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Planning and Building Department, Long Range Planning, recommending the Board:
1) Find that the use of Ecological Preserve Endowment Funds to pay for the preparation of the Immediate Needs Assessment and Management Plan, as well to pay for the first year operations and management tasks for the three properties, is consistent with the El Dorado County General Plan, pursuant to Government Code Section 65402 and Chapter 130.71 (Ecological Preserve Fee) of the County Ordinance Code;
2) Authorize the Director of Planning and Building to allocate Ecological Preserve Endowment Funds to pay for the preparation of an Immediate Needs Assessment (to define first year estimated operations and management costs) and a Management Plan for three properties previously acquired by the County to be added to the Pine Hill Preserve, Cameron Park Unit:
a) Detmold property (APN 070-261-082);
b) Scariot-DeWolf property (APN 109-230-012); and
c) Carriage Hills property (APNs: 070-261-077,-079,-080, and -081); and
3) Authorize the Planning and Building Director to allocate Ecological Preserve Endowment Funds in the not-to-exceed amount of $194,000 to perform any specialized cleanup and maintenance work included in the first year operations and management program that might be required by the Immediate Needs Assessment.
FUNDING: Ecological Preserve Endowment Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The County maintains two separate funds for fees collected on building permits for the rare plant ecological preserve (pursuant to Title 130, Article 7, Chapter 130.71 - Ecological Preserve Fee), of the County Code of Ordinances. The Special Revenue Fund is used only for land acquisitions. The Endowment Fund is used for the operation and maintenance of the Preserve.
The three properties to be added to the Pine Hill Preserve were acquired previously by the County for purposes of long-term management and protection by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), as well as on-going mitigation for...
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