2026-10-08 - Planning and Design Commission

00:05I want to make a quick

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00:14contain errors. Chair. You may

00:15start the meeting.

00:17>> Thank you Clark. Good

00:18evening everyone. We're calling

00:19to order the regular meeting of

00:21the City of Sacramento Planning

00:23and Design Commission for

00:24Thursday, October 8th, 2026 at

00:275 p.m. Will the clerk please

00:29call the roll to establish a

00:30quorum?

00:32>> Thank you. Chair

00:33commissioners, please unmute.

00:34Commissioner Lee, Commissioner

00:36Tao here. Commissioner Snell

00:38here. Commissioner Nebo here.

00:40Vice chair Kayden here.

00:42Commissioner Goris is absent.

00:43Commissioner Ortiz here.

00:46Commissioner. Whiskey here.

00:47Commissioner Thompson is absent.

00:49And chair Chase here. Thank you.

00:51We have a quorum.

00:53>> Thank you. Clerk. I'd like

00:55to remind members of the public

00:58in attendance. The Speaker

00:59slips that are to be submitted

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01:10being called, after which no

01:12further digital slip will be

01:13accepted. You will have three

01:15minutes to speak once you are

01:16caed on. We will now proceed

01:18with today's agenda. Starting

01:19with the land acknowledgment

01:20followed by the Pledge of

01:21Allegiance. Please stand and

01:22join me. To the original people

01:29of this land, the Nissan people,

01:31the southern Maidu Valley and

01:33Plains Miwok, Patwin Wintun

01:36peoples and the people of the

01:37Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's

01:38only federally recognized tribe.

01:41May we acknowledge and honor

01:42the native people who came

01:43before us and still walk beside

01:45us today on these ancestral

01:46lands. By choosing to gather

01:48today in the act of practice,

01:50of acknowledgment and

01:51appreciation of Sacramento's

01:53Indigenous peoples history,

01:55contribution and lives. Thank

01:56you. Join me in the Pledge of

01:59Allegiance. I pledge allegiance

02:01to the flag of the United

02:03States of America and to the

02:05Republic for which it stands.

02:07One nation under God,

02:09indivisible, with liberty and

02:11justice for all. Thank you.

02:19>> All.

02:24>> All right. So directors will

02:25become later. We'll go to the

02:28consent calendar on. Now, item

02:29number one. Next on the agenda

02:31is the approval of the Consent

02:32Calendar clerk. Are there any

02:33members of the public who wish

02:35to speak on this?

02:36>> Thank you. Chair. I have no

02:38speakers for this item.

02:39>> Thank you. Any commissioners

02:40have any items on the consent

02:42agenda they wish to pull, or is

02:43there a motion to approve?

02:49>> Motion to confirm, please.

02:52>> Motion was by Commissioner

02:53Lee. We have a motion. Is there

02:56a second? Chair. Vice chair.

03:01>> Yeah, second.

03:02>> We have a motion, a second

03:05chair. Can you take a vote?

03:09>> Thank you. Chair. So we have

03:11a motion by Commissioner Snell

03:13and a second by Vice Chair

03:15Caden. We will now take a voice

03:17vote. All those in favor,

03:18please say aye.

03:19>> Aye.

03:20>> Any opposed? Any abstain?

03:23Thank you. The motion passes.

03:25>> Thank you. Next on the

03:27agenda is public hearing.

03:28Calendar item two is the Delta

03:30Shores quick quack car wash.

03:31I'm now opening the public

03:33hearing before we start staff's

03:36presentations. Are there any

03:37disclosures or recusals. Seeing

03:42none.

03:46>> All right, take it away.

03:48>> Good evening, chair

03:49Commission. It's a pleasure to

03:51be for you tonight. Usually one

03:52of my staffs here. So it's kind

03:54of old school being back up

03:55here again. So before us we

03:58have the Delta Shores car wash

04:00located within the Delta Shores

04:02could for just some background,

04:05if you ever go to chick fil A,

04:07it's on that vacant pad that's

04:09right there. So that's where

04:10the quick quack would go.

04:11Staff's recommending approval

04:13for this quick quack as it the

04:15negative externalities

04:16sometimes associated with car

04:17wash. It's not near a light

04:19rail station. It's within an

04:20existing commercial shopping

04:22center. And it's near the I-5

04:23off ramp there. So another

04:26highlight that I'd like to

04:27bring up is that the applicant,

04:30Sacramento Air District,

04:31constantly will ask that they

04:33use cool paving and the cool

04:35roof, and the applicant has

04:37agreed to use some cool

04:38pavement. So it's one of the

04:39first projects that I can think

04:40of, at least in the South area,

04:42where they're actually

04:43incorporating that. So we thank

04:44them for that. With that, we do

04:46recommend that you approve this,

04:47and you can find the conditions

04:49and findings based on those

04:50conditions and findings in

04:51attachment three of your packet.

04:53The applicant has

04:55representatives here as myself,

04:56and we can answer any questions

04:57that you may have.

04:59>> Do we have any commissioner

05:00questions? I have a question

05:05being, I guess, a lifetime

05:07quack quack member. The access

05:11into the quick quack. Could you

05:12address. I mean, it appears

05:14that it would take a sharp

05:15right turn or, you know, U-turn

05:17to get into the the loading

05:19lane.

05:20>> Yes. You make that you make

05:21that right as you're going into

05:23the center. And then another

05:24sharp right, as you said, and

05:25then you kind of just kind of

05:27wind around into that.

05:28>> So yeah, it seems very tight.

05:30Has that been checked in terms

05:32of turning radius or.

05:33>> Yeah, it is tight. Public

05:34works did look at that. And you

05:36know, we they as myself are

05:37familiar with when it's really

05:39heavy traffic there with the

05:40with the chick fil A. But they

05:42felt that the distances there

05:44are sufficient.

05:45>> So okay, the reason I ask

05:46that is that the, the cones

05:48that stand up to separate the

05:50lines of where I go, they're

05:51always knocked over. So anyway,

05:54but okay, well, thank you very

05:55much. Any other questions? Do

05:56we have any questions from the

05:58public?

06:00>> Thank you. Chair. I have one

06:02speaker, Matt. A.

06:08>> Good evening, commissioners.

06:10Matt Anderson, district four

06:13here. Just two requests that

06:15your motion tonight to approve

06:17or deny, and I recommend going

06:19with staff. They know what

06:20they're doing does not include

06:23the condition of approval. B65F

06:26the one two install

06:28surveillance of the adjoining

06:30sidewalk and street. The

06:32conditions of approval already

06:34require video surveillance of

06:36the rest of the site, including

06:38the safe, all the points of

06:39sale, all entrance and exits,

06:41the parking lot, the trash

06:43enclosure, all four exterior

06:45walls, and anywhere you can't

06:46see from the street. I

06:48understand why the police put

06:50these conditions approval on

06:51here with a, you know, lower

06:53budget and stretched staff. I

06:55would do the same thing. But I

06:56do think that expanding that

06:59video surveillance to the

07:00adjoining public right of way

07:01is a step too far, and

07:04especially with recent

07:06movements on the federal level

07:08and expansion of the Department

07:09of Homeland Security movements

07:10within the Sacramento region

07:12within the last week, I think

07:13it's I'd like to just draw that

07:15direct connection between what

07:17you're requiring here, what's

07:18happening in our community. I

07:19think that's really important.

07:21And I'd like you just to take a

07:23pause and think about that

07:24condition before you approve

07:25this. So I really appreciate

07:27your consideration of this and

07:29have a great night.

07:31>> Thank you for your comment,

07:32Jerry. I have no more speakers.

07:35>> Thank you. Seeing no more

07:36further speakers, I'm now

07:37closing the public hearing item

07:39is back to the Commission for

07:41questions, discussion or a

07:42motion? Was that from before

07:54your name on here? Yes. Okay.

07:57Okay. Commissioner Ortiz.

08:00>> Yeah. Just because I can't

08:03open up my report, can we have

08:07staff just reiterate the

08:09recommendation for the cameras?

08:10Was that a police department

08:13recommendation? Could you just

08:14go on the record and clarify?

08:16>> Correct. That is a police

08:17recommendation.

08:19>> I'm sorry, I couldn't hear

08:20what? Oh. Thank you. You're

08:21going to.

08:24>> Oh.

08:25>> I didn't hear what you said.

08:26>> Yeah, yeah. Let me just make

08:30sure I get that right. And. Yes.

08:35Yep. It's under the police

08:36department.

08:37>> It's from the police

08:38department. Okay, I needed that.

08:40I don't know that that's

08:41discretionary. I think it's

08:42sort of standard. So I, I

08:45appreciate you clarifying that.

08:46Thank you.

08:48>> Thank you Commissioner. Any

08:50other questions from commission

08:54seeing. No more questions any

08:57motion.

09:05>> I'll move the item.

09:07>> Thank you. We have a motion

09:09by Commissioner Ortiz. Do we

09:10have a second Commissioner

09:12rescue?

