CITY OF MERCED
Site Plan Review Committee
MINUTES
3rd Floor Conference Room
Merced Civic Center
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Chairperson ESPINOSA, called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL
Committee Members Present: Chief Building Official Frazier, City Surveyor Cardoso (for Interim City Engineer Wegley),
and Temporary Director of Development
Services Espinosa
Committee Members Absent:
Staff Present: Senior Planner Mendoza -Gonzalez,
Development Services Technician II Lee,
Principal Planner Lan, Management Analyst
Brown, Public Works Manager Baptista, and
Economic Development Associate Omlin
2. MINUTES
M/S Cardoso/Frazier, and carried by unanimous voice vote, to approv e the Minutes of March 28, 2024, as submitted.
3. COMMUNICATIONS
None.
4. ITEMS
4.1 Site Plan Application #544 submitted by AT&T Mobility, on behalf of the Church of the Nararene of Merced, California, property owner, to construct a 55-foot-tall stealth monopine wireless communication tower at 1717 E. Olive Ave. within a R -1-6 Zone.*PUBLIC HEARING*
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Development Services Technician II LEE reviewed the application. Refer to Draft Site Plan Review Resolution #544 for further information.
Public Testimony was opened at 1:38 PM.
Staff received 15 email s and, 9 voicemails in opposition and 1 email in support of the project. 5 emails were received prior to the final Draft Site Plan Resolution #544 and was included in the report. Whereas the remaining were provided to the Site Plan Committee via email prior to the meeting and posted on the City’s Website.
Speaker from the Audience in Favor:
Carl Jones, AT&T Agent, Folsom, CA
Speakers from the Audience in Opposition:
Lynn Stapp, Resident, Merced, CA
Sheryl Wight, Resident, Merced, CA
Bryant Rodriguez, Resident, Merced, CA
Sandra Lapercio, Resident, Merced, CA
Jorge Lapercio, Resident, Merced, CA
Shannon Gamble, Resident, Merced, CA
Tami Pavidsov, Resident, Merced, CA
Michael O’Brien, Resident, Merced, CA
Ilias Benomar, Resident, Merced, CA
Amy Verrinder, Resident, Merced, CA
Martha Armaskey, Resident, Merced, CA
Lola O’Brien, Resident, Merced, CA
Terri Pevsher, Resident, Merced, CA
Judy Richards, Resident, Merced, CA
Mark, Resident, Merced, CA
Public Testimony was closed at 2:14 PM.
M/S Cardoso/Frazier, and carried by the following vote to refer Environmental Review #24-10 and Site Plan Review #544, to the Planning Commission for final review and decision per MMC 20.68.050( C )( 2 ).
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AYES: Committee Members Cardoso, Frazier, and Chairperson Espinosa
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
4.2 Site Plan Application #545 submitted by Kevin Garnica, applicant on behalf of Mahinder Sigh Kajla, property owner, to allow a food truck on an unoccupied lot located at 1232 W. 13 th Street. This site has a General Plan designation of Thoroughfare Commercial (CT) and is zoned Thoroughfare Commercial (C-T).
Development Services Technician II LEE reviewed the application. Refer to Draft Site Plan Review Resolution #545 for further information.
The applicant was present to answer any questions from the Committee.
Committee Member FRAZIER noted that Condition #15 shall be modified to address backing space for parking space s from the location of the food truck.
Committee Member CARDOSO recommend ed to modify ing Condition #16 to have the food truck and customers to park on pavement to avoid any air quality issues with the gravel area adjacent to the location of the food truck.
M/S Cardoso/Frazier, and carried by the following vote to adopt a California Environmental Quality Act Section 15311 ( C ) Findings regarding Environmental Review #2 4-12, and approve Site Plan Review #545, subject to the Findings and twenty (20) conditions set forth in Draft Resolution #545 with modifications to Conditions #15 and #16.
(underlined text is added text, strikethrough text is deleted text)
“15) Food truck shall be located on the lot in a way that will not interfere with existing circulation , or flow of incoming traffic , or 25 -foot back up space for parking spaces).