SanDieguito River Park Joint PowersAuthority Revenues/Expenditures/Accomplishments 1989-2004

Preparedby SanDieguito River Park Staff June30, 2004

SanDieguito River Park Joint PowersAuthority 18372Sycamore Creek Road Esc~ndido,CA 92025 (858)67 4-2270 (858)674-2280 (Fax) www.sdrp.org Tableof Contents

Introduction...... 1 Revenues...... 2 Expenditures...... 4 Accomplishments...... 5 LandAcquisition ...... 5 Trails...... :...... 9 Implementationof OtherGoals ...... 10 HabitatRestoration ...... 10 HistoricPreservation/Restoration ...... 10 OtherAccomplishments ...... 11 Exhibits: Table1 Grants,Cash Awards & Transfers...... 19 Table2 ParcelsOwned by the SanDieguito River Park ...... 22 Table3 HabitatPreserved in the SanDieguito River Valley since 1989 ...... 23 Table4 MemberAgency Assessments ...... 24 Table5 SatelliteWagering Funds ...... 24 Table6 EndowmentFunds ...... 24 Table7 EventProceeds ...... 24 Table8 lnterest...... 24 Table9 OperationalExpenditures ...... 24 Table10 Trails in the RiverPark ...... 25 Attachments: 1. JPAAgreement ...... 26 2. FocusedPlanning Area Map ...... 33 3. CACMembers ...... 34 4. Sampleletter to CityManagers re memberagency allocations,12/11 /89 ...... 35 5. LandscapeUnits ...... 36 6. AppendixB, "DetailedPark Planning History," fromJPA adopted Concept Plan ...... 37 7. PrivateProperty Rights Protection Policy ...... 42 8. CommonGoals, Different Roles ...... 45 9 BudgetChart ...... 46 SanDieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors,2004

Chair,San Diego County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price Vice-Chair,San Diego Councilmember Scott Peters

JerryFinnell, Del Mar City Council EdGallo, Escondido City Council BettyRexford, Poway City Council BrianMaienschein, San Diego City Council TomGolich, Solana Beach City Council DianneJacob, San Diego County Supervisor Dr.Philip Pryde, Chair, Citizens Advisory Committee DarlynDavenport, Ex Officio,22 nd DistrictAgricultural Association SanDieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority Reven·ues/Expenditures/Acc·om·plish•ments 1989-2004

INTRODUCTION

TheSan Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space TheJPA is advisedby a standingcommittee, known ParkJoint Powers Authority (JPA) was created as an as the CitizensAdvisory Committee (CAC), which is independent,local government agency by the County composedof 36 members. The membersinclude of San Diegoand the Citiesof Del Mar,Escondido, community planning groups, homeowners Poway,San Diego, and Solana Beach in June,1989 associations,citywide planning and environmental in orderto providea coordinatedprogram to create, organizations,recreational user groups and property preserveand enhance the SanDieguito River Valley owners. See list of CACmembers as of December RegionalOpen SpacePark for the benefitof the 2003(Attachment 3). public.As mandatedby the JointPowers Agreement (Attachment1), the Joint Powers Authority's goals are Thepurpose of thisreport is to describethe revenues to: the JPAhas receivedand how the fundswere spent fromthe agency'sinception in 1989to the present, (a) Preserve land within the focused and to summarizethe accomplishmentsof the JPA planningarea of the San DieguitoRiver duringthat time period. Valleyas a regionalopen space greenbelt and park systemthat protectsthe natural waterwaysand the natural and cultural resourcesand sensitive lands, and provides compatiblerecreational opportunities that do notdamage sensitive lands.

(b) Providea continuousand coordinated systemof preservedlands with a connecting corridorof walking,equestrian, and bicycle trails,encompassing the San DieguitoRiver Valleyfrom the ocean to theriver's source.

The FocusedPlanning Area (FPA) of the San DieguitoRiver Park extends from the oceanat Del Mar to Volcan Mountainnorth of Julian (See Attachment2). It is intendedto representthe viewshedof the rivervalley and its tributarycanyons. TheFPA extends along a 55-milecorridor that begins in thedesert just east of VolcanMountain and ends at the mouthof the SanDieguito River in DelMar. The FPAencompasses the SanDieguito River Valley and its majortributary canyons, as wellas LakeHodges, Boden Canyon, Pamo Valley, Lake Sutherland, VolcanMountain and portionsof the high desertin San FelipeValley. The FPA is the area where planningand acquisition efforts for the Parkare to be directed.

I REVENUES five membercities, the DeputyChief Administrative Officerof the Countyand the first ExecutiveDirector The JPA'sprimary operational revenue sources are of theJPA. Theformula is basedon a combinationof memberagency assessments and Satellite Wagering populationplus acreage included within the focused Funds(off-track betting) at the Del Mar RaceTrack. planningarea (Attachment4). See Table4 in the These funds allow the JPA to hire staff who Appendixfor the revenuereceived each year from administerthe JPA'sprograms and projects and who thissource. also applyfor grantsto implementJPA goals. The JPA also receivesfluctuating revenue from grants Grantsand GrantAdministration: The JPA seeks and grant administration,contributions, event grantsfrom various local, state and federal sources to proceeds,rent and interest. Following is a description implementthe goalsestablished for the JPA in the of eachrevenue category. JPA Agreement. Receiptof these grants also enablesthe JPAto accomplishgoals in its annually MemberAgency Assessments: The JPA's member adoptedwork programs.A portionof the grantsis agenciesshare an annualassessment. The formula reimbursementto the JPAfor administration,and is usedto sharethe assessmentamong the member thereforerevenue in theoperating budget. agencieswas developed by the CityManagers of the

The total amountprovided by the memberagencies from the JPA's inceptionin 1989through June 30, 2004 is $4,526,864.

Thetotal amount that the JPAhas obtained in grantsor awardsfrom the JPA'sinception in 1989through June 30, 2004 is $48,897,986.

SeeAttachment 9

Usuallythese grants represent major projects that the time. Cash: Cashcontributions have been received JPA is undertakingor has undertaken. In some in specificcategories for whichthe JPAhas separate cases,these were projectsinitiated by the JPA; in funds - Education;Piedras Pintadas Maintenance; others,the funds were appliedfor by a member Trailsand LandManagement; and LandTrust. For agency,and then transferred to the JPAbecause the example, the Rancho Bernardo Soroptimists JPA had a particularinterest or expertisein the contributed$2,500 that was usedto plantand water project.See Table 1 in theAppendix for the revenue over100 oak trees in the LakeHodges area, and an receivedeach year from this source. anonymousdonor designateda contributionof $18,000for the EducationFund to be usedfor a SatelliteWagering Funds: Satellite Wagering Funds futureNative Wildlife Center. Studentsat Diegueno cometo theJPA as a resultof statelegislation, which JuniorHigh contributed $12,000 that they raised at a recognizedthe impactof satellitewagering on the PancakeBreakfast to the Parkfor habitatrestoration, localcommunities, including the RiverPark. The JPA andanother $6,000 for coastalland acquisition. The receives20% of .33of 1% fromthe totalpari-mutuel JPAreceived $50,370 in privatecontributions for the wagers placed at the 22nd District Agricultural "Buya Pieceof RutherfordRanch• program, which Association'ssatellite wagering facility. The amount wasdeposited in the LandTrust Fund, and eventually receivedeach year declinedsteadily from the first transferredto the San DieguitoRiver ValleyLand year until 1997, then leveledout and began to Conservancyto be usedas matchingfunds for land increaseslightly in 2000,dipping again in 2003. See acquisitionat RutherfordRanch. Table5 in the Appendixfor the revenuereceived eachyear from this source. Initially,the JPAoffered a ParkPartner membership programthat grewto earnabout $3,000 each year. Contributions:The JPAhas receivedcontributions In orderto reduceconfusion and duplication with the in theform of cash,equipment/materials, land and San DieguitoRiver Valley Land Conservancy,a

2 private501{c)(3) organization, which raises funds for operations.In 1999,the JPA Boardadopted a 20- landacquisition in the RiverValley, the JPAentered year FiscalPlan that projectsthat in twentyyears intoa Memorandumof Understanding{MOU) in 2000 time,when the SanDieguito River Park has been fully with the Conservancyregarding fund-raising. The implemented,there will be an annualoperational MOUestablished that all privatedonations would be need of $1,144,671. It was determinedthat the directedto the Conservancy,from whence they would annualoperational need in 2020could be met by a be directed as appropriatefor the designated combinationof the memberagencies' current level of purpose,and $2 fromeach Conservancy membership supportas adjustedfor inflationand incomefrom an wouldbe donatedto the JPAon a quarterlybasis. In endowmentfund of $11,500,000.The FiscalPlan 2001 the Conservancy'sname was changedto requirescontributions of $200,000per year for twenty eliminatethe word"land". Equipment/Materials: Park years in order to build an EndowmentFund of supportershave donatedsuch items as a digital $11,500,000in 2020. It is plannedthat approximately planimeter,an electricitygenerator, a gas powered half of the annual$200,000 will be derivedfrom "weed-eater",two cameras, a slideprojector, a router, memberagency contributions and rentsavings, with and hundredsof nativeplants. Land: A 40-acre the other half derivedfrom privateand corporate pieceof privateproperty within the focusedplanning contributions. To that end, the JPA's member areasouth of SanPasqual Valley was donated to the agencieshave begun annualcontributions to the JPA,as wasa 1.2-acreparcel adjacent to El Camino EndowmentFund, beginning with $5,000from the Real,with the donorsreceiving tax benefitsfor the City of Del Mar, $7,143 from the City of Poway, donations.Other land contributions have been made $9,285from the Cityof Escondido,$5,714 from the withinthe focused planning area to oneor moreof the City of SolanaBeach, $18,571 from the Countyof memberagencies. A time-shareresort membership SanDiego, and $25,714 from the Cityof SanDiego. was also donatedto the JPA, which sold it and With the previouslymentioned $20,000 in rent recognizeda $2,500profit. Time: Volunteersare savings,an annualendowment deposit of $91,427 indispensableto accomplishthe goals of the San hasbeen made each year since 2001. As of 3/31/04, DieguitoRiver Park. Elsewherein this reportthere is the endowmentamount totaled $365,536.Among a breakdownof the types of activitiesin which privatecontributions to the EndowmentFund as of volunteersare involvedand the numberof hoursthat 2001 include $6,000 from the Associationof havebeen contributed. An estimatedtotal of 63,970 EnvironmentalProfessionals and $1,650 from volunteerhours has beencontributed over the life of individuals.In FiscalYear 2004/05, member agency theJPA. EndowmentFund contributions were deferredas a resultof budgetconstraints. Rent: The JPA purchased8.75 acres in Powayon SycamoreCreek Road for trail, wetlandrestoration In additionto the generalendowment at the San andwildlife corridor purposes in 1994. The property DiegoFoundation, SDRP has severalother specific includeda house,a portionof whichwas builtin the endowments.The first, at the RanchoSanta Fe 1920's.The house was leased to a tenantfor several Foundation,was establishedin 2003 with $30,000 years,with the Park'sRangers officed in a separate fromThe CrosbyEstate, and is intendedto provide garageon the property. In 1999,the JPA Board for the future replacementof the Santa Fe Valley decidedto movethe Parkadministrative offices out of sectionof the Coastto CrestTrail, if it shouldbe rentedoffice space downtown and intothe house,in washedout as a resultof floods. The secondwas orderto avoidmaking rent payments. As partof that establishedat the Del Mar Foundationin 2004with decision,the Boarddecided to depositrent savings in $500,000from SouthernCalifornia Edison. The the amountof $20,000each year into the Park's purposeof thatendowment fund is to providefor the EndowmentFund at theSan Diego Foundation. future managementand maintenanceof the San DieguitoLagoon Wetland Restoration Project after EndowmentFund. Using a bequestfor $25,000,the Edison'sobligations are ended {approximately40 JPA establishedan EndowmentFund at the San years). In addition,through an agreementwith Diego Foundationin 1997. The purposeof the Caltrans,the JPA received an endowmentof endowmentfund is to helpensure the futureof the $176,000for the managementof the 93-acreparcel San DieguitoRiver Park JPA and its programsand on the west flank of BernardoMountain that was

3 transferredto the JPA by Caltransin 2004. These funds were depositedat the RanchoSanta Fe LandManagement Income: Increasingly, the JPA is Foundation.The RanchoSanta Fe Foundationalso earningincome through management of mitigation administers the San Dieguito River Valley properties.When a publicor privateentity is required Conservancy'sendowment for the managementof to acquirehabitat to offsethabitat impacted through the remainder of Bernardo Mountain. That development,that entity is requiredto identifyan endowmentwas createdwith a $300,000payment organizationto managethe acquiredproperty in fromSempra Energy for mitigationpurposes. perpetuity, and to set aside funds for the managementof the subjectproperty. The JPA is EventProceeds: In 1994,the JPAheld its first "fee• currentlymanaging property for the San Dieguito event,the San DieguitoRiver Park Trail Run/Hike. RiverValley Conservancy and will beginmanaging Thisevent netted $2,000. In 1995,the second annual propertyfor Caltransin FY2004/05. TrailRun attracted 2,300 participants and profits were $8,300,of which $830 was distributedto the San Continuationof the agency'soperations each year DieguitoRiver Valley Conservancyin accordance dependsupon all of the JPA'ssources of income: with an agreementbetween the JPA and the member agency assessments,off-track betting, Conservancy. Participationin subsequentyears proceeds from fund-raising, interest, grant leveledoff at about1400 entries and proceedsalso administrationand land management. Grant declined.A changein racemanagement companies administrationrevenues are an importantsource of (at a lowerfee) raisedthe profitlevel. Followingthe income,but are unpredictablefrom year to year. 2003 event, which lost money due to declining Donationsare unpredictableand are usuallytargeted participationand rising costs, the JPA Board to specificprojects or funds,and are thereforenot discontinued the event. The JPA Board availablefor the operatingbudget. The other funding acknowledgedthe public relationsbenefit of the sourcesas welldo notcomprise a significantor stable event,and will be seekingother events that could be sourceof revenue. The JPA Boardand the JPA's heldin placeof theTrail Run/Hike. memberagencies have therefore determined that the Park's future financialsecurity lies in buildinga Interest: The JPA'sfunds are depositedwith the substantialEndowment Fund and have determined to CountyTreasurer and interest is receivedquarterly in investin thatendeavor for thelong term. each of the JPA'sfunds. The aggregateamount earnedeach year is shownin theappendix. EXPENDITURES

