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Home My Public Portal About0.0.1.1 REIR NOA ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10183 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, CA 96161-3306 www.townoftruckee.com Administration: 530-582-7700 / Fax: 530-582-7710 / email: truckee@townoftruckee.com Community Development: 530-582-7820 / Fax: 530-582-7889 / email: cdd@townoftruckee.com Animal Services/Vehicle Abatement: 530-582-7830 / Fax: 530-582-7889 / email: animalservices@townoftruckee.com Police Department: 530-550-2328 / Fax: 530-550-2326 / email: policedepartment@townoftruckee.com Printed on recycled paper. Town Council Carolyn Wallace Dee, Mayor Patrick Flora, Vice Mayor Dr. Mark Brown D.C., Council Member Alicia Barr, Council Member Joan deRyk Jones, Council Member Department Heads Tony Lashbrook, Town Manager Andy Morris, Town Attorney Adam McGill, Chief of Police John McLaughlin, Community Development Director Kim Szczurek, Administrative Services Director Judy Price, Town Clerk Alex Terrazas, Assistant Town Manager Daniel Wilkins, Public Works Director/Town Engineer NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY COLDSTREAM SPECIFIC PLAN PARTIALLY REVISED DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NO. 2009062029 OCTOBER 9, 2013 LEAD AGENCY: Town of Truckee PROJECT TITLE: Coldstream Specific Plan PROJECT LOCATION: The 178.9-acre project site is primarily located in the Town of Truckee in Nevada County, California, in Township 17 North, Range 16 East, within portions of Section 16 and 17, USGS Truckee Quadrangle (small portion of the site is located in Placer County). The property is owned by Teichert Land Co. and includes Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs) 18-560-10, -16; 18-740-22, -23; 18-760-11, -12, -13, -15; and 080-010-023. The project site is located approximately 2 miles west of the town’s historic downtown at the entrance of Coldstream Canyon, just south of Interstate 80, and approximately a half mile southeast of Donner Lake. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project is the adoption and implementation of a specific plan with the Town of Truckee General Plan designated Planned Community 1 site. The Coldstream Specific Plan would include a mixture of residential, commercial, recreation and open space uses on the site. The project also includes trail and roadway improvements. SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS: The original Coldstream Specific Plan Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) evaluated the following environmental issue areas that may be impacted by the project: Page 2 • Land Use • Historic and Cultural Resources • Transportation and Circulation • Visual Resources/Light and Glare • Noise • Community Services • Air Quality • Utilities and Service Systems • Geology and Soils • Population, Housing, and Socioeconomics • Hazards and Risk of Upset • Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change • Hydrology and Water Quality • Cumulative Impacts • Biological and Natural Resources • Significant Irreversible Environmental Changes • Growth Inducing Impacts Listed hazardous waste sites, hazardous materials users and other associated hazardous material sites (including sites identified under Section 65962.5 of the Government Code) that are known to be present in the project area are identified in Section 4.6 (Hazards and Risk of Upset) of the original Draft EIR. Since circulation of the original Draft EIR, the project applicant has made minor refinements to the design of the project and two new technical studies have been prepared as part of the CWA Section 404 permitting process that resulted in the availability of new technical information, including (1) a jurisdictional delineation for off-site portions of the project and (2) an updated archaeological inventory survey for the project site. The jurisdictional delineation (Gibson & Skordal 2012) addresses the same “Offsite Trail Project Study Area” as the original EIR plus additional areas surrounding the adjacent I-80 / Donner Pass Road freeway interchange. This new jurisdictional delineation was prepared to ensure that the project’s CWA Section 404 permit fully addressed the off-site impacts of the project. In addition, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently issued new guidance for calculating impacts to waters of the United States (see U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Program, “Standard Operating Procedures for Determination of Mitigation Ratios” (November 20, 2012). This guidance, in addition to refinements to the project design, resulted in a change to the acreage calculations for impacts to waters of the United States from those provided in the original Draft EIR. The updated archaeological inventory survey (Genesis Society 2013) includes identification of one prehistoric site (CA-NEV-785), which was inadvertently overlooked in previous cultural resource surveys prepared for the Coldstream Specific Plan project. The updated survey describes this site in detail and provides a Historic Properties Treatment Plan setting forth a proposed approach for mitigating potential impacts to this resource. CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5 describes procedures for recirculation of an EIR. It states that a lead agency must recirculate an EIR when significant new information is added to the EIR after public notice is given of the availability of the Draft EIR for public review, but before certification. New information added to an EIR is not “significant” unless the EIR is changed in a way that deprives the public of a meaningful opportunity to comment on a substantial adverse environmental effect of the project or a feasible way to mitigate or avoid such an effect (including a feasible project alternative) that project proponents have declined to implement. Based on the additional information and analyses required for the project, the Town has decided to recirculate the affected sections of the EIR for public review (Sections 4.8, Biological and Natural Resources, and 4.9, Historic and Cultural Resources). Copies of the original Draft EIR are available for review at the Town’s Planning Department. Page 3 Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5(f)(2), the Town is requesting that reviewers limit their comments to revised sections 4.8, Biological and Natural Resources, and 4.9, Historic and Cultural Resources, and will not be responding to new comments on the original Draft EIR. PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD/STATUS: A 45-day public review period will be provided to receive written comments on the adequacy of the partially revised Draft EIR. The comment period will start on October 9, 2013, and end on November 22, 2013. Written comments should be sent to the following address: Jenna Endres TOWN OF TRUCKEE Planning Division 10183 Truckee Airport Road Truckee, CA 96161 AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT EIR: Copies of the partially revised Draft EIR are available for review at the following location: Truckee Planning Division 10183 Truckee Airport Road Truckee, CA 96161 Phone: (530) 582-7700 The partially revised Draft EIR may also be reviewed on the Town’s website (http://www.townoftruckee.com). Referenced material used in the preparation of the partially revised Draft EIR may be reviewed upon request to the Planning Division.