Good evening and welcome to the Sacramento County Planning Commission's hearing for Monday, September 22nd.

We will convene at 5 30 p.m.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Absolutely.

Commissioner Conklin.

Here.

Corona Sabignano?

Here.

Devlin.

Present.

Verga.

Here.

And with those four members present, we do have a quorum.

Thank you very much.

And we'll stand now for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Commissioner Sabellano, maybe you can start for us.

Thank you.

Pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

And to the Republic for which you stand under the review.

All right.

And that brings us to the first item on our agenda.

I know we had uh in early.

I'll go ahead and do the announcement.

Okay, wonderful.

Thank you.

The county fosters public engagement during the meeting and encourages public participation, civility, and the use of courteous language.

The commission does not condone the use of profanity, vulgar language, gestures, or other inappropriate behavior, including personal attacks or threats directed toward any meeting participant.

Seating may be limited and available on a first come first served basis.

To make an in-person public comment, please complete and submit a speaker request form to the clerk.

Each individual will be invited to the podium to make a public comment.

Members of the public may send a written comment, which is distributed to the commission members and filed in the record.

Contact information is optional and should include the meeting date and agenda off agenda item number to be sent as follows.

Email a comment to board clerk at Zach County.gov.

Mail a comment to 700 H Street Suite 2450, Sacramento, California, 95814.

And that concludes the announcement.

Thank you for providing the announcements and correcting me for that oversight.

Now that leads us to agenda item number one.

Executive director, do you want to tee that off?

Uh item number one is the swearing in of commissioners.

I know a couple of folks have done that already, and I think we were just waiting for some of the others.

And is Nicole or there she is?

Clerk of the board staff, Nicole Lee, will do the honors.

My name is Nicole, I'm assistant clerk of the board of supervisors.

I will be swearing in tonight.

Representative from District 1, Commissioner Mariana Corona Sabignano, and also representative of District 2, Commissioner Joseph Devlin.

So I will do you separately, so we'll start in numerical order if that's okay with you this evening.

So if you could please stand and raise your right hand, Commissioner Mariana Corona Sabignano.

You are hereby being sworn in for the Sacramento County Planning Commissioner.

Please raise your right hand and repeat the following statement.

Hi Mariana Corona Sabagano.

And the Constitution of the State of California.

And the Constitution of the State of California.

Against all enemies foreign and domestic.

That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States.

That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States.

And the Constitution of the State of California.

Did I take this obligation freely?

Did I take this obligation freely?

Without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.

Without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.

That I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.

That I will well and faithfully discharge the duties that I am about to enter.

Thank you.

So Commissioner Devlin, this evening you are hereby being sworn in for the Sacramento County Planning Commission.

Please raise your right hand and repeat the following statement.

I, Joseph Devlin, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

I, Joseph Devlin, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

And the Constitution of the State of California?

And the Constitution of the State of California.

Against all enemies foreign and domestic.

Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States.

And I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States.

And the Constitution of the State of California.

The Constitution of the State of California.

That I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.

That I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.

That I well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I'm about to enter.

Thank you.

Congratulations to you both.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

And now we'll move to uh item number two under our non-contested portion of our agenda.

Is there a uh desire for staff to present?

And I will go ahead and read that into the record.

Sorry, thank you.

No worries.

PLMP 2024-00040 is development plan review.

It is located at 4265 Winding Woods Way, approximately 1,036 feet south of the intersection of Winding Way and Winding Woods Way in the Fair Oaks community.

And the environmental document is exempt.

Thank you again, Madam Clerk.

Is there a desire for staff to present from the diet?

No, no.

All right.

Is the applicant here?

Do they wish to present before the commission?

All right.

Any testimony from the members of the public?

Not seeing any clerk, don't see any on the and we have not received any public comments for this item.

Okay, any comments from the dais?

Is there a motion?

Move staff recommendation.

We have a motion.

I'll second it.

We have a second.

Clerk.

And that item passes with all members voting yes.

Thank you very much.

That moves us to number three on our agenda.

Clerk, will you please call?

Item number three is PLMP 2024-00163.

This is a tentative subdivision map, a special development permit, and a major design review.

The property is located at 965 Jonas Avenue, approximately 320 feet from the intersection of Jonas Avenue and Northrup Avenue in the Arden Arcade community, and the environmental document is a notice of exemption.

Okay.

Is there a desire for staff to present?

Not seeing any.

Is the applicant here that wishes to present?

No.

Okay.

Any member of the public that wish to comment?

Clerk.

Any.

And I have not received any public comments for this item.

Okay.

Was that a hand on the audience?

For comment?

Oh no.

Yes, no.

Okay.

That though too.

Then I'll make a motion we move the item as uh presented on the agenda.

All right.

We have a motion.

Second.

We have a second.

Clerk.

And that item does pass with all members voting yes.

Okay.

That takes us to the fourth item on our agenda.

Clerk, will you please call?

Item number four is PLMP 2022-00174.

This is a conditional use permit, a special development permit, and a design review.

The property is located at 2000 and 2001 Helena Avenue, approximately 200 feet north of the intersection of Cleo Way and Red Robin Lane in the Art and Arcade community, and the environmental document is a mitigated negative declaration.

Okay.

Um is there any desire to have staff present?

No.

Um, all right.

Do we have uh the applicant which here that wishes to you wish to uh present before the commission?

Sure.

Absolutely.

Please, right up here.

Well, we did receive a public comment.

Um are you the.

He's not the applicant.

Oh, not the applicant.

Thank you for the correction.

We're asking for the applicant.

Looking for the applicant.

We're asking for the applicant.

Oh, okay.

No problem.

Don't go too far.

Yeah.

And if you want to live in the is the applicant here, all right.

Do you wish to address the commission?

No, okay.

I will open it up for public comment.

And I see is it uh Mr.

Serrano?

Yeah, please.

Oh my god, try to.

Okay, my name is one of the popular owners behind the empty lot.

I disagree with that project because there are a couple of different reasons.

First thing, by raising the three-story apartment, the app won't have more privacy at all.

Second thing, affecting the traffic, going to farm the street by Avroa Avenue.

And be basically more to the case, industry is anything.

The third thing by having apartment that costs more problems by now we're having problems by homeless behind my property.

Last year happens, I fire because the next day I show up.

I saw the fire paint on the driveway, the destroyed the back door by my painting, everything.

I don't disagree with apartments.

But before we have homes, or condomingos, and the other thing.

Any other thing affecting the whole neighborhood.

Because that affects everyone.

I'm disagreeable with that project.

Homes or condomingos.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Are there any other comments from the public?

Ask the applicant if they'd like to uh respond to the questions or the concerns that have been raised.

Are you waving?

Yep.

Thanks for the chance.

Uh I think uh we had uh CPAC uh uh and we offered those opportunities beforehand, and uh that was a while ago, and uh there was no one showed up at the moment, and uh we could have addressed all those issues.

As a matter of fact, our design by the county uh design team accounted for all that.

We made all kind of uh design modification to accommodate that, and uh that was kind of uh kind of pre assumed and kind of predicted all these scenarios and uh we incorporated that into the design.

So we can look into the design further to uh kind of uh address uh or look at this issues and uh where how it could be how it got addressed, you know.

We could we could we can we can show that and uh it is something that we had under consideration beforehand, so uh and uh could have been addressed at the same time during the C pack as well.

Okay.

I I have a couple questions for you if if you don't mind.

Yeah, um, so as I understand it, um this is the property that's um by Marconian 80, uh, right kind of below that uh big billboard sign.

East of uh, yeah, between El Camino and the Marcani on the right uh on the east side of the highway.

Yes.

And uh as I understand it, uh there was um, I think in the design um proposal to at least uh minimize some of the windows uh to provide some greater privacy.

