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May, 2008: The Friends of Arana Gulch fund appeal reached its goal. The lawsuit appeal filed in November of 2007 continues. January 8, 2008: The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and Friends of Arana Gulch (FOAG) filed their appeal of the Superior Court's November 2007 decision on their lawsuit against the City of Santa Cruz challenging the Arana Gulch Greenbelt Master Plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR). At issue is the lack of alternatives in the EIR for development of a bicycle connection between the east and west sides of Santa Cruz. The City's EIR failed to consider alternative bike routes that do not cross habitat of a genetically significant population of Santa Cruz tarplant.November 9, 2007: The judge issued a decision in support of the City of Santa Cruz. California Native Plant Society and Friends of Arana Gulch are awaiting receipt of the final judgement before deciding on any further course of action. September 7, 2007: The judge did not issue a decision on September 7th. Instead he will study the case and issue his decision by October 7th. And he scheduled a Case Management Conference for November 2nd. This is a chance for attorneys to verbally raise any issues after the written tentative judgment. The judge will then subsequently issue a final judgment. August, 2007: 2007 Tarplant Found!! June 13, 2007: The Arana Gulch Court hearing date has been postponed from June 14 to September 7, 2007 at 8:30 AM., due to heavy Court case load. June 5, 2007: Arana Reply Brief submitted from California Native Plant Society and Friends of Arana Gulch. Click here to download a .pdf copy of the brief. This file is less than 1 MB, so it will download fairly quickly. April 27, 2007: Opposition Brief recieved from the City of Santa Cruz. Click here to download a.pdf copy of the brief. NOTE: this is a 6.2 MB file! It will take several minutes to download, depending on your connection speed. April 23, 2007: The Court hearing date has been postponed from May 10th to June 14th at 8:30 AM. March 1, 2007: California Native Plant Society and Friends of Arana Gulch submit Petitioner's Opening Brief (click to download 1.5 MB .pdf file) in Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Cruz. The hearing has been postponed until May 10 at 8:30 am, due to extra time granted to the City of Santa Cruz to prepare the Administrative record. July 11, 2006: City Council Approves Master Plan and Certifies FEIR Santa Cruz Sentinel Article Friends of Arana Gulch is supporting a law suit by the California Native Plant Society against the city over violations of the Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area and Critical Habitat designations for Arana Gulch. |
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