Transcript

The

prim

ary

goal

of t

he p

roje

ct is

to e

stab

lish

a co

nser

vatio

n an

d m

itiga

tion

bank

for t

he C

ity o

f Chi

co th

at b

enef

its n

atu-

ral r

esou

rces

and

the

loca

l com

mun

ity.

This

pro

spec

tus

lays

out

a p

relim

inar

y co

ncep

tual

fram

ewor

k fo

r the

Ban

k to

so-

licit

inpu

t fro

m th

e M

itiga

tion

Ban

k R

evie

w T

eam

. Ti

mel

y in

put w

ill en

able

the

proj

ect t

o m

ove

forw

ard

to m

eet i

ts e

co-

logi

cal a

nd c

omm

unity

goa

ls.

Bid

well

Ran

ch C

on

serv

ati

on

an

d M

itig

ati

on

B

an

k P

rosp

ect

us

In

trod

ucti

on

The

City

of C

hico

with

ass

ista

nce

from

Riv

er P

artn

ers

is d

evel

opin

g a

cons

erva

tion

and

miti

gatio

n ba

nk o

n th

e B

idw

ell R

anch

pro

perty

.

The

But

te C

ount

y pr

oper

ty o

ccup

ies

759

acre

s of

ver

nal p

ools

, gra

ss-

land

s, a

nd o

ak w

oodl

ands

on

the

door

step

of C

hico

’s U

pper

Bid

wel

l P

ark.

O

ver t

he p

ast 2

0 ye

ars,

the

site

has

be

en c

onsi

dere

d re

peat

edly

for d

e-

velo

pmen

t, po

tent

ially

thre

aten

ing

ecol

ogic

al re

sour

ces

and

func

tions

.

The

proj

ect p

rovi

des

an o

ppor

tuni

ty

to p

rote

ct s

ensi

tive

habi

tat a

nd p

ro-

vide

loca

l miti

gatio

n op

tions

.

Fig

ure

1.

Bid

well R

an

ch C

on

serv

ati

on

an

d M

itig

ati

on

Ban

k D

ocu

men

ts

The p

rojec

t is d

e-sig

ned t

o evo

lve w

ith

agen

cy an

d pu

blic

inpu

t.

Mar

ch 2

008

Featu

res

of

Pro

po

sed

B

an

k:

• Pr

ovi

de

an im

port

ant

ecolo

gic

al

link

to a

net

work

of ex

isting c

on-

serv

atio

n o

rien

ted p

roper

ties

.

• Pe

rman

ently

pro

tect

bio

logic

al

and c

ultura

l re

sourc

es,

view

shed

s, a

nd o

pen

spac

e.

• Pr

ote

ct v

ernal

pool sp

ecie

s.

• Res

tore

ver

nal

pools

and s

wal

es.

• Exp

and t

he

onsi

te B

utt

e Cou

nty

m

eadow

foam

popula

tion.

• In

crea

se b

lue

oak

woodla

nds.

• D

evel

op a

com

pre

hen

sive

man

-ag

emen

t pla

n t

hat

addre

sses

m

ultip

le o

bje

ctiv

es.

• Support

goal

s of th

e Butt

e County

Hab

itat

Conse

rvat

ion P

lan

(in p

rogre

ss).

This

pro

spec

tus

brie

fly in

trodu

ces

the

site

and

pre

sent

s an

initi

al c

once

ptua

l de

sign

for t

he B

idw

ell R

anch

Con

ser-

vatio

n an

d M

itiga

tion

Ban

k (B

ank)

.

As

part

of th

e P

relim

inar

y B

ank

Agr

eem

ent P

acka

ge (F

igur

e 1)

, the

Pro

spec

tus

pres

ents

the

goal

s, ta

rget

re

sour

ces,

and

con

cept

ual d

esig

n of

th

e B

ank,

and

is in

tend

ed to

stim

ulat

e fe

edba

ck fr

om th

e M

itiga

tion

Ban

k R

evie

w T

eam

and

the

publ

ic to

hel

p re

fine

Ban

k go

als.

Onc

e th

ese

goal

s ar

e fin

aliz

ed, t

he

man

agem

ent p

ract

ices

, cos

ts, m

oni-

torin

g pr

otoc

ol, a

nd o

ther

info

rmat

ion

will

then

be

refin

ed a

nd in

corp

orat

ed

into

futu

re d

ocum

ents

(Fig

ure

1).

Ove

rall

Goa

l

Pur

pose

of

Pro

spec

tus

ATTACHMENT E

Cre

atio

n of

a B

ank

wou

ld p

rovi

de th

e fo

llow

ing

regi

onal

and

loca

l ben

efits

:

• P

rovi

de a

loca

l opt

ion

to m

itiga

te fo

r City

cap

ital p

roje

cts.

Tab

le 1

pro

vide

s re

cent

exa

mpl

es o

f City

pro

ject

s th

at re

quire

d m

itiga

tion.

• P

rovi

de a

n ur

ban

grow

th b

ound

ary

on th

e ea

ster

n ed

ge o

f the

com

mun

ity

and

prot

ect a

djac

ent r

esou

rces

.

• O

ffer o

pen

spac

e an

d m

itiga

tion

optio

ns fo

r loc

al p

roje

cts.

The

pop

ulat

ion

of C

hico

is a

ntic

ipat

ed to

incr

ease

by

48,1

21 b

y 20

30 (u

sing

a 2

% g

row

th

estim

ate)

add

ing

appr

oxim

atel

y 20

,000

new

resi

denc

es a

nd n

ew p

ress

ures

on

the

loca

l eco

syst

em.

• P

rese

rve

a ke

y fo

othi

ll/va

lley

ecot

one

that

har

bors

the

mos

t env

ironm

enta

lly

sens

itive

reso

urce

s in

the

regi

on. T

he C

hico

“Gre

en L

ine”

pro

tect

s fa

rmla

nd

from

dev

elop

men

t to

the

wes

t, w

hich

in tu

rn a

pplie

s de

velo

pmen

t pre

ssur

e to

env

ironm

enta

lly s

ensi

tive

area

s lik

e B

idw

ell R

anch

to th

e no

rth, e

ast,

and

sout

h of

the

com

mun

ity.

• P

rote

ct a

n im

porta

nt c

omm

unity

vie

wsh

ed o

n th

e do

orst

ep o

f Bid

wel

l Par

k.

