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CARITML OrWICE <br />STATE CAPITnL <br />SACRAMENTO CA 95814 y� �} +T �.} �}+ <br />,A 1916)6514927 WU'alt tt �#ttt P P <br />TFt 18161651 4927 <br />SENATOR <br />HENRY STERN <br />TWENTY-SEVENTH SENATE DISTRICT <br />June 12, 2017 <br />Irma Munoz, Chairperson of the Board of Directors <br />Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy <br />Los Angeles River Centex & Gardens <br />570 West Avenue Twenty-six, Suite 100 <br />Los Angeles, CA 90065 <br />RE: Letter in Support of Conejo Recreation & Park District's Proposition 1 Grant Request <br />Dear Chairperson Munoz & Members of the Board: <br />OISTMC: CWvWE <br />5016h PARKWAY CALABASAS <br />SUITE 222 <br />CALABASAS CA 91302 <br />TEL IB 181 876.3952 <br />FAX 18181 876-CM02 <br />I am writing in support of the Conejo Recreation and Park District's (CRPD) Proposition 1 Grant Request of $1,760,000. <br />CRPD is working to complete its sixth and final planned community park. Originally planned as a traditional community <br />park with acres of irrigated sports fields, the Lang Ranch Community Park has been re -imagined and re -named "Sapwi <br />Trails Community Park" after a Chumash village site meaning "House of Deer." By design, Sapwi Trails will have no <br />irrigated sports turf and will utilize the existing natural terrain and habitat with minimal irrigation to establish new native <br />trees and shrubs. <br />The 144 -acre CRPD-owned property contains approximately one mile of Lang Creek and sits at the western -most edge of <br />a significant block of contiguous public parkland and trails in the Simi Hills. The City of Thousand Oaks and CRPD are <br />collectively contributing $5,000,000 toward park improvements leaving a shortfall of $2,000,000 of the estimated project <br />cost of $7,000,000. <br />By adding visitor -serving amenities like parking, restrooms and signage and directing pedestrians to utilize appropriately <br />designated stream crossings (i.c. 4 pedestrian bridges), visitors will be exposed to educational information about the <br />watershed and natural resources as they make their way along nearly 5 -miles of multi -use trails. The project, through design <br />and operations, will save significant water resources and will improve water quality by removing non-native vegetation and <br />improving stream flow in Lang Creek (a tributary to Conejo Creek in the Calleguas Creek Watershed). <br />Thank you for your consideration of this request. If you have any questions, please contact my District Representative, <br />Jeremy Wolf at (818) 876-3352. <br />Sincerely, <br />Henry Stern <br />State Senator, 27th District <br />cc: Conejo Recreation & Park District <br />