Corralitos Creek Fisheries Enhancement Project
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2007122007
Lead Agency
City of Watsonville
Document Title
Corralitos Creek Fisheries Enhancement Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
1/28/2008
Present Land Use
Rural residential land use in a Residential-Agricultural General Plan Designation
Document Description
The City of Watsonville, in conjunction with the Santa Cruz County RCD and the California Coastal Conservancy, proposes to replace the existing fish ladder at the City of Watsonville's diversion on Corralitos Creek to be consistent with current fish passage design criteria from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG). The upgrade will provide fish passage to meet these standards while maintaining the function of the water intake facility of the City and addressing environmental, channel stability, land ownership and other constraints. The proposed plan is to build a new fish passage structure with parallel juvenile and adult ladders to the right of the existing weir and ladder structure. Such a structure would require construction of new concrete wall to replace the existing steel wall and support the new construction. As proposed, the existing fish ladder facility will be backfilled with concrete. Downstream of the diversion, three existing, failing log weir structures installed by Santa Cruz County in the mid 1990's will be removed and replaced with six rock weirs to maintain grade control for the ladder entrance. Two existing concrete weirs at the base of the diversion will be modified to accommodate the proposed, larger fish passage structure. In addition, during the period of dewatering for fish ladder construction the City of Watsonville proposes to modify and further upgrade the water diversion intake screen to optimize sweeping flows, which will improve operational flexibility and minimize clogging of the screens by leaf litter and organic detritus.
Contact Information
Name
Steve Palmisano
Agency Name
City of Watsonville
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Santa Cruz
Cross Streets
Eureka Canyon Road and Las Colinas
Zip
95076
Total Acres
0.236
Parcel #
107-031-61 and 107-031-6
Township
11S
Range
1E
Other Location Info
City/Nearest Community: Corralitos
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
City of Watsonville
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
N/A
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
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