Contra Costa County Department of Conservation & Development

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1 Contra Costa County Department of Conservation & Development PANTAGES BAYS COUNTY FILES: GP# , RZ# , SD# , DP# BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PUBLIC HEARING DECEMBER 3,

2 SITE LOCATION 171-acre Site At The East End Of Point Of Timber Road In The Community Of Discovery Bay Bounded On East And South By The Original Discovery Bay Community, To West By Ravenswood And Lakeshore (Village II) Residential Neighborhoods In Discovery Bay West, To North And Northeast By Waterways And Undeveloped Land 2

3 insert Google Earth birdseye view of project site looking northward in Discovery Bay vicinity 3

4 insert Google Earth birdsever view of project site looking from west to east directly over Pt. of Timber Rd. 4

5 SITE CHARACTERISTICS Largely Undeveloped Site Contains A Barn Site Contains 80 Trees And Low Lying Nonnative Grasslands And A Large Emergent Marsh Area On Its North Portion The Majority Of Site Has Been Leveled, Ditched, And Drained In The Past For Use As Grazing Pasture Site Does Not Contain Prime Agricultural Soils 5

6 CURRENT GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING General Plan Designations: Agricultural Lands (AL) and Delta Recreation and Resource (DR) Inside The Urban Limit Line Zoning: A-2, General Agricultural District, and A-3, Heavy Agricultural District 6

7 PROJECT SUMMARY Develop A Gated Community Of 292 Residential Lots, 116 Of Which Have Docks For Water Access Create 47 Acres Of Bays And Coves To Provide Water Access For 116 Lots Widen Kellogg Creek Create / Preserve 43 Acres Of Wetland/Emergent Marsh And Grass Land Into 2 Open Space Areas 7

8 PROJECT SUMMARY - continued Develop A Public Trail And Emergency Vehicle Access (EVA) Within One Of The Open Space Areas And Provide Public Access For Pedestrians And Bicyclists To The Water Develop A Sheriff s Marine Patrol Substation On The Site Develop Roadways, Sidewalks, And Landscaping Within The Residential Area 8

9 COUNTY APPLICATIONS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (County File: GP# ) REZONING TO P-1, PLANNED UNIT DISTRICT (County File: RZ# ) SUBDIVISION / VESTING TENTATIVE MAP (County File: SD# ) PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (County File: DP# ) 9

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13 ANNEXATIONS Town of Discovery Bay Community Service District Water Service Sewer Service EVA/ Trails / Open Space ownership & maintenance Reclamation District 800 Water/ Creek Banks / Shoring Walls Parcel ownership, maintenance, maintenance funding 13

14 CEQA REVIEW Notice Of Preparation For An EIR Issued On May 24, 2007 Public Scoping Session Conducted On June 18, 2007 Draft EIR (SCH# ) Released On June 12, 2012, 45-day Comment Period Concluded On July 26, 2012, But Extended Another 15 Days Final EIR Released On July 25, 2013 Zoning Administrator Recommended EIR Certification On August 12,

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16 Sheriff s Marine Patrol Substation ½ Acre Site In The Northeast Corner Along Delta Waterway Substation Would Contain A 2,100 Sf. Ft, 1- Story Modular Building (No Holding Facility) With 3 Boat Docks and Medivac Helicopter Landing Area Vehicle Access By 20 Ft. EVA Enables Sheriff Marine Patrol To Deploy Much Closer To Delta Waterways 16

17 CONCLUSION Recommendation I. Adopt Recommendations of County Planning Commission (CPC Res ) II. Find EIR Complies With CEQA Guidelines III. Adopt CEQA Findings IV. Adopt General Plan Amendment and Rezoning, and Approve Preliminary and Final Development Plan 17