More Los Osos In County Budget!

My quick read yesterday of the County Budget failed to locate this info on the Los Osos Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Much stink was made the around the last sewer project about it's not having an HCP! Are we in danger of that again? NO (well, this being Los Osos, PROBABLY no)!

What is the HCP and why do we need it?

Approval of this HCP is also tied to one of the conditions needed prior to operations of the public Los Osos sewer system currently under construction.

Read the full HCP scoopage off this link:

http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/planning/environmental/EnvironmentalNotices/LOCHCP.htm

There is a map about three-quarters of the way through the power point that shows the area that the HCP covers. It is a boundary OUTSIDE the Urban Reserve Line:

http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Assets/PL/environmental/Los+Osos+Communitywide+Habitat+Conservation+Plan/Scoping/LOScoping.pdf

Our HCP is not yet ready, but then neither is our sewer, so we are OK. The HCP is in the works however, it is at the Fish & Wildlife agency review stage, and here is some info on it:

See the bottom of page 3 of 6:

http://agenda.slocounty.ca.gov/agenda/sanluisobispo/4342/SXRlbSBEb2N1bWVudCAoUHVibGljKSA=/14/n/40118.doc

Also see the gray box toward the bottom of page 11 of 26 on this linked document for the timing information:

http://agenda.slocounty.ca.gov/agenda/sanluisobispo/4342/RXhoIEFfcHJpb3JpdHkgbGlzdHMtVGJscyAxLTZfRmViIDIwMTVfZmluYWwucGRm/12/n/40112.doc

There is other Los Osos stuff to look at too, if you scroll down further.