DATE:
September 10, 2025
07
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING:
Title
VALIANO PROPERTY TAX EXCHANGE: FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT REORGANIZATION (DISTRICT: 3)
Body
OVERVIEW
The Valiano project (Project), originally approved by the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors on July 25, 2018 (1), is a 239-acre development consisting of 243 residential units including 53 detached condominiums, parks, public multi-use trails, and 149 acres of open space within the Elfin Forest-Harmony Grove area of the San Dieguito Community Planning Area. The development was designed to demonstrate sustainable design practices through a variety of measures, including energy-efficient home designs, native and drought-tolerant landscaping, and low-impact development stormwater facilities. The project incorporates cool pavement technology, participation in the California Green Builder Program, installation of electric vehicle charging stations, and would provide residential electricity through renewable energy to help reduce energy consumption, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. The project is located west of Interstate 15 (I-15) and south of State Route 78 (SR-78). Currently, this project is in both the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District (FPD) and San Marcos FPD, with 229 acres being within the San Marcos FPD and 10.76 acres in Rancho Santa Fe FPD. The project was subject to legal action and reached a settlement, resulting in project changes that were approved by the County of San Diego Planning Commission on December 6, 2024.
The applicant is in the process of satisfying all project conditions to allow homes to be built. A condition of project approval was to unify the project within a singular FPD to ensure efficient service delivery. Additionally, this consolidation into one FPD is required for the Project to be granted a Grading Permit, necessary to build homes. The County does not have the authority to consolidate or reorganize FPD ...
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