Alford, Patrick From: Terry Welsh [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 6:36 AM To: Alford, Patrick Subject: Banning Ranch dEIR comments Attachments: Measure M council letter.pdf; EOC appendices.pdf; EOC priority conservation areas.pdf; EOC properties evaluation list and map.pdf "The comments below and all references contained therein are hereby incorporated into the official record of proceedings of this project and its successors." In 2009, the Banning Ranch Conservancy applied to the Measure M Environmental Oversight Committee (EOC), which is part of the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) for funds to be used for the purchase of the entire Banning Ranch. This request was supported by a unanimous vote by the NB City Council resulting in a letter of support. Following this application, the EOC evaluated the many open space project applicants, ranking them all. The EOC placed Banning Ranch in the highest category (Group 1) based on “high quality habitat, heterogeneous habitat, larger sized properties, aligns with impacted habitats, and contains covered species.” Furthermore, the EOC identified four “priority conservation areas” on the Banning Ranch mesa. Please review the Final Conservation Biology Report as well as the Acquisition Properties Evaluation List and Map. The dEIR needs to discuss an alternative that does not include development in the "priority conservation areas". 1 Acquisition Properties Evaluation (PCA and Non-PCA - Biological Criteria) Note: Property name with bolded, italicized, and underlined text are recommended for appraisal and/or acquisition consideration. Canyon Crest will be under consideration if deemed willing seller. Newport-Banning Ranch and The Hafen Estates both have recent appraisals and are recommended to be included in this subgroup for acquisition consideration. The remaining Group 1 properties will be appraised at a later date if a considerable number of properties are removed from contention. Property Acquisition/ Number Restoration Property * Geographic Area Acreage 99 Acquisition Canyon Crest** Chino Hills State Park 352.92 22 Acquisition Ferber Ranch** Trabuco 444 habitats, First Cornerstone Land LLC (Silverado 101 Acquisition Cleveland Nat'l Forest 229.13 Canyon LP) impacted 28 Acquisition Hayashi** Brea 298 103 Acquisition Holtz Ranch (CCRC Farms LLC)** Cleveland Nat'l Forest 289.91 with 105 Acquisition MacPherson Cleveland Nat'l Forest 216.68 aligns 54 Acquisition Mitchell Properties West** Trabuco 101.7 properties, 55 Acquisition Newport‐Banning Ranch** Coastal 402 sized species 56 Acquisition O'Neill Oaks** Trabuco 149.9 larger covered 66 Acquisition Saddle Creek South** Trabuco 85.97 habitat, 67 Acquisition Saddleback Meadows Trabuco 222 Saddleback Valley Christian contains 68 Acquisition San Juan Capistrano 67.93 School** 75 Acquisition Shell‐Aera (HOSEC)** Tonner Canyon 2935 heterogeneous 77 Acquisition Siena Summit Laguna Beach 54 79 Acquisition Sky Ranch Trabuco 526.87 habitat, 106 Acquisition Takahashi (Baker Square LLC)** Cleveland Nat'l Forest 872.85 quality high 82 Acquisition The Hafen Estates** Trabuco 49 1: 93 Acquisition Watson** Trabuco 98.32 GROUP 95 Acquisition West Coyote Hills** Fullerton 510 2.9.10 PCA and Non PCA Ranked and Grouped.xlsx Acquisition Properties Evaluation (PCA and Non-PCA - Biological Criteria) Property Acquisition/ Number Restoration Property * Geographic Area Acreage 97 Acquisition Adams Cleveland Nat'l Forest 50.13 species 98 Acquisition Baczynski Cleveland Nat'l Forest 71.68 habitat, 16 Acquisition Deer Canyon SR‐91 45 covered 100 Acquisition Dulac (LOPEZ) Cleveland Nat'l Forest 56.1 some homogeneous 102 Acquisition Gittelson (Bergman) Cleveland Nat'l Forest 223.31 contain 104 Acquisition Inter‐American Investments Chino Hills State Park 123.86 habitat, 54 Acquisition Mitchell Properties East Trabuco 40 quality properties, 69 Acquisition Saddleback Vineyards Trabuco 99.29 good sized 2: 83 Acquisition Thier Property 1 Trabuco 78.6 84 Acquisition Thier Property 2 