Draft Revised Housing Element and Public Meeting (Sept 2011)

A revised draft Housing Element has been prepared in response to comments from the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on the Housing Element, adopted on May 16, 2011.  The revised Housing Element is available for downloading below.  A public meeting will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sam Pipes Room on the 1st floor of the Civic Center at 678 W. 18th St, Merced to discuss the revised Housing Element.   The public is encouraged to come and give comments on the revised Housing Element.  Public hearings will also be scheduled in October and November 2011 before the Planning Commission and City Council to consider the revised Housing Element.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Planning Division at (209) 385-6858.


Wal-Mart Distribution Center
 
For information regarding the Wal-Mart Distribution Center project, please follow this link.

The South Merced Community Plan and the Final Environmental Impact Report for the South Merced Specific Plan were adopted by the Merced City Council in January 2008.  The documents are available for download below (please scroll down to the bottom of the page under the "South Merced Community Plan" header).  For further information on the South Merced Community Plan and EIR process, please follow this link.

Other Documents Available

The Planning Division has many documents and handouts available on various subjects. Below are several documents related to the City's population from 1900 to the present, demographic information from the 2000 Census, the South Merced Strategic Plan, development in the Downtown area, Small Lot Design Guidelines, as well as environmental documents on various projects, such as the new Mercy Hospital project at Cormorant and G (now under construction) and the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion project. Also below is a list of publications and their cost that can be obtained at the Planning Division offices on the 2nd Floor of the Merced Civic Center at 678 West 18th Street, Merced or by calling (209) 385-6858. Other documents will be added to this page as they become available.