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Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department, recommending that the Board authorize the Department to enter into negotiations with the Scariot Family/ DeWolf Family Investment Ltd. Partnership or their designated representative as the property owner(s) of 51.23 acres (Assessor's Parcel Number 109-230-12) in Cameron Park and appoint Kyle Lassner, Department of Transportation Right of Way Supervisor, and/or Michael Nihan, Principal Planner, as the real estate negotiators for the property acquisition on behalf of the County. (Est. Time: 5 Min.)
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department, recommending that the Board authorize the Department to enter into negotiations with the Scariot Family/ DeWolf Family Investment Ltd. Partnership or their designated representative as the property owner(s) of 51.23 acres (Assessor's Parcel Number 109-230-12) in Cameron Park and appoint Kyle Lassner, Department of Transportation (DOT) Right of Way Supervisor, and/or Michael Nihan, Principal Planner, as the real estate negotiators for the property acquisition on behalf of the County.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Scariot Family/DeWolf Family Investment Ltd Partnerships jointly owns the property located in Cameron Park. The property is north of Durock Road and south of Highway 50, and is located within the designated Recovery Area for the Pine Hill Preserve (PHP). The PHP was established in 2001 to protect eight rare plant species and their gabbro soils habitat in western El Dorado County. The Recovery Area includes all lands identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in the Recovery Plan for Gabbro Soil Plants in the Central Sierra Nevada Foothills (2002). A primary goal of the Recovery Plan is the acquisition of habitat from willing sellers for the conservation, in perpetuity, of the gabbro plant species. The El Dorado County Zoning Ordinance identifies the subject property as located in Mitigation Area 1, defined by the Rare Soils Study as the area of rare plant soils outside of designated Ecological Preserves. The site is located approximately 250 feet southwest of one portion of the protected Pine Hill preserve (Cameron Park Unit) and approximately 1,500 feet southeast of a second portion of the same preserve. The site contains six of the eight Pine Hill Endemic rare plant species and will contribute significantly to the conservation goals outlined in the 2002 USFWS Recovery Plan.
Exhibits (Attachment A)
Exhibit A: Location Map
Exhibit B: Assessor's Parcel Page
Exhibit C: Zoning Map
Exhibit D: General Plan Land Use Map
Exhibit E: Ecological Preserve Map (Pine Hill Preserve - Protected lands, Cameron Park)
Exhibit F: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Letter of Support, December 30, 2014
ALTERNATIVES
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OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
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CAO RECOMMENDATION / COMMENTS
It is recommended that the Board approve this item.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
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CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
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STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
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CONTACT
Roger Trout, Director
Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department
Michael Nihan, Principal Planner