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SUMAARY SCEZET FOR DZV18ZO S APPLICANT Ted Colbert (Palm Crest Village) %� ,��,r,•n ,� �., ADDRESS 2901 Baronet Way Sacramento, Ca 95833 OWNER Same as anpl i caii4 PROJECT DESCRIPTION Tentative Subdivision Map to divide 32.46 acres to create 134 Parcels ranginq from 6,500 sq.ft. to 9,500'sq,it,. LOCA):e (,)N at the northwest corner of lbth Street _ and Tehama AYr . Thermal 1 --�' rn,;,a ea ; 30-051-02 thru 34/ 30-052-02 thru 16/30-061-9thru24 ASSESSORtZ PARCEL NUMBER(S) 30-062-02 thru 11/30-063-03 thru 12/30-DL4-�hri9 15 ONjr,G AR GENERAL PLAN _ LDR PROJECT CONSISTENT? GENBRAT- PLAN CONFORMANCE REPORT February . 2 , 1590 DA'L'E OF APPLICANT SIGNATURE LAND 'CONSERVATION ACT CONTRACTS? DATE APPLICATION RECEIVED ,brlary 21 1990 Psomas Associates _ AGENT/SURVEYOR/CIVIL ENGINEER: ADDRESSx 646.N Markot Blvd., Suite 4, Sacramento, CA 95834 DATE PLAVNiNG DIRECTORS REPORT PREPARED ENWIROMMLNTAL CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION DATE FILED DETE MINATION AND LATE NEGATIVE 08CLARATION - DATE ADOPTED,, MITIGATED NEG. DECLAR.NTION u- DATE ADOPTED� ENV. IMPACT REPORT DATE CERTIFIED STATE CLEARI�iGHOUSE NO. . , A "1d ►^� � b� �r��an-, �� 'f E �_Y' cX .. "fie �J k _ _ .. ... SUB. COMMITTEE MEtTwNG ADVISORY AGF,NCY gtARTNG DATE bn,.,,Ai y AGENCY AbVISOR ��j�" ray' AC"I'rON-. C �.. r ; . %" Ii� m •#� . �� i�,Y,_ . , , ._,, APPW. MED �-- APP .L I#EARI: C DATE. BOARD ACTION �.._._...�...» CotR PL:=�1i3G..DTRECTOR�`a „1PfRT..,...,z,�_.,.,... 1 COUNTY OF BUTTE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS i County Center Drive Oroville, CA 95965 (916) 538-7266 February 15, 1990 Ted Colbert RE; AP 30-051-02 + various 2901 Baronec Way. Palin Crest Village, Units 2 3 Sacrapento, CA 95833 Tentative Subdivision Map Dear M:i Colbert This is to notify you that your application for a tentative map for the above -referenced property is being submitted to the Planning Department for environmental determination,, and to the Environmental Health Department for its review. This application will be considered complete when we have received notification from the'Planntig Department and the Environmental Health Department that all ;necessary data have been received. These departments Vill contact you regarding any additional information they may ti Lire - Very truly 'yours, William Cheff' Director of Public Works /I t r Jin Mendonsa sistant Director' JM/kk cc: Planning Department x Environmental Health Department" Pijomas & Associates <n Butte csi pfM10g cam", 1 Isco s, TMZATIVE SMIVISIO I TEit' 1TIVE PARCEL MAP FRE=�miARY SUBDIVISION L r.. WAIVER APPLICATION j ✓ (Please check approvri:.-te 'ox) y ryfG� Tb0 APPLICANT: PHON'� �) DO ADDRESS ;rHOy� IVO: ADDRESS: ENGINEER, O1 'STIR MOR : �S'o,r90 � :: � i � h` �' n G FiiO, E NO � GV 4::?BIXSS: NOTICE OF TO: MAILX'' -�- ! 4 TACaTION CSP PROPERTY; TOWNSHIP . 191V"RANGE RANGE 3Z _ SECTION 3u-alo%-tti%2,ll:f,�j O?y7�' v3 -40 os - ASSESSOV S PARCEL NU14BER: 30 y 2 fJ''r✓ ,fib - TOTAL ACREAGE 3Z '/�r G Z�"iir✓ 7/ 3v:oE.¢-d�'7/t�v j3 PLEASE STMUT PRELI AMRY TITLE 'REPCRT OR RECENT POLICY OF TITLE 11NSL rBANCE (da.ted Within last S:Lc mouths) J,";ITR APPLICATION, INDICATE HELAW TIM DATE AND BECOMING ZNnRM TION 3Y '� : PARTICU AR PAt�CEL WAS CBE�ITED DATE / �/ BOON .PAGE ._ LiUI�iB. R A `ID SIZE OF PAP.CFLS PEI? G CREATED ( jhciu ling any remainder): c/I 7 7t f ev :. 'if' / DISTANCETO NATURAL WATER COUkiSE OR STORM DRAIN7el,ell / L- ItROPOSn I.MTIIOD OF SMACE tM;POSAL: , ,fi!.�/��, , e'�+rc',- - i����>�rr�«✓.� , Check with Health Department) PROPOSED SOURCE OF MATER il`,r"it (ChecTs with health Department) �:. CrIML PARCEL? Alp-- DO POWER AM PHONE LINES E`Y.I;-rT TO T�iE I3t)tJ3ilARY OF nmORI jr. j30Ty ESTIMATE TkM DISTANCE THEY WILL HAVE TO RE EXTENDED: 13(11 i.Q Coltlity P.1_mMing Dept. FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: 7 tu:ItzLy [;enter I�rlve Rec>ipt -// o7EfJ OrOv! 110. CA 95965-1391APpl3cant �Ji PlS ` 0M) 538-7601 AP Subdivision Name (if applicable) ,?at APPENDIX H mat, N i i e ct LAND DIVISION APPLICATIONS Suptsletrwenta.L Information fora Planning Department 1, List and describe any other relatdd ),ormits and other public approvals required for this project, including those ,required b PP s yu state and feder,'al agencies: Y city, egignal, 2. Proposed scheduling/associated Projects; 31 Anticipated incremental deVelo meizi f(1Lure development plans); P (P sing of subdivision units, A What method w1,11 be utilized to accommodate stjt`face drainage? eDe how onsite and downstream draina a channel, will be affected, scribe i 5. peoxf Y at ge fdt fire fightip, Purposes (hydrants poslds, etc. a; � (z, Will e:tcavat, iUn tzr grading be necessar y• � �761'` Cubic ya1ti,!s . (lir'(c3t:Lcs fi- ns tor` travel to propert , irura,l and, mountainous areas on1y} " --- --_ l b.. .'.. ... a : . ,. .: ... ,':]✓ ws _:. ,.. ,. ,- - iY-. .:.:..,:.. ... .... ,, ,v .. UNV) RONMF;t TAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION tflaASl'JRCS-° ftlettC 1'y lynzential2y significant environmental ,impacts associate l i1F� d with, 1,=111(1 ttf±vision'. What p1:.0ject design features or special, conditions Or approval (mitigation measures) are proposed to alleviate Potential rnv i ron►nnttta 1 impacts? P l ENVIRON;1i•:NTAL SC'CTINFGry' A) 1)r'sc elbe the project site as .it exists before the project, 11lt "ding tnf`orrAtion on topography, soil £ a , attrl r,►tfmals, attd any cultural,tak�ilfty plant$ l)n:sc ripe- storl(,,al or Any existi.ngstructuresion the site, and.thelhi;r.ructures, ' SSC /�7orA-/Ox b) Des;''L%he the surround%stes, plants and animals and any cultural, histoincluricaling Lorosceriicn on indicate the type Of ,land use (res idenI co aspects, int%nsfty of land us(. } mmercal, etc.), (one -family, apartment houses, shops, depart- Ment stores, etc.) and scale of developme;it (height) frontage, SOrback, rear ,yard,, etc.). {:irlf'I'I PPCA"CION: I hereby certify that the statements furnishod above .st of 'n abil ` and in f',tXf1 i.1k evaluation to Present y aC tion (aqui( � �, . ekhz 1t ► r1 d�xts eesent the data anU informs 0 1Hr1 ed f�� this and In.i"�rrnatioit presented a true and y, and That the facts statements ar1(f it(l ief, correc to the best of my knoVledge Signature =--�- For i'tiJ\i: �iiIF 1L`,1te "Oet fOt longer, responses; "o S iur dbjenn ;puel 01 83 '; • ==s,i 7r �T C-._.� -r�+t +�w �NT(- j Cre�f � il `� xv�.. 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Craig Carter (on areas north of red 1, AP: 30-051-02 + various X- Butte County Sher ff ine on map) PG&E (check title report for easement) .- Pacific Bell F Butte County Mosquito Abatement OR Oroville Mosquito Abatement School ll'rtrict wolf map (areas within large map in cabinet tJater Company (if individual wells are not Durham Irrindicated on application _ igation OR Durham Mutual Water Co. map) California Water .Service Company Oroville-Wyandotte Irrigation District o(Oroville area SE Thermalito Irrigation Distract of river) Li,mesaddle Community Services Districtl(Paradisearea Yarea alonE Of g 3 to lake) g Pent., Fd;. Del. Oro Water (Paradise Pines area) Buzz -ail Waterworks (Doe Mill Ridge/Forest Ranch area), Paradise Irrigation District City of . (check wall maps for spheres of influence) ---�- Orovil:e Calico Paradise Biggs _ Gridley OROVILLE AREA OYLY` make Oroville Area Public Utility Distr_,.t (see large trap in cabinet Feather River Recreation District (see large map in cabinet) El Medio Fire District (check wall map, a small K BxGGS, RICTIVALE, GRTDLEI AREAS Portion of Oroville only) (SOUTH BUTTE GOUTY): -check wall map and table report to see what, applies, Some areas overlap, Drainage District 11 Drainage District fit u Drainage District #100 Drainage District Yr 1200 Reclamation District.1835 Reclamation District M2056 Sacramento and San Joaquin Drainage District Butte Creek Drainage District IN CERTAIN CASES; . Superintendent Of, Schools (only fox, subdivisions) _.._� Dept. of Fish and Game (near water and in rural and mountainareas) Cal. Trans (near State Hwy4 32, 70, X99, .149 "Chsco uxitgW.. Richvale H►vy,) 0 191 (Clark Road) C tyff), 16 (Olive' Hwy 'State Water United Board QualOntrol ity y Project USA lanae 1cfi Lots or units) (protects wzth more t Parks and Recreation Department (..ro`�ettborders, land --c}ieck AP books) (i£ State Water Resources De arttnent vi le) vide) p (propertyheartakeOOr �- watershed P p 7 Rock Creek R ecla%mation Dist (gest. of Chaco Airpbrtf south of Rock. Creek, , east. of Rwy. 90 (see wall map) and' Chico Area Recreation & Park Dist (onlay for subdivxsioris) SPECIAL CASES: check title report for any mention off -special servces or e iaseme" as to Thetmalito Irrigation District (numbered item nts suth ` A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL Primary Uses :Detached single -family dwellings at urban den- sities. Secondary SeAgricultural s�, animal husbandry, home occupations, outdoor recreation utilities, public and: qu.azi-public uses, group quarters and care homes. Site Designation Criteria: ,deeded for urban residential development within 20 years. 2. Adequate crater supply. 3 rWexs available or natural conditions suitable for septid tanks,. 4 Adjacent or near to existing utilitie, ;, roads and single-� family residents al development. Good accessibility to commercial services, schools, fire protection and other community facilities. In ensi ty of Use; Zoning net parcel sizes of one. acre to 00 square Feet. One single -family dwelling per parcel with other residential uses limited to a maximum density of b dwelling units per gross acre.' name occupations, farm animals, other uses and setbacks regulated to maintain single -family residential character. Consistent Zones R-1, R-1 A e4 013 RT-1, RT-1A, ASR, M-R S-R SR-51 BR-11 TI-1-11 R-M ij PA-C. Zoning Factors; 1. Existing parcel sizes and residential densities. 2. Availability of sewers or suitability for septic tanks. 3. Effects on adjacent uses, 'water quality, air quality', noise, traffic flow and safety, and general environmental. quality. 4. Proximity to major streets, commercial sere- cos and all pabl:ic facilities. 5� Distance from airports; railroads and industrial. uses. 6. Existing utilities, walkways ,and drainage facilities. 7. i,ocai desires. *Developments with densities in excess of. A dwelling units per' gross acre utilizing septic waste disposal sy8tthi8 must meet Health Department requirements and lye cl.ustored (PA-C) or be providod with sewer service. �j BUTTE COUNTY Me Cc- p6mtng exam E � RQUEST FUR � JINN 9199Q GENERAL, PLAW CONFORMANCE 1REPDRT: prnvii6o, poli%tnln Items to be completed by aPPI icant: i . APPLICANT NAME AND ADDRESS: 71 e' 2. PROJECT DESCRIPT'ION � t���,�� ✓',� %/�. � • ASSESSORS PARCEL NUMBERS.- �a �-�,�; � �,r 2- %w I G ,��-�►�'.� � ��,I�r�,T!'" PROPOSED USE e , r Submit this form with one copy pY of the tentative map to: Butte County Planning Department 7 County Center drive Orovil l e, CAl i,4ornia 9596~ The Planning rtepaP'tment will return the completed ton airman,-- r -e ort to thea applicant for- his/her signature. T � pP he con4drmance repos:; must be submitted with the aPPI kation to the Laud p gat k u. Development Section of PUbl is Works LO 1988 •'2� ''S�.nr,� rem — ... . ou Sarre UEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILL1A,M (Blit) CHEFF, Director r CDUN1'y CENTER DRIVE . OVIVILLE, CA4tFORNIA 95965 Telephone:I9;uy 538,7681 RONALD D, McELkOY Deputy Director Ted Colbert 2901 Baronet t4ay RE: AP 30-051-2 & various goaramento, CA 95833 Palm Crest Village T8M 2 & 3 Dear Mr. Colbert: At t26 tregu lar meetir y of the Bu< to County Adv; soar Agency held on A environmental Mitigations and a� raved the g _ � August pp above r on with to the. conditionsne ata.ve declaration )11 1 eferenced r the A enc - ado tech a o .vested on the attached sheet Project subject If no appeals are timely filed -- within ten (10) days of the da Advisory;Agency t s approval. ( September S, 1991 to of the Board of Supervisors, this action will be final., �. With the. Cleric of the I When the conditions of approval are complied with, it will be in order for unyepar11 be : YOU to file your t'f .nal ►nap with the Bt»tte Cotbc Work for recordation within tWenty�four t"2) `months of the date Department of Publiapproval by s the ,Advisory Agency, act.. Recently enacted legislation (AB515 effective JA 8> Chapter 1706; Statutes of 1990 nuary 1, 1991; requires that the Department• of Fish and Game impose and' co?lect filing fees as specified to defray the cost of managing and protecting fish and wildlife trust resources. These filing fees are collected during the environmental review time the atrtyty files a pro ec of Determ nation. with process and re 6- .the the Count an which the t Pursuant to 86cti0n 21152 of the floc located, This procedure is required Code. To increase administrative effiaiencY, the statute delegated trie collection Of filing fees to the County Clerk, The fee )-equired in connection with project is checked belowc th your 4� R PAGE 'A40 PROJECT NAME: AP NUMBERS CLASSIFICATION OF ENMONMENTAL DOCUrIENT 1. NOTICE OF E D1PTiON/STATJ7MENT OF ETON ( ) A Statutorily or Categorically Exempt $2.j.00 (,Twenty --Five Dollars) Clerk's Fee } B. De Minimus Impact - Certificate of Fee Exemption $254,00 (Twenty -Five Dollars) Clerk `.s Fee 2 NOTICE OF bETM"ATION FE`E' REQUIRED ( X) A. Negative Declaration $1,250.00 (Twelve Hundred Fifty Dollars;) State Filing Fee ( w pDollars) Clerk's r?ee B. Environmental .ImpactReport r $850 (Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars) -- State Filing Fee $25.00 (Twenty -Five. Dollars) Clerk's Fee 3. OTHER S &cif $25,00 (Twenty Five Dollars) Clerk's Fee The fee should be paid to the Planning Department by ( September 9 1991 inorderfor the NoticeofDetermination to be timely filed. Make checks payable, to the County of Butte, The project applicant should be aware that if he or she does not remit payment of the required filing fees, the project approval may be invalid by4 law and may not be operative, vested or final, pursuant to the provisions of Public Resources Code Section 21089 (b), fish and Grime Code Sec. 711,.4 (c) and Section 753.5.(d) (3) and (7), Title 14, Caliiurnia Code of Regulations. Should you have any questions .regarding this matter, please contact this office~ Very truly yours, William Cheff Director of Public 'Works t �� lit 11 Jo, n Mend nsa AsAistant Director JMM8 cc Planning Department Environmental Health Department Pt6mas & Astoc. ; ;Suite-, 4, 646 Mkt: Blvd. , Sacramento, CA 95884 3 NOTZC) O Z� T R1�=NAT e N xo Office of Planning and Research VROM_c Butte County 144 Tenth Street, Room 121 Planning Department Sacramento, CA 95$14 7 County Center Drive or Oroville, CA 95965 XX County Clerk County of Butte z3 •;r; r-311ing of Notice of s:etermination in compliance with Section 2.110$ car 21152 of the Public Resources Code, 1 11)ject Title AP .T, Name Tentative Subdivision Map 030-051-002,etc, Ted Colbert gate Clearinghouse Number Contact Person cif submitted to Clearinghouse) Telephone Number John Idendonsa, Pubic Works 91.6-538-7266 Project Location At the northwest earner of 16th Street '-nd mehama Ave. Thermaiito area. Project Description TSM to divide 32 A6 acres to create 134 parcels ranging from 6,_500--9500sf.. This is to advise that the Butte County Adviso - Aaenc (Load Agency or Responsible;Agency) has approved the above-described project on and leas made (Date] the ,fo11.oW'an d following :terminations regarding the above-described project: 1. The project rojcwill' will not,. have a significant effect on the 2 An Environmental Impact Report rias prepared .for this projojt pursuant to the provisions UOA. A Negative Declaration was prepared iot this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA, 3 Mitigation measures_ dere, Vero not, made a .ondition of' the approval, of the project: 4i A statement of overriding considerations teas,teas not, adopted for this project, `t'hs is to certify that the final gxR faith cointniknts and responses and record; of projadt approvalis kivailable to the general public at: Butte County Planning Department 7 County Centex Dtive Oroville, CA 9$965 gate Received for 1+iling and posting, at Op Signature I Ted Colbert, Palm Crest t►• at the northwest cornier of 16th TSM, 'Units 2 and 3, t the and Tehama Avenue. lots lcoated Engineer:Psomas and. Associates Thermal to area. Public Works conditions fora royal a "r� ` PP n 1 Submit road. and clra;., plans to the Departure nt d xn �.1j the required facilities, of Public Works 2' Provide 20 ft. radius property bine returns at intersections, all street Provide right-of-wa intersections, y dor standard ho. S -S at all street 4 indicate a 50 ft, building setback line from all streets, the centerline of 5 Street signs shall be provided b .- intersections per County requirements,he dEveloper at all street mi names for each street to the County address(Subtot 5 alternate approval of street the or 5 Construct 18th Street and Plumas Avenue fro half street section with vertical curb, mage to RS -t-,:. 12�foat width. on off: site portions o£ 18th Street, Pte- " , gutter and sidewalk plus Avenue, Park Wa. 1, Crest drive and all interior roads to PS -2-13 geometric standard; Minimum structural section to be �'r AC an 8" AB with to design to Count Repeal and 95% relative d camnaction or submit a of Public Works for approval. valt determinations and other data may he required to design. support section 7 Construct loth Street from Tehstba A4`e�nue to Plumas Air Tehama Avenue from 18th ,Street to 16-1 Street to RSA' -A g entre and sections to 1�-foot=„`xath an eat and Te' , half -street Section or widen ekxstin 15th St- Hama Avenue aved with'1-1 2,11 d overlay entire p 1 AC overlay, street section 8 Provide montumentation as required b Works in accordance s,` 3 the Department of Public tlhh accepted standards, 9 Street grades a, d other features shall. comply �,.` County Ordinances, .gdQc� .. P 3 cc the Butte n resolution and other accepted engineering standiardsx 10 Provide permanent solution for drainage. 11 All easements of record to be shown on the final map-, 12 t3eet requirements of Butte County Fire pFtpartment or of responsible agency, her 13 Sbq root . lighting shall be ded requirement accepted desigtiicrt,eriaccstidreconimendaCUttd ions o County PGM 1 ,` a 14 TED COLBERT, TSM 1,5 Pay off assessments. 16 Meet the requirements of the utility companies (i.e., PG&E, Pacific 'Telephone, water, sewer). 1:7 Pay any deli-nquent tares or current taxes as required.. 1,8 Form CSA for storm drain maintenance and street lights. 1,9 Developer shall provide all required traffic safety signs; including stop signs. health Dept. conditions; �-C Indicate on the tentative map those wells that are proposed to be destroyed under permit. Destroy those wells under permit and connect the facilities served by the 'wells to oth,:;r approved wager sources prior to recording final map 21 Provide a letter or other documentation from the Thermalito Irrigation District stating that they are willing and able to Supp}, 1 domestic water to parcels 1 thru 36, 38 thru. 134. Provide a letter or other documentation from the Thermalito Irrigation 22 District stating that they are willing and able to supply sewer service to parcels 1 thru 36, 3$ th "u. D4. 23 Place a note on the map that states "development of parcels 1 thru 36, 38 thru :134 will require connection to a public sanitarysewer:" thru 24 Place a note on the map that states `development of parcels ly. 36, 38 thru 134 will require connection to a public water supply." Planning Dept, conditions. 75 lbd applicant shall be required to comply with all erosion control �. g p the County of Butte... standards provided by the Uniform Buildin Code ado ted by 26 The applicant licant shall provide fire hydrant spacing per standards of the Butte County Fire Dept, 27 To mitigate school impacts the applicant would have to ray developer fees to the Thermalito School District. The following mitigat-31.oft, measures are required 1 Prior to Approval of the final map, the applicant shall. subudt a final Hydrology Report showing g dere ;i.?ped analysis of how the on --site and eventual ofi'�site drainage will t� '.andlsr and that it can bO mitigated l'"- a r V. 4 j6U tte Couft DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (Bill) CWEFF, Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE - OROVILLE CA! IFORNIA 95965 CERTIFIED MAIL Telephone. (9)6I 538.7681 - h RONALD D, MCELROY October 11,; 1971 Deputy Direciot Ted Cobert RE: AP 30-051-1.3 + various Theresa McGarry BOUNDARY LINE MODIFICATION 8008 Sacramento. St. Fair Oaks] CA 95628 )ear Property Owners: Please be advised that the Butte County Advisory Agency will hear your application on the above -identified property on November 18, 1991. The AgenZy will be reviewing the findings from the Planning Department and will be considering your tentative boundary line modification. Public works will recommend the conditions of approval as listed on the attached sheet. "'(Ye meeting will commence at 9:00 a.m. in the 'Board of Supervisors' Ttootn, County Administration Building, 25 Cotnty Center Drive, Oroville, Califorh-ia: If you have any questions regarding this matter; please contact this office. Very truly yours► William Cheff Director Of Public works n r John Alen ohsa AAsistahtr Director JM%d attachment Ce'. - Planning Department Environmental Health Department 'Ron Graves r TED COLBERT / THERESA MCGARRY, BUI, AP 30-051-13 + various, 20 parcels within Palm Crest Subdivision, located at the northwest corner of 16th St, and Tehama Ave.. Thermalito area. Public Works conditions:: 1 Prepare necessary deeds for recordation. Submit to Department of Public Works for checking. 2 'Verify that partial reconveyance and/or modification of trust deeds has been accomplished, if necessary, Verify that there are no delinquent taxes due prior to recording deeds or map. G Prepare a map showing approved boundary lane modification and submit to Department of Public Works for checking, approval and recording. 5 After recordation, of deeds, contact the Assessor's Office and request that the necessary parcels be combined so that no new parcels are created, 6 Show all easements of record on the map; { i ii LAW OFFICES OF BALFREY & ABBOTT 5`•e,� John Caffrey WY ` �xtrr W Abbott ,� �* SarnKes 1801 1 Steeef T a n E Moe �- g,-t,4 n A Andfeman ' Suite 200 TEt!-dtrY 7vt, Taylor SacramQnlo, calilorr. a 95$74 Ua;!:eV :Hanson Telephone: ,Jam6T J Falcone (916)W-8809 -8809 .ani'5 .Kindermann Fax: (916) 444,0617' Mn John lY,fendosa- June 29, 1990 Assistant r)irector Depart rnent of pLiblia }vr% lts 7 County Center brive CroVille, CA 95965 }ie Palm Crest V111 Dear Mr. Mendosa: This letter is written on behalf of Ted Colbert rerr Project It Tt is my understanding that the processing of his ro'ec barding his Palm Crest Village a result of Count�� study of an area wid;r traffic circulation xs ue,t Pre Presumably suspended as rationale for not processing this project is the desire Mitigation p mately, the to malre this project subject to the ounttrafficywill ntotjhatethele al authority rs the case, X would like to point out g to impose such a condition, that the The Subdivision MapAct rotes retluirements after the application has been applicants changes in developtnent p a licants from 0 ernment Code Section 66474.2 states that accepted actin� �: Processin . application fora 'tent tive ma r g Specifically, p p, the local agency shall a a'pp ove or disapprove an policies and standards in effect at the date the local a en pp $ only those ordinances application. is cern lete, g cy has determined the this section, Often CEQA is niistak ee as a result of our ETR. study Would be The legislature has made clear that tl Isis not the case Ved to ho. a,ysource r_1f inion prohibited by procedural basis for. the eereise of other regulator o �,atirn aut}iority. ahtl that CEQA sets forth a Section 21004, n p vers. public Resources Code would appreciate clKjrification of the Coun 's osi"i convenlefice. An t3' p t ot1 at y Any response be directed to Mr, Colbert our earl,est Sincerely, "'VAtymb William V, Abbott cc Ted Colbert .isg.2. T3ettye Mrcher CA.pITA.L IN'VEST'MENT PROPERTIES Fair Uaks, cati(ornla 95628 916/967.4400 W)i; g I G/9G7-0851 _ 1 £ 008 Sacramcnto Strcct, DATE; _/ TO ;'� RE • 4 „ C , FROM OUR VAY. 'NUr�fBERi 5'16/95T-0859 P�GDS,' i2�CLUD�NG T�iIS . THIS TRAitSMISS7:ON CONSISTS OF ARE ANY $' OR QUESTxOPIS PLEASE PR , ooV9R SHEET. IF THERE CONTACx; i'ylo'NE. 916/507-4400 OR 916/96$x-1915 COUNTY OF BUTTE , ,SEP 2 8 1990 w Land beveiooftid Sed, September 27, 1990 Mr. aohn Mend.o 2sa. Ansistan't Director of Public works Butte county 7 County Center Drive Orovil.l e, CA 55965 Res: WAIVER OF 70IME LIMITS PALM CREST VILLAGE Dear ter. Mendonsta I hereby waive the C.E.Q.A. time limits for action on the Palm. Crest Village project, and request that the current tentative map, which you are processing, be continued pending completion .of: the , Thermalito traffic mitigation 'study. Please convey my apologies to those Who have attended the continued hearings in anticipation of a final action on the project. It has been m action on the Yintention to hold Project until the results o£' the study are knoxan. In the mean time, should I decide to proceed with construction of the existing lots, I will withdraw this applicatiPlans on whey I am in a position too request signature of improvement construction of` the im,p�rovements. I am assuming thatthe a and bsgin no reason why the tentative map cannot remain a current application even though other minor items, (like boundary 1-ne adjustments and improvement. plan checking) are under way, If you feel that there might be some diffiuty with this rcontact me. please Thank you for your consideration. S�.ncereLy► ��� Ted P, Colbert C'OU'NTY OF BUTTE SEP P, 8 1590 (.end Development SeC, BUTTE COUNT'f DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HF-ILTE' DIVISTLON OF ENVIROMMENT."L HEALTH County Center Drive .. Oroville, CA 95-985) (9106) 538-7281 October 2, 1,901; Ron Graves and associates P.O. Box 1.,76 ..0 Oroville, CA 95965 RE: 3LM - Palm Crest Village, 20 par. within Palm Crest ... 0- Subdivision - NW -cor. of 16th St. & Tehama Ave. - AP# 30- 051-13,14,26,27 & 28/ 30-052-05 & 06/ 30-061-19,1.0,21,22,23 0A 'r & 24/ 30-062-06 & 07/ 30-064-08,09,10,11, & 12 Dear Mr .. Graves This depart=ment has advised the Butte County Departzient'of Public N Worsts Lana Development Section that we are prepared to act on the r _. above application. Based on present inzormat,-.on, we can recommend approval or conditional approval, Recommended Conditions for Abnroyalt This depawrLment has no conditions. i you ha�.�e aiZ�r recard,;rig this I ettes, please contact. Tom Y 4 ruestlons Hushes' or of 'te r a� she above lis tea address or telephone number between 8:0 = 20:00 a,m. '�reawdays: Ver" itr ?0iS"/S r Phil' : te�.SOtY 8 pervi8inS D vis -.ort o.L' EnVircnmenta? F ealth ct: Planning Depart.me t; i I J Steven John Pa!fey William W. Abbott Britt S, Mimes Marian E. Moe Kathleen A. Andleman W. Steven Shumway Timothy M. Taylor ManIce lll:nsore Terence Kilpatrick John M. Litini Diane D, Kindermann TedColbert Capital Investment ]Properties 8MB Sacramento Street Fair Oaks, CA 95628 June 25, 1991 Commercial Real:Estate Environmental Land Use Litigation Public Agcocy Real Estate Financing Residential Development Dear Mr. Colbert: certain 'You asked me to review theProposed action of the County of ;Buttt� to require As I understand therelevain ntr_ burld�out of the palm Crest Villtl e PCV _ lots facts, .1?.rV was originally subdivided in 1949. g )� are b ow improved,frYoulg oeasm c and 16th Streets .have belen conveyed, most of which d Out the r must aprprove the improvement plans, and grant build* lding peeirnaillinrmits for the n;To do ' `the County homes, jlvidual To .date, you have received direction from the Country's Public ' Vork�; Department to not only address improvements to the centerline in front of each h8me tel be, constructed, but also. (a) improvements on the other side of the ceriterlinei ,Ond V in front of the lots Originally years ago. g y Part of the subdivision, but sold ,bff many ability It is my opinion that where no new subdivision neap is required, the iuthn rto over the building is gcvdr( ly limited and is based solei on the C unity i °s r tY ' ding permit. I note; that while the County s inlprovefmptys _ standards (March 1991 apply to subdivision as well as nonusubdivisioi�t activit�R m� reaung of this document and the zoning and building odes rementS going beyond lot frontage would be limiited to pubic Sets wer at antl7rvater,� lviy Ckperience in other jurisdictions as well also supports the limited as ertt of rnprovements necessary for any building permttss P ._. +�. y ------------------------- I understand that a minor bou idnry line adjustment will be required for in,►rgn ficant number of tots, The Gove.rnn c�t1t Code is very explicit, hr��vtrve an y e exercised fi nor jUnction with a minor bountta � ln; that only authority that may b ment Is limited to z ry line ane las'cixient; ,for the parcels directly affected, Governmecode nt rode lidd412 t t�� Utilities andfd.). --z DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (Bill) CHEFF, Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE - OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Tclephon.• (916) 538•7681 ROMALD D. McELROY bcputp• Director August 12, 1991 Ted Colbert RE: .& various Scr AP 30-051-2 aBaronet Way Palm Crest Village Sacramento,. CA 95833 age TSM 2 & 3 Dear Mr• Colbert: 4t the regular meeting of the Butte Count Advisory , the Agency continued itsyrevie1q, of thency held on August 12, 1991 at your ,request. August 19, 1991, The item toas continued abole-referenced subject to The next meeting will commence at 9t00 -am. In the Board of Supervisors Room,,, 25 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA If you have Any questions regarding this matter, please contaco. this office. Very truly yours, William Cheff Director of Public Works /John Mendonsa Assistant Director cc : Planning ;Department Environm0h ta.l Health Department Esot!ias & AiI80di, Suite Vii, 646 Re Mkt, Blvd., Sacrtamento, CA 95834 i INTER-IUEPARTMENTAL HEMORANDiJM To. Advisory Agency FROM: Planning Director SUBJECT: Revised Report on Tentative Subdivision Map for Ted Colbert (Palm nicest Village) on .AP# (130-051-002 through 034, 030-052-002 thm t. '1-6, 030.061-009 through 024, 030-062-002 through 031, 030 -UG, -603 'through 012, 030-064-008 through 015, DATE; August 26, 199 This is aproposal to divide 32.46 acres to create 134 parcels ranging from 6,500 s ' �r quare feet to 9 500 square feet. The present zoning is A -R. The Land 'Use Plan Map of the Butte County General Plan designates this areas as Low Density Residential. There are no specific or commun °, plans for the area. The proposal does not conflict with County zoning nor any adopted or proposed element of the Butte County General Plan nor any County, specific of community plan. Recommend approval subject to the following mitigation measures: 1. Prior o approval a deter lednanalysisl, the applicant sWl submit a. final .Hydrology Report Y of how the on=bite and eventual off-site drainage will be: handled and, that it can be mitigated. 2. All construction equipment shall have muffler devices provided and maintained during operations, I The applicant ;;hall pay traftic mitigation fr-es pursuant to Ordinance No. 294.3. Conditions! 1. The applicant shall be required to comply with all erosion control standards provided by the Uniform Building Code adopted by tv, �o C. � Aty of Butte, Z The applicant ;shaft provide fir i hydrant spacing per stanevar'ds of the'Butto County Fire Department To mitigate school impacts the applicant would have to pay divolopo fees to the Thermalito School District, Ixo ' t` 2' 'e", AGREEMENT RUWN` 24G 'WITH THE LAND RE MITIGATION OF IMPACT ON SHERIFP'S DEPARTXNNT WHEREAS, the undersigned are pzesently tie owners of that land commonly known as AP No, (Sae Ftdttbil- 13,0,Zcj1e hick is .located in the unincorporated area of Butte County, California, near _� the legal description of which is Jet E:ortn in Exhibit attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and WAEREA5, sai, owners propose to develop their said land, and., in connection w?th their development proposal, have submitted an application to the County of Butte for the following discretionary land Use entitlement x —subdivision; map_ pace! map use perralit_ other (specify , and WHtREAS, said owners recognize that the cumulative impact o1 development in unincorporated areas of, the County oButte, . including their proposed development;, has created and is creatine; the need to augment the lawenforcement 'services provided by the Butte County Sheriff's nepartn,ent an6L has increased' and is` increasing 'the need for the ;Sheriff's Department to accru're .facilities and'equipment negessaryy to provide such services; and WHEREAS, S, said owners are aware that t:hQ County . of Butte is studying maythods to provide funding to acquire such equipment and faci?%ties by establishing developer fees, establishing an assessment, district-, establishing Mo-ilo-Roos districts, ot- some. similar, fair, reasonable and appropriate funding-echani:sm to finance such equipment and facility acquisition or to fund environmental and, other studies as may be deemed necessary to determine the :Meads for such equipment; and facil riles, and said, owners recognize that the imposition of such a ft: -,riding 'mechanist or combination of Mechanisms wil.,l benefit their said. property WHEREAS, said owners wish to mitigate 'the impact of their proposed development on the Sheriff Depar•tmontJ S ability 'Co provide adequate law enforcement services but recognize that the Count;; of Butte does not at present have such funding mechanisms i,plane or other adequate resources necessary to provi6 such muga ion, NOca, THEREFORE, said owners did hereby agree acid consent at zoil�ws ij Said owners eonsent to the establishmcint of Stich funding' mechanisms, agree not to protest against establishment of th- and agree tt >pay their pro rata share thereof., cli , Said owners agree to cooperate anc su ort the ButtElin obtainingthe a PP County ,of pprova�l of such funding mechanisms from oth.,r Property owners within the unincor County of Butte in the .-?