COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AGENCY

DATE:

July 14, 2004

SET TIME:

10:00 A.M.

BOARD MEETING DATE:

July 27, 2004

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Marcia Raines, Director of Environmental Services

SUBJECT:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Consideration of a request for a Minor Subdivision, Lot Line Adjustment and Street Name Assignment, related to the division of a 49,322 sq. ft. parcel into four parcels, at 40 Bishop Lane, in the unincorporated West Menlo Park area of San Mateo County (Appeal from decision of Planning Commission to require preparation of a focused Environmental Impact Report prior to consideration of the request).

RECOMMENDATION

Per the direction given by your Board at your July 6, 2004 hearing, Staff is recommending: 1) Certification of the Negative Declaration, and 2) Approval of the Minor Subdivision, Lot Line Adjustment, and Street Name Change, County File Number PLN 2002-00445.

PROPOSAL

The applicant, Ted Misselwitz is seeking approval to subdivide a 49,322 sq. ft. parcel to create four residential parcels of 9,242 net sq. ft. (Parcel 1), 13,086 net sq. ft. (Parcel 2), 12,151 net sq. ft. (Parcel 3) and 9,389 net sq. ft. (Parcel 4). Access will be provided via a 170-foot long access easement with a turn-around at the end. The applicant has submitted a Street Name Change application to name this easement “Bishop Oaks Court”. The applicant has also applied for a Lot Line Adjustment with an adjacent property owner. The exchange of land is necessary to facilitate a radius entry onto the access easement.

PREVIOUS ACTIONS

On July 6, 2004, your Board considered an appeal of a Planning Commission decision to require the preparation of a focused EIR for the proposed subdivision. The Board did not determine that a focused EIR was necessary for the Project. However, in light of the additional information provided by the applicant prior to the July 6 meeting, the Board continued the matter and directed staff to prepare additional conditions of approval that would expand and strengthen the Project beyond the mitigation that would be required under CEQA for certification of the Negative Declaration.