Site #5 Elementary School Project

Site #5 Elementary School Project

The Fairfax School District (FSD or District, as Lead Agency) is proposing a new elementary school on a portion of a 20-acre undeveloped site (APN 173-191-01) located southwest of the intersection of S. Oswell Street and Zephyr Lane in the City of Bakersfield, California (Project). The site is within Section 3, Township 30 S Range 28 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. The new elementary school campus will serve the surrounding student population with hours between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and will serve 700 students and 70 teachers at full build-out. The site will include classrooms, administration offices, parking, and play areas, with an approximate area totaling 150,000 square feet (sq. ft.). Solar panels will be installed on building rooftops and/or used to create covered parking for staff and visitors. Access to the site will be from Oswell Street. Construction of the Project is anticipated to take approximately 9-12 months. The school will connect to the California Water Service water system and to the Kern Sanitation Authority sanitation district sewer system. Construction of the Project is anticipated to take approximately 9-12 months.

Bakersfield

Kern

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Education, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), 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 General Services (DGS), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Educational (new elementary school- up to 700 students)

Board of Trustees and CDE approvals

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