Fremont City Council Meeting: 10/17/23 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Landscape Architecture
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Plans, Policies and Studies
SCHEDULED
Sponsors: Parks Planning and Design Manager Roger Ravenstad COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 4998) DOC ID: 4998 D
Updated: 10/11/2023 3:17 PM by Susan Gauthier D Page 1
ADOPT MINOR REVISIONS TO THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED CENTERVILLE
COMMUNITY PARK MASTER PLAN, AND FINDINGS FOR THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) (PWC8392) - Adopt Minor Revisions to the Previously Adopted Master Plan for Centerville Community Park, PWC8392, and find that, pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15162, no further CEQA review Is necessary
Contact Persons:
Name: Mark Mennucci Suzanne Wolf
Title: Senior Landscape Architect Community Services Director Div/Dept: Landscape Architecture Community Services
Phone: 510-494-4530 510-494-4329
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Executive Summary: The City Council is asked to consider adopting minor revisions to the previously adopted Master Plan for Centerville Community Park, and, find that the project is exempt from further review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 as no substantial changes are proposed to the project, no substantial changes have occurred to the circumstances under which the Project is undertaken and no new information would affect the Project since the Project Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted by City Council on May 14, 2002.
BACKGROUND:
Park Description: Centerville Community Park, located at 3375 Country Drive, currently exists as a developed ten-acre parcel with an additional undeveloped 9.86 acres, identified as 3350 Eggers Drive, as a planned expansion of the existing park. The park is bounded by Eggers Drive and single-family homes to the north, Hastings Street and single-family homes to the east, Country Drive and multi-unit apartments to the south, and Washington High School to the west. At 19.95 acres, Centerville Community Park is the City’s fourth largest citywide park. The original 9.97-acre park parcel was dedicated to the City in 1965. In 1991, the City purchased 9.88 acres of surplus property from Fremont Unified School District, thereby doubling the park’s size. The current project is to develop the land acquired in 1991.
The developed portion of Centerville includes the following site improvements: Centerville Community Center; Fremont Community Activities Center; park restroom/program room building; play area; picnic area; lighted tennis courts; full-court and half-court basketball courts; a handball court; parking lots with 106 spaces in total; a lighted adult softball field; turf areas and a pathway system. The undeveloped portion of the park contained several structures previously used by City departments for storage and sign making. These were demolished in 2008 and the site has been undeveloped since.
Community Engagement 2002: Staff sent invitations to a park design workshop to over 4,000 households, and others who had expressed an interest in the design and development of the park. In addition, staff published two notices of the workshop in the Argus.
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The park design workshops were held on November 28, 2001 and on February 13, 2002, and were attended by over 20 residents. After a staff presentation, groups of citizens worked together to develop design concepts for the park. Most notable was the group’s opinion that Centerville Community Park is currently developed to a very intensive level, and that the new development should be less intensive, less active, less structured for specific activities, and characterized by a “natural” feel and appearance. The group also strongly discouraged the provision of night lighting for activities, while supporting security lighting.
Proposed Park Design (2002 Master Plan): The overall theme for the development of Centerville Community Park is to provide for informal, unprogrammed leisure activities for people of all ages. Formal sports activities and league play will continue to be accommodated at the facilities in the currently developed portion of the park. The circulation system in the new development will connect seamlessly with the existing park and will serve to create a sense of the existence of one whole park, rather than two halves.
The following section describes the various design elements of the park design from 2002 approved design.
• Walkways and circulation (Great Loop): A ten-foot wide, one-half-mile long pathway (the “Great Loop” on the Plan) connects the existing park to the expansion. This pathway can be used for walking, running, skating, and bicycling, and is wide enough for use by maintenance and police vehicles. This pathway links all of the key design features in both the existing and expansion areas of Centerville Community Park.
• Walkways and circulation (Inner Loop): A narrower, six-foot-wide pathway (the “Inner Loop” on the Plan) encircles the large, informal turf area and defines the center of this portion of the park. This path provides access to several features, such as the Activity Circle, discussed below.
