Orinda Planning Commission
Marian Jelinek
Commissioner, Orinda Planning Commission.
5 of 22meetings heard, of those they sat in
1.2–1.8minutes speaking per meeting seated, not counting meetings they ran: named, to named plus their share of unnamed speech
4clips
—Not ranked yet: much of what members say isn't matched to a person yet, so these minutes are floors
5.2questions asked per meeting where we named them (5 meetings)
Source: the body's own roster page, read Oct 8, 2026.
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What Marian Jelinek said
Were there reasons submitted? Historically, we've seen sometimes for FAR exemptions, there is context behind it of either the site was really challenging, there was no other location this was required. Like, there was some reasoning behind asking for it. Is that the case here, either technically or Or was it just a want from the applicant?Marian JelinekCommissioner · Orinda Planning Commission · Oct 13, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:11:09
Another item to just add, I guess, for context is, and I'm sure the city can speak to this as well, is we don't see a lot of applicants with the FAR asking for exception to that. And I think just for context, it is a very large ask that comes to the commission because it does set precedents.
Marian JelinekCommissioner · Orinda Planning Commission · Oct 13, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:09:48I would just say I'm just curious the need for the exemption, like what's driving needing the 284 square feet.
Marian JelinekCommissioner · Orinda Planning Commission · Oct 13, 2026Watch the full meeting from 31:40A very large amount of square footage. And what I hear is not necessarily what we see in the plan of cottage and charming. Like, I think the definition of a cottage is like 1,000 to 2,000 square feet.
Marian JelinekCommissioner · Orinda Planning Commission · Oct 13, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:05:34
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