[ACT] Hahamongna WP Mtg. TONIGHT + Annex Open Space Easement

[Gaboon]

Thanks for your research, Mary!

Perhaps, in the spirit of Paul Ayer's comment about making sure the  
easement for this public land is preserved in the files of the  
public, you should simply provide a link to your online source where  
anyone on this listserve can make a copy of the easement for  
themselves? After all, it is a public document. Just a thought. I  
would like to preserve a copy, by the way. It is amazing how old  
maps, dated photos of existing terrain, and easements have become of  
great value in all the various efforts to preserve historic sites,  
trails and wild lands.

Also, this might be a good time to remind everyone about the  
Hahamongna Watershed Park Advisory Committee tonight. See info. below.

Is there anything on the agenda tonight of particular concern that we  
should know about? I always worry about something getting slipped by  
in one of the many HWP-related meetings. I have public meeting  
fatigue, but try to be at critical meetings lest a road through the  
Annex to some new parking lot or structure, or a plan to bisect Rose  
Bowl Riders, or some other doofy idea gets proposed and maybe  
approved when the public is not looking. That's happened before, as  
we know. Bad ideas like that paved road across the Annex to a  
possible parking lot, clearly opposed by the majority of public  
input, keep resurrecting whenever no one is looking. Every time we  
think the road is dead, someone has to "study it" some more and bring  
it up yet again. This wastes time, energy, and money better spent  
elsewhere on park planning.

I appreciate info. from citizen watch dogs stubborn enough to attend  
all the relevant HWP meetings!

Respectfully,
Lori

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The next meeting of the Hahamongna Watershed Park Advisory Committee  
will be on Tuesday, October 28th at 6pm at La Casita del Arroyo,  
located at 177 S. Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena, CA.  Agenda will include:

I.                     New Business & Information Items

A.                  Presentation from Outward Bound Los Angeles –  
Charles Thomas

B.                 Submittal of Grant Applications for:

1.      Proposition 84, California River Parkways Grant Program/Urban  
Streams Restoration Grant Program to implement

       the Berkshire Creek Improvement Project in Hahamongna  
Watershed Park (CIP Project #77508 #77509); and

2.      Proposition 84, California River Parkways Grant Program/Urban  
Streams Restoration Grant to implement

       the Upper Arroyo Seco Stream Sustainability Project (CIP  
Project #1040).

C.                 Report on Regional Trail Connections – Staff

D.                 Hahamongna Annex Project - Staff

1.      Status of Temporary Occupancy by Pasadena W&P Dept.

2.      Project Update and Schedule

3.      Update on Lease Negotiations

             E.         General HWP Updates - Staff

II.                   Items from the Chair

A.            Report from Workplan Sub-committee

B.      Current and Future CIP Prioritizations

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On Oct 28, 2008, at 8:24 AM, Meb787 at aol.com wrote:

Friends,

Thank you so much to all of you who responded to my recent email  
concerning the Hahamongna Annex open space easement.  It's wonderful  
to know there are so many people concerned with Hahamongna.

I'll try to summarize what I learned with the disclaimer that I am no  
expert so please chime in if I get any of this wrong.  First,  
concerning the Assessor's Id Number and Title information that was  
left off the cover pages, the consensus was that this was sloppy but  
probably not that significant.  The larger title search issue seems  
to be that the property was never part of a tract or a subdivision  
and searching by the legal description would be difficult -  
especially for a non-expert.

Several respondents repeated what Paul Ayers said about the documents  
he won through his legal efforts - the best way to keep the easement  
from disappearing would be to pass out copies liberally.  I now have  
a copy online so if you would like a copy for your files, or, better  
yet, one for your grandchildren's files, just let me know and I'll  
email you one.

Several of you also let me know about the California Resource  
Agency's central public registry of conservation and open space  
easements.  This registry covers easements held or required by the  
state, or purchased with state grant funds beginning January 1,  
2000.  (See CA Public Resources Code 5096.520)

I'll let you know if I learn anything further.
Mary B.

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