“Take care of the land, and the land will take care of you.”

Marguerite (“Daisy”) O’Neill

Throughout the decades, the O’Neill/Avery/Moiso family has remained steadfastly grounded to these words, keeping intact the remaining 23,000 acres of their family ranch known as . Today, Rancho Mission Viejo is the last working ranch in Orange County, home to acres of citrus groves, miles of protected creeks and canyons within The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo, and soon, the final community taking shape amidst this splendor. Table of Contents

The Ranch: Past and Present...... 1 Community Development...... 5 Ranch Operations...... 12 Open Space Conservation...... 15 Civic Partnerships...... 20 Management Team...... 24 The Ranch: Past and Present

“For sure, the blessings of landownership come with important responsibilities, including a commitment to manage thoughtfully the land, a pledge to honor family, friends and community as well as help meet the demands of a growing population, and a promise to always ‘make your handshake, your bond’.”

Anthony R. Moiso President and Chief Executive Officer

1 Ranch History

“The O’Neill family’s place in the history of Orange County and the state of is marked by generations of enlightened community leadership. At Ranch Mission Viejo, the O’Neills keep alive the spirit and traditions of early California farming and cattle ranching. Nancy and I salute the O’Neills and the community in which they live.” President Ronald Reagan April 23, 1982 upon the centennial of Rancho Mission Viejo

1882 – 1910s Make your handshake your bond The story of Rancho Mission Viejo began in a deal struck with a handshake between fellow Irish immigrants, James Flood and Richard O’Neill, Sr.

Flood, a former carriage-maker turned San Francisco saloon keeper, eventually became known as one of Nevada’s “Silver Kings” when he and partners gained control of the most profitable of the famed Comstock Lode’s silver deposits. O’Neill, a hard-working and well-respected cattleman born in the heart of Ireland’s dairy country, was the owner of a small meat market near the docks of San Francisco. The two men met when O’Neill began providing meat to Flood’s saloon, and a friendship was forged which endured through generations.

In 1882, Flood and O’Neill became equal partners of the Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores in northern San Diego and its adjoining Rancho Mission Viejo and in southern Orange County. Collectively, the ranchos totaled more than 200,000 acres and were acclaimed by many as “the greatest of all California ranchos.” Flood provided the money to purchase the ranches while O’Neill, offering his skills as a cattleman as his sweat equity, agreed to work out his half as resident manager.

Under O’Neill’s tenure, the cattle herd was upgraded and expanded, the land improved, row crops planted, and the Ranch became home to Orange County’s largest wheat fields. In 1907, just twenty-five years after the original partnership was formed, Flood’s son made good on his handshake promise and conveyed an undivided half interest in the great Ranch property to O’Neill. Just four months later, declining health caused O’Neill to deed his interest to his son, Jerome, who took the reins of the Ranch and led it into a new direction.

1920s – 1950s Take care of the land As hard-driving as his father, Jerome expanded the Ranch’s agricultural operations and its cowherd, increasing it to 25,000 head. In 1923, the sons of Flood and O’Neill consolidated their second generation friendship through 2 the establishment of Santa Margarita Company. Sadly, just three years later, both sons died, just two days apart. Jerome’s beneficiaries included his sister, Mary O’Neill Baumgartner, and her family, as well as Jerome’s younger brother, Richard Jr., and his family.

By 1939, the Santa Margarita Company had dissolved. Richard Jr. retained the Rancho Mission Viejo and Rancho Trabuco parcels in south Orange County while the Floods and the Baumgartners took the San Diego portions. As fate would have it, just three years later, representatives from the U.S. Navy arrived at the family ranch house and took possession of the San Diego portions to establish today’s Marine Corps Base Camp Joseph H. Pendleton.

What remained of the historical Ranch totaled 52,000 acres and was under the control of Richard O’Neill, Jr., his wife, Marguerite, and their two children, Alice and Richard Jerome. The family united its holdings under the name Rancho Mission Viejo and began branding cattle with the O’Neill family’s new “Rafter M” brand, which endures today.

In 1943, upon the death of her husband, Richard, and with the ranch lands held in trust, Marguerite O’Neill stepped forward to lead the family. A fifth generation Californian, “Daisy,” as she was called, thwarted several attempts by the bank’s trust officers to liquidate her family’s holdings. With great determination and pride, she kept the land intact and, as much as possible, in her family’s control. To this day, Marguerite O’Neill’s admonition to “take care of the land and the land will take care of you” continues to guide the family.

1960s to Present Plan for the future By the 1960s, urbanization had found its way to the borders of Rancho Mission Viejo. In response to the demands of Orange County’s rapidly expanding population, the O’Neill family and its partners established Mission Viejo Company and embarked on the family’s first development, the 10,000-acre planned community of Mission Viejo.

Serving as an officer of Mission Viejo Company and overseeing the family’s ranching operations was Marguerite O’Neill’s grandson, Anthony R. “Tony” Moiso, fresh out of Stanford University and the U.S. Army. In 1972, upon the sale of Mission Viejo Company and its remaining undeveloped land, Tony accepted the responsibility of daily managing the remaining 40,000 acres of Rancho Mission Viejo.

Over the next decades, it was Tony Moiso, his mother Alice O’Neill (Moiso) Avery and her brother, Richard J. O’Neill, who shouldered the family’s responsibilities of land stewardship. Choosing not to break-up the Ranch

3 and sell it to the highest bidder, the family successfully retained ownership of the Ranch by ranching, farming, and forging long-term ranch lease agreements. In addition, they helped the region meet and manage its growth through visionary community planning and development, resulting in the creation of the cities and communities of Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Las Flores, and Ladera Ranch.

