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COSCA Board Meeting 9/14/22
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Hello,
I'm
elaine
hayden
of
thousand
oaks
representing
the
kaneho
open
space
foundation,
and
I
want
to
let
you
know
about
an
event
that
we're
sponsoring
scheduled
for
april
1st.
It's
the
native
plant
palooza
and
eco
fest,
which
will
take
place
at
conejo,
creek,
north
and
we'll
have
many
exhibitors
and
four
speakers.
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Beekeeping
exhibitors
will
include
the
california
wildlife
center
national
wildlife
federation,
samo
city
of
thousand
oaks
sustainability,
division,
crpd
outdoor
unit
conejo,
climate
coalition,
rei,
canejo
valley,
ottoman
society,
athens
services,
national
park
service
and
many
more
so
I
hope
you'll
all
take
the
opportunity
to
come
and
visit,
and
I
would
like
to
say
also
we're
greatly
appreciative
of
crpd
who
have
waived
the
fees
to
for
us
to
rent
to
use
the
space.
That
day.
We
much
appreciate
that
and
also
we
are
the
recipients
of
a
grant
from
the
coalition
for
california
clean
air.
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It
happens
that
our
event
coincides
with
clean
air
day
week.
Actually,
the
clean
air
day
is
october
5th,
but
because
our
event
happened
to
take
place
within
that
week,
we
were
eligible
for
a
grant
and
they
seem
to
like
what
we're
going
to
be
doing
so
you'll
see.
I
gave
you
a
little
flyer.
I
hope
you
take
a
look
and
sign
up
and
also,
if
you
could
you'll
find
an
air
a
place
to
take
the
clean
air
pledge
and
we'd
really
appreciate.
If
you
do
that.
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Thank
you.
I've
got
a
few
slides
here
that
I'll
put
up
for
our
presentation.
The
item
before
you
tonight
is
a
request
to
approve
an
authorization
of
woolsey
fire
recovery
funds
for
the
construction
of
the
conejo
canyons
bridget,
the
hill
canyon
treatment
plant.
As
the
board
has
been
aware,
the
city
and
cost
have
been
working
in
collaboration
to
construct
a
bridge
to
provide
pedestrian
and
vehicular
access
across
canada,
creek
northwest
of
the
hill
canyon
treatment
plant.
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Costco
has
previously
allocated
140
000
in
capital
improvement
funds
to
the
bridge
project
and
staff
are
recommending
that
costco
appropriate
an
additional
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
complete
the
bridge
funding.
The
appropriation
will
be
drawn
from
the
existing
woolsey
fire
fund
allocation
to
land
management.
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The
service
that
this
bridge
provides
is
that
it
will
divert
people
will
now
instead
of
walking
up
the
road,
they
will
be
diverted
over
the
bridge
number
one,
the
downstream
bridge,
and
they
will
use
trails
to
get
up
to
this
point
where
they
may
cross
over
the
creek
and
access
the
trails
on
the
north
east
side
of
hill
canyon,
road.
So
people.
I
Putting
in
a
bridge
to
help
the
people
if
they
would
desire
to
park
over
by
the
city
yard,
there
were
this
city,
you
know
where
we
keep
our
vehicles
and
where
you
put
your
electronic
waste
and
so
forth,
I
know
there's
a
path
or
road
going
down
there.
I
hope
I
helped
clear
it
of
weeds
once
isn't
there
a
bridge
necessary
for
that.
I.
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Believe
it
would
that's
part
of
the
purpose
here
is
that
the
hill
canyon,
the
parking
facilities
we
have
you
know-
do
have
some
additional
capacity
down
there
and
based
on
our
our
user
surveys,
of
where
people
come
from
to
to
use
the
los
arboles
access.
A
lot
of
them
do
come
from
areas
where
they'd
probably
be
driving
pretty
close
to
the
hill
canyon.
Anyway,
once
the
bridge
is
intact,
we
will
actually
be
doing
some
work
to
advertise
the
change
of
the
official
area
and
that
will
deliver
and
direct
more
people
to
this
area.
Do
you.
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Yeah,
okay-
and
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reason
I
ask,
is
I
understand,
there's
a
mutual
benefit
to
both
public
works
and
in
costco
and
our
trail
hikers
and
mountain
bikers,
and
I
don't
expect
there
to
be
a
lot
of
congestion
on
the
bridge
from
people
meeting,
but
I
just
was
wondering:
is
there
any
anticipated
frequency
of
vehicle
use
on
that?
Is
this
like
infrequent?
You
know
once
a
day
if
at
all
or
as
an
emergency
or
routine,
I
just
didn't
know
what
the
intentions
were
for
that
your
use.
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That
has
to
do
with
the
construction
of
the
bridge
which
it's
their
contractor's
responsibility
to
procure
the
bridge,
and
so
it's
at
the
bridge
supplier.
These
are
prefabricated
bridges,
yes,
and
so
there's
materials
and
supply
chain
issues
in
that
business.
So
I
don't
have
any
details
on
precisely
when
that
might
happen.
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Okay,
all
right,
because
I
know
the
public
has
been
waiting
a
long
time
for
this,
and
there
are
a
few
few
homeowners
on
as
have
weak
area
that
are
even
more
more
curious
than
perhaps
we
are
it'd
be
nice
to
be
able
to
provide
that
information
as
soon
as
possible.
So
if
you
could
pass
that
along
appreciate
it.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
All.
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Well,
yeah
short
answer
is,
yes,
our
permits
have
limitations
well
and
as
does
it
even
just
trying
to
construct
something
in
this
location
during
the
bird
nesting
season.
So
there
are,
there
are
constraints.
The
bird
nesting
season
ends
on
september
15th.
So
if
we
get
pushed
beyond
our
current
permitted
construction
window,
then
we
have
to
go
to
the
next
window.
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Both
of
these
species
degrade
native
vegetation
communities
by
out-competing
native
plants
and
supplanting
associated
plant
native
plant
communities,
upon
which
our
local
wildlife
depend.
Coincidentally,
both
species
also
contribute
to
wildfire
threats
to
adjacent
communities,
giant
reed
produces
high
volumes
of
dry
fuels,
and
the
plant
contains
volatile
oils
that
increase
the
intensity
of
fires.
Even
when
the
vegetation
is
green,
fan
palms
are
characterized
by
fibrous.
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Fronds
that
trap,
wildfire,
embers
and
easily
ignite
unmaintained
palms
in
natural
areas
pose
risks
due
to
the
dried
skirt
of
dead
fronds
that
lie
on
these
trees,
in
recognition
and
during
windy
conditions.
When
our
fires
are
the
worst,
these
fronds
can
become
detached
and
they
can
carry
fire
some
distance.
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They
shed
a
lot
of
embers
in
recognition
of
the
ecological
and
community
and
community
fire
safety
benefits
of
the
project.
Costco
has
been
awarded
project
grant
funds
in
the
amount
of
200
000
by
the
santa
monica
mountains
conservancy,
and
these
were
early
action
funds
approved
by
the
governor
for
community
fire
safety.
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Tonight's
staff
is
recommending
that
the
costco
board
approve
an
appropriation
of
365
thousand
dollars
from
the
woolsey
fire
recovery
fund
to
match
the
grant
provided
by
the
santa
monica
mountains
conservancy
to
implement
the
royal
canajo
invasive
plant
management
project.
The
appropriation
would
come
from
the
allocation
for
invasive
plant
management.
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The
current
balance
of
this
allocation
is
approximately
2.67
million
dollars,
of
which
approximately
2.46
is
available
for
appropriation.
That's
2.46
million,
not
2.46
dollars.
Combining
costco
funds
with
grant
funds,
facilitates
a
larger
project
and
achieves
value
for
costco,
both
financially
and
ecologically.
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A
summary
of
the
this
slide
has
a
chart
of
kind
of
how
the
funding
breaks
down.
We
have
biological
monitoring
contract
cost
of
115
000.
This
is
a
permit
requirement
and
the
biomass
removal
and
maintenance
is
estimated
at
450
000..
The
way
the
project
gets
implemented,
there's
an
initial
removal
of
biomass
and
then
there's
years
of
follow-up
treatments
for
the
seedlings
and
the
regrowth
of
these
species,
and
you
can
see
that
the
santa
monica
mountains
conservancy
has
200
000
into
the
project.
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No
nays,
thank
you
and
finally,
we
have
another
item
with
firefunding.
