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HEARING - To consider the recommendation for approval from the Planning Commission on General Plan Amendment GPA25-0003/Conservation and Open Space Element Update; and recommending the Board take the following actions:
1) Adopt the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Addendum to the El Dorado County’s General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR), certified in May 2003 (State Clearinghouse 2001082030) demonstrating that the analysis in that EIR adequately addresses the potential physical impacts associated with implementation of the proposed project and the proposed project would not trigger any of the conditions described in the CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent EIR or negative declaration based on the analysis prepared by staff (Attachment C);
2) Approve General Plan Amendment GPA25-0003 amending the General Plan to incorporate amendments to the Conservation and Open Space Element Update based on Findings as presented by staff; and
3) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 048-2026 to amend the County General Plan to incorporate amendments to the Conservation and Open Space Element (Attachment B).
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Conservation Element and the Open Space Element are two of the seven mandatory elements that must be included in a General Plan. The El Dorado County (County) 2004 General Plan combined these two elements into one single element creating a more comprehensive and integrated framework for the protection of the County’s natural resources. The purpose of the Conservation and Open Space Element is to address the management, preservation, and conservation of natural resources and open space in the County, ensuring the availability of those resources to future generations. The Conservation and Open Space Element should work in coordination with the Land Use Element to guide conservation and development balancing community needs with environmental pres...
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