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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.
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SAVIERS ROAD DESIGN TEAM
MEETING AGENDA
Monday, July 26, 2010
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Puerto Nuevo Restaurant
3600 Saviers Road
AGENDA:
- Brief Announcements
- Discussion: Past week's Ormond Beach Task Force meeting news
- Discussion: Oxnard's new brand, "International City" marketed as "Reach Higher" and new City name "Oxnard Shores"
- This week's Oxnard City Council meeting
- Ormond Beach displays at Hueneme Beach Festival Aug. 21 & 22
- 8:30pm: Adjournment
THIS WEEK:
Tuesday, July 27, 7:00pm, Oxnard City Council: Item L-1 Appeal of Planning Commission denial of alcohol permit for Walmart; Item O-1 Measure "O" Funding; Item O-4 GREAT program Admin/Visitor building redesign to eliminate 2nd floor visitors area and special design features
— NEXT SAVIERS ROAD DESIGN TEAM MEETING MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 6:30pm —
HARBOR WANTS
ORMOND BEACH
From an e-mail sent by Ormond Beach activists Shirley and Larry Godwin —
At the end of the Ormond Beach Task Force meeting today (Nov 19) we finally heard from Anthony Taormina, Executive Director of the Harbor District, what he and others at the Harbor District didn't want to tell us. This is what he said:
The 33 acres [33 acres left of the 38-acre proposed Gateway Park site] is zoned light industrial, and the harbor will take it and any other zoned light industrial land at Ormond. The Harbor District will not buy or develop the land but will have that done by companies that do business with the Harbor. This will be done with or without a harbor overlay.
Aren't dictatorial, government-sponsored and
authorized tax-collecting entities, nice? So much
for democracy in our own nation! Oxnard sees
no direct benefit from the Harbor District.
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PACIFIC INSTITUTE UNHAPPY WITH ORMOND DEIR
The Pacific Institute has reviewed the City of Oxnard's Draft 2030 General Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) and has found that it does not sufficiently evaluate the impacts of sea level rise, nor does it adequately describe mitigation to prevent risks to human life and property or protect coastal environments.
We disagree with the authors' assertion that risks from "exposing people or structures to inundation by increased sea level rise caused by global warming conditions" is "less than significant" and that no mitigation measures are required. There is no basis for this finding, as it appears the preparers did not perform analysis to determine the risks over the life of the plan, nor did they make use of new information from the State of California which forecasts increased coastal flooding risks in the future.
CEQA requires the preparer of an EIR to identify alternatives and discuss ways to reduce or avoid the possible environmental damage. We interpret this to mean environmental damage due to a project that will occur now or in the future, and conclude that the DEIR does not offer alternatives or discuss how to mitigate the effects of sea level rise. In this memo, we offer guidance for how to address these risks in order to protect human life and property and protect the environment over the coming years.
Pacific Institute's Comments on Ormond DEIR, May 22, 2009
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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