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 (KJS Investment Properties and Sorrento Inc.) Appeal No.P23-00350-APL.
Open and move to continue the public hearing for an appeal filed by Center for Biological Diversity (Appellant) of the KJS Investment Properties and Sorrento Inc. (Applicant) Agricultural Erosion Control Plan No. P17-00432-ECPA approved by the Director of the Napa County Planning, Building and Environmental Services (PBES) Department on November 3, 2023. (No Fiscal Impact)
(APPELLANT, APPLICANT, AND STAFF REQUEST A CONTINUANCE TO MAY 7, 2024, AT 2:00 PM)
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BACKGROUND
The matter before the Board involves an appeal filed by Appellant of the KJS Investment Properties and Sorrento Inc. (Applicant) Agricultural Erosion Control Plan (ECPA) No. P17-00432-ECPA and the approval decision made by the Director of the PBES Department on November 3, 2023, to: (1) certify the Final EIR prepared for the KJS Investment Properties and Sorrento Inc. 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 Final Environmental Impact Report (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.
The Modified Project consists of a reduced overall footprint (form 156.8 gross acers to 113.4 gross acres) and associated road u...
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