DATE: January 28, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION UPHOLDING PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2025-P23 CERTIFYING A FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND ASSOCIATED MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM AND UPHOLDING PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2025-P20 APPROVING A TENTATIVE MAP (T22-00004), DEVELOPMENT PLAN (D22-00009), AND DENSITY BONUS (DB22-00005) TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF 83 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON APPROXIMATELY 9.86 ACRES OF A 16.78-ACRE SITE LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF GUAJOME LAKE ROAD (APN: 157-412-15-00), SOUTHEAST OF ALBRIGHT STREET IN THE GUAJOME NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA. FOUR OF THE 83 HOMES (5% OF TOTAL) WOULD BE RESERVED FOR VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. - GUAJOME LAKE HOMES PROJECT - APPLICANT: RINCON CAPITOL GROUP, LLC; APPELLANT: JENNIFER JACOBS
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution denying the appeal and upholding Planning Commission Resolution No. 2025-P23 certifying a Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) and Associated Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) and upholding Planning Commission Resolution No. 2025-P20 approving a Tentative Map (T22-00004), Development Plan (D22-00009), and Density Bonus (DB22-00005) to allow for the subdivision of 16.78-acre property into 83 single-family lots (Lots 1-83) for residential purposes and six additional lots (Lots A - F) for a private road, bio-filtration basins, recreational open space, and natural open space, the construction of 83 detached single-family homes and associated site improvements including landscaping and recreational areas and a density bonus for the granting of seven waivers from applicable development standards in order to develop at the density proposed in exchange for setting aside four dwelling units for very-low income households.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The project site is located in the northeastern porti...
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