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Staff report and project scope
Kenny Lippitz of the City of Tracy community and economic development staff described the proposal as three parcels totaling about 3.17 acres. The applicants seek an amendment to the I‑205 Corridor Specific Plan to fold a parcel at 3055 North Coral Hollow Road into the plan boundary, change its designation to general commercial, and raise the hotels/motels maximum floor‑area ratio (FAR) from 0.6 to 1.0 (consistent with the general plan commercial maximum).

The development review permit would authorize two four‑story hotels: a roughly 52,000‑square‑foot combined Avid/Candlewood product with approximately 107 rooms, and a roughly 47,000‑square‑foot Hilton Garden Inn with about 70 rooms. The applicant requests a 20% parking reduction; staff said the applicant’s parking study and franchise occupancy data support the reduction and concluded 155 parking spaces would be sufficient even at full occupancy.

Design, walkability and landscaping
Project architect Arvind Iyer presented massing and materials, including mixed stucco, stone veneer and accent elements, and described a covered guest entry and four‑sided architectural treatments. Commissioners asked whether rear elevations and the pedestrian connection to the mall would feel inviting; staff and the applicant pointed to a tree‑lined walkway from the northwest corner that will link the hotels to the mall ring road and said landscaping will exceed city minimums for shade and parking‑lot planting.

Why it matters: The hotels are sited adjacent to West Valley Mall and the city’s retail core; commissioners and staff noted the hotels would support local tourism and events, generate transient‑occupancy tax (TOT) revenue and provide short‑stay lodging for mall visitors and regional events.

Environmental review and parking
Staff transmitted an Initial Study and a Mitigated Negative Declaration with an MMRP; staff recommended adoption of the mitigated negative declaration and required mitigation measures for potential impacts identified in the initial study. For parking, staff noted city standards and the hotel franchise data that informed the applicant’s parking study; the commission recommended the 20% parking reduction.

Outcome
On roll call the Planning Commission voted to recommend City Council: adopt the mitigated negative declaration and MMRP; approve the I‑205 Corridor Specific Plan boundary and FAR amendments; approve the development review permit for both hotels; and approve a 20% parking reduction.

Next steps
The Planning Commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to City Council for final action and any conditions will be carried forward into a development agreement or permit conditions if Council approves.

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Planning staff described the proposal as two adjacent parcels: a 20.92‑acre site proposed for industrial development and an adjacent roughly 1‑acre parcel owned by a utility company that would be annexed but not developed. Staff said the project would be pre‑zoned to M‑1 (light industrial) upon annexation and that the recommended action includes a development review permit for site layout, architecture and parking.

Why it matters: The project would extend the city limit to the property, add industrial employment uses, and generate construction and ongoing jobs and tax revenues in the city’s industrial area. The final EIR identified several significant and unavoidable impacts (aesthetics/visual resources, agricultural conversion, vehicle miles traveled and cumulative air‑quality impacts following recirculation prompted by public comments); staff and the applicant presented mitigation measures and a mitigation monitoring and reporting program (MMRP) the council would be asked to adopt.

Environmental review and public process
Staff said the project began with a draft EIR in August 2024 and, after substantial comment (including a major comment letter from the Sierra Club), released a recirculated draft EIR in March 2025 that focused on air quality, greenhouse gases and energy. City staff and the applicant said the recirculated analysis did not require further revision after the second comment period; the final EIR contains responses to comments and a final MMRP.

Elise (EIR consultant) told the commission that the recirculated EIR added a revised air‑quality analysis and that one additional cumulative air‑quality impact remained significant and unavoidable after feasible mitigation. Staff said the proposed mitigation includes a requirement for a transportation demand management (TDM) plan to reduce vehicle miles traveled prior to project operation and ongoing monitoring and adjustments.

Applicant and economic effects
Applicant representative Abby Wertheim said the developer, a privately held industrial developer active in Northern California, intends the building to serve logistics and distribution users and emphasized sustainability features including rooftop solar capacity, EV readiness and measures to exceed current EV‑charging code requirements. She also presented an economic analysis estimating about 167 construction jobs and approximately 137 ongoing jobs associated with the completed facility, and predicted annual property‑tax contribution to the city in the low hundreds of thousands once operating.

