February 9, 2023 Planning Commission
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YOLO COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA & SUPPORTING MATERIALS February 9, 2023 » - YOLO COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AMON MULLER, CHAIR MARCIA GIBBS, VICE-CHAIR ELISABETH DUBIN TROY BIRD TRINI CAMPBELL CLINE PATRICK REYNOLDS BRIAN SALA Please note: This meeting is being agendized to allow Commissioners, staff and the public to participate in the meeting via teleconference, pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e)(1) (as amended by Assembly Bill 361), available at the following link. Join Zoom Meeting https://yolocounty.zoom.us/j/97388566818?pwd=OENhdE9LVTVXY0EwNzUxdEhqNWZtdz09 Meeting ID: 973 8856 6818 Passcode: 146225 or By Telephone 1-408-638-0968 Meeting ID: 973 8856 6818# Further instructions on how to electronically participate and submit your public comments can be found in the PUBLIC PARTICIPATION note at the end of this agenda. LESLIE LINDBO INTERIM DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES ERIC MAY SENIOR DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA 8:30 a.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. Renew authorization for remote (teleconference/videoconference) meetings pursuant to Assembly Bill 361 on the basis that (a) the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency is ongoing, and (b) meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees. 5. ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS 6. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES 7. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA 8. ELECTION OF OFFICERS 9. PUBLIC COMMENT: Opportunity for members of the public to address the Planning Commission on subjects not otherwise on the agenda relating to Planning Commission business. The Planning Commission reserves the right to impose a reasonable limit on time afforded to any topic or to any individual speaker. 10. CORRESPONDENCE Updated Planning Commission rules Memo to the Historic Preservation Commission TIME SET AGENDA Convene as the Planning Commission sitting as the Yolo Historic Preservation Commission 11. ZF #2022-0071: Continued public hearing from the January 19, 2023, special meeting of the Planning Commission to consider a request for a Historic Alteration Permit to make additions to the Samuel Carpenter Cottage located at 28462 County Road 87D, approximately 1/2-mile west of the City of Winters (APN: 030-190-018) and determine a Categorical Exemption is the appropriate level of environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Owner/Applicant: Peter and Deborah Hunter. (Planner: Jeff Anderson) Reconvene as the Planning Commission 12. ZF #2022-0094: Public hearing to consider a request for a two-year term extension to the Development Agreement for the E. Parker residential subdivision project in Esparto, and determine the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) based on the common sense exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). The E. Parker project is located within the unincorporated community of Esparto north of the intersection of State Route 16 and County Road 86A (APN: 049-160-021, 62 units approved on 17 acres). Owner/Applicant: Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation (Planner: JD Trebec) 13. NR #2023-01: Consider the Cache Creek Area Plan ("CCAP”) Second Ten-Year Mining and Reclamation Permit Review for the Granite Capay Mining and Reclamation Permit (ZF #2001-096) and the Granite Esparto Mining and Reclamation Permit (ZF #2007-071) as a result of the Second 10-Year Cache Creek Area Plan Permit Review process. An Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2017052069) was certified on December 17, 2019, for the CCAP Update. (Owner: Granite Construction Company; Planner: Elisa Sabatini, Manager of Natural Resources) 14. NR #2023-02: Public hearing to consider a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors for (i) an amendment to the Granite Esparto Mining and Reclamation Permit (ZF #2007-071) Condition of Approval No. 24 to remove the deadline for completion of proposed bank modifications, and (ii) an amendment to Development Agreement No. 11-165 regarding the Granite Esparto Long-Term Off-Channel Mining Permit to delete Section 4.2.3 of the agreement to conform to other operators’ agreements of the Mining Program. Mining for the Granite Esparto project has not yet commenced. An Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2009022033) was certified for the project on November 8, 2011, and no further environmental impact analysis is required. (Owner: Granite Construction Company; Planner: Elisa Sabatini, Manager of Natural Resources) REGULAR AGENDA 15. ZF #2020-0043: Public meeting to accept public comment on the Gibson Solar Farm Draft Environmental Impact Report for a Use Permit to construct and operate a large-scale solar energy system and battery storage facility that proposes to locate on an approximately 147-acre agriculturally-zoned parcel consisting of prime farmland and enrolled in the Williamson Act (APN: 049-100-035). No action is required by the Planning Commission at this time. (Applicant: Gibson Renewables, LLC/Owner: AWR Land Partnership, LP) (Planner: Tracy Gonzalez) 16. DIRECTOR'S REPORT A report by the Secretary of the Planning Commission on items from the recent Board of Supervisors meetings relevant to the Planning Commission and Department of Community Services activities for the month. No discussion by other commission members will occur except for clarifying questions. The commission or an individual commissioner can request that an item be placed on a future agenda for discussion. 