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Rose Bowl Riders Page 1 July/August 2017
The Board of Directors recently received an email from a representative from the Pasadena Audubon Society regarding the County’s planned sediment removal project in the Arroyo. We are reprinting it in full so our members may educate themselves on the impact this project would have on RBR.
This message is intended for Ingrid McConnell, President of Rose Bowl Riders.
Hi, I'm Mark Hunter, the Conservation chair of Pasadena Audubon Society. I participated in the "Walk with the Mayor" on September 17 and he talked about both Rose Bowl Riders and the "Big Dig" project planned by L.A. County Public Works to remove 1.67 million cubic yards of sediment from the basin behind Devil's Gate Dam.
Pasadena Audubon knows Hahamongna well and we resisted this project from the beginning, calling it too big, too fast, and too destructive. Eventually we joined the Arroyo Seco Foundation in filing a lawsuit that challenged the assumptions and conclusions of the County's invironmental impact report. Although we have had some interim successes in that suit, overall the project is still being recommended for approval.
I'm writing to you to point out some particular parts of the project that could impact Rose Bowl Riders. The excerpts that I quote are drawn from the environmental impact report, which can be found online at:
http://dpw.lacounty.gov/wrd/Projects/DevilGate/FEIR/Devils_Gate_FEIR_2014_10_20_Vol_1_Section_2.pdf
During the removal phase of the project, there will be major disruption to the floor of the Hahamongna basin. Intensive excavation, plus up to 425 double-dump diesel trucks per day, will make it difficult or impossible to use that area for riding, hiking, Tom Sawyer camp, or any other recreational purpose. Considerable diesel exhaust will wash over the basin, including RBR. Trucks will reach Oak Grove Drive via a service road just west of the dam, posing a hazard for riders in that area.
However, even after the removal phase, the floor of the basin will be permanently degraded. The County proposes a 51-acre "maintenance yard" that would extend from the dam all the way up the basin, stretching north of RBR. The maintenance yard would be cleared each year, as noted on page 22:
"Vegetation within the reservoir configuration will be mowed or removed and grubbed annually. These activities will occur Monday through Friday over an estimated three-week period in the late summer or early fall."
("reservoir configuration" is roughly equal to the lower elevations of the basin today. It's precisely defined elsewhere in the document.)
So for much of the year, the floor of the basin will be scraped to bare dirt. Riders can't access that area during the work period and, afterward, it won't be
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attractive to riders anyway. It will simply be a source of dust that will blow toward RBR. Just outside the RBR gate will be a wasteland rather than a good place to ride.
Please feel free to explore the entire environmental impact report, which can be found here:http://dpw.lacounty.gov/wrd/Projects/DevilGate/display.cfm?Project=FEIR
There is also a lot of good, related information available at www.savehahamongna.org.
Pasadena Audubon and the Arroyo Seco Foundation have spent considerable time studying the EIR, both in its original form and its revised form, and we can answer questions that you may have about the document.
We support the alternative plan that was unanimously approved by the Pasadena City Council in 2014. It has a much lower impact upon Hahamongna but still provides flood protection. Mayor Tornek supports the Pasadena plan, but the County has never budged from their huge sediment removal targets and their massive levels of activity, which carry risks of health problems and traffic congestion, plus the RBR impact that I described earlier.
This project and its revised environmental impact report will soon come before the County Board of Supervisors again for approval. We hope that Rose Bowl Riders will recognize the threat that the project poses for their members and urge the supervisors to consider a less drastic plan.
If I can be of assistance in helping you or your members to become more familiar with these issues, I would be happy to do so.
Best regards,Mark HunterPasadena Audubon Society818-919-1776
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Work Day Nov. 4th One last opportunity to get those volunteer hours in!
RBR will hold its Semi-Annual Work Day on November 4th from 8 am to 1 pm.
We’ll begin our work day at 8:00 am in the Clubhouse with a breakfast spread including fresh coffee. Our Director of Grounds will have several projects, big and small, for us to work on. We’ll stop around 1:00 pm to have lunch in the picnic area compliments of RBR. It’s a good idea to bring gloves and some tools if you can.
Remember to label anything you bring to ensure that you’ll get it back. Let us know you plan to attend:
https://
www.trackitforward.com/site/80321/event/384557
Reminder: volunteer hours must be completed and input into Track It Forward by November 15, 2017.
• Ten hours per year is required (new members in 2017 may have prorated hours)
RBR annual membership meeting and
board elections Nov. 15 at 7 p.m.
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RBR member Alice Rossiter shows off the new helmet she bought during International Helmet Day in mid-September
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NEW MEMBERS: Luray Good
Debby Dixler
Shivani Joshi
To All RBR/RBRCO Members The board must have your signed form in order to send you official communications via electronic means. Beginning in January 2018 there will be a $10.00 fee for mailing paper communications. You may access the form here:
https://rosebowlriders.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Forms/RBR-RBRCOE-ConsentForm.pdf
KUDOS & THANK YOU! Legal Eagle Leo Casaria
ATTENTION CURRENT & PROSPECTIVE BOARDERS!
New Board Rates for 2018 Effective January 1st, 2018, the RBR monthly board will increase as follows:
• Larger stalls: $330/month • Smaller stalls (historic barn/
12x24s): $310/month Revision to Independent Contractor Payments
Effective November 1st, please send only one check to Vitalio Gramajo for feeding and cleaning instead of separate checks to both Vitalio and Osman. Rate sheet attached, note the new “full care” option as well.
4 New Stalls Coming Soon!
We are in the process of converting the guest stalls into four beautiful new 12x24 corrals. These will be offered to members on our wait list with first priority given to Pasadena residents or other members who meet the Pasadena requirement (prospective boarder works or attends school in Pasadena, or family of a City employee). If you are interested in boarding a horse in one of these stalls within the next few months, please let our stable manager (Ariel) know, as well as confirming your Pasadena status if applicable. For questions, please email us at [email protected]
