MEMORANDUM
D
ecember 7, 2023
TO
: Amanda Thomas, Real Property Agent
Economic Development Department
F
ROM: Nicole D. Moore, LEED-AP, Contract Planner
Community Development Department
SUBJ
ECT: CEQA NOE 64 – ABANDONMENT RIGHT-OF-WAY
The C
ommunity Development Department received a request to review the above- referenced project for conformity with the Stockton General Plan and make an environmental determination pursuant to the California Enviro nmental Quality Act (CEQA). T he applicant, the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, is abandoning right -of-way at Sonora, Church and Scotts Streets between Union Street and the Union Pacific Railroad. See attachment A for specific location.
In ac
cordance with Government Code §65402, the Comm unity Development D epartment determines the project is in conformance with the Stockton General Plan. This determination is based on, but not limited to, conformance with General Plan Policy, LU -6.3 (Land Use) stating, “Ensure that all neighborhoods have access to well-maintained public facilities and utilities that meet community service needs.”
C
oncerning the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) determination, the Community Development Department concludes the project is Categorically Exempt under CEQA Guidelines and is granted a ‘general rule exemption’ under Section 15061(B)(3) since there is no possibility that the activity in question would have significant effect on the environment and the activity is no subject to CEQA. The project is also not subject to any of the exc eptions to the use of a Categorical Exemption listed at CEQA Guidelines §15300.2.
U
pon approval by City Council, the Economic Development Department is advised to complete the attached Notice of Exemption (Attachment B) and file it with the San Joaquin County Clerk Office to initiate a 35-day statute of limitations on court challenges. Please retain a copy of the original posted notice within the project file in the Economic Development Department project file.
By
:
Nicole D. Moore, LEED-AP, Contract Planner
Attachments
Attachment A: Request and Project Location
Attachment B: Draft Notice of Exemption
EXHIBIT 4
MEMORANDUM
December 5, 2023
TO: Nicole Moore, Contract Planner
Community Development Department
FROM: Amanda Thomas, Real Property Agent
Economic Development Department
SUBJECT: ABANDONMENT – RIGHT OF WAY
Please provide the appropriate environmenta l review for the above-referenced project as described below:
Project Title: Stockton Diam ond Grade Separation Project Sonora, Church & Scotts Streets abandonment
Applicant: San Joaquin R egional Rail Commission
Description/Location: Sonora, Church & Scotts Street s between Union Street and UPRR
Also, please make the required determination as to conformity to the General Plan in accordance with Section 65402 of the Government Code. If you have questions regarding this request, please direct them to me at extension 7569.
AMANDA THOMAS
REAL PROPERTY AGENT
Attachment
EXHIBIT 4
EXHIBIT 4
WEBER AVENUE
MAIN STREET
MARKET STREET
WASHINGTON STREET
LAFAYETTE STREET SONORA STREET
CHURCH STREET
HAZELTON STREET
CHANNEL STREET
AURORASTREET
SACRAMENTO
STREET
GRANTSTREET
UNION
STREET
PILGRIM
STREET
AIRPORTWAY
SIERRANEVADASTREET
WILSONWAY
KSN POINT 50033
FOUND T-BAR TAGGED
"STATE OF CALIF. SJ 75"
CALTRANS CONTROL MON. #149
PER RECORD OF SURVEY 29-141
POINT OF COMMENCEMENT
FOUND C.O.S. MON. #419
STAMPED "14S-13" PER
RECORD OF SURVEY 39-061
S57°42'29"E1049.26'
SCOTTS AVENUE
UNION
PACIFIC
RAILROAD
S32°58'35"W
42.40'
SONORA
STREET
0.42 ± ACRES
THE LINEWORK SHOWN ON THIS VICINITY MAP IS
BASED ON THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GIS
PARCELS AND IS FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES
THIS EXHIBIT IS FOR GRAPHIC
PURPOSES ONLY. ANY ERRORS OR
OMISSIONS ON THIS EXHIBIT SHALL
NOT AFFECT THE DEED DESCRIPTION.
