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Home My WebLink AboutCC Reso 2025-20 - New Minicipal Well Project RESOLUTION NO. 2025-20 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH ADOPTING AN INITIAL STUDYIMITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FOR THE UKIAH NEW MUNICIPAL WELL PROJECT WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah (City) prepared an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Public Works Ukiah New Municipal Well Project (Proposed Project) in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as amended ("CEQA"), and state and local guidelines implementing CEQA; and WHEREAS, the City is the CEQA Lead Agency on the Proposed Project, and the City Council is the decision-making body for the Proposed Project; and WHEREAS, the Proposed Project is located within the City of Ukiah on lands owned by the City, located approximately 1,500 feet southeast of the City of Ukiah Municipal Airport attnear the intersection of Norgard Lane and Highway 101; and WHEREAS, the subject parcels are located approximately 722 feet east of the Ukiah Municipal Airport within the Airport Industrial Park Planned Development, which is designated for 'Manufacturing' land use; and WHEREAS, the project area includes two assessor parcels(APN 180-110-12 and APN 180-120- 15). APN 180-110-12 is a vacant, undeveloped property, while APN 180-120-15 is an existing vineyard parcel currently in agricultural use, but also subject to the same manufacturing land use designation. Both parcels are situated along a former railroad corridor and are located to the north of the US 101 overpass at Norgard Lane (County Road#211); and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Proposed Project is to construct a new well with a capacity of approximately 600 to 1,000 gallons per minute (gpm) to help the City maintain and continue to provide its existing customers with safe and reliable water supply; and WHEREAS,the Proposed Project would consist of construction and operation of a new municipal water well within an enclosed building approximately 20-feet by 40-feet by 10-feet high, which would occur in five phases; and WHEREAS, the first phase would be the construction of a test well to determine the potential capacity of the well and to test for water quality of the aquifer. If the capacity of the well and the water quality meet Health Department standards, then the second phase for drilling and developing the well. This phase would drill the well hole and install blank and louvered casing to the necessary depths for the well.The third phase would be the installation of the pump and motor equipment. This would include the construction/installation of a drive motor, discharge line, sand separator, building, fencing, site lighting, electrical equipment and other site improvements. The fifth and last phase would be the construction of a 12-inch transmission line that would run to the north and south along the railroad for approximately 1,500-feet and tie into the City's existing 12- inch groundwater transmission line. The pipeline would be trenched and buried approximately 3- feet deep below the existing ground surface. The new well will help provide water supply and pressure requirements for the area; and WHEREAS, on February 27, 2025, to initiate public review of the Draft ISIMND, the City filed a Notice of Completion (NOC) for the project with the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (State Clearinghouse or SCH) and a Notice of Intent (NOI)/Availability (NOA) with the County of Mendocino and released the Public Draft ISIMND for a 30-day public review; and Page 1 of 3 WHEREAS, the State Clearinghouse identified the Project with SCH #2025021131; and WHEREAS, the 30-day public review period was established between February 27 and March 31, 2025, with copies of the Draft IS/MND available for review on the City's website https://cityofukiah.com/cega-review/and at the addresses below: City of Ukiah, Public Works Administration Main Branch Library 300 Seminary Avenue 105 North Main Street Ukiah, CA 95482 Ukiah, CA 95482; and WHEREAS, the Final ISIMND was prepared according to CEQA Guidelines and considers and incorporates all comments received by the State Clearinghouse and other agencies during the 30- day public review period; and WHEREAS, the purpose of this document is to clarify facts set forth in the February 2025 Public Draft IS/MND, as necessary, to ensure accuracy; and WHEREAS, the City must consider the IS/MND, together with any comments received, before approving the Proposed Project(Public Resources Code Section 21091(f); and CEQA Guidelines Section 15074); and WHEREAS, the City has no affirmative duty to prepare formal responses to comments on the Public IS/MND, but should have adequate information on the record explaining why the comments do/do not affect the conclusion that there are no potential significant environmental effects; and WHEREAS, the City is required to, however, notify, in writing, any commenting agencies of the date of the meeting on the Proposed Project for which an ISIMND is prepared and will be decided upon for approval (Public Resources Code Section 21092.5(b); and CEQA Guideline Section 15073); and WHEREAS, the Final IS/MND is being distributed to agencies, stakeholder organizations, and individuals who commented on the Public Draft IS/MND to ensure that interested parties have an opportunity to express their views regarding the environmental impacts of the Proposed Project, and to ensure that information pertinent to permits and approvals is provided to decision makers for the City and CEQA responsible agencies; and WHEREAS, comments from the public have been incorporated into the Final ISIMND for the City's City Council to consider whether to approve the Proposed Project; and WHEREAS,the City is scheduled to make a final decision on the Proposed Project at its regularly scheduled City Council Meeting on May 7, 2025 at 5:15 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, CA 95482. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH AS FOLLOWS: THAT THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby make the following findings: (1) it has independently reviewed, analyzed and based its decision on the whole of the record, which includes those items identified in Public Resources Code Section 21167.6(e), including, but not limited to, the Public Draft and Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration,the staff reports and other information in the administrative record. The City Council has considered the information contained therein, prior to acting upon or approving the Project, (2) the Public Draft and Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the Proposed Project has been completed in compliance with CEQA and consistent with state and local guidelines implementing CEQA, and (3)the Public Draft and Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration represents the independent judgment and Page 2 of 3 analysis of the City as lead agency for the Proposed Project. The City Council designates the City's Director of Public Works Department as the custodian of documents and records of proceedings on which this decision is based. THAT THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby adopt the MMRP prepared for the Proposed Project. The Public Draft, Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, and MMRP are: (1) on file with the City at its Public Works Department at 300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, California 95482 and (2) available for inspection by any interested person. THAT THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby authorize the Water Resources Director to file the Notice of Determination with the California State Clearinghouse and the Mendocino County Recorder- Clerk, along with a check for $3,018.75 for the required California Fish and Wildlife Filing Fee ($2,968.75)and the Mendocino County Processing Fee($50)within five(5)days of this resolution as required by CEQA. THAT THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby adopt the Ukiah Municipal Well Project, as currently written. The Ukiah Municipal Well Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Notice of Determination is: (1) on file with the City at its Public Works Department at 300 Seminary Avenue, Ukiah, California 95482 and (2) available for inspection by any interested person. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 2025, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Rodin, Criss, Orozco, and Mayor Crane. NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: Vice Mayor Sher. Douglas F Crane, Mayor ATTEST: katL�v- Kdstine Lawler, City Clerk Page 3 of 3