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Item No. 1 <br /> PC : 12-4-86 <br /> SU-86-10 <br /> Page 1 <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> Deny the appeal and require the preparation of a "Subsequent" <br /> Environmental Impact Report based on Section 15064 (a) ( 1 ) of the <br /> California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and as further <br /> described in the Response to Appeal . <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The applicant is appealing a staff decision that an Environmental <br /> Impact Report (EIR) be prepared before further processing of <br /> Major Subdivision Application No. SU-86-10 . The project consists <br /> of an 81-lot rural residential subdivision on approximately 229 . 5 <br /> acres in the Collierville area, north of Lodi . <br /> The project is essentially the same as a subdivision first <br /> approved by the Board of Supervisors on October 5 , 1981 <br /> (S-81-10) , which involved 102 lots. That approval was extended <br /> through October 15 , 1985 . Unit I , consisting of 13 lots, was all <br /> that was completed before the approval period ended. <br /> EIR BACKGROUND: <br /> In 1979 , EIR-79-1 was prepared by County staff to address poten- <br /> tial environmental impacts for a General Plan Amendment proposal <br /> containing four different properties. This EIR examined the <br /> impacts of expanding the Rural Residential designation in <br /> Collierville . The Woodson Estates property was one of the four <br /> properties . Once the General Plan Amendment was approved, a sub- <br /> division application (S-81-10) was processed and approved on this <br /> particular property. <br /> When the present application was submitted, staff erroneously <br /> assumed that there were no new environmental impacts and pro- <br /> ceeded to schedule the subdivision for public hearing and refer <br /> the project to applicable agencies for comments . Once staff <br /> began receiving comments, it became clear that not only were <br /> there several new issues that had to be addressed, there were <br /> also impacts identified in the original EIR (EIR-79-1 ) that had <br /> not been mitigated prior to the first subdivision approval . In <br /> addition, the original EIR had not been recirculated for the sub- <br /> division as required by CEQA, but rather , a Negative Declaration <br /> had been adopted. <br /> APPEAL : <br /> Originally, the applicant filed an appeal of the requirement that <br /> he pay the necessary fees for the preparation of the EIR, and the <br />