BEING A PORTION OF SONORA STREET,
EAST OF CENTER STREET,
SECTIONS 20 AND 21 OF THE C.M. WEBER GRANT,
CITY OF STOCKTON,
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
EXHIBIT 4
1 3
12 10
8 6
4 2
13 14
15 16
1 3
5 7
9 11
12 10
8 13
14 15
16 APN 151-260-340-000
CASSIE OCAMPO
DN 2015-003378
UNION
STREET
TIE LINE
S57°42'29"E1049.26'
POINT OF COMMENCEMENT
FOUND C.O.S. MON. #419
STAMPED "14S-13" PER
RECORD OF SURVEY 39-061
TIE LINE
S32°58'35"W
42.40'
SACRAMENTO
STREET
(UPRR
EXISTING
TRACKS)
10' FIBER OPTIC LINE
(LOCATION IS THE
EXISTING CENTERLINE
OF FIBER OPTIC LINE)
N78°22'07"E
303.23'
N11°40'53"W
60.60'
S78°22'07"W
303.29'
TRUE POINT OF
BEGINNING
80.8'
80.8'
APN 151-260-040
ALFONSO OCAMPO
DN 2017-127152
APN 151-260-360-000
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY
OR 90-190
APN 151-260-020-000
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY
DN 1998-102538
APN 151-260-030-000
& 151-260-380-000
HECTOR RADRIGAN
DN 2018-019692
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
10' COMMUNICATION EASEMENT
PROPERTY (FIBER OPTIC)
DN 2004-058131
(LOCATION IS THE EXISTING
CENTERLINE OF FIBER OPTIC LINE)
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY
10' FIBER OPTIC EASEMENT
PROPERTY DN 2003-286033
(LOCATION IS THE
EXISTING CENTERLINE OF
FIBER OPTIC LINE)
APPROXIMATE' FIBER
OPTIC LINE FROM
SURVEWEST SURVEY
SONORA STREET
0.42 ACRES ±
APN151-260-390-000
UNION
PACIFIC
RAILROAD
S11°44'17"E
60.60'RESERVING
ABANDONED
STREET AS PUE
60.6'
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
5' FIBER OPTIC EASEMENT
DN 2004-098127BEING A PORTION OF
SONORA STREET,
EAST OF CENTER STREET,
SECTIONS 20 AND 21 OF
THE C.M. WEBER GRANT,
CITY OF STOCKTON,
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
THE BEARINGS AND DISTANCES SHOWN HEREON ARE BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA COORDINATE SYSTEM OF 1983, ZONE 3 (CCS83, ZONE 3), 1991.35 EPOCH SHOWN ON RECORD OF SURVEY FILED DECEMBER 3, 2001 IN BOOK 35 OF SURVEYS, PAGE 005, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS. ALL DISTANCES GIVEN ARE GRID DISTANCES, TO OBTAIN GROUND DISTANCES MULTIPLY BY 1.00006115.
