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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 06211994 - 2.7 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - C0�1t1'a FROM: HARVEY E.BRAGDON "" Costa DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ° �n County DATE: JUNE 8, 1994 SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT STUDY FOR THE GALE RANCH (DOUGHERTY VALLEY AREA) SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board discuss and determine what appropriate action should be taken in regards to the general plan amendment request. Subsequent authorization to proceed with the general plan amendment study does not imply County approval of the proposal. FISCAL IMPACT: The applicant will pay a general plan amendment fee. BACKGROUND/REASONSBACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION Shapell Industries has requested the`B6ard'of Supervisors to authorize a general plan'amendment study for the Gale Ranch portion of the Dougherty Valley area. The general plan amendment proposes to change the County General Plan Land Use map and other County General Plan Elements to accommodate up to 1,216 residential units in an area which is presently designated as Agricultural Lands. The Gale Ranch is presently within the service area of the East Bay Municipal Utility District and other service areas for needed urban services to ultimately support proposed development. In late 1992, the County Board of Supervisors certified an environmental impact report for subsequent approvals of general plan amendment and specific plan to accommodate up to 11,000 housing units in the larger Dougherty Valley area. Based on those initial approvals, Shapell Industries was processing the needed land development entitlements for the first residential project under the previous Dougherty Valley approvals. This first project is know as Country Club at Gale CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: x-YES SIGNATU RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR_RECOM ENDAT F BOARD COMMITTE —APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON June 21 , 1994 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER After discussion by the Board and testimony by Mr. Tom Koch, representing Shapell Industries, on recommendation of Supervisor Powers , IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that a General Plan Amendment Study for the Gale Ranch (Dougherty Valley Area) is AUTHORIZED. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 1 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. Staff Contact: Matt Tomas(6-2035) ATTESTED June 21 , 1994 Orig: Community Development Department PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF cc: THE BOAR OF SU ERVISORS CAO AN OU Y AD ISTRATOR County Counsel BY 00 6 DEPUTY East Bay Municipal Utility Discrict City of San Ramon Town of Danville Shapell Industries Windemere i Report on Gale Ranch General Plan Amendment Request Continued-page 2/2 Ranch and consists of 1,216 single family and multiple family units with a golf course and clubhouse, three pgks, a church facility and 114.3 acres of unimproved open space on 618 acres. Gale Ranch is located within the East Bay Municipal Utility bistrict Service Boundary. The proposed general plan amendment study would only cover the 618 acre portion identified on Figure 1. The applicant's request is based on the recent court ruling on the Dougherty Valley Specific Plan and General Plan Amendment. If the Board of Supervisors authorizes the general plan amendment study, staff would collect the appropriate fees and integrate the environmental review for the general plan amendment with the entitlements which Shapell Industries has submitted to the County for processing. FIGURE 1 -THE DOUGHERTY VALLEY AREA 1 f i 1 ............ The Gale Ranch General Plan <<' > > <'> ................................. AmendmentArea Or, t f 00 r �♦ r 1 /0. 'o. Lam. McCUTCHEN, DOYLE, BROWN & ENERSEN SAN FRANCISCO COUNSELORS AT LAW WASHINGTON,D.C. LOS ANGELES 1331 NORTH CALIFORNIA BOULEVARD TAIPEI SAN JOSE POST OFFICE BOX V WALNUT CREEK WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA 94596 AFFILIATED OFFICE TELEPHONE (SIO) 937-6000 BANGKOK FACSIMILE (510) 975-5390 June 7, 1994 @, -, - u 7 tJ L.� DIRECT DIAL NUMBER D - JUN - 8 VIA FACSIMILE Mr. Harvey E. Bragdon Planning Director Contra Costa County Community Development Dept. 651 Pine Street, 4th Flr.,No. Wing Martinez, CA 94553 Country Club at Gale Ranch General Plan Amendment Our File No. 72272-004 Dear Mr. Bragdon: On behalf of Shapell Industries;I�submit this request that you recommend that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors authorize a General Plan study for Shapell's proposed "Country Club at Gale Ranch" development. The Dougherty Valley, of which the Country Club at Gale Ranch is a part, is the subject of litigation challenging the County's approvals of a General Plan amendment and Specific Plan•for the entire Dougherty Valley and certification of the accompanying environmental impact report. A recent superior court ruling calls into question these actions as they relate to the provision.of Nater to those portions of the Dougherty Valley that are not currently within the service boundaries of a water provider. Country Club at Gale Ranch is within the existing service boundaries of the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Therefore, although we expect a successful resolution to the issues identified by the court involving the remainder of the Dougherty Valley, we would like to proceed with the Country Club at Gale Ranch at this time in a manner that reflects its unique situation with regard to water service. Shapell Industries currently has complete applications on file with the County for. a rezoning, preliminary development plan, final development plan, and vesting tentative subdivision map for the Country Club at Gale Ranch. By this letter, we request a General Plan amendment for the Country Club at Gale Ranch area that would contemplate development as indicated in these applications. Upon the Board's authorization to proceed with a General Plan Mr. Harvey E. Bragdon June 7, 1994 Page 2 study, we would work with staff to more definitively determine the appropriate General Plan classifications for such a General Plan amendment. Very truly yours, McCUTCHEN, DOYLE, BROWN & ENERSEN M. Thomas Jacobson cc: Val Alexeeff Victor J. Westman Dennis Barry Deborah J. Chamberlain Thomas J. Koch