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Newport Beach City Council
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Upper Gully Trail Concepts
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4 Bridges Trad 105mill 691um I Viewparks
What's Next
Feedback from Council this afternoon.
Enter Community Outreach phase:
Neighborhood meetings (Z) - CDM area and
Newport Coast Community Center
Speaking opportunities (HOAs)
Webpage development, feedback opportunities by
e -mail.
Complete RRMP, bring it back to City Council.
Place any proposed improvements in budget
context
Seek possible grant opportunities.
For More Information
E -mail us:
d kiff @city. newport- beach
Web page:
www.city.newport - beach.ca.us then "projects" then
"Buck Gully RRMP"
Call us:
949 - 644 -3002
Brief History
Upper Buck Gully:
254 acres
Formerly owned by the County of Orange
Part of the Orange County Central Coastal Natural
Communities Conservation Plan (NCCP)
The NCCP is a "Habitat Conservation Plan" (HCP) area,
Newport Beach is a signatory to the NCCP Implementation
Agreement.
The Nature Reserve of Orange County (NROC) was formed to
assist in the management of much of the NCCP lands. All
NCCP landowners can be voting members of NROC.
Much of the OCCC NCCP lands are part of the Laguna
Greenbelt Authority, a.JPA formed to involve elected officials
from area cities (and the County) in NCCP land management.
Brief History
Upper Buck Gully:
Zoned Open Space, Passive
Fee owned as of July 1, 2005 by the City of Newport
Beach
Only significant work done by the City to date in the
Upper Gully is at 51" and Poppy.
NCCP Implementation Agreement pledges City to:
Long -term Adaptive Biotic Resource Management and
Monitoring;
Habitat Restoration and Enhancement;
Fire Management;
Public Access and Recreation; and
Maintenance of Existing Infrastructure consistent with
the terms of the NCCP.
About our NCCP Obligations
Allowable uses in NCCP lands include:
Biological Research and Monitoring;
Invasive species (plant and animal) removal or control;
Habitat mitigation for permitted destruction of habitats outside
the NCCP Reserve areas;
Fire and fuels management;
Recreation and public access
Interpretation (kiosks, etc),
Construction, operation and
support permitted uses,
Activities related to provision
permitted new infrastructure
Emergency activities.
including hiking on designated trails;
maintenance of new facilities to
and operation of existing or
and
But a Resource and Recreation Management Plan (RRMP)
must be developed and approved before any of this work
can be done.
About the RRMP
City hired the Irvine Ranch Conservancy (IRC)
in Fall 2007 to:
Complete the RRMP
Provide lands management of the Gully
The RRMP is underway. Feedback sought on
one key recreational element...