Santa Clara River Trail Final Master Plan - Development Services ...

Santa Clara River Trail Final Master Plan - Development Services ... Santa Clara River Trail Final Master Plan - Development Services ...

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Chapter 4: Entitlement Process and Policy Review Ventura County Public Works Agency Building Permit: The Public Works Agency would utilize a building permit process to review the landscaping, habitat restoration and irrigation plans. VRSD Ventura Regional Sanitation District and the City of Oxnard manage post closure operations for the Coastal Landfill (owed by VRSD) and the Santa Clara Landfill (owned by the City of Oxnard). Segment 1 of the proposed bike path along the levy road north of the River Ridge Golf Course overlies the Santa Clara Landfill and appears to be within the Landfill property boundary line. An amendment to the existing Closure/Post-Closure Plan for Santa Clara landfill would be required for development overlying the historic landfill. The City may undertake these amendments on its own or retain the VRSD to provide this service. The California Department of Resource Recycling and Recovery and the Ventura County Resource Management Agency, Environmental Health Division, acting as the Local Enforcement Agency along with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (see above) have jurisdiction over this landfill as well and coordination with these agencies may be required. 64 | Alta Planning + Design

Santa Clara River Trail Plan Chapter 5: Benefit Cost Analysis A benefit-cost analysis provides an analysis of the merits of the Santa Clara River Trail project to the City of Oxnard and the regional transportation network. The cost-benefit analysis tool used in this analysis was developed by the National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board, National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 552: Guidelines for Analysis of Investments in Bicycle Facilities (NCHRP Report 552) (2006). This tool was applied by the East Bay Regional Park District for a TIGER II grant application for which the agency was awarded approximately $10 million 1 and is the standard benefitcost analysis methodology for bicycle facilities. This analysis places monetary value on benefits to existing cyclists, whose current levels of cycling will be increased; potential cyclists whose probability for riding will increase; and society at large, as a result of decreased driving. The model considers the following categories of benefits: Mobility benefits Health benefits Recreation benefits Reduced auto use benefits Methodology Estimated numbers of existing and new bicyclists are based on the 2005-2009 American Community Survey population estimates and GIS mapping. While the methodology used by the NCHRP Report 552 considers only the benefits for bicycle commuters and adult cyclists, the benefits for pedestrians are also substantial and are likely a sizeable fraction of the benefits calculated for cyclists. The total annual benefits are determined by summing the mobility, health, recreation, and reduced auto use benefits anticipated to result from implementation of the pathway. The monetary values of each benefit category were based on NCHRP Report 552 and summarized in Table 3. Table 3. Benefits Considered in the Analysis Benefit Description Who Benefits Value Mobility Individual preferences for different cycling environments Existing and new cyclists $4.08/trip, with two trips per day, five days/ week and 50 weeks/ year Health Annual per capita cost savings from physical activity New cyclists $128 Recreation “Typical” 40 minute cycling day New adult cyclists, excluding new bicycle commuters $10/day times 365 days Auto use Average 6-mile round-trip commute distance Commuter and other utilitarian cyclists $0.13/per mile 1 http://www.ebparks.org/news/09102010a City of Oxnard | 65

Chapter 4: Entitlement Process and Policy Review<br />

Ventura County Public Works Agency Building Permit: The Public Works Agency would utilize a<br />

building permit process to review the landscaping, habitat restoration and irrigation plans.<br />

VRSD<br />

Ventura Regional Sanitation District and the City of Oxnard manage post closure operations for the<br />

Coastal Landfill (owed by VRSD) and the <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Clara</strong> Landfill (owned by the City of Oxnard). Segment 1<br />

of the proposed bike path along the levy road north of the <strong>River</strong> Ridge Golf Course overlies the <strong>Santa</strong><br />

<strong>Clara</strong> Landfill and appears to be within the Landfill property boundary line. An amendment to the<br />

existing Closure/Post-Closure <strong>Plan</strong> for <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Clara</strong> landfill would be required for development overlying<br />

the historic landfill. The City may undertake these amendments on its own or retain the VRSD to provide<br />

this service. The California Department of Resource Recycling and Recovery and the Ventura County<br />

Resource Management Agency, Environmental Health Division, acting as the Local Enforcement Agency<br />

along with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (see above) have jurisdiction over this<br />

landfill as well and coordination with these agencies may be required.<br />

64 | Alta <strong>Plan</strong>ning + Design

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