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SUBJECT: Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0011 (“Virginia Smith Trust (VST) Phase 1D”) and Environmental Review #25-0036 (Categorical Exemption) initiated by applicant. Board of Education of the County of Merced, Trustee, property owner. This application involves a request to subdivide approximately 58.17 acres into 197 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 #25-0036 (CEQA Section 15162 Findings and Categorical Exemption) 2) Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0011 RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #25-0036 (CEQA Section 15162 Findings and Categorical Exemption) and Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0011 - “VST Phase 1D” (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 #4177 at Attachment A of this report (“Planning Commission Staff Report #25-1071”).
- Committee
- Planning Commission
- Introduced
- January 28, 2026
- On agenda
- February 4, 2026