Each lattices allocation support

to work outside of based available

ICU,

I will call to order the

2025 at exactly 6 p.m.

I will begin with our land acknowledgement.

We honor, respect, and acknowledge Elk Grove's first

inhabitants, the plains of Meawak, who

lived as sovereign caretakers of this land,

and these waterways since time immemorial.

We commemorate and advocate for their descendants,

the Wilton Rancheria tribe, the only federally recognized

tribe in Sacramento County, who endure because of the bravery,

resiliency, and determination of their ancestors, tribal

members, and leaders.

Please take this moment to sign into your electronic devices,

and cell phones, and make note I have a personal laptop

here that I may reference during the course of the meeting.

The clerk will read the customary greeting.

The Elk Grove Planning Commission welcomes, appreciates,

and encourages participation in the meetings.

The commissioners serve as the right to reasonably limit

the total time for public comment on any particular notice

agenda item, as it may be necessary.

If you wish to address the commission during the meeting,

please complete a speaker card and give it to the clerk

prior to consideration of the agenda item.

Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Commissioner, just summing up.

President.

Sandra Poul.

President.

We're in dressing.

President.

Vice chair, Oscar O'Conn.

President.

And chair one, Fernandez.

President.

I will now ask my vice chair, Oscar O'Conn,

to please lead us in the pledge of allegiance.

The art, like the existence to the flag of the United States

of America, and to the Republic for the logistics,

for my nation under God, in the middle of the war,

in liberty and justice for all.

Would you please join us in a moment of silence.

Thank you.

Do I have a motion to approve the agenda?

Mr. Chair, I move to approve the agenda as presented.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Thank you.

Motion has been moved and seconded.

Do it all in favor?

All right.

Any opposed?

Approval of the agenda passes.

I will now open the public comments.

Members of the audience may comment on any item not

on the agenda that is of interest to the public

and within the jurisdiction of the Planning Commission.

The Planning Commission cannot take action

on non-agentized items raised under public comment

until the matter has been specifically included

on an agenda as an action item.

Sandy, do we have any speakers?

I will open the general public opportunity.

Jorge Pula Tomas, please come forward.

Good afternoon, Chair, Vice Chair, and Planning Commission.

My name is Jorge Pula Tomas.

Here's to have you a little bit about personal story.

It's an overview about preparing wage.

So without preparing wage, for me personally,

my wife wouldn't be able to get all the health

that care that she needs.

She was born without a heart valve,

and she has been getting treatment since she was born.

She's had a poor open heart surgeries,

and the last one she had was an 18-year-old.

Right now, she's currently 26,

but still currently in treatment.

Every year, she has to go through a specialized specialist

and get the treatment that she still needs.

This coming up here, she might have to get surgery once again

in order to replace that heart valve that she's still leaking.

But without preparing wage jobs, I don't think,

and all those contractors that provide the health care,

I don't think they'll be able to afford it.

It's just a personal part that I don't want to tell.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Tomas.

I want to close the public comment

and move to our consent calendar items.

Do I have a motion to approve the consent calendar items?

Chair, I move to approve the minutes of February 20, 2025,

as prepared or as amended.

I have a motion. Do I have a second?

Second?

Oscar O'Conn.

Moved and seconded.

All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Harry Nunn.

We will move on with the consent calendar items for tonight.

The first item, the click will call 5.1.

The Waterman Breakman Logistics Center Amendment,

PLNG24-021.

Do you still want me to call it?

I did it for you.

Very good.

Good evening, Planning Commissioners.

Sarah Kirchgaestner, Planning.

The Rose Project consists of a major design review amendment

and a 36-month time extension

to the previously approved Waterman Breakman Logistics Center Project,

which was originally approved as PLNG20-016.

The project site is located on the west side

of Waterman Road near Brinkman Court.

The project consists of two separate lots,

Lot A and Lot B.

Currently, the project site is vacant and undeveloped.

Surrounding land uses include commercial development

to the north, self storage,

and the East Outgrow of Water Treatment Plant to the east,

and industrial development to the south and southwest.

The approved grant line road construction,

aggregate production and recycling facility

was approved to the west of Lot B,

and to the east of the project site

across Waterman Road lies vacant land,

single-family residences,

and the Hudson detention basin.

Elk Grove Creek is located to the north of Lot A.

The Planning Commission approved a major design review

and tree removal permit for the project site in July of 2022,

which consisted of a major design review

for two industrial flex buildings

and a tree permit for the removal

of 23 trees of local importance.

The current project would modify their previous approvals.

The General Plan Lanyl's designation

and zoning district for the site is heavy industrial,

and the use of the sites is intended to be

as identified by the applicant,

industrial flex buildings, which are speculative,

but are intended to be standard warehousing storage buildings

that could be divisible for future tenants,

and the proposed use is permitted by right.

According to the applicant,

the original approved layout would not be feasible

or leasable due to the poor,

unusable truck maneuverability,

in order to address these maneuverability concerns,

building B has been rotated so that the truck loading docks

would face Waterman Road.

The revised building B will be in approximately 180 square foot,

180,000 square foot, one story warehouse building on Mont-Bee.

The building would include 82 standard parking stalls,

26 truck trailer parking stalls,

and 30 truck dock positions.

Here are the renderings for the site.

In order to address staff's initial concerns,

regarding aesthetics for the truck docks

along Waterman Road,

the applicant proposed to incorporate a landscape burn

with an enhanced landscape design

along the project's frontage along Waterman Road,

and the proposed landscaping along Waterman Road

includes evergreen trees and shrubs

to provide screening of the buildings

and truck parking and loading docks.

Here are some additional renderings from Waterman Road.

The applicant requests as well a extension

to extend the expiration of the previous approvals

by 36 months from July 21st, 2025 to July 21st, 2028.

And the requested extension of time

is consistent with the outgrowth municipal code.

An addendum was prepared to the Waterman

Brinkman Logistics Center project,

and the addendum determined that the proposed project

would not result in any of the conditions described

in secret guidelines calling for the preparation

of a subsequent document.

The project will not result in new significant impacts

that have not already been considered and mitigated

in the previous initial study,

mitigated negative declaration.

A green sheet was provided recommending

that the proposed condition 14 be deleted on the project

as the parcels have already been annexed

into the Consumnus Community Services District CFD.

So staff recommends the Planning Commission adopt

the addendum prepared for the project

and approve the project based on the findings

and subject to the conditions of approval

with the deletion of condition 14 as noted

in the green sheet prepared for the project.

This concludes my presentation.

I'm available to answer any questions.

Do my colleagues have any questions of staff?

Nope.

Thank you, Sarah.

I will now declare the public comment

to the public hearing open

and invite the applicant to speak if he so chooses.

Good evening.

Good evening commissioners.

Good to see you all again tonight.

My name is Logan James

and I am a development project manager

with Buzz Oates Construction,

representing the applicant here tonight.

First, I wanted to thank all of you

for your time and consideration.

Next, I wanted to thank staff,

particularly to give a shout out to Sarah Kirch's guest

and our planner.

It's taken a lot of hard work and time

to get back here tonight.

So thank you.

We're really excited about this project.

We like the outgrowth market vacancies low,

so we think the project will do really well.

And with that, we are ready to kick off design

of our construction documents immediately

and intend to begin construction this summer if so happens.

So again, thank you for your time tonight

and we are open for any questions.

Thank you.

Any questions?

That's exciting.

Breaking ground this summer.

Ideally.

All right.

Thank you.

Okay.

Sandy, do we have anyone from the public sign up to speak?

No.

I will open and close the opportunity for anyone else to speak

and declare now the public hearing closed

and we will move to commission, deliberation and action.

Do I have any questions, comments?

Mr. Chet's relatively straight, straightforward project

rotating the building and asking for an extension in time.

So I think it doesn't require a lot of further deliberation.

I concur.

Just when I appreciate the time that I dig this bit

with the applicant that kind of answered some questions

that I had, so I don't have anything further either.

So I'll thank staff as well for the time and the briefing

earlier and the opportunity to speak with the applicant.