EXHIBIT 4
KSN, Inc. Closure Report 8/17/2023
Sonora Street Right of Way
Closure Report
REFERENCE DATA
NOT FOR RECORDING
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parcel name: Sonora Street Point of Commencement - 0.42 Acres ± North: 2170229.41' East: 6337110.44'
Segment #1 : Line
Course: South 57° 42' 29" East Length: 1049.26'
North: 2169668.86' East: 6337997.42'
Segment #2 : Line
Course: South 32° 58' 35" West Length: 42.40'
North: 2169633.29' East: 6337974.34'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parcel name: Sonora Street Parcel - 0.42 Acres ±
North: 2169633.29' East: 6337974.34'
Segment #1 : Line
Course: South 78° 22' 07" West Length: 303.29'
North: 2169572.15' East: 6337677.28'
Segment #2 : Line
Course: North 11° 40' 53" West Length: 60.60'
North: 2169631.49' East: 6337665.01'
Segment #3 : Line
Course: North 78° 22' 07" East Length: 303.23'
North: 2169692.63' East: 6337962.01'
Segment #4 : Line
Course: South 11° 44' 17" East Length: 60.60'
North: 2169633.29' East: 6337974.34'
Perimeter: 727.72' Area: 18376.55 Sq. Ft. – 0.42 Acres ± Error Closure: 0.00 Course: North 50° 14' 53" West Error North: 0.000 East: -0.000
Precision 1: 727720000.00
EXHIBIT 4
EXHIBIT 4
WEBER AVENUE
MAIN STREET
MARKET STREET
WASHINGTON STREET
LAFAYETTE STREET SONORA STREET
CHURCH STREET
HAZELTON STREET
CHANNEL STREET
AURORASTREET
SACRAMENTO
STREET
GRANTSTREET
AMERICAN
STREET
UNION
STREET
PILGRIM
STREET
AIRPORTWAY
SIERRANEVADASTREET
WILSONWAY
KSN POINT 50033
FOUND T-BAR TAGGED
"STATE OF CALIF. SJ 75"
CALTRANS CONTROL MON. #149
PER RECORD OF SURVEY 29-141
POINT OF COMMENCEMENT
FOUND C.O.S. MON. #419
STAMPED "14S-13" PER
RECORD OF SURVEY 39-061
S57°42'29"E1049.26'
SCOTTS AVENUE
UNION
PACIFIC
RAILROAD
S7°24'32"E
395.17'
CHURCH
STREET
0.42 ± ACRES
THE LINEWORK SHOWN ON THIS VICINITY MAP IS
BASED ON THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GIS
PARCELS AND IS FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES
THIS EXHIBIT IS FOR GRAPHIC
PURPOSES ONLY. ANY ERRORS OR
OMISSIONS ON THIS EXHIBIT SHALL
NOT AFFECT THE DEED DESCRIPTION.
BEING A PORTION OF CHURCH STREET,
EAST OF CENTER STREET,
SECTIONS 20 AND 21
OF THE C.M. WEBER GRANT,
CITY OF STOCKTON,
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
EXHIBIT 4
12 10
8 6
4 2
13 14
15 16
1 3
5 7
9 11
12 10
8 6
13 14
15 16
80.8'
APN 151-260-360-000
UNION PACIFIC
RAILROAD COMPANY
APN 151-260-350-000
JAIME LOPEZ MATIAS
AND MARIA MERCEDES
RUBIO SOSA
UNION
STREET
80.8'
TIE LINE
S7°24'32"E
395.17'TRUE POINT OF
BEGINNING
APN 151-280-030-000
HAZELTON CHURCH OF
STOCKTON LLC
APN 151-280-040-000
JAWAID AKHTAR
DN 2003-119182
SACRAMENTO
STREET
(EXISTING
UPRR
TRACKS)
N78°24'01"E
303.59'
N11°40'53"W
60.60'
S78°24'01"W
303.65'
S11°44'17"E
60.60'
CHURCH STREET
0.42 ACRES ±
60.6'
10' FIBER OPTIC LINE
(LOCATION IS THE
EXISTING CENTERLINE
OF FIBER OPTIC LINE)
DN 2003-1191002
5' FIBER OPTIC
LINE EASEMENT
DN 2004-098127
5' FIBER OPTIC
LINE EASEMENT
DN 2004-098127
20' LEVEL 3
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
EASEMENT
DN 2013-109934
BEING A PORTION OF
CHURCH STREET,
EAST OF CENTER STREET,
SECTIONS 20 AND 21 OF
THE C.M. WEBER GRANT,
CITY OF STOCKTON,
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
THE BEARINGS AND DISTANCES SHOWN HEREON ARE BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA COORDINATE SYSTEM OF 1983, ZONE 3 (CCS83, ZONE 3), 1991.35 EPOCH SHOWN ON RECORD OF SURVEY FILED DECEMBER 3, 2001 IN BOOK 35 OF SURVEYS, PAGE 005, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS. ALL DISTANCES GIVEN ARE GRID DISTANCES, TO OBTAIN GROUND DISTANCES MULTIPLY BY 1.00006115.
EXHIBIT 4
KSN, Inc. Closure Report 8/17/2023
Church Street Right of Way
Closure Report
REFERENCE DATA
NOT FOR RECORDING
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parcel name: Church Street Point of Commencement - 0.42 Acres ± North: 2170229.41' East: 6337110.44'
Segment #1 : Line
Course: South 57° 42' 29" East Length: 1049.26'
North: 2169668.86' East: 6337997.42'
Segment #2 : Line
Course: South 07° 24' 32" East Length: 395.17'
North: 2169276.99' East: 6338048.38'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parcel name: Church Street Parcel - 0.42 Acres ±
North: 2169276.99' East: 6338048.38'
Segment #1 : Line
Course: South 78° 24' 01" West Length: 303.65'
North: 2169215.94' East: 6337750.93'
Segment #2 : Line
Course: North 11° 40' 53" West Length: 60.60'
North: 2169275.28' East: 6337738.66'
Segment #3 : Line
Course: North 78° 24' 01" East Length: 303.59'
North: 2169336.33' East: 6338036.05'
Segment #4 : Line
Course: South 11° 44' 17" East Length: 60.60'
North: 2169276.99' East: 6338048.38'
Perimeter: 728.44' Area: 18398.33 Sq. Ft. – 0.42 Acres ± Error Closure: 0.00 Course: North 41° 15' 09" West Error North: 0.000 East: -0.000
Precision 1: 728440000.00
EXHIBIT 4
EXHIBIT 4
WEBER AVENUE
MAIN STREET
MARKET STREET
WASHINGTON STREET
LAFAYETTE STREET SONORA STREET
CHURCH STREET
HAZELTON STREET
CHANNEL STREET
AURORASTREET
SACRAMENTO
STREET
GRANTSTREET
STANISLAUSSTREET
AMERICAN
STREET
UNION
STREET
PILGRIM
STREET
AIRPORTWAY
SIERRANEVADASTREET
WILSONWAY
KSN POINT 50033
FOUND T-BAR TAGGED
"STATE OF CALIF. SJ 75"
CALTRANS CONTROL MON. #149
PER RECORD OF SURVEY 29-141
POINT OF COMMENCEMENT
FOUND C.O.S. MON. #419
STAMPED "14S-13" PER
RECORD OF SURVEY 39-061
S57°42'29"E1049.26'
SCOTTS AVENUE
UNION
PACIFIC
RAILROAD
S10°17'28"E
1223.65'
SCOTTS
AVENUE
0.77 ± ACRES
THE LINEWORK SHOWN ON THIS VICINITY MAP IS
BASED ON THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GIS
PARCELS AND IS FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES
BEING A PORTION OF SCOTTS AVENUE,
EAST OF CENTER STREET,
SECTIONS 20 AND 21 OF THE C.M. WEBER GRANT,
CITY OF STOCKTON,
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
EXHIBIT 4
12 10
8 6
4 2
13 14
15 16
1 3
5 7
9 12
10 8
13 14
15 16
11 TRUE POINT OF
BEGINNING
N78°28'00"E
303.30'
N11°40'53"W
111.10'
S78°28'00"W
303.40'
S11°43'57"E
111.10'
SCOTTS AVENUE
0.77 ACRES ± 111.1'
APN151-280-390-000
JAWAID
AKHTAR
EASEMENT
FOR RAILROAD AND
PUBLIC UTILITIES PER
CITY RESOLUTION NO 36558
PER RS 28-32
APN 151-280-350-000
YCART ENTERPRISES, LLC
DN 2010-082850
LANNY AND MARILY WILLIAMS
NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT
FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS
IN 85041298
APN 151-280-370-000
BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND
SANTA FE RAILROAD
80.8'
UNION
STREETSACRAMENTO
STREET
(UPRR
EXISTING
TRACKS)
80.8'
APN 151-300-020-000
BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND
SANTA FE RAILROAD
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
5' FIBER OPTIC EASEMENT
PROPERTY DN 2004-098127
(LOCATION IS THE EXISTING
CENTERLINE OF FIBER OPTIC LINE)
TIE LINE
S10°17'28"E
1223.65'
APPROXIMATE'
FIBER OPTIC
LINE FROM
SURVEWEST
SURVEY
RESERVING
ABANDONED
STREET AS PUE
BEING A PORTION OF
SCOTTS AVENUE,
EAST OF CENTER STREET,
SECTIONS 20 AND 21 OF
THE C.M. WEBER GRANT,
CITY OF STOCKTON,
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
THE BEARINGS AND DISTANCES SHOWN HEREON ARE BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA COORDINATE SYSTEM OF 1983, ZONE 3 (CCS83, ZONE 3), 1991.35 EPOCH SHOWN ON RECORD OF SURVEY FILED DECEMBER 3, 2001 IN BOOK 35 OF SURVEYS, PAGE 005, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS. ALL DISTANCES GIVEN ARE GRID DISTANCES, TO OBTAIN GROUND DISTANCES MULTIPLY BY 1.00006115.