FutureRevenue Operations

As the Park has movedfrom a primarilyplanning TheJPA's major operational expenditures have been stageinto the implementation,or operational stage, it in the categoriesof staff, rent, printing,postage, has experiencedincreased costs, particularly in the telephoneand attorney services. When the JPAwas areaof Rangerstaffing, as a resultof the increased firstformed in 1989,it wasunder the umbrellaof the numberof park visitorsusing facilities and areasof San DiegoAssociation of Governments(SANDAG), the parkfor whichthe JPA has responsibility.Land and establishedfinancial independence gradually. In managementcosts will continueto increasein the FY 89/90,SANDAG supplied furniture and paidthe futureas the JPA acquiresadditional lands in the JPA'srent, the ProjectCoordinator's salary, and all FPA, restoreshabitat and operatesand maintains printing,postage and telephonecosts. In addition, trails. Increasedcosts are primarilythe resultof the SANDAGprovided attorney services to the JPAat no needfor additionalrangers and vehiclesfor ranger charge. In FY 90/91,SANDAG continued to payfor patrol and maintenance.The public'sinterest in telephone,printing and postage costs. FY92/93 was activitiesand interpretationoffered by the Park-has the first yearthat the JPAassumed responsibility for also increasedover time and resultsin significant all operationalcosts. additionalcosts for personnelto coordinatethe eventsand train the volunteers,as well as printing As of June2004, the JPA has five full-time employees andpostage. and five part-timeemployees. In FY 89/90,staff

4 consistedof an ExecutiveDirector, Mike Gotch, who The JPA'soperational expenditures each fiscal year was hiredin Octoberof 1989. Whenhe resigned, in several major categoriesare shown in the Diane Coombswas appointedInterim Executive appendix. Directorin February1990, and appointedExecutive Directorin Mayof that year. In March1998, Diane Coombs retired, and Dick Bobertz became the ACCOMPLISHMENTS ExecutiveDirector in May 1998. A part-timeoffice manager/secretarywas added in springof 1990. Jan In accordancewith its goals of preservingnatural Linesis the current0ffice Manager. In FY 90/91, openspace in the river valleyand providinga trail Susan Carter was transferredto the staff from systemfor hiking,bicycling and equestrianuse from SANDAGas ProjectCoordinator; in 1994,she was theocean at DelMar to the mountainsnorth of Julian, made DeputyDirector. ShawnaAnderson is the the JPAhas concentrated its capitalprojects on land Park's PrincipalPlanner, and is responsiblefor acquisitionand trail construction, as describedbelow. overseeingenvironmental issues. Jason Lopez is the Park'sResources and Trails Manager, Todd Stepien LandAcquisition is SeniorPark Ranger, David Hekel is a ParkRanger, and ChrisDyszkiewicz is a ParkRanger Aide. The "Preserveland withinthe focusedplanning Park also has a full-time Event & Volunteer areaof the San DieguitoRiver Valley as a Coordinatorposition, which is currentlyopen. regionalopen space greenbeltand park system... " The JPA contractsout for its attorneyservices with the lawfirm of Worden,Williams, Richmond, Brechtel TheJPA seeks to preserveland and create an open & Kilpatrick. Wayne Brechtelserves as primary spacegreenbelt and park system by purchasingland counsel.The Countyserves as the JPA'sTreasurer withinthe focusedplanning area that is appropriate and Auditor/Controllerand bills the JPA for for those purposesfrom willing sellers. It is not accountingand payrollservices. The JPA has an practical,desirable or possibleto acquireall of the independentaudit of its booksconducted each year land within the focused planningarea for park by an outsidefirm. Throughseparate agreements, purposes.The focused planning area includes about the JPA paysfor its employeesto receivelife and 80,000acres, of which approximatelytwo-thirds is health insurancebenefits through the County's currentlyowned by various public agencies.The program,and to participatein the CountyEmployee largestportion of the JPA'srevenues and expenses RetirementSystem. In 2004,the JPAswitched from duringthe period1989-2004 was in the areaof land worker'scompensation insurance coverage through acquisition.The JPA identified the following criteria to the State Workmans CompensationInsurance determinewhether a parcelshould be consideredfor programto Countycoverage. acquisition:parcels that containhabitat with existing endangered,threatened and sensitive species, In 2000,the JPA Boardadopted a salarypolicy for parcelswith restorablehabitat, parcels located in the non-managementpersonnel. The salary policy floodplainor importantwatershed drainages, parcels establisheda stepsalary range for non-management that are importantto the preservationof a major Parkemployees and tied cost of livingincreases to wildlife corridor, parcels that contain significant the cost of living rate for each year as negotiated culturalresources, parcels that are neededfor public betweenthe County and the County Municipal recreationor access(trails and trail linkages),and EmployeeUnion. parcelsthat are prominentin the viewshed.Of these, the most importantwere habitatvalues and wildlife The JPA Boardhas a Budget/Administration/Policy corridorfollowed second in importanceby traillinkage Committeethat preparesa draft work program_and andsignificant viewshed. budgetfor review,discussion and approval by the full JPA Boardeach fiscal year. The workprogram and BondActs: From 1988,when the votersapproved accompanyingbudget represent the JPA'sgoals and Proposition70, until2000, when the votersapproved prioritiesfor eachyear. Proposition12, there were almost no Stateor Federal fundsavailable for land acquisition.The yearsfrom

5 2000to 2002saw the approvalof Propositions13, 40 funds. $6.1 millionwas usedto acquirethe 5,500- and 50, in additionto Proposition12, all of which acreSanta Ysabel Ranch East and West, a purchase allocatedfunds for acquisitionof landsfor watershed facilitatedby The NatureConservancy. Title to the or habitatprotection. To datethe JPA has received SantaYsabel Ranch East and Westproperty will be substantialfunds from Propositions 70, 12,13 and 40. held in fee simpleby the Countyof San Diego,and the Countywill be responsiblefor its management Proposition70: In 1988,California voters approved and maintenance.The remaining$4.3 million(the Proposition70, whichprovided funding to stateand amount remainingafter the State's bond and local agenciesfor the acquisitionof naturallands. acquisitioncosts were deducted) are beingexpended The Countywas designatedas the administratorof at the JPABoard's direction for priorityparcels in the $10million for acquisitionof landsin theTijuana River River Park. In February 2003, the Wildife Valley,$5 million to acquirelands within County ConservationBoard approved a secondblock grant to adopted ResourceConservation Areas, and $10 the JPA, comprising$5,000,000 in Proposition12 millionfor acquisitionof lands in the San Dieguito funds,for useon NCCPeligible properties only, and RiverValley. In an informalagreement between the $573,000in Proposition13 RiverParkway funds. The JPA and the County,the JPA assumedthe major CaliforniaDepartment of Fish& Game(CDFG) and responsibilityin acquiringland with the San Dieguito the State Wildlife ConservationBoard (WCB) RiverValley Proposition 70 funds. Exceptfor the approveda ConceptualArea Protection Plan ( CAPP) SycamoreCreek area which links the San Pasqual for the propertiesin the San DieguitoRiver Valley Valleywith the Powayopen space and trails system, corridor in 2001. A CAPP is requiredprior to the JPA was responsiblefor negotiations,appraisal acquisitionof propertywith WCB or CDFGfunds. reportsand hazardousmaterials studies for mostof the acquisitionsmade with thosefunds. The San Propositions40 and 50. In 2004, the Wildlife DieguitoRiver Valley Proposition 70 fundsavailable Conservation Board and the State Coastal for land purchaseswere $9,850,000once state Conservancyawarded the JPA $1,289,000and administrativecosts of $150,000were deducted. The $1,500,000respectively from Proposition 40 for a key JPA incurredunreimbursed direct expenditures (not coastalpurchase. To date, no funds have been includingstaff time) in the amountof $48,581for receivedfrom Proposition 50. thesecosts associated with land acquisition. As part of the informalagreement between the Countyof San Grants: The JPA has been successfulin grant Diegoand the JPA, onceall of the fundsavailable applicationsfrom stateand federalsources for land throughProposition 70 for landacquisition in the San acquisition,receiving a $500,000lnterrnodal Surface DieguitoRiver Valley had been expended, the County TransportationEnhancement Activities (ISTEA) transferredto the JPA the propertieslocated in the scenicviewshed grant, and $175,000 in fundingfor a coastalarea and in Powaythat it hadacquired on the StateEnvironmental Enhancement Mitigation Grant. JPA'sbehalf. The transfertook placein May 1997. Thesefunds were combined to makea purchaseof The remainingacquisitions were in the Volcan 390acres at RutherfordRanch/San Felipe Valley (the Mountain area and were retained in County east sideof VolcanMountain). The JPA receiveda ownership. Those parcels will continue to be $1,000,000 State EnvironmentalEnhancement administeredas partof the San DieguitoRiver Park MitigationGrant for acquisitionof BernardoMountain. bythe County of SanDiego. Donations:A privatelandowner has contributed40 Propositions12 and 13: In 2000, Californiavoters acres in San PasqualValley to the JPA. Another approvedProposition 12, the ParksBond Act, and landownercontributed a 1.2 acre parcellocated in a Proposition13, the Water BondAct. Neitheract highlyvisible area adjacent to El CaminoReal. designatedany funds for specificareas or proj~ts in SanDiego, however, Governor Davis earmarked $11 OtherSources: The JPA purchasedadditional lands million in funds from Proposition13 for land in the rivervalley with funds received from the Cityof acquisitionin the San DieguitoRiver Corridor in the San Diegofrom the City'swetlands acquisition fund. 2000/01 State Budget. The State Wildlife In addition,$2 millionwas committedto the San ConservationBoard is the administratorfor those DieguitoRiver Park as part of the approvalof

6 Highway56. Thisamount was split among the Cityof A 1996Memorandum of Agreementbetween the City San Diego,SANDAG and Caltrans. $1,500,000of of SanDiego and the JPAstated that the JPAwould that sumwas paidto the JPAin 1993and was used makethe City-owned105-acre parcel located east of to acquire land in the coastal area and in the 1-5,west of El CaminoReal and south of the riverits SycamoreCreek area of Poway.Caltrans, the Cityof top priorityfor acquisition.The City had acquired the San Diego and the JPA signed a three-way subjectproperty from the SanDieguito Partnership as agreementin 2001that resultedin the transferof the part of a settlement agreement. The MOA remaining$500,000 to the JPA, and is describedin establisheda five-yearoption period for the JPA to moredetail below. acquireall or partof the property,after which time the optioncould be extendedor the Citycould market the propertyto otherinterests. The option expired in July GeographicFocus 2001. As part of a separatethree-way agreement betweenthe JPA, City of San Diegoand Caltrans, The SanDieguito River Park Concept Plan identified executedin November2001, the JPA received fourteen"landscape units" in the San DieguitoRiver $500,000from Caltrans (fulfilling Caltrans' obligations Valley,which are distinguishedfrom each other by pursuantto the approval of Highway56) and topography,habitat and landuse. (SeeAttachment transferredit to the City and the City agreedto 5). Followingis a descriptionof the JPA'sacquisition preservethe 105-acreparcel for naturalhabitat use and restorationefforts in the valley,beginning with as partof the SanDieguito River Park. LandscapeUnit A, at thecoast. Severaladditional parcels have been acquired by the LandscapeUnit A: Thefirst propertyacquired by the Cityof DelMar along San Dieguito Drive. JPAwas in the coastalarea, 86 acreslocated west of 1-5,known as the Airfieldproperty, using $700,000 in In 2004, the JPA was successfulin acquiring Proposition70 fundsand $1.3 million from the Cityof $1,500,000from the StateCoastal Conservancy and San Diego'sWetlands Acquisition Fund. Additional $1,289,000from the State Wildlife Conservation purchasesby the JPA and negotiatedagreements Boardto acquirethe Boudreauproperty, located west betweenthe City of San Diego and Southern of El CaminoReal and south of the river. This CaliforniaEdison have led to almost all of the acquisitionwill enablethe future extensionof the propertywest of El CaminoReal coming into public wetlandrestoration project directly adjacent to it. To ownershipfor habitatpreservation and restoration thatend, the San DieguitoRiver Valley Conservancy purposes.A Memorandumof Agreementbetween commissioneda biologistto prepare conceptual SouthernCalifornia Edison (SCE) and the JPAstates restorationdesigns. that when SCE's wetlands restorationplan is approvedby the Coastal Commission,SCE will LandscapeUnit B, GonzalesCanyon: The JPA has transfertitle to the86-acre Horseworld property to the notacquired any property in LandscapeUnit B. JPA. This was in returnfor the right to use and receive mitigationcredits on the JPA's Airfield LandscapeUnit C, Osuna:The JPA has not acquired propertyas a part of SCE's WetlandRestoration any propertyin LandscapeUnit C. However,a Project. SCE later purchasedthe 54-acreVillages conservationagreement has been placed on 35 acres propertyadjacent to Via de la Valleand entered into of propertyadjacent to the river as part of a an agreementwith the JPAwhereby the propertywill developmentagreement. be transferredto the JPA when SCE's Wetland RestorationProject is completed,provided that the LandscapeUnit D, La JollaValley: TheJPA has not propertycan be usedfor disposalof excavatedsoils. acquired any property in LandscapeUnit D. Even if it cannotbe used for excavatedsoils,. six However,the Countyof SanDiego has acquired 354 acresat the northwestcomer of the parcelwill be acres of naturalopen spacejust north of Lusardi transferredto the JPAfor useas a NatureCenter and Creekand east of the San DieguitoRiver. Also, RangerOffice site. muchof the landin the La JollaValley was preserved as openspace by the City of San Diegowhen the BlackMountain Ranch project was approved.

