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FROM: Su ervisor ' Tom Torlakson Contra
p Costa
DATE: April 1, 1986 County
FOLLOW-UP ON 12/10/85 RECOMMENDATION FOR REFERRAL OF ALL
SUBJECT: . COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST GENERAL
PLANiAREA TO THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)rOR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Request status report from the Community
Development Department on above-noted referral.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: This regards my December 10, 1985
recommendation (copy attached) referring the planning decision to the
County Planning Commission as it relates to windmill and other land
use applications in the Southeast area of the county. - I had raised
some questions regarding appeals by the Mt. Diablo Audubon Society on
several windmill applications. I would like to know the disposition
of these appeals by the Audubon Society.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON I April 1, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X
REQUESTED a status report from Community Development Department on appeals filed
by the Mt. Diablo Audubon Society on windmill aplications.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Community Development Dept ATTESTED 115404
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M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY
TO:µ BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson
Contra
Costa
DATE: . December 10, 1985 County
REFERRAL OF ALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DECISIONS
SUBJECT: IN THE SOUTHEAST GENERAL PLAN AREA TO THE COUNTY PLANNING
COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION: Enact an emergency ordinance referring all wind-
mill applications wit in the Southeast County General Plan Amendment Area
currently heard by the Zoning Administrator to the County Planning
Commi ,sion for public hear-inb. This is a recognition -that the pending
applications are of established public concern and importance . This is
a logical method to ensure full public participation and involvement in
mportant pla- ning decisions affecting concerned citizens .p),)A property
cn:me-s alike. It would also serve to expedite the process - t.. M, v opinion.
There has been confusion under the current process which threatens
continued good faith negotiations and the task force process we have ini-
tiated to resolve issues in the Southeast Area.
BACKGROUND: The Board of Supervisors declined to enact a "mora-
torium" ince southeastern portion of Contra Costa County. Since the
major pending ' land use applications were the five (5) outstanding permit
applications to establish wind farms , it was determined that the specific
problems could be addressed without a formal moratorium.
Since then, I have sponsored several meetings to attempt to
resolve the issues surrounding windfarm development .
The County Zoning Administrator was to hear projects after the
East Diablo Planning Advisory Committee (EDPAC) had reviewed applications .
The Zoning Administrator __a_pppr�ro��ve_dCounty File #2131-85 (Windmaster/Lopez)
. on December 2 1985 . EDP Cis to have not received a copy of that
application and it is not scheduled to be heard until December 11th
(tomorrow) . Since the decision. was made at the Zoning Administrator level
without adequate public review and since the applicant is also not satis-
fied with the. decision, buth ire men-tal groups and the applicant have
requested reconsiderat ' or are plan r'-€bJe appeals.
Additions y, the Mt. Diablo Audubon Society as appealed the
staff recommend ion for a Negative Declaration for fo (4) applications ,
including #21 -85. The other three (3) applications we eL
Energy Corpo tion (��2124-85 , 2105-85 , and 2127-85) . Th b-
mitted on No ember 25th, and referred by the Board on De e
to the Comm ity Development Department,
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMEN x YES SIGNATURE: /
RECOMMENDATION OF COU Y ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION F BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OT
SIGNATURE(S) "
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAft4: —. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED
J.R. OLSSON. COUNTY CLERK
AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD
M3e2/7-93 BY DEPUTY
December 10, 1985
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The Board of Supervisors is appointing a committee to develop
a general plan amendment for the Southeast Area. It would be appropri-
ate to have this committee review some of the generalized process and
land use questions regarding windfarm development as well as giving
EDPAC a chance of review site specific concerns and these generalized
issues.
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