Stockton Planning Commission Meeting - February 12, 2026
Stockton Planning Commission Meeting - February 12, 2026
The regular meeting of the Stockton Planning Commission was held on February 12, 2026, from 5:32 PM to 6:57 PM. The commission approved prior meeting minutes, elected new officers for the coming year, and received an informational presentation on public hearing notice requirements under Stockton Municipal Code Section 16.88.030. Commissioners also heard public comment and offered feedback on improving community engagement.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Jasmine Peterson, representing Little Manila Rising, invited commissioners and residents to a flood preparation workshop on February 18, 2026, at 5:30 PM at the Stockton Rising Workforce Hub (27 South Grant Street). She also noted that a public survey is open to help prioritize 38 climate actions for the city's climate action plan.
Consent Calendar
- 26-0045 – Approval of Planning Commission Minutes for June 26, 2025, August 14, 2025, and September 11, 2025. The motion carried 5-0 (Robert Oakes abstained).
Discussion Items
- 26-0058 – 2026 Election of Planning Commission Officers: The commission elected Terry Hull as Chair and Jeff Sanguinetti as Vice Chair for a 12-month term. Both motions passed 6-0. The new officers will assume their roles at the February 26, 2026 meeting.
- 26-0117 – Informational Presentation on Public Hearing Notices (Section 16.88.030): Staff presented an overview of current noticing practices (300-foot radius to property owners and published notices) and compared them to 10 nearby jurisdictions. Key findings included that half of surveyed agencies use a 500-foot radius, and two notify both owners and occupants. Commissioners discussed potential improvements: increasing the radius to 500 feet, notifying occupants in addition to owners, replacing newspaper notices with on-site and public-place postings, using digital signage or city websites, and giving the Community Development Director discretion to expand noticing based on project sensitivity. No formal action was taken.
Key Outcomes
- Approved minutes from three prior meetings (5-0, one abstention).
- Elected Terry Hull as Chair and Jeff Sanguinetti as Vice Chair (both 6-0).
- Directed staff to return with a formal proposal incorporating feedback on public noticing changes, including a potential 500-foot radius, occupant notification, elimination of newspaper notices in favor of on-site/public-postings, and a menu of factors for director discretion.
Commissioner Comments
- Chair Sanguinetti thanked commissioners and staff, expressed hope for improving the city through planning.
- Commissioner Graves asked about a Planning Commission social media presence and the process for renaming a street; staff provided code reference (Section 16.160) and noted the process involves neighborhood meetings and City Council approval.
- Commissioner Amen expressed eagerness for more agenda items, especially related to affordable housing. Staff explained that many low-income housing projects are handled at staff level due to state law and are not required to come to the commission, but assured that they have not held back items that need commission review.
- Multiple commissioners supported increasing noticing to 500 feet and improving outreach through community partnerships and direct signage.
Meeting Transcript
This is the 532 on the 12th of February 2026. Welcome to the City of Stockton's regular scheduled planning commission meeting. Roll call, please. Chair Sangranetti? Here. Vice Chair Hall. Present. Commissioner Graves? Here. Commissioner Oaks. Present. Commissioner Crowder. Present. Commissioner Amen. Present. Commissioner Hernandez is absent. We have a quorum. Thank you. Okay. And tonight I'll lead everybody in a pledge of allegiance given that we're changing hell. I pledge allegiance. One nation. Under God. Indivisible. Okay. We have uh a blue card, I understand, for public comments. So we'll take care of that first. Okay. Jasmine Peterson. Thank you, Chair Sanguinetti. Good evening, planning commissioners. I'm Jasmine Peterson with Little Manila Rising. I wanted to just extend an invitation to all of you to some of our upcoming events. We're going to be hosting Little Manila Rising is going to be hosting a flood preparation workshop at the Stockton Rising Workforce Hub at 27 South Grant Street. Next Wednesday evening, the doors will open at 5:30 and the meeting program will begin at 6 o'clock. So just want to invite you all and residents, especially residents of Southwest Stockton, to join us in this important community-led planning and preparation effort for floods and storms. Where's this at? It's going to be located at the Stockton Rising Workforce Hub. That's 27 South Grant Street. And we're in the final stages of that effort to collect input. So there's a survey that's open, and um I'll make sure that you all get the link after this meeting. I'll follow up. But just wanted to let you know, and if you can help us spread the word, uh the survey is the purpose of the survey at this point is to uh help us prioritize the 38 climate actions that are um being proposed for the climate action plan and help us understand help the planning team understand which of those priorities should be um which of those actions should be prioritized for implementation in the short term. So we appreciate your support in getting the word out with residents and um if you can also take the survey that'd be great. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Um we're gonna go backwards now to the consent calendar, which is three items involving um approval of the minutes from June 26, 2025, August 14th, 2025, and September 11th, 2025. I can disclose right now that I wasn't present at the June 26, 2025 meeting for because of reasons that I needed to recuse myself. Um however, I have watched the tape and I've read the minutes, and therefore I qualify to be able to vote under our rules.
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