PLN190029 Notice of Preparation of a Environmental Impact Report for the Strada Verde Innovation Park Project

PLN190029 Notice of Preparation of a Environmental Impact Report for the Strada Verde Innovation Park Project

The proposed project includes an application for a General Plan Amendment, a Specific Plan,2 a Zone Change, a Vesting Tentative Map, and a Development Agreement to allow the creation of a new automotive research and development campus and business center on an approximately 2,767-acre, triangular-shaped site; please refer to Figure 2 for the Proposed Project Illustrative Site Plan and Figure 3 for the Existing Land Uses. At maximum build-out, the proposed project would include approximately 7,221,159 square feet in testing grounds, research park, e-commerce, and commercial areas (Figure 4). As shown on Figure 3, current land uses on the site are primarily agricultural. The SVIP Project includes the following proposed land uses: testing grounds, a research park, e-commerce, commercial, greenway, agricultural, biological preserve, and infrastructure. Each of the land uses are briefly described below. Table 1. Proposed Land Use Summary below provides the approximate acreage and building area (when relevant) for each of these proposed land uses.

Hollister, San Juan Bautista

San Benito

Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (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 Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

Office (SVIP-RP RESEARCH PARK-total jobs for entire project is 11,000)(Sq. Ft. 1411344, Acres 108, Employees 11000), Commercial (SVIP-C COMMERCIAL-total jobs for entire project is 11,000)(Sq. Ft. 130680, Acres 20, Employees 11000), Other (Project includes testing grounds, agriculture, greenway, bio pre)

General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Site Plan, Rezone, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.)

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Fiscal Impacts, 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, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire