L.A. Parks News Blast, #1: Rare Earth News publisher falls asleep in front of TV, His readers miss news about all these big deals....
Dear Readers,
From October of 2013 until July 2014 I was swamped with work and could not churn out my supply of good hiking news for you. I'm back and here's all the news that piled up in my in-box, cut down to the basics with e-links so you can find out more info. If your email box fills up with all this, I apologize. From mine to yours.
....enjoy...Rex
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Taken from the agendas of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority for October 2013 to August 2014
MALIBU AND L.A. COUNTY PORTIONS OF SANTA
MONICA MOUNTAINS:
SEVERAL LARGE
PURCHASES:
416 ACRES IN DECKER
CANYON:
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703 ACRE PUERCO CANYON PURCHASE (NEXT
CANYON WEST OF PEPPERDINE):
license or easement agreement for the use of APN
4457-005-911 by Earthship Productions, Inc. for ingress and egress over a
portion of Puerco Canyon Motorway, unincorporated Los
Angeles County. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
MRCA 7/2/2014
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LIBERTY CANYON
AND WILDLIFE BRIDGE OVER 101 FREEWAY:
south side of the 101 freeway corridor, east of Liberty
Canyon road: acceptance of fee
simple or conservation easement interests on APNs 2064-005-011
(27.43 acres)
and 2064-005-015 (2.62 acres),
and
associated funding in cooperation with the City of Calabasas,
unincorporated Los Angeles County.
[
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 4/2/2014
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ZUMA CANYON:
acceptance of a 2.5 acre conservation easement from Los
Angeles County
over APNs 4471-004-903 and 4471-004-905, upper Zuma
Canyon watershed, unincorporated Los
Angeles County. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 8/6/2014
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RAMIREZ CANYON PURCHASES:
grant funds for purchase of
48 acres in upper Ramirez canyon
to Trust for Public Land;
APN 4465-004-084; unincorporated Los Angeles
County.
Staff Report
[
Attachment
3] SMMC 7/28/2014
Consideration of resolution (a) decertifying those portions
of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the previously approved Malibu
Parks Public Access Enhancement Plan Public Works Plan relating to the Ramirez
Canyon Park area, as defined, located in the City of Malibu and in
unincorporated Los Angeles County, and (b) vacating those portions of the
previously approved Malibu Parks Public Access Enhancement Plan Public Works
Plan relating to the Ramirez Canyon Park area. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
SMMC 12/9/2013;
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ESCONDIDO CANYON:
comment letter to the County of Los Angeles on the Notice of
Preparation for “Escondido Falls” Malitex Residential Project (pm071073-[3]),
5700 block of northerly end of paved portion of Murphy Way, Escondido Canyon
and Ramirez Canyon watersheds. [
Attachment 1]
[
Attachment
2] [
Map] [
Resolution] [
Comment
Letter] SMMC 1/27/2014
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LECHUZA BEACH:
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WEST OF MALIBU:
donation of APN 694-0-181-500 totaling
33.96 acres in the
Carlisle Creek watershed east of Sandstone Peak, unincorporated Ventura County.
[
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 5/7/2014
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CITY OF CALABASAS:
comment letter to the City of Calabasas
on the Notice of Preparation for the 77 acre Canyon Oaks Project, 4790
Las Virgenes Road, City of Calabasas.
Proposal includes 138 houses, 8 condos and a hotel
[
Comment
Letter] [
Resolution]
[
Attachment
1] [
Attachment
2] [
Map] SMMC 7/28/2014
acceptance of conservation easements over portions of APNS
2069-065-001, 002, and 003 totaling
approximately 10.5 acres to preserve narrow
wildlife corridor connecting Headwaters Corner Park and Stokes Canyon,
surrounding 3 new homes along Mulholland
Highway, City of Calabasas. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Attachment]
[
Attachment
2] [
Map] MRCA 10/2/2013
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TOPANGA:
acquisition of
37 acre Steers parcel, APN 4434-008-007 AND
4434-001-004 in the Santa Maria and
Garapito subwatersheds of northeastern Topanga
Canyon, unincorporated Los
Angeles County. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Map] SMMC 8/25/2014;. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 7/2/2014
grant funds for
purchase of 80 acres in Old
Topanga Canyon
to Mountains Restoration Trust’s Cold Creek to Old Topanga/Sisson Acquisition
project; unincorporated Los Angeles County.
