Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 235
Figure 241. Culver City Park has many California upland native species along its hillside which are defined as significant ecological areas as
defined by the County of Los Angeles. Source: OLIN, 2024.
Project Habitat Establishment,
Maintenance, and Monitoring
Capital projects in the Culver City parks system
will be required to include a minimum of three
years of habitat establishment, maintenance, and
monitoring with key habitat projects having a
minimum of ten years and a transition plan to
permanent management in place as part of the
construction contract. Long-term maintenance,
bio-technical surveys/monitoring, and annual
performance documentation is typically required
for habitat mitigation sites as specified in natural
resource agency permit conditions and in habitat
mitigation plans. Additionally, healthy soil biology
is the basis that will host a sound ecological system.
All existing soils should be tested to verify they
are free of contaminants and debris and have the
capacity to support adequate nutrients, drainage,
and structure for a given planting design.
Habitat establishment and native plant care will
require additional training for staff beyond basic or
traditional park maintenance training. Developing
a native plant care training program offers a great
opportunity to coordinate with local workforce
and youth internship education to develop skilled
gardener and restoration skills that support the
basin as well as community equity. This effort could
expand to support wider initiatives throughout
the city.
Qualified crews and staff can tailor maintenance
practices for the specific needs of a California native
vegetation in order to help establish newly installed
habitats. For example, many California native upland
species are deciduous in the summer, and overwatering during this time severely compromises
the plants’ survival. Planting in late fall through
winter allows species to benefit from seasonal rains
in their first year of growth.
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