In 2004, the Rancho Mission Viejo family secured all approvals for a comprehensive, science-based land use management/operation and open space preservation plan for the remaining 23,000 acres of the family ranch. Under this plan for Rancho Mission Viejo, about 25% of the Ranch will be carefully planned over the next few decades into a new community while the remaining 75% will be forever set-aside as The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo. The Reserve encompasses 20,868 acres of the Rancho Mission Viejo and other preserved lands. Ultimately, phased land enrollments into the Reserve will increase its size to nearly 33,000 acres, making it one of California’s largest and most diverse habitat reserves.

On April 4, 2009, Richard J. O’Neill passed away, leaving sole management of the Ranch in the hands of his nephew, Tony Moiso.

Today, the plan for Rancho Mission Viejo is being realized.

4 Community Development

“The process of creating great communities starts with respect for the land and the potential it has to positively affect people’s lives. This is what inspires us to design architecture at the highest level and provide new opportunities for residents of all generations to interact with one another and with the surrounding natural habitat. This is the process we love and what makes creating great communities so gratifying.”

Paul Johnson Senior Vice President Community Development

5 Rancho Mission Viejo – A new ranch community

The new ranch community of Rancho Mission Viejo is comprised of more than 17,000 acres of permanent open space to be preserved as The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo as well as 6,000 acres to be developed into multiple villages of residential and mixed-use development.

These villages on the Ranch will be designed with regard to both individual land form and a set of rigorous planning principles, which include the following:

• honor the Ranch’s heritage as a working ranch and the Ranch family’s commitment to open space preservation, • integrate residents living on the Ranch in every life stage throughout the community via programs which promote true Ranch-style hospitality, • connect neighborhoods with parks and trails which link to the preserved open spaces found only on The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo, and • offer residents the opportunity to live within scenic South Orange County where retail, employment and other essential services are close by and thousands of acres of national forest and wilderness parks are just around the corner.

Collectively, over the next two decades, Rancho Mission Viejo is expected to offer 14,000 homes (including 6,000 active adult residences) and five million square feet of non-residential uses. In addition, schools, parks and recreational facilities, shopping and employment centers will be developed, as well as an inter-connected system of arterial roadways and hiking/biking trails carefully integrated with some of the Ranch’s agrarian spaces and natural habitat.

The new ranch community of Rancho Mission Viejo is a development partnership between Rancho Mission Viejo, LLC (managing partner) and DMB Associates, an Arizona-based diversified real estate company with commercial property holdings throughout Arizona, California, Hawaii and Utah.

6 Sendero – First village on the Ranch

The first village on the Ranch will be Sendero, now under construction and currently scheduled to open in summer 2013.

Encompassing nearly 690 acres and offering approximately 940 attached and detached homes and 200 apartment units, Sendero will include the gated active adult enclave of Gavilan, providing 285 single-level residences adjacent to a private clubhouse and recreational facilities.

Among the amenities planned for all Sendero residents are a centrally located community hall, clubhouse and recreational core, a 15-acre community park, neighborhood parks, hiking/biking trails accessing Reserve trails and a County Regional hiking and biking trails network, a 10-acre retail plaza, fire station, and a child day care center.

Sendero and Gavilan homebuilders include Meritage Homes, Ryland Homes, SeaCountry Homes, Shea Homes, Standard Pacific Homes, The Pulte Group, TRI Pointe Homes, William Lyon Homes, and Western National Group.

Located in the heart of south Orange County, Sendero is just 2.3 miles from downtown San Juan Capistrano and five miles from the coastal attractions of San Clemente and Dana Point Harbor. To the north of Sendero are the employment centers, shops, restaurants, and urban conveniences of Ladera Ranch, Rancho Santa Margarita and Mission Viejo. And, to the east, are thousands of acres of forever protected ranchlands which blend into Caspers Wilderness Park and the Cleveland National Forest.

This brand new village promises to offer its residents true Ranch-style hospitality and integrated living. Neighborhoods will be thoughtfully crafted around social parks, courtyards, as well as pedestrian and vehicular links to create physical cohesion and social vitality reminiscent of California’s most treasured places. Homes will be designed in a palette of styles specifically tailored for nearly every life stage, from pre-family to retirement, with single story offerings in the gated enclave of Gavilan. Plus, recreational spaces will encourage residents to connect with each other in many ways and celebrate health and wellness through private and shared-use clubhouses, a social hall and plaza, a village green, swimming pools, fitness centers and an abundance of gathering places.

This first village on the Ranch will seek to balance human needs and natural resources with today’s most meaningful lifestyle aspirations. And, all on the remaining acres of Orange County’s last working ranching, offering access to one of California’s largest and most diverse habitat reserves. 7 Established Communities

Over the decades, community development on Rancho Mission Viejo land has been carefully phased with the building of important and essential facilities and services as well as the establishment of permanent open space. This comprehensive planning and development process has created the award-winning cities of Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita as well as the communities of Las Flores and Ladera Ranch.

These communities provide neighborhoods, schools, parks, playgrounds, athletic fields, childcare, places of worship, shopping plazas, medical facilities and employment centers that help make south Orange County one of California’s most desirable places to live. A complementary benefit is provided in the preservation of ridgelines, arroyos and other topographical features that add to the character and quality of the environment.

