Laguna Wetlands Preserve Management Plan on the City Council agenda for 12/15/15

[Geoffrey Skinner]

Hi all,

FYI -- Continuation of Discussion and Action for Approval of Laguna Wetlands Preserve Management Plan will be # 6 on the City Council agenda tomorrow night, 12/15/15, at the Youth Annex/Teen Center, 425 Morris Street. Approximate time is likely to be around 7:30. though possibly closer to 7 pm.

The Plan, which supplements the Laguna Preserve Master Plan, has been developed by Sebastopol environmental consulting firm Prunuske-Chatham, in association with the Laguna Foundaion, and has been in process for most of 2015.  

The consultants have held several public workshops to collect input in the Preserve and if you have any thoughts or concerns, I encourage you to attend tomorrow night regardless of whether or not you've had time to fully review the draft document, which is available at http://ci.sebastopol.ca.us/node/4151. A number of comments have been submitted in writing, as well as consultant responses to earlier discussions and comments; these are available at http://bit.ly/1NtLAOT. 

The discussion tomorrow night will most likely revolve around the intent and use of the Preserve and how to strike a balance between the human recreational use and the wildlife and habitat value of the properties.  From the City's perspective, the intent of the Plan is to protect the integrity of the Laguna Preserve and to promote the protection and restoration of its natural environment, with human recreation a secondary purpose. The conservation easements over the some parts of the Preserve also legally reinforce this position.  

The Plan includes several trail improvements and connections to create a loop out of a current dead-end, create a new connection to the Joe Rodota trail to improve recreation, and add benches, garbage cans, etc.

Geoffrey

Geoffrey Skinner Librarian By Day  skinn...@gmail.com • http://socolife.wordpress.com

[Sarah Glade Gurney]

Thank you, Geoffrey, for "getting the word out" and, as well, for your insights into this complicated subject that the Council will discuss tomorrow night.

 

Sarah Glade Gurney [M-Th: 823.6500] 

Mayor, City of Sebastopol 

Think locally. Act neighborly.

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[Geoffrey Skinner]

Glad to do it.

Given the trails element of the management plan, posting to the list seemed appropriate.

Geoffrey

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