CAMARILLO : Council to Consider Freeway Interchange

In an attempt to ease traffic on the city’s east side, the Camarillo City Council tonight is set to review a plan to assess about 200 property owners to build an estimated $7.9-million interchange at Flynn Road and the Ventura Freeway.

Specifically, the council will discuss creating a special assessment district, which, if approved at an upcoming meeting, could cost the district’s mostly commercial property owners $2,250 to $10,300 each over a 20-year period depending upon zoning, property size and whether or not any underground utility conduits will have to be relocated, according to a report to the council by Dan Greeley, city director of engineering services.

Greeley said the council will not be asked to formally approve the creation of the district until a meeting this summer. The proposed district is bordered by Lewis Road to the west, the Ventura Freeway to the south, Upland Road to the north and Calleguas Creek and Adolfo Road to the east.

Prior to a final vote, the city will hold an informal meeting with the affected property owners. The majority of the parcels are zoned for industrial or light manufacturing uses.

Following at least two formal public hearings on the proposed assessment district and final council approval, construction of the interchange could begin in November, 1996, Greeley said.

The issue is to be considered during the council’s 5 p.m. session at City Hall, 601 Carmen Drive.