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City of HMB | Special Meeting Agenda – Jan. 30th

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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY OF HALF MOON BAY
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2025
Ted Adcock Community Center
535 Kelly Avenue
Half Moon Bay, California 94019
Robert Brownstone, Mayor
Debbie Ruddock, Vice Mayor
Joaquin Jimenez, Councilmember
Deborah Penrose, Councilmember
Harvey Rarback, Councilmember
6:00 PM
This agenda contains a brief description of each item to be considered. Those wishing to address the City Council on
any matter not listed on the Agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the City Council to resolve, may come forward to the
podium during the Public Forum portion of the Agenda and will have a maximum of three minutes to discuss their item.
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Hearing consideration.
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Copies of written documentation relating to each item of business on the Agenda are on file in the Office of the
City Clerk at City Hall and the Half Moon Bay Library where they are available for public inspection. If requested, the
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ROLL CALL / PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
REPORT OUT FROM RECENT CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS

  1. ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARINGS

1.A
APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION’S DECISION TO DENY THE HYATT HOTEL
PROJECT; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT, SITE AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW,
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP, PARKING EXCEPTION, AND CERTIFICATION OF A FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) FOR A 102-ROOM HOTEL WITH ASSOCIATED SITE
IMPROVEMENTS AND A FOUR-LOT SUBDIVISION FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF UP TO 16
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, FILE NO. PDP-072-13
Staff Recommendation:
That the City Council, by Resolution either: 1) Deny the appeal affirming the Planning
Commission’s decision to deny the project, based upon the Findings and Evidence contained
in Exhibit A of the draft resolution (Attachment 1); OR 2) Grant the appeal, reversing the
Planning Commission’s decision, and a) Certify the Environmental Impact Report for the
Half Moon Bay Hyatt Place Project, Adopt CEQA Findings and a Statement of Overriding
Considerations, Mitigation Measures, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
based upon the Findings and Evidence contained in the draft resolution (Attachment 2); and
b) Approve PDP-072-13, an application for a Coastal Development Permit, Site and
Architectural Review, and a Parking Exception for a 66,268 square-foot, 102-room hotel;
Tentative Parcel Map to adjust the lot line between the hotel parcel and the adjacent James
Ford auto dealership parcel and to create four residential parcels on the north side of
Seymour Street for future development of up to 16 residential dwelling units as allowed by
the R-2 zoning district development standards based upon the Findings and Evidence
contained in the draft resolution (Attachment 3).

STAFF REPORT
ATTACHMENT 1 – Resolution for Denial
ATTACHMENT 2 – CEQA Resolution
ATTACHMENT 3 – Resolution for Approval
ATTACHMENT 4 – Plans
ATTACHMENT 5 – PC Denial Resolution
ATTACHMENT 6 – PC Minutes 10.09.2024
ATTACHMENT 7 – PC Minutes 10.22.2024
ATTACHMENT 8 – Appeal Submission 11.04.2024
ATTACHMENT 9 – DEIR, EIR, ERRATA Reports
ATTACHMENT 10 – 2016 CCC Staff Report – Fire Training Tower
ATTACHMENT 11 – Public Comment 10.22.2024 thru 01.23.2024
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