CITY OF MERCED - File #: 23-219

• File #: 23-219
• Version: 1
• Type: Public Hearing Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/24/2023
• In control: City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority
• On agenda: 5/1/2023
• Final action: 5/1/2023
• Title: SUBJECT: Public Hearing to Consider General Plan Amendment #22-03, Initiated by Eric Pluim on Behalf of Gateway Park Development Partners, LLC.; This Application Involves a Request to Change the General Plan Roadway Classification from Divided Arterial to Collector for a Portion of Mission Avenue from Coffee Street East to the End of the City Limits at Tower Road (Extended) REPORT IN BRIEF Request for City Council approval of a General Plan Amendment to amend the roadway classification from Divided Arterial to Collector in the General Plan Circulation Element for a portion of Mission Avenue. RECOMMENDATION City Council - Adopting Resolution 2023-31, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, approving an Addendum to the General Plan EIR (Environmental Review #22-25) and General Plan Amendment #22-03 Changing the Roadway Classification from Divided Arterial to Collector for a Portion of Mission Avenue from Coffee Street East to the End of the City Limits at...

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/1/2023	1	City Council/Public Finance and Economic Development Authority/Parking Authority	approved	Pass

Report Prepared by: Julie Nelson, Senior Planner, Development Services Department

Title
SUBJECT: Public Hearing to Consider General Plan Amendment #22-03, Initiated by Eric Pluim on Behalf of Gateway Park Development Partners, LLC.; This Application Involves a Request to Change the General Plan Roadway Classification from Divided Arterial to Collector for a Portion of Mission Avenue from Coffee Street East to the End of the City Limits at Tower Road (Extended)

REPORT IN BRIEF
Request for City Council approval of a General Plan Amendment to amend the roadway classification from Divided Arterial to Collector in the General Plan Circulation Element for a portion of Mission Avenue.

RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopting Resolution 2023-31, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, approving an Addendum to the General Plan EIR (Environmental Review #22-25) and General Plan Amendment #22-03 Changing the Roadway Classification from Divided Arterial to Collector for a Portion of Mission Avenue from Coffee Street East to the End of the City Limits at Tower Road (Extended).

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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve as recommended by the Planning Commission and staff; or,
2. Approve subject to modifications as conditions by City Council; or,
3. Deny; or,
4. Refer back to staff for reconsideration of specific items (to be addressed in the motion); or,
5. Continue to a future meeting (date and time to be specified in the motion).

AUTHORITY
Title 19 of the Merced Municipal Code outlines environmental review procedures and California Government Code Section 65358(a) grants authority to amend all or part of an adopted General Plan. Merced Municipal Code Section 20.80 and 20.82 outlines procedures for zone changes and General Plan Amendments.

DISCUSSION
Project Description

Gateway Park Development Partners is requesting the General Plan roadway classification for a portion of Mission Avenue be changed from Divided Arterial to Collector. The section...