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Meeting Name: Planning Commission Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/4/2026 6:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Merced Civic Center, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340
Published agenda: Agenda Packet Agenda Packet Published minutes: Not available  
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26-190 1D.1. Consent ItemSUBJECT: Planning Commission Minutes of January 21, 2026 ACTION: Approving and filing the Planning Commission Minutes of January 21, 2026   Not available Video Video
26-188 1E.1. Public Hearing ItemSUBJECT: 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 Findings 15162 Subsequent EIR) 2) Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map #25-0011 RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #25-0036 (CEQA Findings 15162 Subsequent EIR) 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 o   Not available Video Video
26-191 1F.1. Business ItemSUBJECT: Report by Planning Manager of Upcoming Agenda Items ACTION Information only.   Not available Not available
26-192 1F.2. Business ItemSUBJECT: Calendar of Meetings/Events Mar.|99|City Council, 6:00 p.m. |99|Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 16 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 18 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. Apr.|99|City Council, 6:00 p.m. |99|Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 20 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 22 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m.   Not available Not available
26-193 1F.3. Business ItemSUBJECT: Planning Commission Comments REPORT IN BRIEF Provides an opportunity for Commissioners to make a brief announcement on any activity(ies) she/he has attended on behalf of the City and to make a brief announcement on future community events and/or activities. The Brown Act does not allow discussion or action by the legislative body under this section.   Not available Not available