{"id":1053,"date":"2013-02-28T16:23:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T00:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2022-08-02T17:28:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T00:28:48","slug":"lang-ranch-park-plans-taking-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/2013\/02\/28\/lang-ranch-park-plans-taking-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Lang Ranch park plans taking shape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since completing a series of community outreach meetings in spring 2012, the Conejo Recreation and Park District has further refined its plans for the development of its 124-acre Lang Ranch property, bordered by Erbes Road, Avenida de Los Arboles and Westlake Boulevard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn<\/a>, February 28, 2013<\/p>\n

On Feb. 21, district officials shared the newest vision for Lang Ranch Community Park with roughly 60 people during a public meeting at the Hillcrest Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to see how we are doing before we go out and spend some serious money and go through the point of construction,\u201d said Tom Hare, parks administrator.<\/p>\n

The tentative plans, which include an outdoor classroom, a disc golf course, seating areas, barbecue areas, benches, bike riding areas, a motorless sail plane area and multiple trails for biking, hiking and horseback riding, now feature entrances on Avenida de Los Arboles, Westlake Boulevard and Scenic Drive.<\/p>\n

The entrance on Westlake Boulevard would allow for a right turn in and a right turn out only. Specifics for an entrance on Scenic Drive have not yet been determined.<\/p>\n

The entrance on Avenida de Los Arboles will allow for a right turn in and a right turn out. Drivers headed west would make a U-turn on Kensington Drive before making a right turn into the entrance.<\/p>\n

Many residents said they opposed the arrangement, which would require a driver to make multiple lane changes in a short distance before turning into the park.<\/p>\n

Hare said that the district will work closely with the city\u2019s traffic division to ensure that all entrances are safe.<\/p>\n

In addition to parking lots at each of the entrances, the park will also have a permit only parking lot for CRPD staff and approved visitors near the glider area in its southwest section.<\/p>\n

Although the area can be accessed by foot, parties that want to bring cars to the facility must clear their plans with the district.<\/p>\n

Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the initial concept plan was created, some ideas have been scrapped.<\/p>\n

At the direction of the watershed protection district, the park district eliminated one of its three active biking areas because it\u2019s in a flood basin.<\/p>\n

Joe Keays, an active member of the local cycling community, said he is still pleased with the district\u2019s plans for the park.<\/p>\n

In the next few months CRPD will hire an environmental consultant to do an analysis of the concept plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much study that has to be done,\u201d said Denise Johns, a park planner. \u201cWe need to know a little more about what our opportunities and constraints are before we move into a more detailed plan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since completing a series of community outreach meetings in spring 2012, the Conejo Recreation and Park District has further refined its plans for the development of its 124-acre Lang Ranch property, bordered by Erbes Road, Avenida de Los Arboles and Westlake Boulevard. Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,18,31,6,4,5,17,47,51,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budget-and-spending","category-conejo-valley","category-cosca","category-hiking","category-horse-riding","category-mountain-biking","category-trail-access","category-trail-building-and-repair","category-trail-running","category-youth-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053","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=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3631,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions\/3631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}