Bid

wel

l Ran

ch w

as p

ropo

sed

seve

ral t

imes

for d

evel

opm

ent,

and

thou

gh

curre

ntly

zon

ed O

pen

Spa

ce, t

here

is n

o pe

rman

ent m

echa

nism

for p

rote

c-tio

n of

the

natu

ral r

esou

rces

on

site

. R

egio

nal a

nd L

ocal

Ben

efit

s

Pa

ge

2

Bid

we

ll R

an

ch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

Fig

ure

2.

Reg

ion

al Lo

cati

on

of

Bid

well

Ran

ch.

Sou

rce:

Vie

g 20

07.

a B

utte

Cou

nty

Mea

dow

foam

b S

wai

nson

’s h

awk.

c G

iant

gar

ter s

nake

.

Pro

ject

B

CM

a

(acr

es)

Ver

nal

Poo

ls

(acr

es)

Sea

sona

l wet

-la

nds

and

oth-

ers

(acr

es)

Oth

er re

-so

urce

s

(acr

es)

Coh

asse

t Roa

d W

iden

ing

3.2

2.6

0.

47

Eato

n R

oad

Ext

ensi

on

N/A

6.

4 N

/A

4.29

b

Stat

e H

ighw

ay 3

2 W

iden

ing

0.92

3.

8

0.39

3 20

.82b

6.76

2 c

Bruc

e R

oad

Wid

enin

g 1.

33

Unk

now

n U

nkno

wn

Unk

now

n

Tab

le 1

. R

ece

nt

Mit

igati

on

Req

uir

em

en

ts f

or

Cit

y C

ap

ital P

ro-

ject

s.

ATTACHMENT E

Vis

itors

to B

idw

ell R

anch

are

gre

eted

with

bro

ad p

anor

amas

of t

he fo

othi

lls a

nd

valle

y. T

he s

ite c

onta

ins

a su

rpris

ing

varie

ty o

f mic

roha

bita

ts, t

opog

raph

y, s

oils

, an

d hy

drol

ogy.

Som

e sa

lient

feat

ure

incl

ude:

• B

idw

ell R

anch

is a

link

in a

ser

ies

of c

onse

rvat

ion

prop

ertie

s th

at s

tretc

h fro

m th

e C

hico

Mun

icip

al A

irpor

t to

deep

into

the

foot

hills

(Fig

ure

3).

• G

ener

ally

, the

site

slo

pes

to th

e w

est a

nd s

outh

wes

t, bu

t con

side

rabl

e to

-po

grap

hy (F

igur

e 4)

and

sev

en d

iffer

ent s

oil s

erie

s pr

ovid

e a

com

plex

div

er-

sity

of c

ondi

tions

.

• Th

e pr

oper

ty is

loca

ted

on th

e ed

ge o

f the

Sac

ram

ento

Val

ley

and

Cas

cade

fo

othi

lls (F

igur

e 5)

.

• Th

e si

te li

es a

djac

ent t

o th

e de

velo

ped

urba

n ed

ge o

f the

City

.

• A

nnua

l gra

ssla

nds

cove

r mos

t of t

he s

ite w

ith v

erna

l poo

ls d

ottin

g lo

wer

, fla

tter a

reas

. B

lue

oak

woo

dlan

d oc

cupi

es s

mal

l poc

kets

of t

he s

ite. N

ativ

e pl

ants

(inc

ludi

ng B

utte

Cou

nty

mea

dow

foam

) occ

ur th

roug

hout

the

site

, but

es

peci

ally

not

icea

ble

in s

easo

nal w

etla

nds.

Non

-nat

ive

plan

ts (i

nclu

ding

m

edus

a he

ad, s

oft c

hess

, and

ero

dium

) are

mor

e pr

eval

ent i

n up

land

are

as.

• G

razi

ng a

ppea

rs to

hav

e su

ppre

ssed

som

e no

n-na

tive

inva

sive

pla

nts

such

as

yel

low

sta

r thi

stle

and

foxt

ail f

escu

e.

• H

isto

rical

ly, B

idw

ell R

anch

was

at t

he e

dge

of a

muc

h la

rger

ver

nal p

ool

land

scap

e (F

igur

e 7)

.

• G

radi

ng (p

resu

mab

ly to

dra

in v

erna

l poo

ls fo

r gra

zing

or p

ossi

bly

asso

ciat

ed

with

the

crea

tion

of th

e S

ycam

ore

Cre

ek D

iver

sion

Cha

nnel

, whi

ch ru

ns

alon

g th

e w

este

rn p

rope

rty b

ound

ary

of B

idw

ell R

anch

) occ

urre

d in

the

1970

’s o

r ear

ly 1

980’

s in

the

sout

hwes

tern

cor

ner o

f the

site

.

• Th

e gr

adie

nt c

hang

e as

soci

ated

with

the

Syc

amor

e C

reek

Div

ersi

on C

han-

nel

is c

ausi

ng h

ead

cuts

as

swal

es p

lung

e fro

m th

e si

te in

to th

e en

trenc

hed

chan

nel.

Thi

s er

osio

n im

pact

s on

site

ver

nal p

ools

and

the

rete

ntio

n of

soi

l m

oist

ure.

Man

agem

ent i

ssue

s an

d op

portu

nitie

s ar

e illu

stra

ted

in F

igur

es

8-15

.

Site

Inf

orm

atio

n

Pa

ge

3

Bid

we

ll R

an

ch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

As a

ban

k, B

idwell

Ran

ch

would

fit i

nto a

netw

ork

of con

serva

tion

and

open

spac

e pr

opert

ies fr

om th

e vall

ey flo

or to

deep

into

the f

ooth

ills.

Fig

ure

3.

Co

nse

rvati

on

an

d O

pen

Sp

ace

Pro

pert

y L

inks

to

Bid

well R

an

ch.

ATTACHMENT E

• Sp

ecie

s: O

ver 1

00 p

lant

an

d 40

ani

mal

spe

cies

hav

e be

en o

bser

ved,

incl

udin

g lis

ted

and

spec

ial s

tatu

s sp

ecie

s (T

able

2).

Cul

tura

l Res

ourc

es:

His

-to

ric N

ativ

e Am

eric

an u

ses

have

bee

n do

cum

ente

d on

site

. •

Publ

ic In

tere

st:

The

com

-m

unity

has

exp

ress

ed g

reat

in

tere

st in

this

pro

perty

for o

ver

20 y

ears

and

a C

itize

n W

ork

Gro

up h

as b

een

esta

blis

hed

for

the

proj

ect.

Pa

ge

4

Bid

we

ll R

an

ch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

Bid

wel

l Ran

ch F

acts

Prop

osed

Ban

k N

ame:

Bid

wel

l Ran

ch C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Miti

gatio

n B

ank.

