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Planning Director's report on Planning Commission actions at the December 12, 2019 meeting:
(a) Marketplace Redevelopment Project, “Parcel B”. Referral from the City Council for a report on an alternative proposal for a Final Development Plan (FDP) for “Parcel B” of the Marketplace Redevelopment Project Planned Unit Development. The proposal is an alternative to the design approved by the Planning Commission on May 14, 2019. The proposed alternative FDP includes 15,700 square feet of retail space, 150,000 square feet of office/lab space, and 500 parking spaces. The Commission will make a recommendation to the City Council.
(b) Hilton Garden Inn Appeal. Consideration of an appeal of the Community Development Director’s approval of a Minor Conditional Use Permit to convert existing storage and meeting rooms on the top floor of an existing hotel at 1800 Powell Street into 23 new guest rooms and to convert storage on the second floor into two new guest rooms. Pursuant to Planning Regulations Section 9-7.1404(b), the Planning Commission may either (1) affirm the decision of the Director and dismiss the appeal based on a determination that the facts ascertainable from the record do not warrant further hearing; (2) set a date for a public hearing on the appeal; or (3) remand the matter to the Director to cure a deficiency in the record or the proceedings.
(c) BMR Emeryville Center of Innovation. Study Session to review a proposal for a Final Development Plan to construct two new multi-tenant research and development buildings and a supporting parking garage as part of implementation of the Emeryville Life Sciences Center Planned Unit Development/Preliminary Development Plan (PUD/PDP), also referred to as the “Chiron PUD/PDP”, that was approved by the City Council on August 15, 1995.
The packet for the December 12, 2019 Planning Commission meeting can be viewed online at <http://ca-emeryville.civicplus.com/Archive.aspx?AMID=43&Type=Recent>