09:13>> I actually had a question.

09:15Oh, sorry. Can I do that? No

09:17worries. I it took me a minute

09:18to to find the the condition

09:22that was spoken about it was

09:25B62I think. And I was just

09:28curious, is that something that

09:29we have the ability to modify

09:32to, to limit that to the

09:35property, as the speaker

09:37suggested.

09:43>> I think it's for staff.

09:45Right.

09:48>> I know I'm hesitant on this

09:51because I've spoken to police

09:52regarding this condition, but

09:54as far as amending that

09:56condition. I probably would

09:59have to defer to either our

10:01council legal counsel or maybe

10:02the chair regarding doing that.

10:05But I know that we do we do

10:09modify conditions. That has

10:10been done in the past. Just I

10:12haven't seen it done for police

10:14condition.

10:16>> And a question for the the

10:18speaker who came is it I'm not

10:19seeing where they're saying to

10:21go outside of the property,

10:23like down the street. Is that

10:24was that a condition that you

10:26had seen?

10:26>> I don't think it's in there.

10:29>> Yes, it's B 65. F is the one.

10:32It's adjacent public rights of

10:34way. Got it. And then just as

10:37kind of an addition to what was

10:39being said, if we want to come

10:41back with the police to

10:42describe that condition of

10:43approval and why it's there,

10:44just a suggestion that might

10:45also be helpful.

10:46>> Yeah.

10:49>> Station wanted to speak to

10:50something.

10:52>> Sorry, I just wanted to ask

10:53the question about clarifying

10:55the location of of the

10:57condition as well, because I

10:58didn't see it in 62. But we do

11:01typically the police department

11:03has on a number of occasions

11:05identified that this is often

11:07for the safety of employees

11:09after dark. When you're in a

11:11facility that you don't have

11:13the ability to see outside of

11:15it. So that is part of the

11:17purpose of that condition. And

11:19the business is anticipated to

11:20be open until 9 p.m.

11:24>> Okay. Thank you.

11:26>> Chair, if I may add, Carlo

11:28asked him. He's also had this

11:30conversation with police, and

11:31I'm reading here from Sergeant

11:34Buchanan, excuse me. He sort of

11:35explains why the condition is

11:37there. I can read that

11:38narrative if wanted, but in the

11:39end, he says, if the condition

11:41is viewed as unnecessarily or

11:42overly burdensome, I am willing

11:44to remove it. So it seems like

11:46there is the ability to modify

11:48that. And police have

11:50acknowledged that. Thanks,

11:53Carlo.

11:57>> Thank you. So back to the.

12:04Yes, Commissioner Ortiz.

12:07>> Yes. Thank you. Maybe we

12:08could hear from the applicant

12:10whether they have strong

12:11feelings either way on that

12:13camera placement issue.

12:18>> Hi, my name is Don Shively.

12:19I represent car wash. Regarding

12:22the the camera angles, what

12:27we're really concerned about is

12:29the health and safety of our

12:31employees and any customers

12:32that come onto the property. At

12:34that point, we don't have a

12:36feeling one way or the other,

12:38only that we can ensure that we

12:40have a safe environment for

12:43everyone.

12:46>> And I'm sorry, maybe we can

12:49ask legal counsel or some of

12:51the senior planners. I mean, if

12:52we have the discretion and it.

12:54Well, I'm sorry, does Mr. Nybo

12:55have. I'll I'll yield my time.

13:05>> My experience. We're not

13:06talking about flock here. This

13:09my experience of what happens

13:11is that there's a crime in the

13:12neighborhood. And then a police

13:14officer goes to that particular

13:16business and ask if they have

13:18any video of what has happened

13:20in the region. This isn't so

13:22it's it's pretty innocuous in

13:25that it's a it's a burden on

13:28the business owner to assemble

13:30that information and pass it on

13:31the police. But it's not this

13:33isn't correct me if I'm wrong

13:36applicant, but it's a closed

13:38system, isn't it? Correct. Yeah,

13:41yeah. And I think that if we

13:42were talking about something

13:43that would be some mainframe AI

13:47driven thing that would be shot

13:49around the world, it'd be

13:50different than if a police

13:51officer has to physically ask

13:54for this video information. It

13:57can be helpful.

14:00>> I'd like to follow up on

14:01that to the speaker. Was your

14:04concern with with cameras that

14:05were aimed off site from the

14:08project or.

14:13>> So? Yes. My concern was

14:15largely I totally understand

14:16health and safety of employees.

14:18I absolutely, and I understand

14:20police needing to use these

14:21tools for their jobs, like the

14:23on site cameras, definitely,

14:25but ones that are off site that

14:27are pointing at cars that are

14:28going by, that people are

14:29walking by. That's kind of the

14:31direct connection to the, you

14:32know, activities that are

14:33happening in our neighborhoods.

14:34I wanted to, to make for you

14:36all.

14:39>> I guess I'll go back to the

14:41applicant. Can those cameras

14:44respond to the speaker's

14:46concerns or.

14:48>> Well, I want to make sure

14:49that, I mean, my my application

14:53is for car wash here and now. I

14:55feel like I'm getting pulled

14:56into different directions about

14:58monitoring the public. And

15:00we're only providing

15:02monitorization of what's going

15:03on on our site. It's a closed

15:04loop system, and if someone

15:07wants to have access to it,

15:08they have to come into it and

15:10they have to ask for it and

15:12perhaps even have that warrant

15:14to obtain that information.

15:16It's not something that we're

15:17posting out on the World Wide

15:19Web for that.

15:22>> If I understand the concern,

15:23it seemed to be camera is not

15:26picking up cars and people off

15:28site, which was a concern. Will

15:31your cameras be limited to your

15:34property and activity there?

15:39>> We will put our cameras as

15:40long as it can ensure the

15:43safety and health of our

15:45employees and our customers

15:46that are on our property.

15:48>> All right. Interesting.

15:50Another time, we would not be

15:52asking these questions. So

15:54interesting concerns.

15:57Commissioner Snell.

15:59>> I just one point a little

16:01farther down on the.

16:03>> The report. It says the

16:05applicant may consider

16:07installing a system about real

16:10time access to camera feeds for

16:11law enforcement and fire. So

16:14it's it's in the in the report

16:16says that they the applicant

16:19can actually add a system that

16:20gives real time access. So just

16:23something to think about.

16:25>> Thank you. Commissioner.

16:26Commissioner Lee.

16:29>> Yeah. While we're thinking

16:31about this topic, just had a an

16:34unrelated topic here on comment

16:37B 14. I noticed that there's a

16:4050 foot public utility easement,

16:43and then it asks for some of

16:45the, I believe some of the

16:46vacuum stalls to be relocated.

16:51Or the number of stalls on the

16:54site for this project. Is it 13

16:56stalls or 15 stalls? I saw two

16:59different numbers.

17:05>> 13 we're talking for the

17:07parking stalls.

17:07>> Vacuum stalls.

17:14>> And that was on you said.

17:18>> BB14.

17:35>> Okay, so just so I'm clear.

17:38So then on 14 b and then we're

17:40looking at the site plan as far

17:42as the number of stalls. Is

17:43that here.

17:44>> For vacuums. Correct. The

17:46staff report. I forget where I

17:49saw it but it's a 13 vacuum

17:52stalls. But then in the site

17:54plan I saw 15. So I don't know

17:57if the. 13 is the new number

17:59stalls after it was redesigned

18:02to accommodate that easement.

18:07Or if.

18:08>> Yeah, I recall when we were

18:09looking at the parking that

18:11they were, they said they would

18:12lose two stalls. So I would I

18:14think it's 13.

18:15>> Got it. Yeah, that makes

18:16sense. I think my question was

18:19just more around making sure

18:20that there are enough stalls

18:22that, like some of my other

18:25fellow commissioners, I do use

18:26quite a lot and I enjoy using

18:29their service. But I did notice

18:30that there's one in particular

18:32where they, one of the

18:35locations doesn't have a lot of

18:36stalls, and it tends to lead to

18:39a lot of circulation problems,

18:41but I'm glad that it's still 13

18:44here, which I think is more

18:46than sufficient. So those are

18:50all my questions for now. Thank

18:52you.

18:52>> Thank you, Commissioner.

18:54Commissioner Rusk.

18:57>> Okay, so I'm just curious if

18:59the speaker was satisfied with

19:01the information that it was a

19:03closed system that Commissioner

19:05Nebo shared. I'm not super

19:08informed on like what you

19:09referenced, like the federal

19:11situation here or the AI

19:13cameras that Commissioner Nebo

19:16referenced. So I'm wondering if

19:18that satisfied your concern.

19:20And if not, if you could share

19:21more about the details of the

19:24concern.

19:27>> Happy to. And I'm going to

19:28also go on record as I'm not an

19:30expert in any of this either.

