SUBJECT: Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0012 (“Virginia Smith Trust (VST) Phase 1E”) and Environmental Review #25-0037 (Categorical Exemption) initiated by applicant. Board of Education of the County of Merced, Trustee, property owner. This application involves a request to subdivide approximately 89.58 acres into 300 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 #25-0037 (CEQA Section15162 Findings and Categorical Exemption) 2) Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0012 RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #25-0037 (CEQA Section 15162 Findings and Categorical Exemption) and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0012 - “VST Phase 1E ” (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 #4175 at Attachment A of this report (“Planning Commission Staff Report #25-1059”).

Committee

Planning Commission

Introduced

November 19, 2025

On agenda

January 21, 2026

Passed

January 21, 2026

Where it was heard

Planning Commission Jan 21, 2026 approved Pass