Westside Community Plan Where we are:• Historic Survey – Draft Community

Context• CEQA – Consultant Qualifications• RDA Survey Area Approved• RDA Consultant RFPs• Field Office Open – Bell Arts Factory• First Draft Community Plan/Code due out

in October 2010

Petrochem/Brooks Institute

Guiding Principles:•Ventura River•Brooks campus•Balance of Jobs and Housing

Petrochem/Brooks Institute within the Westside Community Plan Context

Ventura River

• “Light impact” development• Water quality/bio-filtering/surface

drainage• Habitat, river ecology, and open

space• Publicly-owned river connection

Balance of Jobs and Housing

• Balance jobs and housing at the Westside Community Plan scale

• Code standards to accommodate high-tech and green job expansion

• Residential capacity within context of the Westside Community Plan – and to achieve goal of high-value, high-wage jobs

• Land use mix based on a balance of community desires and market analysis

Brooks Institute Campus

• Ensure the ability of the Brooks Institute campus to expand and establish itself as the home of a 4-year institution of higher learning or similar campus environment

Recommendation

Receive staff presentation and provide policy direction regarding guiding principles for the Petrochem/Brooks Institute site – accept the guiding principles as outlined in the Administrative Report