Size

: App

roxi

mat

ely

759

acre

s.

• Lo

catio

n: C

hico

, But

te C

ount

y, C

alifo

rnia

.

• A

djac

ent L

and

Use

: Eas

t and

nor

th (p

rivat

e), s

outh

(Upp

er B

idw

ell P

ark)

, w

est (

Syc

amor

e C

reek

Div

ersi

on C

hann

el, F

ooth

ill P

ark

Eas

t Pre

serv

e; a

nd

vario

us p

rivat

e la

ndow

ners

). •

Ow

ners

hip:

City

of C

hico

.

• Zo

ning

: P

rimar

y O

pen

Spa

ce.

• C

limat

e: M

edite

rrane

an (h

ot, d

ry s

umm

ers

and

wet

mild

win

ters

).

• G

eolo

gy: T

rans

ition

bet

wee

n th

e vo

lcan

ic C

asca

des

and

the

allu

vial

Sac

ra-

men

to V

alle

y. T

he T

usca

n fo

rmat

ion

and

Qua

tern

ary

allu

vium

und

erlie

the

site

. •

Wat

ersh

ed:

Dra

inag

es o

n si

te fe

ed in

to S

ycam

ore

Cre

ek D

iver

sion

Cha

nnel

, w

hich

flow

s in

to S

ycam

ore

Cre

ek a

nd e

vent

ually

to B

ig C

hico

Cre

ek (F

igur

e 2)

. A

s a

rela

tivel

y lo

w e

leva

tion

wat

ersh

ed, B

ig C

hico

Cre

ek tr

ibut

arie

s ar

e fla

shy

with

flow

s flu

ctua

ting

wid

ely

with

win

ter r

ains

.

• H

ydro

logy

: Site

con

tain

s ov

er 3

50 v

erna

l poo

ls, s

ever

al e

phem

eral

dra

in-

ages

, and

oth

er s

easo

nal f

eatu

res.

Plan

t Com

mun

ities

: A

nnua

l gra

ssla

nd, v

erna

l poo

ls, b

lue

oak

woo

dlan

d,

and

ripar

ian

woo

dlan

d.

Fig

ure

4.

Bid

well R

an

ch T

op

og

rap

hy.

Fig

ure

5.

Geo

log

ic S

ett

ing

fo

r B

idw

ell R

an

ch.

ATTACHMENT E

Pa

ge

5

Bid

we

ll R

an

ch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

Tab

le 2

. P

ote

nti

al

Sp

eci

es

to b

e C

on

sid

ere

d f

or

the P

roje

ct*.

Com

mon

Nam

e Sc

ient

ific

Nam

e Fe

dera

l ES

A

Stat

e ES

A

CN

PS

Obs

erve

d O

nsite

Po

tent

ial t

o B

enef

it fr

om

Ban

k A

ctiv

ities

Ad

obe

lily

Friti

llaria

plu

riflo

ra

- -

1B

N

?

Aha

rt's

nailw

ort

Par

onyc

hia

ahar

tii

- -

1B

Y

?

Bur

row

ing

owl

Ath

ene

cuni

cula

ria

- C

N

A

Y

Y

Butte

Cou

nty

chec

kerb

loom

S

idal

cea

robu

sta

- -

1B

N

?

Butte

Cou

nty

mea

dow

foam

Li

mna

nthe

s flo

ccos

a ss

p. c

alifo

rnic

a E

E

1B

Y

Y

C

alifo

rnia

fairy

shr

imp

Lind

erie

lla o

ccid

enta

lis

C

C

NA

Y

Y

C

onse

rvan

cy fa

iry s

hrim

p B

ranc

hine

cta

cons

erva

tio

E

- N

A

N

Y

Gol

den

eagl

e A

quila

chr

ysae

tos

- C

N

A

Y

L Lo

gger

head

shr

ike

Lani

us lu

dovi

cian

us

- C

N

A

Y

Y

Long

-bill

ed c

urle

w

Num

eniu

s am

eric

anus

-

C

NA

Y

L

Palli

d ba

t A

ntro

zous

pal

lidus

-

C

NA

N

L Pe

regr

ine

falc

on

Falc

o pe

regr

inus

-

E

NA

Y

L

Sw

ains

on’s

haw

k B

uteo

sw

ains

oni

- T

NA

N

Y

Va

lley

elde

rber

ry lo

ngho

rn b

eetle

D

esm

ocer

us c

alifo

rnic

us d

imor

phus

T

- N

A

N

Y

Vern

al p

ool t

adpo

le s

hrim

p Le

pidu

rus

pack

ardi

E

C

N

A

Y

Y

Wes

tern

spa

defo

ot to

ad

Spe

a ha

mm

ondi

i -

C

NA

Y

Y

Bald

eag

le

Hal

iaee

tus

leuc

ocep

halu

s D

elis

ted

E

N

A

Y

L

Vern

al p

ool f

airy

shr

imp

Bra

nchi

nect

a ly

nchi

T

- N

A

Y

Y

End

ange

red

and

Thr

eate

ned

Spec

ies

Kno

wn

or P

oten

tial

ly P

rese

nt

Tab

le 3

. C

om

pari

son

of

Wetl

an

d D

eli

neati

on

s o

n B

idw

ell

Ran

ch

Feat

ure

Wet

land

Are

a (J

SA

1991

) (ac

res)

W

etla

nd A

rea

(TES

20

07) (

acre

s)

Wet

land

s

V

erna

l Poo

ls

7.83

9 (3

58 p

ools

) 3.

4 (3

47 p

ools

) V

erna

l Sw

ales

--

7.89

C

lay

Flat

s 36

.703

34

.1

Ephe

mer

al D

rain

age

12.8

16

-- In

term

ound

Eph

emer

al D

rain

age

11

.27

8.49

To

tal W

etla

nds

68.6

28

53.8

9 O

ther

Wat

ers

Eph

emer

al C

reek

s --

8.83

O

ther

Wat

ers

7.68

5 --

Tota

l Oth

er W

ater

s 7.

685

8.83

To

tal W

ater

s of

the

U.S

. 76

.313

62

.72

• S

ubst

antia

l hyd

raul

ic in

form

atio

n on

the

site

is a

vaila

ble

(ED

AW 2

007,

JS

A

1994

) inc

ludi

ng a

n A

rmy

Cor

ps v

erifi

ed w

etla

nd d

elin

eatio

n fro

m 1

991

and

a pr

elim

inar

y w

etla

nd d

elin

eatio

n fro

m 2

007

(Tab

le 3

and

Fig

ure

6).

