File #: 19-1779    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Appeal Status: Passed
File created: 12/10/2019 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 12/16/2019 Final action: 12/16/2019
Title: Humboldt Wind Energy Project- Appeal of Planning Commission Decision Project # PLN-13999-CUP
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 CEQA Resolution final (002).pdf, 3. Attachment 2 BOS Use Permit Resolution final.pdf, 4. Attachment 3 Conditions of Approval - BOS.pdf, 5. Attachment 4 Humboldt Wind Project MMRP.pdf, 6. Attachment 5 PC Resolution 19-134_Humboldt Wind LLC_13999.pdf, 7. Attachment 6 PC Staff Report 11.07.19.pdf, 8. Attachment 7 PC Staff Report 11.14.19.pdf, 9. Attachment 8 PC Staff Report 11.21.19.pdf, 10. Attachment 9a Public Comments_Staff Report provided on 11.07.19.pdf, 11. Attachment 9b PC Supplemental 1 - Public Comments provided at PC 11.07.19.pdf, 12. Attachment 9c PC Supplemental 2 - Public Comments provided at PC 11.14.19.pdf, 13. Attachment 9d PC Supplemental 3 - Public Comments provided at PC 11.14.19.pdf, 14. Attachment 9e PC Supplemental 4 - Public Comments_11.21.19 .pdf, 15. Attachment 9f PC Supplemental 5 - Public Comments_11.21.19.pdf, 16. Attachment 9g PC Supplemental 6 - edits and corrections_11.21.19.pdf, 17. Attachment 9h Public Comments submitted at the PC meeting 11.21.19.pdf, 18. Attachment 9i_Public Comments_1.pdf, 19. Attachment 9i_Public Comments_2.pdf, 20. Attachment 9i_Public Comments_3.pdf, 21. Attachment 9i_Public Comments_4.pdf, 22. Attachment 9i_Public Comments_5.pdf, 23. Attachment 9i_Public Comments_6.pdf, 24. Attachment 10 Summary of letters received during PC hearings.pdf, 25. Attachment 11 Appeal Letter by applicant.pdf, 26. Attachment 12 Wolfe Letter to Planning Commission_11-14-19.pdf, 27. Attachment 13 2019 Public Health Position Statement on Human Health Effects of Wind Turbines.pd.pdf, 28. Attachment 14 AECOM Resumes.pdf, 29. Attachment 15a_Skookumchuck Executive Summary.pdf, 30. Attachment 15b Skookumchuck Wind Energy Project - MAMU mitigation memo.pdf, 31. Attachment 16a nclimate1505-rev.pdf, 32. Attachment 16b press_release_QA for Nature paper.pdf, 33. Attachment 17a Sanchez-Bayo & Wyckhuys 2019 Worldwide decline of the entomofauna_ A...pdf, 34. Attachment 17b Trieb 2018 Interference of Flying Insects & Wind Parks.pdf, 35. Attachment 18 Terra-Gen Idemnification.pdf, 36. Attachment 19 Taxes.pdf, 37. Supplemental Information, 38. Public Comment, 39. Executed Terra-Gen Idemnification

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
title
Humboldt Wind Energy Project- Appeal of Planning Commission Decision
Project # PLN-13999-CUP
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Open the public hearing and receive the staff report and public testimony; and
2. Close the public hearing and consider the information in the record and the testimony received; and
3. Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board to sign the attached Indemnification Agreement [Attachment 18] regardless of whether the project is approved or denied; and
4. Adopt Resolution No. _____ [Attachment 1] A Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Humboldt to take the following actions:
a. Certifying that the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Humboldt Wind Project has been prepared in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and setting forth findings of fact and evidence to support this action; and
b. Certifying that the Final EIR (FEIR) was presented to the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Supervisors has reviewed and considered the information contained in the FEIR before approving the project; and
c. Certifying that the FEIR reflects the county's independent judgment and analysis; and
d. Adopting the Statement of Overriding Considerations; and
e. Adopting the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program [Attachment 4].
5. Adopt Resolution No. _____ [Attachment 2] A Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Humboldt to take the following actions:
a. Finding the project is consistent with the Humboldt County General Plan and the findings required for approval of the Special Permit and Conditional Use Permit can be made; and
b. Granting the applicant's appeal of the Planning Commission's Denial of the Special Permit and Conditional Use Permit; and
c. Approving the Conditional Use Permit and Special Permit subject to the Co...

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