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Adopt a revised Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the adopted Middle Green Valley Specific Plan updated in 2016
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt a revised Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) for the adopted Middle Green Valley Specific Plan updated in 2016, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement between the parties in the related litigation.
SUMMARY:
The Middle Green Valley Specific Plan and related approval documents allow for the development of up to 400 residential units and some neighborhood commercial uses in the area north of the Fairfield city limits near Green Valley and Mason Roads. The Plan has been the subject of two rounds of litigation between the County and the Upper Green Valley Homeowners (UGH) over the course of the last seven years. In order to expedite the completion of the litigation process, the parties have been working to come to terms on a Settlement Agreement. On March 30, 2017, the County and UGH entered into a Settlement Agreement to resolve the remaining issues in the Middle Green Valley Specific Plan litigation. The Green Valley Agricultural Conservancy (GVAC) and the Middle Green Valley Landowners are also parties to the Settlement Agreement. The Agreement was provided to the court at its April 12, 2017 hearing, and the court released the Writ of Mandate and dismissed the lawsuit. Among the County's obligations is a requirement to revise its MMRP, consistent with provisions of Attachment B to the Agreement, within 90 days of the date of the Settlement Agreement.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The executed Master Development Agreement provides that costs related to the preparation and development of the Specific Plan, and its related documents, will be reimbursed to the County with the issuance of building permits for ...
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