Here are some excerpts from the email I received from the Los Alamitos staff member.
"In 2005, the City of Los Alamitos was awarded funding in the amount of $1,440,000 from the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC) to create a recreation parkway adjacent to Coyote Creek, Oak Middle School and the Royal Oak Mobile Home Park... Bond money from the state stopped for about 6 years which delayed the project."
"...The parcel is approximately 2,500 feet in length and approximately 4.0 acres. The site is comprised of a Southern California Edison (SCE) right-of-way area, an SCE easement for an existing oil pipeline, and an additional easement area for Orange County Flood Control District (OCFCD)..."
"The project focus is to create a passive recreation area with landscaping composed of native plants of significant ecological value to the region to attract habitat, and restore the site from a barren utility corridor into a passive greenway park along the Coyote Creek Channel..."
Here are sample photos of some of the plants that will be used.
Here are plans for the
southwest and the
northeast area of the park. The two sections in between are very similar. Note that the only access to the Coyote Creek Bikeway is via the existing path from Oak Middle School.