![]() “But it also makes me think of the generations that may be able to use this space well after I’m not around. “But closing escrow on neighborhoods 1 and 3 is really critical to things moving forward.”įor Quirk-Silva, seeing more funding go toward preserving West Coyote Hills with help over the years from community advocates and lawmakers feels, “very rewarding, very fulfilling,” she said. 1, and that will be a positive step,” Hayden said. “We’re hoping that construction on the early trails will begin somewhere around Sept. But he worries that could be a long process, noting the city has not yet closed escrow on the 24 acres purchased with the state funds set aside in 2018, which make up two neighborhoods on the property. “And the focus was to firmly say, ‘We believe this is a space that should not only be protected and preserved, but made open to the north Orange County community members.’”īob Hayden, chair of the Open Coyote Hills committee, said the newest infusion of funding will likely go toward purchasing one of the neighborhoods on the west side of the property, with some focused on making improvements to the land bought. “This has been a very long, long process, with many, many community people coming together for well over 20 years,” Quirk-Silva said of the efforts to cache pockets of the vast landscape. ![]() Ward Nature Preserve, and opened up more swaths of land for possible purchase. The 2015 agreement allowed the city to buy one neighborhood on the east side of Gilbert Street next to the 72-acre Robert E. An Orange County Superior Court judge ruled against the group in 2016, and they lost an appeal two years later. When Chevron agreed in 2015 to divide up the property into nine neighborhoods, allowing the city and a nonprofit to purchase portions, Friends of Coyote Hills sued, arguing the 2012 public vote should have stopped the project. The next year, residents voted against the development agreement the City Council had approved with Chevron, a move preservation group Friends of Coyote Hills hoped would halt the oil company’s plans. Quirk-Silva in 2011 was the lone dissenter among the Fullerton City Council that approved Chevron’s proposal to build single-family houses and townhomes in West Coyote Hills, saying at the time she wanted to maintain open land. Coyotes primarily feed on rabbits, mice and squirrels. Coyotes are highly curious, intelligent and adaptable. They have a narrow nose, large ears and a bushy tail they hold low when running. She and Newman helped get $15 million set aside in 2018, which let city officials purchase 24 acres of land on the east side of Gilbert Street.Ĭity officials first focused their efforts on the eastern portion of the property to preserve 217 contiguous acres next to its 72-acre Robert E. Coyotes look like a cross between a fox and a small collie or German shepherd and weigh between 9 and 14 kilograms.
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