Riverside County Planning Department
Comprehensive Agricultural Preserves Technical Advisory Committee (CAPTAC)
7/25/2024 1:00 PM 
12th Floor Conference Room A
4080 Lemon Street,  Riverside, CA 92501

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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

1.     AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE DIMINISHMENT CASE NO. 240002 – Applicant: EDF Renewables (EDFR) and Sapphire Solar, LLC – Engineer/Representative – EDF Renewables (EDFR) and Sapphire Solar, LLC – Fourth Supervisorial District – Chuckwalla Area – Desert Center Area Plan – Agriculture: Agriculture (AG:AG) – Location: northeast of Highway 177/Orion Road and north of Oasis Road, east of Kaiser Road, south of Beekley Road – 538.59 acres – Zoning: Light Agriculture – 20 Acre Minimum (A-1-20) – REQUEST: Diminishment of land from the Chuckwalla Agricultural Preserve No. 2, established by Map No. 622 on February 24, 1987, and to cancel the land conservation contract in conjunction with the development of the Sapphire Solar project – APN’s: 807-172-010 and 011; 808-240-001 thru 006 and 009 thru 016; 808-250-001 thru 016; 808-260-005 thru 007 and 013 thru 015; and 811-270-013 - Related Cases: Conditional Use Permit No. 2200035, Public Use Permit No. 220002 and Development Agreement No. 18.

2.     AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE DIMINSHMENT CASE NO. 240003 - Applicant: EDF Renewables (EDFR) and Sapphire Solar, LLC – Engineer/Representative – EDF Renewables (EDFR) and Sapphire Solar, LLC – Fourth Supervisorial District – Chuckwalla Area – Desert Center Area Plan – Agriculture: Agriculture – Location: northeast of Highway 177/Orion Road and north of Oasis Road, east of Kaiser Road, south of Beekley Road – 100.24 acres – Zoning: Light Agriculture – 20 Acre Minimum (A-1-20) – REQUEST: Diminishment of land from the Chuckwalla Agricultural Preserve No. 3, Map No. 629 on February 24, 1987, and to cancel the land conservation contract in conjunction with the development of the Sapphire Solar project – APNs: 811-270-008 to 811-270-012 - Related Cases: Conditional Use Permit No. 2200035, Public Use Permit No. 220002 and Development Agreement No. 18.

ADJOURNMENT