From The Thousand Oaks STAR 8/10/06$$
$500,000 from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
$100,000 Grant from the Conejo Conservation Agency
$1,875,000 From the City of Thousand Oaks
$2,475,000Merry Christmas Santa Rosa Valley!
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SAVE OUR RING OF GREEN (SOROG)
is a large, growing group of concerned citizens and our aim is to protect the Ring of Open Space round the City of Thousand Oaks with particular attention to the Mountclef Ridge area. This area has seen recent development and the Ring of Open Space is in imminent danger of being destroyed by a proposed development.The Mountclef Ridge is an important wildlife corridor that runs between Wildwood Park and the Joel McCrea Park and Nature Preserve. It lies on the north side of the city of Thousand Oaks near Cal Lutheran University. The ridge is the boundary that separates Conejo Valley from Santa Rosa Valley.
SAVE OUR RING OF GREEN
is requesting that the City of Thousand Oaks identify all undeveloped land parcels on the Mountclef Ridge and immediately embark on a proactive program of purchasing them to protect the Ring of Open Space.In 2000, the Thousand Oaks City Council approved the development of two houses on the Mountclef ridgeline above Briar Bluff Circle. These houses are now nearing completion and the same developer is applying to build four more houses on the north side of the ridge overlooking Santa Rosa Valley. This proposed development would complete urban sprawl by connecting the development in the city of Thousand Oaks to development in the Santa Rosa Valley for the first time ever. It would obliterate the Ring of Open Space and cut off the Mountclef Ridge wildlife corridor.
The four lots that the developer is currently applying to build on were designated on the city’s plan as
"undevelopable". The builder is asking for an large number of waivers to city building codes and ordinances in order to build there. SAVE OUR RING OF GREEN is asking the Planning Commission and City Council to allow no waivers. We are also encouraging the City to enter now into negotiations with the developer to purchase these four lots, dedicate them as open space for perpetuity and SAVE OUR RING OF GREEN.SAVE OUR RING OF GREEN
has received the endorsement of numerous local environmental groups and agencies. We are circulating a petition and will continue to inform the Thousand Oaks City Council, Planning Commission and residents both in the city and in Santa Rosa Valley about all aspects of protecting the Mountclef Ridge. Join us now! We need your support to help preserve the Ring of Open Space.WANT MORE
INFORMATION?
READ AND/OR DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING ADOBE .PDF FILES:
Fish and Game Letter and the Liston Associates Letter
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WILL YOU HELP US
IN OUR FIGHT TO SAVE OUR RING OF GREEN?
DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING, BULLET LIST, PETITION AND MEMBERSHIP FORMS
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view and download PDF file
For more details you can contact:
Shari
Czerwinski, 805 493 5089,
This is a link to a recent ACORN article :
http://www.toacorn.com/news/2004/0122/Front_page/001.html