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March 2023

Upcoming Hearing: City Council Hearing Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 5:30pm

November 2022

The Heritage Ridge Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) was originally released in February 2022 prior to the first Planning Commission hearing scheduled for the Heritage Ridge project in February 2022.  Between February 2022 and April 2022, the City received additional comments regarding the project.  A Preface chapter has been added to the Final EIR addressing the comments received after the close of the public review period. No additional changes have been made to the February 2022 Final EIR other than to add the Preface chapter.

The October 2022 Final EIR incorporates responses to comments received on the Revised Draft EIR that was circulated for review in Spring of 2021 along with the comments received earlier this year.  The specific dates that the Revised Draft EIR was circulated for public review occurred between May 14, 2021 through June 28, 2021. FLT Heritage Ridge TG, LLC, GF Frontier LLC, in partnership with Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara, are the applicants for the project as described below.

The original draft EIR was circulated for public review in June of 2016. Since that time the scope of the project has changed (reduction in units) and changes had occurred to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) checklist.  The project originally proposed 360 apartments (228 market rate and 132 Senior Apartments).  The project has been revised to 332 units (228 market rate and 102 senior and family two supportive affordable units with two manager units). Further, the applicant has redesigned their project to address comments received on the Revised Draft EIR, in particular, on the streamside protection area buffer to meet the 100’ setback requirement. The changes/revisions warranted additional analysis resulting in updates/additions to the Revised Draft EIR.       

Current Project Description:

  1. A General Plan Amendment (14-049-GPA) to remove a designation of Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area (ESHA) on the Open Space Map (Figure 3-5 in the Open Space Element of the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan) and on the Special Status Species and Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas Map (Figure 4-1 in the Conservation Element of the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan).
  2. A Vesting Tentative Map (14-049-VTM) to allow the subdivision of the existing 17.36 gross acre (16.2 net acres) project site from 13 lots to 4 lots (2 lots for the Affordable housing complex, 1 lot for the market housing, and 1 lot for the public park). The subdivision map would also vacate two unused roads (Via Maya and Via Luisa) and facilitate an exchange of road and slope easements along Los Carneros Road.
  3. Development Plan (14-049-DP), pursuant to GMC § 35-317, to allow construction of 332 rental units with associated private recreational facilities. The rental units would be broken into two “neighborhoods” as follows: 102 up to a 100% supportive-units comprised of both senior affordable housing and family affordable housing units and two managers units, with separate recreational facilities; and 228 market-rate rental units with separate recreational facilities including a swimming pool.  State Density Bonus parking reduction concession is included  for the project.
  4. Vacation and acceptance of portions of right of way and landscape easements adjacent to Los Carneros Road per Streets & Highway Code Section 8324 (b) as mentioned in Item 2 above.
  5. Dedication of an approximately 2-acre public park to the City.

Location:

The project site is located in the Inland area of the City and is situated on unaddressed parcels located on the north side of Camino Vista between Aero Camino and Calle Koral Roads in the City of Goleta, Santa Barbara County (APNs 073-060-031 through -043). Access to the Heritage Ridge site is from Camino Vista Road.  The 17.36 gross acre (16.2 net acres) Heritage Ridge site is bounded on its north by Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks, on the east by industrial buildings on Aero Camino Road, on its south by Camino Vista Road and Willow Springs II apartments, and on its west by S. Los Carneros Road/Overpass.

The Project site had a General Plan land use designation of Medium-Density Residential (R-MD) with an Affordable Housing Overlay and had a Zoning designation of Design Residential (DR-20) prior to April 3, 2020.  Since April 3, 2020, the property’s zoning designation is Medium Density Residential (R-MD).  As the project was deemed complete prior to September 1, 2019, the development is being consider using Article III, Inland Zoning Ordinance.

CHANGES REQUIRING RECIRCULATION OF THE REVISED DRAFT EIR

As stated previously, the Draft EIR was circulated for public review in 2016 and the administrative draft Final EIR was completed in 2018. Since 2018, the project has been revised to change the mix of units from market rate and senior units to include a senior and family affordable housing component (targeting senior and family residents), reduction in the total number of housing units from 360 to 332 units, and to provide increased right-of-way along Los Carneros Road, resulting in a building setback shift along this roadway. The affordable unit component maybe up to 100% supportive housing if necessary, and if funding is secured.  Finally, the application was revised to remove the request for a parking modification because, as an affordable housing development, the project would qualify for reduced affordable housing parking requirements in accordance with Gov. Code Section 65915.

