Good evening everyone we will call to order the Sacramento County Planning Commission for Monday December 16th

2024 would you please call the roll?

Commissioner Sport ha

Conklin here

Corona Salvagnano here Devlin and Raithel

We do have our quorum. Thank you, and will you please make the announcements or I'm sorry. We please stand and lead us

Commissioner Devlin in the Pledge of Allegiance, please

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and to the Republic for which it stands

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Thank you very much and that brings us to our contested and one and only item on the agenda this evening

We please call item number one. Yes, so your item number one this evening commissioners is PLMP

2020-2024 dash 0 0 0 6 5 it's for vesting tentative subdivision map and design review

It is located approximately one half mile from the intersection of Bradshaw Road and Bollinger Drive in the vineyard community

And the environmental document is an addendum

Does perfect. Thank you, Lydia. All right. Good evening commissioners. I'm Emma Carrico associate planner and project manager for the Morbis Southeast

subdivision project

Project site is located approximately one half mile west of the intersection of Bradshaw Road and Bollinger Drive in the North Vineyard Station specific plan area

The site is currently undeveloped. The topography is generally flat and predominantly characterized by annual grasslands

There are also six seasonal vernal poles on the site totaling approximately point four nine acres

The project site is zoned residential five and recreation

Surrounding parcels are generally undeveloped or rural residential large lots

However, the developed vineyard point subdivision is to the south and there are several other subdivision projects that are pending or approved for other surrounding parcels

The project site is number six in green on your map here

To the immediate east number 17 in blue is the recently approved spring garden subdivision

To the west number eight in blue is the Morbis Southwest subdivision, which is currently in the process of recording their final map

I'll provide some more details on how the project is designed to connect with surrounding development in later slides

The proposed project is actually a resubmittal of a previous expired map

The board approved the original entitlement package for the Morbis Southeast project on June 25th

2007 the original project included an amendment to the north vineyard station specific plan a

Rezone a vesting tentative subdivision map and an affordable housing plan

The specific plan amendment and reason were

Affectuated however the map was approved for a three-year period and despite receiving several statutory time extensions and a five-year

discretionary time extension the map expired on March 6th, 2023

Although the current proposal is referred to as a resubmittal

It is considered a new map that is subject to current ordinances policies and standards

With the new submittal the applicant is requesting a vesting tentative subdivision map to create

102 single-family residential parcels two landscape lots and one park parcel as well as a design review to determine

Substantial compliance with the Sacramento County Countywide design guidelines a

Quick note on the nature of vesting tentative maps a vesting map is a form of tentative subdivision map

Which confers a vested right to proceed with development consistent with the ordinances policies and standards in effect at the time the map application is approved

Whereas a non-vesting or just standard tentative subdivision map

May be subject to new requirements if an ordinance policy or standard is changed after approval of the map and before the issuance of a building permit

Typically the planning commission is the final hearing authority for tentative subdivision maps

However for vesting maps the board is the final hearing authority, so the board will be the final hearing authority for this project

Here is the proposed map the residential parcels range in size from

5,502 square feet to

9395 square feet the park parcel is situated at the northeast corner

It is 1.71 acres

However, it is designed to connect to a 3.4 acre park site

1.5 acre drainage basin and 2 acre open space to the east in the spring garden subdivision

To create a total 8.61 acres of park and open space

So you can just kind of see there faintly to the west

There's a the drainage basin and then some park and open space and all of that will be connecting even though you see the property line there

To create one large open space drainage park parcel

To the east excuse me, thank you

There are also two 25 foot landscape and pedestrian corridors lots a and b along the frontage of 4th Street

Which will be constructed out from Waterman Road to the west as

The subdivision projects each develop

The park site and the landscape corridors will be dedicated to

To Southgate recreation and park district who worked with the applicant and County to ensure they are appropriately located in size

Primary access to the subdivision is provided via 4th Street, which will be constructed out from Waterman Road in the west as each subdivision project is developed

Circulation within the project is provided by minor residential streets

Generally laid out in a modified grid pattern to reduce through traffic while minimizing circuitous travel routes for pedestrians and bicyclists

One dead-end court would provide access to eight parcels in the central block of the southern half of the project

Stubroids are provided for connections to adjacent development

Some changes were made from the original map Street D was extended further north to increase public access to the park site and decrease the number of

backup and side-on-lots to that park parcel

There are now two access roads from 4th Street C Street in the center of the subdivision and a street on the western border

And the number of dead-end courts was reduced from three to one

As you can see the lauding pattern is designed to align with that of the adjacent subdivisions

So here in the south lots lining up and then faintly here on the east lots lining up in that spring

Excuse me spring garden subdivision

There are a few documents relevant to the environmental review for this project

When the north veneered station specific plan was adopted in 1998 an environmental impact report was prepared that identified

significant cumulative impacts resulting from development of the plan area as a whole

subsequently a project specific initial study and mitigated negative declaration or MND were prepared for the original more by southeast project that