19:32I'm just a resident here that's

19:33a little concerned about all

19:35the cameras popping up. I do

19:36want to note, as the

19:37commissioner said, there's

19:38another condition of approval

19:40B65I. I think it is where the

19:42police are, you know, politely

19:44suggesting that they install a

19:47item on it that does allow real

19:49time access. My understanding

19:51is the police have some sort of

19:52a center where they're trying

19:54to collect real time access

19:56from private business owners

19:58and public cameras around the

20:00city to assist in their

20:03investigations. Understandable,

20:05but I guess that's a

20:06conversation for another time

20:08about what we want in our

20:09public right of way longer than

20:10we have here. But I don't think

20:14and I also respect that the

20:15applicant doesn't want to

20:16answer this question on the

20:17podium. Like get that. I don't

20:19think he did, which is totally

20:20fine, but I don't think the

20:22real time conversation also was

20:25answered. I don't think it can

20:27be because most of the systems

20:30that are installed have have

20:32remote access. To my

20:33understanding at this point, a

20:36lot of the older ones don't,

20:38but basically anything you

20:39install nowadays does, to my

20:42understanding. But again, not

20:43an expert. So grain of salt.

20:47>> So your concern is just

20:49people's privacy.

20:51>> When it has real time, as

20:53opposed to a closed loop where

20:55they would have to go ask the

20:57owner for the tape or I guess

20:58it's not a tape.

20:59>> But yeah, so there's massive

21:03federal enforcement both

21:04happening and about to happen

21:05in the Central Valley region.

21:08Maybe I'm just on this, you

21:10know, some of the news feeds,

21:12but I think it's documented as

21:13happening already. Talk to any

21:15of your friends against some of

21:16our immigrant neighbors. I

21:18would definitely recommend that

21:20in a real time feed of where

21:22anybody is at any given point

21:24is a massive assistance to

21:27locating any of those people.

21:29So that's, that's a major

21:30concern of mine. Yeah.

21:37>> Thank you. Commissioner.

21:39Commissioner Ortiz.

21:43>> Yeah. Let me just say a few

21:45things. I think what I think

21:48the. Public member was

21:52referencing, there are

21:54currently Ice raids occurring

21:56throughout the Central Valley.

21:56And I think that's a legitimate

21:58concern. Whether it applies to

21:59this situation is another

22:01question. I think what we have

22:03before us is a security system,

22:06clearly to protect employees.

22:09Pointed out to the street,

22:12which if somebody is assaulted,

22:16whether it's an employee or

22:17otherwise, I mean, it is

22:19valuable for law enforcement to

22:20be able to access street video.

22:24I think the real time issue is

22:26whether or not there's an

22:27ongoing surveillance

22:28immediately so that if

22:30something happens, you know,

22:31police respond immediately. I

22:33don't think it's directly

22:34related to the concern. I do

22:36want to say our city of

22:39Sacramento does have a policy

22:41that if law enforcement were

22:43asked by Ice to get access to

22:45this footage, we do have a

22:47policy in place that says they

22:48will not cooperate with Ice.

22:50Whether people have confidence

22:51in that policy or not is a

22:52whole nother issue. But we do

22:54have a city policy in which law

22:56enforcement has stated publicly

22:57they will not share that

23:00information. So I think that's

23:01important to put on the record.

23:03I do believe the whether it's

23:06not whether or not it's real

23:07time, I think it's at the

23:09discretion. I don't know if

23:10we're silent in our conditions.

23:12They have the right to do that.

23:15But, you know, I don't know

23:16that that's I mean, that's a

23:18legitimate concern. If you want

23:20your site monitored on a

23:22regular basis for vandalism,

23:24etc. I do think the concern

23:27about Ice using getting access

23:29to cameras is one that is

23:32legitimate to raise. I'm not

23:33sure that it applies in this

23:35situation. Again, our city has

23:37a policy where they are not

23:38going to turn over footage,

23:40whether it's from private or

23:41public cameras to Ice. I, you

23:45know, whether we trust that

23:46policy or not. I think we have

23:48to understand what our city's

23:49policy is. I appreciate that,

23:51that's my comments.

23:52>> Thank you. Commissioner. Any

23:55other comments from

23:56commissioners? And I can't

23:58recall. Did we have a motion

24:00yet?

24:00>> I did move it.

24:02>> Pardon. So we had a motion

24:03by Commissioner Ortiz. Is there

24:05a second.

24:06>> I'll second the motion.

24:08>> We have a motion by

24:09Commissioner Ortiz. We have a

24:11second by Vice Chair Kaydon you

24:13take a vote.

24:14>> Thank you. Chair.

24:16Commissioners, please unmute.

24:18Commissioner Lee. Commissioner,

24:22Commissioner Snell, High

24:23Commissioner Nebo, vice chair.

24:26>> Kadin high.

24:28>> Commissioner glass is absent.

24:29Commissioner Ortiz. High

24:31Commissioner. High Commissioner

24:33Thompson is absent. And chair

24:34Chase, I thank you. The motion

24:36passes.

24:37>> Thank you. Thank you. Clerk.

24:39Next on the agenda is a

24:40discussion calendar item three,

24:43which is the 2027 Planning and

24:45Zoning Work Program. Do we have

24:47a staff presentation? I believe

24:48we do, Greg. Thank you. Yes.

24:58>> Right. Good evening, chair

25:00Chase. Members of the

25:01Commission. Greg Sandlin,

25:03planning director. Happy to

25:06present our initial draft 2027

25:09Planning and Zoning Work

25:10Program for your review and

25:13consideration. This is our

25:15seventh work program that we've

25:17developed in collaboration with

25:18the Commission. We do this

25:21every year to help us

25:24commission, counsel, understand,

25:26prioritize the work we do for

25:28the next year. And we also do a

25:30look back on. How we did with

25:34our prior work program or how

25:35we're doing since the year

25:37isn't over. And then I walk

25:40through the program by program,

25:43essentially for your

25:46consideration. So here we are

25:49in October with the initial

25:51draft, and then I come back in

25:53November with any adjustments

25:54to the work program. In light

25:56of your comments or answers to

25:59any questions you had that I

26:01couldn't really get to, and

26:03I'll still summarize that

26:04anyways. And it's the Law and

26:05Legislation Committee and

26:06Council will see that summary

26:09in December. I would go to the

26:11legislation committee for them

26:12to provide any comments on the

26:14work program, and then council

26:17approves the work program in

26:18January. That's the plan. So as

26:23for our 2026 work program, got

26:26some accomplishments to share.

26:29The 2025 omnibus ordinance was

26:32adopted. It's critical zoning

26:34code tune up that we do every

26:36year and helps us stay

26:38compliant with state law. After

26:41quite a lot of work years of

26:43work, Council adopted our

26:46cannabis land use policies,

26:47updated those as well as

26:50adopted the Cannabis

26:51Consumption Lounge ordinance,

26:53where I think at some point

26:56this commission will see the

26:57first cup for Cannabis Lounge.

27:00At some point soon. I believe.

27:04Other accomplishments. We made

27:06quite a lot of headway on the

27:09what we're terming the 2040

27:10General Plan and Zoning

27:12Consistency Project really

27:14wanted to get this done by the

27:15end of the year. We do have 200

27:18pages of ordinance for the

27:20Attorney's office to go through

27:22and review. So we're just

27:24trying to get things just right.

27:28And we also have about 2000

27:31pages, just a list of all the

27:34parcels that will be rezoned.

27:35So we're going to be well over

27:38100,000 parcels rezoned. So all

27:39this is coming together in a

27:42very large staff report. We

27:44hope to have before the

27:45Commission in January. We plan

27:48on having at the Commission in

27:50January. Other things, working

27:54with our small developer

27:55community, our showcase where a

27:59smaller group of small

28:00developers pitched their pro

28:02formas and shared plans with

28:03each other. Exchange

28:05information. We hosted an open

28:07house at 300 Richards Boulevard,

28:10where small developers were

28:11able to work and meet with

28:14different departments, all in

28:16one room. We had a commission

28:20workshop on cottages on wheels.

28:22We have the ordinance developed,

28:23and we hope to be moving

28:24forward with that in the first

28:26quarter next year. The

28:28discussion on a vacant property

28:30tax. We took the long ledge in

28:32the spring of this year, and

28:35they decided to pivot more

28:37towards fees and enforcement of

28:43current ordinances for vacant

28:45lots. Also, in 2025, we updated

28:49the Universal Design Ordinance

28:52and had an outreach campaign to

28:53create more awareness on for

28:56prospective buyers of homes.