- r / •Porateci area Of the area; 3 • said owners agree, prior to ['recordati"o'n map,] Lissuance of any building of their final petit i rn connection with cars,d�ed to their use permit] to PaY, such Sheriff Department impact mitigation fees as may be imposed by anordinance: of general application adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte as to discretionary land use entitlements reviewed and approved by the County. It, is understood that such fees shall be deposited by the G1,ounty into a separate designated y count fund 1i�'ted to use eor the intended purposes of mitigating impacts on the Sheriffis bepartment and equipment and facilities for the Sheriff's Departm.ent,, providing 4 In. consideration the foregoing and i,,ther valuable consideration, the and undersigned good owners expressly agree that the foregoing shall be an agreement runn in and shall be b�,ndii�g upon they .g w�.th the land interest.. - heirs, and all successors in DATE -,/ f (owner) (owner) TATE Or cALIFORNIa COUNTjt of B M SACWIENTo On August 23 Public in and for the1591 State of before iorhlanaers�naid` a Notary Teri P. Colbert Personally appeared [ ] proved to to , personally known to me P �.� [ ] Qn he basis of satisfactory evidence to be the erson s whose names are subscribed to the within: instr and acknowledged that they execllte� ,the saYae. vmen4 a wSTNk„SB my hand and official seal,. PIONA G SHAD f^R signature NOTARY PUDLIC CALIPdRN37L a p. aw PRINCIPAL 600 IN I` , 'b WRAMENTO COUNTY b11b. (it Shelf fen 14 C6nrm+tion W) AO�iP ria 149 Name (Typed nr Printed) skier. agr e r . i Ole 3 M. iu coun VXr OSPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (6111) CHEFF, Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE - OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Tolephanj,: (916) 538«7681 RONALD D. McELROY Dopity Directoo August 19, 1991 Ted Colbert RE: AP 80-051-2 & various 2901 'Baronet Way PALM CREST VILLAGE TSM 2 & 3 Sacramento, CA 95833 Dear Mr. Colbert: At thu regular meeting at the Butte County Advisory Agency held on August 19, 1991, the Agency continued its review of the above -referenced sUbject to August 26, 1991. The item was continued for you to -'=review the Sheriff's Department agreement relating to mitigation of identified impacts on that depara:ment. The next meeting will cmmnience ;at 9,00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Room, 25 Cruhty Center Drive, Oroville; CA. if you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact this office, Very truly yours, Gilliam Chef Director of 'Public Works �1 John Meisdonsa Aa�istant Director IMIds Ct i, Pl,anniq Department Envirohi,,ntttal 11681th Department Psomas Assoc,, Suite 4, 646 Mkt, Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95884 W-. .,rl+ - _,:., ...., :'.:-. ., I . ,.:,, -., ..., seg. :;•.. ..w.::,:. U AGREBMENT RUNNING WITH THE LAND RE MITIGATION of IMPACT ON SHERIFFIS DEPARTMENT WHEREAS, the undersigned are presently the owners of that land commonly known as AP No.; which i.s located in the unincorporated area of Butte County, California, near the legal description of Which is sett forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; ' and WHEREAS, said owners propose to develop their said land, and, in connection with their development proposal, have submitted an application to the County, of Butte for the following discretionary land use entitlement: _-_subdivision mappacel map_ ___ use. permitother (specify ; and WHEREAS, said owners recognize that the cumulative impact of development in unincorporated areas of the County of 'Butte, including their proposed development, has created and is creating augmentthe the law enforcement services provided by the Butte u County Sheriff's Department and has increased and is increasing the need for the Sheriff's Department to acquire facilities and'equipment necessary to provide such services; and WHEREAS, said owners are aware that the Count -y of Butte is studying methods to provide funding to acquire such equipment and facilities by eaettablishing developer fees, establishing an assessment _.distriat, establishing Mello -Roos districtsr or some similar, fair, reasonable and appropriate funding mechanism to finance such equipment and facility acquisition or to fund environmental and other studies as may be deemed necessary to determine the needs for such equipment and facilities, and said owners recognize that the imposition of such a funding mechanism or combination of mechanisms will beziefi.t their said property. WHEREAS, said: owners wish to mitigate the impact of their proposed devtlopfnent on the sheriff Department's ability to provide adequate law enforcement services have but recognize that the Count of Butte does not at such funding mechanisms in place or other adequate ,resources necessary to protide such mitigation. NOW, THEREFORE, said owners do hereby agree: and consent as fonbws.- ji Said owners consent to the establishment of such fuhding mechanisms, agree not to protest against establishment of the samta and agrPo to pay their pro rata share thereof. 2 • Said owners agree to cooperate anIRsupport the County of Butte in obtainingthe. a PprovaI of such funding mechanisms from other property owners withein the unincorporated area of the County of Butte in the ---- - area. 3. 'Said owners agree, prior to (recordation of their final map,] (.issuance of any building permit in connection With or related to their use permit] to impact mitigation fees as may be Pay byh nfordiranc:emeof general application adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte as to discretionary land use entitlements reviewed and approved, by the County. It is understood that such fees shall be deposited by the County ,into a separate designated county fund limited to use for the intended purposes of mitigating impacts on the Sheriff's Department and'providing ecnzipment and fac-1.1i.tie;s for, the Sheriff's Department. 4. In ,consideration the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, ' t;,Lat the foregoing shall be an agreement n expressly agree ...the undersigned owners , th thO- aria shall be bihdzng upon. their heirs andall successor sland in interest. DATE (owner) ----------- .,,, .... (owner) STATE OF CALIr0i7NIA COUNTY OF BUTTAL On Public in and for the1S9ateefore me, the of California,, undersigned, a Notary personally appeared I J proved to me persona ly kMown to Mer [ ] on the basis of satisfactory evidence to he and acknowledged that they the persons) whose names are subscribed to the within instrument executed the same: WITNESS my hand and offit:ial seal, sizer. agr .. Gl ..,. ... ." _. 11 .d .. . , ,: :...:., ,.:: ,..:.. . , i.` � ... ..I; ., su .. i.,.nd: d. +., ..,,„a �., k.'..rcea:�l, .,r..ulw,�✓ �,� ,. v6 vx,n.0 uNm,iu6ra madV.�... du2i:. �ku.�8t�x.akl#.h �.�,tiiii: i DEPARTMENT OF POEILIC WORKS WILLIAM (F3111) CHE;FF, Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE - OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 T'elcphar,, (516) 528.74g, RONALD n,M,ELROY Deputy Direttat July 22, 1991 Ted Colbert 2901 Baronet 4ay RE; AP 30-051-2 various Sacramento; CA 95833 Palm Crest Village; TSM 2 & 3 Dear Mr. Colbert: At the regular rneptan of the g h • �:;9i the AKwon.+'lir,+ Advisory Agency held on aub.'��� gene; Conti ued its review of the above -referenced ,7 -ems to August 12, 1991. I'b Your engineer: e item tva8 continued at the request of ?~ o next meeting will commence at 9.,00 a,m, in the Board of Supervisors Room, 25 County venter Drive, 0roville, CA. if you have any questions regarding this office. tier, please contact this Very `truly yours, Ililliam Cheff Director of Public works 1 John Mendonsa Assistant 'Director cct P1811h%ng Department Dnvitonmental health Department Psomas & Assoc,, Suite 41 646 N,+ :Market; Blvd, t Sacrametltb, CA 9.3834 t ..,_: w.5JF1(s.Y wdWkmlA.�1 ��"i7 I ♦6 ..r toulz fil Au LAUD OF FJATUPAL V)EAITH AND BEAUTY ^tom DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (Bill) CHEFF,'Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE"OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Tclephonra (916) 538.7661 RONALD D. MCELROY Deputy Director May 13, 1991 Ted Colbert RE: AP 30-051-2 & various 2901 Baronet'(aay Palm Crest tillage TSM 2 & 3 Sacramento, CA 95833 Bear Mr. Colbert: , May 13, 1991, the Agency contl.!ftuagd its review of th A�abov held en A{ the regular meeting of the Butte Count. 4, r z the. above -referenced Subject to July 22, 1991; Tfi7 atom was continued because. the Ti1ert- al.'[t o traffic study 16 Still, intomp ;ete., 7z ,; The next mooting will comment -e at 9:00 a.m. in the Board of 8upervisot:s Room, 25 Ccunty (,enter .Driv'e,. Orr,ville, CA. If you have any qusstioht regarding this matter; please contact this office. Very truly yours,. William Cheff Director of Public Works � �uv,, J.bhn Mohdonsa As8i8tant Director JM/ds CC'2 Planning Department Environmental stealth Department Psomas and Associates City Of Croville yM 0: c a DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (8111) CHEFF, Director 7 COUNTY CENTERDRIVE • OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Telepho", (916) 536.7691 RONALD D, M-0-ROY Deputy Dire--tat March 25, 1991 Ted Colbert RE AP 30-051-2 & various 2901 Baronet Way Palen Crest Village TSM, 2 & 3 Sacramento, CA 95533 Dear Mr. Colbertc At the regular meeting of the Butte County Advisory Agency held on March 25, 1991, the Agency continued its review of the above--referenced subject to May 13 1991, was because the Thermal.ito Traffic Study has hot beenecompletedt hued The next meeting will, commence at 9100 a.m. in the Board of Supervisozs Room, 25 County Center Drive; Oroville, CA, If you have any questions regarding this of'i:�ce. matter, please contact this Very truly yours; William Cheff Director of Public Works 4- i-2 Jo Mendonsa j Assistant Director JM/ds , Ccs Planning Department thVironntal Nealtn Departmn,nt Psom6sand Assoc., 646 N. Mkt. Blvd., j Suite 48gct8mento, CA 95534 City of drovilie, Mike Leans, 1615 Montgomery St., ; Oroville, CA 05965 r February 21, 1991 Mr. John Mendonsa � BUTTE COUNTY ADVISORY AGENCY 7' County Center Drive 4roville, Ca 55965, RE, PALM CREST VILLAGE Dear Mr. Mendonsa: q d in:accordance With hearingthe of September Palm Crest k 27, 1990, Village project b q date wheratl�entitt�e g request .hat, e continued to the previcius have rmalite traffic mita anon stu$y ,Y `,jai Ved the C . E . Q•A= time is complete; I Limits for 1 look forward to hearing from Please ca11 Me if you about pracessik�q,, completion You have any questions. of the study. Sincerely, Ted P. Colbert, :r A-61 _�^�„ LA q �. NAfiUP,AL 1NF.AETN AND BEAUTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC'WORKS WILLIAM (B111) CHEFF, O}tector 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE :OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Telephono: (9)6) 538.7681 RONALD DA McELROY - Deputy Director February, 25, 1991 Ted Colbert RE, AF 30-051-2 2901 Baronet 111ay Various Sacramento, CA 95833 Palm Crest Village TSM, 2 & 3 ;Dear Mr. Colbert: At the regular meeting of the Butte County Advisory Agency held on February 25, 1991, the Agency continued its review of the above -referenced subject to March; 25, 1991, The ite at your request. m was continued - - - The next tneeting will commence at 9:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Room, 25 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA: If you have'any luestions regarding this matter; please contact this office. Very truly yours, William Cheff' Director of Public Works Jtin onsnt Dix4ector' JM/da cd! Planning Department Environmental Health Department Psomas & Assoc,, 646 N4 Mkt. Blvd, Ste, 4, Sacramento, CA 95834 City of Oroville, Mike 1,eans, 1675 Montgomery St,, Oraville, CA 95965 TO. PLANNING COMI8SION RE: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION, PALM CREST VILLAGE 16th STREET AND TEHOM �,MALITO i "' I A, THEF DAT -5. JUNE 4, 1990 We, the undersigned rtsidentt adjacent to the Palm Crest Subdivision, Would Tike to I il,e Lo share with you the following concerns about the proposed development'. Thermal ito is a rural area, and is considered "Low Density Residential" according tri the General Plan Map of 1984. As stated in the "I and use descriptions" (Page 50) consideration needs to be given to: eXisting Parcel sin -'es" The ell,istlhg parcel sic es in the Palm Crest e t Subdivision arra aPPro,-imaely one-third of as acre. The new map shows parct"fls considerable smaller and 'is not consistent With "existing parcel si4e-q.11 "resl4f.rMtial densities" The de'veloper's map Would increase density of area in excp-=-s of 33X raver the Y, ths original subdivision map. This it not in ke5ping with the original plan for the area. "tra4fiz: flow And safety" Vehicles generally spL-ad do*wn Sixteenth Street. It is a straight from Nelson to Yehama. 'There are two blind hills on Siateenth Street- - one at- the intersection Of PlumaS and Sixteenth and the other mid-wav bets-jeen Plumas and Yehama. Pulling Out or backing out Onto Siuteenth is already a hazard bec4uso it is diT'ficult to see 'Oncoming cars. increased tr4fllit would certainly ir,,crqate the danger of these situations. - "local desires" Our desire is for this area to be developed consistent With the plan in effect when we ourchated Our homes, it it unfair to Us tohavebought our homes with the understanding that Palm Crest VillA-ge WAS planned a!:--trdino to Asseszor's Map 30-06j and 6014 to find that this has been changed to serve the needs o� the develooeri Of coursel he stands to Make More money if he Puts in homes like sardines. But what happens to Our rightsi When we thought we Were buying into a rural development- - "general envirohment"41, Quality" The field to be developed contains dd-aens of Olive trets,. With what scientists tell ccsabout the imbortante of trees in heloing to cambat- the "greenhouse" effettt Will the developer I,eep the CLIrN-Nit :Cees in hit alah dr� plant new ones to heptose the trees that 'are removed? The field Is Also the habitat for jatk rabbits, Pheasant, and Miorating birds. PleA.se work with the developer- to sot asIde PAH4 of the field for a park Or nature aroAaAt the development of Thermali,to ihtrtaseT mann And natural will be olates- of rest and refreshment for "re retident::, both human and animal The fcr'Llsight cf Chito in Sett'l,:I-g aside .54idw-Al Park has certainly enhancsd the Area and made it. attractive, tqp- can do the sa,ne!!, in, Thermal iter with your h;---Irj, -4 V�,e-ra- wtul d tlsp>ainl V be an 1,710at:t CA our al roadv dVOMP�iw4ed' "'Ch0tlz-- Where would thc- Students Who iiye in tN�,Be new hzii-school" ,z 'Cr �,-a t�a Cwr'o'�Ot- class sizes may have as zany as ttLdehts per teather and in tome t4,2�--s Ub to '3414% OT the t-tudenta Are non-English tboAkinq We are not opposed to we would like the area je developed as drigihallv or000zed. This area has Muth natural beaull ,nd we Would like it to be ores*rvt . 'the rolling hit 't the view of the Dam and the foothills, Asid the coastal r4, -Wil -e in the d`StAnce Are t-rLtJv scenjc- wcrtdert, Please COh"der Oresprvinq the r, z _tral nature of the Thermalito area toe, the en, o-,,Meigt of re-Ltidonts And visitopt, ,Q Y DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAIA (9111) CNEFF, Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE • OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965= Telephone: (916) 538.7611-1 RONALD O, M-ELROY Deputy Directs; Movember 26i 1990 Ted Colbert RE: AP 30-051-2 & various 2901 Baronet ,Jay Palm Crest Village 'TSM, 2 & 3 Sacramento, CA 95853 Dear Mr. Colbert': At the regular meeting of the Butte County Advisory Agency ''held on November 26, 1990, the Agency continued its review of the above-referenced subject to February 25; 1990..The item was continued because the Thermalito area traffic study is not complete. The next meeting will commence at 9:00 a.m in the Board of Supervisors Room, 25 County Center 'Drive, Oroville, CA If you have any questions regarding 'this matter, please contact thin offfice. 'try truly yours, William Chef Director of public Works John Mendonsa A sistant Director Gc: Planning Ddpartment Environmental Health b6partMent 1 �i, gPsomas. acid` Associates, 646 Ki Mkt,e Blvd Suite 4, Sacramento, CA95$34 ro to-ans; 1675 l Iontgoinery St. , oroville CA 95965 i _.... ..rc:- >- ., :a .,,.: ., .,�,.:. ..,, :;.:...... .a :w...:.,,.» .�,.s,. ,r si:..:,. ,,. .,.: *......,. .... .•..,,. .. .v... ...,.,.. .. .. .,v_a,... .�,a.., .. . wr, ,,.,. 1. ,_,.P.,,.. ,,.. •,.. .,,.,. .,..._. ,_.,: J" r . i court LAND OF NATURAL WEALTH AND BEAUTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (81II) CHEFFO Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE-OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Telephone: (916) .M43tw 538-7266 RONALD D, McELROY Deputy Director September 24, 1990 l Ted Colbert RE: AP 30-051•-02 + various 2901 Baronet Way Palm Crest Village, Units 2 & 3 Sacramento, CA 95$33 Tentative Subdivision Map Dear Mr. Colbert; At the regular meeting of the Butte County Advisory Agency held on September 24 1990, the Agency continued its review of the above referenced subject to October 1, 1990. The item was continued at the request of the applicant. Any furthercontinuances will require a letter from the applicant waivingCErA time lines, The next meeting Will commence at 9.00 a=m. in the Board of Supervisors Room, 2 y „ Orov lle Call rornia,. :�5 Count Center Drive If you have any questions regarding this matter, piease contact this office. Very truly yours, CWilliam Cheff Director of Public Works JZLstant Men ossa AUir ,. ;..... JM/kk �j cc Plaiyning, lleptment Environmental Health Department Pso� tas & Associates City of Or'ovillet 1675 Montgomery Sty, Oroville, ` ATM Michael 1, Leena BUTTE CO. PLANNING DEPARTMENT OROVILL CALIFORNIA ffuoun Ic DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (13111) CHEFF, Ditectot 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE , OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 98965 Telephones (416) 5384381 RONALD 0, ,Mr,I:LROY Deputy Olfeptot ,August 13; 1990 Ted Colbert RE: AP 30-051- 2901 BaronetWay02 & various Sacramento, CA 95533 palm Crest Village TSM Units 2 and 3 Dear qtr. Colbert; At the regular meeting of the Butte County Advisory Agency held on August 13, 1990, the Agency continued V review of the above -referenced subject to September'Z,, 1990. The ' continued at your request, ,tem was The next meeting will commence at 9400 a.m, in: the Board ;of Supervisors Room, 25 County Center Drive, Orovi.11e., CA, If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact this office+ Very truly yours, W Uliam Cheff Director of Public Works John Mendonsa Assistant Director M/ds CC: planning. Department Environmental Sealth Department Psomas Assoc:► 646 N. Mktg, B vCj Ste,j 4, Sacramento; CA 9585 G �utl�e CoJ iii �ni�l�ltr� AUG 1 4,1W t7i�v#l1'a� Galtfairial ; ,' P } BUTTE COUNTY DEPMPM EN T OF PUBtTC woRRS WTD DIVISION REVIEW REQUEST t i To; ► , DATE. Feb. 15._1390 AP NO 30-051 various fiETi3E�N BY; 3/8/90 PROJECT DESCRIPTION': TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION mAP APPI ICANT PAI. --4 gP.EST VILLAGE, .. UNITS_2 & 3 (Ted Colbert)- ENGINEER' olbert) ENGINEER; Psomas & .Associates 'CONDITIONS AITDIOR CMTENTS 1.. prior E.I.R. needs to be reviewed. I doubt the magnitude of the Impacts e,xe the same now (ie. school impacts with Thermalito School District- having no adopted impact: fee) as they were in 1978. 2. I'm assuming curb, gutter and sidewalk will be required throughout. Should be at the proposed dehs'sty. 3. Park Way intersecting at Tehama. Avenue is poor; night time traffic Will create nuisance on the house directly, across on the south side of Tehama"Ayehue.. This access should be eliminated. 4. The proposed detention ponds should be one (1) lot) not 2 ar 3 as � indicated. S I'm assuming full street ' sections will ba constructer] on Ath r plit as, and 16th the legend implies otherwise,. I would like copies of the environmental determinations ftnd-staff .reports _ project d. any e g �: „a, for this. ro *ect ��'^d ,�oul.r7 like to be informed of anti heariri' s or, ,�.� project. Thank you. a. -t dr ✓� f' s,..:��,-- ,.. _tom• • ..» _ LAND OF NATURAL WEALTH AND BEAUTY DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC WORDS WILLIAM (Bili) CHEFF, Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE . OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 950651 I Tcle Phones (91.6) 5387681 RONALD D. McELRUY Deptty Direciat July 160 1990 ; • Ted Colbert 2901 Baronet'CJay RE' AP 30-051-02 & various Sacramento, CA 95835 Palm Crest Village TSM Units 2 and 3 Dear Hr. Colbert.: At the regular meeting of the Butte. County Advisory_Agency* held on July 16, 1990, the Agency continued its reviewof the_ red subject to August 13; 1990, The item was continued atatheerequesetcof the engineer. The next 'meeting Will commence at 9.00 a,m., in the Board of Supervisors Roam; 25 County Center Drive, Oro -Ville, CA: if you have any questions regarding this mater t office: please contact this Very truly y=ours, VilliAm Cheff Director of Publ t Works ksSho N,endonsa istant Director .1M/'ds cc: planning t�epartment Pnvironmental health Depattment psomas Assoc, 646 M: Mkt; 9lVd.i Suite 4, Sacramento, CA 95834 ,a ,a k ti 7 199 a - . !)ldr Ofdtl b , .,. w +its. �..:+ ", aw �t '{�' tx �!'�"`w• L w tie L,AND OF NA7UF;Alr V♦ EALTH AND BEAUTY DEPARTMENT OF 'PUBLIC Wo13K'S WILLIAM (Bili) CHEEF, Mrec for 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE. OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Tcjcphgne7 (916) 538.7691 RONALD D MCELROY Deputy Director July 9 1990 Ted Colbert 2901 Baronet Way Ah 30-05I-02 &various Sacramento; CA 95833 Palm Cres Village TShf Ungts 2 and 3 Dear Mr, Colbert! At the regular meeting of the Butte County Advisory Agency held ori July 9, 1990, the A;ency continued its review of the above - subject to July 16, 1990. The item wa continued at above- subject Your request. The next meeting !gill commence at 9:00 a Supervisors poom; 25 County in the Board of 3 Center ,hl, Drive, 0rovil.lc, CA, regarding office. - If you have any questions this matter, please contact this Very truly yours; William Chef f Director' of Pub1 is [`forks John 'ML eridnnsa^- JM/d$ - AsAtta.nt Director Planning Department Environmental Health Department Psomas Astoc,, 646 1V. "tt, Blvd. , Suite 4; Bat~rameni o, �.A 55$,11 gutFc+�+.,Pfn��g, AUL 10. 11,890 w yn , 6u Co. tA_ND OF NATURAL WEALTH AND BEAUTY DEPARTMENTOF PUBLIC WoFIKs WILLIAM (Bill) CHEFF, Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE * ORO'VILLE, CALIFORNIAF95965 Tel aphonce (416) 5J8=7681 RONALD D. Metl-ROY Deputy Director i June 25, 1990 Ted Colbert RE. AP 30-051-�02 and various 2901 Baronet Way Palm: Crest Village 'TSM Sacramento, CA 95833 Units 2 and'3 Dear Mr.. Colbert: .At ti, j+ regular meeting of the Butte County Advisory Agency held on June 25, 19900 the Agency continUeii :its review of the above -referenced subject to July go -1990.' The it6t was continued at your request. The next meeting will commence at 9:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Room, 25 County Center Drive, '0roville, CA; If poir have any questions regarding this matter, please contact this office. , Very truly yours, William, Cheft Director of Public Titorks l Ji htendonsa A sistant Director .1MJds cc� 1;nnxng bepa�tment Environmental Health Department; Psomas Assoc, 646 N. Mkt, Blvd_., Step, 4, Sncratnenro, CA 95834 . Colin AND O F N A T UP,AL WEALTH AND BEAUTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (Bill)'CHEFF, DltecVr 7" cbUNTY CENTER DRIVE-OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 " Telephone: (916) 5384681 RONALD 0, Ma5LROY Deputy Doector {yraviile, CalSfs>n71a .lune 11, 1990 Ted AP Palm Crest Village 2501CBaronet XJay TSMUnits 2 & 3 Sacramento, CA 95833 Dear Mr. Colbert: At the regular meeting of' the Butte County Advisory Agency held on .lune 11, 1990, the Agency continued its review of the above -referenced subject to Tune 25, 1900. T46 item was Continued because, there are unresolved concerns regarding traffic and the schools: The next meeting wiy.1, smmence at 9:00 a.m, in the Board of «.. Supervisors Room; 25 County Center Drivel Orovillto CA. If tiou have any questions regarding this matter, please contact this of5ice �,�. Very 'truly 'yours; William Cheff Director of Public Works J U,4 n Mendonsa A sistant Dira4It(,r, Jri/ d cc:qiP1h`virOhffienttl anning Department Health bepartmen't Psomas Associates, 046 N'. Market Blvd.,, Suite 4, Sprrvamento, CA 95834 City of Orbville, 1675 Montgomery St., Oroville CA 6d :. Count ' LAND OF NATURAL WEALTH Ak D BEAUTY' DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WoRKs WILLIA14 (Bill) CHEFF, Director COUNTY CENTER DRIVE . OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 Telephone,, (916) 535.7681 RONALD D. MCELRDY . may 9, 1990 Deputy Olrec,cr hL "Ped Colbert RE` AP 50-05 2901 Baront1-2 &various t 1.y Palm Crest Village TSM acrementc�, CA 4,3833 Units 2 and 3 Dear Mr. Colbert q At the regular metbing of the Butte County Subdivision Committee held Oft, May 9, 1990, the committee reviewed the above -referenced tentative gubdivision. The project has already been schedueld for the Advisor Agency on June 4, 1910, Public Works conditions Will, be the same y as included in the letter advis4 = you of the date of the Advisory Agency meeting, If you have 8nY alt,,. '"ions regarding this matter, please contact this orfice. Very truly yours, William Cheff Director of Public Works John Mendonse Assistant Director attachment cc! Planning, Department Environmental health Department: PSOmas & Assoc., 646 4, Market Blvd., Suite Vii, Sacramento, CA 95834 �' '�iii'o r:o, P��I�rtlhg tr�I MAY 1 199 ,, �?rovtl�e, l�'arai7a ; LAND OF NATURAL WEALTH AND REAUTY DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC 'WORKS WILLIAM (Bill) CHEFF, Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965 CERTIFIED MAIL Telephone, (916) 53$•76$1 RONALD D, McELROY April 27, 1990 Deputy Director Ted Colbert RE: AP 30-0.51-2 and various 29'01 Baronet Way Palm Crest Village TSM Sacramento, CA 95833 Units 2 and :3 Dear Mr. Colbert: Please be advised that the Butte County Advisory Agency will Bear Your application on the above -identified property on June 4, 1990: The Agency will be reviewing the findings from the Planning Department and will be considering your tentative subdivision map: Public Works �ry11 recommend the conditions O� approval as listed on the attached :Jheet. The meeting will commence at '9:00 a>m, in the. Board of Supervisors' Room, County Administration Building, 25 County Center Drive, Orbville, California: Tf you Have any questions regarding this matter office, please contact this 4 Very truly yours, William Cheff Director of Public works` r i John Mondonsa { Assistant Director JM/dso co. P7anni'ng �'c, attachment ADR 9 01990_ rc., Planning Department Envirbnmelltal Health Department rov,'lta, Califamia Psbtas & Assoc:, 646 N. Market Blvd., Ste 4, Sacramento, CA 95834 Cit of Orovilld x,615 NOTItgomery St,, Oroville5 CA; Ottn= Michael heel .Leena. � �r Ted at Colbert, Palm Crest Village TSM, Units 2 and 3, 134 lots lcoated the northwest corner Engineer; of'16th..St. and Tehama. Avenue. Thermalito area. Psomas and Associates Public Works conditions: 1 Submit road and drainage plans to the ,Department of Public Works for approval and instali 'facilities. the required 2 Provide 20 ft. radius property line returns at all street i.ntersectons.. 3 Provide right-oft way for standard No. S-5 at all street intersections. 4 Indicate a 50 ft. building setback line from the centerline of all streets. 5 Street signs shall be provided by the developer at all street intersections per County requirements. (Submit 5 alternate t address coordinator f napes for each street to County or ;he approval of street names. 6 'Construct 18th Street and Plumas AVenue frontage to RS--.2-A, ones ,half street section With vertical curb, gutter and sidewalk- plus 2-foot width. Construct off-site portions of 18th Street, Plumas Avenue, Park Wayf Crest drive and all interior roads to RS-2-8 geometric standard. Minim um-Structural section to be 2" AC and 8" AB with fog seal and 959 relative c( ipact,.on or submit design to County Dept, of Public works a approval. "Rl' value determinations and other data may be d rt to support section design. 7 Construct 16th Street from Tehama AVenue to Plumas AVenue and Tehama Avenue from 18th Street to 16th Street. to RS-3"A half-street section or widen existing 16th Street and Tehama AVenue paved sections , o 16-foot width and overlay entire half--street section uith 1-r1/2'`1 AC overlay's 8 Provide monr3er.tation as required by the Department of Public Works in accordance with accepted standards. 9 Street grades and other features shall comply with the Butte County Ordinances, design resolution and other accepted engineering standards. 10 Provide perhanent solution for drainage. 11 All easements of record to be shown on the final. map, 12 �Teet requireMents of Butte County Pira Department or othr.r responsible agoncy. 13 Street lighting shall be provided in accordance with Butte County requirementsi accepted design criteria, and recommendations of tJ 14t y _i P.ry, o , 6 1� do r4Yr6iA n4-rAi " fte CouAr ,c-r- LAIII D Of NATURAL VYEALTH AND BeAUTY T DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (Bill) CHEFF, Director i COUNTY CENTER DRIVE . OROVILLE. CALIFORNIA 45465 TGlr�pl,one: (41Gy 538,1681D HOCo. pfa111"C'.tNT1tf1. kONALD D. McEL'ROY Deputy DiFeelor APR 2 6 19900 Cit>yril catf=!a April 26, 1990 "Ted. Colbert nB; AP 30-051-02 & various 2901 Baronet Way; Palm Crest 'Village, Units Sacramento, CA 95833 t 2 & 3, TSM" Dear Mr. Colbert: Please be advised that the above-identifed tentative subdivision will be reviewed by the Butte County Subdivision Committee on May 9, 1990. Public Storks kali recommend the conditions of approval as listed on the attached sheet. The meeting will commence at 9*00 a.m. in the Data Processing Center Conference Room, Located on the gro`and floor tt #1 County Center Diive, Oroville, California. of you have any questions regarding this matte`, please contact this office: Very truly yours, Colum Che.ff Director of Public Storks Jphn thdonsa Assistant Director JM/ds attar then CC: ' nhing DopartRtent Environmental Health Department Psomss and Associates, 646 Ni Harket Blvd. Ste. 4, Sacramento, 'CA 9583+ City of Orovillle, 1675 Montgomery b St„ Orovillo; CA, atLnt Michael, Leana Ted Golbert, Palm Crest Village TSM, Units 2 and 3, 134 lots lcoated at the northwest corner of 16th St. and Tehama Avenue. Thermalito area. Engineer:: Psomas and Associates Public Works conditions: 1 Submit road and drainage plans to the Department of Public Works for approval and install the required facilities. 2 Provide 20 ft. radius property line returns at all street i.t.:ersections 3 Provide right-of-way for standard No. S-�5 at all street. intersections. 4 Indicate a SO ft4 building setback line from 'the centerline of all streets. 5 Street signs shall be provided, by the developer at all street intersections per County requirements. (Submit 5 alternate names for each street to the County address coordinator for approval of street names.) 6 Construct 18th Street and Plumas Avenue frontage to RS-2-At one- half street section with vertical curb, gutter and sidewalk plus 12--foot width. Construct off=site portions of 18th Street, Plumas Avenue, lurk Way, Crest drive and all interior roads to RS--2-P - geometric standard. Min-imum structural section to be 2" AC and 81t AB with_, g seal and 95% relative compaction or submit design to County Dept. of Public Works for approval. "R" value determinations and other data may be :required to support section design, y Construct 16th Street from Tehama AVenue to Plumas Avenue and Tehama Avenuelrom 18th Street to 16th Street to RS-3-Ai half-»street section or widen e% sting 16th :Street:•. and Tehama AVenue paved sections to 16--foot width and overlay entire half-street section with 1-1/2" At ove' clay B Provide monumentation as required by the ;Department of Public Works in accordance whit accepted standards. 9 Street grades and other features shall comply with the Butte County Ordinancest design resolution and other accepted engineering standards. 10 Provide permanent solutibh for drainage 11 All easements of record to be shown on the final map. 12 Meet requirements of Butte County Fire Department or other responsible agency,, 13 Street: lighting shall be provided in accordance with Butte County requirements, accepted design criteria, and recohmiondatiorns of `xs ` -' 404ffn 1AND OP NA7URAL WEALTH PLANNING DEPARTMENT 7 COUNTY CENTER. DRIVE - OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965-3397 TELEPHONE: (916) 538-7601 April 19, 1990 Ted Colbert Palm Crest Village 2901 Baronet Way Sacramento, CA 95833 Re. Tentative Subdivision Map, AP 030-051-002 etc: Dear Mr. Colbert: The Butte Courzty Planning Department has completed the environmental rer';etiv of your project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality _ Act and forwarded to the Butte County Advisory required 105 days, ry Agency within the y pursuant to the California Public Resources Code Section 21151.5. In addition, the Planning Director's report required Sections 20-63 and 20-99 of the Butte Countyq d by been completed. Please find enclosed thePlauriningsioDiret!tor'san has which has been prepared for your project, Report Please review the enclosed Planning Director's Report with conditions of approval if applicable. If you note any errors or omiSSIOnS in our evaluation, please bring them to our attention: The Environmental Documents and Planning Director's Report for Project has been sent to the Butte County your action. California. Government Code Section ti g50so and A engy 1 for their J ry • requires Your project within six set hearings and approve or disc rov pp e the Butte County Adviso Agency months from the date on which your application was received and accepted, `The si1,�; month #irne .limit for our by =state law, wc`ll occur on September 19� 1990, Y Project rriandatet ' 'The Advisory Agency will notify you of the time and place of the public hearing for your project, e there are modifications to our Y project, not related to mitigating an ` ed impact, re-evaluation of your project shall be required. itlfi rt iii I t INTER -DEPARTMENTAL MEMORArTDUM TO: Advisory Agency FRCJM Planning Director SUBJECT: .Report on Tentative Subdivision Map for Ted Colbert (Palm, Crest Village) on AP 030-051-00 through 034, 030-052-02 through 016, 030-061009 through 024, 030-62-02 through 011, 030- 063-001301 through 012, and 030-064-008 through 015. DATE: April 18, 1990 This is 'a proposal to divide 32.46 acres to create 134 parcels ranging from 6,500 square feet to 9,500 square feet. The present zoning is A -R. The Land Use Plan Map of the Butte County General Plan designates this area as Low ;Density Residential. There are .no specific or community plans for the area. The proposal does not conflict with County zoning _ , nor _ any adopted or proposed element of the Butte County General Plan nor any County, specific or community plan. Recommend approval subject to the following miti ag tion measures: 1. Prior to approval of the final map the applicant shall submit a final Hydrology Report showing a detailed analysis of how the on-site and r' eventual off-site drainage will be handled and that it can be mitigated'. 2: scan The applicant, shall' be required to comply With all erosion control "* dards provided by the Uniform Building Lode adopted by the County of Butte. 3. All construction equipment ,hall have muffler devices provided and maintained during operations; 4:applicant shalip'y �$5 00 aper `\ot "x�f aIlk, trhOc stuyan`d tr f i 4igna�i. mitigtation e: rpp i :. p y' g Per standards of The licant a shall provide fire hydrant dram spacro Mw ` the Butte County Fire Department, 4 6.q �' i APPENDIX I ;� OLXNTY' OF ?3uxx-e ENV'W fON1irN'��S r. CkiMCKLYST FORM (To ,be completed by bead Agency) i LOG No. 90-02-21-01 AP No. 30-051-02etc. �c�ta CXQT--Zovlv'r 1. ?lame of pr^panent Ted Colbert 1? o Address of proponent ;and representative (i£ applicable'): Psomas & p,,ssoc ia' G 2901 Baronet. a N _646' Market B vti'. Sri t r� a -Sacramento, CA,95833 Sacramento, CA 95834 3, ;project description; ._ Tentative- Subdivision Map 11, P.11 NDA970R ' F~=tr?I7SNG� mak' ST_CN2F C.ANCE YES MAYBE NO , 1. Does the project have the potential to degrade the quality of the environisentj substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife, species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare orendangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of major periods ofCalifornia. history or prehistory? 2� Does th! project have the potential to achieve short-term'tienefits to the deitriment of long-term environmental goals? (A short-'tei_ impact .on the ,*rivironment is one which occurs in a relatively brief period of time while song-term impacts will endure into the future.) 3. )oes the project have impacts which ar( individually limited but cumulatively ',onsidersble? (A project may impact on two or more separate resources where the impact on each resource is relatively smallj but where the effect of the total of those impacts on the environment is significant.) 4. ;,oes the project have dnvironmental effects which will ruuse substantial adverse effects on human being's, either d tectiy or indirectly) III. 'bit't~Eaw NA' ' xoDr (To be completer by the 'Lead Agency); on tho basis of phis. initial evaluation: "/WE rind the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the Wronment and a NEGATIVE D CLOAVON will be prepared. 14E rind that although the proposed project COULD have a significant effect 6.1 tht. environment, there will not be a significant effect in this ease because ate MITIGATION MEABtiRES described on the attached .beet have been added to the Project, A NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared. ' r find the proposed praject MAY have a significant effect on the environmentj VIA an ENVIRONRWAL IMPACT DEPORT is required. COUNTY OF BUTTE} PLANNING DEPARTMENT KATE. .,_.March 13 1. 9 0 Thomas A c Lasa Associ to P5 annex t•� .�, Rs.:r,x:� w.:�?.r �.�� . ,�r�,.,r+, r,. w� .,+c. .. err (Explanations of all "YES" arts! "MAY8V answers are required on attached sheet(a), I. EARTH. Will the proposal result in signif'icattl,. YES_ MAYBE a, [instable earth conditions, or changes in geologic substructures? b. Disruption, displacement) compaction or overcovering of the soil? }� e. Change in topographyor ground surface relief features? d, Destruction, covering at modification of any unique geologic or physical featurpa? e. Increase in wind or crater erosion of soils,,ether on or offsite? f. Changes in deposition or erosion of beach sands; or changes in siltation, deposition or erosion which may modify the channel of a river or stream or the bed of the ocean or any bay, inlet or lake? g. Loss of prime agriculturally productive soils outside designated urban areas? !/ h. Exposure of people or ,property to geologic hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, mudslideso ground failure or similar hazards? Z, A2R, Will the proposal result in substantial: a. Air emissions or deterioration of ambient air quality? b. The creation of objectionable odors, smoke or fumes? c. 41teration of air mdVement, moisture or temperature, or any change in climate, locally or regionally? 3. WATER. Will the proposal :result in substarttiale ' a. Changes in ct,:rents, or the course or direction of hater movements .in either marine or fresh Waters? V b. Changes in absorption rates) drainage patterns, or the rate and amount of surface runoff? V:. C. Need for off-site surface drainage Improvements, including vegetation removal, channelization or culvert installation? - . d. Alterations to the course or flow of flood waters? e, Change in the amount of surface nater in any water body? E, Discharge into surface waters, or in any alteration of surface water quality, including brit not limited to temperature, dissolved oxygen or turbidity! g, Alteration of the direction at rate of flow of ground waters? h. Change in the quantity or quality of ground waters; either through d"rect additions or Withdrawals, or through intarception of ai;i aquiur by cuts or excavations!, yr I. in the amount of Water otherwiseavailable for public water supplies! j, Exposure of people or property to water -related hazards such as floodingt .: &. PLANT LIFE. Will the proposal result in substantial: g ediversity species) ) s,, number of any species of plajts a, (Cincludittg trees,shrubs� gratto er*ps, and aquatic plants)?JL b. ReductlOn of the ;,umbers of any unique, rare or endangered speties of pitints? c. Introductian of new species of plants irlto an area, or in a barrier to the normal replenishment of existing species? - f�. riR�i�l4[•�'�hil-icy �Gy.Snnn .,C-`y.`.,i -.iriib YyS.L�F-.ruwl ru:,::.:',i li .J ,i r.. )"' 5. ANIMAL LIFE. Will the proposal. result.; in slubstyut ial 14RYIl1 NO (birds land animals including species, or numbers of any species of animals a. Oirdinsects)?)lannimalsii luding reptiles, fish and shellfish, organisms b. Reduction in the numbers of any unique, rare or endangered species of animals? c. Introduction of new species of animals into an aroa, or in a barrier to the migration or ,movement of animals? d C•terioration of existing fish or wildlife habitat? 6, NOISE. Will the proposal result in substantial., y a. Increases in existing noise levels? ,W�+ b. Exposure of people to severe noise levels? 7fI 7, LIGHT ANA GLARE.. Will the proposal proklace significant light and glare? g, LANA USF. Will the proposal result in a substantial alteration of the present or planned land use of an areal _ 9. NATURAL RESOURCES. Will the proposal result in substantial: a.. increase in the rate of use of any natural resources? `j. Depletion of any non-renewable natural resources? 10. RISK OF_UPSET, Will the proposal Involreo a. A risk of explosion or release of hazardous substances (including, but not limited to, oil) pesticides, chemicals or radiation) in the event of an accident or upset conditions? b. Passible interference with an emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan? Ili POPULATION. Will the proposal, alter location, distribution, density`n; growth rate of the human population? 11. HOUSING. Will the proposal affect existing housing) or create a demand for additional housing? 11:, TRAh-,PORTATION CIRCULATION. Will the proplisal result int a, Generation of substantial additional vehiele movement?71 ` b. Effects on existing parking fv.tilitiez, or demand for new parking? c Substantial impact on existing transportation systems? Y' a d. Significant. alterations to present patterns of cirtulatiLti or movement of people and/be goods_? e. Ahorations to waterborne, fail or air traffi+40 7-1 f, Increase in xaffic hazards to mot:r vehicles) bicyclists or pedestriahs? 14. PUBLIC SERVICES. Will the pkoposal have aft effeot upon) or result in a heed for nes.' or altered government service✓. a. Fire protection? b. Police protection! a. Sthools7 do Parks or nthei recreational facilities? . _�.. e, HaintdhAfide of public facilities, including VdAds$ ,._. ..._ f Other govetmental services? _ _ ENERGY. Will the proposal result in: YES rfAYBE 1�1 a. Use of substantial amounts of Fuel or energy? b, Substantialdemand uponof energy, or 4 development o sourceslofienergy?ces `- 1(,. UTILITIES. Will the proposal result in a need for new systems, or substantial alterations to the following. a. Power or natural gas? - b: Communications systems? -- c. Water ava:.lability? di Sewer or septic systems? e. Storm water drainage?` f. Solid waste and disposal? 17: 1iIitWl HEALTH. Will the proposal result in: a» Ct�,,,tion of any health hazard or potential hazard (excluding mental health)? --�-w" b. Exposure of people to potenttal health hazards? 1$. AESTHETICS. Will the ;proposal result in the obstruction of any scenic vista or view open to the public, or will the proposal result in then creation of an aesthetically offensive site open to public view? - 19. MREAT,ION. Will the pruposal result in an impact upon the quality or quantity of existing recreational opportunities? 20. CULTURALRESCURCES. a. Will the proposal result in the alteration or destruction of a rehistoric.or historic archaeological site? b. Will the proposal result in adverse physical or aesthetic effects to a prehistoric or historic building, structure or object? r= c. Does the proposal have the potential to cause a physical change Which would affect unique ethnic cultural values? d. Will the proposal restrict existing religious or sacred uses within the potential impact area? -, TSZ�CTJSS2C7N bF` , E1VVZ1?C7'NMENT:A`L 'ip.V'A.,tT..A.�'`LbIV` See :attached{ 1 : DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION AP # 30-051-02 etc. lb,c: Development of the project will result in disruption, displacement, compaction and overcovenng of the soil in addition to create a change in the local relief features on-site to accommodate development of pads and the internal circulation system. The previously certified Environmental Impact Report for this same project indicated, no issues of significance and concern created from result of this project, 1e: Construction of this project will result in potential increase in wind and water erosion of the soil particularly during initial grading phases. However the applicant is required to comply with Building Department Regulations dealing with grading and ero; iV ai control. Therefore this impact will be fully mitigated. 1h: There are no identified fault lines within the immediate vicinity of this proposal request. However all of Butte County is located within Earthquake Intensity :Lone VIII. The applicant is also subject to compliance with the Uniform Building Code requirements for minimum Earthquake Building standards adopted by the County and will be subject to meeting these standards which should minimize any significant impacts. 2a,b; ?"Development of the project will result in increased air emissions and potential deterioration in 1ha ambient air quality created from constmction activiiy in addition to new reside ;ces and their associated' traffic pollutant impacts. However this project has been determined not to create a substantial new increase in overall traffic or pollution from the original; 98 approved units; b,:amount Pull development of the project site will d�;crease absorption rates and -4.1sogncrease the of surface runoff due to the creation of imperyious surfaces such as buildings, driveways and streets. The applicant has provided a preliminary 'Hydrolof Study and has proposed 2 detention basins to hold storm dram water. As a mitigation measure€ a final .Hydrology Study shall be provided prior to approval of the final map in order to deterd ine adequate on-site and potential off site drainage improvements: 4a;d: Development of the site will eliminate all the existing olive trees on-site. Since the site is not being actively farmed and the property is not considered prime agriculture land, the reduction of this agricultural crop is not considered significant, 6a,b: Noise 'levels will increase by the conversion of open grasslands and olive orchard into a residential subdivision. Also, and p:Aicularly during construction phases, there is a potential that neighbors will be exposed to increased noise levels, However this impact is considered' insignificant due to the time limits of construction hours to mostly day light hours. 7: Development of this proposal will increase light and glare due to the conversion of open land into residential homes which will include indv'flual house lights and street lighting, However since there are no light r Wnsitive resources or hal 'tats in the vicinity this impact is not considered significant 11,12: Upon completion of the construction sales of this tract this is a potential that this tw ld create a demand for additional housing and in turn could increase the growth rate for the Thermalito area, However development of the immediate vicinity would be subject to provision of adequate services based on the existing General Plan and zoning. 13a,c,f. 'Development of the site has the potential to generate 1,280 vehicle trips per day utilizing a variety of streets and directions. The applicant will be required to provide full street improvements within the interior of the tract in addition to off site street improvements in the immediate vicinity in addition will be subject to a_mitigation fee for a traffic study and signals for the Thermalito area. Therefore these impacts should be adequately mitigated. 14a,b Currently Lire protection is considered adequate to the area however the future financial status of the County may create some future concerns of adequacy of services. The project will. also be. required to provide hydrants and interior fire sprinklers per County Fire standards which will mitigate potential concerns for the area. Police service can be expected to be limited to emergency and life threatening responses immediately and other responses depending on the incident would' be provided at much greater times: 14c: The Thermalito Elementary School District has indicated that approval of the requestwould create an impact to the existing school. system. If school fees are not in place prior to approval of this request, another mitigation measure will he required, 16a,b,c,d,e,f This proposal will' result in the need to extend power, communications, water; sewer, storm drainage and solid waste services. However all these services are provided for the immediate vicinity :and would not lead to the ultimate need for a new system. to serve the Thermalito area: 20a: The project site is identified as being in an area with moderate to low to unknown. archaeological sign�ticance. The previously certified Environmental Impact Report did not identify any prehistoric or historic archaeological sites. Therefore this impact should not be significant. RecoMmended..Mitigation Measures 1 Prior to approval of the final map the applicant shall submit a final Hydrology Report showing id analysis i mitigated; { the e on-site and eventual off site drainage will be handleand that an 2. The applicant shall be required to comply with all erosion control standards provided by the Uniform Building Code adopted by the County of Butte. 1 All construction. equipment shall have muffler devices provided and maintained during operations: 4. The applicant shall pay $25.00 per lot for a traffic study and traffic 'signal mitigation f 5. The applicant shall provide fire hydrant spacing per standards of the Butte County Fire Department. Applicant: Ted- Colbert Assessor's Parcel # 30-051-002 etc. Log # 90-02-21-01 DATA =IT A. project Descrnt;n►, 1• 2. rf`ype of Project: Tentative Subdivision Map, Brief Description: A request. to resubdivide 32.5 acres that currentl lots into 128 lots. y comprise at 98 3• Location: The area bounded by 16th and Avenues. 18th Streets and Tehama and Plu.mas' 4, S. Proposed Density of Development: 3.9 dwelling units per acre. Amount of Impervious Surfacing: 6• 7• 35 to 401Z. Access and Nearest. Public Roads)A 18th ndt16th Streets. Method of Sewage Disposal: Public 8, 9. 10 sewer. Source of Water Supply: Public water, system. Proximity of Power Lines: Along 16th and 18th Streets. Potential for further land divi,iuns and development: No. B. Environmertahn, Physical Emironenpnti , 1• �'e�lain .;1 General Topographic Character: Rolling hills sloping northward, The south Portion of this site is on a plateau and gently drops b. off to the north. Slopes: Stopes to the north and 'west 10% 'y places, some c• Elevation: 200 to 240 ft, A.S, d 2. Limiting; Factors: None. Soils ai 'f�pes and Characteristics: absorbs moister well with poor age, am 2 ,feet in depthf 3= subsurface dry t b. Limiting Factors: Poor subsurface drainage: drainage, Natural Hazards of the Land a= Earthquake Zone.- s All Earthquake Intof Butte County is located within`a ,- Moderate Intensity Zone Vill, b. Erosion Potential: Moderate: C. Landslide Potential. Low, d, Fire Hazard. Unclassified. 4, e, Expansive Soil Potential: High, Hydrology a• Surface VVate,: None on-site, b Ground Nyater: Unknown: ..a .n .. ,.... . .. . ..... s., :. ;. ., ,. ,. ._. .,. ..A,.. .... .4l. . C. Drainage Characteristics: The south 1/3 drains to the south while the north 2/3 drains to the north, both eventually drains into Rudy Creek. d. Annual Rainfall (normal): 24 to 26 inches per year. e. Limiting Factors: The added runoff .may add to the cumulative downstream flooding of the Therrnalito drainage area. 5. Visual/Scenic Quality: Goorl. 6. Acoustic Quality: Good. 7 Air Quality: Good. Biological Environment: 8. Vegetation: An olive orchard sitsor!a portion of the site while the remaining includes valley grasslands which consists of grasses and forbs. 9. Wile" Habitat: No endangered or threatened species are known to exist Small wildlife expected in orchard and grasslands and abutting urban lands are expected in the area, Cultural Environment: 10. Archaeological and. Historical Resources in the area: Moderate to low to unknown. 11. Butte County General Plan designation: Low Density Residential. 12. Existing Zoning: Agricultural Residential. 13. Existing Land Use on-site: Vacant. 14. Surrounding Area: y g y g a. Land Uses: North- vacant I east- single family, south- single family, , west- single family and vacant. b Zoning: Agricultural Residential. a c. Caen. Plan Designation: Low Density Residential. d. Parcel Sizes: 1/4 to 35 acres. e. Population: Urbanized to rural. 15. Character of Site and Area: Open Grasslands, Nearest, Urban Area: 17. Relevant Spheres of Influence! City of Oroville, Feather River Parkas and Recreation 6. District; Oroville (cemetery District, Oroville Mosquito Abatement District. 18. improvements Standards Urban Area: Yes: 19 aCounty e Protection Coice: ty (5fate) Fire Station: Station 063 approximately 3 miles;. b. Water Availability: Hydrants will be ,provided on-site. 20. Schools in Area: 'T`hermalito Union. ENVIRONMENTAL REFERENCE MATERIAL 1. Map II -1, Earthquake and Fault Activity: Seismic Safety Element, Butte, Coutity General Plan revised, 1-77, by CHzM[ Hill. 2. Map 1172, Liquefaction Potential; Seismic, Safety Element, Butte County General Plan revised 1=77, by CHzM Hill, 3. Map 11171, Subsidence & Landslide Potential: Safety Element, Butte County General Plan revised 1-77, by CH�vf Hill. 4. Map IH -2, Erosion Potential: Safety Element, Butte County General Plan revised 14/70 by CH2M ]H(ill. 5i Map III -3, Expansive Soifs Safety Element, Butte County General Platt revised 1-77, by C14X. Hill. 6. Map IV -1, Noise: Noise Element, Butte County General Plan revised 1-77, by CI- AI Hill, 7. Map V-1, Scenic. Highways: Scenic. Highway ;Element, Butte County General Plan revised l- 77 by CHX Hill. 8, Map III -4, Natural Fire Hazard Classes: Safety Element, Butte Coctniy General Plan revised 07, by CHX Hill. 9. ArchaeologicalSensitivit}a by Janes P. Manning, for Butte County Planning e artment 1983: 10. School District ,Ivfap, Butte: County Planning Department: I Chico Nitrate Study Map, .Nitrate "Concentration in Shallow Wells, 1983, by Department of Water Resources, Northwestern District, The Resources Agency, State, of California. 12. Agricultural Preserves Mali, established by Resolution No. 67-178, Butte County Board of Supervisors, December 5, 1987. 11 Flood Insurance Ra Maps, National Flood Insurance Program, Federal Emergency Manageinent Agency:;,1988, 14, USES Quad Maps, Oroville, 1.v`i0. 15, Soil Map, Chico (1925)/Orovilte (1926) Area, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 16. Soil Survey of Ch1co(1925) Oroville (1926) Area, V.S. Department of Agriculture. M Butte County Fire Protection Jurisdictions and .Facilities Map, Butte County fire Department: and California Department of Forestay. Butte County Planning Departments t t ut �Co 19 LAND OF NATURAL WEALTH t^tri BEAUTY !I �� DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (Bill) CHEFF; Diracfor 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE • OROVILLE, CAL.WORNIA 95955' Teicphonei (916) A:NXA1k1.x 538-1266 RONALD D. McEL'ROY t?eputy'Diiec,oi �iltlltG: �+�. �AJRh�iril,�. �+GYi1kYl.. June 4, 1990 ppyy L�..1 qArt i',FI Ted Colbert REs AF 30-051-02 + various 2901 Baronet Way Palm Crest Village, Units 2 &,3 Sacramento, CA 95833 Tentative Subdivision Nap Dear Mr. Colbert•, At the regular meeting of the Butte County Advisory Agency held on June 4,, 1990, the Agency continued its review of the above -referenced subject to June 11, 1990, The next meeting will commence at 9:00 a.m: in the Board o Supervisors Room, 25 County Center Drive, Oroville, California. if you have any questions regarding this matter; please contact this office. Very truly yours, William .Chef t Director of Public 'Works Jo �4h Mendonsa As istant Director JMIkk cc: Planning Department Environmental. Health Department Psomas & Associates' u u '. 1.ANC3 {i z" i' A 7UF.A1 NtEf V t H fxfak' 1-, '7 r« DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS WILLIAM (B)ll) CHEFF; Director 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE- OROVILLE, CALIFORINIA'95065 Telephone; `(916) 588+7681 ROKALD D. McELROY Deputy Director October 1, 1990 Teti Colbert RE: AP 30-051,-2 & various 2901 Baronet Way Palm Crest Village TSM Sacrantr,' itof CA 9'5831 Units 2 and 3 D1,�r Fir. Colbert: At the regular meeting of the Butte County Advisory Agency held on Ocrobet 10 1990, 'tine Agency continued its review of the above -referenced subject to November 26, 1990. The item was continued a4 the request of the: ePPlicant. .s,e next meeting ���1 commence at 9•QO a.m.in the Board of Suery p so,r , Room, 25County Center Driver Oroville, CA - ,If yon+ htave any questions regarding this matter, Tease Contact this Very truly yours, Wi111am Chef Director of Public Works J n ('lerldonsa A istant Diroctor J't{l/ds cc j Plannin j ep 3tn,91 BnvYran e�{��1�`l�e�l�l� Psomas t1 d j, 89ticlaLes�, City ofir btkl�"Lel1i5Lenusgom2ry't.,, Orovle CA 95965 atun . : 1aC`hae f `"t y'(ty yypy N P14"'f`W f d �.1 '-J J v w T 'i 3'»T N YI1T,C Yiv ..Y4a `` ! {! 1..., l ✓b .�' u � r April 2, 1990 ttuPa �o. Fienn�g arc[• provlls, t':alifortra 14r. Thomas Last ,associate Planner Butte County Planning Department 7 County Center 'Drive Otoville, CA 95965-33.97 Re Proposed Mitigation Measures for Palm Crest Village :)ear Mr. Last: In response to your letter of March.19, 199o, I wish to offerthe following response to your recommended mitigation measures: Measures 1-4 dealing with a, Hydrology Report erosion control, construction equipment muffler device's, and a traffic signal mitigation fee are all acceptable and requested to become a part of the Palm Crest Village proposal. With regard to Measure 5, the first sentence relating to are hydrant spacing standards is likewise acceptable and requested to become a part of my proposal: The request for provision of fire sprinklers Comes as a great surprise to me. This Palm Crest Village requirements were forwarded to me separately ;by Butte County Fire Department and mer\O.on only prow?„sion of a community water system with the appropriate fire hydrant spacing. I enclose a copy of the Fire b6partmomtra requirements, which provide for no other .1�ditional Comments/Requirements" i contacted the Butte CduPty Fire Department and the Butte County Building Department and�a,.s told by both Departments that fire sprinklers are ho required xn Butte County: if that is the case; I fail to understand why the Palm Crest Village Project is being sinal ed out for this requirement;, Provisiol of fire sprinklers is very expensive and produces an e9cel3othedingly of heseu�ssues would. severely, leffect within iegle family detached hauling: effect the markottabi l i ty of any hotts ng within Palm ' Crest Villagob, so that portion of the recommended mitigation measure is specifically no,t proposed as part of the project. Regarding Measure, Light, hermalito ,6 school impacts, School District Withr3: Superintend nt,2 on Apr d an expect to work OUt some mitigation measures which will be laced in effect if developer fees are not adn ted. information of the rL'Posed measures as soon as . I wille foor�tard them out, l aid cOnfident resolution of this that a satisfactory work issue therofore request forwarded will be able to be worked out; and would that the palm Crest Village along in tentative map be the process at Your earliest convenience. 'hank yot; for Your time and cooperation. Sincerely, .Ted P. Colbert Butte County Fire Department Water Requirements for Developors �����° Developer C oj�� Vtl/1n 3o_os�•cz �-�i-. 1Sy7�.:�r..�z;t�.� I-ocation tai Parcel Plumber 3o-=tt. u��ly 3_d�z.aLu. O RequtreMont Clmss 1 T,>�M��, �. /� 3J-dt3-03 1��,. l� D dill-iJft'. r.�J in lieu of apressunz(yd water system, the following options will satist the Fre Department requirements for water, (A) or' eachbtaeatedawaterstoragetankwv,h BUTTE COUNTY ZamPacityof,^,5009alonsormoreoau�PrAµt}! Butte County Fire Department rectall waa;iterarz�ssorfiredeparimentc06- caUr. Department of Forestry nectonmeet rigSta dardS29 The bcatbnsd nd Fire Protection c UP'shall be. &t by the �nsolidated Fire Protection ermined e(sartmerrt; or, (B) Payment into the appropriate water tender fund al $200 par lot for a total fee of $ ____ __r__ (A) construction of storage fagilttes or B DAN R. DYER trine at the time of construction of habitable buildings as de- Battalion chief fined In the Uniform Building Code. Payment shall be made pn } or to the issuance of buildingL!f! Nelon en a Avenue5965 permits for habitable buildings. (sfs) 63a-, ss7 iJ Fequtrement Class 2 YpreSsulfzed water system with an approved numbers of hydrants is strongly recommended. Average~ ^j rnF spacing feet, hydrant size inches, and residual clow 9 not technically feasible, the following options will satisfy the Fire De,partment requirement for water: gpm' If this is (A) Water storage tanks Wkit a gpadt ,of 10,000 galbns or mare u" meeting Standard S-29, Thed wi }t direct alt Weather access or fire de ,` (B} In grcwnd sWirnming °f itioolt ups shall determined by the Fre Uepartrnent; or, partrnent mnr�ection (C) A d v.�h a draking corns ' or drafting axess as by the Fire Departmiant ry -� system plumbed A� a retable wa!er source as approved Fre ; or; 1,000 feet in lengtf> De�arUiienL Such a standpipe system Will notexcead. There must be at least 1000 gallons of water available and strategically located for each of 10 dwellings, or portions thereof (Example; 11 dwellings would require two separated sources). Provisions must be made to insure that the water stored is always available and accessible for use under all weather conditions. ,Requirement Class 3 0 pressurized community water system for fire protection Is required. The specific location of the fire hydrants will be made by the Fire Department in consultation with the developer; Average re0 D feet hydrant size _,,� inches, and residual flowrequired hydrant spacing _ 1, 4DD 9Pm. 0 RegUlrement Class Water for fire protection is requires?.. The strongly recommended system is a hydrant system capable of meeting th Ore flow requirements. Average required hydrants spacing 9 e residual flow ` P 9 — feet, hydrant size —.- 9p,rn. ll this is not technfcatly feasible, a system involving in pumps and static and aferstora a rtt�s 9 y be, substituted, Such a system Is subject to approval of the Fire Department: The available water h a system must mt' et the flow requirements. Provisions satisfactory to the Fire bepartment trust be flow from such the system provlded,rs maintained touts design capacity, Formation of a CSA or GSD Is required when acs lot cos eras more than one lot, Large developments may IJe capable of supporting y Id have ,an independent system, eliminating the need for a CSA/GSD ng their own system. If so, C3 Requirement Class 5 A pressurized community Water -system for fire protection is required. In lied of bearing the cost of installing a fire h totdrant(sal fee s $ _ the developer may pay into the._ hydrant fund, At $1.72 per loot of street frontage the TIMING AND FINAhjq AL RESPONSIBiGITI' THESE REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET PRiOR To OCCUPANCY OF ANY BUILDING ON THE, CREATED PARCELS THE CONDITION NEED NOT BE MET PRIOR TO THE FILING OF TH8 FINAL MAP, IF THIS 15 THE CASE, THC DE /ELOPER MUST SHOW PROOF OF A PERFORMANCE BOND OR OTHER FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT TO COVER THE COST OFTHESE REQUIREMENTS, 0 Additional CcifnMents/Requlremehts , Complete requirements in t' utte County S County vlslo March 19, 1990 r tt� Irou'l LAND OF NATURAL WEALTH AN ElAJTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 7 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE - OROVILLE. CALIFORNIA, 35965-330 TELEPHONE. (916) 538-7801 Ted Colbert (Palm Crest Village) 2901,13aronet Way Sacramento, CA. 95833 Re: Tentative Subdivision Map AP #30-051-02 etc, Log #90-02-21-01 Dean lir. Colbert: adverse impacts to the environment ct, a Tentative Subdivision Ma indicates An initial std of our proposed proje P, reduce or eliminate the3e ' °nn1ent (refer to the enclosed environmental checklist) potentially To Pacts, suitable mitiga#ion measures are required as part of the project•'. Otherwise, a;i Environmental Impact Report q is required u California Environmental Quality Act. red pursuant to the Please review the enclosed checklist, noting particularlyan e could be minimized or avoided by the care and manner n which the project y environmental problems vrhich An Also, please review any recommended. instigation rimeasures o .p Ject is carried out. g sponse to th s Please r conditions of approval schedule,. of r , J as ° the planning Department, will e ear res onse to this notification tent t edite the e forward your written response within 15 days from he date of this letter. P1ense note the letter from the Therinalito School District Therefore it t I'll is hi indicates that his h1JOI will create an impact and'rrhaf mitigation fees are Their letter highly recommended that you meet with the School District t oon gPlatei other potential mitigation measures, If no mitigation is provided be recommended. It is therefore necessary that we receive a letter a subsequent EIR will waiver of the state processing Timelines to allow you time to negotiate wit r from you requesting a District g h the School Thermalito Elementary School District 1050 SISRA AVENUE OROVILOE, CALIPORN A, CA 55966 PhOft 533-2212 0*0 Co,-Nnaing MAR 15 Rao March 13, 1990 C?rovllo, Cji0r,11a Butte county Planning Department 7 County Centex Drive Croville, Ca. 95965-3397 Attention: Re: �wGC1VCFiNiNG BOARD ELDENJ. BROWN RALPH DOLGOV IN RONALD GRAVES STANLEY NUSTON MADOLINE WILCOX Mr. Crain B. ,Sanders, Assistant Planner Palm Crest Village AP 30-051-d2 and various Dear Mr., Sanders, The proposed development of P On Thremalit;o Uri, 5�=ht�o1 DialsiCrestscVillage present ratio of students could has significant impact tional classrooms. a development with the space for Our d,s�rictaisa low minimum require four addi nd narmal Presently using every available room space for this comity growth will require g year. q additional class- timeothiuld be my hope that if developer,,,,fees a this stab -div �s ion is finally a re not in Place by the help assume the responsibil,it Aproved that the developers would would come from Paln, Crest�lliillage. Student who p available .for the The governing rtrboard waiting also expressed concern for transportation oration to and from school andesincerely that the develo er,5 wouldsafety of students p hopes provide off streets covered bus stops, sincere�.y; w t Interim superintendent; r� r BUTTE COUNT* DEPARTMENT C PUBLIC HEALTH Division of 2nvironmental Health 7 County Center Drive Oroville, CA 95965 916 j X38-' X81 tfarch h 90 Ou"O Co, Planning Cow, s omas Associates- NA14,990 646 t'11Yr.-11 Ilar -*e- Bl rd. , Suite 3acram,?xlto, Cn 4950^3 Oroviu California RE: SUB Y Palle Crest ViZ APn 30-51-() llage, Up, , -s s 2 M� , 16th 62-02 thru 11 thru 33; 30.52-0 thru 16 9 t as A*.genua 30-'-63-03 thru 124, 30 -64 -os thru g t'�ru tar -10- Dear thru l5„ Dear Sirs: This departzlent has advised the Butte Count C+rorl;s Land Development that we are Department of Public aPPJ,,'cation Pre tired to act on the above Based on Present Conditional a information.' We can Ppx'oval. recommend approval or R- 'commended conditwon� for �, roval 1 • Indicate on the to be `� enta�ive snap 'those Wells that destroyed tinder Permit and connq Permit. bestrr,� are proposed . ct the facilities seer Y :'hose wells under arprati-eta water source.. Pei xed,,;by the wells to outer s .2or to recording final map. . �'rovide a letter or other Irrigation District statin dthatethetion f;om the `Pher-aa supp�.Y domestic Water to g Y are veining and able -to Ppcels 1 thrti6 38 thru 134, 34 Provide a letter or other docunienta'tlori, Irzigatiol District stating that t from the Ther suPPLY sever ser heli are. killmali,to vice to parcels 1 t3 rii 36 ing and able to 4. Place 0 38 thru 134: a dote on the Inap that st:.ts �,,• thea 36 = a development of sewer. thea 134 �%il4 require connection to i saiiitar� se;aer,,, Parcels a Public 5. Place a mote of the map that ,,de s ta.tes P 1 thru 36 33 �hru 134 will require coons Inant of :v`, er :� rr tjon to 'a=�`35 uP.t��.