Mission Viejo In 1964, to better meet the needs of Orange County’s population expansion along the Ranch’s borders, the senior members of the Rancho Mission Viejo family joined with development partners to establish Mission Viejo Company and create the community of Mission Viejo. The family added schools, parks, community facilities and other necessary “quality of life” benefits to the then bold new plan for Mission Viejo – which continues to be recognized as one of the nation’s best places to live. The City incorporated in 1988 and became the 27th city in the County of Orange. Nearly 100,000 people live in Mission Viejo today. • Named a “World Class Community” at the first International New Town Conference, 1986 • Awarded the prestigious “Award for Excellence in Design” honor by Urban Land Institute, 1992

Rancho Santa Margarita In 1986, the Ranch family joined with the County of Orange to begin the planning of Rancho Santa Margarita as a new community designed to provide homes, recreational amenities, and employment – all in one place. Today, Rancho Santa Margarita is an urban village in an open-space setting, surrounded by 2,500 acres of untouched land. It has set the standard for how balanced communities should be built all across the nation. The City incorporated in 2000, and became the 33rd city in the County of Orange. Approximately 47,000 people live in Rancho Santa Margarita. • Awarded the Gold Nugget for “Best Master-Planned Community” during the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, 1986 • Awarded the Gold Nugget for “Best Community Town Plan – Over 100 Acres” during the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, 1994 • Awarded numerous honors from the Sales and Marketing Council of the Building Industry Association – Orange County 8 Las Flores To the south of Rancho Santa Margarita, between rugged ridgelines and the protected canyons of the , sits the charming community of Las Flores. While nearly 600 of its 1,000 acres remain as natural open space, Las Flores also offers a variety of residential neighborhoods, the award-winning Las Flores school, parks, a small retail center, and quick and easy access to all the conveniences found in adjacent Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita and Ladera Ranch. Approximately 6,000 people currently live in Las Flores. • Awarded numerous honors from the Sales and Marketing Council of the Building Industry Association – Orange County

Ladera Ranch Acclaimed as one of the nation’s premier master-planned communities, Ladera Ranch is another successful O’Neill/Avery/Moiso family development. Located within the boundaries of Rancho Mission Viejo and inspired by the natural beauty of its surrounding open space, Ladera Ranch represents the very best of visionary planning – a collection of unique villages and intimate neighborhoods woven together by a network of trails, parks and paseos. Today, more than 15,000 people live in Ladera Ranch. • Awarded the prestigious “Excellence in Design – The Americas” honor by Urban Land Institute, 2006 • Awarded “Excellence in Design” honors for several villages during the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, 2001-2006 • Awarded numerous honors from the Sales and Marketing Council of the Building Industry Association – Orange County

9 Investment Properties

In addition to residences for sale, the master-planned communities on Rancho Mission Viejo offer a wide assortment of rental home neighborhoods, retail centers, office parks and other commercial properties. Ensuring that the design and maintenance of these investment properties complements the overall character of each community is an essential part of the long-term commitment made by the Ranch family. Through this commitment, the family remains vested in several South Orange County communities, including those it has planned and developed; and rightfully retains its place as a community resident and stakeholder.

Among the properties owned by Ranch family-related entities are the following:

Rancho Mission Viejo Telecom (cell towers)

Historic Downtown San Juan Capistrano Mission Promenade Retail Center (visit www.westarassociates.com) El Adobe Restaurant (visit www.eladobecapistrano.com) Los Swallows Inn (visit www.swallowsinn.com)

Mission Viejo Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club (visit www.arroyotrabuco.com)

Rancho Santa Margarita Plaza Antonio Retail Center (visit westarassociates.com) Villas Antonio Apartment Neighborhood (visit www.wng.com)

Ladera Ranch Apartment Neighborhoods (visit www.wng.com): • Laurel Canyon • Laurel Terrace • Laura Vista • Heritage Park (active adult) • Heritage Square (active adult)

10 Retail Centers (visit www.westarassociates.com): • Bridgepark Plaza • Mercantile East • Mercantile West • Corporate Terrace Shops

Office Buildings-General Purpose (visit www.essexrealty.com): • 111 Corporate Terrace • 555 Corporate Terrace • 999 Corporate Terrace

Office Buildings-Medical (visit www.essexrealty.com): • 333 Corporate Terrace • 600 Corporate Terrace • 777 Corporate Terrace • 800 Corporate Terrace

11 Ranch Operations

“Rancho Mission Viejo is one of the greatest ranches in California today because, unlike other local landowners, the Ranch family remained committed to the cattle business. It’s in their roots – deeply. They’ve made tough decisions to keep the Ranch in family hands. It’s not always been easy. You see something that should be done, and you do it – because you love the land and this way of life. It’s the cowboy way. It’s the Rancho Mission Viejo way.”

Gilbert Aguirre Executive Vice President Ranch Operations

12 Ranching

Rancho Mission Viejo is a working cattle ranch where sustainable ranching practices are based on the practical blending of modern science and historic land use management.

During different times of the year, hundreds of cattle roam the hillsides and valleys of Rancho Mission Viejo. Under a rotational grazing practice, the herd is moved frequently, through smaller controlled areas. This effort helps prevent over-grazing and promotes a natural regeneration process which also prevents erosion. More specifically, by concentrating a larger herd in a smaller area, cattle hooves help to break both the soil and dead plants. What occurs is a more natural form of composting. As the seasonal rains occur and natural moisture is collected in the grazed areas, seeds are germinated, new plants grow and the native grasses are restored.

As a result of these and other sustainable ranching practices, the Rancho Mission Viejo ranchlands have increased in biomass and diversity available for other species. Today, teams of scientists often gather on the ranchlands within The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo to study the Ranch family’s model of responsible ranching and common-sense conservation.

While the land is the soul of the O’Neill/Avery/Moiso family, Cow Camp is the family’s ranching heart. All ranching operations are coordinated at Cow Camp, home to vaqueros and their families and a protected place of horse pastures, row crops, the tack room, and large corrals. While not open to the general public, Cow Camp is the place for ranch hands to gather at dawn for the day’s assignments and then return at dusk to review the day’s events. It also is the place where, each spring, as it has happened for nearly one hundred and thirty years, cowboys help the family gather and brand the annual calf crop with the “Rafter M” brand. Cow Camp is a site of great heritage and a special place to be forever preserved.