• S

urfa

ce w

ater

not

cap

ture

d by

ver

nal p

ools

dra

ins

into

the

Syc

amor

e C

reek

Di-

vers

ion

Cha

nnel

(Fig

ure

4).

Inci

sion

of e

phem

eral

cha

nnel

s an

d he

adcu

ts h

ave

redu

ced

the

capa

city

of t

he s

ite to

reta

in w

ater

(Fig

ures

8-1

1).

• V

erna

l poo

ls o

n si

te a

re n

umer

ous

and

are

gene

rally

sm

all a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

hard

pans

. La

rge

area

s of

cla

y fla

ts a

re p

rese

nt o

n si

te (F

igur

es 6

and

7).

• G

radi

ng, e

vide

nt o

n th

e so

uthw

este

rn c

orne

r of t

he s

ite (F

igur

es 8

-10)

, has

im

pact

ed h

isto

ric w

etla

nd p

atte

rns

(Fig

ure

7).

Wet

land

Des

crip

tion

* A

bbre

viat

ions

: ES

A-E

ndan

gere

d S

peci

es A

ct, E

- End

ange

red,

T-T

hrea

tene

d, C

- Spe

cies

of C

once

rn; Y

-Yes

, N-N

o, L

-Lim

ited.

ATTACHMENT E

Pa

ge

6

Bid

we

ll R

an

ch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

Fig

ure

6.

20

07

Wetl

an

d D

elin

eati

on

(TES

20

07

).

ATTACHMENT E

In 1

941

Bidw

ell R

anch

was

at t

he ed

ge of

a mu

ch la

rger

verna

l poo

l lan

dsca

pe.

Fig

ure

7.

19

41

Aeri

al P

ho

to o

f P

roje

ct A

rea.

Pa

ge

7

Bid

we

ll R

an

ch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

ATTACHMENT E

Pa

ge

8

Bid

we

ll R

an

ch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

Fig

ure

8.

Co

llect

ion

of

To

po

gra

ph

ical D

ata

.

Fig

ure

9.

Deta

iled

To

po

gra

ph

y o

f th

e S

ou

thw

est

Co

rner.

Fig

ure

10

. V

iew

of

Po

ten

tial En

han

cem

en

t A

rea.

Fig

ure

11

. H

ead

cuts

alo

ng

th

e D

ivers

ion

Ch

an

nel.

Add

ition

al top

ogra

phica

l info

rmat

ion an

d th

e an

alysis

of p

ast a

erial

photo

graph

s may

aid

the

devel

opme

nt of

enha

ncem

ent o

ption

s in

the s

outh

-we

stern

corn

er of

the s

ite, r

eferre

d to o

n pa

ge 10

.

Evid

ence

of pa

st gra

ding i

s app

aren

t in

the s

outh

west

corne

r of B

idwell

Ran

ch.

Repa

iring

hea

dcut

s pro

vide t

he op

portu

nity

to ret

ain w

ater

on si

te an

d pr

otect

and

enha

nce v

ernal

pools

and

swale

s.

ATTACHMENT E

Pa

ge

9

Bid

we

ll R

an

ch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

Fig

ure

12

. U

nau

tho

rize

d u

se in

No

rth

east

Co

rner

of

Sit

e.

Fig

ure

13

. V

iew

of

Acc

ess

Ro

ad

(ease

men

t) n

ear

Up

per

Park

.

Fig

ure

14

. Eff

ect

of

Cu

lvert

s.

Fig

ure

15

. O

ak W

oo

dla

nd

Occ

up

ies

Sm

all A

reas

of

the S

ite.

Alth

ough

most

ly fen

ced, u

naut

horiz

ed

ATV

use

occur

s on

site.

One

culve

rt fun

nels

diffus

e low

veloc

ity

flows

(left

) int

o a m

ore c

oncen

trated

ch

anne

l (rig

ht).

Mov

ing t

he fe

nce f

rom U

pper

Bidw

ell P

ark

(left)

to th

e Bidw

ell R

anch

side

of th

e roa

d (ri

ght)

will

allow

user

s acce

ss an

d pr

otect

sensit

ive re

source

s on

site a

nd in

the p

ark.

Blue

oak

wood

lands

could

be e

x-pa

nded

with

plan

tings

and

mana

ge-me

nt ch

anges

.

ATTACHMENT E

Pa

ge

10

B

idw

ell

Ra

nch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

Con

cept

ual D

esig

n of

the

Bid

wel

l Ran

ch C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Mit

igat

ion

Ban

k in

verte

brat

es, S

wai

nson

's h

awk,

wes

tern

bur

-ro

win

g ow

l, et

c.) (

Tabl

e 4)

.

• C

redi

ts fo

r res

tore

d or

enh

ance

d ar

eas

will

at

tain

spe

cific

, obj

ectiv

e go

als,

bef

ore

they

are

so

ld.

• V

erna

l poo

l enh

ance

men

ts ra

nge

from

sim

ple

actio

ns to

mor

e in

tens

ive

actio

ns, i

nclu

ding

ac

tions

to:

◊ In

stal

l ero

sion

con

trol m

easu

res

alon

g th

e S

ycam

ore

Cre

ek D

iver

sion

Cha

nnel

and

at

culv

erts

.

◊ In

stal

l gra

de c

ontro

l stru

ctur

es a

nd re

ten-

tion

area

s, a

nd m

anag

e ca

ttle

acce

ss in

ep

hem

eral

cha

nnel

s to

cur

tail

inci

sion

and

re

tain

wat

er in

cla

y fla

ts a

nd n

earb

y ve

rnal

po

ols.

In

turn

, ret

entio

n ba

sins

may

pot

en-

tially

func

tion

as v

erna

l fea

ture

s.

◊ R

esto

re h

ydra

ulic

func

tions

in th

e de

-gr

aded

sou

thw

est c

orne

r. M

inor

gra

ding

to

appr

oxim

ate

past

topo

grap

hy, s

uch

as re

-m

ovin

g th

e dr

aina

ge d

itch

and/

or re

crea

t-in

g ve

rnal

poo

l bas

ins,

may

impr

ove

habi

-ta

t for

ver

nal p

ool s

peci

es.

◊ M

ore

inte

nsiv

e m

easu

res,

suc

h as

gra

ding

un

dist

urbe

d ve

rnal

poo

l com

plex

es to

m

imic

ver

nal p

ool h

ydro

logy

are

not

in-

clud

ed u

nder

this

con

cept

ual d

esig

n (F

igur

e 16

).

