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West Urban, City Planner, told the commission the City Council approved a $49,425 contract with RSG Incorporated to prepare a feasibility study covering several candidate areas for annexation and potential sphere-of-influence adjustments. Urban said the study is an 18-month effort during which staff will engage landowners, the county and other stakeholders; the study will provide cost estimates, a recommended phasing strategy and outreach planning.

Urban reviewed multiple areas under consideration, including a Long Bar site north of Montgomery Street; a Rio De Oro area along Highway 70 with prior specific-plan work; a Highway 70 Industrial Park (former Louisiana Pacific mill parcel); potential expansions near the airport and West 162 (a previously studied specific plan area with an earlier EIR that included several thousand homes in planning materials); Ruddy Creek and Thermolito neighborhoods; and a North Table Mountain area where the Hmong community is considering a large mixed-use project including an international temple.

Urban summarized key statutory steps and thresholds: the city would first seek council direction and then apply to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). He said LAFCO would notify affected landowners and that a protest letter threshold exists — if 25 percent of affected property owners file written opposition, the annexation must proceed to a landowner vote; if 50 percent plus one oppose in writing, the annexation effort fails without a vote.

Commissioners discussed fiscal tradeoffs. Urban said, as a rough early estimate, annexing residential parcels can initially cost the city in ongoing services (police, fire, roads) and that newly developed commercial land typically yields net fiscal gains once developed. He noted prior feasibility work for South Oroville had favored against annexation due to cost. Several commissioners asked staff to coordinate early with the county to identify planned county capital projects and to consider phasing annexations a la carte rather than as a single package.

Urban said the study will refine revenue and cost estimates, examine public outreach needs (especially in Thermolito, where earlier outreach produced strong opposition), and return to the commission and council with recommended phasing options.

No commission vote was requested or taken at Tuesday’s meeting; the presentation was informational and staff will provide updates as the feasibility study proceeds.

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Brandon Mata, planning intern, told the commission the project’s original approval allowed 25 manufactured homes on roughly 8 acres and that subsequent action later authorized stick-built single-family homes under revised conditions. Mata said tentative subdivision maps are valid for three years and that extensions of up to six years are allowed; staff recommended a two-year extension in this case.

A commissioner moved to adopt the staff recommendation for a two-year extension; another commissioner seconded. Chair Jenkins called the roll; Commissioner Zilic voted yes and the motion passed unanimously with all present commissioners recorded in the affirmative.

No members of the public appeared to speak on the item, and no additional conditions were added. The extension preserves the existing tentative-map conditions while the applicant continues work toward a final map.

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The item drew a staff recommendation to approve and a detailed presentation from the applicant about operations, but several commissioners and a member of the public said the proposed site — at a former retail building in a busy commercial strip — raises neighborhood and perception concerns.

West Urban, City Planner, told the commission the proposal would convert roughly half of a 5,500-square-foot former retail building into medical offices on a 68,000-square-foot parcel. He said the applicant has agreed to restripe the lot, remove two conex boxes from the rear of the property, update landscaping, secure the trash enclosure and create a clear path of travel to the recently constructed Caltrans sidewalk. Urban said the building sits more than 500 feet from the nearest schools or residences, which meets a siting requirement for outpatient treatment centers; he added that staff recommended approval.

Moises Alcantara, an AEGIS representative who spoke to the commission, and Rebecca Mitchell, identified herself as Rebecca “Becca” Mitchell, Regional Vice President for AEGIS for Northern California, described how the medication unit would operate as an adjunct to the Chico clinic. Mitchell said Chico serves about 514 patients and that roughly 90 of those patients have Oroville addresses and currently travel to Chico for medication. She said the Oroville medication unit would be primarily operational from about 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., seven days a week, employ about 15–20 staff and use security cameras and other measures to minimize community impacts. Mitchell said AEGIS provides methadone and buprenorphine treatment, weekly counseling and monthly random drug testing, and that many patients qualify for take-home medication when stable.

Marsha Henderson, an Oroville resident who addressed the commission during public comment, said she supports treatment but opposed the specific location at the mall on Oro Dam Boulevard. \"I just don't feel like the rest of the public is going to feel welcoming,\" Henderson said, adding that the site is not near other medical services and that the boulevard is a busy corridor where people without vehicles would have to walk a long sidewalk to reach the clinic.

Commissioners acknowledged the clinic is needed in Oroville but repeatedly cited the site as the primary concern. One commissioner noted an existing methadone clinic on Montgomery Street that, according to staff remarks, has operated quietly and generated little enforcement activity. Daniel Friedman, who identified himself as a representative for the applicant, urged commissioners to judge the application by the use-permit findings in the packet and noted the practical difficulty of finding a site that meets every preferred criterion.

No formal motion to approve was made. After discussion about public notice, potential community reaction and the option to gather additional information (including police or code-enforcement data from other jurisdictions), the commission reached a general consensus to continue the item to the next Planning Commission meeting on July 24, 2025, for a fuller discussion and to allow staff and commissioners time to gather more information for public outreach.

The file in the commission packet referenced specific findings (noted on page 7) and a condition (condition 13, page 20) that allows the commission to revoke or modify a use permit at its discretion.

If the commission later votes to approve the use permit, staff and the applicant have already noted several operational commitments — restrained hours, security measures, improved landscaping and removal of onsite storage containers — that would be reflected in conditions of approval.

The commission’s continued review leaves the application without a decision. Staff will return the matter at the next meeting with any additional information requested by commissioners; the applicant said it is prepared to answer follow-up questions and provide evidence from other AEGIS locations about operational impacts.

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