HomeMy WebLinkAboutA5327 - CVAG, COUNTY AND CITY MOU RE TRANSFER OF TAKE PURSUANT TO CVMSHCP MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE
COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF
GOVERNMENTS, THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AND
THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS REGARDING TRANSFER
OF TAKE PURSUANT TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY
MULTIPLE SPECIES HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN
This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into between Coachella Valley
Association of Government, a California 7PA ("CVAff), the County of Riverside ("County")
and the City of Palm Springs, California, a Charter City ("Palm Springs"),
RECITALS
WHEREAS, CVAG, with the assistance and cooperation of the County and the nine
cities in the Coachella Valley, has developed the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat
Conservation Plan ("MSHCP") to address the conservation of certain plant and animal species
with the MSHCP boundaries; and
WHEREAS, CVAG and County have approved, and Palm Springs has conditionally
approved the MSHCP, which will protect the re;ion's biological resources, vegetation
communities, and natural areas; and
WHEREAS, certain property within Palm Springs, as depicted in Exhibit"A,"
("Property") may require take authorization under the MSHCP. In that event, Palm Springs
wishes to ensure that adequate take currently allocated to the County is transferred from
Recovery Zone 2 to Recovery Zone 1, and that that take is available to Palm Springs under the
MSHCP in order for development to proceed on the Property, and
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WHEREAS, CVAG, the County and Palm Springs are entering into this memorandum
of understanding to memorialize their agreement that CVAG and the County will assist in the
transfer of such take between Recovery Zones and its allocation to Palm Springs for use on the
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AGREEMENT
THEREFORE, CVAG, the County and Palm Springs agree as follows:
1 If the Shadowrock project does not receive take authorization for the Property through
Section 7 of the Federal Endangered Species Act, Palm Springs agrees to request in writing, after
appropriate action by the Palm Springs City Council, a transfer of take from Recovery Zone 2 to
Recovery Zone I and from the County to Palm Springs for the Property.
2. CVAG and the County agree to facilitate the transfer of up to 50 acres of take from
Recovery Zone 2 to Recovery Zone 1 if needed for the development of the Property. The
County further agrees to transfer that take to Palm Springs. Such transfer would occur after
approval of the MSHCP by all permittees and issuance of the applicable state and federal
permits.
Dated: �G J ZL0P ZD� CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
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APPROVED BY CRY COUNCIL Attest
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Dated: { L j ` �� COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION
OF GOVERNMENTS
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Chair, Mecutive Committee
Dated: COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
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By
WIRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS �> �-
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EXHIBIT A
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Jim Sullivan
Coachella Valley
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June 16, 2006
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