Documents and Public Comments

Below are correspondence, letters, documents, and public comments from Residents of Pleasant Hill and those opposed to the proposed Pleasant Hill CarMax facility.  We thank the many volunteers and experts who have tirelessly researched the technical side of the CarMax facility and have found inconsistencies, rushed analyses, and important omissions.  These documents seek to clarify and point out those issues.  Further information can be obtained at this blog here.

Highlighted Records Submitted by the Public Opposed to the CarMax Facility

• March 8, 2016 Public Comments Regarding the Draft EIR: CarMax Study Session and CEQA Scoping Meeting
• March 16, 2017 Public Comments and Correspondence Regarding CarMax EIR
• June 19, 2017 Letter to Planning Commission with Detailed Analyses
• July 16, 2017 Letter to City Council Regarding Truck Hauler Traffic and Circulation
• Exerpts from Official CarMax 2017 Annual Report: Noting the Types of Activities involved at their Facilities
• Incorporated Documents to Include in July 17, 2017 Pleasant Hill City Council Meeting on the CarMax: Includes References to Prior Comments and Documents, Documents that the City of Pleasant Hill Omitted, Analyses on Inconsistencies and Rushed Conclusions, and More
• One Bay Area Grant Program: Includes Descriptions of a Viable and Potential Mixed Use Project at the DVC Plaza to Obtain Grant Funding While the City was Simulataneously Planning on a CarMax Facility at the Same Location
• One Bay Area Grant Program Application Form
• Council Authorization to Apply for $4.77 Million One Bay Area Grant Program Funding
• One Bay Area Grant Program Project Environmental Review Documents
• City of Pleasant Hill General Plan: Housing Element and Mixed Use Excerpts
• City of Pleasant Hill Use Classification Definitions
• City of Pleasant Hill Land Use Regulations

Official Records as Archived by City of Pleasant Hill 

The Vote Record and documents regarding the proposed Pleasant Hill CarMax Auto Superstore are located below.

Pleasant Hill City Council
On August 7, 2017, as part of the Consent Calendar, the Pleasant Hill City Council formally adopted an Ordinance to Approve the PUD Rezoning and PUD Concept Plan Amendment for a New CarMax Auto Superstore at 65 and 77 Chilpancingo Parkway (Assessor Parcel Numbers 153-300-001, 153-300-002, and 153-300-003)

Links to the final Ordinance No. 916:

• Adopted Ordinance No. 916
• Memorandum
• Attachment A3
• Attachment B3
• Attachment C3 
• Attachment D3

On July 17, 2017, at the Public Hearing for the proposed Pleasant Hill CarMax, the Pleasant Hill City Council by unanimous vote

1. ADOPTED the resolution of findings and CERTIFIED the EIR,
2. ADOPTED the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program,
3. APPROVED the PUD Rezoning and PUD Concept Plan Amendment, and
4. APPROVED the Development Plan Permit, Conditional Use Permit, Architectural Review Permit, and Sign Permit

Pleasant Hill City Council responsible for this vote:

• Ken Carlson
• Sue Noack
• Matt Rinn
• Tim Flaherty, Vice Mayor
• Michael Harris, Mayor

Contact the City Council by clicking here.

Pleasant Hill Planning Commission
Agenda:
http://pleasanthill.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=646

On June 29, 2017, at the Public Hearing for the proposed Pleasant Hill CarMax, the Pleasant Hill Planning Commission by unanimous vote approved the Development Plan Permit, Conditional Use Permit, Planned Unit Development District Rezoning and Associated Concept Plan and has certified the Draft Environmental Impact Report and Mitigation Monitoring Report Program with several conditions of approval.  All residents in attendance at the Public Hearing voiced disapproval of the CarMax project, which was noted in the public record.

All Pleasant Hill Planning Commmission Agendas, Meeting Minutes, and Videos are matters of public record and are required to be accessible.  Please feel free to browse the video on Pleasant Hill's online archive located here: http://www.ci.pleasant-hill.ca.us/1132/Meeting-Videos

Also of note, here are the members of the Planning Commission, who by Pleasant Hill rules are required to be residents of Pleasant Hill:

• Bill Bankert, Chair
• Diana Vavrek, Vice Chair
• Dave Mascaro
• Allen Vinson
• Robert Abbott
• Heather Phillips
• Steven Schramm

Pleasant Hill Architectural Review Committee
Agenda:
http://pleasanthill.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=2&event_id=644

On June 28, 2017, at the Public Hearing for the proposed Pleasant Hill CarMax, the Pleasant Hill Architectural Review Commission by unanimous vote approved the Architectural Review Permit, Sign Permit, and has certified the Draft Environmental Impact Report with 6 conditions of approval.  All residents in attendance at the Public Hearing voiced disapproval of the CarMax project, which was noted in the public record.

Pleasant Hill Architectural Review Commission Responsible for this Project:

• Karla Moseley, Vice Chair
• Richard Stanton
• John Hart
• Jill Bergman
• Ken Craig