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FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson Contra
Costa
DATE: December 11 , 1984 County
SUBJECT: WINDMILL GUIDELINES
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: I had communication from the East Diablo Planning
Advisory Committee EDPAC regarding their desire for guidelines that the county will
utilize in the placement of windmill farms and wind generating permits.
I had also contacted the Planning staff expressing EDPAC's concerns that they
had not received information which they had requested some time ago. Recently copies
of permits have arrived in my office which indicated some of the kinds of conditions the
Planning Department is asking for on these windfarms.
I still feel , however, that the issue is new enough and complicated enough
that it deserves a workshop at the Planning Commission level (as also requested by EDPAC
some time ago) to explore these guidelines in some detail and to formalize them somewhat
more than they presently are.
Apparently, we are using Alameda County's guidelines as a prototype with some
modifications to fit Contra Costa County. A public workshop would be a way of fine-
tuning this even further in developing a more comprehensive policy to safeguard the public
interest. The road damages is certainly severe and it was only through oversight and
negative experience that we realized this needed to be placed as a condition on all wind-
mill projects.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to the Planning Director to schedule this matter as
a workshop with the Planning Commission as soon as possible.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON 'THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. . /
CC: Planning Director ATTESTED ��1 k4,)
County Administrator Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
M3e2/7-e9 BY DEPUTY
1. Windmill Guidelines Need for
2. Planning Director to Schedule Workshop