KHTS has it first:
Newhall Land officials today released a draft environmental impact report on the Landmark Village project, the first of four villages planned as part of the Newhall Ranch development.
The release opens a 45-day comment period that precedes the developer’s request for approval from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which is scheduled sometime in mid-year. The overall Newhall Ranch Specific Plan was approved by the board in 2003; the draft village EIR gives the county a vehicle to ensure that the Landmark plans are in sync with the plan approved seven years ago.
According to the article, the project calls for 300 single family homes and 1,100 condos / apartments / townhomes.
Also
Landmark Village includes several “green” elements, including 13 square miles of preserved open space, including wildlife corridors and preservation of the Santa Clara River and the majority of oak trees in the area. A 167-acre preserve for the rate Spineflower plant has been set aside and open space will provide habitat for special-status wildlife species such as the least Bell’s vireo, white-tailed kite, arroyo chub, southwestern pond turtle, Santa Ana sucker and the unarmored three-spined stickleback.
In addition, the site includes preservation of the eight-acre Asistencia de San Francisco Xavier site, which has been dedicated to The Archeological Conservancy and land that has been donated to the local Tataviam tribe to build an interpretive cultural center.
Newhall Land also stressed low environmental impact in the design of housing close to commerce centers and the availability of trails accessing nearby recreational areas.
Copies of the EIR are available at City Hall and all local libraries.
Jeff’s Edit: Newhall Land has also released a “Briefing Book” which functions as sort of an easy-to-read summary of mitigations, plans and development details. It should be considered a marketing document, but it’s useful to look at anyway.
Noooooooo!
It’s been 6 months since there were any updates on the project, and BAM! EIR for the first village.
I’ve read the Specific Plan from 7 years ago, and it is really far off from how they’re planning it now. The boundaries and names of the villages are completely different, for one.
PS. Anyone have any idea where I should go in City Hall to get a copy of the EIR?
The EIR should be available on the regional planning portion of the county website. But I havn’et checked for it yet.
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Found it. 2407 pages, fun!