Good evening. Welcome to the Sacramento County Planning Commission's meeting for Monday, December 8th, 2025, and I believe our last meeting of the year. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Good evening. Members Borja? Here. Conklin? Here. Corona-Savignano? Here. Devlin? Here. Virga? Here. And with those members present, we do have a quorum.

Thank you very much. Will you please join me in standing for the Pledge of Allegiance?

Vice Chair, lead us please.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

and to the republic for which it stands, one nation,

under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Clerk, do you have the announcements for this evening?

I do.

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 it 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 comment.

Members of the public may send a written comment which is distributed to 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 sackcounty.gov.

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

And that concludes the announcement.

Thank you very much.

And that brings us to our first item under the non-contested portion of our agenda.

Clerk, will you please read?

Item number one is PLMP 2025-00054 Scandia Family Fund Center Monument Sign.

This is a use permit and a design review.

The property is located at 5070 Hillsdale Boulevard in the Foothills community,

and the environmental document is exempt.

Thank you very much.

Is there a desire for staff to provide an overview?

No? No? No?

Is the applicant here?

Would you like to address the committee?

Yes, thank you.

My name is William Ty Larson,

and my father and I helped build Scandia 50 years ago.

That's a long time ago.

And as you know, we need a new sign.

And I want to thank this planning commission.

Time's gone by.

Always been really supportive, helped us be successful.

And I think family recreation is important to the community.

And so I just, obviously, I'm just grateful for the support you've always given us.

We actually need the sign.

It's a new sign.

Just tells the public.

It's nothing really I want to advertise on it or anything.

It's just a new sign.

Tells the public that you're taking care of the place, that their kids are safe here.

And it just helps them think about it as they drive by, whereas otherwise they might not.

And I'm here for any questions you might have.

Thank you very much.

Well, I know it's a Scandia is a Sacramento institution.

I remember going to it when I was younger and glad to see the updates that are being made.

I did see in the analysis that a magnolia tree is being removed.

Is that out of necessity for the location?

Yes, but in defense of that, we got like four acres of landscaping, rivers, and hundreds of trees.

And we are going to replace the magnolia tree like they suggested.

But there's plenty of landscaping.

Okay, great.

I don't see a loss there.

All right.

And then I do believe there was a comment made during the CPAC about light pollution, but some of that was mitigated.

Can you address any of that?

Yeah.

All parking lots need lighting.

I'm not, you know, I mean, I realize that is a little bit of an objection, but I don't know that there's anything you can really do about that.

You make the parking lot darker, it just makes it more of a crime scene, drugs, stuff.

I actually think lighting's good.

Understood.

AND BUT, YEAH, NOT SURE THAT'S THE ANSWER YOU WANTED, BUT I DIDN'T THINK DECREASING THE LIGHTING WAS A GOOD IDEA.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?

JUST ONE QUICK ONE. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR PRESENTATION, OR AT LEAST SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS.

JUST WAS NOT SURE WHETHER THE PROJECT WOULD REQUIRE AN OUTDOOR ADVERTISING PERMIT FROM CALTRANS.

WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS REACHED?

NO. NO, THIS IS ON PERMIT SIGN.

OKAY. DESPITE IT BEING 600, I THINK THE ODA REQUIREMENTS IS IF IT'S

WITNESS 660 FEET OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

CORRECT. THAT'S IF IT'S AN OPTURN ASSIGN.

IT'S LIKE A BILLBOARD. THIS IS AN OPTURN ASSIGN.

SO THE JURISDICTION DOESN'T CARRY OVER TO THE PRIVATE PROGRAM.

OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE, SHOULD WE HAVE

INVITED THE GENTLEMEN TO THE PODIUM. I'M SO SORRY.

PROCEDURALLY, CAN YOU MAYBE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AT THE PODIUM?

SURE.

kind of share so we can hear and

sure it's transcribed. Thank you sir.

I'm George Selzler. I'm the owner of

Electrovision Advertising. Okay.

Thank you sir. And then just you

know for the record sir you were

explaining to me that or to the

dais that the that the sign that's

being proposed does not have to meet

the CalTrans. This is an on-premise

sign so CalTrans does not have

jurisdiction over it. You guys have

the jurisdiction over this particular

sign. Okay despite the fact that

it's within 660 feet of the right of

way it doesn't pertain okay understood thank you okay thank you sir all right well thank you very

much thank you thank you again everybody thank you thank you is there any members of the public

that wish to provide comments no and we have not received any public comments for this item

all right then bring it back to the commission for any deliberation or discussion or comments

I'd like to thank them for their

continued commitment to the community and family

recreation. Certainly it is a Sacramento institution.

I'm happy to move the item.

Commissioner Devlin with a motion.

Vice chair with a second. Clerk.

