Coastal
Land Deals for June and Sept 2020 by the Coastal Conservancy
DEL
NORTE: disburse up to $96,000 to the County of Del Norte to assess
the feasibility of expanding camping opportunities and develop a park
improvement plan for 2.25 acre
Clifford Kamph Memorial Park,
the northern gateway to the California Coastal Trail, in Del Norte
County. SCC 6/2020
MAP:
https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2006/20200618Board03C_Kamph_Park_Ex1.pdf
HUMBOLDT
COUNTY: authorization to substitute Friends of the Dunes as the
interim fee owner of the 356-acre Samoa
Dunes and Wetland Complex
and disburse up to $30,000 to Friends of the Dunes to provide interim
management of the 356-acre Samoa Dunes and Wetlands Complex in
Humboldt County, CA. Currrent owner is Security National. In 2018,
SCC allocated $673k for the purchase. SCC 9/2020
MAP:
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2020/aug/10/harbor-district-friends-dunes-develop-agreement-se/
MENDOCINO
COUNTY: amend the Conservancy’s revenue sharing agreement with The
Conservation Fund (TCF) related to the Garcia
River Forest
(formerly known as Coastal Forestlands), Mendocino County. SCC 9/2020
SONOMA
COUNTY: disburse up to $500,000 to the Sonoma County Regional Parks
to acquire approximately 515 acres in the Dutch
Bill Creek
watershed, a tributary to the Russian River, to protect open space,
habitat, natural floodplain and water quality and to provide an
opportunity to develop a future regional parkway with recreational
trails. Funding is by: Sonoma County: $2.167k, Regional parks Measure
M: $445k, CA State Parks: $954k. SCC 6/2020
MAP:
https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2006/20200618Board07_Dutch_Bill_Creek_Acquisition_Ex1.pdf
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SANTA
CLARA COUNTY: disburse up to $5,000,000 to the Santa Clara Valley
Open Space Authority to acquire the approximately 235-acre Sobrato
South property for protection of open space, natural floodplain,
wildlife habitat, biological resources, and agriculture; natural
resource restoration; and compatible public access, as part of a
larger Coyote
Valley open space acquisition
effort in the City of San Jose in Santa Clara County. One of the
significant regional values of theCoyote Valley is that itprovides a
linkage between theSanta Cruz Mountainsand the Diablo Rangefor both
the movement of wildlife and for the migration of species .
The
Sobrato South acquisition terms require that the Brandenburg, Sobrato
North and Sobrato South parcels be acquired together because of the
properties’ interrelated infrastructure easements. To successfully
complete this complicated and costly acquisition, the OSA is working
with Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and the City of San José. The
City of San José acquired part of the Brandenburg
property,Brandenburg East, and OSA holds a conservation easement over
this property. POST acquired the remainder of the Brandenburg
property, Brandenburg West, and the Sobrato North. POST will
eventually transfer its interests in the Brandenburg West and the
Sobrato North propertiesto OSA, likely next year. POSTis also the
buyer under the Sobrato South acquisition agreement but will assign
its rights to purchase the Sobrato South property to OSA and provide
$1,000,000 toward the acquisition. OSA anticipates that the remaining
$15,000,000 necessary to complete the acquisition will be coming from
the Wildlife Conservation Board($10,000,000)and from the Conservancy
($5,000,000), and $1 million from POST.. SCC 6/2020
MAP:
https://baynature.org/article/the-last-big-save/
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SANTA
CRUZ COUNTY: transfer fee title to five Conservancy-owned parcels
adjacent to Hidden
Beach County Park
to the County of Santa Cruz and approval of the disposition plan for
the property transfer; and authorization to disburse up to $35,000 to
the County of Santa Cruz to prepare plans, environmental review
documents, and permit applications for a new restroom at Hidden Beach
County Park. SCC 9/2020
MAP:
https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board07_Hidden_Beach_Ex3.pdf
SAN
LUIS OBISPO: disburse up to $600,000 to The Land Conservancy of San
Luis Obispo County for the acquisition of a conservation
easement on the 717-acre Nicholson Ranch
in northern San Luis Obispo County. The ranch is adjacent to the
1,779-acre Hill Ranch that has also been protected by a conservation
easement recorded in 2018 with funding support from Conservancy
Proposition 1 funds. Further west, the Hill Ranch shares a border
with the 2,032-acre MK Ranch which was donated to the Land
Conservancy in February 2020 for perpetual conservation purposes .
Additional Funding is from: Dept of Conservation $1mil, WCB $760k.
Total cost is $2.36 million. SCC 9/2020
MAP:
https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board08_Nicholson_Ranch_Ex2.pdf
ORANGE
COUNTY: disburse up to $2,460,000 to acquire the 44-acre Newland
Marsh
property in Huntington Beach from the California Department of
Transportation, and to transfer the property to the Huntington Beach
Wetlands Conservancy.
The
purchase is part of a 191-acre wetlands complex located on the north
side of the Santa Ana River. The complex consists of four areas:
Talbert Marsh, Brookhurst Marsh, Magnolia Marsh and Newland
Marsh(Exhibit 1). The complex is all that is left of an almost
3,000-acre wetland that once existed at the mouth of the Santa Ana
River. All the other marshes except Newland Marsh have been acquired
and restored by the Huntington Beach Wetlands
Conservancy(HBWC).Acquisition of Newland Marsh will complete the
protection of the Huntington Beach Wetlands Complex . HBWC has
already completed full tidal restoration at Talbert, Brookhurst, and
Magnolia Marshes. Project costs: SCCC $400k, WCB $1.08 million, USFWS
$980k SCC 9/2020
MAP:
https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board09_Newland_Marsh_Acquisition_Ex1.pdf
ORANGE
COUNTY: disburse up to $250,000 to the Los Cerritos Wetlands
Authority to prepare plans, CEQA documentation, and permit
applications for wetland restoration and public access facilities in
the southern area of the Los
Cerritos Wetlands
in Seal Beach. SCC 9/2020
Since
its formation, LCWA has acquired 166 acres, of which the Conservancy
has helped fund the acquisition of 66 acres and has prepared
conceptual restoration plans for the entire 500-acre complex.
MAP:
https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board03D_Los_Cerritos_Wetlands_Southern_Area_Ex1.pdf
