Moraga Planning Commission
Marcus Bode
Vice Chair, Moraga Planning Commission.
7 of 15meetings heard, of those they sat in
1.5–3.1minutes speaking per meeting seated, not counting meetings they ran: named, to named plus their share of unnamed speech
7clips
—Not ranked yet: much of what members say isn't matched to a person yet, so these minutes are floors
1questions asked per meeting where we named them (7 meetings)
Source: the body's own roster page, read Oct 8, 2026.
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What Marcus Bode said
Yep, I remember that. Okay, um, then so assuming that, um, that we decide not to revise anything within the scenic corridor, that being constrained. How does this impact then what was proposed to HCD, and does it put into jeopardy our housing element that was approved by HCD?Marcus BodeVice Chair · Moraga Planning Commission · Sep 2, 2025Watch the full meeting from 44:00
There's other things that the builder may offer up to mitigate the value not only of the homes, but of the entire community. Okay, I don't know what they are right now, but just food for thought. The other thing I liked— there's going to be an HOA, and you can tie pre-existing rules and conditions to the HOA.
Marcus BodeVice Chair · Moraga Planning Commission · Feb 17, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:30:11The eventual homeowner still needs to agree to the landscaping that they're buying, right? So, you know, it's not the neighbors that are going to be able to choose what trees go where.
Marcus BodeVice Chair · Moraga Planning Commission · Feb 17, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:29:31We would need to find a mitigating circumstance to address each one of those variance rules, right? That's essentially what we're going to have to do here, okay, if, if we want to move forward with this.
Marcus BodeVice Chair · Moraga Planning Commission · May 20, 2025Watch the full meeting from 54:05Sure, I'll go next. Um, Yeah, overall I'm in favor of this project. I really appreciate the condition of approval that Commissioner Halbur made, and I'm totally in favor of that with the speakers being readjusted to face toward the campus.
Marcus BodeVice Chair · Moraga Planning Commission · Apr 15, 2025Watch the full meeting from 1:22:54It's more of a confirmation. And, uh, uh, number one here on the questions from the plan— uh, from the planning commissioners. So it's my understanding that our role as planning commissioners is to review, uh, um, or really is to consider the design review, the grading permit, and the density bonus applications, and that's it? Those 3 items?
Marcus BodeCommissioner · Moraga Planning Commission · Mar 11, 2025Watch the full meeting from 26:05Sure, I'll go next. Um, thanks, Commissioner Polsky. So, um, just a few things. You know, since being on the Planning Commission, um, since 2021, this, this is the first time that I recall them actually denying any type of addition. So that's, that's, uh, that, that stands out.
Marcus BodeVice Chair · Moraga Planning Commission · May 20, 2025Watch the full meeting from 51:52
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