{"id":1033,"date":"2013-01-03T13:53:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T21:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2022-08-03T10:06:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T17:06:26","slug":"camarillo-parks-district-approves-study-to-expand-trails-and-open-space-in-camarillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/2013\/01\/03\/camarillo-parks-district-approves-study-to-expand-trails-and-open-space-in-camarillo\/","title":{"rendered":"Camarillo parks district approves study to expand trails and open space in Camarillo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pleasant Valley Recreation & Park District approved a study that would\u00a0 bring a new system of bike paths, hiking trails and open space that extends from\u00a0 Camarillo to the Santa Monica Mountains.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source of this article: The Ventura County Star, January 3, 2013<\/p>\n

Board members unanimously decided to adopt the Open Space, Trails and\u00a0 Greenway Planning Study prepared by Rincon Consultants Inc. at their meeting\u00a0 Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The study identified nearly 10,000 acres of open space \u2014 mostly foothill\u00a0 slopes of the western Santa Monica Mountains \u2014 that overlap areas in the Santa\u00a0 Monica Conservancy. The area borders Santa Rosa and Potrero roads in Camarillo,\u00a0 the Conejo Valley and CSU Channel Islands.<\/p>\n

Park district Superintendent Daryl Wager said the decision gives the district\u00a0 “a seat at the table” and an opportunity to continue to collaborate with the\u00a0 conservancy.<\/p>\n

“The study will become a working planning document for the district as we\u00a0 move forward into this area,” Wager said.<\/p>\n

The idea for a study stemmed from talks more than a year ago between the\u00a0 district and conservancy.<\/p>\n

“This is our toe in the water for open space,” Wager said. “Santa Monica\u00a0 Conservancy is probably one of the largest gatekeepers for funding of open space\u00a0 in the area. … They have that ability, both federal and state, to allocate\u00a0 grants. We want to work with them as much as possible and keep that relationship\u00a0 very solid.”<\/p>\n

Before the vote, park district board member Mike Mishler said he was\u00a0 concerned about adopting the study because he wanted to make sure the district\u00a0 could change the trail systems if challenges arose in the future. Wager told\u00a0 board members that updating the study’s trailheads would be possible but would\u00a0 require going through the Ventura County Assessor’s Office and possibly hiring\u00a0 another consultant.<\/p>\n

The project cost $28,040, which was funded through a $32,000 grant by the\u00a0 conservancy, officials said.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Wager said the district would continue to work with the\u00a0 conservancy and use the remaining money to expand on some key areas of the green\u00a0 space plan.<\/p>\n

“The intent is to spend the rest of those funds getting copies of the study\u00a0 to stakeholders,” Wager said.<\/p>\n

Steve Svete of Rincon Consultants reviewed the plan and recommendations with\u00a0 board members during a study session before Wednesday’s meeting. One\u00a0 recommendation he mentioned was “moderate opportunities” for the district in the\u00a0 future to acquire higher ranking parcels in the study area through a fee or\u00a0 easement.<\/p>\n

The study area consists of regional open spaces, existing and proposed public\u00a0 trail systems and wildlife corridors that overlap areas of land owned by the\u00a0 conservancy. Potential open-space holdings owned by Pleasant Valley include 26\u00a0 acres at Camarillo Grove Park. An additional 428 acres of undeveloped land\u00a0 surrounding the park could also be included in the final preservation plan that\u00a0 is currently managed under a use agreement with a private landowner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pleasant Valley Recreation & Park District approved a study that would\u00a0 bring a new system of bike paths, hiking trails and open space that extends from\u00a0 Camarillo to the Santa Monica Mountains. Source of this article: The Ventura County Star, January 3, 2013 Board members unanimously decided to adopt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,37,6,30,5,19,17,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycle-riding","category-budget-and-spending","category-hiking","category-land-manager","category-mountain-biking","category-santa-monica-mountains","category-trail-access","category-ventura-county","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3653,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions\/3653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}