RESOLUTION NO. 2025-31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VISALIA, ADOPTING mitigated NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 2024-63, WHICH EVALUATES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FOR Annexation No. 2024-05 and TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION NO. 5602.
WHEREAS, the project consisting of Annexation No. 2024-05 and Tentative Subdivision Map No. 5602 (hereinafter “Project”) is a request to annex 71.43-acres into the City Limits of Visalia in order to facilitate the development of a 62.53 acre single-family residential subdivision comprising of 203-lots. The project site is located at the southeast corner of East Caldwell Avenue and South Santa Fe Street within the jurisdiction of the County of Tulare (APNs: 123-400-005 and 123-400-001); and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Visalia, after ten (10) days published notice, held a public hearing before said Council on May 19, 2025; and, WHEREAS, on the basis of this Initial Study, a Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for the Project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA), as amended; and WHEREAS, the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project were prepared and noticed for review and comment for 20 days beginning on April 3, 2025, and ending on April 23, 2025; and, WHEREAS, the City of Visalia did receive one comment on the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration, wherein City concluded that additional conditions of approval are necessary for the project related to the development of the tentative subdivision; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Visalia considered the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration and found that the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration contain and reflect the independent judgment of the City of Visalia.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared consistent with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City of Visalia Environmental Guidelines.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Visalia hereby finds, on the basis of the whole record before it, that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment and hereby adopts Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration No. 2024-63. The documents and other material which constitute the record of the proceedings upon which the decisions based are located at the office of the City Planner, 315 East Acequia Avenue, Visalia, California, 93291.
PASSED AND ADOPTED: May 19, 2025 LESLIE B. CAVIGLIA, CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF TULARE ) ss.
CITY OF VISALIA )
I, Leslie B. Caviglia, City Clerk of the City of Visalia, certify the foregoing is the full and true Resolution 2025-31 passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Visalia at a regular meeting held on May 19, 2025.
Dated: May 20, 2025 LESLIE B. CAVIGLIA, CITY CLERK
By Reyna Rivera, Chief Deputy City Clerk
Resolution No. 2025-31
Resolution No. 2025-31