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Golden Gate NRA, Draft General Management Plan Draft Comment Responses Golden Gate NRA, Draft General Management Plan Draft Comment Responses Draft Comment Responses by Response Topics RESPONSE TOPIC 1: RECREATION .................................................................................................................... 6 BALANCING PRESERVATION AND RECREATION – COMPLETE.............................................................. 6 IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION - COMPLETE ......................................................................................... 10 REGULATION OF ACCESS – COMPLETE ................................................................................................ 11 ECONOMIC VALUE - COMPLETE ............................................................................................................ 13 VISITOR SURVEYS - COMPLETE .............................................................................................................. 14 CLARIFICATION OF RECREATIONAL USES, INCLUDING ON NEW LANDS - COMPLETE .................... 15 RECREATION IN MANAGEMENT ZONES - COMPLETE ......................................................................... 17 NEPA ANALYSIS AND DOG MANAGEMENT – COMPLETE .................................................................. 22 RESPONSE TOPIC 2: BIRDS AT ALCATRAZ ISLAND ................................................................................... 25 BIRDS AT ALCATRAZ ISLAND – COMPLETE .......................................................................................... 25 RESPONSE TOPIC 3: SENSITIVE RESOURCES ZONE .................................................................................. 31 KAYAK RECREATIONAL USE - COMPLETE ............................................................................................ 31 RESPONSE TOPIC 4: EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES AND USE ......................................................................... 32 EQUESTRIAN USES - COMPLETE ............................................................................................................ 32 Golden Gate Dairy and Vicinity ........................................................................................................... 34 Tennessee Valley (from Oakwood Valley to) ...................................................................................... 35 Fort Barry and Fort Cronkhite .............................................................................................................. 35 RESPONSE TOPIC 5: MAINTENANCE AND DESIGN OF PARK FACILITIES .......................................... 36 MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING FACILITIES - COMPLETE ..................................................................... 36 FACILITY DESIGN - COMPLETE ............................................................................................................... 38 RESPONSE TOPIC 6: TRANSPORTATION ........................................................................................................ 39 IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK - COMPLETE ...................................................... 39 BICYCLE AND MULTIMODAL ACCESS IN MARIN COUNTY - COMPLETE ........................................... 41 CONGESTION MANAGEMENT TOOLS - COMPLETE ............................................................................ 43 STATE ROUTE 1 AND THE PANORAMIC HIGHWAY AREA IMPROVEMENTS - COMPLETE ............... 44 TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES AT FORT MASON - COMPLETE .................................................. 45 PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO PHLEGER ESTATE - COMPLETE ......................................... 46 TRANSPORTATION ON SWEENEY RIDGE - COMPLETE ........................................................................ 47 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MONTARA LIGHTHOUSE - COMPLETE ....................... 48 TRANSPORTATION FOR MARIN COUNTY, INCLUDING MUIR WOODS - COMPLETE ........................ 50 PROPOSALS FOR MARIN COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADS - COMPLETE ............................................. 52 1 | Page RESPONSE TOPIC 7: ESTIMATED COSTS ....................................................................................................... 52 FUNDING FOR SAN MATEO PRIORITY NEEDS – COMPLETE ................................................................ 52 COST ESTIMATES FOR TENNESSEE VALLEY - COMPLETE .................................................................... 54 RESPONSE TOPIC 8: TRAILS .............................................................................................................................. 55 INTERPRETIVE TRAILS IN MUIR WOODS NATIONAL MONUMENT - COMPLETE ................................ 55 TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED AS PART OF THE TRAILS FOREVER PROGRAM - COMPLETE ...... 56 MOUNTAIN BIKING - COMPLETE ........................................................................................................... 57 MARIN COUNTY TRAILS – COMPLETE................................................................................................... 59 RESPONSE TOPIC 9: HISTORIC RESOURCES FOR SAN MATEO COUNTY ............................................ 60 HISTORIC RESOURCES FOR SAN MATEO COUNTY – COMPLETE. ...................................................... 60 RESPONSE TOPIC 10: COORDINATION WITH THE PRESIDIO TRUST ................................................... 63 PRESIDIO TRUST (MULTIPLE CONCERNS) – COMPLETE – DOC CHANGES NEED TO BE COMPLETED (SUSAN?) ................................................................................................................................... 63 Management Strategies ....................................................................................................................... 67 FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATION WITHIN THE PRESIDIO – COMPLETE ................................................ 68 RESPONSE TOPIC 11: SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA WATERSHED LANDS ......................................... 69 ALTERNATIVES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES – INCOMPLETE ......................................... 69 EASEMENTS INFORMATION AND DISPLAY – COMPLETE .................................................................... 72 PUC SCENIC EASEMENT AND LEGISLATION - COMPLETE ................................................................... 74 OCEAN BEACH MASTER PLAN – CONSIDERATIONS IN ANALYSIS – RESPONSE COMPLETE. DOCUMENT CHANGES INCOMPLETE (NANCY WILL WORK ON IN OCT) .................................................. 76 RESPONSE TOPIC 12: BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................. 78 BACKGROUND: PROJECT INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND – GENERAL ..................................... 78 PARK RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COAST MIWOK AND THE OHLONE TRIBES - COMPLETE ............ 78 COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT CONSISTENCY FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND NEW FACILITIES – COMPLETE ................................................................................................................................. 79 COORDINATION WITH ADDITIONAL AGENCIES AND GROUPS –COMPLETE .................................... 81 MANAGEMENT POLICY AND MAP REVIEW - COMPLETE ................................................................... 82 MAP CORRECTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS - COMPLETE ....................................................................... 84 BACKGROUND: MARIN COUNTY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ................................................. 85 MARIN COUNTY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS – COMPLETE .................................................... 85 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND PUBLIC MEETINGS - COMPLETE ..................................................... 86 ADDITION OF TERMS TO THE GLOSSARY - COMPLETE ....................................................................... 88 ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE - COMPLETE.............................. 89 REPLACEMENT OF EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES AT RANCHO CORRAL DE TIERRA WITH FIRE FIGHTING FACILITIES - COMPLETE ............................................................................................................ 90 RESPONSE TOPIC 13: THE ALTERNATIVES .................................................................................................. 92 ALTERNATIVES – MANAGEMENT ZONES ..................................................................................................... 92 2 | Page ADDITIONAL SCENIC VALUES AND OPPORTUNITIES - COMPLETE ..................................................... 92 EXTENSION OF THE SENSITIVE RESOURCES ZONE – COMPLETE ........................................................ 93 ALTERNATIVES – ELEMENTS COMMON TO ALL ....................................................................................... 96 RECOMMENDED CHANGES BY NOAA –COMPLETE ............................................................................ 96 ALTERNATIVES – PARKWIDE ........................................................................................................................... 97 CONSTRUCTION AND BIRDS ON ALCATRAZ – COMPLETE ................................................................. 97 COSTS - COMPLETE................................................................................................................................. 99 EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION EFFORTS - COMPLETE .............................................................. 100 ALTERNATIVES – ALCATRAZ ISLAND ......................................................................................................... 101 NEW CONSTRUCTION, WATERFOWL, AND PEST MANAGEMENT ON ALCATRAZ - COMPLETE ... 101 NEW FACILITIES ON ALCATRAZ ISLAND
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