17. COMMISSION REPORTS Reports by commission members on information they have received and meetings they have attended which would be of interest to the commission or the public. No discussion by other commission members will occur except for clarifying questions. 18. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS The opportunity for commission members to request an item be placed on a future agenda for discussion. No discussion by other commission members will occur except for clarifying questions. ADJOURNMENT Next meeting scheduled for: March 09, 2023 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing agenda was posted February 03, 2023 by 5:00 p.m. at the following places: On the bulletin board at the east entrance of the Erwin W. Meier Administration Building, 625 Court Street, Woodland, California; and On the bulletin board outside the Board of Supervisors Chambers, Room 206 in the Erwin W. Meier Administration Building, 625 Court Street, Woodland, California. On the bulletin board at the entrance of the Department of Community Services at 292 W. Beamer Street, Woodland, California. On the Yolo County website: www.yolocounty.org. Evelyn Tamayo-Arias, Clerk Yolo County Planning Commission NOTICE If requested, this agenda can be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Federal Rules and Regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Persons seeking an alternative format should contact the Commission Clerk for further information. In addition, a person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, in order to participate in a public meeting should telephone or otherwise contact the Commission Clerk as soon as possible and at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. The Commission Clerk may be reached at (530) 666-8078 or at the following address: Clerk of the Yolo County Planning Commission 292 W. Beamer Street Woodland, CA 95695 Any person who is dissatisfied with the decisions of this Planning Commission may appeal to the Board of Supervisors by filing a notice of appeal with the Clerk of the Board within fifteen (15) days from the date of the action. A Planning Commission Appeal Form and appeal fee immediately payable to “County of Yolo” must be submitted at the time of filing. The Board of Supervisors may sustain, modify or overrule this decision. The Planning Commission Appeal Form can be accessed at the following link: https://www.yolocounty.org/government/board-of-supervisors/clerk-of-the-board/planning-commission-appeal Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65009(b)(2) and Public Resources Code Section 21177, any lawsuit challenging the approval of any project described in this agenda, including any related CEQA actions, may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS: Based on guidance from the California Department of Public Health and the California Governor’s Officer, in order to minimize the spread of the COVID 19 virus, please do the following: 1. You are strongly encouraged to observe the live stream of the Planning Commission meeting https://yolocounty.zoom.us/j/97388566818?pwd=OENhdE9LVTVXY0EwNzUxdEhqNWZtdz09 Meeting ID: 973 8856 6818 Passcode: 146225 or By Telephone: 1-408-638-0968 Meeting ID: 973 8856 6818#, Passcode: 146225 2. If you are joining the meeting via zoom and wish to make a comment on an item, press the "raise a hand" button. If you are joining the meeting by phone, press *9 to indicate a desire to make comment. The chair will call you by name or phone number when it is your turn to comment. Speakers will be limited to 3:00 minutes. 3. If you choose not to observe the Planning Commission meeting but wish to make a comment on a specific agenda item, please submit your comment via email by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday prior to the Planning Commission meeting. Please submit your comment to the Clerk of the Planning Commission evelyn.tamayo-arias@yolocounty.org 4. If you are watching/listening to the live stream of the Planning Commission meeting and wish to make either a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item as it is being heard, you may also submit your comment, limited to 250 words or less, to the Clerk of the Planning Commission at evelyn.tamayo-arias@yolocounty.org. Every effort will be made to read your comment into the record, but some comments may not be read due to time limitations. Comments received after an agenda item will be made part of the record if received prior to the end of the meeting.