7 LandscapeUnit I, ClevengerCanyon: Boden Canyon LandscapeUnit E, DelDios Gorge: TheJPA has not (locatedin the Countyof San Diego,west of Pamo acquiredany propertyin its namein LandscapeUnit Valley,north of Hwy78): The JPA received a $90,000 E. However,260 acres along the riverwas preserved HabitatConservation Fund grant to purchaseriparian by the Countyof San Diegoas partof the conditions habitatin BodenCanyon. Habitat Conservation Fund of approvalof the Santa Fe Valley SpecificPlan. grants requirea 100% match. The San Dieguito Otherlandowners also made major land donations to River Valley Conservancycontributed the match, the Countyin this area. The EnvironmentalTrust, a using a $60,000 National Fish and Wildlife non-profitmanagement company, acquired 60 acres FoundationGrant and privatedonations. The total of adjacentto the LakeHodges Dam. $180,000was transferredto the State Wildlife ConservationBoard (WCB) and was used to LandscapeUnit F, Lake Hodges:The 232-acre completethe Departmentof Fish & Game land BernardoMountain property was purchasedby the purchasein BodenCanyon. JPAand the San DieguitoRiver Valley Conservancy in 2002. The funds assembledto acquire the WCB identified Boden Canyon as a priority propertyincluded $1,870,000 in grantsobtained by acquisitionarea for the state'sNatural Communities the Cityof Escondido,$1,000,000 in an EEMPgrant ConservationProgram. The WCB was able to obtainedby the JPA, and the remainderin private acquire566 acresof BodenCanyon in March,1998. fundsand loansobtained by the San DieguitoRiver The566 acres acquired was primarily riparian habitat, Valley Conservancy.Caltrans had previously locatedalong the edge of the ClevelandNational purchaseda 93-acreparcel on the west slope of Forestto the east. Additionalpurchases were made BernardoMountain, fee title to which has been by the Cityof San Diego(240 acres) and the County transferredto the JPA. In addition, the JPA of San Diego(40 acres). The remaining590 acres, contributedto a majorland acquisition by the County generallyon the westernand southernsides of the when the Countypurchased the 345-acreDerbas canyon,was purchased by WCBin 1999. propertyalong Del Dios Highway.The Countyalso purchasedthe 110-acrePolo Estates property on Del LandscapeUnit J, PamoValley: The JPA has not DiosHighway. purchasedany propertyin LandscapeUnit J. Pamo Valleyis almostentirely owned by the City of San LandscapeUnit G, East LakeHodges: The County Diego,with only 120 acres in privateownership. purchased70 acresof oakwoodland along Sycamore Creek in Poway with Proposition70 funds, and LandscapeUnit K, Lake Sutherland:The San transferredthose parcelsto the JPA in 1994. In DieguitoRiver Valley Conservancypurchased 240 1995,the JPA purchasedanother 8.75 acresalong acresof propertynorth of Lake Sutherlandin 2000 the creek. The 8.75-acre parcel included a house and 2001. As of June 2004, the JPA had not that currentlyserves as the San DieguitoRiver Park purchasedany property in LandscapeUnit K. offices. In 2003, the JPA purchased47 acres of coastal sage coveredhabitat on the west facing LandscapeUnit L MesaGrande The JPA purchased slopes of the hill that adjoinsthe oak woodland the410-acre Helms Ranch using Proposition 13 River habitat. Parkwayfunds. Workingwith The Trustfor Public Land,the JPA is pursuingseveral acquisitions that LandscapeUnit H, SanPasqual Valley: In April2004, are expectedto bring an additional627 acres into the JPA took actionto acquirethe 75-acre,cactus­ publicownership. coveredCrowder property, located west of the Wild AnimalPark. A majorportion of San PasqualValley LandscapeUnit M, SantaYsabel The 5,500-acre is ownedby the Cityof SanDiego Water Depart!llent formerSanta Ysabel Ranch was purchasedby The and is usedfor agriculture.The City of San Diego NatureConservancy, using funds allocated to the San purchasedthe 462-acre Konyn property with a Dieguito River Park. Title was subsequently CoastalConservancy grant in 1998. transferredto the Countyof SanDiego. Santa Ysabel Ranchis split by Hwy 79, with the larger portion

8 locatedeast of Hwy 79 and the smallerportion locatedwest of Hwy79. Table2 givesdetails regarding land acquired by the JPA. LandscapeUnit N, VolcanMountain: In 1993,The Trust for Public Land enteredinto an option to HabitatConservation Planning purchasea largepart of the 11,000-acreRutherford Ranchat VolcanMountain. Since that time several TheSan Diego region encompasses a wide variety of agenciesand non-profitorganizations, among them habitats- coastal,scrub, chaparral, grassland, forest the VolcanMountain ·Preserve Foundation and the and desert. The habitatsare hometo 24 plantand SanDieguito River Valley Conservancy, have worked animalspecies that are listedor proposedfor listing togetherto raisefunds to acquirethe ranch. The as endangeredby the federalor stategovernments, Countyof San Diegoconcentrated primarily on the andsome 300 species are considered sensitive. The westernportion of the ranch,west of the ridgeline, SanDiego region has more "species of concern•than and the JPA and CaliforniaDepartment of Fish & any other countyin the continentalUnited States. Game(CDFG) concentrated on the propertyeast of Thereforethe Citiesand the Countyof San Diego the ridgeline.The Countymade two acquisitionsat determinedthat it was imperativeto preservethe RutherfordRanch using San DieguitoRiver Valley region'snatural resources and valuable habitats while Proposition70 funds. Theywere a 611-acreparcel maintainingour economicprosperity as the region for $1,650,000and a 291-acreparcel for $700,000. continuesto grow. After Californiapassed the The Countyalso purchasedproperty at Rutherford NaturalCommunity Conservation Planning Act in Ranch with County ResourceConservation Area 1991,which set the stagefor regionalcooperation in fundsfrom Proposition70. In addition,the County protectingmultiple habitats, the municipalagencies in has successfullyapplied for grants to acquire San Diego County worked together to identify additionalacreage west of the ridgelineof Volcan mechanismsfor protectingcritical habitat for a wide Mountain.The County also purchased 120 acres on rangeof speciesusing the Californiagnatcatcher as the easternslopes (the Arkansas Canyon/San Felipe an indicatorspecies of habitathealth. The programs Valleyarea), using State grant funds. The County they developed include the Multiple Species retainedtitle to all of the propertyit acquiredat ConservationProgram (MSCP) which was completed RutherfordRanch. The Wildlife Conservation Board, in 1997 for southwesternSan Diego County,the on behalfof the CDFG,acquired 566 acresof the MultipleHabitat Conservation Program (MHCP) which ranchalong S2 in SanFelipe Valley in 1995.As part will applyto sevenincorporated cities in northernSan of that transactionthe landownerdonated an DiegoCounty, and the Countyof San DiegoMultiple additional200 acres. WCB made subsequent Habitat Conservationand Open Space Program acquisitionsamounting to approximately6,122 acres (MHCOSP)which will apply to the unincorporated in 1999and 2001. The San DieguitoRiver Valley areasof Northand East County. Conservancy,with assistancefrom the Volcan MountainPreserve Foundation, purchased a 23-acre Assemblingthe preserveswas anticipated to happen parcelalong Farmer Road. TheJPA purchased 390 through a combinationof conservationof lands acreson ArkansasCanyon in 1997,adjacent to the alreadyin public ownership,private development County's120 acres. In 2003,the JPA purchaseda contributionsthrough development regulations and 143-acreRutherford Ranch inholdingon Volcan mitigationof impacts,and public acquisition of private Mountain. At this time, about 2,000 acres of landswith regional habitat from willing sellers. Many RutherfordRanch remains in privateownership. The of the propertiesin the SanDieguito River Valley that Countyof SanDiego has taken the leadto optionthe havebeen preserved for openspace and habitatin remainingacreage, using $1 millionin WCBfunds the decade since the JPA was formed were allocatedby the JPA for that purpose,$2 millionin purchasedas part of the implementationof these Countyfunds, $1 millionin a privatedonation pledged programs.Because the JPAitself is not a signatory to the VolcanMountain Preserve Foundation, and a agencyto one of the programs,the •credits•that $500,000 EnvironmentalEnhancement Mitigation accruewhen the JPA purchases open space in oneof Program(EEMP) grant obtainedby the Volcan the programareas is attributedto the municipal MountainPreserve Foundation. agencywithin which jurisdiction the property lies.

9 first trail constructedby the JPA was the 2-mile It is anticipatedthat a future ballot measurewill HighlandValley Trail on the southside of the river provide funding for managementand biological eastof 1-15.Another trail system constructed by the monitoringof the preserveareas. Managinglands JPA was the 1.9-milePiedras Pintadas Trail on the and conductingbiological monitoring studies are of southside of LakeHodges, west of 1-15. Thistrail criticalimportance to ensureongoing viability of the provides extensive interpretationof Kumeyaay speciesthat the preservesystem is designedto lifestylesand usesof nativeplants. Becauseof the protect criticalbarrier posed by the 1-15freeway bridge over LakeHodges, a top prioritywas constructinga trail Trails crossing under the freeway bridge. This was "... (Provide) a connectingcoffidor of walking, accomplishedin 1995. The previouslyexisting trail equestrianand bicycletrails encompassing alongthe northshore of LakeHodges is maintained the San DieguitoRiver Valley from the by the JPA rangersand volunteers. With the oceanto theriver's source." completionof the under-crossing,the 7.5-miletrail receivesgreater use. The next priorityin the Lake In orderto achievethe above goal that is quotedfrom Hodgesarea was to extendthe trailthat dead-ended the JPA agreement,the JPA formed a Trails at the SunsetDrive cul-de-sacjust east of 1-15 Committeeof the CitizensAdvisory Committee. The throughSan PasqualValley. San PasqualValley is Trails Committeeworked with staff to develop an agriculturalpreserve, primarily owned by the City appropriatetrail standardsfor hiking,equestrian and of SanDiego Water Department. The first segment of bicycletrails, researchedexisting trail conditionsin the extensionis calledthe MuleHill HistoricalTrail, the river valley, and proposed conceptual, andtakes trail users1.25 miles past Sikes Adobe to generalizedtrail corridorsfor the "Coastto Crest Mule Hill, providinginterpretive signage for each Trail". Membersof the TrailsCommittee have also historicsite. Thetrail continues on intoSan Pasqual spentconsiderable time in the field maintainingand Valley an additional8.75 miles. In that area, improvingvarious segments of the trails. In addition, interpretivesignage about the farmproducts that are staffand volunteersfrom the TrailsCommittee have grownor raisedin the valleyis planned.The Mule workedwith plannersand propertyowners in Santa Hill/SanPasqual Valley Trail is ten miles long. Fe Valleyand Black Mountain Ranch and with City of Planningthe trail requiredcareful attention to the SanDiego staff and leaseholders in the SanPasqual concernsof the farmersin the valley. Two of their Valley to identify appropriatetrail alignmentsfor concernswere potentialexposure of trail usersto regionaltrails within those areas. Usinginformation pesticideuse and potentialliability of the farmersto developedby the TrailsCommittee, staff has sought claimsfrom trail users,if theywere to leavethe trail grantsand other funds for implementation.Currently, and then becomeinjured by farm equipment.The the Trails Committee,led by Chair Carol Carr, is JPA addressedthese concernsto the farmers' workingon a trail alignmentfrom the terminusof the satisfactionby adoptinga TrailClosure Protocol and SanPasqual Valley Trail eastward to BodenCanyon by passinga resolutionto indemnifythe farmerswith and on a trail alignmentwest of The CrosbyEstate leaseholdsthrough which the trail passed.The Trail trail. ClosureProtocol, which was developed in conjunction with the CountyAgricultural Advisor's Commission Volunteerscontribute their time and energyto the andthe CountyFarm Bureau, basically states that the Parkmonthly for trail constructionand maintenance. JPAwill closethe trailwhenever advised by a farmer A specialand invaluablegroup of volunteersknown that he/shewill be conductingspraying operations as the "Dust Devils"work with the Park Rangers thathe/she feels warrants trail closure. weeklyon trail construction projects. Constructionof the north-southbicycle/pedestrian TrailPlanning and Construction bridge across Lake Hodges, west of 1-15, is tentativelyscheduled to beginin late2004. It will be TheJPA's first areaof concentrationfor trail planning 990feet longand twelve feet wide. The bridgetype andconstruction was on landin publicownership in selectedby the JPABoard is a stress-ribbondesign. the LakeHodges and San Pasqual Valley area. The Withthis designthe load is placedprimarily on the

10 abutmentsat each end, relyingless on piers for support.There will be onlytwo piersin the lakebed, WetlandRestoration Project. The coastalarea west with spansof 330 feet long betweenpiers. The of El Camino Real is the site of a planned bridge profile will be narrowand low, giving the comprehensivehabitat restoration known as the San impressionof a trailaloft above the water. DieguitoWetland Restoration Project, which was instigatedby the CaliforniaCoastal Commission's Westof LakeHodges, the priorityis to connectthe requirementthat SouthernCalifornia Edison create NorthShore Lake HodgesTrail, which ends above 150acres of tidalwetlands at SanDieguito to mitigate the LakeHodges Dam, with the trail currentlyunder for fisheryimpacts caused by the SanOnofre Nuclear constructionby the CrosbyEstates' developer in Generatingstations. The JPA adopted a planin 2000 SantaFe Valley.This section of trail is knownas the that includesthe maximumfeasible tidal wetland Del Dios GorgeTrail. This sectionwill requirea restoration,the tidal inlet maintainedin an open bridgeas trail userswill crossfrom the northside of condition, restorationof the associatedupland the riverto the southas thetrail proceeds westward. propertiesto native habitat,and includedpublic accesspaths and interpretivefeatures. The JPA's With the escalatingmomentum of the wetland propertyin this area wouldbe restoredby SCEto restorationproject at the San DieguitoLagoon, tidal wetlandswhere appropriate, and elsewhereby designsare beingcompleted for the CoastalTrail - the JPA or a partnerto nativegrassland, southern that portionbetween El CaminoReal and Jimmy willowscrub, southern mixed chaparral, and coastal DuranteBlvd. This2.7-mile-long stretch of the Coast sagescrub. Theentire Wetland Restoration Project to CrestTrail will be constructedin conjunctionwith wason holdfor severalyears as a resultof a lawsuit theWetland Restoration Project. filed againstthe project,which alleged that the EnvironmentalImpact Report inadequately analyzed Implementationof Other Goals the impactsof the project. The trial judge ruledin favorof the plaintiffs,but the Appeals Court decisively The San DieguitoRiver Park's goals within the ruledin favorof the JPA and SCEon all countsin focusedplanning area include watershed protection, August2003. conservationand enhancementof threatenedand endangeredspecies and their habitat,a continuous CloverdaleCreek. In 2004,the JPA began planning a wildlife corridor,and the integrityof the riverine wetlandcreation project in San PasqualValley in ecosystem. Promotionof biodiversityin the river coordinationwith the City of San Diego Water valley is an importantelement of the habitat Departmentand the NaturalResource Conservation preservationgoal. Implementingthese objectives for Service(NRCS). This project will create1.3 acres of the propertyin the RiverPark's jurisdiction requires newwetland habitat. The City will providethe land habitat restoration in some areas. Other andthe JPA will providethe labor. Other costs will be managementobjectives include preservationand split. TheNRCS provided a grantfor thisproject. restorationof cultural resources, retention of agriculture,provision of publicaccess trails where HistoricPreservation/Restoration appropriate,and interpretationof the valley'snatural and culturalresources. Several habitat and historic The Sikes Adobe HistoricFarmhouse, built circa restorationprojects are describedin more detail 1870,is ownedby the City of San Diegoand is below. locatedon City of San Diego property. Under agreementwith the City,the JPA contractedwith a HabitatRestoration historicpreservation architecture team to researchthe structure's history and prepare construction Partnersfor WildlifeProject. In 1998,the Riverf?ark documentsfor its restoration.Restoration began in restored26 acres of habitatin the SanPasqual Valley March2003 and was completedby the end of that througha Partnersfor Wildlifegrant with the US Fish year. TheJPA trained docents who provide tours of & WildlifeService. The projectinvolved the removal the restoredadobe farmhouse to interpretthe pioneer of tamarisk,an invasivespecies, and plantingof farmingexperience for the public. Futureplans mulefatcuttings. includethe restorationof theadobe creamery, a small

11 out-building adjacent to the farmhouse, the Leaming Center and initiation of the Wetland ornamentaland kitchen gardens, the windmill, fencing RestorationProject took place on June26, 2004. andwheat fields.

Furnishingof the farmhousewill be providedin cooperationwith the NationalSociety of the Colonial OtherAccomplishments Damesof Americain California,San DiegoCounty Committee.The RanchoBernardo Questers have ConceptPlan and Park Master Plans alsoraised funds to acquirefurnishings for the Sikes AdobeHistoric Farmhouse. In additionto landacquisition and trail planningand construction,a major accomplishment of the JPAhas Interpretation been the adoption of the Concept Plan and successfuldefense of the environmentalimpact Increasinglyimportant to the River Park is the reportfor the ConceptPlan in court. The Concept presentationof informationto the publicabout the Plan was the culminationof hundredsof hoursof natural and cultural resources of the valley. workby membersof the CitizensAdvisory Committee Interpretationis offered in theform of activeprograms (CAC)who developed the goalsand objectives upon suchas naturewalks with the Park'strained docents, which the plan is based. In addition,two public or in displaysat kiosksand in brochures.As partof workshopswere held in the communityto receive the Mule Hill/SanPasqual Valley Trail, the Park inputon the planprior to its approvalby the CACand constructedtwo interpretivestations with information the JPA. The multi-stepprocess began with a goal aboutthe skirmish that took place at MuleHill in 1846 statement developedby the Citizens Advisory betweenthe Califomiosand the AmericanArmy; the Committeeand approvedby the San DieguitoRiver Townof Bernardo;and the old stageroad between Valley RegionalOpen SpacePark Plan Executive SanDiego and Yuma. Interpretivesignage about the Committee,which precededthe JPA Board of agriculturalproducts that are grown and raised will be Directors.The ExecutiveCommittee was an inter­ installedalong the trail in SanPasqual Valley. jurisdictionaltask force appointedby SANDAGto providefor a parkplanning effort that would integrate TheJPA has selected a sitefor an InterpretiveCenter the park planningefforts of the variousjurisdictions aboutthe pioneerfarming experience and the role into one regional park plan. The Executive andhistory of agriculturein SanDiego adjacent to the Committeerecommended that a joint powers SikesAdobe Historic Farmhouse at the gatewayto authority should be created as the vehicle to the SanPasqual Valley. Fundingfor the Centerhas implementpark planning. The goal statementwas notbeen identified as of 2004. incorporatedinto the Agreementadopted by all six memberagencies that formed the Joint Powers Extensiveinterpretation of the San Dieguitolagoon Authorityand servesas the underlyingprinciple on ecosystemis plannedas partof the ParkMaster Plan whichthe ConceptPlan is founded. For two years for the San DieguitoCoastal Area, and will likelybe theCAC discussed and debated the objectives for the installedas the trails in that area are constructed. ConceptPlan, and analyzedthe objectivesincluded TheJPA has also selected a sitefor a NatureCenter in variousplans for the river valleythat had been that will focuson interpretationof the San Dieguito proposedby the Cityof San Diego,the County,and lagoonecosystem on propertyto betransferred to the the San DieguitoLagoon Committee, as well as the JPAfrom SCE along Via de la Valle. Fundingfor this generalplans of the JPA's six memberagencies. Centerhas not been identifiedas of 2004, but a After numerouspublic hearings,the JPA Board $95,000grant from SupervisorPam Slater-Price adoptedthe ConceptPlan and certifiedthe EIR in funded two projects that will provide we!land February1994. Afterfacing a legal challenge,the interpretationin the lagoonarea. Thosetwo projects adequacyof the EIR was upheldby the Courtin are the Grand AvenueBridge Overlookand the November1994. AppendixB of the ConceptPlan, StrawberryStand Wetlands Leaming Center. The •Detailed Park Planning History", is attached GrandOpening of the StrawberryStand Wetlands (Attachment6). In May1995, the JPA Board adopted

12 a Private Property Rights Protection Policy within the river valley and FocusedPlanning (Attachment7). Area,as wellas manyhomeowner associations;

The ConceptPlan statedthat moredetailed plans • Developed slide show and Power Point (ParkMaster Plans) would be createdfor eachof the presentationfor use by the volunteerSpeakers subareas(Landscape Units) of the RiverValley. The Bureauin makingnumerous presentations about JPAwill develop Park Master Plans for the areasthat the San DieguitoRiver Park to communityand arein publicownership. The Park Master Plan for the special interest organizations. Speaking coastal area (Del Mar LandscapeUnit A), was engagementshave includedvarious Rotary, developedin conjunctionwith the San Dieguito Lions,Kiwanis and Optimistgroups, the North LagoonWetland Restoration Project. It hasnon-tidal County Sierra Club, Rancho Santa Fe habitat,public access and interpretationcomponents Association,Lake HodgesNative Plant Club, in additionto the wetlandcomponent. The City of RanchoBernardo Soroptimists, church groups, San Diego'srecently adopted San PasqualValley andSDSU classes, among others; Planserves as the Park MasterPlan for the Lake Hodges/SanPasqual Valley area. • Hiredauthor Ruth Alter and illustratorSandra Shawto produceThe Painted Rocks, a bookthat In 2002,the JPA Boardupdated the ConceptPlan, educates young people about local Native and requestedits memberagencies to adopt the Americanhistory and lifestyles,and aboutthe updatedConcept Plan into their General Plans. needto preserveand care for the pictographs foundin the LakeHodges area. MarketedThe OtherJPA accomplishmentsduring 1989-2004 have PaintedRocks to bookstores. schools, museums included: and catalogs.The San Diego UnifiedSchool Districtpurchased a copyof The PaintedRocks PublicInformation and Education for each3 rd gradeclass in the District;

• Hosteda day-longWetlands Conference in 1991 • Establisheda website(www.sdrp.org) in 1995 to attended by 400 people, including providean opportunityfor interestedpeople to representativesof all stateand federal resource learnabout the Parkand its programs.In 2003, agencies; with the assistanceof a skilled volunteer. expandedand improved the website; • Held public workshopsand working group meetingsat numeroussteps during the wetlands • Produced11Birds of LakeHodges" Brochure, in restorationplanning process for the SanDieguito cooperationwith the PalomarAudubon Society; Lagoon; • Inaugurated11Dieguito Discoveries", a monthly • Wrote,produced and distributedtwo videos,11 A websitecolumn on interestingplaces and people Pathwayto Preservationn,which is an overview in theSan Dieguito River Valley; of the Park, and 11Voicesof San Pasqualn,a historyof farmingin the San PasqualValley; • Conductedbi-monthly, and speciallyscheduled, Contributedto two additionalvideos, 11A Walkin workparties meant to educatevolunteers about 11 thePark, n and Lagoonsfor Laypeople;n nativehabitat, trails and the SDRP;

• Publishedand distributed25 issues of the • Installedinformation kiosks at trailheads and key RiverScapeNewsletter; locations;

• Publishedand distributed35 seasonalevent • Installedinterpretive signs along the Piedras schedules; Pintadas,San PasqualValley and Mule Hill Trails; • Madepresentations about the SanDieguito River Park to all City and Countyplanning groups

13 • Createdthe RuthMerrill Children's Walk, a 1 ¼ The property brought with it a $177,000 mile-longinterpretive walk with signage designed endowment,which the JPA placed at the Rancho specificallyfor children; SantaFe Foundation;

• In 2004,converted to e-maildistribution of web­ • Agreedto acceptmanagement responsibility for basedinformation about news and activitiesin the 182-acreBernardo Mountain parcel owned theRiver Park; by the San DieguitoRiver Valley Conservancy. The agreementbrought with it $15,000per year HistorJcPreservation to the JPA that the Conservancyearns on a $300,000endowment associated with the parcel; • Prepareddocumentation and application that led to SikesAdobe being named a State Pointof • Held workpartiesand hired work crews to HistoricInterest; cleanupvagrant camps and majordumpsites in the rivervalley; • Placeda newroof on the historicSikes Adobe to prevent the adobe structure from further • Institutedregular programs of invasivespecies deteriorationcaused by rain; removal,primarily targeting tamarisk, arundo and pepperweed; • Implementeda CulturalResource Management Plan to protectPiedras Pintadas, a significant • Emphasizedhabitat restoration via a varietyof rockart site, for theCity of SanDiego; Rangerand scout projectsin key areasof the rivervalley; • Prepareda Historic StructuresReport and restorationplan for the SikesAdobe Farmhouse, • Closedand rehabilitated unofficial trails that were alongwith a site plan for an adjacentplanned causingerosion and impacting adjacent sensitive InterpretiveCenter/Park Offices; habitat;

• Completedrestoration of the Sikes Adobe • Establisheda park atmospherearound Lake Historic Farmhouseto its 1881 period of Hodgesand the trails in SanPasqual Valley; significanceand traineddocents who provide regularly-scheduledtours for thepublic; • Maintainedtrails and managedtrail usage throughoutLake Hodges and San Pasqual Valley • Worked with volunteersfrom the Rancho in orderto minimizeerosion, trail widening,off­ BernardoHistorical Society and the SanPasqual trailusage, and impacts to surroundinghabitat; BattlefieldVolunteer Association to researchand install interpretivesignage along the Mule Hill • MaintainedFire Breaks; HistoricalTrail; • Monitoredand reportedillegal activities such as • Routedthe San PasqualValley Trail, Piedras gradingand off-roading for the Cityof SanDiego PintadasTrail and HighlandValley Trail to avoid andworked with police and code enforcement to impactsto culturalsites and createdbarriers to solveproblems; protectadjacent sites. Wherethe trail neededto passthrough sites, capped the trail so as notto Fundraisingand Grantsmanship causedisturbance; • EstablishedEndowment Funds at the SanDiego LandManagement Foundation,Rancho Santa Fe Foundationand Del MarFoundation to helpensure the futureof • Agreed to accept title and management the San Dieguito River Park JPA and its responsibilitiesfor a 93-acreparcel on the west programsand operations; slopes of BernardoMountain that had been purchasedfor mitigationpurposes by Caltrans.

14 • Was the beneficiaryof 2 Associationof • Worked with volunteers at monthly trail EnvironmentalProfessionals (AEP) annual construction, maintenance and habitat contributionsdesignated for the Endowment rehabilitationworkparties and cleanups; Fund,totaling $6,000 as of 2001. • Hostedten majorTrail Run/Hike events for which • ObtainedSouthern California Edison $65 million a fee was charged. An averageof 1,400 (est.) wetland mitigationproject for the San participantsattended the eventeach year. An DieguitoRiver Valley. Eco-Fairwas held at each event with space providedfor non-profitgroups, and recreation • HostedEstate Planning Seminars with the San oriented commercialcompanies to distribute DieguitoRiver Valley Conservancy to whichall information; propertyowners within the focused planning area wereinvited; Research

• Appliedfor grantsfrom local,state and federal • Primarily utilizing volunteers, conducted agenciesand privatefoundations, including the biological surveys and prepared biological EnvironmentalProtection Agency, Environmental reportsand mapsat BodenCanyon, Rutherford Enhancementand MitigationProgram, State Ranch,and the Del Dios Community. The Coastal Conservancy,Office of Emergency RutherfordRanch biological surveys led to the Services,San Diego Foundation,State Parks findingby the Statethat a portionof the area and Recreation Department, SANDAG, qualifiesfor Rareand EndangeredHabitat Area lntermodalSurface Transportation Efficiency Act, Funding; U.S. Fish and WildlifeService, State Wildlife ConservationBoard, County of San Diego, • Establishedand led committeesof professionals NaturalResources Conservation Service (NRCS) and trained volunteersto survey and record and receivingor being awardedalmost ~ archaeologicaland historicaldata at Rutherford millionto date. Ranch;

• Establishedthe "Buy a Piece of Rutherford • Workedwith the CaliforniaNative Plant Society RanchProgram• which raised $50,370 in private for "RapidAssessmenr Plant Survey on Helms contributionsto be used as matchingfunds to propertyacquisition; acquireland at RutherfordRanch for the Park; Planning • Workedwith the Wildlife Conservation Board and theCalifornia Dept. of Fishand Game to promote • Prepareda conceptualplan "ConceptPlan• for significantland purchasesby thoseagencies in the overallSan DieguitoRiver Park in 1993; BodenCanyon and Volcan Mountain/San Felipe updatedthe planin 2002; Valley; • Workedwith NativeAmericans, archaeologists, • Receivedan $18,000donation for a future communityleaders and City of SanDiego staff to wildlifeeducation center to be locatedin the arriveat a consensusapproach for the protection Park; of PiedrasPintadas;

• Wasthe recipientof a $25,000bequest; • Respondedto memberagencies' requests for inputon howdevelopment projects and land use PublicActivities proposalscould impactthe San DieguitoRiver Park; • Offeredfree activitiesfor the public,including hikes and birdwatchingevents, kayak tours, • Workedwith SouthernCalifornia Edison and mountainbike rides,boat tours, equestrian trail local,state and federalagencies to developa rides,historic farmhouse tours and lectures. wetlandrestoration plan for the San Dieguito