Labor representatives from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 spoke in favor of the project, citing jobs and apprenticeship opportunities and saying the developer had reached out to local labor.

Outcome
The Planning Commission voted to recommend City Council: certify the final EIR and adopt the MMRP and findings (including a statement of overriding considerations for unavoidable impacts); approve the development review permit; authorize staff to petition San Joaquin County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) for annexation; and adopt an ordinance pre‑zoning the combined property to M‑1 light industrial. Commissioners recorded affirmative votes in roll call.

Required follow up
If the City Council accepts the recommendation, staff will submit the annexation petition to LAFCO; staff said LAFCO review typically takes a few months when property owners consent. The permit would become effective the first day after LAFCO approves the annexation, per the motion recommended by the commission.

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Staff planner Craig Hoffman told the commission the project is consistent with the site's general plan land-use designation of “residential medium” and would add a new Appendix F to the Tracy Hills Specific Plan with Phase 1C design standards. Hoffman said the project’s density would be about 6.45 dwelling units per gross acre, with lot sizes ranging from about 3,100 to 4,500 square feet.

The project team presented a phased buildout of Tracy Hills and described coordination with public safety and infrastructure partners. John Palmer, a Tracy Hills project manager, described the development as an integrated master-planned community with parks, recreation facilities and sidewalks. Mike Souza, another Tracy Hills project manager, said the development team has worked with the city to accelerate traffic improvements tied to occupancy triggers and noted the widen‑Corral Hollow/Ridgeline interchange work is expected to commence prior to the 2,600th occupied unit.

Why it matters: Phase 1C is the remaining vacant area south of I‑580 in the Tracy Hills site and will contribute to the city’s housing supply within the Tracy Hills specific plan area. Commissioners pressed staff and the developer on public‑safety evacuation access and the timing of planned road improvements; staff said the project includes conditions requiring coordination with police and fire on evacuation routes and temporary emergency access to Lammers Road.

Key facts and planning details
- The vesting tentative subdivision map proposes 289 single‑family lots, associated HOA parcels and public spaces on about 121.05 acres (as stated in the staff report).
- Project density stated by staff: approximately 6.45 dwelling units per gross acre.
- Typical lot sizes in Phase 1C were described as roughly 3,100 to 4,500 square feet.
- Staff recommended, and commissioners supported, two technical corrections to planning documents: correcting a CEQA cross‑reference to Phase 1C (not Phase 2) and fixing a finding that mistakenly used the word “industrial” instead of “residential.”

Public safety and traffic discussion
Commissioners asked whether evacuation and emergency access had been revisited following recent regional wildfires. Hoffman said the project conditions require coordination with the police department and South County Fire on an evacuation plan and on construction setbacks and access standards. Mike Souza told the commission that evacuation routes and signage have been strengthened after recent fires; he said existing emergency access includes a gated gravel/rock road to Lammers Road that police and fire can open if needed.

On traffic, staff and the developer emphasized planned interchange and road improvements are tied to cumulative occupancy triggers. Hoffman and Souza said the Coral Hollow/Crow Hollow interchange and other choke points would be widened or improved ahead of or by the trigger tied to 2,600 occupied units; the developers and city reported securing federal grant funding to help build bridges and interchange improvements and forecast construction in the 2028 timeframe.

Public comment
Tracy Hills homeowner and Regional Firewise Coordinator Erin Reel spoke in support of the project, saying she believed the EIRs were comprehensive and that the developer had cooperated with South County Fire and residents on fire‑safety measures.

Outcome
The commission voted to recommend the City Council approve the specific plan amendment and vesting tentative map with the two corrections identified in staff’s presentation. The motion carried on a roll call vote with the commissioners present recorded as voting yes.

Next steps
The Planning Commission’s recommendation will go to the City Council for final action. The project’s environmental analysis relies on prior environmental documents for the Tracy Hills specific plan; staff recommended no additional CEQA review for Phase 1C after correcting the cross‑reference noted above.

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