* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU HABITAT CONSERVATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE. IT IS, UH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND AND IT IS 3 34. CAN WE GET ROLL CALL PLEASE? MR. NINO? MR. GARCIA PRESENT? MR. JORDAN? MR. GLARY PRESENT? MR. BROCK, CHAIR RAMIREZ PRESENT. QUORUM IS PRESENT. AND DO WE HAVE ANY SI ANYONE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK FOR CO PUBLIC COMMENT? NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD [Briefing and Possible Action on the following items  ] AND TAKE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AVAS MARTINEZ AND I'M A SENIOR PLANNER. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON S-E-P-H-C-P APPLICATION FOR FOREFRONT LIVING BELLA VIDA LAND SEP APP, 24 DASH 4 69 0 0 0 0 9. THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF LA CANERA TERRACE AND I, UH, INTERSTATE, UH, 10 AND CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 26.5 81 ACRES. IT IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT. THE OWNER IS FOREFRONT LIVING VELA VIDA. THE CONSULTANT IS P DAWSON ENGINEERING, AND THE ACREAGE, AGAIN IS 26.5 81 ACRES. UM, FOREFRONT LIVING IS CONSIDERING THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT AREA. AS SUCH, THE APPLICANT WISHES TO ENROLL IN THE S-C-P-H-C-P TO MITIGATE IMPACTS TO THE H-C-P-H-C-P COVERED SPECIES FROM THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. THE PROJECT AREA INCLUDES 23 ACRES OF GOLDEN CHEEK WARBLER, UH, GCW HABITAT WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA AND 18.2 ACRES OF GCD UH, W HABITAT WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROJECT AREA. THE PROJECT AREA WILL REQUIRE A TOTAL OF 55.5 GCW CONSERVATION CREDITS. THE PROJECT AREA DOES NOT HAVE ANY BLACK CAP VERIO, UH, BCV HABITAT AND WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY BCV CONSERVATION CREDITS. THE PROJECT AREA IS LOCATED OVER CAR ZONE ONE, A TOTAL OF 26.5 81 ACRES OCCURS WITHIN CAR ZONE ONE, AND THE PROJECT AREA IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN ANY CRITICAL HABITAT UNITS, NOR IS IT WITHIN 750 FEET OF ANY OCCUPIED FEATURES. PARTICIPATION IN THE S-E-P-H-C-P FOR THIS APPLICATION WILL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING GCW CONSERVATION CREDIT FEE OF, UH, $222,000 CAR ZONE ONE PARTICIPATION FEE OF $26,581 AND A PLAN ADMINISTRATION FEE OF 24,858 POINT DOLLARS. THE INFO, UH, FOR THE FISCAL IMPACT, THE APPLICANT HAS PAID THE $2,500 APPLICATION FEE AND THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE FULL MITIGATION FEE OF 273,439 POINT 10 UH, DOLLARS PRIOR TO COMPLETING ENROLLMENT. IN THE PLAN AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND AS WELL AS THEIR BIOLOGIST IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND I'LL LOOK TO MY LEFT AND I'LL LOOK TO MY RIGHT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. APPROVE BY GARCIA. AND A MOTION TO APPROVE BY GLARY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM, THE NEXT AGENDA, PLEASE. THE SECOND AGENDA ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON S-A-P-H-C-P APPLICATION FOR DHIC, PORTCO, LLC, WHICH IS, UH, FOR THE RECORD OF LAND SEP APP, 24 DASH 4 69 0 0 0 12. THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ON 14,690, UH, PORTCO ROAD, AND IT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 22.46 ACRES. IT IS WITHIN THE CITY'S ETJ, THE OWNER IS DHIC, PORTCO, LLC. THE CONSULTANT IS CAMBRIAN ENVIRONMENTAL, AND THE ACREAGE, AGAIN IS 22.46 ACRES. UH, DHIC BRANCO WAS IN THE PROCESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT AREA AND ENCOUNTERED VARIOUS UNKNOWN VOIDS DURING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. DHIC BRANCO LC CONSULTED WITH, UH, US FISH AND WILDLIFE AND USA CE REGARDING THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN VOIDS ENCOUNTERED. UM, US FISH AND WILDLIFE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE APPLICANT IS TO OFFSET THE UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS TO ONE OR MORE OF THE COVERED SPECIES THROUGH THE [00:05:01] S-E-P-H-C-P AND MITIGATE FOR THOSE IMPACTS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED TO THE S-E-P-H-C-P COVERED SPECIES FROM THEIR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. THE PROJECT AREA INCLUDES ZERO ACRES OF GOLDEN CHIC WARBLER AND ZERO ACRES OF, UH, GCW HABITAT WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROJECT AREA. THE PROJECT AREA DOES NOT HAVE ANY BLACK CAPT HABITAT AND WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY BCV CONSERVATION CREDITS. THE CON THE PROJECT AREA IS LOCATED OVER CAR ZONE THREE, A TOTAL OF 22.46. UH, ACRES OCCURS WITHIN CAR