• Bocce complex: The corner of Hastings Street and Eggers Drive is the most prominent public corner of the new park development. Appropriately, the Bocce Complex will provide a strong visual presence to the park. Three 10-foot by 80-foot bocce courts are sunk two feet below grade and are bordered by turfed banks and a wide staircase, all of which are suitable for sitting and watching bocce games. Behind the courts, deeper into the park, a 150-foot long arbor will provide spatial definition to this corner of the park, as well as shade for six chess/game tables to be located under the arbor. The form of the arbor is accentuated by rows of Italian Cypress trees. Several tables on either side of the bocce courts provide space for eating, sitting, and storing personal gear in a safe place.
• Picnic facilities: A large picnic facility is located at the northern end of the park, adjacent to the new restroom and new parking area. This picnic area, which can be reserved, will include six picnic tables, barbecues and ash disposal facilities.
Additional tables are scattered in pairs in several locations throughout the park, including the play area, open turf area, and bocce complex. • Turf areas: Two new turf areas provide opportunities for a wide range of individual and group activities. The large turf area is central to the park design and will accommodate informal play activities and practice space for youth sports; however, the area is not large enough to provide for formal team play. The turf will not b e lighted for night use. The small turf area, located in the northwest section of the park, will be surrounded by trees and will provide a second turf area for users.
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• Play areas: Two separate play areas are provided for tots (ages 2-5) and youth (ages 5-12). The tot play area includes a small two-foot high boulder, a traditional climbing structure, swings, a tricycle “racecourse”, and a play area. The youth play area includes a 10-foot-high climbing boulder; a large net climbing structure and spinning poles. In addition, this area includes swings and a traditional climbing structure.
• Activity Circle: Adjacent to the large turf area, under new oak trees, natural boulders, suitable for seating, will be arranged in an informal boulder play and sitting area.
• Restroom facilities: A new restroom will be provided close to Eggers Street. The restroom will include a storage area for maintenance equipment. • Parking: Two new parking areas are provided, one off of Hastings Street (29 spaces) and one off of Eggers Drive (37 spaces). With the addition of these spaces, the entire park will have a total of 172 parking spaces.
• Lighting: Security and pedestrian lighting will be located throughout the park. • Miscellaneous site furnishings: Benches, trash cans, drinking fountains, and bicycle racks will be appropriately located throughout the park. New park signage will be provided at the corner of Hastings Street and Eggers Drive. • Tree planting: New trees will be a key design component in creating the natural feeling and appearance that defines the Centerville Community Park expansion.
Species include oak, redwood, pepper, cypress, flowering trees, and a variety of evergreen and broadleaf evergreen trees. Trees will be sited to reinforce the design of the circulation system, the bocce complex and the turf area. In addition, the trees will serve to unify the appearance of the existing park with the new development.
There will be approximately 400 new trees planted.
• Changes to existing developed portion of park: The picnic area behind the community center building will be removed. Ample new picnic facilities will adequately replace the lost tables. The undeveloped triangular area behind the tennis and basketball courts, adjacent to the High School, will be improved with a basketball court. New trees will ring the baseball field, creating a visual connection to the Great Loop pathway system. New site furnishings such as benches and parcourse stations, will be added at appropriate locations.
Construction Documentation and Demolition (2002-2007): From 2002-2007, staff worked on the Master Plan and Construction Drawings for public bid. In 2007, the park expansion was put on hold due to significant revenue reductions at the City, which resulted in cutbacks across the City government including park maintenance. The demolition portion of the project proceeded and was awarded in 2008 which included the removal of all existing structures and debris on the undeveloped 9.86 acres of land, including seven structures and their foundations, utilities, and associated earthwork, fence removal, tree removal, asphalt and concrete removal, and other miscellaneous debris.
Conveyance agreement between FUSD and COF: The City entered negotiations at the request of the Fremont Unified School District (District) in 2017 to build an elementary school on a portion of the undeveloped 10 acres in Centerville Community Park. The agreement would have created a joint use school/park on the undeveloped land, like Lila Bringhurst Community Park. This school would have been called Williamson Elementary School. The agreement would transfer 4.6 acres to the District as described in State Legislation, SB178 Chapter 458, enacted in 2017. This legislation required the City to Council Staff Report (ID # 4998) Meeting of October 17, 2023 Updated: 10/11/2023 3:17 PM by Susan Gauthier D Page 4
allocated $5 million dollars toward Dusterberry Neighborhood Park, and $6 million toward the Williamson school joint use park. This legislation and conveyance agreement required the Williamson Elementary School and Dusterberry Neighborhood Park to be built by June 30, 2023.
The District has not been able to fund, design, or construct the school facility as required under a separate conveyance agreement between the City and the District. As a result, the
4.6-acre land transfer did not occur, and the agreement between the District and the City expired. Therefore, the development of Centerville Community Park will be fully consistent with the original City obligations under the State of California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park land Conservation Act, in effect prior to SB178, which provided $482,000 towards the purchase of the 10 acres of land in 1989 from the District.
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS:
Master Plan Revisions: The proposed revisions to the previously adopted 2002 Master Plan address changes to various design elements that have evolved over the past 20 years due to maintenance requirements, or changes to leisure activity preferences in the City as described in the City’s recently adopted Parks and Recreation Master Plan. These changes were made to the plan and presented to the Community on August 23, 2023. These changes included:
• Picnic facilities: A second picnic area will be added south of the entry path to mirror and balance the picnic area in 2002 Plan. This will replace the original bathroom location, as the bathroom will be relocated closer to the existing ballfield. • Tot Lot Play Areas: The equipment is being upgraded to more modern spinners, climbers, swings for tots (ages 2-5). Still included is a tricycle “racecourse” and tricycle/stroller parking area. The play area will include outdoor musical equipment such as drums, bells, chimes, or other therapeutic sounds, possibly inspired by natural looking elements.
• Large Play Area: The equipment is being upgraded to more modern net climbers, spinners, swings and traditional climbing structures for school aged children (ages 5- 12). The space will be decreased in size slightly, adding more perimeter tree planting, shade, and seating areas.
• Pickleball Courts: This area was previously designed for horseshoe pits. This facility will be removed and replace with a minimum of five, and potentially six ,pickleball courts. Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports for adults and was identified as a strong need in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The courts will activate an otherwise awkward triangular space, address high demand, and will be lighted for evening play. This is the only portion of the park expansion that will include sports lighting.
• Prefabricated Restroom and Underground Utilities: See below for additional detail. • Adult Exercise Areas: Six par course stations were originally designed in the 2002 master plan. Par course systems of the 1970’-1990’s has lost popularity. Adult fitness areas, which include single use work out stations, or multi-user stations, have grown in popularity. The adult fitness area adjacent to the new Hastings parking lot and great loop walkway will include a 10 to 13 station multi-user apparatus, and 2 to 3 individual hydraulic-type stations.
• Picnic Area and Playground Renovation (PWC9006 and 9056): The picnic area behind the community center building will be revised under the PWC projects noted above.
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project for the 10 acres. Pedestrian lighting will be added to illuminate the space, as it is currently very dark. Ample new, covered picnic facilities will be added closer to the existing playground, which will also be renovated.
Community Engagement 2023: The August 23, 2023 community meeting was attended by 32 members of the community. In general, the proposed changes were embraced by all in attendance. Pickleball expansion in lieu of horseshoe pits received great support.
Comments were made to increase the amount of tree planting above the approximately 400 trees already proposed for installation. There were many other comments from the community regarding traffic and speeding solutions on all streets surrounding the park , such as speed bumps, traffic signs and other traffic calming measures; providing additional lighting; address unhoused individuals and drug issues within the park; consider the addition of security cameras in the park; consider additional parking spaces for the new parking lots; and the use of native trees and plants. The City also received approximately 10 emails from residents that could not attend the meeting. Comments ranged from support for additional pickleball courts; additional adult fitness areas; additional native trees and support for the bocce ball courts.
