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STAFF REPOPRT. From the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District on May 14th, 2025 at 7:00pm at the Senior Center in Half Moon Bay. In person only. Midpen Staff and Board.
Agenda. Consent Calendar Item #4 Staff Report.
General Manager’s Recommendations:
1. Approve the naming of a planned loop trail within the Johnston Ranch Uplands area of Miramontes Ridge Open Space Preserve as the Lennie Roberts Trail as supported by the Legislative, Funding, and Public Affairs Committee. Note: Green Foothills’ Lennie Roberts Advocacy Fund.
2. Approve an amendment to the Use and Management Plan to include the new trail name.Â
The proposed trail name complies with Board Policy 5.01, Site Naming, Gift, and Special Recognition, aligning with the Special Recognition – Significant Supporters component of the policy. According to the policy, “”Significant Supporters” include individuals who have shown conspicuous or noteworthy support for the District through extraordinary contributions of time and effort to the advancement of the goals, philosophy and mission of the District. Over her 50 years with Green Foothills, Lennie Roberts diligently monitored land use regulations in San Mateo County, and local cities and towns to ensure inappropriate development did not occur on rural and agricultural land.
Lennie Roberts was not only one of the original founders of the District in Santa Clara County in 1972, but also spearheaded the extension of the Midpen District into San Mateo County in 1976. Throughout the 1990s, Lennie Roberts tirelessly opposed development proposals for the former Alma College property in Santa Clara County, providing an opportunity for the District to purchase and establish Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve. In San Mateo County, she supported the grassroots effort for an advisory vote of coastal residents to successfully expand the District’s boundaries to include the San Mateo Coast in 2004. Lennie Roberts served on the Advisory Committee for the District’s 2014 Vision Plan. She has spoken and written letters of support for numerous District projects at public meetings for land conservation purchases, public access, natural resource and agricultural protection projects, and reviewed and provided feedback on numerous District policies and plans.
More on the Midpen Open Space’s Johnston Ranch
A New Chapter for the Iconic Johnston Ranch; June 5th, 2024
Fact Sheet on the Johnston Ranch Property Interest Purchase
Midpen approves purchase of Johnston Ranch; November 11, 2021
More on the Johnston Ranch on Coastside Buzz
More on Midpen Open Space on Coastside Buzz
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