RESOLUTION NO. 2026-37
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VISALIA, ADOPTING NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 2026-14, WHICH EVALUATES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2025-02 AND CHANGE OF ZONE No. 2025-03 WHEREAS, the project consisting of General Plan Amendment No. 2025-02 and Change of Zone No. 2025-03 (hereinafter “Project”) is a request to amend the General Plan land use designation and Zoning designation on one parcel totaling 21 acres, resulting in the removal of 21 acres of Parks/Recreation land use designation and Quasi-Public zoning, and the addition of 21 acres of Commercial Mixed Use designation / zoning. The Project is located on the northwest corner of Akers Street and Riggin Avenue, within the City of Visalia, County of Tulare (APN: 077-100-103); 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 June 15, 2026; and, WHEREAS, an Initial Study was prepared which disclosed that no significant environmental impacts would result from the Project; and, WHEREAS, on the basis of this Initial Study, a 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 Negative Declaration for the Project were prepared and noticed for review and comment for 20 days beginning on April 30, 2026, and ending on May 20, 2026; and, WHEREAS, the City of Visalia received one comment on the Initial Study and Negative Declaration, and determined that the comment letter did not warrant any changes to the Negative Declaration; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Visalia considered the Initial Study and Negative Declaration and found that the Initial Study and Negative Declaration contain and reflect the independent judgment of the City of Visalia.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Initial Study and Negative Declaration No. 2025-28 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 Initial Study and Negative Declaration No. 2025-28. 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: June 15, 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 2026-37 passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Visalia at a regular meeting held on June 15, 2026.
Dated: June 15, 2026 LESLIE B. CAVIGLIA, CITY CLERK By Reyna Rivera, Chief Deputy City Clerk
Resolution No. 2026-37