DATE: October 10, 2017
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PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON ENTITLEMENT PROCESS FOR A MITIGATION BANK AT POND 20, SOUTH SAN DIEGO BAY
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Pond 20 is a 95.13 acre undeveloped parcel of land located at the southernmost portion of San Diego Bay (Attachment A). Pond 20 is within the City of San Diego's (San Diego) Otay Mesa-Nestor Community, it is included in the City of Imperial Beach's (Imperial Beach) former Redevelopment Area, and it is not currently included in the Port Master Plan1. In July 2015, the Board directed staff to develop a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a wetlands mitigation bank and to continue to analyze the development of a mitigation bank on approximately 80 acres of Pond 20. Furthermore, On November 17, 2015, by Resolution 2015-151, the Board adopted the Pond 20 Economic Development Fund, BPC Policy No. 774.
On November 8, 2016, by Resolution 2016-178, the Board authorized an agreement with Great Ecology Environment and Design (Great Ecology) for $640,220 to prepare drawings and mitigation banking documents for a wetlands mitigation bank at Pond 20. Additionally, the Board adopted Resolution 2016-179 commencing environmental review and California Coastal Act review to assign land use designations for Pond 20 and two adjacent development parcels.
The scope of services with Great Ecology includes base map development, geotechnical and soil investigation, wetlands jurisdictional determination and functional assessment, preliminary design and 60% design services, and required documentation for long-term maintenance, protections, and regulatory permitting, including a Banking Prospectus and Mitigation Bank Instrument.
To date, the base line map, wetlands jurisdictional determination, functional assessment, preliminary design, banking prospectus have been submitted to the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) for review. Additionally, the first meeting of the Interagency Review Team was held to obtain feedback on the propo...
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