2019-090 - Adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration

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and City Council, transferring the deed conditions for the land upon which the Education Center is located to new park sites of equal recreational value and size. D. On August 18, 2015, the College and the City entered into a reimbursement agreement to reimburse the City up to $334,000 in costs associated with the land conversion requirements for the replacement properties and take the necessary actions to submit the required documentation to the NPS for a determination. If approved by the NPS and the City Council, the use restrictions could be removed from the license area and applied to the replacement properties in order to allow the City and the College to enter into negotiations for a long-term lease of the license area. E. On March 5, 2019, the City Council approved a license agreement extension for two years to expire on November 5, 2021 in order to ensure the license agreement does not lapse as the City completes this process. F. According to the Land Appraisal Report, the three replacement properties are of equal or greater value in acreage and cost. The Recreational Value Report also indicates the three replacement properties provide equal or greater recreational value based on the following: a. The proposed replacement lands are of equivalent size. b. The proposed replacement lands meet community park need by increasing residents' walkable park access in a measureable way. c. The proposed replacement lands meet policy and planning goals while satisfying current recreation trends. d. The proposed replacement lands offer recreational opportunities that satisfy current community needs and desires. G. The Proposed Project is required to undergo an environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) ("CEQA"). A Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Study (SCH #2019089067) (IS/MND) were prepared for the project. Impacts related to aesthetics (light and glare), cultural resources (ground disturbance), geology and soils (ground disturbance), noise (operational noise), transportation (pedestrian crossings), and tribal and cultural resources (tribal and cultural resources) are found to be less than significant with the implementation of mitigation measures. The remaining environmental topics that were analyzed pursuant to CEQA were found to have a less than significant impact or no impact. H. The Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration was released on August 21, 2019 and the public review and comment period for the IS/MND ran from August 21, 2019 to September 19, 2019. Public comments were received, the City responded to all written comments submitted during the 30-day IS/MND public review period and no change to the Initial Resolution No. 2019-090 Page 2 of 6