File #: 23-1066    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 7/18/2023 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 8/8/2023 Final action: 8/8/2023
Title: Green Diamond Resource Company Lot Line Adjustment and Joint Timber Management Plan (4/5th Vote Required) APNs: 510-011-016, 511-111-056, 511-161-005 Record Number: PLN-2021-17513 McKinleyville area
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Lot Line Adjustment Map, 5. Attachment 2 - Location Map, 6. Attachment 3 - Draft Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions Implementing Joint Timber Management Plan, 7. Attachment 4 - Joint Timber Management Plan, 8. Attachment 5 - Forestry Review Committee Draft Minutes February 8, 2023, 9. Attachment 6 - Applicant’s Evidence in Support of the Required Findings, 10. Attachment 7 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 11. Resolution No. 23-125.pdf
To: Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

Vote Requirement:4/5th

SUBJECT:
Title
Green Diamond Resource Company Lot Line Adjustment and Joint Timber Management Plan (4/5th Vote Required)
APNs: 510-011-016, 511-111-056, 511-161-005
Record Number: PLN-2021-17513
McKinleyville area
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors adopt the Resolution to:

1. Open the public hearing, receive and consider the staff report and accept public comment; and
2. Find the project exempt from environmental review pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15305(a) of the State CEQA Guidelines and make all of the required findings (Attachment 1) to approve the Lot Line Adjustment; and
3. Approve (by 4/5 vote) the Joint Timber Management Plan (Attachment 4) prepared pursuant to Section 51119.5 of the California Government Code (C.G.C.) and to approve the Lot Line Adjustment; and
4. Direct the Planning Division staff to record the Declaration with the JTMP and the Notices of Lot Line Adjustment and Certificate of Subdivision Compliance; and
5. Direct the Clerk of the Board to give notice of the decision to owners, the County Assessor's Office and any other interested party.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Applicant fees. (1100277)

DISCUSSION:
A Lot Line Adjustment (LLA) between four vacant parcels of approximately 80.25 acres, 104 acres, 80.35 acres, and 119.5 acres resulting in four parcels of approximately 144.55 acres, 65.6 acres, 55.35 acres, and 118.6 acres. The purpose of the LLA is to facilitate the acquisition of a community forest and conservation easement, and for lands to remain as part of Green Diamond Resource Company timber production inventory. No development is proposed and the LLA will not result in a net loss of Timber Production Zone (TPZ) lands. A JTMP is required due to the resultant parcels containing less than 160 acres of TPZ.

Project Location: The project is in the McKinleyv...

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