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HEARING - To consider the recommendation of the Planning Commission on General Plan Amendment GPA18-0001 to adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 201-2018 adopting a new Policy TC-Xc to the Transportation and Circulation Element of the General Plan that would duplicate current Policy TC-Xa 3. Policy TC-Xa 3 is a 2008 voter-adopted Measure Y Policy that requires new development to fully pay for road capacity improvements and is scheduled to sunset on December 31, 2018. New Policy TC-Xc would replace it as a Board of Supervisors adopted General Plan Policy, but without any sunset date. (Est. Time: 15 Min)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Request to consider General Plan Amendment GPA18-0001 submitted by El Dorado County to adopt Policy TC-Xc to the Transportation and Circulation Element of the General Plan that would duplicate current Policy TC-Xa 3. Policy TC-Xa 3 is a 2008 voter-adopted Measure Y Policy that requires new development to fully pay for road capacity improvements and is scheduled to sunset on December 31, 2018. New Policy TC-Xc would replace it as a Board of Supervisors adopted General Plan Policy, but without any sunset date.
Measure Y was adopted by the voters in November 1998 and added five policies to the Transportation and Circulation Element of the General Plan. Measure Y was to be in effect for 10 years then given to the voters to consider re-adoption for another 10 years.
A revised Measure Y was adopted by the voters in 2008. The Measure Y Policies were labeled: TC-Xa 1, TC-Xa 2, and TC-Xa 3. They had a sunset date of December 31, 2018. A more detailed background is in Attachment D “Measure Y Background and History.”
Measure E, adopted by the voters in June 2016, amended the Measure Y Policies, but was subject to a legal challenge in Alliance for Responsible Planning v. El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, et al. (El Dorado County Superior Court Case No. PC20160346). The Court decided on September 1, 2017 that som...
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