SPA-GPA/ZC No. 19-0342 (McAllister Ranch Groundwater Banking Project)

SPA-GPA/ZC No. 19-0342 (McAllister Ranch Groundwater Banking Project)

The Project is a change to the land use designation of approximately 2,072 acres of undeveloped land, commonly known as McAllister Ranch (Property) in western Bakersfield to enable the construction and operation of a groundwater recharge and recovery facility. The Project would include and involve a Specific Plan Amendment/General Plan Amendment to rescind the McAllister Ranch Specific Plan, amend the Land Use Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield General Plan (MBGP), amend the Circulation Element of the MBGP, and amend the Housing Element of the MBGP; Zone Change for the Property; and design, construction, and approval of a water banking facility, including water conveyance to and from the Property and spreading and recovery facilities onsite.

Bakersfield

Kern

Citywide

Other (groundwater banking facility)

General Plan Amendment, Rezone

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, 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, Social, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife, Other

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), 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 Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 12, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)