Entrada South and Valencia Commerce Center (VCC) Project

Entrada South and Valencia Commerce Center (VCC) Project

The Entrada South and VCC Project implements the development within the Entrada South and VCC Planning Areas facilitated by the approved RMDP/SCP and analyzed in the State-certified EIR. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) certified the State-certified EIR in June 2017, at which time it also approved the RMDP/SCP and related State permits. The County was a responsible agency for the RMDP/SCP and participated in the State-certified EIR process through the receipt and review of the Draft and Final EIRs as well as the Draft and Final Additional Environmental Analysis and the submittal of comments, which were addressed by CDFW. The Entrada South and VCC Project is consistent with the Santa Clarita Valley Area Plan’s projected buildout and land use designations, as evaluated in the Area Plan EIR and approved by the County. For purposes of the Draft SEIR, the “2017 Project” refers to the resource management activities and development facilitated analyzed by the State-certified for the Entrada South and VCC Planning Areas. The Entrada South and VCC Project as currently proposed reflects minor changes and refinements related to the development of the Entrada South and VCC Planning Areas, as compared to the 2017 Project. As such, the Entrada South and VCC Project is referred to in the Draft SEIR as the “Modified Project.” Proposed development within the Entrada South Planning Area represents a reduction of 151 residential units and an increase of 280,000 square feet of commercial floor area as compared to the 2017 Project, as shown in the table, above. No changes are proposed for the VCC Planning Area compared to the 2017 Project. The Modified Project also includes enhanced environmental protections within each Planning Area. Within the Entrada South Planning Area, the Modified Project would increase environmental protections to jurisdictional waters and related biological resources within the Entrada South Planning Area as compared to the 2017 Project by the enhancement and restoration of portions of the Unnamed Canyon 2 drainage channel. In the VCC Planning Area, the Modified Project would provide increased environmental protections to wetlands and related biological resources by reducing permanent impacts to Hasley Creek and Castaic Creek compared to the 2017 Project. These environmentally beneficial refinements of the Modified Project would result in increased open space, restored drainage areas, and habitat for species compared to the 2017 Project. In order to implement the Modified Project, the following land use and zoning entitlements have been submitted: o Entrada South: Vesting Tentative Tract Map, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Parking Permit, Oak Tree Permit, Housing Permit, and Development Agreement o Valencia Commerce Center: Vesting Tentative Parcel Map, Oak Tree Permit, Parking Permit, and Development Agreement

Santa Clarita

Los Angeles

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), California Department of Education, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 15, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 16, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 22, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 7, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Residential (Units 1574, Acres 145), Commercial (Commercial, Office, Retail, and Hotel Uses)(Sq. Ft. 730000, Acres 57, Employees 2500), Industrial (Industrial/Business/Office Park)(Sq. Ft. 3400000, Acres 119, Employees 10200), Recreational (8,430 square feet of recreation centers), Other (Potential School Site; Spineflower Preserve; Open Space; Park)

Rezone, Use Permit, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Annexation, ES: Zone Change, VTTM, CUP, Housing Permit, Oak Tree Permit, Parking Permit, annexation into County Sanitation Districts of LA County; VCC: Dev Agreement, VTPM,

Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Archeological/Historical, Forest Land/Fire Hazard