Staff currently is evaluating the NOP and developing a list of comments. At this point, staff recommends the following comments be shared with VUSD:

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1 Agenda Item N. 9C Nvember 10, 2015 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Hnrable Mayr and City Cuncil Attentin: Laura C. Kuhn, City Manager Bartn Brierley, AICP, Cmmunity Develpment Directr WILL C. WOOD HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM PROJECT NOTICE OF PREPARATION (NOP) FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) BY THE VACAVILLE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (VUSD) DISCUSSION: The Vacaville Unified Schl District (VUSD) is planning t expand the Will C. Wd High Schl stadium. The VUSD has issued a Ntice f Preparatin (NOP) annuncing their intentin t prepare an envirnmental impact reprt (EIR) fr the prject. The NOP prvides all interested persns and agencies a 30 day perid t cmment n the scpe f envirnmental infrmatin t be included in the EIR. Staff recmmends that the City Cuncil direct staff t prvide a cmment letter t VUSD utlining issues that shuld be addressed in the EIR. The prpsed stadium upgrade wuld prvide a stadium and track cmplex fr a variety f events. The prject wuld include an eight lane synthetic track, a new synthetic turf field, and seating capacity fr up t 4,000 spectatrs. The facility als wuld include night lighting. The NOP indicates that the EIR wuld include a discussin f traffic, nise and aesthetics impacts. Attachment 1 cntains the NOP with site plan exhibits. The NOP prvides the City an pprtunity t advise the VUSD f any envirnmental impact issues that may affect the cmmunity. The prject descriptin must indicate all gvernmental apprvals required fr a prject. An EIR must analyze all ptentially significant envirnmental impact issues. The EIR als is required t analyze alternatives t the lcatin r design f the prject in rder t reduce r avid significant impacts. Staff currently is evaluating the NOP and develping a list f cmments. At this pint, staff recmmends the fllwing cmments be shared with VUSD: - The EIR shuld analyze significant envirnmental impact issues that may affect the lcal cmmunity r facilities perated by the City, including streets, utility systems, plice and emergency respnse resurces. Specifically, the EIR shuld analyze: Impacts t traffic cngestin and level f service n City streets and at intersectins used by mtrists arriving fr r leaving events at the cmplex. The EIR shuld analyze alternate driveway entrances t the prject that may mitigate cngestin. Parking needs and hw parking will be prvided. The analysis shuld analyze impacts frm event gers seeking available n-street parking in surrunding residential neighbrhds. By way f cmparisn, in respnse t spill-ver parking frm events at Vacaville High Schl, the City has had t implement and enfrce a permit-parking system t mitigate impacts t neighbrhd streets. The EIR shuld analyze alternatives including prviding additinal nsite parking and prviding ffsite parking facilities with event shuttle service t the cmplex.

2 Impacts t the prvisin f public safety services resulting frm such needs as traffic and crwd cntrl and emergency medical respnse. Impacts t City utility systems, including water, wastewater, and strm drains, due t expansin f the facility. Air quality impacts assciated with traffic cngestin. Greenhuse gas emissin impacts, including thse assciated with vehicle trips and traffic cngestin. Impacts t and cnflicts with land use plans and develpment standards fr the adpted land use and zning designatins fr this site. Nise impacts assciated with the prpsed use. Light impacts t surrunding streets and neighbrhds. - An EIR is required t analyze a range f alternatives t the prject r its lcatin t determine whether there are feasible alternatives that culd achieve the prject s bjectives while reducing envirnmental impacts. The EIR shuld analyze ptentially feasibly alternatives t the prject that culd reduce impacts, such as revising the lcatin f the facility n the Will C. Wd prperty in rder t place the stadium farther frm existing hmes. The EIR als shuld include an alternative that des nt include lighting as a methd t reduce visual, light & glare, and nise impacts. - The EIR must include a detailed listing f all City actins required fr the prpsed prject, the applicability f the City s develpment standards t the prject, and the District s plans with regard t City land use regulatins. These actins culd include such items as encrachment permits fr wrk within the public right-f-way required fr radway r utilities imprvements. If any discretinary actins are required frm the City fr this prject, the City wuld need t use the EIR. The VUSD held a scping meeting fr the EIR n Nvember 4, The Planning Cmmissin als will review the NOP as part f their regularly scheduled public meeting n Nvember 17, Staff may include additinal cmments as a result f these meetings. FISCAL IMPACT: The VUSD is the Lead Agency fr preparing this EIR. City staff time fr review f the envirnmental dcuments wuld be funded by the General Fund. RECOMMENDATION: By simple mtin, direct staff t prvide a cmment letter t VUSD n the Will C. Wd Stadium NOP t include thse cmments listed in the staff reprt and ther cmments identified by Cuncil r staff. ATTACHMENTS: Attachment 1: Ntice f Preparatin, dated Octber 23, 2015

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