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Conejo Recreation & Park District <br />GENERAL MANAGER BOARD OF DIRECTORS <br />Jim Friedi Chuck Huffer, Chair <br />George M. Lange, Vice Chair <br />Susan L. Holt, Director <br />Nellie Cusworth, Director <br />Doug Nickles, Director <br />GENERAL MANAGER EMERITUS <br />Tex Ward <br />DATE: November 21, 2019 <br />TO: Board of Directors <br />FROM: Jim Friedl, General Mana <br />SUBJECT: Conejo Valley Days — 2 al Agreement and Permit Conditions, Conejo <br />Creek Park <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Determine that Conejo Valley Days (CVD) for 2020 is categorically exempt from the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). <br />2. Authorize the General Manager to execute the CVD Agreement for 2020. <br />CEQA COMPLIANCE <br />For the Board consideration and approval, District state believes the event qualifies for a Class 23 <br />Categorical Exemption, pursuant to Section 15323 of the CEQA Guidelines. Class 23 exemptions <br />include normal operations of existing facilities for public gatherings for which the facilities were <br />designed, where there is a past history of the facility being used for the same or similar kind of <br />purpose. In this instance, the facilities at the Conejo Creek Complex, specifically the event at <br />Conejo Creek South and non-exclusive parking at Conejo Creek North, were designed to hold <br />large scale community wide events and parking for such events. <br />The facilities have been used in various combinations, including all of them together, to support <br />similar size events (data gathered from newspaper reports, self -reporting, and staff estimates - <br />see Exhibit 1 for links to newspaper articles and other information) such as Oakheart Country <br />Music Festival, Chili Cook -Off, Arbor Earth Day, Persian New Year, and Baric in the Park. CVD, <br />as proposed, fits within scope and scale of these traditional and annual large-scale community <br />events. <br />Thus, based on the foregoing, staff finds and recommends the board determine that the CVD is <br />a usual community event and that there are no "unusual circumstances" presented by the event <br />as proposed which would affect the determination that CVD qualifies for a categorically <br />exemption. <br />ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES <br />403 West Hillcrest Drive • Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-4223 <br />(805) 495-6471 - FAX: (805) 497-3199 • Email: parks@crpd.org • Website: www,crpd.org <br />