Agenda Item   

AGENDA STAFF REPORT

 

                                                                                                                        ASR Control  26-000010

 

MEETING DATE:

04/14/26

legal entity taking action:

Board of Supervisors

board of supervisors district(s):

5

SUBMITTING Agency/Department:

OC Public Works   (Approved)

Department contact person(s):

Justin Kirk (714) 667-1627 

 

 

Bea Bea Jiménez (714) 667-8852

 

 

Subject:  Approve Final Tract Map 19326

 

     ceo CONCUR

County Counsel Review

Clerk of the Board

          Concur

N/A

Consent Calendar

 

 

3 Votes Board Majority

 

 

 

    Budgeted: N/A

Current Year Cost:  N/A

Annual Cost: N/A

 

 

 

    Staffing Impact:

No

# of Positions:           

Sole Source:   N/A

    Current Fiscal Year Revenue: N/A

   Funding Source:    N/A

County Audit in last 3 years: No

   Levine Act Review Completed: Yes

 

    Prior Board Action:         8/26/2025 #9, 10/22/2024 #4, 10/24/2006 #35, 11/8/2004 #1

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):

 

 

1.

Approve Final Tract Map 19326 pursuant to Section 66436(a)(3) of the Subdivision Map Act.

 

2.

Approve the Subdivision Improvement Agreement with TH Ranch Mission Viejo MR 16 LLC and accept bonds guaranteeing construction of improvements.

 

3.

Accept the dedication of easements for emergency access, public utility and public service vehicle ingress and egress purposes as shown on Final Tract Map 19326.

 

4.

Accept the vehicular access rights to Canyon Crest and Scarlet Road as released and relinquished.

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY:

 

Approval of Final Tract Map 19326, the Subdivision Improvement Agreement and actions related to dedication of easements and vehicular access rights will provide for private streets, private street lights, sewer, water, private storm drain and monumentation for Tract 19326 of the Ranch Plan Planned Community.

 

 

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

 

The area depicted in Final Tract Map (FTM) 19326 is located in the southeastern portion of unincorporated Orange County, east of Ranch Canyon and north of Cow Camp Road, at the northwest corner of Lamkin Lane and Scarlet Road, within the Ranch Plan Planned Community (RPPC). The tract is located within Planning Area 3, Subarea 3.5 of the RPPC. FTM 19326 provides for the development of 74 legal lots on an 8.153-acre site for condominium purposes: 43 numbered lots for planned concept two-family (duplex) dwellings, four numbered lots for planned concept detached dwellings, one numbered lot for a tot lot, five lettered lots for landscaping, eight lettered lots for slope/landscape areas and 13 lettered lots for private streets and motor courts.

 

On November 8, 2004, the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved a General Plan Amendment (Resolution No. 04-291); Zone Change (Resolution No. 04-292 and Ordinance No. 04-014); Development Agreement (Resolution No. 04-293 and Ordinance No. 04-015); and adopted Resolution No. 04-290, certifying Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) No. 589 as complete, adequate and in full compliance with the requirements of CEQA for the entire 22,815-acre area of the RPPC.

 

Subsequent settlement agreements regarding regional transportation impacts associated with implementation of the RPPC and the appropriate/desired scope of biological resource protection to be implemented within the boundaries of the RPPC were finalized in August 2005.

 

The Master Area Plans and Subarea Plans for Planning Areas 3 and 4, including Subarea 3.5, were originally approved on February 25, 2015, by the Planning Commission (PC) (PA140072 - PA140081) and revised administratively on May 22, 2017 (PA150047). On September 11, 2019, the PC approved amendments and revisions to the Master Area Plans and Subarea Plans for Planning Areas 3 and 4 (PA180030) that reflect plans to develop Planning Area 3 in smaller phases. Additional administrative revisions to the Master Area Plans and Subarea Plans for Planning Areas 3 and 4 were approved in October 2022 (PA22-0067), October 2024 (PA24-0104) and May 2025 (PA24-0181).

 

FTM 17935 was approved for Subarea 3.5 by the Board on August 26, 2025. On October 15, 2025, the Orange County Subdivision Committee approved Vesting Tentative Tract Map (VTTM) 19326 for Subarea 3.5. FTM 19326 represents development plans for a portion of Subarea 3.5, as proposed by the owner/subdivider of the project, TH Ranch Mission Viejo MR 16 LLC. FTM 19326, as attached hereto as Attachment K, is in substantial compliance with the approved VTTM 19326.

 

The County of Orange (County) Surveyor has reviewed proposed FTM 19326 and has determined that it complies with all conditions of approval and conforms to all applicable codes and regulations.

 

County acceptance of the dedication of the easements shown on FTM 19326 provides for emergency access, public utility and public service vehicle ingress and egress for purposes of public health, welfare and safety.

 

Compliance with CEQA: The project is a necessarily included element of the projects considered in FEIR No. 589 (RPPC General Plan Amendment/Zoning Change/Development Agreement) and FEIR No. 584 (Southern Subregion Natural Community Conservation Plan/Master Streambed Alteration Agreement/Habitat Conservation Plan), which were certified by the Board on November 8, 2004, and October 24, 2006, respectively, together with the following addenda: Addendum 1.0 to FEIR No. 589, approved on July 26, 2006, by the PC (PA06-0023); Addendum 1.1 to FEIR No. 589, approved on February 24, 2011, by the Interim Director of OC Public Works (PA11-0003 through PA110006); Planning Area 2 Addendum to FEIR No. 589, approved on March 27, 2013, by the PC (PA130001 through PA130004 and PA130006); and Addendum 3.1 to FEIR No. 589, approved February 25, 2015, by the PC (PA140072-81). These documents adequately addressed the effects of the proposed project. No substantial changes have been made in the project; no substantial changes have occurred in the circumstances under which the project is being undertaken; and no new information of substantial importance to the project that was not known or could not have been known when FEIR No. 589, FEIR No. 584, Addendum 1.0, Addendum 1.1, Planning Area 2 Addendum and Addendum 3.1 were certified and approved; therefore, no further environmental review is required.

 

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

 

N/A

 

STAFFING IMPACT:

 

N/A

 

ATTACHMENT(S):

 

Attachment A - Agreement 
Attachment B - Faithful Performance Bond Private Street
Attachment C - Faithful Performance Bond Private Storm Drain
Attachment D - Faithful Performance Bond Sewer
Attachment E - Faithful Performance Bond Water
Attachment F - Labor and Materials Bond Private Storm Drain
Attachment G - Labor and Materials Bond Private Street 
Attachment H - Labor and Materials Bond Sewer
Attachment I - Labor and Materials Bond Water
Attachment J - Monumentation
Attachment K - Final Tract Map 19326
Attachment L - Location Map
Attachment M - Section 66436(a)(3) of the Subdivision Map Act