Presentation to
Chula Vista City Council , September 16, 20003
The Otay Valley Regional Park Citizens
Advisory Committee supports the Chula Vista Green Belt concept. The Otay Valley Regional Park , a major identity within the Green
Belt, contains 16 recreational nodes totaling about 680 acres, providing
playing fields, picnic areas, hiking, biking and equestrian trails.
For planning and development purposes, the park has been divided into
three parts. The Western OVRP, San Diego Bay east to Heritage Road.
Eastern OVRP, Heritage Road to the west end of Lower Otay Reservoir, and the
third part contains both Lower and Upper Otay Reservoirs, and the Air Sports
Field.
The Western Otay Valley Regional Park, Bay to Heritage Road, currently has four
commercial recreational activities. A golf practice range and a
go-cart track are located on the west side of Hollister Street, the 20,000-seat
Coors Amphitheater, and. Knot's Soak City Water Park.
The Eastern Otay Valley Regional Park, contains San Diego County's Otay
Lakes Park, a picnic area and fishing pier with rental boats,
the United States Olympic Training Center's Canoe, Kayak and Rowing facility,
and the San Diego Air Sports Field.
Six major projects are currently being pursued, the Otay River Valley Clean-up
Project, Finney Elementary School Overlook, a Otay Valley Sports Complex, a
Trails Master Plan and a Otay River Valley Watershed Management Plan and
Tree Planting
The Clean-up Project during 46 work periods (126 workdays) has expended over
12,084 labor hours in removing 1,080 tons of trash, requiring over 230 trips to
the landfill.
The Finney Elementary School Overlook will provide space for two outdoor
classrooms and a public overlook facility.
The Park Trails Master Plan Project proposes multi-purpose and single use
trails that provides hikers, bicyclists and equestrians, connections to other
public facilities, such as parks, open space, Bay Shore Bikeway, Green Belt
trail systems and other points of interest.
The 35 acre Otay Valley Sports Complex will contain a skateboard park, soccer
and baseball fields, swimming pool and recreation center.
Planting of native trees in various locations in the river valley.
November 15th, native trees will be planted in staging area, southwest
corner of Broadway and Favier St, north side of the river in Chula Vista.
The Otay River Valley Watershed Management Plan's, primary task will be to
identify and prevent storm water run off pollution entering the Otay River and
then San Diego Bay. To date, some 48 storm water run-off entry points
into the Otay River have been identified.
The Otay Valley Regional Park Web Site (www.ovrp.org), contains numerous
aerial photographs of the valley, status of each project's development
and links to similar parks, trails and historic sites.
John Willett, Chair,
Otay Valley Regional Park, Citizens Advisory Committee