City of Santa Cruz Operations and Maintenance Habitat Conservation Plan
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2021020343
- Public Agency
- City of Santa Cruz
- Document Title
- City of Santa Cruz Operations and Maintenance Habitat Conservation Plan
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 2/19/2021
- Document Description
- The City of Santa Cruz has prepared a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP or Plan) and has been issued an incidental take permit (Permit) from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to incidentally take the federally endangered Ohlone tiger beetle (Cicindela ohlone); the federally endangered Mount Hermon June beetle (Polyphylla barbata); the federally endangered tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi); the Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata); the federally threatened California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii); and the western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) as a result of the operation, maintenance and rehabilitation of the City’s water supply and water system facilities; operation and maintenance of the City’s municipal facilities; and management of City lands. Additionally, the HCP and associated Permit coverage includes four plant species: the federally endangered Ben Lomond spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens var. hartwegiana); the federally endangered Robust spineflower (Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta); the federally threatened Santa Cruz tarplant (Holocarpha macradenia); and the State endangered San Francisco popcornflower (Plagiobothrys diffusus)) because of the benefits provided to such species as a result of the Plan’s conservation strategy.
- Contact Information
-
Chris Berry
Watershe Compliance Manager
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
809 Center Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone : (831) 420-5483
cberry@cityofsantacruz.com
Location
- Cities
- Santa Cruz
- Counties
- Santa Cruz
- Regions
- Citywide Unincorporated
- Other Location Info
- Various areas within the City of Santa Cruz & Santa Cruz County
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- Class 7,8, & 33; 14 CCR 15307, 15308, 15333
- Reasons for Exemption
- The Project consists of a Habitat Conservation Plan covered under an Incidental Take Permit issued by the US Fish and Wildlife Service for the protection of natural resources and the protection of the environment. The Habitat Conservation Plan provides measures for minimizing and mitigating adverse effects on various Covered Species and their habitat by the covered activities.
- County Clerk
- Santa Cruz
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- OMHCP NOE stamped OCR PDF 930 K
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