Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning Approach for Off-Highway Vehicles in the San Diego Region
San Diego County, California

The Dangermond Group was retained by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division to assist them with a strategic planning effort involved in the formation of a San Diego-based stakeholder group comprised of both environmental and off-highway vehicle (OHV) organization representatives. Through this stakeholder group, The Dangermond Group worked with the stakeholder group to find creative solutions to the increasing environmental problems associated with unsanctioned OHV use and, at the same time, identifying legal outlets for the rising demand for OHV recreation. TDG assisted the Division in a variety of ways:

1. Organizing and facilitating ongoing stakeholder meetings;
2. Completing a background study of comparative jurisdictions and OHV management and recreation strategies throughout the country;
3. Interviewing land management agencies and law enforcement, including documenting the extent of illegal riding in the County;
4. Providing an overview of best management practices for facility operations;
5. Completing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Site Opportunity Modeling analyses, together with documenting the extent of registered off-highway vehicles within the County and identifying potential opportunity areas, including landfills, mines, and quarries;
6. Designing site specific conceptual plans and facility prototypes;
7. Evaluating this effort as a pilot program; and
8. Making recommendations for next steps.

Additional products for this effort included:

Stakeholder developed “Siting Criteria”, which represent optimum or desirable conditions for siting an off-highway vehicle park in San Diego County;

Sample “Net Community Benefits”, outlining potential positive additions to a local area through the development of a State Vehicular Recreation Area, including recreation facilities (both motorized and non-motorized), habitat preservation, youth programming, education, enforcement, design, and economic feasibility.

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