Halsey House Project

Halsey House Project

The Halsey House was built in 1923 and used as a private residence until the property was purchased by the City of Los Altos in 1974 to serve as a park. The building was then converted to a nature center for educational and recreational programming. Since 2008, the Halsey House has remained vacant and unused. The Halsey House is a local Historic Landmark and is eligible for the California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR). As a result, it is considered a historic resource under CEQA. The project proposes to demolish the Halsey Housing building. Demolition activities would occur within an approximately 15,000 square foot (or 0.3 acre) area of disturbance surrounding the building and would last roughly three months. Demolition equipment, such as an excavator, a bulldozer, and a track loader, would be utilized throughout the demolition period. Equipment and workers would access the site via the Redwood Grove Nature Preserve entrance on University Avenue. Equipment staging would occur within the proposed area of disturbance. After demolition of the building, the site would be cleared and replanted with native plant landscaping that matches the existing vegetation. All building materials would be hauled to an appropriate off-site disposal location.

Los Altos

Santa Clara

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (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 Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), 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, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Other (Demolition only; no development)

Historical Alteration Permit

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, 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