CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
Committee Meeting Minutes - Final  
Contra Costa County Planning Commission  
6:30 PM  
Wednesday, June 11, 2025  
30 Muir Road, Martinez  
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CHAIR: KEVIN VAN BUSKIRK  
VICE-CHAIR: Bhupen Amin  
COMMISSIONERS: Jeffrey Wright, Donna Allen, Bob Mankin, Ross Hillesheim, Sanjiv Bhandari  
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Roll Call and Introductions  
Donna Allen, Bhupen Amin, Sanjiv Bhandari, Ross Hillesheim,  
Bob Mankin, and Jeffrey Wright  
Present  
Kevin Van Buskirk  
Absent  
1.  
2.  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
DAVE AND DEANNA TURCOTTE (Appellants) – BHAVANA SHAH,  
TALON DESIGN GROUP (Applicant) – EDWARD ALLEN (Owner),  
County File CDDP24-03056: This is an appeal of the Zoning  
Administrator’s decision to approve a Development Plan to modify Final  
Development Plan CDDP74-03014 to allow a 0-foot rear yard (where  
15-feet is the minimum required) for a rear deck that will be attached to a  
new single-family residence on a vacant lot. The project site is located at  
100 Discovery Bay Boulevard in the Discovery Bay area of unincorporated  
Contra Costa County. (Zoning: P-1 Planned-Unit District, -UE Urban Farm  
Animal Exclusion Combining District) (Assessor’s Parcel Number:  
004-490-027) AS  
2a.  
25-2083  
DENIED the appeal and UPHELD the Zoning Administrator's decision.  
Motion:  
Second:  
Hillesheim  
Mankin  
Aye:  
Allen, Amin, Bhandari, Hillesheim, Mankin, and Wright  
Absent:  
Result:  
Van Buskirk  
Passed  
3.  
PUBLIC COMMENTS  
No public comments  
4.  
STAFF REPORT  
None  
5.  
COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS  
COMMUNICATIONS  
None  
6.  
None  
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE  
HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025.