CITY OF MERCED
Site Plan Review Committee
MINUTES
Planning Conference Room
(via Teleconference)
July 30, 2020
Chairperson McBRIDE called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Committee Members Present: Chief Building Official Frazier, City Engineer Beltran, and Director of Development Services
McBride
Committee Members Absent: None
Staff Present: Planning Manager Espinosa, and Associate Planner/Recording Secretary Mendoza-
Gonzalez
MINUTES
M/S FRAZIER - BELTRAN, and carried by unanimous voice vote, to approve the Minutes of June 4, 2020, as submitted.
COMMUNICATIONS
None.
4. ITEMS
4.1 Site Plan Review Application #457, submitted by Ginder Development on behalf of Gateway Park Development, LLC, property owner. The request is to allow the number of units allowed to be constructed under the approved Site Utilization Plan to be increased from 178 units to 200 units and to allow the construction of a 200-unit apartment complex, including an office/community building and other tenant amenities on 9.3 acres of land, generally located at the southeast corner of Coffee Street and Gerard Avenue, Site Plan Review Committee Minutes
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within Planned Development (P-D) #74 with a General Plan designation of High-Medium Density Residential (HMD).
Associate Planner NELSON reviewed the application. Refer to Draft Site Plan Resolution #457 and to the Memo to the Site Plan Committee from Associate Planner Nelson dated July 30, 2020 for further information.
The following people joined the meeting via teleconference: Giorgia Russo, of Ginder Development, applicant; Austin Ewell, of the Ewell Group, applicant's representative; Mark Patterson, of California Gold, owner's representative; Jim Xu, of Golden Valley
Engineering, applicant's engineer; and Casey Wilson, City of Merced Fire Department.
There was a discussion regarding the aisle widths in front of the three-story buildings and the height of the garages as it relates to Fire Department access. In response to this discussion, two additional conditions were added (see below).
City Engineer BELTRAN asked about the site plan and the location of Parsons Avenue as it is shown on the site plan. It was determined that Parsons Avenue was shown incorrectly. Therefore, an additional condition was added to require a revised site plan at the Building Permit stage (see below).
M/S FRAZIER-BELTRAN, and carried by the following vote, to adopt Environmental Review #20-10 (Categorical Exemption) and approve Site Plan Application #457, subject to the Findings and thirty-three (33) Conditions set forth in Draft Resolution #457, amending Condition #22 and adding Conditions #34, #35, and #36 as follows:
(New language underlined, deleted language strikethrough.) "22. If the property is further subdivided, a Final Map may be required. The applicant shall work with the City Surveyor to determine the process for further subdividing the property. If Site Plan Review Committee Minutes
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there is no further subdivision of the parcel, a Certificate of Compliance shall be recorded on the remainder parcel prior to the issuance of a building permit. If a Lot Line Adjustment is used to adjust the parcel lines for the proposed development, a Certificate of Compliance would be part of the Lot Line Adjustment process and no additional Certificate of
Compliance would be required.
34) A revised site plan that shows the correct location of Parsons Avenue, south of the Coffee cul-de-sac, shall be submitted at the building permit phase.
35) All drive aisle adjacent to 3-story buildings shall be at least 26-feet-wide.
36) The height of the garages may need to be modified to allow aerial access by the Fire Department. Details to be worked out at the building permit stage."
AYES: Committee Members Beltran, Frazier, and Chairperson McBride
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
4.2 Modification of Site Plan Review Application #429, submitted by The Richmond Group and Merced County on behalf of Merced County, property owner, originally approved on December 13, 2018, and modified on January 24, 2019. This request would allow modifications to the conditions of approval, and findings for this project. This project would allow the construction of a low-income apartment complex (119 units) with 30 of the low-income units being permanent supportive housing units at 1137 B Street, within Planned Development (P-D) #6 with a General Plan designation of Office Commercial (CO).
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Associate Planner MENDOZA-GONZALEZ noted that this
application was withdrawn by the applicant.
INFORMATION ITEMS
5.1 Calendar of Meetings/Events
There was no discussion regarding the calendar of meetings/events.
6. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Chairperson McBRIDE adjourned the meeting at 2:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kim Espinosa, Secretary
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee
APPROVED:
Set mali
Scott McBride, Chairperson/
Director of Development Services
Merced City Site Plan Review Committee