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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01111994 - 1.56 ; = -- Contra Costa TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ( �nt / .- FROM:. HARVEY E. BRAGDON DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DATE: December 22, 1993 SUBJECT: CONSULTANT CONTRACT TO PREPARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE KAUFMAN & BROAD GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT - COUNTY FILE #8-93-EC SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Approve and authorize the Director of Community Development to execute on behalf of the County a contract with the firm of Mills Associates in the amount of $50,449 for the preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the Kaufman & Broad General Plan Amendment proposal in the Bay Point area. FISCAL IMPACT The cost of the SEIR is borne by the project sponsor, Kaufman & Broad. In addition to the consultant contract, the cost of the SEIR to the project sponsor includes a 30% surcharge ($15, 134) for staff administration services for a total cost of $65, 583 . BACKGROUND/REASONS 'FOR RECOMMENDATIONS This is a Board-authorized general plan amendment study and the Community Development Department has determined that an EIR for the proposed general plan amendment is required by the terms of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) . The CEQA requires the preparation of an EIR for a proposed project where the project is subject to a discretionary action by a California unit of government and where there is reason to believe that the proposed project would result in one or more significant, i.e. adverse, environmental impacts. The project requires discretionary approval by the Board of Supervisors in the form of a general plan amendment, a rezoning, a tentative map and development plan. Several potentially significant impacts were identified by' the project's Initial Study and by responses to the projec 's Notice of Preparation. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATU RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION O D COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS // I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Orig: Matt Tomas (646-2036) ATTESTED 1/ cc: Community Development Department (CDD) P IL BAT ELO , CLERR OF County Administrator THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS County Auditor-Controller AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR County Counsel `- Kaufman & Broad (via CDD) BY�o ���p e , DEPUTY Mills Associates (via CDD) MT:aw CPI/BO/K&B