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Supervisor Ranalli requests Board discuss and give direction to the Director of Planning and Building to:
1) Analyze and return to the Board with recommendations regarding the extension of Measure Y Policy TC-Xa 3 sunset date;
2) Analyze and return to the Board with recommendations to memorialize General Plan Transportation and Circulation Element, Table TC-2 sunset date extension;
3) Determine what is necessary to meet CEQA for both of these actions; and
4) Return to the Board within 30 days with the timeline necessary to meet the June 2018 ballot. (Est. Time: 1 Hr.)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Measure Y, as adopted in 1998, contained policies with a sunset date of 2008. In 2008, a ballot measure approved by 71.47% of voters modified and extended the Measure Y policies to December 31, 2018. Companion policies adopted by the Board of Supervisors extended General Plan Transportation and Circulation Element, Table TC-2 to December 31, 2018, to coincide with Measure Y’s new sunset date. (Note Attachment A - Table TC-2)
Measure E, approved by voters in 2016, added or modified certain General Plan Transportation and Circulation Element (TC) policies, and made those policies permanent, unless repealed or amended by voters. Recently, the El Dorado County Superior Court invalidated some of the Measure E amendments, leaving prior policy language in place.
The General Plan TC policies are now a hybrid of Measure Y, Measure E, and policies adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The issue before the Board is the extension of the December 31, 2018, sunset dates for Policy TC-Xa 3 and Table TC-2.
Policy TC-Xa 3: The Measure E amendment to Policy TC-Xa 3 was invalidated, restoring the language and the December 31, 2018, sunset date of the prior Measure Y policy.
On December 15, 2015, the Board of Supervisors adopted a Targeted General Plan Amendment and Zoning Ordinance Update (TGPA/ZOU) with thorough CEQA review. The TGPA/ZOU EIR included a mitigation measure ...
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