These changes required revision to the EIR Project Description as well as updated analysis in the following issue areas: air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, land use, noise, public services, transportation, and utilities and service systems. The proposed revisions to the project do not substantially change the overall development footprint or the project footprint relative to identified archaeological and/or tribal cultural resources on the project site.

Moreover, since completion of the prior Draft EIR, new regulatory requirements and updated CEQA guidelines and thresholds (updated in late-2018), as well as changes to the project-level environmental and cumulative setting in the vicinity of the Project have occurred. As a result of these changes, additional analysis of topics, including air quality, greenhouse gas emissions transportation impact (thresholds have changed from Level of Service to Vehicles Miles Traveled), energy demand, tribal cultural resources, and wildfire risk, were added to the EIR.

Therefore, revisions to the prior Draft EIR are reflected in Section 2.0, Project Description, Sections 4.2 (Air Quality), 4.3 (Biological Resources), 4.4 (Cultural and Tribal Cultural), 4.6 (Greenhouse Gas), 4.9 (Land Use), 4.10 (Noise), 4.11 (Public Services), 4.13 (Transportation), 4.14 (Utilities) and 6.0 (Alternatives) of the Draft EIR. The cumulative setting/baseline has also been updated in Section 3.0, Related Projects. Further, new sections 4.16 and 4.17 have been added to the Revised Draft EIR in the areas of energy and wildfire, respectively, that were not included in the original Draft EIR. Section 6.0, Alternatives, was also updated to reflect the project description changes and changes to other sections of the Draft EIR. This recirculation also includes the relevant portions of appendices as originally contained in the Draft EIR and supplemented, as necessary, as a result of updates to the Project.

AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL EIR

Significant and unavoidable project specific and cumulative impacts (Class I) are identified in the areas of; cultural resources (cumulative); noise (short construction noise impacts); and utilities and service systems (solid waste project and cumulative).

Potentially significant, but mitigatable, impacts on the environment (Class II) are anticipated in the areas of: aesthetics and visual resources (building heights/massing compatibility & lighting); air quality (exposure of sensitive receptors); biological resources (nesting/foraging birds, indirect habitat impacts/ wildlife linkage); cultural resources (impacts on Native American Site #CA-SBA-56); geology and soils (liquefaction potential, expansive and erodible soils); and hydrology and water quality (alteration of drainage patterns/increased impermeability).

Since the last Planning Commission meeting on April 25, 2022, the EIR has been updated to add a PREFACE Chapter, to incorporate some minor changes resulting from public comments received. The remainder of the Final EIR has not been changed

Planning Commission- November 14, 2022

The Planning Commission hearing will hold a meeting to review of the project and to consider the adequacy of the FEIR and the merits of the project.  

The Planning Commission will be acting in an advisory capacity to the City Council and will make a recommendation regarding the project components. The City Council will be the decision makers for this project at a public hearing that has not been scheduled yet. 

For further information on the project, contact Supervising Senior Planner Mary Chang at (805) 961-7567 or mchang@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org. 

Updated Final EIR and Appendices A-O links below include a preface to Volume 1 and public comment (Appendix O)

Mitigation and Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) 

NOTICES:

February 2022

The Heritage Ridge Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) has been prepared incorporating response to comments received on the Revised Draft EIR that was circulated for review in Spring of 2021.  The specific dates that the Revised Draft EIR was circulated for public review occurred between May 14, 2021 through June 28, 2021. FLT Heritage Ridge TG, LLC in partnership with Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara, and the Towbes Group of Towbes, LLC, are the applicants for the project as described below.

 The original draft EIR was circulated for public review in June of 2016. Since that time the scope of the project has changed (reduction in units) and changes had occurred to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) checklist.  The project originally proposed 360 apartments (228 market rate and 132 Senior Apartments).  The project has been revised to 332 units (228 market rate and 104 senior and family supportive affordable units). Further, the applicant has redesigned their project to address comments received on the Revised Draft EIR in particular, on the streamside protection area buffer to meet the 100’ setback requirement. The changes/revisions warranted additional analysis resulting in updates/additions to the Revised Draft EIR.       

Current Project Description:

  1. A General Plan Amendment (14-049-GPA) to remove a designation of Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area (ESHA) on the Open Space Map (Figure 3-5 in the Open Space Element of the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan) and on the Special Status Species and Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas Map (Figure 4-1 in the Conservation Element of the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan).
  2. A Vesting Tentative Map (14-049-VTM) to allow the subdivision of the existing 17.36 gross acre (16.2 net acres) project site from 13 lots to 4 lots (2 lots for the Affordable housing complex, 1 lot for the market housing, and 1 lot for the public park). The subdivision map would also vacate wo unused roads (Via Maya and Via Luisa), and facilitate an exchange of road and slope easements along Los Carneros Road.
  3. Development Plan (14-049-DP), pursuant to GMC § 35-317, to allow construction of 332 rental units with associated recreational facilities. The rental units would be broken into two “neighborhoods” as follows: 104 up to a 100% supportive-units comprised of both senior affordable housing and family affordable housing units with separate recreational facilities; and 228 market-rate rental units with separate recreational facilities including a swimming pool. The affordable units will be offered at the very low/low income levels.
  4. Vacation and acceptance of portions of right of way and landscape easements adjacent to Los Carneros Road per Streets & Highway Code Section 8324 (b) as mentioned in Item 2 above.
  5. Dedication of an approximately 2-acre public park to the City.

Location:

The project site is located in the Inland area of the City and is situated on unaddressed parcels located on the north side of Camino Vista between Aero Camino and Calle Koral Roads in the City of Goleta, Santa Barbara County (APNs 073-060-031 through -043). Access to the Heritage Ridge site is from Camino Vista Road.  The 17.36 gross acre (16.2 net acres) Heritage Ridge site is bounded on its north by Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks, on the east by industrial buildings on Aero Camino Road, on its south by Camino Vista Road and Willow Springs II apartments, and on its west by S. Los Carneros Road/Overpass.

The Project site had a General Plan land use designation of Medium-Density Residential (R-MD) with an Affordable Housing Overlay and had a Zoning designation of Design Residential (DR-20) prior to April 3, 2020.  Since April 3, 2020, the property’s zoning designation is  Medium Density Residential (R-MD).  As the project was deemed complete prior to September 1, 2019, the development is being consider using Article III, Inland Zoning Ordinance.

CHANGES REQUIRING RECIRCULATION OF THE REVISED DRAFT EIR

As stated previously, the Draft EIR was circulated for public review in 2016 and the administrative draft Final EIR was completed in 2018. Since 2018, the project has been revised to change the mix of units from market rate and senior units to include  a senior and family affordable housing component (targeting low/very low senior and family residents), reduction in the total number of housing units from 360 to 332 units, and to provide increased right-of-way along Los Carneros Road, resulting in a building setback shift along this roadway. The affordable unit component maybe up to 100% supportive housing if necessary funding is secured.  Finally, the application was revised to remove the request for a parking modification because, as an affordable housing development, the project would qualify for reduced affordable housing parking requirements in accordance with Gov. Code Section 65915.

These changes required revision to the EIR Project Description as well as updated analysis in the following issue areas: air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, land use, noise, public services, transportation, and utilities and service systems. The proposed revisions to the project do not substantially change the overall development footprint or the project footprint relative to identified archaeological and/or tribal cultural resources on the project site.

Moreover, since completion of the prior Draft EIR, new regulatory requirements and updated CEQA guidelines and thresholds (updated in late-2018), as well as changes to the project-level environmental and cumulative setting in the vicinity of the Project have occurred. As a result of these changes, additional analysis of topics, including air quality, greenhouse gas emissions transportation impact (thresholds have changed from Level of Service to Vehicles Miles Traveled), energy demand, tribal cultural resources, and wildfire risk, were added to the EIR.

Therefore, revisions to the prior Draft EIR are reflected in Section 2.0, Project Description, Sections 4.2 (Air Quality), 4.3 (Biological Resources), 4.4 (Cultural and Tribal Cultural), 4.6 (Greenhouse Gas), 4.9 (Land Use), 4.10 (Noise), 4.11 (Public Services), 4.13 (Transportation), 4.14 (Utilities) and 6.0 (Alternatives) of the Draft EIR. The cumulative setting/baseline has also been updated in Section 3.0, Related Projects. Further, new sections 4.16 and 4.17 have been added to the Revised Draft EIR in the areas of energy and wildfire, respectively, that were not included in the original Draft EIR. Section 6.0, Alternatives, was also updated to reflect the project description changes and changes to other sections of the Draft EIR. This recirculation also includes the relevant portions of appendices as originally contained in the Draft EIR and supplemented, as necessary, as a result of updates to the Project.

AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL EIR

Significant and unavoidable project specific and cumulative impacts (Class I) are identified in the areas of; cultural resources (cumulative); noise (short construction noise impacts); and utilities and service systems (solid waste project and cumulative).

Potentially significant, but mitigatable, impacts on the environment (Class II) are anticipated in the areas of: aesthetics and visual resources (building heights/massing compatibility & lighting); air quality (exposure of sensitive receptors); biological resources (nesting/foraging birds, indirect habitat impacts/ wildlife linkage); cultural resources (impacts on Native American Site #CA-SBA-56); geology and soils (liquefaction potential, expansive and erodible soils); and hydrology and water quality (alteration of drainage patterns/increased impermeability).

Upcoming Hearing:

A Planning Commission hearing will be held to commence review of the project and to consider the adequacy of the FEIR and the merits of the project on Monday, February 28, 2022 at 6:00 P.M. as a Teleconference Meeting. A meeting link will be provided on the Planning Commission agenda which will be posted on the City’s website approximately 72 hours prior.

For more information about this project, contact project planner Mary Chang at 805-961-7567 or mchang@cityofgoleta.org

Final EIR and Appendices A-N links below

Mitigation and Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP)

NOTICE

 

May 2021

Revision to the Draft EIR have been prepared and the City invites comments on the adequacy and completeness of the environmental analysis and mitigation measures described in the Revised Draft EIR from May 14, 2021 through June 28, 2021. FLT Heritage Ridge TG, LLC in partnership with the Towbes Group of Towbes, LLC have submitted a revised project as described below. In addition, the Housing Authority of Santa Barbara would be the developer for a supportive/affordable housing unit component.

The original draft EIR was circulated for public review in June of 2016. Since that time the scope of the project has changed (reduction in units) including changes made to the California Environmental Quality Act checklist.  These changes along with the revised project results in additional environmental analysis being needed to the original draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that warrants recirculation.  The project originally proposed 360 apartments (228 market rate and 132 Senior Apartments).  The project has been revised to 332 units (228 market rate and 104 senior and family supportive affordable units).          

Current Project Description (the revisions are underlined):

A General Plan Amendment (14-049-GPA) to remove a designation of Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area (ESHA) on the Open Space Map (Figure 3-5 in the Open Space Element of the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan) and on the Special Status Species and Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas Map (Figure 4-1 in the Conservation Element of the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan).

  1. A Vesting Tentative Map (14-049-VTM) to allow the subdivision of the existing 17.36 gross acre (16.2 net acres) project site from 13 lots to 4 lots (2 lots for the Affordable housing complex, 1 lot for the market housing, and 1 lot for the public park). The subdivision map would also abandon two unused roads (Via Maya and Via Luisa).
  2. Development Plan (14-049-DP) pursuant to GMC § 35-317 to allow construction of 332 rental units with associated recreational facilities. The rental units would be broken into two “neighborhoods” as follows: 104 up to a 100% supportive-units comprised of both senior affordable housing and family affordable housing units with separate recreational facilities; and 228 market-rate rental units with separate recreational facilities including a swimming pool.The affordable units will be offered at the very low/low income levels.
  3. Streamside Protection Area (SPA) buffer reduction in the northeast corner of the project site, varying from 0’ to 33’.
  4. Vacation of portions of right of way and landscape easements adjacent to Los Carneros Road per Streets & Highway Code Section 8324 (b).

Also proposed is a two-acre neighborhood public park to be dedicated to the City in the center of the site and three above ground bio-retention basins including a 15,000 square foot bio-retention basin in the southeast portion of the site. The site would be served by three access points onto Camino Vista. Preliminary raw earthwork volumes are estimated at 178,000 cubic yards of cut and 15,500 cubic yards of fill and 115,000 cubic yards of export.

