Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Item not on the agenda that is of interest to the public and within the jurisdiction of the planning commission. The planning commission cannot take action on a nonagendized item raised under public comment until the matter has been specifically included on an agenda as an action item. Clerk, do we have anyone registered to speak? I will now close the public comment opportunity as there is no one registered to speak. Moving to the consent calendar items. Do I have a motion to approve the regular meeting minutes of 11/06/2025?

Chair, I vote to approve the minutes of November 4 or what? '6. '6. November 6. I'm sorry.

I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. All any opposed? Regular meeting minutes of November 6 past five zero. Public hearing items. Will the clerk please call the hearing item five dot one?

Five item 5.1, Willington Crossing, PLNG 24 Dash 040. Good evening, mister chair and commissioners. My name is Kara Killingsworth. I'm the project planner project. The applicant is requesting a tentative subdivision map for condominium, subdivision design review, and major design review to construct an 188 unit townhomes with a clubhouse and assorted site improvements, which include parking, landscaping, and four driveways.

The project is located on a 7.49 acre vacant property. It is zoned high density residential with a general plan designation of high density residential. It's surrounded by other low density residential as well as a variety of commercial. It is located in the two hundred year floodplain, which means all habitable structures must be built above the floorplain levels. Garages are not considered space.

The map includes three condo lots, and it will have 29 buildings and a clubhouse. The original project had 30 buildings and two common lots. The modification reconfigures the map to include the 29 buildings and the clubhouse on the north side of the property. The interior of the buildings is what was reconfigured to make sure that it maintained the 188 units, such as in the original approval, there were studios. In this proposal, there are no studios.

In the original, there was one bedrooms sorry, no one bedrooms. And in this modification, there now will be one bedrooms. Project will be constructed to reduce any noise levels, and we'll meet the criteria in the general plan for 45 decibels interior. The townhomes will have three levels with garage spaces on the ground level and living space on the second and third levels. The townhomes will have a single residential unit appearance and will follow a Santa Barbara style with a mixture of colors and materials, which includes stucco, wood, stone, and tile as a variety of earth tone, tans, whites, and beige colors.

The clubhouse will have a similar architectural style. It will follow that Santa Barbara style with the variety of stone and stucco and the tile roof. It will be two levels and will be built above the floodplain, and it does comply with the engineering standards. Some of the amenities that the clubhouse will include will be a pool, a patio area, and a barbecue. The site will still continue to have pathways and courtyards throughout the whole property, as well as a variety of landscaping.

And the biggest change, really, is the parking. So in the original approval, the code had a different requirement for multiuse residential. So in the original project, there was a studio, as mentioned, and two to three bedrooms. And so the requirement has changed. And so that's why there's less of a requirement now than there was before when it was originally approved in 2022.

And so for a one bedroom, it's one space per unit, when a studio originally was one and onetwo space per unit, as well as the guests also changed from one space every four units. Now it's one space every six units. And so that explains the change of reduction in parking requirements is the code change. Staff determined that this project, no further environmental review is necessary under CECO as the project is consistent with the general plan. And therefore, the section fifteen thousand one eighty three and section fifteen thousand one sixty two, it's consistent with the Jonah Plan EIR.

And staff recommends that the Planning Commission find that no further review is required for CEQA and approve the tenant subdivision map for condominium, subdivision map design review, and major design review for the Wellington Crossing project. That concludes my presentation. I'm available for any questions.

Commissioner Singer, do you have any questions or staff?

No questions. Mr. Tripp. Commissioner Poole?

I'm curious just for clarification on the, clubhouse. It indicates because it's an amenity that no additional parking will be needed.

Yes.

And I think this came up the last time this project came up. But will there ever be an instance where they will rent out their clubhouse for events or something that might require additional parking?

Not that I believe so. I believe that the purpose of the clubhouse is for many of the residents on-site to enjoy, not to run out to off-site use.

And maybe

But the applicant is yeah. Here to

might be able to clarify. Thank you.

Chair? No questions? Carrie, can you go back to the overhead view? I'm not finding it in the PDF. I'm just curious where the positioning of the clubhouse is in the grant. Oh, it's

So it's on the North Side. So there's a commercial vacant commercial, so I can so it's going to be so there's a north property that's vacant as well, and so it's going be closer to that other property on this high density residential.

Got it.

North Of The Star.

Yeah. North Of The Star. And there will be a road effectively where the yellow northern perimeter is?

There's no it's not gonna be a road. There'll be a trail back there. But it's so it's not gonna be the road will be in front of the that yellow.

Ah, there will be a row of homes and a trail behind them?

Yes. Okay. Yeah. So it's gonna be the property line, a trail, then the buildings, and then the driveway.

Got it. I I wasn't visualizing it in relation to the remaining vacant parcel. So the parcel to the north is not part of the proposal. Correct. Okay. Thank you very much. With no further questions, thank you for your report. I will now declare the public comment opportunity open. And I will invite the applicant to speak if they would like to and if they are present.

Good evening.

You please, please.

