Antioch Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan

28 Pages·2017·5.2 MB·English

Antioch Habitat Conservation
Plan/Natural Community
Conservation Plan
Science Advisor Workshop
February 8, 2018
Kathryn Gaffney
Project Manager
Matt Ricketts
Lead Biologist
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Antioch HCP/NCCP
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
 Background
 Approach
 Purpose and Mission
 HCP/NCCP Process
 Role of the Science Advisors
 Initial Planning Status
 Questions for Advisors
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Antioch HCP/NCCP
BACKGROUND
 2002-2006 – East Contra Costa County (ECCC) HCP/NCCP developed
 2003-2004 – ECCC HCP/NCCP Science Advisor process
 2007 – ECCC HCP/NCCP permitted and began implementation by ECCC Habitat
Conservancy (Conservancy)
 2014 – City of Antioch was awarded federal grant for developing HCP/NCCP
 April 2017 – City commenced work on Antioch HCP/NCCP
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Antioch HCP/NCCP
APPROACH
 Maintain consistency with ECCC HCP/NCCP
 Build on and expand the ECCC HCP/NCCP conservation strategy
 Develop the Antioch HCP/NCCP in close coordination with Conservancy, with the
understanding that the Conservancy will implement Antioch HCP/NCCP consistent with
ECCC HCP/NCCP
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Antioch HCP/NCCP
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Antioch HCP/NCCP is to protect and enhance ecological
diversity and function within Antioch’s portion of the urbanizing region of
eastern Contra Costa County.
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Antioch HCP/NCCP
MISSION
 Balancing open space, habitat, agriculture, and urban development;
 Reducing the cost and increasing the clarity and consistency of federal and state
permitting;
 Consolidating and streamlining these processes into one, locally controlled plan;
 Encouraging, where appropriate, the multiple use of protected areas, including recreation
and agriculture;
 Sharing the costs and benefits of the HCP/NCCP as widely and equitably as possible;
 Protecting the rights of private-property owners; and
 Aligning as closely as possible with the ECCC HCP/NCCP to facilitate implementation
and complementary conservation actions.
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Define Conduct Impact
Craft
Inventory Area Analysis
Conservation
Strategy
Identify
Evaluate
(iterative
Covered
Conservation
process) Develop Administrative
Activities and
Gaps
Locations Draft, Public Draft, and
Develop Final HCP/NCCP
Develop
Describe Monitoring and
Biological
Land Cover Adaptive Develop Administrative
Goals and
Management Draft, Public Draft, and
Objectives
Identify Framework Final EIR/EIS
Covered
Identify
Species
Establish
Conservation
Implementation
Refine Species Measures
Process
Models
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Antioch HCP/NCCP
ROLE OF THE SCIENCE ADVISORS
 NCCP planning agreements “…shall establish a process for the inclusion of independent
scientific input to assist the department [of fish wildlife] and plan participants…”
 Independent scientists charged to (CFGC Section 2810[b][5]), at a minimum:
 Recommend scientifically sound conservation strategies for species and natural communities
 Recommend reserve design principles
 Recommend management principles and conservation goals for developing a monitoring and
adaptive management framework
 Identify data gaps and uncertainties
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