TO: COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN
44 N. San Joaquin St., Ste. 260
Stockton, CA 95202
CITY OF STOCKTON
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
FROM: Lead Agency
City of Stockton
c/o Public Works Department
22 East Weber Avenue, Suite 301
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: ALPINE AND ALVARADO CONVERSION TO A 3-WAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT NO. WT21012 / FEDERAL PROJECT NO. CML-5008(193)
CEQA Exemption File No.: NOE 36-24
Applicant: City of Stockton Public Works Department
Project Description/Location: The City of Stockton's Public Works Department will be converting an existing T-intersection into a 3-way signalized intersection at the intersection of Alpine Avenue and Alvarado Avenue. Improvements include roadway re-striping and delineation. installation of fiber optic network connections, implementation of a new left-turn pocket lane, signal timing. installation of video monitoring and/or detection systems, and drainage if required.
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 Section 15378.
The activity is exempt under the "general rule" at CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (8)(3). _X_ The project is "Statutorily Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section: 15301 (c) The project is "Categorically Exempt" per CEQA Guidelines Section 15332.
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.
_lL 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
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
By __ ��:........:...�a=w;���u�o"'--_¼����-"·iaf'.�'M=----- Mauricio Espinoza, Junior Engineer
August 2, 2024
(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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