Wilson Envoy Solicits Jordan Ranch Views
An official from Gov. Pete Wilson’s office has met individually with each member of the Ventura County Board of Supervisors to discuss their views on the proposed Jordan Ranch development, officials have disclosed.
Richard P. Sybert, director of the governor’s office of planning and research, met with each of the five members of the board Wednesday after taking a helicopter tour of the ranch and surrounding area.
“I think he was just trying to see where everybody is at, to gather as much information as possible,” Supervisor Maria VanderKolk, who opposes the development, said of her meeting with Sybert in her office at the County Government Center.
Last month, the governor called a meeting of the developer, members of the board and National Park Service officials to try and resolve the issues surrounding the development and the controversial land swap to which it is tied.
A land swap involving federal parkland is necessary to provide an access road to the 750-home development and golf course planned for Bob Hope’s Jordan Ranch.
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