AGENDA
REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 380 CIVIC DRIVE, GALT
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2025, 6:00 PM
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGAINCE
2. ROLL CALL: COMMISSIONERS: Denier, Jones, Gerling, Johnson and Jackson.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Under Government Code Section 54954.3, members of the audience may address the Commission on non-agenda items. Speakers may address the Commission on any agenda item during consideration of the item. Speakers shall restrict their comments to issues that are within the subject matter jurisdiction to the Planning Commission and limit comments to a maximum of three minutes. Please fill out a speaker sheet located on the table inside the entrances to the Council Chambers and forward the completed speaker sheet to the Recording Secretary.
4. INFORMATION/CONSENT CALENDAR:
A. SUBJECT: Minutes of the August 14, 2025, Regular Meeting.
RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Commission approve the minutes of the August 14, 2025 Regular Meeting.
5. PUBLIC HEARING:
A. SUBJECT: Grocery Outlet Conditional Use Permit (CUP) at 10570 Twin Cities Road RECOMMENDATION: 1) Receive a presentation; 2) Open the public hearing to receive comments and; 3) Consider a resolution approving a CUP at 10570 Twin Cities Road, Galt CA 95632
CEQA: This project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3) which states that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies NOTE: Speaker Request Sheets are provided inside the Council Chambers. If you wish to address the Commission during the meeting, complete a speaker sheet and give it to the Secretary of the Commission. A maximum of three (3) minutes is allowed for each speaker.
NOTE: If you need disability-related modifications or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in this meeting, please contact the Community Development Dept., 209-366- 7230, 495 Industrial Drive, at least two days prior to the meeting.
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only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
Operation of a Grocery/Supermarket in a commercial zone will have no significant adverse impacts on the environment. The building is fully constructed and the streets and all utilities in the shopping center have sufficient capacity to accommodate the proposed use.
SUBJECT: Sheffield Subdivision Project
RECOMMENDATION: Take actions recommending City Council approval of the following;
1. Acceptance and approval of an initial study and mitigated negative declaration(“IS/MND”) for the proposed project, subject to mitigation monitoring and reporting program (“MMRP”), in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act(“CEQA”);
2. Amendment to the City’s General Plan to change the land use designation for the project site from Low Density Residential (“LDR”) to Medium Density Residential(“MDR”);
3. Amendment to the Northeast Area Specific Plan (“NEASP”) to increase the maximum density allowed in NEASP Medium Density Residential district (“R-2”) from six (6) du/acto eight (8) du/ac and to change the project site designation from Maximum Density SingleFamily Residential (“R-1-C SP”) to Medium Density Residential District (“R-2SP”);
4. Rezone the project site from Low-Density Single-Family Residential (“R1A”) to MediumDensity Residential District-Planned Development (“R2-PD”) and establish the applicable PD overlay development standards; and
5. A tentative subdivision map (“TSM”) for the subdivision of the project site into 65 singlefamily residential lots with various infrastructure improvements.
CEQA: The Planning Commission is required to consider environmental impacts in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq. (“CEQA”). An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (“IS/MND”) was prepared for the Project, copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit E. The IS/MND addresses all potential impacts to the environment as a result of the Project, pursuant to CEQA. The IS/MND concluded that mitigation is required for potential effects related to Aesthetics, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Hydrology and Water Quality, Noise, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, and Mandatory Findings of Significance. The IS/MND concludes that with the implementation of mitigation measures, all impacts would be reduced to a less-than-significant level. A Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (“MMRP”) has been prepared in compliance with CEQA to ensure implementation of the mitigation measures outlined in the IS/MND. The Planning Commission is asked to recommend approval by the City Council of the IS/MND and MMRP.
6. PUBLIC MEETING:
None
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DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
Development update
7. ADJOURN
STACY SCHAFER, ASSOCIATE PLANNER /PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY: Agenda Report. The agenda for this Galt Planning Commission Meeting was posted at the following listed sites before the close of business at 5:00 p.m. on the Monday preceding the meeting:
1. City Hall Lobby, 380 Civic Drive
2. U. S. Post Office, 600 N. Lincoln Way
3. Community Development Department, 495 Industrial Drive