Agenda | Regular Meeting
PUBLIC NOTICE
Pursuant to the requirements of the CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) and the County’s “RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT CEQA” the Imperial County Environmental Evaluation Committee will meet on November 16, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, 940 Main Street, El Centro, to review the below-mentioned projects:
Assessment #22-0029: Applicant: Apex Energy Solutions, LLC/Holtville Peaker BESS Project proposes Conditional Use Permit #22-0029 for the construction and operation of a 100-Megawatt (MW) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility that would connect to the existing Imperial Irrigation District’s 92-Kilovolt (kV) “E” Line immediately adjacent to the east of the site along Melon Road. The BESS facility would include battery containers and storage sites, a control room, on-site substation, and associated facilities surrounded by fencing in the south-central portion of the parcel, with the remainder of the parcel used for temporary construction access and staging. The proposed project site is located at 2275 Melon Road, Holtville, CA 92250, on property identified as Assessor’s Parcel Number 045-570-087-000, and further described as Parcel 1 per Lot Line Adjustment #234, Township 15 South, Range 15 East of the San Bernardino Base and Meridian (S.B.B.M.), County of Imperial; State of California (Supervisory District #5), [Gerardo A. Quero, Planner II at 442-265-1736, or via email at gerardoquero@co.imperial.ca.us].
Assessment #23-0009: Applicant: CitySwitch proposes Conditional Use Permit #23-0009 for a 155’-foot monopole tower with a 10’-0” lightning rod for a total height of 165’-0” and Variance #23-0003 to exceed the height limitation in an area zoned Recreation/Open Space (S-2) by 65 ft. The project site is located at 5359 E Hwy 78, Brawley, CA, on property identified as Assessor Parcel Number 039-310-019-000, and is further described as POR SBE 872-13-6A-5 & -7-1 OF TR 37 & SEC 34 13-18 39.34AC on the unincorporated town of Brawley of the County of Imperial; State of California (Supervisorial District #5), [Luis Valenzuela, Planner I at 442-265-1736, or by email at luisvalenzuela@co.imperial.ca.us].
Assessment #23-0010: Applicant: CitySwitch proposes Conditional Use Permits #23-0010 to install a 170’-0” foot tall monopole tower with a 10’-0” foot lightning rod for a total height of 180’-0” feet to be located within a leased 57’ x 45’ fenced area and Variance #23-0004 to exceed the 100-foot height limitation for the Open Space/Preservation (S-2) zoned area by 80 feet on 673 Sidewinder Rd N., Winterhaven, CA 92283 (APN 056-470-002-000) and is further described as POR SBE 872-13-9-3 OF SEC 21 16-21 on the unincorporated town of Winterhaven of the County of Imperial; State of California (Supervisorial District #5), [Evelia Jimenez, Planner II at 442-265-1736, or by email at ejimenez@co.imperial.ca.us].
Assessment #23-0011: Applicant: CitySwitch proposes Conditional Use Permit #23-0011 to install a 200-foot-tall self-supported lattice telecommunications tower with a 10-foot lightning rod for a total height of 210-foot tower to be located within a leased 50’ x 50’ leased, fenced area and Variance #23-0006 to exceed the 120-foot height limitation for the A-2 (General Agriculture) zone by 90 feet. The proposed project site is located at 1505 East Keystone Road, Brawley, CA 92227, on property identified as Assessor’s Parcel Number 041-200-008-000, and further described as a Portion of the State Board of Equalization (SBE) #872-13-34-2 of Tract 90 & 91, Township 14 South, Range 15 East of the San Bernardino Base and Meridian (S.B.B.M.), County of Imperial; State of California (Supervisory District #5), [Gerardo A. Quero, Planner II at 442-265-1736, or via email at gerardoquero@co.imperial.ca.us].
Jim Minnick, Chairman
Environmental Evaluation Committee