Sunol Glen School Modernization Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025030640
Public Agency
Sunol Glen School
Document Title
Sunol Glen School Modernization Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/17/2025
Document Description
The project involves modernizing the existing Sunol Glen School with funds from the 2022 voter-approved Measure J general obligation bond. The proposed improvements include rehabilitating the main school building to improve security, accessibility, and seismic safety, as well as upgrading inefficient electrical, plumbing, and sewer systems; replacing three former portable classroom buildings with two permanent buildings; upgrading the 1950s-built cafeteria/multipurpose building for school and community use; and developing a new trash and service area.
Contact Information
Name
Shay Galletti
Agency Name
Sunol Glen Unified School District
Job Title
Superintendent
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Counties
Alameda
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
11601 Main Street, Main Street and Niles Canyon Road
Total Acres
6.4
Parcel #
96-155-4-1
State Highways
State Route 84, Interstate 680
Schools
Sunol Glen School
Waterways
Sinbad Creek, Arroyo de la Laguna Creek
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sections 15301, 15302, 15304, 15314, 15331
Reasons for Exemption
Class 1 applies to the Project because the Project entails repairing, maintaining, and rehabilitating existing Sunol Glen School facilities, The project would not increase the square footage of school buildings, nor would it expand school, or community uses or operations of the existing school facilities, Class 2 applies to the Project because the Project would result in the replacement and reconstruction of existing school structure and facilities. The replacement/reconstructed buildings would not result in an increase in physical space or school enrollment capacity and would have the same purpose as the structures being replaced/reconstructed. Class 4 applies to the Project because Project implementation would entail alterations to existing pavement and landscape areas on the school campus. The Project would not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or agricultural purposes, including, but not limited to: (1) grading on land with a slope of less than 1 O percent, except that grading shall not be exempt in a waterway, in any wetland, in an officially designated (by federal, state, or local government action) scenic area, or in officially mapped areas of severe geologic hazard such as an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone or within an official Seismic Hazard Zone, as delineated by the State Geologist; and (2) minor trenching and backfilling where the surface is restored, Class 14 applies to the Project because the Project would modernize existing facilities at Sunol Glen School within existing school grounds, The Project would not increase the original student capacity by more than 25 percent or school size by 10 or more classrooms. Class 31 applies to the Project because the Project is consistent with the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. The
Project meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, Additionally, none of the exceptions listed in CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 apply to the Project.
County Clerk
Alameda
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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