Location:

The project site is located in the Inland area of the City and is situated on unaddressed parcels located on the north side of Camino Vista between Aero Camino and Calle Koral Roads in the City of Goleta, Santa Barbara County (APNs 073-060-031 through -043). Access to the Heritage Ridge site is from Camino Vista Road.  The 17.36 gross acre (16.2 net acres) Heritage Ridge site is bounded on its north by Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks, on the east by industrial buildings on Aero Camino Road, on its south by Camino Vista Road and Willow Springs II apartments, and on its west by S. Los Carneros Road/Overpass. The Project site had a General Plan land use designation of Medium-Density Residential (R-MD) with an Affordable Housing Overlay and had a Zoning designation of Design Residential (DR-20) prior to April 3, 2020.  Since April 3, 2020, the property’s zoning designation is  Medium Density Residential (R-MD).  As the project was deemed complete prior to September 1, 2019, the development is being consider using Article III, Inland Zoning Ordinance.

CHANGES REQUIRING RECIRCULATION OF THE REVISED DRAFT EIR

As stated previously, the Draft EIR was circulated for public review in 2016 and the administrative draft Final EIR was completed in 2018. Since that time, the project has been revised to include the conversion of the senior component to an affordable housing component (targeting low/very low senior and family residents), reduction in the total number of housing units from 360 to 332 units, changed the mix of units from market rate and senior units to market rate (228 units) and affordable units (104 units) for senior and families, and to provide increased right-of-way along Los Carneros Road, resulting in a building setback shift along this roadway. The affordable unit component maybe up to 100% supportive housing if necessary funding is secured.  Finally, the application was revised to remove the request for a parking modification because, as an affordable housing development, the project would qualify for reduced affordable housing parking requirements in accordance with Gov. Code Section 65915.

These changes required revision to the EIR Project Description as well as updated analysis in the following issue areas: air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, land use, noise, public services, transportation, and utilities and service systems. The proposed revisions to the project does not substantially change the overall development footprint or the project footprint relative to identified tribal cultural resources on the project site.

Moreover, since completion of the prior Draft EIR for the prior design iteration of the project, new regulatory requirements and updated CEQA guidelines and thresholds (updated in late-2018), as well as changes to the project-level environmental and cumulative setting in the vicinity of the Project have occurred. As a result of these changes, additional analysis of topics, including air quality, greenhouse gas emissions transportation impact (thresholds have changed from Level of Service to Vehicles Miles Traveled), energy demand, tribal cultural resources, and wildfire risk, were added to the EIR.

Therefore, revisions to the prior Draft EIR are reflected in Section 2.0, Project Description, Sections 4.2 (Air Quality), 4.3 (Biological Resources), 4.4 (Cultural and Tribal Cultural), 4.6 (Greenhouse Gas), 4.9 (Land Use), 4.10 (Noise), 4.11 (Public Services), 4.13 (Transportation), 4.14 (Utilities) and 6.0 (Alternatives) of the Draft EIR. The cumulative setting/baseline has also been updated in Section 3.0, Related Projects. Further, new sections 4.16 and 4.17 have been added to the Revised Draft EIR in the areas of energy and wildfire, respectively, that were not included in the original Draft EIR. Section 6.0, Alternatives, was also updated to reflect the project description changes and changes to other sections of the Draft EIR. This recirculation also includes the relevant portions of appendices as originally contained in the Draft EIR and supplemented, as necessary, as a result of updates to the Project. 

PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE REVISED DRAFT EIR

The Revised Draft EIR is available for a 45-day public review period from May 14, 2021 to June 28, 2021. The Revised Draft EIR is available on the City’s website at https://www.cityofgoleta.org/your-city/planning-and-environmental-review/ceqa-review. Reviewers of this recirculated document should limit their comments to those that relate to the following chapters and sections of the Revised Draft EIR that have been revised or added and recirculated:

  • 2.0 Project Description
  • 3.0 Related Projects
  • 4.2 Air Quality
  • 4.3 Biological Resources
  • 4.4 Cultural and Tribal Cultural
  • 4.6 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • 4.9 Land Use
  • 4.10 Noise
  • 4.11 Public Services
  • 4.13 Transportation/Circulation
  • 4.14 Utilities and Service Systems
  • 4.16 Energy
  • 4.17 Wildfire
  • 6.0 Alternatives

Significant and unavoidable project specific and cumulative impacts (Class I) are identified in the areas of; cultural resources (cumulative); noise (short construction noise impacts); and utilities and service systems (solid waste project and cumulative).

Potentially significant, but mitigable, impacts on the environment (Class II) are anticipated in the areas of: aesthetics and visual resources (building heights/massing compatibility & lighting); air quality (exposure of sensitive receptors); biological resources (nesting/foraging birds, indirect habitat impacts/ wildlife linkage); cultural resources (impacts on Native American Site #CA-SBA-56); geology and soils (liquefaction potential, expansive and erodible soils); and hydrology and water quality (alteration of drainage patterns/increased impermeability).

