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Council approves $2.5 million renovation and plan-development permit for Port Hueneme Boys & Girls Club
Summary
The City Council approved a plan-development permit for the Boys & Girls Club at 590 E. Pleasant Valley Road that will fund a $2.5 million renovation, add a fenced playground, improve ADA access and formalize a shared-parking agreement with Richard Bard Elementary School.
The Port Hueneme City Council on Sept. 2 adopted a resolution approving Plan Development Permit PHPD-25-1 to allow exterior and site improvements at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard in Port Hueneme at 590 East Pleasant Valley Road. Staff and the applicant described a $2.5 million renovation that will modernize program spaces, add a STEAM lab and esports room, install a fenced playground, and improve ADA accessibility and parking.
Erin Antrim, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme, said construction is underway and the upgraded facility will expand after-school capacity and serve as a hub for youth programming. Antrim said the project is expected to serve about 120 daily participants and roughly 450 youth annually. Architect Lizette Elena reviewed renderings and interior program spaces, including a multipurpose community room intended for meetings and events.
Staff described site changes: removal of six parking spaces to create the fenced playground area at the rear, replacement of three on-site trees with five new trees, slurry sealing and re-striping of the parking lot, and an added ADA parking stall to meet current code. A shared-parking agreement with the adjacent Hueneme Elementary School District (Richard Bard Elementary) was presented so the school and club can use parking during non-conflicting hours.
The project was found categorically exempt from CEQA under City categorical guidance because it does not expand the use of the site. The council approved the permit and the CEQA exemption by unanimous vote. Conditions in the approval include maintenance of adequate parking year round and the reciprocal easement and operations plan referenced in the staff report.
