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December 29, 2023 in Community for Health and Independence Development El Dorado County General Plan General Plan Amendment Mixed Use

AKT and UC Davis Health Proposes 8000 Unit Master Plan Healthy Living Community

Development would be equally split between Sacramento County and El Dorado Hills

AKT Development and UC Davis Health submitted a proposal to both El Dorado County and the City of Folsom on Friday December 22, 2023 for a project described as a “Community for Health and Independence” that would provide a residential development for healthy senior communities, and residential housing for disabled residents. The project proposes 4000 residential housing units in Sacramento County, and 4000 residential housing units in El Dorado Hills. Parks, Schools, and commercial development would also occur in both counties – with El Dorado Hills initially planned for one Elementary/Middle School site, which would appear to be inside the boundaries of the tiny Latrobe Union School District.

The project would also feature A 200-acre UC Davis teaching, research and health complex planned as the centerpiece of the community.

The Project seeks annexation into the city of Folsom for parcels south of the Folsom City limit in Sacramento County along the Sacramento and El Dorado County lines south of White Rock Road and the future Empire Ranch Rd US50 interchange. Parcels for the in El Dorado Hills are primarily located west and south of the EDH Business Park, and the Four Seasons and Heritage residential villages. The project would also construct a roadway system that would extend from the future Empire Ranch Rd extension to White Rock Road in Sacramento County, and provide a connector road/beltway from White Rock Rd in Sacramento County south and east to Latrobe Road in El Dorado County

In El Dorado Hills, the County zoning designations for the majority of the parcels and adjacent parcels are:

AG-40 – Agricultutral Grazing (40 acre minimum)
IL – Industrial Light
RL-80 – Rural Lands (80 acre minimum)
RL-40 – Rural Lands (40 acre minimum)
PA-40 – Planned Agricultural (40 acre minimum)
LA-40 – Limited Agricultural (40 acre minimum)
RE-10 – Residential Estate (10 acre minimum)

Project documents have not yet been posted on the El Dorado County Planning Department website, or the County ETRAKiT website.

Rough overlay image – not to scale

The City of Folsom has posted the project proposal on their website. A copy of the City of Folsom Proposal packet is also posted here on the EDH APAC website. The parcel list for the project in both Sacramento County and El Dorado County is also posted here on the EDH APAC website.

The City of Folsom website has the following description of the project, and some initial details:

Conceptual Annexation Proposal
On December 22, 2023, the City of Folsom received a conceptual annexation and development proposal from AKT and UC Davis for their “Community for Healthy Living and Independence” project. The proposed project includes land in both Sacramento and El Dorado counties. The western portion of the project, located adjacent to Folsom in unincorporated Sacramento County, includes 1,416 acres and the proposed development of 4,511 housing units along with commercial, office, and medical research uses. City staff will review the proposal and present their analysis and findings to the City Council for discussion and further direction in the next two to three months.

The proposed development area is located south of White Rock Road and adjacent to the Sacramento County border with El Dorado County. Any proposed annexation that involves a change to the City’s boundaries is subject to the review and approval of Sacramento County’s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) in addition to approval by the Folsom City Council.

The details on the City of Folsom website further goes on to describe the tentative schedule:

It is anticipated that the review of the proposal will take approximately 2 to 3 months. At the conclusion of staff analysis, an item will be brought forward to the City Council for consideration and direction to staff. A more detailed schedule will be provided in the near future.

Residential Densities

The residential housing densities proposed in the concept document vary from Low Density residential single family homes to High Density Multifamily.

Commercial, Business, Retail

The Project narrative submitted to the City of Folsom includes descriptions of development areas for work, business, and shopping.