Name is Vasili Stratton. I'm the developer for this townhome project at Elk Grove Boulevard and Harbor Point. Thanks for having me. I'm hoping it's going to be a very successful and beautiful development. And it's

going

to serve a lot of the people in the area who want to live in like a home type environment. At this point, they're conceived as for rent.

Got it. Commissioner Poole had a question regarding the availability of

the

clubhouse. Will that be for the exclusive use of the

It hasn't been considered for anything else. So it hasn't been considered to be used as a rental for use for

Do you have I can't remember if there's space in there that it could be rented out. Is there space in there that could be rented out?

I mean, it's kind of like a couple house where there's going to be a TV and places you're going to come in from the pool. And I don't know if it's going to be it can be designated for if somebody wants to use it for, like, some kind of birthday party or something. But it's kind of oriented for for the the residents to use it. They maybe maybe book it in the for an event, possibly. I don't know. I'm not sure. I haven't Right. But not other people outside

the Right.

It would be for the exclusive use of the residents. Correct.

That's the intention.

Right. It wouldn't be like a wedding hall that would right. Be I think that was the impetus of the question.

Yeah. Raised that because there's very limited parking in the perimeter on the streets there. There's much one lane. With no additional parking allocated to the clubhouse, I wanted to make sure

There would be enough space for yeah. People to Okay.

For what it's worth, I'm a big fan of that style of architecture. So I appreciate the tile roof and the adobe and mixture of wood and colors. So I like your project. Thank you.

Greatly appreciate it.

Any other questions of the applicant? Okay. Thank you. Good night. And Helica, are there any other speakers that have submitted blue cards to speak? Okay. Then I will declare the public comment opportunity closed, and I will move to commission deliberation. I'll start with the left again. Commissioner Singhott.

Well, this is basically a slight modification of the project that appeared on, what, 09/15/2022. So I don't see a lot of cause for a lot of deliberation. I think it's a good project as it was then. So I would move for its approval.

All

right. Commissioner I'll second if that was a motion.

Oh. No. I think I have to read the entire

Deliberation or action, I should have said.

Yes. Go ahead. Okay. I move here, adopt a resolution finding the project exempt from CEQA person to state CEQA guidelines section fifteen three eleven and approve a sorry. And sorry. Section fifteen one eighty three and fifteen one sixty two and approving the tentative condominium map and major design review for the Wellington Crossing project based on the findings and subject to the conditions of approval included in the draft resolution.

I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Five zero. Congratulations. I think the clubhouse will be a nice addition. Moving on to item five dot two. Will the clerk please call the item?

Item five dot two, the village major uniform sign program amendment PLNG 25 dash zero two five.

Good evening Chair Fernandez, members of the Elk Grove City Planning Commission, Antonio Blogg here to present to you tonight the Village Major Uniform Sign Program amendment. The project before you tonight is consists of an amendment to the approved village major uniform sign program. The request is to allow one additional freestanding monument sign along the western boundary of the shopping center that will be along Weimarc Drive. The project is located on approximately 15 acres at the corner of Bighorn Boulevard and Elk Grove Boulevard. This is in the Laguna Ridge specific plan.

It is zoned shopping center. There is the commercial center under construction currently. Many of those commercial shells are nearly complete and we'll be going on to the next phase which is the interior improvement shortly. As far as the major uniform sign program approval, that overall sign program was approved by the planning commission earlier this year on June 19. What was approved as far as the standalone freestanding signage, there were seven freestanding signs approved.

Three of those were multi tenant monument signs. Four of those were place making signs which only advertised for the village shopping center with no discrete tenant signage on those four place making signs. You can see on the screen before you the types of signs that were were approved. On the lower left, you can see those place making signs. There's two of each of those that just say the village at Elk Grove. And on the right, you can see the two types of freestanding tenant monument signs. There is one twenty foot sign that will be on Elk Grove Boulevard and then a nine foot sign each at Wymark Drive and Bighorn Boulevard. Boulevard.

I'm sorry. Sure. Yeah. Ah, okay. I wasn't finding

a on There's one. It's it's, Yeah.

I I wasn't finding it when I was looking at the histogram. Thank you.

So the amendment before you tonight, is to add one additional sign type b. Because there is an approved major uniform sign program. That sign program does allow up to two freestanding signs per project entry. There are six project entries which allow up to 12 total signs. This additional sign would bring that total up to eight.

So they're still not reaching the cap of that signage. This would result in a total of four multi tenant monument signs. And based on the 15 acre size of the center, that's not unusual for that many multi tenant monument signs for a shopping center that size. Even though there was a major uniform sign program approved earlier this year based on the number of tenants and the location of those tenants in the shopping center, the developer felt four signs to advertise those tenants would be more appropriate, especially given the depth and size of that shopping center. So the amendment only asked for one additional freestanding signs.

Those parameters for the size and construction of the sign are are already contained within the sign program and will not change. So what the sign program calls for, is a nine foot sign with push through acrylic construction with internal elimination. You can see kind of the same similar type of construction for signage at the ridge. That sign that sign does have internally lit letters that, for the most part, are what we call push through acrylic signs instead of having a big lit sign that becomes issue for glare. The lighting we see in these, we kind of refer to as halo lighting, where the individual letters are accented by backlighting versus becoming a glare issue for passersby on the road.

