Van Ness Avenue Water Transmission Grid Main

Van Ness Avenue Water Transmission Grid Main

This Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration (NOI) is to inform the public, and applicable agencies, that the City of Fresno (City) has prepared an Initial Study to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the proposed Project, and has concluded that the Project would not have a significant effect on the environment. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that a Mitigated Negative Declaration will be approved for this project. City staff have reviewed the Initial Study for the project, and based upon substantial evidence in the record, finds that the proposed project could not have a significant effect on the environment with implementation of mitigation measures. The Mitigated Negative Declaration and supporting Initial Study (IS/MND) can be viewed at the City's Development and Resource Management Office located at 2600 Fresno Street, Room 3065, Fresno CA 93721 or accessed online at https://www.fresno.gov/darm/planning-development/plans-projects-under-review/. The City invites written public comment on the IS/MND between February 4, 2022 and March 6, 2022. The 30-day review period for public agencies will start as soon as State Clearinghouse has provided confirmation that the IS/MND has been routed to all applicable agencies for review. The Project would include construction of approximately 0.55 miles of replacement water distribution mains within Van Ness Avenue between Divisadero Street and Merced Street in Downtown Fresno, California. The Project would also relocate all services to existing buildings that Front Van Ness Avenue that are currently served by water mains in the alleys between Van Ness and Fulton Street and between Van Ness and L Street. See Public Review Draft IS/MND for additional details.

Fresno

Fresno

Citywide, Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Other (Relocation of water transmission grid mains; 0.55 miles of pipe)

Site Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire