Crespi Pond Vegetation Management Project

The Project site located at Point Piños adjacent to Ocean View Boulevard, within the Point Piños Lighthouse Reservation between the 16th and 17th holes of the municipal golf course, in the Coastal Zone as defined in the City’s Local Coastal Program (LCP), located approximately four miles northwest of State Route 1 (SR 1) and approximately one mile north of State Route (SR 68), in Pacific Grove (Assessor’s Parcel Number 007-011-006-000). The proposed Project consists of removing emergent vegetation to enhance wildlife habitat at Crespi Pond. Emergent vegetation would be removed around the pond’s perimeter and within a central portion of the pond to maintain approximately 70 percent open water habitat and 30 percent emergent vegetation. Approximately 0.55 acre (43 percent) of emergent vegetation in the pond is proposed for removal and would consist primarily of California tule (Schoenoplectus californicus) with a lesser component of narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia).