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Board approves Creekside Village reduced-impact specific plan after lengthy public hearing
Summary
After hours of public testimony and extensive questioning on traffic, schools and environmental effects, the board certified the EIR and approved the Creekside Village reduced-impact alternative (rezoning and entitlements) with added buyer-disclosure conditions; the motion passed 4–1.
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors approved the Creekside Village specific-plan reduced-impact alternative on Jan. 27, 2026, authorizing certification of the final environmental impact report and a package of entitlements that includes a general-plan amendment, rezoning, the specific plan adoption, a tentative subdivision map, a fiscal-impact analysis and a public-facilities financing plan — subject to added conditions discussed by the board.
Staff described the 208-acre project site south of U.S. Highway 50 in El Dorado Hills and summarized the final EIR. The reduced-impact alternative would allow up to 763 residential units (about 150 conventional homes and the balance predominantly active-adult/or age-restricted housing), roughly 14 acres of parks and 44 acres of permanent open space. Staff reported that the EIR process reduced many potential impacts to less-than-significant levels through mitigation, though…
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