CITY OF STOCKTON
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
TO: COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN
44 N. San Joaquin Street, Suite 260
Stockton, CA 95202
FROM: Lead Agency
City of Stockton
Economic Development Dept.
425 N El Dorado Street, #3
Stockton, CA 95202
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21152(8) AND CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 14, SECTION 15062
PROJECT DATA
Project Title: Install Left-Turn Lanes on Airport Way and Hazelton Avenue, City Project No. PW1902/Federal Project No. HSIPL-5008(184) for the City of Stockton's Public Works Department CEQA Exemption File No.: NOE11-21 (PW1902)
Applicant: Public Works Department
Project Description: The City of Stockton's Public Works proposes pedestrian and traffic safety project at Airport Way and Hazelton Avenue. The project proposes the installation of a left-turn lane into the intersection for both northbound and southbound approaches, including signal modification and upgrades. Additional curb and gutter improvements are proposed that would close sidewalk gaps and improve access for pedestrians on Airport Way.
Accessible wheelchair ramp improvements would be installed at the corner of the intersections surrounding the project streets.
DETERMINATION/FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The above-described activity/project is exempt from the environmental assessment requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the following section(s) of the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14):
The activity is not a "project," as defined in CEQA Guidelines §15378.
The activity is exempt under the "general rule" at CEQA Guidelines §15061(8)(3).
The project is "Statutorily Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines§: __ _ _x_ The project is "Categorically Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines §:15301(c).
BASIS FOR FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The activity does not qualify as a project and/or clearly could not have a significant effect on the environment and, therefore, CEQA does not apply.
_x._ The activity constitutes a discretionary project under the City's jurisdiction and qualifies as a project which has been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment and, therefore, is exempt from the provisions of CEQA under the above-noted statutory or categorical exemption(s).
JODI ALMASSY, DIRECTOR
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
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February 19, 2021
(DATE OF PREPARATION)
(DATE OF FINAL APPROVAL)
AFFIDAVIT OF FILING AND POSTING
I declare that on the date stamped above, I received and posted this notice or included it on a list of such notices which was posted as required by California Public Resources Code Section 21152(8). Said notice or list of notices will remain posted for 35 days from the filing date.
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