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Receive a report on the status of the Habitat Resource Management Plan and Fort Ord Recreational Habitat Area Trail Master Plan on the former Fort Ord lands.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Monterey County Parks Commission receive a report on the status of the Habitat Resource Management Plan and Fort Ord Recreational Habitat Area Trail Master Plan on the former Fort Ord lands.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Housing and Community Development staff is requesting the Parks Commission receive a report on the status of the Habitat Resource Management Plan and Fort Ord Recreational Habitat Area Trail Master Plan on the former Fort Ord lands.
Habitat Resource Management Plan:
Certain properties on the former Fort Ord are subject to the conditions and requirements laid out in the Installation-Wide Habitat Management Plan for the former Fort Ord, which requires the preparation and completion of a site-specific Habitat Resource Management Plan. Prior to the dissolution of the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA), they were developing a Fort Ord Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan that would serve this purpose for all parcels with habitat restrictions on Fort Ord. However, this comprehensive Habitat Conservation Plan was never adopted prior to FORA's dissolution. The County owns 2,300 acres of open space in the Ford Ord area with approximately 1,500 acres subject to habitat management requirements, the last of which transferred to the County from FORA on June 30, 2020.
To comply with the Installation-Wide Habitat Management Plan for the former Fort Ord and regulatory timelines provided in the property deeds, the County is moving forward to develop its Habitat Resource Management Plan.
The County is processing a Professional Services Agreement, anticipated to go to the Board on March 23, 2021 for approval, for a consultant to develop the County's Habitat Resource Management Plan. If approved, the Professional Services Agreement includes the preparation ...
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