Balancing environment and development : costs, revenues, and benefits of western Riverside County multiple species habitat conservation plan / / Lloyd Dixon ... [et al.].

• Author: Rand Transportation, Space, and Technology (Program)
• TeilnehmendeR: Dixon, Lloyd S.; Rand Transportation, Space, and Technology (Program); Rand Corporation.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Notes: "Sponsored by the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority."; "Rand Transportation, Space, and technology."

The Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan(MSHCP) is an ambitious effort to balance development and environmentalconcerns in an area of rapid urban growth. In return for setting up a500,000-acre conservation reserve, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service andthe California Department of Fish and Game granted the county and cities inwestern Riverside County a 75-year ""take"" permit for endangered species. Thetake permit allows the cities and county to approve development projectsoutside the reserve that could negatively affect 146 sensitive plant andanimal species. The

Table of Contents

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; The Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan; Contribution of This Monograph; Chapter Two - Value of Parcels Already Acquired by RCA; Land Purchased by RCA as of 2007; Data and Methods Used to Project the Value of the Current Portfolio; Current Value of Parcels Already Acquired by RCA; Conclusion; Chapter Three - Value of Land Required for the MSHCP Reserve; Analytic Approach; Value of Land in Reserve-Assembly Scenarios; Remaining Costs for Local Permittees

Performance of Assembly Scenarios Against Conservation GoalsChapter Four - Financial Implications of Temporal Acquisition Strategies; Analytic Approach; Results; Policy Implications for RCA; Pacing Strategies; Timing Strategies; Conclusion; Chapter Five - Costs of Implementing the MSHCP and Operating theReserve; Analytic Approach; Habitat-Management Costs; Adaptive-Management Costs; Biological-Monitoring Costs; Plan Implementation and RCA Oversight Costs; Results; Assessment of Findings; Chapter Six - Projected Revenue for RCA; Sources of Revenue; Total Projected Revenue

Gap Between Local Costs and RevenueChapter Seven - Additional Local Revenue Options; Sources of Revenue for Other HCPs; Analytic Approach; Option 1: Ad Valorem Property Tax; Option 2: Parcel Tax; Option 3: Special Property Assessments; Option 4: Mello-Roos Taxes; Option 5: Documentary Transfer Tax; Option 6: Local Development-Mitigation Fee; Option 7: Highway Tolls; Option 8: Vehicle-License Fee; Option 9: Vehicle-Registration Fee; Option 10: Sales Tax; Political Acceptability of Revenue Mechanisms; Conclusions

Chapter Eight - The MSHCP's Effects on the Permitting Process forTransportation and Development ProjectsAnalytic Approach; Features of the MSHCP That May Speed or Slow the Permitting Process; Stakeholder Perceptions of the Features of the MSHCP That MayAccelerate or Slow Permitting Processes; Chapter Nine - Conclusion; Value of Land Needed for the Reserve; Land-Acquisition Strategy; The Adequacy of Revenues to Fund the Plan; Additional Revenue Options; Prospects for Achieving the Habitat-Conservation Goals of theReserve; The MSHCP's Benefits for Infrastructure Construction; Moving Forward

Appendix A - Specification and Estimation of the Land-Value ModelAppendix B - Examples of Simulated Land-Price Paths; Appendix C - Revenue Sources for Existing Habitat-Conservation Plans; Appendix D - Integrating Funding for Infrastructure Construction andConservation; Appendix E - The Effect of the MSHCP on Mobility in Western RiversideCounty; Appendix F - Future Changes in the Permitting Process; References