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File #: 25-14389    Version: 1 Name:
Type: New Business Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/9/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 10/14/2025 Final action:
Title: Subject: Appointment of a Planning Commission Ad Hoc Subcommittee to report on best practices on community noticing from other Bay Area cities. The Planning Commission may identify procedural or policy areas that would benefit from detailed review by this ad hoc subcommittee. The subcommittee will operate consistent with the Brown Act and Cupertino Municipal Code Chapter 2.32, focusing on its defined scope and providing a report back to the full Commission for discussion and possible recommendation to the City Council.
Sponsors: Kirsten Squarcia

Title

Subject: Appointment of a Planning Commission Ad Hoc Subcommittee to report on best practices on community noticing from other Bay Area cities.

The Planning Commission may identify procedural or policy areas that would benefit from detailed review by this ad hoc subcommittee. The subcommittee will operate consistent with the Brown Act and Cupertino Municipal Code Chapter 2.32, focusing on its defined scope and providing a report back to the full Commission for discussion and possible recommendation to the City Council.

 

Recommended Action

- Appoint a Planning Commission Ad Hoc subcommittee with the defined scope to study best practices of other cities on community noticing; and

- Direct the subcommittee to return with findings and recommendations to the full Commission on the following topic:

Community Noticing – Evaluate current noticing best practices from other Bay Area cities for development projects and their related applications and report back on a comparison of practices in the area of community noticing with the goal to further enhance community awareness and participation.

Consider a motion that the Planning Commission form an ad hoc subcommittee to study community noticing best practices from Bay Area cities, and direct the subcommittee to return with findings and recommendations to the full Commission within the recommended timeframe.

This study session will allow Commissioners to form an ad hoc subcommittee to address the identified topic, establish subcommittee membership, and set expectations for reporting timelines and deliverables.