And before I enable the vote

member Berga can you

Are you signed in?

I don't see you on my queue here.

No worries.

One moment.

Perfect.

I see you now.

Thank you.

And that item does pass with all members voting yes.

All right.

Thank you very much.

All right, clerk, that brings us to agenda item number two.

Item number two is PLMP 2025-00003 Leary Road Parcel Map.

This is a parcel map, a special development permit, and a design review.

The property is located at 13510 Leary Road, near the intersection of Leary Road and State Highway 160 in the Delta community, and the environmental document is exempt.

Thank you very much.

and is there a desire for staff to present?

No?

All right.

Is the applicant here?

Does the applicant wish to provide any remarks?

You're not obligated to if you don't want to.

Good afternoon.

My name is John Schmidt.

I'm with Shoup Land Surveying. We are representing Robin Brown Burroughs on this project.

She's unable to attend this evening due to some medical issues.

So I'm in the audience. If you have any questions, it's pretty straightforward.

It's a land division and no further development on those properties.

Farm, it'll still take place on the 88 acres and the 12 acres is being broke out for the house

and existing structures have been there since 1992.

So shouldn't be any issues.

We don't see any issues from our standpoint,

and hopefully the same with the Planning Commission.

Thank you for your time.

Any questions for the applicant?

Again, appreciate your time.

Thank you.

And do we have any?

We have not received any public comment for this item.

Public comments, none?

Okay.

we'll kick it back to the dais for any deliberation or discussion

i think the project requires a motion though um move the item um and approve the staff

recommendation all right we have vice chair boras with a motion is there a second and

Commissioner Virgo with a second.

Clerk.

And that vote passes with all members present voting yes.

Wonderful.

And that takes us to, I believe, our third agenda item on the, on the, on tonight's roster.

Clerk.

And item number three is PLMP 2024-00186.

This is a rezone, a tentative subdivision map, and a design review.

And the property is located east of Gardner Avenue and 0.2 miles south of Florin Road in the South Sacramento community.

And the environmental document is an addendum.

Thank you very much.

Is there a desire for the staff to provide a presentation?

No.

All right.

Is the applicant here?

Do they wish to provide any remarks to the commission?

Hi.

Good evening.

I'm Mike Robertson, Baker-Williams Engineering Group.

I'm the project civil engineer.

I read through the conditions of approval and no questions for him.

The staff did an excellent job on presenting the project earlier.

I'm here if you have any questions.

Thank you very much.

Is there any questions for the applicant?

All right. I think we're good. Thank you very much. Are there any comments or questions from the public?

We have not received any public comments for this item.

Okay, then we'll kick it back to the dais. Any discussions? Comments? Is there entertainment for a motion?

Commissioner Virga with a motion. Is there a second?

and we have commissioner

with a second clerk

and that item passes with all members present

voting yes. All right. Thank you very much.

And that brings us to the fourth

item on our agenda.

The planning director's report.

Good evening planning commissioners.

Todd Smith your planning director.

Just two things I wanted to report on tonight.

ONE IS THE NORTHWATT

AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN.

THIS IS AN EFFORT BY OUR

INFILL COORDINATOR AND A

BUNCH OF OTHER FOLKS TO

UPDATE WHAT IS THE NORTHWATT

CORRIDOR PLAN SPECIAL PLANNING

AREA ORDINANCE UP IN NORTH

HIGHLANDS.

THIS WAS INITIATED BY THE BOARD

OF SUPERVISORS LAST MONTH.

IT IS A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE

TIMELINE GIVEN SOME GRANT

FUNDING CONSTRAINTS.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT

COMING TO THE PLANNING

COMMISSION MID NEXT YEAR, JUNE OR JULY-ISH, IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BOARD BY THIS TIME

NEXT YEAR. SO JUST A HEADS UP, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT AND DOING SOME OUTREACH AND OBVIOUSLY

BRIEFING YOU AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT POINT. SECOND ONE I WANTED TO JUST LET YOU KNOW ABOUT

THAT'S UPCOMING IS A HOUSING ELEMENT AMENDMENT. AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER, WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE

countywide rezone program last year now that I think about it as a result of our ongoing dialogue

with state department of housing and community development they are requiring that we amend the

housing element to incorporate all of those properties that were rezoned as part of that

into the housing element itself so we're doing that work now we anticipate it coming to this

commission in January and then to the board in February so pretty straightforward but

it's just a procedural step that we have to do.

All right.

That's it for me.

Thank you very much, Director.

Clerk, is there miscellaneous scheduling items that we need to know about?

I have nothing to report.

Okay.

We'll now transition over to any public comments on items not on the agenda for tonight.

Not seeing any.

Then we will adjourn at 544 tonight.

Thank you.