Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 108
JOINT USE IN THE
BALDWIN HILLS
Culver City Park
Blair Hills Park
Inglewood Oil Field
Within Culver City
Kenneth Hahn State
Recreation Area
Inglewood Oil Field
LAC Unincorporated
Area Within General
Plan 2045 Zone Of
Influence
Inglewood Oil Field
Remaining LAC
Unincorporated Area
MAP LEGEND
Municipal Boundaries
Inglewood Oil Field
PARKS AND OPEN SPACES
Parks
Park-to-Playa Trail
Water
TRANSIT
Roads
Freeways
0
1/2
1 mile
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Figure 94. The Inglewood Oil Field represents a significant opportunity for new joint use facilities in Culver City.
Source: LA County GIS Data Portal, Countywide Parks and Open Space, Countywide Multi-Use Trails, 2022.
Park-to-Playa and Kenneth Hahn:
Blair Hills Park and Culver City Park are adjacent to
portions of the Park-to-Playa Trail and the Kenneth
Hahn State Recreation Area. This relationship
should be strengthened to increase Culver City
residents’ access to natural areas. The Parks Plan
proposes a new connection between Blair Hills
and the Park-to-Playa Trail; see more information
in the Site Recommendations section.
Inglewood Oil Field (LAC Unincorporated):
As mentioned above, the Inglewood Oil Field (IOF)
includes approximately 1,000 acres, 78 of which are
in the boundaries of Culver City.25 The remaining
acreage is within LA County Unincorporated with
approximately 400 of those acres considered within
the “sphere of influence” of Culver City by the General
Plan 2045. At the time of the decommissioning
of the oil field in the estimated year of 2035 or
sooner, state conservancies such as the Baldwin
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Hills Conservancy and county entities such as LA
County Department Parks and Recreation could
plan to acquire this area, or a large portion of it, as
preserved open space.
The Baldwin Hills Regional Conservation Authority
(BHRCA; a joint powers authority of the Baldwin Hills
& Urban Watersheds Conservancy and the County of
LA) already owns approximately 125 acres of land in
the IOF. The city should continue the collaboration
begun during the Parks Plan to coordinate with
state and county entities for future joint use and/or
coordination on future grant possibilities for land
acquisition and park development. In this process
the city would evaluate and select appropriate
remediation techniques for future Inglewood Oil
Fields sites.
