Laguna Blanca School, Hope Ranch Campus Improvement Plan

Project Description

The Campus Improvement Plan (CIP) includes various proposed building and site improvements.

Building Improvements:

The Haskell building would be demolished, a total of 9,413 square feet would be added onto two existing buildings (Isham and the Spaulding Auditorium), three new buildings totaling 5,325 square feet would be constructed, and 4,172 square feet would be added onto the Mervic Gymnasium. The interiors of most of the remaining campus buildings would be remodeled; no additional square footage or exterior alterations are proposed. The building improvements would result in a total campus development of 58,334 square feet on 27.64 acres. No change in the 330 student (maximum) enrollment is proposed; however, the school is requesting year round operations to validate the current use.

Site Improvements:

The site improvements include changes to access and parking configurations, landscaping, lighting, and upgrades to the existing septic system involving installation of a consolidated leach line, underground drip system, shallow drip emitter system, and advanced treatment system. On-site parking would be increased to 180 spaces with an expanded 157-space parking lot near the gymnasium. Access to the upper campus would be consolidated with two of the existing access points being maintained and the others removed. The CIP proposes to widen the existing Las Palmas driveway. The school will work with the County’s Public Works Department to provide an acceptable access to the parking areas that will facilitate traffic flows on Las Palmas Drive. The student pick-up and drop off functions would be relocated to the lower campus, in the expanded parking area, and therefore away from Paloma Drive.

Hearing Dates

Environmental Hearing
March 5, 2007


County Planning Commission
To be scheduled; preliminarily targeted for April/May, 2007

Initial Study

Final Draft Initial Study

Laguna Blanca Site Plan

Technical Reports

Traffic Study

Revised Parking Analysis (2002)

Additional Traffic, Circulation and Parking Information

Contacts

Anne Almy, Supervising Planner
anne@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
(805) 568-2053

Mark Walter , Planner
mwalter@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
(805) 568-2852

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