25-1016
SUBJECT: Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0009 (“Virginia Smith Trust (VST) Phase 1B”) and Environmental Review #25-0034 (Categorical Exemption) initiated by applicant. Board of Education of the County of Merced, Trustee, property owner. This application involves a request to subdivide approximately 78.1 acres into 167 lots. The subject site is generally located on the east side of Lake Road, approximately 5,000 feet north of E. Yosemite Avenue, within Planned Development (P-D) 80, with a General Plan designation of Virginia Smith Trust Specific Plan (VST SP); *PUBLIC HEARING* ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify 1) Environmental Review #25-0034 (CEQA Section15162 Findings and Categorical Exemption) 2) Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0009 RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #25-0034 (CEQA Section 15162 Findings and Categorical Exemption) and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0009 - “VST Phase 1B ” (including the adoption of the Draft Resolution) subject to the conditions in Exhibit A and the Findings and Considerations in Exhibit C of Draft Resolution #4174 at Attachment A of this report (“Planning Commission Staff Report #25-1016”).
- Committee
- Planning Commission
- Introduced
- December 17, 2025
- On agenda
- January 21, 2026
- Passed
- January 21, 2026