This
is
to
award
a
general
services
agreement
for
the
arroyo
canao
invasive
plant,
renew
removal
project
to
r.a,
almor,
atmores
and
sons
in
the
amount
of
450
000
for
the
removal
of
invasive
plants
in
the
arroyo
canal,
open
space
and
delegate
authority
to
execute
the
agreements
to
the
co-chief
administrative
officer.
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Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board.
In
the
prior
item,
we
discussed
the
importance
of
the
arroyo
canoe,
invasive
plant
removal
project
and
the
funding
necessary
to
complete
the
project.
This
item
concerns
the
awarding
of
a
contract
to
r.a
atmore
and
sons.
They're,
a
local
company
out
of
the
ventura
area
to
local,
to
ventura
county
costco,
sought
proposals
from
qualified
contractors
for
implementation
of
the
project
by
broadly
advertising
a
request
for
proposals
through
the
city
of
thousand
oaks
public
bidding
system.
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An
initial
request
for
proposals
was
circulated
on
june
10th
of
this
year,
with
a
scope
of
work
containing
removal
of
all
giant
reed
and
fan
palms
from
the
designated
project
site.
The
projects
the
proposals
were
due
on
july
11th,
the
lowest
bid
price,
however,
exceeded
the
budget
that
we
had
available
and
so
the
contract
at
that
time
wasn't
awarded.
So
we
discussed
that
before
of
the
rescoping
of
the
project,
so
the
project
went
into
second
round.
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The
other
bid
was
much
higher
and
reflected
a
potential
misunderstanding
of
the
of
the
scope
of
work.
Aria
atmore
has
extensive
experience
with
the
removal
of
invasive
species
and
particularly
arundo,
and
has
performed
successfully
on
projects
throughout
ventura
county
that
are
similar
in
size
and
scope
to
this
staff
is
confident
in
the
capabilities
of
the
contracting
crew.
We
both
have
experience
working
with
them
in
the
past
on
other
projects,
so
we
recommend
awarding
the
contract,
and
with
that
I
can
take
any
questions
on
that.
Okay,.
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So,
for
may,
through
august
of
this
year,
trail
watch
and
trail
adoption,
volunteers
logged
the
following
hours,
trail
watch
had
137
reports
and
227
hours
donated
and
adopt
a
trail
had
115
reports
and
148
hours
donated.
As
always,
we
very
much
appreciate
the
efforts
of
all
our
volunteers.
Their
dedication
is
truly
an
important
component
of
our
resource
stewardship
efforts.
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Good
evening
I
have
a
powerpoint
presentation,
so
we've
been
extremely
busy
since
may
working
on
ranger
headquarters,
but
we
still
managed
to
get
out
and
get
cute
pictures
of
the
critters
that
are
in
open
space
and
that
one
is
doing
what
it's
supposed
to
do
and
it
has
a
small
lizard
in
its
mouth.
So
I
know
it's
cuckoo
that.
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C
It's
scary,
just
saying
that
so
one
of
the
things
that
the
rangers
have
to
deal
with
and
is
fences
and
I've
been
trying
to
be
diverse
in
our
what
we
cover
every
time.
But
we
do
manage
miles
of
fencing
hundreds
of
feet
of
it
get
taken
out
every
year
in
accidents.
It
doesn't
take
much
to
take
out
a
lot
of
fencing,
but
I
wanted
you
to
see
kind
of
what
happens
when
that
happens.
C
Speeding,
yes,
okay,
so
this
is
ranger
headquarters,
a
couple
announcements
with
this
slide.
The
new
rangers
have
started
a
week
ago,
so
that's
very,
very
exciting.
The
ranger
headquarters
is
now
officially
the
rangers
home.
It's
still
having
boxes
unpacked
and
everything,
but
if
you
saw
there's
a
email
inviting
you
to
an
open
house
on
10
26
you're
all
invited
we're
going
to
have
be
showing
off
some
of
our
equipment
and
we'll
have
snacks,
I'm
not
sure
what
the
snacks
are.
So
I'm
not
going
to
promise
anything
at
this.
C
It'll
be
trail
mix.
No,
if
you
know
the
rangers
they
eat
well.
The
other
thing
that
we've
been
talking
about
with
the
rangers
is
not
having
trucks
and
that
picture
that
was
up
there.
