The San Mateo Resource Conservation District (SMRCD) Board of Directors approved the Butano State Park Forest Health Project under the “San Mateo County Forest Health and Fire Resilience Public Works Plan” at a public meeting on October 20, 2022. SMRCD submitted a Notice of Impending Development and supporting documents for this project to the CA Coastal Commission which will consider approval of this project at a public hearing on November 16 – 18 (date to be determined). For more information regarding the CA Coastal Commission public hearing, email CentralCoast@coastal.ca.gov
 
The Notice of Impending Development and supporting documents for the proposed project can be accessed and downloaded at the links below or you may request hard copies by contacting fire@sanmateoRCD.org or calling 650-712-7765 x 107.


About Public Works Plans (PWP): A PWP is a land use planning document that plans for and sets a framework for implementing a specific public works project or array of public works-related activities. A PWP provides a land use planning alternative to Local Coastal Programs (LCPs) for obtaining approval of large or phased public works projects, as well as any development proposed by a special district, and remains under the authority of the Coastal Commission irrespective of coastal permit jurisdictional boundaries. A PWP is an alternative to project-by-project review for public works, which would otherwise require multiple coastal development permits for different components of the public works project. For more information email the CA Coastal Commission.

The notice of public meeting to locally approve the Butano State Park Forest Health Project under the San Mateo County Forest Health and Fire Resilience PWP is available here.