Acquisition of a 1.47-acre property improved with a two-story, 52-room hotel located in unincorporated Placer County at 140 E. Hillcrest Drive, Auburn, Californ
Summary
SCH Number
2025010647
Public Agency
Placer County
Document Title
Acquisition of a 1.47-acre property improved with a two-story, 52-room hotel located in unincorporated Placer County at 140 E. Hillcrest Drive, Auburn, Californ
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/22/2025
Document Description
On January 21 , 2025, the County of Placer Board of Supervisors (Board) adopted a Resolution approving the acquisition of a 1.47-acre property improved with a two-story, 52-room hotel located in unincorporated Placer County at 140 E. Hillcrest Drive, Auburn, California, 95603 (APNs: 054-171-009-000 and 054-171-010-000) from JJ Motels, a California General Partnership, for $5,867,000, and authorized the County of Placer Director of Facilities Management, or designee, to execute a Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA), subject to County Counsel and County Risk Management concurrence, and to take all necessary actions to implement the terms of the PSA and to assign rights to purchase the property to the County of Placer's selected housing operator, Advocates for Mentally Ill Housing Inc.
Contact Information
Name
Paul Breckenridge
Agency Name
Placer County
Job Title
Deputy Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Auburn
Counties
Placer
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Bowman Road & Foresthill Road
Zip
95603
Total Acres
1.47
Parcel #
054-171-009-000, 054-171-010- 000
Schools
Bowman Charter School
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Section 15301; CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3); CEQA Guidelines Section 15302
Reasons for Exemption
The Board's actions approving the proposed acquisition and authorizing the execution and assignment of the PSA are each exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301. This section provides an exemption for activities where there is negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. On a separate and independent basis, the Board's actions are also each exempt from CEQA review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3) as CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. It can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the acquisition may have a significant effect on the environment, as the use of the property is not expanding, and no exterior building expansion is being authorized. On a further separate and independent basis, any building repairs or modifications that may be associated with the Board's actions are also each exempt from CEQA review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15302, as they involve replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure or facility will be located on the same site as the structure or facility replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure or facility replaced.
County Clerk
Placer
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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