Specific Plan 3.0 Buildout Project

Specific Plan 3.0 Buildout Project

The City of Cypress (City) is the Lead Agency responsible for preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) addressing potential environmental impacts associated with the Specific Plan 3.0 Buildout Project (proposed project). The project site is bounded to the north by Cerritos Avenue, to the east by institutional and commercial uses along and near Walker Street, including churches as well as office and retail uses, to the west by Lexington Drive, and to the south by Katella Avenue and commercial uses. The proposed project consists of reasonably foreseeable buildout of a portion of the area governed by the Cypress Town Center and Commons Specific Plan 3.0 (Specific Plan), which is approximately 134 acres. The proposed project includes the approval of proposed Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 19247 (VTTM 19274). The land subject to VTTM 19247 is greater than the Specific Plan Area because VTTM 19247 includes Lots 8 and 9, which are part of the existing Grace Church property and include approximately 17.55 acres of land located outside the area governed by the Specific Plan. The environmental analyses in this Draft EIR do not consider future development of Lots 8 and 9. The development scenario evaluated in the Draft EIR will include 1,791 residential units and 480,000 square feet of non-residential uses on the land subject to VTTM 19274, as allowed under the approved Specific Plan. VTTM 19247 includes 14 numbered lots. The proposed project includes residential development on Lots 2 through 4, 7, and 10 through 14, non-residential development on Lots 10 through 14, and the development of park and recreational improvements on Lots 1, 5 and 6. The proposed project includes an extension of Moody Street from Cerritos Avenue to Katella Avenue, and a westerly extension of Vessels Circle from its current western terminus to where from its current western terminus to intersect with the proposed Moody Street extension. Additional private driveways, accessways and/or streets connecting to these streets and the other surrounding arterial streets would be constructed within the various lots; however, the location and size of those collector roads is unknown at this time. Additionally, the proposed project would include the widening of Lexington Drive within Lot B and the construction of residential streets to provide access directly to Cerritos Avenue. Required discretionary actions associated with the proposed project include the approval of VTTM 19247 and a Development Agreement pursuant to Section 65864 et seq. of the California Government Code. It should also be noted that employment metrics are not yet determined and will be assessed during project-specific development.

Cypress

Orange

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (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 Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 8

Residential (Units 1791, Acres 116), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 480000, Acres 26, Employees 1), Recreational (Public Park Space)

Planned Unit Development, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.)

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, 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, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire