University Arroyo Flood Control and Enhancement Plan, and Islander Park Improvements
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2001091066
Lead Agency
City of Riverside
Document Title
University Arroyo Flood Control and Enhancement Plan, and Islander Park Improvements
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
The present land use for the upstream section is vacant, while the rest of the project has various land uses./O-Official/Pfi (23) Public Facilities and Open Space.
Document Description
Initial Study of a joint proposal by the City of Riverside and the University of California Riverside (UCR) to construct the University Arroyo Flood Control and Enhancement Plan, and Islander Park Improvements Project. Major components of this proposed project include: 1) Two detention ponds within the City's Islander Park property, consisting of approximately 20.1 vacant acres located on the northerly side of Big Springs Road at its easterly terminus. This component includes approximately 5.3 acres of vacant, privately owned property proposed to be acquired by the City and 2.5 acres owned by the County of Riverside Parks and Open Space District; 2) Development of the Islander Park property with passive recreational improvements, including hiking trails, vista points and native vegetation. A one acre turf area is also proposed with related improvements including a dog park and tot lot. Lighting is proposed to be added to the existing parking lot; 3) A third detention pond on the UCR campus at the northerly terminus of the Botanical Garden tributary, immediately south of Visitors Parking lot 10; 4) Improvements within an approximately 1,100 foot long section of the main campus open channel along the south side of Big Springs Road, from Valencia Hill Drive westerly to just past the driveway entrance to Parking Lot 13. The existing channel will be cleared, regraded and revegetated with native plants; and 5) Modification to the Gage Basin outlet structure at the I-215 Freeway, northerly of University Avenue, to reduce peak outflows to volumes within the capacity of the City's downstream storm drain facilities.
Contact Information
Name
Craig Aaron
Agency Name
City of Riverside, Planning Department
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Riverside
Counties
Riverside
Zip
92507-2521
State Highways
I-215
Railways
BNSF/Atchinson Topeka/S.P./ U.P.
Schools
Longfellow/University Heights/John W. North/Emerson/Hyatt/Gage
Waterways
Gage Canal
Township
2S
Range
4W
Base
SB
Other Location Info
University of California
Other Information
Section:19,20,29,30
Schools: Castleview, Lincoln, & Central
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Department of Water Resources
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Water Resources
Development Types
Other (Public Facilities/Park & Flood Control)
Local Actions
Site Plan
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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