Village Mixed Use | Mixed-use (MU)designated sites include retail, office, services (0.5 FAR), and residential uses (9-30du/ac)
Commercial + Research | The Plan includes General Commercial (GC) and Regional Commercial (RC) areas for neighborhood retail and a Lifestyle Center, as well as Industrial/Office Park (IND/OP) areas intended for Research and Development.
UC Davis Site/Complex | The Plan includes a large complex for UC Davis (IND/OP) that is proposed to serve as a center for the study of aging and longevity.
Schools | Elementary schools and a middle school (PQP) are sited within neighborhoods and will provide an employment opportunity within the community.
Civic Safety| Law enforcement and fire protection services are planned in the MU Village area

Transportation Plan in El Dorado County

The project envisions a new connector road from White Rock Road in Sacramento County that is identified as “Village Parkway” that would roughly travel north to south through the project area. In El Dorado County a connector road from “Village Parkway” identified as “Latrobe Connector” would cross over from Sacramento County to El Dorado County in a west to east direction providing a connection to Latrobe Road south of the EDH Business Park and the Heritage and Blackstone Villages. Another connector road, further to the south, would extend from Village Parkway eastward into El Dorado County, and is identified as “Rural Parkway”.

Plan Areas

Since the project spans across municipalities in two counties, the Sacramento County side of the project is referred to as the “West Plan Area” in the Project Narrative document, and the El Dorado County side of the project is referred to as the “East Plan Area”.

East Plan Area Land Use

The residential land use in El Dorado County proposes:

295 Single Family units over 105 acres
2157 Single Family High Density units over 490 acres
337 Multi-Family Low Density units over 46 acres
232 Multi-Family Medium Density units over 19 acres
311 Multi-Family High Density units over 19 acres

The Age-Target Residential land use proposes

526 Age Targeted Single Family High Density units over 119 acres
144 Age Targeted Multi-Family Low Density units over 20 acres
160 Age Targeted Multi-Family High Density units over 10 acres

Mixed Use land use proposes

144 Mixed Use Village residential units over 32 acres

Commercial, Employment and Civic land use proposes

10 acres of General Commercial use
100 acres of industrial/Office Park UC Davis Health Complex
15 acres of Industrial/Office Park Research
10 acres for public or quasi public Schools

Timeline

This project envisions 8000 housing units over 4000 acres in two counties. The applicants seek an annexation of the property in Sacramento County to the City of Folsom, requiring approval of Sacramento County LAFCO.

It would also require extensive analysis in El Dorado County for a General Plan Amendment, parcel rezones, and likely a Specific Plan, and Planned Development entitlement. The complexity is frankly very ambitious, and is expected to take several years to review and process.

As official project documents are made public in El Dorado County, EDH APAC will post and link them on a documents page for the project on the EDH APAC website.

Project Narrative Document posted to City of Folsom website

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February 5, 2021 in Board of Supervisors Conceptual Review EDC BOS El Dorado County El Dorado County Planning Dept General Plan General Plan Amendment J6 Pre Application Review Mixed Use PA20-0002 Carson Creek Village Specific Plan Residential

Notice of Public Hearing Feb 23, 2021 Carson Creek Village Specific Plan Conceptual Review

J6 Conceptual Review at the Board of Supervisors

The County of El Dorado Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing in the Supervisors Meeting Room, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 on February 23, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., to consider Pre-Application PA20-0002/Carson Creek Village Specific Plan Conceptual Review submitted by ANDREA MATARAZZO/PIONEER LAW GROUP for an Initiation Hearing (Conceptual Review) of a proposed Specific Plan that would allow medium- and high density attached and detached residential development with a potential build-out of 600 to 800 dwelling units, approximately 110,000 square feet of new commercial floor area, approximately 8.5 acres for a park and paseo site, and approximately 26.5 acres of open space. The property consisting of 98 acres, is located within the central portion of the existing El Dorado Hills Business Park, along the west side of Latrobe Road, north of the intersection with Golden Foothill Parkway

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El Dorado Hills APAC Project Document Page

October 5, 2020 in El Dorado County Environment General Plan

Public Hearing for adoption of a Resolution to partially decertify the Final Environmental Impact Report of the General Plan Biological Resources Policy

El Dorado County provides Notice of Public Hearing.

