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Creekside Village Specific Plan DRAFT EIR Published June 20, 2025

DRAFT Environmental Impact Report – JUNE 2025

From the June 20, 2025 Notice of Availability:

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY AND REVIEW PERIOD: This DEIR is available for public and agency review for a 60-day period beginning June 20, 2025, and ending August 19, 2025. The purpose of this comment period is to consider the content of the DEIR and the potential environmental impacts that may result from project implementation. Comments pertaining to the environmental impact analysis, criteria and thresholds, mitigation measures and alternatives presented in the DEIR will be considered by the County during preparation of the Final EIR. The Final EIR will include copies of the comments received during the comment period and the County’s responses to comments pertaining to the environmental review and DEIR. A subsequent scheduled public hearing will be conducted on the project upon completion of the Final EIR when the County considers action on the project. The County must certify the Final EIR prior to project approval. If you wish to be notified of that hearing date, please provide your name and mailing address to the Planning and Building Department.

REDUCED IMPACT ALTERNATIVE:
Preparation of an EIR requires the lead agency, in this case the County, to consult with local Native American Tribes (Tribes) that are traditionally and culturally affiliated with the project area regarding the presence of tribal cultural resources (TCRs). Through the consultation process with local Tribes, it was revealed that TCRs exist within the site and would be impacted by the project and could not be avoided. In addition, the Latrobe School District indicated during preparation of the DEIR that its existing schools could not absorb the increase in students generated by the project and requested a reduction in the number of conventional housing units. To address potential significant impacts, an EIR is required to evaluate an alternative that would avoid or lessen environmental impacts while still meeting most of the objectives of the project. In collaboration with the Tribes and Latrobe School District, a new land use plan, the Reduced Impact Alternative (RIA), was developed which avoids impacts to TCRs and reduces the total number of residential units from 918 to 763, including limiting the number of conventional housing units to a maximum of 150 with the remainder restricted to Active Adult. The RIA proposes a 7.5-acre Village Park with 1.6 acres of the park containing a Planned Development (PD) overlay designation that could allow for neighborhood commercial uses to serve the plan area, similar to the proposed project. These potential commercial uses would require approval of a separate Conditional Use Permit and Planned Development. There would be two additional Neighborhood Parks, 4.4 and 2.2 acres in size, for a total of 14.1 acres in parks and 44.4 acres in open space. Given the ability to address significant impacts to TCRs and the concerns of the Latrobe School District, it was decided that the RIA should be analyzed at a project-specific level so that the County could ultimately approve the RIA instead of the proposed project.

This DEIR therefore evaluates the land use plan that was originally submitted by the applicant as the proposed project and also analyzes the RIA at the project-specific level, either of which could be approved by the County. Based on analysis completed at this time, County staff intends to recommend the RIA for approval because it avoids impacts to TCRs, reduces additional environmental impacts, and is the land use plan preferred by both the Tribes and the Latrobe School District.


June 2025 Creekside Village Specific Plan Draft Environment Impact Report Documents

The Draft Environmental Impact Report is available in ten sections – beginning with section 0.1 Creekside Village SP Cover Page, through section 6.0 Creekside Village SP DEIR Preparers. The applicant then provides all ten sections in one document, the Combined DEIR Creekside Village Specific Plan. This is further supported by ten appendices beginning with appendix A – Creekside Village SP DEIR Appendix A – NOP and Combined Comments, and concluding withe appendix J – Creekside Village SP DEIR Appendix J – Fire Safe Plan.

The DRAFT EIR documents are available on the El Dorado County Planning Department EIR page for the Creekside Village SP project.

The DRAFT EIR Documents, links, and other project documents can also be found on the EDH APAC Creekside Village project Documents page

Army Corps of Engineers seeking input on Marble Valley project permit for impact to wetlands and streams

The United States Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public input in relation to a permit application for the Villages of Marble Valley Specific Plan Project. The ACoE has distributed a letter to nearby property owners asking for input regarding impacts to approximately 4.585 acres of waters of the United States, including wetlands and streams.

Notice mailed to property owners April 1st

The notice mailed to property owners is dated March 16, 2020, and requests that comments be received by April 14, 2020. However, the notice posting on the Project page of the ACoE website indicates a response period that ends April 30, 2020, and residents have indicated that the postage meter stamp on the mailing envelope provides a date stamp of April 1, 2020. A number of residents have reported not receiving the notice until after April 5, 2020. These residents are seeking a re-notice from the ACoE to allow for a full thirty day comment period.

United States Army Corps of Engineers Website Marble Valley Project page – click image to visit the website.

Residents seeking to learn more about the permit application, to make comments, or to seek a re-notice of the ACoE Public Notice are encouraged to contact the ACoE Project Manager Kathy Norton at (916) 557-5260, or email Kathy.Norton@usace.army.mil.

Villages of Marble Valley Specific Plan Land Use Map
credit: United States Army Corps of Engineers

El Dorado Hills APAC November Meeting Video Posted Online

The El Dorado Hills Area Planning Advisory Committee has posted the video recording of the November 13, 2019 Meeting online.

Single Topic Meeting

The November 13, 2019 meeting was focused on the proposed Central El Dorado Hills Specific Plan. A review of the plan, and it’s latest changes was provided by representatives from Serrano Associates, including Director of Government Affairs Kirk Bone, and Principal Planner Andrea Howard. Addressing the project’s traffic impacts and mitigation was Senior Associate David Robinson of Fehr & Peers Transportation Consultants.

The CEDHSP presentation at APAC was made in advance of the first of four hearings before the County of El Dorado Planning Commission. The first hearing being held November 14th in Placerville, CA. The second hearing is scheduled for December 12th in Placerville, CA at 8:30AM. The third hearing will be held in El Dorado Hills, in the evening, in January 2020, at a time and place to be determined. The fourth and final hearing before the Planning Commission will be held in January-February in Placerville, CA, in the Planning Commission Building C Hearing Room, at a date to be determined.

The meeting presentation materials/slides
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Notice of Public Hearing: Central El Dorado Hills Specific Plan

The County of El Dorado has issued a Notice of Public Hearing today regarding the Central El Dorado Hills Specific Plan. A hearing will be held at the November 14, 2019 County Planning Commission Meeting, at 8:30AM, at Building C Hearing Room, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, CA 95667

The Planning Commission will consider General Plan Amendment A14-0003/Specific Plan Amendment SP12- 0002/Rezone Z14-0005/Specific Plan Amendment SP86-0002-R/Planned Development PD14-0004/Tentative Subdivision Map TM14-1516/Development Agreement DA14- 0003/Central El Dorado Hills Specific Plan.

From the original project description:

SP 12 0002  – CENTRAL EL DORADO HILLS SP

Number of Lots: 1028
Project Description
PROPOSED CENTRAL EL DORADO HILLS SPECIFIC PLAN CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 1,028 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 50,000 SQUARE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL, 84.9 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, AND 15.3 ACRES OF RECREATIONAL PARK WITHIN 250-ACRE PROJECT SITE. THE REQUEST INCLUDES AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING EL DORADO HILLS SPECIFIC PLAN.

Project Final Environmental Impact Report and Staff Reports

The CEDHSP Final Environmental Impact Report, and Staff Reports, are expected to be available to the public two weeks prior to the hearing.

November 13, 2019 El Dorado Hills APAC Meeting

The El Dorado Hills Area Planning Advisory Committee is dedicating the entirety of our November 13, 2019 meeting to a discussion and presentation of the project, with updated changes, from the applicant, Serrano Associates.

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