CHAPTER 4 4. REPORT PREPARATION 4.1 References Action Pajaro Valley. 2004. Action Pajaro Valley, Pajaro River Task Force Progress Summary, April 1, 2004. Bay Area Ridge Trail Council. 2004. www.ridgetrail.org. California Department of Conservation 1993. Geology of the Hollister and San Felipe Quadrangles, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Monterey Counties, California. Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 93-01. 1993. California Department of Fish and Game. 2004. Natural Diversity Database, Commercial Version 3.0.3. November 3, 2003 updated May 2, 2004. Chittenden and San Felipe Quads. California Department of Transportation 2004a. Highway 25 Corridor Improvement. Route 25 Fact Sheet. Internet web site: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/projects/hwy25/factsheet. Accessed on May 13, 2004. California Department of Transportation 2004b. Initial Study with Mitigated Negative Declaration for the State Route 152-B Improvement Project. City of Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California. EA No. 43982. July 2004. California Department of Transportation and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority 2002. Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Study for the SR 152 A Improvement Project US 101/SR 152 Interchange to West of Gilroy Foods. June 2002. California Department of Transportation and US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration 1999. Initial Study/Environmental Assessment for the Safety Improvement Project on State Route 152 in Santa Clara County. Caltrans District 4, Office of Environmental Planning, South. December 1999. California High-Speed Rail Authority and the Federal Railroad Administration. 2004. A Plan to Fly California without ever leaving the ground. Highlights of the Draft Program Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the proposed California High-Speed Train System. http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov California Spatial Information Library 2001. http://gis.ca.gov/ Central Coast Joint Data Commission 2001. http://www.centralcoastdata.org/ Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 2004. 2002 CWA Section 303(d) list of Water Quality Limited Segment. Approved by USEPA: July 2003. Internet website: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/tmdl/docs/2002reg3303dlist.pdf. Accessed on May 12, 2004. City of Gilroy 2004. Agricultural Mitigation Policy, City of Gilroy. Adopted May 3, 2004. September 2004 Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority 4-1
Clinkenbeard 2004. John Clinkenbeard, California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology. Personal communication with Karen Frye at RMC, August 13, 2004. Fall Creek Engineering 2004. Final Report. Upper Pajaro River Sediment Assessment. Prepared for: Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation. Prepared by: Fall Creek Engineering, Inc. and Buchanan Associates. February 2004. Federal Register 2004. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17, RIN 1018 AF68 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the California Tiger Salamander, Central Population. Vol. 69, No. 153, Tuesday, August 10, 2004, Proposed Rules. Institute for Local Self Government 2002. Farmland Protection Action Guide: 24 Strategies for California Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District 2004. 2000 Air Quality Management Plan for the Monterey Bay Area. http://www.mbuapcd.org/index.cfm?doc=136 Northwest Information Center. 2004. Record Search Results for the Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority. File No: 03-888. Revised May 18, 2004. Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency. 2002. Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Revised Basin Management Plan Final EIR. SCH #2000062030. January 2002. Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency. 2004. Broadview Water Contract Assignment Project Draft EIR. SCH No. 2003092098. January 2004. Raines, Melton and Carella, Inc. 2002. Pajaro River Watershed Study, Phase 1. July 2002. Prepared for the Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority. Raines, Melton and Carella, Inc. 2003. Pajaro River Watershed Study, Phase 2. April 2003. Prepared for the Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority. Ristow, John 2004. Information provided on the Southern Gateway Land Use and Transportation Study, August 13, 2004. Rosales 2004. Richard Rosales, California Department of Transportation, District 5. Personal communication with Karen Frye, August 13, 2004. San Benito County 1993 as amended. San Benito County General Plan. Santa Clara County, Information Services Department 2004. Santa Clara County GIS Basemap vector digital data. Publication date 4-1-2004. Santa Clara County Planning Department 2004. http://www.sccplanning.org/planning/content/planspolicy/planspolicy_riparian_protection_ordinance. jsp September 2004 Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority 4-2
