DATE: August 14, 2018
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PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON THE SAN DIEGO OCEAN PLANNING PARTNERSHIP: DRAFT PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT REPORT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
On October 13, 2016, by Resolution #2016-159, the Board of Port Commissioners (Board) approved a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the California State Lands Commission (State Lands) to create a collaborative partnership to gain an understanding of and establish a process to enhance management opportunities to balance the different ocean uses for the state-owned tidelands and submerged lands located in the Pacific Ocean offshore of San Diego County (Attachment A).
This partnership, called the San Diego Ocean Planning Partnership (Partnership), is a pilot project. The Partnership represents State Lands' and the District's commitment to balancing public trust uses in manner that protects, supports, or enhances aspects of commerce, fisheries, navigation, recreation and environmental stewardship and also promotes transparent, robust public engagement during all phases of this pilot project.
State Lands and District staff have been engaging stakeholders and collecting data since the initiation of the pilot project. The stakeholder input and preliminary data collected will culminate into a Preliminary Assessment Report. Future steps for the pilot project will be based and dependent upon information in the Preliminary Assessment Report, as well as further development of an interactive spatial tool, or more appropriately called a "web mapping application." Refer to the attached timeline for an overview of the anticipated process and schedule (Attachment B).
Over 130 stakeholder groups and individuals have been identified to date, and State Lands and District staff have been working together to engage this extensive assortment of stakeholders and learn about ocean uses, challenges, and opportunities. The Draft Preliminary Assessment Report will include observations from stakeholder input including feed...
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