MONTEREY COUNTY
PLANNING AND BUILDING INSPECTION
DEPARTMENT
240 CHURCH ST. RM 116, SALINAS, CA 93901.
PLANNING: (831) 755-5025. BUILDING: (831) 755.5027. FAX.
(831) 755-5487.
MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 1208, SALINAS, CA 93902
COASTAL OFFICE, 2620 1ST AVENUE, MARINA, CALIFORNIA 93933.
PLANNING: (831)883-7500. BUILDING: (831) 883-7501. FAX:
(831) 384-3261.
NOTICE OF
AVAILABILITY
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS & HEARINGS
September 24,2004
Subject: Pebble Beach Company's "Del Monte Forest
Preservation and Development Plan'' (Applications PLN010254,
PLN010341, and PLN040160)
Dear Interested Party:
The County of Monterey is seeking written comment on the
PARTIALLY RECIRCULATED DRAFT Environmental Impact Report
(PRDEIR) on the Pebble Beach
Company's "Del Monte Forest Preservation and Development
Plan," applications PLNO 10254, PLNO 1034 1, and PLN040 160
in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act.
A comment period is established for the purpose of receiving
written comments on the accuracy and adequacy of the PRDEIR
together with other information relative to the
environmental effect of the project.
Comments on the issues addressed within the PRDEIR will
be accepted from September 27, 2004 through Wednesday
November 10,2004 at 4:30 p.m. The Final EIR will include all
comments received on these specific issues and responses to
those comments. The FEIR will also include comments
previously received on the February 2004 Draft EIR and
responses to these earlier comments.
The project consists of a Combined Development Permit
that will result in new development at 13 locations. The
proposed project also includes: requested amendments to the
existing Spanish Bay Use Permit (PC-5202) regarding
conditions imposed at the Sawmill Borrow Site, which is now
proposed for the relocated equestrian center; approval of
conditional certificates of compliance for three sites
planned for subdivision; and County review of the project to
determine whether the proposed uses are consistent with
provisions of the recorded scenic easement on the lower
Sawmill site and make appropriate findings or determine
whether an amendment to the easement would be required.
The project includes four primary elements: 1) new
visitor-serving, recreational and residential development;
2) dedication of conservation easements for the preservation
and conservation of certain areas; 3) road, infrastructure,
and trail improvements; and 4) resource management of
preservation, conservation, and managed habitat areas within
and adjacent to proposed development. In summary, the
Proposed Project will result in construction of a new
18-hole golf course, a new driving range at the Spanish Bay
Resort, and 160 new visitor-serving suites; relocation of
the existing Equestrian center; creation of 33 residential
lots within 5 subdivisions; construction of 60 employee
housing units; and the preservation of 492 acres.
This partially recirculated document has been
prepared to add significant new information to the EIR which
has become necessitated in response to comments from the
public to the February 2004 Draft Environmental Impact
Report (DEIR) and due to the availability of new
information.
This PRDEIR addresses potentially significant
environmental impacts and mitigations in these specific
areas:
- Water Supply and Demand;
- Yadon's piperia;
- Green Trail from HHNA to Spanish Bay;
- Transportation and Circulation (re: Monterey County
regional highways);
- Long-Term Noise;
- Growth-Inducement; and
- Cumulative Impacts (for Water supply and demand,
Yadon's piperia, regional traffic, and long-term
noise
AVAILABILITY OF THE PARTIALLY RECIRCULATED DRAFT
EIR:
- REVIEW the PRDEIR at the County Planning and Building
Inspection Department, Coastal Office, 2620 First Avenue,
Marina; the County Administrative Office at 230 Church
Street, Building #3, Salinas; the Public Libraries in
Carmel, Carmel Valley, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas
(John SteinbeckIMain Branch), and Seaside; and the Pebble
Beach Community Service District Office at Forest Lake
and Lopez Roads.
- DOWNLOAD the PRDEIR from the Department's website:
http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/
- PURCHASE a PRINTED COPY of the PRDEIR at Kinko's, 799
Lighthouse Ave., Monterey, or 501 South Main St.,
Salinas.
- PURCHASE a CD-ROM of the PRDEIR at the Department's
Coastal Office. The cost is $8.00. You can buy the CD-ROM
in person, or by sending a request with an $8.00
check.
SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE and PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC
HEARINGS
- The County Subdivision
Committee is scheduled to hear the proposal on November
18, 2004. This meeting will begin at 9:00 am at the Board
of Supervisors Chambers, County Courthouse, Church and
Alisal Streets, Salinas, CA.
- A public hearing before the Planning Commission to
review the project and consider certification of the
Final EIR as complete and adequate will be held
subsequent to the review of the DEIR and PRDEIR, at a
time and place to be specified by legal advertisement in
a newspaper of general circulation.
Please submit written comments
by November 10, 2004 at 4:30 pm to Thom McCue, Senior
Planner, at the Monterey County Planning and Building
Inspection Department, Coastal Office, 2620 First Avenue,
Marina, CA 93933. Should you have any questions about the
PRDEIR's content or where to get a copy, please call me at
831-1883-7528.
Sincerely,
/ss/
Thomas A. McCue
Senior Planner
mccuet@co.monterey.ca.us
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