the oath of office to two newly appointed planning commissioners and then settled its leadership and consent calendar.
Deputy City Clerk Rosie administered the oath to the newly appointed commissioners identified in the record as Nathan Q and Abby Howard. City staff welcomed both commissioners and the commission then moved to nominate and elect officers for the coming year. Commissioner Esty was nominated and elected chair; Commissioner Christensen was nominated and elected vice chair. The commission also nominated and approved Commissioner Christiansen (as recorded) to continue serving as the Planning Commission’s representative to the Arts and Cultural Commission; that appointment was moved, seconded and approved by roll call.
On the consent calendar the commission approved action minutes for the December 5 meeting (the two newly sworn commissioners recused themselves from that vote because they were not serving at that time), approved the 2025 regular meeting schedule, and approved a two-year permit extension for the project at 216 Central Avenue. At least one commissioner recused from the vote on the 216 Central Avenue item; the transcript records a recusal but does not clearly identify which commissioner recused for that specific vote in the spoken record.
City Clerk Julie and Deputy City Clerk Rosie provided onboarding information and training logistics for new commissioners, including required filings (Form 700) and an upcoming joint city-council training on legal requirements. Staff also announced a February 25 community meeting on the multifamily zoning update (community room, 6 p.m.) and noted that the February 6 commission meeting will be canceled; the commission expects to reconvene on March 6. The director’s report included updates that the southbound ramp should reopen within weeks after striping, and that work at Rispin Park remains on hold while staff coordinates with the utility (PG&E) on a pole relocation.
The meeting proceeded after those organizational and procedural matters to the public-hearing items on the agenda.
