The first phase of the Discovery Bay West Project within Subdivision 7686 was approved by the Board of Supervisors on August 7, 1995, with a Condition of Approval number 41 (COA 41) which required the project applicant, Hofmann Land Development Company, LLC (HLDC), to dedicate a site within the Subdivision for development of a community center and pay 50 percent of the construction cost. Parcel I, dedicated to the County by a final map, recorded March 23, 2000, in Book 418 of Maps, Page 26, was identified as the potential future community center site. A provision in COA 41 allowed for the community center to be constructed at an alternate location if agreed upon by the County, Discovery Bay Municipal Advisory Council (DBMAC) and HLDC. In February 2013, the Town of Discovery Bay Community Services District, the successor to the DBMAC, purchased the former Discovery Bay Athletic Club located at 1601 Discovery Bay Boulevard, and converted it to the Discovery Bay Community Center.
HLDC has requested the County vacate the offer of dedication so that it may pursue a 12-lot subdivision on Parcel I. For the reasons explained above, the Real Estate Division recommends reconveying the County’s interests in the offered area to HLDC because the offered area is no longer required for the purposes for which the offer of dedication was made and will not be used for those purposes (community center purposes).
The offer of dedication over Parcel I was to reserve a site for a community center which is just one element of the development project that was the subject of a final environmental impact report accepted and certified on July 11, 1995 for Discovery Bay West. The potential impacts of developing the site have already been analyzed under the California Environmental Quality Act and no further CEQA review is required.
An offer of dedication for community center purposes would continue to encumber property that is no longer required for those purposes.