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Planning Commission elects leadership, continues annexation hearing and hears director on grants
Summary
The commission completed leadership elections, continued Annexation 161 to Jan. 28, 2025 by unanimous vote, and the planning director announced recent grant awards including a roughly $15.5 million RAISE grant for downtown improvements.
At the Jan. 14 meeting the Hanford Planning Commission completed nominations for commission leadership, continued a separate annexation hearing to a date certain, and heard brief director remarks about recent grant awards.
Commissioners completed elections for chair and vice chair during the meeting; the transcript records Chair Norris and Commissioner Douglas as the named chair and vice chair in the agenda sequence. The record shows the nominations were moved and confirmed; the transcript records the motions as passing but does not provide a detailed roll call tally for the leadership votes.
The commission continued Annexation 161 to a date certain of Jan. 28, 2025 at staff request. Staff described Annexation 161 as a request to annex 88.89 acres into the city from Kings County, with Prezone 005‑23 to prezoned RL‑5 (low density residential) and Vesting Tentative Tract 943 (Silicon Valley Ranch) a request by Mark Broulier to subdivide 75.02 acres into 326 single‑family lots, a 3.58‑acre park and a 3‑acre storm basin. Staff also referenced a focused Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2024060956) and said additional time was needed to address some conditions of approval and items in the environmental document; staff requested a continuance and the motion to continue was approved by the commission by a 5‑0 vote as recorded in the transcript.
In director's comments the planning director reported the city had recently received two grants. The director stated a grant of $1,600,000 was awarded (the director’s description of that award in the transcript was not specific about the program name or purpose) and that the city received a $15.5 million federal RAISE grant for a downtown project to improve connectivity and alley work. The director said portions of the grant‑funded work will come before the commission in future agenda items.
No other substantive policy items were heard. The commission adjourned after the director's remarks.
