Betty Drive Avenue 312 Realignment and Improvement Project
Summary
SCH Number
2001111069
Lead Agency
Tulare County
Document Title
Betty Drive Avenue 312 Realignment and Improvement Project
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Surrounding Land Uses: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial, Residential
G.P. Designations: Commercial, Residential, Community Commercial, Industrial, Industrial Reserve, Residential Reserve
Zoning: C-2, C-3 (General & Service Commercial); M-1 (Light Manufacturing); A-1 (Agricultural); AE-40 (Exclusive Agriculture - 40 acre minimum)
Document Description
This project is to mitigate existing impacts of non-local and truck traffic currently traveling through existing residential development within the unincorporated community of Goshen, creating pedestrian and vehicular safety issues, dust generation, noise, and diesel fumes. By re-routing traffic onto a designated truck route passing through the northern extremity of the community, overused roadways can return to the level of service for which they were designed. This project has many components and will be constructed in phases (Attachment "A"). All phases will incorporate "Compensation and Avoidance" measures as required by the United States Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service for threatened, protected, and endangered species in the project area, specifically the San Joaquin kit fox. The California Department of Fish and Game's recommendation to acknowledge the occurrance of any active hawk nest by consultation with their Agency (on a case by case basis) will also be incorporated into the project. The project includes construction of box culverts for the safe passage of foraging kit fox and replacement of habitat and foraging area lost due to construction (1:1 acre ratio). Employee education programs will also be conducted to alert on-site personnel to their participation in the protection of endangered species.
Contact Information
Name
Loretta Feldstein
Agency Name
Tulare County Redevelopment Agency
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Tulare
Cross Streets
Betty Drive 1SR 99
Zip
93227
State Highways
99 & 198
Railways
Union Pacific
Airports
Visalia Municipal
Schools
Goshen Elementary
Waterways
Mill Creek
Range
23E,24
Base
MDB&M
Other Location Info
City: Goshen
Other Information
Township: 18S/18S
Section: E1/2 of 24/19
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Recreational (will include park /ponding basin (2))
Local Actions
Redevelopment, Traffic Circulation/Community Improvements
Project Issues
Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Economics/Jobs, Growth Inducement, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Transportation, Wildlife
Disclaimer: The document was originally posted before CEQAnet had the capability to host attachments for the public. To obtain the original attachments for this document, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. You may also contact the OPR via email at state.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov or via phone at (916) 445-0613.