DATE:
September 1, 2021
03
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
ESTABLISH THE WARNER SPRINGS COMMUNITY SPONSOR GROUP (DISTRICT: 5)
Body
OVERVIEW
County planning is more responsive to local needs if there is a high level of citizen participation in the planning process. There are currently 27 local advisory planning and sponsor groups representing the communities of the unincorporated area for the purpose of advising the Director of Planning & Development Services, the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Commission, and the Board of Supervisors (Board) in the preparation, amendment and implementation of community and subregional plans, as well as the review of discretionary regulatory projects. These local advisory groups are governed by Board Policy I?1.
Warner Springs residents have requested that a Community Sponsor Group be formed to better represent the community, which currently lies in unrepresented North Mountain Subregional Planning Area. Today's request directs the Chief Administrative Officer to establish the Warner Springs Community Sponsor Group.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND
Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to:
1. Find that the proposed Board of Supervisors action is not subject to CEQA because it is an organizational or administrative activity of a local government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and is therefore not a "project" as defined in Public Resources Code section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(5) and 15060(c)(3).
2. Establish the Warner Springs Community Sponsor Group and determine that the authorized membership of the Warner Springs Sponsor Group shall be a total of nine (9) authorized members.
3. Initially seats 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 shall hold terms expiring the first Monday after January 1, 2025 and seats 2, 4, 6, 8 shall hold terms expiring the first Monday after January 1, 2023. Thereafter the term for all seats shall be four years.
4. Recognize the...
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