Permit Adjustment to Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 2032 (as adjusted by Case Nos. PL18-0034, PL20-0053 and PL23-0065) Permit Adjustment Case No. PL26-0009

This project involves replacing two existing temporary 2,880 square foot modular Health Center trailers with a new 5,300 square foot permanent Health and Wellness Center on the Thacher School campus in Ojai, California, to provide comprehensive physical and mental health services to students, faculty, and staff. The new facility will include one van-accessible parking space connected to the existing service driveway at the north edge of the site. The previously approved 2,000 square foot Fitness Center Expansion has been cancelled. To accommodate the new building, four historic tennis courts—located northeast of the pool and north of the Gym building and designated as contributors to the campus historic district—will be demolished, with approval secured from the Ventura County Cultural Heritage Board through a Certificate of Appropriateness. In their place, a new centrally located open landscape area will be created south of the Health and Wellness Center, connected to surrounding campus buildings via new accessible pathways. Four replacement tennis courts will be constructed at the existing Tennis Center on the south end of campus under a separate zoning clearance. The construction will require removing two non-heritage oak trees and encroaching on the Tree Protection Zone of 21 additional trees, with mitigation including planting replacement vegetation to offset the loss. The work is structured in four sequential phases spanning approximately 22 months: 14 months for demolition of the existing site and construction of the new Health and Wellness Center, followed by two months to remove the remaining temporary structures and tennis courts, three months to develop the central landscape space, and three concurrent months for installing accessible pathways and other hardscape elements. The project is governed by California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) procedures, having been approved through a Mitigated Negative Declaration Addendum, and requires compliance with local zoning, grading, demolition, and building permits issued by Ventura County. All construction, demolition, and landscape activities occur at 5025 Thacher School Road, Ojai, CA 93023, with oversight and formal acceptance managed by Ventura County’s Resource Management Agency, Planning Division, and filed with the County Clerk’s Office. No federal contract clauses, pricing data, or procurement mechanisms are applicable as this is a local land-use and environmental permitting action rather than a federal acquisition.