CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS SILVER STRAND STATE BEACH FENCE
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS – SILVER STRAND STATE BEACH FENCE CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 5000 Highway 75 Coronado San Diego County CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION SAN DIEGO COAST DISTRICT SLIDE 1
PROJECT LOCATION Navy Base, Nesting Site for Least Terns Subject Site Silver Strand Campground/Day Use Areas Preserve, Nesting Site for Snowy Plovers CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 2
IMAGES OF EXISTING FENCE CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 3
PROPOSED PROJECT DESCRIPTION Campground/Day Use Area: • 6”x 6” Mesh size • 6 ft. Above Grade Preserve Area: • 2” x 6” Mesh size • Anti-Predator measures CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 4
IMAGES OF FENCE DESIGNS The purpose of the smaller opening is prevent avian predators to perch within these portions of the fence, and thus, pose a threat to nesting birds. Staff’s ecologist 6”x 6” Mesh size reviewed the project and discussed the concerns with staff at USFWS, and agrees this minor change is necessary in order to protect the adjacent terns and plover nests. 2”x 6” Mesh size CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 5
FISH AND WILDLIFE RECOMMENDATIONS Campground/Day Use Areas: • 2” x 6” Mesh size • Anti-Predator measures • Min. 11 -Gauge wire Fence Bordering Navy Land Preserve Area • 1. 5” x 1. 5” Mesh size • Anti-Predator measures • Min. 11 -Gauge wire CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 6
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS Campground/Day Use Areas: • Same as State Parks Proposal Fence Bordering Navy Land Preserve Area • 2” x 2” Mesh size • Anti-Predator measures • Min. 11 -Gauge wire CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 7
FENCE BORDERING NAVY LAND, LOOKING WEST CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 8
CAMPGROUND/DAY USE AREA, LOOKING WEST CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 9
PRESERVE AREA, LOOKING WEST CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 10
STAFF’S RECOMMENDATIONS • Revised final plans showing the portions of the fence adjacent to the Preserve and the Naval Base with: – Mesh size of 2” x 2” – Anti-Predator measures – Minimum 11 -gauge wire See Page 5 of the Staff Report for the appropriate resolution CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 11
PROPOSAL AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION Fence Bordering Navy Land Campground/Day Use Areas Preserve Area State Parks: • 6” x 6” Mesh size • 6 ft. Above grade State Parks: • 2” x 6” Mesh size • Anti-predator measures Staff: • 2” x 2” Mesh size • Anti-predator measures • Minimum 11 -gauge wire Staff: • Same Staff: • 2” x 2” Mesh size • Anti-predator measures • Minimum 11 -gauge wire CDP APPLICATION NUMBER 6 -16 -0024 SLIDE 12
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