RESOLUTION NO. 2026-21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VISALIA, ADOPTING Tulare county office of educaiton Mitigated NEGATIVE DECLARATION, WHICH EVALUATES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2025-05, Prezone AND CHANGE OF ZONE No. 2025-06, and Annexation No. 2025-03 WHEREAS, the project consisting of General Plan Amendment No. 2025-05, Prezone and Change of Zone No. 2025-06, and Annexation No. 2025-03 (hereinafter “Project”) is a request to amend Urban Development Boundary (UDB) to include APN: 122-470-003; the General Plan land use designation of APN: 122-470-003 from Agriculture to Public/Institutional and APN: 122-480-004 from Commercial Mixed Use to Public/Institutional 9.42 acres; and to Prezone and Change of Zone on APN: 122-480-004 from C-MU (Mixed-Use Commercial) to QP (Quasi-Public) and to prezone APNs: 122-470-003, 122-480-008 and -018 to QP (Quasi-Public). The site is located at 11720 and 11836 Ave 264 and 6200 South Mooney Boulevard (APNs: 122-470-003, 122-480-004, 122-480-008, and 122-480-018); and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Visalia, following a period of ten (10) days after published notice, held a public hearing before said Council on April 6, 2026; and, WHEREAS, an Initial Study was prepared by Tulare County Office of Education which disclosed that no significant environmental impacts would result from the Project, subject to mitigation; 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); and, WHEREAS, the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project were prepared and noticed for review and comment for 45 days beginning on January 16, 2026, and ending on March 2, 2026; and, WHEREAS, the Tulare County Office of Education received no comments on the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration; and, WHEREAS, the City Council considers that the proposed project has no new effects that could occur, or new mitigation measures that would be required that have not been addressed within the scope of the Tulare County Office of Education produced Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project, certified by the Visalia City Council on April 6, 2026, by Resolution No. 2026-21. The Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration adequately analyzed and addressed this proposed project and determined, with mitigation, that there would not be significant impacts resulting from the development of the Tulare County Office of Education Project. A Mitigation and Monitoring Plan adopted with the Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration includes mitigation measures that reduce or eliminate the severity of some of these impacts to a level that is less than significant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Tulare County Office of Education prepared Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared consistently with the California Environmental Quality Act 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 the Tulare County Office of Education prepared Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration. 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: April 6, 2026 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 2026-21 passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Visalia at a regular meeting held on April 6, 2026.
Dated: April 06, 2026 LESLIE B. CAVIGLIA, CITY CLERK By Reyna Rivera, Chief Deputy City Clerk
Resolution No. 2026-21