�. �Subl I� C r•-7 4� ,.. COMM Or BUTTE DEP.Al2TifENT OF p33L,IC WORKS 7',County Center Drive Orbville, CA 95965 (916`) 538-7266 DATE; .February 15, 1990 SUBJECT:: PALM CRESTVIL%AGEu UNITS 2 & 3 T�'VTATIn (Ted Colbert) =SUBDIVISION MAP .ASSES$OR' S PARCEL , +M BER (S) 30-051-02 thru 34/ 30-05;' 02 thru if / 30-061-09 thru 24 3�)-U6Z-fl2 thru 11 30-06:3-03 Ftiru 1? 30-06 -08 thru 15 LCGATION. t 'the northwest corner of 16th Street and ,. 134 1ots.'located a __ Tehama Avenue.' Tht.rmali'to area..,. v 1 Attached are documents segarding, arzl a co > � for Py' of; the above -describe, tentative Your review. If you hia'Ite any suggestions, additions or recommendations °�• concerning. this .project p] ea5a return, thtm to this_ -office no ,later than Arch g�199Q_ Very truly yours, William Cheff Director of Public t�orks Y'Mando)nsa Mlkk t Director attachments 00% CO.'9afobq Citi;v'rOat x i9a E17TIROMMEN' SAL IMPACT REPORT for PAS OREST VIMACTY3 SUtDIVISION Various APs of Book 30; pagoa 05 & 06 Proposed by,* , Landay'stems 0. Inc Prepared by: BUTTt COUNTY MiRO11�=TAL REVIEV DEPAIMMN11 County Center Drive Califoi-nia 9596 Based on the 1hivironmental Im aot Data ,Sub teed by Terra Etgg noerin grave8 y Cedd'a o Driscoll May 197 II RC'vised auly 191? x T__A 3LE_ OF CONTENTS CENER AIL La e DESORIPT?ON OF PRWEC ' (a) Location,,7 (h) A Statement of the ObJ ectivee �ougbt 'by the proposed project. A. General Description of the Pro f eot, r Technical, Economic Characteristics, ConsanderEnva:rOnmenta] n th e Princi- pad Engineering .Proposals 'C» Economic Consider 2 Technical, Considerat ons 3» Environmental Considerations. 2 9 DESCRIPTION OF .ET.'VIROY' .MM SETTING 1 physical, F�z�� roi Ment To o ra P � ph„ � Soils and Geology Hydrology 9 visual Quality 10 Acau8tic Quality 11 2. Biological Environment 3. Man-made Xftvironment '11 Land Use 12 Population 12 General fly 12 Archaeological and nj13 Astory cad. Sites in , rea., 13 Municipal Services Access and Traff j c Oiaroulata on Urban Improvements 13 ENVIR01'eMITAL IMPACT 15 (a) Ac Znvi.ronme'� tal Impact. or the proposed 1011. ' Population, Growth Topographic Alterati0j, Soil Compaction 13 braitase 15 Air Q'c al x ter Water Qnaity 16 1 GENERAL Thin envi.rOnMent.al impact report is for a proposed 134 -lot e' -family residential subdivision an a `7.5taore un- developed site the unincorporated area of E knowutte County n as 'Thermalito. The of development will. be 3.92 dwelling emits per acre: The site is zoned A--21 the t'vunt-y's general unclassified zone. A subdivision map was approved for the property in 194% including 98 lots on the subject site ar�.d 31 bots on adjacent land lar' ply developed - i'alm Crest Villar Cwt # have been current ;r €,,n Unit '1) The p .ojeot x.,- a .n0vt 5ubd.ivision design of this original. e' Cres. Villa e, Units 2 �nc� � �, . �.� never develop d (Pw'zm sub ivisioi of that Property that O a var�.ous APs , - p Ses 0l and. O6,• The Lots south of and east of the subject property, adjacent to ` Tbhama AVOIMO and 16th Street which were part of the axe :nal 'C 4 subdivision project (�tTnit #I), have been developed for residential use. The initial envi.ronmettal report was prepared Grape,, Geddes andbrjacoll of Oroville in Septe Isr, epar undeveloped 98 -mnits of t1�le palm C:re t nor the ora gln�,l was a, roved in �? tillage Subdivision beat pp X49. That E.I.R. was prepare^d for the 9$_ unit subdi.vi bion in accordance with x quiremOInts of the 8tat'e of 0alifotmia' penartment of Real t tate for ss�z� ub�t c report. Since that time, the neer subdi-,rAs c n. of 1 34 lots as been, proposed for the subject propertLt, thereby t0quiri.1g alteration of the iliital E.L.R. to reflect the redesign of the subdivi.siorc and the increased intctsaty of us '134 -Wlits .rather th*,n 98unie resulting from ts: �FSSpI'ION Off+' PROL`ECl' a rocat ori:. hiss a pre'Va,WIY-rihitiated. project in, t"he Cotint�r of Eutto located West of '16th Street and 'n6rth of Tehama Avenue, ogle and one -=half miles Brost of Righway 70 and the City of OVOvill.e. Refer to �-ho attached: maps for the locat:i.on of 'she prof eon and the prq oct site Plano The subject site ax es on a portion of Section 11 'Township 1 y �s• way _ i "j" Ir'�� "y ijj/r ; e +° :►w � �t � . as ��.!<.. "�:. ��.���• �M, 6 � � ,�, ; .. �{.. J).R� .. �t±SM CnECN ii♦� v` i. �.,.c Ya ►K4i d 1 � � f "'� . c� � 1 . ' d _ _ 1'2414 ✓' '+f R FtJiHO � ,jt Ir� ter• 4 IE V' reM ' .�kry. ,rYt K •f' HY +{} V� I r%Y,fi 'r,..:t ' Y � ��Caajr yfay,ho I �'If FiI R?E r ... q ..EMURtX N . '^ a T I B N 'r-. 9 - d �. lSFi:,iS ,,�- 10 All, X25 ,y a fd E R2 E tocaticm Map 4! TALLE OF CONTENTS Page 01WE AL DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT (a) Location (b) A Stp Vit; ement of the Ob j ec-tivkgs Soy ght 'Iby 2 (c) the propos�,_j prost. A General Desoripta;on of the Project's Technical, Economic, and. Envi3'X)nmenl>al Characteristics,, Considering the Princi- .pal Engineering Proposals: ,, 1. Economic Considerations. P 2 Technical Considerati,on:s . Environmental: Gonsiderr,,cions, 9 DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL :SETTING 9 l'1iys3. cal Environment To Soils and Geo10 9 Hydrologi 10 Visual Quality 11 Acoustic Quality 11 2. Biological Envirorment 11 Klan• -mane Environment Land. Use 12 Population 12 General Plan 13 Archaeological and Metol-ical Sites iii . Area. -3 Municipal. Serviced Access and Traffic C�,r . UT+ ate on ?� Urban Improvements 1� ' EN ZLtONmEam IMPACT ~15 (a) V4vilr0nm.eV4al Impacts of the proposed Action, Popul,at-%oxt GroWth 1 Topographic Altera tion Soil Compaction 15 11 Brai mgo 16 Air Qttality 16 Water Quality � -• r Noise Wildlife and Vegetation l Traffic 18 Increased Demands for Utilities 1$ Increased Demands for Public Services Grovvth Inducing Impact 20 21 Aesthetic Impact; 21 (b) Any Adverse Eavironmental VXfects Which Avoided 'if the Rroposed fiction is Be 2'1 Implemented.ot 2C (c) litigation. Measures proposed to Minimize Ad rerAe Impact. (d) Alternatives to the Proposed, Action; 22 p (e) The Rblationsha Between Vocal Short --Term uses of Mans RhVironment and the maintenance 23 and En- hancement of Lang -'Term Prodtxc°tivit AbY :Irre'versi'ble BInvironmental Changes Which Would Be Involved in' the Proposed. Action Should It Be Im;)lemented (g) The Growth lmdt-cing Impacts of the Propo$ad Action. 24. 2 ORGANIZATIONS ANIS PER8011S CONSUi LjM 26 APPENDICES Appendix .A , Avian ,Species Max-aals 2S E.cptil'es 30 App endix B 31 "vehicle Fanission pactors 32 ° Suggested Noise Levels Limits for Oonstructiorl Egttipmep. t. 32 Appendix C Suggested N' 1 se Levela Tjjmits for Coast] iuction .°t ipment i Ax p 0.1 x 17 L.nergy Conservation App endix E �C C'uIt ral--Aesthetic Anelys s 36 Anticipated. Ppo j eat Imp acts on ExU6fain -. Aesthetic qua7.i,°ti68 of the rod', men H , a- w ENVZRONMErg1I?AT, 2MPACT REPORT for PALM CREST V=AGt SUBDIVISION Thexmalito C„lii`ornia p. s��;le-family residential ental s ort i =: for a proposed 134 -10 - developed site in the unsubdivision on a 37.3 -acre un=- unis�c.or00rated area of Butte County knot�n as •Thormalzto. . The d.en.iity of development will be 3.92 dwelling units per acrc. The site is toned will the County's general uzlclassifled zone. approved for the pvopertty A subdivision map Was subject situ arzd 31 leis ori adjacent 7 Including land98 Lots on the largely developed -- palm Cre t Villa (which havo been current 'ro "ect is, t1njt # . The subdivision of that prop er�bdth,ttIsiorasdnevr devesl8n of eloped s original Crest Villa e7 TI is , and eloped (Palm, various 7 APs ,: The lots OIth Of and east, of the subject ' property, adjacent to Tehama A.� were part of the ori nal 1 onus and 16th Street whicl . have been developed dor roo.Ldential useloll ProjectThe �Ur�it ��►) and nitialleavirontentaI report was prepared by Craves G Ctoville iri 9etitertber; 1 } original edd5.s uude�laped 9 urea is of the Palm CrestVillage oStbdivsir the xa. tthat was 4p roved. in 1949. s Prepared for the 9S - of CalifornThat E. J.R. tau unit subdivisii3on ih accordance with roquil ements of the State ia . Since that epartmen•t, of Real Es*tato for z8sitance of a public reporttime, the new subdirjision of 134 lois has been proposed for the subject property, ilieret r4 subdivision and the increased ` �� � dui rind alteration of the instal. E.I.R, , to reflect the reres�,gn of the 134 units ratl"lar than 98 �units�nfierisa ty off' �zse resulting from 15141,,, DESCRIPTION Cly` p"D JECl? — a Locaon : yj - tio" is is a pry vat -61Y 14it�atod Project in t het h and 4 en Butte of nd andnorth of 'Teh�ame.��vo �f ons end located west of 16th Street `�a hvi oris Ref 6"1 miles west of Oros ale. ,de" to the attached Sups for the location of the pa�oj�ot arxd �:��e �aroj�ct site 1A an. The subject site lies on a portion of Section 11 Towt8hi North Range 5 Past, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. The , exis r and proposed Palm .C.rest Village subdivision incor porn A all of Butte County Assessor's Map Book 30, pages t 05 ,..d 06, The proposed Palm Crest Village deve.Lvpment is 'I boundod by, the 18th Street right oX way to the west, the Plumac -47v=Ae right of gray to the north and the existing Palm Overt Village development adjaoent to Tehama Avenue and 16th Otreet to the south and east. b A Statement of Ob. ectives Sought by the Proposed Project: The objectives of the proposed project are to provide lots suitable for single -family residential homes, with all 'at- tendant .facilities, in accordance w:i,th requirements of the Butte County Zoning Regulations and Subdivision Ordinance. This project is being undertaken at this time bPc�use tb:o r devel, y y� r� op1i..4•wry f er'' r r :J i zo %�C1.di U�,Q,ha:� rtes, `t r;.0 �L,0 60 that tLis area. would -provide a desirable setting far residential construction, and that houses in the proposed Price range ave needad in the- Oxovil.le-The malito area. c) A General Descri_ntionof the Prod ect' s Economic. Technical, .and Fnvaronmental Characterista.cs, Con sidering the Principal Epy n+aerin#; Proposals: �1. Boonomi c Considerations: The priceper lot has not l eert ,set. ,However, a sub- division of its, type in the area offering full improve= ments can. be anticipated to prolra.de residences selling, for an estimated $35,000 to'$45 000 per lot and home. For the 133 -l.ot subdivision, the total value, would, be appro. i.matel�* 4: - mi] lion. used on ctu~ren t assessed vai.uation,� this project would xeturn approti-I mately: ($4.7 - $6 million)r X 85% 10.0883 � $104•, 000 - $�1,3?, 000 per year 'in taxes based on the 1977% 1978 tax rates The current assessed value of the subject site vacant land. is $10I BOO (sloo/lot) Typical assessed value of an improved parcel of the exi stins Palm. Crest Village sub vision is $4MO- Using this value as a, mul.tjpl,Jer; the proposed. 134-lot subdivision would have a total assessed value, after ,improvement, of at least $5361000, . y �s,FsnstC T215fJ r a r ii<;6tr it T24?4 :OHAI. ccv5 T23N mtr4ai /^ 1 r. _. 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X� tY �ti •'el/6i % v, �''' 1 a ,NJ21tWI Aium ve �EiY/J7' i'A'.Y/i".." `•• EXISIYNd /ii".X/+'V L r �rd�t0 .srp �c'N bee"+'Yx'�"rk�ED �1�dL4r �Nd PhYiAUGi'iij,E' I i . y It should be noted that the typical assessed valuation of an improved parcel of the prflpased subdivision "would probably be higher than the $4,000 for the existing developed parcels. This value is used to provide a cow servative estivate. The actual, construction of the proposed subdivision will provide interim: jobs for local construction workers during +' various project development phases. '�Phe influx of resp - dents to the Thermalito project could also provide socon-- daffy- employment and create greater local demand's for services. In recent years, the Butts County services ,sector has expanded significantly faster than other sectors of the County econom;Y. Consegu.ently, there has been a shift in the economy away from an ai�riculturq,l base towards a more urban -type otracture '4ith relatively larger goveznmcnto Services ani trade componeiitS Ohre effect of this change is to 4educe the County's titidespread seasonal variations ii). employfton,t and unemployment (13) 2. Technical Considerations The ro of -ed project will,. be a'low density single- rc,sid�#�,ti�l family subdivision, with a projected den -- city of 3.92 chrellings per aore. Thisproject 1i11 consist of 134 hots on. 32.3 -Cres of land. Bots will range in size from. 7000 to 9000 squ.ard :toot in area. ,. `nage.- Storm aster runoff will. Surface_.Bras,. be collected 4 nn, the site b ro`ect storm drain y� p � .. , facilities;transported via underground condtitj_and dis- charged into detinod 8wal.os northeast of then site and. . south. of the site which drain into :hudy Creek. Off Site drainage improvements (enlarged culverts, j etc.) may be necessary to f acilita M runoff Prot. the site without impadt=S� existing residencies nearby, the above- mentioned swabs. Area flood Control. 3.s provided, by~ the Orovilj& Aam and the Thermalito piveraidn Daft, Sewa8e b aposal "SIstem.- Swap. will bol aocomtodatod by Setage Comet Ssiox� Ohoville "has !.egion (kOA) facilities w ich currently mait sewer linese area, . �n the <Ci.L �6:1. 1/ � Wbunty ; Ser�.c e Area #, 26) . Sewage collection faciliti ea in the study area include an eight Zech sewage collection pipe on 16:611 Street grit%x '6 inch arid,8 inch B.eWage pipe- on Tehata Avenue. According to spokesman for T4.D. y,, the proposed project would hot create 8cwA8 f1 MWS iii e=00 bf ' local: ' Studd; ire ctil�- l.eo-rtioh capaeitY Jr t, {r Sewage treatment is Secondary and tertiary at facilities east of tree proj r s 4reets (Palm Crest 'Circle, West Slay., Park Way, Crest Drivt Will be constructed to full urban improvements .standards, including sidewalks. -Aainourit of l -pervious Cover: When the entire project is fully developed, approximately ;forty percent of the site will be covered over with im- an pervious material. Approximately_ seven acres will -be covered by ; xsphalt or, other impervious to paving provide streets and aeLi"b8 to dwelling units. An additional six acres of land be covered by housing structures. This covering will total approximately thirteen: acres out of the 32.,E --acre site (40 percent). Lighting: Street lighting foT, the development will be in- stalled as per Butte County Subdivision ordinance. Specific locations of the facilities will, be determined at a later time by the developer, PG & E, and, Butte County Public Works I7epartm.ent Utilities:i`tatural gat and electrical service will be supplied toeachlot via und.ergound conduits by Pacific Gas &: Electric 'Compan5 from existing facilities. 12 1 ,a electrical service exists on Tehama Avenue, on 16th Street and on a portion of.18th Street feet north. „200 of Tehama Avenue. There is sufficient capae ty in existing systems to meet the need of the proposed .project. Telephone service Will be provided to each lot via under- ground conduits by the Pacific Telephone Telegraph and COM -Pang Cable T.V4 wall also be provided to eael) lot via Undergrouhd conduits. Ener COTsumptiontfollowing. g $aced o�, the average con-- sum tion, pfigures. for single-family residehces ' Electricity '1,200 MI, Per month per residenoe. gatural. Gas - 12b 'therms per month, per T},lis project is anticipated. to result in the oonsumption, ot. ' month of electricity 160 000 1 peryry 11N1a (� • mil.ion . annually 16,000 the per month of natural gas (1901000 the ims annually) Beal th and Safety • Construction of the pro j eot will be conducted in; aceordanoo With Building atibt al �afet�r arid, liaze.rd .Assciciation and Occup t,; 777 77 71- Standard"". � a The saf E movement of ea du out of the project area will be suPerVsed by contractors vehicles in az1cL and construction foreman. Traffic control measures on Tehama Avenue and 18th Street will be provided, as needed during project construction. The project will be cal7..y inspected by $utte County Buildn periodi- Department personnel (33)• la and Public Works _'3. Environmental CaRs d.EEL ationst _ This project will convert 52.5 orchard thieh lie an mar nall acres of open grassland and are not used for agricvltugral y productive 4-, :Ll aid which currently Purposes, to urban uses. '1�142. EiTMOM9EIiTTAU SETT:IZIG The proposed development will occur on land that is contiguous to the 2? residential lots previously developed. in accordance with the 19'49 subdivision map. All the lots along16th Street between Tehama Avenue and the Plumas Avenue right-of-way of the original subdivision are presently developed and. occupied. Similarly, all el>zisting residential lots on Tehama Avenue between 16th Street and 181,-h Street are developed and occupied. These single --family homes were built ten or more years ago. I?Ixy8ical Environment.: TopogrThe property is 32.5 acres ofgently rolling open land and orchard land& The snu.thern part of the subject site lies on a small plateau. The elevation of this Plateau w w . pp � . . yfeet* _ (USGS Topo� graphic map) The ground. slopes awayfrom the plateau area lateau �.s est�.mated ata ro�.mat.�l - to the north and. to the West. The elevat-16A along the northern boundary of the site is estimated at P-00 foet. Ground slopes range from 0% to 'IOio. Soils. and Geology: . The soil n the 8'i to s Redding gravelly loam,gandoccupies the rolling, undulating old alluvial fan remnants that 'border the foothills. it is oharaeterized, by a compact, fixtm dense consistency to a depth of two feet, with varyi.ng amounts of gravel Tile sub= soil below thio two-foot level is 'a VO TY, compact soil, with a high Content of clay, which contains gravel and cobble-k- and. is with structure. At a depth of 30 - 36 inohes the soil is underlain by a gravelly and stony iron -cemented hardpan which varies in thickhess from a few inches to a couple of feet. This hardpat layer retards subdrainago. i'xSe data below is a tabtilat ian of tl e soil. omposition: Mechanical AnaZsa.s, of Reddimgravel:l.�r sand` loam. ;� (peroenta�es) Gravel Sand Silt 0laY Surface Soil (0-2 feet) 4A 60 116 Subsoil (2-� feet) 2 �1 1 ng gran 1.1 y saxtdy j am s Poor in a orgailic matter an,d. has j I a tendency to bake when dry if not cultivated. Under culti Vation it absorbs moisture reacUay and regains water fairly well, though subsurface drainage is poor due to the hardpan layer. The Foothill Shear Zone, an active earthquakefault area with numerous recorded faults, many of recent activity, lies a few Miles east of the site inthe Oroville-foothill area: The ermalito area i-bself has no known faults. The site has a high expansive soil potential due, to the high clay: Content of the soil., and, thereforebuildings and other ztructures arcs susceptible to potential contraction-expan8ion tshrink swell) activity of the soil upon which thc,v are Constructed..There are no known mineral deposits .on the ;cite of sufticient concentration to be Of commercial. value, ''drolo There are, no natural 8oUrc0s of surface water on the site. The Thermal.ito Forebay is located. approxi- mately one--half mile north .and west of the site. The Feather' River is Located approximately one and one-half miles south-east of the site and take Or ovi lle lies approximately Pix Miles north- east of the site. Rudy Creek, a natural intermittent stream, lies east of-tho site one--quarter mile. The ,northern two-thy ods of the site drains thatxally to the canduot existing eah, and est ruroff�into defined natural ,�wale5 east'of the property, 'under 16th Street $ a f epi hundred yards into 4u Creek. .(the Dame drainage basin, area that provides natural. runoff drainage for the 84-acre Bevis industries propertlr, sxue. which lies directly north of this p p sty naturall draj-ns to the The south one-third of the prope ,Southntt3 defined awales that conduct existing runoff southeast Of thero er p p � under TehamaAvenue! one-hal.f mile into Rudy Cheek at a. point downstream from the other Rudy, Creek drainage inercetion point. Natural surface drainage is good, though may sheet off the ground sur surface drainage is poorr, face with heavy prec� p tats on. Sub-- Udal,iped ponding of water after storms oaeurs on the property. There are n.o e3asting man--,mace storm drainage systems in the area into which the a + t7 g y ff wtaters. Rudy Creek pro ect can divert sono i s the pr�nc .pie drainage system for this basin and has had problems `� n the past- with largo flows- becoming had �' ws In bee st h som c�rzth debris wha ch pairs tht� free flogs of water wid 'to h some flooding of properties adjacent to the creek» �Refcyr to the additiohaldi.acu.ssion of drainage from, the site and in tho Thewmalito area contained in. Appendix G submitted b the engineer) » The county has contracted f'or a drainage stroect udy . 1 it h° R % of the Thermalito basin area, and. this study currently is in progress. Domestic water will be obtained ;from the Thermal.ito Irrigation District facilities. Groundwater resources via individual wells 'will not be utilized. Currently, the site has no tater. use since no agricultural use of the land maintained. nor residential uso is '. urban residential, tion ar�av�it,h Curreritl the site xs in a rural -urban trans - east and South. The character of the area west of -the site ids rural with agricultural uses addaoent and residential -Xies along 20th Street. Acoust c t ality The projact ,area goner^ Ily hnZ lots ambien iT exists near the site. Towever, 'rently noise levels. Some tra,fic noise c heavily used. , area goads are not 2alogica EncrIment The property ccueists of six acres of olive Orchard- in the southern portion of the site and along the '18th Street right" of --way, and twenty'-� six acres of grassland consisting olotr annual grasses and farbri rently used for grazing �o�rimari�y. T'1�e�proporty is not cU.r y Inventoried, other a i'icul6Ural Purposes. Th E' pro - While l'Sent *att,empt was maderto�dent fauna during August '�97�e p croflora and macrofauna $ it is ridentify all dominant somspecies p eci es o ma s ecies Mould no t be visible for inspection during this Un - ''Usually dry period. Consequently, .1 annuals. (Therop,hytes) and possible that a fete CYyptophytes ped. enn i als Ci em cryptophytes acid stay exist on the site,, but were not; noticed,. mammals, repti mmles or amphibians. were observed of their. secretive or nocturnal habits. Probably because s ecieEr which can, be expected to inhabit thees te,� Only lists those avian species were, robserved. Tho yafew g * � se .incl,ude .. -�adawlar� Domestic Pi eon Mourning. Dove aild Ringneck L-neasant A presents a list of additional avian species trizich could eeocn�rx, pected to visit the site throughout the year, No rare or exW dangerod species are mown to inhabit the site. project b idini The v ty can be described as at, area. comp'letel dominated 'to disc' httmaactivity. The biological inventory failed Y of the i4d genous bu4ch$rasses charaoter�.stic of an undisturbed central. California val.lr. y grassland. The area appears to have been used extensively dor grazing or egri. culture in the past. because n this disturbance, most of the native flora. has been replaced with n�:tuxyalr ed,�uropst grasses, fortis and trees as troll as Citrus treez (originally The so rl,y portr�.on rows of t�5 01of the site has been planted with a :how ive an trees. There are also a few remnants (5-7) of earlier CitriYs drohard scattered about the open, areas of the site- It aPpeays that an attempt had been made to remove these -... ,. .tea__ iu ., ,... �.-... 1.ttn. KS ...,i. a-ay6 a"u.... .e um .... ..... ....viaa.k:.+s,a„7..n ,. M.. ... ..ek✓n. .. af,t...,xm ..... tlum:.:u4..a,...w..,. ,7. ..en.a,tl�...,ti,. umn�_ ...,_. .ns.,..rU u, ..ti Id,.._..e :,.any ..,r... .d.. H2.f r.e5i trees or possibly some natural phenomenon, had desimated the orchard years ago. Those which remain: are secondary growth and are in extremely poor condition. The biotic community which inhabits the site is best defined as an introduced community in an early stage of secondary r.col.oical succession within a lower Sonoran (Valley) life zone: 2)' since it is not an established natural community, but rather a recent product of human activity, it cannot be conoldered a vital part of the total ecosystem in the area. Communities such as this are characterized by low species diversity and a high; degree of dominance by a feta° species. Food chains are short, simple and linear. Their stability when subjected to naturalperturbations is low, but they are able to quickly re-establish themselves if decimated. If left undisturbed for a sufficient period of time, they would be ren ,.aced by a later stage of ecological succession. Because of this, natural causes alone make them ephemeral. Consequently, development of the pr0 ertY as proposed would not interrupt any food webs or othor ecological processes si gnificantly. Man-made Environment., Land Use: The surrounding area is somewhat rural, it, logit density residential use; with numerous large -acreage undeve- loped properties. To the • south and east of the subject site are single-f'amil.y regidenees along Tehama Avenue and 16th Street with vacant undeveloped land behind those .residences south of i Tehama Avenue . and. east of 16th Street To the gest is orchard land, undeveloped laid beyond that, and residences beyond that along 20th Street. To the north is undeveloped land which. currently is prop -sed f`or low densitysingle-^amity residential development (Nevis Industries; on 84 acres), This northern area is rolling rangelandused infrequently for grazing. The current pro,jeot and: the Wevis Industries project will be the first large-scale residential developments in the area. PO.Ouiationc Volresidences currently exist on, the subject 52.5 acre Site. population is primarily distributed along area roads such as along 16t1i Street to the east and Tehama Avenue to tho south.'The area' has ,a rural -urban mixed character with a loWl population density. Palm Crest Village Subdivision., unit # i, ad.j°acont to the subject property, has 2� developed and occupied reteidencez. 2 General Plan: !M1e Butte County General Plan designates the area for low &l ,ylsity residential use, 1-4 dwelling units per acre. the Oroville General Plan desig- nates, nates the area for medium -lour lion within the Orov Ile density residential use. the Sphere Influence (but not within the PrimaryUltimate of orSecondary Spheres); and, within„' the Orr va lla Urban Artie. adelineated by the Butte County General Plan and by the Butte G�unt�� Tmproveme.nts Standards for Si btl;lvisions-. All land immediately surrounding the eXisting and proposed Palm O r qot Village subdivision is zoned A--2 the general land use diotric17 w � , ( t/ • Therexistinge are no existing commercial or indus- trial ses in the immediate vic�.ni�y of the proposed �.md F p project. Archaoologictal and Historical Sites in the Area There are no to Ica or historical known arohaeo- g site$ on the property or in the immediate j ecl; The pro area.. nearest historioal points of interest of significance � according; to tho State Department of Parks and Recreation, are located in Orov' lle Oroux.le Chinese Temple and the Ishi Di.ocovery Site. ungual Serticr.s: s;ome of thos; services have been discusseddiscussedlc iu 8ectiork I,i}y{41 , y, escri.-, 4,on of the Pro- ject, (c) Technical Considerations, C. page The project lies within the wags and sewer service area (#26) of he 'x'hurmalita�Irra at'a.ar� iii g etriot and existing t-tater distribution and .�ewa e collection facilities are adjacent to the . proposed dev�elopm�ent. Carreht.lyi P.G. & E. provides Overhead elert'rical and undergrouhd gas service to the developed parcel,o'of the palia C"est Village Subdivision. Pacific mclephone also servicos the ajcistin,2 pal:. Crest 'Village residential. units. The ;proposed project site is within the Thetmal.ito Scheol District and the Oroville Nigh, School District. it is served by the County Sheriffis Office and the .Butte County Fire Department. The project Site is in an, unincorporated county � ted area b� Butte and would be serviced by Butte County Aire Department. For adequate fire PrOtection the Butte County Fare Department recommends a ma�dm= distance OP 800 ,feet between fire hydrants, trlth no .hydrant :located more than Q0 feet from the centerline of a residential lot (28) Water mains in the area must be a minimum or 6 inch .arid supply a fire-flotq 09 at least 1600 gallons per minute. Thormalitq Irrigation Water District water mains in the study avoa are larger than, ar e4'Aal to 6 inches. The Irrigation District Guarantees a far r-= `lc�ty delivw„,;�- of at 1 east 1000 Sallo4s minute per at the protect site (32). 1 u mean ower would be. adequate to provide sbjct site fare io Thea existing department fire fi hti.n equipment and station P 9. P tea`,ion after subdivision development. The first tine ongiiie vioul.d reach the subject site from the Orovill.e Statim. in , opproxi.mately 5-7 minutes. The Telly Midge Station could rocpond to a fire at the site within 15 minutes, the Palemo Mat,ion would respond within 10 minutes and the Richvale Sl,rxtion would respond in approximately 15 minutes. (28) P(jareati,on areas are provided by Oroville Dam (Bidwell. Canyon r,*ta.te Recreation Area., loafer Creek State Recreation Area), ,Poather River Parks, Felson Avenue .Park in Thermalito Tabl,t Mountain Golf Course and Thesmal.ito Forebay State Recreation .Areas. (18) The Subject site is within the Poather River Recreation and Park District4 Facilities at Nelson Avenue Park include a community building, baseball.diamonds recroa- tion fields, tennis courts and picnic areas. (21) Table Mountain Public Golf Course is an 18 hole course w"th club- house drivingrange, ange, putting green and chipping green. Abcess and TrafficCirculation: Access from the site to Orovill e and to other areas is good. Major roads in the area include Nelson, Avenue, Grand Avenue, State Route 70 (a freeway corridor through the Oro- S vill.e region), aro Dam Boulevard. hest, 16th Street and 1 th Street. The project site is bounded by T„b^ma Avenue, 1 th Street, and the right -of -✓ways, for Pl.'uma.s Avenue. and 18th Street, which currently are not developed-, on -the -ground streets in this locality. Principal subdivision, access will be via 16th Street, 18th Street, and Tehama Avenue, primarily from the south and east. Access from the area to commercial services I and the urban services of Orovi.11e is via Grand. Avenue or Oro Dam Boulevard (State Routo 16�) to ftighway 70, which are tho three major roads in and'near Thermalito area. Preeway access onto Hieb,*.Yay 70 is at Grand Avenue and at Nelson Avenue east of the ate, and at Oro Dam Boulevard south of Tehama Avenue, 18th Street, 18th Street, and t1v� other : Ma48 in the area are relatively narrow rural roads with no urban improvem,mts (curbs, gutters) sidewalks or shoulders) and with light traffic. These streets have 'beor , designed for light non --urban traffic use and may be marginal for heavier urban residential traf is use. The eyisting trafficloads on the roads in the area are li,stod below (Butte County Public Works Department 1977 AVera.ge Daily Traffic computations): of i Tehama .Avenue - 1096 ,ADT ajust east of '10th Street 18th Street 332 ADT (just north of Tehama Avenue) 18th Street 553 ADT (:Just north of Grand Avenue) ' 12th Street 805 ADT (just north of Grand Avenue) Grand Avenue 3009 ADT ('us. west of '12tk� Street) Zi6 Jroville Airport is located in approximately one and true-qua.ruer miles south of the subject site. Access to this airpovt� which provides commuter service to 8acr mentos is via 18th Street south. Urban_ Improvements: Curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and, urban-width streets do not; currently exist in the area. Area roads are re- latively narrow paved two-lane rural roads, many with light traffic use. No facilities Dor pedestrian travel exist in.the area x-143. : 'VI:D.ONMENTAh IMPACT Environmental Impacts . of the Proposed Action: Population Gro rth . ro D p Full developmentdevelopmentof the Deed project :will alter study area population distribution and concentration. It is estimated that with occupancy of all 134• dwellings; a population increase of some 350-370 residents will result, (based ton the rate of 2.8 - 2..8 people per residence). De- velopment density is estimated at 3.9'2 single family units . per gross acre with completion of tho pa^o j ect. The improve- ments to P3:umas Avenue and '18th Street proposed by the applioalit could stimulate growth in the area. The ext"iension of gas, electriaity, water, telephone and sewer facilities to proposed development within the Palm Crest Village sub- dlArlsi'on could also stimulate residential growth ill the contiguous area. The cumulative effect of this proposal and of the proposal �Jgyy Nevis Industries for urban-density sub- division develo moist of the 84 acres of land adjacent 'to the p north, will be the establisbment of about 470 dWellirigq on the total 120 actesi Ripon ultitate development:;" with an esti mated total population of about 1300 people (based Oft M people per dwelling). Topographic Alteration: 0bn8ttUdtion of the project will alter the eq sting topo- graphy on the northeastern end of the site. As indicated previously, this area is some 40 feet, lower than oan.tral and 8outhevn portions of the site, and it is in this area that waisting ground slopes approach 100/o. Througli a series of land cuts and fills, and with the possible aid of ofJoite material. � wtisting subject site low spots will be raised and steeper slope areas will be worked to Xlatter grade4 y 4 Soil Compaction: The proposal will result in the compaction and overeovering of the soa 1. The intro- duction of street and driveway paving, curbs, gutters,, side- walks housing structures and appurtenant residential improve- mem s improve- ­ pools, 'patios, etc ) will cover at least one-third of the total, siren * !i Drainage:_Storm water runoff will increase from the property � as a result of the development (from streets, roof structures, and other impervious surfaces), draining into the natural swales on and near the site and thence into Rudy Crook wast and south of the site �4 mile. Based on a '10 -year recurrence storm, the maximum storm water runoff from the 32.5 acre site is expected to increase from 3rd c.f'. s. (using a runoff coefficient of 0.4 for the existing undeveloped site because of the soil's poor permiability) to 44c.f.s. (using a runoff coefficient of 0.55 fur residential development of the property) This represents a twenty percent increase in drainage from the site. However, ,for the The,rmalito area and the Rudy Creek: basin it was estimated that this increa e c•f.s.)will represent Aately one percent of the ultimate development floe the entire water shod. Please refer to the Appendix G'.nn fr6m, Terra Engineering Air nalt r An increase dust levels ana diesel exhaust Will result �Poin bhe construction pha4 to of the Project and again periodically, daring the construction; of the housl ng, units. These impaciJ are temporary and can be mitigated. The residential development will result in locals zed reduction of air quality from the consequent ,rosidential use of automobiles,fireplaces, f�rr i!aces, outdoor 'burnings etc. adding to the incremental 4,,b -r,-,oration of the area's ambient air quality. The pzwopos`� abdiIvision c€eL be expectbd to add approximately 300 "M coum, to the existing traffic load, increasing emissions The p�^n pied ,, ubdi-sian project' will: have no primary, point source impacts on a., r quality. Passenerj and light uta lity vehi6108 associated with the de- velopment could have secondary, mobile or vehicular, emission im acts on ambient conditions. The California State Be partxnent of Transportation h°_s determined that the ihore- mental increase in local hydrocart�on., cacarbonutonox de and nitrogen oxides levels from vehicular, emis„dans can be esti mated With the following equation! kl a sin, Q incremental pollutant concentration, Inhere 1 z.ncrease emi.ssibn souse e . *. u average wind speed; m/seor 6tpirioal coefficient estimated. by the Department of Transo# .011 gat�9 �1 �1 y 1.06 empirical factor relating height of the mixing volume to concentration 1.06 empirical factor relating height of the mixing volume to concentration (1.73 x 10 � x (vehicles per hour) x (emission factor in 611/mil e Using thi.r equation, emission factors presented iii Appendix. B, mad peak vehicle per hour estimates of 200 v:;hicles (nod/0 of esti:mat6d average, daily flows of 1000 vehicles for full development), the' Proposed project could cause incremental incre ses in local air -5 pollution concentrationsof 4.J75 x 10 m/m for hydrocarbons... gm/"ye (9.77 ppm) 4.P42 x 10gm/m,, for carbon monoxide (0.4237 ppm) and 3.940 x 10�� gm/m -dor nitrogen oxides (0.0209 ppm). These incremental increases in vehicle source pollutants are considered small when comaped against California Air Quality Standards of 40 ppm. (1 h.our3 and 16 ppi (12 hour) for carbon monoxide and .25 PPM (1 hour) for nitrogen dioxide and National Standards of .24 ppm (primary) for hydrocarbons. These incremental increases would: add no more than 1 % to ambien.t carbon monoxide levels, .no more than 2' j/ to ambient nitrogen oxides levels and less =than 1% to ambient hydrocarbon, concentrations based on typical ambient .air' quality conditions for Ororril.e extrapolated from data available, from the Chico and Yuba City V,eas.C7 WatPr 4ua1i Construction of the project could cause erosion o.f soils , exposed for building pads and project roadi,�ays (15) - Erosion impacts irr uld be more significant in the northwOstevn portions of the site where existing ground slopes are 51% to ICPo than in the south areas of the project where grm nd could cause some minor sedi.