UPE22-0073 Halo Ranch Mitigation Bank

Halo Ranch, LLC is requesting a Use Permit for the Halo Ranch Mitigation Bank (Mitigation Bank) at 4551 Lakeville Highway, Petaluma (Assessor's Parcel Number [APN] 068-010-004). The approximately 122 acre Mitigation Bank includes rehabilitating, re-establishing and enhancing historical tidal marsh, seasonal wetland, stream and riparian habitat on a 241 acre parcel. The proposed Mitigation Bank would include 42.75 acres of seasonal wetlands, 59.85 acres of tidal wetlands, 4.42 acres of riparian habitat and 0.70 acres of non-perennial stream, which would be protected in-perpetuity by a conservation easement. In addition to the establishment of the Mitigation Bank, the project also includes temporary, short term use of areas immediately across and north of Lakeville Highway (APNs 068-010-019, and 068-010-020) for Mitigation Bank habitat restoration support activities, including collection of willow cuttings and temporary placement of a pump trailer adjacent to an agricultural pond for temporary use of the stock pond for post-construction irrigation, if required. An irrigation line will lead from the agricultural pond approximately 0.22 miles southwest, passing under Lakeville Highway through an existing