[LACo Regional Planning] – The Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing on the Santa Clarita Valley Area Plan Update (aka One Valley One Vision) on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., in Room 381B of the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.  Interested persons will be given an opportunity to testify.

The Board will also consider the Final Environmental Impact Report and Mitigation Monitoring Plan associated with the project.

General description of proposal:

The Santa Clarita Valley Area Plan Update (Area Plan Update) is a component of One Valley One Vision (OVOV), a joint planning effort with the City of Santa Clarita.

Plan Amendment No. 2009-00006-(5) would repeal the current Area Plan, adopted in 1984 and subsequently amended, and would adopt the Area Plan Update that was developed through the OVOV effort.  The Area Plan Update includes the following Elements: Land Use, Circulation, Conservation and Open Space, Safety, and Noise.  In addition, Plan Amendment No. 2009-00006-(5) would also amend the current Countywide General Plan to clarify adopted provisions related to hillside management areas and to allow local plans, such as the Area Plan Update, to establish the allowable maximum residential densities in all hillside management areas.

Zone Change No. 2009-00009-(5) would change the zoning designations of parcels within the Bouquet Canyon, Castaic Canyon, Mount Gleason, Newhall, Sand Canyon, and Soledad Zoned Districts.  This change in zoning designations is necessary to ensure that zoning is consistent with the proposed Area Plan Update.  In addition, Zone Change No. 2009-00009-(5) would also amend the County Zoning Ordinance to clarify adopted provisions related to hillside management areas and to allow local plans, such the Area Plan Update, to establish the allowable maximum residential densities in all hillside management areas.

If you are unable to attend the public hearing but wish to send written comments in favor or opposed to the project, write to the Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors, Zoning Section, Room 383, Los Angeles, CA 90012, or e-mail comments to PublicHearing@bos.lacounty.gov (please indicate Project No. R2007-01229-(5) in the subject line).

You may obtain additional information concerning this project by contacting Mitch Glaser at (213) 974-6476 or mglaser@planning.lacounty.gov between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday (offices are closed on Fridays).  Callers from the Santa Clarita Valley may dial (661) 253-0111 toll free and then ask to be connected to (213) 974-6476.  Project materials are available on the Department of Regional Planning website at http://planning.lacounty.gov/ovov and at the following County libraries:

Acton/Agua Dulce Library

33792 Crown Valley Road

Acton, CA 93510

Castaic Library

27971 Sloan Canyon Road

Castaic, CA 91384

Assistive listening devices, agenda in Braille and/or alternate formats are available upon request.  American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, other auxiliary aids and services, or reasonable modifications to Board meeting policies or procedures to assist members of the disability community who would like to request a disability-related accommodation in addressing the Board, are available if requested at least three business days prior to the Board meeting.  Later requests will be accommodated to the extent feasible.  Please telephone the Executive Office of the Board at (213) 974-1431 (Voice) or (213) 974-1707 (TTY), from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Translation devices are available in Spanish upon request.  For any languages other than Spanish, please call our Customer Service Center for assistance at (213) 974?1411 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at least three days prior to the hearing.

If you have any questions regarding this hearing, please call the Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors, Zoning Section, at 213-974-1426.