Farming

Rancho Mission Viejo is so large that it actually has its own microclimates. The cool coastal breezes, sunny days and temperate evenings create the optimum environment for farming operations. As a result, since the 1960s, the Ranch family has annually planted grain crops to feed its livestock. Over the last decade, groves of oranges and grapefruit have given way to acres of new lemon and avocado trees. Today, more than 9,000 avocado trees and 63,000 lemon trees are harvested year-round at the Ranch, making Rancho Mission Viejo one of the largest citrus producers in Orange County.

13 The harvested lemons and avocados are trucked to packing houses in Bakersfield and other parts of Central California and then sold to local supermarkets and restaurants, including historic El Adobe in downtown San Juan Capistrano.

Throughout the last few decades, the Ranch family has embraced and adopted a number of farming innovations to help create a sustainable agricultural operation. Components to that effort include a series of best practices for soil protection and erosion control, integrated pest control and fruit washing management, as well as the use of drip irrigation systems and other water conservation methods which actually help yield more fruit over a longer period of time. Today, dependent on climate conditions, there are often enough lemons harvested within the groves that dot Rancho Mission Viejo to fill one semi-truckload, every day, all year long.

Commercial Leases

Rancho Mission Viejo also manages about a dozen different commercial leases within its boundaries including those involved in large-scale commercial nurseries, landscaping, waste management and fleet parking and repair, concrete and asphalt crushing and recycling, mining, and more.

14 Open Space Conservation

“Integrity, trust and a unifying love of the land form the foundation of long-term conservation planning on Rancho Mission Viejo, yielding thousands upon thousands of acres of open space for the people of Orange County. In 2005, the same beliefs supported the public-private process which created The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo. Now, the opportunity ahead of us is to instill these values in future generations so that the Rancho Mission Viejo legacy of land stewardship endures.”

Richard Broming Senior Vice President Planning and Entitlement

15 The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo

Starting with the 1938 sale of nearly 10,000 acres which ultimately became Starr Ranch Audubon Sanctuary and portions of Caspers Wilderness Park, the original land under O’Neill/Avery/Moiso family ownership and management has remained primarily undeveloped as wilderness areas, habitat conservancies, trails, parks and play fields, as well as the training grounds for the men and women of United States Marine Corps Base Camp Joseph H. Pendleton.

Today, the Ranch family’s legacy of conservation and open space preservation continues with The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo.

In 1990, the Rancho Mission Viejo family voluntarily entered into an agreement with key wildlife and resource agencies for the preparation of a comprehensive conservation plan for the remaining 27,000 acres of Ranch land. What followed was years of unprecedented public input and scientific study conducted in partnership with those agencies. What ultimately resulted from this effort was a promise to establish and manage The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo.

The Rancho Mission Viejo Land Trust is a charitable foundation which serves as the steward of a vast habitat reserve called The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo.

Today, The Reserve includes all 1,200 acres of the Richard and Donna O’Neill Conservancy, the lands of the Ladera Ranch Open Space and its more than 10 miles of hiking, biking and riding trails, key areas of the Arroyo Trabuco, and pre-existing conservancies and conservation easements. As the community of Rancho Mission Viejo evolves, phased assemblages of ranchlands, agricultural fields and habitat will be added to The Reserve to bring it to 20,868 acres. Ultimately, an additional 11,950 acres owned by the County of Orange will be added to The Reserve, increasing its size to 32,818 acres, and making it one of California’s largest and most diverse habitat reserves, offering a rich mosaic of wetlands, woodlands, native , and as well as working ranchlands and agricultural fields.

The goal of the Land Trust is to preserve and enhance The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo for ecological, scientific, open space, conservation, education and even charitable use. As a result, The Reserve hosts a wide range of field studies by noted biologists as well as nature walks and other events for school children and the general public. To learn about the docent-led hikes, tours, astronomy nights, animal awareness lectures, bird safaris, and native plant discoveries conducted at The Reserve, go to www.theconservancy.org.

16 Ecological Conservancies, Habitat and Wetland Preserves

Over the past decades, thousands of acres of Rancho Mission Viejo land historically used for cattle grazing, row crops, citrus production, and other ranching operations, have been set aside as conservancies and preserves. By keeping the land in family hands, precedent-setting partnerships have been forged to ensure the protection and study of native plant and animal habitats, help preserve and enhance wetlands, manage water run-off, and protect water quality within these important places:

Gobernadora Ecological Restoration Area (GERA) This 105-acre area of Rancho Mission Viejo was created on Earth Day 1994, in cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Game, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Army Corps of Engineers. GERA is recognized as one of the country’s most successful restorations of former agricultural land into wetlands and woodlands.

Arroyo Trabuco Water Quality Basin and Wetlands This seven-acre project, established in 2000, is adjacent to the Ladera Ranch master-planned community. It was created in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, the California Department of Fish and Game, the Regional Water Quality Control Board and the County of Orange. Incorporating state-of-the-art practices, the Basin preserves downstream water quality and promotes habitat protection. It is a living classroom where children and local biologists can learn how wetlands serve as natural filters for run-off into seasonal streams.

Sienna Botanica Riverine System Sienna Botanica Riverine System is another significant contribution to best water quality management practices. Flowing through the heart of Ladera Ranch, the system creates a park along Sienna Parkway and functions as a natural biofiltration system for urban run-off throughout the community.

