SANTA ROSA & SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL MONUMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
January 28, 2002 United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of the Interior MEETING LOCATION: LIVING DESERT EDUCATION CENTER
47900 Portola Avenue
Hoover Room
Palm Desert, CA DATE AND TIME: Monday, January 28, 2002
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. LIST OF THOSE PRESENT: MONUMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (MAC): ALLAN MUTH, expertise in natural science and research, University of California, Riverside, Deep Canyon Research Center
WILLIAM WATTS, District Superintendent, California Department of Parks and Recreation
FRANK BOGERT, former Mayor, City of Palm Springs
BARY FREET, Palm Springs Fire Chief, resident of Cathedral City
TERRY HENDERSON, Councilmember, City of La Quinta
ROBERT BROCKMAN, Planning Director, City of Rancho Mirage
BUFORD CRITES, Councilmember and former Mayor, City of Palm Desert
LARRY GRAFTON, Senior Planner, City of Indian Wells
BARBARA GONZALES-LYONS, Vice Chair, Tribal Council, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
BILL HAVERT, Director, Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy
JEFFERY MORGAN, Sierra Club, Local Conservation Organization
EDWARD KIBBEY, Building Industry Association
BOB LYMAN, Regional Office Manager, County of Riverside
ROB PARKINS, General Manager, Winter Park Authority
RUTH WATLING, Chair, Pinyon Community Council STAFF AND PRESENTERS: DANELLA GEORGE, Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Manager
CONNELL DUNNING, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Community Planner
GENE ZIMMERMAN, United States Forest Service (USFS) Forest Supervisor, San Bernardino National Forest PAUL IDEKER, Meeting Facilitator
LAURIE ROSENTHAL, USFS District Ranger, San Jacinto Ranger District, San Bernardino National Forest
JIM KENNA, BLM Field Manager, Palm Springs - South Coast Field Office
RICHARD CAMPBELL, Superintendent, California State Parks
TOM DAVIS, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
ELENA MISQUEZ, BLM Planning Coordinator
LINDA VALTER, Representative from Congresswoman Mary Bono's Office AGENDA WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS - Danella George 5 Welcome and introduction of BLM and USFS staff present. Welcome from Jim Kenna, BLM, and Gene Zimmerman, USFS. Welcome and review of agenda by Paul Ideker, facilitator for the meeting. Individual introductions and brief bio from each Monument Advisory Committee member. WELCOME FROM CONGRESSWOMAN MARY BONO'S OFFICE - Linda Valter 25 History and development of the monument legislation as a local effort. Thank you to the Monument Advisory Committee for the work that they will be providing for the Monument. MEETING GOALS & OBJECTIVES – Danella George 29 Establish the role of the Committee: Advise the Secretary of Interior and Secretary of Agriculture on the development of Management Plan. Define role of designated federal official and goals of Monument Manager: Create and empower core and working staff, build a strong relationship with nonprofit groups associated with Monument, get out into the community,develop strong relationship with the Committee, keep the Board happy, focus on completing the Management Plan for the Monument.
Review the Federal Advisory Committee Act: (presentation of video)
Review of Charter
Questions and Answers OVERVIEW OF THE LANDSCAPE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SANTA ROSA AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS-Bill Havert/Jim Sullivan 54 AGENCY/GROUP PRESENTATION 75 Laurie Rosenthal, USFS Jim Kenna, BLM Tom Davis, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Richard Campbell, California Department of Parks and Recreation Questions and Answers ELECTION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR & VICE CHAIR1 24 Ed Kibbey elected chair. Rob Parkins elected vice-chair. LUNCH BREAK STATUS OF MONUMENT PLAN - Connell Dunning 134 Overview of current planning efforts and how those plans provide the framework for the Monument Plan. Summary of pre-planning efforts to date, coordinating efforts among various land management agencies. Outline of planning timeline with October 24, 2003 as a deadline. Requirements for the Monument Plan, National Environmental Policy Act, etc. Questions and Answers Discussion of subcommittees and issues COMMITTEE GUIDLENES 211 Roberts Rules adopted for Committee guideline of operations. Motion to have the public comment period last 5 minutes - ACCEPTED Motion to have a 30-minute public comment period at beginning AND end of meetings - ACCEPTED SET SCHEDULE AND TIMES FOR NEXT MEETINGS 221 Meetings will occur the first Saturday of every other month. The next Committee meeting dates for 2002 are April 6, June 1, August 3, October 5, December 7. One meeting has been scheduled for 2003 on February 1. All meetings will take place from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Palm Desert City Hall Chambers, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert California 92260 SUBCOMMITTEE DISCUSSION 227 PUBLIC COMMENTS 253 EDDY KONNO, Page 254 NICK STEFFANOFF, Page 256 DAVE MATHEWS, Page 261 JOE INGRAM, Page 265 GAYLE CADY, Page 268 GLEN RASMUSSEN, Page 272, Page 282 LITA TUNNICLIFF, Page 274 LES STARKS, Page 274, Page 283 EILEEN HENNING, Page 276 NIKI BOGERT, Page 278 REBECCA NAVARRE, Page 279 SCOTT QUINNEL, Page 281 MEETING SUMMARY 286 Complete minutes and all submitted written comments are available for public review at the Palm Springs/South Coast Field Office during business hours: P.O. Box 581260, 690 West Garnet Avenue, North Palm Springs, CA 92258; 760-251-4800d
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