Candace Bernardi

This strategic plan outlines the City of Placerville's commitment to being a welcoming, active, and business-friendly rural foothill community by providing safe, efficient, and responsive government. The plan's core values include a strong sense of community, ethical leadership, quality service, business-friendliness, and economic prosperity. Key strategic goals encompass maintaining and improving infrastructure, ensuring fiscal stability and sustainability, enhancing health and public safety, preserving and improving quality of life, promoting economic development, and fostering good governance.

This 2025 Annual Progress Report documents the City of Placerville's implementation of its 2021-2029 Housing Element programs. The report highlights significant progress in meeting Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) goals through sufficient land inventory and advancements in affordable housing projects, ensuring compliance with State Housing Element Law. Key efforts focused on updating zoning for supportive and special needs housing, securing funding and incentives for development, updating fair housing resources and infrastructure, and preserving existing housing stock. The report aims to maintain and improve the quality of life by maintaining and updating planning documents.

This document outlines strategic objectives for the Planning Commission, primarily focusing on improving community knowledge of historic neighborhoods and examining current review standards. Key initiatives include redesigning websites and resources for public education, reformatting posted documents, developing standardized review procedures, and researching practices to decrease inconsistent decisions. The plan aims to achieve these goals by 2026.

The meeting included the adoption of the agenda. Key discussions centered on a Public Hearing for a Site Plan Review application (SPR 21-05) concerning alterations to buildings at 939 Lincoln Street within a Historic District, specifically involving new siding, door, and window replacements on the shed, garage, and house. The Commission conditionally approved SPR 21-05 with specific modifications and findings related to CEQA exemption and consistency with General Plan goals. Staff provided updates regarding the next scheduled meeting, which includes a Historic Site Plan Review and the filing of the 2021 Annual Housing Element Progress Report. Further updates covered a city-sponsored homeless camp clean-up, the pending hiring of a Building Official, a request for review of a proposed homeless camp near the County Jail, and the upcoming review of a State proposed affordable housing project at the former Placerville Armory site. A Commissioner also requested informational items regarding parcel maps submitted pursuant to SB 9 or SB 10 be brought before the Commission.

The meeting commenced with the Pledge of Allegiance. Key discussions included the adoption of the agenda, which passed with a roll-call vote. Public comments addressed Planning Commission By-Laws and the presentation of documents. Major items involved environmental assessments, public hearings, and related actions for GPA 25-01, ZC 25-01, and CUP 25-04 concerning the property at 3062 Cedar Ravine Rd, which were approved. A 12-month time extension request for the Mackinaw Hotel Site Plan Review (SPR 21-03-E3) was also approved. Additionally, there was a discussion on the background and definitions of City encroachment permits, and an update was provided on The 1906 Bridge discussion from the City Council. A new Planning Commission Packet procedure for materials at Will Call was presented.