File #: 15-0409    Name: General Plan Amendment No. 3
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 4/21/2015 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 4/28/2015 Final action: 4/28/2015
Title: Public Hearing to consider: a. Addendum No 3 to the Final Environmental Impact Report for the 2010 Monterey County General Plan together with (#7-01, SCH #20071212001)("FEIR"); and b. Amendments to the 2010 Monterey County General Plan to implement litigation settlement agreements with LandWatch Monterey County and The Open Monterey Project. (REF150010/General Plan Amendment No. 3)
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment A - Underline-strikeout of Policies, 3. Attachment B - Summary with Figure OS-1, 4. Attachment C - Draft Addendum No. 3, 5. Attachment D - FEIR, 6. Attachment D - Approving Resolution, Findings, Statment of Overrinding Considerations, 7. Attachment D - Mitigation Monitoring & Reporting Program, 8. Attachment E - Settlement Agreement LandWatch Monterey County, 9. Attachment F - Settlement Agreement The Open Monterey Project, 10. Attachment G - PC Resolution No. 15-026, 11. Attachment H - Letters of Correspondence, 12. Attachment I - Amendment No. 1 CVA - CVMP, 13. Attachment J - Amendment No. 1 - Salinas Valley Coalition et al, 14. Completed Board Order & Resolution of Intent
Related files: 15-0447
Title
Public Hearing to consider:
a. Addendum No 3 to the Final Environmental Impact Report for the 2010 Monterey County General Plan together with (#7-01, SCH #20071212001)("FEIR"); and
b. Amendments to the 2010 Monterey County General Plan to implement litigation settlement agreements with LandWatch Monterey County and The Open Monterey Project.
(REF150010/General Plan Amendment No. 3)
Report
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Planning File Numbers: REF150010
Applicant: County of Monterey
Project Location: County-wide (non-coastal)
CEQA Action: Addendum No. 3 to EIR#07-01, SCH#2007121001

RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider the proposed amendments to the 2010 Monterey County General Plan ("General Plan") that would implement a settlement of litigation regarding the General Plan.

An underline/strikeout version and summary of the proposed amendments are enclosed as Attachments A and B, respectively. A draft Addendum No. 3 is enclosed as Attachment C.

SUMMARY:
On October 26, 2010, by Resolution Nos. 10-290 and 10-291, the Board of Supervisors adopted the General Plan, certified its accompanying FEIR, and adopted findings, a Statement of Overriding Considerations and a Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Program. Subsequently, a total of four lawsuits were filed challenging the adoption and certification. Two lawsuits were settled, resulting in amendments to the General Plan in 2013. The remaining two lawsuits were filed in the name of LandWatch Monterey County and The Open Monterey Project challenging the adoption and certification of a variety of policies, including one of the 2013 amendments to the General Plan and its associated Addendum No. 1 to the Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

In December of 2014, the Board entered into settlement agreements with the remaining two litigant parties. This agreement requires the County to consider amendments to the 2010 General Plan, generally as follow...

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