29:01Streamline Sacramento has been

29:02a big priority by the council,

29:06as you learn with the omnibus

29:08ordinance that went by the

29:10commission about a month ago,

29:12is. We now have a clear process

29:14for demolition of accessory

29:16structures or structures

29:18damaged after a disaster. We

29:21have a new process under state

29:23law to administratively approve

29:25adaptive reuse conversions from

29:29office to to housing. And then

29:32also Bruce Monegan was here

29:34just the last meeting with

29:35registered house plans allowing

29:38developers to reuse the design

29:43and help reduce design and soft

29:45costs for development. We've

29:48also prepared administrative

29:50drafts for both Central City

29:53specific plan and district

29:54specific plan, so hope to be

29:57moving forward with those next

29:59year as well for adoption. When

30:02a project that I'm excited

30:04about that we've initiated is,

30:07is to create, we're looking at

30:10creating an administrative

30:12permit for outdoor markets on

30:13private property to activate

30:16vacant land. It's a big

30:18priority by council is vacant

30:21lot activation. So we're

30:23working with convention culture

30:26and services that issue these

30:28permits, looking at adjustments

30:29to code to allow outdoor

30:32markets, food trucks, the like

30:35on vacant sites. So in the

30:38remaining milestones we're

30:39looking at for this year is

30:42council consideration of the

30:442026 omnibus ordinance, as well

30:45as the registered House plans

30:47ordinance. All we're looking at

30:49November 10th for that. Some

30:53work that was not anticipated

30:54in 2026 was working on the

30:57registered house plans. We have

31:00a new criteria for opportunity

31:03Zones that were working with

31:07economic development on on

31:10areas providing GIS information,

31:12the like, so those zones can be

31:15established, incentivize more

31:17development. We did a city wide

31:20accessory dwelling unit survey.

31:22In response to your question,

31:23chair Chase, last year about

31:25why are these ADUs when they're

31:29permitted? Why is there a lag

31:30or they're not? Go ahead with

31:33construction. And so we'll be

31:35posting that information on our

31:36ad you resource website with

31:40our findings that will help

31:42inform policies and processes.

31:46And then also we. After meeting

31:50with Sacog staff and talking

31:52about the regional housing

31:53needs allocation, we were

31:56motivated to get going on a

31:58request for proposals for

31:59consultant services to start

32:00the 2029 2037 Housing Element

32:04update. So we're back at it

32:05again. So the draft program for

32:12next year, again, it's

32:14organized by Citywide housing,

32:18neighborhood, community

32:19planning, climate and equity

32:21and policy, as well as ongoing

32:23programmatic work. One

32:27additional lens we've been

32:28looking at with this, this work

32:31program, beyond what state

32:32mandated or implementing the

32:34general plan and housing

32:35element, our council priorities,

32:38which are economic development,

32:40public safety and homelessness.

32:43The city manager's office has

32:45developed a work program or

32:49work plan where they take these

32:51three priorities, develop

32:54objectives, and then strategic

32:56initiatives. So you'll see in

32:57the the work program we cite.

33:01You know, with each initiative,

33:03whether it aligns with a

33:05particular strategic initiative

33:06by council. And a common one is,

33:08of course, streamlining

33:10development. So citywide policy.

33:16Our general plan, our title 17

33:19consistency project. As I said,

33:21we'll be moving forward early

33:23next year. Believe it or not,

33:27we're going to get going on the

33:28five year general plan update.

33:30We're here again. We, as a

33:32policy, like to update our

33:33general plan every five years.

33:36And so if we start next year,

33:38we're hoping to get that done

33:39by 2029. Some features that

33:44will include this is going to

33:45be largely a technical update,

33:46not like the overhaul we had

33:49that was adopted in 2024 is a

33:52new community plan for the

33:54community, and then also with

33:57our environmental justice

33:59element and our disadvantaged

34:00communities, we're going to be

34:01looking at studying how

34:06existing and future land uses

34:07are impacting health outcomes

34:10in disadvantaged communities to

34:11help inform our land use

34:13regulations. We really want to

34:14have that clear connection. And

34:17this this last general plan, we

34:19certainly identified the areas

34:22and some of the issues, but we

34:25would like to move ahead with

34:27that clear correlation in terms

34:30of how land use impacts

34:33community health, particularly

34:34in these areas. We'll be

34:37developing a scope of work for

34:39the general plan will be coming

34:40by the Commission with our work

34:43plan, so to speak, for the

34:45General plan next year. Urban

34:50level of flood protection.

34:51We're almost done with getting

34:53200 year level certification

34:55for all our levees, and I'm

34:57glad with the El Nino coming.

34:59But we're also required to have

35:02a 20 year plan to ensure

35:04maintenance and access to these

35:05levees to maintain that 200

35:07year level flood protection. So

35:10we're working with Sacramento

35:12Area Flood Control Agency, our

35:14utilities department, levee

35:16management agencies to map all

35:18these areas along levees that

35:21need to be monitored and

35:24maintained. A B 98 requires

35:30that we adopt a truck route map,

35:33and we have a truck route map,

35:36but we have brought on

35:37consultants to refine that.

35:40Look at how that current truck

35:43route map interacts with

35:46existing land uses is. Are

35:47there additional routes,

35:49additional considerations

35:51before we adopt the final route

35:54map, which has to be done by

35:56the end of this year under

35:58state law? Design review

36:00districts? One streamlining

36:03consideration we're looking at

36:04is repealing some of these

36:06design review districts. They

36:09predated citywide design review

36:11that we introduced in 2013.

36:13There's a lot of subjective

36:14guidelines we can't enforce. So

36:17it creates a layering of

36:19regulations because we have

36:20citywide design guidelines and

36:22and other things. So we're

36:24going to analyze some of these

36:25districts and see if we no

36:27longer need them. Code

36:32enforcement, enforcement,

36:33omnibus. This is kind of going

36:36beyond our normal planning work.

36:38But as I noted, Kevin does an

36:41annual omnibus code enforcement

36:43has a long list of technical

36:47updates in a variety of titles

36:49of our code that they would

36:52like to see updated to help

36:54with compliance, public health

36:55and safety. And so we're

36:58lending our some resources

36:59there to, to help with that. Of

37:04course, with our omnibus every

37:05year, we, we're going through

37:07right now all the different

37:08legislative updates impacting

37:10planning as well as building

37:11and other aspects of

37:13development. And so we will be

37:15working on those updates next

37:16year. Waste management

37:20ordinance. This is something

37:21we've we've been working on,

37:23but with with our work on

37:25cannabis has created a bit of a

37:27delay, but we're looking

37:28forward to work moving ahead

37:30with an ordinance that

37:33considers the new urban housing

37:36types that continue to pop up

37:39in the city, and where we put

37:42our trash, both just our

37:45garbage, our green waste or

37:47recycling how we plan. It's a

37:50it's an important consideration

37:52for site planning. And this

37:54code definitely needs an update.

37:58Home occupations. We have our

38:00home occupation permit and

38:02standards. We've been looking

38:04to finalize what our

38:06neighborhood commercial uses

38:07will be with our new zoning

38:08code update, and then move

38:10forward with updating standards

38:12for what you can do out of your

38:14house. Sign code amendments,

38:19mainly one that has been

38:21requested by council, is to

38:23look at the digital sign

38:25standards for the Entertainment

38:26and Sports Center district.

38:28Special sign district. We have

38:29a market study right now that

38:31takes into account the new

38:34digital signage allowances in

38:37the railyards. And just look

38:41and our clear channel,

38:42billboards and the like. And to

38:43look overall at that market

38:45analysis, before we make any

38:47additional allowances for

38:50digital signage. We will be

38:54looking at our subdivision

38:55ordinance. Public works is

38:56working on their street design

38:58standards. All the regulations

39:01for how we design our streets

39:03in relation to building. It's

39:05very critical. Once they have

39:06those design standards updated,

39:08we'll be looking at our

39:09subdivision ordinance also to

39:11make sure that we have

39:12alignment with that. And yeah,

39:16as we have subdivisions that

39:18have increased density and

39:22we're we're looking to add more

39:23units, we still want to have

39:25enough space for trees,

39:28sidewalks and the like. So

39:30making sure we have good,

39:31consistent direction on how to

39:34design those subdivisions. Of

39:39course, not just updating our

39:40code, all our planning forms of

39:42consistency with state law as

39:43well as accessibility, Ada,

39:45accessibility of our forms. We

39:48need to update all that housing

39:52policy. A B 1033. This would be

39:55an ordinance that would permit

39:57the sale of A to use

40:00essentially like a condo. We've

40:02been looking at this for a

40:03while and we are we have

40:07developed an ordinance. We're

40:08reviewing that ordinance and

40:10making sure that we have

40:14safeguards and regulations to

40:16make sure that the Adu and the

40:20surrounding property are. Well,

40:25we'll be able to function

40:26amicably together once that Adu

40:29is sold. Yeah. Condo conversion

40:34ordinance. We have a very as I

40:36mentioned in prior years, and

40:38this is something that we've

40:39been wanting to do and we were

40:41unable to get to last year. But

40:44looking at newer apartments and

40:46whether we can take a very

40:49restrictive condo conversion

40:50ordinance and allow those,

40:51those apartments to be

40:53converted to condos to allow

40:55for more homeownership

40:56opportunities. Cottages on

40:59wheels. We've had a great

41:00workshop with the council.

41:01We've developed an ordinance

41:03that needs review by the city

41:06attorney's office, and we hope

41:08to have that follow after the

41:10our our larger zoning code

41:12update. Housing element, just

41:16ongoing implementation

41:18monitoring progress and

41:21development of sites in our

41:23land, inventory of the housing

41:24element and making appropriate

41:26findings that we still have

41:28adequate capacity for the

41:29various income groups. We have

41:31our Housing Policy Working

41:32Group, which just met this

41:34morning, to talk about a lot of

41:35the features of Streamline

41:36Sacramento. And of course, we

41:37have our annual report with our

41:39progress towards the regional

41:40housing, our regional housing

41:42needs and overall production.

41:47As I noted earlier, we'll be

41:48updating the housing element

41:50starting next year. As for

41:52neighborhood community planning,

41:53a lot of our resources have

41:55shifted to the River district

41:56and the Central city specific

41:58plan, updating those and moving

42:02ahead with hearings by year end

42:06for both projects. Climate and

42:11equity policy. With the general

42:13plan moving ahead with an

42:15update, we'll also be updating

42:17our Climate Action and

42:18adaptation plan, updating our

42:20vulnerability assessment, our

42:22greenhouse gas inventory that's

42:23over ten years old, and then

42:25also looking at further

42:27strategies for electrification

42:30and decarbonization plans. Also,

42:35our staff's working with public

42:37works that will be working on

42:39updating the city's parking lot

42:40tree shading ordinance, reduce

42:43our extreme heat to help

42:46mitigate that and pick the

42:47right tree shading and the

42:49light trees species. And then

42:54we continue to work on the food

42:56literacy centers, Urban Farm

42:58Community Action plan. It's

43:00taken a lot of work to get

43:02these different reimbursement

43:04agreements set up and

43:06consultant contracts, but

43:07everything is set up.

43:08Consultants are on board. We're

43:10starting with a community

43:12outreach, I think, already this

43:13year, and I think it's going to

43:16be a great opportunity in that

43:18area where the we have in the

43:23Upper West Side with New

43:26Helvetia and Marina Vista

43:29connecting those residents to.

43:32That resource, as well as just

43:35information on just healthy

43:37food and food access. Other

43:41ongoing programmatic work we're

43:43working on is our planning

43:45academy. The 25th class is

43:46going to go ahead in 2027.

43:48We're looking at holding that

43:50academy in the fall instead of

43:52the spring, just in light of

43:54the amount of work we have that

43:56will be coming to fruition

43:58early next year. So making a

44:00little adjustment there due to

44:02staff resources, of course, our

44:05our policy planners are helping

44:08at planning counter with

44:11inquiries from the public. And

44:13then that's that's the work

44:16program. Just considerations.

44:18We have some constrained

44:20resources. With the structural

44:22budget deficit. We continue to

44:24work with that issue. We've

44:30largely been offsetting costs

44:33with increased revenue

44:35strategies. But it's just

44:39mindful as we as we look at our

44:41work program and we have a

44:43vacant position, we've gotten

44:45further direction to

44:47potentially not fill positions

44:49if not absolutely necessary and

44:52essential, and filling legal

44:54mandates. But what we've

44:57assumed in terms of staff

44:59capacity, we feel like in the

45:00work program is realistic, and

45:03we hope to move ahead with all

45:05this work. So yeah, that

45:09concludes my presentation. I

45:10have the work program also in

45:12additional slides. If you want

45:13to reference anything but happy

45:16to answer questions, I have

45:18staff, Kevin, Colin or zoning

45:19administrator, as well as Remi

45:21Mendoza, our long range

45:22planning manager, if you have

45:23specific questions. And of

45:24course, if we can't answer

45:26something, we'll come back in

45:27the next meeting with responses.

45:30>> Thank you Greg. Sounds like

45:32it's going to be a busy year,

45:35which is good. Do any

45:37commission questions of Greg? I

45:46see none, take it back. Vice

45:50Chair Caden.

45:52>> Thanks. Yeah, I'm always

45:53amazed at all the work that

45:56you're able to accomplish in a

45:57year, even if not everything

45:59gets done and gets pushed to

46:01the next year sometimes and new

46:03stuff comes up. So it's, it's

46:04amazing. And I think, you know,

46:06generally speaking, I think I

46:08like all of the, the priorities

46:10and I think the, the timing

46:12makes sense to me. I think, you

46:14know, my biggest priorities are

46:17just getting the, the zoning

46:19code overall finished. I know

46:21it's been a tremendous effort

46:22and sounds like that's coming

46:23very early next year, which is

46:26great. And then the AB. 1033

46:27Adu conversation bill, I think

46:30is one that would be great to

46:31implement sooner than later. It

46:33sounds like that's coming up in

46:34Q1 as well. So that's good to

46:36hear. I was just curious really

46:37quickly on the the specific

46:39plans, you know, the River

46:42district, Central City, it

46:43feels like it's been going for

46:46a while and it's just looking

46:47at the staff effort. It's a

46:49good amount of hours. It looks

46:51like next year as well. What

46:55are what are we? Maybe a silly

46:58question, but like, what are we

47:00getting out of updating these

47:01existing specific plans? And

47:02just like, what's can you just

47:04sort of walk us through the

47:06decision making process for

47:07like, why that's like a really

47:08good, like use of a lot of our

47:10time as opposed to like maybe

47:12potentially initiating a

47:14different area specific plan,

47:17like, is it, how necessary is

47:19it to kind of update these and

47:20keep these up to date?

47:22>> Yeah, the River district is

47:24close to 15 years old. And a

47:28big part, part of the update is

47:32the infrastructure finance plan,

47:35making sure that we're

47:36accurately reflecting the

47:38infrastructure needed, looking

47:40at the fee and aspects of the

47:45finance plan that that

47:47determine that fee. It's one of

47:48the highest fees, if not the

47:50highest, one of the highest

47:52finance plan fees, particularly

47:53for infill areas and

47:55particularly in comparison to

47:56the central city. So truing up

47:58that fee. Also looking at right

48:01of way, the River district has

48:03a lot of requirements for.

48:09Right of way that would be

48:10acquired through development.

48:11And some of that was set in

48:13this perfect grid, but it

48:15didn't follow property

48:16boundaries. So we want to look

48:19at that. And so when projects

48:20come in, we're not requiring a

48:22street to come in and leaving

48:24like a sliver parcel that's

48:27undevelopable. So. Also

48:31improving bike PED connections

48:33in that area. There's just been

48:34so much growth in the river

48:36district and rail yards and

48:37just anticipating and

48:39accommodating that growth and

48:40the circulation, so less so of

48:41a land use change I think are

48:44generally the land use. The

48:45zoning is pretty good. And

48:47we're going to look at

48:48adjustments to heights. But

48:50more so it's infrastructure

48:52financing and how

48:55>> We require a right of way

48:58with development, and we're not

48:59constraining that. The central

49:02city specific plan just just

49:05the amount of growth that's

49:06occurring in in that project.

49:08Again, looking at the

49:09infrastructure finance

49:11strategies, but also our design

49:15guidelines, particularly for

49:15the central core, we have these

49:17tower requirements that it's

49:19very Vancouver and our urban

49:22design manager has definitely a

49:24different opinion on how we can

49:27go about denser development. Is

49:31there any other highlights you

49:32wanted to mention about Central

49:35City?

49:36>> Good evening. Remy Mendoza,

49:38long range planning manager. I

49:39think the only other piece

49:40maybe would be taking a close

49:42look at key opportunity areas

49:43such as Blue Diamond, for

49:44example, and ensuring that as

49:46these significant opportunity

49:48areas are coming forward, that

49:50we're maximizing opportunities

49:51to ensure comprehensive

49:54development with the city,

49:54whether it means additional

49:55housing or economic development.

50:01>> That makes a lot of sense.

50:02And then the other one that

50:04just I was just amazed to see

50:06that we are already looking at

50:08an update to the general plan

50:10as we're like talking about

50:11like trying to, you know,

50:13implement the one that we just

50:15adopted, but recognize these

50:18are long timelines and takes a

50:19few years. And I guess it'll be

50:21five years by the time. So the,

50:25the five year policy is, is

50:28that, is that a preference?

50:30Like, I'm just curious, like

50:32what the, what the five years

50:33comes from? Is that dictated by

50:35the environmental document or

50:36like, is that what it is

50:38predominantly?

50:38>> Yeah, because we use a

50:40master environmental impact

50:41report. And after five years,

50:43we need to make findings that

50:46the impacts anticipated and the

50:50mitigation everything is still

50:51current. One of the

50:54considerations for this update

50:55is to switch over to a

50:56programmatic EIR that doesn't

50:58have that five year window. We

51:03found, potentially that a

51:05programmatic EIR can still help

51:08cover implementation of the

51:10general plan from a sequel

51:12perspective, because that

51:12mastery EIR is really critical

51:14when we move ahead with our

51:15zoning code update or our other

51:17policy initiatives, we, we, we

51:20use a sequel exemption,

51:22essentially making the project

51:23a subsequent project. But as I

51:26understand it, we can use a

51:27programmatic EIR as well. So

51:30that would. With this update,

51:32we wouldn't have to rush and do

51:35another update to the general

51:36plan five years later. I mean,

51:39I think it is great or one of

51:41the few cities that do five

51:42year updates, if not the only

51:44one I know of in California,

51:45but we've made because of that,

51:48we keep the conversation going,

51:51the dialog with the community,

51:52the focus on sustainable growth,

51:54and it helps to. Back our our

51:59bold initiatives, whether for

52:02urban growth. So that said,

52:04yeah, it would be nice to start

52:06an update when we feel like

52:08it's right to do so.

52:11>> Yeah. I mean, it seems like

52:12in the new Sequa world that we

52:16live in, where most of the

52:19projects are going to be exempt

52:23anyway, it seems like that's,

52:24it's a, it's a, a lot to invest

52:27in your staff time to do every

52:30five year master environmental

52:32impact reports. If you're not

52:34actually getting the bang for

52:35the buck that you used to when

52:37that was such a massive sequa

52:39streamlining tool. So I'd be

52:42supportive of doing that. But

52:43that's yeah, it's obviously

52:44your guys's call. Anyway,

52:47that's all I have. Thank you.

52:49>> Thank you, Vice Chair

52:51Commissioner Ortiz.

52:53>> Thank you. I think these

52:57very reasonable, impressive

53:02plans, work plans. And I think

53:04what I see here is us staying

53:06ahead of what is a pretty

53:07decent reputation on being

53:09proactive, particularly on our

53:11housing policy. So I, I really

53:13appreciate that. I always, and

53:16this may be a little bit on

53:17this sort of collateral or

53:20tangential to this, but I

53:21always kind of focus in on the

53:23concerns about the budget and

53:25vacancies to stay on track with

53:27this. And I'm, I'm struggling

53:31with us incentivizing, as we

53:34should, streamlining infill

53:37density at the same time that

53:40we're have staff vacancies and

53:42or not just in planning, but

53:44perhaps in code enforcement and

53:46some of the other departments

53:48and how you balance

53:50incentivizing and waiving or

53:52limiting fees to do the right

53:54thing. At the same time that

53:55we're we seem to be also

53:58increasing fees for planning

54:00projects as well as penalties

54:03in zoning. And so my question

54:06is kind of twofold. One, how

54:07many vacancies will we have or

54:10do we have in the planning

54:13department in have do we have

54:17vacancies in zoning violation

54:21enforcement, or are we ramping

54:22up those? It's kind of a

54:24parallel. Sometimes I'm torn on

54:25some of the parking enforcement.

54:27We increase meters and we

54:29increase fees and we increase

54:31penalties and sometimes impacts

54:33average people trying to go

54:35downtown and midtown to. So how

54:38are we how many vacancies do we

54:40have in your department? Do we

54:41have vacancies in code

54:43enforcement? And how much of

54:45that will be offset by some of

54:47our increasing fines and

54:49penalties by not complying and

54:51or perhaps even the application

54:54fees for projects? I mean, are

54:56we ■kind of trying to even both

54:58sides of the, you know, budgets

55:02in that scenario?

55:05>> So with our fees and those

55:06were adopted in spring of this

55:09year for the fiscal year budget

55:12or summer, I guess that was

55:15informed by a fee study where

55:18we looked at all our fees in

55:21planning as well as in building

55:23to make sure that what we're

55:26charging is adequate to pay for

55:28our time working on those

55:31development projects. So the

55:33fees did go up along with

55:37anticipated revenue. And we

55:41feel like we're now on a

55:43sustainable path to be able to

55:45pay for our time on on

55:46development applications.

55:47>> So do we have vacancies that

55:48those fees will offset, I hope,

55:52or do we anticipate vacancies

55:54or now can we adequately fund

55:56our staff?

55:57>> Largely, we've been

55:58replacing all our vacancies

55:59like we have, I think 4 or 5

56:01right now. And. It's in fact,

56:06our our department, overall

56:08community development

56:09department came up with over $7

56:12million surplus at the end of

56:14the fiscal year and gave it

56:16back to the city for the

56:18general fund. So the issue is

56:21those are one time savings,

56:23potentially, and we have a

56:24structural deficit. And then

56:27we've also received direction

56:29on a hiring suspension. And so

56:35each time we fill a vacant

56:36position we have to show the

56:39justification what will happen

56:40if we don't fill the position.

56:41Have we looked at alternative

56:43arrangements. And that's just a

56:44city wide consideration. You

56:46balance that though with if we

56:48have less planners to handle

56:50applications to our level of

56:51services, go down. Our

56:53timeliness of processing these

56:55applications with long range

56:56planning. Also, there's a

56:59general plan maintenance fee

57:01that we charge on all building

57:03permits. That has helped to

57:04fund a substantial portion of

57:08our planning policy work. Not

57:10all of it. Some of it is still

57:12dependent on the general fund.

57:15So there are some still some

57:18considerations when we each

57:20each year with the budget, when

57:22they're looking for what what

57:24can we reduce? What is

57:28discretionary, what is not

57:29legally mandated, what is

57:31important, but not essential. I

57:34guess all those are all those

57:38considerations will be going on

57:41until the next budget is

57:42adopted. And so.

57:43>> But we're adequately staffed,

57:45given those fees have to be

57:48aligned with the work. It can't

57:50be a general tax. So are you

57:52confident we have enough bodies

57:53in place to achieve this plan,

57:55or are we going to is it going

57:56to be a little.

57:57>> I think so, so we've we we

57:59have one vacancy in our senior

58:02planner position. And then we

58:05have another associate planner

58:06that's on indefinite leave. So

58:12we've tried to to take that

58:15into account. I'm frankly

58:17keeping that senior planner

58:19position vacant. Just in light

58:23of just until I have some

58:25greater certainty about what

58:26the budget outlook is, because

58:28I don't want to put somebody in

58:30that seat. And then.

58:31>> And we have increased and I

58:34probably a touchy subject, but

58:35we. So I think we have

58:37increased zoning violation

58:40enforcement positions.

58:42>> No.

58:43>> We haven't.

58:44>> No, we we have two zoning

58:46investigators. And one handles

58:50basically the north portion of

58:51the city and other handles the

58:54south of the river. And so we

58:57we have an increased staff in

58:59their caseload has gone up. I'm

59:02not sure what those factors are,

59:04but.

59:05>> And the penalties have

59:06increased, as I understand as

59:08well.

59:10>> I think. Yes, some of the

59:11fees were adjusted along with.

59:13There were just general code

59:14enforcement adjustments.

59:14>> Yeah. The fees. And then

59:16there's the penalty part of it.

59:17So I mean, that's the important

59:19part. I know that each

59:20department probably has the

59:21responsibility to help with the

59:23structural general fund, which

59:24is unfortunate because that

59:27structural deficit is really

59:28significant. And it was a

59:31function of past councils. And

59:33I'll just leave it at that. So

59:34it sounds like your department

59:37has done your contribution to

59:38help with that structural

59:39deficit through one time

59:41savings, but this is going to

59:42be an ongoing issue. I guess my

59:44question was, are do you feel

59:45we're adequately staffed to be

59:47able to achieve this? What I

59:49think is impressive sound plan,

59:52and I think I'm hearing you say,

59:53yes.

59:54>> Yes, I'm optimistic. But if

59:56planners go elsewhere, there's

59:58additional vacancies and it's

1:00:01decided above me that that

1:00:03position won't be refilled then.

1:00:05Yeah, that would make an impact

1:00:07on our progress.

1:00:09>> Well, and code enforcement,

1:00:10have they increased or lost

1:00:13increased bodies? I mean

1:00:14they're a key part of, I think

1:00:17penalties and enforcement. And

1:00:18again, there's that cost

1:00:19benefit analysis because some

1:00:21residents are impacted by code

1:00:23enforcement violations that

1:00:24really are really burdensome.

1:00:27If we don't do a lot of

1:00:28education in the community. But

1:00:31I mean, we need to do it. We're

1:00:33obligated. Obviously, it's the

1:00:34right thing to do. But I

1:00:36sometimes worry about those

1:00:37huge code enforcement fees when

1:00:38we can educate the community

1:00:40about how to how high their

1:00:42fence should be or not be, or

1:00:44some of these minor things that

1:00:45they really get hard hit hard

1:00:47with fines and penalties from

1:00:48code enforcement and zoning

1:00:50administrators.

1:00:51>> A lot of these things are

1:00:52complaint driven, though, too.

1:00:53We don't. Well, that's.

1:00:54>> I'm very well aware of that.

1:00:56Not personally, but I mean, you

1:00:58know, there's zoning

1:01:00administrators that go out and

1:01:01to respond to one and then they

1:01:03can see the two houses across

1:01:04the street and they'll say,

1:01:05well, we didn't get a complaint

1:01:07on those. So there seems to be

1:01:09a little equity that could be

1:01:10adopted in our policies if

1:01:11we're going to apply it to one

1:01:13House and they obviously see

1:01:15violations elsewhere, they

1:01:16should not need to have

1:01:18somebody come make their

1:01:19neighbor turn into a snitch.

1:01:21That's that's a bigger

1:01:22conversation, not your job, but

1:01:24I do, I do see code enforcement,

1:01:27particularly in communities,

1:01:29poor communities, communities

1:01:30of color that may have language

1:01:31challenges on some of these

1:01:33things that are I mean, I'd

1:01:35like to see us have a little

1:01:36more grace with some of these

1:01:38families. That's all. It's not

1:01:39your job, but I'm just going to

1:01:41get on my soapbox right now.

1:01:42Thank you for answering the

1:01:43questions about our most direct

1:01:45work right now. Thank you.

1:01:46>> Thank you. Commissioner,

1:01:48just a quick comment. A follow

1:01:49up on that. When I was building

1:01:51a fish for the city, I know

1:01:53when we inspectors left every

1:01:54morning to go out to their

1:01:57particular things, the

1:01:58instruction was, as you're

1:01:59driving along, you know, be

1:02:00looking both sides of the

1:02:01street so you can see things

1:02:03that might be doing, you know,

1:02:04work that might be happening

1:02:05illegally.

1:02:06>> The neighbors that complain.

1:02:08>> Anyway. Thank you

1:02:09Commissioner, Commissioner,

1:02:10rescue.

1:02:12>> Thank you. Thank you for

1:02:13this report. I appreciate the

1:02:16the attention to the street

1:02:19design and the shade design and

1:02:21how to attain like dense infill

1:02:24housing with also providing the

1:02:26shade. And this might be more

1:02:28fine grained than what you're

1:02:29asking for right now, but just

1:02:31to in those efforts to really

1:02:33consider the overall shade, not

1:02:35just the shade from trees. So a

1:02:38lot of times, like if the

1:02:41building is on the south side

1:02:42of the street, the building

1:02:43will, will provide the shade.

1:02:44So you wouldn't need additional

1:02:46trees there. Same with a

1:02:48parking lot. A lot of times,

1:02:51you know, the the ordinance

1:02:52doesn't allow you to take into

1:02:54account the shade from the

1:02:55building. And so if there's a

1:02:56four story building to the

1:02:58south of a parking lot, it's

1:02:59going to be very well shaded

1:03:01and you just need a few trees.

1:03:02And then those trees that you

1:03:04don't need could be allocated

1:03:05somewhere else. And it's, you

1:03:06know, really nice to have the

1:03:08trees located where they can be

1:03:09of most use. So just to

1:03:11consider, you know, the

1:03:12buildings create shade that if

1:03:14a, if a project wanted to

1:03:15provide an arcade instead of

1:03:17trees, that might be an option.

1:03:21And, and I love, I love trees.

1:03:22So, you know, I really like

1:03:24that you're considering this.

1:03:26And just to think about the

1:03:28overall shade. Thank you.

1:03:31>> Thank you. Commissioner.

1:03:32Just to jump back to

1:03:33Commissioner Ortiz's concern, I

1:03:35think with code enforcement,

1:03:38hopefully there's absolutely no

1:03:41punitive, unfair, punitive

1:03:42issues with code enforcement

1:03:45and with building permit

1:03:46building inspection work that

1:03:48the issue there should be

1:03:50public safety and safety,

1:03:51health and welfare. So I think

1:03:53that is is what happens out

1:03:56there. Thank you. Are there any

1:03:59other commission questions or.

1:04:03Since this is not a there's no

1:04:05action to be taken on this

1:04:07other than I think we provided

1:04:08review and comment to Greg for

1:04:10moving forward with this. So

1:04:11thanks again, Greg.

1:04:12>> Thank you.

1:04:14>> Chair. Just for the record,

1:04:15we have no speakers for this.

1:04:17>> Okay. Thank you. I don't

1:04:18know what I'd do without

1:04:19Sapphire. You can never retire.

1:04:26All right. Thank you. Now we'll

1:04:28move on to discussion calendar

1:04:30item four, which is the City of

1:04:33Sacramento Planning and Design

1:04:34Commission 2026 Annual report.

1:04:36Do we have a staff presentation?

1:04:38>> We do. Thank you, chair. I'm

1:04:40happy to be here tonight again

1:04:42with you to kick off the

1:04:44preparation of the Commission's

1:04:462026 Annual report. This item

1:04:48is on your agenda tonight for

1:04:49review and comment only. So

1:04:51we're soliciting your feedback

1:04:52on what's been prepared and

1:04:53what's in the attached report.

1:04:56We'll take your comments. We'll

1:04:57incorporate them into the

1:04:58annual report document and then

1:05:00return to the commission's

1:05:02November 12th meeting with a

1:05:03final report and ask for your

1:05:05recommendation to P and P at

1:05:07that point in time. So just to

1:05:10provide a little bit of

1:05:11background on this whole

1:05:12process, in March of 2023, the

1:05:14City Council updated its Rules

1:05:16of Procedure document, and

1:05:18among other things, it

1:05:19established an annual report

1:05:21process for all city boards and

1:05:24commissions. And the goal of

1:05:25that annual report is to make

1:05:27sure that all boards and

1:05:29commissions have the

1:05:30opportunity to communicate

1:05:31their accomplishments and their

1:05:33priorities to city council and

1:05:35to the public. So the annual

1:05:37report is first reviewed by the

1:05:40commission itself, then by the

1:05:41city's Personnel and public

1:05:43Employees or PMP Committee, and

1:05:46then moved on to council,

1:05:48usually as a receive and file

1:05:49item. So the draft report in

1:05:51your packet this evening, it

1:05:52follows a template that was

1:05:53provided by the city clerk's

1:05:55office. So all the boards and

1:05:56commissions will have a uniform

1:05:57template that they follow. And

1:05:59I want to take just a quick

1:06:01opportunity to walk you briefly

1:06:02through the report, and it is

1:06:05included in your packet. It

1:06:07starts on PDF page six, and but

1:06:10I'll start on page three of the,

1:06:13which is PDF page six. So on

1:06:18page three of the of the annual

1:06:21report is the introduction. And

1:06:23what it does is it discusses

1:06:24the establishment of this

1:06:26particular commission. It

1:06:27discusses how many

1:06:28commissioners there are, how

1:06:29they're appointed, and there's

1:06:31a list of all of the current

1:06:32members. Page four lists the

1:06:35primary staff that are assigned

1:06:37to support the commission. Page

1:06:40five is a summary of the

1:06:42purpose, powers and duties of

1:06:44the Commission, which is taken

1:06:45directly from title two of the

1:06:46City Code. Page six is a

1:06:51section that will be added. So

1:06:52this is an opportunity to

1:06:54incorporate a message from the

1:06:55chair. So we'll work with chair

1:06:57Chase over the coming weeks in

1:06:59order to put together a message

1:07:01that he can include in in the

1:07:03annual report, and then you'll

1:07:04see it when it comes back in

1:07:07November. Page seven. This

1:07:12section highlights the key

1:07:14accomplishments that the

1:07:15Commission achieved during the

1:07:172026 reporting period. And to

1:07:18prepare this section, I've gone

1:07:20through all of the commission

1:07:21agendas this year to see what

1:07:23the Commission reviewed, took

1:07:25action on what's anticipated.

1:07:26Coming up, attachment four to

1:07:29the staff report has that list

1:07:30of all the items for each

1:07:32meeting date, so that you can

1:07:34take a look at it for reference.

1:07:36But overall, the commission

1:07:38held 13 meetings this year,

1:07:41heard 32 agenda items, which

1:07:45actually represents about a 25%

1:07:47decrease in the number of items

1:07:48on the agenda over over the

1:07:50prior year, which probably is

1:07:53generally indicative of of a

1:07:56slowdown in development a

1:07:57little bit in general over the

1:07:58last year, year and a half. But

1:08:01then there's also some

1:08:02streamlining that has taken

1:08:03place where we aren't maybe

1:08:05hearing as many items at the

1:08:06commission anymore that maybe

1:08:08are now ministerially done, or

1:08:10are at the director or staff

1:08:12level. The division of work

1:08:15between the between private

1:08:17projects like like the quick

1:08:18quack we heard tonight and

1:08:21policy items remains relatively

1:08:23unchanged. It's about 59% to

1:08:2641% private projects to policy

1:08:29items. Of the 19 private

1:08:33development projects that the

1:08:34Commission heard this year and

1:08:37is anticipated to hear in the

1:08:39next final two hearings of the

1:08:41year. About 15 of those

1:08:43projects involved a request for

1:08:45conditional use permit, so the

1:08:47majority include use permits

1:08:49that the commission hears. This

1:08:51year we heard we'll have heard

1:08:53five alcohol use permits for

1:08:55drive through restaurants, two

1:08:57car washes, and then a

1:08:58smattering of other, you know,

1:09:00one gas station, one tobacco

1:09:02sales and so on. But that is

1:09:04all here in the report for you

1:09:06to take a look at. And again,

1:09:08there were no cannabis use

1:09:10permits heard by the commission

1:09:11this year, although we do

1:09:12anticipate next year, because

1:09:14of the change in the code that

1:09:16allows cannabis lounges, that

1:09:17we will have some cannabis back

1:09:19at commission again. We also

1:09:24anticipate two appeals from the

1:09:27director level this year, one

1:09:30that's occurred and one that's

1:09:31coming up. To talk a little bit

1:09:34about staffing. We have eight

1:09:36full time positions that are

1:09:38dedicated to the processing of

1:09:39these applications. And then we

1:09:41also have some of our counter

1:09:43staff that do some of the

1:09:45administrative applications.

1:09:47And that really definitely

1:09:49helps with those quicker, more

1:09:51ministerial reviews of projects.

1:09:55And the total looks to be about

1:09:58for 2026, about 530 is what I'm

1:10:02thinking. Application citywide

1:10:04that those staff are reviewing

1:10:05and processing and many of, of,

1:10:08of all of those this year,

1:10:11about only four of them or 4%

1:10:13of them, I'm sorry, come to

1:10:14commission or to council. So

1:10:16most of our work, the vast

1:10:17majority of it is done at staff

1:10:19and director level. Starting on

1:10:23page eight, is a list of last

1:10:28year's Planning and Zoning Work

1:10:29program items that the

1:10:30Commission heard, and they're

1:10:31in chronological order. So I'll

1:10:33just kind of continue to update

1:10:34this as the rest of the year

1:10:36goes on. If there are any

1:10:39changes, we'll see that done at

1:10:42the bottom of page or mid page

1:10:45nine, section C just notes that

1:10:49we don't have any outstanding

1:10:51prior year recommendations to

1:10:53report out on in this in this

1:10:56report. Page ten, the report

1:11:00template requires information

1:11:02to estimate the average meeting

1:11:04cost for each board and

1:11:05commission, and the yearly cost

1:11:09for estimate for this year 2026

1:11:11and for last year 2025 are

1:11:13provided in the summary. And

1:11:15then there's a breakdown of the

1:11:17source of the expenditures. So

1:11:19overall, the cost went down

1:11:20approximately 22% this year

1:11:22because we weren't spending

1:11:23staff wasn't spending as much

1:11:25time. We didn't have as many

1:11:26items. So we weren't writing as

1:11:27many staff reports, and we

1:11:29weren't having as many hours

1:11:30spent here in front of the

1:11:32commission. So the overall cost

1:11:34went down. But our average

1:11:35meeting time was about the same,

1:11:37about an hour and 45 minutes on

1:11:38average. So looking forward to

1:11:43on page 11. We're looking

1:11:45forward to the upcoming year

1:11:47and the annual work program

1:11:48that Greg just discussed.

1:11:51Typically, what represents what

1:11:52we anticipate that the

1:11:53Commission will be working on

1:11:54addressing over the next year

1:11:56as staff brings items forward.

1:11:59So we've seen that there's a

1:12:00lot of work to be done

1:12:02reflecting council priorities,

1:12:04general plan implementation

1:12:05items and other process

1:12:07improvements. So the next step

1:12:10for this annual report or for

1:12:12the work program is that it

1:12:13will go forward to eventually

1:12:16to law and legislation, and

1:12:18then be adopted by council in

1:12:20early 2027. And what we

1:12:23typically do is take that work

1:12:24program and attach it to our

1:12:26annual report as being

1:12:27representative of what the

1:12:28commission will be working on

1:12:29the next year. So any comments

1:12:31or suggestions that you have on

1:12:33the report tonight will be

1:12:35incorporated into the final

1:12:36draft document and brought back

1:12:37to you on November 12th. And

1:12:40with that, I'm available for

1:12:41any questions, comments, or

1:12:44discussion. Thank you.

1:12:45>> Thank you. Stacia. Clerk are

1:12:48there any members of the public

1:12:49that wish to speak on this?

1:12:51>> Thank you. Chair, I have no

1:12:52speakers for this item.

1:12:54>> Thank you. Are there any

1:12:55commissioners who wish to speak

1:12:57on this item? Seeing none. I

1:13:09think this is again a review

1:13:11and comment. Right. So again

1:13:15thank you, Stacia for your work

1:13:17and look forward to your

1:13:18upcoming director's report. So

1:13:22I think hopefully we've

1:13:24provided any input, which is

1:13:26none. I think we've done such a

1:13:27great job. Let's see this go

1:13:30forward to P and p e. So thank

1:13:32you everyone. Thank you.

1:13:34Commission. Moving on to well

1:13:38what is next? Next I believe is

1:13:44did I miss director's report? I

1:13:46think that was earlier in the

1:13:47agenda. Yeah. We'll now move to

1:13:50the director's report.

1:13:53>> Stacia I have one item

1:13:54tonight. So often during the

1:13:56director's report, we'll

1:13:58announce staffing changes. And

1:14:01so it's bittersweet that I get

1:14:02to announce my own staffing

1:14:04change tonight. So this is my

1:14:06last meeting here with you as

1:14:08your commission coordinator.

1:14:10I've accepted a position as the

1:14:13Assistant director for

1:14:14Community Development

1:14:15Department. And so I'll be

1:14:16leaving the Planning Division

1:14:17and moving over to the

1:14:18Administrative Services

1:14:19Division and really excited

1:14:21about the opportunity. But this

1:14:23particular job I am going to

1:14:25really miss, I have to tell you.

1:14:27So I wanted to just say thank

1:14:29you very much for your

1:14:30commitment to the city. It

1:14:32takes a lot of work for you to

1:14:34show up here and read our

1:14:35reports and. But I'm always so

1:14:39encouraged by the the great

1:14:43conversation, just the level of

1:14:44discourse, the kindness and

1:14:45respect that you show to people

1:14:46who come forward to make

1:14:48comments that you show to staff

1:14:51really goes a long way. And,

1:14:53and to show how much you care

1:14:55about the city and about its

1:14:57progress. And I also want to

1:14:59thank some of the folks who you

1:15:01maybe don't see as much. So. We

1:15:05have there's IT staff in the

1:15:08back that work hard to make

1:15:09these meetings look good. The

1:15:11city attorney's office, who's

1:15:14constantly collaborating with

1:15:15us again, to make sure that

1:15:16that we look good here and that

1:15:18we do the right thing. The

1:15:21clerk's office. You guys know,

1:15:22I love you guys. So, and I'm

1:15:25sure that there's other folks

1:15:26from the clerk's office who are

1:15:27probably watching from

1:15:28somewhere right now. They do a

1:15:30really good job of making sure,

1:15:31again, that commissions and

1:15:32boards are operating safely and

1:15:35effectively. And then of course,

1:15:37staff. Greg, my folks really

1:15:39great. So you're in good hands.

1:15:41So you'll see me out there from

1:15:44now on. But just thank you.

1:15:48>> Thank you.

1:15:49>> I think, you know we're

1:15:50going to miss you tremendously.

1:15:52What has it been, 12 years? You

1:15:53said in this position.

1:15:54>> It's been 12 years.

1:15:55>> It's amazing through, I

1:15:57guess, a number of different

1:15:58Planning commission iterations

1:15:59and seeing a lot of things

1:16:01happen. So as I say, I'm

1:16:03certainly going to miss you

1:16:04very much. Look forward to

1:16:05working with Greg moving

1:16:07forward. Any other commission

1:16:12comments? Commissioner Nebo?

1:16:21>> It's been a pleasure, truly.

1:16:24Thank you. Thank you Stacia.

1:16:28>> Commissioner Ortiz.

1:16:30>> Yeah, I you've been fabulous

1:16:32is probably one of the newer

1:16:34members on this body. You've

1:16:37been incredibly helpful and

1:16:39insightful, and I appreciate

1:16:41your always available. And yeah,

1:16:45I really enjoyed working with

1:16:46you. And I don't know how often

1:16:48I'm going to see you up there,

1:16:50but maybe I'll see you around

1:16:51the hood. Thank you for

1:16:52everything.

1:16:55>> Thank you. Commissioner. Any

1:16:58other comments? Let's next item

1:17:02is public comments. I'm sorry

1:17:05Commissioner. Comments ideas

1:17:07and questions not on the agenda.

1:17:11Seeing none, we'll then jump to

1:17:12public comments matters on the

1:17:14agenda.

1:17:15>> Thank you chair. I have no

1:17:16speakers for this item.

1:17:18>> Okay. Anything else you want

1:17:19to add? Okay. Again, just to

1:17:25reiterate, we're going to

1:17:26certainly miss. I'm going to

1:17:27miss and I think I'm speaking

1:17:28for everyone here, Stacia,

1:17:30working with us here. And

1:17:33congratulations and look

1:17:34forward to your your new