Title
Public hearing to accept adopting a resolution to accept an Annual Report on the status of compliance with Condition of Approval/Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plans for all land use projects with mitigation measures approved by the County of Monterey in 2015.
(Condition of Approval and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program 2015 Annual Report - REF160036/Countywide)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution (Attachment C) to accept an Annual Report on the status of compliance with Condition of Approval/Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plans for all land use projects with mitigation measures approved by the County of Monterey in 2015.
SUMMARY:
Pursuant to the County’s “Condition of Approval and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program” (“Program” - Attachment A), an annual report is to be presented to the Board of Supervisors for consideration at a public hearing. This report addresses projects approved in 2015 with mitigation measures and includes a detailed project list and a matrix describing the status of each of the conditions/mitigation measures for the projects (Attachment B). A Condition Status Report for each of the projects is also included in this staff report (Attachment D).
DISCUSSION:
In 2001, the Board of Supervisors adopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program delineating procedures for monitoring and tracking mitigation measures imposed by the County on land use projects under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Resolution No. 01-391). On December 16, 2014, the Board of Supervisors amended the County of Monterey Condition of Approval and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (Resolution No. 14-364). Section III.E of the Program requires that staff present an annual report to the Board of Supervisors on the status of compliance with condition of approval / mitigation monitoring and reporting plans for all land use projects with mitigation measures approved by the County of Monterey, any related code enforcement actions undertaken, related trainings, and any proposed action to modify conditions of approval for land use projects approved. This report provides the annual report for projects approved in 2015.
Pursuant to a settlement agreement with Save Our Peninsula Committee (“SOPC”), in 2014 staff met and conferred with SOPC about revisions to the Program prior to the Board’s consideration and approval of the revisions on December 6, 2014, agreed with SOPC to meet within 12 months of the Program’s amendment to review implementation of the amended Program, and agreed to include a summary of the past year’s conference with SOPC in the Annual Report.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
County Counsel has worked with RMA-Planning on the Condition of Approval and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and communications with SOPC. County land use departments, the Monterey County Water Resources Agency, and County Fire agencies all contribute to the condition compliance and mitigation monitoring tracking and reporting. The reporting is done by filling out a “Condition Compliance Form” for each condition and mitigation measure and by providing the status and background information in Accela Automation, the County’s permit tracking database.
FINANCING:
Funding for staff time associated with this annual report is included in the FY16-17 Adopted Budget for RMA-Planning.
Prepared by: Jacqueline R. Onciano, RMA Interim Chief of Planning ext. 5193
Approved by: Carl P. Holm, AICP, Director Resource Management Agency
cc: Front Counter Copy; Richard Rosenthal; Mike Weaver; Carl P. Holm, Director of RMA; Leslie J. Girard, Chief Asst. County Counsel; Jacqueline R. Onciano, RMA Interim Chief of Planning/RMA Services Manager; The Open Monterey Project (Molly Erickson); LandWatch (Executive Director); Project File REF160036
The following attachments are on file with the Clerk of the Board:
Attachment A - Procedures for the Condition of Approval and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, adopted December 16, 2014
Attachment B - 2015 Annual Report
Attachment C - Draft Resolution
Attachment D - CD containing the Condition Status Reports for projects approved in 2015 with mitigation measures