CITY OF STOCKTON
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
TO: COUNTY
CLERK FROM: Lead Agency
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN City of Stockton
44 N. San Joa
quin St., Ste. 260 c/o Public Works Department
Stockton, CA 95202 22 E Weber Ave., Ste 301
Stockton, CA 95202
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21152(B) AND CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 14, SECTION 15062
PROJECT
DATA
Project Title: REPAIR OF VANDALIZED STREET LIGHTS, PROJECT NO. WD25048 CEQA Exemption File No.: NOE 48-25
Applicant: City of Stockton, Public Works Department
Project Description/Location: The City of Stockton’s Public Works Department’s scope of work replacing 73,000 linear feet of wire and installing theft prevention devices at 41 locations Citywide.
DETERMINATION/FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The above-described activit y/project is exempt from the environmental as sessment 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 Section 15378.
The activity is exempt under the "general rule" at CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(B)(3).
The project is "Statutorily Ex empt" per CEQA Guidelines Section: __________ X The project is "Categorically Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c).
BASIS F
OR FINDING OF EXEMPTION
The activity do es 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).
CHAD REED, DIRECTOR September 16, 2025
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (DATE OF PREPARATION)
By
Thinh Phan, Transportation Manager (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(B). Said notice or list of notices will remain posted
for 35 days from the filing date.
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