Town & Country Village El Dorado DEIR Available
45 day public review period to end on September 9, 2024
The El Dorado Count Planning and Building Department released the Notice of Availability for the Town and Country Village El Dorado DRAFT environmental impact report on July 26, 2024. A 45 day public review period has been established to accept public comments, questions, and concerns, regarding the ENVIRONMENTAL impacts of the project. Public review comments can be submitted via email to TownAndCountryElDorado@edcgov.us.
This DEIR identifies that the proposed project could result in significant environmental impacts to the following CEQA topics: Aesthetics; Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Energy; Biological Resources; Cultural Resources; Geology and Soils; Hazards and Hazardous Materials; Hydrology and Water Quality; Noise; Transportation; Tribal Cultural Resources; and Wildfire.
In the Notice of Availability, the County also details that they will conduct a meeting to receive comments regarding the content of the DEIR and answer general questions regarding the environmental process. The meeting will be held in-person with a remote option via Zoom on Thursday, August 22, 2024, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the El Dorado County Planning and Building Department, 2850 Fairlane Ct, Building C, Placerville, CA 95667 in the Planning Commission hearing room. The Zoom meeting link is accessible at the following: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88543474078 – This is NOT a Planning Commission Hearing, but a presentation for the public facilitated by El Dorado County.
The project site is located in El Dorado County, California, approximately 500 feet north of U.S. Highway 50, east of Bass Lake Road. The approximately 60.5-acre site is identified by Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APN) 119-080-12, -021 and -023. The project site is located in the southern central portion of the Bass Lake Hills Specific Plan (BLHSP); the northern portion of the project site is located within the Community Region of the El Dorado County General Plan, and the southern portion of the site is located within the Rural Region.
The project site includes two areas: the Project Development Area and the Program Study Area. The Project Development Area consists of the northernmost and southernmost 30.3 acres of the project site, and would be developed with two hotels, retail services, two restaurants, a museum, an event center, associated parking, 56 residential cottages for employee housing, and an additional 56 residential cottages that may be rented on a daily or extended stay basis. The Program Study Area consists of the central and easternmost 30.2 acres of the project site, and may include future development of additional hotels, medical facilities, senior housing, townhomes and cottages, and other uses allowed by the proposed zoning districts. Development within the Program Study Area of the project site is not currently proposed; however, a maximum buildout scenario is included for program level analysis in the EIR. Vehicle access to the project site would be provided by private roads connecting to Bass Lake Road to the west and to Country Club Drive to the north. In addition to on-site utility improvements, full buildout of the proposed project would require installation of off-site water, sewer, and natural gas utilities within Bass Lake Road, other nearby roads, and with respect to the sewer line, generally to the west along Old Bass Lake Road/Lincoln Highway towards Carson Creek.
The proposed project would require approval of:
A General Plan Amendment
BLHSP Amendment
BLHSP Public Facilities Financing Plan Amendment
Rezone
Planned Development
Tentative Subdivision Map
Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
Other responsible agency approvals (e.g., El Dorado LAFCO related to annexation of the project site into EID’s service area).
Project documents available on EDH APAC Project Documents Page
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Applicant presentation scheduled for September 4, 2024 EDH APAC Meeting