• E

xpan

d th

e B

utte

Cou

nty

mea

dow

foam

on

site

to

are

as w

ith s

imila

r soi

l and

hyd

raul

ic c

ondi

-tio

ns.

• M

inim

al re

crui

tmen

t of b

lue

oak

seed

lings

is

occu

rrin

g on

site

. A

ppro

pria

te m

icro

-site

s (ty

pica

lly n

orth

faci

ng s

lope

s, w

ith re

lativ

ely

deep

soi

l, an

d go

od d

rain

age)

cou

ld b

e pl

ante

d to

exp

and

the

oak

woo

dlan

ds. P

lant

ings

wou

ld

be re

lativ

ely

low

den

sity

and

requ

ire c

onsi

der-

able

car

e fo

r est

ablis

hmen

t.

• A

rtific

ial b

urro

ws

coul

d be

cre

ated

to e

xpan

d op

portu

nitie

s fo

r bur

row

ing

owl n

estin

g.

• To

bet

ter m

anag

e ca

ttle

and

publ

ic a

cces

s in

se

nsiti

ve a

reas

new

cro

ss fe

ncin

g co

uld

be

inst

alle

d be

twee

n th

e w

etla

nd a

nd u

plan

d m

an-

agem

ent u

nits

.

• Lo

cate

d on

the

urba

n fri

nge

of C

hico

, the

site

is

cur

rent

ly s

ubje

ct to

una

utho

rized

foot

, bik

e,

and

all t

erra

in v

ehic

le (A

TV) u

se.

The

proj

ect

will

redi

rect

the

publ

ic to

app

ropr

iate

are

as o

f th

e si

te to

pro

tect

site

reso

urce

s an

d m

inim

ize

dam

age

to a

djoi

ning

reso

urce

s in

Upp

er

Bid

wel

l Par

k. F

or e

xam

ple,

cha

nges

to th

e ex

istin

g tra

il sy

stem

cou

ld in

clud

e:

◊ D

evel

op a

cor

ps o

f doc

ents

to e

duca

te th

e pu

blic

and

to h

elp

mon

itor u

sage

.

◊ S

impl

ify th

e ro

ad n

etw

ork

and

aban

don

road

s, a

nd r

e-ro

ute

road

s aw

ay fr

om v

er-

nal p

ools

.

◊ R

estri

ct a

cces

s (g

ates

and

sig

ns) o

n se

a-so

nally

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas

and

mai

nten

ance

on

ly ro

ads.

◊ D

evel

op m

easu

res

to b

an a

cces

s of

una

u-th

oriz

ed A

TVs

(esp

ecia

lly in

nor

thw

est

area

).

◊ R

eloc

ate

the

sout

h fe

nce

to th

e B

idw

ell

Ran

ch s

ide

of th

e gr

avel

road

to p

rote

ct

the

wet

land

uni

t ons

ite a

nd th

e la

rge

vern

al

pool

s ju

st o

ffsite

, in

Upp

er B

idw

ell P

ark.

This

con

cept

ual d

esig

n an

d fo

otpr

int o

f the

pro

ject

w

ill ev

olve

as

addi

tiona

l fee

dbac

k an

d in

form

atio

n is

inco

rpor

ated

into

the

proj

ect.

Gen

era

l C

on

cep

ts

Con

cept

s de

velo

ped

in th

is p

rosp

ectu

s ar

e pr

elim

i-na

ry a

nd s

ubje

ct to

cha

nge

base

d on

feed

back

fro

m th

e ag

enci

es a

nd th

e C

itize

n W

ork

Gro

up.

Feed

back

on

the

appr

oach

will

hel

p re

fine

the

bank

de

sign

and

the

sele

ctio

n of

man

agem

ent a

ctio

ns.

Gui

ding

prin

cipa

ls in

clud

e:

• Th

e S

ervi

ce A

rea

is B

utte

Cou

nty,

esp

ecia

lly

near

Chi

co.

• M

anag

emen

t act

iviti

es n

eed

to b

e pr

otec

tive

of

valu

able

exi

stin

g ec

olog

ical

reso

urce

s.

• M

anag

e-m

ent a

ctio

ns

will

be re

spon

-si

ve to

age

ncy

inpu

t.

• A

ppro

pria

te

recr

eatio

nal

and

educ

atio

nal u

ses

will

be

cons

ider

ed.

• M

itiga

tion

reso

urce

s w

ill be

sel

ecte

d ba

sed

on

stat

us, o

n si

te p

oten

tial,

miti

gatio

n de

man

d (T

able

s 4

and

5), a

nd a

genc

y in

put.

Pre

lim

inary

Co

nce

ptu

al D

esi

gn

Featu

res

Fi

gure

16

pres

ents

a p

relim

inar

y co

ncep

tual

pro

-po

sal f

or B

idw

ell R

anch

. B

rief d

escr

iptio

ns o

f key

co

ncep

tual

des

ign

feat

ures

incl

ude:

The

site

will

be

divi

ded

into

wet

land

and

upl

and

man

agem

ent u

nits

to b

ette

r mat

ch a

ctio

ns w

ith

cond

ition

s an

d re

sour

ce g

oals

. Th

e up

land

ar

eas

will

incl

ude

som

e is

olat

ed w

etla

nd fe

a-tu

res

(i.e.

, dra

inag

es a

nd p

ool c

ompl

exes

).

• M

itiga

tion

bank

reso

urce

s ar

e di

vide

d in

to tw

o ca

tego

ries:

1) C

omm

uniti

es (i

.e. b

lue

oak

woo

dlan

d, v

erna

l poo

ls, e

tc.),

and

2) S

peci

es

(i.e.

But

te C

ount

y m

eado

wfo

am, v

erna

l poo

l

Feed

back

on

th

is c

on

cep

tual

ap

pro

ach

wil

l h

elp

refi

ne t

he

ban

k d

esi

gn

an

d t

he

develo

pm

en

t o

f m

an

ag

em

en

t act

ion

s.

ATTACHMENT E

Bid

we

ll R

an

ch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

Fig

ure

16

. P

relim

inary

Co

nce

ptu

al P

rop

osa

l.

Pa

ge

11

This

preli

mina

ry con

ceptu

al de

sign

is in

tende

d as

a wo

rkin

g dra

ft to

stimu

late f

eedba

ck fr

om

the a

gencie

s and

the p

ublic

.

ATTACHMENT E

Tab

le 4

. B

iolo

gic

al

Reso

urc

es

Pro

po

sed

fo

r C

red

its

at

Bid

well

Ran

ch.