Determined the project would not have a significant impact on the environment with the implementation of mitigation measures

For the current proposal an addendum to the previous initial study in MND was prepared

The addendum concluded that no substantial changes are proposed in the project which would require major revisions of the previous MND

No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken

There is no new information of substantial importance

Which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of due diligence at the time the MND was adopted

And only minor technical changes or additions are necessary in order to deem the adopted environmental document adequate

The project was presented to the applicable advisory bodies

The design review advisory committee or drak met on april 25th 2024 to consider the project

drak members commented that they felt the changes to the circulation were improvements

And recommended that the board find the project in substantial compliance with the design guidelines

The vineyard community planning advisory council met on may 9th 2024 to consider the project

Council members primarily discussed circulation the construction of 4th street and the changes from the original map as I described previously

No public comments were received and the c-pack recommended that the board approve the requested entitlements

The proposed project is consistent with county ordinances and policies

Including all general plan policies such as land use element policy 5 which specifies minimum required densities

The project is also consistent with all policies development standards and design guidelines of the north vineyard station specific plan

Is consistent with the zoning code for which all required findings can be made

And is consistent and as conditioned and with implementation of the required mitigation measures. There are no significant environmental concerns

At this time staff recommends that the planning commission make the following recommendations to the board

Determined that the previously adopted mitigated negative declaration together with the sequa addendum is adequate and complete

adopt the mitigation monitoring and reporting program

approve the vesting tentative subdivision map subject to findings and conditions

And find the project in substantial compliance with the design guidelines subject to findings and conditions

That concludes my presentation the applicant is here and happy to take any questions the council members may have

Thank you very much. Do we have any questions for staff?

No

we'll uh

like to provide the applicant an opportunity to

speak and testify on

the project

Like to get the applicant sworn in chair

So sir, if you'd please raise your right hand in the appropriate responses. I do

Do you swear that it has to money you're about to give the commission?

It's a true so have you gotten if you do not swear do you so affirm?

I do okay if you'd state your name for the record and then make this statement. I have been sworn

My name is jerry aplis with borrell consulting group and I have been sworn. Thank you. Okay

Thank you. Good evening

Members of the commission. I want first of all, thank you for coming this evening in such a horrible

Weather night. Appreciate that and staff as well. That's here today

Emma did a great presentation. It was very thorough and I think she covered everything

So I won't we go over that too much unless the commission wants to hear more information

but I would like to say that first of all, thank you for

Emma and Emma for working with this project and it was really great to

processes and work very

smoothly

And that I'd like to say that on behalf of my client that they agree to all the recommended conditions that are identified in the staff report

and we asked to approve the

The application as some as presented to you and I'm here to answer any questions

Thank you very much any

questions

No questions no questions. Thank you very much at first. Thank you

And chair conland for the record, there are no public comments. You you beat me. Okay

Well, are there any

questions or comments

by the commissioners

at the dinos

No, I um

Go ahead and move the staff recommendation

Yeah, I don't

So we have a motion. Is there a second?

Second

We have a motion. We have a second

Can you please call the roll? Certainly. Hey commissioners conklin. Hi corona sabaniano and devlin

And the motion carries with those members present

Thank you very much

I passed the baton off to the planning director

Thank you commissioner conklin. I'm just a brief couple of items for the planning director's report tonight

First I want to report back to

At least the three of you that the board of supervisors did approve the mission avenue apartments east and west items

As you recall those were

On appeal to the board of supervisors

Second the

I mentioned a few meetings ago. There's a whole host of new legislation coming out this year

We are feverishly working through that to update our zoning code and other processes

I will be having some discussions with probably bill

And others in our county council office to put on some sort of mini training

Just so everybody's on the same page with respect to what that new legislation entails

It relates to not just housing projects, but other things that might be of interest to the commission. So stay tuned for that

Third we have a new principal planner who is not here tonight, but you may remember jesca brant many many months ago

Went on to fulsome. Her replacement started last week

His name is matt Diaz. He comes to us from the city of stockton most recently, but previously in other jurisdictions in the second-matter region

So he'll be joining in the new year

These meetings. He's not here tonight. Obviously

Oh still not here

So more to come I'll formally introduce him when he actually arrives

And then last I wanted to make note that

I have put a bug in the ear of the

supervisor elect

Rodriguez chief of staff to get a new appointment for district 4 asap

Obviously, we have to wait for her to take office in january

But we do have four items on the agenda for the first meeting in january. So

Not just those items, but other projects that are pending and I know everybody's anxious to get five commissioners again. So outstanding

Thank you for that. Are there any miscellaneous?

scheduling items

For the record that was the planning

Director's report and there are no miscellaneous scheduling items nor

Public comments. No public comments. No public comments. Then

At 546 we will adjourn. Thank you