Horno Creek Water Quality Basin and Wetlands The 30-acre Horno Creek Water Quality Basin and Wetlands at the southern end of Ladera Ranch was completed in 2003. It collects up to 85% of the urban water run-off and drainage from Ladera Ranch after it has filtered through the Sienna Botanica. The Horno Basin is another example of the innovative partnerships Rancho Mission Viejo has established with the County of Orange, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Santa Margarita Water District to protect local watersheds and create or restore wetlands.

17 Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club System Located at the end of Avery Parkway, just off the I-5 Freeway, are the tournament-quality fairways and native vegetation of Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club. A major component to the Golf Club is the preservation of approximately 350 acres, representing over half of the project site, as open space. Environmental components to the plan included an extensive re-vegetation program, a number of measures to assure the protection of water quality in the Arroyo, and elaborate efforts to protect area wetlands. As identified by its current alignment, the golf course impacts less than one-half acre of wetlands. No threatened or any endangered species is directly impacted by the golf course.

Rancho Mission Viejo Landscape Watering and Conservation Systems The family is committed to finding workable solutions to one of Southern California’s biggest water problems: the need to reduce consumption. Rancho Mission Viejo has implemented a “smart” watering system at Ladera Ranch, which is already anticipated as a component of the remaining Rancho Mission Viejo communities.

Regional Parks and Trails

In June 1950, Rancho Mission Viejo family matriarch Marguerite “Daisy” O’Neill gathered with her son, Richard Jerome O’Neill, and daughter, Alice O’Neill (Moiso) Avery, as well as Alice’s two sons, Tony and Jerome Moiso, to dedicate 278 acres of Rancho Mission Viejo land to the County of Orange for the creation of O’Neill Regional Park. That initial gift of land established a tradition of family open space dedications which lives on today and includes the following regional parks:

O’Neill Regional Park Encompassing nearly 3,000 acres, O’Neill Regional Park is enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year. They come to picnic under its ancient sycamores and oaks and hike along more than 18 miles of trails. Visitors also have access to a riding and hiking trail which connects O’Neill Park to Doheny State Beach. For more information, visit www.ocparks.com.

Caspers Wilderness Park Nearly thirty years ago, the Ranch family expanded Caspers Wilderness Park with a permanent contribution of 2,100 acres of Ranch land. That dedication added to what is now a 7,600-acre protected wilderness are nestled between the river terraces and sandstone canyons of the western . For more information, visit www.ocparks.com.

18 Upper Chiquita Conservation Area The Upper Chiquita Conservation Area occupies 1,200 acres of former grazing land in a valley rich with and grasslands. It has been protected by the Ranch family in partnership with the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) since 1996. The area was created for the permanent preservation and scientific study of native wildlife. For more information, visit www.thetollroads.com.

Cox Sports Park The first large-scale regional sports park to be owned and operated by the County of Orange since the 1980s, this 24-acre facility was dedicated by the Ranch family in 2001. The $4.7-million sports park includes two youth baseball and two adult regulation softball fields, one dedicated regulation soccer field, one junior soccer field and three additional soccer field overlays, a children’s play area, a concession building with restrooms and on-site manager’s office, a group picnic pavilion and parking spaces.

19 Civic Partnerships

“One of the hallmarks of the O’Neill/Avery/Moiso family is the steadfast commitment to civic partnerships which benefit the community. This is rooted in the family’s ranching history, and reflects a time when their survival was based on their neighbor’s ability to help round-up and brand cattle, bring in the crops, and more. This commitment runs deep in the family and forms the foundation of their partnerships and philanthropy.”

Dan Kelly Senior Vice President Governmental Relations and Corporate Communications

20 Mission San Juan Capistrano

The jewel of the California missions and Orange County’s only mission is Mission San Juan Capistrano, founded in 1776. Created to help raise funds for specialized and comprehensive work at the Mission is the Mission Preservation Foundation, which enjoys consistent support from the Rancho Mission Viejo family. Originally established to complete the restoration of the Mission’s Great Stone Church, the Preservation Foundation is committed to ensuring that Mission San Juan Capistrano remains the most significant historic site in Orange County. To learn about the Mission, including on-site tours and its museum, special events and activities, visit www.missionsjc.com.

Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo

The Annual Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo began in 2001 and is the richest two-day rodeo in the nation with a purse totaling more than $200,000. During one weekend in August, the top 30 rodeo contestants in bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, tie down roping, team roping, and bull riding are invited to the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park at San Juan Capistrano to vie for one of the largest purses offered anywhere, in one of the best rodeo venues ever as they fight for a cherished spot at the National Finals Rodeo, conducted each December in Las Vegas.

The Ranch family made the commitment to sponsor and conduct the annual Rodeo to help perpetuate the tradition of rodeo and to pay tribute to the sport, to the heritage of the land, and to raise funds for local charities. In 2010, upon the 10th anniversary of the Rodeo, the Ranch family announced that the Rodeo had successfully raised more than $1 million dollars to date for local charities.

The funds raised help honor the old cowboy tradition of “passing the hat” in support of a family in need. Over the years, all proceeds from the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo have been donated to such charities as Mission Hospital’s Camino Health Center and J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center. To learn more about the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo, visit www.RMVRodeo.com.

21 The Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park at San Juan Capistrano

A hub of equestrian and other competitive sports throughout Orange County and the newest addition to the City of San Juan Capistrano is the “Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park at San Juan Capistrano,” a popular venue for year-round equestrian competition and a host of community special events, including the annual Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo.

