NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
To: Office of Planning and Research From: City of Rialto 1400 Tenth Street, Room 121 Public Works Department
Sacramento, CA 95814 335 W. Rialto Avenue
Rialto, CA 92376
Clerk of the Board
County of San Bernardino
385 North Arrowhead Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92415
Project Title: 2020/2021 Street Overlay & Reconstruction Project Project Applicant: City of Rialto
Project Location (Specific): Riverside Ave. (Galway to Easton St.), Riverside Ave. (Easton St. to Foothill Blvd.), and Riverside Ave. (South of I-10 to Santa Ana River).
Project Location (City): City of Rialto Project Location (County): San Bernardino Project Description: Rehabilitation of street pavement; repair/replacement of curbs, gutters, sidewalk, and curb ramps; and all associated work.
Name of Public Agency Approving Project: City of Rialto Name of Person or Agency Carrying Out Project: City of Rialto, Public Works Department, 335 W Rialto Avenue, Rialto, CA (909) 421-7279
Exempt Status: (check one)
Ministerial (Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268);
Declared Emergency (Sec. 21080(b)(3); 15269(a));
Emergency Project (Sec. 21080(b)(4); 15269 (b)(c));
Categorical Exemption. State type and section number: Section 15301 Class 1 – Existing Facilities Statutory Exemptions. State code number:
Reasons why project is exempt : Class 1 consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alternation of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving neg ligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. The type of “existing faciliti es” to be considered exempt is determined by whether the project involves negligible or no expansion of an existing use, and includes existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities. The project inc ludes the repair, maintenance, and minor alteration of existing streets; t herefore, the 2020/2021 Street Overlay & Reconstruction Project, is considered categorically exempt from CEQA.
Area Code/Telephone/Extension: (909) 820-2602 Lead Agency Contact Person: David Hammer If filed by applicant:
1. Attach certified document of exemption finding.
2. Has a Notice of Exemption been filed by the public agency approving the project? Yes No Signature: ________________________________ Date: March 1, 2022 Title: City Engineer Signed by Lead Agency Signed by Applicant
Authority cited: Sections 21083 and 21110, Public Resources Code Date received for filing at OPR: _____________ Reference: Sections 21108, 21152, and 21152.1, Public Resources Code.