The City of Oxnard Planning Division (lead agency) has prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the following proposed project.

The proposed Sakioka Farms Specific Plan would amend the Oxnard 2020 General Plan and provide the framework, guidelines, standards, and regulations for orderly, phased, market-responsive development of master planned business research, office, commercial, and industrial uses of up to 8.5 million square feet. Up to 900 residential units with a park and neighborhood retail are an optional use in the center/west area. A fire station, streets, utilities, and other customary supporting development and landscaping would be developed under appropriate current and future regulations and subsequent environmental review. The intensity and types of development may shift from one Planning Area to another and the overall Specific Plan development would be regulated by a trip generation budget that maintains Level of Service ‘C’ at all intersections unless otherwise specifically excepted by the Oxnard City Council.

In accordance with Section 15087 of the California Code of Regulations, the Planning Division of the City of Oxnard has determined that an Environmental Impact Report is required for the Project.

The City of Oxnard Planning Division has reviewed an application on the following proposed project.

Development Design Review Permit Nos. 08-200-14 and 08-200-15, a request to demolish an existing 35,000 square foot building and construct two industrial buildings comprising 62,484 (Building “A”) and 58,941 square feet (Building “B”) on two separate lots located at 350 and 400 North Lombard Street, with a total project area of 7.38 acres.

In accordance with Section 15070 of the California Code of Regulations, the Planning Division of the City of Oxnard has determined that there is no substantial evidence that the proposed project would have a significant effect on the environment, and that a mitigated negative declaration (MND) may be adopted.

The City of Oxnard Public Works Department, Capitol Improvements Division, has reviewed a project on the following proposed project:

Phase I Recycled Water Backbone System (RWBS) for GREAT Program

The City of Oxnard (City) is implementing the Groundwater Recovery Enhancement and Treatment (GREAT) Program – a comprehensive water resources effort to increase local water supply reliability and to meet the needs of a fast-growing population. A major component of the GREAT Program is the Phase 1 Recycled Water Backbone System (RWBS). The Phase 1 RWBS includes a pipe distribution system with capacity to convey recycled water from the Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) to potential users throughout the City and neighboring areas.

Phase 1 RWBS will include approximately 41,660 feet of recycled water pipe. The project will include the streets of Vineyard Avenue, Patterson Road, Oxnard Boulevard, Hueneme Road and Perkins Road within the Cities of Oxnard and Port Hueneme. The pipeline starts at the AWPF which is located at Perkins Road and runs approximately 3,920 feet north along Perkins Road and west along Hueneme Road to Ventura Road. The pipeline then runs approximately 26,050 feet north along Ventura Road to Gonzalez Road. Phase 1 pipeline also includes the River Ridge Golf Course loop which runs west along Gonzales Road from Ventura Road, north along Patterson Road, and east along Vineyard Avenue to Ventura Road. The pipeline length along the River Ridge Golf Course loop is approximately 11,690 feet.

The GREAT Program was reviewed under a Program EIR (SCH#2003011045) that was approved in May 2004. The construction of the entire system was analyzed. This Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) was prepared as there is new information in regards to archeology and this MND is focused on the underground pipelines for the project.

In accordance with Section 15070 of the California Code of Regulations, the Planning Division of the City of Oxnard has determined that there is no substantial evidence that the proposed project would have a significant effect on the environment, and that a mitigated negative declaration (MND) may be adopted.

The draft document is available for review at the Oxnard Planning Division office, 214 South “C” Street (8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on alternate Fridays), and at the Oxnard Public Library, 251 South “A” Street (9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday).

Subject: Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) No. 05-03 for the SouthShore Specific Plan and South Ormond Beach Specific Plan Projects (Ormond Beach Development Projects)

Thank you for your comment letter on the July 2008 Ormond Beach Projects Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report (RDEIR). In response to public comments on the RDEIR, changes and corrections were made to several RDEIR sections. These changes are explained in Volume II of the FEIR document under Section 1.0, Responses to Comments, and Section 2.0, Corrections and Additions to the FEIR.

A CD is enclosed for your information. The FEIR is comprised of the following:

At 7:00 p.m. on December 10, 2009, the Planning Commission will consider the FEIR and make a recommendation to the City Council regarding certification of the FEIR document. If you would like to obtain a hard copy of any of the volumes identified above, please contact Office Depot at 2628 Saviers Road, Oxnard, (805) 487-1310. A hard copy of the FEIR is also available for public review by visiting an Oxnard public library or the Planning Division public counter within the Service Center building located at 214 South C Street.

Please feel free to contact me at (805) 385-8370 or Kathleen.Mallory@ci.oxnard.ca.us if you have any questions regarding the FEIR or if I may be of any further assistance.

Sincerely,
Kathleen Mallory, AICP
Project Planner