Merced County Enterprise Zone
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2006091037
Lead Agency
Merced County
Document Title
Merced County Enterprise Zone
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
The project area includes several different County communities and City jurisdictions the following General Plan and zoning designations: commercial, industrial, and agricultural. The present land uses include existing commercial, industrial, and agricultural-industrial uses and vacant, agricultural and pasture lands.
Document Description
The project would re-establish the Enterprise Zone in portions of Merced County and in certain areas within the cities of Atwater, Dos Palos, Gustine, Livingston, Los Banos, and Merced that are considered to be disadvantaged areas (i.e., high unemployment and low-income). The project objective is to generate new private sector economic growth in disadvantaged areas of Merced County and the cities of Atwater, Dos Palos, Gustine, Livingston, Los Banos, and Merced by providing access to a variety of incentives for increased employment and business investment within those areas.
Contact Information
Name
Robert A. Lewis
Agency Name
County of Merced
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Atwater, Dos Palos, Gustine, Livingston, Los Banos, Merced
Counties
Merced
Zip
95340
Total Acres
42,730
Parcel #
Various
State Highways
I-5,SR 99, 33, 59, 140, 152,165
Railways
ATSF, SPTC
Airports
Castle, Gustine, Los Banos,
Schools
85 Schools (K-12)
Waterways
Merced, San Joaquin & Chowchilla Rivers, Bear, Los Banos, Owens, Mariposa & Deadman Creeks
Base
MDB&M
Other Information
Airports Cont'd: Merced, and Turlock
Waterways Cont'd: Quinto, Romero, San Luis, O'Neil Forebay, and Burns Reservoirs
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency
Local Actions
Enterprise Zone Re-Establishment
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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