AHMANSON TENDERS ALTERNATIVE OFFER FOR CREATING OPEN SPACE.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Daily News Staff Writer Ahmanson Land Co. wants an alternative to a complex agreement it made with Ventura County to buy 4,708 acres owned by Bob Hope, which would be made into open space in return for Ahmanson being allowed to develop its property above Calabasas. The Irwindale-based company has offered to establish a fund totaling the value of the two properties - now estimated to be $30 million - which the county could use to purchase other properties in the county for open space. Although talks between Hope's employees and developers continue, Ahmanson proposed the alternative as insurance that the project will move forward, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mary Trigg, Ahmanson's spokeswoman. ``It's (still) our No. 1 priority to purchase the land,'' she said. ``But when you're a business, you want to make sure you have all your bases covered.'' Acceptance of the plan by county officials would mean Ahmanson would be able to scrap the original development agreement, which calls for the company to purchase the 4,369-acre Runkle Ranch above Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. and 339-acre Corral corral a small fenced-in enclosure with high, wooden fences, suitable for holding cattle or horses. corral system a management system in which range cattle are put into corrals and fed hay for a period when the environment is most Canyon in Malibu in return for being allowed to create a mini-city of 3,050 in northeast Ventura County, above Calabasas. Supervisor Frank Schillo said that Ventura County officials and area environmentalists will undoubtedly reject the proposal because they already shot down his alternative plan, which was similar yet more detailed. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why it would get any support,'' Schillo said. ``It has to have specifics or it's not going to fly. Why accept the money with the idea that maybe it will be used to buy open space?'' Schillo wanted to use $30 million of Ahmanson's money to buy open space in the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. area, reducing the city's density. However, the plan was rejected by other supervisors and the Agoura Hills-based Save Open Space environmental group. Schillo has been critical of the 5-year-old development agreement because he said the two ranches are far from the county's populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. areas and therefore will not benefit residents. ``I think Ahmanson will buy the (Hope) properties and then Thousand Oaks loses $30 million to reduce growth,'' he said. |
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