SCH Number 2014092070

Project Info

Title

Upper Penitencia Creek Property Aquisition and Long Term Management Plan

Description

The proposed project includes the purchase of the Upper Penitencia Creek Property (Property) from the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (OSA) and adoption of a Long Term Management Plan (LTMP). Acquisition of the property is mitigation in perpetuity for impacts associated with the SCVWD's 2002 Multi-Year Stream Maintenance Program. The LTMP identifies site improvements and long term management goals for the Property. The overall goal for long-term management of the Upper Penitencia Creek Property is to ensure the long term viability of the of the conservation values of the Property. This goal will be met through routine monitoring and management of the conditions that support the biological resources of the Property, by maintaining existing infrastructure and by providing for security and public safety as detailed in the LTMP. The LTMP also identifies a series of site improvements to repair existing infrastructure on existing unimproved roads, a water troughs and repair of a gully.

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