The Merced Planning Commission held its regular meeting on April 8, 2026, at 6:00 PM in the City Council Chamber. The meeting included approval of consent calendar items, a separate discussion on an easement vacation, and informational reports on upcoming agendas and events. The meeting adjourned at 6:13 PM.
Get started. I call to order the meeting of the Planning Commission for April 8th, 2026. I now ask for a moment of silence. Commissioner Greggans, will you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God. Liberty and Justice for All. Commissioner Smith. Absent excused. Present. Present. Ochoa. Present. Gregens? Present. And Chairperson Gonzalez. Present. Thank you, Kayla. We have a quorum. Caleb will now read information about how the public may participate in the meeting. Members of the audience who wish to address the planning commission are requested to complete a speaker card available at the podium at the back of the council chamber. Please submit the completed card to the clerk before the item is called, preferably before the meeting begins. I would like to briefly go over the process of submitting comments to the planning commission. Please submit your public comment to the planning commission electronically, no later than 1 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Comments received before the deadline will be sent to the planning commission and will be part of the record and mentioned as part of the public comment portion of the agenda. Material may be emailed to planning web at city of Merced.gov and should be limited to 300 words or less. Please specify which portion of the agenda you are commenting on. For example, oral communications or item number. Your comments will be presented to the planning commission at the appropriate time. Any correspondence received after 1 p.m. will be distributed to the planning commission and retained for the official record. TV video or listen to the planning commission meeting live. Go to those cities website, www.city of Merced.gov, Facebook Live or Comcast Public Access Channel 96. Thank you, Kayla. We move we now move on to item C, public comment. Members of the public who wish to speak on any matter not listed on the agenda may speak during this portion of the meeting and will be allotted three minutes. State law prohibits the planning commission from acting at this meeting on any matter raised during the public comment period. Members of the public who wish to speak on a matter that is listed on the agenda will be called upon to speak during the discussion of that item. Kayla, do we have any requests to speak? No, we do not. Does anybody in the public wish to speak on this comment or during this public comment section? No. We now move on to item D, which is consent calendar, including minutes. Would the commission like to remove any items for separate consideration? Hearing and seeing none. We'll be able to approve all the items with one vote. No discussion. I do want to say that there is a request to speak form for item D one, the abandonment.