Here are a few of the items...

Here are a few of the items the commission decided Thursday.

ST. ANDREW’S ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT

The commission postponed recommending the certification of an

environmental report to the City Council for St. Andrew’s Church’s

original expansion proposal of 36,000 square feet. The church

submitted its latest revision to the city Friday with a pared down

request of about 22,000 square feet.

The commission postponed taking any action on the report because

of a letter from a resident criticizing the response to comments

about the report, Commissioner Barry Eaton said.

The commission delayed any action on the report until Nov. 18,

when it will reconsider the entire project as well.

WHAT IT MEANS

Planning staff members will address the letter, and the commission

will reconsider the report on Nov. 18.

WHAT WAS SAID

“The staff has a lot of work to do and so does St. Andrew’s,

because an important part to all of the commissioners -- and they

were unanimous about that -- was that the operating conditions [are

accepted by the neighbors],” Eaton said. “The only way to get the

resulting situation to be better for neighbors is if there’s more

parking available and if there are restrictions on the church such

that the neighborhood feels more comfortable with them.”

GRANNY-UNIT ADJUSTMENT

The commission postponed changing the Santa Ana Heights Specific

Plan to give the planning director authority to approve second units

-- known as granny units -- taking authority away from the Planning

Commission. The plan now allows these units within two residential

districts: equestrian and single-family.

The director has the authority over granny units for the rest of

the city. But the Santa Ana Heights Specific Plan gives that

authority to the commission. Planning staff members had recommended

making the Santa Ana Heights plan match the rest of the city.

The commission opted to delay its decision because someone from

the Santa Ana Heights Political Action Committee said they wanted the

change discussed with residents before any decision, Eaton said.

WHAT IT MEANS

The commission will reconsider the issue Nov. 18.