Planning Commission

Regular Meeting Agenda Planning Commission JAMES WILSON - CHAIR MOHAMMAD HABIB - VICE-CHAIR PAUL LAKE - PLANNING COMMISSIONER JOSEPH MUELLER - PLANNING COMMISSIONER DAVID LOVATO - PLANNING COMMISSIONER LIAM DOWNEY - PLANNING COMMISSIONER STEVE ADAMO - PLANNING COMMISSIONER Tuesday, July 14, 2026 7:00 PM Council Chamber Building 17555 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037 Vice Chair Habib will be participating remotely as follows: W 5th Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 Public comment shall be allowed from this location. Morgan Hill Planning Commission meetings are held in person, with the option for the public to attend in person or participate by teleconference/video conference. Information on how the public may observe and participate in the meeting is below. MEETING PARTICIPATION Language Interpretation / Interpretación de idiomas Live Digital Language Interpretation is available. To access the interpretation during the meeting, go to: https://live.pocketalk.com/guest/S71BBUiWwiqXh3sPBf9Bfs2Ey4OYY9zgv8vZB5 or scan the QR code below: Tenemos Interpretación digital en vivo. Para usar la interpretación durante la reunión, visite: https://live.pocketalk.com/guest/S71BBUiWwiqXh3sPBf9Bfs2Ey4OYY9zgv8vZB5 o escanee el código QR a continuación: You can use a headset on your phone for audio or read the transcript on your device. Tablets and disposable headphones will be provided in person during the meeting to those who do not have their own devices. Puede usar audífonos en su celular para escuchar el audio o leer la transcripción. Durante la reunión, se prestarán tabletas y audífonos desechables para las personas que no tengan su propio aparato. Remote Participation Morgan Hill Planning Commission meetings are held in person. The community may attend in person or via Zoom (video/teleconference). The meetings are also live-streamed on the City’s website and Facebook page. As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may attend online. However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to online technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue despite technical difficulties for participants using the online option. Those wishing to participate in the meetings remotely must register in advance at https://bit.ly/PlanningCommissionMtg. Additionally, Zoom participants must be running the latest version or will be required to update to it before joining the meeting remotely. Remote participation is also available by calling (669) 900-9128 and entering webinar ID: 862 0324 6251#. Dial *9 to raise your hand and be called upon to speak for up to 3 minutes. Dial *6 to unmute. PUBLIC COMMENT Public comment may be offered verbally at the meeting or in writing before the meeting. Those attending remotely may only offer public comment for items on the agenda in any of these three categories: • Consent Calendar • Other Business • Public Hearings July 14, 2026 2 Public comment will be heard from those attending in person first with the submission of a speaker card. Once that is complete, we will move to those on Zoom that have their hand raised. Following public comment from Zoom, we will close the public comment period for that item. Remote public comment for items not on the agenda will not be accepted. Written public comment may be submitted to the Planning Office: • In person at the Planning Commission Meeting; • Via email to pcpubliccomment@morganhill.ca.gov; or • Hand delivered or mailed to the Planning Division at 17575 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037 Please email your comments to the Planning Office no later than 3:00 p.m. on Monday (the day before the Planning Commission meeting) so that your comments can be submitted to the members of the Planning Commission with sufficient time to review them. You may continue to provide written comments up to noon on Tuesday (the day of the meeting), although Planning Commissioners may not have sufficient time to review them before the meeting. Public comments submitted to the Planning Division after noon (12:00 p.m.) the day of the meeting will be provided to the Planning Commission as time allows. Written comments WILL NOT be read aloud during the Planning Commission Meeting. Please note that written comments are posted on the City's website. It is recommended that you do not include any personal information that you do not want to be posted on the web. Please be advised that communications directed to the Planning Commission are public records and are subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act and Brown Act unless exempt from disclosure under the applicable law. Communications will NOT be edited for redactions and will be printed/posted as submitted. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you are a disabled person and you need a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, please contact the Planning Office at (408) 310-4709 or by email at planning@morganhill.ca.gov. Requests must be made as early as possible and at least two full business days before the start of the meeting. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE DECLARATION OF POSTING Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2 July 14, 2026 3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PUBLIC COMMENT Members of the public are entitled to address the Planning Commission concerning any item within the Morgan Hill Planning Commission’s subject matter jurisdiction. Public comments are limited to no more than three minutes. Except for certain specific exceptions, the Commission is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not appearing on the posted agenda. (See additional noticing at the end of this agenda) ORDERS OF THE DAY PUBLIC HEARINGS NONE MINUTES APPROVAL 1. MAY 26, 2026 MEETING MINUTES Recommendation: 1. Accept Meeting Minutes. WORKSHOP 2. GREATER DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN Recommendation: 1. Accept Staff presentation on the Greater Downtown Specifc Plan. OTHER BUSINESS 3. SELECTION OF PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIR Recommendation: 1. Planning Commission to select a Chairperson and Vice Chair. DIRECTOR'S REPORT/ANNOUNCEMENTS ADJOURNMENT July 14, 2026 4  NOTICE Any documents produced by the City and distributed to the majority of the Planning Commission less than 72 hours prior to an open meeting, will be made available for public inspection at the front counter at City Hall located at 17575 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037 and at the Morgan Hill Public Library located at 660 West Main Avenue, Morgan Hill, California, 95037 during normal business hours. (Pursuant to Government Code 54957.5) PUBLIC COMMENT Members of the Public are entitled to directly address the Planning Commission concerning any item that is described in the notice of this meeting, before or during consideration of that item. If you wish to address the Planning Commission on any issue that is on this agenda, please complete a speaker request card located in the foyer of the Council Chambers and deliver it to the Minutes Clerk prior to discussion of the item. You are not required to give your name on the speaker card in order to speak to the Planning Commission, but it is very helpful. When you are called, proceed to the podium and the Chair will recognize you. If you wish to address the Planning Commission on any other item of interest to the public, you may do so during the public comment portion of the meeting following the same procedure described above. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less. Please submit written correspondence to the Minutes Clerk, who will distribute correspondence to the Planning Commission. Persons interested in proposing an item for the Planning Commission agenda should contact a member of the Commission who may plan an item on the agenda for a future Commission meeting. Should your comments require Planning’s action, your request may be placed on the next appropriate agenda. Planning Commission discussion or action may not be taken until your item appears on an agenda. This procedure is in compliance with the California Public Meeting Law (Brown Act) Government Code §54950. City Council Policies and Procedures (CP 03-01) outlines the procedure for the conduct of public hearings. Notice is given, pursuant to Government Code Section 65009, that any challenge of Public Hearing Agenda items in court, may be limited to raising only those issues raised by you or on your behalf at the Public Hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Commission at, or prior to the Public Hearing on these matters. The time within which judicial review must be sought of the action by the Commission, which acted upon any matter appearing on this agenda is governed by the provisions of Section 1094.6 of the California Code of Civil Procedure. For a copy of Commission Policies and Procedures CP 97-01, please contact the City Clerk’s office (408) 779-7259, (408) 779-3117 (fax) or by email cityclerk@morganhill.ca.gov. July 14, 2026 5