Draft Environmental Impact Report - California Off Highway Vehicle ...

2.0 Project Description
The OHMVR Division is required to manage SVRAs in accordance with management standards
established for the OHMVR Program (PRC Sections 5090.2, 5090.35, and 5090.53). These
management standards include soil conservation and resource management protocols (State
Parks 2008).
In 1981, State Parks entered into an agreement with DFG and the California Department of Water
Resources (DWR), the landowners, to take possession of the Clay Pit site, previously known as “the
impervious materials borrow area at Oroville Division.” The Agreement for Transfer to Department
of Parks and Recreation of the Impervious Materials Borrow Area at Oroville Division was signed on
January 22, 1981. The agreement gave State Parks the right to plan, develop, and administer real
and personal property for the site as an OHV park. DWR retains the right to inundate the site or
remove additional borrow material if necessary for the Oroville Division of the State Water Project
(Oroville Dam); however, to date, DWR has not exercised these rights nor expressed an interest in
exercising these rights.
2.3 Project Objectives
Project objectives are used to develop and evaluate a range of alternatives to the proposed project.
A description of the project objectives is required by Section 15124 of the State CEQA Guidelines.
2.3.1 Mission Statements
California State Parks’ Mission
The mission of the California Department of Parks and Recreation is to provide for the health,
inspiration and education of the people of California by helping to preserve the state's
extraordinary biological diversity, protecting its most valued natural and cultural resources, and
creating opportunities for high‐quality outdoor recreation.
Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division Mission Statement
The mission of the OHMVR Division is to provide leadership statewide in the area of OHV
recreation; to acquire, develop, and operate SVRAs; and to otherwise provide for a statewide
system of managed OHV recreational opportunities through funding to other public agencies. The
OHMVR Division also aims to ensure that quality recreational opportunities remain available for
future generations by providing for education, conservation, and enforcement efforts that balance
OHV recreation impacts with programs that conserve and protect cultural and natural resources.
2.3.2 General Plan Objectives
The objectives of the Clay Pit SVRA General Plan are as follows:
Plan orderly implementation of long‐term capital improvements, including the
headquarters facilities and entrance areas in Clay Pit SVRA.
Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area
Draft EIR 2-5 February 2012