Ellwood Ranch Culvert Removal
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2007071130
Lead Agency
Santa Barbara County
Document Title
Ellwood Ranch Culvert Removal
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Agricultural/A-II-100 land use designation, 100 acre minimum lot size. AG-II-100 agricultural zone districts, minimum lot size of 100 acres.
Document Description
The project would remove an existing 8 foot diameter, 120 foot long corrugated metal pipe culvert from Ellwood Creek on Ellwood Ranch. The existing fill and private roadway associated with the culvert would also be removed, and the creek channel graded and re-aligned to improve flows. A new railroad-car bridge, previously permitted under Land Use Permit 06LUP-00000-00543, would be constructed in place of the existing culvert road. The newly graded creek banks would be protected with rock (rock slope protection, RSP) to 8 ½ feet above the channel bed (1 ½ feet above the 100 year flood level), and the remaining bank would remain earthen. Three sub-grade rock cut-off walls would be installed to a depth of 3 feet in the newly graded creek bed to stabilize the bed of the channel. The project would not require 2,246 cubic yards of cut, 726 cubic yards of fill, and export of approximately 1,700 cubic yards on-site to the existing agricultural areas. The project would not require removal of any native trees or vegetation; however the proposed grading would encroach into the critical root zones of two native trees. The newly graded creel banks would be planted with native vegetation, and the surrounding creek corridor would be restored per an approved restoration plan.
Contact Information
Name
Mark Walter
Agency Name
Santa Barbara County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Goleta
Counties
Santa Barbara
Cross Streets
Ellwood Ranch Road and Calle Real
Total Acres
191
Parcel #
049-100-017 & -028
State Highways
101
Waterways
Ellwood Creek, Winchester Creek, Pacific Ocean
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency
Development Types
Other (Culvert removal and creek re-configuration)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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