Ormond Beach Restoration and Public Access Project
Ormond Beach Restoration And Public Access Project Plan Design, Environmental Compliance And Permitting Request For Services (8/23/2023)
The California State Coastal Conservancy (Conservancy) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) are seeking the services of an environmental consultant firm or team (consultant) with engineering and landscape architecture expertise to advance restoration designs for permitting, conduct relevant technical studies, assist in obtaining California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, and organize stakeholder engagement for the proposed restoration and public access improvements on approximately 650-acres of the Ormond Beach wetlands complex (project). The Conservancy, TNC, and the City of Oxnard are collectively working on this project and are referred to as the Project Partners in this Request for Services (RFS). The project is described in the scope of work in Section C and will be divided into two contracts – one with the Conservancy and one with TNC. The deadline for proposal submission is Tuesday, September 26, 2023. This project is expected to start around October 1, 2023, and be completed by February 28, 2025.
The full RFS can be found here.
Request for Services – Response to Questions
Please email Sally Gee with any questions.
Ormond Beach is a 1,500-acre area composed of agriculture, industry, and wetlands. A two-mile-long beach extends from Port Hueneme to the northwestern boundary of Pt. Mugu Naval Air Station, which encompasses Mugu Lagoon. Although the wetlands have been drained, filled and degraded over the past century, this is one of the few areas in southern California with an intact dune-transition zone–marsh system. Ormond Beach is considered by wetland experts to be one of the most important wetland restoration opportunities in southern California. It is also an important public access and beach recreation area for South Oxnard, Oxnard and the larger region.
The Coastal Conservancy, the City of Oxnard and The Nature Conservancy have been working to develop a restoration and access plan that balances habitat restoration and protection of sensitive plant and animal species with improved and increased public access.
View the Draft Plan
The preliminary draft of the plan was released in May 2019, and can be found on the City of Oxnard’s website.
Resource Library
Any of the documents below can be obtained by emailing Sally Gee
Wetland Restoration Feasibility Study
Feasibility Study – October 2009 (12.5 MB)
Technical & Background Reports
Biological Assessment (8 MB)
Hydro and Geomorphic Conditions (8.04 MB)
Infrastructure
Recreation and Education Opportunities and Constraints Report – July 2005 (5 MB)
Anticipated Regulatory Requirements Report – July 2006
Soil and Surface Water
Soil and Surface Water Appendices (Chemical Results) (13 MB)
Soil Contaminant Review Report – January 2005
Preliminary Evaluation of Water Sources Main Report – June 2005
Preliminary Evaluation of Water Sources Main Report – Figures 1 & 2 – Surface Water Sampling Locations & Water Quality Summary
Preliminary Evaluation of Water Sources Main Report – Appendix A – Water Quality Data
Preliminary Evaluation of Water Sources Main Report – Appendix A, Figure 1 – Surface Water Sampling Locations
Preliminary Evaluation of Water Sources Main Report – Appendix A, Figure 2 – Surface Water Sampling Near J Street Lagoon
Preliminary Evaluation of Water Sources Main Report – Appendix A, Figure 3- Surface Water Sampling near OB Generating Station (8 MB)
Preliminary Evaluation of Water Sources Main Report – Appendix A, Figure 4- Surface Water Sampling Adjacent to Game Preserves (2 MB)
Preliminary Evaluation of Water Sources Main Report – Appendix A, Figures A1 – A10
Preliminary Evaluation of Water Sources Main Report – Appendix A, Tables 1-18
Preliminary Evaluation of Water Sources Main Report – Appendix A, Tables 19-20
Potential Water Sources (2.7 MB)
Draft Project Description
Ormond Beach Restoration Goals Report – May 2005
Potential Funding Sources Report – February 2007
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