Beach-Stone Lakes Mitigation Site American River Watershed Common - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

C A L I F O R N I A D E P A R T M E N T O F W A T E R R E S O U R C E S D I V I S I O N O F F L O O D M A N A G E M E N T Beach-Stone Lakes Mitigation Site American River Watershed Common Features 2016 Central Valley Flood Protection Board Meeting | April 26, 2019 Itzia Rivera, CVFPB Lori Price, DWR

Project Background • ARCF planned levee improvements = riparian habitat removal • Mitigation required by: • 2015 USFWS Biological Opinion • 2015 Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Report

Project Location Sacramento Freeport River Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant

Project Description • Approximately 24-acre riparian site • Mitigates for 12 acres of tree removal • Begin Summer 2019 • Approximately 5 months to complete • Monitor 5 years • Maintain in perpetuity

Draft Supplemental EA/IS/MND Avoidance Minimization Significant Impacts

Public Involvement • Public / Agency Circulation : • March 28 – April 26, 2019 • Available at: • Sacramento Central Public Library • Robbie Waters Pocket-Greenhaven Library • http://cvfpb.ca.gov/public-notices/ • https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Media/USACE- Project-Public-Notices • http://www.safca.org/Protection/Environmental_P ublic_Review.html

Next Steps May 2019 - Recommend: • Adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration • Approve the Beach-Stone Lakes Mitigation Site Begin Construction Summer 2019

Questions Lori Price Flood Projects Office Division of Flood Management Department of Water Resources