The El Dorado County Planning Commission on April 28 will hear Parker Development’s proposal for 1,000 properties together El Dorado Hills Boulevard.
The Central El Dorado Hills Specific Prepare has been in the operates for just about a ten years, sparking substantially community ire as it hinges on a county Normal Plan amendment to permit zoning to be adjusted from recreational services-significant intensity to medium and superior density residential for the now defunct govt golf program at the El Dorado Hills Boulevard and Serrano Parkway intersection. In 2015 additional than 91% of El Dorado Hills voters suggested towards the zoning improve. In January 2020 virtually 500 inhabitants turned out to protest the task at a community hearing held at District Church.
The Planning Commission’s ultimate recommendation was then delayed owing to coronavirus-induced shelter-in-place orders as well as thought of an current website traffic evaluation metric, VMT or Vehicle Miles Traveled. Only Scheduling Fee Chair Jon Vegna was present for the 4 previous hearings.
As the remaining commissioners are new to the project, the April listening to will be carried out as an informational orientation. The fee presently options to keep deliberations on Might 12 all through which a closing recommendation is predicted to be forwarded to the county board of supervisors. The public is welcome to show up at both of those meetings, in-man or woman or nearly.
Parker intends to construct over two parts, Pedregal and Serrano Westside, on which lies the aged golf study course — 237 residential models are specified for the Pedregal spot, although Serrano Westside would household 763 units. Density ranges in between much less than one to far more than 20 models per acre, with the optimum density slated for the golf study course parcel. Eleven acres are set aside for civic-restricted business use and a 15-acre village park would sit alongside Highway 50. The prepare also phone calls for a overall 190 whole acres of open up place/parks and 1.5 miles of a Course I bike and pedestrian path.
The newest proposal’s only shift from earlier iterations lies in the link of El Dorado Hills Boulevard to Silva Valley Parkway by using Country Club Generate.
“We have improved the Country Club Drive alignment to begin at Serrano Parkway as opposed to operating via the buying center and connecting that way to El Dorado Hills Bouelvard,” revealed Parker Advancement agent Kirk Bone. “That was a ask for that came in response to comments from the community three many years ago. After looking at individuals we concluded that transferring that alignment off to Serrano Parkway could make far more feeling.”
The relationship now travels immediately by means of the proposed household space, avoiding the Saratoga Way/Park Travel intersection, and requires a new signalized intersection at Serrano Parkway and the proposed Region Club Drive extension.
In accordance to language in the revised last environmental impact report, this necessitates an adjustment of the northbound ideal convert lane onto Serrano Parkway from El Dorado Hills Boulevard. “The existing huge radius generate ideal-convert motion on the northbound tactic to the EDH Blvd./Serrano Pkwy/Lassen Lane intersection was assumed to be relocated to the intersection to increase the intersection spacing concerning El Dorado Hills Boulevard and State Club Lane on Serrano Parkway. With this modification, the intersections would be spaced about 600 ft apart,” states the report.
In addition, traffic analysis for the El Dorado Hills Boulevard/Serrano Pkwy/Lassen Lane intersection demonstrates exacerbated Stage of Services from LOS B to LOS D/F for near term ailments.
“There are no [other] alterations to the proposed task,” affirmed Bone. He referred to the two possibilities offered past calendar year — 1 for land use pursuant to existing zoning and the other for a 1,200-unit senior living facility on the unused executive golf program — as “no-undertaking alternatives.”
As of press time, Bone noted that the development agreement is still below negotiation. “I do not know no matter whether it will be all set or not by the April 28 hearing,” he mentioned. “Clearly it will be obtainable effectively in progress of the second Arranging Commission hearing.”
Parker Advancement has confident the task will be fiscally neutral, costing the county nothing at all whilst building numerous costs these as a Neighborhood Benefit Price that could possibly include up to roughly $4.5 million, as properly as assets transfer charges and $20 million in targeted traffic impact fees.
But community sentiments have been overwhelmingly in opposition to the project, prevailing arguments centering close to the project’s rezone necessity of the golf class. Residents raised challenges these types of as traffic, inconsistency with the Typical Approach, h2o, ecosystem, geology, impacted schools, house rights, land use technicalities, inexpensive housing and preservation of cultural artifacts. Some pointed out that the two parcels really should be deemed individual tasks. Many expressed inner thoughts that the assets is iconic to El Dorado Hills, loathe to see it included in rooftops.
While negotiation makes an attempt by the El Dorado Hills Neighborhood Expert services District to protected the golf training course have as nonetheless occur to naught, district employees continues to investigate possibilities for the land, this kind of as golf quick courses, gamified golfing and even a surf park.
Organizing Commission conferences are held at 8:30 a.m, 2850 Fairlane Courtroom in Placerville. To pay attention phone (530) 621-7603 or (530) 621-7610. To livestream take a look at edcgov-us.zoom.us/j/87285670946.