Environmental Document # 2023-57
NOTICE OF EXEMPTION
City of Visalia
315 E. Acequia Ave.
Visalia, CA 93291
(559) 713-4359
To: County Clerk
County of Tulare
County Civic Center
Visalia, CA 93291-4593
Annexation No. 2023-03, a request by the City of Visalia to annex a 35.76-acre County Island.
PROJECT TITLE
City Wide
PROJECT LOCATION
Visalia Tulare
PROJECT LOCATION - CITY COUNTY
Annexation No. 2023-03 will bring the remaining 16 parcels totaling 35.76 acres of the original 60.51 -acre Akers/Ferguson/Linwood County Island into the City.
DESCRIPTION - Nature, Purpose, & Beneficiaries of Project
City of Visalia, Attn: Brandon Smith, 315 E. Acequia Avenue, Visalia CA 93291, (559) 713-4636, [email protected]
NAME OF LEAD AGENCY APPROVING PROJECT
City of Visalia, Attn: Josh Dan, 315 E. Acequia Avenue, Visalia CA 93291, (559) 713-4003, [email protected]
NAME AND ADDRESS OF APPLICANT CARRYING OUT PROJECT
N/A
NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT CARRYING OUT PROJECT
EXEMPT STATUS: (Check one)
Ministerial - Section 15183
Emergency Project - Section 15071
Categorical Exemption - State type and Section number:
Statutory Exemptions- State code number: 15061(b)(3)
The project is exempt from further review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) (common sense exemption), as the proposed annexation represents a change in a jurisdictional boundary for a completely surrounded County Island to be annexed into the City of Visalia which will not in and of itself have a significant impact on the environment.
REASON FOR PROJECT EXEMPTION
Brandon Smith, Principal Planner (559) 713-4636
CONTACT PERSON AREA CODE/PHONE
December 18, 2023
DATE Brandon Smith, AICP
ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR