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CITY OF MERCED Meeting Agenda City Council Chamber Merced Civic Center 678 W. 18th Street Merced, CA 95340 Planning Commission City Council Chamber, 2nd Floor, Merced Civic Center, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340 6:00 PMWednesday, August 6, 2025 NOTICE TO PUBLIC WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE MERCED PLANNING COMMISSION At least 72 hours prior to each regular Planning Commission meeting, a complete agenda packet is available for review on the City's website at www.cityofmerced.gov or at the Planning Division Office, 678 W. 18th Street, Merced, CA 95340. All public records relating to an open session item that are distributed to a majority of the Commission will be available for public inspection at the Planning Division Office during regular business hours. The Planning Commission also serves as the Board of Zoning Adjustment and the Design Review /Historic Preservation Commission. Assisted hearing devices are available for meetings held in the Council Chamber. PUBLIC COMMENT: OBTAIN SPEAKER CARD FROM THE CLERK Members of the audience who wish to address the Planning Commission are requested to complete a speaker card available at the podium against the right -hand side of the Council Chamber. Please submit the completed card to the Clerk before the item is called, preferably before the meeting begins. Speakers will be called up, 3 to 5 at a time, in the order in which the forms are received. Please use the microphone and state your name and city of residence for the record. For permits, licenses, and other entitlements, the applicant will be allowed 15 minutes (including rebuttal), the appellant/leader of the opposition will be allowed 15 minutes (including rebuttal), and all other speakers shall have 3 minutes each, unless the number of speakers is over 10, which in that case, comments shall be limited to 2 minutes each. For all other issues, for 3 or less speakers, 3 minutes each and for over 10 speakers, 2 minutes each shall be allotted. A timer clock is located above the City Council dais illuminating the remaining time. Once the buzzer sounds, please be courteous and conclude your remarks. Material may be emailed to planningweb@cityofmerced.gov no later than 1 PM on the day of the meeting. Please specify which portion of the agenda you are commenting on, for example, Item # or Oral Communications. Your comments will be presented to the Planning Commission at the appropriate time. Any correspondence received after 1 PM will be distributed to the Planning Commission and retained for the official record. A. CALL TO ORDER A.1. Moment of Silence Page 1CITY OF MERCED Printed on 8/1/2025

August 6, 2025Planning Commission Meeting Agenda A.2. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag B. ROLL CALL C. PUBLIC COMMENT Members of the public who wish to speak on any matter not listed on the agenda may speak during this portion of the meeting and will be allotted 3 minutes. The Chairperson may, at their discretion, reduce the time to 2 minutes if there are more than 10 speakers, in order to accommodate as many speakers as possible. State law prohibits the Planning Commission from acting at this meeting on any matter raised during the public comment period. Members of the public who wish to speak on a matter that is listed on the agenda will be called upon to speak during discussion of that item. Please submit a Request to Speak card prior to the item being called. D. CONSENT CALENDAR Adoption of the Consent Calendar may be made with one motion of the Planning Commission provided that any Planning Commission member, individual, or organization may request removal of an item from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration. If a request for removal of an item from the Consent Calendar has been received, the item will be discussed and voted on separately. With Consent items, there is generally no staff presentation but staff is available for questions. D.1. 25-728 SUBJECT: Planning Commission Minutes of July 23, 2025 ACTION: Approving and filing the Planning Commission Minutes of July 23, 2025 E. PUBLIC HEARINGS Members of the public who wish to speak on public hearings listed on the agenda will be heard when the Public Hearing is opened, except on Public Hearing items previously heard and closed to public comment. After the public has commented, the item is closed to further public comment and brought to the Commission for discussion and action. Further comment will not be received unless requested by the Commission. E.1. 25-617 SUBJECT: Conditional Use Permit #25-0013, initiated by Edgardo Lopez Cruz, on behalf of Eltareb Ali Mohssen Trustee, property owner. This application involves a request to operate a second food truck within the parking lot of California Liquor & Grocery at 1122 R Street, generally located on the northeast corner of R Street and West 11th Street, within a General Plan designation of Thoroughfare Commercial (CT) and a Zoning classification of Thoroughfare Commercial (C-T) . *PUBLIC HEARING* Page 2CITY OF MERCED Printed on 8/1/2025

August 6, 2025Planning Commission Meeting Agenda ACTION: Approve/Disapprove/Modify 1) Environmental Review #25-0019 (Categorical Exemption) 2) Conditional Use Permit #25-0013 SUMMARY Edgardo Lopez Cruz is requesting conditional use permit approval to operate a second food truck within the parking lot located at 1122 R Street (Attachment B). Multiple Mobile Food Vendors on one site are considered a conditional use within a Thoroughfare Commercial (C-T) Zone. The proposed food truck would be located within a parking lot, situated near the southwest portion of the parcel, relatively close to the existing mobile food vendor (Attachment C). The Planning Commission will be reviewing this proposal to ensure that the new site plan is designed in a manner that minimizes negative impacts to the existing site and promotes compatible and orderly development. Staff is recommending approval of this request subject to conditions. RECOMMENDATION Planning staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve Environmental Review #25-0019 (Categorical Exemption) and Conditional Use Permit #25-0013 (including the adoption of the Resolution at Attachment A). F. ACTION ITEMS F.1. 25-731 SUBJECT: Cancellation of August 20, 2025, and September 3, 2025, Planning Commission Meetings due to a lack of items ACTION: Cancel the Planning Commission Meetings of August 20, 2025, and September 3, 2025 G. INFORMATION ITEMS G.1. 25-729 SUBJECT: Report by Acting Planning Manager of Upcoming Agenda Items ACTION Information only. G.2. 25-730 SUBJECT: Calendar of Meetings/Events Aug. 4 City Council, 6:00 p.m. Page 3CITY OF MERCED Printed on 8/1/2025

August 6, 2025Planning Commission Meeting Agenda 6 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 18 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 20 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 26 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, 4:00 p.m. Sept. 2 City Council, 6:00 p.m. (Tuesday) 3 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. 15 City Council, 6:00 p.m. 17 Planning Commission, 6:00 p.m. H. BUSINESS H.1. 25-732 SUBJECT: Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson ACTION Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson I. ADJOURNMENT Page 4CITY OF MERCED Printed on 8/1/2025