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CONCERNED RESIDENTS OF PEBBLE BEACH and Monterey County a Non-Profit California Corporation Dedicated to Preserving the Natural Environment and Quality of Life in Del Monte Forest and Peninsula Communities

 January 11, 2005

Mr. John Wilmot, Chair, Planning Commission
County of Monterey
3199 Vista del Camino
Marina, CA 93933

Dear Mr. Wilmot

Subject: Measure A and Pebble Beach Company's Combined Development Plan

More than four years have passed since approval of Pebble Beach Company's land use initiative, Measure A, by Monterey County voters and certification by the Board of Supervisors. It was known at that time that the Measure A amendments to the Del Monte Forest Land Use Plan must be reviewed by the California Coastal Commission for consistency with the California Coastal Act.

There is a fundamental difference between how Monterey County, and the California Coastal Commission and the Concerned Residents of Pebble Beach view the process of Coastal Commission review of Measure A and the processing by the County of Pebble Beach Company's Combined Development Plan (CDP) which "implements" portions of the Measure A initiative.

Simply stated the Coastal Commission has told the County on numerous occasions that it will not entertain a review of the Pebble Beach Company's CDP until the County submits all of the relevant Measure A data for compliance review and the Coastal Commission has acted on it and the Spanish Bay CDP amendment request. It should be noted that if Measure A is determined not to be consistent with the Coastal Act or the Spanish Bay CDP amendments are rejected the County will have wasted substantial staff time, and taxpayer's and Pebble Beach Company's money reviewing and acting upon the CDP.

At its December 8, 2004, meeting the Coastal Commission again stated its position in unequivocal terms that Measure A and the Spanish Bay CDP amendments must be reviewed and acted upon first. Meg Caldwell, Chair of the Commission, communicated this position to Supervisor Calcagno by letter on December 22, 2004. In the letter she stated, "In summary, the proposed LCP amendment as well as the amendment to the Spanish Bay CDP need to be processed by the County and the Coastal Commission before the County takes further action on the CDP for the new Pebble Beach Company project."

From early 2001 the Concerned Residents of Pebble Beach has take the same position as the Coastal Commission and formally communicated this to Sally Reed on April 16, 2004. Ms. Reed responded by stating that the County would adhere to its plan of processing Measure A and the Combined Development Plan in parallel.

We urge the County to process the necessary Measure A documentation and the Spanish Bay CDP amendments to the Coastal Commission and defer any Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors action on Pebble Beach Company's CDP until the Coastal Commission has completed its action.

Sincerely

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Ted R. Hunter     Carl E. Nielsen

Attachments: Coastal Commission Letter to Supervisor Louis Calcagno 12/22/2004
           Summary of letters and communications on Measure A processing

cc: Lew Bauman
     Scott Hennessy
     Thom McCue
     Charles McKee
     CRPB Steering and Advisory Committee Members