Formerly part of the Rancho Mission Viejo landholdings, the 40-acre Riding Park is an essential component of a 2010 land purchase and annexation conducted by the City of San Juan Capistrano during its acquisition of 132 acres of Ranch land. The acquisition included the Riding Park, a recreational and agricultural area, and the preservation of 42 acres of open space and creek habitat. This land purchase now establishes a new eastern gateway into the City, supports its commitment to the equestrian lifestyle, greatly expands its open space portfolio, and forever connects the residents of San Juan Capistrano with the Rancho Mission Viejo family. For more information about the Riding Park, visit www.sanjuancapistrano.org.

Charities

The Rancho Mission Viejo family has a long tradition of community service. Examples of The Ranch family’s commitment to philanthropic service and cultural enrichment can be seen throughout Orange County, including the historic areas of San Juan Capistrano. Over the years, family members have helped revitalize the downtown district by developing Mission Promenade; by supporting the Mission San Juan Capistrano Preservation Foundation; by contributing, initially and annually, to the O’Neil Museum, home of the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society; and by preserving the landmark El Adobe Restaurant. They have been partners in the creation of many facilities, foundations and events which benefit all of South Orange County. These include, but are not limited to:

Cow Camp Caridades In keeping with the great Western tradition of passing the hat for a neighbor in need, the Rancho Mission Viejo family established its own charity decades ago to both provide assistance to local charitable entities and help support those families living and working on the Ranch, many of whom have lived at Rancho Mission Viejo all their lives.

22 Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center Together with six physicians, Richard Jerome O’Neill built Mission Hospital in 1971. In 2004, The Ranch family committed to donate $1 million dollars toward Mission Hospital’s Emergency Room expansion. Each year, the hospital’s ER treats more than 50,000 patients in a space originally built to accommodate only 25,000 visits. The expanded and renovated emergency room has increased in size by 45% and can now accommodate up to 80,000 patient visits a year. To learn more, visit www.mission4health.com.

Camino Health Center Camino Health Center in San Juan Capistrano provides a wide assortment of medical services and patient care classes for more than 80,000 families in need. To learn more, visit www.mission4health.com/affiliations/camino-health-center.html

The J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center The Shea Center is dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities through therapeutic horse-related programs. To learn more, visit www.sheacenter.org

R.H. Dana Exceptional Needs Facility From its campus within the Capistrano Unified School District, the R.H. Dana Exceptional Needs Facility provides a broad range of education instruction to over 100 special needs children from birth through sixth grade. To learn more, visit rhdenf.capousd.ca.schoolloop.com/

Heart of Jesus Retreat Center The Heart of Jesus Retreat Center provides a safe place for religious instruction, before/after school care, summer programs and more to children throughout Santa Ana and the County. The Center is just one example of the missionary work conducted by the Sisters of the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart. To learn more, visit www.sacredheartsisters.com/heartofjesusretreatcenter/

23 Management Team

“Nearly every enduring business relationship we have is based on the shared values of trust, loyalty, integrity and dedication. These values are essential because it takes fortitude and long-term commitment to ranch, farm and create the caliber of communities we plan and develop. So, who we are, including the family, employees, financial partners and consultants, is reflected in how we conduct ourselves and the values we uphold.”

Don Vodra Chief Operating Officer

24 Executive Leadership

Over the decades, Rancho Mission Viejo has often been recognized throughout the state and across the nation as a leader in the planning and development of successful large-scale, mixed-use master-planned communities as well as in its ranching, farming and other land use and lease operations. The basis of this success and recognition is the family’s commitment to the same values and beliefs which have guided them since 1882. Today, the senior members of the Ranch family are joined by a management team consisting of proven experts in their respective fields. Together, the long-term dedication of the Ranch family combined with the multi-disciplined and highly integrated experience, knowledge and integrity of each Rancho Mission Viejo management team member creates a company which is focused, prepared and motivated to, once again, achieve great success.

Meet the members of the Rancho Mission Viejo Executive Leadership Team:

ANTHONY R. MOISO, President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony R. Moiso is President and Chief Executive Officer of Rancho Mission Viejo. He is responsible for the ranching, farming, planning, development, and financial management of Rancho Mission Viejo. Rancho Mission Viejo manages all activities and operations of the various Rancho Mission Viejo business enterprises.

In 1965, after serving in the U.S. Army, Mr. Moiso joined Mission Viejo Company and began his 45-year career as a rancher and developer of large-scale master planned communities. Mr. Moiso was an officer, director, and shareholder of Mission Viejo Company which planned and developed the 10,000-acre community of Mission Viejo. In 1972, when Mission Viejo Company was sold, Mr. Moiso became President of the then-42,000-acre Rancho Mission Viejo.

In 1983, Mr. Moiso established Santa Margarita Company to manage, plan, and continue the development of Rancho Mission Viejo. From 1983 until 1996, Santa Margarita Company was responsible for the master planning and development of the 5,000-acre urban village of Rancho Santa Margarita and the 1,000-acre planned community of Las Flores.

In 1996, Mr. Moiso founded Rancho Mission Viejo, LLC to plan and to develop the 4,000-acre community of Ladera Ranch and to continue managing, planning, and developing Rancho Mission Viejo’s remaining 23,000-acres.

Mr. Moiso’s personal involvements down through the years have been many. Presently, he is trustee of the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society and a member of the Board of Directors of the Mission San Juan Capistrano 25 Preservation Foundation. Moreover, he and his wife, Melinda, continue their thirty-six year commitment to support the work of the Sisters Devoted to the Sacred Heart and the operations of the Heart of Jesus Retreat Center in south Santa Ana.

A member of the California Building Industry Hall of Fame, Mr. Moiso is a graduate of Stanford University. He and his wife, Melinda, live in Laguna Beach. The Moisos have four married daughters and thirteen grandchildren.

DONALD L. VODRA, Chief Operating Officer Donald L. Vodra is responsible for managing all the financial, operational and strategic planning requirements of Rancho Mission Viejo, LLC, and its affiliates.

