Dowdy Ranch Day-Use Development Project at Henry W. Coe State Park

Dowdy Ranch Day-Use Development Project at Henry W. Coe State Park

The proposed project would develop a new day-use recreational area at the Dowdy ranch site, which is intended to provide seasonal public access to the southeastern side of Henry W. Coe State Park. The new day-use facilities would include: a park office/visitor center to provide interpretative and trailhead information; group/family picnic sites; an equestrian staging area; trailhead access to the backcountry area; new parking areas, which include 46 paved parking spaces and 10 horse-trailer spaces; two 100-series restrooms; and necessary water and utilities. In addition, the proposed project would provide safer access to the Dowdy Ranch site by improving the entrance road (kaiser-Aetna Road) with the addition of base rock and minor grading, compaction, and erosion control measures as needed (the road would retain its current footprint). Internal circulation would also be improved through the redesign and paving of internal roads. Other project features include erosion control measures throughout the project area, including two culvert installations with overside road drains along Kaiser-Aetna Road and the installations with overside road drains along Kaiser-Aetna Road and the installation of rock apron and energy dissipator used to repair an existing culvert at the Dowdy Ranch Site.

Morgan Hill

Santa Clara

Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

Recreational (Day-Use area)

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife