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M~nute$ a~ t~~·M~~ti~g 6f ~he .. State Lands c·ommi:ssi.on S,c~amen~o, Caltfornia

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Commissioners Present: ~id HcCausl'ari.d, Act~ng Ohai:rm~n, D~pi~ty Dire.ctor

Staff

9f F'ina.nc.e, {ilr.e.l:'nfite for Cornml.ssionc-n· Rey M. . Bell~ D.i ,;~~tor O·f 'F~ nance

:Be tt;:y j9 SrYii"tih·~, Staff Cb• .. rns-a1.~. alt~rna·te f OT 9·om!11iss:i.~onef Mervyn· 11 •. DyrtiaJly, 'LiEfutenant Gove.inor. · ·

Members· iri .. AtJ:e.nd'ar1ce· i. . Wiil'T"i\m F •. N5fj:hr<;>p ~ E:x:ecu~~ve O.'tf~~e.r R. ·s,. Gol-d1et1., 'Ass~s·~ant fa,<e~µtiv1e Of,ftcex R. G. High~, :Cll'~P.J; Counsel·. · James F. Tt.out, ;~anage:r ,. J~am~ 10p~rati~ns· D. J .. giVeri·tts; .Ma,nager > Energy ·and 'Mineral

Resources pevelopfuen~ Dwight f:• S~ri.de:-.·s ,, Chi:ef, .P.U~nnin~ at1d ·?mt:i:ronmental

Coordination 11. IC H~yward~ As.sistant Man~ger,, ·i.ong :j)ea~h . Opera:ti(m$. Die.ne Jones, \se.cretary

Repr~senti~~ the Offic~.of. th~ AttoTrieI General: "Jan$tevens, ?fSSis·t~n~ Attorney G.en~ral Dennis Eagans. Deputy At~orney Generai Riick Ft"an~I' Deputy Attorney G~neral

Re Minute Ice~ 10 ----· Leo~ara Snaider, Deputy City Attorney, City and County of Sah Fr.ancisco

Re Minute Item 1.1 -----,Or-Oert Dall, repres~ntitig tl)e Si~tra Clqb Rod Hoimgt~ni C~airman, ~o~s tahding Task Force

of No-rt.hei'n Califot·nia Regi<;>nal ~onse·rvati.on Comm:Ltt~e, and Ventaba Ch?p~er ·of Sierra Ch\b

Judsod E. Vandevere, nitectot, Audubon Society a1id F'riends of t:he Sea Otter

Peter Baumgs:rt;iner, attol'tH~Y, Faci.fio Gas .and . Ele¢t.ric ·Comp~my Roy Hawes, Moss L~nding H~rbor Di~tr~ct

Re Minute. Ite~ 15 ~ Ann JW$.sqll, repre·senting Peter Sm1ders·on, a

prospective d~v~lop-r, Bruce Cbnn, ee t~.~ pto~~e~ti~~ d~veloper

R~ Hinute Item 20 -- JameS'T.. Mathews, Land Depar.tment, Shell Oi.l Compa11y

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MINUTES OF THE STA1~E LANDS COMMISSION , . NE·ETJ:NG OF 1

MA~PB: 3,11~ ~97e:

'The i"Efgular ·meE\t:tng of tihc~· Stat:\~'.L~ ·l·q <;ofiil\l~se:Hm W..as ,i:; .. f\lle<;l to order ~y Acting Oh41irman .Sid McC· •. :1and af: io:os a.m. ~11 Ro.om 21i7,, fit:at~ 0'!.PL>"toi,• Ai~9 p:i,:"/~s.:~nt ¥8·$. Po.tm:n:i:s$ic.m­mlt~rn~te Betty Jo S~itn, Staff Courtsel, represe~~lng Commi•ssiqner .·Mar;v~n. ~h ,pyr~al'l,y,;,. :Li,e~t~i"lc?11~ Go.ve,rno;t,.

The miinuues ·Of l:lhe· mee,t\ing .. of ~:~\)t'lj.:-l:ty 23.,. 1"978., \9er.!f: ap,p1~,pved as ·ptes~nt.ed·.

