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Meeting date/time:
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10/4/2023
6:00 PM
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Minutes status:
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Final
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Meeting location:
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City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Merced Civic Center, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340
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23-866
| 1 | D.1 | | Consent Item | SUBJECT: Planning Commission Minutes of September 6, 2023
ACTION:
Approving and filing the Planning Commission Minutes of September 6, 2023 | approved | Pass |
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23-837
| 1 | E.1 | | Consent Item | SUBJECT: Vacation #23-03 - initiated by the Richman Group on behalf of Devonwood 64, LP, property owner, to abandon a 64-foot-wide Public Utilities Easement (PUE) on the south side of Devonwood Drive, west of Bannon Lane.
ACTION FINDING:
1) The proposed Vacation is consistent with the General Plan.
SUMMARY
This request is to vacate a 64-foot-wide Public Utilities Easement (PUE) on the south side of Devonwood Drive, west of Bannon Lane. The applicant would grant a new 40-foot-wide PUE to accommodate the existing utilities in the area.
RECOMMENDATION
Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt a Finding that the proposed Vacation is consistent with the General Plan. | approved | Pass |
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23-839
| 1 | E.2 | | Public Hearing Item | SUBJECT: Vacation #23-04 - initiated by the Merced City School District, property owner, to abandon a 15-foot-wide Public Utilities Easement (PUE) on their property located at 2111 Wardrobe Avenue.
ACTION FINDING:
1) The proposed Vacation is consistent with the General Plan.
SUMMARY
This request is to vacate a 15-foot-wide Public Utilities Easement (PUE) that generally runs north and south through the property at 2111 Wardrobe Avenue. The applicant would grant a new 15-foot-wide PUE to accommodate the existing utilities in the area.
RECOMMENDATION
Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt a Finding that the proposed Vacation is consistent with the General Plan. | approved | Pass |
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23-824
| 1 | E.3 | | Public Hearing Item | SUBJECT: Density Bonus #23-02, initiated by the Richman Group, on behalf of Devonwood 64, LP, property owner. This application involves a request to reduce the minimum parking requirements and concessions for relief from certain Design Standards for Multi-family Dwellings. The reduction in parking requirements and granting of concessions would allow the construction of a 156-unit affordable apartment complex on approximately 5.9 acres of land, generally located on the south side of Devonwood Drive between Loughborough Drive and Austin Avenue.
ACTION: PLANNING COMMISSION:
Recommendation to City Council
1) Environmental Review #23-30 (Categorical Exemption)
2) Density Bonus Application #23-02
CITY COUNCIL:
Approve/Disapprove/Modify
1) Environmental Review #23-30 (Categorical Exemption)
2) Density Bonus Application #23-02
SUMMARY
This is a request to consider Density Bonus #23-02 which would allow a reduction to the minimum parking requirements and concessions for relief from certain Design Standards for Multi-family Dwellings. Approval of the Density Bonus would | recommended for approval | Pass |
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23-102
| 1 | E.4 | | Public Hearing Item | SUBJECT: Annexation and Prezoning Application #22-01, initiated by the City of Merced, on behalf of the Regents of the University of California, property owners. The application would involve the annexation of the University of California, Merced Main Campus as described in the University of California, Merced 2020 Long-Range Development Plan (dated March 2020) consisting of approximately 1,125 acres to the City of Merced and prezoning of the property to “Public Facility” (P-F) as well as the annexation of the 2-mile long section of Bellevue Road right-of-way from the current Merced City Limits at G Street to Lake Road (approximately 14 acres) for a total of 1,139 acres, as allowed by Assembly Bill 3312 (enacted in 2020) for a total annexation area of 1,139 acres. The UC Campus is generally located at the northeast and southeast corners of Bellevue and Lake Roads with a General Plan designation of “School.”**PUBLIC HEARING**
ACTION PLANNING COMMISSION:
Recommendation to City Council
1) Environmental Review #22-15 (Addendum to Merced Vision 2030 General Plan EIR)
2) Annexation # | recommended for approval | Pass |
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23-823
| 1 | E.5 | | Public Hearing Item | SUBJECT: Continued Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson
ACTION
Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson | approved | Pass |
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23-867
| 1 | F.1 | | Business Item | SUBJECT: Report by Director of Development Services of Upcoming Agenda Items
ACTION
Information only. | | |
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23-868
| 1 | F.2 | | Business Item | SUBJECT: Calendar of Meetings/Events
Oct|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.
24 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, 4:00 p.m.
Nov|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. | | |
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