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PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
Regular Meeting
Feb. 5, 2025, 5 p.m.
Welcome to Your Planning Commission Meeting
We welcome your interest and involvement in the city’s legislative process. This agenda includes information about
topics coming before the Planning Commission and the action recommended by city staff. You can read about each
topic in the staff reports, which are available on the city website.
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the day of the meeting, and will seek to resolve requests before the start of the meeting in order to maximize
accessibility.
Feb. 5, 2025 Page 2
CALL TO ORDER: 5 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Hubinger, Burrows, Foster, Merz, Lafferty, Stine, Meenes
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Merz
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes of the Special Meeting held on Jan 15, 2025
ACTION: Minutes were approved as amended – 7/0.
PUBLIC COMMENT: The Brown Act allows any member of the public to comment on items not on the
agenda. Please treat others with courtesy, civility, and respect. Members of the public may participate in
the meeting by submitting comments as provided on the front page of this agenda. The Commission will
receive comments in the beginning of the meeting. In conformance with the Brown Act, no action can occur
on these items.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
This item was continued from the Special Planning Commission Meeting of Jan. 15, 2025.
1.PALOMAR AIRPORT AND AVIARA OFFICE PROJECT - SDP 2023-0022/CDP 2023-0034 – Adoption of a
resolution of the Planning Commission approving a site Development Plan, SDP 2023-0022 and Coastal
Development Permit, CDP 2023-0034, to construct a 62,600-square-foot, three story, 42-foot-tall,
medical office building with a 52-foot-tall glass tower, a surface parking lot with 316 spaces and
interior and exterior employee eating areas on a 6.07-acre property located on the southeast corner
of Palomar Airport Road and Aviara Parkway, in the southwest quadrant of the city, the office (O) and
Open Space (OS) Zone, the Mello II Segment of the Local Coastal Program and Local Facilities
Management Zone 5.
ACTION TYPE: Quasi-Judicial
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Take public input, close the public hearing,
and adopt the resolution.
PLANNER: Lauren Yzaguirre ENGINEER: Sanchez
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 7535 – 7/0
DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS:
This item was continued from the Special Planning Commission Meeting of Jan. 15, 2025.
2.APPOINT NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR 2025 CALENDAR YEAR – 1) Adoption of a resolution of the
Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, appointing a Chair to preside at all Planning
Commission meetings; and
2)Adoption of a resolution of the Planning Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, appointing
a Vice Chair to preside at all Planning Commission meetings in the Chair’s absence. (Staff contact: Eric
Lardy, City Planner).
Feb. 5, 2025 Page 3
Recommended Action: Accept nominations and adopt the resolutions.
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 7536 – 7/0 appointing Roy Meenes as Chair of
the Planning Commission; and
ACTION: Adopted Resolution No. 7537 – 7/0 appointing David Hubinger as Vice Chair of
the Planning Commission.
COMMISSION MEMBER COMMENTARY AND REQUESTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS: This portion
of the agenda is for the Commission to make brief announcements, brief reports of their activities and
requests for future agenda items.
STAFF COMMENTS:
ADJOURNMENT: 6:36 p.m.