Prior to November of 1995, Mr. Vodra served as Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Western National Group from 1992 through 1995.

Mr. Vodra’s extensive real estate experience has been established over forty years of executive management, lending and investment experience within the real estate and banking industries. He began his business career with Wells Fargo Bank and during his fifteen year tenure, his management responsibilities included all direct construction and corporate real estate lending for a $3 billion portfolio within California. From 1984 through 1986, Mr. Vodra served as Executive Vice President and Group Head of Crocker Bank, where he was responsible for all bank and non-bank subsidiaries with assets of $5 billion.

Upon the merger of Crocker Bank and Wells Fargo Bank in May of 1986, Mr. Vodra was retained by Midland Bank Plc., London, as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Bracton Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Midland. In this position, Mr. Vodra held full executive responsibility for establishing, organizing, staffing and managing the operations with the objective of directing the orderly management, development, marketing and disposition of Bracton’s $500 million portfolio of real estate, agricultural and oil and gas assets. This position reported directly to Bracton’s Board of Directors, consisting of Midland Bank Executives and independent Board members. This engagement was successfully concluded in 1989.

Mr. Vodra’s professional affiliations include the Urban Land Institute, Lambda Alpha National Honorary Real Estate Land Use Society, and Policy Advisory Board Member to the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkley. In addition, Mr. Vodra has served as Chairman of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way of Orange County, a Director of the United Way of Orange County, and Chairman of the March of Dimes of Southern California, and Chairman and Board member of Laura’s House (a domestic violence prevention organization).

26 Mr. Vodra is a graduate of the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration.

GILBERT G. AGUIRRE, Executive Vice President/ Ranch Operations Gilbert G. Aguirre is responsible for all ranching, farming, agricultural and industrial lease operations as well as the daily management of all Ranch-related ranching interests. Mr. Aguirre joined the Ranch family in March, 1967.

A native of Tucson, AZ, Mr. Aguirre is widely recognized as a leader in the ranching industry. Mr. Aguirre has been the Managing Partner of the North Fork Cattle Company for four decades during which he also was an owner and General Manager of the historic PX Ranch in North Fork, NV for three decades.

A member of the National Cattlemen’s Association and the Nevada Cattlemen’s Association, Mr. Aguirre is a member, Past Officer and Past Chairman of the Long Range Planning Committee for the California Cattlemen’s Association. He also is a Past President of the Producers Livestock Marketing Association of Salt Lake City, UT, Past Director of the Board of the Producers Livestock Loan Corporation in Salt Lake City, UT, Past Director of National Livestock Marketing in Denver, CO, Past Director of the National Livestock and Meat Board in Chicago, IL, and a former member of the California Beef Council. Mr. Aguirre is a Board Member of Rancheros Visitadores and is affiliated with the Western Heritage Association.

In addition, Mr. Aguirre serves as President of the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo, acclaimed as “the richest two-day rodeo in America.” In 2008, Mr. Aguirre was elected to the California Rodeo Hall of Fame. Locally, Mr. Aguirre is Past President of the Donna and Richard O’Neill Conservancy, a Board member of the J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center, and a Founder-Director of Capital Bank, both in San Juan Capistrano, CA.

A graduate of the University of Arizona where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science, Mr. Aguirre resides at Rancho Mission Viejo’s historic Cow Camp.

RICHARD BROMING, Sr. Vice President/Planning and Entitlement Mr. Broming is responsible for the planning and processing of all new development projects for Rancho Mission Viejo specifically focusing on issues resolution throughout the entitlement process and addressing all environmental issues at the local, state and federal issue, including securing agreements with key state and federal resource agencies. Mr. Broming has been a member of the Rancho Mission Viejo management team since 1986.

Within his current capacity, Mr. Broming was instrumental in the creation and implementation of a comprehensive planning and entitlement process which comprises 130,000 acres within Southern Orange 27 County and a Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) comprising the and San Mateo Creek watersheds. This effort led to the formation of the Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo. Mr. Broming also was involved in the creation of the first privately held and run conservancy in Southern California, the Richard and Donna O’Neill Conservancy, which is now part of The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo. He also is responsible for the planning and implementation of all major transportation, water and wastewater infrastructure across the Rancho Mission Viejo lands.

Prior to joining Rancho Mission Viejo, Mr. Broming was a consultant; and before that he served as a Planner for the City of Irvine.

Mr. Broming is a Full Member of the Urban Land Institute, is a Past President of the Coalition for Habitat Conservation, and is a Past Chairman of the Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress. He also sits on the Board of Directors for the Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo.

Mr. Broming received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from California State University, Long Beach.

GREGORY S. EDWARDS, Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Gregory S. Edwards is responsible for the financing, financial planning, accounting and reporting, and the property and income tax management of various Rancho Mission Viejo, LLC, real estate development and operating entities.

Prior to joining Rancho Mission Viejo in 2003, Mr. Edwards served in various financial management capacities for the Irvine Company where he led the strategic planning and tax departments as well as served as a Corporate Controller.

An active Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Edwards is Past President of the Orange County Chapter of Financial Executives International and serves on the Advisory Board for the Chapman University Economic Forecast. He also serves on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Capistrano Valley. He received an undergraduate degree in business from the University of Houston and a Masters of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.

MELISSA M. FREESE, Sr. Vice President/Operations Melissa M. Freese is responsible for Rancho Mission Viejo, LLC’s corporate human relations functions and the day-to-day operations, insurance, staffing and multiple agency interaction for Rancho Mission Viejo’s related commercial lease, ranching and for-sale agricultural activities.

