Committee approves two landmark district designations and forwards amended street‑vacation rezoning
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On February 2, 2026 the Land Use and Transportation Committee (Myrna Melgar presiding) met with a quorum and heard three items: two Planning Code ordinances to create the Chula‑Abbey and Alert Alley Early Residential Historic Districts were recommended as Committee Reports to the full Board; an ordinance to vacate portions of Moraga and Noriega Avenues and rezone City parcels (including Kensington Way parcels) was amended and recommended as amended. CEQA determinations/exemptions were noted and public testimony was received (support for the landmark districts; concerns regarding the street vacation). All motions carried unanimously (3–0). Meeting adjourned at 2:14 p.m.
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- File 251100 (Chula‑Abbey Early Residential Historic District) — motion to RECOMMEND AS COMMITTEE REPORT carried (Ayes: 3).
- File 251101 (Alert Alley Early Residential Historic District) — motion to RECOMMEND AS COMMITTEE REPORT carried (Ayes: 3).
- File 250814 (Moraga/Noriega/Kensington street vacation and rezoning) — motion to AMEND (amendment of the whole, revised rezoning language and conveyance conditions) carried and motion to RECOMMEND AS AMENDED carried (Ayes: 3).
- CEQA findings recorded: Chula‑Abbey project exempt; Alert Alley CEQA clearance under categorical exemption; street vacation not defined as a project under CEQA (future development would require separate review).
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