The
reason
I
took
that
photo
this
one
here
is
because
I
just
received
a
text
from
our
fleet
person
and
he
had
just
said.
The
trucks
will
be
here
by
the
end
of
october,
so
we
will
have
four
new
ranger
trucks
at
that
time.
So
that's
everything
came
together
in
the
last
month
and
really
proud
of
it.
C
This
is
the
exterior
of
ranger
headquarters.
Right
now
you
can
see
there's
fencing
going
in
there's
a
reroute
of
a
little
trail
that
the
neighbors
use
and-
and
so
you
know,
there's
a
being
an
urban
park
guy.
I
would
deal
with
irrigation
a
lot.
I
don't
do
golf
course
irrigation.
Golf
courses
have
what's
called
a
valvin
head,
so
you
can
control
every
single
sprinkler
individually.
C
Well,
there
was
a
sprinkler
under
that
trailer
trail
and
we
didn't
know
it
and
when
you
hit
it,
it
just
goes
so
that
that
was
but
that
was
early
on
in
this
before
we
hit
summer
time
and
we
did
have
rain
afterwards.
So
we
feel
okay,
but
we're
still
kind
of
embarrassed
to
have
hit
something
so
but
ranger
headquarters
looks
good
how
to
get
an
open
space,
and
this
is
rancho
patera
open
space
near
the
tex
ward
point.
C
Somebody
decided
that
it'd
be
nice
to
be
more
comfortable
up
there,
but
that
that
was
retrieved.
I
I
do
like
that.
The
rangers
take
nice
pictures
of
these
things
out
in
the
open
space,
so
we
are
able
to
use
them
and
a
wonderful
sunset
from
the
recent
range.
That's
a
classic
look
of
clouds
be
prior
to
a
rain
within
24
hours.
After
that
kind
of
look,
you'll
get
get
rain,
so
I'm
available
for
questions.
C
It
has
been
a
problem
in
the
past,
I
will
say,
since
we
had
a
recruitment
and
we
had
four
openings,
I
felt
we
were
going
to
be
lucky.
If
we
got
two,
the
four
that
we
got,
we
were
very
confident
with
all
three
of
them.
Three
of
them
were
local
raised
in
the
area.
The
timing
on
this
was
perfect.
Each
one
of
those
individuals
had
a
shift
in
their
life
in
such
a
way
that
it
just
lined
up
it's.
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Okay,
so
just
overall,
the
ranges
have
always
been
on
365
days
a
year.
The
coverage
will
be
a
lot
better.
The
status
we
were
in
prior
to
this
was
if
we
had
one
ranger
sick,
we
only
had
one
ranger
on
so
now
we
at
least
have
some
backup,
which
is
great.
So
if
we
have
a
ranger
sick,
we'll
have
two
on
possibly
three.
So
it's
a
it's
a
big
help,
and
just
just
in
coverage
it's
a
big
help,
but
we'll
also
have
more
muscles
every
day.
C
E
C
Bit,
excuse
me
it'll
help
a
bit
with
that,
but
the
majority
of
the
work
is
is
in
open
space,
we're
going
to
be
able
to
expand.
Some
of
our
programs
dramatically,
I
think,
are
our
one
of
our
main
goals.
Is
the
volunteer
program
enhancing
our
ability
to
support
volunteer
groups
for
trail
work,
smaller
trail
work
days,
maintenance
projects
that
we
get
a
lot
of
requests
for
our
little
work
parties,
so
we're
going
to
try
and
set
up
some
programs
to
do
that.
We're
going
to
also
take
care
of
our
equipment
a
little
bit
better.
C
C
One
of
them
does
one
of
them
also
has
law
enforcement
background,
but
we're
going
to
have
them.
It's
been
a
while.
So
your
pca,
32
is
only
really
valid
for
two
years.
If
you
have
not
been
doing,
law
enforcement
or
so
they'll,
we'll
be
putting
them
through
that
they'll
be
taking
that
by
november
they'll
be
done.
G
Do
you
see
that
continuing
or
do
you
see
you
know
the
role
expanding,
perhaps
to
more
of
the
like
the
state
park
or
national
park
where
it's
you
know
a
little
pow
wow
around
the
campfire
and
giving
an
interpretation
type
of
a
thing?
