DATE:
August 18, 2021 and September 1, 2021
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TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING:
MONTECITO RANCH OPEN SPACE VACATION, PDS2020-VAC-20-001, RAMONA COMMUNITY PLAN AREA (08/18/2021 - SET HEARING; 09/01/21 - HOLD HEARING) (DISTRICT: 2)
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OVERVIEW
On August 18, 2021 (09), the Board of Supervisors set a Hearing for September 1, 2021.
This item is a proposal to vacate a 220.5-acre biological open space easement dedicated to the County of San Diego and recorded on September 10, 2009 as DOC#2009-0506422 on the approximately 935.2-acre property known as Montecito Ranch in the Ramona Community. On August 4, 2010, the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved the Montecito Ranch Project, which consisted of 417 single-family residences, an 8.3-acre park, and an 11.9-acre historic park; however, the applicant for this project will not be moving forward with the development.
The Endangered Habitats Conservancy (EHC), a California non-profit corporation, acquired the entire Montecito Ranch property in 2020 through coordination with the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) and Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest (U.S. Navy). The Open Space Vacation of 220.5 acres is required to allow the authorization of funding by the U.S. Navy to allow the property to be maintained and managed as biological open space in perpetuity by EHC. The existing 220.5-acre biological open space easement was previously required to resolve unpermitted clearing which occurred while the Montecito Ranch Project application was in-process in the early 2000s. The previously approved Montecito Ranch Project entitlements for the property have been abandoned and the open space easement dedication for the Montecito Ranch Project is no longer required. The open space easement area will still be maintained by EHC for the preservation of biological resources, which is consistent with the original intent of the dedicated open space easement.
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