Yolo HCP/NCCP Presentation to the Solano County Water Agency Water Policy Committee Petrea Marchand...

Yolo HCP/NCCP Presentation to the Solano County Water Agency Water Policy Committee Petrea Marchand JPA Executive Director May 11, 2015 YOLO COUNTY HCP/NCCP JOINT POWERS AGENCY Yolo County HCP/NCCP Joint Powers Agency Board Yolo County City of Davis City of Woodland City of Winters City of West Sacramento UC Davis (ex officio) TIMELINE March nd Admin Draft HCP/NCCP released November 2015 Deliver Draft Local Conservation Strategy February 2016 Deliver Final Local Conservation Strategy July 2016 Deliver Public Review Draft EIS/EIR and Public Review Draft HCP/NCCP January 2017 Adopt Final EIS/EIR and Final HCP/NCCP May 2017 Agencies issue final permits 12 COVERED SPECIES COMMITMENT OVER NEXT 50 YEARS COVERED SPECIES OCCURRENCES CONSERVATION RESERVE AREA SWAINSONS HAWK IN CALIFORNIA GIANT GARTER SNAKE IN CALIFORNIA YOLO HCP/NCCP ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT COMPARISON COST COMPARISON MITGATION FEE COMPARISON FUNDING COMPARISON REMAINING ISSUES 1.Number of Covered Species 12 or 11 species? 2.Permit Term 40 or 50 years? 3.Wetland Restoration Agency request to add acres 4.Plan Funding Do we have enough for the local match? 5.Increased Conservation Agency request to add acres 6.Reduction of Monitoring/Admin Costs Savings to increased acres 7.Adaptive Management Define actions better 8.Mitigation Banks/Receiving Sites How to integrate? 9.Easement/management plan templates Will landowners accept? 10.Giant Garter Snake Strategy Finalize management practices 11.Coordination with County Enroll parks lands? 12.State-Only Cost Share Will the state put in additional funds? 13.Multispecies Benefits Will plan meet objectives for all species? 14.Natural communities requirement Will agencies require more acres? 15.Plan boundary expand into Solano County? NEXT STEPS May 18, 2015 JPA Board Meeting Solicit oral comments from member agencies, Advisory Committee Authorize execution of contract for EIS/EIR for the plan Change name to Yolo Habitat Conservancy! After review period, JPA will begin work on Public Review Draft of the Yolo HCP/NCCP JPA will also start work on EIR/EIS JPA will complete the Local Conservation Strategy (LCS) Thank You! Discussion Questions