[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE MEETING UP FOR MARCH 9TH, 2022.
IF I CAN GET EVERYBODY TO STAND AND WE'LL HAVE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HERE. AND YOU DO HAVE A QUORUM.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OK. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 23RD.[INAUDIBLE]. MOVE AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? PASSES. OK.
[5. CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS]
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING IN REFERENCE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.[6.I. MAJOR SUBDIVISION NO. MAS20-002 MAJOR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION MAS20-002]
OKAY, PUBLIC HEARING, STEVE? MORNING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.STEVE MAXEY, CW DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE COUNTY.
THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS MAJOR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION NUMBER MAS20-002.
IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS VILLA CORDOBA PHASE FOUR.
THE REQUEST IS, AS I MENTIONED, A MAJOR SUBDIVISION TO SUBDIVIDE ONE PARCEL TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 10.68 ACRES INTO FORTY THREE RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS PHASE FOUR OF THE VILLA CORDOBA PROJECT IN HILMAR.
IT'S ADJACENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF PHASE THREE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN HILMAR. THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS DESIGNATED HILMAR URBAN COMMUNITY, OR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE GENERAL PLAN, AND IT'S ZONED R1.
LOOKING AT THE LOCATION HERE, IT'S LOCATED ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND SEVEN HUNDRED FEET WEST OF CAMDEN DRIVE ALONG AMERICAN AVENUE IN THE HILMAR AREA.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE.
THE FIRST AND SECOND PHASE ARE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE PROJECT SITE, AND THAT THIRD PHASE IS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH.
LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED TENTATIVE MAP KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THE AREA WHERE THIS MAP WOULD ACTUALLY BE, THE SUBDIVISION WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE IN RED.
IT SHOWS WHERE THE EXISTING STREETS FOR THE PRIOR PHASES ARE STUBBED IN THERE TO THE EAST OF THE PROJECT SITE, BUT THIS SHOWS THE FORTY THREE LOTS AND I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT THE PORTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED OR DEDICATED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO ANOTHER LOT AS PART OF PHASE THREE THAT WAS SUBDIVIDED SPECIFICALLY FOR ANOTHER PORTION OF THIS PARK, BUT IT WILL ALL BE DEVELOPED IN UNISON.
LOOKING AT GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY FOR THE PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY UNDER THE HILMAR COMMUNITY PLAN, THE PROJECT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
INCLUDED IN THE HILMAR COMMUNITY PLAN AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL, THE PROJECT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ARCHITECTURAL AND SITE DESIGN REVIEW THAT WOULD WORK THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HERE PRIOR TO FILING THAT FINAL MAP.
FOR CIRCULATION UNDER THE HILMAR COMMUNITY PLAN.
THE PROJECT WILL MAKE STREET IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH COUNTY STANDARDS AS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING ALONG AMERICAN AVENUE.
AND AS I MENTIONED FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WILL BE PROVIDED AND DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION AND AS PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
SPECIFICALLY, THESE ARE THE GOALS AND POLICIES FROM THE GENERAL PLAN THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD MEET. IT CREATES A LAND USE PATTERN THAT ENHANCES THE INTEGRITY OF BOTH URBAN AND RURAL AREAS BY FOCUSING URBAN GROWTH TOWARD A NEW COMMUNITY.
IN THIS CASE, THIS IS MAYBE NOT A STRICTLY DEFINED INFILL PROJECT, BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROJECT THAT IS SURROUNDED BY URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND WOULD BE MEETING THE GOALS OF THE COUNTY AND FOCUSING THAT GROWTH TOWARD OUR URBAN CENTERS.
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PROJECT IS CONSISTENT, AS IT'S PROPOSED NOW BASED ON DENSITY AND LOT SIZES WITH OUR ZONING CODE AND OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND IT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE SUBDIVISION MAP ACTS. I WANTED TO QUICKLY TOUCH ON SOME REVISIONS TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT WERE PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET, I PROVIDED EACH OF YOU A COPY OF THOSE REVISED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AS WELL. JUST TO TOUCH ON WHAT THOSE REVISIONS COVER.WE REMOVED CONDITION SIX, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY AN OLD CONDITION TIED TO THE PREVIOUS PHASE OF THE PROJECT THAT REQUIRED RELINQUISHING ABUTTER'S RIGHTS OF ACCESS TO AND FROM CAMDEN DRIVE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT ABUT CAMDEN DRIVE, SO WE REMOVED THAT CONDITION.
WE AMENDED CONDITIONS 16 TO CLARIFY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANNEXING OR FORMING A LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ZONE OF BENEFIT AMONG SOME OTHER BENEFITS THAT NEED TO BE COVERED.
THEN WE ADDED THREE CONDITIONS ONE PERTAINING TO PAYMENT OF RECREATIONAL PARKLAND SPACE AND IMPROVEMENT FEE, THAT'S A COUNTYWIDE FEE THAT EVERY PROJECT WOULD PAY.
