Annual Report 2005 (62.7MB) - Western Riverside County Regional ...

1.0 INTRODUCTION1.2 Reporting RequirementsThe MSHCP requires that the RCA prepare and submit a report of its annual activities. Thisreport provides a summary of MSHCP implementation activities for the first full year ofRCA operation: January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005. In early 2005, the ReserveManagement Oversight Committee opted to prepare an annual report reflecting the first year ofofficial MSHCP implementation (June 22, 2004, to December 31, 2004). This first officialMSHCP annual report only reflected activity in the latter half of 2004. For this reason, the 2005annual report reflects the first full year of formal MSHCP implementation activities. Largelydue to annual biological resource seasonality considerations, all subsequent annual reports willoccur on a calendar year basis.Per the MSHCP, the annual report must include a description of:• Reserve Assembly activities in relation to the rough step formulas presented in Section6.7 of the MSHCP and in accordance with species-specific Objective 1B for the DelhiSands flower-loving fly. The rough step is a tool to help direct conservation withinvegetation communities of similar weather patterns, geographies, soils, and geologies asdevelopment occurs. It is intended to identify where development is proceeding at a pacethat would preclude achieving the conservation goals for specific key vegetationcommunities.• Acres authorized for disturbance within the Plan Area during the reporting period. Therough step, Area Plan, subunit, and jurisdictional performance measures use the totalacreage authorized for development in each reporting year. The number of acresauthorized for disturbance allows the RCA and Permittees to determine the rate ofdevelopment occurring in distinct geographic areas.• Single-family and mobile home activity within the Criteria Area for the preceding yearand cumulatively occurring under the expedited review process (ERP) for these activitiespresented in Section 6.1.1 of the MSHCP. Applications for a single-family home gradingpermit or for a mobile home site preparation permit within the Criteria Area are subject toreview against the MSHCP conservation criteria to determine the least sensitive locationfor building pad and necessary access roadways. This review process is referred to as theERP, and, with approval under this process, applicable properties are referred to as“ERPs.” The MSHCP included ERP activity assumptions (i.e., number of permits andacres disturbed (Section 7.3.2)). The annual reporting process is used to determinewhether ERP activity is occurring in a manner that is consistent with the assumptionsmade during MSHCP development. Furthermore, an analysis of ERP activity allows theWestern Riverside County MSHCP October 2006Annual Report (January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005) 1-3