Public Works Agency Ventura County Watershed Protection District

Public Works Agency Ventura County Watershed Protection District J Street Drain Project Addendum to Environmental Impact Report January 13, 2015

Public Works Agency PROJECT REACHES 1 & 2 January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 2

Public Works Agency PROJECT REACHES 3 & 4 January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 3

EXISTING J ST DRAIN EIR Public Works Agency Certified by your Board on March 27, 2012 Requests from private citizens, environmental organizations, and City of Oxnard to select the underground box culvert alternative 2009 Draft EIR 2011 Recirculated DEIR 2012 FEIR Certification Hearing Board instructed staff to seek supplemental funding for box culvert, and return with a revised CEQA document if successful January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 4

FEIR CHANNEL ALTERNATIVES* Public Works Agency A – Reinforced Box Culvert (Addendum to EIR: Preferred Alternative) B – Vertical Wall Channel (EIR: Preferred Alternative) C – Low Flow Channel with Overflow Area D – Dual Reinforced Box Culvert (not south of Hueneme Road) E – Natural Channel Section *Not to Scale January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 5

Public Works Agency REACH 1 CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION: JANUARY 2015 (UPSTREAM END) January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 6

Public Works Agency REACH 1 CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION: JANUARY 2015 (DOWNSTREAM END) January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 7

SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING Public Works Agency January 2013: Submitted Proposition 1E Stormwater Flood Management Program Grant Application – No Funding Awarded April 2013: Submitted Proposition 84 Integrated Regional Water Management Implementation Grant Application (One of 6 Local Projects) January 13, 2015 Awarded 4,419,000 for Reach 2 Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert in February 2014 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 8

Public Works Agency GRANT PROJECT TASKS/SCHEDULE Reaches 2 – 4 CEQA Addendum Approval: January 2015 Update Existing/Obtain New Permits: June 2015 Reach 2 Only 50% Project Design: April 2015 100% Project Design: October 2015 Advertise Construction Contract: January 2016 Award Construction Contract: April 2016 Complete Construction: September 2017 January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 9

Public Works Agency EXISTING VIEW HUENEME ROAD AT J STREET January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 10

Public Works Agency POSSIBLE PARK ENTRANCE HUENEME ROAD AT J STREET January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 11

Public Works Agency ADDENDUM TO THE J ST DRAIN EIR Potentially Significant Impacts are Similar to the EIR and Mitigated Below a Significant Level Visual Resources Biological Resources Hazardous Materials Cultural Resources Water Resources and Waste Treatment and Hydraulic Hazards Transportation and Circulation Noise and Vibration Geologic and Seismic Hazards Disposal Public Health Greenhouse Gas Emissions January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 12

MITIGATION REVISION Public Works Agency Visual Resources: Mitigation Measure VIS-1 Previous: The District shall provide landscaping to replace the oleander bushes removed along J Street Drain between Hueneme Rd. & Redwood St. by agreement with the City of Oxnard. Landscaping shall be replaced incrementally, within 6 months of completion of each project phase. New: By agreement with the District, the City of Oxnard shall create & maintain a linear multi-use trail and/or park atop those portions of the J Street Drain that are converted from open channel to buried box culverts. Installation of the linear park shall occur incrementally, and shall begin as funding is identified. A multi-use trail/park design shall be developed within 3 years after finishing construction of each reach. Until the linear park is installed, the City shall be responsible for maintaining its alignment free of weeds, trash, or other deleterious materials. January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 13

REQUEST Public Works Agency Approve Changes to Reaches 2 – 4 of the J Street Drain Project Approve the EIR Addendum Authorize WPD Director to Sign and File the Notice of Determination Authorize WPD Director to Take all Actions Necessary to Carry out the Project January 13, 2015 Ventura County Watershed Protection District Slide 14