[
Staff
Report] [
Attachment
1] SMMC 7/28/2014
acquire approximately 6.28-acre parcel APN 4448-018-018 (1809
Tuna Canyon Road), adjacent Rocky Ledge, Topanga
Canyon watershed, unincorporated
County of Los Angeles. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Attachment]
[
Map 1] [
Map 2] SMMC 12/9/2013
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SADDLE PEAK,
COLD CREEK, STOKES CANYON,
DARK CANYON:
acceptance of a donation of an approximately
10 acre parcel
(APN 4455-008-012) in the Cold Creek watershed, between Calabasas
Peak and Mulholland
Hwy, unincorporated Los
Angeles County. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 12/4/2013
Knipe property: exchange of an approximately 1.2- acre area
with an existing horse rink either in fee simple or easement and an easement
for ingress and egress over a historic dirt road on APN 4456-013-904 for an
approximately 13-acre fee simple portion of APN 4456-037-037, Piuma road, Dark
Canyon watershed, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Map] [
Map 2] MRCA 6/4/2014
acceptance of a donation of either fee simple or
conservation easement interests in APN 4455-058-004 of approximately
12 acres,
Stokes and Cold Creek
Canyon watersheds east of King
Gillette Ranch park, unincorporated Los Angeles
County. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 6/4/2014
acceptance of an approximately 2.29-acre conservation
easement dedication and processing funds over a portion of APN 4455-011-013 in
Stokes Canyon, on Dry Canyon Cold Creek Road, unincorporated Los Angeles
County. [
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 7/2/2014
granting easements to the County
of Los Angeles for the
construction, maintenance, and operation of culverts and drains over a portion
of APN 4453-003-902, along Schueren Road,
unincorporated Los Angeles County.
[
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 11/6/2013
acquisition of an approximately
8-acre parcel (APN
4448-029-022) in Las Flores Canyon using Proposition A funds, unincorporated Los
Angeles County.
Negotiators: Joseph T. Edmiston; Celine Rickards; Michelle Hennesy, and Manon
Hennesy. [
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 7/2/2014
Sweetwater Mesa: amendment to an open space easement over
portions of APNs 4452-025-021, 023, 025, 027, and 028, located in the City of Malibu
and unincorporated Los Angeles County.
[
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
MRCA 2/5/2014
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CITY OF MALIBU:
comment letter to the City of Malibu on the Notice of
Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Rancho Malibu Hotel
Project (sch #2012051035), 4000 Malibu Canyon Road, Malibu. [
Comment
Letter] [
Resolution]
[
Map 1] [
Map 2] [
Map 3] SMMC 11/4/2013
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NEAR MALIBU CREEK
STATE PARK:
grant funds for
purchase of 47 acres in Triunfo creek area,
west of Bulldog motorway,
to Trust for
Public Land’s Malibu Creek Watershed Phase II acquisition project; [
Staff Report]
Attachment 2
SMMC 7/28/2014
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ASSORTED GIVING UP OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS:
acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or
open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit Nos. 4-92-091
(Cold Canyon LP), 4-92-090 (Toberman), 5-89-1218 (Goeglein), 4-92-158
(Bennett), and 5-91-027 (Kelso), incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Attachment]
[
Map] MRCA 10/2/2013
Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of the
offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with
Coastal Development Permit Nos. 5-91-865 (Imhof), 4-01-123 (Kaplan), 5-90-755
(Harvest Corporation), 5-89-1064 (Assael), 5-90-065 (Lewis), 4-93-178
(Stroeber) and 5-90-368-A (Berger), incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 3/13/2014
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ASSORTED SANTA MONICA
MOUNTAINS PLANNING DOCUMENTS:
