UPPER WESTSIDE SPECIFIC PLAN

UPPER WESTSIDE SPECIFIC PLAN

The Project is a Specific Plan that encompass approximately 2,066 acres in the unincorporated Natomas community of Sacramento County, approximately 3.5 miles from downtown Sacramento. The Project area is bounded by Interstate 80 to the south, the West Drainage Canal to the east, Fisherman’s Lake Slough to the north, and Garden Highway to the west. The Project is located outside of the County’s Urban Policy Area (UPA) and Urban Services Boundary (USB), but is bounded on three sides by the City of Sacramento, bordering the communities of North and South Natomas. The Project area is mostly agricultural, but has existing agricultural residential homes inside the northeastern and southwestern boundaries, and commercial uses located near the intersection of El Centro Road and West El Camino Avenue. Existing General Plan Land Use designations include Agricultural Cropland, Agricultural Residential, Commercial and Office, and Recreation. A number of individuals own property within the Project area. The Specific Plan encompasses 2,066-acres and contains two geographic issues including a Development area totaling 1,524- acres planned for development with urban uses and a 542-acre Agriculture Buffer (Ag Buffer) along the western edge of the plan area where land uses will remain agricultural, which provides a physical separation between the Development area’s urban uses and existing residential uses along Garden Highway. The project envisions a community with a 1,532± acre Development Area and a 534± acre Ag Buffer Area that is located west of the Development Area, providing a transition to the Garden Highway. Within the Development Area, the applicant has proposed an urban, commercial mixed-use town center district near the intersection of El Centro Road and West El Camino Avenue surrounded by neighborhoods. The Development Area includes 9,356± dwelling units and 3,096,245± square feet of commercial uses, with three K-8 school sites, one high school site, and several parks. Other amenities include trail networks, a greenbelt and urban farm corridor, and a canal system that will all encourage pedestrian and bicycle use by providing connections between neighborhoods.

Natomas, Sacramento

Sacramento

Countywide, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (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 3 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, 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, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 9, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Conservation (DOC)

California Department of Conservation (DOC)

Residential (Units 9356, Acres 852.2), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 3, Acres 136.1, Employees 1), Educational (146.1 ac), Recreational (73.5 ac)

General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Rezone, Annexation

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Archeological/Historical, Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading