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June 5, 2024 ·6:00 PM Final

City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Merced Civic Center, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340

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Agenda — 25 items

  1. 1 NOTICE TO PUBLIC
  2. 2 WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE MERCED PLANNING COMMISSION
  3. 3 At least 72 hours prior to each regular Planning Commission meeting, a complete agenda packet is available for review on the City's website at www.cityofmerced.org or at the Planning Division Office, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340. All public records relating to an open session item that are distributed to a majority of the Commission will be available for public inspection at the Planning Division Office during regular business hours. The Planning Commission also serves as the Board of Zoning Adjustment and the Design Review/Historic Preservation Commission.
  4. 4 PUBLIC COMMENT: OBTAIN SPEAKER CARD FROM THE CLERK
  5. 5 Members of the audience who wish to address the Planning Commission are requested to complete a speaker card available at the podium against the right-hand side of the Council Chamber. Please submit the completed card to the Clerk before the item is called, preferably before the meeting begins. Speakers will be called up, 3 to 5 at a time, in the order in which the forms are received. Please use the microphone and state your name and city of residence for the record. For permits, licenses, and other entitlements, the applicant will be allowed 15 minutes (including rebuttal), the appellant/leader of the opposition will be allowed 15 minutes (including rebuttal), and all other speakers shall have 5 minutes each, unless the number of speakers is over 3, which in that case, comments shall be limited to 3 minutes each. For all other issues, for 3 or less speakers, 5 minutes each and for over 3 speakers, 3 minutes each shall be allotted. A timer clock is located above the City Council dais illuminating the remaining time. Once the buzzer sounds, please be courteous and conclude your remarks. Material may be emailed to planning web.org and should be limited to 300 words or less. Please specify which portion of the agenda you are commenting on, for example, Item # or Oral Communications. Your comments will be presented to the Planning Commission at the appropriate time. Any correspondence received after 1 PM will be distributed to the Planning Commission and retained for the official record. You may provide telephonic comments via voicemail by calling (209) 388-7390 by no later than 1 PM on the day of the meeting to be added to the public comment. Voicemails will be limited to a time limit of one (1) minute. Please specify which portion of the agenda you are commenting on, for example, Item #, Consent item #, or Oral Communications. Your comments will be played during the Planning Commission meeting at the appropriate time.
  6. 6 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
  7. 7 Accommodation for individuals with disabilities may be arranged by contacting the Planning Division at (209) 385-6858. Assisted hearing devices are available for meetings held in the Council Chamber.
  8. A. CALL TO ORDER
  9. A.1. Moment of Silence
  10. A.2. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
  11. B. ROLL CALL
  12. C. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
  13. 13 Members of the public who wish to speak on any matter not listed on the agenda may speak during this portion of the meeting and will be allotted 5 minutes. The Chairperson may, at their discretion, reduce the time to 3 minutes if there are more than 3 speakers, in order to accommodate as many speakers as possible. State law prohibits the Planning Commission from acting at this meeting on any matter raised during the public comment period. Members of the public who wish to speak on a matter that is listed on the agenda will be called upon to speak during discussion of that item. Please submit a Request to Speak card prior to the item being called.
  14. D. CONSENT CALENDAR
  15. 15 Adoption of the Consent Calendar may be made with one motion of the Planning Commission provided that any Planning Commission member, individual, or organization may request removal of an item from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration. If a request for removal of an item from the Consent Calendar has been received, the item will be discussed and voted on separately. With Consent items, there is generally no staff presentation but staff is available for questions.
  16. D.1 SUBJECT: Planning Commission Minutes of May 8, 2024 ACTION: Approving and filing the Planning Commission Minutes of May 8, 2024 24-555 approved Pass
  17. E. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS
  18. 18 Members of the public who wish to speak on public hearings listed on the agenda will be heard when the Public Hearing is opened, except on Public Hearing items previously heard and closed to public comment. After the public has commented, the item is closed to further public comment and brought to the Commission for discussion and action. Further comment will not be received unless requested by the Commission.
  19. E.1 SUBJECT: Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #1331, initiated by Anthony Sutter, Civil Engineer, on behalf of Miok Kim, property owner. This application involves a request to subdivide 3.35 acres of land into 14 R-1-6 standard residential single-family lots ranging in size from 6,979 square feet to 9,826 square feet. This property is generally located on Massasso Street, approximately 400 feet north of Highway 140 and approximately 875 feet south of Bear Creek and has General Plan designation of Low Density Residential (LD) and a Zoning designation of Low Density Residential (R-1-6). **PUBLIC HEARING** ACTION: Continue the public hearing to the Planning Commission meeting of July 3, 2024. SUMMARY Staff is requesting that consideration of this item be continued to the Planning Commission meeting of July 3, 2024, due to an error in the public hearing notice. 24-562
  20. E.2 SUBJECT: Annual Review of the Five-Year (2024-2029) Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Determination of Whether the Individual Projects are Consistent with the General Plan Maps, Policies, and Principles and Recommendation to the City Council Regarding the Consistency with the Merced Vision 2030 General Plan ACTION Adopt a finding that the CIP is consistent with the General Plan SUMMARY A function of the Planning Commission is the annual review of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The CIP is a list of the physical improvements the City plans on funding and constructing over the next five years. The Planning Commission’s role is to determine whether the individual projects are consistent with the General Plan maps, policies, and principles. The Draft Project List for the 2024-2029 Five-Year Capital Improvement Program document is provided at Attachment A. Please note that the budget numbers are still being finalized so they are subject to change prior to City Council consideration. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council that the Draft Five-Year Capital Improvement Program is consistent with the “Merced Vision 2030 General Plan” and related master plans. 24-414 approved Pass
  21. E.3 SUBJECT: Cancellation of June 20, 2024, Planning Commission Meeting due to a scheduling conflict with the Council Chambers ACTION: Cancel the Planning Commission Meeting of June 20, 2024 24-556 approved Pass
  22. F. INFORMATION ITEMS
  23. F.1 SUBJECT: Report by Temporary Director of Development Services of Upcoming Agenda Items ACTION Information only. 24-553
  24. F.2 SUBJECT: Calendar of Meetings/Events Jun. 3 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 5 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 17 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 20 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. (Thurs.) (To be Cancelled) 25 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, 4:00 p.m. Jul. 1 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 3 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 15 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 17 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 24-554
  25. G. ADJOURNMENT approved Pass