DAM PLAN ENTERING FINAL PERMIT PROCESS.Byline: Cecilia Chan Daily News Staff Writer The Ventura County Flood Control District plans to submit this week what could be the final paperwork needed for a permit that would allow the construction of a controversial dam. The 11-1/2-acre retention basin Noun 1. retention basin - a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed, basin - the entire geographical , proposed to catch runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. from a planned 2,257-residential development in the northeast section of the city, would force the removal of some of the city's prized oaks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could ask for more information; or it could accept the district's responses to public comments on the basin as adequate and proceed with the permit process, said Alex Sheydayi, county deputy director of public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. . Most of the public's comments focused on the uprooting of the oaks,Sheydayi said. ``What we did was go back and revisit re·vis·it tr.v. re·vis·it·ed, re·vis·it·ing, re·vis·its To visit again. n. A second or repeated visit. re this and we reduced the number of oak trees impacted from 80 to 47,'' he said. ``Based on being able to meet the project's needs and the environmental impact, this alternative ended up being (of) the least impact.'' The initial proposal was to remove about 140 oak trees. Heavy public opposition prompted the developer to devise an alternate plan that would remove 80 trees, which the council approved. The plan has since been refined to reduce that number to 47. ``The trees that are coming out are ones under the dam itself, the footprint The amount of geographic space covered by an object. A computer footprint is the desk or floor surface it occupies. A satellite's footprint is the earth area covered by its downlink. See form factor. 1. of the dam,'' Sheydayi said. ``There is no way to save those because they would be covered by the dam.'' City Public Works Director Don Nelson said 37 oaks are in the dam's footprint and the remaining 10 are nearby. Sheydayi said the plans include planting new trees at various locations to offset the ones removed. Under an agreement the Lang Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. developer made with Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , the district would build the storm-water retention basin at Avenida de los Arboles and Westlake Boulevard. A federal judge in 1986 ordered the city to allow the 2,257-unit project to proceed. As part of the judgment, the retention basin was required. ``Once (the district's) comments are received, then we start work on the environmental assessment and resolve any issues that need to be resolved with the applicant and make our decision,'' said Jonathan Lilien, project manager for the Army Corps. ``I would anticipate a permit decision made in the next couple of months.'' The Army Corps' review focuses on 1-1/2 acres of the basin project, most of which consists of wetlands that support wildlife. Mayor Linda Parks For the DC Comics character, see . Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a Korean American actress who is best known for her portrayal of communications officer character Hoshi Sato in the television series . hopes a planned workshop with Lang Ranch representatives might serve up less-invasive alternatives. Earlier this month, the council approved $50,000 for a study to look at other alternatives that would limit removal of the oaks. ``My goal is to get an alternative location,'' Parks said. ``That would be my first goal - not to put it in an ancient oak grove Oak grove may refer to
Oak Grove is a common name for several places in the United States of America. but try to locate a smaller basin in the upper watershed watershed, elevation or divide separating the catchment area, or drainage basin, of one river system or group of river systems from another system or group of systems. The term is also often used synonymously with drainage basin. so the size of the basin can be reduced in the oak grove. ``Lang Ranch oak grove is singled out in the general plan as one of the two best oak groves in Thousand Oaks and it called for its preservation,'' she said. ``There are a lot of open spaces that aren't oak groves.'' Sheydayi said that proposal won't work because the upper reaches of the watershed are too narrow and steep for the project, and more wetlands would be impacted. In an analysis of alternatives the district also will hand over to the Army Corps, ``practically every option has been looked at,'' he said. |
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