comment letter to the County
of Los Angeles on proposed Santa
Monica Mountains Local Coastal Program. [
Comment
Letter] [
Resolution]
[
Map] SMMC 1/27/2014
Planning for Malibu Coastal Access Public Works Plan and
associated California Environmental Quality Act documents. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Map] [
Attachment]
MRCA 10/2/2013
support letter to California Coastal Commission on Los
Angeles County Local Implementation Plan No. LCP-4-LAC-14-0109-4 (Santa
Monica Mountains
Local Implementation Plan). [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 7/2/2014
comment letter to County
of Los Angeles on draft (a) General
Plan, (b) Significant Ecological Areas Ordinance, (c) Hillside Management Area
Ordinance, and (d) related documents. [
Comment
Letter] [
Resolution]
SMMC 6/2/2014
comment letter to Los Angeles
County on the Draft Environmental
Impact Report for Los Angeles County General Plan Update. [
Comment
Letter] [
Resolution]
SMMC 7/28/2014
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L.A. CITY
PORTION OF SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS:
EAST OF 405 FREEWAY: adopting Engineer’s Report, confirming
the annual levy of maintenance assessment for fiscal year 2014-2015 and
directing related actions for the Santa Monica Mountains Open Space
Preservation Assessment District No. 1, Los Angeles.
[
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Attachment]
MRCA 7/2/2014
WEST OF 405 FREEWAY: adopting Engineer’s Report, confirming
the annual levy of maintenance assessment for fiscal year 2014-2015 and
directing related actions for the Santa Monica Mountains Open Space
Preservation Assessment District No. 2, Los Angeles.
[
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Attachment]
MRCA 7/2/2014
STUDIO CITY:
transfer of 1/3
rd of an acre,
(a portion of APN 2385-018-904) to adjacent
property owner; Coldwater Canyon
area. [
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 5/7/2014
STUDIO CITY:
approximately 0.5-acres, acceptance of conservation easements over portions of
APNs 2381-031-009 and 010 (8220 Mulholland Terrace), adjacent to National Park
Service-owned Fryman Canyon Park, City of Los Angeles.
[
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Map 1] [
Map 2] MRCA 3/13/2014
HOLLYWOOD HILLS: acceptance of conservation easements on
APNs 2425-015-030, 031, 032, 033 and 034 on Multiview Drive in the Cahuenga
Pass area, [
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA
11/6/2013
HOLLYWOOD HILLS: assignment of right to purchase APN
5565-003-036 located at Laurel Canyon
and Mulholland to the City of Los Angeles.
[
Staff
Report] [
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 1/15/2014
-- authorizing: (a) amendments to option agreement for
Laurel Canyon and Mulholland properties; (b) contingent reduction of square
footage of existing conservation easements on APNs 5565-003-040 and 041; (3)
contingent granting of access easement over APN 5565-003-900, and (d)
contingent sale of APN 5565-003-900, City of Los Angeles. Negotiators: Joseph
T. Edmiston and Lawrence Lazar.
Under consideration: price and terms. (This item may be heard in closed session
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8.) [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Map] MRCA 2/5/2014
BRENTWOOD: Farivar/Canyonback
Restoration project for damage to 0.9 acres of public parkland. [
Staff Report]]MRCA
1/22/2014
BEL AIR: acceptance of conservation easements over portions
of APN 4379-030-020 (14730 Mulholland Drive),
approximately 3.96-acres combined, in Upper
Stone Canyon,
City of Los Angeles. [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Attachment]
[
Map] MRCA 4/2/2014
PACIFIC PALISADES: sale of an underground utility easement
across APN 4416-002-903 to benefit APN 4416-002-015, and authorizing potential
acceptance of conservation easements or deed restrictions on APNs 4416-002-015
and 4416-002-016, [
Staff Report]
[
Resolution]
[
Attachment]
[
Map] MRCA
12/4/2013