YOLO COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA & SUPPORTING MATERIALS February 9, 2023 »
YOLO COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION AMON MULLER, CHAIR MARCIA GIBBS, VICE-CHAIR ELISABETH DUBIN TROY BIRD TRINI CAMPBELL CLINE PATRICK REYNOLDS BRIAN SALA Please note: This meeting is being agendized to allow Commissioners, staff and the public to participate in the meeting via teleconference, pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e)(1) (as amended by Assembly Bill 361), available at the following link. Join Zoom Meeting https://yolocounty.zoom.us/j/97388566818?pwd=OENhdE9LVTVXY0EwNzUxdEhqNWZtdz09 Meeting ID: 973 8856 6818 Passcode: 146225 or By Telephone 1-408-638-0968 Meeting ID: 973 8856 6818# Further instructions on how to electronically participate and submit your public comments can be found in the PUBLIC PARTICIPATION note at the end of this agenda. LESLIE LINDBO INTERIM DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES ERIC MAY SENIOR DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA
8:30 a.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. Renew authorization for remote (teleconference/videoconference) meetings pursuant to Assembly Bill 361 on the basis that (a) the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency is ongoing, and (b) meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees.
5. ADOPTION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
6. REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCES
7. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
8. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
9. PUBLIC COMMENT: Opportunity for members of the public to address the Planning Commission on subjects not otherwise on the agenda relating to Planning Commission business. The Planning Commission reserves the right to impose a reasonable limit on time afforded to any topic or to any individual speaker.
10. CORRESPONDENCE Updated Planning Commission rules Memo to the Historic Preservation Commission
TIME SET AGENDA
Convene as the Planning Commission sitting as the Yolo Historic Preservation Commission
11. ZF #2022-0071: Continued public hearing from the January 19, 2023, special meeting of the Planning Commission to consider a request for a Historic Alteration Permit to make additions to the Samuel Carpenter Cottage located at 28462 County Road 87D, approximately 1/2-mile west of the City of Winters (APN: 030-190-018) and determine a Categorical Exemption is the appropriate level of environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Owner/Applicant: Peter and Deborah Hunter. (Planner: Jeff Anderson)
Reconvene as the Planning Commission
12. ZF #2022-0094: Public hearing to consider a request for a two-year term extension to the Development Agreement for the E. Parker residential subdivision project in Esparto, and determine the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) based on the common sense exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). The E. Parker project is located within the unincorporated community of Esparto north of the intersection of State Route 16 and County Road 86A (APN: 049-160-021, 62 units approved on 17 acres). Owner/Applicant: Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation (Planner: JD Trebec)
13. NR #2023-01: Consider the Cache Creek Area Plan ("CCAP”) Second Ten-Year Mining and Reclamation Permit Review for the Granite Capay Mining and Reclamation Permit (ZF #2001-096) and the Granite Esparto Mining and Reclamation Permit (ZF #2007-071) as a result of the Second 10-Year Cache Creek Area Plan Permit Review process. An Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2017052069) was certified on December 17, 2019, for the CCAP Update. (Owner: Granite Construction Company; Planner: Elisa Sabatini, Manager of Natural Resources)
14. NR #2023-02: Public hearing to consider a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors for (i) an amendment to the Granite Esparto Mining and Reclamation Permit (ZF #2007-071) Condition of Approval No. 24 to remove the deadline for completion of proposed bank modifications, and (ii) an amendment to Development Agreement No. 11-165 regarding the Granite Esparto Long-Term Off-Channel Mining Permit to delete Section 4.2.3 of the agreement to conform to other operators’ agreements of the Mining Program. Mining for the Granite Esparto project has not yet commenced. An Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2009022033) was certified for the project on November 8, 2011, and no further environmental impact analysis is required. (Owner: Granite Construction Company; Planner: Elisa Sabatini, Manager of Natural Resources)
REGULAR AGENDA
15. ZF #2020-0043: Public meeting to accept public comment on the Gibson Solar Farm Draft Environmental Impact Report for a Use Permit to construct and operate a large-scale solar energy system and battery storage facility that proposes to locate on an approximately 147-acre agriculturally-zoned parcel consisting of prime farmland and enrolled in the Williamson Act (APN: 049-100-035). No action is required by the Planning Commission at this time. (Applicant: Gibson Renewables, LLC/Owner: AWR Land Partnership, LP) (Planner: Tracy Gonzalez)
16. DIRECTOR'S REPORT A report by the Secretary of the Planning Commission on items from the recent Board of Supervisors meetings relevant to the Planning Commission and Department of Community Services activities for the month. No discussion by other commission members will occur except for clarifying questions. The commission or an individual commissioner can request that an item be placed on a future agenda for discussion.
17. COMMISSION REPORTS Reports by commission members on information they have received and meetings they have attended which would be of interest to the commission or the public. No discussion by other commission members will occur except for clarifying questions.
18. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS The opportunity for commission members to request an item be placed on a future agenda for discussion. No discussion by other commission members will occur except for clarifying questions.
ADJOURNMENT
Next meeting scheduled for: March 09, 2023
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing agenda was posted February 03, 2023 by 5:00 p.m. at the following places:
On the bulletin board at the east entrance of the Erwin W. Meier Administration Building, 625 Court Street, Woodland, California; and
On the bulletin board outside the Board of Supervisors Chambers, Room 206 in the Erwin W. Meier Administration Building, 625 Court Street, Woodland, California.
On the bulletin board at the entrance of the Department of Community Services at 292 W. Beamer Street, Woodland, California.
On the Yolo County website: www.yolocounty.org.
Evelyn Tamayo-Arias, Clerk Yolo County Planning Commission
NOTICE If requested, this agenda can be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Federal Rules and Regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Persons seeking an alternative format should contact the Commission Clerk for further information. In addition, a person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, in order to participate in a public meeting should telephone or otherwise contact the Commission Clerk as soon as possible and at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. The Commission Clerk may be reached at (530) 666-8078 or at the following address: Clerk of the Yolo County Planning Commission 292 W. Beamer Street Woodland, CA 95695 Any person who is dissatisfied with the decisions of this Planning Commission may appeal to the Board of Supervisors by filing a notice of appeal with the Clerk of the Board within fifteen (15) days from the date of the action. A Planning Commission Appeal Form and appeal fee immediately payable to “County of Yolo” must be submitted at the time of filing. The Board of Supervisors may sustain, modify or overrule this decision. The Planning Commission Appeal Form can be accessed at the following link: https://www.yolocounty.org/government/board-of-supervisors/clerk-of-the-board/planning-commission-appeal Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65009(b)(2) and Public Resources Code Section 21177, any lawsuit challenging the approval of any project described in this agenda, including any related CEQA actions, may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS: Based on guidance from the California Department of Public Health and the California Governor’s Officer, in order to minimize the spread of the COVID 19 virus, please do the following: 1. You are strongly encouraged to observe the live stream of the Planning Commission meeting https://yolocounty.zoom.us/j/97388566818?pwd=OENhdE9LVTVXY0EwNzUxdEhqNWZtdz09 Meeting ID: 973 8856 6818 Passcode: 146225 or By Telephone: 1-408-638-0968 Meeting ID: 973 8856 6818#, Passcode: 146225 2. If you are joining the meeting via zoom and wish to make a comment on an item, press the "raise a hand" button. If you are joining the meeting by phone, press *9 to indicate a desire to make comment. The chair will call you by name or phone number when it is your turn to comment. Speakers will be limited to 3:00 minutes. 3. If you choose not to observe the Planning Commission meeting but wish to make a comment on a specific agenda item, please submit your comment via email by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday prior to the Planning Commission meeting. Please submit your comment to the Clerk of the Planning Commission evelyn.tamayo-arias@yolocounty.org 4. If you are watching/listening to the live stream of the Planning Commission meeting and wish to make either a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item as it is being heard, you may also submit your comment, limited to 250 words or less, to the Clerk of the Planning Commission at evelyn.tamayo-arias@yolocounty.org. Every effort will be made to read your comment into the record, but some comments may not be read due to time limitations. Comments received after an agenda item will be made part of the record if received prior to the end of the meeting.
