MAC Meeting Eclipsed By Tech Issues

This week’s meeting of the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) was cancelled minutes before reviewing two land use items on Monday night, because the sound via Zoom kept cutting in and out.

Legally, the meeting had to be canceled as the audio would not be available to anyone following the meeting on phone or online, according to Rodrigo Orduna, the Deputy Planning Director for the Alameda County Planning Department. MAC meetings are published as available to the public in-person at the Castro Valley library, via phone dial-in audio only, or with audio and video online via Zoom.

The MAC was scheduled to discuss a possible amendment to the General Plan to tweak the zoning map to correct a land use designation for two abutting properties from Public Facility to Rural Residential.

The sites in question are located at 4820 and 4848 Crow Canyon Road, south of Parkview Road. The other item on the agenda was an application for improvements to the facade of the Wendy’s at 2475 Castro Valley Boulevard.

A fast-food staple on the Boulevard since 1977, the owner wants to spruce the place up with a more modern “asymmetrical” appearance. There are also plans to re-stripe the parking lot, replace old signage, and make small interior and landscaping improvements.

Both items will now be put before the MAC at an upcoming land use meeting, likely on Monday, April 22.