I had my questions answered about vehicle idling time

and electric service for trailers that are stationed there

in the waterman facing loading docks.

I have no other questions, so I will ask for a motion.

Or actually, you know what?

I move to adopt a resolution, adopting the addendum

to the Waterman Brinkman Logistics Center project,

PLNG20-016, initial study mitigated negative declaration

and approving the major design review amendment

and extension for the Waterman Brinkman Logistics Center

project PLNG24-021 based on the findings

and subject to the conditions of approval included

in the draft resolution and amended by the green sheets.

Second.

I have a motion and a second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Thank you.

All right.

We'll move on to the next item.

Sandy, do you want to call item 6.1?

Item by, I'm sorry, 6.1 is the CEPA amendment study session.

Okay.

Good evening, commissioners.

Kira, Kilinsworth, and I'm with the Planning Division

with the Community Development Department.

And I'm here to present the Southeast Policy areas,

special planning areas, study session.

So staff is recommending a text map amendments

to the Southeast Policy area.

We're proposing to modify the SPA boundaries on the map

as well as update development standards

and allow the use table as well as typographical errors

and updated update information.

So give you a little background.

CEPA was originally adopted in 2014 by the City Council

and it roughly had about 1200 acres.

It was amended in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

And those amendments were part of development projects

that were approved.

In 2021, there was another development project,

Susadarian Espanon, West.

And the map was shown to comply

with those 10 of subdivision maps.

The most recent amendment was made in 2023.

The gender plan was amended to create

a livable employment area community plan.

So this reduced the CEPA community plan

from 1200 acres to 840 acres.

So currently there is an overlap between CEPA and LEA.

Sorry.

The, with the amendment, the guidelines do not change.

There is a new vision.

So originally there was a community character

transact within the plan.

And so the, the CEPA plan is to provide a transition

and density and intensity of development

from the traditional suburban residential neighborhood

to the north, to the livable employment area to the southeast.

There are currently six chapters

within the southeast policy area.

There are two supplement design documents

and those documents will not be changed

as part of this amendment request.

Just when, before we go into each chapter

of the amendment requests that we're asking,

there are universal changes throughout the document

and those changes are just terminology

such as single family residential

were being replaced to single residential unit,

multiple residential unit.

The planning director is now the community development director

and second dwelling units will be replaced

with accessory dwelling units for state requirements.

And then the Sacramento area sewer district

is now known as SAC sewer.

Most of the changes within the SPA are within chapter three

and four, but I will be going through each chapter.

And if you guys have any questions,

we can discuss those later on.

So chapter one is outlines the structure of the guide

and provides the introduction.

The changes that staff was recommending

in this chapter is the welcoming statement

and it is consistent with the general plan,

community plan is what is stated

in which is state in chapter nine of the community plan.

So it's just following what the new vision is for SEPA.

Chapter two is the land plan.

And again, that was modified for the overlap

between the LEA and the SEPA.

So again, it's 840 acres.

And you can see on the slide that the difference

between the new and the proposed or the proposed

in the original, the other changes is to again comply

with already approved ten of sub-vision maps

for Susaderry and Esponade West.

And those were boundary changes relocated acreage

in park sites.

The residential densities were not changed.

They remain the same.

They were reviewed during those subdivision maps.

And even with the overlap and the changed to the LEA,

those areas were not designated residential

but will be designated residential

in the LEA community plan.

So most of the changes are in chapter three.

So there are five land use classes

and 14 land use designations,

which will all remain the same.

So the allowed use table in the chapter three,

there are staff recommended new uses.

And these are the list on this slide

is a long-term rentals, navigation housing,

short-term rentals, indoor marijuana cultivation,

commercial marijuana activity,

animal shelter, beekeeping, outdoor event centers,

wireless community facilities, small cell,

micro-bury and distribution logistics

and delivery center.

And staff felt that these are already established

and also exist within the zoning code.

And they do still follow the SPA's existing land use

and felt that these are already establishments

that work already in the SPA community plan.

There are modification to some of the existing uses

that staff is recommending

and some of those, instead of going from permitted,

the staff recommends going to conditionally use permit.