E·XECUTI,V~ orf't CER 1 s P-EPOR~r ' ;· ' .. ' ' ' ; '., '·. '' . ' ' ' ' ' '

Aftter M.r. William :f. Nort:hrqi'·'s repo.f.t, a.t;:~·ached' as E'.Xhi:bit 'Mr,, ·~oCau~l?~nd· q.~~e?1 ~~ t)h~ .. $.tfff;f ~a·s J,~es·p9ntHtig .. tt\,) ·~:.ti~ . "A' " . )

Gover1,')or ,,s ~x~cu·~iv¢ O~:der.. j340'-78 coh<=errii:ng the invei1tory 1

01; .!¥ti;pl u~ ~and~. ~1;"'.•,, ~lr)'~·f;;tirop· f!.fiYi,~;~g .~f.g1t :·the·. l\·~cf/i;f, wa S· prepari-~g the repo:r·t.r l>ut that: th~te were very few .parcels

· p~19e1i; th¢ juti1sdi·ct~6n o;f ·t:he., Cqmm~•$sion ·~l;li.ch, v~:lp.t;ed Lo, this inventory~ . · · ·

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ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE OFF1ICER 'S ~EI:'ORT ----·-~~ ,·:"'-~·~--

Mt'. R. S. Golden1s ~ritten report .ts attached as E':Chibi'~ 1iB''.

Attachments· Exhi·bits ,·,A,i .\ind ·oB\I

EXECUTIVE OFFICER!/$ REPOR'f BY

WI U IAM: F NORTH'~OP ~tARd~r 50:; 197.8' ·

]'f{ 19J4, TWO· AND ONE""' HALF MI.l!.I.:. 101~ BOAHb FEET OF p,J RE-, ' ~ Jl ' ' ' . . '

Kl 1:-LEb T l'MBER WAS $Al:. VAGE'.b FROM \·He NORTHERN HALF OF A $EG:f,J ON

·oF $TAJE scHcroL LANi'.>1 30' MlLE~ $OUTH· OF· SusANVI·Ll..E, THE PUR-

CHASER PAID THE STATE $229)000 FOR THE TIMB,EP. THAT WAS 'REMOVED, . . , ; r , \ ., .. , .

SINCE THt.NJ 'l"HE ·STAFF HAS MAD· tHE OPPORT,UNITY of.: .LOOKING Ar THE I' " ' 1 ' : > > + , : ' " ~ I 1 ' ~' I

VNBURNE·D solitH· HAtF ··op ·rfiE secr-ioN, · ;rH1 s: ?ORTI'ON ·of: tHE PARCEL : ' < ! 1'" I I I ' ' ' • > > 1 'L '1 : ' ~ ' ' " ;

.HAS, f.,\ STANff Of' .~1ATURE AND OVERMA'NJRe 1POND'EROSA" pt NE AND 'WHITE ' ' • i~ ' ~ t ' ' ' • ~ ' '

FIR S"AWl'.I~ER, 1UNDER 1~HE ·OLDER TRE\:S I·S A GOOD 'COVER 0F YOUNG

PINE AND FIR SEEDLINGS ANp ~APLINGS, HEGJST~Ri;P F0RE~TERS ON

THt:: S.TAff ARE 'OF THE OPINtON TViE OLDER TIMBER, BEING SUBJECT TO

'INCREASING. LOSS FROM DECAY·., SHOULD BE REMOVt:D IN' ORDER to :PROVIDE " ~, . . , ' '

MORE ROOM FOR THE FASTER GROWING YOU~W ·GROWTH, THIS TIM~ER HA'S

.BF.f.N MARKED FQR !{EMOVAl. .<\ND THE VOLUM.E IS ES Tl MP.TED TO SE 2, 4

MILLI ON f!OMUJ FEE if I A NEGAT·l'VE QECLARATl ON HAS BEEN ~l RCULATED

AND IT HAS BEEN ne·TERMJNED THERE WILL NO ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACT ·FROM THE 'PROPOSED LOGGING, THE ;;7AFF PLANS TO ADVERTISE

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THE TIMBER FOR SAU' £N APR! L AND SUBSEQUENTL'I REQUEST AUTHOR I Zn TI ON

FROM THE COMMJ'SSlON TO ENTER INTO A T!'MBER SALE- 1~GREEMENT WITH·

THF HIGHEST QUALIFIED BIDDER,

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ON FEBRUARY 23, 1978, THE COMMISSION APPROVEtl CHEVRON

U.SoA •. '1; f~ROPOSAL TO DRILL WELL "Rro VISTA STATE £ ... LJ].5 11 No, 19.

