To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Acceptance of Public Review Draft of Humboldt County Regional Climate Action Plan for Preparation of the Environmental Document; Case Number PLN 2019-15593
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive and consider the staff report and Public Review Draft Humboldt County Regional Climate Action Plan (CAP);
2. Open the public hearing, and accept public comment;
3. Close the public hearing; and
4. Direct Planning and Building Department staff to proceed forward with environmental review of the CAP.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The Humboldt County Association of Governments has secured $150,000 in funding from the state's Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) grant program to complete the environmental review of the Draft Humboldt County Regional Climate Action Plan which will be combined with an additional $125,000 REAP grant specifically targeted for transportation analysis. Also, there is another $10,000 in REAP funding for CAP development and adoption, $35,000 for an implementation coordinator, and $45,000 is available for technical assistance for under-resourced cities.
DISCUSSION:
This item requests the Board of Supervisors evaluate the draft CAP to determine if it is complete enough to be "The Project" for purposes of preparation of the Environmental Impact Report under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CAP partners are presenting the draft CAP to their decision-makers by the end of May or beginning of June 2022 to determine whether member jurisdictions are comfortable with commencing environmental review under CEQA.
It is important that the preparation of the EIR include a stable project description. If the project description changes significantly during the public review period, the environmental review process may need to be restarted. Therefore, it is critical the county provi...
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