Miti

gatio

n R

esou

rce

Impo

rtan

t Site

Fac

tors

a Ex

ampl

es o

f Enh

ance

men

t Act

ions

b D

ata

Gap

s

B

lue

oak

woo

dlan

d M

inim

al re

crui

tmen

t of n

ew s

aplin

gs.

Pla

ntin

g ad

ditio

nal a

reas

with

oak

s, s

hrub

s, g

rass

es,

and

forb

s.

• S

oil a

sses

smen

t and

mic

rosi

te a

naly

sis.

• S

ite p

lant

ing

dem

onst

ratio

n o

f oak

ac

orns

.

Ver

nal p

ools

S

mal

l top

ogra

phic

al m

odifi

catio

ns

may

pro

duce

con

ditio

ns th

at s

uppo

rt ve

rnal

poo

l spe

cies

.

A ti

ered

app

roac

h to

: 1)

des

ign

eros

ion

cont

rol s

truc-

ture

s to

rest

ore

and

pote

ntia

lly e

xpan

d ve

rnal

poo

ls

near

the

Syc

amor

e C

reek

Div

ersi

on C

hann

el,

2) re

-gr

ade

area

s of

the

sout

hwes

tern

cor

ner o

f the

site

dis

-tu

rbed

from

pas

t act

iviti

es, 3

) cre

ate

depr

essi

ons

and

inst

all e

rosi

on c

ontro

l stru

ctur

es in

cla

y fla

t and

eph

em-

eral

dra

inag

e ar

eas

to c

reat

e ve

rnal

poo

l hyd

rolo

gy, a

nd

4) c

reat

e fe

atur

es in

are

as n

ear v

erna

l poo

ls w

ith a

p-pr

opria

te to

pogr

aphy

and

soi

ls.

• Ag

ency

feed

back

on

mor

e in

tens

ive

ap-

proa

ches

. •

Furth

er a

sses

smen

t of p

oten

tial e

nhan

ce-

men

t are

as to

dev

elop

gra

ding

pla

ns a

nd

biol

ogic

al g

oals

.

• R

evie

w m

onito

ring

on a

djac

ent v

erna

l po

ol p

rese

rve

for s

ucce

ss in

poo

l en-

hanc

emen

t.

Butte

Cou

nty

mea

dow

foam

(B

CM

) N

orth

ern

area

of t

he s

ite s

uppo

rts

appr

oxim

atel

y 2.

2 ac

res

of B

CM

(G

alla

way

200

6).

Intro

duce

BC

M o

nto

new

are

as to

exp

and

the

popu

la-

tion.

Sel

ect a

reas

with

sam

e so

il se

ries

and

char

acte

r-is

tics

as e

xist

ing

popu

latio

ns.

This

app

roac

h ap

pear

s su

cces

sful

, bas

ed o

n in

form

atio

n fro

m th

e W

urlit

zer

Pre

serv

e (K

elle

y 20

07).

• Ag

ency

feed

back

on

appr

oach

. •

Mic

rosi

te e

valu

atio

n an

d se

lect

ion

of re

-le

ase

site

s.

• D

evel

op p

ropa

gatio

n in

form

atio

n an

d m

onito

ring

appr

oach

from

pre

viou

s ef

forts

.

Cal

iforn

ia fa

iry s

hrim

p, C

on-

serv

ancy

fairy

shr

imp,

Ver

nal

pool

fairy

shr

imp,

Ver

nal p

ool

tadp

ole

shrim

p

All

spec

ies

(exc

ept C

onse

rvan

cy

Fairy

Shr

imp)

obs

erve

d on

site

(C

ND

DB

200

7, J

SA

199

4a, L

ocke

20

07).

Dev

elop

mea

sure

s as

des

crib

ed a

bove

to fa

vor t

arge

t sp

ecie

s (i.

e., d

eepe

n po

ols

for t

adpo

le s

hrim

p).

• S

ame

as fo

r ver

nal p

ool m

easu

res

abov

e.

Sw

ains

on’s

haw

k N

estin

g pa

ir do

cum

ente

d w

ithin

6

mile

s of

site

(Sno

wde

n 20

07).

An-

nual

gra

ssla

nd o

n si

te p

rovi

des

for-

agin

g ha

bita

t.

Con

trol i

nvas

ive

non-

nativ

e sp

ecie

s, s

uch

as y

ello

w-s

tar

this

tle to

impr

ove

fora

ging

opp

ortu

nitie

s. C

onsi

der

plan

ting

of n

ativ

e gr

ass

in a

ppro

pria

te a

reas

. D

evel

op-

men

t of o

ak w

oodl

ands

cou

ld p

rovi

de p

erch

ing

habi

tat.

• Ag

ency

feed

back

. •

Furth

er e

valu

atio

n of

site

as

suita

ble

habi

-ta

t. •

Iden

tify

man

agem

ent g

oals

and

pra

ctic

es.

Wes

tern

bur

row

ing

owl

Two

owl p

airs

hav

e be

en re

porte

d on

site

(TE

S 2

007)

. Th

ey o

ccup

y ca

vitie

s/po

cket

s in

rock

y ou

tcro

ps.

Inst

all a

rtific

ial b

urro

ws

to e

xpan

d th

e on

site

pop

ula-

tion.

Ver

ifica

tion

of c

urre

nt s

ite p

opul

atio

n.

• Te

rrito

ry s

ize

and

food

sou

rce

cons

ider

a-tio

ns fo

r pla

cem

ent.

a See

Riv

er P

artn

ers

2007

for a

dditi

onal

det

ails

. b A

ctio

ns a

nd re

sour

ces

prot

ecte

d w

ill d

epen

d on

age

ncy

feed

back

. A

mor

e re

fined

ban

k de

sign

will

be

deve

lope

d af

ter t

his

feed

back

.

Pa

ge

12

B

idw

ell

Ra

nch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

ATTACHMENT E

Spec

ial-s

tatu

s Sp

ecie

s Im

port

ant S

ite F

acto

rs a

Exam

ples

of E

nhan

cem

ent A

ctio

ns b

Dat

a G

aps

A

dobe

lily

, A

hart'

s na

ilwor

t, Bu

tte C

ount

y ch

ecke

rblo

om

Spe

cies

foun

d in

are

a bu

t not

on

site

. S

ite

cond

ition

s m

ay s

uppo

rt th

ese

spec

ies.

Th

ese

spec

ies

may

pot

entia

lly b

e in

trodu

ced

to B

idw

ell

Ran

ch.

• Ag

ency

feed

back

.

• C

onsi

dera

tion

of m

itiga

tion

need

s,

mic

ro s

ite c

hara

cter

izat

ion,

and

life

hi

stor

y in

form

atio

n.

