City of Santa Clara

Meeting Agenda

Planning Commission

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

6:00 PM

Hybrid Meeting

City Hall Council

Chambers/Virtual

1500 Warburton Avenue

Santa Clara, CA 95050

The City of Santa Clara is conducting the Planning Commission Hearing meeting in a hybrid

manner (in-person and method for the public to participate remotely)

Via Zoom:

- https://santaclaraca.zoom.us/j/91729202898

- Webinar ID: 917 2920 2898 or

Phone: 1(669) 900-6833

How to Submit Written Public Comment Before Planning Commission Meeting:

1. By email to planningpubliccomment@santaclaraca.gov by 12 p.m. the day of the meeting.

Those emails will be forwarded to the Planning Commission and will be uploaded to the

Planning Commission Agenda as supplemental meeting material. Emails received after the

12 p.m. cutoff time up through the end of the meeting will form part of the meeting record.

Please identify the Agenda Item Number in the subject line of your email.

2. Use the eComment tab located on the City Council Agenda page

https://santaclara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx). eComments are directly sent to the iLegislate

application used by staff, and become part of the public record. eComment closes 15 minutes

before the start of a meeting. NOTE: eComments and Emails received as public comment will

not be read aloud during the meeting.

Agendas, Staff Reports and some associated documents for Planning Commission items

may be viewed on the Internet at https://santaclara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx

All public records relating to an open session item on this agenda, which are not exempt from

disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act, that are distributed to a majority of

the legislative body will be available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk at

Santa Clara City Hall, 1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050 at the same time that

the public records are distributed or made available to the legislative body. Any draft

contracts, ordinances and resolutions posted on the Internet site or distributed in advance of

the Planning Commission meeting may not be the final documents approved by the Planning

Commission. For the final document, you may contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408)

615-2220 or Clerk@santaclaraca.gov.

6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING

Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance and Statement of Values

Roll Call

DECLARATION OF COMMISSION PROCEDURES

CONTINUANCES/EXCEPTIONS

CONSENT CALENDAR

Consent Calendar items may be enacted, approved or adopted, based upon the findings prepared and provided in

the written staff report, by one motion unless requested to be removed by anyone for discussion or explanation. If

any member of the Planning Commission, staff, the applicant or a member of the public wishes to comment on a

Consent Calendar item, or would like the item to be heard on the regular agenda, please notify Planning staff, or

request this action at the Planning Commission meeting when the Chair calls for these requests during the Consent

Calendar review.

items.

Items listed on the Consent Calendar with associated file numbers constitute Public Hearing

25-1629 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of October 8, 2025

Recommendation:

Approve the Planning Commission Meeting Minutes

of the October 8, 2025 Meeting.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Members of the public may briefly address the Commission on any item not on the agenda.

PUBLIC HEARING

Items listed above under Items for Council Action will be scheduled for Council review following the conclusion of

hearings and recommendations by the Planning Commission. Due to timing of notices for Council hearings and the

preparation of Council agenda reports, these items will not necessarily be heard on the date the minutes from this

meeting are forwarded to the Council. Please contact the Planning Division office for information on the schedule of

hearings for these items.

25-1109

Amendment to the City’s Open Space Element to Add Policies to

Address Climate Resilience and Other Co-benefits of Open

Space; to Help to Increase Access to Open Space for Everyone;

and to Preserve, Enhance, and Expand a Network of Open

Spaces.

Recommendation:

Staff recommends based on Senate Bill 1425, that the

Planning Commission recommend the City Council:

1. Find that the Addendum to the 2010-2035 General

Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared

for the project complies with CEQA, and that the

adoption of the Open Space Element Update

would not result in environmental impacts beyond

those described in the General Plan EIR and no

further analysis is required.

2. Adopt the General Plan Text Amendment and find

that it satisfies the SB 1425 requirements to

update open space programs to include policies

addressing climate resilience and other

co-benefits of Open Space; and that the

necessary text edits are consistent with the

Parks, Open Space, and Recreation Goals and

Policies in the General Plan.

25-996 Study Session on Draft Citywide Objective Design Standards

REPORTS OF COMMISSION/BOARD LIAISON AND COMMITTEE:

1. Announcements/Other Items

Board and Commission Dinner Recognition Event Discussion - requested by

Commissioner Saleme

3. Commissioner Travel and Training Reports, Requests to attend Trainings

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORTS:

1. Planning Commission Budget Update

2. Upcoming Agenda Items

3. City Council Actions

ADJOURNMENT:

The next regular scheduled meeting is on December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers and

Via Zoom.

MEETING DISCLOSURES

The time limit within which to commence any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City

is governed by Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, unless a shorter limitation period is specified by any other

provision. Under Section 1094.6, any lawsuit or legal challenge to any quasi-adjudicative decision made by the City must

be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which such decision becomes final. Any lawsuit or legal challenge,

which is not filed within that 90-day period, will be barred. If a person wishes to challenge the nature of the above section in

court, they may be limited to raising only those issues they or someone else raised at the meeting described in this notice,

or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Santa Clara, at or prior to the meeting. In addition, judicial challenge

may be limited or barred where the interested party has not sought and exhausted all available administrative remedies.

STREAMING SERVICES: As always, the public may view the meetings on SantaClaraCA.gov, Santa Clara City Television

(Comcast cable channel 15), or the livestream on the City’s YouTube channel or Facebook page.

Note: The public cannot participate in the meeting through these livestreaming methods; livestreaming capabilities may be

disrupted at times, viewers may always view and participate in meetings in-person and via Zoom as noted on the agenda.

a member of the public submits a speaker card for any agenda items, their name will appear in the Minutes. If no

speaker card is submitted, the Minutes will reflect "Public Speaker."

In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), the City of Santa Clara

will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs, or

activities, and will ensure that all existing facilities will be made accessible to the maximum extent feasible. The City of

Santa Clara will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services leading to effective communication for

qualified persons with disabilities including those with speech, hearing, or vision impairments so they can participate

equally in the City’s programs, services, and activities. The City of Santa Clara will make all reasonable modifications to

policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs,

services, and activities.

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City in an appropriate alternative format.

Contact the City Clerk’s Office at 1 408-615-2220 with your request for an

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policies or procedures, or other accommodation, in order to participate in a program, service, or activity of the City of Santa

Clara, should contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 408-615-3000 as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before

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