CITY OF FRESNO
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
THE PROJECT DESCRIBED HEREIN IS DETEMINED TO BE CATEGORICALLY
EXEMPT FROM THE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 19 OF THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES.
CONTACT: Peter Maraccini, PE, PhD
City of Fresno – Department of Public Utilities
2101 G Street, Building A
Fresno, CA 93706
Phone: 559-621-1603
Email: [email protected]
PROJECT TITLE: Repair of Public Water Supply Well Pumping Assemblies
PROJECT LOCATIONS: All Water Division public water supply wells located throughout the City of Fresno, which are listed in the
table below:
Site Address
P001B 3157 E Ventura
P002B 511 N Park
P003A 1430 Santa Clara
P004A 1545 N Fresno
P004B 2633 E McKinley
P005A 4549 N Fresno
P006B 8601 N Del Mar
P008A 5551 E Westover
P009A 1138 Collins
P010A 2011 E Olive
P011A 3323 W Barstow
P013A 315 E McKinley
P014A 4064 E Tulare
P015B 3420 E Clay Ave
P016A 2133 S Clara
P018A 1118 N Angus
P019B 177 N Maple
P020 1340 S Orange
P021A 1237 O Street
P022A 1352 Stanislaus
P024B 4045 E Olive
P025 3613 N Blackstone
P026A 1247 Cobb
P026B 1151 W California
P027A 105 W Chandler
P028A 437 W Olive
P028A 437 W Olive
P030B 511 N Jackson
P031A 3224 N Thorne
P032B 4845 E Belmont
P033A 2061 S Hazelwood Blvd.
P034A 5471 N Figarden Dr
P035A 5245 N Gates
P036A 3632 E Church
P037 3404 E McKinley
P038A 1104 E Dakota
P039A 2741 W McKinley
P040A 2960 E Annadale
P042 926 W Dakota
P043 2311 N First
P044A 6224 N Cornelia
P045 3858 E Ashlan
P046A 3291 N Millbrook
P047A 4140 N Hughes
P048 332 S Chestnut
P049A 3905 E Mono
P050A 470 N Valeria
P051 3773 N Fresno
P051A 2421 E Sussex Way
P052A 3758 N Ninth
P053 3402 E Gettysburg
P054 1478 N Weber
P055-1 5795 E Shields
P055-2 5795 E Shields
P056A 415 E San Jose
P057 704 W Gettysburg
P058A-1 3125 E Simpson
P058A-2 3125 E Simpson
P060 2405 N Wilson
P060A 728 W Vassar
P061A 4428 E Butler Ave
P062A 4612 N Woodrow
P063 4911 E McKinley
P064 5328 N Fourth
P065 6001 N Flora
P066 1230 E La Sierra Dr
P067 4224 N College
P068 5773 N Mariposa
P069A 3145 N Fresno
P070 1590 N Peach
P071 4105 N West
P072 4918 N Gearhart
P073 4325 E Gettysburg
P074 1853 W Shields
P075 608 E Sierra
P076 1404 E Sierra
P077 489 S Adler
P078 4488 N Marks
P079 6779 N Valentine
P080 3903 N Winery
P081 4588 E Alamos
P082-1 5130 E Lane
P082-2 5130 E Lane
P083A 10 E Audubon
P084 5403 E Olive
P085 6724 N Maple
P086 8755 N Millbrook
P087 5510 W Barstow
P088-2 2363 S West
P089A 8414 N Chance
P090 2605 W Sierra
P091 2602 W Alluvial
P092 606 E Pinedale
P094 263 E Audubon
P095 6525 N Willow
P096 8151 N Fresno
P097 3998 W Herndon
P098 510 W Nees
P100-1 2375 S Peach
P100-2 2375 S Peach
P101A 5885 E Clinton
P102 669 N Fowler
P103 9051 N Friant Rd
P104 5070 N Island Water Park
P105 5171 W Fairmont
P117 130 W Bullard
P118 6500 N College
P125 4630 E Shields
P128 2191 E Shepherd
P129 10 E Audubon
P130 1695 E Perrin
P131 7886 N Millbrook
P132 1749 E Serena
P13 944 E Olympic Dr
P134 7410 N Jackson
P135A 6710 E Butler
P135B 404 S Apricot Ave
P136 2834 W Fir
P137 2711 E Fir
P138 4480 W Clinton
P139 5091 W Alluvial
P140 10178 N Millbrook
P141 7415 N Channing
P142 4707 E Dakota
P143 975 E Perrin
P144 7229 N Howard
P145 2308 N Clovis
P146 6462 N Polk
P147 6722 E Kings Canyon
P148-1 1762 E Jordan
P148-2 1762 E Jordan
P150 1348 E Teague
P151 1499 E Champlain
P152 5640 E Church
P153-1 5339 E Butler
P153-2 5339 E Butler
P154 6261 N Valentine
P155-1 1310 N Walling
P155-2 1310 N Walling
P156 4069 W Kadota
P157 8065 N Friant
P158 5552 W Bullard
P159 7022 N Warren
P160 7277 N Sandrini
P161 5946 W Sierra
P162 2091 E Muscat
P163 282 E Sierra
P164-1 1818 S Willow
P164-2 1818 S Willow
P165-1 1380 N Maple
P165-2 1380 N Maple
P166 308 N Armstrong
P168-1 10163 N Maple
P168-2 10163 N Maple
P169 4287 N Polk
P170 1084 E Annadale
P171-1 5203 W Dakota
P171-2 5203 W Dakota
P172 2030 W Olive
P174 2224 N Brawley
P175-2 7611 N Chestnut
P176 1515 E International
P177 2270 E Brandon Ln.
P178 1037 E Alluvial
P179 5235 W McKinley
P180-1 2547 S Minnewawa
P180-2 2547 S Minnewawa
P181 8240 N First
P182-1 1551 S Sunnyside
P182-2 1551 S Sunnyside
P183 2499 S Chestnut
P184 2101 S Clovis Ave
P185 2283 E International
P186 2374 Behymer
P187 8198 N Chestnut
P188 2405 S Fowler
P189 7535 N Santa Fe
P192 5934 N Bryan
P193 1237 E Clinton
P197 2202 S Cedar
P198 315 N First
P199 4390 N Maple
P201 3867 Barton Sq.
P203A 4650 E Commerce
P205 2387 S Barton
P206 4773 E Byrd
P208-2 4554 N Wishon
P209 76 E Gettysburg
P210A 4104 N Fruit
P211 98 E Gettysburg
P212 4561 N Wishon Ave
P213A 209 W Santa Ana
P217 4343 E Weldon
P219 1631 N Seventh
P220-2 2331 N Millbrook
P221 1578 N Cedar Ave
P222-1 2022 Mayfair E
P223-1 5651 Columbia Dr N
P223-3 5651 Columbia Dr N
P224 5538 E Butler
P225 2054 S Clovis Ave
P226-3 1035 W Santa Ana
P230A 4820 E Shields
P232 4702 E Dayton
P234 3753 N Chestnut
P235 5310 N Mariposa
P236A 765 E San Jose
P238 2937 N Barton
P241-2 2529 N Barton Ave
P242 5221 N Del Mar
P244 5405 N Del Mar
P245 1494 E Almendra
P250 1610 E Indianapolis
P250A 4701 N Effie
P251 1377 E Holland Ave
P252 5027 N College
P257 5262 N Forkner
P258 5700 N West
P264 1557 W San Bruno
P266 5099 N Arthur
P267 500 W San Ramon
P271 6102 N Briarwood
P272 5624 N Marks
P273 2155 W Browning
P274 383 S Burgan
P275 89 S Burgan
P277 6710 E Kings Canyon
P279 1135 W Mesa
P280 6103 N Maroa
P283 6249 N Teilman
P284 304 W Browning
P286 6102 N West
P287 2056 W Sierra
P289-2 393 N Sabre
P290 5181 N Van Ness
P291 5195 N Cheryl
P292 2725 W Barstow
P295 9443 N Yorktown Dr
P297-1 5747 E Alta
P297-2 5747 E Alta
P300 2545 W Palo Alto
P303A 6780 N Lafayette
P304 7252 N Blythe
P306 5210 E Airways Dr
P307 4450 N Marty
P308 9030 N Winery
P310 10532 N Maple
P313 410 S West Ave
P318 9503 N Fine
P319 9656 N Sommerville
P320 3765 N Marty
P321 2393 E Copper
P322 4625 E Dakota
P323 4109 N Winery
P326 3179 N Fowler Ave
P327 750 S Armstrong
P329 2819 N Filbert
P330 11625 N Alicante Dr
P331 5397 E Belgravia
P337 5545 E Lorena
P338 2610 S Willow Ave
P339 832 S McArthur Ave
P341 2551 S Peach Ave
P345-1 185 S Burgan Ave
P345-2 186 S Burgan Ave
P347 2220 N Armstrong
P349 3025 N Locan Ave
P354 2504 S Maple
P358 4262 N Hayes
P364 5424 N Garfield
P369 11251 N Alicante Drive
P370 11341 N Alicante Drive
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Project entails all tasks required to repair, maintain, and/or return public water supply well pumping
assemblies to proper working order, including pulling and transporting a pumping assembly, inspecting and
repairing a pumping assembly, reinstalling and
disinfecting a pumping assembly, and furnishing and
