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Planning and Building Department, Planning Division, recommending the Board decline an offer of dedication of Open Space from the El Dorado Hills Specific Plan and Serrano Associates, LLC.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On July 18, 1988, the Board approved the El Dorado Hills Specific Plan (EDHSP) (Attachment E) and Rezone Ordinance No.3849.
On January 3, 1989 the Board approved and authorized Development Agreement DA88-01 (Attachment F) and associated Public Improvement Financing Plan between the County of El Dorado (County) and El Dorado Hills Investors for the EDHSP, and adopted Ordinance No. 3999 authorizing the Chair to execute the EDHSP Development Agreement/ DA88-01.
In accordance with Section 6.2.1 of the EDHSP and Section 3.2 of DA88-01 (Parks and Open Space), the Developer shall offer to dedicate to El Dorado Hills Community Services District (CSD) or other governmental agency certain park and open space lands and improvements as set forth in the Financing Plan. Section 3.2.1 of DA88-01 (Acceptance of Dedication) states, in the event CSD fails to accept dedication of any of the park and open space lands described in this subsection and in the Financing Plan, Developer shall make an offer to dedicate, and County may accept dedication of, such lands to the County…the County may accept dedication of such lands if CSD fails to accept or refuses dedication.
In the EDHSP, five types of public and private Open Space are defined: natural Open Space, residential Open Space, golf courses, drainageways, and parkland and school playfields. Some lands, such as parkland, have previously been accepted by the CSD. The public natural Open Space is currently owned by Project Developer, Serrano Associates, LLC, and functions as the interim Open Space Manager. Serrano Associates manages the Open Space per a draft Open Space Management Plan (OSMP) prepared in 1993.
On July 13, 2016 Serrano Associates, LLC (Developer) provided an informal o...
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