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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 Denise Duffy & Associates, Inc. to implement the California Tiger Salamander Interim Habitat Mitigation Monitoring Program on County-owned property.
Interim Mitigation Project for California Tiger Salamander: In accordance with the 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, the following actions have been completed.
* On April 10, 2015 CDFW issued the East Garrison developers their new Section 2081 Take Permit.
* On April 9, 2015 the developer deposited the requisite funding into an escrow account. On July 16, 2015 the funds were released from escrow and delivered to the County.
* After a Request for Proposals process conducted by County Contracts/Purchasing, the consulting firm of Denise Duffy and Associates, Inc. was selected to provide the habitat mitigation and monitoring services. A Professional Services Agreement is currently being drafted for consideration by the Board of Supervisors.
* On July 14, 2015 CDFW, in the company of County staff and the County's consultant, toured the mitigation property as a final step to recommending th...
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