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Informational Item: Notification of a request by SMUD to initiate an Amendment to the Travis Plan
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Commission accept notification of SMUD’s request to initiate an amendment to the Travis AFB Land Use Compatibility Plan.
DISCUSSION:
A Subcommittee has been working on potential policies with respect to Commercial Wind Turbines, pursuant to the 2015 Travis Plan. The Subcommittee has completed all of its work except for an item pertaining to the Repowering of existing commercial wind farms in the Montezuma Hills. Staff has had several meetings with representatives from SMUD regarding this one item.
Recently, staff advised SMUD that it was time to wrap-up the Subcommittee’s work even though the one outstanding item has not been resolved. Staff further suggested that SMUD, on its own as a special district, can request an amendment to the Travis Plan in the same way that any one of the cities in Solano County could request an amendment to the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan.
SMUD has decided to follow-up on that suggestion and has submitted such a request (Attachment A). The purpose of this item is to notify the Commission of this development. We expect to schedule this item for further discussion, possibly as soon as the October 12, 2017 Regular Meeting.
Based on this development, we will also be recommending that the Chair dissolve the Subcommittee.
Attachments
Attachment A: SMUD Letter