Do
you
see
that
being
integrated,
or
is
this
pretty
much
just
going
to
be
maintaining
the
open
space
and
trails.
C
Everything
will
expand
a
little
bit
so
that
will
expand
a
little
bit,
but
we're
going
to
lean
on
volunteers
for
a
lot
of
that
part
of
my
background
was
running
docent
programs
with
los
angeles
county
natural
areas.
So
we
had
large
volumes
of
volunteers
that
were
very
well
trained
and
would
do
our
interpretive
programs
through
our
guidance.
So
that's
that's
kind
of
what
I'd
like
to
model
it
after
so
there's
a
big
demand
for
volunteering
in
the
city,
and
I
think
this
will
be
a
good
outlet
for
a
lot
of
the
people.
G
C
No
that
no,
we
will
be
having
the
two
large
trail
work
days,
continuing
because
those
those
are
big
projects
that
we
need
a
hundred
people
for.
So
yes,
that
that's
coming
up
october,
15th
more
details
will
be
coming
out
within
the
next
couple
weeks.
That
event
is
going
to
be
on
the
wishbone
trail
and
it
it's
going
to
be
a
there's.
A
lot
of
tread
work,
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
mcleod
work
on
that
one,
but
the
details
will
be
coming
out.
B
D
Not
a
costco
update,
but
a
crpd
update,
related
couple.
Things
related
to
you
know
our
partnerships
with
the
city
for
sure.
So
I
wanted
to
specifically
mention
the
progress
that
we're
seeing
on
page
lane
park,
which
is
the
park
near
where
page
lane
goes
underneath
the
23
freeway
near
canal
oaks,
there
just
south
of
the
canoe
creek
south
soccer
field,
so
soft
opening
in
early
october,
meaning
we're
just
going
to
simply
take
the
fences
down
and
people
can
get
on
the
property.
There
won't
be
turf.
D
D
Of
course
be
invited,
and
again
I'm
mentioning
that
the
city
was
a
great
contributor
to
that
financially
and
then
another
partnership
project,
the
teen
center
and
global
adult
community
center
improvements,
those
that
project
is
kind
of
nearing
its
end
as
well.
A
lot
of
work
still
remains,
but
we
are
given
some
assurances.
We
will
definitely
be
having
a
ribbon
cutting
and
an
open
house
before
the
end
of
the
year,
hopefully
in
november,
but
might
be
december,
but
we're
looking
forward
to
that
in
november.
D
Finally,
I
just
would
mention
that
this
november
crpd
is
having
its
60th
anniversary
birthday.
So
it's
a
big.
You
know
it's
a
birthday
with
a
zero,
so
we're
gonna
have
a
a
big
kind
of
community
birthday
party.
If
you
will-
and
you
will
all
be
invited
to
that
before
the
end
of
the
year
as
well.
So
with
that
I'm
available
for
questions.
A
A
A
B
G
B
G
I
I
think
that
needs
to
be
before
us
before
that
can
actually
happen,
but,
but
thank
you
for
your
service.
I
know
you've
been
along
with
the
city
for
a
long
time
and
certainly
with
us
here
at
costco
during
my
tenure,
appreciate
your
your
support
and
making
sure
we're
in
tune
with
city
activities.
I
know
you
know
we
have
board
members,
but
you
know
it's
nice
to
have
part
of
the
executive
team
here
as
well
to
kind
of
keep
things
flowing.
G
I
think
that
does
help
to
make
costco
the
unique
partnership
that
it
is
between
the
district
and
the
city
is
likewise.
I
know
with
with
our
general
manager
being
part
of
the
the
city's
e-team
as
it
refers
to
executive
team
just
being
a
partner
there.
I
think
it
just
really
speaks
well
of
how
how
kind
of
seamlessly
the
organizations
work
together-
and
I
know
you're
part
of
that
and
that
side
just
as
jim
is
from
our
side.
H
Just
interject
on
staff's
behalf,
we
really
do
appreciate
everything
gary's
done
for
us
and
the
tenure
that
I've
been
here
he's
been
a
great
advocate
for
costco
and
has
it
you
know
been
a
bridge
between
koska
and
a
lot
of
city
agencies,
and
it's
really
it's.
It's
really
brought
the
full
resources
of
the
joint
powers
together
and
we're
greatly
appreciative
for
his
leadership
and
his
guidance.