Bay Area Vipassana Center Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024030083
Lead Agency
Santa Clara County
Document Title
Bay Area Vipassana Center Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
General Plan Designation: Hillside. Zoning Designation: Hillside - Scenic Road (HS-sr).
Document Description
The Project is a camp and retreat center for teaching and practicing Vipassana meditation. The Project proposes to construct 18 structures totaling 53,260 square feet, demolish an accessory structure (barn), and install on-site improvements including a new 97,000-gallon water tank, driveway, access road, parking lot, new landscaping, sewage collection lines, septic tanks, effluent collection lines, wastewater treatment system (circulating textile filter system), pressure delivery effluent pipelines, pump stations, and subsurface drip irrigation. The total footprint of the Project would be approximately 10 acres in clusters, mostly along the eastern half of the 54.59-acre site. Project construction would take 5 years (60 months) and would occur over five phases.
Contact Information
Name
Darcy Kremin
Agency Name
Environmental Science Associates (ESA)
Job Title
Senior Principal Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Name
Lara Tran
Agency Name
Santa Clara County
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Brian McNamara
Agency Name
Bay Area Vipassana Center
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Gilroy
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Redwood Retreat Road, El Matador Drive
Zip
95020
Total Acres
54.59
Jobs
30
Parcel #
756-30-024
State Highways
Route 152
Railways
None
Airports
None
Schools
None
Waterways
Little Arthur Creek, Uvas Creek
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), 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 17, 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 Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Commercial (Sq. Ft. 53260, Acres 1.223, Employees 30)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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