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City of �.; Thousand May 31, 2017 rp CIty Council 2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard P Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 Phone 805/449.2121 - Fax 805/449.2125 - www.toaks.org Irma Mufioz, Chairperson of the Board of Directors Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Los Angeles River Center & Gardens 570 West Avenue Twenty -Six, Suite 100 Los Angeles, CA 90065 Attn: Melissa Smith, smith@smmc.ca.goy Subject: Letter is Support of Conejo Recreation Request of $1,760,000 for Sapwi Trails Community 3810-P01-04032017) Dear Chairperson Mu6oz & Members of the Board: Claudia Bili -de la Pena Mayor & Park District's Proposition 1 Grant Park (Proposition 1 Grant Cycle No. On behalf of City of Thousand Oaks, I am writing in support of the Conejo Recreation & Park District's (CRPD) Proposition 1 Grant Request of $1,760,000. CRPD is working to complete its sixth and final planned community park. Originally planned as a traditional community park with acres of irrigated sports fields, the Lang Ranch Community Park has been re -imagined and re- named "Sapwi Trails Community Park" after a Chumash village site meaning "House of Deer." By design, Sapwi Trails will have no irrigated sports turf and will utilize the existing natural terrain and habitat with minimal irrigation to establish new native trees and shrubs. The 144 -acre, CRPD-owned property contains approximately one mile of Lang Creek, and sits at the western -most edge of a significant block of contiguous public parkland and trails in the Simi Hills. The City of Thousand Oaks and CRPD are collectively contributing $5,000,000 toward park improvements, leaving a shortfall of $2,000,000 of the estimated project cost of $7,000,000. By adding visitor -serving amenities like parking, restrooms, and signage directing pedestrians to use approximately designated stream crossings (i.e,, four pedestrian bridges), visitors will be exposed to educational information about the watershed and natural resources as they make their way along nearly five miles of mufti -use trails. The project, through design and operations, will save significant water resources and will improve water quality by removing non-native vegetation and improving stream flow in Lang Creek (a tributary to Conejo Creek in the Calleguas Creek Watershed). Thank you for considering this letter and for all your efforts to preserve and protect natural lands and rivers in and around our area. Sincerely, r Claudia Bill -de laeiia Mayor c: Conejo Recreation & Park District