Vacaville council approves two subdivision projects; Field at Alamo Creek EIR finds unavoidable traffic impact

Vacaville officials on Oct. 25 approved multiple land‑use entitlements that will add hundreds of single‑family lots to the city and set conditions for future development, while also accepting environmental findings that one category of impact — vehicle‑miles traveled (VMT) — cannot be fully mitigated.

The council certified an environmental impact report (EIR) and approved annexation, pre‑zoning, planned development overlay and tentative subdivision map for McMurtry Creek Estates, a proposal to annex roughly 15.73 acres into the city and create 20 single‑family lots. A separate vote approved a supplemental EIR and a package of entitlements for the Fields at Alamo Creek subdivision — a larger project that would annex about 33.6 acres and create 241 lots (staff described 153 detached single‑family lots and 88 "duets," i.e., single‑family units on individual lots that share a common wall).

Both actions drew staff presentations and public comment; planning staff recommended approval on findings that the projects comply…