County of Monterey - File #: 19-0573

• File #: 19-0573
• Name: Condition of Approval Mitigation Monitoring Amendment
• Type: General Agenda Item
• Status: Passed - RMA Land Use and Community Development
• File created: 7/10/2019
• In control: Board of Supervisors
• On agenda: 7/23/2019
• Final action: 7/23/2019
• Title: Public hearing to consider amending the County of Monterey Condition of Approval and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. Planning File No: REF190003 Project Location: Countywide CEQA Action: Not a Project per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/23/2019	Board of Supervisors	adopted - rma land use and community development

Title
Public hearing to consider amending the County of Monterey Condition of Approval and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
Planning File No: REF190003
Project Location: Countywide
CEQA Action: Not a Project per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Adopt a resolution to amend the County of Monterey Condition of Approval and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (see Attachment 1 for the draft resolution and proposed amended Program)

SUMMARY:
Staff is proposing modifications to the County of Monterey Condition of Approval and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program ("Program"), as previously amended and adopted by the Board of Supervisors on February 14, 2017. The purpose of the Program is to establish County procedures to track, monitor, enforce, and report on the status of compliance with mitigation measures and conditions of approval that the County has placed on land use permits as conditions of project approval. Throughout 2018 and 2019, County Counsel, County Resource Management Agency staff, and representatives of Save Our Peninsula Committee (SOPC) have had continued discussions to improve the Program. As a result, staff is proposing amendments that clarify the procedures, enhance the feasibility of the reporting requirements, provide for accountability and transparency, and tailor the requirements to better achieve its purpose. SOPC and County worked cooperatively on these proposed revisions. The proposed Program as amended ("the 2019 Program") is attached to the draft resolution at Attachment 1.

DISCUSSION:
Background:
When a local agency adopts mitigation measures as conditions of approval of a land use project, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires the agency to adopt a program to monitor or report on those mitigation measures to ensure that the mitigation measures are implemented. (Pub. Res. Code ?21081.6; CEQA Guidelines ?150...