Gol

den

eagl

e O

bser

ved

fora

ging

ove

r site

(JS

A 1

994)

. C

urre

nt p

lan

does

not

incl

ude

cred

its fo

r thi

s re

sour

ce.

See

mea

sure

s to

impr

ove

Sw

ains

on’s

haw

k.

• Ag

ency

Fee

dbac

k.

• Fu

rther

con

side

ratio

n of

miti

gatio

n ne

eds.

Logg

erhe

ad s

hrik

e O

bser

ved

fora

ging

ons

ite (J

SA

199

4).

The

blue

oak

s on

site

may

pro

vide

nes

ting

habi

tat f

or th

is s

peci

es.

App

roac

h co

uld

incl

ude:

1) c

ontro

l of i

nvas

ive

non-

nativ

e pl

ants

to im

prov

e fo

ragi

ng h

abita

t, 2)

exp

ansi

on

of o

ak w

oodl

ands

to im

prov

e ne

stin

g op

portu

nitie

s, a

nd

3) a

dditi

onal

bar

bed

wire

fenc

ing

(for c

attle

) ins

talle

d co

uld

prov

ide

addi

tiona

l pre

y an

chor

are

as (s

hrik

es

impa

le p

rey

on th

orns

and

wire

).

• Ag

ency

feed

back

.

• Fu

rther

con

side

ratio

n of

miti

gatio

n ne

eds.

Long

-bill

ed c

urle

w

Pro

vide

s se

ason

al h

abita

t. O

bser

ved

fora

ging

in th

e gr

assl

and

habi

tat o

n si

te

(JS

A 1

994)

.

Pot

entia

l exp

ansi

on o

f wet

land

are

as c

ould

incr

ease

fo

ragi

ng a

reas

. •

Agen

cy fe

edba

ck.

• Fu

rther

con

side

ratio

n of

miti

gatio

n ne

eds.

Palli

d ba

t N

ot re

porte

d, b

ut s

uita

ble

fora

ging

hab

itat

and

roos

ting

habi

tat.

Appr

oach

cou

ld in

clud

e: 1

) im

prov

e oa

k w

oodl

and

and

gras

slan

d ar

eas,

and

2) p

oten

tially

inst

all b

at b

oxes

. •

Agen

cy fe

edba

ck.

• Fu

rther

con

side

ratio

n of

miti

gatio

n ne

eds

and

life

hist

ory

info

rmat

ion.

P

ereg

rine

falc

on

Obs

erve

d ov

er s

ite (J

SA

199

4).

Con

trol o

f inv

asiv

e no

n-na

tive

plan

ts c

ould

impr

ove

fora

ging

hab

itat (

see

Sw

ains

on’s

haw

k ac

tions

).

• Ag

ency

feed

back

.

• Fu

rther

con

side

ratio

n of

miti

gatio

n ne

eds.

Wes

tern

spa

defo

ot to

ad

Voc

aliz

atio

ns h

eard

dur

ing

the

bree

ding

se

ason

on

site

(She

dd 2

007)

and

alo

ng

the

Syc

amor

e C

reek

Div

ersi

on C

hann

el

(She

dd 2

007)

. Ta

dpol

es o

bser

ved

with

in

thre

e m

iles

of th

e si

te (C

ND

DB

200

7).

Impr

oved

deg

rade

d w

etla

nds

in th

e so

uthw

este

rn p

or-

tion

of th

e si

te c

ould

impr

ove

popu

latio

ns.

Agen

cy fe

edba

ck.

• Fu

rther

con

side

ratio

n of

miti

gatio

n ne

eds

and

life

hist

ory

info

rmat

ion.

Valle

y el

derb

erry

long

horn

be

etle

O

ne e

lder

berr

y ob

serv

ed o

n si

te (n

o ex

it ho

les)

. P

lant

hos

t pla

nt o

n si

te; h

owev

er, a

ppro

pria

te a

reas

ar

e lim

ited.

The

se a

re li

kely

to b

e is

olat

ed p

lant

s w

ith

few

ass

ocia

tes.

• Ag

ency

feed

back

.

• Id

entif

icat

ion

of a

dditi

onal

dat

a ne

eds.

Tab

le 5

. B

iolo

gic

al

Reso

urc

es

Co

nsi

dere

d B

ut

No

t P

rop

ose

d f

or

Cre

dit

s at

Bid

well

Ran

ch.

a See

Riv

er P

artn

ers

2007

for a

dditi

onal

det

ails

. b S

peci

es n

ot c

urre

ntly

con

side

red

as p

art o

f the

site

’s m

itiga

tion

cred

it pr

ogra

m.

Act

ions

and

reso

urce

s pr

otec

ted

will

dep

end

on a

genc

y fe

edba

ck.

A

mor

e re

fined

ban

k de

sign

will

be

deve

lope

d af

ter t

his

feed

back

.

Pa

ge

13

B

idw

ell

Ra

nch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

ATTACHMENT E

Pa

ge

14

B

idw

ell

Ra

nch

Co

nse

rva

tio

n a

nd

Mit

iga

tio

n B

an

k P

rosp

ectu

s

Onc

e th

e co

ncep

t is

appr

oved

, cos

ts

will

be

deve

lope

d fo

r:

• In

itial

impr

ovem

ents

, and

• Lo

ng-te

rm m

aint

enan

ce a

nd

mon

itorin

g.

This

info

rmat

ion

will

aid

in th

e de

vel-

opm

ent o

f an

annu

al b

udge

t and

an

endo

wm

ent f

or th

e pr

ojec

t, an

d de

-ve

lopm

ent o

f pro

ject

pha

ses.

N

orth

Sta

te R

esou

rces

has

dev

el-

oped

a p

relim

inar

y P

rope

rty A

naly

sis

Rec

ord

for B

idw

ell R

anch

bas

ed o

n ex

istin

g ac

tiviti

es o

n si

te (N

SR

20

08).

A b

asel

ine

estim

ate

of c

ur-

rent

man

agem

ent p

ract

ices

has

been

est

imat

ed a

nnua

lly a

t $2

5,00

0 (a

n en

dow

men

t of $

500,

000)

. Th

is

is a

bas

elin

e va

lue

that

is a

ntic

ipat

ed

to in

crea

se o

nce

the

conc

eptu

al d

e-si

gn h

as b

een

appr

oved

and

add

i-tio

nal m

anag

emen

t act

ions

iden

ti-fie

d.

