HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-02-06 - AGENDA REPORTS - OPEN SPACE PLAN (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Weste and Members of the City Cou c'1
FROM: George A. Caravalho, City Manager
DATE: February 6, 2001
SUBJECT: OPEN SPACE PLAN STATUS REPORT
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council receive presentation and provide direction to staff.
BACKGROUND
For the past several months, at the direction of the City Council, staff has been
developing an Open Space Plan. The purpose of the plan is to create a set of open
space principles to prioritize open space acquisition and/or acceptance of open space
donated to the City.
The plan calls for seven phases of activity. Each phase sets a goal and has specific
tasks assigned to it. The phased plan will identify the types and elements of open
space; establish a mission statement; review funding and acquisition strategies;
create guiding principles; seek public involvement and review; and, finally, receive
adoption of the guiding principles from the both Commissions and the City Council.
Significant community involvement is included in all parts of developing the plan
and, ultimately, the guiding open space principles. It is important to note that
acquisition of land does not necessarily imply the outright purchase of land. Rather,
land acquisition refers to a variety of strategies of which land purchase is only one of
the options. Funding and acquisition options will be included in the overall set of
guiding open space principles.
Once a draft of these principles and acquisition/funding strategies has been
developed by staff and reviewed by the public, it will be brought before the Parks
and Planning Commissions as well as the City Council for final adoption.
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SAMPLE MATRIX OF PRINCIPLES:
WEIGHTED FORMAT
DEVELOPABLE AREAS TO PRESERVE:
WEIGHT: 4
Wildlife Habitat/Migration Corridor
4
Oak Trees
4
Visual Resource
3
Ridgelines
3
Slopes
3
Passive Open Space/Recreation
2
Recreation Corridors
2
SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS:
WEIGHT: 3
Riparian Corridors
4
Rivers
4
Groundwater Recharge Area
3
Cultural Resource Area
3
Conservation Easement
3
Mineral Resource Area
2
NON -DEVELOPABLE AREAS:
WEIGHT: 2
Floodways
4
Seismic Fault Zones
3
Wildland Fire Hazard Areas
2
Utility Corridors
2
Areas of Soil Instability
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