installing column pipes, line shafts, bronze retainers with bearings, and other parts necessary for a pumping
assembly where needed. The requirements contracts will
be used for any public water supply well pumping
assembly as needed. The order of pumping assembly
repair will depend on the needs and status of the water system over the course of Project.
The Project is exempt under Section 15301(b)/Class 1 and Section 15302(c)/Class 2 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
Under Section 15301/Class 1, projects are exempt from CEQA requirements when the y consist of operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use.
Under Section 15302/Class 2, projects are exempt from CEQA requirements when they consist of replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced.
The Project described herein represents recommended maintenance activity and necessary repairs of existing public water supply pumping assemblies w ithin the City of Fresno. The regular repair and maintenance activities are necessary to improve the efficiency and reliability of the pumping stations. The Project also entails the replacement of any components of the pumping assembl ies as deemed necessar y during the inspections, including the column pipes, line shafts, bronze retainers with bearings.
Following their repair, the pumping assemblies will be disinfected and reinstalled into the same wells from which they were pulled.
The Project will not expand the use of the se existing well facilities. Any necessary replacement of components of these existing utilities systems will not change the purpose or capacity of the well facilities.
None of the exceptions to Categorical Exemptions set forth in the CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2, apply:
(a) Location The Project is not located in a sensitive environment or an environmental resource of hazardous or critical
concern as designated by federal, state, or local
agencies.
(b) Cumulative Impact The Project will not have a cumulative negative impact over time that is significant. A well is
rehabilitated once every 10 or more years and the
impacts are beneficial to the operation of the well and surrounding aquifer.
(c) Significant Effect The Project will not have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstance. The well
rehabilitations are routine maintenance following
industry standards.
(d) Scenic Highways The Project will not result in damage to scenic resources, including but not limited to, trees, historic buildings, roc
k outcroppings, or similar resources,
within a highway officially designated as a state
scenic highway. The Project is not located near
scenic highways.
(e) Hazardous Waste Sites The Project is not located on a hazardous waste site which is included on any list compiled pursuant to
Section 65962.5 of the Government Code.
(f) Historical Resources The Project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource .
The Project is limited to rehabilitation of public water supply wells, which are not historical resources.
Furthermore, the proposed project is not expected to have a significant effect on the environment. Accordingly, a categorical exemption, as noted above, has been prepared for the project.
Date: May 12, 2022
Prepared by: Peter Maraccini, PE, PhD