RPV May Reinstate Equestrian Committee

The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council may consider reinstating the city's equestrian committee this month, according to city officials.

Members of the city council initially discussed reinstating the committee during the Jan. 15 study session at the suggestion of Councilman Anthony Misetich.

"Rancho Palos Verdes has enough horse enthusiasts to qualify these individuals as a group having unique needs within the community that should be addressed and recognized by the city," Misetich wrote in a memo to council. He also noted that the committee could address issues involving local trails, such as tension between the cycling, horse and hiking communities over trails in the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve.

The council directed staff to place the item on a future agenda.

The item, tentatively scheduled for the April 16 city council agenda, will also include a discussion of a broad public lands focus group.

Misetich's memo to the rest of the council recommends that a five-member committee meet one or two times per year "to address and resolve the challenges to their unique needs so that horse users/owners and (the) public will continue to enjoy all that our city has to offer."

Questions about the committee's should be directed to Associate Planner Leza Mikhail of the Community Development Department at 310-544-5228.

A previous equestrian committee for Rancho Palos Verdes was dissolved in 2009.