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Newport Beach City Council
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
What We'll Cover
News, Updates, Issues about:
Coastal Peak Park
❑ Crystal Cove Historic District
❑ Pacific Ridge Trailhead and Newport Beach's entrance to
the wilderness area
❑ Newport Ridge Park
Buck Gully
Resource and Recreation Management Plan
❑ Agency Issues — Who's in Charge
Coastal Greenbelt Authority (CGA)
Nature Reserve of Orange County (NROC)
Natural Communities Conservation Plan (NCCP)
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Crystal Cove Historic District
22 of the 46 historic cottages have been restored. Crystal Cove
Alliance is raising funds for the remaining 24 cottages.
www.crystalcovealliance.org
New Ruby's Beachcomber opens August 1, 2006. Shuttle to and
from Los Trancos Parking Lot at CCSP.
Reservations are 7 months in advance at
www.reserveamerica.com. Reserve for February 2007 at 8:00
a.m. on August 1, 2006.
Pacific Ridge Trailhead
Newport Beach's entrance to the regional
wilderness park (Laguna Coast Wilderness
and Crystal Cove State Park);
Now open 7 days a week;
Park at the cul -de -sac at the end of Ridge
Park Road in the Newport Coast.
Mountain bike, hiking, and equestrian access
into the trail system.
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Newport Ridge Park
Currently working on an Operating
Agreement with NRCA for use of the
ballfields at NR Park. Includes:
Public access to walkway.
Detail as to times, days, types of uses.
Liability provisions.
Should come back to City Council on August
8th, 2006.
Buck Gully
City took title to Gully in July 2005.
Coastal Zone Boundary is the western side of the
Gully.
Extensive problems in the Gully that need to be
addressed from land management standpoint:
Invasive species, like:
Artichoke Thistle
Poison Oak
Iceplant
❑ Water quality, runoff, and erosion of slopes;
❑ Fuel Modification;
❑ Recreational trail needs.
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Buck Gully (cont'd)
We have asked for a proposal from the Irvine Ranch
Land Reserve Trust (IRLRT) to develop a Resource
and Recreation Management Plan that will:
❑ Review permitting requirements for all work;
❑ Examine CEQA issues;
❑ Conduct biological studies;
❑ Convene a Stakeholder Advisory Committee;
-j Become a long -term management plan, including capital
costs for Buck Gully to address:
Fuel modification
Public Access and Trails
Removal of invasives
Protection of endangered species
Agency Issues —Who's in Charge?
Most
of
the
Newport
Coast
parklands
are in
the
NCCP
What
is
the
NCCP
and
how
is it
governed?
Natural Communities Conservation Plan — a multiple- species,
multiple habitat reserve system authorized by the Legislature in
1991.
Spells out very specific land management activities and
restrictions on use of NCCP lands.
Goals include protection of three key species:
Coastal California Gnatcatcher;
Coastal Cactus Wren; and
Orange- Throated Whiptail Lizard.
Overseen by the NROC Board, including:
Landowners in the Reserve /NCCP
Cal DF &G and US Fish and Wildlife Service
Agency Issues (cont'd)
The Players:
Nature Reserve of Orange County (NROC) is two things:
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that manages the Natural
Community Conservation Plan /Habitat Conservation Plan
(NCCP /HCP) for the Central and Coastal Subregion of Orange
County, California. "Manages" equals:
Coordinate land management activities of public and private
landowners within the 37,000 acre reserve system
Conduct wildlife and habitat research and monitoring, and
Restore disturbed habitats.
The 37,000 acres of permanently protected open space within the 208,000
Central /Coastal Subregion of the NCCP /HCP are also called the Nature
Reserve of Orange County. Inside the Reserve:
Only land uses that are compatible with habitat and wildlife preservation
are allowed.
Economic growth and development occur only outside the boundaries of
the Reserve.
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Agency Issues (cont'd)
The Players (cont'd):
Coastal Greenbelt Authority
Landowners of the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Buck
Gully, parcels adjacent to Laguna Canyon Road,
including:
County of Orange
Cities of Laguna Beach and Irvine
City of Newport Beach (non- voting)
City of Laguna Woods (non- voting)
Attempt to manage individually -owned lands in Laguna
Coast Wilderness Park in a cooperative, consistent way.
Why is this Important to City?
City is now a landowner in:
The Coastal Greenbelt Authority lands;
The Nature Reserve of Orange County; and
The NCCP lands.
We have been asked to become voting
members of the CGA and NROC — need to
designate primary and alternate for both.
City needs to file for a US F &WS "Incidental
Take" permit (Form 3- 200 -56).