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Welcome to the website for the LA County Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Dialogue!
This process will bring together community members and stakeholders to discuss a future system of OHV parks in Los Angeles County. Recognizing the broad interests around OHV use and facilities, the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation initiated this participatory process for OHV park planning to ensure consideration of all perspectives.
Through the LA County OHV Dialogue project, planning guidelines for future OHV parks will be created. The planning guidelines will identify the characteristics of potential park locations considered appropriate by stakeholders and community members. No specific project sites will be identified, evaluated, or selected during this project. Rather, the planning guidelines will serve as a framework for the future study of potential OHV park locations by the County of Los Angeles.
An advisory committee composed of representatives of recreation, environmental, planning, and community interests is charged with identifying the planning guidelines. Input from the broader community will come from two series of public workshops. Providing information to participants is a key objective and will be accomplished with fact sheets, working papers, and this website.
Please explore our website and make sure to sign up for project announcements. Visit often, participate, and make your voice heard!
NEWS
LA County Releases Second Public Workshop Series Summary -
The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation will be hosted a second series of public workshops throughout the month of October as part of the LA County Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Dialogue. This workshop series built on the previous series held in February this year, and focused on the draft OHV Park Planning Guidelines. The public workshops were conducted in four locations: Azusa, Rowland Heights, Castaic, and Little Rock.
You can see the summary from the workshops here.
LA County Releases Draft Planning Guidelines -
Over the past year, the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation has been preparing a draft set of planning guidelines for a future potential OHV park system. These guidelines will specify factors to consider when evaluating possible OHV park locations and will serve as a framework for the future development of OHV parks by the County.
Read the Draft OHV Park Planning Guidelines here.
LA County Holds First Public Workshop Series -
The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation hosted public workshops in early February as part of the LA County Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Dialogue. Environmentalists, OHV enthusiasts, resource agencies, recreation advocates, and community leaders discussed where new OHV parks might be appropriate in the county. The public workshops were conducted in four locations: Whittier, Azusa, Castaic, and Little Rock.
Visit the Public Workshops page for more details!
LA County Releases Fact Sheet #1 -
Fact Sheet #1 with project information is available for download. View it here!
LA County Releases Baseline Assessment -
A Map Atlas which serves as the baseline assessment for the Los Angeles County Off-Highway Vehicle Dialogue (LA County OHV Dialogue) is now available for download. The focus of this Atlas is on mappable resources, trends, and critical concerns that will be considered in the LA County OHV Dialogue project. Information on land use, public land ownership, significant ecological areas, and OHV park locations is presented. The Atlas also includes information on OHV usage throughout the state and county. These maps will help project participants assess conditions and contribute to the formulation of comprehensive planning guidelines.
The Baseline Assessment can be downloaded here! |