Coto Conservancy

30/05/2024

Yay! Only a month away! The Fourth of July Parade is coming back to the Coto Valley Country Club!

18/01/2024

The February 2024 Coto Planning Advisory Committee Meeting has been canceled. Next meeting is Wed, March 13th, 2024.

13/12/2023

This is worrisome. Is nothing spared from the clutches of development? The “highest best use” is sometimes simply leaving well alone…

*CALL TO ACTION*
Friday the OC Fair board added a surprise agenda item "update" proposing canceling the current RFP process (securing a new operator), and instead demolish the EQC because the stables do not provide "enough" PUBLIC benefit (& that the "horse owners" are the ONLY ones who benefit, NOT the PUBLIC).
YOU, the PUBLIC, must tell the Fair Board the TRUTH.
So PLEASE, PLEASE:
1. ATTEND/SPEAK at THIS Thursday's (12/14) Fair Board meeting 9am at 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, 92626 (Gate 4 on Arlington Dr). KIDS, too!!
2. CALL IN/ SPEAK at meeting via Zoom:
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Dial in/Meeting ID: 839 9221 7017
Passcode: 2023
3. email letters to us at: [email protected] (we will forward to the Board).
4. SHARE WIDELY
**the FUTURE of our urban HORSES is in YOUR HANDS**

IF anyone wants to send emails directly to the Board, their emails are:
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12/12/2023

Yule Log 2023 was a huge success - even with a big football game on the same night! Congratulations to Lauren Wright - Head Chipper this year. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all! 🎄🔥🕎❤️🙏🏻 Thank you to Coto Valley Country Club for hosting another amazing event!

10/12/2023

What a beautiful day in Coto and we are ready for the Yule Log bonfire tonight (Sun 12/10) at Coto Valley Country Club starting at 5pm!

🎄😊❤️🔥

28/11/2023

It’s almost here! The Yule Log Celebration is on Sunday December 10th 5-7pm at the Coto Valley Country Club! Bring the whole family!!!

10/11/2023

The Coto Planning Advisory Committee (CPAC) meeting to review and respond to the Oak Grove residential project will now be in January 2024. Exact day/time/location to be announced. In the meantime, you can review the plans on the County website here:

PROPOSED PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed Project proposes the future development of 13 single-family detached dwelling units on numbered lots on a 5.1-acre site within the Coto de Caza community. Lots range between approximately 11,985 to 20,411 square feet in size. No architectural plans have bee...

08/11/2023

CORRECTION! Tonight (Wed 11/8) is the CPAC meeting at the COTO GOLF AND RACQUET CLUB at 6pm. The Oak Grove project is being discussed….9 foot walls along Vista del Verde, 12 foot walls along Via Pajaro. That’s just the beginning of the negative implications associated with this project. It’s a slippery slope if we allow this proejct to change community-zoned land to residential…

Read more about this INCOMPATIBLE project here:

06/11/2023

Coto Conservancy did not receive notice of this Coto Planning Advisory Committee meeting from the County. Did you? The Oak Grove residential development project is being discussed at this meeting on WEDNESDAY 11/8 at 6PM. The meeting is scheduled on the same day as the CZ Master HOA meeting and the Capo Unified School Board Meeting. Coto Conservancy has asked OC Supervisor Foley to reschedule the meeting…. Stay tuned.

09/10/2023

Coming up this weekend…Sun 10/15 at 4pm. Live Oak park. 🍁

01/07/2023

We are sponsoring the band at the Coto Fourth of July parade and party at Coto Valley Country Club. See you on the 4th! 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️

08/06/2023

Yay- this Saturday 6/10 at the Coto Sports Park!

07/06/2023

Coto Planning Advisory Committee on Wed 6/7 6pm at Coto Golf and Racquet Club. Come meet the new committee members and hear about two new projects in Coto….

21/05/2023

Happening today at the Coto Sports Park!

13/05/2023

Check out this neat community event at the Coto Sports Park on Sunday 5/21 from 12-4!

08/04/2023

Looking forward to this lovely event!

06/02/2023

This Saturday 2/11 10am-2pm! It’s so nice to have these events in our community. 😊

15/12/2022

Another fantastic Yule Log event in the books. So many people came out to participate even though we had to reschedule due to rain. Thank you for being the best community ever!

Congratulations to this year’s Head Chipper Doug McCormick!

Merry Christmas and have a wonderful holiday season…

14/12/2022

The Yule Log bonfire event is tonight at the Coto Valley Country Club from 5-7pm. Food and goodies for purchase! OCFA on site.

Look at that wonderful pile of wood and switches just waiting for us! 😍🎄🔥

13/12/2022

Reminder! The 44th annual Yule Log celebration is tomorrow, Wednesday 12/14 5-7pm at Coto Valley Country Club!

10/12/2022

DATE CHANGE FOR YULE LOG DUE TO RAIN!

Join us on Wednesday 12/14 from 5-7pm at Coto Valley Country Club for the 44th annual Yule Log bonfire! There will be Mexican food for purchase and other neat treats! See you there!

03/09/2022

RIP Bradley. We can all learn something from his beautiful life. 💚

02/09/2022

Say a prayer for this little boy….

🙏 We are reaching out to ask our Coto community to extend your thoughts and prayers to Bradley Rofer and his family. Bradley was tragically struck by a car while riding his bike on his way to school this morning and is in need of the most prayers possible from us all. We ask our community to please wrap the Rofer family with your love and support.

If you are available, please join at the Coto Sports Park at 6pm this evening to offer prayers and good vibes for Bradley and the Rofer family. 🙏💕

31/08/2022

Posting this from the Coto FB page…. There are some nice local vendors at this event. 😊

11/08/2022

Thank goodness this equestrian facility will remain intact for future generations!

“So, who bought the private estate formerly known as Blenheim Farms? Will it stay a premier horse farm? The mystery is over, and we can thank the horse gods for the competitive western rider, Devon Martin.” Learn more about this exciting transition in the Capistrano Dispatch article: “A Little Bit About San Juan: Devon Martin and 5M Ranch”!

https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/a-little-bit-about-san-juan-devon-martin-and-5m-ranch/?utm_content=sked_62f52ed0dd27251024ab6617&utm_medium=social&utm_name=sked&utm_source=facebook

04/07/2022

Happy Independence Day! The Coto Moms group put on another amazing community event - the Fourth of July Parade at the Coto Valley Country Club. Thanks to the Coto Moms, CVCC, Coto Valley Grill, the Village HOA. It takes a lot of volunteers to put this on. Great job everyone!

Hope you are enjoying all the freedoms we have in this great nation. The best in the world…the U S A!!

15/06/2022

It’s right around the corner…the Coto 4th of July Parade and Celebration!

The Coto Moms group does a fabulous job of putting this on each year. Please support through sponsorship and volunteering!

Link to sign up and volunteer is here:
https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/10c0d4fa8ae23aafcc70-coto

04/06/2022

The Merryhill School public nuisance on Vista del Verde is being demolished. Thank you for your many calls and emails to the Orange County Code Enforcement department. YOU made this happen!

Here’s what we know about next steps…Oak Grove is still in the applicant’s court. The next step is to ‘finalize’ the environmental document (probably an MND) for public review and comment, followed by CPAC, then County Planning Commission, and then Board of Supervisors (this would need a Specific Plan Amendment which requires Board of Supervisors approval).

We will keep you posted…

30/05/2022

Home of the free because of the brave. ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸 Thank you to all who have served in our armed forces!

26/05/2022

Always a fun time at the Coto Valley Country Club! Open to anyone - inside/outside the gates. 😊 See you Monday 5/30/22!