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ON fEiSRUARY 2'4:.1· 1CHEVRON .P1DVl SED BY Pl-IOME ff:flAT THE'{ ·\~t1SHED to ~Nct~~A?E THE oEPrtt or tH~~. p.RorosED. 1 1,-;c;LL ·~Y 70C r:EET, AccoRDI NGLY

NQ AP~ROVAL LETTE~ WAS WRlTT~N PEN~tNG 8ECE1Pt OF THE RE~~SED I I

PR9POS.Al ·' \ ' ; i 'l ' ' ' l \ : 1 ~

THE ~EV~ S I'O~) DATED MJ\RCH 13, l.97'S; PRQVED TO at; I '

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S J.MPL.Y P:N EXTENSt ON OF THE PREVi OUS~Y AP.PROVED WELL COURSE FOR , ' I I

700 FEET) W'I·TH NO OTH~R I CHANGE·,,.' tME ·PREVi{).Uf'LY APPROVED OBJECT IVf:

OF a~~~LET•;NG. lN THE Sus-Um toNES 1.~ ~NcHA~sE~. . . . ' " ' " ' . ' . ,, "\ ' . ' . ' ' ' ' ' '

· . AccoRn"iNGtYJ ,st wet: THE ·!NTENT .. OF · iHE 'PRo?osA~v·.\s i I \, '' \ I < ' ' ' ~' I ' \ ;

UNCHANGED.1 AN A?PROVA~ LETTER ·WAS ·PREPAflED, Wffftti' l S 1 GNED ON ·, I " ,. "\ ' , ,\ , > , ' " : I , ; , \ l : "

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·!N JANUARY ·y0U.,AUTHOft !ZED" I'SSUANCE OF A DEM/:\NP NOT,1 CE

TO· At·Ht~CHL USA1 'I:N'(';., 'FOR 'REMOVAL OF THE ifitJ~WOOD:'.PlER lN SANTA \ ' ' . ' . , '

EARBARAJ AS ·PROV'lDE{.' IN THE h~ASE1· AT 'TH~ SAME TIME YOU ·.tNDlCATED

YOU WOULD BE RE' CE PT I VE TO OTHER APPROACHf..S IF THE. COUNTY COULD

RESOLVE ITS PROBLEMS RELAT'iVE TO LEASING THE PIER FOR· RECR~ATlONAL

PURPOSE::>, SuB?EQUENTL Y.) ·l\~GOTl ATl oNs WITH AMIN01 L, ARCO) ANI.1 ExxoN

STAFF HAVE BEGUN WHEREBY AMlNOl 1- WILL REWjVE THE SEAWARD 1

800

FEE..T OF THE .'l ER AND THE RE'1Al NDER WI LL BE RENOVATED AND 1..EASED

TO EXXON ANO ARCO· 'FOR PERSONNEL TRAN$FER AND L1 GHT CARGO PURPOSES~ Tm~; LEASE wrLL PRPVl or.: THAT lN THE E'.VEN,T THE COUNTY OF' 'SA~ITA BARBA~A FINDS J'T l$ ABLE TO ·PROCEEl) Wl"TH. PLANS TO t,.\AKl! RECREATIONAL

•• IJSE OF THe Pl ER, EXXON AND P.RCO I/I I LL, LEASE TO THE COUNTY, BUJ

RETAIN 'Tt1Elf~ RIGHTS· TO U~E !HE FACi41TlES FOR CREW LOADlNG1

liNVlRONMENTAI.:. potliMENiS FQR REMOVAL OF A POl~TlON OF

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THE PIER ANJ? 'FOR THE kEASlNG OF T~G 'R~MAJNDER Aft~ NOW l\EING

PRE·P:ARED BY iSTAFF I

LP.:st MU~TH YQO /l.UTHQRi ZE.P THE EMERGENCY EXPENDl.TURE j ,, I I

Of OP 'T() $L~.o;ooo FOR REMOVAL OF BEA6H OBSTRUCT I bNS IN SANT-A ' '

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aARBARA wi;1'CH H/.\D sE~N' uNc9v~RED BY ·.vNusuALLY HEAVY w1NTER srom1s.

, 16.· coNTRA~-r ·wP1$ AWARP!!D ··+o GRA~n TE C~msTRutn oN toMPANY

oF $ANTA ·BARBAR~ no.s M.oNTtb ANP iN A1 NINE~niw .?ER1on '.i~owE 1·HAN·

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100 TONS QF st~.~L ANP w6op.~ R~MNANTS OF FPRl~~R 6 I·L rr-< ~LUNG ' ' • ~ ' ' ' l • ' ' I ' ' I ' ' ' \ ' ' ' • ' ' " I ' t •

OPERATlONS.J WERE ·REMO\/~D· FROM A ONE•MI LE S'tRETCH Of B'EAtH .iN THE.

·~LLNOOD AREA. THiS' EMERGJ;:NCY WORK COS·T $22Jooq. THE N~XT PHASE WILL BE TO CALL FOR Bina ON A:PffOJECT

TO .l·DENTl"FY .AND .~P · JHE REMAIN.ING 1Q{3$TtRUCiflQttS' tPR 'FUTURE

·f.'t~MOVAL,; TH·IS f.)N-+GOING BEAGH' CLEARf\NCE P.ROJE~:r :1s ·Bt;J·~~G· FYNDED

BY. A '$70f.}', 000 FEDERAi:- G.RAN'1:,

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OUR TRE~ ,p.~NT~NG, PROGRAM f·~ R.~~~DY rn 'BE\',HN- ·ON TUESDAY J I

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ANn CALtroRNtA CoNsERVJXr.10N ·coRPs t~EMBERs w1tL PARt1c.1?AT!: iN ' ' .

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~~.ANTED or-1 DI.Fr:ERING SOILS AND EXPOSURES. THE SITE WAS CHO.;EN

Bf.CAUSE rr Is RE'ADl LY AVAJ LABLE TO A MAJOR- HlGH\.'fAY ·WH'i CH MAl<ES

STUDY EASiER ANb LESS ~XPENS1VE, EXPER1~M:E GAIN~P ON THIS

SlTE 'WlLl. Ht!.1.!P ENSURE A SUCCESSFU.L p}:{QGf~'AM· F'OR NEXT Y~AR 'S

MAJOR REF0Rt.S1'ATION EFFORTt

FOR 'THE MAJOR PROGRAM, 1 ·AM ASKING FELLOW MEMBERS Oi- Tli~

WESTERN STATES LAND CoMMlSSIONER? ASSOCIATION lf THEV WOULD

DONATE. SOME TREES f'Rt»M" THE'l·R StArGS • 0l'ttt 'OR MOR!: SITES COLll.,(D

BecoME GRoves FOR 1'REES oF rm£ GGLDEll WEST. CALIF.oRNIA \~ouLDJ

u~ TURN, RECIPROCATE ~lMERF. ·AVi-1RC:PRIATE1 PERHAPS wrrH no;~ATIONS

OF P EDWOODS ,.

ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORT

BY R, s. GOLDEN

THIS REPORT IS JNTENDED TO APPRISE YOU OP THE

CURRENT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE STATE LANDS COMMISSION

AND THE REGIONAL AND STATE COASTAL COMM I SS.JONS i

EED.ERAL :ew.T.Ak11AR rnE -~iUA.BY...&~~s S'tArE LANo.s CthMiss 1cN srAFr. HAVE B~~N. INVOLVED .1 N

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THE DES!GNATIOf'f QF AREAS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE Li •. S,

Se:tREtARlf ·oF 'CoMMERcr: ·As ·MARTNE ·sf\f\lCTOl\R t-~s't· :STATE·

EFFORTS IN THlS REGARD HAYE BEEN COORDINATED WITrUt" THE I I ~ ' ' ; ' ' \ ' ' ' ' j ' ' r J. : ' i ~ '

RESOURCES' 1~GENCY BUT HAVE B~EN SPEARKEADED BY THE CnASTAL

COMMISS lON·, THE .MO'N'f'.ERE'li BAY. 'ARE~·J· lHE"' GHAN'N~l.. f.sL.ANbS)

AND THE AREA OFFSHORE Pr. REY~S AND SAN FRANCISCO BAY ARE

THE THREE AP.EA~ UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION BY THE ~EDERAL

GOVERNMENT.

THE OBJECTIVE OF T•fE FEDERAL PROGRAM IS TO tDENTIFY

"DIST1NCTIV~ bCEAN ARE~S THAT NEED COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT

AND REGULA~·:: J.HO$E AC!TIVI1'lES THAT THREATEN T01 :DESTI"ROY THEIR

CHARACTER". OF SPECIAL INTEREST IS THAT PROGRAM FINANCIN<i IS

ENTIRELY FEDERAL AND INCLUDES FUNDS FOR DESIGNATION 1 )

MANMH.:J1ENT., EVALUATIONi AND, t;NFORCEMENT, $HOUL;D ANY OF THE

AREAS BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FEDERAL MARINE SANCT~4RY

PROGRAM) 1 rs. MANAGEMENl' MAY UL r 1 MA "tEL v RES IDE w 1 TH Sr ATE

AGBNCIE$ WITH~~ THE RESOURCES AGENCY.

