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Conejo Open Space OKs $22,750 for removal of 23 Mexican fan palms in defensible-space zones
Summary
The Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency approved a $22,750 appropriation from the Woolsey Fire Recovery Fund to remove 23 Mexican fan palms identified by fire inspectors as dead-frond wildfire hazards; staff said removal is exempt from CEQA and that larger, grant-funded efforts are planned.
The Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency on a 5-0 roll-call vote approved an appropriation of $22,750 from the Woolsey Fire Recovery Fund to remove 23 Mexican fan palm trees that inspectors identified as potential fire hazards within defensible-space areas.
Staff presented three findings: that the removal is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the cited sections of Title 14 and Public Resources Code section 21080.49(c); that the appropriation be made from the Woolsey Fire Recovery Fund for removal of the 23 palms; and that the agency's…
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