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Conejo Recreation ark District <br />CRPD <br />GENERAL MANAGER BOARD OF DIRECTORS <br />Jim Friedl George M. Lange, Chair <br />Doug Nickles, Vice -Chair <br />Chuck Huffer, Director <br />Nellie Cusworth, Director <br />Marissa Buss, Director <br />DATE: January 4, 2024 <br />GENERAL MANAGER EMERITUS <br />TO: Board of Directors Tex Ward <br />FROM: Jim Friedl, General Mana <br />SUBJECT,-. Conejo Valley Days — � nual Agreement and Permit Conditions, Conejo <br />Creek Park <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />1. Determine that Conejo Valley Days (CVD) for 2024 is categorically exempt from the California <br />Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). <br />2. Authorize the General Manager to execute the CVD Agreement for 2024. <br />CEQA COMPLIANCE <br />For the Board consideration and approval, District staff 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 history of the facility being used for the same or similar kind of purpose. <br />In this instance, the facilities at the Conejo Creek Complex, specifically the event at Conejo Creek <br />South and non-exclusive parking at Conejo Creek North, were designed to hold large scale <br />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 Bark in the Park). CVD, <br />as proposed, fits within the 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 categorical exemption. <br />ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES <br />V 403 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-4223 <br /><. 805-495-6471 1 &1805-497-3199 1:E) parl<s@crpd.org 1 9 www.crpd.org <br />