Traffic Safety Comments and Responses: The community made roughly 12 specific comments regarding traffic and speeding along Eggers Drive, Country Drive, and Hastings Street. These comments were forwarded to Traffic Engineering staff. The comments received can be grouped into four key categories: 1) general speeding and safety concern for the roadways surrounding the future Centerville Community Park site (including Eggers Drive, Hastings Street, Country Drive, and Camden Street); 2) request for STOP control for the various exiting driveways for the future park; 3) modification to the direction of traffic for the future park parking lots; and, 4) general code enforcement issues around future park site (e.g. abandoned vehicles).
In early September, Transportation Engineering staff began its speed assessment per its Neighborhood Traffic Calming program for the residential streets adjacent to the future park site, including Eggers Drive, Hastings Street, and Camden Street. As a first step for any speeding related assessment, Transportation staff is currently conducting speed surveys along the various roadways on a typical school day for a period of at least 24 hours. The speed data obtained will inform City staff of the extent of the speeding issue, as well as facilitate evaluation of a wide range of traffic calming measures and strategies that may best fit the context and characteristics of the individual roadways. The speed data will also be shared with the City’s Police Department for targeted speed enforcement as appropriate.
The City has already implemented a number of traffic calming devices around the future park site, including a traffic circle at the Eggers Drive/Hastings Street intersection, raised chicanes along Eggers Drive (between Fremont Boulevard and the future park site), and curb extensions at the Hastings Street/Country Drive intersection. All the existing pedestrian crosswalks across Eggers Drive and Hastings Street surrounding the future park site are currently stop sign controlled. Nevertheless, it is the intent of the Transportation Engineering staff to conduct this safety assessment independently from the overall Centerville Community Park project, as any existing safety or speeding issue that is substantiated is not caused by the future park and should be addressed separately to ensure the general safety for road users. Final determination from the City’s safety assessment will be communicated directly with the respective residents who initiated the comment, and further collaboration or discussion may be conducted as needed.
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For comments related to the overall traffic circulation, location of the future park driveway, and implementation of stop sign control for future existing park driveways, the Transportation Engineering staff will consider the public comments received and work collaboratively with the Park staff during the design phase of the Centerville Community Park. The goal is to develop a design that best achieves the future park’s needs in terms of parking demand, efficient and safe vehicle movement into/within/out of the park property, as well as general safety and circulation on the surrounding neighborhood streets. Design level details are generally not finalized at the planning phase that the project is currently undertaking, but public comments for the project continues to be encouraged to ensure that final park design meets the needs of the community.
Lastly, Transportation Engineering staff has forwarded any identified code enforcement issues (e.g. abandoned vehicles along Eggers Drive) to the City’s Code Enforcement Unit for follow up and enforcement action. Any appropriate code enforcement action will also take place independently from the development of the Centerville Community Park project.
Prefabricated Restroom and Underground Utilities (PWC8392B): There exists a restroom/meeting room at the left field corner of the Sigmund ballfield in Centerville Community Park. This facility was struck by a car and damaged in January 2019, resulting in one restroom being permanently closed. As a result, a new restroom is proposed to service the developed park and its users and serve the future 9.86 development. This proposed restroom will be located approximately 300 feet away from the damaged structure behind the backstop of the existing Sigmund Ballfield, on the currently undeveloped parcel.
This building will have a traditional men’s and women’s restroom with three stalls each: one all gender restroom, a storage room, and a maintenance chase. The roof line and exterior aesthetics will be similar to the restroom installed at Lila Bringhurst Community Park, also created and installed by Public Restroom Company.
The Public Restroom Company (PRC) was awarded the contract in October 2022. Staff has been coordinating a design since October 2022, and PRC is currently getting the design approved through their internal process. Approvals should be complete by October 2023. A tentative schedule includes beginning fabrication in Fall 2023, with delivery and installation in late Winter/Spring 2024.
