CITY OF FRESNO
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR
DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION NO. P19-00360
THE PROJECT DESCRIBED HEREIN IS DETERMINED TO BE CATEGORICALLY
EXEMPT FROM THE PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 19 OF THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES.
APPLICANT: Raul Gonzalez,
Wastewater Management Division
. 5607 W. Jensen Avenue
Fresno, CA 93722
PROJECT LOCATION: 2201 South Cornelia Avenue; located on the west side of South Cornelia Avenue, between West Jensen and West Annadale
Avenues (APN: 327-030-38T)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Development Permit Application No. P19-00360 was filed by Raul Gonzalez of the City of Fresno Wastewater Management Division, and pertains to an ± 0.2-acre portion of a ± 55.13-acre parcel. The project proposes authorization to expand an electrical substation. The expansion is approximately 3,780 square feet in area. The proposed e lectrical substation expansion will provide additional power capacity to supply future expansion projects at the Fresno/Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility.
This project is exempt under Section 15301/Class 1 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines as follows:
Under Section 15301/Class 1, the proposed project is exempt from CEQA requirements when the project consists of the 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. The key consideration is whether the project involves negligible or no expansion of use. Examples include, (1) existing facilities of both investor and publicly owned utilities used to provide electric power, natural gas, sewerage, or other public utility services; (2) The project is in an area where all public services and facilities are available to allow for maximum development permissible in the General Plan and the area in which the project is located is not environmentally sensitive.
The existing ± 3,740 square electrical substation was approved via Conditional Use Permit Application No. C-99-053. The original Conditional Use Permit authorized the construction of a ±3,740 square-foot, 10-megawatt electrical substation which supplies the Fresno/Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility. The proposed project will allow the expansion of the electrical substation by approximately 3,780 square feet in area. The proposed expansion will provide additional power capacity to supply future expansion projects at the Regional Wastewater Facility. The proposed use is permitted by right in the PI ( Public and Institutional) zone district.
None of the exceptions to Categorical Exemptions set forth in the CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 apply to the project . Furthermore, the proposed project is not expected to have a significant effect on the environment. A categorical exemption, as noted above, has been prepared for the project and the area is not environmentally sensitive.
Date: October 8, 2020
Prepared By: Jose Valenzuela, Planner III
Submitted by:
Jose Valenzuela
Supervising Planner
City of Fresno
Planning & Development
Department
(559) 621-8277