Um my concern is more for the residents in the or proposed residents or prospective residents I should say um and facing that masonry existing masonry wall as I understand there's a proposed masonry split face wall and I know that there is a homeless encampment there at the uh intersection uh what barriers or what steps is the project um putting in place to kind of uh shield and kind of safeguard the the uh uh prospective residents there from um um those that might uh that don't belong there might wander in uh on uh into the property uh or at least kind of protect the residents uh from from those uh kind of factions there is uh there is a fence proposed along the uh additional layer of fence along the uh west side or the east of the highway again to kind of create a double layer of uh where the issue you say you to uh you mentioned to address that and uh uh we are uh working in collaboration with Caltrans as well that to take that into consideration it's not only homeless but there's a power outlet there as well that needs to be addressed so we're not at that point but we're in collaboration working in coordinate with Caltrans and uh there is a particular spot that really dangerous for everyone so yes we're in coordination with culturance and we were planning uh additional layer of fence and uh also the landscaping is sort of it took into consideration as far as the the sun or protection the noise coming from the west side so that the landscaping uh design kind of accounted for that as well so uh this is a pretty mediated design and we spend a whole lot of time putting this thing together yeah yeah I understand it's a it's a underdeveloped uh underutilized and and challenging parcel um very concerned about making sure that there's adequate foliage in planters uh kind of shielding creating some sort of sound barrier or um and even visual barrier to the uh the masonry wall uh along the 80 there um I as I understand it there's um at least the perimeter landscaping there's a kind of increase of foot on center for the planters from 30 to 58 feet is there a reason or rationale for that uh um for that uh deviation uh the the division is uh you know this is for the business district that was the the standard is uh is uh I believe uh you can uh always step in uh uh show uh the original design or the original is for a business but uh uh now since we're changing into multifamily definitely the design changed the the division so that's why we're just uh asking for division with our really fully uh requesting the change of zoning just dividing it to fit the multifamily as okay and then last question before I um hand it off to my colleagues here uh the windows because it's uh the close proximity to the freeway there um are their considerations of um upgrading the windows uh to better soundproof uh for the residents since you are looking at a three stories which obviously is gonna exceed the the height of that barrier uh yeah yeah it's uh it's a three story uh by the way I just want to point out as well uh the the part of the building that falls toward the single residential is downsized to two stories the that is a part of taking into consideration the residential and the visibility also there are uh uh long trees along the fence literally uh creating that blockage and give creating privacy for that we took a lot of uh consideration into this design uh for that single family as well as we we had the noise study as well and uh uh the distance from the highway somehow uh uh studied by the uh we have a consultant that studied and uh you're right um the windows we're considering the walled materials we're considering account for the the noise and the sun.

So uh that all taken into consideration, yes.

Okay.

Uh so as I understand it, the the uh the buildings that are proposed to be three stories, those are going to be on the east side of the property closest to the existing uh single story family homes.

It is a three story.

I don't know you might want to look at the if you look at the design that might describe it better than I mean I do.

Uh if you see the one building, a portion of it is a two-story, and uh the rest of portion towards the west is a three-story.

Maybe staff might be able to pull up a rendition for us.

Thank you.

Uh, go ahead to the next page.

This is a building facing the east, and um, if you go to there, there should be one one more.

Go to the next page probably.

Okay, you see that uh two-story portion of the building that is towards the single family.

So there is no window, it's just uh the third floor has no window, just block and uh the down there for that matter.

Even the downstairs or the two floors don't have window towards the single family, no window there.

Okay.

And and what trees are being proposed to be planted?

Uh you see the tree heights proposed building and and the existing uh dwellings there.

Yeah, the trees you see, those are the proposed landscaping trees.

I don't know uh maybe uh really can tell.

You see the trees and uh I do uh yeah, the name of the trees.

So could you guys help me out in that?

So, um in looking at the landscape plan, the larger green trees, those are the Chinese pistache.

Got it.

So that'll create a kind of uh uh a green wall of landscaping.

Yeah, they're one of our larger um landscape trees that is intended to provide both shade and to some extent some visual screening.

Okay, perfect.

All right, that is very helpful.

Any other questions?

No, any question?

No, all right.

Well, thank you very much.

All right, thank you.

All right.

Uh are there any comments or discussions from those up here at the dais?

I think for me, I'm certainly understanding of the concerns of um our member of the public who came out.

Um however the this property seems to be a very challenging one.

Um and there probably aren't a lot of uh ideal, maybe not, there is not any ideal project that would make everybody you know happy in this case.

I think given the challenges of this property.

I think the property project before us.

Um I see is a pretty good one.

And I'll go ahead and move the move the item.

I'll go ahead and second it.

All right.

Um I agree.

I I think uh this is uh of a unique situation.

I think the applicant has uh um done a uh with their team um a great job in trying to uh make this pencil out.

Obviously, um it is a it is a underutilized parcel that uh um is probably bearing a lot of weight on the local residents, uh, undeveloped and uh uh and so it's uh obviously helpful to see projects like this that um allow housing providers to to build and develop and and uh meet some of our our housing goals.

Um so uh I have a motion, I have a second clerk.

Will you please call the role?

And that item does pass with all members voting yes.

All right.

Thank you very much.

And now I believe we are on the fifth item, the planning director's report.

Nothing for me tonight.

All right.

Clerk, any scheduling items that the commission needs to be aware of?

None that I have.

I've noted everyone's attendance for the next upcoming meetings, and I have nothing else other than that.

Okay.

Um any moving on to public comment, any members of the public wish to speak on an item not on the agenda.

Hearing none, seeing none, Clerk, no?

I have not received any.

All right, then that concludes our hearing for this evening.

We'll adjourn at 5:54.