15 Lagoonthat includedboth tidal and non-tidal Bernardo,the historyof agricultureand rurallife habitat restorationand public access and in SanDiego; interpretationcomponents; • Trained volunteersto serve in a Speaker's • Servedas leadCEQA agency on the EIR/Sfor Bureau, who have made presentationsto the San DieguitoLagoon wetland restoration numerouscommunity organizations; plan. • Trainedvolunteers to serveas VolunteerPatrol • Participatingwith local, state and federal members.The VolunteerPatrol work in pairs agenciesand propertyowners in the planning walking, biking or riding along Park trails, processfor the MultipleSpecies Conservation interactingwith the public, observing trail Planand the NaturalCommunities Conservation conditionsand providing emergency services; Plan; • Trainedvolunteers to applyherbicide as partof • Worked with City of San Diego Planning the Partnersfor Wildliferestoration project; Departmentand San Pasqual/LakeHodges PlanningGroup on the San Pasqual Valley Plan; Partnerships

• Workedwith agencyplanning departments and • Worked with North County Conventionand majorland owners on BlackMountain Ranch and VisitorsBureau to establishan Ecotourprogram SantaFe Valley development plans; thataims to benefitNorth County businesses and providevolunteers to assistin Parkworkparties • Createda volunteerTrails Committee to assistin andvolunteer projects; planningthe Coastto CrestTrail and spur and connectingtrails. • Participatedin the advisorycommittee for the NationalCivilian Community Corps, and were the • Workedwith the City of Powayand the City of beneficiaryof fieldassistance from NCCC teams SanDiego to plana trailconnection between the for theyears 1995-00; Cityof Powaytrail system and the Coastto Crest Trail in San PasqualValley via HeritageRanch • Joinedwith the City of San Diegoand the U.S. Estates. Fishand Wildlife Service in a Partnersfor Wildlife Projectthat restored 26 acresof wetlandsin San • TheCalifornia State Trails Plan includes the San PasqualValley; DieguitoRiver Park Coast to CrestTrail. • Entered into an agreementwith Southern Training CaliforniaEdison in regard to planningand implementationof a wetlandsrestoration plan in • Provideda trainingprogram for the JPA'sTrails theSan Dieguito Lagoon; Committeeand othervolunteers in trail design and layout,safe trail constructiontechniques, • Enteredinto a cooperativeagreement with the bridgebuilding and erosion repair; U.S. Fish & WildlifeService for uplandsand access planningassociated with the wetland • Traineddocents in a comprehensiveprogram in restorationplan at theSan Dieguito Lagoon; naturaland culturalhistory of the river valley, safetyand first aid techniquesand otherskills • Workedwith the farmersof the San Pasqual neededto leadhikes and otheractivities i~ the Valleyin a cooperativefashion to alignthe San SanDieguito River Park; PasqualValley Trail near active farm operations by establishingmechanisms to close the trail • Traineddocents in a comprehensiveprogram in whenpesticides are applied,and to satisfactorily the historyof the Sikes family, the Town of address concerns about potential liability, vandalismand theft;

16 VolunteerProgram VolunteerHours: Thousands of hours have been contributedto the Park by dedicatedvolunteers. The JPA has establisheda numberof ongoing Numerous other hours not listed here were programsin whichvolunteers contribute their time. volunteeredby professionalswho contributedtheir Theseinclude the RiverValley Guides, the Volunteer skills to createa MarketingPlan for the Park;did Patrol, the SpeakersBureau, Dust Devils, Trail biologicalsurveys at Del Dias, BodenCanyon and Maintenance,Habitat Restoration and SikesAdobe RutherfordRanch, created a conceptualdesign for an HistoricFarmhouse docents. In 2001,responsibility InterpretiveCenter in the RiverPark, and conducted for the SpeakersBureau was transferredto the San archaeologicalsurveys at RutherfordRanch. In 2001, DieguitoRiver Valley Conservancy. The Guides, the volunteersenabled the productionand printing of two VolunteerPatrol and the Docentsreceive substantial birdbrochures. The "Birds of LakeHodges" brochure trainingfrom the JPA in return for promisingto was producedas a joint effort by the JPA and the contributea numberof hours of their time. For PalomarAudubon Society. The "Birdsof the San example,the Guidesreceive training in the natural DieguitoLagoon" was produced by the Friendsof the andcultural history of the RiverValley over a seriesof San DieguitoRiver Valley. Volunteerspainted the Saturdays,and in returnthey promiseto lead hikes Sikes Adobe Historic Farmhouse. Volunteers for interestedpark visitors four timesin the following constructedthe StrawberryStand Wetland Learning year. VolunteerPatrol memberswalk, ride on Center. Volunteerslead hikes and patrol trails. horsebackor bicyclealong park trails. Theyreport to Countlesshours were contributed by membersof the the Park Rangerswhen they observethat certain Park'sTrails Committee, Project Review Committee areasof the trailsneed maintenance, they can radio andthe CitizensAdvisory Committee. The CAChas for help if they encountersomeone who is injured, metbimonthly since August of 1987. they respondto questionsfrom the trail users,and theyadvise trail userswhom they see violatingrules PublicRelations and regulations.On regulardays each monththe Park Rangershold Trail Maintenanceand Habitat Numberof Public Activities/SpecialEvents: This Restorationwork parties,which regularvolunteers categoryincludes the manyactivities hosted at no attend. Othervolunteers work in the JPA officeor chargeto the publicby the San DieguitoRiver Park. provideprofessional expertise. Mostof thesehikes are ledby the Park'sRiver Valley Guides. The activitiesinclude hikes for children, ScoutNouth Projects: hikesfor seniors,horseback rides, kayak rides, bike In oneof the RiverPark's most successful programs, rides,bird-watching walks, clean-ups, tree-plantings, a numberof parkprojects have been constructed by etc. Parkstaff and volunteershave represented the Scoutsand other youthsto earn meritawards. In Parkat dozensof publicevents such as EarthDay, 2002, 15 scoutscreated kiosks, bat boxes,routed the RanchoBernardo Spirit of the FourthParade, signs, built a small bridgeon the HighlandValley KiwanisMarch Madnessrunning event, Internship Trail,revegetated closed trails at BernardoBay and Fairsat SDSU,National Trails Day and the Ramona createda "way-station"at the Ysabeland Bandy RodeoParade, to namejust a few. CanyonRoad stagingarea. In 2003, 21 scouts createdpark benches, built picnic tables for the Sikes Adobe Historic Farmhouse,and along the San SpecialPartnerships PasqualValley Trail, built bike racks,dog scooper dispensers,bird boxes, brochure boxes, mile-markers The JPA's accomplishmentsare due in great and routedsigns. To date in 2004,8 scoutshave measureto the long involvementand assistanceof routed signs, plantedwillow bundles,revegetated those who share the goals of open space degraded open space areas, made a native preservationin the San DieguitoRiver Valley, among landscapegarden at the RiverPark office, and built them hundredsof citizen volunteers,the JPA's kiosksand benches. memberagencies, non-profit groups that represent recreationalusers and environmentalorganizations, local land trusts, and state and federal agencies whosegoals complement the JPA's in so manyways.

17 However,above all, the JPA is dependentupon its organizationsare and howthey work with the JPAis primary partners,the San DieguitoRiver Valley includedin Attachment8. Conservancyand the Friendsof the San Dieguito River Valley. An explanationof what these

18 Table1. Grants,Cash Awards & Transfers

Grants/Cashawards/Transfers/Other Granting Agency Date Amount

I

I Contributionto BoudreauAcquisition StateWildlife 2004 $1,290,000 ConservationBoard FeeWaiver for WaterConnection at Sikes Escondido 2004 10,000 WetlandRecovery Program (for Boudreau Acq.) StateCoastal 2004 1,500,000 Conservanc~ RiverClean-up & wetlandcreation, WHIP Grant NRCS 2004 32,000

RiverClean-up, WRP Small Program Grant StateCoastal 2004 25,000 Conservancy LakeHodges Bike/Ped Bridge Sandag 2004 500,000

Contributionfor HabibPurchase County 2004 1,000,00(

Endowmentfor LagoonRestoration Project SouthernCalifornia 2004 500,000 Edison Reimbursementfor LandAcquisition Costs SanDieguito River 2004 29,433 ValleyConservanc~ MuleHill Trail Accessibility Improvements StateParks 2003 123,500 ~Landand Water Conservation Fund) CommunityEnhancement Program Grant County(Supv. 2003 5,000 Slater) RiverParkway Bond Funds (Prop 13) StateResources 2003 2,000,000 Aoency Prop12 NCCPLand Acquisition StateWCB 2003 5,000,00( Prop13 LandAcquisition StateWCB 2003 573,000 LepidiumClean-Up Grant (Riverine Habitat StateParks 2003 372,000 1orant) DelDios Gorge/Lake Hodges Dam Crossing StateParks 2003 236,500 (RecreationalTrails Program Grant)

Endowmentfor SantaFe Valley Trail Starwood 2003 30,000

DelDios Gorge Trail- Non-MotorizedTrails StateParks 2002 200,000 Grant BernardoMountain Acquisition - EEMP Caltrans 2002 1,000,000

CountyEnhancement Program Grant County(Supv. 2002 5,000 Slater] Hwy56 Mitioation Caltrans 2001 500,000 MuleHill/San Pasqual Valley Trail Construction - SANDAG 2001 179,608 Transnet MuleHill/San Pasqual Valley Trail Construction - StateParks 2001 183,000 LWCF

19 Grants/Cashawards/Transfers/Other Granting Agency Date Amount

StateBudget Allocation for LandAcquisition WildlifeConservation 2001 11,000,000 (Proposition13) Board

SanDieguito Lagoon Projects- GrandAve. County(Supv. 2001 95,00C Bridgelnterp./lnterim Ranger Office - Kiosk Slater)

TrailRun, Youth Projects County(Supv. Jacob 2001 10,000 & Slater) BandyCanyon Bridge Cantilever Construction - Caltrans 2000 173,866 StatewideTEA

SanDieguito Lagoon Trail- StatewideTEA Caltrans 2000 1,300,000 Grant StateBudget Allocation - SikesAdobe CaliforniaArts 2000 350,000 Restoration Council MuleHill/San Pasqual Valley Trail Construction Cityof Escondido 2000 59,40C

MuleHill/San Pasqual Valley Trail Construction HodgesGolf 2000 47,700 ImprovementCtr. TrailRun, Youth Projects - CEP County(Supv. Jacob 2000 10,000 & Slater) InterpretiveSignage - CPP County(Supv. 2000 10,000 Slater) MuleHill/San Pasqual Valley Trail Construction - StateParks 1999 62,000 Nat'IRecreational Trails Fund

LakeHodges Bike/Ped Bridge Design and Caltrans 1999 3,061,000 Construction- State share TEA

TrailRun, Youth Projects, Bird Brochure County(Supv. 1999 10,000 Slater) SikesAdobe Historic Research, Site Planning Cityof SanDiego 1999 212,000

WetlandRestoration Project EIR/EIS So.Calif. Edison 1999 772,000

FeeWaiver Powa~ 1999 5,000 BodenCanyon Acquisition - NationalFish & SanDieguito River 1998 $90,000 WildlifeFoundation Grant and donations ValleyConservancy

BodenCanyon Management Plan - NCCP CDFGvia City of 1998 50,716 SanDiego EarthDay '98 Calif.State Parks 1998 240 Foundation HighlandValley Staging Area - National Federal 1998 7,00( RecreationalTrails Fund

MuleHill/San Pasqual Valley Trail Construction - StateParks 1998 295,500 PublicResources Act

20 Grants/Cashawards/Transfers/Other Granting Agency Date Amount

ScoutProjects and Trail Run, 1997/98- County(Supv. Slater 1998 10,000 CommunityEnhancement Funds & Roberts)

Children'sInterpretive Trail Cityof Powa~ 1998 1,000 HabitatRestoration, D.I.R.T. Grant PowerBar 1997 3,000

1-5Trail Design Grant - TransNet SANDAG 1997 50,000

MuleHill Historical Trail Construction Grant - Calif.Transportation 1997 249,813 EEMGrant Commission

MuleHill Trail Design Grant Cityof Escondido 1997 50,000 UrbanHometown River Award AmericanRivers 1997 500

BodenCanyon Acquisition- HabitatConservation State 1996 $90,000 FundGrant

Non-TidalHabitat and Public Access Plan, Coastal 1995 100,000 Phase1 Conservancy Non-TidalHabitat Plan, Implementation Phase U.S.Fish & Wildlife 1995 45,000 Service NorthShore of LakeHodges Trail Design Grant SANDAG 1995 50,000

SanPasqual Trails Feasibility Study Grant SANDAG 1995 30,000

Partnersfor Wildlife U.S.Fish & Wildlife 1994 12,960 RutherfordRanch/San Felipe Valley Acquisition Calif.Transportation 1994 175,000 -EEM Grant Commission

RutherfordRanch/San Felipe Valley Viewshed- Federal 1994 500,000 ISTEAGrant

Hwy56 Mitioation Cityof SD/SANDAG 1993 1,500,00C 1-15Undercrossing Construction - ISTEA Grant Federal 1993 715,000

CulturalResource Management Plan - Piedras State/Cityof SD 1993 496,250 Pintadas

1-15Undercrossing Construction - EEM Grant Calif.Transportation 1992 420,000 Commission CableTV Video Grant County 1992 5,000 HighlandValley Trail Construction Grant StateParks 1992 55,000 HighlandValley/Lake Hodges Trail Feasibility SANDAG 1992 24,000 Study LakeHodges Bikeway Access Design Grant SANDAG 1992 100,00( CoastalWetlands Acquisition Funds Cityof SD 1991 1,300,000 CaliforniaParks & WildlifeBond Act (Proposition State 1988 10,000,000 70) rrotal $48,897,986

21 Table2. ParcelsOwned by the San Dieguito River Park

Land- Parcel Location Acreage Date Primary Funding Source Cost of scape Acquired Acquisition Unit

A SanDieguito Lagoon, west of El 75acres 6/30/04 StateWildlife Conservation Board $4.253million CaminoReal (Prop12 & Prop40) and State CoastalConservancy A SanDieguit~ Lagoon, west of 43 acres 1/31/91 Cityof SanDiego WeUand Priority $1.3million Interstate5 Fund A SanDieguito Lagoon, east of 11.37acres 1/22/93 Highway56 mitigation costs $1.05million Interstate5 A SanDieguito Lagoon, west of 46 1/31/91 StatePark Bond Act (Prop 70) $700,000 Interstate5* A SanDieguito Lagoon, east of 95.5 10/92 StatePark Bond Act (Prop 70) $4.95million Interstate5* A SanDieguito Lagoon, east of 1.22 3/01 Donatedby landowner n/a Interstate5 F BernardoMountain - Caltrans 93 2004 Purchasedby Caltrans as mitigation Value:$1,600,000 Transfer in 2001 F BernardoMountain - at Lake 50-JPA 2002 EEMP,TEA, CDFG $4,100,000(Total) Hodges (182- (PrivateFunds) SDRVC)

G SycamoreCreek Parcels* 78acres 91-93 StatePark Bond Act (Prop 70) $1.65million G SycamoreCreek Property (with 8.75acres 8/94 Highway56 mitigation costs $350,000 house) G PennParcels - Sycamore 47 2003 Proposition12 and Mitigation Funds $491,000 Creek,Poway fromSempra H SanPasqual Valley, north 75 2004 Proposition12 $1,590,000 H BandyCanyon 40acres 12/94 Donatedby landowner n/a M Eastof LakeSutherland 410 2002 Proposition13 $1,025,000 N McDonaldTrust- Inholdingon 146 2003 Proposition13 $156,000 VolcanMountain N ArkansasCanyon, eastern 390 6/27/97 ISTEAand State Env. $675,000 slopesof VolcanMountain EnhancementMitigation Program Total 1,610 * Theseparcels were acquired by the County of SanDiego in cooperationwith the JPA, using Proposition 70 funds. The parcels were transferredto theJPA in May,1997.

