Roseland Creek Community Park
Final Environmental Impact Report
and
Master Plan
1 City Council Meeting
September 24, 2024
Jen Santos
Deputy Director – Parks
Roseland Creek Community Park
Location Map
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Aerial Map
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ROSELAND
CREEK
ELEMENTARY
4 Southwest Quadrant
Bayer
S. Davis
Bellevue
Pearblossom
Village Green
Cook
Airfield
Southwest
Roseland
Roseland Creek Community Park
Community Outreach/Workshops
• Summary Previous Outreach from 2009 - 2018:
• 12 Community Workshops
• 5 BOCS public meetings
• Binational Health Fair
• All Roseland Annexation and Specific Plan
meetings
• Community Advisory Board (CAB) Open
House meetings
• 2019 Meetings:
• March 22, 2019: Sheppard Elementary
• April 17, 2019: Roseland Prep High School
• May 5, 2019: Roseland Cinco de Mayo
• June 6, 2019: Chelsea Gardens Senior
Community
• July 10, 2019: SW SR Health Action meeting
• August 8, 2019: LandPaths Garden
celebration
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Community Outreach Strategies
• Direct mail postcard to
residents (9,439) and
property owners (2,985)
• Eblast attendees of all
Roseland planning meetings
• Eblast Santa Rosa
Recreation & Parks e-
Newsletter subscribers
• Additional outreach
6 • A group of residents want the park to return to a natural state, with little to no improvement except for trails, a nature center and associated parking
• All other community comments generally include the
request for amenities such as lawn for general play,
playground, group picnic and regular picnic, dog park,
pump track, community garden, restrooms, parking,
trails, fitness equipment, basketball, barbeques, outdoor sink and a teen center
• There have also been requests for more development
such as a bicycle velodrome, veterans center, regulation soccer and baseball, and requests for absolutely no
improvements
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Summary Comments 2009 - 2019
Roseland Creek Community Park
Tribal Nations
8 • Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria request the following:
• Request for “Pomo Village” and “Pomo themed” be removed as shown on early versions of the master plan
• Request fire (barbeques), water (outdoor sink), picnicking, parking for elder access, proximity to restroom and identification of all native tree species along southern side of Roseland Creek
• Review Environmental Impact Report (EIR) – no comments • Lytton Rancheria of California:
• Lytton review of EIR and Master Plan
• No Master Plan comments
• Review Environmental Impact Report (EIR) – no comments • Dry Creek Pomo Rancheria:
• Contacted in 2017 after local interest – no reply
Roseland Creek Community Park
at City Council
9 Master Plan at City Council January 12, 2020:
• Master Plan represented all community feedback received 2009-2019, environmental updates, and Ag and Open Space requests
• Staff presented Master Plan and Environmental documents • Council received a citizen’s developed park plan
• Council requested staff conduct a follow up community meeting Follow up Community Meeting March 4, 2020:
• Neighborhood group presented their ideal park plan
• Planning & Economic Development presented pending and future development
• Transportation presented bus routes and bicycle plans for southwest, specifically adjacent to park
• Recreation and Parks presented southwest area park adjacencies and master plan examples
• Master plan presented
Community Meeting
March 4, 2021
10 “Listen to multiple needs and generational perspectives.” “Please keep the Roseland Park as natural as possible. We don’t want that many parking lots.”
“The children in our community need more places to play. We need courts, playgrounds and larger picnic areas.”
“Please leave the preserve natural. No pavement. No fitness station. No sports court.
No shade structures. No structures except restrooms and Nature Center.” “Balance the naturalist with the X and sports minded. There is enough room for all of that. Not 1 (one) interest should dominate all the others. There is enough room!” “Full basketball court”, “I want nature!!”, “Please hurry the process. It's already been 10 years.”, “Nature Park – no amenities.”, “Facilities to play basketball and soccer” “This area needs an active park AND natural space.” , “A park that meets both needs - nature & community.”
Roseland Creek Community Park
Listening Sessions and BOCS
11 • Council Member Alvarez listening sessions:
• February 11, 2021 - Cook Middle School
• February 24, 2021 - Roseland Creek Elementary Parent Group • March 1, 2021 – Roseland Community Builders Initiative • March 17, 2021 – Boys and Girls Club, Juvenile Hall boys group • March 17, 2021 – Boys and Girls Club, Juvenile Hall girls group • March 22, 2021 – Neighborwood group
• Working Session April 9, 2021:
• Listening session members
• Discussed interests for the park
• Recommended plan updates
• On July 21, 2021, Board of Community Services (BOCS) meeting
Roseland Creek Community Park
at City Council
12 City Council September 28, 2021:
• Master Plan represented all community feedback received 2009-2021, environmental updates, and Ag and Open Space requests
• Staff presented Roseland Creek Community Park Master Plan and Environmental documents (Mitigated Negative Declaration) • Council adopted the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Master Plan City Council meeting January 25, 2022:
• Council rescinded the previously adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration and Roseland creek Community Park Master Plan • Request preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Roseland Creek Community Park Master Plan presented at the September 28, 2021, meeting
Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
• On August 8, 2022, a Notice of Preparation
(NOP) to prepare an EIR was circulated
• An Environmental Impact Report is a more
expanded review than the Mitigated Negative
Declaration process regarding potential
environmental impacts which may result from
the implementation of a project
• On August 17, 2022, a public scoping meeting
provided virtually to solicit public input and
answer questions
• The process of developing a draft
Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) begins
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• On April 25, 2024, the Draft EIR (DEIR)
and a Notice of Completion (NOC) is filed
with the State Clearinghouse (SCH
#2022080148)
• On April 25, 2024, a Notice of Availability
(NOA) of a DEIR was circulated to the
community for 53 days (April 25, 2024 -
June 17th, 2024)
• Draft EIR Notification:
• Stakeholders
• Tribal Nations
• Previous commenters
• Residents
• The process to develop the Final EIR
begins
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• Public Comments received from the DEIR
are responded to as part of the Final EIR
(FEIR)
• In conformance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) the
FEIR provides objective information
regarding the potential environmental
impacts of a project
• The FEIR identified a number of potentially
significant effects that can all be reduced to
levels of insignificance by adopting
mitigation
• CEQA Findings of Fact ensure compliance
with the Mitigation, Monitoring and
Reporting Program (MMRP)
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• The FEIR is comprised of the DEIR,
comments and responses, and the
MMRP.
• The FEIR concludes project impacts
will be mitigated to a less-than-
significant level through implementation
of mitigation measures or through
compliance with existing Municipal
Code requirements and/or City
standards
• Notice of Determination filed with the
County Clerk and State Clearinghouse
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2021 Master Plan
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Amenity Examples
18 It is recommended by the Recreation and Parks
Department, that the Council, by resolution: 1)
certify the Final Environmental Impact Report; 2)
approve the Roseland Creek Community Park
Master Plan; and 3) adopt the related CEQA
Findings of Fact and Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program.
Roseland Creek Community Park
Recommendation
19 Questions?
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