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Chief Administrative Office, Parks Division, recommending the Board consider the following actions pertaining to the El Dorado County Historical Railroad Park Project:
1) Adopt the California Environmental Quality Act Mitigated Negative Declaration;
2) Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (Appendix A of the Initial Study/Mitigation Negative Declaration); and
3) Approve the El Dorado County Historical Railroad Park Project as described in the California Environmental Quality Act document. (Cont. 6/28/16, Item 11)
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Chief Administrative Office, Parks Division, recommending the Board consider the following actions pertaining to the El Dorado County Historical Railroad Park Project:
1) Adopt the California Environmental Quality Act Mitigated Negative Declaration;
2) Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (Appendix A of the Initial Study/Mitigation Negative Declaration); and
3) Approve the El Droado County Historical Railroad Park Project as described in the California Environmental Quality Act document.
The recommended Board actions are based on the following findings:
A) The CEQA document on file with the Clerk of the Board and was prepared pursuant to Public Resources Code §21000 et seq., and the State CEQA Guidelines.
B) There is no substantial evidence that the Project, as mitigated, will have a significant effect on the environment.
C) The MND for the Project reflects the lead agency’s (County's) independent judgment and analysis.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On January 13, 2015, (Legistar #14-0130) the Board accepted a grant award from the Housing-related Parks Program Grant 14-HRPP-9235 in the amount of $158,550 for the construction of restrooms at the El Dorado County Historic Railroad Park in El Dorado. The Parks Division entered into an agreement with Foothill Associates for the conceptual design and environmental review.
Working with the community, the attached concep...
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