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Marsh Creek State Park
John Marsh Historic Trust presents STONE HOUSE HERITAGE DAY Marsh Creek State Park 21789 Marsh Creek Road @ Vintage Parkway th Saturday, October 17 10 am – 4 pm Get an up-close look, inside and out, at Marsh’s 159-year-old mansion The John Marsh Story Scheduled Presentations Hear the story of the remarkable life of John Marsh, pioneer who blazed a trail across 10:00 Opening Welcome America and was the first American to settle in 11:00 Presenting Dr. John Marsh Contra Costa County. 11:00 Guided hike begins GUIDED HIKE ($5 donation suggested) Enjoy an easy, guided hike through 3 miles of 11:30 Stone House history Marsh Creek State Park. 12:00 Ancient archaeology of MCSP Archaeological Discoveries 12:00-1:30 Brentwood Concert Band View important archeological finds dating 12:30 Marsh Creek State Park plans 7,000 to 3,000 years old, including items associated with an ancient village. 1:30 Professional ropers/Vaqueros Native American Life 2:30 Presenting Dr. John Marsh See members of the Ohlone tribe making brushes, rope, jewelry and acorn meal. Enjoy Kids’ Activities All Day Rancho Los Meganos Experience the work of the Vaquero, who Rope a worked John Marsh’s rancho. ‘steer’ Period Music Hear music presented by the Brentwood Concert Band. Take a ‘Pioneer family’ Westward Movement picture how Marsh triggered the pre-Gold Rush Learn migration to California, which established the historic California Trail. Co-hosted by Support preservation of the John Marsh House with your tax deductible contribution today at www.johnmarshhouse.com at www.razoo.com/john -marsh-historic-trust, or by check to Sponsored by John Marsh Historic Trust, P.O. -
3. Project Description March 5, 2003 Page 3-1
Marina Shores Village Project Draft EIR City of Redwood City 3. Project Description March 5, 2003 Page 3-1 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION This chapter describes the proposed action or "project" addressed by this EIR. The description is based on information provided to the City by the project applicant, Glenborough-Pauls LLC. As stipulated by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, the project description has been detailed to the extent needed for adequate review and evaluation of environmental impacts. In addition to describing key elements of the proposed project, this chapter is supplemented by project description details in individual environmental chapters 4 through 15. The description that follows includes (a) the project setting (location, boundaries, and local setting of the project site); (b) the project background (site history); (c) a statement of the basic project objectives sought by the applicant; (d) the project's physical and operational characteristics (i.e., land use components, densities, building types, architectural design, landscaping/open space, circulation and parking plans, marina and shoreline modifications, infrastructure provisions, project management, and other pertinent features); (e) the anticipated project construction schedule; and (f) the various anticipated permits and jurisdictional approvals required to allow construction of the project. 3.1 PROJECT SETTING 3.1.1 Regional Location As illustrated on Figure 3.1 (Regional Map), the proposed project site is located at the northern edge of the developed portion of Redwood City, on the San Francisco Bay side of U.S. Highway 101 (Bayshore Freeway). U.S. 101 provides regional access to the approximately 46.45-acre project site; East Bayshore Road and Bair Island Road provide local access. -
Section 3.4 Biological Resources 3.4- Biological Resources
SECTION 3.4 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 3.4- BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 3.4 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES This section discusses the existing sensitive biological resources of the San Francisco Bay Estuary (the Estuary) that could be affected by project-related construction and locally increased levels of boating use, identifies potential impacts to those resources, and recommends mitigation strategies to reduce or eliminate those impacts. The Initial Study for this project identified potentially significant impacts on shorebirds and rafting waterbirds, marine mammals (harbor seals), and wetlands habitats and species. The potential for spread of invasive species also was identified as a possible impact. 3.4.1 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES SETTING HABITATS WITHIN AND AROUND SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY The vegetation and wildlife of bayland environments varies among geographic subregions in the bay (Figure 3.4-1), and also with the predominant land uses: urban (commercial, residential, industrial/port), urban/wildland interface, rural, and agricultural. For the purposes of discussion of biological resources, the Estuary is divided into Suisun Bay, San Pablo Bay, Central San Francisco Bay, and South San Francisco Bay (See Figure 3.4-2). The general landscape structure of the Estuary’s vegetation and habitats within the geographic scope of the WT is described below. URBAN SHORELINES Urban shorelines in the San Francisco Estuary are generally formed by artificial fill and structures armored with revetments, seawalls, rip-rap, pilings, and other structures. Waterways and embayments adjacent to urban shores are often dredged. With some important exceptions, tidal wetland vegetation and habitats adjacent to urban shores are often formed on steep slopes, and are relatively recently formed (historic infilled sediment) in narrow strips. -
