County of Monterey  
Monterey Peninsula Airport District - Board Meeting Room  
200 Fred Kane Drive, Suite 200  
Monterey, California 93940  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
SPECIAL MEETING  
Monday, March 9, 2026  
3:00 PM  
Monterey Peninsula Airport District, Board Meeting Room. 200 Fred Kane  
Drive, Suite 200, Monterey, CA 93940  
Airport Land Use Commission  
CALL TO ORDER - Pledge of Allegiance  
The Monterey County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), Commissioner (Chair)  
Scherer presiding, convened at 3:03 p.m. Commission members and members of the  
public attended/participated physically.  
ROLL CALL  
Commissioners (or Proxy) Present:  
Commissioners Carbone, Cleveland (by proxy), Leffel, Scherer, Cohan  
Commissioners Not Present and Not Represented by Proxy:  
Commissioners Kerr and Donaldson  
ALUC (Monterey County) Staff Present:  
Fionna Jensen, Housing and Community Development (HCD)-Planning  
For Informational Purposes Only, Members of the Public  
Participating:  
None.  
PUBLIC COMMENTS  
None.  
COMMISSIONER’S COMMENTS  
Commissioner Cohan announced the Watsonville Airport’s denial of 21 unit housing  
project and that the lawsuit prevailed.  
CONSENT  
None.  
SCHEDULED ITEMS  
Approval of the December 15, 2025, meeting minutes.  
1.  
2.  
The Commission voted 5-0 (5 ayes – 0 nayes,) to approve the minutes of the  
December 15, 2025 regular meeting. Motion to approve made by  
Commissioner Leffel and seconded by Commissioner Carbone.  
REF250022 - City of Monterey (Montessori Community School)  
Public hearing to consider responding to the City of Monterey’s Notice of Intent to Overrule ALUC  
Resolution No. 25-003 regarding the proposed conversion of an existing commercial office building to  
a daycare/school facility located at 2400 Garden Road, Monterey (APN 013-322-008-000) (ALUC  
File No. REF250022).  
Proposed Project: Public hearing to consider responding to the City of  
Monterey’s Notice of Intent to Overrule ALUC Resolution No. 25-003  
regarding the proposed conversion of an existing commercial office building to  
a daycare/school facility located at 2400 Garden Road, Monterey (APN  
013-322-008-000) (ALUC File No. REF250022).  
Staff presented a draft letter outlining the ALUC’s response to the City of  
Monterey’s Notice of Intent to overrule.  
Commissioner Cohan made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Cleveland,  
to direct staff to transmit the response letter to the City of Monterey and  
publicly speak at the related hearing.  
Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) Update  
3.  
Update regarding local jurisdiction progress on the requirement to amend applicable general and  
specific plans in response to the adoption of the ALUCPs for Monterey Regional Airport and Marina  
Municipal Airport.  
Proposed Action: For information only. No action required.  
No update.  
Future Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) Update  
Update regarding funding and staff resources for future updates to the ALUCPs for Salinas Municipal  
Airport and Mesa Del Rey (King City) Airport.  
4.  
Proposed Action: For information only. No action required.  
No update.  
ANNOUNCEMENTS  
None.  
ADJOURNMENT  
Meeting adjourned at 3:25 pm.  
Next scheduled regular meeting: April 27, 2026.