WE ADDED A CONDITION RELATED TO A REQUIREMENT FOR ADDING A CENTERLINE STRIPE TO ANY ROADS THAT WOULD FEED INTO EXISTING ROADS.
AND THEN WE ADDED A CONDITION THAT OUTLINED A REQUIREMENT FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ABUTTING HALF OF AMERICAN AVENUE.
SO BASICALLY, WHERE THIS PROJECT WOULD FRONT ALONG AMERICAN AVENUE, THE DEVELOPERS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT HALF OF AMERICAN AVENUE.
BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY REVISED CONDITIONS, AND SO IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION SEES FIT TO APPROVE THE PROJECT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO MAKE REFERENCE TO THESE REVISED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL IN THAT MOTION.
FROM A SEQUENCE STANDPOINT, WE ANALYZED THE PROJECT AND DETERMINE THAT THE MAJOR SUBDIVISION WOULD NOT REQUIRE FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER SECTION 15183 OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES.
THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE HILMAR COMMUNITY PLAN AND THE MERCED COUNTY GENERAL PLAN. NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED ON THE PROJECT SITE OF THE SURROUNDING AREA SINCE THE HILMAR COMMUNITY PLAN AND ITS EIR WERE ADOPTED.
NO PROJECT SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS SEEM TO BE EXISTING ON SITE, AND THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIAL NEW INFORMATION THAT HAS-- WHICH IS NOT KNOWN [INAUDIBLE] TIME, AND I'M SORRY THAT SHOULD SAY IT WAS NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE HILMAR COMMUNITY PLAN FINAL EIR HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO LIGHT.
NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE MERCED SUN-STAR AND WAS MAILED TO ALL OWNERS OF PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THREE HUNDRED FEET OF THE PROJECT SITE ON FEBRUARY 24TH OF THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN OR VERBAL COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THIS PROJECT WAS ALSO HEARD BY THE HILMAR MAC AT A MEETING IN JANUARY AND ITS REGULAR MEETING IN JANUARY.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE MAC VOTED TO RECOMMEND THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF--.
RECOMMEND FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT, STAFF HAS TWO RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY, ONE TO FIND THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM CEQA, OR THAT IT REQUIRES NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION 15183 AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE PROJECT BASED ON THE FINDINGS INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AND SUBJECT TO THE REVISED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AS I PRESENTED THEM TODAY.
AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
QUICK QUESTION, I KNOW WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT THAT CAME BEFORE US A WHILE BACK FOR HILMAR, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE WATER DISTRICT AND THE IMPACT ON A NEW PROJECT.
HAVE THOSE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THIS? THIS SITE, THE AVAILABLE WATER UNITS FOR THE DISTRICT HAVE ALREADY FACTORED IN THIS SITE AND THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY ALREADY PAID ALL OF ITS FEES AND HAS BEEN JUST KIND OF WAITING TO BUILD, BUT IT'S ALREADY FACTORED INTO THE USE.
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL BURDEN THAT'S BEING ADDED TO THIS PROJECT.
EXCELLENT-- ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT MAY DO SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SEEING NONE, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BY THE PC? [INAUDIBLE]. THEN WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE? I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIND MAJOR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION NUMBER [INAUDIBLE].
I'M SORRY. MAS20-002 REQUIRES NO FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION 15183,
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PROJECTS CONSISTENT WITH COMMUNITY PLAN OR ZONING BASED ON THE FINDINGS IN THE STAFF REPORT. AND I'LL SECOND IT WITH THE PROVISO I THINK YOU MEANT FURTHER INSTEAD OF FUTURE WHEN YOU--.OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? IT'S UNANIMOUS. MOVING ON.
I WILL MAKE THE MOTION, AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME.
WHAT'S THAT? GO AHEAD. WE WANTED TO PUT IN THERE THE REVISED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED MAJOR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION NUMBER MAS20-220 BASED ON THE FINDINGS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE REVISED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE PROPOSED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
IF I CAN MAYBE HELP JUST A LITTLE, IT'S, I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY CLOSE.
SO [INAUDIBLE], I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE MOTION BE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED MAJOR SUBDIVISION MAS20-002 BASED ON THE FINDINGS, INCLUDING THE STAFF REPORT AND SUBJECT TO THE REVISED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, AS PRESENTED DURING THE STAFF PRESENTATION AND AGAIN ALSO AS INCLUDED WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT.
[LAUGHTER]. [INAUDIBLE] HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
OK. ANY COMMISSION ACTION ITEMS?
[7. COMMISSION ACTION ITEM(S)]
NOTHING ADDITIONAL, SIR.[8. DIRECTOR'S REPORT]
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION, THE WORK YOU DO, AND WE'LL SAY THANK YOU TO THE VILLA CORDOBA TEAM FOR ITS INVESTMENT AND CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN MERCED COUNTY.AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND OTHER THAN THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.
[9. COMMISSIONER'S COMMENT]
ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.