To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Supplemental Budget in the Amount of $100,000 to Complete the Titlow Hill General Plan Amendment (GPA), Rezone associated Conditional Certificates of Compliance and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the supplemental budget (Attachment 2), transferring $100,000 from Fund 3575 to the Planning Building Advanced Planning Division (1100-277) to complete the work on the Titlow Hill GPA, Rezone, EIR Conditional Certificates of Compliance applications (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Fund 3575 - EIR Contractors
DISCUSSION:
This supplemental budget request is to complete the necessary environmental analysis, General Plan Amendment, rezone and issuance of Conditional Certificates of Compliance to address lots that were illegally created in the Titlow Hill area. The Planning and Building Department is requesting approval to transfer $100,000 from Fund No. 3575 - EIR Contractors to cover expenses associated with this project.
Background:
The Titlow Hill project involves a 6,244-acre area south of Highway 299 and west of Titlow Hill Road. Within this larger area, a checkerboard of approximately 2,600 acres that was designated Agricultural Grazing in the County Framework Plan, as well as in the 2017 Humboldt County General Plan, was divided into a total of 62 parcels and conveyed to new owners without going through the process of creating a legal subdivision. This first came to the attention of the county in 2007. The District Attorney's Office filed proceedings against the subdivider, asking that the subdivider be responsible for taking the necessary steps to create legal parcels. As a result, the Titlow Hill GPA project's objective is to process the necessary entitlements to deem the parcels created outside of the Subdivision Map Act as legal ...
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