Agenda Item Wording:
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Certify Environmental Document - Stonebrook Street Culvert - a resolution to adopt the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Stonebrook Street Culvert Crossing at Packwood Creek (City of Visalia Project Number 2520-72000/CP0043-99, also referring to State Clearinghouse No. 2022020164). (Resolution No. 2024-01 required).
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Deadline for Action: 1/16/2024
Submitting Department: Engineering & Building
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Adrian Rubalcaba, Associate Engineer, adrian.rubalcaba@visalia.city, (559)713-4507
Frank Senteno, City Engineer, frank.senteno@visalia.city, (559) 713-4331
Jason Huckleberry, Dept. Director, jason.huckleberry@visalia.city, (559) 713-4495
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2024-01 adopting the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration, which finds that the proposed project will have no significant environmental impacts with the identified mitigation measures applied to the project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (ref: State Clearinghouse No. 2022020164).
Background Discussion:
The purpose of the Stonebrook Street Culvert Crossing at Packwood Creek ("Project") is to provide a crucial component to the future construction of the roadway improvements for Stonebrook Street. This segment of Stonebrook Street, a collector street between Caldwell and Cameron Avenues, remains largely unimproved and is slated to be constructed as the surrounding vacant commercial parcels develop. The City can streamline construction of the future street improvements by the City or private developers by completing the design and construction of the culvert, which is 100% funded by the Transportation Impact Fee fund (241). The future street improvements will be built over the culvert and streambed alterations, which require regulatory review, would not be required as they would have been completed as part of the culvert installation...
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