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For Immediate Release
October 12, 2016
Contact: Matt Myerhoff
[email protected]
City Council Launches Community Outreach to Set Possible Future Uses
of 35-Acre Trancas Field Property
(Malibu, CA) – The City launched a public outreach effort to get extensive feedback from the community
about the potential future uses of Trancas Field, 35 acres of open space at Trancas Canyon Road and PCH
that the City is in the process of purchasing.
"Acquiring and retiring open spaces like this whenever we have the opportunity goes to the core of
Malibu's mission statement - preserving what makes Malibu so beautiful and unique, and is something we
will continue to pursue as a matter of policy," Mayor Lou La Monte said. "Now we have to make sure we
get as much community input as possible and develop a comprehensive plan so that this property will serve
residents in the community for generations to come."
The outreach efforts include a community questionnaire, public meetings, stakeholder focus group
meetings, social media and website messaging, newspaper advertisements, flyers, posters, and a dedicated
web page at www.MalibuCity.org/TrancasField where meeting dates and other project information will be
posted.
The first public meeting is a Teen & Youth Workshop with the Harry Barovsky Youth Commission taking
place on Monday, October 17, 7:00 PM at Malibu City Hall. Community Workshops for all members of the
public are also scheduled for Wednesday, November 2, 6:30 PM at Malibu West Beach Club (30756 Pacific
Coast Highway), and Wednesday, November 30, 6:30 PM at Malibu City Hall.
Residents can take the online questionnaire at www.MalibuCity.org/TrancasField October 12 through
December 12.
On August 8, 2016, the City Council approved the purchase of 35 acres of open space at Trancas Canyon
Road and PCH, marking the fulfillment of the City’s goal for more than 25 years of acquiring the land and
protecting it from high-density development.
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