Almond Acres

Almond Acres

The proposed project (Tentative Subdivision Map No. TSM 2024-01) is located on a 12.46-acre site (APN 022-281-005) between Cedar Street and Orchard Lane. The project proposes to subdivide the site into three parcels and construct a total of 67 residential units. Parcel A (3.32 acres): Retains the existing mobile home park; Parcel B (0.38 acres): Proposed for a new 12-unit apartment building; Parcel C (0.41 acres): Designated for stormwater improvements. The remaining 5.31 acres would accommodate 55 single-family homes, with 3.06 acres allocated for new internal roads. An Initial Study prepared by the City determined that all potential environmental impacts would be less than significant or mitigated to a less-than-significant level, except for Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT). The Initial Study concluded that the project would result in a significant and unavoidable VMT impact, thereby requiring the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) limited to that topic. Reducing the project’s VMT below the threshold of significance would require additional design strategies or mitigation measures. However, the project does not include feasible options to achieve the necessary reduction, and no uniformly applicable policies or regulations are available to offset the impact. Therefore, the VMT impact remains significant and unavoidable.

Soledad

Monterey

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 5, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Residential (Units 67, Acres 9.16)

Planned Unit Development, Site Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire