Planning Commission
Regular MeetingStockton, CA · March 9, 2023
Agenda
Stockton Planning
City of Stockton Commission
Meeting Agenda - Final
Planning Commission
Waqar Rizvi, Chair (District 2)
Rajan Nathaniel, Vice-Chair (District 1)
Greg Thompson, Commissioner (At-Large)
Terry Hull, Commissioner (District 3)
Anne N. Mallett, Commissioner (District 4)
Gurneel Boparai, Commissioner (District 5)
Brenda Jones, Commissioner (District 6)
Thursday, March 9, 2023 5:30 PM Council Chamber, City Hall, 425 N. El Dorado
Street, Stockton CA
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE TO FLAG
3. ADOPTION OF CONSENT CALENDAR
3.1 23-0249 APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Approval for filing minutes of the December 8, 2022, Planning
Commission meeting.
Department: Community Development
Attachments: Attachment A - 2022-12-08 Planning Commission Minutes
4. PUBLIC COMMENT*
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS/ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
5.1 23-0090 APPROVAL OF FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, A
COMMISSION USE PERMIT, DESIGN REVIEW, AND WAIVER, FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GOSPEL CENTER RESCUE MISSION
NEW LIFE EMERGENCY SHELTER AND THE DEMOLITION OF TWO
STRUCTURES OLDER THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE, AT 435 S. SAN
JOAQUIN STREET (APPLICATION NO. P21-1188)
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Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission adopt Resolutions:
1. Certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report, MMRP and
Statement of Overriding Consideration;
2. Approving of the demolition of two structures older than 50 years of
age;
3. Approving a Commission Use Permit to allow the establishment of a
new 14,577 SF emergency shelter for up to 178 homeless individuals;
4. Approving Design Review for a new building; and,
5. Approving a Waiver request in accordance with the findings and
subject to the conditions found in the proposed Resolution.
Department: Community Development
Attachments: Attachment A - Location, General Plan, Zoning Maps
Attachment B - Project Plans
Attachment C - Final Environmental Impact Report
Attachment D - CHB Resolution
Proposed Resolution - Recommending Approval
Exhibit 1 - Project Plans
Proposed Resolution - Recommending Certification of the FEIR
Exhibit 1 - Gospel Center Final EIR with MMRP, Findings and SOC
6. NEW BUSINESS*
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
8. REPORTS/COMMUNICATIONS/INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
8.1 23-0163 PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION #3 ON OVERHAUL OF
TITLE 16 OF THE STOCKTON MUNICIPAL CODE AND THE
CITYWIDE DESIGN GUIDELINES
Recommended Action: RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Planning Commission receive a presentation
from City staff and provide feedback on the work conducted by City staff
and the consultant teams, project objectives, overhaul of the Stockton
Municipal Code Title 16 (Development Code), and Citywide Design
Guidelines.
Department: Community Development
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Attachments: Attachment A - Study Sessions Reports
Attachment B - Design Standards Public Workshop #2 Summary
Attachment C - Workshop Design Board
Attachment D - Upcoming Workshop Outline
9. COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS
10. ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I am employed by the City of Stockton
and that I caused this agenda to be posted in the City Hall notice case on March
2, 2023 in compliance with the Brown Act.
Eliza R. Garza, CMC
City Clerk
By: ________________________________
Deputy
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A. The meeting will be conducted in accordance with Rosenberg’s Rules of Order.
B. Each person wishing to address the Planning Commission is encouraged to fill out a speaker card located at
the podium. Each speaker will then be called forward to the podium to speak in the order in which their speaker
card was received. Speakers are encouraged but not required to provide their name and address when speaking
before the Commission.
The City of Stockton invites public comments in multiple forms. You provide your comments by using one of
these methods:
1. e-Comment - follow the e-comment link on the City's agenda page stockton.granicusideas.com/meetings
2. Email - you may email your comments to city.clerk@stocktonca.gov
3. Voicemail - you can leave a voice message by dialing (209) 937-8459.
4. In-Person Comments - a) Speakers must submit "request to speak cards" to the Clerk prior to the Public
Comment portion of the agenda. No speaker cards will be accepted after the close of Public Comment. Please
redirect any inquiries to City.Clerk@stocktonca.gov. b) Address only issues over which the meeting body has
jurisdiction. c) Each speaker will be limited to one 3-minute comment opportunity. Donating time is not authorized.
d) Your time will be displayed on the speaker podium for convenience.
*All written and voicemail public comments received by the Clerk's Office 90 minutes prior to the meeting start
time will be forwarded to the meeting body members as correspondence and attached the minutes. All comments
received after that time will be forwarded as correspondence the following business day.
C. All questions from members of the audience to the Planning Commission and/or city staff members shall be
directed to the Chairperson of the Planning Commission.
All questions from Planning Commission members to staff shall be addressed directly to staff from the member
asking the question.
No personal comments and/or exchanges will be permitted between members of the audience and individual staff
or Commission members. Rather, direction shall be given to staff to follow-up on any issues brought before the
Commission. This rule applies to communications outside of the public hearing process.
D. Information presented to the Commission shall only pertain directly to the item under consideration. Character
assassinations, personal feuds, irrelevant data or repetitions of matters already presented shall not be permitted.
E. All rules of Decorum pursuant to Council Policy 4.07- Rules for Conduct of City Council Meetings apply equally
to this Commission.
Agendas, staff reports and minutes can be viewed on the City of Stockton web
site http://www.stocktongov.com/government/oMeetings/boardComMeetings.html
DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS:
State legislation requires disclosure of campaign contributions of $250 or more, made to any Planning
Commissioner, by any person who actively supports or opposes any application pending before the Planning
Commission, and such person has a financial interest in the decision. Active support or opposition includes
lobbying a Commissioner and/or testifying for or against such an application. Any person having made a $250 or
larger contribution within the preceding 12 months must disclose that fact during the public hearing or on said
application.
The official City Planning Commission policy is that applications pending before this Commission should not be
discussed with the Commission members outside of a public hearing. If any representations are made privately,
they must be identified and placed in the public record at the time of the hearing.
If you challenge the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone
else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning
Commission, at, or prior to, the public hearing.
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NOTE: All proceedings before this meeting body are conducted in English. The City of Stockton does not furnish
language interpreters and, if one is needed, it shall be the responsibility of the person needing one.
In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act and California Law, it is the policy of the City of Stockton
to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to everyone, including
those with disabilities. If you are a person with a disability and require a copy of a public hearing notice, or an
agenda and/or agenda packet in an appropriate alternative format; or if you require other accommodation, please
contact the Office of the City Clerk located at 425 North El Dorado Street, Stockton, California 95202 during
normal business hours or by calling (209) 937-8458, at least 5 days in advance of the hearing/meeting. Advance
notification within this guideline will enable the City/Agency to make reasonable arrangements to ensure
accessibility.
CONSENT ITEMS: Information concerning the consent items has been forwarded to the Planning Commission
prior to the meeting. Unless a Commissioner or member of the audience has questions concerning a particular
item and asks that it be removed from the Consent Calendar, the items are approved at one time by a roll call
vote. Anyone wishing to speak on a consent item or public hearing item, please complete a "Request to Speak
Card" and submit it to the Recording Secretary prior to the meeting.
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