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Management Plans
for Parks and Nature Preserves
Goleta Slough
Ecosystem
Management
Plan
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Condor specializes in developing land management
plans ensuring protection of unique biological,
cultural, scenic and open space resources, while
providing for appropriate public access and appropriate
resource use. Often times this entails detailed
scientific field surveys to gather botanical, wildlife,
fire history, trail use information, etc. With the use
and development of GIS technology, Condor enhances the
planning and decision making process.
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Burton Mesa Reserve
Management Plan
Point Sal Reserve
Management Plan
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Real Estate
Development
Condor participates in
interdisciplinary teams to design developments and guide
them through the approval process. Working with
architects and civil engineers, Condor brings an
ecological and public perspective to the development
design process. We provide creativity and thinking out
of the box that helps get projects approved quickly.
Condor provides project management service including
representation of the proposed project to the community
and local government. We participate in the negotiation
process and facilitate dialogue using a holistic
goals-first approach. (top)
Condor works with developers such as the
Chadmar Group to develop affordable housing
balanced with habitat protection. |
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on "construction development"
Architecture and
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and design) qualify as "construction development"
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Condor is
retained by developers such as Coastal Vision to design
mixed use residential
projects.
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Permitting
Condor prepares
applications for Federal, State and local permits on
behalf of clients and serves as the communication
liaison between regulatory authorities and the client
for formal and informal
consultations.
These permits include §404
Discharge Permit for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
§401 Water Quality Waiver for the California Regional
Water Quality Control Board, §1600 et. al series Stream
Bed Alteration Agreement for the California Department
of Fish and Game, and §7 / §10 Consultations with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine
Fisheries Service. (top)
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Comprehensive Plans and
Environmental
Review
Condor
provides its government clients with a wealth of
expertise at all stages and levels of planning,
including Comprehensive Plans and environmental impact
assessment, based on the principal's 15 years of
professional planning experience. Condor prepares CEQA
and NEPA documents, new Comprehensive Plans, General
Plan updates, transportation planning, and parks and
trails planning. (top) |
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CEQA and
NEPA
Condor's experience
includes the entirety of the CEQA process, from scoping
hearing, initial study, notification of public agencies,
management of consultants and technical studies,
incorporation of mitigation measures, environmental
hearings, and preparation of mitigation monitoring and
reporting plans. (top) |
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Geographic
Information Systems (GIS)
Condor utilizes cutting edge
technology for site inventory and impact analysis. We
create maps that present multiple layers of spatial
information such as the location of resources and
proposed trails, and to display land use information
such as locations of alternative sites for
development.
A Geographic
Information System (GIS) is used to develop
these complex and precise models of a project
site, such as the Point Sal Reserve shown to
the right. Condor used
a GIS to develop these complex and precise models.
See projects
page for more examples.(top)
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 Condor used a
Geographic Information System (GIS) to develop these
complex and precise models of the Point Sal Reserve
shown above.
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