W-327 Courtyard Demonstration Garden at March Field Air Museum
Summary
SCH Number
2025010488
Public Agency
Western Municipal Water District
Document Title
W-327 Courtyard Demonstration Garden at March Field Air Museum
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/16/2025
Document Description
On May 24, 2022, the State Water Board approved emergency regulations prohibiting the watering of nonfunctional turf with potable (drinking) water at commercial, industrial, and institutional (CII) sites. On October 3, 2022, in response to the State Board’s watering restriction, Western’s Board of Directors approved a pilot community partnership program within its CII customer support programs. Through this program, Western Water seeks to partner with CII customers in high-visibility, accessible locations to offer a cost-sharing opportunity to transform non-functional turn into examples of climate appropriate landscapes within the community. Western Water aims to model leadership in the community, ensure compliance with the State Board’s nonfunctional turf requirement, and inspire others to adopt water-efficient, climate-appropriate landscapes. These visible examples of water-efficient landscapes throughout the community will seek to inspire residential and other commercial customers to replace their non-functional turf. MFAM regularly serves 60,000 members of the local community each year, making the Site a high-traffic area suitable for effective public demonstrations. With the above provisions, Western entered into partnership with the March Field Air Museum (MFAM) by executing a Landscape Demonstration Project Agreement with MFAM to construct a water-efficient landscape courtyard garden right next to the March Air Museum building.
Contact Information
Name
Gull Nawaz
Agency Name
Western Municipal Water District
Job Title
Engineer II
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Riverside
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Van Buren Blvd.
Zip
92518
Other Location Info
On the property of March Air Base next to the March Air Museum Building at 22550 Van Buren Blvd., Riverside, CA, 92518.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Title 14. California Code of Regulations; Article 19. Categorical Exemptions; Section 15304. Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15304. Minor Alterations to Land: This section allows construction of minor gardening and landscape projects.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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