Agenda Item Wording:
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Receive a project update on the status of the East Side Regional Park's (ESRP) Environmental Impact Review process and related Groundwater Recharge Capital Improvement Projects (CIP).
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Deadline for Action: None
Submitting Department: Administration - CIP Engineering
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Frank Senteno, City Engineer, Frank.Senteno@Visalia.City, (559) 713-4331
Brandon Smith, Principal Planner, Brandon.Smith@Visalia.City, (559)713-4636
Nick Mascia, Assistant City Manager, Nick.Mascia@Visalia.City, (559) 713-4323
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that City Council receive a status report and presentation on the East Side Regional Park project's Draft Environmental Impact Report and related Groundwater Recharge Basin projects. This report and presentation are informational only and no direct action is required.
Summary:
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the overall ESRP project has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The purpose of the DEIR is to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with the implementation of the proposed Eastside Regional Park and Groundwater Recharge Projects. The DEIR is currently inside of the 45-day public review and comment period phase and was noticed in the Visalia Times Delta and to property owners and residents within 300-feet of the project site. The EIR process is expected to be completed by summer 2023. The total ESRP project area consists of approximately 286 acres, including 40 acres of planned street and infrastructure improvements. The ESRP also includes a total of seven groundwater recharge basins of which four are currently identified and in different project phases within the City's current CIP. The concept plan for the ESRP's Master Plan includes a variety of programmed uses and formed the basis of the DEIR. The Concept Plan was approved by the City in 2015. The programmed uses could be s...
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