DATE: June 4, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Goodfellow Avenue Shoulder Improvement, (Recirculated Initial Study No. 7859, SCH No. 2021080624), Federal Project Number CML-5942(298)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Consider the recirculated Initial Study 7859 and adopt the proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program prepared for the Goodfellow Avenue Shoulder Improvement Project on Goodfellow Avenue, located approximately 0.71 mile east of South Channel Road (Recirculated Initial Study Application No. 7859, SCH No. 2021080624), Federal Project Number CML-5942(298).
REPORT
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Department of Public Works and Planning (Department) prepared Initial Study (IS) No. 7859 (IS 7859). The findings of IS 7859 support the adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), where mitigation measures are imposed to reduce project impacts on the environment to a less than significant level (See Exhibit A). A MND and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) have been prepared for the Goodfellow Avenue Shoulder Improvement Project (Project) (See Exhibits B and C).
The Department has concluded, based on the findings of IS 7859 and the public comments received during the 30-day circulation period of the environmental document and up to the date this item was prepared, that the preparation of an environmental impact report (EIR) is not required for the Project. The Department recommends adoption of an MND and MMRP based on the findings of IS 7859 and public commentary received up to the date this item was prepared. This item pertains to a location in District 4.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
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