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File #: 25-736    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/29/2025 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 6/5/2025 Final action: 6/5/2025
Title: PG&E Vegetation Management Bundle #6 Coastal Development Permit (CDP) Record Number: PLN-2025-19185 Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN): Listed in Attachment 1D Various locations in the Humboldt County, including the following areas: Orick, Big Lagoon, Sumeg State Park, Trinidad, Westhaven, Crannell, McKinleyville, Hookton, Table Bluff and Loleta. A Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for routine vegetation management along several 12 kilovolt distribution lines within Humboldt County covering the Humboldt Bay area up to the Orick area. The proposed scope of work includes the removal of 50 trees at 50 locations, and the removal of seven brush units at seven locations for a total of 57 locations. These locations are subject to the requirements of PG&E's Multiple Region Habitat Conservation Plan (MRHCP). A Special Permit is required for Design Review where necessary.
Attachments: 1. 19185 Staff Report 6.5.25, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution 19185, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B - Project Description 19185, 5. Attachment 1C - Project Locations 19185, 6. Attachment 1D - Project Parcels and Owners, 7. Attachment 1E - Parcels, General Plan, Coastal Jurisdiction, 8. Attachment 2A - Tree Data Table, 9. Attachment 2B - Biological Report, 10. Attachment 2C - Vegetation Management – Best Management Practices, 11. Attachment 2D - Multi-Region HCP Measures - General Field Protocols, 12. Attachment 2E - Response to CA coastal Commision Comments, 13. Attachment 3 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 14. Attachment 3A -19185 HUMCO PW comments, 15. Attachment 3B - 19185 CA Coastal Commision comments, 16. 19185 ZA Decision Packet 6.5.25

To: Zoning Administrator

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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PG&E Vegetation Management Bundle #6 Coastal Development Permit (CDP)
Record Number: PLN-2025-19185
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN): Listed in Attachment 1D

Various locations in the Humboldt County, including the following areas: Orick, Big Lagoon, Sumeg State Park, Trinidad, Westhaven, Crannell, McKinleyville, Hookton, Table Bluff and Loleta.

A Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for routine vegetation management along several 12 kilovolt distribution lines within Humboldt County covering the Humboldt Bay area up to the Orick area. The proposed scope of work includes the removal of 50 trees at 50 locations, and the removal of seven brush units at seven locations for a total of 57 locations. These locations are subject to the requirements of PG&E's Multiple Region Habitat Conservation Plan (MRHCP). A Special Permit is required for Design Review where necessary.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Zoning Administrator:
Adopt the Resolution, (Attachment 1) which does the following:

a. Finds the project complies with the Eel River Area Plan, Humboldt Bay Area Plan, McKinleyville Area Plan, North Coast Area Plan, Trinidad Area Plan and the Zoning Ordinance; and

b. Finds the project exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15301 Existing Facilities and Section 15304 Minor Alterations to Land of the CEQA Guidelines, and that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment; and

c. Approves the Coastal Development Permit subject to the conditions of approval (Attachment 1A).
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DISCUSSION:
Project Location:
This project is in Humboldt County, along several 12 kilovolt distribution lines in the Orick, Big Lagoon, Sumeg State Park, Trinidad, Westhaven, Crannell, McKinleyville, Hookton, Table Bluff and Loleta areas.

Present General Plan Land Use Designation, Present Zoning, and Coastal Zone...

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