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Simi Valley Community Action Alert: Tierra Rejada Greenbelt Threatened

Dear SOAR supporters,

The City of Simi Valley has a proposal to annex part of the Tierra Rejada Greenbelt, the rural land that separates the cities of Moorpark, Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley. It is a reasonable request because the City already provides urban services to the Library and six adjoining residential lots. Greenbelts are to protect rural lands, not urban lands. However, Simi Valley 's annexation proposal also includes taking into the City of Simi an additional 68-acre parcel to the east of the Reagan Library that does not receive any services and is undeveloped open space.

This 68-acre parcel is part of the open space lands the Tierra Rejada Greenbelt Agreement is intended to protect from urbanization. State law specifies that annexations are to be done for purposes of development. The City of Simi Valley states it has no development purposes for this land, so there is no need for the City to incorporate it into its city boundaries. Fortunately, the City of Simi Valley has stated it does not object to SOAR's proposal to keep the 68-acre open space parcel in the Tierra Rejada Greenbelt. Hopefully LAFCo will agree.

You can help keep this piece of the Tierra Rejada in the greenbelt by speaking out to LAFCo on Simi Valley 's annexation request, to be decided November 18th at 9 a.m. in the Board Chambers of the Hall of Administration at the County Government Center, 800 South Victoria Avenue. Confirm the intent and protection of greenbelts between cities and let LAFCo know the 68-acre undeveloped open space parcel should not be annexed into the City of Simi Valley, and should instead remain within the Tierra Rejada Greenbelt.

Email LAFCo at ventura.lafco@ventura.org , or fax: (805) 477-7101 or call : (805) 654-2576, or best yet, come to the meeting and help LAFCo make the right decision!




		Simi Valley Community Action Alert: Tierra Rejada Greenbelt Threatened Dear SOAR supporters, The City of Simi Valley has a proposal to annex part of the Tierra Rejada Greenbelt, the rural land that separates the cities of Moorpark, Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley. It is a reasonable request because the City already provides urban services to the Library and six adjoining residential lots. Greenbelts are to protect rural lands, not urban lands. However, Simi Valley 's annexation proposal also includes taking into the City of Simi an additional 68-acre parcel to the east of the Reagan Library that does not receive any services and is undeveloped open space. This 68-acre parcel is part of the open space lands the Tierra Rejada Greenbelt Agreement is intended to protect from urbanization. State law specifies that annexations are to be done for purposes of development. The City of Simi Valley states it has no development purposes for this land, so there is no need for the City to incorporate it into its city boundaries. Fortunately, the City of Simi Valley has stated it does not object to SOAR's proposal to keep the 68-acre open space parcel in the Tierra Rejada Greenbelt. Hopefully LAFCo will agree. You can help keep this piece of the Tierra Rejada in the greenbelt by speaking out to LAFCo on Simi Valley 's annexation request, to be decided November 18th at 9 a.m. in the Board Chambers of the Hall of Administration at the County Government Center, 800 South Victoria Avenue. Confirm the intent and protection of greenbelts between cities and let LAFCo know the 68-acre undeveloped open space parcel should not be annexed into the City of Simi Valley, and should instead remain within the Tierra Rejada Greenbelt. Email LAFCo at ventura.lafco@ventura.org , or fax: (805) 477-7101 or call : (805) 654-2576, or best yet, come to the meeting and help LAFCo make the right decision!