Gateway Marketplace, annexation study on agenda

The City Council will receive an update on the Gateway Marketplace and the North Merced Annexation Study at its Monday night meeting.

The regular meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday in person, with social distancing being practiced in the Merced Civic Center in order to protect the public, City staff and Council from the coronavirus. The meeting will be broadcast at 6 p.m. Monday on Facebook Live at City of Merced, on the City’s website, www.cityofmerced.org, and Comcast Public Access Channel 96.

Members of the audience who wish to address the City Council 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 City Clerk before the item is called, preferably before the meeting begins.

You may also submit your public comment to the City Council electronically no later than 1 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Comments received before the deadline will be sent to the City Council and will be part of the record and will be mentioned as part of the Written Petitions and Communications portion of the agenda.

Material may be emailed to cityclerk@cityofmerced.org and should be limited to 300 words or less. Please specify which portion of the agenda you are commenting on, for example, Closed Session, item # or Oral Communications. Comments will be presented to the City Council at the appropriate time. Any correspondence received after 1 p.m. will be distributed to the City Council and retained for the official record.

People may provide telephonic comments via voicemail by calling (209) 388-8688 by no later than 1 p.m. on the day of the meeting to be added to the public comment. Voicemails will be limited to a time limit of three (3) minutes. Please specify which portion of the agenda you are commenting on, for example, Public Hearing item #, Consent item #, or Oral Communications. Comments will be played during the meeting to the City Council at the appropriate time.

On the agenda:

• A presentation by Eric Pluim and Scot Patterson, the owners and managers for Gateway Marketplace, on the development at Highway 99 and Campus Parkway interchange. The 70-acre site would have a mixed use of commercial and residential, that would include a hotel, apartments and restaurants.

   

• An update to the North Merced Annexation Study, providing Council with additional information requested at its Aug. 17 meeting. Council will consider a number of issues including annexations underway, interim sewer capacity, the approach to new annexations and the direction on the UC Merced annexation bill.

   

• A public hearing on the draft HUD 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and 2020 First-Year Annual Plan. A number of outreach sessions and public meetings were held to create the plans, along with review by Council. The planning process was restarted by the Council to give the public additional time to comment due to the pandemic.

   

• A public hearing on the development at Yosemite and G to create a new Legislative Action Agreement to supersede the previous one. The proposed changes would update the agreement to allow for phased development to create a more efficient process for building the required infrastructure. The changes will also assist with marketing the property.

The Council will meet in closed session at 5 p.m. regarding anticipated litigation, an employee evaluation and an employee appointment.

A link to the live meeting is on the City’s website at https://cityofmerced.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Videos of previous meetings can be found at that link, and are tied to each agenda item. The Council agenda is posted online at www.cityofmerced.org.

To view video (if available) or listen to the City Council meeting live, go to the City’s website www.cityofmerced.org, Facebook Live, or Comcast Public Access Channel 96.

Accommodation for individuals with disabilities may be arranged by contacting the City Clerk at (209) 388-8650.

At least 72 hours prior to each regular City Council meeting, a complete agenda packet is available for review on the City’s website at www.cityofmerced.org or at the City Clerk’s Office, 678 W. 18th St. All public records relating to an open session item that are distributed to a majority of the Council will be available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s Office during regular business hours. Spanish and Hmong translation is available at every regular meeting.

The City Council meets the first and third Monday of the month, except when there is a holiday, then it meets the following day.