Initial Study and Negative Declaration for Amendment to General Plan and Annexation 21

Initial Study and Negative Declaration for Amendment to General Plan and Annexation 21

The City of McFarland conducted an environmental review of a project on the north side of McFarland. This project involves a general plan amendment and annexation into City limits of two adjacent parcels to the immediate north of Elmo Highway, between Garzoli Avenue on its west and Davis Avenue on its east. The development application for Annexation #21 involves the parcels hitherto identified as 060-030-08 (with Jose Alberto Duran listed as owner) and 060-030-12 (with AMM Properties LLC as listed owner). The parcels lie right outside the City limits, but within McFarland’s sphere of influence (SOI). The initial development proposal is to pre-zone the adjacent parcels totaling 124.26 acres of vacant land via the annexation application to C-2. The designation, C-2, refers to a “Commercial Zone”, but includes a wide array of permitted land uses covering residential, commercial, institutional, entertainment, accessory, and emergency uses. The IS/ND for this annexation project contains no new proposals which would result in any significant effects that were not examined in the General Plan EIR. Therefore, the project would not have a significant effect on the environment.

McFarland

Kern

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (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 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, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, 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 Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)

Commercial (Sq. Ft. 5.4128E+6, Acres 124.26, Employees 150)

General Plan Amendment, Prezone, Annexation

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfire