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Cloverdale council adopts mitigated negative declaration for Soda Springs Ranch open space preserve
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Council voted 4–0 to adopt a mitigated negative declaration and mitigation monitoring and reporting program for the Soda Springs Ranch Open Space Preserve, clearing the way for trail work and site preparation.
Cloverdale — The Cloverdale City Council on Sept. 24 adopted a resolution approving a mitigated negative declaration and a mitigation monitoring and reporting program (MMRP) for the Soda Springs Ranch Open Space Preserve, enabling the city to proceed with trail work and site preparation.
The council heard a presentation from Mary Bean of FirstCarbon, the city’s environmental consultant, who summarized the environmental review and identified pre‑construction surveys and biological protections required before certain trail segments are completed. Bean said most trails will be finished before year‑end but a small section requires additional biological inventory, so the preserve will open at about 95% completion.
City staff noted that the county paid for the environmental document as part of the land donation, and that contractors are lined up to start work once the environmental clearance and county notices are complete. Councilmember (unnamed) moved adoption of the resolution, which passed unanimously, 4–0, with Councilmember Morganstern absent.
The resolution title read for the record identified the preserve as Soda Springs Ranch Open Space Preserve and cited the relevant assessor parcel numbers. Council members asked for a typographical correction in the agenda report (a comma changed to a dash in one APN listing) to be corrected for the record.
Discussion clarified that council opened a public hearing for the item prior to the vote and that staff will proceed with required pre‑construction biological surveys and contractor training as described by the consultant.
