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Burlingame planning commission adopts new procedures, sets 4 p.m. deadline for written public comments
Summary
The commission voted 7–0 Nov. 25 to adopt updated Planning Commission procedures that move to action minutes, formalize staff recommendations in reports, and require written public comments submitted by 4:00 p.m. to be included in the published packet; commissioners stressed outreach and accommodations for those unable to submit by the cutoff.
The Burlingame Planning Commission unanimously adopted Nov. 25 a redlined revision of its rules of procedure, updating practices that had not been significantly overhauled since 2002.
Staff described several central changes: a shift from transcribed minutes to action minutes, a formal practice of including staff recommendations and draft findings in staff reports, and a new process to compile written public comments submitted before a 4:00 p.m. deadline and post them for the commission and public rather than reading each comment into the meeting record. "Any member of the public who submits written public comment by 4PM…
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