Calwa Elementary School Reconstruction

Calwa Elementary School Reconstruction

The Fresno Unified School District (District) proposes to implement the Calwa Elementary School Reconstruction Project (“project”) using Measure H bond funds. The project would demolish and reconstruct the entire Calwa Elementary School campus in three phases to replace facilities that no longer meet current building, accessibility, and educational standards. The project would reconstruct the existing campus while keeping students in session at the campus. The project would not increase student enrollment or capacity but would provide equitable access to modern, energy-efficient, and safe facilities consistent with other recently modernized District campuses. The Project would reconstruct the campus at the same educational capacity with modern facilities and site improvements. The new campus would include, approximately: • A 47,300 square-foot, two-story classroom/administration/library building; • A 9,500 square-foot MPR building (totaling 64,800 square feet of new building area); • A 58-stall parking lot and parent drop-off loop fronting Kaviland Avenue; • A staff parking lot (33 stalls) on the west side of the campus on Cedar Avenue; • Bus drop-off lane and loading area on Cedar Avenue; • New blacktop, playgrounds, backstop, and turf playfields in the campus interior and southern portion. These proposed site improvements describe the scale, scope, and intent of the project, however the final design of the proposed reconstructed school would vary from this description. Construction would be implemented in three phases to maintain on-campus operations throughout the two-year construction period, anticipated from June 2028 through June 2030. Construction would occur Monday through Friday between the hours of 7 am to 5 pm:

Fresno

Fresno

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Education, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 12, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 23, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Educational (64,800 sq. ft. building reconstruction. 10 gross acres.)

Site Plan, Redevelopment

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, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfire