To: Board of Supervisors
From: Thomas Geiger, County Counsel
Report Title: Rescission of the Environmental Impact Report and Land Use Approvals for the Tassajara Parks Project and Adoption of Ordinances.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. ADOPT a resolution vacating, rescinding, and setting aside the Board of Supervisors' July 13, 2021 certification of the environmental impact report (State Clearinghouse No. 2014052089) and land use approvals for the Tassajara Parks Project in the Tassajara Valley area.
2. ADOPT Ordinance No. 2023-22, rescinding an ordinance that approved a development agreement for the Tassajara Parks Project.
3. ADOPT Ordinance No. 2023-23, rescinding an ordinance that rezoned land in the Tassajara Valley area for the Tassajara Parks Project.
4. AUTHORIZE County Counsel, or designee, to file initial returns to the peremptory writs of mandate issued in East Bay Municipal Utility District v. Contra Costa County, et al. (Contra Costa County Superior Court Case No. N21-1274), Sierra Club, et al. v. Contra Costa County (Case No. N21-1509), and Town of Danville v. Contra Costa County, et al. (Case No. N21-1525).
FISCAL IMPACT:
None to rescind and set aside the environmental impact report certification and land use approvals.
BACKGROUND:
On July 13, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved the Tassajara Parks Project and certified a final environmental impact report under CEQA for the project (State Clearinghouse No. 2014052089). The Tassajara Parks Project is a 125-unit single-family residential development in the Tassajara Valley area. The Board approvals included: a 30-acre modification to the Urban Limit Line ("ULL"); General Plan land use designation changes; adoption of an ordinance (Ordinance No. 2021-24) that rezoned land from A-80 (agricultural) to P-1 (planned unit); adoption of an ordinance (Ordinance No. 2021-23) that approved a development agreement; a vesting te...
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