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Receive a status update on current development activity on all phases of the East Garrison development project.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Fort Ord Committee receive a status update on current development activity on all phases of the East Garrison development project.
DISCUSSION:
Anticipated upcoming Board of Supervisors actions:
* Date TBD: Board of Supervisors to consider a Professional Services Agreement with a consultant yet to be determined to implement the California Tiger Salamander Interim Habitat Mitigation Monitoring Program on County-owned property.
* Date TBD: Board of Supervisors to consider an Advance Funding Agreement with BMC EG Courtyard, LLC for the County's costs for prevailing wage compliance monitoring during construction of the future Courtyard housing units.
California Department of Fish & Wildlife Section 2081 Take Permit: On January 27, 2015 the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 15-005 approving a Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Habitat Management on Portions of the Parker Flats Reserve at the Former Fort Ord, California between the County, the Fort Ord Reuse Authority, and UCP East Garrison LLC to fund and implement interim habitat management for California Tiger Salamander on approximately 134 acres of County-owned property until adoption of the FORA Installation-Wide Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and CDFW's issuance of the Section 2081 Incidental Take Permit for the base-wide HCP, and approving the grant of a Conservation Easement Deed to CDFW over said property.
The MOA has been fully executed by all parties, and the Conservation Easement Deed is presently with CDFW pending their signature, recording, and issuance to the East Garrison developers their new Section 2081 Take Permit.
As required by the MOA, the developer has deposited the requisite funding for this activity into an escrow account. County Contracts/Purchasing has circulated a Request for P...
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