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General Plan Amendment Documents/Issues (i.e., "Renewable Solar & Wind Energy"):

Board Agenda Request Form for the September 6, 2001 meeting to pass a resolution to recind the Renewable Energy General Plan Amendment
Agenda Request Form (ARF) for the August 22, 2011, Board of Supervisors Hearing
Public Hearing Notice to Recind - August 22, 2011
Resolution 2011-17: Adopting General Plan Amendment No. 2010-03, Solar & Wind Renewable Energy
Solar & Wind Renewable Energy General Plan Amendment No. 2010-03
Final Maps
Agenda Request Form (ARF) for the April 26, 2011, Board of Supervisors Hearing
Attachment A to the April 26, 2011, Board of Supervisors ARF
Attachment B to the April 26, 2011, Board of Supervisors ARF (i.e., this is the Staff Report for the Planning Commission Hearing on the Project)
- Attachments to Planning Commission Staff Report:

#1: Resolution No. 2011-01
#2: Draft General Plan Amendment ("Solar & Wind Renewable Energy" - includes the following maps as attachments:)
#3: Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact (CEQA Checklist)
#4: Public Comment Summary from January 6, 2011 Public Meeting & Responses
#5: Responses to CEQA Correspondence: Comment Letters 1-11; Comment Letters 12-30;
#6: Other Correspondence
#7: Public Meeting Summaries (see links below under the heading "Public Meetings on Updates to General Plan Addressing Renewable Energy")
#8: Summary of Overlay Development

Attachment C to the April 26, 2011, Board of Supervisors ARF
Attachment D to the April 26, 2011, Board of Supervisors ARF
Additional Materials from the April 26, 2011, BOS Hearing

Public Meetings on the Renewable Energy General Plan Amendment::

Tecopa: Thursday, December 9th, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Tecopa Community Center (405 Tecopa Hot Springs Road)
- Meeting Notes (NOTE: these are not official meeting minutes, and are not verbatim)
Independence: Thursday, November 18th, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Legion Hall (201 S. Edwards Street)
- Meeting Notes (NOTE: these are not official meeting minutes, and are not verbatim)
Lone Pine: Thursday, November 4th, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Statham Hall/Lone Pine Senior Center (138 Jackson Street)
- Meeting Notes (NOTE: these are not official meeting minutes, and are not verbatim)
Bishop: Thursday, October 21st, 7:00-8:00 p.m., Bishop City Hall Council Chambers (377 West Line Street)
- Meeting Notes: (NOTE: these are not official meeting minutes, and are not verbatim)
Meeting Handouts: Preliminary Draft General Plan Amendment
Meeting Handouts: Renewable Energy Ordinance
Comments: if you have comments on any of the above information, or any renewable energy issue, you may send your comments to inyoplanning@inyocounty.us

Renewable Energy Ordinance Documents:

Websites for Renewable Energy Issues/Projects/Programs:

http://www.fws.gov/windenergy/index.html (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Wind Energy Development Information)
http://nietc.anl.gov/ (National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors & Congestion Study)
http://www.ladwp.com (Information on LADWP's Southern Owens Valley Solar Ranch Project - Follow these links: "About Us" [to] "Finances & Reports" [to] "Reports" [to] "Environmental Reports")
http://www.energy.ca.gov/reti/index.html (California Energy Commission - Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative)
http://www.drecp.org/ (Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan)
http://www.ctpg.us/public/index.php (California Transmission Planning Group)
http://UC-CIEE.org (California Institute for Energy & Environment)
http://www.lapowerplan.org/ (Los Angeles Power Plan)
http://solareis.anl.gov/ (Solar Energy Development Programmatic EIS)
http://windeis.anl.gov/ (BLM's Wind Energy Development Programmatic EIS)
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/geothermal/geothermal_nationwide.html (BLM's Geothermal Resources Leasing Programmatic EIS)
http://corridoreis.anl.gov/ (West-wide Energy Corridor Programmatic EIS)
http://sites.google.com/site/retaac (Nevada's Renewable Energy Transmission Access Advisory Committee)
http://www.nrel.gov/ (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/blm_programs/energy/proposed_solar_millenium.html (BLM's Solar Millennium, Amargosa Farm Road Solar Project)
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/fed_reg_archives/2009/september/notice_of_intent_to.html (BLM's Notice of Intent for Haiwee Geothermal Leasing)
http://www.westgov.org/ (Western Governor's Association)

Previous Correspondence/Materials on Other Renewable Energy Issues: :