MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Robert Massarelli, AICP
Lake County Community Development Director
DATE: April 18, 2017
SUBJECT: 9:50 A.M. - (a) Consideration of At-Cost Project Reimbursement and Indemnity Agreement; (b) Consideration of Request for Proposals for the Guenoc Valley Environmental Impact Report; and (c) Consideration of Resolution Amending Resolution No. 2016-145 Establishing Position Allocations for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 BU No. 2702 Planning.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
As you may know much of the Langtry/Guenoc Valley property has been recently purchased. The new owner has contacted the Community Development Department regarding the permit approval process. While the plans for the property are still under development, the intent is to implement the concept described in the Special Area Study for Langtry/Guenoc in the Middletown Area Plan. It is anticipated that the approval process will include an intensive pre-application stage, processing several applications included possible general plan amendments, area plan amendments, rezoning, master plan of development, and specific plans of development, as well as the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
(a) The Master Fee Resolution provides that the cost associated with processing applications will be reimbursed with an initial fee. For costs exceeding the initial fee, the applicant will be charged on an hourly basis for staff time as well as expenses. Due to the significant commitment of staff resources and the expenses of outside consultants, the staff is recommending an at-cost agreement to protect the county (attached). The agreement provides that the applicant will deposit a fixed amount of money which will be charged against. When the fund is 60% expended the applicant will be required to bring the fund back to the fixed amount. The fixed amount has different values depending on the stage of the project, i.e pre-application phase, when the application...
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