Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enchancement Project

Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enchancement Project

The Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project proposes to restore and enhance the hydrologic function and connectivity of the Odello East property with the lower Carmel river region and southern floodplain. The proposed Project is an integral part of on-going restoration efforts for the lower Carmel River region begun in 1998. The California State Parks Department recently completed the Carmel River Lagoon Enhancements Project in 2004; this project is located west of the Project site and includes the Carmel River lagoon. California State Parks and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) also completed riparian restoration activities at the Carmel River Lagoon and associated wetlands areas west of SR 1 prior to the implementation of the lagoon Enhancement Project. The proposed Project would improve hydrologic connectivity between the Proposed Project site and the Carmel River Lagoon Enhancement Project by allowing flood flows to pass under SR 1 from the east side of the floodplain to the west side of the floodplain. In addition, the Proposed Project would also reduce potential flooding hazards to SR 1 and developed north overbank areas by accommodating the lateral dispersal of floodwaters onto the south overbank area during storm events. The Proposed Project would restore native riparian and wetland habitats on a portion of the Odello East property and preserve the site's agricultural heritage with an approximately 40 acre agricultural preserve raised out of the FEMA 100-year floodplain.

Carmel-by-the-Sea

Monterey

California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency

Other (Floodplain Restoration & Enhancement)

Coastal Permit, Restoration

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife