County of Orange Workforce Reentry Center Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025060043
Lead Agency
Orange County
Document Title
County of Orange Workforce Reentry Center Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
8/13/2025
Document Description
The County of Orange (County) proposes to develop a Workforce Reentry Center (proposed project) on an approximately 4.6-acre property located at 561 The City Drive South in the City of Orange (City), California (Assessor’s Parcel Numbers [APNs] 231-091-02, 231-091-03, 231-091-07, 231-091-09, and 231-271-02). The proposed project would provide transitional housing and vocational training for adult individuals involved in the criminal justice system or other County systems of care to facilitate their transition into the workforce. The proposed project would develop the project site with three buildings: a 37,200 square foot office/vocational building, a 16,166 square foot retail/culinary building, and a 26,998 square foot supportive housing and services building. Ancillary site improvements would include utility infrastructure connections/relocations, landscaping, and hardscaping, including surface parking and a new internal circulation roadway. Minor off-site improvements are proposed for The City Drive South and West Metropolitan Drive to improve vehicular access to the project site, including traffic signal modifications, restriping, and median modifications. Construction activities under the proposed project would include excavation to a depth of up to 16 feet below ground surface.
Contact Information
Name
Cindy Salazar
Agency Name
OC Public Works
Job Title
Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Orange
Counties
Orange
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
The City Drive South, Metropolitan Drive
Zip
92868
Total Acres
4.6
Parcel #
231-091-02, 231-091-03, 231-091-07, 231-091-09, and 231-271-02
State Highways
I-5, SR-22, SR-57
Railways
None
Airports
UCI Medical Center Heliport
Schools
Multiple
Waterways
Santa Ana River
Township
4S
Range
10W
Section
36
Base
SB
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
County of Orange
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Orange
Final Environmental Document Available at
OC Public Works, OC Development
Services/Planning, 601 N. Ross Street, First Floor, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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