- slopes are nearly level. :Erosion:Erosionmentation of Rudy Creek,though tIAis s anticipated to be negligible. With full project j t improvements, paving, of roadways, and the plant- ing of lmms and gardens, erosion from the subject site Mould be' considerably less than from the existing vacant land use, although the total storm water runoff from thi area would increase pro- portionately with the increase of impervious ground surfacing'. quality of Rudy Geek and the Feather 'DeRiver the is fromr i p various pnl:lutant,, and contatlinants that may find thein tray into the runoff water. Oils and phenoX s � WrouYd' originate from the having and Sp11'lage'It= autos, pstioides and fertilizers from the property- own.er" s gardenimg and la'dscap rig acti Vitios, and sediments from land grading and: e"-asion. For. thi.., residential subdivision, these impacts are anti.eipated to be mInOV and would not add to any significant di�,t.erioration of water quality espeF ially considering dilution effects except for 4odiramits, This Qould be a .major impact if land grading is clone during the rainy season. All »riti'ts Will be serviced by sanitary sewage collection faci.l ities Which will be designted in, accordance with Butte County Standards. Noise; Primary noise impacts of the project are related to the traffic generatod by the proposed subdi_vi.si,on.. The Noise Assessment 4ui,dol.i.nes published by the department of Housing, and Urban +17ovolopmdm (24) Mere used to evs:luate the noise signi.f'iotade .a of the traffic totals projected for the proposed project. HUD has established noise exposure categories for residential dwollings. "Normally Unacceptable!'. noise exposure is severe enough to require potly noise insulation measures to ensure indoor, tranquility ani. borriors must be erected to make outdoor env ronmento acceptable. "Clearly r3nacceptablei' noise exposure indivates that insulation costs to ensure indoor quiet are prohibitive and outdoor enviroia mento would be above acceptable residential 1 mics even with the construction of barriers. Evaluation of auto' tral,`fic noise involves considerations of road gradient, stop, and.go characteristics, mean speeds, and barriers. The, maximum number of automobile vehicles per hour would oactzr dritg commuter hours and has been previously esti- mated at 200 irehicles,, Application of HLTDMdelines to projecte6 auto traffic indicates that no unacceptable noise exposure would be created by these vehicles although some short term annoyance conditions could result. There Will be short term noise impacts during construction of the, be m�+, gated through Iim i.tin ,, hours of construction. 'Lis is may pr�ac,�,�ed project Adverse imbactts of construction noise p � � '� emits m suggested ,p b olds Federal f or construction equipment such as those 5 is Government for Work on Foderal projects be set u oaf noise leve and listed in Appends C. 'Use of equipment which exceeds these noise levels at `a diAtanGe of 50 feet from the source could be restricted for the construction of the pro possd subdivision project. Vildl�±e and. Vegetation:, Const tuction of ' th.e proposed. `1, l4-, .ot subdivision and the con- sequont residential use of the land will. ,result in removal of much of the existing site vegetation and in the,. displacement or loss of existing wildlif o. , California, State ,department of Fish. and Game, personnel determined that the site is not valued as important wirl.dw.ife habitat. Thoref ore, no vital habitat for wildlife Will begdootroyod� bovo .opmeatofproperty as proposed. would, not szfic an'tl interrupt anyvital food webs or other ecological processes.; No rase or endangered plant or, animal species inhabit the site (Ij . Although some of the existing olive and citrus trees on the site may be_removed by the project, 1� of these troos are secondary growth, and are in extremoly poor condition. There will be a loss of native rodento, reptiles and. amphibians. Avian., species which are not adapted to human, occupancy will avoid e area and relocate elsewhere. Those whichare adapted will find the area. enhanced 'by the introduction of horticultural.tural. treos, shrubs and flowers. .Traffic.,Yf8ibg' the traffic generation figure Of tog vehicle trips per day per dwelling typ' qal. of urban residext::al, slab dvis.on uses full. deelt�pment of t;e proposed 'f uSLts would it projected traffic increases generated by the subsequent resi- dential use of the development, the project would impact `16th Street and 18th Street .south: and Tehama. Avenue east with large traffic increases. :Full development of the project and sub- sequent re sidential, use would incv,;ase average daily tra'�fir, flows on '15th Street, from the existing 330 ADT to as estimated' 700 to 800 ADT. Eighteenth Street north of Tehama Avenue, oould have a traffic flow increase from near zero (18th Street in this location is only access to a couple of houses and is not developed further north to an estimated 350 - 400 ADT. Tehama Avenue could have an increase of about 3007 400 ADT over ea.sting use (1096 ADT at 10th Street east of the pro jeat site). Tm- provement of 18th Street would decrease traffic loadings from the subdivision onto 16th Street as lots w,e improved to the west of Crest '?rive. Currently,, there are stop signs at both the 16th and 18th .Street cr ossibgs of Tehama Avenue With full project development:, traffic could 'temporarily backup at these stop signs during pear morning traffic hours Ti teri.or subdivision collector streets for the Palm Crest Village project wol ld be improved to 40 foot widths. Street widths of 40 feet will allow good -`movement of traffic even during pew: hours and will permit street side � arkin p - p g of passenger vehicles. All units will, have d:!iveways to keep the amount of on-stree parking to a, minimum: Stop signs are p,I,oposed for the Crest 1)rive - 16th Street,. Park Vay 'Tehama Avenue and West Hay 18th Street intersect ona Traffic could backup slightly at the Park WayTehama Avenue iateraection during morn ung .commuter hours but subdivision.:Lesi- dents should have little difficulty in turning on to 18th or 16th, Streets from subdivision collector streets. Subdivision, traffic couldhave slight impacts on major roads of the Thermalito area. These include small: traffic percentage increases on Grand Avenue and Oro Dam West boulevard. Traffic counts for Grand, Avenue taken during 1977 indioated ADT flours of 3,000 vehicles west of the 12th Street I' ' orseetion with ADI flows of only 153 v'ehic'les west of 90th Std rx .:t intersection On -.ramp and off -ramp oapacityy generally Prot ide the limiting factor for freeway traffic capacity and movemont. Ac6ordim to spokesman for the Califctni�. D.vision of Tran, sortation (38. 8U.U.`.cie'at capacity exists at north and, sout bound Oro Dam West Boulevard -State gighway 70 on -ramps and arnps to handle possible increases cau8ed by the proposed stt 'a-1rision. Traffic problems or significant impacts on the Grand ,f.ventte and Xels A Avenue li reeway access routes as a result of i,,, ,s proposal, are not anticipated (please refer to the Appendi�. G for further discussion of this s.tbject). a .. .,.. • �i, by : , .. -, ., t . 4 t Traffic, hazards to area, children and, equ,3strnans are r nand cher pedestrians, bic;; c];iets, resr:lt of the ti off sidewalks potential from the increased traffic and as a in the area to accommodate the several tand of'roadways of ad.evate width types Of street L'eS. l'1nc plio j ect is not expected, to ha ve a roads in `the a.kea' � adverse impact on ra�.l-- s�r a,se sl ghtl Commuter and ppjvate plane tx'affic could l-. d�Ovelopment. Oro ille Airport with full ' � at theJ Project n.c3rease3 Pemand8 for t'tilitiesc ural Gas Although power line extents and Nat site w,,tzi„,requn rcions into the subject ed with implementation of the prapcsed prod ea • fu3.1 development of the subdivizion would riot se -. load exiting electrical:rrfacilities accord er offi-ci#10. Similarly 2to P.G.& �. nto the ,, bdivlities�on Tehama��`I6tns h�aaindl'I$tex stasg P,G.& t. into the ; ubeLi v:i sion in accordance with 'VC h line zxt tensions .rules 1 and 16 would be ret�uired with the proposedproject. 1'C. E. offici'gl.s ndY cafe `khat no overloading , existing , tofacilities WbUl.d occxr,V I'd-th Pr0Jeot develo went«`ea gasreduce ='"�'sidn..al h ixa. Arid c sures energy ses do sCussed . za Apponjr.tix 1� t �ssidential usse of elorope are Will geier-ouer, dr.aands and 126uYt in consumption r electricity nat vral gas, increasing enorgy tete on the site From zc�:•. brio yx iden�tial- use at of electricitypresgnt) to 1.9 KWH annually, a iu { l,y and -190; 000 therms of nater-tl gay (b) Te �;r. inozs sir.yyttz1 '�, " � s ..Coin G, g hat tYore are �'elepho n Culties in . � xdzng tel phohetaerdr e no diffi Pacific Telephone anticipates ria adverseoimpactthe ubjOcexisting site. telephone fac lit es ith imp ementatioi of the :Proposed subdivision project. Cc) Mater: txtet,8io zs of avatar service, to Within boundari d.im Kish water su... l�espof d development will tot $ignifi�antly of the pro ose P the l'�iermali,to Irrigation District* According to spokesmen .for the distri (a) solid Waste: Projected development will have no sigWifi cant impact on existing waste collection and disposal facilities. Increased Demands for Public 'Services: (a) Demand for service from Butte County Fire Department Will be generated. Response time to the site is five millUtes minim=. Existing facilities are anticipated to be sufficient (b) Regular sheriff department patrols will be required through this project development, since the development -will create .new street systems and locate 134 urban residences in this rural area. (c) This: development will add an estimated x;5..70 students to area schools, mostly affecting the Poplar Street School. (e10- mentary level) rales These schools have had (elementary plus chool ( ry low enrollments '7th and 8th andthenelson Avenue S the compared with capacity over the last several years since, adequate room for growth instueased; 'Therefore, there is orov.11e Dam construction has c dent enrollment in the Theruyalito School Diotriot (d) Since the parcels will be rather small (14 acre grid less) and no development recreational facilities are planned, the project will increase demands on existing parrs and recreational f aoilitie s. Growth Znducin1,:Impacts:. The proposed project could have growth inducing effects on adjacent undeveloped land north and ea:t of the subject site. As mentioned previously, these adjacent areas are zoned AWS and have been igen a Butte County General flan desi nation of low, density residential (1 to s Improvements to Pl.umas Avenue 4 dwelling units per gross acre) a and *18th Street proposed by the applicant along with public utDIlity e�tlensons to undeveloped areas will, made adjacent areas more ,attractive for residential Land use, The ciompletion of the Palm Crest 'Village subdivision should raise the Value of the existing Palm Crest Village units as well as increase the value of other nearby residential dwellings on Tehama Avenue and '15th Streets. The population increase in the area is expected to have a favorable impact on the local economy*. A major portion of the residents.' incomes would be Spent locally. The construction of the project would stimulate local sale of building materials and ecjuipment, and:. the Local; employment situation.. Aesthetic Zmt�act.i The project wall. alter the visual and land use character of the site and the area, changing the property from an open grassland and deteribrating orchard to an urb6n._4en.s:Lty residentia;i. character: A boss of open space and some rural character in the area w>ill. cocas. Refer to Ap- peudix 8 far at analyysis of thi impact. 4 b) Adverse Environmental Effects 14hich Cannot Be ,Avoided if ;he Proposal Is Lm plemented: Ad -verse environmental effects resulting from the proposed Palm Crest Village subdivision are anticipated to includa3 1. suchGe as potential air, water and nohe area noise pol.lu.tion� 2o increased storm water runoff from the sits: and potential n, aggravatioof drainage problems in the Rudy Creek basin. Increased. traffic on 16thStroet, 18th° Street, Tehaxna Aven" ng t n doubling soioxeuexr.st� on roads .the. area more than OIncreased traffic noise d hazards in the immediate project vicinity. 5« Loss of ox;i.sting site vegetation and the displacement and,/ or loss of- Local wildlifa* As discuosed and. analyzed in previous sections of 'this re- port and in •the attached appe'ndiees, those impacts are not Antio'.pat�d to be significantly advers.o individtal.ly or as r.. a result of this development alone. 01mu.lative .impacts from. A ,le'irelopmentof the enti re area may be greater and may be -- con.oiidercd s gxza.ficant as urban development anduse trauls- f arms this exi8tirg lots -density ru:oal residential area. c c) Mitigation Measures Proposed to ', =mize adverse Impact: ,-.. 1. All utilities to ' each lot ill, b.e proposed subdivision will be' underground. 2. urban street =provements to be constructed. to couxity standards (hiclUdirZ the upgrading, of Tehama kven-de and 16th; 'St'by�tho Butte eet Clot' ' y Public ��orks Dee of Palm Orest pa-�tment)e vxjj,.t �t il.lsim��oveted access o and t ircul atio a within the residential dovo opm.eiit as well, as improve the hazard sitUatioix to be created iri the area by increased traffic movement 3. The effect of increased storm x.munoff Will be reduced on the site by the installation of a storm drailiage s5 ,item which Will discharge into Rudy Creek. "Off-site ivproveMehts to the e� sting dra,iAage channels (particularly east of 16th Street)," lay, bre hooessary to alleviate prob.Ietns of increased lloNi bo-' twedn. the project site artd Rudy ursoic 4. ust anti erosion ct5�rtp018 during constructit►n Wad reduce! the si ` "ficiMde of Construction ` elated imp a -t , Xoise aw mufflers for heavy equipment, b. restrictjons in worms ng hours; c. water dampen, ng �,£ pxo�ect� roads and b+aa ldi - pads ng `ruction, d, placement of soil covor such as sod*, cbn.s � du.'r . I ivy or ice plant after construction; e. cut slope controls and minimum working of the steeper., northwestern area of the site. 5. Suggested methods of mitigating project energy requirements are discussed',Mn Appendix D. r3.} AlternL-tive's to the Proposed Action:_ 1. No Project. : The site would be retained in its present condition by this; alternative as a neglected, unused orchard, wiithout either agricultural or residential, use. Productive utilization of the site would not ;�,e attained. Pconom" c-, :employment and° income producing -values would "th be lost a no project alternative. It has been estimated that the project; could result in local buying power of'1 tmilliGn plus, with additional revenue to the County from property valua- tion increases. The no project alternative would not benefit loc'al construction employment nor local sale of building material and equipment. Tn addition, the no project alternative 'would maintain the existing fire hazard of the site. Therefore, this alternative was rejected because it does not allow an economic return of the property even though the owner J8 currently paying property taxes on the land and it does not alloy an economic utalizatyi.on_ of the property. 2 No. Residential. Pro7ect: 'Use o" the land :!or agricultural production such as .grazing or continued orchard.. use. This alternative would avoid the en- v; ro=,E,ntal.' effects associated with implementation of this project. This alternative was rejected by the proponent because of the age and condition of the existing orchard and grassland area, the pr xi.mi t,y of this property 'to existing reoidential j at the site is within the Orov lle Urban es, the fait that Area; is designated by the Butte County General flan for re - A sidental uses, and because the developer believes there ,is a need J.C.t housing i u this area. :bots Within, the Pxeeent 'Lonin� .. LarSer 'she proposed ��, lot sizes could be inc reasod., accommodating fetter residences and therefore .maintaining some rural character in. the area, thereby pre Venting some of the environmental effects of the proposal partioularl the intensity of impacts. iia s alternative was rejected by the developer in favor of the proposed plan in order to, make ma%imitm residential use of the site. 4. Relocation of the Proje"i�t: Relocation of the project to another site would Pro- bably result in greater social environmental impacts than: e negl.igable social impacts anticipated on the proposed Palm Crest Village site. I i j All utilities serving the Palm Crest Village site have adequate capacity to meet project demands. Local schools have enough, space to easily assimulate students. Fire and police. au.thoriti05 have e dressed ro concern, or reservations for development of the 134 lot residential pro- jec,t at the subject, site. The site i � s already planned for the residential use proposed 'by the applicant, and the de- V01OPmOnt itself is part of a lamp Original subdivision already approved by Butte County <194.9) The site has very limitod open space potential and the existing vegetation to bo removed by the development is of marginal agricultural value .or utility. Th(,- Relationship Betwpen Local Short-termUses .of Man's Fn- crzronment and Maiera$sce. and. Enhancement of Zone-"_'erm Products lvit: The cumulative and lon -te w�.11. be to establish residential effect of t ential developmenhe I trand us project site a and use on the and to encourage further residential development and. use of lands in the . area, particularly to the Crest and north. :Development of the site for .residential* dwellings will pre- elude the use of the site for other purposes. The signifi.- cance Of this long term and: irreversible impact is reduced by the existence of the compatible resi.denti:al Land uses that are contiguous to the site, the general plan designations Of thesite and adjacent lands, and the limited open space, grazing or recreation&& v&lUe of LhO site. Displacement of site Wildlife and re -adjustment throughout the local ecologic l scheme Will 6COIx as a result of the undeveloped. to developod land use transjtian. Thero er has P t5" Value for resi.deMtal use 'because of ,Its Proximity to OvOvillO and Oroville area bei -Vices, and the long- term need for homesi,tes in the urban ,Area. Urban.-dejasity resiIecxtial rases hood, to be placed in suitable locations re-� lativ� to exs.sti .R P and lan"ned urban improvements � and fa-- elft es Su4h as street and transportati.on .ro'utes, social and: Cul' �acs.ls.t�.e !-Los,, e� �''a.l water .1 jos, sewer limes. this project, wall satisservi.�;es,, The developer feel. tl f t' project Public y a . communit-y need for hotlsing jn the area..' f) srreyersibl. F. . .A�ay .. P�.vv:r..ronmental. C11 esthu.Ch 'Would l:nyalVed .I�e s�r1. i+tle, ,x d a ail k1aL21 d 1 emri e•e f P Z7' +bay zed area of 0WOV .11.e area, 2. Loss of some open space and rural, atmosphere 5. Increased traffic and traffic related impacts in the area. 4 lnRreased storm water, ruu o�g» 5 Increased demand for public services. 6. The proposal will curtail the range of � uture options available for the property. Natural resources, including energy resources, will be "buildings. committed, due to construction of streets and Implementation of the project would not eliminate lary prime agricultural resources or limit access to any known mineral, oil or gas resources public park ark or recreational area. The Growth Inducing Impacts of the Proposed. Action: The growth inducing potential of the project has been referenced previously. Con-- s-fructlon of the 18th Street and Plumas Avenue right-Qf way would provide access to currently ;non--aocessable areas. These vacant areas to the north and west of the subject site are 'planned for low density residential use and would bermore at- tractive for development with the growth of the Palm Crest , r. Village subdivision. The proximity of utilities tti.than Palm Crest Village project develo 4ent would provide additional impetus for inducing residential growth n adjacent vacant lands, Should low density residential development occur on these adjacent vacant lands it is aasUmed that the number of dwelling- units per acre and the number of residents per single family d-1e1l.4ng would be comparable to the 3..92 dwelling per acre and the 2,,0` to P.8 persons per dwelling figures used for Palm Crest Village projections° Based. on these multipliers) the 80 acres directly north and northwest of the Plumas Avenue sight-of-way and the vacant 30 a+:res directly west of the 18th Street right- ight-of-way of-wailcould generate population increases of 1,100 - 1200 people',"(430 dwellings) and local trafli'6 increases of as much as 3006 vehicle, trips per day. This would. be :1 addition to the `increases generated by this subject residential development. �:'heref:ore,• cum'Ulatve� ef:�e"t's from all the development in the � be generated as are✓ va.cinity an d in the i'hermaltto area will ' ' p previously cult of the impacts anticm ated which have been � discussed in this 8.l-1Z. With the epi sting capacity of local. utilities; public facili=- ties and public schools; this growth induced population in- crease could be assim.il'ated without significant social or facility impact. Additional. buying power and Proper' 4 tax revenues would result with this growth. However; some nega- t'ivetraffid., ai.t quality, noise, water cluality, and drainage, impacts would 'occur. Paresl.s of the proposed Palm wrest subdi.va�sion could not be further subdivi.d.ed after the current project it implemented. 2' _01 i v , 15144• Or ate-rations .:and pets c . ans Consulted. incl.Udin 131BLIOGRAPHY y 1. CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT 80CLETYz '"Ihventa and Endangered ry of Rare g Vascular Plants of California".. Speca] Publ cation No. 1, 1974. 20 CALIFORNIA* DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATIO N. California History Plan, Volum""The e Teva -� 7nv'entor Historic Features", Augas 1.9.7. of 3. CAL.;rORNIA DEPh, :ZTMENT OF FISH AND GAME • "At toads, Califoriji.as" :Endan�ored and Rare Fishhe Cross- Wildlife"", January, 1974. and 4,4 CALIFORNIA State OF PARKS AND RECREATION "" �r ecA eation Area$ Lake i CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF F CdNSDRVATYON, DIVISION OF f ON SERVATION: '`Environmental Impacts of Urbana rn the Fabthill anl' Aiauntairilands of California, yy 3i+ k� l� C r ��.• - Earth ua'k t .y}ti �. ii %II .. I�ESOji.R LrLS 4 �) CALIFORNIA DEPA�2.,�. a fi♦ Ilb--3� q o Da-mage �.o i ,� aul "c Bulletin No, California`", June 1967. Structures in 46 7 'CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD'; a Data Vali V, Vi V11 ' Ca?�.fornia Ai ;: _r),r�Ii X19 3, 197, yea;, No, 1,�,. �4 6 • CAL'. _, ORNXA DEPARTMENT OF IVAT_ .ER RE rr ,130073 & 130-74 Hydrtllo zc Data019CES: tulle'tins No Northeastern Calafo r3. 73 1974, Volume II r bec�ember 1974, Doc embor 1875, . CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY ""Ener Design ` gy es�gn Manual for ROSI'den�iC �uNI DL."V �LO�PMENT fiebruarY', 1, 75. 10. CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF' 141CHIVAY . DEPARTMENT,: "' , RAT ERIALS AND RESEARCH t "Air Quality Manual, Mathematical A to Estimating HIghway 1`mp;nct on, Air,Qualit r" pproach Y , JuXy, 1972. ll. CAUPOWIA AIR RESOURCES CONTROL: $OARD: "� En�ra ronmGntaY Impact Reports, "' �JU..,, 19.7q pAlo t for 12, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMtNr OF Historical OV 'ARKS AND RECREATION: �rClifotna June, ,1.973., lS, . 1CAUPORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVVELOPIviEIVT DEPARTMENT r►Ax Potter Rev'ieiv Ch,ic:rotir o,,O. 197. axe Labor Market Area'"Mach, } , 14. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEI�ELOPMENT DEPARTMENT: "Butte County Labor Supply & Demand Jv,': -•, Sr—ptember, 1976" 1 4 June, 1976, , w •15. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. "Area Manpower Review, Butte County Fiscal, Year 1976-1.977", April, 1-976. 16. BUTTE COUNTY,ASSOC'IATION OF GOVERNMENTS. "The Butte County General Plan", June,,1976i 17. BUTTE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT: "Regulations for Zoning Districts,- Butte County California" April; 1976. 18. BUTTE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CC+MMI'SSION "Butte County, California. 190 BUTTE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT: "Tho Housing Element of the Butte County General Plan", September, 1.9731i 20, BUTTE COUNTY PLANNING: DEPAI-,'zj*1ENT: "Draft Environmental Impact Report for The Oaks Subdivision". March, 1976. 21. FEATHER RIVER RECREATION PARK DISTRICT: "Program and Facility Guide" 1976; 22. OROVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE!, "Coinmun.1ty Eeonomic Profile for Oroville, Butte County, California,". ., July, 1975. 23, BUTTE COUNTY PLANNING 'DEPARTMENT: "Census -1975 County of: Butte Statistical Summary #I, Cities Unincorporated; 24. UNITED STATES- DEPARTMENT OF HO1'8ING AND 'URBAN DI VELOPM`1. -T "Noise Assessment Guidelines" Augugty, ,1.971: 25: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOREST SERVICE, "Trees and Shrubs for Noise Aba;:emont", July, 1`971 26, PERSONAL CONMUNICA`ION': ED CHIAPPARI, Manager, Orovillt Solid Waste Disposal CoMp.any,, August 1976. i7. WILEYj PESellephoa6 (ompany,OChicoUOffice, AugL ust, 1976acific 286 PERSONAL COMNUN:ICATIO.Ni GARY BUZZINI, Deputy Chief Bute Ranger Chit, Orovi le, Cali, ,ornia, August, 1976. 29. PERSONAL COHNIUNICATION : H. We (BERT' FLESKES, Superintendent Sewage Commission - Orovil.l.e Region, Augusta, 1976. i a 30 PE0�aOMMUNoAT50�lEDNstDRA1HBiN SunntpThmliCOMMUNICATION; hta3t, August, 1976. o• , 31PERSONAL COMMUNICATION; RICHARD BOYD. Oroville Union High ,School District, August, 1976, 32 PERSONAL COMMU ICATION; THEPMALITO IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 33.. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION; BUTTE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OROVI'LLE, CALIFORNIA, August,. 1976, 4. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION; BUTTE COUNTY '68E880RS OFFICE, August, 197b. 35.4 PERSONAL COMMUNICATION; BUTTE COUN'T'Y 'PLANN`ING DEPARTMENT, August., 1976,, 36, ASSOCIATED HOMEBUILDERS OF THE 6nATER'EASTBAY "Suggested, Guidelines for Environmental Impact Reports for Housing, Pro ' e:cts of All l Sizes", October, 1972. 37. PERSONAL COrRUN I CATIONS PACX3yIC GAS' F, ..ELECTRIC. COMPANY, August, 1976. 38, DAY) JIM, Traffic Count Division California Department 39-. BURT', WILLIAM. and. RICHARD GROSSENHBIDtR A Field Guide to 14LMmels, 2nd ed., Heug%+gin Mifflin Co., }3os tsar , 19;64 4 CHANLETT, EMIT T., 'Envroninental Protection' McGraw-Hill Bao*l. Co., San Francisco, 1973, p. 123. 4 , 41. CRAMPTON, BEECHER Grasses in Califotil a, University of California press,, Berkeley, 1974. 42, ' MMINGS, EARLB W., Associate Wildlife 31 log'st, California State Dept. of .Fish and Game; Region 2. 43. KAM` BR' tk; ED. Unit VVI,].d,life manager/mologistj Calif. State Dept. of rich F ^aura: 44. lfdNAUGHTONy S.J. aila' LARRY L. 1VOLF, General, Ecology, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1973. 48. STEBBINSj ROBERT C'., A Field Guide 1.6 Westeth Reptiles and Amphibian, Houghton Mifflin ,Co., Boston,.1�66. 46-., STORER;• TRACY I. aid ROBERT L. 'USIN6tR,Si �ierra Nevada 1dat't��`al zstoxy, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1968: k { x APPENDIX A. List of Avian §MAA eg Whose Range is Known to Include t'lie Stu (��,� �, � Area sident (SV) -ummer Visitant (I4 - migx.*tet Wm) - Linter Visitant COMMb�iT_ Turkey -villture (R) Sharp-shinned hawk (R) Plain ti` m0ouse (R Cocper:s hawk (R) Common bushtit (R Red.-tailed hawk (R) White-brt�asted nuthatch (R)` SwainsonIs hawk ,SV Wrentit (P) * Golden eagle haw(WV) Cn() (WV) xlyon wren (R) SR * *..Peregrine: falcon, (M) House wren (V) Spairow hawk (Sit) Ameroan robin(l�I) March, hawk (R) Rock wren (R) Calif'oxuia quail (R) Swain;son's thrush (SV) Rock dove (R). Mockingbird- (R) Short-eared owlR) Western bluebird (RI Earn ow].- (R) Townsend' i (} ( Soreech owl, (R) Blue-gxaY =gAatohstoher (SV Great horned owl(R) Golden-crowned kinglet_(k!V Spotted owl (R1 Ruby-crowned kinglet ON)Eong-•eared owl (R) Loggerhead shrike R Paorwi.x.l (SV) Hutton's viten (R) Pygmy owl (R) Warbling vireo (SV) Burrowing owl (R) Orange crowned warbler (SV) ..te-throated swift (Sjr) Bullock oriole (SV) Rufous �hummi.ngbird m Western meadowlark (R) Dana's hummingbird (R) Brown.--heeded oowbird (R) R d-shafted flicker (A) Black-headed grosbeak (SV) California woodpecker (R) Lazuli bunting(SV) Lewis woodpecker (M) Purple finch Wv) Yellotw"billed sa sucker: I��iT house ,finch (R) p ( ) Common goldfinch (R) 73t�%er woo'dpeoker (R) R�a'ou�s-. y. ( Kuttall's woodpecker 'R sided towhee R) Ring-necked pheasant �R� House sparrow (R,) Horned lark :hipping eparrow (SV) A-sh--throated fl catcher Golden-crowarrowned sparrow (IN) $lack phoebe ( Lincoln cparraw)(WV) _VOX s Say's phoebe (Il) Common oroty R l ) 28 u Q' Avian Species (Continued) e Tx7aill flycatcher (SV) European starling Western, wood peewee (SV) * Yellow -headed blackbird (W'I) Oliff, swallow * Red -winged blackbird (R) t Barn s�ra�.lo,,r CSV` * Tri -;o".ored. blackbird (R) Violet -green swallow (SV') Brew�pr blackbird (R) Yellow -bill ed magpie (fit) Brown towhee , (R) Scrub jay (',)A Savannah sparrow (SV) B1acjc-billed. magpie (R.) Rufoi 5 -crowned sparrow (R) Lark sparro (R) Killdeer (Rv Site is within range's but occurrence is unlikely .due to human acti- vity or lack of .suitable habitat locally `* Endangered species.: Note: The sate is also within th.e range of several,species of ,migrant and, resident waterfowl,. It is unlikely that any would be attracted tc• the site. Rowever waterfowl Will be attracted to the area with the proximity of the Therinalito, Foi-ebay and - ft.erbay water b6dics. is ' Cz APPENDIX List of Mamma? s, Whose Range is Knovai to ;!ftell , e the Study Area. COMMONNAME bpposswa * shrew V�wte= Mole Various Bats California ground squirrel Vest ern Gray $quirre7 Valley pocke � gopher Western harvest.mouse ?leer mouse San Joaquin pocket- mouse .Brush. mou:sQ Oalifo=nia meadow mouse Roof rat House mouse * porcupine Blacktail Jackrabbit Brush rabbit Coyote Gray ox. Red loy. - ng -»tai. acc o off: Striped skunk Opotted skunk: Black tailed deer ''till site due to )=an. activityiorwlacknot suuitabl.e habitat ocally'.likely •, r SUGGESTED NOISE LEVELS LIMITS FOR CONSTRUCTXON EQUIPMENT Maximum Noise bevel • Equipment at 50 ft. eB A' Earthmoving t Front Loader 75 Eackhoes 75 Dozers 75 Tractors 75 Scrapers 80 ,Graders _ 75; Trucks 75 Pavers so Materials Handling Concr(,te Mixers: 75 Concrete Pumps 78 Cranes _ 75 Derricks _ 75 Stationary • Pumps 75 Genrxtors - 75 Compressors 75 Impact, I , Pile Drivers 95 J;zckharnmers 75 Rock .Drills 80 Pneumatic tools 80 Other Saws - 75 Vibr�_tors 75 Frier�Y Conbervaton Gas and Electricity The State of 'California Department of Housing and Community Development hasestablished measures to reduce energy conte I p an residential buildings (9), Many of these measures as outlined in the Department•'s 'Energy* Design Manual, coiAld be applied to the design ,of the proposed subdivision dwellings to resi •. More `axe .several, variable factors pertaining to blown attic insulation that can cause differences in its value as a heating and cooling energy saving device. The important characteristic is weight per square foot. It should be noted that thickness given by the insulation manufacturer is the minimum thickness. If only this thickness is known, the density of insulation or 'the number of bags needed may have to be increased to achieve the desired thermal resistance value'. The minimum "R" value specified by the Energy Design Manual, for blown insulations is "R"' t2 19. When, eay.e vents are installed, adequate bafflingof the vent opening must re provided so,as to deflectthe.incoming air abovo the surface of the, blown insulation. 