Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the planning commission meeting of June 24th, 2021.

At this time, I would like to ask the city clerk to please take roll.

Chair Mallet?

Present.

Vice Chair Sangetti?

Here.

Commissioner Garcia?

Present.

Commissioner Mountain?

Here.

Commissioner Risby?

Here.

Commissioner Jones?

Here.

Commissioner Via Pudua?

Present.

We have a quorum.

Thank you.

And now I would like to ask Commissioner Mountain to please lead us in the flight salute.

I pledge an allegiance to the five of the United States of America and to republic under the individual tea and justice for all.

All right, so agenda item three is the consent agenda.

Would anyone like to comment on the consent calendar?

Okay, so no seeing nobody.

Um could I get a um a motion for the consent?

I've moved the motion to prove the consent.

Could everyone please vote?

Motion passes.

Thank you.

And at this time, um move to agenda item four, public comment.

This section of the agenda is reserved for public comment on anything within the jurisdiction of the commission.

Um there will be a time limit.

Do we have any um blue cards or do we have anyone that would like to speak?

I have no public comment cards, Chair.

Okay.

And then moving on to item number five, public hearings environmental assessments.

Agenda item 5.1 is an initial study addendum to the 2040 general plan environmental impact report, pre-zone tentative parcel map, commission use report permit and design review requests for the proposed retail commercial center development at the southeast corner of East Hammer Lane and Marantha Drive.

APN 1303013.

And do we have any um commissioner comments or disclosures?

Okay, Steph, could you please present?

Good evening, Chair Maladet and members of the commission.

Item 5.1 is for planning application number P190718, which is an initial study and addendum to the general plan EIR, pre-zone application, tentative parcel map, commission use permit, and design review request for a proposed commercial retail development on East Hammer Lane and Maranatha.

The project is located on the south side of East Hammer Lane, just west of 99 and East Maranatha Drive, where the recently approved annexation for the Carmax project is located.

Also, directly east of the site is the annexation project for the Hammer Hotel, which you recently reviewed a couple weeks ago and approved part of and made recommendations for approval to the city council.

As with the hotel site, this site is not within the city of Stockton city limits, but with your recommendation of approval, we'll proceed to the city council for consideration for incorporation into the city, and then to LAFCO, which is the local agency formation commission for San Joaquin County.

This is a street view of the current conditions along the south side of Hammer Lane.

It is a vacant site with a stoplight pole and signal arm at the southeast corner of East Hammer Lane and Maranatha Drive.

The site has a current general plan designation of commercial and is surrounded by commercial to the north, south, east, and west.

And a little further north is general plan designation of residential.

Also, like the hotel site, this site currently does not have a zoning designation, but with the pre-zone request, the applicant is proposing to zone the site as commercial general, which is CG.

The process for this project involves the similar steps as the hotel site.

Prior to the city council meeting, the development review committee will review the annexation request and the city services plan and make a recommendation to the city council.

Tonight, you will be making a recommendation to the city council for approval of the addendum to the general plan EIR and pre-zoning of the site to Commercial General, as well as making an approval for the tentative parcel map, commission use permit, and design review aspects of the project, which will be pending annexation into the city.

The city council will either approve or deny the addendum to the general plan EIR, the pre-zone request to CG, the annexation request, and the city services plan.

If the city council approves all four actions, the community development director will file an annexation application to LAFCO, which will include a justification for this project proposal, the city services plan, environmental document, legal description, and maps, all of which are in your packet.

In regards to CEQA, the EIR addendum is the exact same document that you recently reviewed with the hotel project.

This document provided substantial evidence demonstrating that none of the conditions listed in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 would occur.

Thus, no subsequent EIR is required for the city to approve this project because the 2040 general plan EIR sufficiently describes and mitigates to the extent feasible the potentially significant project level and cumulative effects associated with the project.

The EIR addendum and the mitigation monitoring and reporting plan must be adopted by the City Council before the commission use permit and tentative parcel maps may be issued.

This project includes development on a 4.32 acre site for retail development of an ARCO AMPM, which includes a fueling station and convenience store, a Sonic Quick Serve restaurant, a Black Bear Diner, and an elite car wash.

The design review approval is required for all new construction of the uses, and the applicant is also requesting a tentative parcel map to subdivide the parcel into four parcels.