LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week the Lake County Planning Commission will meet to continue its consideration of a final environmental impact report on a proposed south county development, and discuss a pipeline project at The Geysers and the subdividing of a parcel.

The commission will meet beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 11, in the Board of Supervisors chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.

In a public hearing timed for 10 a.m., the commission will consider certifying the final environmental impact report for the Valley Oaks development, which developer Ken Porter of Kimco Development is proposing to build on 150 acres at 18196 and 18426 South State Highway 29, Middletown.

The project would include 380 single-story homes for seniors – ages 55 and above – built in six phases, along with a 31-acre commercial area, housing/assisted living facility, and 30 acres of public open space, trails and park facilities.

In 2009 the commission approved the project's draft environmental impact report before it was sidelined by Porter in response to the recession.

Since then, Porter has adjusted the project to be for geared for seniors. Another change is that Caltrans is planning a roundabout at Hartmann Road and Highway 29, which would change the entrance to the development's commercial village.

The commission first began the discussion at its May 28 meeting, hearing a presentation from Kimco Development about the project ( www.bit.ly/1BGpaEs ).

However, the commission chose to hold a decision over at staff's suggestion. Because four of the five planning commissioners weren't involved with considering the project previously, the extra two weeks was meant to allow them to be fully briefed on the project.

Also on the Thursday agenda is a public hearing timed for 9:05 a.m. to consider a mitigated negative declaration based on an initial study for a parcel map, which Wayne Ahlstrom is seeking as part of the proposed subdividing of a four-and-one-third-acre lot owned by Shortgame Club LLC into two parcels. The lot is located at 1235 Mountview Drive, Lakeport.

At 9:20 a.m., the commission will hold a public hearing on a mitigated negative declaration based on initial study for a minor modification to a use permit sought by Geysers Power Co. LLC.

The company wants to construct an above-ground pipeline corridor approximately 2,626 feet in length, which will connect the West Ford Flat Steam Field to an existing pipeline that serves the Calistoga Steam Field. The project is located at 10350 Socrates Mine Road, Middletown.

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