HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 00-111RESOLUTION NO. 00-111
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A $600/ACRE
FRINGE -TOED LIZARD MITIGATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
WITHIN HISTORICAL HABITAT AS IDENTIFIED IN THE
COACHELLA VALLEY FRINGE -TOED LIZARD HABITAT
CONSERVATION PLAN (CVFTL HCP)
WHEREAS, the Cities of the Coachella Valley, Country, CVAG, CDFG, FWS and
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) cooperated in the preparation of the Coachella Valley
Fringe -Toed Lizard Habitat Conservation Plan ("HCP"), which was implemented through
an agreement signed by the Cities, County, FWS, and CNLM on April 21, 1986 ("HCP
Agreement");
WHEREAS, the HCP and HCP Agreement provided for the acquisition and
protection of important habitat lands for CVFTL, and provided that acquisition be funded
primarily through a mitigation fee, initially set at $600 an acre and later dropped to $100
an acre, to be collected from landowners who obtain grading or building permits from the
Cities or County;
WHEREAS, substantial evidence exists that the current $100/acre fee is insufficient
to acquire all properties necessary to insure viable preserves capable of perpetuating the
species;
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert that the
Fringe -Toed Lizard Mitigation fee imposed through the HCP Agreement shall be raised to
$600/acre immediately upon adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert City
Council, held this 24th day of August , 2000, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, KELLY, SPIEGEL, CRITES
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: FERGUSON
ABSTAIN: NONE
BUFOR'CRITES, Mayor
SHEILA R. GicLIGAN; ity Clerk
City of Palm Dese ' alifornia