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Ventura Meeting Documents
Up one levelBelow are the Ventura County Regional Watershed Planning Project Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) Meeting notes, presentations, memos and other documents available for download.
7/18/08 - Comments and Concept Letter for LA Regional Water Quality Control Board
This file includes a cover letter discussing opportunities to minimize stormwater impacts using smart growth planning practices, and includes a concept paper about how this could be done in the draft permit. Specifically, it discusses the Redevelopment Project Area Master Plan concept.
Ahwahnee Principles / RPAMP - Power Point Presentation - 5/15/08
Power Point presentation on the scale, location, and form of development and integrating these concepts into a stormwater permit.
SAC Meeting Notes - 4/19/07
Meeting Summary - The first meeting of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) for the Ventura County Watershed Planning Project began with introductions and background about the project. Following introductions we discussed needs and problems, as well as opportunities and potential solutions. We closed with discussion about what outcomes the project could achieve that would be most useful in addressing key issues. Participants raised many issues centering on issues of policy, education, collaboration, and funding/economics.
Ventura SAC Meeting Flip Chart Notes - 4/19/07
Flip chart notes categorized from brainstorming session.
Why Link Water and Land Use presentation - 6/15/07
Local Government Commission - This presentation gives a basic overview of the water cycle and hydrology, impacts of development on water, and floodplain management in relation to Ventura County.
Presentation to the Local Government Commission - 6/15/07
Ventura Countywide Stormwater Quality Management Program - This presentation gives an overview of the County-wide stormwater program highlights and successes, draft permit comments, permit process, and summary.
Planning & Land Development Program (Post Construction Measures) of the Ventura Countywide "Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System" (MS4) Permit - 6/15/07
Region Water Quality Control Board - This presentation gives an overview of the Planning and Land Development Program for New Development & Redevelopment, the stormwater permit program (NPDES permits), MS4 permits, and BMPs for implementation.
LGC Comments to LA RWQCB - Stormwater Benefits of Infill and Redevelompent - August 2007
This memo aims to clarify the stormwater benefits of infill and redevelopment, and presents three policy ideas for establishing a regulatory framework to support and provide credit for compact community design principles or “Smart Growth” in the Ventura Countywide Stormwater permit.
Watershed-based Planning Solutions for Ventura County Communities - 6/15/07
Clark Anderson - Local Government Commission - This presentation covers the Ahwahnee Water Principles and answers the question, "Why link water and land use?"
LGC Comments to LA RWQCB - Opportunities and Challenges for the Integrating Water and Land Use - October 2007
This memo discusses some of the challenges and opportunities in moving forward with the final permit, and suggests specific permit language for addressing these.
CSI Crime Scene Investigation - Zoning Code - 11/16/07
Lisa Nisenson - This presentation gives an overview of the code review and initial findings. The review sought to find which codes (or combination of codes) drive excess impervious cover at the regional and district level, and which aspects of the code (or combination of codes) drive excess impervious surface at the lot level (in particular, directly-connected impervious surfaces).
MEMO: Code Review Handout – overview and preliminary findings - 11/16/07
As part of the Ventura County Watershed-based Planning Project, the Local Government Commission (LGC) is tasked to complete an assessment of local planning policies and programs. This memo provides an overview of initial findings from LGC’s review of local codes and ordinances in Ventura County and the cities therein. The memo does not go into specific findings for each jurisdiction, but instead focuses on highlights trends and themes found throughout that are relevant to watershed and stormwater issues. The findings are preliminary and meant to inform dialogue regarding the nexus between development, watershed protection, and stormwater management.
Applying the Ahahwnee Water Principles: Watershed-based Planning Solutions for Ventura County
Clark Anderson - Local Government Commission - This presentation covers the Ahwahnee Water Principles and answers the question, "Why link water and land use? and ties in discussion on the draft stormwater permit and the challenges of smart growth development.
March 21st Meeting Presentation - Framework for Recommendations / RPAMP Discussion
This is a pdf of the presentation from the last meeting. If you would like the power point version please contact us.
SAC/TWG Meeting Report - 4/21/08
This meeting focused two main topic areas: 1) Discussing a framework for the project’s policy recommendations, including proposed “goals” and a set of overarching themes for aligning water quality and land planning policies. 2) Stormater Permit: discusing options for achieving the goals of the current “RPAMP” program, including ideas for coordinating planning and design strategies between different scales and development contexts.
Ventura Watershed-based Planning Strategies: Framework for Recommendations - 4/21/08
Clark Anderson & Josh Meyer - The Local Government Commission’s “Ahwahnee Water Principles” provide a basis for the “hallmarks” of integrated water and land use planning. This project is particularly focused on the first 5 principles which call for protecting valuable natural areas, directing growth to already developed areas, accommodating growth on a compact footprint, locating development to allow more efficient development patterns, designing the built environment to minimize its impacts on water and other natural resources. This presentation outlines the interrelated planning goals discussed at the meeting.
Ventura SAC Meeting Agenda - 5/15/08
Discuss policy review and implications, RPAMP goals and next actions, and objectives for up-coming workshops.
RPAMP Handout
This handout looks at the Redevelopment Project Area Master Plans (RPAMP) and covers the current language in draft tentative permit, objectives for the program, core components of the program, and next actions.
