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Design Review Board – March 7, 2023

Mar 7 2023

Design Review Board
Regular Meeting

Tuesday, March 7, 2023 7:00 P.M.
AGENDA

Participate In-Person:
San Rafael City Council Chambers
1400 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
Or
Participate Virtually:
Watch on Webinar: https://tinyurl.com/drb-2023
Telephone: 1 (669) 444-9171
Meeting ID: 885 6816 1418

CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) ADVISORY NOTICE
In response to Assembly Bill 361, the City of San Rafael is offering teleconference without complying with the procedural requirements of Government Code section 54953(b)(3). This meeting will be held in-person and virtually using Zoom.

How to participate in the meeting in-person:
• Stay home if you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms
• Face coverings are recommended for attendees
• Use the sign-in sheet (optional) which allows notification of potentially exposed individuals if contact tracing reveals COVID-19 transmission may have occurred in a given meeting.
• Attendance will be limited to 50 percent of room capacity (no more than 90 persons) and all in-person attendees should socially distance as recommended by public health authorities. If the Chambers are 50% occupied, please participate online instead, or utilize the audio feed in the lobby.
• All attendees are encouraged to be fully vaccinated.

How to participate in the meeting virtually:
• Submit public comment in writing before 4:00 p.m. the day of the meeting to PlanningPublicComment@cityofsanrafael.org.
• Join the Zoom webinar and use the ‘raise hand’ feature to provide verbal public comment.
• Dial-in to Zoom’s telephone number using the meeting ID and provide verbal public comment.

Any member of the public who needs accommodations should contact the City Clerk (email city.clerk@cityofsanrafael.org or phone at 415-485-3066) who will use their best efforts to provide reasonable accommodations to provide as much accessibility as possible while also maintaining public safety in accordance with the City procedure for resolving reasonable accommodation requests.

Members of the public may speak on Agenda items.

CALL TO ORDER

RECORDING OF MEMBERS PRESENT AND ABSENT

APPROVAL OR REVISION OF ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF MEETING PROCEDURES

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
Remarks are limited to three minutes per person and may be on anything within the subject matter jurisdiction of the body. Remarks on non-agenda items will be heard first, remarks on agenda items will be heard at the time the item is discussed.

CONSENT CALENDAR
The Consent Calendar allows the Board to take action, without discussion, on Agenda items for which there are no persons present who wish to speak, and no Board members who wish to discuss.

1. Approval of the Design Review Board Meeting Minutes of December 6, 2022
Recommended Action – Approve minutes as submitted
Minutes

ACTION CALENDAR

2. 76 Albert Park Lane – Wildcare
Request for Planning Commission recommendation for an Environmental and Design Review Permit for proposed replacement of existing Wildcare wildlife hospital and educational facilities with a new attached three-story animal hospital and office building and relocating and restoring the historic Terwilliger Building on site; APN: 013-061-54; Multi-Family Zoning District (HR1.5); PLAN22-127, ED22-040
Project Planner: Jeff Ballantine (jeff.ballantine@cityofsanrafael.org)
Recommended Action – Recommend Planning Commission approval of project
Staff Report

3. 1515 4th Street, New Mixed-Use Building
Request for Planning Commission recommendation for an Environmental and Design Review Permit for a proposed new seven story mixed-use building with 162 residential units and 8,900 square feet of ground floor commercial space; APN: 011-245-41; T4MS 50/70 Zoning District; PLAN22-039, ED22-016
Project Planner: Jeff Ballantine (jeff.ballantine@cityofsanrafael.org)
Recommended Action – Provide input on project and consider recommending Planning Commission approval of project
Staff Report
Exhibit 3
Exhibit 4

4. Report to Design Review Board
Annual Meeting of Design Review Board for 2023 to include: a) Election of Officers for 2023 Design Review Board meetings; b) Distribution and Review of Design Review Board “Rules of Order;” and c) Distribution and Review of Scheduled meeting for 2023
Project Planner: Jeff Ballantine (jeff.ballantine@cityofsanrafael.org)
Recommended Action – Staff recommends the Board consider the officer rotation and elect new officers for 2023 shown in Staff Report. New officer terms would take effect at the next meeting.
Staff Report

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

Exhibit 3

STAFF COMMUNICATION

BOARD COMMUNICATION

ADJOURNMENT

Any records relating to an agenda item, received by a majority or more of the Commission less than 72 hours before the meeting, shall be available for inspection online. Sign Language interpreters may be requested by calling (415) 485-3066 (voice), emailing city.clerk@cityofsanrafael.org or using the California Telecommunications Relay Service by dialing “711”, at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Copies of documents are available in accessible formats upon request.

Select ‘Download’ below to view Agenda Packet

Agenda-Packet_23-03-07.pdf
March 2, 2023
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Select ‘Download’ below to view Minutes

FINAL-DRB-Minutes-2023-03-07xx.pdf
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Micah Hinkle
Community Development Director

1400 Fifth Avenue, Top Floor
San Rafael, CA 94901
For complete schedule information, please go here: https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/cdd_schedule/
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