Big Break and Marsh Creek Water Quality and Habitat Restoration Program
Big Break and Marsh Creek Water Quality and Habitat Restoration Program Project Information 1. Proposal Title: Big Break and Marsh Creek Water Quality and Habitat Restoration Program 2. Proposal applicants: Mary Small, California State Coastal Conservancy John Elam, City of Brentwood Nancy Thomas, Contra Costa Resource Conservation District Chris Kitting, California State University at Hayward Joy Andrews, California State University at Hayward Steve Barbata, Delta Science Center John Cain, Natural Heritage Institute 3. Corresponding Contact Person: Mary Small State Coastal Conservancy 1330 Broadway 1100 Oakland, CA 94612 510 286-4181 [email protected] 4. Project Keywords: At-risk species, fish Habitat Restoration, Wetland Water Quality Assessment & Monitoring 5. Type of project: Implementation_Pilot 6. Does the project involve land acquisition, either in fee or through a conservation easement? No 7. Topic Area: Shallow Water, Tidal and Marsh Habitat 8. Type of applicant: State Agency 9. Location - GIS coordinates: Latitude: 38.003 Longitude: -121.693 Datum: NAD83 Describe project location using information such as water bodies, river miles, road intersections, landmarks, and size in acres. The Marsh Creek watershed drains from Mt. Diablo into the Delta at Big Break. The proposed lower Marsh Creek restoration site is approximately 30 acres adjacent to the creek to the west, extending north from the Contra Costa Canal to the bridge on the East Bay Regional Park District’s bicycle path. The proposed riparian restoration sites are adjacent to Marsh Creek in the City of Brentwood. 10. Location - Ecozone: 1.4 Central and West Delta 11. Location - County: Contra Costa 12. Location - City: Does your project fall within a city jurisdiction? Yes If yes, please list the city: Brentwood and Oakley 13. -
Codornices Creek Watershed Restoration Action Plan
Codornices Creek Watershed Restoration Action Plan Prepared for the Urban Creeks Council By Kier Associates Fisheries and Watershed Professionals 207 Second Street, Ste. B Sausalito, CA 94965 November, 2003 The Codornices Creek watershed assessment and salmonid restoration planning project, the results of which are reported here, was funded by the Watershed Program of the California Bay-Delta Authority, through Contract No. 4600001722 between the California Department of Water Resources and the Urban Creeks Council. The Urban Creeks Council is a non-profit organization working to preserve, protect, and restore urban streams and their riparian habitat. The Urban Creeks Council may be reached at 1250 Addison Street, Ste. 107, Berkeley, CA 94702 (510- 540-6669). Table of Contents Executive Summary..................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgements...................................................................................................................... ii Introduction Fish and stream habitat records................................................................................................. 1 Other Codornices Creek studies................................................................................................ 1 Methods: How Each Element of the Project Was Undertaken Fish population assessment methods ........................................................................................ 2 Salmonid habitat assessment methods..................................................................................... -
Environmental Hazards Incorporates the State-Mandated “Safety” and “Noise” Elements of the General Plan
7 HAZARDS ENVIRONMENTAL A. OVERVIEW Environmental Hazards incorporates the state-mandated “Safety” and “Noise” elements of the General Plan. The Chapter addresses natural and man-made hazards in the City, including earthquakes, landslides, floods, sea level rise, wildfire, air and water pollution, hazardous materials, and aviation accidents. It includes a summary of emergency preparedness in San Leandro, with policies that provide the foundation for disaster planning in the City. The Element also addresses noise issues, with the dual objective of mitigating existing noise problems and avoiding future disturbances and conflicts. The overall purpose of this Element is to minimize the potential for damage and injury resulting from environmental hazards. The State Government Code requires that the Element identify and evaluate the hazards that are present and establish appropriate goals, policies, and action programs to reduce those hazards to acceptable levels. Environmental hazards define basic constraints to land use that must be reflected in how and where development takes place. Public education is critical to the successful implementation of this Element. Although San Leandrans are generally aware that the City is located in “earthquake country,” there is still much that can be done to improve readiness and response when disaster strikes. The Environmental Hazards Element takes a pro-active approach to emergency preparedness, emphasizing mitigation and reduced exposure to hazards as well as response and recovery. This Element is closely coordinated with the City’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), a federally mandated plan to reduce exposure to hazards and ensure eligibility for federal disaster preparedness and relief funds. 7-1 SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD S The Element also sets forth a pro-active strategy for addressing noise issues in the community. -