So those are guidelines that are already set by the signed program. This just adds one more sign under those same guidelines. As far as CEQA, the project is exempt from further review pursuant to section 15,311 accessory structures. That exemption applies to projects that consist of construction or replacement of minor structures including on premise signs. With that, staff recommends that the Planning Commission find the project exempt from CEQA pursuant to state CEQA guidelines section fifteen three one one and approve the amendment to the village major uniform sign program.

I'd be happy to answer any questions and we have a representative from the developer here tonight also.

Thank you, Antonio, for your report. No questions?

No, sir.

Okay. There are no questions of staff. Thank you again, Antonio. I will now move to the public comment opportunity and invite the applicant to speak if you would like to do so.

Good evening. My name is Richard Terlink. I'm with Vapas Investments, and no comments. We're just adding one more sign here to allow the tenant base that we have to have more opportunity for signage. So any questions, feel free to ask, but nothing too grand here or anything that unique.

Any questions of the applicant? I did have one. I noticed there are six signs on each of the tenant signage?

Of the smaller monument signs? Yes, there are six individual plaques.

Six individual plaques. There are eight total tenants in the development. Is that correct?

Currently, but there are many more to come. As far as we have some vacancy, we are currently 84% leased. And, but we would do have some more space where we just wanna have as much flexibility as we possibly could there for them.

How do you determine which of the six get their logo or their

name? Placement there. We give that opportunity to each of the tenants. Obviously, the larger tenants, which are majors there, for example, Whole Foods and Barnes and Noble, they'll they'll be placed on the large pylon sign, the 20 footer, which is on Elk Grove Boulevard. For the smaller tenants, which would be maybe your your your yogurt shops and sandwich shop, etcetera, they would be on the smaller signs.

Got it.

Okay. I was just curious because it didn't appear that there were enough plaques to building or tenant ratio ratio to to list everybody. And if you did so, it would be too busy, probably.

Correct. Yeah. So we just wanna keep that a very nice, clean looking design. And this gives really, as of today, it will give us plenty of signage for each of those individual smaller tenants as well.

Got it. Okay. Any other questions of the applicant? Okay. Thank you. Appreciate you coming and speaking. Is anyone registered to speak? Okay. I will now close the public comment opportunity and move to commission action or deliver deliberation.

I can support this. I have no questions.

Any questions or discussion? No, sir. Alright. Then I will move to adopt a resolution finding the project exempt from CEQA pursuant to state CEQA guidelines section one five three one one and approving a major uniform sign program amendment for the village major uniform sign program amendment project PLNG twenty five dash zero two five based on the findings and subject to the conditions of approval included in the draft resolution. Do I have a second?

Second.

I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passes five zero. There are no regular agenda items on the agenda for tonight, and we will now move to the director's report, mister Jordan. Good evening, commissioners.

Alright. So a couple items for you. We'll start with the upcoming December 18 planning commission meeting. We have one agenda item confirmed. This is the reapproval of the village for tentative subdivision map for the Sheldon Park Estates project. I like to confirm that we have a quorum for that item in that evening. I believe we need three of you, if we could double check. Okay. Everyone will be there? Fabulous.

All right. Then we have two items we're queuing up for your January 15 meeting, which would be the Trilogy Met Waste project and the Triangle Point subdivision project. In between there would normally be another agenda, but that falls on January 1. So unless there is any concern from the group, our recommendation is to have the chair cancel the meeting. So I concur. Alright. Fabulous. Thank you. In terms of upcoming council items, nothing immediately report this evening. There is council meeting next week.

No major items are on the agenda. We do have a couple final maps that are going to council for approval. If anyone's interested in those, happy to talk about them. Zoning administrator, we do have an item next or two weeks out a week from Monday, actually, for the Marriott Spring Hill Suites minor design review. This is a repaint project for that building up at the corner here at Laguna and Laguna Springs.

And then we're tracking a couple items for January 12, including a Skyport restaurant outdoor seating projects, map extension project, and the design review for the Cattlemen's Steak house project also up the way. Council actually, I'm sorry. For council next week, I do apologize. In addition to those maps, we also have the general plan open space element and the implementation work plan updates. And then for January 14, we're tracking working with the applicants on bringing forward the Bartholomew Winery Amendment Project and then that Sheldon and then a Sheldon Meadows map and rezone project also scheduled for around that time. I believe that's everything we have this evening. Happy to answer questions if you have them.

Any questions of our director? None? Where's the Skyport restaurant?

It's in the Stone Lake Landing Shopping Center, I 5, Elk Grove Boulevard, and Harbor Point.

Okay. Got it. Thank you. Alright. If there are no other questions or items for our director, are there any Planning Commission matters for us to discuss?

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I was very lazy, and I ate like a king. I will now adjourn the meeting at 06:27PM. Thank you very much. Good night.