Trabuco 19.9 GROUP medium 2.9.10 PCA and Non PCA Ranked and Grouped.xlsx Acquisition Properties Evaluation (PCA and Non-PCA - Biological Criteria) Property Acquisition/ Number Restoration Property * Geographic Area Acreage 100‐Acre Lowlands (aka Hellman 1 Acquisition 100 Properties LLC) 7 Acquisition Cheynne 7.48 14 Acquisition Davis 6 17 Acquisition Diemer 9 18 Acquisition Domanskis 10 20 Acquisition Edwards Thumb 59.75 23 Acquisition Frost 60 disturbed 25 Acquisition Goodell 6.22 29 Acquisition Heiderali 38 highly 32 Acquisition Hospital 7.8 33 Acquisition Hsiao Williams 73.3 34 Acquisition Hunter 10 properties, 37 Acquisition Juarez 7.65 Lavendar Lane (aka Lag Beach 41 Acquisition 56 Preserve, Anacapa) smaller 42 Acquisition Leckey 18 45 Acquisition Lorch 16.54 habitat, 53 Acquisition Mehdi 22 quality 62 Acquisition Powell 2.66 63 Acquisition Rosenbaum 2.4 lower 3: 71 Acquisition San Juan Villas 9.21 73 Acquisition Shea (Bolsa Chica) 50 GROUP 76 Acquisition Shuff 18 107 Acquisition Valencia 8.49 91 Acquisition Van Thof 13.14 92 Acquisition Ventanas 5.3 94 Acquisition Wells Fargo/Earhar 12.3 2.9.10 PCA and Non PCA Ranked and Grouped.xlsx Acquisition Properties Evaluation (PCA and Non-PCA - Biological Criteria) Property Acquisition/ Number Restoration Property * Geographic Area Acreage 4 Acquisition Baca Park 14.34 5 Acquisition Beach and Bay Mobile Homes 2.85 11 Acquisition Collen 2 12 Acquisition Crystal Cathedral 162.3 habitats 26 Acquisition Harden 1 30 Acquisition Hollingsworth 5 freeway with 31 Acquisition Holocek 2 40 Acquisition Lake Forest 16. 8, 10.9,13.7 align not 44 Acquisition Little Church Int'l 1.5 do 46 Acquisition Los Alisos Parcel 1 20.41 some 47 Acquisition Los Alisos Parcel 2 48.73 48 Acquisition Los Alisos Parcel 3 7.1 disturbed, 51 Acquisition Mazzie 3 highly 52 Acquisition McGraw 2 61 Acquisition Peric 5 habitat, 70 Acquisition Salinas 4 small 72 Acquisition Schroeder 5.02 very 81 Acquisition Summit Drive 0.12 85 Acquisition Trail Property 1 20.05 typically 4: 86 Acquisition Trail Property 2 15.27 87 Acquisition Tustin Branch (Middle) 11.48 GROUP 88 Acquisition Tustin Branch (North) 2 linear miles 96 Acquisition Winner 2.14 2.9.10 PCA and Non PCA Ranked and Grouped.xlsx Acquisition Properties Evaluation (PCA and Non-PCA - Biological Criteria) Property Acquisition/ Number Restoration Property * Geographic Area Acreage 19 Restoration Driftwood Restoration *** 20 24 Acquisition Goeden Co. 4.3 50 Acquisition Lyon Homes 14.28 LEGEND 58 Acquisition Pacific Triangle Management 96 SEE 64 Acquisition Royale Capistrano 25 78 Acquisition SJD Properties 12.32 LEGEND * Properties are in alphabetical order within each group ** Recommended for proceeding with appraisal process and/or for acquisition consideration. *** Will be evaluated as part of Restoration Properties Properties in PCA Properties outside of PCA In PCA and Removed by Project Sponsor Outside of PCA and Removed by Project Sponsor 2.9.10 PCA and Non PCA Ranked and Grouped.xlsx Acquisition Properties Evaluation (PCA and Non-PCA) DRAFT LOS ANGELES SAN 75 BERNARDINO (! 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Conservation Assessment of Orange County APPENDIX A DATA SOURCES Conservation Biology Institute December 2009 Conservation Assessment of Orange County Appendix A Data Sources The existing Geographic Information System (GIS) database for Orange County was updated with data provided by OCTA, as well as other publicly available sources. Table A-1 lists the existing GIS datasets used in the Conservation Assessment. Table A-2 lists data sources used to update CBI’s Protected Areas Database (PAD). The USDA Forest Service Existing Vegetation (EVeg) dataset was selectively updated using 2008 aerial photography and parcel-specific information to incorporate additional information or reflect recent on-the-ground changes. Because the focus of the vegetation updates was on sizeable areas of change, it is probable that smaller areas of change have occurred which are not reflected in the vegetation dataset.