What's new
Potential donees and easement
holders for PG&E's Kennedy Meadows property met with the
Stewardship Council (SC) earlier this month to find out about
the timetable for the process.
It will be ambitious and
accelerated - the SC hopes to have narrowed down the field to
one qualified donee by the end of the year.
Here are the steps:
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Donees will submit Statements
of Qualification (SOQ) by the end of August. The SOQ
presents the financial and organizational capacity of potential donees, allowing the SC to eliminate
any that do
not qualify to receive the property or hold an easement.
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Sixty days later, a proposal
will be due from each organization that is identified as
qualified to advance. The proposal will contain a 10-year
plan for management, study, and enhancement of Kennedy
Meadows and must include a detailed budget as well as
proposed actions. The SC is encouraging all potential donees
to collaborate with each other and other organizations to
put forward the best and broadest scope proposals.
 In the meantime,
the SC will conduct at least one public workshop so that donees
can hear public comments about Kennedy Meadows and incorporate
the input into their proposals. Please try to attend if at all
possible. The more input, the better.
Recommended management
actions (suggested, but not required) can be reviewed
on the SC's website in the Land Conservation Plan, Vol. II.
Visit the Stewardship Council's
Pilot Projects
page for more detailed informaiton on the
Kennedy Meadows planning unit.
Kennedy Meadows
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 3p to
6p
Sonora Opera House
250 South Washington Street
Sonora, CA |