22 Table3. HabitatPreserved in theSan Dieguito River Valley Since 1989

TheEnvironmental Trust 10 1997 TheEnvironmental Trust 55 1996 Calif.De t. of Fish& Game 1,231 1998-1999 Calif.De t. of Fish& Game 6888 1995-2001 Calif.De t. of Fish& Game 4 1993 23 2001 244 2000-2001 1 610 1991-2004 SouthernCalifornia Edison 140 1992,1998 TOTAL 18605

* SantaYsabel Ranch currently extends outside the SanDieguito River Park Focused Planning Area boundaries. The 3,562 acresshown is theacreage inside the FPA. ** SantaYsabel Ranch was purchased by TheNature Conservancy in 2000and transferred to the Countyin 2001.

23 Table4. MemberAgency Assessments ... ,~-, ., .,-, ...... '• . . I •·-•-- TotalMember 260,461 260,022 251,868 246,095246,095 271,452285,600 314,160 319,218 355,470355,470 502,606 502,606 Assessment 259,755 DelMar 7.00% 18,232 18,202 17,631 17,227 17,227 18,183 19,002 19,992 21,991 22,345 24,883 24,883 35,182 35,182

Solana 8.00% 20,837 20,802 20,149 19,688 19,688 20,780 21,716 22,848 25,133 25,537 28,438 28,438 40,208 40,208 Beach Poway 10.00% 26,046 26,002 25,187 24,610 24,610 25,976 27,145 28,560 31,416 31.922 35,547 35,547 50,261 50,261

Escondido13.00% 33,860 33,803 32,743 31,992 31,992 33,768 35,289 37,128 40,841 41.498 46,211 46,211 65,339 65,339

County 26.00% 67,720 67,606 65,486 63,985 63,985 67,536 70,578 74,256 81,682 82,997 92,422 92,422 130,678 130,678

SanDiego 36.00% 93,766 93,608 90,672 88,594 88,594 93,512 97,723 102,816113,098 114,918 127,969127,969 180,938 180,938

Table5. SatelliteWagering Funds

I I $71,034 $65891 $63,951 $60,960 $57,212 $61,868 $62,471 $67,407 $62,471 $67,407 $57,000esl

Table6. EndowmentFunds (Cumulative)

~iiM#i-~'Ii t#l.,i·iifiit,.iiti.,iiiif.,#fi*'"'*''-r"b$25,000Mftiiktii $27,499 ftlffl $28,392HIff SFkiFF $63,960 ■iiftEiiiM $83,120

Table7. EventProceeds

$5810 $3,925 $3,834 $3298 $6,667 $10,902 $9,656 $1,345 $3,788

Table8. Interest

Table9. OperationalExpenditures

.. ' :•··•1•-~·-·••JI . . . ·--· . I l••-••·-~•-•l"'•I•- Salaries&Ben. 53,832 149,976 201,354 215,187 263,607 296,040 309,596 300,431 338,546 376,733 363,495 388,849 470,515 506,606 529,367 (Perm& Temo) Rent 0 0 17,914 18,507 18,171 20,218 19,903 22,732 21,943 25,062 6,909 0 0 0 0 Postaae 0 0 0 6,223 14,238 7,643 7,124 8,782 11,074 7,734 11,684 11,620 12,701 10066 12,800 Printina 0 0 17,737 19,370 19,852 20,527 22,328 18,232 17,918 28,574 48,569 26,470 26,678 28,997 24,100 Telephone 0 0 0 3,485 5,963 10,376 5444 6,170 7,512 8,078 8,693 8,537 6,528 7,136 5,689 Attorney 0 17,065 21,531 25,900 40,519 35,488 $18,481 $15,200 $11,972 $28,422 $27,943 $19,065 $26,073 $25,425 $24,470

24 Table10. Trails in theRiver Park

A Del Mar RiverI ¼ mile Hiking Cityof DelMar Path A CrestCanyon I 1 mile Hiking Cityof SanDiego/City of DelMar Assistwith Maintenanceand Rehabwith Volunteers andJPA Ranoers A CoastalArea I 2 miles bicycle/hiking/ Coastal Conservancy$70,000 for I Planning,Design, equestrian planning; Construction SANDAG$50,000 for engineering design; Caltrans$1.3 million for construction. E CrosbyEstate I 1.5miles bicycle/hiking/ Developeris requiredto implementthis Maintain equestrian segmentof the trail accordingto the SantaFe Valley Soecific Plan. E DelDios Gorge I 1 mile bicycle/hiking/ $436,500State Parks Plan,Design, Construct & Maintain equestrian $500,000Prop 13 River Parkway Funds F NorthShore Lake I 7.4 miles bicycle/hiking/ Existingdirt utility road Maintain Hodoes uestrian F/G Lake Hodges/I-15I . 75 mile bicycle/pedes­$100,000Local JPAwas direct grant Bikeway trian/ Transnet(portion); recipientresponsible for Undercrossing equestrian $420,000State EEM; Design,Construction, &

$7151000Federal ISTEA Maintenance F LakeHodges I .25mile bicycle/pedestr$100,000 Local Planning,Design, Construction, Maintenance /1-15 Bike/Ped ian Transnet(portion) Bridge $3,061,000Federal TEA $500,000Sandag Transnet $1,500,000Proo 13 River Pkwv Funds F PiedrasPintadas I 2 miles cultural $250,000State legislative grant, Agentfor Cityof SanDiego in Planning,Design, resource matchedby San DieguitoRiver Park Construction& protection/ TrustFund at Cityof SD. Maintenance interpretation/ hikina/bikin G HighlandValley I 2.5mile hiking/equestri$55,000/State Agentfor Cityof SanDiego in Design& Const.; Prooosition70 Trail Grant VoluntarvMaintenance

G/H Mule Hill/SanI 10miles $1.3 millionin combinationof local1

25 PasqualValley equestrian stateand federal funds. $30,000Local Transnet for feasibility City of San Diego"passed-through" grant to JPA for study Planning& Feasibility I ClevengerCanyon 14 miles Hiking Cityof SanDiego AssistingCity in Maintenance& Rehab. w/ Volunteersand JPA Ranger

N VolcanMountain 1.5, or 2.5 to hiking Offerdocent-led hikes summit, docent- ledonly

26 JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND THE CITIES OF DEL MAR, ESCONDIDO, POWAY, SAN DIEGO AND SOLANA BEACH CREATING THE SAN DIEGUITO RIVER VALLEY REGIONAL OPEN SPACE PARK JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY

THIS AGREEMENT is hereby made by and between the COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, a political subdivision of the State of California, and the cities of DEL MAR, ESCONDIDO,. POWAY, SAN DIEGO, and SOLANA BEACH, municipal corporations, which shall individually or collectively be referred to as "Public Agencies".

RECITALS

A. Public Agencies are each empowered, pursuant to California Government Code Section 6500, et seq., to exercise their common powers jointly by agreement, including the powers to acquire and hold property, to undertake overall planning for and to plan and design public facilities and appurtenances for park purposes, and to develop, operate and maintain parks.

B. Public Agencies agree that it is their goal to create, preserve and enhance the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park (hereinafter referred to as "Park") for the benefit of the public.

C. Public Agencies agree that a local agency shall be created to provide a coordinated program for the acquisition, planning, design, plan implementation, operation and maintenance of the Park and such other activities related thereto as determined by this Joint Powers Authority to be appropriate.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals and mutual obligations of the Public Agencies as herein expressed, the Public Agencies agree as follows:

I. PURPOSE. This agreement is made pursuant to the provisions of Article I, Chapter 5, Division 7, Title I of the Government Code of the State of California (commencing with Section 6500), relating to the joint exercise of powers common to public agencies. Public Agencies each possess the powers referred to in the recitals hereof. The purpose of this agreement is to exercise those powers jointly to acquire, plan, design, improve, manage, operate and maintain the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park which is described in the SANDAG Focused Planning Area map, Attachment A hereto, as amended in accordance with the terms of this agreement, which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. Such purposes are to be accomplished and said common power exercised in the manner hereinafter set forth. The goals of the Public Agencies are to exercise such powers in order to:

(a) Preserve land within the focused planning area of the San Dieguito River Valley as a regional open space greenbelt and park system that protects the natural waterways and the natural and cultural resources and sensitive lands, and provides compatible recreational opportunities that do not damage sensitive lands. (b) Provide a continuous and coordinated system of preserved lands with a connecting corridor of walking, equestrian, and bicycle trails, encompassing the San Dieguito River Valley from the ocean to the river's source.

2. TERM. This agreement shall become effective immediately upon approval by the last of the Public Agencies, and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any two Publi_cAgencies agree to continue as members or for twenty-five years, which ever occurs first. At the end of the twenty-five year term, Public Agencies may act to continue this agreement in full force and effect for an additional fifty years. Public Agencies shall provide ninety days notice of intent to withdraw from the Joint Powers Authority.

3. CREATION OF INDEPENDENT AGENCY. Pursuant to Section 6507 of the California Government Code, there is hereby created a public entity known as the "San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park Joint Powers Authority" herein called "Authority" and said Authority shall be an entity separate and apart from the Public Agencies.

4. BOUNDARIES. The boundaries of the territory within which Authority shall exercise its powers shall be those described in Attachment A. Said boundaries may be amended by Authority subject to concurrence by the Public Agencies within whose jurisdiction the proposed boundary change lies.

5. BOARD. Authority shall be governed by a board to be known as the "San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park Board (hereinafter called "Board"). Each member shall serve in his/her individual capacity as a member of the Board. The membership of the Board shall be as follows:

(a) Two (2) elected members of the governing bodies of the County of San Diego and the City of San Diego appointed by their respective, governmental bodies.

(b) One (1) elected member of the City Councils of the cities of Del Mar, Escondido, Poway and Solana Beach appointed by their respective councils.

(c) The Chairperson of the San Dieguito Citizens Advisory Committee. The elected members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. Each member shall have an alternate which may act in his/her absence. Alternates shall be chosen in the same manner as regular members except that the alternate to the Chairperson of the San Dieguito Citizens Advisory Committee shall be the Vice Chair-person of that Committee. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as described herein for appointment. The Board shall select its own Chairperso!1and Vice Chairperson from among the members.

6. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. (a) Regular Meeting. The Board shall conduct regular meetings at least annually and such other times as the Board shall direct or the bylaws specify.

(b) Ralph M. Brown Act. All meetings of the Board, including, without limitation, regular, adjourned regular, and special meetings shall be called, noticed, held, and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act (commencing with Section 54950 of the California Government Code).

(c) Quorum. A majority of Board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that less than a quorum may adjourn from time to time. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members available in the quorum shall be required for any act of the Board other than adjournment.

7. RULES OF THE BOARD. The Board may adopt, from time to time, bylaws, rules, and regulations as may be required for the conduct of its meetings and the orderly operation of Authority; and copies and amendments thereto shall be filed with the Public Agencies.

8. STANDING COMMITTEE. The Board shall appoint a standing committee to be known as the San Dieguito Citizens Advisory Committee which shall be advisory to the Board. The Committee shall have a Chairperson selected by the Board and a Vice Chairperson selected by the Committee subject to the concurrence of the Board.

9. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF AGENCY.

(a) Staff. The Public Agencies and the San Diego Association of Governments will staff Authority, until such time as Authority acts to hire or appoint permanent staff.

(b) Executive Director. The Board may appoint an Executive Director who shall have such duties as prescribed by the Board.

(c) Treasurer. The Treasurer of the Authority shall be the duly appointed and active Treasurer of the County of San Diego serving ex-officio as Treasurer of Authority. The Treasurer shall receive, have the custody of and disburse funds upon the warrant or check warrant of Auditor pursuant to the accounting procedures set forth in Section 15 hereof, and shall make the disbursements required by this agreement or to carry out any of the provisions or purposes of this agreement. The Treasurer may invest Authority funds in accordance with general law. All interest collected on Authority funds shall be accounted for and posted to the account of such funds.

( d) Auditor. The Auditor of the Authority shall be the duly appointed and acting Auditor of the County of San Diego serving ex-officio as Auditor of Authority. The Auditor shall draw warrants or check-warrants against the funds of Authority in the Treasury when the demands are approved by the Board, or such other persons as may be specifically designated for that purpose. Any fees paid to Auditor for performance of said services shall not be greater than those normally paid by other entities receiving similar services.

(e) Experts and Other Employees. Authority may employ such other officers, employees, consultants, advisors, and independent contractors as it may determine necessary.

(t) Authority shall cause such of its officers and employees to be bonded as required by Auditor.

10. POWERS OF AUTHORITY. Authority shall have the powers:

(a) To acquire, hold and dispose of property by any legal method for Park purposes, to undertake overall planning for and to plan and design the Park, and to take any and all actions necessary to accomplish these powers. Decisions by Authority to acquire or dispose of real property shall be subject to prior approval of the Public Agencies wherein the property to be acquired or disposed of lies. Prior to acquisition or disposal of real property within the Park by Public Agencies, they shall refer the proposed transaction to Authority for review and recommendation. However, failure of a Public Agency to so refer a transaction shall not affect its validity.

(b) To establish guidelines for and advise Public Agencies on appropriate land uses within the Park.

(c) To review and comment on development proposals submitted to Public Agencies which are within or have an impact on the Park.

(d) To improve, manage, operate and maintain the Park.

