Addition to Mark West Creek Regional Park and Open Space Preserve
Summary
SCH Number
2021070273
Public Agency
Sonoma County Regional Parks
(SCRP)
Document Title
Addition to Mark West Creek Regional Park and Open Space Preserve
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/15/2021
Document Description
The project consists of the acceptance of fee title to approximately 4.5 acres to expand the Mark West Creek Regional Park and O Open Space Preserve. The 4.5 acre acquisition consists of natural habitat in the Mark West Creek watershed.
Acquiring this property increases the amount of protected land in the Mark West Creek Regional Park and Open Space Preserve. The purpose of the acquisition is to preserve the open space values of the property for the benefit of the public into the future, protect natural resources and the wilderness experience provided at the Park, and offer a near wilderness recreational experience close to population centers. Until a park management plan is developed by the Regional Parks Department, the property will remain in its natural condition and appropriate CEQA analysis will be conducted as part of the planning process. In the interim, Regional parks will take actions consonant with protecting intact resources and restoring any impacted natural resources on the property such as: debris removal and other site clean-up, minor fuel/vegetation management and habitat restoration, and providing interim public use such as guided tours to acquaint the public with the property.
Contact Information
Name
Bert Whitaker
Agency Name
Sonoma County Regional Parks
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Santa Rosa
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Countywide, San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Porter Creek and Wilson
Zip
95404
Total Acres
4.5
Waterways
Mark West Creek and tributaries
Township
8N
Range
7W
Section
7
Base
Mt.Diabl
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
§21080.28(a)
Reasons for Exemption
Pursuant to Cal. Pub. Res. Code §21080.28(a) the acquisition of this property is exempt from CEQA because the purpose of accepting the property is to preserve the land for park purposes as specified in subsection (a)(1 )(F).
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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