Magnolia Trail Property Acquisition
Summary
SCH Number
2023010438
Public Agency
Mt. San Antonio Community College
Document Title
Magnolia Trail Property Acquisition
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/23/2023
Document Description
Mt. San Antonio Community College District is interested in the future purchase of an approximately 70-acre vacant site located in Los Angeles County. No future use is proposed for the property. The property contains both an active Riding and Hiking Trail known as Buzzard Peak Road, as well as a Storm Drain Easement. Although not adjacent to the Mt. SAC campus, the property is just under 2,500 feet northwest of the campus and is accessible from Grand Avenue.
Contact Information
Name
Gary Nellesen
Agency Name
Mt. San Antonio Community College District
Job Title
Executive Director Facilities Planning & Management
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated Area
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Grande Avenue and College Vista Avenue
Zip
91789
Total Acres
70
Parcel #
8277-031-018, 8277-046-005
State Highways
I-10, SR-57
Railways
UPRR
Schools
Cal Poly Pomona, International Polytechnic High School
Township
01S
Range
09W
Section
30
Base
San Dima
Other Location Info
Schools: Collegewood Elementary School, Leonard G. Westhoff
Elementary School
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15313 and 15322
Reasons for Exemption
The purchase and sale agreement was approved at the 11/9/22 Board meeting with the Board making the following finding: the Property has the potential to provide Mt. SAC with opportunities to: (1) expand its educational programs in the areas of wildlife conservation, recreation management and equine studies, pursuant to Section 15322 of the State CEQA Guidelines. and (2) provide habitat and resource mitigation for Mt. SAC projects when such mitigation is not feasible at the Mt. SAC campus, pursuant to Section 15313 of the State CEQA Guidelines. The District may engage in limited feasibility and planning studies on the site in the future to explore future uses of the property, pursuant to Section 15262 of the State CEQA Guidelines. If the District proposes a specific use for the subject property in the future, it will comply with CEQA, as required related to the proposed use. The District's purchase and potential study of the property involves negligible or no expansion beyond the existing use of the property.
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15262
Reasons for Exemption
The purchase and sale agreement was approved at the 11/9/22 Board meeting with the Board making the following finding: the Property has the potential to provide Mt. SAC with opportunities to: (1) expand its educational programs in the areas of wildlife conservation, recreation management and equine studies, pursuant to Section 15322 of the State CEQA Guidelines. and (2) provide habitat and resource mitigation for Mt. SAC projects when such mitigation is not feasible at the Mt. SAC campus, pursuant to Section 15313 of the State CEQA Guidelines. The District may engage in limited feasibility and planning studies on the site in the future to explore future uses of the property, pursuant to Section 15262 of the State CEQA Guidelines. If the District proposes a specific use for the subject property in the future, it will comply with CEQA, as required related to the proposed use. The District's purchase and potential study of the property involves negligible or no expansion beyond the existing use of the property.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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