Note on date discrepancy: The meeting transcript begins with "Monday, September 14th, 2026," but the provided metadata indicates the meeting occurred on September 15, 2026. This summary uses the metadata date per instructions.
The Sacramento County Planning Commission met on September 15, 2026, to consider a single substantive agenda item: a time extension for the reclamation of the Aspen 6 mining site. The meeting also included a brief Planning Director's report and scheduling updates. No public comments were received.
Item 1: PLMP 2025-00262 – Aspen 6 Use Permit Amendment
Staff presented a request to amend Condition 69 of the previous entitlement (PLMP 2017-00049) to extend the deadline for completing reclamation work on the 752-acre Aspen 6 mining site from the current date to December 31, 2030. Mining has already been completed on the site; only reclamation (restoration to agricultural use) remains. The project is located on the north side of Jackson Road, approximately 2,000 feet east of Bradshaw Road, within the Vineyard and Cordova communities. The amendment is categorically exempt from CEQA (Class 1, Section 15301) as it involves only a time extension with no new mining or construction. The Vineyard and Cordova Community Planning Advisory Councils (CPACs) both recommended approval on July 9 and July 16, 2026, respectively.
Commissioner discussion: Two commissioners disclosed that the applicant had contacted them individually to offer information, but they had no questions at that time. No additional debate ensued.
I think we're ready to roll. Good evening, everyone. Appreciate your patience. Welcome to the Monday, September 14th, 2026, County Planning Commission meeting. I think we're ready to call a roll. Yes. Members Munoz. Rokenstein. Here. Verga. Here. And Chair Borja? Here. And with those members present, we do have a quorum. Thank you, ma'am. Mr. Verger, can you please lead us to the Pledge of Alleas? The United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. Indivisible with liberty and justice for law. Thank you, Commissioner Virgo. Madam Clerk, can you please make the announcement? Absolutely. 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 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 SACCounty.gov. Mail a comment to 700 eighth Street Suite 2450, Sacramento, California, and that concludes the announcement. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Can we please call item number one? Item number one is PLMP 2025-00262, Aspen 6 use permit amendment. This is a use permit amendment, and um to allow an additional four-year time extension to complete the reclamation of the entire 752 acre project site. And this property is located at the north side of Jackson Road, approximately 2,000 feet east of Bradshaw Road in both the Vineyard and Cardova community, and the environmental document is an environmental exempt. This is Aspen Six Time Extension. So this project is located on the uh north side of the Jackson Road, located in both Cordova and Vineyard community. This has been a mining site since uh early 1999. Uh surrounding land uses to the north is the Maither Airport and to the south and surrounding is um M1, um, as well as our Act 80 uh with some surface mining designation as well. So this site is known as Aspen 6. There's a little type right there, um which was approved by the Board of Supervisors. Um there was uh another amendment in um 2017, 00049, which authorized additional three years of mining and additional eight years of reclamation work to be done. Um so mining has been completed on the site, um, and applicant is now requesting additional four years to complete the reclamation on this project. So the request is to replace the condition number 69 from PLMP 2017 0009 to read as no additional mining activities are authorized under this amendment. All reclamation work shall be completed by December 31, 2030, giving them four years of um time to complete the reclamation work on site. So the project is exempt from SICBA pursuant to CQ Guidelines Public Resource Code of 15301, which is a class one, because this is solely a time extension. There are no new buildings or not even no new mining um proposed as part of the project. Uh with that, uh both Vineyard CPAC uh met on July 9th and voted uh to recommend the project to Board of Supervisor.