Santa Clara County 1995. Santa Clara County Countywide Trails Master Plan Update. Final Report, Santa Clara County Trails Plan Advisory Committee. Adopted November 14, 1995 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Santa Clara County 1994 as amended. Santa Clara General Plan, Adopted December 20, 1994, amended February 6, 2000 and August 24, 2001. Santa Clara Valley Water District 2004. Presentation made at the Pajaro River Watershed Council meeting in Gilroy on May 7, 2004. Santa Clara Valley Water District 2003. San Felipe Preventive Maintenance Shutdown Final Initial Study/Environmental Assessment. August 2003. Santa Clara Valley Water District and US Bureau of Reclamation. Smith, Jerry J. Steelhead Distribution and Ecology in the Upper Pajaro River System Draft. 3 March 2002 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2004. Public Notice Number 28200S for the Pajaro River Mitigation Bank, a wetlands mitigation bank proposed by Wildlands, Inc. June 30, 2004. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2004. Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Revised Basin Management Plan Project Final Environmental Impact Statement. March 2004. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2003. Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Revised Basin Management Plan Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement. August 2003. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2003. Tequisquita Slough Feasibility Study. Prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Hollister Field Office. October 2003. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers Home Administration, 1990. Quitclaim Deed (Conservation Easement) for Michael Helperin for Assessors Parcel Numbers 13-010-21 and 13-010-23 signed January 19, 1990 and recorded on February 13, 1990. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2004. Biological and Conference Opinion for the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency s Revised Basin Management Plan Projects (SCC-416, ENV-7.00) San Benito, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and Monterey Counties, California (1-8-03-F-44). Prepared by Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, March 19, 2004. Wildlands, Inc. 2004. Information on the Wildlands property purchased in San Benito County provided via e- mail by Greg Lyman on June 13, 2004 and GIS shape files of the property boundary provided by Jeff Novak on June 16. 2004. 4.2 Consultation and Coordination The following agencies, organizations, and individuals were consulted during the preparation of this document for information relevant to this project. Federal Agencies US Army Corps of Engineers Chris Eng September 2004 Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority 4-3
David Patterson Eric Thaut State Agencies California Department of Transportation Dennis Cadd, Scenic Resources Jared Goldfine, District 4 Richard Rosales, District 5 California Food and Agriculture Ken Trott Steve Schaffer California Regional Water Quality Control Board Larry Harlan Local Agencies City of Gilroy Cydney Casper San Benito County Planning Office Susan Heiser, Planner Rob Mendiola, Planning Director Santa Clara County Planning Office Ann Draper, Planning Director Bill Shoe, Planner Pamela Wu, Planner Steven Golden, Planner Santa Clara County, Parks and Recreation Department Jane Mark, Park Planner Mark Frederick, Manager Planning & Real Estate Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Ann Calnan, Environmental Planner John Ristow September 2004 Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority 4-4
Santa Clara Valley Water District Sarah Duckler, CFM Bill Smith, AICP, Planner Gale Rankin, Biologist Terry Anderson, Water/Utility Planning Organizations/Individuals Habitat Restoration Group Dr. Jerry Smith Land Trust for Santa Clara County Nancy Richardson League of California Cities Bill Higgins San Benito County Land Trust and Farm Bureau Paul Hain San Benito & Santa Clara County Farm Bureaus MaryEllen Dick, Agricultural Water Quality Program Coordinator San Benito County Resource Conservation District Dawn Mathes, Pajaro Watershed Coordinator San Benito Historical Society Earlene McCabe Santa Clara County Farm Bureau Jenny Derry Santa Clara County Open Space Authority Patrick Congdon, General Manager The Nature Conservancy Lloyd Wagstaff Jody Williams September 2004 Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority 4-5
4.3 List of Reviewers and Preparers This document was prepared under the direction of the board members of the Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority: Richard Scagliotti - Chair, County of San Benito Tony Campos - Vice Chair, County of Santa Cruz Louis Calcagno, County of Monterey Warren Church, Monterey County Water Resources Agency Donald Gage, County of Santa Clara Ken Perry, San Benito County Water District Sig Sanchez, Santa Clara Valley Water District Dale Skillicorn, Santa Cruz Zone 7 Flood Control Associate Members: Charles Morales, City of Gilroy Tony Bruscia, City of Hollister Steve Tate, City of Morgan Hill Staff: Nick Papadakis, Executive Coordinator This document was prepared by the Staff Working Group and consultant, Raines, Melton and Carella, Inc. Staff Working Group Voting Members: Jeff Cattaneo, PE, San Benito County Water District Steve Homan, REHS, REA, Santa Clara County Lauran Howard, Monterey County Bruce Laclergue, Santa Cruz County and Zone 7 Flood Control Agency Bill Phillips, Monterey County Water Resources Agency Carol Presley, PE, CPESC, Santa Clara Valley Water District Scott Wilson, PE, Santa Clara Valley Water District Staff Working Group Associate Members: Jim Gasser, City of Gilroy David Koch, City of Watsonville David McCabe, Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency Steve Palmisano, City of Watsonville Raines, Melton and Carella, Inc. Karen Frye, AICP Lidia Gutierrez Tim Harrison, PE Jeff Lewandowski, PE Tricia Wotan, CFM September 2004 Pajaro River Watershed Flood Prevention Authority 4-6