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CITY OF MOORPARK
TO: The Honorable City Council ( /�,� G
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FROM: Nelson Miller, Director of Comuoaunity Developme'''
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, Senior Planner -1)5-r
DATE: March 25, 1997 (CC Meeting of 4 -2 -97)
SUBJECT: CONSIDER DRAFT COMMENTS ON MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND
INITIAL STUDY FOR M- MAINTENANCE CONSTRUCTION CLEAN -UP, INC.,
COUNTY OF VENTURA CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) NO. 4970
M- Maintenance Construction Clean -up has submitted an application for a
CUP to the County of Ventura to use 14.5 acres of a 205 -acre developed
parcel off of Shekell Road for recycling materials recovered from new
residential construction sites. The proposed project site was previously
used as an egg ranch (Egg City) for approximately 30 years and is located
north of the City of Moorpark, at the intersection of Shekell Road and
State Highway 23 (see attached location map). No new construction or site
development is proposed. The proposed permit area includes five concrete
pads, surrounded and separated by a 30 -foot asphalt roadway, and an
existing 6,240 square foot warehouse that will be used for the recycling
operations. The proposed hours of operations will be Monday through
Friday 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Following in the Discussion Section are recommended comments on the
Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Study that are proposed to be
included in a comment letter to the County of Ventura.
DISCUSSION
1. Page 14, Noise and Vibration - The conclusion that the project will
not result in a significant cumulative traffic noise impact along
State Highway 23 through the City of Moorpark is not consistent with
the conclusions in the Transit Mixed Concrete Project (County CUP
4933) Final Environmental Impact Report. Similar mitigation
measures should be imposed.
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2. Page 15, Transportation Circulation, Public Roads and Highways, (1)
and (2) Levels of Service and Safety /Design - The City does not
concur with the conclusion that the proposed project will not exceed
the City of Moorpark thresholds of significance. The referenced
Traffic Study dated July 26, 1996, and prepared by Penfield & Smith,
incorrectly identifies the City of Moorpark significance criteria
for intersections with a level of service (LOS) D or below. For
an intersection operating at LOS D, E, or F, the City considers any
increase in traffic to be significant, and thus requiring
mitigation. In addition, the Traffic Study and Transportation
Circulation section in the Initial Study do not adequately address
all potential LOS impacts due to outdated traffic count and traffic
model information that has been used in the referenced Traffic
Study. The outdated traffic information has resulted in an
understatement of the projected LOS impacts. Intersections in the
City which are projected to operate at LOS D or E in the Year 2005,
without improvements, include Moorpark Avenue and Los Angeles
Avenue, Spring Road and Los Angeles Avenue, Science Drive and New
Los Angeles Avenue, and Tierra Rejada Road and Los Angeles Avenue.
Recent traffic count and traffic model information can be obtained
from the City's Community Development Department.
3. Page 15, Transportation Circulation, Project Specific Traffic
Mitigations - Mitigation Measure (b) was added after the Traffic
Study was prepared, and prohibits project related truck traffic on
the following roads: north on State Route 23 from Egg City Gate B,
all of Stockton Road, lower Grimes Canyon Road (south of Broadway),
west on Shekell Road from Egg City main gate, and all of Balcom
Canyon Road. This mitigation measure will revise the assumed trip
distribution and increase the number of trips on State Routes 23 and
118 through the City of Moorpark. The impacts of this mitigation
measure on roadway intersections within the City of Moorpark should
be addressed.
4. Page 16, Transportation Circulation, Cumulative Traffic Impact
Mitigations - As previously identified, other intersections within
the City may also require improvements for cumulative traffic
impacts. A mitigation measure should also be included which limits
the total number of daily truck and employee trips for the life of
the conditional use permit. (The applicant has proposed that the
recycling facility will receive a maximum of 50 incoming truck loads
per day and that the total number of employees will be 8.)
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For the record, the County's traffic fee mitigation program does not
provide funding for any roadway improvements within the City limits,
such as the proposed State Route 23 and 118 bypass arterials. Key
intersections along Moorpark Avenue and Los Angeles Avenue will
operate at an unacceptable level of service, as defined by the
Ventura County Congestion Management Plan and City General Plan, if
the future roadway improvements assumed for City and County General
Plan buildout are not constructed. The proposed project's
cumulative traffic impact is, therefore, considered to be
significant and adverse, and we concur with the mitigation
requirement for the applicant to participate in any reciprocal
traffic mitigation fee agreement between the City and the County
that is designed to reduce the cumulative traffic impacts.
Given that the City Council previously directed staff to express the
City's opposition to the Transit Mixed Concrete Project, which also
resulted in cumulative adverse traffic and noise impacts, staff's intent
is to include a statement of opposition to the M- Maintenance Construction
Clean -up Project in the comment letter to the County.
Direct staff t<
opposition to
addresses City
Declaration and
prepare a letter
the M- Maintenance
Council and staff
Initial Study.
Attachment: Location Map
to the County, which expresses City
Construction Clean -up Project and
comments on the Mitigated Negative
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