Scotty Creek Beach Acquisition
Summary
SCH Number
2022030514
Public Agency
Sonoma County Regional Parks
(SCRP)
Document Title
Scotty Creek Beach Acquisition
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/18/2022
Document Description
The project consists of accepting State Coastal Conservancy grant funding to perform due diligence and, if results of the due diligence are acceptable, subsequent acceptance of title to ocean-front property at Scotty Creek adjacent to Highway 1. The Scotty Creek Beach parcel is 2.9 acres and is located on Highway 1 just north of the community of Sereno del Mar, six miles north of the town of Bodega Bay. It is a vacant parcel with a level sandy beach and small bluff west of Highway 1, bisected by the mouth of Scotty Creek.
The proposed acquisition shares a boundary with a parcel already owned by Regional Parks that has a small amount of beach and a larger amount of bluff. Together the parcels make a square with one side on the current alignment of Highway 1 and on the opposite side the Pacific Ocean. It is located immediately west of the planned Caltrans Gleason Beach Highway 1 Realignment Project that will make room for a two to three-mile section of the California Coastal Trail.
Scotty Creek beach has current public use without supporting services. The Conservancy has asked the County to accept title to the Scotty Creek Beach parcel.
Contact Information
Name
Steve Ehret
Agency Name
Sonoma County Regional Parks
Job Title
Planning Division Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Countywide, San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
on Highway 1 at the mouth of Scotty Creek
Zip
94923
Parcel #
APN 101-120-054,
State Highways
Highway 1
Railways
NA
Airports
NA
Waterways
Pacific Ocean, Scotty Creek
Township
6N
Range
11W
Base
MtDiablo
Other Location Info
Rancho Bodega land grant
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
§21080.28(a)
Reasons for Exemption
Pursuant to Public Resources Code §21080.28(a) the acceptance of the property is exempt from CEQA because the purpose of the acquisition 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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