Auburn meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Auburn Station's 315-unit plan, 2045 General Plan head a fortnight of agenda items; no outcomes yet posted

Auburn's Planning Commission met Oct. 16 with the Auburn Station Infill Plan, the Auburn 2045 General Plan and a draft cannabis retail ordinance on its agenda. Minutes have not been published for that meeting or for any other meeting in the past two weeks, so no votes, decisions or outcomes are established in the record reviewed here. Everything below comes from published agendas.

Auburn Station: 10.5 acres, up to 315 units

The Oct. 16 Planning Commission agenda described the Auburn Station Infill Plan as a proposed redevelopment of 10.5 acres for up to 315 multi-family units and 3,375 sq ft of retail. The commission was scheduled to consider making a recommendation to the City Council on the plan. A week earlier, the Oct. 7 study session listed an informational report on the plan and its Final Environmental Impact Report; that session was noticed as informational only, with no authoritative action to be taken.

General Plan 2045 and its environmental report

The same Oct. 16 agenda listed a recommendation to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report and adopt the Auburn 2045 General Plan. The Oct. 7 study session carried an informational report on the General Plan as well.

Cannabis retail ordinance

The draft ordinance discussed Oct. 16 proposes repealing Section 159.019 and adding Sections 159.048 through 159.566 regarding retail businesses, according to the agenda. It was also the subject of an informational report at the Oct. 7 study session.

Pacific Avenue bike lanes and license plate readers

The City Council agendas for both Oct. 8 and Oct. 12 listed the same three items: direction on future bicycle lane closures along Pacific Avenue; a report and policy direction for the Automated License Plate Reader system; and approval of accounts payable warrants paid from April 2026 to September 2026. The agendas do not state what direction, if any, was given.

City Manager employment

A City Council special session was noticed for Oct. 13 with a closed session regarding public employment for the City Manager. The agenda provides no further detail.

Economic Development town hall

The Economic Development Commission held town halls noticed for Oct. 12 and Oct. 14 on building a healthy community and investing in Auburn's future. The Oct. 14 notice listed presentations by Colleen Sands, Executive Director of State Theater; Sue Thompson of the Placer Community Foundation Board; and Elisa Herrera of Latino Leadership.

Endurance Capital Committee

The Oct. 15 agenda listed votes on the Treasurer's Report and the meeting agenda, plus discussion of the Brick Pillar Refresh Project, 2026-2027 events including the Festival of Lights Parade and ECC Holiday Dinner, a Youth 100-Mile Challenge, and promotion of the Western States event and Host Families.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings were listed in the 14 days following Oct. 19 in the data provided for this roundup. Residents should check the city's posted agendas and notices for scheduling, and the published minutes of the meetings above for what was actually decided.

A note on this report: because no minutes were available, this roundup describes what was scheduled and noticed, not what was approved, rejected or funded. No vote tallies or dollar amounts appear in the source material for these meetings.

Auburn agendas: City Manager closed session, Auburn Station housing options, Pacific Avenue bike lanes

Auburn's city boards took up a City Manager hiring discussion held behind closed doors, two housing concepts for land near the Auburn Transit Station, and policies on Pacific Avenue bike lanes and automated license plate readers. Every item in the record reviewed for this roundup is an agenda; no minutes have been published for any of the sessions, so nothing below should be read as a final decision except where noted.

City Manager employment discussed in closed session

The City Council scheduled special sessions whose only substantive item was a closed session on public employment for the position of City Manager, under California Government Code 54957. The agendas state the Council must report out any action taken in closed session, as required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, and then adjourn. Public comment was limited to three minutes per speaker, with no action allowed on items not on the agenda. The agendas were posted Oct. 1, 2026 by City Clerk Amy Lind. The summaries in the record give conflicting dates for these sessions — one lists Sept. 29, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. and others list Oct. 7, 2026 at 9:00 a.m., all at City Hall, 1225 Lincoln Way. No outcome was reported in the material provided.

Auburn Station housing options reviewed

The Planning Commission held a study session — no authoritative action — on the Draft Auburn Station Infill Plan and its Final Environmental Impact Report. Staff presented two housing concepts for a 10.5-acre portion of a 17-acre Placer County-owned site near the Auburn Transit Station: Option 1 with 238 units, 3,375 square feet of retail and 295 parking spaces; Option 2 with 315 units, 3,375 square feet of retail and 390 parking spaces. Both are described at 30.1 dwelling units per acre. The session also covered the draft Cannabis Ordinance, the Auburn 2045 General Plan with consultant Barry Miller, and MXG-T (Mixed Use General – Transit) overlay zoning standards described in the Infill Plan; no rezoning or overlay adoption was being decided. The only vote listed was approval of the Aug. 18, 2026 meeting minutes. Staff are to return Oct. 20 for a possible recommendation to the City Council on the Infill Plan. The record lists this study session twice, dated Oct. 6 and Oct. 7, 2026.

Pacific Avenue bike lanes and license plate readers

The City Council was scheduled to give direction on potential bicycle lane closures along Pacific Avenue, and to review a report on the Automated License Plate Reader system to guide creation of a city policy. The agenda also listed approval of accounts payable warrants paid from April 2026 to September 2026. No dollar total for the warrants appears in the material provided. The record lists this item twice, dated Oct. 8 and Oct. 12, 2026.

Arts, youth and economic development

The Arts Commission met Oct. 5, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 10 at City Hall, 1225 Lincoln Way, for status reports on the Wind Phone project, the School Park Preserve mosaic mural and a parking lot entrance CNPS garden project, Art Park umbrella removal and a GoFundMe for a Lee Buckingham tile, and repairs to the Peter Hazel fish statue in Central Square. The commission also reviewed applications for its own vacancies and took up new business on the Chamber's Celebrate the Community Dinner and a Leadership Auburn arts session. The agenda notes Art Walk needs a Chair for 2027.

The Youth Advisory Commission met Oct. 8, 2026 at City Hall for a one-hour session with a presentation from Public Works Director Mengil Deane and discussion of its mission, vision and scope, project plans and outreach. No action items were listed.

The Economic Development Commission held a town hall on building a healthy community and investing in Auburn's future, with a panel including representatives from the State Theater, Placer Community Foundation and Latino Leadership.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings were listed in the material provided for the next 14 days. According to the Planning Commission agenda summary, staff are expected to return Oct. 20 for a possible recommendation to the City Council on the Auburn Station Infill Plan.