File #: 17-00243    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 4/4/2017 Final action: 4/4/2017
Title: Consider recommendations regarding an El Capitan Canyon Grading Emergency Permit, as follows: a) Receive and file a report on Emergency Permit 17EMP-00000-00001, which authorized excavation to create positive flow in the El Capitan Creek which was obstructed by debris and boulders from the storm of January 20, 2017; b) Determine that issuance of the emergency permit is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA Guidelines section 15269(c), as this action was necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency; and c) Determine that receiving and filing this report is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5), as it is an administrative government activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
Sponsors: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Emergency Permit, 3. Attachment B - CEQA Exemption Supporting Emergency Permit, 4. Attachment C - CEQA Exemption Supporting Board Receipt and File of Report, 5. Public Comment - Zimmer

Title

Consider recommendations regarding an El Capitan Canyon Grading Emergency Permit, as follows:

 

a) Receive and file a report on Emergency Permit 17EMP-00000-00001, which authorized excavation to create positive flow in the El Capitan Creek which was obstructed by debris and boulders from the storm of January 20, 2017;

 

b) Determine that issuance of the emergency permit is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant CEQA Guidelines section 15269(c), as this action was necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency; and 

 

c) Determine that receiving and filing this report is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5), as it is an administrative government activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.