And those are drive-throughs, assemble uses,

emergency shelters, hospitals, livestock

and fueling stations to name a few

that again were permitted and staff recommend

that they be condition use permits

to again follow what is shown in the zoning code.

There are revisions to the footnotes in the SPA

within this chapter.

And again, it just goes along with what those new uses are

with small wireless facilities

that their minor use permit

or drive-throughs if they're less than 300 feet to a resident.

It's not a CUP, they're OBSCUP and not permitted.

Mostly with chapter four, it's physical form

and this provides streets, buildings, frontages

and community facilities, common development standards

and most of these items were not changed.

The biggest change was under the building form.

And what staff is recommending those changes to be

is to update the parking standards.

So like office space was 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet.

The zoning code shows that they're four,

so it just went from 3.5 to four.

We also included language regarding

the bicycle parking requirements and eB charging

that they provide that information.

And again, in the notes that says,

please refer to the zoning code.

The other note was the plan shows second dwelling unit.

Well, state laws, they're called accessory dwelling units.

And so, and they're also permitted in all residential zones.

So we recommend that be updated.

The other information is spent set back for alley loads

and update the language for condominions.

It's the same information just updated.

Some of the information is outdated.

And then a fueling station just added a little more

information to make it clear.

And the information that was added

follows the same as was in the zoning code.

Chapter five was the design protocol and protocols.

And there was no recommended changes.

Overall, most of it was more outdated information

or typical African errors or just again,

the universal change of single family

to a single residential unit.

So throughout that, it might look like a lot of changes,

but it's really just updating the types.

And then the glossary, same thing

with going from single family residential

to single residential unit and adding the definition

of accessory dwelling unit.

And it's the same definition that we have

in our citywide zoning code.

And that concludes my presentation.

And this is a study session.

So there's no action to be taken tonight.

Staff is bringing this back to at the next meeting

for action.

And if you have any questions, staff is available.

Thank you, Cara.

Does anyone have any questions?

I did have one question.

You mentioned drive-throughs would be a permitted use.

They would need a use permit in order to operate

in the newly defined area, is that correct?

So it's a conditional use permit,

but if they're less than 300 feet,

the reader board is less than 300 feet

from a residential zone, it's a conditional use permit.

And if it's more than 300 feet permitted,

only in commercial zone and office zone.

So it's not in a residential zone.

This is only in the commercial and the industrial zone.

Right, right, right.

Yeah, we wouldn't have a drive-through

in a residential area.

But the idea is to discourage drive-throughs

in the livable employment area

and encourage more foot traffic, is that right?

Is that in my understanding the gist of that provision in particular?

I'm not sure about the livable employment area.

Like I jumped in.

So I think the confusion is,

so Cara explained to being in the presentation,

what we're doing is we're pulling geographically.

We're going to pull those properties out

of the Southeast Policy Area document

that are going into the LEA.

So when you look at,

I wouldn't get hung up on what are those,

the allowed use restrictions that will be in the LEA.

You're going to see that in a second document in a couple of weeks.

So don't think about, okay, these are going to be in the LEA,

or these are implementing the LEA,

because that's not what it is.

Well, we've got here, there are still properties

that are in or after this change and continue today

to be in the village center mixed use

and the standard commercial district, the C district.

And so looking at the allowed use table,

what's the appropriate mix of those things there?

In the village center,

that is meant where it's locationally on the map

is a future transit station.

So from a land use perspective,

we would want to be discouraging more fast food drive

through some service drive,

through I think is what the table's listed as.

It's allowed under certain conditions.

Versus the traditional commercial district,

which is going to function more like a power center retail,

where you'd like say the ridge as an example,

in that case, a level of drive through makes sense.

That site is down off a camera.

So the context of those locations is different between them,

and so we have different allowed uses for that.

This is ultimately geographically,

the LEA will replace it for that area that's between

big horn and the zoo south of the channel north of camera.

And you're going to see that document in a few weeks.

Okay, very good.

I was more asking about the spirit of the drive through provision

in particular.

