CITY OF STOCKTON
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
TO:
COUNTY CLERK FROM: Lead Agency
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN City of Stockton
44 N. San Joaquin St., Ste. 260 c/o Public Works Dept.
Stockton, CA 95202 22 E Weber Avenue, Ste 302
Stockton, CA 95202
NOTIC
E OF EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21152(B) AND CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 14, SECTION 15062
PROJ
ECT DATA
Project
Title: Transportation Management Center Equipment Upgrade City Project No. WT21010, Federal Project CML- 5008(191)
CEQA Exemption File No.: NOE 49-23
Applicant: City of Stockton Public Works Department
Project Description/Location: The City of Stockton’s Public Works Department will be making improvements to the new City Hall building, SEB Building, existing City Hall, and traffic signals citywide. Improvements consist of relocating existing fiber optic hubs from City Hall to SEB, constructing a Traffic Management Center (TMC) in the new City Hall, upgrading 200+ traffic signal controllers, and upgrading communication equipment at signalized intersections. See Attachment A for more information.
DETE
RMINATION/FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The above
-described activit y/project i s exem pt from the environmental assessment requirements of the Ca lifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the following section(s) of the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14):
The ac
tivity is not a "project" as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.
The act ivity is exempt under the "general rule" at CEQA Guidelines Section15061(B)(3).
The project is " Statutorily Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section: __________ X The project is " Categorically Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c).
BASI
S FOR FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The activit y 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 September 20, 2023
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (DATE OF PREPARATION)
By
Dennis Yep, Assistant City Traffic Engineer (DATE OF FINAL APPROVAL) _____________________________________________________________________________________________ AFFI
DAVIT OF FILING AND POSTING
I decl
are 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.
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Posting Period Ending Date
9/20/23
EXHIBIT 1