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Planning Commission to consolidate business‑corridor recommendations, forms ad hoc work‑plan subcommittee
Summary
Staff summarized a City Council referral to review business corridors and mixed‑use areas and proposed five themes for recommendations. Commissioners endorsed consolidating memos into an executive summary, discussed permit 'sunset' ideas, vacant property registration, financing tools to create shovel‑ready lots and branding, and formed a three‑member ad hoc subcommittee to draft the work plan.
The Planning Commission reviewed a City Council referral asking the commission to examine the city’s designated business corridors and mixed‑use areas (including Sonoma Boulevard, the Downtown Waterfront District, Mare Island, and neighborhood corridors such as Tennessee Street and Springs Road) and to recommend ways to streamline development time and increase allowable density.
Planning staff (Kristen Pollock) said she had pulled five common themes from commissioner memos: 1) leverage existing state streamlining tools, 2)…
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