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Geostratics Cc Town and Regional Planners, Environmental Assessment, Property Assessment, Research 2004/080851/23 GEOSTRATICS CC TOWN AND REGIONAL PLANNERS, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, PROPERTY ASSESSMENT, RESEARCH 2004/080851/23 PO Box 1082 Strand, 7139 Tel 021-851 0078 Fax 021-852 0966 e-mail: [email protected] My Ref. TMNP-003-01 23 March 2007 Dear Stakeholder TOKAI CECILIA MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK: COMMENTS AND RESPONSE REPORT Please find attached the Tokai and Cecilia draft Management Framework Comments and Responses Report. The report provides firstly, an overview summary of the wide range of comments received on the draft Management Framework and secondly, lists the detailed responses by SANParks to specific comments. Subsequent to the closing date for comments on the draft Management Framework, approaches by the City of Cape Town, Dept. of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) and Dept. of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT), delayed the release of this report. Firstly, the Mayor of the City of Cape Town wished to establish a ‘roundtable’ of eminent persons to advise her on the relevant issues pertaining to Tokai and Cecilia. Secondly, DEAT and DWAF have been engaging SANParks on various management issues related to Tokai and Cecilia. The way forward will see the finalisation of the Management Framework based on this Comments and Responses report and on further interaction with the City, DWAF and DEAT. These interactions may affect the finalisation of the Management Framework and the intended completion date in early May 2007. It must be kept in mind that the Framework represents a long term vision for Tokai and Cecilia. It is a ‘framework for planning’ not a ‘plan for implementation’. What flows from the Management Framework are a series of more detailed ‘plans for implementation’ (ie precinct plans, landscape plans, rehabilitation plans etc) with appropriate stakeholder engagement in preparing these plans. This report has been e-mailed to stakeholders; is available on the Table Mountain National Park website (www.tmnp.co.za) and in the following libraries: Athlone, Claremont, Cape Town, Hout Bay, Mowbray, Rondebosch, Tokai and at the Westlake and Tokai offices of TMNP. Geostratics and SANParks wish to thank all I&APs for their effort in submitting comments on the draft Management Framework. Yours sincerely SC Lategan TRP(SA) S C Lategan MTRP, MSAPI, TRP(SA), IAIA(SA) J Todd MTRP, MSAPI, TRS(SA) SANParks TOKAI CECILIA MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK: COMMENTS AND RESPONSE REPORT Table Mountain National Park 23 March 2007 This document is a synthesis of the comments made by Interested and Affected Parties on the Draft Tokai Cecilia Management Framework. Prepared by Geostratics TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION . .1 1 .1 Purpose of this report . .1 1 .2 Process . .1 2 KEY ISSUES . .2 2 .1 GENERAL ISSUES . .2 2 .1.1 PROCESS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND PRINCIPELS . .2 2 .1.2 MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FORMAT . .3 2 .2 THEME BASED ISSUES . .4 2 .2.1 BIODIVERSITY . .4 a) Recreation versus biodiversity priority . .4 b) Pines and fire management . .4 c) Area required for conserving Cape Flats Sand Fynbos (CFSF). .4 d) Extent of ecological corridors required . .5 e) Conservation status of Granite Fynbos . .5 f) Conservation status of Afromontane forest and rehabilitation viability . .5 g) Effect of clear felling on faunal species (Baboons) . .6 e) Alien vegetation management . .6 2 .2.2 HERITAGE . .6 a) Heritage status of the plantations vs. biodiversity. .6 2 .2.3 RECREATION . .7 a) Availability of recreational areas in Lower Toka i . .7 b) Extent of area where dogs will be permitted and under what conditions . .7 c) The type of trees to be planted for shaded recreation purposes . .7 2 .2.4 ECO-TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT . .8 a) Perceived conflict between eco-tourism and recreation . .8 b) Exiting from plantations will result in job losses . .8 2 .2.5 MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING . .9 a) SANParks capacity to undertake the rehabilitation . .9 2 .3 LANDSCAPE AND PRECINCT PROPOSALS . .9 2 .4 CONCLUSION . .9 3 THE WAY FORWARD . .9 ANNEXURE A List of Comments received B Comments: Process, Public Participation and Principles C Comments: Management Framework Format D Biodiversity Comments E Heritage Comments F Recreation Comments G Economic Development Comments: H Comments: Management and Monitoring I Landscape and Precinct Proposals FIGURES Figure 1: Summary of process followed Acronyms: BMT Baboon Monitoring Team CDF Conservation Development Framework CFSF Cape Flats Sand Fynbos CoCT City of Cape Town DEAT Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism DTPW: WC Department of Transport and Public Works: Western Cape DWAF Department of Water Affairs and Forestry FOTF Friend of Tokai Forest I&AP Interested and Affected Party MF Management Framework MTO Mountain to Ocean Pty Ltd PGF Peninsula Granite Fynbos SANParks South African National Parks TMNP Table Mountain National Park Tokai Cecilia Management Framework 1 1INTRODUCTION 1.1Purpose of this report The purpose of this report is to list and respond to the comments submitted by interested and affected parties (I&AP’s) on the Tokai and Cecilia Draft Management Framework during the extended comments period 18 October 2006 to 15 December 2006. The report provides firstly, a summary response to the wide range of comments submitted by I&APs on the key issues affecting Tokai and Cecilia. Secondly, it provides a detailed response to the.
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