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The Saviers Road Design Team, meets almost every Monday, 6:30 p.m., at
Puerto Nuevo Restaurant, 3600 Saviers Road, Oxnard.
MON., NOVEMBER 24, 6:30 ~ 8:30 P.M., AGENDA:
- 6:30pm - Announcements
- 6:45pm - Special Guests:
- Ventura County Supervisor-Elect John Zaragoza
- David Maron, Community Leader
- Kathleen Miller, representing Camarillo Anti-Prison Group - Discussion of how Oxnard, Camarillo and Ventura County residents can work together and support each other on issues such as LNG, the Peaker, the prison hospital and other areas of interest
- 8:00pm - Report from this past week's Ormond Beach Task Force meeting
- 8:15pm - Other comments and concerns; December SRDT meeting dates?
- 8:30pm - Adjournment
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Tues., Nov. 25, 7:00pm - Oxnard City Council, Several items are on the agenda that were postponed from last week's Council meeting: Item L-1 public hearing on appeal of Planning Commission denial of residential development at Victoria and Hemlock; Items L-2 & L-3 appeal of Planning Commission denial of two Casden developments at Vineyard and Ventura Road; Item L-4 approval of Oxnard Village/Wagon Wheel project; also Item O-1 Update on Citywide Traffic Mitigation Plan
NEXT MEETING SAVIERS ROAD DESIGN TEAM - DECEMBER 1
LAFCO STAFF UNHAPPY WITH ORMOND DEIR
Below are two letters, 8 pages and 2 pages, submitted by the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) staff in September 2008 on the recirculated draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed North and South Ormond Beach projects - residential north of Hueneme Road and harbor industrial south of Hueneme Road.
LAFCO operates under state law as an independent agency in the County. LAFCO will be required to approve the annexation of the Ormond properties to the City of Oxnard before they can be developed.
The Ventura County LAFCO is composed of 7 voting members and 4 alternates: 2 members and 1 alternate from the Board of Supervisors, 2 members and 1 alternate from city councils in Ventura County, 2 members and 1 alternate from boards of independent specials districts, and 1 member and 1 alternate from the public at large.
In addition, attached is the October 2008 comment letter from the County of Ventura Resource Management Agency. The letters address areas of the Ormond EIR that do not meet the requirements of LAFCO policy and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
LAFCO September Comments on Ormond DEIR
LAFCO October Comments on Ormond DEIR
OXNARD RENEWS ASSAULT ON ORMOND BEACH
by Alan Sanders
The process by which the City of Oxnard plans to alter wildlife habitat and open space at Ormond Beach began anew with the July 24 start of a 45 day comment period on new environmental documents that will end on September 8. The North and South Ormond Beach Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report replaces a previous draft EIR released in May 2007. The massive document evaluates the impacts of two other plans; The Northshore Specific Plan and the South Ormond Beach Specific Plan. The three volumes that must be read together comprise thousands of pages of highly technical data that must be analyzed and commented on within the prescribed time.
The new documents have significantly revised sections on Water Resources, Biological Resources, Air Quality and Alternatives Analysis. However, the total number of acres the project that would be developed remains at 917 as opposed to the 220 acres of land to be maintained as buffer and open space. The Los Padres Chapter, has for years agreed with environmental scientists who have opined that such a meager amount of habitat area would not be sustainable as a functioning ecological area. Together with other Ormond area stakeholders who comprise the Ormond Beach Task Force we have worked to draft and approve a proposed alternative land use plan called the Ormond Beach Consensus Plan.
The Consensus Plan calls for approximately twice as much habitat area and open space as proposed in the revised DEIR.
You can request a copy of the documents by contacting Kathleen Mallory, Planner at the City of Oxnard, planning division, 214 South C Street, Oxnard, CA 93030, 805-385-7858 or Kathleen.mallory@ci.oxnard.ca.us.
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Members of the Saviers Road Design Team listen as Nature Conservancy's Sandi Matsumoto
explains what the group needs to do to get its long-desired Ormond Beach Gateway Park.
Retired teacher and most-active activist, Jean Harris, is recognized by all levels of government and many agencies for her unstinting efforts to save Oxnard's Ormond Beach. Shown are Bill Armbrust, widower of Roma Armbrust who, along with Mrs. Harris, worked tirelessly to preserve Ormond Beach. A bit of Supervisor Kathy Long is shown, then Assemblyperson Fran Pavely, Supervisor Steve Bennett, and Jean Harris. Jean's son, Tim, on far right, traveled from Vermont to collect armfuls of plaques, pictures and certificates. Assemblyperson Fran Pavely adds to the collection. As the signs show, it was the City of Oxnard and its City Corps kids who provided all the logistics. The city's Wastewater Dept. later offered a superb BBQ lunch. And the middle sign, The Saviers Road Design Team, exemplifies what a few actively concerned residents can accomplish. We may thank these, the Nature Conservancy, the California Coastal Conservancy and many others who are helping us to retain our wetlands — and our relative freedom from pesky insects. There are literally hundreds of volunteer groups in Oxnard, our neighborhood council being only one of them. You can participate, too!
— KCLU News Ormond Beach Story,
Oct. 13, 2005 [mp3 audio file - 6 min.] —
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Pictures from Second Annual Winter Bird Festival held on March 8, 2003.
EPA Wetland Photography Contest Winners
  
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