County of Inyo

Planning Commission

Board of Supervisors Room

Inyo County Administrative Center

Independence, California

WILLIAM STOLL                      FIRST DISTRICT (VICE-CHAIR)                                                                   Inyo County Planning Commission

CYNTHIA LITTLE                                    SECOND DISTRICT                                                                                                            Post Office Drawer L

SAM WASSON                            THIRD DISTRICT                                                                                              Independence, CA 93526

RICHARD WHITE                      FOURTH DISTRICT (CHAIR)                                                                                          (760) 878-0263/(760) 872-2706

PAUL PAYNE                            FIFTH DISTRICT                                                                                               (760) 872-0382 FAX

                                                                                                                                                                                    inyoplanning@inyocounty.us

PAT CECIL                                 PLANNING DIRECTOR

SHARON BIRMINGHAM          PLANNING COMMISSION SECRETARY

DOUG WILSON                          PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR

KEVIN CARUNCHIO                COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR

Items will be heard in the order listed on the agenda unless the Planning Commission rearranges the order or the items are continued.  Estimated start times are indicated for each item.  The times are approximate and no item will be discussed before its listed time.

Lunch Break will be given at the Planning Commission’s convenience.

The Planning Commission Chairperson will announce when public testimony can be given for items on the Agenda. The Commission will consider testimony on both the project and related environmental documents.

All final decisions of the Planning Commission may be appealed to the Board of Supervisors by the applicant or any interested person.  Appeals must be filed in writing to the Inyo County Board of Supervisors within 15 calendar days of the action by the Planning Commission.  If an appeal is filed, there is a fee of $300.00.  Appeals and accompanying fees must be delivered to the Clerk of the Board Office at County Administrative Center Independence, California. If you challenge in court any finding, determination or decision made pursuant to a public hearing on a matter contained in this agenda, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing, or in written correspondence delivered to the Inyo County Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Public Notice:  In Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting please contact the Planning Department at (760) 878-0263 (28 CFR 35.102-3.104 ADA Title II).  Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the County to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.  Should you because of a disability require appropriate alternative formatting of this agenda, please notify the Planning Department 2 hours prior to the meeting to enable the County to make the agenda available in a reasonable alternative format (Government Code Section 54954.2).

OCTOBER 22, 2008

10:00

a.m.

1.

 

ROLL CALL – Secretary.

2.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Action Item) – Approval of Minutes from September 24, 2008.

3.

ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA – Opportunity for the Commission to add or delete an item on the Agenda.

4.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD – Opportunity to address the Planning Commission on any planning subject that is not scheduled on the Agenda.

PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS

ITEMS ARE TO BE CALLED AT THEIR GIVEN TIME

10:05 a.m.

5.

REVISION OF SECTIONS 16.48 (CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE) AND 16.52 (PARCEL MERGER) OF THE INYO COUNTY CODE (Public Hearing & Action Item) – The project would revise the 1) Certificate of Compliance Code (Section 16.48) to mirror State law; 2) Create a Section (16.50) for Parcel Map Waivers and; 3) Amend Section 16.52 to become a Property Line Adjustments/Parcel Merger Section; and 4) Amend Section 16.32.010 to change the time limit from 18 months to 24 months consistent with the Subdivision Map Act.

10:05

a.m.

6.

Inyo County Collaborative Bikeways Plan (Public Hearing & Action Item) – The County of Inyo Public Works Department has prepared an Initial Study and Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Inyo County Collaborative Bikeways Plan, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. The Plan is a long-term planning document meant to identify needs and opportunities for the growth of the County’s Bikeway System. Approval of the Plan by the California Department of Transportation makes the collaborative agencies (County of Inyo, City of Bishop, Bishop Paiute Reservation) eligible to receive funding under Streets and Highways Code Section 891.2.

COMMISSIONERS’ REPORT/COMMENTS

    Commissioners to give their report/comments to staff.

PLANNING DIRECTOR’S REPORT

Planning Director, Pat Cecil, will update the Commission on various projects.

There was none.

CORRESPONDENCE – INFORMATIONAL

a.  City of Bishop Planning Commission Meeting Agenda for September 30, 2008