Cos

t Est

imat

e fo

r M

anag

emen

t

Man

agem

ent P

lan

• Id

entif

icat

ion

of m

anag

emen

t act

iviti

es a

nd s

trate

-gi

es, i

nclu

ding

a g

razi

ng p

lan,

mea

sure

s an

d in

fra-

stru

ctur

e to

min

imiz

e im

pact

s an

d m

axim

ize

the

bene

fit to

nat

ive

plan

ts, a

com

preh

ensi

ve w

eed

con-

trol p

lan,

and

list

ing

of e

rosi

on c

ontro

l mea

sure

s (in

clud

ing

the

retir

emen

t of s

peci

fic ro

ads)

. •

Con

tinge

ncy

and

rem

edia

l act

ions

and

resp

onsi

bili-

ties.

Pro

visi

ons

for l

ong-

term

man

agem

ent a

nd m

aint

e-na

nce.

Prio

ritiz

atio

n of

man

agem

ent a

ctiv

ities

and

det

aile

d de

sign

s (s

uch

as fo

r ero

sion

con

trol s

truct

ures

).

Add

ition

al in

form

atio

n w

ill he

lp re

fine

deta

ils o

f the

Ban

k,

but t

his

pros

pect

us s

houl

d pr

ovid

e th

e M

itiga

tion

Ban

k R

evie

w T

eam

with

the

gene

ral c

once

pt o

f the

pro

pose

d ba

nk.

The

conc

epts

from

this

pro

spec

tus

will

be fu

rther

refin

ed

and

incl

uded

in th

e m

anag

emen

t pla

n. T

he p

lan

will

de-

velo

p th

e de

tails

nec

essa

ry to

car

ry o

ut th

e go

als

of th

e pr

ojec

t. T

he m

anag

emen

t pla

n w

ill a

ddre

ss s

uch

issu

es

as:

• A

des

crip

tion

of th

e ad

aptiv

e m

anag

emen

t mod

el

used

to g

uide

man

agem

ent a

ctiv

ities

. •

Iden

tific

atio

n of

the

long

-term

man

agem

ent e

ntity

. •

Mor

e de

tail

on th

e si

ze a

nd/o

r num

bers

of r

esou

rces

av

aila

ble

for m

itiga

tion

cred

its.

• P

erfo

rman

ce s

tand

ards

for d

eter

min

ing

cred

it av

ail-

abilit

y an

d ba

nk s

ucce

ss.

• R

epor

ting

prot

ocol

s an

d a

mon

itorin

g pl

an.

• Id

entif

icat

ion

of im

med

iate

act

ions

and

long

-term

m

aint

enan

ce ta

sks.

Bid

wel

l Ran

ch H

isto

ry

Sin

ce 1

982,

the

City

has

rece

ived

mul

tiple

pr

opos

als

to d

evel

op th

e B

idw

ell R

anch

pr

oper

ty.

Pro

ject

s ha

ve ra

nged

in s

ize

from

4,6

68 to

1,5

00 re

side

ntia

l uni

ts.

B

ecau

se o

f its

loc

atio

n ne

ar U

pper

B

idw

ell P

ark

and

sens

itive

bio

logi

cal r

e-so

urce

s; d

evel

opm

ent p

ropo

sals

for t

he

site

hav

e be

en th

e su

bjec

t of s

igni

fican

t co

mm

unity

deb

ate

and

have

spa

wne

d th

e cr

eatio

n of

the

“Sto

p B

idw

ell R

anch

” coa

li-tio

n, a

refe

rend

um, a

law

suit,

and

a s

ettle

-m

ent a

gree

men

t.

In 1

997,

the

City

of C

hico

pur

chas

ed th

e pr

oper

ty.

Sin

ce th

e ac

quis

ition

, the

City

C

ounc

il ha

s di

scus

sed

alte

rnat

ive

uses

of

the

prop

erty

, inc

ludi

ng s

ellin

g po

rtion

s of

th

e pr

oper

ty fo

r priv

ate

deve

lopm

ent.

In

2005

, on

a 4-

3 vo

te, t

he C

ity C

ounc

il re

-zo

ned

the

site

as

open

spa

ce, a

nd g

ave

dire

ctio

n to

inve

stig

ate

its u

se a

s a

wet

-la

nd m

itiga

tion

bank

to o

ffset

the

expa

n-si

on o

f the

City

’s M

unic

ipal

Airp

ort a

nd to

m

itiga

te fo

r oth

er c

apita

l pro

ject

s.

In 2

006,

the

City

and

Riv

er P

artn

ers

be-

gan

wor

k to

dev

elop

a c

onse

rvat

ion

and

miti

gatio

n ba

nk fo

r Bid

wel

l Ran

ch.

Due

to

cont

inue

d si

gnifi

cant

pub

lic in

tere

st in

the

site

, a C

itize

n W

ork

Gro

up w

as d

evel

oped

to

pro

vide

feed

back

and

com

men

t on

draf

t do

cum

ents

and

the

bank

cre

atio

n pr

oc-

ess.

CW

G m

eetin

gs a

nd s

ite to

urs

are

plan

ned

for t

he li

fe o

f the

pro

ject

, and

will

pl

ay a

key

role

in b

ank

crea

tion

and

site

m

anag

emen

t.

Th

e p

roje

ct s

triv

es

for

an

op

en

, tr

an

spare

nt

pro

cess

, an

d

inte

rest

ed

mem

bers

of

the p

ub

lic

have j

oin

ed

th

e C

itiz

en

Wo

rk

Gro

up

.

ATTACHMENT E

serv

atio

n or

ient

ed p

rope

rties

.

• P

rovi

de th

e C

ity a

nd o

ther

ent

ities

with

bio

logi

-ca

lly a

ppro

pria

te lo

cal o

ptio

ns fo

r miti

gatin

g fu

ture

pro

ject

s.

• Fu

nd a

mec

hani

sm fo

r lon

g-te

rm s

ite m

anag

e-m

ent.

• P

rovi

de e

duca

tiona

l and

rese

arch

opp

ortu

ni-

ties.

• D

evel

op m

easu

res

to g

uide

the

publ

ic to

ap-

prop

riate

are

as a

nd p

rote

ct s

ite re

sour

ces

and

vern

al p

ools

in U

pper

Bid

wel

l Par

k.

• S

uppo

rts th

e go

als

of th

e in

pro

gres

s B

utte

C

ount

y H

abita

t Con

serv

atio

n P

lan.

• O

ffer a

mod

el fo

r loc

al m

unic

ipal

ities

to m

iti-

gate

urb

an g

row

th a

nd p

rote

ct lo

cal e

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