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US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office, California COTONI-COAST DAIRIES PLANNING PUBLIC WORKSHOPS SUMMARY REPORT December 2018 Report prepared by the Consensus Building Institute BLM Cotoni-Coast Dairies Planning Public Workshop Summary Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1 | Background and Overview ........................................................................ 1 Background ............................................................................................................................. 1 Pre-Scoping Public Workshops Overview .............................................................................. 1 Workshop Materials and Supporting Documents ................................................................... 1 Section 2 | Outreach and Notification .......................................................................... 3 Notification ............................................................................................................................. 3 Workshop Attendees.............................................................................................................. 3 Section 3 | Presentations and Activities ...................................................................... 4 Welcome and Introduction ..................................................................................................... 4 BLM and Project Planning ..................................................................................................... 4 Current Management ............................................................................................................. 5 Potential Access Points ......................................................................................................... 6 Small-Group Discussions ...................................................................................................... 6 Next Steps to Formal Planning Process................................................................................ 7 Submitted Feedback .............................................................................................................. 7 Section 4 | General Feedback ..................................................................................... 8 Recurrent Themes ................................................................................................................. 8 BLM Planning Process .......................................................................................................... 8 Access and Activities ............................................................................................................. 9 Public Health and Safety ..................................................................................................... 12 Natural and Cultural Resources .......................................................................................... 13 Plan Implementation and Property Management ................................................................ 14 Section 5 | Feedback on Specific Access Points ...................................................... 16 Northern Area....................................................................................................................... 16 Central Area ......................................................................................................................... 18 Southern Area ...................................................................................................................... 19 Appendices Appendix A – Workshop Notification Materials Appendix B – Workshop Handouts Appendix C – Public Written Feedback i December 2018 BLM Cotoni-Coast Dairies Planning Public Workshop Summary Report SECTION 1 | BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW BACKGROUND Cotoni-Coast Dairies extends from the steep slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains to the marine coastal terraces overlooking the Pacific Ocean near Davenport in Santa Cruz County, California. The Cotoni-Coast Dairies property is marked by six forested perennial streams that flow from the Santa Cruz Mountains into the Pacific Ocean: Molino Creek, Agua Puerca Creek, San Vicente Creek, Liddell Creek, Yellow Bank Creek, and Laguna Creek. Between these riparian drainages are broad marine terraces used for livestock grazing. The property supports a wide variety of habitats and wildlife, including Coho salmon, steelhead trout, California red-legged frogs, mule deer, and mountain lions. In 2017, Presidential Proclamation No. 9563 expanded the California Coastal National Monument to include five onshore units along the California coast containing significant scientific or historic resources. The largest of these newly designated units was the 5,843- acre Cotoni-Coast Dairies property. The United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Central Coast Field Office will prepare a resource management plan amendment (RMPA) for the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the national monument. BLM will develop this plan through the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, which involves the community and stakeholders with open comment periods and possibly public meetings that will be announced through local news and BLM social media channels media. Public access to Cotoni-Coast Dairies is currently limited to guided hikes while BLM develops a management plan that will ensure public safety and protection of resources. The Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit shall become available for public access upon completion of the RMPA. Before the RMPA development process begins, BLM has been gathering data and input from stakeholders as part of its pre-scoping phase. PRE-SCOPING PUBLIC W ORKSHOPS OVERVIEW In December 2018, BLM held public workshops on December 4 and 13, 2018, in Santa Cruz and Bonny Doon, respectively, about the Cotoni-Coast Dairies unit of the California Coastal National Monument. The goals of the workshops were to introduce BLM staff to the public, outline the planning process, and explore potential access points for Cotoni-Coast Dairies. The BLM will use the feedback received at the public workshops to inform next steps to develop the RMPA for the Cotoni-Coast Dairies property. Attendees learned how they can stay informed and provide input during the formal NEPA planning process. This document summarizes the content and key themes from those public workshops. This document also incorporates written feedback that the public submitted by January 11, 2019. WORKSHOP MATERIALS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS Workshop participants received handouts and presentation materials to facilitate discussion on public access. Workshop-related documents are included in the following appendices: December 2018 1 BLM Cotoni-Coast Dairies Planning Public Workshop Summary Report Appendix A – Workshop Notification Materials ▪ BLM News Release Appendix B – Workshop Handouts ▪ Agenda ▪ Presentation Slides Appendix C – Public Written Feedback (Submitted by January 11, 2019) ▪ Workshop Participants ▪ Davenport North Coast Association ▪ Renee Shepherd ▪ Jim Bierman ▪ Marcia Lipsenthal December 2018 2 BLM Cotoni-Coast Dairies Planning Public Workshop Summary Report SECTION 2 | OUTREACH AND NOTIFICATION NOTIFICATION In November 2018, BLM e-mailed an invitation to a list of individuals and/or agencies that had expressed interest in BLM activities at Cotoni-Coast Dairies. This invitation provided the following dates and locations information: Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 5 to 7 pm Thursday, Dec. 13, from 5 to 7 pm Louden Nelson Community Center Bonny Doon Elementary School 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA 1492 Pine Flat Road, Santa Cruz, CA On November 8, 2018, BLM posted a news release to its website (www.blm.gov/press- release/blm-host-cotoni-coast-dairies-public-access-workshops) and sent the news release to a list of local media contacts. The news release announced the scheduled workshops, provided participant information, and explained the purpose and intent of the workshops. Appendix A also provides copy of the news release. WORKSHOP ATTENDEES In addition to the BLM staff and consultants, approximately 80 attendees participated in the Santa Cruz workshop and about 70 attendees participated in the Bonny Doon workshop. Workshop participants used polling clickers to provide general background about themselves (e.g., where they live and familiarity with the property). Attendees indicated they were primarily from the City of Santa Cruz, Bonny Doon, Davenport, or elsewhere in Santa Cruz County. Few individuals came from outside the county. At the Santa Cruz workshop, the majority of attendees were City of Santa Cruz residents, and a large proportion had not previously participated in meetings related to the Cotoni-Coast Dairies property. At the Bonny Doon workshop, almost all attendees resided somewhere within the county (with a higher proportion residing in Bonny Doon and Davenport than at the Santa Cruz workshop), and a large proportion had participated in meetings related to the property before. A substantial proportion of the attendees at both workshops indicated they were either somewhat familiar or very familiar with the Cotoni-Coast Dairies property. Attendees identified themselves by the many forms of recreation they enjoy, with most interested in biking, hiking, horseback riding, or landscape and wildlife viewing. (Recreation preferences varied by workshop location. Many mountain bikers attended the Santa Cruz workshop, whereas a larger proportion of Bonny Doon attendees identified
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