Watsonville 2050 General Plan Environmental Impact Report
Summary
SCH Number
2024090440
Lead Agency
City of Watsonville
Document Title
Watsonville 2050 General Plan Environmental Impact Report
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
The General Plan land use designations in the plan area include Central Commercial, General Commercial, Industrial, Public/Quasi-Public, Residential High Density, and Residential Low Density.
Document Description
The City of Watsonville is preparing a comprehensive update of the Watsonville 2005 General Plan in response to changes in conditions in the City and new state laws enacted since the preparation of the existing General Plan. The projected growth in the 2050 General Plan envisions the addition of up to 5,980 new residential units and 1.725 million square feet of non-residential development. The 2050 General Plan will include goals, policies, and implementation actions – developed with extensive community input – to advance the City’s vision and community priorities, including: revitalizing Downtown Watsonville; introducing a range of new housing choices, both single-family and multi-family; attracting new employment and revenue-generating uses; maintaining the existing character of the City’s residential neighborhoods, preserving the City’s natural open spaces, especially the sloughs; improving the City’s existing parks and community facilities, and introducing new ones; accommodating planned passenger rail service, including a station in Downtown Watsonville; implementing complete streets improvements; and rerouting truck routes around town.
Contact Information
Name
Justin Meek
Agency Name
City of Watsonville, Community Development Department
Job Title
Assistant Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Marco Mendoza
Agency Name
Circlepoint
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Cities
Watsonville
Counties
Santa Cruz
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
N/A
Zip
N/A
Total Acres
4,200
Parcel #
N/A
State Highways
US-1, SR-152, SR-129
Airports
Watsonville Municipal Airport
Schools
Rolling Hills Middle, HA Hyde Elementary, Cesar Chavez Middle
Waterways
Struve Slough, Watsonville Slough, Pajaro River, Salsipuedes Creek
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), 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 Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 5, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (Comprehensive land use and zoning update)
Local Actions
General Plan Update
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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