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From the meeting · Public Works and Transportation Committee, · 0:31

Does this agreement give a developer more time?

The committee is weighing a subdivision improvement agreement tied to a parcel map approval for a long-delayed subdivision, and after neighbors objected in public comment, a member asks staff what the improvement agreement actually does.

Charlene Wang (Councilmember, District 2; Chair, Public Safety Committee) and city staff

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Charlene Wang (Councilmember, District 2; Chair, Public Safety Committee) Okay.

Charlene Wang (Councilmember, District 2; Chair, Public Safety Committee) And so is this giving more time to the developer as some public comment has alluded to?

Charlene Wang (Councilmember, District 2; Chair, Public Safety Committee) Or this is just allowing, I guess, I just don't understand it while reading the report.

city staff It serves to allow the developer to, yes, it gives some additional time to finish the improvements in the development.

city staff If it were not to be approved, then the map would expire and they would have to start the entitlement process over.

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From the public recording of the Public Works and Transportation Committee, October 27, 2026. Picked and described with AI; the words are the meeting's own. Remove this clip