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Set a hearing to consider recommendations regarding three appeals (Bedford; Adams, Broadwell, Joseph and Cardozo, LLP; and California Native Plant Society, Case Nos. 19APL-00000-00033, 19APL-00000-00034, 19APL-00000-00035, 16CUP-00000-00031, & 18VAR-00000-00002) of the Planning Commission’s November 20, 2019 approval of the Strauss Wind Energy Project Conditional Use Permit and Variance, Case Nos. 16CUP-00000-00031 and 18VAR-00000-00002, Third District, as follows:
(Set a hearing for January 28, 2020. Time estimate: 2 hours)
a) Deny the appeals, Case Nos. 19APL-00000-00033, 19APL-00000-00034 and 19APL-00000-00035;
b) Make the required findings for approval of the project as specified in Attachment A of the Planning Commission Action Letter dated November 22, 2019 including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings;
c) Certify the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) 18EIR-00000-00001; SCH No. 2018071002, and the FSEIR Revision Letter No. 1 dated November 12, 2019 and adopt the mitigation monitoring program contained in the conditions of approval (Attachment B, Condition 93 of the Planning Commission Action Letter dated November 22, 2019); and
d) Grant de novo approval of the Strauss Wind Energy Project (16CUP-00000-00031 and 18VAR-00000-00002), consisting of the Modified Project Layout and Alternative Surface Transport Route, which combines two alternatives set forth in the Final SEIR and FSEIR Revision Letter No. 1 dated November 12, 2019, subject to the conditions of approval included in Attachment B of the November 22, 2019 Planning Commission Action Letter.