Upcoming Hearing:

A hearing to receive comments on the Revised Draft EIR is scheduled to be held by the City’s Environmental Hearing Office (EHO) on Wednesday June 16, 2021 at 5:00 PM as a  Teleconference Meeting.  

The public may use the following link to participate in the hearing on June 16, 2021: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5654251055732327695

Webinar ID: 785-133-219

Environmental Hearing Notice 

Environmental Hearing Agenda

Heritage Ridge Environmental Hearing Presentation

Video Link to 6-16-2021 Environmental Officer Hearing (Note to access the recording you will need to Register first)

Minutes

For more information about this project, contact project planner Mary Chang at 805-961-7567 or mchang@cityofgoleta.org

REVISED (RECIRCULATED) DRAFT EIR

Volume 1 Revised Draft EIR Dated May 2021

Volume 2 Appendices

NOTICE

 

June 2016

The Towbes Group has requested approval of the Heritage Ridge 360 Rental Unit Apartment Project (Case NO. 14-049-GPA-VTM-DP).  The project description and location are provided below.  The City has completed a Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the Heritage Ridge Residential Project (Project). Further, the City invites comments on the adequacy and completeness of the environmental analysis and mitigation measures described in the Draft EIR from June 15, 2016 through August 1, 2016. 

Project Description:

The Project components include the following:

  1. A General Plan Amendment (14-049-GPA) to remove a designation of Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area (ESHA) on the Open Space Map (Figure 3-5 in the Open Space Element of the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan) and on the Special Status Species and Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas Map (Figure 4-1 in the Conservation Element of the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan).
  2. A Vesting Tentative Map (14-049-VTM) to allow the subdivision of the existing 17.36 gross acre (16.2 net acres) project site from 13 lots to 3 lots (1 lot for the senior housing complex, 1 lot for the workforce housing, and 1 lot for the publicly accessible park). The subdivision map would also abandon two unused roads (Via Maya and Via Luisa).
  3. A Development Plan (14-049-DP) pursuant to GMC § 35-317 to allow construction of 360 rental units with associated recreational facilities.  The rental units would be broken into two “neighborhoods” as follows: 132 rental apartments for seniors aged 62 years and older with separate recreational facilities including a swimming pool; and 228 workforce rental units (intended to be occupied by households whose head is in the workforce) with separate recreational facilities including a swimming pool.

Also proposed are: 1) a two-acre neighborhood park open to the public located in the center of the site; and 2) three above-ground bio-retention basins which includes a 15,000 square foot bio-retention basin in the southeast portion of the site.  The site would be served by three access points onto Camino Vista. Preliminary raw earthwork volumes are estimated at 178,000 cubic yards of cut and 15,500 cubic yards of fill and 115,000 cubic yards of export.

The Development Plan also includes a three (3) percent density bonus associated with the senior units and a modification to reduce the number of parking spaces.  The modification requests that the project be allowed to provide 152 parking spaces for senior apartments where 183 spaces are required and be allowed to provide 345 parking spaces for the workforce housing where 367 parking spaces are required. 

Location:

The property affected by the project is situated on unaddressed parcels located on the north side of Camino Vista between Aero Camino and Calle Koral Roads in the City of Goleta, Santa Barbara County (APNs 073-060-031 through -043). Access to the Heritage Ridge site is from Camino Vista Road.  The 17.36 gross acre (16.2 net acres) Heritage Ridge site is bounded on its north by Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks, on the east by industrial buildings on Aero Camino Road, on its south by Camino Vista Road and Willow Springs II Apartments, and on its west by S. Los Carneros Road/Overpass. 

Upcoming Hearings:

The Environmental Hearing Officer will take comments on the adequacy of the Draft EIR on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 5:30 pm.  The hearing will be held in the Goleta City Council Chambers located at 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta CA 93117. 

Staff Contact:

Comments on the Draft EIR and questions regarding the project and/or review process can be directed to Mary Chang, Supervising Senior Planner, at mchang@cityofgoleta.org or to Stephanie Diaz, Contract Planner, at sdiaz@cityofgoleta.org.  Ms. Chang and Ms. Diaz can be reached at 805-961-7543. 

Documents:

    Draft EIR by chapter:

    Draft EIR Appendices: