Title
Receive a report regarding the "Monterey Downs, Monterey Horse Park and Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Specific Plan" process as it relates to Monterey County.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Fort Ord Committee receive a report regarding the "Monterey Downs, Monterey Horse Park and Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Specific Plan" process as it relates to Monterey County.
SUMMARY:
Supervisor Parker's office requested that staff outline the process for consideration of the "Monterey Downs, Monterey Horse Park and Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Specific Plan" with a focus on when/where the County is involved. This is a very complex matter considering that a number of steps/factors are involved:
1) Land Acquisition/Disposition
2) Land Use Entitlements
3) Environmental Review (CEQA)
4) FORA Consistency Determination
5) Sphere of Influence/Annexation
6) Agreements
a. FORA Implementation Agreement
b. Exclusive Negotiating Agreement(s)
c. Memorandum of Understanding
d. Pre-Annexation Revenue Sharing Agreement
DISCUSSION:
Within the Fort Ord Base Reuse Plan (BRP), lands where the "Monterey Downs, Monterey Horse Park and Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Specific Plan" is located are partially located in unincorporated Monterey County and partially within the City of Seaside (area map, Exhibit A).
Land Acquisition/Disposition
The Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) has been working with contractors to prepare lands for transfer to the agencies. Both the City and County agreed for FORA to transfer the cemetery lands to the State. In 2013, Monterey County accepted deeds for ownership of land containing portions of the site of the "Monterey Downs, Monterey Horse Park and Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Specific Plan" ("Parker Flat Phase 1" and "County North" properties, Exhibit B). The "County North" land, which contains properties designated in the Base Reuse Plan for habitat reserve as well as for development, came to...
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