TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Brian D. Bordona, Director of Planning, Building and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Donald Barrella, Planner III
SUBJECT: KJS Investment Properties and Sorrento Inc. Appeal
RECOMMENDATION
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PUBLIC HEARING - Hyperion Vineyard Holdings (A.K.A KJS Investment Properties and Sorrento Inc.) Appeal No. P23-00350-APL.
Conduct a public hearing to consider adoption of additional conditions of approval agreed upon by Center for Biological Diversity (Appellant) and KJS Investment Properties and Sorrento, Inc. (KJS or Applicant) to resolve the appeal filed by Appellant, and to re-certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) and affirm the project findings adopted by the Director of Planning, Building, and Environmental Services (PBES) on November 3, 2023. (No Fiscal Impact)
(CONTINUED FROM FEBRUARY 27, 2024, AND MAY 7, 2024)
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BACKGROUND
The matter before the Board involves a joint request by the Appellant and Applicant to resolve the appeal by adopting additional conditions of approval on the Agricultural Erosion Control Plan (ECPA) No. P17-00432-ECPA for KJS.
The appeal was filed by Appellant of Applicant's Agricultural Erosion Control Plan (ECPA) No. P17-00432-ECPA and the approval made by the Director of PBES on November 3, 2023, to:
(1) certify the Final EIR prepared for the KJS ECPA (No. P17-00432-ECPA);
(2) adopt the findings required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act including, but not limited to, rejecting the Proposed Project, the No Project Alternative, and the Reduced Intensity and Increased Stream and Wetland Setback Alternative, finding the Reduced Vegetation Removal/Grading and Road Use Alternative (the Modified Project) as set forth in the FEIR consistent with the Napa County General Plan;
(3) adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program;
(4) adopt the Modified Project Alternative; and
(5) approve ECPA No. P17-00432-ECPA as revised to reflect the Modified Project.
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