It's other neighboring cities, Davis, for example.

Don't think they allow drive-throughs at all,

to encourage foot traffic in those areas

that are mixed use residential employment.

Yeah, Kierke, you can crack me if I'm wrong,

but my recollection is in the village center mixed use,

which would be the most equivalent

to like a downtown Davis sort of circumstance.

There we historically as of 2014 did not allow

to drive through for restaurant uses,

but did allow it for banks and other sort of service uses.

And so that being, yeah, I got it right.

So that's the differentiation.

There are certainly cases I don't know about Davis,

but I'll use Tempe, Arizona as a good example.

They're a little downtown that's next door to the university.

There are at least one, maybe two banks with drive-throughs.

The level of volume you're dealing with

is drastically different,

and so it's easier to accommodate that in some of those areas.

That was something we worked out with the landowners

at the time when the plan was being put together in 2014.

Philosophically, if we want to pull that out,

that certainly is an option.

It won't apply in the immediate sense,

because there's a development agreement

that still provides some level of vested rights for a time.

So we're trying that to deviate too much

on the allowed uses right now.

Got it. Thank you.

Not to double-click too much on that specific item,

but I want to encourage people to get out of their cars.

Just to...

So on page three-eight of the SPA document,

so originally drive-throughs were a minor use permit...

My name is permit office permitted in commercial,

and a minor use permit in the village commercial.

And staff is recommending, again,

conditionally used permit in office commercial and industrial,

but in commercial and office with a footnote,

if they are closer than 300 feet,

they can be permitted to residential.

But they actually, we have it not allowed in village commercial.

As a recommendation.

Any other questions?

I hear none.

I have the opportunity to open the public comment,

but is anyone signed up to comment on this item, Sandy?

No one?

I will close the public comment.

And if there's no other feedback to staff,

well, thank you for the report.

And we can move on to the director's report.

I have no immediate items at this time.

I'm good evening in my apologies for the target.

I got stuck on the phone.

Looking ahead at future items for you.

Confirm for the 20th.

We will have the study session similar to this

for the liable employment area plan.

Sarah's work on a wrap in that one up for you.

We'll bring it at that meeting.

And then hopefully you'll be able to take action

on the seat of amendments that you saw this evening.

We'll have that as the scheduled public or notice,

fully noticed public hearing item at that point.

And then we are working diligently

on getting then ultimately the LEA amendments

as a scheduled hearing.

That'll ultimately be in April.

And then Sarah's also working double over time,

working on a whole package of zoning

and other municipal code amendments.

So please look forward for that in April as well.

A couple of Z items that are tacking up there

for April 7th.

And nothing major coming up on the council agenda.

Just a couple of second readings for items you previously saw.

Available for questions if you have them.

Any questions for CJ?

No.

No.

All right.

Now move to planning commission matters.

Anything to address amongst my colleagues?

All right.

And with that at 630 exactly,

I will adjourn the March 6th planning commission meeting for 2025.

Just can you remember?

Do not cross to the sun.

How many years will you in the rain call?

Eight and then the government counted for the rest.

So I was sorry.

I was army four years.

And then we were in the rain.

Then you and I switched from all of us in the embassy in El Salvador.

Some of us in the rain and they switched.

And we were in the government.

Yeah.

Yeah.

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I had eight months to go.

Maybe around come try to have.

I have to leave.

I'm kind of heavy.

My house.

You live my retirement.

You didn't get to?

No.

No.

My old boss.

The guy who kept your ticket by that.

Okay.

Leave you.

He was my boss in El Salvador.

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that you're going to have with the Marshalls in that county.

That everything.

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I almost didn't retire by eight months.

That doesn't make sense.

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You don't get any pension?

No, no.

They keep this up.

So we were on top.

I know.

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They want it to.

You were mucking around, man.

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What Mr. North, you and me are chasing me around for me.

Me too.

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All of you and your friends?

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No.

I never had I saw him.

But I never had any contact.

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In the end, the end of 10, I said through this.

I'm not doing this anymore.

Not for.

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They didn't like.

Anyway.