(e) To make and enter into contracts and agreements to carry out its activities.

(t) To employ agents and employees.

(g) To sue and be sued in its own name.

(h) Pursuant to California Government Code Section 6509, the powers of Authority shall be subject to those legal restrictions which the County of San Diego has upon the manner of exercising said power.

11. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. Authority shall provide for operation and maintenance of the Park. For an initial period, as determined by Authority, Authority shall contract with the County of San Diego through its Department of Parks and Recreation to operate and maintain the Park. Authority shall audit and evaluate County's performance after said initial period and as necessary to determine whether the County should continue to perform this function. 12. CONDITIONAL POWERS. Subject to unanimous agreement of Public Agencies, Authority shall have the power to issue bonds and levy assessments under any assessment district act or impact fee provisions authorized by State law.

13. BUDGET. Authority shall prepare and adopt an annual budget prior to the beginning of each fiscal year. The "fiscal year" for Authority shall be coterminous with that of the County.

14. FUNDING.

(a) Authority shall fund its activities by and is authorized to expend Satellite Wagering Funds which are available to Authority to carry out its activities.

(b) Authority is empowered to make applications for and receive grants from governmental or private sources for its activities.

(c) Public Agencies may, but shall not be required to contribute money, office space, furnishings, equipment, supplies, or services as may be necessary.

(d) Authority may receive gifts, donations, bequests and devises of all kinds and descriptions, and perform any and all legal acts in regard thereto as may be necessary or advisable to advance the objects and purposes of the Authority and to apply the principal and interest of such gifts, donations, bequests and devises as may be directed by the donor, or as the Board of the Authority may determine in the absence of such direction.

( e) Authority may collect and expend revenues generated from Park operations and activities.

15. FUNDS DEPOSITED IN COUNTY TREASURY. The Treasury of County shall be the depository of the funds of Authority and the Treasurer shall receive and have custody of Authority funds.

16. RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS - CHARGE FOR SERVICES.

(a) Authority shall be strictly accountable for all funds.

(b) Authority shall cause to be kept proper books of records and accounts in which a complete and detailed entry shall be made of all its transactions, including all receipts and disbursements. Accounting systems shall be established and maintained consistent with State laws and rules and regulations of the State Controller as required by Auditor. Said books shall be subjec~ to inspection at any reasonable time by the duly authorized representatives of Public Agencies.

(c) Authority shall cause a single annual audit of the accounts and records of Authority to be performed as provided in Sections 6505, 6505.1 and 6505.5 of the California Government Code. Within eight (8) months after close of each fiscal year, a financial statement for such fiscal year shall be provided to the Public Agencies.

(d) The County of San Diego shall determine the charges, if any, to be made against Authority for the services of the Treasurer, the Auditor and other County officers and employees.

17. . LIABILITY OF PAR TIES. Pursuant to the Authority of Section 6508.1 of the California Government Code, the debts, liabilities, or obligations, of Authority shall be solely the debts, liabilities and obligations of Authority and not the Public Agencies.

18 .DISPOSITION OF ASSETS. At the termination of this agreement, all property of Authority, both real and personal, including all funds on hand, after payment of all liabilities, costs, expenses, and charges validly incurred under this agreement, shall be returned to the respective Public Agencies as nearly as possible in proportion to the contributions, if any, made by each.

19. NOTICES. Notices hereunder shall be sufficient if delivered to:

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO (Address)

CITY OF DEL MAR (Address)

CITY OF ESCONDIDO (Address)

CITY OF POWAY (Address)

CITY OF SAN DIEGO (Address)

CITY OF SOLANA BEACH (Address)

20. MISCELLANEOUS. The paragraph headings herein are for convenience only and are not to be construed as modifying or governing the language in the paragraph referred to. This agreement is made in the State of California, under the Constitution and laws of such State and is to be so construed.

21. OPERA TING MEMORANDA. To preserve a reasonable degree of flexibility, many parts of this agreement are stated in general terms. It is understood that there will be operating memoranda executed and amended from time to time which may further define the rights and obligations of the parties hereto.

22. SUCCESSORS. This agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the successors to the Public Agencies.

23. PARTIAL INVALIDITY. If any one or more of the terms, provisions, promises, covenants, or conditions of this agreement shall to any extent be adjudged invalid, unenforceable, void or voidable for any reason whatsoever by a court of competent jurisdiction, each and all of the remaining terms, provisions, promises, covenants, and conditions of this agreement shall not be affected thereby, and shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

24. FILING OF NOTICE OF AGREEMENT. Within 30 days after this agreement becomes effective pursuant to paragraph 2 above, the SANDAG Executive Director shall .file with the Secretary of State the Notice of Agreement required by Government Code Section 6503.5.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this agreement is executed by the City of Escondido, the City of Poway, and the City of San Diego, acting by and through their City Managers, pursuant to Resolutions No. 89-193, No. 89-072, and No. 273718 respectively, by the City of Del Mar and City of Solana Beach acting by and through their City Managers, pursuant to Minute action of April 10, 1989, Item 9N-1-c (confirmed by Resolution No. 89-49) and Minute action of May 1, 1989, Item 7, respectively, and by the County of San Diego, acting by and through the County Board of Supervisors, pursuant to Minute Order No. 56, authorizing such execution.

Dated this 12th day of June, 1989 Riverside County

San Diego County

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ADA Representative American Society of Landscape Architects Association of Environmental Professionals Audubon Society Backcountry Hor-semen California Native Plant Society Carmel Valley Planning Board Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 Council of Homeowners Association County Farm Bureau Del Dies Town Council Equestrian Trails Representative Fairbanks Ranch Association Friends of the San Dieguito River Valley Hiking Organization (vacant) Julian Community Planning Group League of Women Voters Lomas Serenas Homeowners Association Ramona Community Planning Group Rancho Bernardo Planning Board Rancho Santa Fe Association San Diego City Agricultural Advisory Board San Diego County Bicycle Coalition San Diego County Trails Council San Dieguito Lagoon Committee San Diego Mountain Biking Association San Diego Wild Animal Park San Dieguito Planning Group San Dleguito River Valley Conservancy San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteers Association Santa Fe Irrigation District Sierra Club Surfrider Foundation Torrey Pines Community Planning Group Property Owners Coasta I Area ( 1) San Pasqual/Lake Hodges Area (1) East County Area ( 2)

3 4 ATTACHMENT 3 -~e:-~ •·.1 -~-~- i... ~· j San Di~uito Pjver Veliey .•• I Reaicnal Open Spa~e Parr: ..~ ~ 401 B St.. Suite BOO Sar: Dieoc. CA. 92101 (519; Lj5.53c,o • Fax (619) 23£-72-,-:i

D'-...c::mber11, 1989 ~-f.r.James Bowe!=iOX. Ciry Manager City of Poway P.O. Box 789 Poway, CA 9"'....()64 .

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Tnank you for taking the ti=ie to meet with me on December 5, 1989 to cfacuss the FY 91 budget for the 5'3n Dieguito River Park JP A At that meeting the City Managers, Deputy Ch.ief Adr:iini.strative Office: anc! I agreed on a formula and percent allocation for the JPA's budget for oext fiscal year and beyond. The perc.eotage aUOC3tion'.1.'2.5 develop~ using a formula based on a combi..:lation of population plus acreage included "1withinthe fOC\.!..Sedplanning area.

To recap, tbe pero::nt.age for e-1cb member agency and the formula are as foUows: -~ Percentage Allocation

City of Del Mar 7% City of Solana Beach 8% City of Poway 10% Ciry of Escondido 13% CouDry of San Diego 26% City of San Diego · 36%

Formula

?ooulation Acreage ~ithin FPA

0 - 10,0CO = 5% 0 -= 0% 10 - 50,00J -= 8% l - 500 = 2% so - 250,0(X) = 11% 500 plus = 4% ~o - 500,00J 22% 500,CXXJplus -= 32%

As we discussed, the proposed FY 91 budget for the JPA 'Q."a.Sexpected to be S339,041. Based upon off track betting (OTB) revenue projections of S89,516, the collective member agency budget assessment 'ta,.asexpected to be S249,525. Since our meeting on December 5th, SAA1)AG has advised that all costs (legal, secret.rial, rent, etc.) absorbed by SA.NDAG 'Will becxlmc a July 1st responsibility of the JP A. An estimate of those costs could be as high as $50,CXX).

Plcas.e let me know by Dec::mbcr 27th if you concur \'lritbthe perc:enuge alJocatioo and the resu.lti:lg level of con,nbution. Toaru:you agaL, for your time on 0--~mber 5th.

Sincerely, ~,L k Mike Gotch, Executive Director Sao Dieguito River Park JP A 3 5 - ATTACHMENT 4 JO(NT PO\IIERSALmtORrrY ~MJ3~ AGE.""fCES:cmES OF D-::Ltr'M ESCOND

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Detailed Park Planning History

With the formation of the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park Joint Powers Authority (JPA) in June 1989, a vehicle was established that allowed for the comprehensive planning of the river valley with the full and joint cooperation of the six governmental agencies which have jurisdiction over portions of the study area (the Cities of San Diego, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Poway, and Escondido and the County of San Diego). The formation of the JP A as a separate agency provided for a centralized park planning effort, rather than the somewhat piecemeal planning effort that had occurred up until this time. Prior to the establishment of the JP A, individual agencies and individual departments within these agencies had prepared a variety of opportunities and constraints studies and planning documents to address specific segments of the San Dieguito River Park, but a comprehensive planning document had yet to be adopted. Through the efforts of all of these agencies, as well as many dedicated individuals, the JP A was ultimately formed, and a comprehensive planning document, the San Dieguito, River Valley Regional Open Space Park Concept Plan, was prepared.

The park's long planning history began in 1974 with the formation of the San Dieguito Lagoon Committee. This Committee was formed by the City of Del Mar for the purpose of revitalizing and managing the lagoon ecosystem west of 1-5. Through the work of the San Dieguito Lagoon Committee with its founding chairperson, Dr. Nancy Weare; the City of Del Mar, under the leadership of then Planning Director William Healy; the Coastal Conservancy; the Coastal Commission; Department of Fish and Game; and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, preparation of the San Dieguito Lagoon Resource Enhancement Program was completed in December, 1979. The Lagoon Enhancement Program was subsequently adopted or endorsed by all surrounding jurisdictions including the City of San Diego, the County of San Diego, the City of Solana Beach and the City of Del Mar.

The primary purpose of the Lagoon Enhancement Program is to restore and enhance the San Dieguito Lagoon. The initial projects outlined in the Enhancement Program have been completed, and the results of these projects clearly demonstrate that the lagoon andits associated wetland habitats can be successfully restored. In 1987, the program was honored with an "orchid" for environmental design concepts by the Orchids and Onions Committee.

Also in 1979, the City of San Diego adopted its Progress Guide and General Plan, which designated the area of the river valley east of 1-5 within the City of San Diego as open space and placed much of the valley east of 1-5 within the urban reserve.

The San Dieguito River Study Draft Conceptual Master Plan was prepared by The Pekarek Group in March 1981 for the City of San Diego. This study is described in the plan text as "the first effort in creating a comprehensive land and water use plan for the San Dieguito River Valley," and as such the study focuses on the regional issues of water supply, pollution, flooding, water reclamation and land use. The primary objectives of the study were threefold: 1) to review and coordinate existing information about the study area, which included the 44 miles of the San Dieguito River Valley that extends from the Pacific Ocean in Del Mar to Sutherland Reservoir; 2) to identify potential conflicts and impacts among the plans of different governmental agencies within the study area; and 3) to prepare a comprehensive plan which emphasizes the recreational potential of the Lake Hodges area and the use of reclaimed water in the study area. This study ultimately lead to the development of the City of San Diego's San Dieguito River Regional Plan.

About the same time that the City of San Diego was preparing the San Dieguito River Study, the County of San Diego was preparing the San Dieguito River Plan. This plan was completed in December 1981 and adopted in concept by the County Board of Supervisors in March 1982. The purpose of the County's plan was to address issues of ultimate jurisdictional boundaries within the planning area, land use controls in the floodplain, continuation of agricultural practices, the use of Lake Hodges reservoir, provision of recreational uses, utility and road crossings of the river, development on steep slopes, and provisions for sand mining in the river valley. It was the County's intent that this plan supplement the adopted San Dieguito Community Plan, and that the County's General Plan be amended to incorporate a number of specific policies related to floodplain management, development on steep slopes, and utility and road crossings of floodplains.

The San Dieguito River Regional Plan, the first comprehensive land and water use plan for a 44-mile segment of the San Dieguito River Valley (from Del Mar to Lake Sutherland), was funded by the City of San Diego Water Utilities Department and prepared by the City Planning Department. The vision of this plan is to preserve those qualities that make the San Dieguito River Valley unique. To achieve this vision, the plan includes the following goals: 1) to preserve the function of the San Dieguito River basin as an open space corridor; 2) to protect and preserve significant natural, cultural, and aesthetic resources, including the integrity of the river basin; 3) insure compatibility between the various land uses; and 4) to preserve water quality and quantity. It was the City of San Diego's intent that this study serve as a guide for both development and conservation programs within the City, and that the goals of this plan be consistent with and complementary to the goals and policies of all jurisdictions that have an interest in the future of the San Dieguito River basin. The San Diego City Council adopted this plan on October 30, 1984.

As a result of the efforts of several concerned individuals, including Lyn Benn, Karen Berger, and Joyce Mattson, the San Dieguito River Valley Land Conservancy, a non­ profit 501(c)(3) organization, was founded on June 2, 1986. The Conservancy's mission statement calls for the Conservancy to conserve, restore, and enhance the entire San Dieguito River Valley system, including both the wetlands and uplands, for its scenic, open space, and recreational value, as well as for the scientific, historic, and educational opportunities that the area provides. The Conservancy's activities are directed toward supporting the planning efforts within the park through fundraising, acquisition, and education.

On December 22, 1986, the Friends of the San Dieguito River Valley was formed by Alice Goodkind, Poppy DeMarco-Dennis and Dr. Joanna Louis. The Friends is a non­ profit 501(c)(4) organization whose purpose is to conserve, restore and enhance the scenic, ecological and open space resources of the river valley system, emphasing the importance of ecological resources. In addition, the Friends support or oppose projects, private and public, which may affect the river valley.

Between 1986 and 1987, several committees were established to involve local citizens in the park planning effort. These committees included the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Park Advisory and Review Committee (R VRP ARC) founded by San Diego Councilmember Abbe W olfsheimer in early 1986, and the Upper San Dieguito River Valley (also known as the Santa Fe Valley) Working Group formed in March of 1987 by the County Board of Supervisors at the request of County Supervisor Susan Golding.