Friends of Five Creeks Letters Re Restoration of Codornices Creek
The letters below deal with F5C’s early involvement in Codornices Creek. They shed some light on challenges that faced efforts to restore our area’s only trout stream, and the role citizens played. These are by no means the whole story. Most credit for the big projects on Codornices west of San Pablo goes to the partnership of creek-restoration pioneers Carole Schemmerling, who headed the now defunct Urban Creeks Council, and consulting hydrologist Dr. Ann Riley, whose now defunct private consulting firm Watershed Restoration Institute. The two shared offices; UCC was effectively the nonprofit arm of WRI, able to receive grants and similar government support. Credit also goes to longtime environmental visionary Richard Register, who with UCC played a large role in bringing Codornices out of its pipe between 8th and 9th Streets in 1994-5. This was one of Berkeley’s pioneer “daylighting” projects. Friends of Five Creeks 1000 San Pablo Ave. Albany, CA 94706 412 7257 October 4, 1998 Mr. Ron Gervason San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board 1515 Clay St., 14th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 [email protected] Re: Triannual Review of Water Quality Control Plan of San Francisco Bay Basin Friends of Five Creeks is a grassroots organization that seeks to protect and restore creeks in Albany, California. While Albany’s natural creeks are mostly in culverts, one, Codornices, is substantially free flowing and has a small trout population. Efforts are ongoing to restore another, Cerrito Creek. We believe that the few creeks in our urbanized area that can or do support relatively natural aquatic life, especially cold-water or anadromous fish, should receive the highest possible degree of protection, including that of the Regional Water Quality Control Board. -
Distribution and Abundance
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE IN RELATION TO HABITAT AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES AND NEST SITE CHARACTERISTICS OF CALIFORNIA BLACK RAIL (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus) IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY ESTUARY FINAL REPORT To the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service March 2002 Hildie Spautz* and Nadav Nur, PhD Point Reyes Bird Observatory 4990 Shoreline Highway Stinson Beach, CA 94970 *corresponding author contact: [email protected] PRBO Black Rail Report to FWS 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY We conducted surveys for California Black Rails (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus) at 34 tidal salt marshes in San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, northern San Francisco Bay and western Marin County in 2000 and 2001 with the aims of: 1) providing the best current information on distribution and abundance of Black Rails, marsh by marsh, and total population size per bay region, 2) identifying vegetation, habitat, and landscape features that predict the presence of black rails, and 3) summarizing information on nesting and nest site characteristics. Abundance indices were higher at 8 marshes than in 1996 and earlier surveys, and lower in 4 others; with two showing no overall change. Of 13 marshes surveyed for the first time, Black Rails were detected at 7 sites. The absolute density calculated using the program DISTANCE averaged 2.63 (± 1.05 [S.E.]) birds/ha in San Pablo Bay and 3.44 birds/ha (± 0.73) in Suisun Bay. At each survey point we collected information on vegetation cover and structure, and calculated landscape metrics using ArcView GIS. We analyzed Black Rail presence or absence by first analyzing differences among marshes, and then by analyzing factors that influence detection of rails at each survey station. -
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
The San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Management Board Bay Area Audubon Council Bay Area Open Space Council Bay Conservation and Development Commission The Bay Institute The San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Bay Planning Coalition California State Coastal Conservancy Celebrating years of partnerships protecting wetlands and wildlife California Department of Fish and Game California Resources Agency 15 Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District Ducks Unlimited National Audubon Society National Fish and Wildlife Foundation NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Natural Resources Conservation Service Pacific Gas and Electric Company PRBO Conservation Science SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board San Francisco Estuary Partnership Save the Bay Sierra Club U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Geological Survey Wildlife Conservation Board 735B Center Boulevard, Fairfax, CA 94930 415-259-0334 www.sfbayjv.org www.yourwetlands.org The San Francisco Bay Area is breathtaking! As Chair of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture, I would like to personally thank our partners It’s no wonder so many of us live here – 7.15 million of us, according to the 2010 census. Each one of us has our for their ongoing support of our critical mission and goals in honor of our 15 year anniversary. own mental image of “the Bay Area.” For some it may be the place where the Pacific Ocean flows beneath the This retrospective is a testament to the significant achievements we’ve made together. I look Golden Gate Bridge, for others it might be somewhere along the East Bay Regional Parks shoreline, or from one forward to the next 15 years of even bigger wins for wetland habitat. -
