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Planning and Building Department, Planning Division, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Lead Agency Agreement made between the County of El Dorado and the El Dorado Hills Community Services District to confirm that the Community Services District shall serve as the lead agency pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act for the Community Services District’s Bass Lake Regional Park Project (Supervisorial District 1).
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The El Dorado Hills Community Services District (CSD) is proposing to construct an approximately 200-acre regional park in the Bass Lake area of El Dorado County (County). The proposed park would contain recreational fields, parking lots, restrooms, trails, and other amenities and would be developed on land located in the CSD service area within the County. The proposed park will require environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
As described in Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21067, under CEQA a lead agency is, "the public agency which has the principal responsibility for carrying out or approving a project which may have a significant effect upon the environment" and a responsible agency is "a public agency, other than the lead agency, which has responsibility for carrying out or approving a project" (PRC § 21069). Under CEQA Guidelines, where two (2) or more public agencies will be involved with a project, the determination of the designation of the lead agency may be made by agreement. The proposed agreement will specify that the CSD is the designated lead agency and the County as a responsible agency for the proposed Bass Lakes Regional Park project. CEQA guidelines require collaboration and consultation on the proposed project between the CSD and County as lead and responsible agencies.
Pursuant to Board Policy J-6, at the request of the CSD, staff conducted voluntary conceptual review workshops under (P...
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