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Public hearing to consider:
a. Adding "Rancho El Robledo" to the Monterey County Register of Historic Resources;
b. Approving a Historic Property Contract (Mills Act Contract) with property owners Jeffery Webster and Kimberly Clemenson, for the property located at 8 Rancho El Robledo Drive, Carmel Valley, CA;
c. Approve an exception to the fair market property value cap of $3 million for a contract on a property valued at $6.7 million; and
d. Authorizing the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute the Contract.
[PLN210296 - Webster & Clemenson (Mills Act Contract for Rancho El Robledo), 8 Rancho El Robledo Drive, Carmel Valley, CA (APN: 197-151-011-000)]
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Add "Rancho El Robledo" to the Monterey County Register of Historic Resources;
b. Approve a Historic Property Contract (Mills Act Contract) with property owners Jeffery Webster and Kimberly Clemenson, for the property located at 8 Rancho El Robledo, Carmel Valley, CA;
c. Approve an exception to the fair market property value cap of $3 million for a contract on a property valued at $6.7 million; and
d. Authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute the contract.
PROJECT INFORMATION:
Owners: Jeffery Webster and Kimberly Clemenson
Plan Area: Carmel Valley Master Plan
Flagged and Staked: Not Applicable
Proposed CEQA Action: Categorically exempt per CEQA Guidelines Section 15331
SUMMARY:
Rancho El Robledo was designed and built by Hugh Comstock circa 1939. The home and guest home on the property are an excellent example of Comstock's early work. Hugh Comstock was a designer and builder known for introducing the fairy tale style cottages in Carmel. An historic report prepared by Kent Seavey found the structures on the property eligible for listing on the California Register under criterion 3 "as perhaps the best, and most intact example of an early (1939) California Ranch Housing design by Carmel master bui...
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