Orchard View Gardens Senior Apartment Homes
The project is proposed on an approximately 3.2-acre site located at 8300 Valley View Street in Buena Park, California. The site is currently developed with the St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church. The project proposes the development of new affordable senior apartment homes. The project proposes three residential buildings accommodating 66 units. 65 of the units would be for senior resident households earning less than 60 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI) and the remaining unit would be an exempt manager’s unit. The development will consist of one- to two‑story buildings with ground-level parking. A 3,000‑square‑foot senior-oriented community center is proposed for the use of project residents/visitors. This project was approved by the City of Buena Park City Council in November 2020.
Project Role: UltraSystems prepared the IS/MND for the proposed project. Additionally, UltraSystems prepared the air quality, greenhouse gas, noise and cultural resources analysis for the proposed project. UltraSystems was retained by the City of Buena park to prepare an IS/MND that analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project. In addition to the preparation of the CEQA document for the project, the work scope also includes preparation of the following technical analyses: air quality and greenhouse gas emissions, noise, and the preparation of a Phase I Cultural Resources Inventory Potential onsite impacts were found for Aesthetics, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Noise, Transportation and Tribal Cultural Resources. Mitigation measures were proposed to reduce project impacts to a less than significant level and were incorporated into a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan.