Funding the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District
Contact: Jim Mellander Foreperson 925-608-2621 Contra Costa County Grand Jury Report 17XX Funding the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District TO: Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, East Contra Costa Fire Protection District, Brentwood City Council, Oakley City Council SUMMARY The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) was formed in 2002 and serves the communities of Brentwood, Oakley, Knightsen, Byron, Discovery Bay, Bethel Island, and the Marsh Creek area. In 2009, ECCFPD closed five of its eight fire stations because it lacked the funds to operate them. ECCFPD receives the lowest allocation of ad valorem property taxes of any fire district in Contra Costa County, 7% of the 1% ad valorem property tax levied on properties. ECCFPD and the cities of Brentwood and Oakley have placed initiatives on the ballot to fund the reopening of closed stations. However, property owners have rejected parcel tax assessments, and the residents of Brentwood and Oakley similarly have rejected utility taxes. Three fire stations are insufficient to provide adequate urban and suburban fire protection coverage in a fire district with a population of 110,000 and an area of 249 square miles. Response times have increased since the closure of stations. ECCFPD should continue its efforts to reopen fire stations by seeking the necessary funding to do so through tax ballot measures and reallocation opportunities. Additionally, the City of Brentwood, the City of Oakley, and the County should collect impact fees for ECCFPD capital improvements, -
Contra Costa County
Historical Distribution and Current Status of Steelhead/Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Streams of the San Francisco Estuary, California Robert A. Leidy, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, CA Gordon S. Becker, Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Oakland, CA Brett N. Harvey, John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA This report should be cited as: Leidy, R.A., G.S. Becker, B.N. Harvey. 2005. Historical distribution and current status of steelhead/rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in streams of the San Francisco Estuary, California. Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Oakland, CA. Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Marsh Creek Watershed Marsh Creek flows approximately 30 miles from the eastern slopes of Mt. Diablo to Suisun Bay in the northern San Francisco Estuary. Its watershed consists of about 100 square miles. The headwaters of Marsh Creek consist of numerous small, intermittent and perennial tributaries within the Black Hills. The creek drains to the northwest before abruptly turning east near Marsh Creek Springs. From Marsh Creek Springs, Marsh Creek flows in an easterly direction entering Marsh Creek Reservoir, constructed in the 1960s. The creek is largely channelized in the lower watershed, and includes a drop structure near the city of Brentwood that appears to be a complete passage barrier. Marsh Creek enters the Big Break area of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta northeast of the city of Oakley. Marsh Creek No salmonids were observed by DFG during an April 1942 visual survey of Marsh Creek at two locations: 0.25 miles upstream from the mouth in a tidal reach, and in close proximity to a bridge four miles east of Byron (Curtis 1942). -
Of 8 COASTAL CONSERVANCY Staff Recommendation October 21, 2010 NAPA RIVER
COASTAL CONSERVANCY Staff Recommendation October 21, 2010 NAPA RIVER SALT MARSH RESTORATION PROJECT Project No. 01-022-01 Project Manager: Betsy Wilson RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorization to disburse up to $75,000 to support the design, permitting, and other work associated with implementation of the Napa River Salt Marsh Restoration Project. LOCATION: The northern edge of San Pablo Bay, bounded in the east by the Napa River and the west by Sonoma Creek, in Napa County (Exhibit 1) PROGRAM CATEGORY: San Francisco Bay Area Conservancy EXHIBITS Exhibit 1: Project Location and Site Map RESOLUTION AND FINDINGS: Staff recommends that the State Coastal Conservancy adopt the following resolution pursuant to Sections 31160-31165 of the Public Resources Code: “The State Coastal Conservancy hereby authorizes disbursement of up to seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) to support the design, permitting, and other work associated with implementation of the Napa River Salt Marsh Restoration Project.” Staff further recommends that the Conservancy adopt the following findings: “Based on the accompanying staff report and attached exhibits, the State Coastal Conservancy hereby finds that: 1. The proposed project is consistent with the Conservancy’s current Project Selection Criteria and Guidelines. 2. The proposed project is consistent with Chapter 4.5 of Division 21 of the California Public Resources Code (Sections 31160-31165) regarding the Conservancy’s mandate to address the resource and recreation goals of the San Francisco Bay Area.” Page 1 of 8 NAPA RIVER SALT MARSH RESTORATION PROJECT PROJECT SUMMARY: The Napa River Salt Marsh Restoration Project involves the restoration of nearly 10,000 acres of former commercial salt ponds to a mix of tidal marsh and managed ponds, as well as delivery of recycled water to aid in the removal of bittern (a byproduct of salt production) that is stored in one of the ponds.