HomeMy WebLinkAbout18735 - RESOLUTIONS - 11/15/1995 RESOLUTION NO. 18735
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF $24,900 AS A FRINGE TOED
LIZARD MITIGATION FEE RELATED TO THE AIRPORT'S
RUNWAY EXTENSION PROJECT AND RESTATING THE CITY
POLICY THAT ALL PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ON THE AIRPORT
SHALL PAY THE $600 PER ACRE LIZARD MITIGATION FEE
WITH GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS BEING EXEMPT.
WHEREAS the City of Palm Springs, as Sponsor for the Palm Springs Regional Airport, has
recently completed a Master Planning and Environmental Review Process; and
WHEREAS during the biological assessment of the proposed project (Master Plan) for the first
time ever, a single Coachella Valley Fringe Toed Lizard, an endangered species, was identified
on the site; and
WHEREAS the Palm Springs Regional Airport is a part of the Coachella Valley Fringe Toed
Lizard Habitat Conservation Plan and, as such, per the existing 10A Federal Fish and Wildlife
Permit, may have an "incidental take" of the lizard; and
WHEREAS the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a letter dated June 23, 1986, from William
F. Shake, accepted the Airport's inclusion in the Habitat Conservation Plan, except "To the
extent future FAA activities, not included in this consultation,... formal interagency
consultation will be required,"; and
WHEREAS on October 24, 1995, the Federal Aviation Administration requested Formal
Consultation with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services for the proposed 1500 foot runway extension;
and
' WHEREAS Exhibit 1 to the Resolution depicts the approximate area to be disturbed by the
Runway Extension Project, some 41 .5 acres; and
WHEREAS on November 9, 1995, the FAA, USFWS and City staff met to discuss the impact
of the project on the Fringe Toed Lizard with USFWS providing a "No Jeopardy Opinion" to
the species and the parties agreed to an appropriate mitigation,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that subject to the USFWS actions to immediately
conclude the Formal Consultation, and its restatement that "on airport property, private
development shall pay the $600 per acre fee and public works activities are exempt from the
fee," the City agrees as follows:
Section 1 . The City of Palm Springs, as Sponsor for the Palm Springs Regional Airport,
hereby agrees to and authorizes the payment of $24,900 for the mitigation of
the Fringe Toed Lizard in relationship to the Runway Extension Project. Said
payment shall occur within five (5) days of the City's acceptance of an FAA
grant for the Runway Extension Project.
Section 2. The City of Palm Springs restates its position that all "private development"
projects on Airport property shall pay the $600 per acre Fringe Toed Lizard
Mitigation fee prior to receipt of a Building Permit.
ADOPTED this 15th day of November , 1995.
' AYES: Members Lyons, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Maryanov
NOES: None
ABSENT: Member Hodges
ABSTAIN: Member Kleindienst
ATTEST: CIT ALM SPR LIFORNIA
By
City Clerk Mana r
REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM
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