Meeting Room/Restroom Replacement (PWC8908): The building at the left field corner of the Sigmund ballfield in Centerville Community Park that was struck by a car and damaged in January 2019, also contained a meeting room, which had been used as part of the tot program at Centerville Community Park. A new, dedicated meeting room will be built a few feet away to replace this existing room and the existing meeting room/restroom will be demolished as part of the bathroom and meeting room constructi on. This building footprint is currently in design and is a custom design. The exterior aesthetics of this building will match the exterior aesthetic of the restroom. Construction is expected to begin in Winter/Spring 2024 with completion on Winter 2024/2025.
Recreation Commission Recommendation: On September 20, 2023, the Recreation Commission voted 7-0-0 to recommend to the City Council to approve and adopt the minor revisions made to the previously adopted Master Plan for Centerville Community Park, a nd, find that the project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 as the Project Mitigated Negative Council Staff Report (ID # 4998) Meeting of October 17, 2023 Updated: 10/11/2023 3:17 PM by Susan Gauthier D Page 7
Declaration previously adopted by City Council on May 14, 2002 is acceptable a nd does not need to be readopted or recirculated.
TENTATIVE PROJECT SCHEDULE FOR THE 10 ACRE EXPANSION:
Community Meeting (completed) August 23, 2023
Recreation Commission (completed) September 20, 2023
City Council Approval October 17, 2023
Revise Construction Documents Winter 2023 - Summer 2024 Bid Summer 2024
Park Development Summer 2024 through Fall 2025
Target Completion Date Fall 2025
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds were originally allocated in 2002, totaling $8,122,475, when the original master plan for the undeveloped 10 acres of Centerville Community Park was designed. When the project was put on hold in 2008, remaining funding totaled approximately $7,348,943. Between 2008 and the most current CIP, small projects were done throughout Centerville Community Park, and staff time was billed against the PWC.
Additional funding of $4,200,000 was added per the 2021/22-2025/26 Capital Improvement Program, in anticipation of developing a portion of the site in conjunction with the Fremont Unified School District (FUSD) joint use park.
1. Total Funds appropriated to the project (PWC8392 Centerville Community Park Development; PWC9006 Centerville Community Park Shade Structure and Picnic Area Renovations; and PWC9056 Centerville Community Park Play Area Upgrades)
a. PWC8392-540 $10,953,089
b. PWC8392-543 $9,341
c. PWC9006-541 $385,000
d. PWC9056-541 $575,000
CURRENT FUNDING BALANCE $11,922,430
2. Remaining Planned Expenditures (Restroom and Underground utilities PWC8392B) a. Public Restroom Company $503,180
b. MEP Consultant - Site Utility Design $78,000
c. Underground Site Utility Installation (estimated) $615,000 d. Project/Consultant Management - Site Utility Design $154,000 e. PWC9006 expenditures (to date) $23,275
f. PWC9056 expenditures (to date) $30,283
SUBTOTAL $1,403,738
Estimated Remaining Funds $10,518,692
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3. Estimated Project Design Expenditures (10 Acre Development):
a. Staff Work, Commission Reports and Construction Document Revisions $500,000 Estimated Remaining Funds $10,018,692
4. Estimated Construction Expenditures:
a. Park Development $9,396,692
b. Project & Construction Management $425,000
c. Consultants and Utility Fees $197,000
SUBTOTAL $0
Fund Remaining at Project Completion $0
The Meeting Room Replacement Project, PWC8908, is funded separately and will be built by a separate contractor through a separate bid process.
MAINTENANCE IMPACT: The City is committed to maintenance of this 10-acre expansion.
Initial funding totaling $660,000 was allocated in the 2021 Capital Improvement Program in PWC9068, Fund 545, Maintenance Funding for Centerville Community Park. The scope of maintenance, and the various daily responsibilities of staff, or their contractors, such as mowing, or trash pick-up will be determined as the project gets closer to completion.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: A mitigated negative declaration was prepared and approved by the City Council on May 14, 2002, for the entire Centerville Community Park project, as originally designed (EIA No. PLN2002 -00233) (“MND”). This revised Master Plan will not have a significant effect on the environment. The five mitigations listed in the MND were proposed to reduce identified impacts during the demolition phase of the project to non - significant levels and were implemented during the demolition phase of work in 200 7. The work associated with the revised Master Plan is consistent with the original park project analyzed in the mitigated negative declaration and no further environmental review is required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162.
Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, when a Mitigated Negative Declaration has been adopted for a project, no subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines, on the basis of substantial evidence in light of the whole record, one or more of the following:
1. Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects.
Analysis: No changes to the previously approved community park concept for the site are proposed. Although the MND was adopted over twenty years ago, the scope of the project remains a community park to provide for the daily recreation needs of Council Staff Report (ID # 4998) Meeting of October 17, 2023 Updated: 10/11/2023 3:17 PM by Susan Gauthier D Page 9
the residents who live and work in the surrounding area of the park, with sports lights, bathroom structures, and on-site parking provided thar was considered in the MND.
2. Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects.
Analysis: No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken since the MND was adopted in 2002, except that phase I of the project that was analyzed in the MND was completed. As such the site remains an infill site with all structures and facilities removed, surrounded by urban uses, with no habitat value for endangered, rare or threatened species.
Consistent with the determination in the MND, the project would not result in significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality and water quality, and the site is adequately served by utilities and public services. Furthermore, no new impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impacts would occur.
3. New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted, shows any of the following:
a. The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration;
b. Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration;
c. Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative; or
d. Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous Mitigated Negative Declaration would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a); see also Public Resources Code Section 21166).
Analysis: The project will not introduce new significant effects that were not already discussed in the MND. Moreover, the identified effects (potential hazardous materials impacts) are not applicable any more as the Phase I of the project, removal of the structures on the site was completed.
As discussed above, the proposed project would be consistent with the MND and would not result in substantial changes in the project or to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken; therefore, additional environmental analysis or recirculation of the MND is not required, in conformance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15162.
The potential for encountering cultural resources during construction activity would be addressed through the uniform application of the standard development requirements in Council Staff Report (ID # 4998) Meeting of October 17, 2023 Updated: 10/11/2023 3:17 PM by Susan Gauthier D Page 10 Fremont Municipal Code (FMC) Chapter 18.218. Previous archaeological investigations of the site did not encounter any cultural resources. FMC Chapter 18.218 also provides standard development requirements that address any potential impact to special-status species and air quality related to construction.
Minor changes to the plan since the last MND include lighting of the proposed pickleball courts. The new pickleball lighting is set back over 600 feet from the nearest house, uses the same LED lighting and 30 foot pole height as the adjacent tennis court lights. These LED’s provide direct lighting to the courts, so there will not be any light spill over into the adjacent neighborhood. The new pedestrian lights will utilize the same 15 foot pole height and LED luminaire as is currently installed in the park.
Before the existing structures on site were demolished, Olberding Envirnmental did a pre- construction survey in June 2007, and a follow up survey in April 2008 for burrowing owls.
The surveys indicated there were no burrowing owls occupying the site, and no secondary signs of their occupation, nor were ground squirrels observed. Adjacent lands were also observed and no owls were observed, and no secondary signs of their occupation. Since 2008, the site is disked yearly to suppress weed growth and prevent fire hazards.
ATTACHMENTS:
• Exhibit 1
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Adopt the minor revisions made to the previously approved Master Plan for Centerville Community Park, PWC8392, as shown in Exhibit 1.
2. Find that, the project is exempt from further review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 as the minor revisions to the Centerville Community Park Master Plan will not result in new impacts or substantial changes to the Project or circumstances under which the Project is undertaken that were not analyzed in the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) adopted by the City Council on May 14, 2002.