The September 23, 2026 Site Plan and Architectural Review Committee (SPARC) meeting is a single-hearing sitting on a project that has been moving through Lodi's development pipeline since 2023. Item 4a is design and site-plan review for a proposed Maverik convenience store, seven auto and five truck fuel dispensers, and an 8.81-acre commercial lot at 4872 East Kettleman Lane — the southeast corner of Kettleman and South Beckman Road, roughly 350 feet east of the State Route 99 interchange. The Committee's action is quasi-judicial and triggers ex parte disclosure under Resolution No. 2006-31 and campaign-contribution disclosure under Government Code §84308.

The site was annexed into the City by San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) on August 26, 2026. The Committee sits at 5:15 p.m.; at 7:00 p.m. the Planning Commission takes up the linked Use Permit for a Type 21 off-sale alcohol license at the same store (PL2023-042 U), plus an unrelated Tentative Parcel Map at 401 North Ham Lane (PL2026-013). Staff finds no further environmental review is required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines §15162, relying on the 2025 Maverik Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (State Clearinghouse No. 2024030646). Staff recommends approval subject to the Conditions of Approval in Attachment D.

One review item — and it is the design half of the same Rogers Media electronic-sign package the Planning Commission hears at 7:00 p.m. the same night. SPARC meets at 5:15 p.m., decides placement, height, materials, and pole design for three 78 sq ft LED signs on City land, and the Commission's report is written assuming that approval already happened.

The larger story is timing and record quality. The Development Agreement Council adopted June 3 remains unexecuted and is already being reopened by the applicant. Attachment B is still the March 25 draft, with a blank effective date and a body captioned for two signs. The three site plans state three different sign heights while the report says all three are identical. Sign area at 78 sq ft sits inside a 79.2 sq ft administrative ceiling before counting a 12-inch stainless steel skirt. The pole-width deviation is unquantified in the record. Location 3 sits inside multiple future public reservations, and the mounting type is expressly undecided. Two sites front State Route 12 and no Caltrans approval is discussed. And the January 14, 2026 minutes listed for adoption are not in the packet.

This SPARC meeting features a single review item — a quasi-judicial public hearing on the proposed 70-foot tall, double-faced, freeway-oriented electronic pylon sign at the Lodi Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership (1255 South Beckman Road). Staff recommends approval with conditions. This would be the first of a maximum of two electronic billboards allowed within the City of Lodi.