Among the tasks are an historical resource survey and a comprehensive tree survey. Expanding the zoo means change for this park Zoo Director, Lewis Greene told Action News the goal is to make any change to the park's setting very carefully, "We're about nature and one of the things we have to be cognizant and responsible in is how we move forward in making the zoo better."
At the County Hall of Records the Board of Supervisors was hearing from the County Zoo Authority about how Measure Z tax dollars are currently being spent. The E-I-R is one such expense. The cost is being shared by the city and the independent zoo corporation.
Fabino won't offer up a firm date for its completion saying, "Well within the next year that I think I can say with absolute certainty." That date determines what happens next at the Zoo and how quickly says Greene, "Once that's done then hopefully we're able to put a shovel in the ground and get going." Don't look for it any time soon. Greene told county supervisors it isn't likely to happen before 2010.
Once completed and approved by the Fresno City Council there will be a 45 day period for public comments on the E-I-R document.
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