EXHIBIT 4
KSN, Inc. Closure Report 12/12/2022
Scotts Avenue Parcel
Closure Report
REFERENCE DATA
NOT FOR RECORDING
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parcel name: Scotts Avenue Point of Commencement - 0.77 Acres ± North: 2170229.41' East: 6337110.44'
Segment #1 : Line
Course: South 57° 42' 29" East Length: 1049.26'
North: 2169668.86' East: 6337997.42'
Segment #2 : Line
Course: South 10° 17' 28" East Length: 1223.65'
North: 2168464.89' East: 6338216.02'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parcel name: Scotts Avenue Parcel - 0.77 Acres ±
North: 2168464.89' East: 6338216.02'
Segment #1 : Line
Course: South 78° 28' 00" West Length: 303.40'
North: 2168404.23' East: 6337918.75'
Segment #2 : Line
Course: North 11° 40' 53" West Length: 111.10'
North: 2168513.03' East: 6337896.25'
Segment #3 : Line
Course: North 78° 28' 00" East Length: 303.30'
North: 2168573.67' East: 6338193.43'
Segment #4 : Line
Course: South 11° 43' 57" East Length: 111.10'
North: 2168464.89' East: 6338216.02'
Perimeter: 828.91' Area: 33702.48 Sq. Ft. – 0.77 Acres ± Error Closure: 0.00 Course: North 82° 56' 40" West Error North: 0.000 East: -0.001
Precision 1: 828900000.00
EXHIBIT 4
CITY OF STOCKTON
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
TO: CO
UNTY CLERK FROM: Lead Agency
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN City of Stockton
44 N. San Joaquin St., Ste. 260 c/o Economic Development Dept.
Stockton, CA 95202 400 E. Main St., 4th Floor
Stockton, CA 95202
NOTI
CE OF EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21152(B) AND CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 14, SECTION 15062
PROJE
CT DATA
Projec
t Title: Abandonment – Right of Way
CEQA Exemption File No.: NOE 64-23
Applicant: San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission
Project Description/Location: The applicant, the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, is abandoning right -of-way at Sonora, Church and Scotts Streets between Union Street and the Union Pacific Railroad. See attachment A for specific location.
DETERM
INATION/FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The abo
ve-described activity/project is exempt from the envir onmental asse ssment 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 act
ivity is not a "project" as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.
X The activity is exem pt under the "general rule" at CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(B)(3).
The projec t is "Statutorily Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section: __________ The project is "C ategorically Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c).
BASIS
FOR FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The act ivity 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 signific ant effect on the environment and, therefore, is exempt from the provisions of CEQA under the above-noted statutory or categorical exemption(s).
CARRIE
WRIGHT, DIRECTOR December 7, 2023
ECONOMIC DEVELOPENT DEPARTMENT (DATE OF PREPARATION)
By
AMANDA THOMAS, REAL PROPERTY AGENT (DATE OF FIN AL APPROVAL) _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AFFID
AVIT OF FILING AND POSTING
I declar
e 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(B). Said notice or list of notices will remain posted for 35 days from the filing date.
___________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Signature Title
______________________
___________________
Posting Period Ending Date
EXHIBIT 4