28 A native of Tucson, AZ, Ms. Freese has been a member of the Ranch family since 1967. She sits on the Board of Directors and serves as an Officer of The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo and is a member of the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo Committee. Ms. Freese also is a member of the Orange County Sherriff ’s Advisory Council and volunteers at the J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center in San Juan Capistrano, CA.

Ms. Freese is a graduate of the University of Southern California where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.

PAUL JOHNSON, Sr. Vice President/Community Development Paul Johnson is responsible for the design and implementation of master-planned communities on Rancho Mission Viejo. Currently, Johnson is focused on the final development of the 4,000-acre Ladera Ranch community and the planning of the community of Rancho Mission Viejo. Specifically, he is overseeing and managing the first village on Rancho Mission Viejo including its urban design, development, marketing, builder land sales and administration and the master maintenance corporation. Specific to these areas of responsibility are the project’s scheduling, budgets, land design, working drawings, builder coordination, land sales, and operation of the master maintenance corporation.

Prior to joining Rancho Mission Viejo, Mr. Johnson was a project manager for the Fieldstone Company’s Newport Beach office in Orange County where he was responsible for the coordination and completion of all aspects of various homebuilding projects including land acquisition, entitlement, product development, construction and homebuyer warranty.

Mr. Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Studies and Engineering from California State University at Northridge and holds a Master’s of Business Administration from California State College, San Bernardino. He also holds a B-1 general building contractor’s license from the State of California. He is a Past President of the Orange County Home Builders Council and Past President of the Orange County Chapter of the Building Industry Association. Mr. Johnson currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Building Industry Association of Southern California.

DAN KELLY, Senior Vice President/Governmental Relations and Corporation Communications Dan Kelly is responsible for interfacing with various local and regional jurisdictions and other pertinent groups which have authority over or interests in Rancho Mission Viejo, including the Ranch’s planned communities of Rancho Santa Margarita (5,000 acres), Las Flores (1,000 acres) and Ladera Ranch (4,000 acres). Mr. Kelly also is responsible for the master planning of major community infrastructure including schools, libraries, technology, and other vital facilities and services. In addition, he oversees Rancho Mission Viejo’s community marketing, public affairs, governmental relations, and community outreach programs. 29 Prior to joining Rancho Mission Viejo, Mr. Kelly was Director/Environmental Planning for Michael Brandman & Associates in Costa Mesa. Mr. Kelly also served as the Senior Environmental Planner for Mission Viejo Company.

Mr. Kelly’s involvements in a variety of professional and community efforts include the Urban Land Institute, Board Member of the Orange County Business Council, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center Foundation.

A native of Chicago, IL, Mr. Kelly was educated at Columbia College in Chicago, where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and Communications.

Land Use and Entitlement

The Rancho Mission Viejo team integrates a number of disciplines to help achieve its land use and entitlement needs including expert compliance with local, state and federal regulations, state and federal resource agency negotiations, innovative land use planning, legal review, and strategic governmental relations and community relations/outreach.

Through this comprehensive approach, the Rancho Mission Viejo team was successful in implementing a multi-habitat, multi-species and wetlands planning program designed to create an open space reserve system which now provides protection for sensitive flora and fauna species, as well as jurisdictional waters and riparian habitats. This program replaced the more typical species-by-species and wetlands impact analysis and permitting practiced by others. Today, the product of this effort is known as The Reserve at Rancho Mission.

Community Planning and Development

Rancho Mission Viejo’s core real estate specialty is the planning and development of large-scale, mixed-use urban communities on the Ranch family’s property holdings in South Orange County. To date, the community plan- ning and development expertise of Rancho Mission Viejo has produced the 10,000-acre City of Mission Viejo, the 5,000-acre City of Rancho Santa Margarita, the 4,000-acre community of Ladera Ranch, and the 1,000-acre community of Las Flores. Each community has been honored with numerous awards for its innovations in land use planning, engineering, design, architecture, as well as sales and marketing.

30 Now under construction is the first village on the new ranch community of Rancho Mission Viejo. The multiple villages on the Ranch will be designed to exist with The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo and its protected habitats, cattle grazing lands and agricultural fields. Over the next decades, up to 14,000 homes (including 6,000 homes for active adults) will be constructed and new roads, schools, parks, recreational facilities, retail and commercial business centers will be built to meet the needs of generations today, as well as those to come.

Ranching and Farming

In urban Orange County, Rancho Mission Viejo stands apart for many reasons. It remains under the control of a single family. It’s still a working cattle ranch and site of active agricultural operations. It provides a logical location for important commercial leases including large-scale commercial nurseries, landscaping, waste management and fleet parking and repair, concrete and asphalt crushing and recycling, and mining. And, all of this is conducted in a sustainable manner so that the Ranch can continue in this way for decades to come.

Rancho Mission Viejo truly abides by the definition of “sustainability” as defined by the United Nations World Commission on Environmental and Development in 1987: “sustainability is that which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

And ultimately, the key to achieving the continued operations of the Ranch family’s ranching and farming activities will be an enduring commitment to the same stewardship of the land which has guided the O’Neill/Avery/ Moiso family for nearly 130 years.

Open Space Preservation and Management

When the Senior members of the Rancho Mission Viejo family came together to plan for the remaining 23,000 acres of the Ranch, they embarked on a journey which yielded a true legacy of the land – The Reserve at Rancho Mission Viejo.

Under the leadership of the Ranch family and the members of the Executive Leadership Team, The Reserve will help promote an exceptional quality of life for those people who live in the various villages of Rancho Mission Viejo. These are the residents of Rancho Mission Viejo, the people who will enjoy access to The Reserve’s interconnecting trails, appreciate its wide open vistas, and inherit the blessing of being stewards of the land.

31