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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS O 0 Count)
FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON ~
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DATE: July 21, 1997
SUBJECT: August 5, 1997 Hearing on the Recommendation of the County Planning
Commission on an Application Filed by Charles M. Farr (Applicant &
Owner) , File #MS900141 to Subdivide Approximately 72 acres in the San
Ramon/Bollinger Canyon area.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
As recommended by the County Planning Commission:
1 . Adopt the proposed Negative Declaration as adequate for
purposes of compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act .
2 . Adopt the recommended findings .
3 . Approve the project as conditioned.
4 . Adopt the Proposed Mitigation Monitoring Program
5 . Direct staff to file a Notice of Determination.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
The County Planning Commission heard this project on July 8, 1997 .
The background is described in the staff report to the County
Planning Commission! The property is currently subject to a Land
Conservation (Williamson Act) Contract . The contract allows
limited agricultural use of the property in consideration of a
reduced property tax rate.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMIT EE
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SIGNATURE (S) :
ACTION OF BOARD ON August 5 , . 1997 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X
See the attached Addendum for
Board action.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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Contact : Bob Drake (335-1214)
Orig: Community Development Department ATTESTED August 5 . 1997
CC : Norris & Norris, Edward Shaffer PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
Charles M. Farr THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Public Works Department AND 0 Y ADMINISTRATOR
County Counsel
East Bay Regional Park District B DEPUTY
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The applicant attempted on two occasions (in 1982 and 1987) to
petition the County to cancel contract restrictions; however, for
reasons that are not clear, neither request was forwarded to the
Board of Supervisors . for consideration. More recently, the
applicant filed a notice of nonrenewal which will cause the
contract restrictions to expire in the year 2006 .
The applicant has filed an application to subdivide the site into
three parcels . The parcels conform with the general plan
designation and zoning. However, because the site is subject to
Land Conservation Contract restrictions, contains non-prime soils
and would result in parcels that are smaller than 40 acres in size,
before the project can be approved, State law requires that the
Board of Supervisors make findings and approve the project .
After conducting a hearing, the Planning Commission unanimously
voted to recommend approval of the project . No one appeared in
opposition to this application. Before the hearing, the East Bay
Regional Park District suggested that the project be required to
convey a scenic easement along the ridgeline at the southern
boundary of the site, adjoining Alameda County. The applicant did
not object to such a grant deed, and the Commission recommended
that such a requirement be made a condition of approval (refer to
COA #6) .
The approval is otherwise consistent with a prior 1987 Board action
concerning this project and with the more recent 1996 approval of
a land use permit to allow two additional residences .
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ADDENDUM TO ITEM D.6
Agenda August 5, 1997
This being the time noticed by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors for
hearing on the recommendation of the Contra Costa County Planning
Commission on a minor subdivision application by Charles M. Farr (Applicant
and Owner) for a vesting tentative map approval to subdivide 72.3 acres into
three parcels.(County File #MS 141-90), San Ramon/Bollinger Canyon area.
Dennis Barry, Acting Interim Community Development Director,
presented the staff report. Mr. Barry noted that this property is currently subject
to the Land Conservation (Williamson Act) Contract, which allows limited
agricultural use of the property in consideration for a reduced property tax rate.
The public hearing was opened, and the following people commented on
the issue:
Mike Farr, applicant, 18311 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon;
Michael and Adele Warholic, 18333 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon.
All those desiring to speak having been heard, and following Board
discussion, Supervisor Gerber moved that the hearing be continued to
September 9, 1997, at 3:30 p.m.
Supervisor Canciamilla seconded the motion.
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the hearing is CONTINUED to
September 9, 1997, at 3:30 p.m. in the Board's Chambers.