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PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

Hard copy versions of these and other documents relating to the Sepulveda Basin
are available for public viewing at the Valley Region Headquarters.

To view the documents, contact  the Water Manager, City of Los Angeles.
818 756 9710
All links are viewable .pdf files. Some documents are not complete (include relevant excerpts only)
1990 to date - Minutes of the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Areas Steering Committee

1990 to date - Minutes of the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Areas Consortium

Photo Archive at Cal State Northridge of Sepulveda Basin

 
 

2009 - 2010

 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Master Plans and Environmental Assessments LACDA, Santa Ana River and Arizona Basins
Preliminary Draft Resource and Ecosystem Objectives (2/19/2010) 1.5mb .pdf file

Senior Park Maintenance Supervisor's Letter Regarding Organized Sports

Three maps from the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works identifying the eleven (11) facilities they maintain within the Sepulveda Basin.
click here to view 662kb .pdf file

The Effects of Dogs on Wildlife, by Tom Chester

Click here to download a 12mb .pdf report entitled "Problems in Paradise - Weed Invasion in the Bull Creek Restoration Project."

Daily News Article about Bull Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project
click here to view 307kb .pdf file

Minutes of Friends of Lake Balboa Meeting (May 28)
click here to view .pdf file

 
   
     
  2008  
Letter from Congressman Brad Sherman to LA Dept Rec and Park General Manager Jon Mukri
regarding feasibility of Section 1135 projects in Haskell Creek, Woodley Creek, Hayvenhurst Creek and Encino Creek.
click here to view 386kb .pdf file

Southbound I-405 to the westbound US-101 Connector Improvement Project EA199610
click here to view 12.4mb .pdf file

Environmental Assessment  / Initial Study leading to a Negative Declaration
and Finding of No Significant Impact, Final Section 4(f) Evalutaion
click here to view 54.5mb .pdf file

 
   
     
  2007  
  Bull Creek Restoration: Native Plant Extraction, Salvage and Storage; Hydroseeding.
click here to view 23.14mb .pdf file
 
   
   
  2006  
  Sports Complex Facility: Sepulveda Flood Control Basin (Notice of Proposed Activity)
 
   
   
  2005  
  South Fire Access Road, Sepulveda Basin Draft Environmental Assessment.
click here to view 166kb .pdf file

Bull Creek Channel Ecosystem Restoration – Draft Detailed Project Report and Environmental Assessment.
click here to view 124mb .pdf file
Bull Creek Channel Ecosystem Restoration – Alternative 4, Oxbow-Concept Design
click here to view 1.07mb .pdf file
California Native Plant Society Letter (September 12, 2005)
click here to view 1.29mb .pdf file
San Fernando Valley Audubon Society Letter (September 4, 2005)
click here to view 3.95mb .pdf file
The River Project Letter (September 13, 2005)
click here to view 2.13mb .pdf file
 
   
   
  2002 - 2003  
 

Sepulveda Basin Treatment Wetlands Park (Revised Draft Concept Design Report, May 2003)
click here to view 29.75mb .pdf file

Proposed Sepulveda Wetlands Park (Project Overview)
click here to view 10.75mb .pdf file

San Fernando Valley Audubon Society Letter (March 7, 2002)
click here to view 3.73mb .pdf file

California Native Plant Society Letter (May 13, 2002)
click here to view 8.72mb .pdf file

Canada Goose Project Letter (April 18, 2002)
click here to view2.48mb .pdf file

 
   
   
  2001  
  Burbank Boulevard Trunk Line Draft Environmental Assessment.
click here to view 19.85mb .pdf file
 
   
  2000  
  Los Angeles River – Clearing Vegetation White Oak to Burbank Blvd. Environmental Assessment
click here to view 17.1mb .pdf file
 
     
  1999  
  Bull Creek – Section 1135 Preliminary Restoration Plan
click here to view 24.5mb .pdf file
 
   
   
  1995
 
  Draft Supplement 1 to the 1981 Sepulveda Basin Master Plan including Draft Environmental Assessment
click here to view 42.40mb .pdf file

Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Park

Final Concept Plan – Design Narrative - click here to view 3606mb .pdf file

Exhibit 2 - Overview showing features and plant communities - click here to view 1.3kb .pdf file
Exhibit 3 - Overview staging area, restrooms, amphitheatre - click here to view 1.1kb .pdf file
Exhibit 4 - Viewing Areas - click here to view 1.1kb .pdf file

Conceptual Master Plan – Landscape Revegetation Concepts – Public Workshop
click here to view 15.2mb .pdf file

Conceptual Master Plan – Design Narrative
click here to view 19.75mb .pdf file

California Native Plant Society Letter (May 16, 1995) regarding the Conceptual Master Plan
click here to view 5.81mb .pdf file

 
   
     
  1994
 
  Conceptual Management Plan for the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area
click here to view 90.15mb .pdf file

Arundo and Exotic Weed Removal Within Bull Creek, Sepulveda Dam Flood Control Basin.
click here to view 22.45mb .pdf file