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S"f.ATJ; l.p.NQ& C0MMJ1S$~1-0N, R~·P.R,E·SEW!"A:f1IVl;S·1«t<ECEN1'L y

·PART·l.CJPATED .lf'~· FIELD1

T,QJJRS. QF .Mt;>tft:EREY .. "BAY ·ANP ;fHE CHANNEL

[S,LANPS· WI TH., F!;DERAL :AGEN«Y. PER.S.QNNEL AN!?. PERSONNEL PROM

SJ.AT!; DEPARTMENifS WITHIN THE .~E$0.l.)RCES .AGENC~ •. JH.E TOURS

~NAB.LED. PART~ CI PA~TS TO EVALUAT.E THE '~CON~l;RYA\Tl,,ON, RECREAT I ONALJ

J;COLQG I OA.L" Q~· A~STHEJ·lC ·YALUE~!u OF TH~ AREAS,

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STAFF OF THE CoM~H ss I 6N HAS BEEN wo~KI N<f CLOSELY w1 TH

THE'.. AtroRt·fEY ·GENERAL ''s. OFF rcE ·,.0 AscE~JAIN 1 F ·coAsTAL

CoMr'1ts·s I ON· PRClJECT APPL rcAnoNS .H~V,OLVE . LANDS ENC.UMBERED

WITH 1HE l+ISTORl'C 1

PUBb-IC: TRUSt TIDELANDS EAS~MENT AND ALSO

WHETHER CERTAIN· DEVELOPMENTS ARE CONS I STENT WITH THE PURP0SES.

A~fi USES OF ~Atp ~ASEMENT.

CoAStAL CoMMI§SION P~RMITS ARE NOW BEING CONDITl-ON~D

AS FOLLOWS.:

PRIOR TO COMM~NCEMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE

APPJ,.JCANT SHALi- OBTAIN A WRiTTEN CERTIFICATION

FROM THE StNrE LANDS DIVISION THAT EITHE~ (1)

THE PARCEL IS NOT $UBJECT TO THE PUBLIC TRUST 'OR

(4) THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CAN BE CONSTRUCTED

CdNStSTENT WITH APPLICABLE STATE LAW. IN THE

EVENT THAT THE STATE LANDS DIVISION OR COMMISSION

FINDS THAT THE PROJECT SITE IS SUBJ~CT TO THE

PUBLIC TRUST AND THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE APPROVED

ONLY SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS IN USE, ANY LlMlTATIONS

REtOMMENbED BY THE DIVISION OR COMMISSI6N SHA~L BE

.INCORPORATED INTO THI$ ~ERMIT AS CONPITlONS,

J'N :e-s·sENOE; C6MMiiSSTON S'TAFF' is· DEING ASKED TO

PRov.znE ·?uaL rt TR us~ tLEARANcE· ·FoR rHEs~ 1P.RoJEcts: bN AN

0Neo1N6' BAs"rs. $TATE l.ANps·. ·srAFF:1 ls BE'tNG · ·REQues11En ro

:P.Rovr'DE· ~1J\r''PrNc3· SER\IIcE·S·, EXHAl)st1·Ve -iusrokrcAL ~ESEARCH; AND B6UNDARv/r1-tLE ·ne~r~~MrNATION$ BY STAFF OF THE REGIONAL

AND STAJE --COASTAL CoMMisifIONS· llN ORDER· THAT THEY ·MAY

REs POND· ·ro toAsTAL ·Acr coN~ERN~., A~ .THE CoASTAL CoMM 1ss1 oN ' I ' '

B;C,OME~ MOR; lNVO.LVE.~ lN, LOCA~1 -CpA_~!AL .PLANNJNG MATTERS1 ' ' l '

IT I.S EXPECTED, 'THAr ADDITI-ONAL. F.lJNDlNG 'WXLL. ,BE NEEDED ' ' ' '

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STATE LANDS CQMMISS!ON

AT r~~s ~ETI:NG OF MARCH 30, 197.B

Dur:iiig the !JI• e ting , the re "Oll!lilen d at i orrs Of the s ta ff re i. at i ve to Caleni:tar Items Cl, 02, C3', Q4, CS,, C6, . ci, CB,. C9, 12, 13, 14., 16, 1(, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30' 31, 32 llnd· 33 were adOpted as t'esolutions of the 'Cohllllission, by unamimous vote.

Cornmissiqn a~tion 9n .Cal~9dar Items 101

It, i:5, and 20 is se.'c fort;:ll on pages 370, ~'71, 403, and .42'1~

·c.a~el)dar Item 28 was w~'-' '· Jrawn from t:ha agerida. prior to th~ ·~e~t~ng (see·pa*~ 4. ).

~t?~q.$ of' J1a.J.or ~itiga~io11 is ~et forth on 'P?g«? 462.