Title
PLN220090 - CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
(GARRAPATA CREEK BRIDGE)
Public hearing to consider a recommendation to the Monterey County Planning Commission on a Combined Development Permit to allow replacement of the bridge rails on the Garrapata Creek Bridge.
Project Location: Garrapata Creek Bridge near post mile 63.0 on HWY 1, 35681 HWY 1, Carmel, CA 93923 (Assessor's Parcel Number 000-000-000-000 and 243-301-029-000), Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Monterey County Historic Resources Review Board (HRRB) adopt a resolution recommending approval of the project to the Planning Commission, with 2 recommended conditions. Should the Board not concur with staff's recommendation, an alternative resolution recommending denial of the project to the Planning Commission has been attached for consideration.
SUMMARY:
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) proposes to replace the bridge rails on the Garrapata Creek Bridge. This item was previously considered at the HRRB's December 1, 2022 meeting and the hearing was continued to a date certain of January 5, 2023 with the direction that staff and the applicant return with answers to questions outlined in staffs report and brought up during the hearing. Caltrans responses, which include the original staff report for that meeting, are attached as Exhibit E.
The bridge is individually eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), the California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR), and is a contributing resource to the Carmel San Simeon Historic District (CSSHD). The bridge is one of the seven concrete arch bridges in the CSSHD. Cal Trans intends to replace the bridge rails on six of these bridges. The historical report prepared for the project (LIB220303, Exhibit F) is a "Tier 2" report, focusing on the Garrapta Bridge rail replacement. A "Tier 1" programmatic analysis evaluating the replacement of the rails on all six...
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