Executive Order - Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Practices on Federal Landscaped Grounds
click here to view 1.27mb .pdf file

 
   
   
  1993
 
  Sepulveda Dam Basin Urban Wildlife Refuge Workshop
click here to view 12.57mb .pdf file

Conceptual Wildlife Management Plan for the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Management Area
click here to view 8.73mb .pdf file

Progress Report – Los Angeles River Master Plan
56.2mb .pdf file

 
   
   
  1991
 
  Tillman Water Reclamation Plant Flood Protection Project – Final Negative Declaration and Environmental Assessment
133.5mb .pdf file

Los Angeles River Task Force Brainstorming Sessions - 1990 through 1991
25.3mb .pdf file

 
     
     
  1987  
  Final Environmental Assessment – Sepulveda Recreation Lake and Wildlife Area
click here to view 171.24mb .pdf file

Public Recreational Use Plan Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area
click here to view 10.69mb .pdf file
 
   
     
  1986  
  Sublease and Operating Agreement for Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area
click here to view 42.5mb .pdf file
 
     
     
  1980  
  Sepulveda Basin Master Plan and Final Environmental Impact Report / Statement
click here to view 52.15mb .pdf file
 
   
  1966
ACOE Real Estate Lease to City of Los Angeles  click here to view 927kb .pdf file

Outgrant to City of Los Angeles for Recreational Purposes (Exhibit B)  click here to view 1277kb .pdf file
Exhibit B-1 click here to view 452kb .pdf file
Exhibit C click here to view 544kb .pdf file
Exhibit D click here to view 125kb .pdf file
Supplemental Agreement No. 1 click here to view 125kb .pdf file
Supplemental Agreement No. 2 click here to view 595kb .pdf file
[Supplemental Agreement No. 3 is dated January 5, 1972 and deleted 15.32 acres from the City's leased area
for a Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center.]


Real Estate Outgrant to City of Los Angeles for Recreation Purposes BLUEPRINTS - 26 April 1966
Blueprint Exhibit A click here to view 884kb .pdf file
Blueprint Exhibit A-1 click here to view 603kb .pdf file
Blueprint Exhibit A-2 click here to view 591kb .pdf file

 
 
   
   
  Papers on Riparian Restoration and Revegetation Projects Relevant to the Sepulveda Dam Basin  
   
  General Interest  
     
  Forward to California Riparian Systems
A. Starker Leopold. 1983
click here to view 20mb .pdf file

California Riparian Forests: Deciduous Islands in an Evergreen Sea
Glen Holstein. 1981
click here to view 20mb .pdf file


Environmental Resource Conservation: Riparian System Enhancement Through Water Reclamation
Ronald LaRosa. 1981

click here to view 4.7mb .pdf file

The Preservation and Restoration of Riparian Resources in Conducting Flood Control Activities
William M. Lockard and Richard A. Burgess. 1981
click here to view 18.1mb .pdf file

Vegetation of the Santa Ana River and Some Flood Control Implications
Ted L. Hanes. 1981
click here to view 5.3mb .pdf file

Riparian Restoration Planning in Southern California – What's Missing?
Keith B. Macdonald, Harold A. Wier, Julie M. Vanderwier and Michael U. Evans.
click here to view 8.3mb .pdf file

 
     
  Revegetation  
     
  The Esthetics of Native Plant Revegetation
Art Tyree. 1984
click here to view 3.78mb .pdf file

Plant Design Inventory Techniques for Modeling the Restoration of Native Riparian Landscapes
Kerry J. Dawson. 1981
click here to view 4.91mb .pdf file

The Role of Vegetation in an Integrated Pest Management Approach to Levee Management
Sheila Daar, William Klitz, and William Olkowski. 1981
 click here to view 6mb .pdf file

Los Coches Mitigation Area: A Case Study in Native Plant Revegetation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District
Raina Fulton. 1987
click here to view 5.24mb .pdf file

Revegetation in the Sepulveda Wildlife Reserve: A Seven Year Summary
Emilia Parra-Szijj. 1989
click here to view 13.73mb .pdf file

Growth of Stipa pulchra in Experimental Field Conditions
Emilia A. Parra. 1987
click here to view 7.65mb .pdf file

California Department of Transportation Riparian Restoration Projects in San Diego County
John P. Reiger. 1987
click here to view 7.13mb .pdf file

 
   
  Target Species  
     
  Riparian Forest as Habitat for the Least Bell's Vireo
M. Violet Grey and James M. Greaves. 1981
click here to view 6.2mb .pdf file

High Quality Restoration of Riparian Ecosystems
Karthryn Baird. 1989
click here to view 5.7mb .pdf file

The Status of Wintering Canada Geese at Quail Hill
Robin Butler. 1989
click here to view 6.5mb .pdf file

Management of the Wintering Foraging Habitat for Canada Geese at Quail Hill
Peter A. Bowler, Fred M. Roberts Jr.,  and John Simon
click here to view 6.8mb .pdf file