Chair Robert Dickerson
Commissioner Esau Blanco
Commissioner Tom Lopez
Commissioner Yasameen Mohajer
Commissioner Tim Seifert

PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
CITY OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 5:30 P.m. - 6:30 P.m.

City Hall Council Chambers

110 East Cook Street

Santa Maria

REGULAR SESSION - 5:30 P.M.

 

HOW TO ACCESS MEETINGS

1.    Meetings can be viewed in video format alongside the online interactive agenda at https://www.cityofsantamaria.org/services/departments/city-clerk-records/agendas-reports-meeting-videos. 

2.    The City of Santa Maria Broadcasts Planning Commission Meetings Live on local Comcast Cable Channel 23, at cityofsantamaria.org/tv and on YouTube.com/@CityofSantaMariaCalifornia. 

3.    Closed Captioning is available in English and Spanish during City Council meetings on Comcast Cable Channel 23 and at cityofsantamaria.org/tv.

4.    Meetings are replayed on local Comcast Cable Channel 23 and cityofsantamaria.org/tv on Fridays at 9:00 a.m. and the second and third Wednesdays of each month at 5:30 p.m. Meetings are available on demand at YouTube.com/@CityofSantaMariaCalifornia.

Attendance at public meetings may result in the streaming and recording of your image and/or voice. 

 

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, if you require a disability-related modification or accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, please call the City Clerk’s Office at [phone] extension 2306, or by email at [email protected] at least 48 hours before the meeting. Assisted Listening devices are available for those who attend in Council Chambers. Closed Captioning is available during meetings in English and Spanish on Comcast Channel 23 and at CityofSantaMaria.org/tv.

PUBLIC COMMENT (letters/emails)
(Must be received by 2:00 p.m. in advance of the meeting) 

Members of the public wishing to submit a public comment or a comment on an agenda item, can email [email protected] or mail to the Planning Commission, Attn.: Dana Eady, Planning Manager, 110 South Pine Street, Suite 101, Santa Maria, CA 93458. Letters/emails will not be read aloud during the meeting. All correspondence will be distributed to Councilmembers, submissions received after the deadline will not be processed until the following day but will become a part of the official record.

MEETINGS 

The Planning Commission holds regular meetings on the first and third Wednesday of every month. Regular meetings start at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 110 East Cook Street, Santa Maria, California. Special and Adjourned Regular meetings start time are to be determined. 

POSTING LOCATIONS OF AGENDA AND/OR CANCELLATION NOTICES 

Regular meeting agendas will be posted at least 72 hours before the meeting (GC§ 54954(a)(1)). Agenda and Cancellation Notices can be viewed online and are also posted at the following two locations: Santa Maria City Hall located at 110 East Cook Street, Santa Maria, California, and Santa Maria Public Library located at 421 South McClelland Street, Santa Maria, California. 

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1.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2.

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

Commissioners Esau Blanco, Tom Lopez, Yasameen Mohajer, Tim Seifert and Chair Robert Dickerson.

3.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

• RECOMMENDATION:

  Approve the minutes of the Planning Commission for the meeting of June 4, 2025. 

4.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

Each member of the audience may address the Commission on any subject within the Commission's business that is not on the agenda. Each member of the audience is limited to discussion of three minutes or as otherwise directed by the Commission Chair.

5.

CONSENT CALENDAR

The consent calendar is approved with one motion. These items are read only on the request of Commission members. Should anyone, including members of the public, wish to discuss or disapprove any item, it must be dropped from the blanket motion and considered as a separate item.

6.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS FOR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS:

Staff presentation.
Disclose any Commissioner communications.
Applicant presentation.
Questions from the Commission.
Open meeting to the public:
      Written communications
      Public comment 
      Any rebuttals to be heard
Questions of the public or applicant the from Commission.
Public hearing to be closed.
Discussion and decision on the item.

6.a

PERLMAN APARTMENTS DOWNTOWN PERMIT

Property Location: 100 N Broadway

Review of a Downtown Permit (DT2025-0003) for the Vernon Group and Danco to construct a six-story building consisting of five-stories of 150 affordable apartments above a 40,000-square-foot podium with parking and residential amenities on a 1.12-acre site in the Gateway District of the Downtown Specific Plan.

Environmental: The project was adequately covered in a previously certified Final Environmental Impact Report for the Santa Maria Downtown Specific Plan (SCH 2007041105) pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act State Guidelines Section 15162.

Planner Contact: Carol Ziesenhenne, 805-925-0951 ext. 1607;

• RECOMMENDATION:

  By motion, recommend that the City Council approve Downtown Permit (DT2025-0003).

7.

OTHER BUSINESS

Oral Reports from the Planning Commission and staff.

8.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

9.

ADJOURNMENT

If you challenge a determination made on a matter on this agenda in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described on this agenda, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.

I, Dana Eady, hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted not less than 72 hours at the following locations: City of Santa Maria City Hall and Santa Maria Public Library and made available at https://www.cityofsantamaria.org/services/departments/city-clerk-records/agendas-reports-meeting-videos on this ##th day of Month 2025.