The County of El Dorado Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing in the Supervisors Meeting Room, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 on October 20, 2020 at 11:00 a.m., to consider: 1) the adoption of a Resolution to partially decertify the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the General Plan Biological Resources Policy Update (Project) only as it
relates to the County’s determination that focusing on preservation of oak woodland habitat in the Highway 50 corridor was not the best course of action and it was not feasible to focus on preserving the oak woodlands within the Highway 50 corridor; 2) directing staff to augment the administrative record as authorized by CEQA, including the missing reports and studies, as set forth in the court’s ruling in Rural Communities United v. County of El Dorado, Superior Court of the County of El Dorado, Case No. PC20170536; and 3) the adoption of a Resolution to recertify the portions of the FEIR that were decertified by the adoption of the prior resolution. The proposed action is in response to the Court’s orders in the writ issued in the above noted litigation. The FEIR for the Project was certified by adoption of Resolution 127-2017 on October 24, 2017. The proposed decertification is a partial decertification; all other parts of the FEIR/EIR will remain in effect.

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See the 2017 El Dorado County General Plan Biological Resources Policy Update HERE

October 19, 2017 in EDC BOS EDH CSD General Plan Generations At Green Valley Measure E Residential

El Dorado County Board of Supervisors Oct 24 2017 Meeting

The Agenda for the regular meeting of the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on September 19, 2017 is now available online (Legistar Calendar)

PDF Link

Several important items of note to El Dorado Hills residents:

Agenda Item 17:
File No: 12-1113
Community Development Services, Department of Transportation, recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Amended Cooperative Agreement A-1 to Cooperative Agreement 12-53501 with the El Dorado Hills Community Services District to extend the expiration date of the Agreement by two years to December 13, 2019, thereby allowing additional time to complete construction of the New York Creek Trail East Project – Phase 2, CIP 72308, as the Class 1 Bike Path improvements will not be completed by the end of the current term.

Agenda Item 21:
File No: 15-0761
Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department, submitting for approval the Final Map (TM06-1428-F-1) for Carson Creek Unit 2A, Phase 1 Subdivision, creating a total of 186 lots consisting of 170 residential lots, 10 lettered lots, 6 large lots, and Investment Boulevard on property identified as Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 117-570-14, 117-570-15, and 117-570-20, located on the south side of Carson Crossing Drive, approximately 0.45 mile west of the Golden Foothills Parkway and Latrobe Road intersection, in the El Dorado Hills area, and recommending the Board consider the following: 1) Approve the Final Map (TM06-1428-F-1) for the Carson Creek Unit 2A, Phase 1 Subdivision; and 2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Agreement to Make Subdivision Improvements

Agenda Item 32:
File No: 17-1114
HEARING – Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department, and County Counsel recommending the Board take the following action directed in the Peremptory Writ of Mandate dated September 1, 2017, in Alliance For Responsible Planning v. El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, et al. (Case PC20160346) adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 159-2017 approving the Court-ordered actions to strike out text of the Measure E amendments in the Transportation and Circulation Element, Policies TC-Xa 3, TC-Xa 4, TC-Xa 6, and TC-Xf, restoring those policies to the language in effect immediately prior to the July 29, 2016, effective date of Measure E, and add the identified Measure E “Implementation Statements.”

Agenda Item 34:
File No: 12-1203
LIMITED HEARING – To consider the Planning Commission’s recommendation and receive public comment only on the proposed modifications to General Plan Measure CO-K and the modifications to the proposed Oak Resources Conservation Ordinance that were considered by the Planning Commission on September 28, 2017, as directed by the Board of Supervisors on October 10, 2017. (The public hearing on the overall Project was closed on July 18, 2017 and remains closed.) After the close of the limited public hearing, staff recommends the Board consider the recommendation of the Planning Commission and then consider certification of the Environmental Impact Report and approval of the overall Project. Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department, recommending the Board consider the General Plan Biological Resources Policy Update, Oak Resources Management Plan, and Oak Resources Conservation Ordinance, collectively the proposed Project, consisting of specific revisions to biological resources objectives, policies, and implementation measures

Agenda Item 35:
File No: 17-1023
Community Development Services, Planning and Building Department, forwarding a request from True Life Companies for an Initiation Hearing, a conceptual review for discussion purposes only, for a General Plan Amendment from Low-Density Residential to Medium- and High-Density Residential (Pre-Application PA17-0002/Generations at Green Valley); the proposed project would require future Rezone and 439-residential lot Tentative Subdivision Map discretionary approvals, for property identified by Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 126-020-01, 126-020-02, 126-020-03, 126-020-04, and 126-150-23, consisting of 280 acres located in the El Dorado Hills area. (Supervisorial District 4)