Written Communications – PC
Jett – Received 12/2/2025
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Good evening Mayor McCann and Councilmembers,
I am here tonight because the City of Chula Vista has not held a single formal, publicly noticed City Council hearing on a proposal that would permanently remove the equestrian arena at Rohr Park.
Under the Brown Act (Gov. Code §54950 et seq.), major decisions affecting public land require:
• public notice,
• an agenda item,
• public comment,
• and deliberation by the governing body.
Pop-up boards in the park, consultant presentations, and a single meeting held on November 20 in a County building — with no Councilmembers present, no agenda, and no minutes — do not meet legal requirements for a public hearing.
Yet the City is treating the removal of a deed-protected facility as if it is already decided.
Let me remind you why this matters.
Rohr Park was transferred under a Quitclaim Deed requiring that the land be used “forever as a public park for the benefit of all residents of the County of San Diego. ” The Deed includes a County right of reentry and to repossess if those covenants are violated.
Additionally, the California Public Parks Preservation Act (Public Resources Code §§5400–5409) prohibits the removal, demolition, or conversion of an existing public recreational facility unless a like-for-like replacement is provided, in the same general Written Communications – PC
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area, for the same population served.
No such replacement has been proposed.
For 19 months — from April 2023 through November 2024 — the arena was locked and unlawfully privatized by a private club, despite:
• Civil Code §660, which defines all fixtures permanently attached to land — such as arenas, fencing, gates, and footing — as public real property, • Civil Code §662, which states that structures are appurtenant to the land and therefore belong to the public when affixed to public property, • Chula Vista Municipal Code §2.66.010, which prohibits excluding the public from parks except where authorized by law.
Despite this, the City allowed the lockout to continue and even approved a Facility Use Agreement on October 17, 2023, which explicitly said “no exclusive possession, ” while exclusive possession continued anyway.
Now, after all of this, the City still has not brought the proposed removal of the arena before this Council — the only body with legal authority to make such a decision.
There is also the matter of public funds.
In 2024, San Diego County awarded $25,000 of taxpayer money under the Neighborhood Reinvestment Grant Program for equestrian facility improvements.
If the City destroys this facility, that money is wasted, and potentially a misapplication of funds contrary to the intent of the grant.
This arena is not simply dirt and railings.
It is the only full-sized public equestrian arena in the entire region, serving Bonita’s trail riders, youth, seniors, and equestrians with disabilities.
It is part of our history, part of our fire-evacuation plan, and part of what defines the rural identity of Bonita.
The law requires more than surveys and consultant comments.
It requires a noticed public agenda, a formal Council hearing, and compliance with both the Deed and state law.
So tonight I respectfully ask this Council to:
1. Place the equestrian arena on a formal agenda for public hearing, as required by the Brown Act;
2. Halt all removal or demolition activities unless and until the City complies with Written Communications – PC
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o the Quitclaim Deed,
o the Public Parks Preservation Act (PRC §§5400–5409), and o the City’s own municipal code; and
3. Acknowledge your legal fiduciary duty to steward deed-protected land for all residents of San Diego County.
Rohr Park belongs to the public.
Chula Vista is the trustee — not the owner.
Please follow the law before irreversible harm is done.
Thank you,
Stacy Jett