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KELLY FARM CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER MITIGATION BANK UPDATE
Staff will provide a brief update on the development of the California tiger salamander mitigation bank on Kelly Farm.
The Laguna Treatment Plant (LTP) and many of the city-owned farms are located within the Santa Rosa Plain which is home to endangered species, including the California tiger salamander (CTS), and rare plants, including Sebastopol meadowfoam, Burke’s goldfields, and Sonoma sunshine. When the City undertakes a project located at these facilities, projects need to be designed to avoid impacts to these sensitive species, or the City needs to purchase mitigation credits from a privately held mitigation bank to offset the impacts. Over the last ten years, the cost of CTS credits has continually increased. The City has planned projects that may require significant mitigation credits, including the LTP Flood Protection Project. The purchase of mitigation credits can add a large cost to projects and extend the tim...
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