Memorandum
Date: January 28, 2021
To: The Honorable Planning Commission
From: Scott De Leon, Community Development Director
Toccarra Nicole Thomas, Community Development Deputy Director
Subject: General Plan Conformity Report for Land Exchange Between the County of Lake and the State of California for the purposes of affordable housing development; Lakeport Armory Land Swap General Plan Conformity 21-01 (GPC 21-01) and Categorical Exemption 21-05 (CE 21-05) 1431 Hoyt Avenue, Lakeport CA further described as APN 003-046-75
ATTACHMENTS:
1. BOS Memorandum Lakeport Armory/Clearlake Property Land Swap Proposal Update and direction to staff
I. SUMMARY:
The Board of Supervisors has directed staff to take the necessary actions to facilitate a property swap of county owned vacant and undeveloped property to the State of California for State owned property for the development of affordable housing. The State owned property located at 1431 Hoyt Avenue, Lakeport CA further described as APN 003-046-75 further described as the Lakeport Armory will be exchanged for County owned, vacant, and undeveloped land located at 15387 18th Ave, Clearlake CA APN 010-043-01 for the purposes of developing affordable housing within the County. Since the Lakeport Armory is located within the jurisdictional boundaries of the County of Lake, a general plan of conformity report for the exchange of property was completed to ensure consistency with the General Plan. As part of the necessary steps to complete the land swap, the City of Lakeport will complete a GPC for the County owned property simultaneously before the project can move to the next phases.
As the development of affordable housing in the County of Lake is a high priority of the State of California, and the County of Lake, as outlined in the Housing Element of the Lake County General Plan, staff recommends that the Planning Commission report that the property swap for the purposes of developing affordable housing is in c...
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