In addition to the efforts of these new committees, Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 (C- 3) also took an active role in the development of the park. In fact, in April 1987 C-3 called for the creation of a Joint Powers Authority to create a regional open space greenbelt in the San Dieguito River Valley. It was as a result of the strong support from both C-3 and the San Dieguito River Valley Land Conservancy that SANDAG in June 1987 appointed an interjurisdictional task force known as the San Dieguito Regional Open Space Park Plan Executive Committee. This Committee was formed to ensure a park planning effort that would finally integrate the various park planning efforts of the various jurisdictions into one regional park plan.

The Executive Committee, which held its first meeting in August 1987, was composed of elected officials from the Cities of San Diego, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Escondido, and Poway and the County of San Diego. San Diego City Councilmember Abbe W olfsheimer and County Supervisor Susan Golding were elected co-chairs of the Executive Committee. In November 1987, the Executive Committee appointed a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAQ to advise them, and in May 1988, San Diego State University geography professor Philip R. Pryde was named chair of the CAC. The CAC continues to operate as a standing committee of the Joint Powers Authority. The CAC is composed of representatives from interested community planning groups, homeowner associations, property owners, environmental organizations, and other special interest groups.

Further planning for the enhancement of the San Dieguito Lagoon was initiated by the City of Del Mar's San Dieguito Lagoon Committee in 1987, and in 1989 the Conceptual Plan for the Expanded San Dieguito Lagoon Resource Enhancement Program was funded by the City of Del Mar and prepared by the San Dieguito Lagoon Committee and River Valley Committee with consultants The Spurlock Office and James Massey Enterprises. The objective of this plan was to focus on a restored San Dieguito Lagoon and to illustrate established goals for biologic and aesthetic enhancement of this rare and valuable natural resource. This plan was endorsed by the CAC and the Joint Powers Authority in 1989.

In 1988, the City of San Diego Parks & Recreation Department commissioned Estrada Land Planning to prepare a conceptual master plan for the area within the City's jurisdiction and/or ownership. This plan, which was never adopted, provides detailed resource and existing conditions information for the portion of the planning area that extends from tp.e coast in Del Mar eastward to and including the Sutherland Reservoir.

The San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park Joint Powers Authority was officially established as a separate entity in June 1989, and was empowered by its member agencies (the County of San Diego and the Cities of Del Mar, Escondido, Poway, San Diego, and Solana Beach) to acquire, hold, and dispose of property for park purposes; to undertake overall planning for; and to plan, design, improve, operate, manage and maintain the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park. The JP A is further empowered to establish land use and development standard guidelines for the Park's focused planning area. The goals established by the Joint Powers Authority are as follows:

• To preserve land within the focused planning area of the San Dieguito River Valley as a regional open space greenbelt and park system that protects the natural waterways and the natural and cultural resources and sensitive lands and provides compatible recreational opportunities that do not damage sensitive lands;

• To use public land only for the benefit of the public, and for uses consistent with the goals of the Park; and

• To provide a continuous and coordinated system of preserved lands with a connecting corridor of walking, equestrian, and bicycle trails, spanning the entire river valley from the ocean to the river's source.

Over the years, many citizens have been involved in nurturing the vision of the San Dieguito River Park and their contributions have been invaluable. They include (with apologies to those whose names have been inadvertently omitted) Karen Berger, John Gillies, Bob Sensibaugh, Brooke Eisenberg, Nancy Weare, Ramona Salisbury-Kiltz, Emily Durbin, Alice Goodkind, Bob Long, Opal Trueblood and others too numerous to mention. Their tireless attendance from the earliest days at strategy meetings, drafting and redrafting language for the park's goals and objectives, and their advice on many occasions will be long remembered and deeply appreciated by those who benefit from the San Dieguito River Park. And, last but not least, the San Dieguito River Park would still be only a dream were it not for the leadership of the JP A's first co-chairs, Abbe W olfsheimer and Susan Golding.

Volunteers have played an essential part in the development of the vision for the Park, and they continue to be intimately involved in the everyday workings of the Park. As a result of the tireless efforts of the Park volunteers, in particular Steve Berneberg and Max Kiltz, an oak grove has been established in the Bernardo Bay area with funding from the Rancho Bernardo Soroptimists, the Highland Valley Road Trail has been completed, trails are being maintained and signs and fences are being built. Through the efforts of the volunteer Speakers Bureau, especially Julie Hamilton and Carolyn Washington, organizations and groups throughout the County are being introduced to the Park. Scouts have cleaned graffiti from rocks in cultural site areas, and built bridges, benches and signs. A volunteer, Chris Donovan, is creating an Education Curriculum to use to reach out to children and their parents through the school system and scouting programs. Volunteer Gel).eTendler has assisted JP A staff with office duties and researched historic resources in the Park. The Project Review Committee, chaired by Jan Fuchs, has spent long hours making site visits and reviewing proposed projects for consistency with the Park's goals. The Trails Committee, originally chaired by Peggy Gentry, and later by Max Kiltz, visited almost every part of the FP A on foot, horse or bicycle to document existing trails. These efforts led to the JP A Board's approval in concept of the "Coast to Crest" trail plan, an important step in implementing the JP A and member agencies' goals for the San Dieguito River Park.

Created in part to establish land use goals for the entire river valley, the Joint Powers Authority initiated the preparation of an overall Concept Plan for the focused planning area. The purpose of the Concept Plan is to set forth the vision, goals, and objectives of the Park, as well as to establish the overall planning framework for future park development within the focused planning area. The Concept Plan represents the initial component of the planning process. It will be followed by the development of detailed master plans for individual planning areas. These future master plans will propose specific park amenities, establish policies for the restoration, enhancement, and/or preservation of sensitive resources, and address park maintenance and management policies.

The San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park Concept Plan has been prepared for the purpose of blending together the concepts of each of the individual agencies, consistent with the goals and objectives adopted by the Citizens Advisory Committee and the Joint Powers Authority. The Spurlock Office, which prepared the preliminary Concept Plan, researched the existing plans and those being developed, conferred with the principal players, and held a number of public workshops in order to obtain a clear understanding of the existing goals and visions for the planning area. Based on this input, as well as the opportunities and constraints information provided in the accompanying Environmental Impact Report, the Citizens Advisory Committee, the Joint Powers Authority, and its consultants developed the concepts proposed in this plan. Therefore, it is the Concept Plan that provides the vehicle for tying together all of these past planning efforts; and it is in the Concept Plan that the vision and goals for the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park are at last unified into one, comprehensive document. POLICY NO. P95 -2

ADOPTION DATE: 5/19/95

POLICY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SAN DIEGUITO RIVER VALLEY REGIONAL OPEN SPACE PARK JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY

PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION

PURPOSE

The San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park Joint Powers Authority, a government agency without land use authority, respects private property rights and has pledged not to infringe upon those rights to implement its goals and objectives. To ensure that private property rights are respected, the JP A has adopted the following specific guidelines for private property rights protection.

POLICY

Eminent Domain

The JP A has never condemned property. The JP A will never recommend nor participate in a hostile condemnation. By law, when it acquires property the JP A must compensate property owners for the fair market value of their property. It is the desire of the JPA to retain 'friendly' condemnation for tax purposes, an important benefit to property owners desiring to sell their property.

Acquisition of Property

The JP A may not acquire property without the approval of the member agency within whose jurisdiction the property lies (page 4 of Joint Powers Agreement). When property is offered for sale er-gift 1 to the JPA, that approval shall be made by a majority of the governing body of that jurisdiction. By law, the JP A must pay full fair market value as determined by a certified appraiser or as required by state law, unless the property owner offers the land at a below market price for tax purposes.

Focused Planning Area

The JP A is not an agency with land use authority and cannot regulate or impose restrictions on private property owners in the focused planning area of the San Dieguito River Park. The focused -planning area for the San Dieguito River Park is a regional park planning boundary. Both private and public land is included within the

1 Amended to delete "or gift" on September 15, 1995. focused planning area. Some of the private land may be acquired for the park in the future from willing property owners if the land is needed for park purposes.

Design Standards

The JP A has adopted design and development standards which apply ONLY to park-initiated projects on public land (page 100 of Concept Plan). The JP A cannot adopt design and development standards which are binding on private property owners. The adopted Concept Plan includes in an appendix a compilation of possible guidelines developed by other agencies which are not part of the Plan. These types of guidelines could only be adopted and implemented by the member agencies which have land use authority. The County of San Diego has not adopted design standards for the unincorporated area within the FP A.

Proiect Review

The JP A has the right only of advisory review and comment on private development proposals. The JP A cannot limit private property owners rights. The JP A is authorized to review and comment on private development proposals submitted to its member agencies which are within or have an impact on the San Dieguito River Park (pg 4 of Joint Powers Agreement). Such review and comment is advisory in nature only, similar to any planning group or private individuals exercising free speech. Decisions regarding land use, including zoning, discretionary and ministerial permits and other regulations are made by the JP A's member agencies, which have complete land use authority. The JP A will review and comment only on discretionary projects such as subdivision or use permits. The JP A will not review and comment on ministerial projects, remodels, single family home building permits, or other uses permitted by right such as agricultural uses.

Trails

Trail planning and implementation of park improvements will be focused on publicly owned land located west of Lake Sutherland. The Coast to Crest Trail will not be implemented on privately owned land without the property owner's consent; however, if the property owner seeks a discretionary permit (such as a major subdivision) to develop his/her property, the County or City may utilize its right to require a trail as a condition of approval. Trail alignments will be developed in cooperation with landowners and leaseholders in order to minimize impacts to existing uses, such as farming, cattle ranching and private residences (pg 37 of Concept Plan). When determining where a specific trail should be located, consideration shall be given to surrounding uses, both existing and planned for the area, in an adopted land use plan (pg 37 of Concept Plan). In order tQ minimize impacts to adjoining properties and uses, trails shall be adequately separated from existing uses through setbacks, significant elevational separation, and/or fencing (pg 37 of Concept Plan). Signage shall be provided along the trail to inform users to stay on the trail and respect adjoining private property (pg 37 of Concept Plan). The JP A will establish a volunteer patrol program supervised by a park ranger to ensure that park regulations are observed (pg 37 of Concept Plan). When a private property owner seeks a discretionary permit to develop his or her property, the JPA will work with member agency staff and the property owner to identify appropriate trail alignments and to support trail dedications ONLY when a land use agency under its own policies would normally require a trail dedication (such as a major subdivision) (pg 37 of Concept Plan). Segments of the Coast to Crest Trail may have to extend outside of the San Dieguito River Park focused planning area because of topographical constraints or to avoid property owner conflicts. Due to topographic, sensitive resource or other constraints, the bike path portion of the Coast to Crest Trail may in some places have to be located along existing streets (pg 36 of Concept Plan).

Farming and Ranching

The JP A strongly supports the continued use of private property for farming and ranching purposes. The adopted Concept Plan encourages agriculture as the predominant use in the San Pasqual Valley and continued ranching in the Santa Ysabel Valley (pages 63 and 73 of the Concept Plan). The JP A has not and will not interfere with a property owner's rights or ability to farm. However, there is nothing in the Concept Plan or in the powers of the JP A that would require a property owner to farm or ranch his property, if the underlying zoning of the land use agency permits other uses. The JP A will not put a trail across active grazing land. COMMON GOALS, DIFFERENT ROLES: PRESERVING THE RIVER VALLEY

The Friends of the San The San Dieguito River Park The San Dieguito River Dlegulto River Valley is an Joint Powers Authority is an Valley Land Conservancy is a incorporated 501 ( c) · ( 4) independent local government private non-profit organization citizens' group serving as agency authorized by its established to locate and political advocates for member agencies, the County of develop sources of funds for preserving land within the San Diego and the cities of Del land acquisition; secure gifts beautiful and varied San Mar, Escondido, Poway, San and bequests of land or money Dieguito River Valley system. Diego and Solana Beach, to on a tax-deductible basis; work Friends lobbies to constantly create a greenway and natural with other public and private remind elected officials of the open space park in the River organizations to acquire land. goal of preserving an open Valley that protects unique It sponsors an Education space park, habitat and trail resources while providing Program. system; monitors projects; compatible recreational and exposes issues for public educational opportunities. discussion. Board of Directors and a Board of Directors: member Board of Directors volunteer staff. agency elected representatives Executive Director and Membership contributions are and chair of Citizens Advisory Administrative Assistant not tax deductible. Committee. Membership contributions are Newsletter: Valley Alert, Executive Director and staff. tax-deductible under section quarterly. Contributions: tax-deductible. 501 ( c) (3) of the Internal Infonnation: P.O. Box 973, Information: (858) 674-2270 Revenue Code. Del Mar, CA 92014-0973 www.sdrp.org Newsletter: Currents, 4/yr www.fsdrv.org Information: (858) 755-6956

The San Dieguito River Valley Land Conservancy was formed in 1986. About the same time, the Friends was formed as a separate group that could participate in political activities and play a more active role in advocacy. The Conservancy and the Friends, among other organizations, supported the fonnation of a multi-jurisdictional governmental agency. Thus, the JP A was established in 1989. The three groups perfonn different but complementary duties. The JP A is a governmental agency that is responsible for planning, implementing, operating and managing the Park. The Conservancy is a private charitable land trust whose 501 ( c) (3) status allows gifts and bequests of land or money on a tax-deductible basis. Although the JPA and the Conservancy both raise money to acquire land, the JP A generally approaches the government funds, the Conservancy private funds. The Friends is an advocacy organization, alerting the public and the government to important issues affecting the River Valley. Both the Friends and the Conservancy have a membership program that support the groups' efforts.

ATTACHMENT 8 4 5 San Dieguito River Park Comparison of JPA Member Agency Assessments and Grants Obtained $50,000,000 80.00 Note 1: The San Dieguito River Park Endowment Fund was created in 1997 at the San Diego Foundation with a bequest for $25,000. As of 4/01/04, with member agency contributions, it had grown to $367, 184. Funds at the Rancho $45,000,000 Santa Fe Foundation and the Del Mar Foundation for $330,000 and $500,000 respectively were established in 2003/04. 70.00 Note 2: Approximately 40,000 acres in the San Dieguito River Valley were in public ownership when the JPA was formed in 1989. Since then, 18,133 $40,000,000 additional acres of habitat have been acquired by public agencies specifically for habitat preservation purposes. 60.00

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