ZONE THREE, AND THE PROJECT AREA IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN ANY CRED CRITICAL HABITAT UNITS, BUT IS WITHIN 750 FEET OF AN OCCUPIED FEATURE. PARTICIPATION OF THE SAP UH, HCP FOR THIS APPLICATION WILL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS CAR ZONE THREE, PARTICIPATION FEE OF $421,592. THE APPLICANT HAS PAID THE $2,500 APPLICATION FEE AND THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE FULL MITIGATION FEE OF $421,592 PRIOR TO COMPLETING ENROLLMENT IN THE PLAN. AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL. DO DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND I'LL LOOK TO MY LEFT. I I I DO HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY, GO AHEAD. THERE'S NO, UM, 10% ADMINISTRATION FEE FOR THIS. IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WHY DO YOU WANT TO JUMP INTO I'M SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN. DO YOU WANT YES, PLEASE. OR ANY OF THE, ANY OF OUR TEAM WILL BE HERE ON THE LEFT. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS JENNY BLAIR WITH BLAIR WILDLIFE CONSULTING. UM, SO THE REASON THAT THIS ONE DID NOT HAVE A 10% PARTICIPATION FEE IS THAT FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED THEIR MITIGATION OBLIGATION FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, SO IT, IT IS A, UM, WHAT WE CALL AN ALTERNATIVE, UH, DETERMINATION WHERE THEY ACTUALLY CONSULTED DIRECTLY WITH FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND THEN FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE REACHED OUT TO US ABOUT UTILIZING THE HCP AS THEIR MITIGATION ME MECHANISM. SO THEY DID THE WORK, WE'RE JUST THE APPROVAL OF THEM? CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OVER HERE TO MY LEFT? NO, I'M GOOD TO MY RIGHT. NO. DO I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OR A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY GLARY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. A SECOND BY JORDAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. SABAS. I, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE APPROVAL OF THE 2025 S-A-P-H-P MEETING SCHEDULE. UH, WE DID INCLUDE A ITEM AT THE VERY BOTTOM STATING THAT IF MEETING IS CANCELED DUE TO QUORUM NOT BEING MET, THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, CAN BE CALLED PENDING SAP ITEMS. SO THAT'S WHAT WAS ADDED ADDITIONALLY WITH THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS OR THE MEETING DATES REFERENCED HERE? NOVEMBER 11TH, NEXT YEAR, 2025. I THINK THAT'S A RUN THE VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY THAT MIGHT, MIGHT, OR MIGHT NOT IMPACT. OKAY. WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT. UM, AND AMEND AS NEEDED. LAUREN, WILL YOU DOUBLE CHECK THAT? YEAH. OKAY. AND, UM, THE REASON WE ADDED THAT LAST STATEMENT ON THERE, AS LAUREN MENTIONED, IS WE ENDED UP HAVING TO CANCEL THE LAST S-E-P-H-C-P MEETING, UM, DUE TO A QUORUM ISSUE. SO IN THE FUTURE, IF THAT HAPPENS AGAIN, WE WANNA HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN, IN ADDING IN AN ADDITIONAL MEETING IF WE NEED TO. UM, AND DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT. NOT A QUESTION, BUT AN OBSERVATION, WHICH I THINK THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADD IS A GOOD THING. THE 25TH OF, UH, NOVEMBER, THAT'S THANKSGIVING WEEK, WHICH COULD PRESENT QUORUM ISSUES AS WELL, BUT I THINK THE LANGUAGE GIVES FLEXIBILITY, SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. THANKS. I CONCUR. VERY GOOD. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UH, REFERENCE AT THE BOTTOM THERE? IF WE ALL AGREE, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, MOVE TO APPROVE? I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY GARCIA AND A SECOND BY GLARY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. AND I THINK THE LAST ITEM, OH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, LAUREN? I'M SORRY. NO, THE LAST ITEM IS [Approval of Minutes  ] THE MINUTES CORRECT. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE, UH, MINUTES OR ANY AMEN. RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS FOR THE MINUTES? IF NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. [00:10:04] APPROVE IS READ. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MC GLARY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. A SECOND BY JORDAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. AND WE WILL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS, RIGHT LAUREN? UH, THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN AT 3 44. THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING. APPRECIATE IT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.