Yucca Valley Community Center Athletic Facility Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024090676
Lead Agency
City of Yucca Valley
Document Title
Yucca Valley Community Center Athletic Facility Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
10/24/2024
Document Description
The Proposed Project would demolish the skate park and basketball courts and remove trees on the project site (including up to 75 Western Joshua trees) to construct the Proposed Project. A description of each project component is provided below:
A total of 16 pickleball courts would be constructed on the eastern-central section of the project site. One of these courts would be a tournament pickleball court with associated bleachers (with shade structures). Two pickleball courts would be constructed at a later date based on funding availability and need.
The existing skate park would be demolished and reconstructed in the same general footprint as the existing skate park.
The Proposed Project would demolish and replace the two existing basketball courts with two new basketball courts. Compared to the existing basketball courts, the proposed basketball courts would be oriented in a north-south direction. The basketball courts would be to the east of the skate park.
The Proposed Project would expand the existing parking lot onsite by adding a new driving aisle and 26 parking stalls to the north side of the parking lot. Of the 26 parking stalls, 24 parking stalls would be standard parking stalls and 2 parking stalls would be reserved as Americans with Disabilities (ADA) stalls. Additionally, a new 24-stall parking lot is proposed on the southeast corner of the project site.
Tables and seating areas would be provided throughout the Proposed Project, including benches on the east side of the basketball courts; benches on the east of the lower pickleball courts, along a center walkway between the pickleball courts, and at the northern end of the pickleball courts: and tables between the basketball and pickleball areas. Benches would be covered with fabric shade structures. Tables would be covered with steel shade structures.
One restroom building (approximately 400 square feet) would be installed in a central location in the seating area, adjacent to both the basketball courts and pickleball courts. A drinking fountain and bottle filler would be installed adjacent to the restroom building.
The Proposed Project would have ornamental landscaping, such as new trees and planter areas, and hardscaping/walking paths around the athletics facilities and on the north side of the expanded parking lot. Forty-four new lights will be installed throughout the project site.
Fencing would be installed around the proposed basketball courts and one of the shaded seating areas on the east, south and west. Perimeter fencing would also be installed along the entire project site.
The Town of Yucca Valley adopted the IS/MND, adopted the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and approved the Proposed Project.
Contact Information
Name
Shane Stueckle
Agency Name
Town of Yucca Valley
Job Title
Deputy Town Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Yucca Valley
Counties
San Bernardino
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Southern California
Cross Streets
Dumosa Avenue and Antelope Trail
Zip
92284
Total Acres
4.5
Parcel #
0595-36-127
State Highways
62; 247
Railways
n/a
Airports
Yucca Valley Airport
Schools
Multiple
Waterways
channels, ponds, and ravine features
Township
1N
Range
6E
Other Location Info
The proposed project is located on the Yucca Valley Community Center property at 57090 29 Palms Highway in the Town of Yucca Valley in the southwestern side of San Bernardino County. The proposed project would encompasses the north side of the Yucca Valley Community Center property (project site). Regional access to the Yucca Valley Community Center is provided by Twentynine Palms Highway/State Route 62 (SR-62), which runs west-east through the Town, and Old Woman Springs Road/State Route 247 (SR-247), which runs in a north to south direction at the northern half of the Town. State Route 62 and SR-247 are approximately 0.20 and 0.25 miles away from the project site, respectively. The proposed project site is bounded by a drainage channel to the north, the athletic facilities associated with the Yucca Valley Community Center to the west, the Yucca Valley Community Center and Hi-Desert Nature Museum to the south, and the Sky Village Outdoor Marketplace and retail uses to the east. Residential uses are located further south and west of the project site. A water retention area and commercial uses are across the drainage channel to the north and east of the project site. The project site is developed with a skate park, two basketball courts, a parking lot, an approximate 1,300 square foot storage building, and temporary storage containers. Areas on site that are not developed are disturbed, and there are also trees throughout the project site.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Town of Yucca Valley
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
San Bernardino
Final Environmental Document Available at
Town of Yucca Valley, Community Development Department, 58928 Business Center Drive, Yucca Valley, California 92284
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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