'Reflective insulations are only -� .;:..ective ill controlling radiant heat energy and must bo installed .o ;that they face an air space. Me, offi.ciency reflective .i.nsulation is increased when the heat flow is down. For, this reason, reflective insulations meet energy reduction criteria when used in a floor, but may not be satisfac- tory, in walls or ceilings when the heat flow is horizontal or upward. Care must be taken that the insulation in all cavities in :such a manner that it is continuous, without tears or rips. There are several types of in 'ulatiph. which can be sprayed against the surface of a. building. 5ume w -E these are cellulose with - binder, mineral wool with binder and cellul-artfoams such as polyurethane. These may be. sprayed directly on concrete; masonry r ometal panels or may be sprayed between the framing members against the exterior sheathing; Pipes` arid- duct `work should, also be insulated to reduce energy „ loss. Typical pipeline systems Vthich should be insulated in- clude steam 'and � condensate return pAping, heating hot water cir- culation piping. All such p1ping,$),,ouid be, insulated when ;Xocat:od in vented attics, vented crawl spaces, the cdl<< Ings of garages which are not enclosed or not heated ,ox on the roofs or, 'outside- wal;ls of a building.-, Pipe insulation should be continuous and wrapped around the pipe. Insulation should be finished with a jacket or facing with the Laps sealed with adhesive, or staples so as to socbro the insulation, wn the pipo i , tvery dcndi-tiondd air supply duct and plenum should be - Insulated purstiftht to Section 1005 of the 1975.Uniform Mechanical Code Weattle`r`sttippingof windows and doors minimizes the amount of inf;iltratzon, or 16 gage of cold air into a residontial dwelling and dXkiltratibn, or, loss of wart air out of the building. Air `infiltration in a well insulated house may account for as much as 58% of the total, heating load. With weatherstripping of ' doors and +windows, ifikiltration' in the same house may be reduced to 15t of the total heat load. with a corresponding saving ,n energy Cont'Utptift y CULTURAL-AESTRETICANALY8JS The subjective nature of aesthetic quality defies a strict objective and quantitative treatment. Therefore, this topic will be discussed by making a subjective comparison of various aspects of environmental aesthetics before the project and after full. development. Impacts will be evaluated according to the following: +2 Project enhances considerably +1 Project enhances moderately 0 Project would neither increase or decrease quality -I project _ woild degarde. moderately W2 Project Mould degrade considerably Aesthetic impacts will be grouped according to one of five �onvir�oytmen�ta�l�y�cyomponce�ntsy : Land, Air; Water, Biota and Man- _ made V1 ✓ ttW.al ObjGectsr Singe the architectural designs and landscaping for the proposed development are not yet available, it can only be assumed thal: marketable dwellings would have to be at least moderately attrac- tive. Evaluation of impacts was based on the assumption that full development will involve medium priced dwellingz utili- zing modern architectural designs and landscaping. The attached table presents the anticipated impacts. yy{,rry APPENDIX 8 i .Y ANTICIPATED PROJECT IMPACTSON 'BXISTING AB ' QUALITIES OF THE SfiHETrC ENVIRONMENT` -Aesthetic Qualities Of the Environment Resulting Impact InternaIntern l I• LAND External. A. nic Viet�rs and- Vistas: 'whic. beautanvalved. purely foraitew B. Wildernes of been s tualt�s:. the quality unsn luenced g by man or appear - SO, Animal Accu anc ` P y xs additive: 0. C41 0 -Space Qualities • �� visual leg_ room's that feature of allowing the eye to focus On distant objects because of lack of enclosure, `l '• D. Un�'cuc-Plaical Features 0 0 II . AIR , 0 A. Odor and Visual Quality: gaseous a� r�� p zct�la;te x p, tants produce r'and`b11�si: g ne a.tive x�.s onses p p tive odor responses" are possible b o.f p.lesant scents, the presence Bi Sounds: relative to intensit pleaS y and p or r� leasant p connotat on, �l 0 III. WATER, (n-ot relev'ant to,,project sznce,, there are n(y- bodies of, Water) X/A 1V BIOTA N/A A. Flora: Native or Ornamental rnamental +1 B«. Eaun 4-1 T C� tlni up,Rare S eoies_ or Communities p V�1 AN ' �-MADE OR CULTURAL 013JECTS 0 A. )4i,8 to c c�l, sir Atcheolb g " I Nahid 60 DConc�nanoe �vi.th Bnvironmen�r _. 1�x�t`tr'srDrsari''. 1 to ted p. eolbert 9 d e n n i s j, daIeidet ry registered civil ennineers E N G I V E E R I N G "excellence throuvh environmentai awareness"' December 9, 1977 W.O. 7708-07 'FO; Mr, Earl Nelson Butte County Environmental Coordinator FROM; Dennis J. Daleiden% RE Addendum to the Palin Crest Village Environmental Impact Report dated_ September, 1976' The draft Elk was prepared for the original (1949) recorded subdivision map "Palm Crest Village." This addendum is an update based upon the tentative map submitted to Butte County on November 15, 1977. Page 1 - 1,84 "rots in lieu of 98 lots developed in two phases. Page 2 = Typical lot frontage and depth will be 65' x 1051i density will be 3.92 single family units per acre. Page 14 Population increase as the result of jjj units will be JZI—people Page 23 -The storm drai►7age system will be designed to meet current County ;. standards and policy.It may be necessary to provide some downstream' improvements such as ditches, increased pipe sizes and maintenance agreements. These would all occur off"site and would require nego- tiations with other property owners. Page 25 Traffic. The increase to 134 residences will increase the daily one-way traffic trips from 918 to 1206 daily trips. Normae recommendations for urbanized roadway two"way capacity is 1500 trips per hour per two travel lanes; this amounts to approximately 15,000 vehicles per day. Therefore the traffic from this subdivision when fully developed will represent approximately 8% of the capacity of Tehama Avenue, Page -27 The air pollutants will increase by 37%'over those shown due to the change in density: Page 37 - Property values for the land only upon full dA.velopment will increase to $560,000 to $550,000 over the oxisting value, Buying power would increase by 87% over that shown due to the added density, Page 45 •- Property tax revenues can be expected �tg,"AXAg 4,rpp $UOO to; $66,000, ANTICIPATED PROJECT IMPACTS ON' EXISTING AESTHETIC QUALITIES OF THE ENVIRONNtENT .Aesthetic Qualities Resulting Of the Environment Impact Internal Eictexnal Ii LAND A. Scenic Views and Vistas: a view which can be valued purely for its beauty. 0 0 Be Wilderness Qualities: tho quality " of beEi Tnin` uer_ced by man or appear.- jag so., Animal occupancy is additive. o 0 C. Qpen-Spaceuazities: "visual leg-- room" that feature of allowing the eye to focus on d'ista- t objects because of lack of enclosure. -1 0. } ll. Unique Physical Features p p I!, AIR ., F A. Odor and Visual, Quality: gaseous and particulate pallti�tan s produce riegati�te sponses; -positive odor " . res onses►+ are' r� p, possible by thea presence Of pletwit scat,ts . b 0 B. Sounds: relative to I tensity aril pleasant or unpleasant connotation. =l p I%I'. not relevant. top WATER ` since ct ere there are�roj no bodies of �,►ater. � -NIA N/A IV. BIOTA A,4 Flora: Native or ornamental +i B Fauna, l p C. Unique/Rare Species or Comfiunities 0 0 �VMAN&MADE .OIR CULTURAL OBJECTS A. Historical or A-rcheological lralue (� c B� Conconance with EnvironmRfit +1 � TABLE V-III (Continued) DISCUSSION OF IMPACT EVALUATIONS z A. The scenic qualities of the vicinity are about average a result for the region and probably, would not Change as The area is already partially developed. of the project 13, This quality zs already absent. The project will not change this; , C. There is a marginal degree of open-�space quality ac, the be lost the subdivi.-ion after site which will .within development., The project will have little or no effect on this quality in the surround area; E. There are no uAiq,ue physical features in the vicinity. The project will not change this. TT. A. Odor and visualqualities of the air are currently a to suspect the project«�11 pleasant. There is no reason change this y B. Sound levels at the site- are, n.ow quite low, Increased levels due to ,. occupancy can only increase ambient noise increased traffic and domestic activities. The intraduc- ton of ornamental trees may attract song birds, however. IV' A .. g wild flora is not particularly captivating The eX i.stin except possibly for a brief period in the spring when The 4ldflowers are in bloom and the grasses are green. wi and flowers introduction of ornamental trees, shrubs would enhance the site and the view from surr, Iounding areas for a longer period of time. B. , Existing fauna at the site are few and ravelyseen, except The introduction of 'ornamental trees, perhaps avian species. shrubs, and flowers would tend to attract avian species which are adapted to human occupancy. Surrounding areas would notice little or no change'. C. There are no unique/Tare species or communities at the site. V,. A There are noman-made or cultural objects of historical v&lue ,at the site or Within its sphere oT areheological of influence: B y he immediate Vicinity were constructed Residences - �.J d M `,hth�e environment was of during a e,. iod when consonance sv�.t gncesp little or no concern., Modern architectural design's tend to take this into consio,eration.l C,:.„ �g Modern arcl itectorAeldeenhancedt'� landscaping of 'the itew . wgh borhond he ne,� hoes would ,dea,na t y, s , T. ted p. co-ibert a d e n n i s j. dafeiden Sregiste-red civil enctineer-s '; " � awareness - December -� � � E � � � � exs.etlerrq� thfz�u� h environmental December 9, 1977 W.O. 7708-07 f TO: Mr Earl Nelson Butte County Environmental Coordinator FROM: Dennis J. Daleiden l` RE Addendum to the Palm Crest Village E'nv'ironmental impact Report dated September, 1976 The draft EiR was prepared for the od ginal (1949) recorded subdivision map "Palm Ceest Village," This addendum is an update based upon the tentative map submitted to Butte County on November 16, 1977: Page _ developed in two phases. Pae 1 l34 lots in lieu of 98 lots Page 2 -- Typical tat frontage and depth will be 65' x 1051; density will be 3,92 single family units per acre. Page p , 3JLpeople Pa a l4 - Population increase as the result of 1 4 'ung is Will be Page 23 �- The storm drainage system Will be designed to meet current County standards and policy. It may be necessary to provide some downstream e improvements .such as ditches, increasedpip sizes and maintenance agreements, These would all occur off-site with other property owners. would require nego- fsite and Page 25 Traffie: The increase to 134 residences will increase the daily , rne"way traffic trips from 918 to 1206 daily trips. Normal tions for urbanized roadway to -way capacity is 1500 trips 15pet+ hour per two travel lanec;t this amounts to approximately O vehicles per day. TWeforr� the traffic from this subdivisi ,00 on when fully developed will represent approximately 8% of the capacity of Tehema Avenue Pae. 27 � the he air pollutants will increase, by 37% over those shown due to the change in density, , Page 37 - Property values for the land only upon full developmunt will increase to $560,000 to $550,000 over the existing value, Buying power would increase by 37% over that shown due 'to the added density, Page 45 - Property fax revenues can be expected �t,�,p�jpr,� 00 'to $66,000, 378 ed ploort deS daIeideh registared crvii engineers 'E V :1 .1 ,V G ..excellence fhPou, h . 9 'environmental owareness- Apri l 11, 1978 WA 7708=07 �. 1u Mr. Earl Nelson Butte County Environmental Coordinator 7 County Center _Drive Oroville, California 95965 IRDM Dennis J. Daleiden -rQ Addendum No. 2 to the Palm Crest Villag ,- e Enviru;?rnen+ Report dated September., 1976. al Impact This addendum Provides additional traffic information and drainage inform as requested through your initial study dated Rebruary 6 1978, regrdingathen ab6ve"refee6nced project. The fo1,loti-ing data and attachod cot'respondence should be sufficient to answer the questions relating to the initial study and proposes any mittiggatintt measures that may be necessary to implement as a result of merit of the propos�d project. develop" TRArEIC.,INI`ORMATION Referenceis made to the attached correspondence dated April 7,, 1978 and received 'from the Department of Transportation in Marysville. This cartes- Poodence suOplies the traffic accident data for both the Grand. Avenue and Nelson Read intersections with Highway, 7o Thi information covers the filter- 1- fo, l9?5,- 1976 and 1977y. During the past twelve months from April Of 1977 throe i,��April rif 1978,, there have been no accidents at these locations. Prior to this time, been very low. -afore was one very serious: accident at the Grand Avenue intersection; 1'"tth that exception, the accident rate at these locations has A fgeld review of the two 'intersections shows that the Nelson Road intersections with Highway 70 have good sight distance with one, 8M8,11 eXdeption. There isn� tree at Ehe southwest corner of Fourth wind Nelson; and for a car that is stopped °traffid movemehtsYat this inters y All other at that intersection it ha somewhat l�Oited vis'ibili to ahe.west,.� A 5ihil ect�on tippear to be made with relative ease ar review at the Grand Avenue in.%&lection shows a slight sight distance problem to the ��est for t� e norttybourid oi�f» , have been some impf"overnent to this ?nteiTsection Wjth ri the Highway 70, yearsTbyre the Division of Highways, if ow April 11, W,O. 7704-7 1978 Addendum No. 2 to the Palm Crest Village EIR"dated Septe�ber, 1976 Page Two On ;March 3, 1978, :I personally reviewed both of these locations during, nth the morning. ;and evening ,rush hours as well as during the normally haavy` noon time period. At no time during these periods did I view more than four' cars backed up at any one of these individual stop signs.. The intersections ��,e designed to have .a capability of passing approkiMately 10,000 cats a day through the intersections without signalized traffic control. However many urban settings at such point in time that traffic reaches 7:000 to $ x,000 cars per day, traffic signals are installed. Discussions -with the Division of Highways have revealed the following icixorma- tion;. A. At the Nelson Avenue intersection, the on and off-ramps have Inc"eased in ADT from 900 to 1,200 since 1974= B. At Grand Avenue, the on and off•-ramps have increased during the same timeframe from 2,500 to 3,000 ADT, C The Highway 70 traffic between Nelson and Grand has increased from 6,000 to 7;000 ADT during the same time period. According to the Oroville City Engineer.'s Office, their 1977 ADTs for both Grand Avenue and Nelson Road within the vicinity of Highway 70 were 3,680 ADT and 3, Avenue ADT, d Nelson These traffic counts were taken during 'the month of May. In discussions With both the Butte County Public Work Director sed wind thesethe two of O'oville Engineers Office, there were n intersections: It is estimated that the subdivision when fully developed would generate approximately 1,206 daily trips. A trip is defined as a single direction traffic movement. In reviewing the potential traffic movements,as may, be generated from this subdivision, it can be estimated that appi,6iir Gra ' 25 percent of these trips will. utilize either the Nelson Avenue or Grand Avenue intersections. Assuming that the traffic generated from this subdivision was equally distributed, approximate1ctiohs, II150 I cari�thereforevehicle mbeeestiinatt ted thee at would utilize each Of the rotes&in these traffic movements would represent theeso l ntersecti6hsewouldhincrease� volume at the current time. Neither o past-the MOO IDT level and therefore should not impact i,iie intersection in any way: STORM DRAINAGE :I NFORMAI° ,{��•4 h� this off ��tsmade a And asthtrough existed pryiorf Doting the months of re. -4 y and,Marc the Ruddy Creek draitia4 '4<rin as it currently ex, oW pard particular to the construction a la 'It malito Forebay: This review attbht16h to Ruddy 000-1, ��' a{;sNdllsdn Rill: ea Datnnd ODotilevard m8. is Dtive� A NevieW of the dl aih4Y C, .fes ,�' 1�aat Avenue and Nelson Road was made. N A oboe GrhhA 1wr • fieat er v y ';.OTswn01rrao� , M y d April 11, 1978 W.0. 7708-07 Addendum No; 2 to the palm Crest Village EIR dated September, 1g76 Page Three When the Forebay was constructed;; it reduced the contributing water shed basin as currently` exists at 'Oro Dam Boulevard from approximately 3,600 acres to approximately 1,800 acres, This reduction in water shed has a corresponding reduction in the flow 65charge through this area. The reduction for a 100 year flow is from 1,600 cfs to 660 cfs at the current time. The current flows are based upon an assumed _ reasonable development in the future of the Thermalito area. It was obvious that the structures constructed north and upstream of Oro Dam Boulevard were sized sufficiently to pass the storm flows from a larger water shed. When the Division of Highways constructed the box culvert at Oro Dam Boulevard, the cross-sectional area was reduced to that which required to pass a 10 and 100 year storm with the reduced water shed characteristics. However the construction of this box culvert did hot take into account the tremendous the box debris that is generated within the Roddy Creek basin, A review of a' y p , he box culvert indicates that its ihabilit to ass normal debris. and with no alternative debris collection the box culvert does not achieve the passage of the flows for which it was designed. This, in fact, causes a back water effect in Ruddy Creek and creates a much stronger potential ;or a flood hazard, to adjacent properties than would normally exist if water wt:^e efficiently routed through to the structure. Although a thorough review of the upstream creek bed showed numerous areas of heavy growth, weed collection and other potentialdabriscatching items; none -oil' the upstream road crossing had a similar problem as Oro ;am 'Boulevard, it becomes quite apparent that with some maintenance of Ruddy Creek and some main tenance at the box culvert at Oro Dam Boulevard, a substantial amount of floodinil Potential of this creek would be greatly red'uctd: Thero osed development site in an undeveloped condition would yield a 100 year storm flow of a proximately 37 cfs which would increase to 4t cfs after develop- ment occurs, This 7 cfs increase represents approximo�,ely a`one percent increse of the ultimate development flow lying within the entire water shed, The impact to Ruddy creek from this development would increase the ultimate Water surface ele:yation for 100 year ,storm by less than 1/2 inch. This, of course, is based on many assumptions such as the continued unmaintaned con dition of Ruddy Creek with a high roughness factor and that the flow through, Buddy Creek is of`a free-flow condition without debris buildups constricting the natural flow. There are some residential structures that have been built within the obvious: natural flood ;plain limits of Ruddy Creek, It always amazes me that people do cohstruct where it is quite obvious they could be impacted by storm runo`'�''f in to future, However, this situation is quite common in many communities, These structures would be no more endangered than they currently are if the develo;;ntent occurs Undor the above field and design rnalysis, it' can beprojectedthat a very insignificant Increase in runoff would be caused by the development, particularly when considering the impacts to the entire Ruddy Creek water shed basin, ` Ys quite apparent that unless some form of annual maintenance is However it i undertaken in the futurie, properties along Ruddy Creek will continue to flood whether or not this development takes place; �`al�ginedr'ng4t�w_ , j OATIE OF CAUFORNIA--TRANSPORTATION AGENCY � PARTMiENT OF TRANSPORTATION �` EDMUND Q, AROWN »�� ovtrn0/ RICT 1 � fa1i. 44X 911 MARYSVItIE 96901 -,. s t 'Telephone (916) 674-4201 I April 7, 1978 03 -But -70 1 Terra Engineering 936 Enterprise Drive - Sacramento, CA, 95825 1 1 Attention Mr. Dennis J. Daleiden `. Dear Sirs Accident data for the years and Nelson Road, oat Highway 1975=1977, in the 70, are tabulated area between Grand Avenue below; ACCIDENTS Persons :Total Fatal Mur ' pD0 M e In nre EB Off to Grand Ave. 9 2 5 'WB On from Grand Ave, 2 _ � � 2 WB Off to Nelson Rd. EB On from Nelson Rd. - Hwy. 70 between Grand I !+ Ave. & Nelson Rd. 3 - 3 .. , Very truly yours, R. M. Nelson District Traffic Engineer Hi 0. Anderson ol�tytfd� /; linviQv, Dnpf j, 1978 I \N : APPENDIX H I - Lotter from State of California, Office of Planning and Recoarch. II - a. Letter ;from Butte County Mosquito Abatement District. b. Environmental Review Director's Response to Butte County Mosquito Abatement District. IIl -» a. Letter from The State of California Department of Parks and Redveation, b. Environmental Review Director's response to the State of CaliforniaDepartment of Parks and Recreation. :letter. c. Letter ,from llze Society for California Archaeology, District 2 Clearinghouse. I'V - a. Letter from the State of California .Air Resources Board. b. Environmental Review Director's response to the Air Resources Board letter. V Ex.oerpt from the Environmental Impact Report on the Use of Restricted. Pesticides prepared by Ecco--Analysts of Chaco, 1977. Excerpt from the 'Notice of Intention prepared by Pacific Gas and Electric Company ,for Fossil I & II, filed 19?8. daft af Tal ornu* i •�w• GOVERNOR'S OFFICV ..� OFFICE, OF PLANNING AND fMSEARCFl 1 dOjJ `rN'rH S i ftEET "SACRAMP:NTO 958.14 ... - (916) 445-0613 EMMUND G. BROWN JR. Duly 6,1978 [rar,l D. Nelson Lyq,fp County Environmental Review #7 County Center Drive oroville, California 95965 SUBJECT: SCH# 78060647 -"PALM CREST VILLAGE. SUBDIVISION Dear Mr. Nelson: This is to certify that State review of your environmental document is to the Ecom lete. d. comments required byVthe Califorr►iaiew euand En ronmental QuYou ality Act. You should address ,your responses to the commenting agency with a copy to the Clearinghouse. Sincerely, Dent reene Ni ector 5t ate Clearinghouse t)Gtdd A;ttachrnent cc Ken Fellows; DWR irtian%nr I:nvI-W BaNl� Mary Schell, library James P Tryner, DISE 1`lt3 William C. Lockett) ARIL ,��►i �u�� Coun4Y App cr�cl� H � x BOA96 OF TRUSTEES WILWAIA C, HJLZCLTINa, Pit. b, MAa. Acta ,:6NVIMONL4tNtAl1 ■Y Yl: H. THEhh.CH. 1ht0ka"T Curr or i614to 1ry1I'YI Tt 1f� COP T {A�1fM11}1f11T1I tC-{�yIT 1II Tt1ryy111111f1�.T 4I6TNIC.T tlROiCCAY� RorArn't L..BAaCo v'C UxrY 1bkMi B i I'f I .O 1 Mosel 1 O� ),I LJI II�M } 1 .019 i 1 IC 1. N. K. C4 ltN Ni.AhplN YI'#Oatl AlA►ohT J AtaEa a. INCL BT. s: C)1tY.1Y 4UJ UU. 4. V VV ! ROUTE. 2, ©0k: 2040: auYYt Cdw+p*t KENNE'rH MATI+EYIa, watt. "C "ARY OROVIL.LE, CALIFORNIA 9:5965 PNCMc tlas.e306 [tx,Ysen CIO or ¢hx$LCY aVX?t Co.ort A 6 1978 (�7 p AEYEnLV WHITttEJ R June 2 , 19!.8 City "&0, bhoViLl.f ALLAN 0QHN50N auIY6 Ct`JM'tY 1 .ALBERT J,.QECli ,CI1Y of Et•10 ARTHUR a. AMITIY Earl ',D. Nelson, Director Environmental Review Department 7 County Center Drive Orov.11e, California 95965 Subject; ERE Log u77-12,-13.01 Dear Earl: We have .reviewed the Draft EIR for Palm. Crest Village Subdivision and wish to comment on one aspect of this document. Our concern center,, on the mosquito production consequence of flooding along Ruddy Greek, and the need for maIntainance of this drainage course.; The Adendum iVo, 2 to the. Draft speaks to flooding alone, and it is aur intention to call attention to the additilbhal'problem of inosciuito ptocluction and adverse health, effects which are expected as a .result of overflow or "p oor, di ' %ria e, p g Obviously, some farm of routine xmaintainance is necessary along Ruddy Greek; and it does not seem reasonable to lay this burden on a single developer, The .� stion of a program to share the mainta.inance responsibility among all '"' gg'= p g adjoining land owners or poople benefited should be given serious attention, jVo understand from cotiversat"Tori with people in your department that there is a possibility of a service area or planned maintainance for this drainage. We support such a, planned progrdTA to peep the plant growth and debris out of this drainageis moro benefit than simply flood protection; control of disease vectors �al also should be considered as a sizable benefit., r.nrlranmanf6► r2By;aw paps, Sincerely,. JVlY a 198 L } ; Duf!b Colin fy William E, .I4azelt ne, Ph, bi " Manager.:Environmentalis't WEH:rnr cc! ,Tames Gamy Appendix H *- Ila ti The ResourcaA AgancY of callf0k'nla, staff) of California ,Date jUN '9 1978 To Frank Goodson (2) Butte County Environmer twill. Projects Coordinator Review Deportment 117 County Center Drive Resources Agency Oroville, CA 95965 from s Department of Parks and Recreation subject: DEI' ,,. SCH 78060647 Palm Crest village Subdivision Therma?i.ta, California Butte County The Office of Historic Preservation cannot complete its re vieC of the subj c11 information being submiuted cor..ce^niiz$ Negative 'Declaration without additional archeoiogical:t historical., or other cultural resources. We request that this dbaumentation be submitted to this office Prior to WethaenLatioi� Section 15012 of, the California reproject- it y �� a compliance t;ith 14 (Guidelines :for CEQA) , Thi: documentation Administrative Code, 1� �1e should e ,pporl,, the fi:ndiAgs "there are no archeological oto hi storic l sites on the' Property vtO in the immediate project areae,. if you have any questions or ,AegUiM a,ssi Bance, please fY.el free to contav�. Pr+eservati6n, by I.allitig (916) Nicholas Del Cioppot office of -,Historic 322 -8703 - Dr. Knot Mellon State Historic Preservation Officer Office of Historic Pr-eseevatiot j w 7 Fames P. `Tryner, Chef y 1."1.',nnmonta� 12rwibw pe(ai, Resource preservatiOn and intorpeetabion Division JUL 1 0 1�18 _ 1.8068A Pufte, C IUOY App endi H x L a siocmTY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOG�t District 2 Clearinghouse July b, 1978 ►. Bari Nelson► Director �;Ttvronmental Review Department #? Ca-unty Center Drive ororille► CA 95965 - Doar her, Nelson, on t'uly 5► 1978 l conducted an archaeological Wednesday y er ties 'located within Butte County` y` of two prep They are as f al.laws a Bill xatum - AP/r'72-29-10S on the east side of Stri,ngto�vn Road, .2 miler NE of she intersection o� Hurleton Road and Strangtovm Road in the NW of Shan accessSr.oad�and5► ° The ro erty contain T. 19 N'. ► R. . portion. The pro:"perty is D p p two building pads in the southern chara ed by a moderate slope going from east td, west and charao tersozf small drainages running from east to wetit along the property. The vegetation is dense consisting mostly of oak► pine► manzanita and grasses, r thr�X �.6 e band Systems Dt 062-021thru-02 tl1, 30`o63.-032th2r i 12 and 3ow061.,,09 thru 24 , 3 30-064 -08, thru 15i The property consists of Tehama t Ave., of land between. 16th and 1a th Streets north of Tehama Ave. in Therma.ito The property is characterized by a^el,itively� at., ►pen grassland:. The dense grass covering over the Irntre property made ground V'S' *lity difficult. sulted prior to my reconnaissance of thmapaxitainedeatlGallfornia the archaeological site record f Iles x Chico to determ'ne if any mown alrchaeologica : State University► properties described, t�.bo�ve. No s sites were Iodated vith tY the sites had been Previously "recorded, reconnaiw;santo of the two properties ymb coxhple be ��.�"t reasonably be expected to oontaln that all area.d that could re value wetd ih spec�oa. materials of avcho.sological or historical My No ax"chaeological, or historical site sw`et�rmmendFddwthat�g inspection of the praperti es and :^chaeo]ogical clearanco be given to all O the part;el`s descritt�A��. Lt s� JUL 1 �oun�t' p: lylat�.Y�.7.n�' p,J�t l.A{.str'. ct Arc'l:tae ologrist condi -lil , t J1 fr °-.aiv—t; 4fORNIA E;DMI,ND G, BROWN JR.. Cevil f"at oil OURCES BOARD �O, ,t!14so CA 0812 445-096b June 22, 1978 j? L. Frank Goodson Projects coordinator Resources Agency 2) i.ar l D, Nelson 7 County Center Drive Droville, CA 95565 , bjectt Parr Cnpst Village Subdivision Draft Environmental lopact Report, Butte CiPur.tyt SCH No. 7$060647 �I .ADEQUACY OF AIR QUALITY ANALYSES. Comment Analysis o`fy Adequate Inadequate lumber Existing Air Qualfty in Area X il) Existing EmIssluns in Area NC Project Emissions t2) Project Impact on Air' Quality NC MIgIgatlon Measures to Minimize Impact x c�a !f Project Al;"4rnatives to Pro,jcct NC Growth Induetng 6 Cumulative Impact of Project NC rmenlni Rby'low Dap#. POTENTIAL EFFECT 04 AIR _QUAL 17Y JUL 1 0 IV/8 CommentNumber But}6! 13enefIdIal wt 11 probably tend to Improve al quai�i�'is'}�.y t Ho al adv substantWerse effect: f Adveetet will likely do-grade air cuallty, Uhknewr Nq tcrrmieht w - L !•�+{fi ih,•�.,.z. ..,. •'";a:,;"`.,.:..,�r...wc`i•,a,...+a...-�,? .�,wa„�.�...,vr..,nem.,,.u._.a„�;W,aY3k.}u�.�..,,rc,f::.�ibn'^,�r,wa,m5dk�.saes`���rCl��aritx..,e;?��evi:;Vau�7+•..r'�ie.,yaw,r.�IkF���:k3f�i,'�a�a,u:"��`a�a�;,fiira r -p - - Resources Environmental R,eView Direotor S response to the :Air Board Letter. eve ^a1> errors in the air quality analysis eoa'�tained on pages 16 and 17 of the E.I.R. are �,, * arei�t and ,sig* u'Ld be corrected. First of ally the er+t: mate of average daily traffic is in- correctly reported to be 300 • The correct figure is 1000: This higher figure vias used in, the estimates t7f projected increases an air pollutant concentrations. yo�geven, the figures shown ladicate an erroneous quantity' for hydrocarbons. The 9.787 ppm sho;�m should z ead .07 ppm. The balance of the reportinformation in the ect as stated. (Reference, Dave Stratton and Riohard Eoothi Butte County Air Por-utiox contrDl ni tric t .A,mbient air quail lt-y conditions fo:v Butte County and `-he Sacramonto Valley Air Basin are excerpted fl coM two -recent -re- ports,, the Environmental. Impact Report on the use restricted pest c:ides V. ed dor the $tate of California by uco=Analysts '1 , e d the Tot c� sf Int entxon filed by Pacific of ohiac 7 _ Gr s and Electric Company for Possil T Applicable sectiox,s are attached. 'Regarding mitigation m.ea.sures; control of. fugitive dust during construction vequired by ButtO 'county ..Air pollutions Control Regulations,.. Sprinklin can be applied to meet the local burning is also con requirements. Asx outdoor controlled by local A p.C;.l7 regulations, The other source: of air pollution mentioned, auto exhaust elniss5 oris,. ti.s controll ;d by state xcgula'tions� 'ioper, placement of residential developments together . M th planuixxg and constructs on of adeq?,ate traffic1.tu L as carried,out by t4 ei Plan County f :i7.ities to e� eminate congestion io art of 7,Ut e aGou ing oxagoin.r pl annizg p epn 1)epar�tment and Butte C✓oul,'ty ,Association. 7 , artiatent, ptxb;Lic Works ent ro o ed f`r of�GoIrernments. In t bi c*cts , the development p constr ct o � lies taitl��xl an area planned 'or urban development at t1lo edge of W, established co nmu�� ty. Apia endi = IV b 3,2 Air qualx 1 Butte County is located in the northern portion of the SacramentoValley Air BasinAir quality in the valley portions of the county is relative ly good and excellent above 3,500 feet. Butte County has its nwn Air , Pollution Control District (APC)^,) Which monitors and.. regulatt PnL.ssi:'ans from stationary sources within the county.: The state Air ",,sources Board (ARB) ;regulates mobile emission sources (automobiles, trucks, airplanes) as well as statibnary sources. The county APCD maintains three high Vo1.- ambient air samplers whi0h record suspended particulate ma=.ter. The ARB°monitoring station in Chico 'measures and records photochemical ox idants, carbon monoxide (co), nitrogen dioxide, (NO2), total hydrocarbonsr suspended lead concentrations and suspended particulates. Major air quality problems in Butte County, primarily in the valley and lower foothills, have been suspended particulates and photochemical.: oxidants. Suspended particulates come from open burning of agricultural* forest and domestic wastes, Atd from the emissions of motor vehicles. Photochemical oxidants are secondary pollutants created by the action of sunlight on reactive organic gases (ROG) which combine with ox5:*les of nitrogen, (NOx) : Thi sources of the'primarl► pollutants, LJOX, and ROG are automobiles, trucks,, buses, airplanes# and orchard heaters Which burn hydrocarbon fuels. tdajor efforts_to control particulate production in Butte County bega:�: in 1973. open burning i:,h incinerators, `backyard burn li 3es, agricultural operations, "forest prodcutxon, municipal and county &amps have been restricted or olimiliatedi Dust from gravel processing plants and from construction activities is. also .subject to local control. The net result has been a gradual, reduction in particulates in the air (see Figure �-2)'• Photochemical oxidants continued to rise th=ough` )79 and then ha40n decreasing in 1915,, This decrease in okidant levels has continued and is due to increased air qU&I, y starr,dards `s Well as an increase in pout fact air movement, during the simimer months (see Figure 3-3) Nydxa' carbon tztftas also leczeased dttritg :1975 and 1976. (See 'Figure -4) 'Carbon monoxide Which had been on the decreasein 1972 and 1973, showed ncreases in 1975 and 1076 above the three year moving average (Fiore 3-5) overall. air qualit* hag been improving in Bunte County and wilt eontinue to try or large coal-fired plantare re &,116wed to improve unless heavy indus develop in the areao.r if the present rapid rate Of pof,ulatiOn growth continues: of -EXGe�."te from the Er��r rt�lune�ted '-EaO-An IY$tsOVt bO ShO Ch co� tetritd Pe ,aade pxrea bit B-�-� y� j yy pry' �r Agip o11C) ix g uk' M rig 1U.FJf1l .. MftTIC TE TREND'S BUTTE COMI Ty 1973 - 1976 Ju*► .7U1 AT31,2 ep Oct Nair .Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Chico Sb<ttitsk� 87 1 81 67 88 89 62 58 67 84 75 No '4 65 . 4;8 82 74 36 $0 2'I 20 30 28 76 53. Station Orovi lle 70 .44 596Ci 5i 49 34 AJ 29 38 68 ' 56 station Grey Lodge+, 26 26 23 28. 62 61 Station manzanita station 70 67 SO 55 37 Annual AVeraqe Three Year Mo ng Average �O �t1 2U _ 1970 1971 102 1373 1974 y 1.9 l5 19,16 *ZXpressod in rtticro-graru per cubic meter Figure, 3-3 6xiJMT TREND' BUTTE COUNTY 1970 - 1976 net; Jan Feb Mar Apt May Jun Jul•. Aug Bep Oct ` NOV Maximum Hourly .09 .1L .09 ..04 .t} .04 =OG .06 .07 .10 . 09 Aver ;Age. .O9 Average of the Maximum Hauzly .06 .06 .07 .04 .03, ,,O2' .OZ .03 .04 04 .OG .Oa 0 Annual Average Three Year Mooing Average .03 .06 o0 i 1970 19111 1912 1973 1974 197$ 1970 *Expretse4 in parts ,per million S 5 a B maximum HourlY Average Average of :he. Maximtm Hourly Average } i Figure 3-5 « CARBON 14000 IDE TREND* BUT'Is COUNTY a ,« 19701 1976 1 Jul Aug Sep Cot Noa Dec Jan Feb Mar Apt, May Jun Maxim+un HOUrly 6 4. 9 9 14 17 1S g 31 6 5 3 ' > Average Average of the5 ? 5 4 6 g 3 2 2 l Max:Lmum Hourly - 'Avorage _ o....__�.�.....----o Annual ;Aver "3 Three Year 146ving Average. 5, t? ` 4.0 a �V.O .. 171., 1972 19 :3 1974 1975 1976 1977 k *r*ressad xn parte per m iii ti J F a b. Air Quality ' The Butte, South "tuba, and Willows sites are all in the Sacramento Valltay Air Basin ( Figure V-1.1)., The, air basin comprises the northern half of ,the Creat Valley which is the most distinctly bounded, large topographxkbasin in the state. The Sacramento Valley Air Basin consists of the: counties of Tehama, Glenn„ Butte, Cblus8 Sutter, Yuba, Yolo, Sacramento, all of Shasta except the northeast corner, dad the eastern portion of solano County. The air basin is bounded on the West by the coast range, on the north and. east by the cascade range and the Sierra Nevada range,an l on the south. by the San Joaquin, Valley Air Hain, Measurements of photochemical ;.smog . with the for:tnaton of ozone are highest in the summer and early fall. carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, and total suspended N particulate concentrations are highest in the late fall and 143rtor (rP?5a l971), 1 g Sources of pollutants kh emissions inventory has been prepared fox -`Butte County and for the total Sacramento Vil.ley Air Basin ba.sod ` on prelimi.ndry 1`97.3 em%ssions d' to reported in January 1976 by the California Air Resources Hoard (GARB). See Table VJ 1,»8. Analysis of the data resented in the table indicates .that mobile sources of Pollutants. account. for 'the -majority of the oxides of nitrogen and carbon monoxide* emitted in the basin. Agricultural operations account for the Majority of particulates emitted. Negligibleemissions of sulfur dioxide occur from mobile and stationary sources Vithin the Sacramento Valley Air Basin. Tgtal organic or hydrocarbons emissions_ .,are about equa, lly divided between mobile and stationary sources ofollution. * MCGOrrpted fXIam the liotice of Intention pjepa:Otrd by Pacific Gds and Electric for vossil 1 6, il, , filed y ii F. BUTT -9 S ITT I Table V-1.8 AVERAGE_ EMISSIONS OF POLLUTKNTS - 1973 (Tons per bay) TOG Part NO sot Co litte County Stationary 5oUrces 31.6 24.7 2.4 0.3 60.0 Mobile Sources 14.7 1.3 16.3 0.9 0.9 104.0 TOTAL 46.3 26.0 18.7 1.2 164.0 Sacramento Valley Air Basin Stationary Sources 192.8 106.4, 27.7 5.8 398 Mobile. Sources 159.6 18.0 169.8 12.1 1,064 - TOTAL 352'.4 224 .4 197. S '17.9 1,462 TOG = Total Organic Gases Part= Particulate Matter NO Oxides of Nitrogen sot = Sulfur Diax.de Co = Carbon Monoxide 2) Ambient _Air Quality in the: Sacramento Valli!y A.mbienf: air quality measured within► the Sacramento Vallelr Asir Basin during 1971-1975 has been analyzed and is'sumniaritdd in Tabl,;-�s V-1.9 through V-1.13 and shotirn in tlqures V--1.2 t'hrodgh V-!-.7: There are four California Air; Resources Board (CARR) monitoring stations in the ' air I basin, at Chico, Redding, Sacramento,` And Yuba city. Analyse'_-, of these data shot+: (1) the ambient :;tattdards for hourly ozone and total, suspe,A'd0 particulate matter daily concentrations have' been exceeded each year at each station (except Redding 1075 ebr,particulat'es) and (2) ambient air quality data for each of the four urban stations is similar`. OxirlaAs areP roduted and have been measured i..n ' areas in the summer. Higher concentrations o nitrogen dia ide, hydrocarbons, and c.arbon monoxiAe occur- luring -the printer months in the air basin urian ft; these Pollutants teha to remain close to CA)213 ane surement in their mt-arje sources of em.ssi;one near t'heSacramentb Valley Air satin since the early 1960's have 8hol4n no s'ui ur dioxide to be present In the valley' (144XW01l CAM! 1976)i. tr�19 gottt SITS particutato matter is omitted primarily from agricultural activities which occur throughout the basin, although there is a slight drop in concentrations measured in the northern stat,iorl5• Analysis of particulate matter collected in the Sacramento Vallev has shown that a high percentage, depending on relative r humidity,. is :chemically similar to soil and that the majority of these particulates have a Large diameter 3? Trends in Air Quality 1971--1975 Ozone:. No distinct upward or doNn Ward yearly trend is the ` apparent for ozone concentrations within 1975- At sacranaento Valley Air Basin from 1971 to several GARB sites the maximum hourly ,concentration occurring each year has declined since 1971; huxever, of exceeding the 0»`08 ppm si.muitaneously the frequency hoarly standard has increased at several. sites,, Highest ozone concentrations are measured during Mid- see Ri.gures V=1.2 and day during the summer months. V-1.7. Note that the concentrations in these,figures are 25 percent trio high due to a recal. bration occurring ire 1975- Susppn d_particu1athSatter� No uniform trend for 'concentrations is apparent* total suspended matter high The frequency of exceeding standards and the measurement for each year shox no trends. Lower have generally been particulate concentrations measurer at :Redding primarily due to the loner level of agricultural, activity occurring i.n the area. tan indication coefficient c.f haze- 4=0 measurements effect, of particulate matter ort visibility), of the shoir similar trends 'At all monitOr ng sites' See Figure Sfy 1. NitrogenD�.oxidti Annual, mea"n"s and high concentration of nitrogen dioxide dial not vary sign1ificanfly at any Valley Air Basin from 1971-1975. site: in, Sacramento Higher i.trogen dioxide concentrations occur during "n the late tall months. Nitrogen dioxide standards have Sacramento Vajl.ey Air ''Basin. not been exegeded In the See riqure V -1.7b carbon monokide. An apparent decline in carbon hourly Monoxide anCtuiAl averages and in maximum i2ed.ding. An apparent content rat,i.ons occurred at increa e in maximum hoarl.y concentrations occurred Iti Sa,cr'anento. No other upward or downward yearly trends M•,20 BUTTE SITE Table V-1.9 OXIDANTS AIR QUALITY STANDARD: 0.08 ppm (8 pphm) AVeraged Gver 1 `Hour Annual No. of Arith- Concentrations (pphm) Equalled Days mete or E• ceede� b t y he Sated Number of Exceeding Year H19- mean --_ _ Percent e.o _.�� �All_Observat ohs _ Observations Standard (p'hml CPph:ni 2 3 4 10 25 50 _i - CHI'CO 1971 12 2.4 9 8 8 7 7 6 3 2 1 7808 35 1972 1.3 2.7 9 8 8 R 7 6 4' 2 1 7836 49 1973 121 2.8 9 8 8 7 7 6 4 2 1 7871 42 1974 11 2:'7 9 8 7 77 6 4 1 1 7787- 32 19'7 5' 'I'l 2.4 7 7 6 6 i6 5 3 '2 1 7746 19 f2EDDING 1-)71 13 2.,7 10 9' 8 7 6_ 6 4 2 1 2788 35 1972 13 2.6 9 8 8 7 "6, 5 3 2 .2 7941 39 1973 12 2.9 9 8 8 7 7 6 4 2 2 7941 39 ` 1974 12 3.01 10 9 8 "8 '7` 6 4 3 2 7877 50 19751-- 11 3.2 9 8 1 7 7 6 4 3 2 4435 -- SACRAMENTO 1025 P St: 1971 -- 1972 1972 17 2.1 9 8 7 6 6 5 2 2 1' 7831 36 1973 18 2.2 9 8 7 7 6 5 2 2 1 7907 36 '1574 15 2.7 1) 8 7 ti 6 5 3 2., 1 7750 37 1975 19 2»3 9 8 7' 7 6 S 3 2 1 7893 33 YUBA.i'CZTY' X1971 13 2.5 10 9 8 8 7 5 3 2 1 - 3501 35 1972 14 2.6 ' 10 c �i 8 6 7 6 3 2 i 7816 $5 1973 12 2»7 9 9 8' 8 6 6 4 2 1. 7894 63 1914 14 3.6 11 10 9 9 9 7 4 2' 7824 69 1975* 11 2.8 8 8 7' 71 7 5' 4 2 1 4471' ',January through auly `+ -t SAT E r x Table V-1#10 TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER AIR QUALITY STANDARD: 100 U9/� Average Over 24 Hours 60 Ug/,,n !Annual Geometric Mean Ahhual ations byg�h3) Equalled DDays Now of GeometricCono�nE�cee�.ec1 e 8t4tecl No., of -Exceeding Year Hi!lh Meir fig -(/m3) _ Oercert zge -)f All obserSatxans Standard 4 5 -1-0 25 50 75 _Dbs. 24�Nr Ann. CHICO 1971 174 54 107 91 84 67 58 47 36 29 26 70 1 0 1972 121 63 97 69 82 76 70 58 52 46 39 60„” 5 1 1973 197 77 141 118 109 99 89 65 5'9 51 36 47 18 7 1974 199 78' 136 122 90 94 76 73 69 58 36 60 17 1 1975 177 69 119 106 101 88 78 67 5.9 48 29 59 8 1 RL?f1D1rN'0 1971 155 65 - 100 97 81 - 79 69 64 58 53 41- 17 2 1- 1972 101 49 73 68 66 58 54 48,46 32 29 35 1 0 1973 137 41 80 62 53 +17 45 37 33 27 22 60 1 0` 1974 137 45 79 64 5350 46 43 36 30 25 58 19'75 94 42 65 58 55 50 47 41 33 27 21 32 128 0 0 SACRA___ MENT6 , 1025 P 5b. 1971 191 75 128 121 104 82 76 69 61 49,40 38 12 1 1972 '739 66 107 89 80 72 65 59 56 51 38 54 7' 1 1973 202 6"2 124 110 86 '73 66 59 47 3'5. 30 50 11 1 1974 .344 67 116 92 88 75 67 62 50' 46 33 r8 9 1975 135 60 103 '87 77 72 '62,57 ._. 47 42 32 59 1 xtLA cI-TY 1471 177 83 158 138 121 116 106 95 84 42'20 31 1972 179 68 110 98 91 '811 73 6.7 57 419 37 37 18 '1 1973 119 170 128 116 110` q6 76 61 40` 41 31 60 19 1 1974 307. 70 138 125 115 103 �6 78 60` 43 33 60 25 1 1975 170 62 129 117 102 83 75 61 40 30 23 35 1 1 u:g = micrograms, pc.,r cttbl c Bieber throughoUb the repbr _ tl-22 BI1'T'TE 51 TE 7; a TableV-'1'1 1 NITROGEN DIOXIDE AIR QUALITY STANDARD: 0.25 ppm '(25 pphm) Av.�raged Over 1 Hour Annual No. of ,frith- concentrations (pphm) Equalled Days Arctic or Sxceo ed by the Stated wumber of Exceeding eYxt 'rtlQi[ mean ..Percentage �of till Qhservations gLtgCvations Standards (pp.hm)(PPhm:) 1 z 3 4 5 10 25 50 75 CHICtt 15'.1 lo i i. 9. 6_ 6 5 5 5 It 2_ '1 1 7835 0 1972` 11 20 6 6 5 5 4 4 2 2 1 7841 0 1973 10 1'.9 6 6 5 '5 4 4 2' 1 1 7862 0 1974 10 1.9`' 1 6 5 5 '5 4 2 1 1 7'826 0 1975 11 1.9' 6 5 5 5 4 4 2 1 1 7789 0 REDDING 1971 9 1.8' 5 5 5 4' 4 3 2, 7. 1 7843 0 1972 9 1«9 6_ 55 4 4 2 2 1 7818 0 1973 5 14 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 i896 0_ 1974 11 148 6 5 4 4 4 J 2 2 1 7735 0 197 5,=` 5 t, 6 5 4 4 4 '3 2 1 1 4 3 1 0 SAL'RA'A:,'ktn 1025 P SL*,. 1971 1972 14 2« 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 3 2` 2 - 7817 16 1973 22 29 10 8 7 7 ,6 5' 3' 2 2 7912 0 1914 17 2,1 9 8 7 7 '6 5 3 2 2 7724 0 1975 20 2-4'5 9 8 7 6 6 4 3� 2 1 7736 0 Y118A cttlY ' 1511` 13 2., 2 8 8 67 6 6 4 .3 2 1 3535 d 1$72. 10 1.9 6 6 5 5 4 3 2` 2 1 7825 1913 13 20 7 6 5 5 4 4 2 2 1 7908 0 1974 10 2A g 6 6 5 5 4 2 ;. 1 7902 0 1975- 8 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 3. 2' '1 1 447q 0 -January through dtii:y i3uTTk SlIVE a e � Table V-1.12, A19 QUALITY CARBON MONOXIDE STANDARDS: 9 ppm Averaged aver 3$ ppm Averaged ;1 hrs over.1 hr Annual I Arith— Concentrations me -tic or t Ppm) Uceec3.ed by the Equalled Stated. 'Number Year, High Mean I?ercentageMOf All. O:bse,rva.tiot�s ~2 "`_--._ _,_._ tlbseM40r ots 9,Xcee (Fpm D (PPM) ! 3 4 5 i0 25 50 75 -�— rd (1 h r j _ ., C11ICt7 1971 17 1 4 7 6 5 5 3' 2 1 1 1972 15 %6 7 6 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 87111. 21 4 103 15 1.6 7 6 S 4 4 3 2 8537 11 2, 1974 23 1� 9 7° 6 6 5 3 2 1 1 8610 2 1975 17 1.5 4 6 5 4, 4 3 1 1 8653 41 7 1 8`4,21 41$ REDt1IN0 1971 1972 11 14 2.3 2.5 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 83 12 0 1,973 10 1:7 4 4 4 4 4: 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 lj514 0 0 0 1974 1975"= 12 10 1;6 1 4 5 1 1 8618 8685 0 0 0 0 0+ d7 4 3 3 3 3' 2 4902 0 0 SACgAMENTO F 1;n25 5t. 1971 - - V972 1973 14 1ti 1.6 145 6 7 5 5 4: 41 4 3 5 t4* 2; 1 1 8150 1� 19711 1�3 1. 6 7 6 3 5 4 411'ti 2, ! y 1 1 4553 10 2 1075 20 15 T S S 4: 4 3. . 1 1 8551 rl 4445 1 t 1 YUBA ;C',iTY 1971 -� 1972 1.973; 1974 10 16 Z, 'tail 6 7 4 5 4-- 4 41$9' 0 0 1975 15 1i t4 3 4 3 2; 3 2 2 1 1 y 8549 0 0 2 1 1 1 4847 0 0 %ja'PkMj'y thri tigh Junts V-24BUTTE sr,TE Table 1i"-1.13 TO`1•A't FiYbPOCAR' Bo' NS - S AIR Alii QUALITY STA4DARD: 24 ppnm Averaged Over 3 Flours (6-9 a.m. ) FOR NON 1413THANE HYDROCARBONS Awwal Arith Concentrations ( ppm) Equalled uretic or Exceeded by the Stated Number or Year Hitgh _Mdah Pprcehta4e_of All Observations Observations (Ppm) (pprio 1 2 3 4 5 10 25 50 75 (1 lx) aT6 1971 18 3.1 5 5 5 4 4 33 3 8673 1972 10 2ii 9 5' 5 4 4 4 4' 3 3 2 8641 1973 7 29 5 4 4 4 4 3` 3 3 3 8667 1974 9 2 6, 5 5 it 4_L 4 4' 3' 2 2 8730 1975 10 2.2 4 u 4 3 3 3'` 2 2 2 7717 EtEDDINC '1971 9 2.7 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 8620 '1972 9 2.9 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 8761 1973 6 2.3 4 _4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 8562 19 74 7 2.6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 8562 1975Y 7 2.0 3 2 2 2 2' 2- 2 2 2 5008 SACRAMENTO 1025 P St, 1971 1972 11 2.8 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 8021 1973 14 2.5 6 5- 5 4 4. 1 3 2 2 8604 1974 16 2.5 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 2' 2 8502 1975 13 2.3 $ 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 8453 Y [i F3 A C -IT Y 1971 13 2.7 8 7 6 6 6 4 3 2 2 3211 1972 11 2.3 6 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 8593 1973 11 2.3 b 5 5 4 4 3' 2 2 2 8157 1974 11 2'15 7 6 5. 5 4 4 3 2 2 6463 1975 9 2.2 4 4 4 3' 3 3. 2 7 2 4308 'Total. hydrocarbon Y data includes methane'; thus are datadatatrot comparable to the :non-fteth4ne hydrocarbon standat.•d of, 0:214 pph averaged 'between 6--9 Vim. 'V`-�25 F3U1•'i�E SL'T ar are ;apparent. Eii gher carbon monoxide concentrations occur during the winter ,months- The hourly stat►dard of 15 ppmwas, 'St 'exceeded during .197,1=1975 at any of the 'four 1.0"cati6ns, yhiX'o the eight hour standard of 9 ppm was exceeded in Chico and Sacramento. See Figure V-1,3. 11yc3roearhons. Distinct declines in annual average hydrocarbon concentrations occurred at each CARE site. Annual high hourly concentrations declir,.ed at three of the ;dour sites" Higher hydrocarbon concentrations are measured durin.; the winter months. See Figure V-1.4. sulfates. Sulfates concentration have shown an increase in annual average concentrations and maximum a.i1 y concentration since 1970 Ian Sacramento: Arinua, high. -concentrations have remained bel(,z the 25 ug/m stangard. The maximum concentration measured was 17 uq/m ,r a` V -h 'BUTTE SM r*a f cVrn� 1 )a it7 4 'U t�4 U4 � o y u CV W tn z > H �✓ ' l z� �. in O �C zoo o' a as .; °I A �+ W �`. >+ !-44 5 0 CO o Kc Q� W F -H \\fit ,dr ti J p O � trl orad `U013VAquauud� Juvopt0 LJ TABLE Or CONTENTS Page GENERAL DESCRIPTIO -9 01? PROJECT (a) (b) Location A. Statement of the Objectives Sought by 2 th<r proposed project. (c) 4 General Description of the Project's Te6ni.cal, Economic, and Environmental Chstracteristics, Considering the Pri.nci.- pa:� Engineeri tg Proposals i L 1. Economic Considerations. 2. .l.eahnio+.al Consl.derations • . Environmental Considerations,. DESCRIPTION OF MVIROMMMAL SETTING 9 1. Physical, Environment Topography Soils and Geologry 14 Hyd:Qology 11 Visual Quality 11 Acoustic quality 2. Biological Environment 3. *,&,ui-made Environment 19 Land Use 14 Population 13 General Plan Sines in, g' Archaeological and H i:storical Area. � � municipal Services Access and Traffi c Circulation, 1 Urban Improvements ENVIRONMENTAL IMTACT 15 (a) Environmental. Impacts of the Proposed 15 Action. 'Grol Population th Topographic Alteration *16 Soil compaction 1 Drainage 16 Air Quality+ Vater Quaff i by Noise 17 Wildlife and 'Vegetat_on ,1S 18 - Traffic Increased. Demands for Utilities 20 Increased Demands for Public Services 21 Growth Inducing Impact 2 Aesthetic Impact 21 (b) Any Adverse: Environmental Effects Which Cannot Be Avoided if the Prop000d Action is Implemented. 22 (c) Mitigation Xea'sures. Proposed to Minimize Adverse Impact, 22 (d) Alternatives to the ProposedAction. 23 (e) The Relationship Botwean Local Short-term uses of Man's Environment and the MaintOnance and En- hancement of Long --Term Productivity. 24- 4(f) (f At*, Irreversible Environmental Changes 'Which Would Be Involved in the Proposed Action ShWild It Be Implemented, 24 (g)Action. � Impacts s of the Proposed The Growth, xnduci act 25 ORG,&riIZATIOX8 .AND PERSON)'"TSULTED 26 APPENDICES Appendix Avian Species 28 Mammals 30 _. Reptiles 3 -Appendix 13 Vehicle ranission Factors 32 Suggested. Noise Bevels. Lijuits for Con6tructioi Equipment: Appendix C Suggested Noise Lovela Limits for Co�tstrl�ct3` ,ri Equipment. 33 Appendix b Energy Cor;servation 34 - Appendix E Cultural -Aesthetic Analysis 36 Antic*1'bated Pro7Oct impacts on Existing r,.,' Aesthetic qUa it Les Of EYivironmeiat MWIR01 MENTAL IMPACT REPORT for PALM: CREST ITIILACE SUBDIVISI0X Thermalito, Cal. if Ornia GtNERAL This envirmnmental iinpaot report is for a proposed 134 --lot Single --family residential subdivision on, a 3? -,5 -acre un-- developed site in the Unincorporated area of Butte County known a,e Miermalito. The density of development Will: be 3.92 dwelling, units per acre. The site is zoned A-21 the County ,8 general unclassified sif ied zone • A subdivision map was approved for tl� e property in 1949, including; 98 lots on the adjacent subject site and 31 lots on :Land (which have been largely dt� el.c�ped Palm Crest Village, Unit # 1) . The current protect is a new subdivisian, des' en of this original t pl!uper y that was never developed (Palm Crestsubdivision la e 'Units # 2 an(I # 3, AP #5C'., pages 05 a, 0#� variou , APs j. "`she lots south of and east of the su�b�ect . property, adjacent to Tehama Avenue and 16th Street which were part of the original X1949 subdivision project �Unit rl), have been developed for residential; use. The initial enviroiitental , WeP`Wrt was prepared by Crates, Geddis an&. Driscoll of O roViII0 'n September, 1976, for the original Undeveloped 98 un�- of the Palm Crest 'V'illa�e Sub&ivision that Sts was ;prepared for the 98 - was :approved gin. 'f949. That E.l:.R. =it subdiv� "ion in. aocordance with reg�t�xements; of the State Y e .. i e 1T subtli1J'.►1,Sio Of 1 of;paliiovnia De wartmont of Real E ate for issupnc of '134 tote Since that t� me, the now . p , . d for the subject proptrtYs thereby requiring �+o public roper. - has been propo alteration at the instal E.I.R. to refleof the resulti � of the eubd.ivieioll and. the increased :intensity of ase resulting from 134 units rather than 98 units DESCRIPTION OV PROJECT 'LocaLliow. This is aprivately-Initiated, project in the County of Buttelocated west of 16th Street and north of Tehama Avenue, one and one-half miles gest of igi&,14-y 70 and, the City of orovill.e. Refer to the attached mapa for the location of the pro ect =d the project site plan: The subject site lion on , -a portion of Section. 11 Township 19 North, Range 3 East, Mount Diablo Ease and Neridi.an. The eXISting and proposed Palm Crest Villago subdivioion incor- porates all of Butte County As 0r�r', Map Book 30, pages and 06. fie propo.ed palm Crest Village development is bounded by,the '18th Street right of way to the west, the Plumas Avenue right of way to the :`north, and the existing Palm Crest Village development adjacent to Tehama Avenue end 16th Street to the south and east. (b)A Statem.erlt of Ob-jeci;iyes qou ht b p _g N the Pronosed Project: The obi Pctives of the proposed Project are to prosride lots suitable for single--2ami'ly residential homes with all at- Cendant fec� 7 its �"' , ire, accordance vrith rocluirem.ents of the Butte County Zanz.� Regulations and Subdivision Ordinance. This project; is being undertaken at this time because the developer feels there is a need for additional residential lots, that this area would provide: a desirable setting for residential construction, and that houses in the proposed price range are. Deeded iii the Oroville�Thermali.to area. "gnomic C+�nside'ration _. The ripe e , no': been,. set. ilowever, a sub division of is type in, the area offerin f P p x lot has ull men:ts can be anticipated to provide residences selllixgs for an estimated 035,000 to�,CO per lot and home. l~or the '1 -lot subdivi cion, the total. value would be approximately $.4.7 - 46 million. ,Based on, current assessed valuation, this protect would return, approxi- mately. ($4.7L $ million) Xs p5yo X 0.088 X 04,000 -- $ ,000 per year in taxes based on the '1977, / 19?8 tax rate: The sedOlot of the subJe t Site Vacant land c sr10,P00ent cssed Valu). pica,l assessed value of ;an improved parcel; of the existing Palm Crest V,11&ge subdivision is $4 000. Using this value as a multiplier, the O voposed 1,44 -lot subdivision would have a total asse8sed value, after improvement, of at least $,5161000.* I T'26 ;fir • * y"• ^ T �„ ! 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In rece it year,a, the Butte County services sector has expanded significantly faster than other sectors of the County econo . Consequentlythere has beeii a ,shift in the economy avtay from an agra t;ult ,tial base towards a mbrs urban-type stMoture with .relatively lax-er government$ services and trade componU is One effect of this change to reduce the Gounty',svri_des read seasonal variaEians In ebipl:oymer t and. Uaetployment (15), 2, Technical Considerations The proposed project will ba -a l,ow density .single-- faiiily residential subdivision,, with a ,prtojected den sit-y off' 3.92 dwbllings per acte., This project will consist of 134 lots on 32-14q acres of land, pots will :range ih size from 7400 to 9000 sduare, feet in area. Surface DrainaSe s Ston n water runoff will be collected „ transported via. underground, conduit,; and drs�- _ on the site `b rb 'ect storm faczlit,esi tr f charged yn�,o del �.ned swales northeast of the ache and ; south of the site which drain into- Rudy Creek.' Off- site draiha e im r0 emehts. Cenl;ar ed culverts etc: may be necessary to facilitate :.,unoff from the site Without jinpacti:ng oxi.sting repidences nearby the above Mentioned swal.es. Area flood control, is on by the Orovil.le ll'am and the, The=alito lei ver'siun t1;;; et+�eke ' Disposal $ stem: 8eWQe will, . "be' accoimmodated 01 e g�.on ('SCOR)• facili.tie8 which Curren ha��ma noville sewer lines in the area. ty' # �Coun Ser�.�ce Area. #26)., Sewage , collection facilities it the study area include an eight inch, sewage collection pipe on -16th Street with 0 inch and 8 inch sewage pipes oil `Teha is Avetzji.e,.According to sptokesman .for T1i .l.. the. proposed project would not create sewage fl,otfts in. ecceos of 10,6P.l Study area, col- l.ecti on capacity, • r• '^ ` , y WAY n Jas NsSz —110 f " r I to I w f�Eft'tfW� 66 > Lit"27 � o } 1 H -p W 60 } n 16 r 79 ow" I V l,3 /3¢6a '45 $ r fil to ilk IMA OR. C 44f.r \ 4! Al 66 dl� °�, ¢0. `',��t,,tj� •- ^ham. � fJ�rwr}�;� (j /� - •� � p, �., " Fv Q`95 cercca C+ a I v, c• W It cAric 'Mew w a ' �,,,YX�NED ci74'�Ct` {7Nr z } c .,?�"` C`+i+•. '`.yam �:- ..i.r.�i.r' ""\;L, L%°��kr' L I. rF Cftls!!+d �� k Sewage treatment is secondary and tertiary at the SOOR: facilities east of the project site and of the Feather River. Water: The proposed project is within the'Thermalito Irrigation District, This service district operates ' 6 inch water supply main located on 16th and maintains an Street adjacent to the project and a 6 inch water supply pipe on Tehama Avenue., dater pressure and supply is adequate to provide service to each lot and to the required fire hydrants within.the project. Based on a consumption rate of 500 gallons per day per lot, the total water needs for the prof oct is estimated to be about 677000 gallons per day, which is twenty-two million gallons per year. 47ire hydrants will be looated- at appropriate places along k the subdivision streets as per Butte Oounty Fire Department. Solid Waste.,, Disposal of solid waste still be via private Commercial business (Oroville Solid Waste Disposal Company) and disposed of at the county landfill .site on Ileal Road. The estimated volume to be generated by the proposed residential use of the site will. be 1070 cubic feet per week average, (based on two 30 -gallon cans per resi -lence per week) Road. Improvements: The surrounding streets in the area currently are rural, non -urban roads with limited use. Plus Avenue and 16th Street are not existing on -the -ground: streets adjacent to the site, but Ave only Tight -of -ways Butte County Pt clic forks Do- partment will require construction of these streets, where contiguous with the site, as part of the project develop Ment. The 1200 feet of Plumas Avenge right-of-way on the northern boundary of the site and the 1 00 feet of 18th Street right of --way along the was'terh boundaary of the site will require hali'--wid'th urban street 3niprovement(surfaoin& curb., gutter; and sidewalk) plus an additional. ttrolve feet of street Cotttruction anal surfaoi ng to create a full-Lwidth steet since no on--tho=ground street curwantly exists i Butte County Public forks Dopfo-tnent will also be recommending that Tehama Avenue and 16th 6treots Ohoro adjacent to Palm Crest Village subdivision, be reconstructed to full urban improve- ments standards. because of the increased traffic: that wig, l be generated by the proposal, In addition., appro�dmat.el.y 5000 feet of interior subdivision c M streets (Palm Crest Circle, West Way, Pamir 'okay.. Cres.b Drive) will be constructed to full urban improvements standards, including sidewalks. Amount of Impervious Cover:, When the eAti.re project is fully develo,.:>,7,',d., ar-proximately Torty percent of thesite lti1] be covere" %ver- eith an im.- ber'vious material ,Approximately _seven.:�cres k,Jjl be covered. fiy asphalt or other impervious paving to. prove �.Le streets and. access to dwelling unite. An adaitional six ,res of land, will be covered by Y ing structures. This covering will site (.��ppQrcent).y out ��`� the 32.5-etre total. a rc,.�timate7 Arteen ,acres Lighting s Street lighting for the det- :Plopmr nt gill be in stalled as per Butte Count; - Gubdi vision ordinance. Speci lic location of the facilities wi...1 be determined at a later time by the developer, PG B, a! (d Butte County Public Works 'Department. Utilities: Natural gas and electrics,' cervi ,+e will be ` supplied to each lot via i, ndergolind conduits by Pacific Gas & Ylectric ` Company fr6n, existing facilitids. 12 Kv electrical soj.vice exists on TOtama Avenue, on 16th Street and on a portion of 16th Str e:.t 200 deet north of Tehama.Avenue._ There is sufficient Capacity in exi bt,'Ln;g systems to meet' the need of the proposed. project. Telephone cervico will be provided to each l:ot via under-- ground condats by the Pacific Telcnhon.e and Telegraph Company� Cable T.V. will Also be pre vided to each 1 of vi.a und.ergrotaYid conduits anergy Cons imptir n: Based on the ±o'.116witge avorage con sumption figur(- 5 for tingle-family residences: Electricity - 11200 XWF. Per month. per 'residence. Natural Gas 120 therms per month per rp8,:dence Tbja project i$ anticipated to res: iri the consumption of r 1 e � per l..edtricity (1,9 m_ e mranth of Ilion M411 annually) a 16,0300 'therms per month of natural. gas (190,000 therms abhu.a;l ly health and. Safety's Construction of the prodeot Ji hl bo and aCeu coridiietedan .addosdar�ce withuiling s , ->t onal. iSety �,ld Hazard , Aeoo anonOC]LAa !t r uta..lti�rds. The ,safe movement of heavy duty vehicles in and out of the project area will be supervise^4 by contractors and construction foreman. Traffic control measures on Tehama Avenue and 18th Street will beprovided, as needed, during project construction. The project will be periodi- cally inspected by Butte, County Building and Public. Works Department per;-onnel (33) • ;! >. Environmental Considerations. This projeA will. convert 32• acres of ;)pen Erassland and o�vch:ard, which lie on marginally-productive coil and which currently are not used for agricultural purposes, to urban uses. IWVIROPVMNTAL :SETfi?:9G The proposed development will oo6urt on band that is contiguous to the 27 residential lots previously developed in accordance Frith the 1949 subdivision map. All the lots along 16th Street between. Tehama Avenue :and the Pluma;s Avenue right-of-way of the original: subdivi-sion are presently developed and occupied. Similarly) all exi.s4 ung residential lots oxo Tehama Avenue betweet 16th Street and 18th ,- ,,reet are developed and occupied.. These single -family homes were built Len or more yoars ago 1. Physical Rnvironmentc TopogphY The property is 32.5 acres of gently rolling open .land and orchard land. The southern part of the subject site lies on. a 'sine" ;l plateau. The elevation of this plateau. is estimated. at, approyimately 240 feet (USES Topo- grGpllic map). 'The ground slopes °away from, the plateau area to the north and to the west. The elevation along the northern boundary of the site is estimated at 200 Poet: Ground slopes range from 0°6 to 100/0. Soils. and GooloGy The soil on the site 'a Redding. Gravelly sandy loam; which bacupi.os the rolling, undulating old alluvial fan remnants that border the foothills. ,t is characterized by a compact, firm, dens: ,consistency to a depth of two fLot, with varying anounts of gravel. The sub soil below this two- foot level is a very compact aril with a high content of clay, which oon.tains 'gravel and cobbles, and is without structure, At a depth of 30 36 inches, the soil is underlain by a gravelly and stony i ron�cei�cnted hardpan, which varies in thickness from a few inches to a Couple of Poet. This hardpan, layer retards subdrainage The data below is a tab.111Atio)z of the soil cos*0811 t LOII: Mechanical AtialYsis of. Ileddi.n welly .sands load (percent�age�) Gravel Sand Silt1al Surfaco 'Soil (04 feet) . 41� 60 19 16 Subsoil (�-3 feet) : 2 19 R dd.in k oavelI`y say lO an s ,",poor � . and his F,,, ...�p. xi organic mati:ev ... a tendency td bake when dry if not cultivated. Under culti- vation it absorbs moisture readily and retains stater fairly well, though subsurface drainage is poor duo to the hardpan layer. d The Foothill. Shear Zone, an active earthquake fault area Vith numerque Vocorded faults; many of recent activity, lies a few east Of the site in the Oro-itille-foothill area. The xn:i� e e 6 g b s+ ThermaL�.to r;�rea �'tself has no lz�aorrrn. faizl.ts. Th, site has a high e:&Tansive soil potential due to the high clay content of the soil ar�ci therefore buildings and other structures are susceptible to potential contraction -expansion.. (shrink -swell) activity of the soil upon w1? L4� h they ,are constructed. There are no known mineral deposits on the site of sufficient concentration to be of commercial �vlue �jdrol or There `are no natural sources of surface water on the site. 'The Thermalito Forebay is Located approXi mately one-half mile north and west of the s,%te. The Feather River is located approximately one and one--hal miles south-east' of the site and 1JaiCe Orovill.e lies approxima'bely six miles north east of the site. Rudy Creek, a natural intermittent .stream, lies east of•the site oris -quarter mile. The northern two-thirds of the site drains naturally to the north and east into defined. natural strafes that conduct exi.stin� runoff east of the property`, under 16th S' -reel; I a fevi hundred yards into Rudy Creek. lithe same - drainage basin area that provides natural runoffdrainage Por,�he 54 --acre Nevis industries property, which lies directly north of this site). The sour there one-third of the property natura3.ly drains to the C south into defined stales that conduct existing rotioff southeast of the property, 'under Tehama Avenue, orae -half mile into Rudy Greek, ata point downstream from the other Rudy Creek drainage interception point.* ,iratural ourf ace drainage is good, though may sheet off tieground surface with heavy precipitation. Bab- surfaee, drainage is poor. Localized ponding of water af'tor storms occurs on the prnperty. There are no existing men -made storm drainage systems in, the area proj.erta eas divert runoff waters. udy. geek - �tih��rhinc�l.e drainage y has had problema in the past with large flows; channels becotaing Ob" ructed wn th debra. sts tthch :.mpairs the free flow of water and Wath some flooding of properties adjacent to the creek. Refea�. to the saes do ..4 disc ss' on of draina$� � from the site and, in the Thermalito area contained it AppendiX, G, submitted by the protect ehgineer The county- has contracted for a drainage study of the Thermalito basin area, and this study currently is in. progress. Domestic water will be obtained from the Thermali,to Irrigation District facilities. Groundwater resource8 aria individual wells will not be utilized. Currently, the site has no water use ' since no agricultural use of the land nor residential use is maintained. Visual Quality Currently, the site is in a rural-urban transi- tion area, with urban residential uses adjacent to the east and south.. The character of the area gest of the site is rural with agricultural uses: adjacent and residential uses along 20th. Street. ;Acoustic_guality:V Th$ project area generally has lots ambient noise levels. Some traffic noise currently exists near the site. llowever5 area roads` are not heavily used. 2. tiological Environment The property oonsists of six acres of olive orchard, in the southern portion of the site and along the 18th Street right- of-way, and twenty- six acres of grassland, consisting of lost annual used an±orbs primarily. 'The property is riot our- �- y grazing ox other agricultural pu -posos. The pro- ject site vwas inventoried for floral: and fauna daring August 1976v W,hilo a diligent attempt was made t6 identify all dominant species ofacroflora and macrofauna, i t ? recognized that some plant species would not be visible ,for il;spect on during phis un ustxally` d:ry period. Consequently, it is possible that a feta annuals (Therophytes) and perennials (ISemicI:yp'0opIV. tem and '0'ryptophytes) may exist on the site., but were not noticed. No mammals, teptil, s or amphibians were observed; probably because of lobeir secretive or nocturnal bab ts. Appendix A lists those speoi:ea whioh can be expected to inhabit the site. Only a few avian spei,�ies were observed,. Thosi. include Meadowlarl�, Xilldoer, Domestie, . Pigeon, M urni ng ]love and Aingneok Pheasant. Appendix A presorts a list of additional avian species which con:ld be ex- pected to visit the, site throughout the year. No rare or on d.angevod species are Imam to inhabit the site. The project vici.ni r can be described as an area completely domixcated by human activity. The biological inventory failed to discover eiy of the indigenous butchgraases characteristic of an, undistttrl a d central, Calif orni a valley grassland. The area appears to have been used extensively too grazing or agri- culture in the past. tecause of this disturbance, most of tiw native flora has been replaced with naturalized,Europe'an rases, Sorbs and trees as well as Citrus trees (originally a"Uan� rotasofOlive tree The southerlv portion of the site has been planted with a fete s. There are also a few remnants (5-7) of an earlier. Citrus orchard scattered about tho open aroau of the It pp p mane to xsmove these Il.. site., a ears that axr: attempt had 'been r trees or possibly some natural, phenomenon had des mated the orchard Fears ago. Those which remain are secondary growth and are in extremely poor condition. e The biotic community* which inhabits the site is best defined as an introduced community, in an early stage of secondary ecpl:o . ,Jr �:L suecession witian a lower Sonoran (Valley) liw e zona Since it is not an established natural co mmmiity, bvb rather a recent product of. human activity, it canliot be conoi.dered a vital part of the total ecosystem in the area. Communities such as this are oharacte`rized by low species diveroi.ty and a; high degree of dominance by a few, species. Food chains are short, simple and linear. Their stability when subjected to natural perturbations is low, but they are able to quickly ve-establish themselves if decimated. If left undisturbed for a sufficient period of tune, they would be repiaoedby a Later stage of ecological succession. Beoause of this, naturalcauses alone make them ephemeral. Conse0_11ently, development of the property as proposed would net interrupt any vital food webs or ether ecologieal proteoses s gnifican:tly. 3 Mari -made Enviro=ent Laird Ltse : The surrounding,- area is somewhat rural., in, low density residential use, v th numerous large -acreage dive-• l,op ed properties. Tothe south and east of the subject site are single-family residences along Tehama Avenue and: 16th Street, with vacant undeveloped lend l ,h.ind. these resid-onces south Of Tehama Avenue and east of 16th Street. To the gest is orchard land,undoFre:ioped. land beyond that, and residences beyond 't1lat along 20th Street. To the north is undeveloped land which currently is propsed for low density single-family residential development (Xev s lnd,ustries, on 84 acres). This northern area is rolling rangeland used infrequently for grazitg. Tile current project and the Nevis Industries project will be thea first Targe -scale residential dev'elopmenta in the areao poioul.at on No residencea currently, exist on the subject acre site* populationis primarily distributed along area roads such as along 16th Street to the east and. Tehama Avenue to the south. The area has a rural. -urban --mimed charactbr with a low population density.. Palm Crest Village 8� developed and occupied, resi.denop8. property, Subduevision Unit # 1 adjacent to the sub j oct has General Plan; The Butte County General Plan desigiates_the area for low density residential rise, 1-4 dwelling units per acre. The Oroville General Plan desig nates the area for wedium"low density residential use The site lies within the Oroville Ultimate Sphere of Influence (but not vgithin the Primary or Secondary Spheres), and within. the Oroville Urban, Area, as delineated by the Butte County General Plan and by the Butte Counter Improvements Standards for Subdivisions. All land imine�dately surrounding the existing and, proposed palm Crest Villa5.e subdivtsion is zoned A-21 the general Land u.se district �'�"�) +. ng commercial or Indus- trial hand uses in -theimmediateva t,%.nity of the proposed project. Archaeological vbl Historical Sitesin, the Aiiea 'There are no lmown archaeo- logical or historical sites on the property or in the immediate project area.. The nearest historical. Points of interest of significance, according to the State Department of Par%s and Recreation, are located in, Oroville: Oroville Chinese Temple and tho lehi Discov,017 Sate. : Itn7. cip l Sert*ices t Some of Vuese .e;6rv-ices have been discussed in section y 0 a Description of the Proms ject, (c) Technical Considerations, page 6. The project lies within the water and sewer service area (#26) of the Thermal-ito Irrigation District an6 existing water distribution' an6 sewage collection facilitiesareadjacent to the proposed devolOpmen.t, Currentlyy P -G. & B. Provides overhead electrical and undergrvu-id gas service to the developed parcels of the Palm Orest ``7il_lage Subdiv°isi.on. Pacific Telephone also Services the Axa sting Palm Crest Village residential units. The proposed projec�' site is jjithi the Vhormalito Sell of District and the Oroville High Schaal. Distriet. It is served by the County 1311erif-V 8 Office and the Butte County lire Department. The project sitein ban 11ninc B t County . Darea of Butte Co inty . and wort d be sor � t epartment. Por adequate :QJ*re protection the Butte County Pre Department recommeAdLZ a: maximum distance of 800 feet betweenn fire hydthe�nterl ale of hydrant redeht�.allot no located more ,hanC�(� feet from (28). Water mailxs in the area must be a minimum ref 6 inch and supply a AVO -Flow of at least 1000 gallons Per mixxut;e: Thermals to Irrigation Minter District vate. , mins ,i.y the study- area are Larger than or equal to 6 inchet The Irrigation District giiarantees a fire flow delivery of at least 1000 gallons per jninute at the project site (2). 14 .... �'� Y The existing department Tire fighting equipmont and. Stati= manpower would be adequate to provide subject site fixlo pV0 - tection after subdivision. development. The first fire 011V31Ile would reach the subject site from the Oroville Station, ill 4 approximately 5-7 minutes. The Jelly .Ridge Station omId respond to a fire at the site Vitlain 15 minutes, the l'al c� xxo S -Cation would respond within ''rte minutes and the RieliVA10 $.tati,on would, respond in approximately 15 mix ores Re,,rer�tio,n areas are p,xovided b�� Oroville Dam (Bidwell, 0�o'�� State Recreation Area,., Loafer Creek State Recreation Area), Feather' River Parks, Nelson Avenue Park in Thermalito I Table Mountain. Golf Course and Thermallito ,Forebay State Recreati.loxl Areas. (18) The Subject site is within the Feather River Recreation and Park District. Facilities at Nelson AVXInue Park include: a community buildiitg, baseball diamonds, :reorea,-- tion fields, °tennis courts and picnic areas. (21) Table Mountain public Goll Course is an 18 hole course with club- house, driving range, putting green and chipping greell Acci-as and. TrafficCirculat'on Access from the site to Oroville and to other areas is good. Major roads in the area include Nelson► Avent ;, Craxxd Ava`n.'ue, State Route 70" �a freeway. corxiaor ct�rougn vllu v1:u- Ville region), Oro Dam Boulevard West, 16th Street; and 12th Street. The project site is bounded by Tehama Avenue, lri Stx et, and the right -of= ways for PI mos Avenue ,and 18th S"reef, Whibh currently are not developed; on -the -ground streets in this locality. Principal subdivision access will be via 16th Street, 18th Street, and Tehama Avenue, primarily T:Oom the south and east. Access from the area to commercial services and the urban,' services of Oroville is via Grand Avenue or Oro Dam Boulevard ' (State Route '162) to Iligliway 7C), which aro the three major roads in and near Thermal.ito area. Freeway access onto l�ghway 70 is at Grand Avenue and at Nelson Avenue east of the site, and at Oro Dani Boulevard south of the site. Tehama Avenue, 16th Street', 18th Street, and the other roads in.. the area are relatively narrow rural roads with no urban improvemexxts (curbs, gutters, sidewalks or shoulders) and with light traffic. These streets have been designed dor lJGJJLt xion-uwbaja trafi+:i.o use and may be marginal for heavier urban resideri'i' al ra fie use. The es�i.sting traffic Loads on, the roads i.i the atca are listed 'below (Butte County Public Works Departiaent 1977 Average Dai l.y Traffic computations) 14 Tehama. Avenue - 109 ADT (juste ast of 10th. Street) 16th Street - 332 ADT (just north. of Tehama Avenue) 18th Street 553 ADT (just north of Grand Avenue) 12th Street - 603 ADT (just north of Grand Avenue Grand Avenue -- 3009 ATT (just west of 12th. Str(-et) The Oroville Airport is located in approximately one and one-one-quarter miles south of the � .subject site. Access to this which provides commuter sexviae to Sacramento;)is via Isty, ,Street south. Urban g2rovements: Curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and urban-width streets dei not currently exist in, the area. Kraa roads are re- la' vely narrow paved two-lane rural roads, many with sight bx,al.fic use. 170 faCil_ities for. pedestrian travel exist in the area, 1,5 143. ENVIROMMITAL IMPACT: a) F.nyironmenta1 2mpacts of: 'the Proposed Action: P_ ovulation Gro-vrth : Full development of the proposed project Will alter study area pqpula.tion distribution acid concentration. It is estimated that with occupancy of all 134- dwellings a population increasO of some 330-3?0 residents will result, (based on the rate of _2.6 - 2.,8 people per residence) . Del velopment d6nait�- is estimated. at 3.92 single family units POP gross acre with comp:l etion of'the project. The, iynprove men.ts to 1?lumas Avenue and 18th Street proposed by the applioar�t Could stimulate growrth, in the' area. The extension of ga, eloctricity, water, telephone and 'sewer facilities to, proposed development within the Palm crest Village, sub. division Could also stimulate residential growth is the contig,UOUs area. The Cumulative effect of t1lis' proposal and off' the proposal_ .by Nevis Industries for urbtua-density sub- division development of the 84 acres of land adjacent to the taorth will be the establisl=6At of about 4� O dwr llings on the total. 120 acres upon ultimate development- with an esti- mated total population of about 1300 people (bAsed on. '2..8 people per dwelling); �'. ouokraohic Alteration;: tlahstruOtl= of the project Will alter the Okisting topo" graphy on the Jao,^theastern end, of the site. As indicated Previously this area is some 40 Teet lower, than, central and southern portions of the site, and it is in this area that existing ground slopes approach I(Ylo. '.rough a series of land cuts and dills, and with the possible aid of offsite matei?ial , existing subject site low spots 9 will be raised, and. steeper sloe areas wal be workoa to ''hatter grades. Soil Compaction: I Thero osal. will result in the compt�oti_on and overcovering of the soil. Thc) Intro- duction of street and driveway paring, curbs, gutters, tqi.de- walks, housing structures and appurtenant residential jldprove one-third ohetotal total etc.) will cover at leant site. Drainages„ Storm water runoff will increase from the property as a result of the development (from streets, roof structures, and tether impervious surfaces), drai.nizlg into the natural swat_ e s on and near, the site and thence into Judy Crook east and south of the site ^f mile. Based on a 10 -year recurrence storm, the maximum storm water runoff frov the 32,.5 acre site is expected to increase from 37 c.f.s. (using a runoff coefficient of 0.4 for the existing undeveloped site because of the soil's poor permiability) to 44 c. f . s. (using a runoff coefficient of 0.55 for residential development of the property). '.chis represents a twenty percent increase in drainage from the site. However, for the Thermali.to area and the Rudy Creek basin, it was estimated that this inorease 'M.f.s.) will represent approximately one percent of the ultimate development flow with.n the entire water shed. Please reefer to the Appendix G Ibfo "cation from Terra Engineering. Air ,ualit, : An increase in dust levels and diesel exhaust w .'!.1 re8tLI t from the construction phases of the project and again periociically during the constructiono the housing units. These impacts are temporary and can be mitigated. The residential development Will result in locali-zed reduction of air-quality from the consequent residential eta:. addingto the incremental �deteriora`�outdoor burhings, ion, of the area's use of automobiles fare Laces furnaces ambient air quality. The proposed subdivision can be expected to add apprO'Ximatel y` 300 AUT counts to the existing tragi fic Load, increasing emissions. The proposed subdivision project will have no primary, point source impacts on air quality Passenger and light °ut'il sty vehicles associated with the de- velopment could have secondary, mobile or vehicular, em ssJO3I impacts on ambient conditions. The California State De- partment of Transportation has determined. that the inore mental increase in local hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides levels fr0t, vehicular :emissions can be esti- mated with the following equation.- al quationsal u SIE r Vajore C incremental increase in pollutant concentration,, Im � emission sources Wsec-m U = average wind ,speed, m/sea l =-mpirieAl~ coefficient estimate � by the Department of Tra 3bportatibn at 4 � 14 4-A Arii6ri 4.rlo'cr e'1.y cr4'sTh Ksifl`f': ' 1.06 M empirical factor relating height of the mixing volume to concentration Q, (1.73ryx '10 � x (vehicles per hour) x (emission factor in, gh/mise) Using this equation, emission factors presentEd in Appendix B, and peak vehicle per hour estimates of 200 vehicles (2C�/o of est matk average daily flaws of 1000 vehicles for full d.evelopment), the' proposed project could cause incremental incre sea in local air pollution c +en.trations of 4.F5 x 10 `" 5 gm/m' for hydrocarbons r . V,`1-787 ppm)', 4. �r2 x 10 gm/m ,for carbon monoxide (0.4237 PPM), and 3.940 x 10 gm/m for nitrogen oxides (0.0209 ppm). These, incremental increases in vehicle source pollutants are considered small when compared against California Air Quality Standards of 40 ppm ('I hour) and 16 ppm., (12 hour) for carbon monoxide and .25 ppm 1 hour) ft,r nitrogen dioxide and National; Standards of .24- ppm primary) for bydrocarbons. These inc-rsemental increases would acid no more than 1 6 to ambient carbon monoxide levels, nor more than 2.Y% to ambient nitrogen oxides levels and loss than 1% to ambient hydrocarbon concentrations based on typical ambient air quality conditions for Oroville extra olated from data available from the Chico and Yuba City areas.(' Water Quality: Construction, of the project could cause erosion.`, of -soils- exposed for building pads and project roadways (15) l;rosion impacts would be more significant in the northwestern portions of the site inhere existing ground slopes are Sid to 100% than in the south areas of " the project: where ground slopes are nearly level. .Erosion could cause some minor sedi- mentation of Rudy Creek, though this is anticipated to be negligible. With full project improvements, pavtn,1,, of roadway's, and the plant- ing of lawns and gardens; erosion from the subject site Mould be considerably less than from the existing vacant lard use, although the total storm water runoff from the area would increase pro- portionately vrith the increase of impervious ground surfacing, Degradation of the vater quality of 'AtIdy Creek and - i,he EeatY er ltivor is potential from various pollutants and contaminants that 1 may find their tray into t1^e runoff stater. Oils and phenols would originate from the paving and spillago from autos, pesticides and fertilisers from the pvoperty owner's gardening, and landscaping. activitios i and. sediments from lanY gmdin�; and erosion. Pox this residential subdivision, thesempa,c�ts .are anticipated to be minor and would. not add to any sign�ilicant deterioration of water quality especially considering dilution effects except for sediments. This could be a major impact if land grading is 'done during the rainy season.. All units will be serviced by sanitary sewage colleetion facilities which will be designed in accordance with tutte County Standards. Noise: Primary nbi8e impacts of the project are relater: to the traffic generated by, the proposed: subdivision. The Noise Assessment Guidelines published by the Department of Nausi and Urban bo tt loj oto_ t X24) were used to evAluate,, the Aois:o , fignii undo of the traffic totals projected for the proposed project. HUD has established noise exposure categories for residential dVIVI.lings- OVormally Unacceptable" noise exposure; is severe enough tO 3.�equire costly noise instil at- on measures to ensure indoor trar.guils'jt -a-ad b4rr ers must be erected to make outdoor environments acceptable "Clearly Unacceptable" noise exposure, indicates that in.sul.'Ut�,ion ;costo to ensure indoor quiet are proh� utistive and outdoor ��I�v3,��on �tontp would be above acceptable residential limits even with the co1`1ot'ruction 'oa barriers. Evaluation of auto traffic noise involves considerations o road gradient, stop and go characteristics, mean speeds, Mid barriers. The maximum, number of automobile vehicles per 11011: would occur during commuter hours and bas been previously ����t�.�- mated. at 200 vehicles. Application of IWD guidelines to projected auto traffic indiQtates, that nig unacceptable noise exposure would be created by the.to vehicles although some short toren annoyance'conditions COILUI result. ]sere will be short term noise impacts during construction Of 'the proposed „project. Adverse impacts of construction noiaes ter be mitigated through limiting ting hours of const--, action. Lim, a -1 11.ay be set upon noise levels for construction equipment such as 'those suggested by the Federal 0oveznlOnt for WOvi on Federal PX-Oviwts, and listed in. Appendix C. U°s? of equiplent which exceeds tljese Horse levels at a distance of 50 feet from the Source could be restric ted for the construction of the proposed subdivisionDrOJeft. �Wildljf'e and 'Vegetations construction of the proposed 134 --lot subdivision and the eon- Sequent residential use of the land will result in removal of much of the existing site vegetation and in the displacement or tgse roalii of existing wildlifeornia State ,Department of Fish Mid r Gaperoonnel determined that the site .is not Glued as it ao "ta mct Gam, Wildlife habitat. Therefore, no vital habitat :dor wildlife will. be destroyed. Development of the property as pl oposed would not: signigicantly interrupt any vital food webs or other ecological No rare or endangered plant or animal species inhti�bit the csite ~(1, 3) Although some of the existing olive mid Citrus trees on the site may be removed by the project) Mary of these trees are secondary growth and are in 0 , romely poor condition. There will be a loss of native rodents, reptiles and amphibians: Avian species which are not adapted to human occupancy will avoid the area and relocate elsewhere. Those Which are adapted will find the area enhanced by the introduction of horticultural trees shrubs alio flOWers. Traffic t, Using the traffic generation. figure ot` '� to 9 vehicle - t trips per day per dwelling typical of urban residential subdia,':son uses :fulrl, development of th.e proposed '1' units Would w ;_,of 0 '! 200 un3.ts :3as et +on thea or AA .a daily nc: traffic irea�e, projected. traffic. increases generated by the subsequent resi- dential use of the development, the project would impact '16th Street and 18th Street south andd Tehama Avenue east with large traffic iadreases. Full development of the project and sub- sequent residential use -would increase average daily traffic flows on 16th ,Street, from the existing 330 AUT to an estimated` 700 to 800 ADT. Eighteenth Street north of Tehama Avenue, could have, a traffic flow increase from near zero (18th Street in this location is onl access to a couple of houses and is not developed further north to an estimated 350 - 400 ADT.- Tehama Avenue could have an increase of about 300-400 ADT over existing use (1096 ADT at 10th Street east of the project site). Im- provement of '18th Street would decrease traffic loadings from the subdivision onto 16th Street as l(ts are inproVed to the gest of Crest Drive. Currently,_ there are .stop signs at both ohe 16th and 'ISth Street crossings of Tehama Avenue With full project development, traffic could temporarily backup at these stop signs during peak morning traffic hours. p._terio would improved streets for the Palm Crest Village Interior,subdivision r moved to 40 foot widths.Street widths of 40 feet will allow.good movement of traffic even during peak hours and will permit street side parking of passenger vehicles. All units will .have driveways to keep the amount of on -street, parking to a minimum. Stop signs are proposed for the Crest Drive 'Kith Street, p r1 Way -- Tohama Avenue and West Way, 18th Street intersections Traffic Could backup slightly at the Park Way Tehama: Avenue intersection during morning commuter hours but subdivision resi- dents should have little difficulty in turning on to 18th or 16th 84a oats from subdivision collector streets. Subdivision traffic coul,.d have sli Sht impacts on major roads of the Thermalito area. These include small traffic percentage increases on Grand Avenue and Uro Dari West Boulevard. Traffic count's for Grand Avenue taken during 1977 indicated ADT flow -"- of 3000 vehicles west of the 12th ftreet intersection with ADT flows of only 153 vehicles west of 80th Street intersectj,on On. -rami) and off -ramp capacity generally provide the limitisig factor for freeway traffic capacity and movement, Accord'11 to spokesman fox the California Division of Transportation (38 , sufficient capacity exists at north and south bound Oro Dam fest Boulevard State Righway 70 on -ramps proposed and. off -ramps to handle ossible increases caused b the ro osed subdivision. Tra. ftc problems or significant impacts on the Grand Avenue and Nelson Avenue Freeway access routes as a result of this proposal are not antici'oatoa (please refer to the Appendix 0 for farther disdussion of this subject). { Traffic a a:oea children and Irl-, iodestrians, bicyclists, and equestrians are potential from the .c. idyed traffic and as, a m=oult of the lack of sidewalks and of v always of adequate width in the area to accommodate the several types of street uses The project is not expected, to have any adverse impact on rail- roads in the area.' Commuter and private plane traffic could 3..o- Crease slightly at tae Oroville Airport with full project d eveloplant . Increased Demands, for Utilities' (a) Plectricity and .Natural_ Gas .though power ling; exteA- sons into the subject site would be required with implementation of the proposed project* full development of the subdivision would not over- load existing electrical facilities according; to P.G.& E. officials. Similarly, 2" gas mains parallel existing P.G.& B. electrical facilities on Tehama, 16th and 18th. Gas extensions ' into the su.'bdiviaion, in accordance Stith. IVC line extension rules 15 and 16, would be required, with the proposed project, P.G. & E. officials indicate that no otrerl<oad ng of existing gas facilities would occur with project development. Measures to reduce residential heatisig and`cool,ing energy losses are discussed in Appendix D. Residential use of the property will generate energy dyrmands and result in consumption of electricity and. natural gas, increasing energyrise on the site ,from zero (L)JO residential use at 'pvesen to 1.9 MIH Of ol.eetric ty anhually and 190,OhO therms ,bf natural gas annually. (b) Telophon: Mr. Paul Viley, IJhgineer for pacific 'Telephon:e Company, indicated. that there are no d ffi culties in providitg telephono cervico to 'the subject site. Pacific Telephone anticipates no adverse impact on existing, telephone facilities With implementation of the proposed aub�ffvision project.' (c) Xate'bttehtion.s of watO ai-::vices to within bound.ari 's � of the proposed dovelopment will. not significantly d `.mihish water supplies of -the 1hotmal,it6 Irrigation District. According to spokesmen for the distrittj existing water supply far exceed; present demands. ItesIden"ial use of the site will: result in +Mater demands and an estimated consumption of ap :noxi, - mately twenty- wo million gallons annually. (68-ac!feet,:. (d) Solid Waste: Projected development will have no signifies cant impact on existing waste collection and disposal facilities, Increased Demands for Public -Services: (a) Demand for service from Butte County Fire "Department Trill be generated. Response time to the site :is five minutes minimum. Ex -:1 _sting fac ,lities are anticipated to be sufficient. (b) Regular sheriff department patrols will be required through this project development, since the development will create new street systems and locate 134 urban residznces in this rural area. (c) This development will add an estimated 65-70 students to area schools; ,mostly affecting the Poplar Street School (ele- mentary level) and. the Nelson Aven'UL School '(elementary plus cth and 8th grades). These schools have had low enrollments ompared: with capaoity over the last several years since the Orovll e Dam construction has ceased Therefore there is h adequate room for gr-)wth in student enrollment in the Thermalito School_ District. (d) Since the parcels will be rather small (14 acre and less) and no "development recreational. facilities. are planned, the project will increase demands on existing parks and. recreational facilities. GrowthInducing 1`mpacts. The inducing effeosed cts�tcould agrowthve onadjacen`Gundvel.op ed land north and `east of the "subject site. As mentioned 'Previously, these adjacent areas are zoned. A-2 and have been given a Butte County General Plan designation of low density residential (I to 4- dwelling units per gross acre). Improvements to Pl.umas Avenue and. 18th Street ,proposed by the applicant along with public. utililty extensions to undeveloped areas will make adjacent areas more attractive for residential land use. The completion of the Palm Crest Village subdivision should raise the value of the existing Palm Crest Village units as Well as increase the value of other nearby residential dwellings on Tehama Avenue a.11d 16th. Streets: The population. increase in the area is expected to have a, favorable impact on the, local economy. A major portion of the residents' incomes would be spent locally. The construction of the project would stimulate l.oa,aXl sale of building materials acid equipment, and the log: O emLo oyment situatL)n . Aesthetic Tnpact t The pro,j eot wa�l l alter titin t, coal timid land use chsractor of the site arzr, , ;, �° ��;a, dhanging the property r p n grassland and doter.�.o or�:hard W. from an open to an urban--den.sit-y residential; character"O, taw 3,,, ,.if open space and some rural charaoter in the area w 11' v+so R,fer to of this lm act. r pen.dtt 8 for an arial:littsis � ..P 'b�) Adverse Environmental Effects Which Cannot Be Avoided If ` sal Is Implemented: ,Adverse environmental effects resulting from the proposed Palm Crest Village subdivision are anticipated; to inclu4e: 1. Generation of increased urban pollutants in the area, such as potential air, water and ;noise pollution. 2. Increased storm water runoff from the site and potential aggravation, of drainage problems in the Rudy Creelet basin.. ATr ?reased traffic on. -16th =Street, 18th Street, Tehama venue, and on other roads in the area (more than doubling some existing traXfic toads), 4 Increased traffic no.lse and hazards in the immediate project vicinity. oLossite I and/ r loassof�localtw�ldlrfevegetation and the displacement :As discussed and analyzed in previous Sections of this re - ort and in the attached appendices, these impacts are not anticipated to be si ;na ( cantly adverse individually or as a result of this development alone. Cumulative .impacts from development of the entire area may begreaterand may be considered significant as urban, development and use trans- forms this existing :low-density rural residential area. sw) Mitigation Measures pro osecl _to M.n.iim:i.ze Adverse Impact: 1'. All atilita.es to each lot in the proposed subdivision will be underground. r`# 2 Urban street improvein.ents to be constructed to county standard (inal:uding the upgrading of ITehama A -Venue and 15th. Street fTolltage, of Palm Crest Village, Un .'t �, as retiuested by the, Butta county I>UbiiC Wor1Ca bepattxeht) will improve accose to and circulation within the residential development as wel:l•as improve the hazard. situation to be created in t1z8 area by increased traffic movement. 36 The effect Of increased storm runoff will be reduced on •Lhe site by the installation of a storm drainage system Which will diSohargeL into lbldy Creek. Off-site improvements to the existing drainage oha=018 (patticularly east of 15th Street) may be necessary to; alleviate problems of increased flow be- tween the project site a.nd Buoy Creek. ion "i". No .se , ust and erosion $ ifs.tanas of.cons�truct ncrela-'edtilp&44*k ':R WO111d redoe e the n. x fflers few heavy eqizipmenti b. restrictions in WOVkitg haurs o. water dampening of project roads and building pads a 1 a. as sod;, dt[ti g conattUctinn d.i plA0ement of soil cover s1zo1 ....Al } Y ivy or ice plant after construction; e. cut slope controls and minimum working of the steeper, northwestern aro a of the site. Suggested methods of mitigating project energy requirements are discussed in Appendix it Alternative's to.the Proposed Action. 1No Project: The site would be retained in its prt seat condition by this alternative as a negl.eated unused orchard, without either agricultural or :Qesidt�J..Jtial. u.Se.. , RPOductive utilization of the site would not be attaixied. Economic, y -employment and income -.producing values would lac lost *ith a no project alternative; It hap been estimated that the project; could result in local, buying power alk '.,million Plus, with addi tional revenue to the County from propt�!Lty va;lua, tion increases. The: no project alternative would not "benefit local eollstrUotion employment norlocal, sale of 'build.iog material an& equipment. In addition, the no project alternative would maintain the existing fire hazard of the site. Therefore, this; alternative was rejected because it does not allow ' an` economic return of the property even though the +owner is cur-, entl Y paying property tares on the land and it does not allola an economic utilization of the property. 2. No Residential Project: tr8e of the land for agri QUItural production such as grazi. or ■ continued orchard use. This alternative would avoid the en- vironmental, effects azsociated with implementation of this project» This alternative was rejected by the proponent because of the age and condition of the existing orchard and grassland area; the proximity of this property to existing; readen'tial uses; the fact that the site is within the nroville Ur°o i Area is designated by the Butte County General Plan Etat xe- si,d.enti,al uses, and because the developer believes there is a need for housing in this area: 3. Lq er sots Vithin the Present Zoning The proposed be increased, accommodating fewer residences 'lot sizes could and therefore maintaining some rural character in the area, thereby pre-- �..._ ,. venting some of the environmental effects of the propasal Particularly the intensity of impacts. This alternative was rejected b the developer in .favor of the proposed plan in order to make maximum residential use of the site. 4. Relocation of the :ppoject: Relocation of the projeet to another site ,could pro - in resultin greater social. environmental impacts that the Uegligable social impacts anticipated. on the proposed Palm Creat Village site: �3, All utilities serving the Palm Crest Village site have adequate capacity to meet project demands. Local schools have enough space to easily assimul.ate students. , Pire and police authorities have expressed nd'conc.ern WY reservations for development of the 'tat lot residential: pro- ject at the subject site. The site is already planned for the residential use proposed by the applicant, and the de- Ap t of a large original subdivision alrt-ad�a itself ed by Butte County (1949). They site has very lira ted open space potential and the' existing vegetation to be removed by the development is of marginal agricultural value or utility v�:��oRelat onbbip Between Local Showt-term Uses of Man's F.n- �The Relati " and Maine arrc e and MEa- nc ement of Long--Perm Troductivit,y Tie O-Umul.ative and long--term. effect of the proposed ptvoject Vill be to establish residential; development and use on the site, and to encourage further residential developmeixb and _ use of lands in: the area, particularly to the west and north. :Development of the, site for ,residential dvrel.linge. will pre- bludv the use of the site for other purposes. The signifi-- canoe of this Long term and irreversible impact is reduced by the existence of the compatible residential land uses that are contiguous to the site, the general plan dosignations of the site and adjacent lands, ` and the limited open space,, grazing or recreational value of the site. Displacement of site Wildlife and ce-"adjustment thxoughout the local ecological scheme will occur as a result of the undeveloped to developed land use transition: Thepropert y has s v'a'lue for rbsi,denti al use because of its proxunity to Orova.11e and ©rOVille area services, and the lajag- term deed for homesites in the Vrban: Area.. Urban-density residential uses 31eed to be placed in suitable locations re- lative, to existing and planned urban improvements and fa- cilities stieh as street and transportation routes, social. and O.Ultu.ral facilities, water lines, sewer Lincs, public -g �rvices, Oto. The developer feels that this project will satisfy -a community need for housing in the area y. -Xvrevergible- r"of ul d le Involved axa e M-1=0Implemented: roor 1B=, ansion of the urbanized aroa of Orov .114� area. 2. 10s8 of some open space and rural Atmosphere. 3i. lnavaased traffic and trav;ie related impacts in the art.'s. y+, �,, �y �yyy �j _ �` �, ' {�Fwoa. �d stoxIt Wi.4i�. ,P* J.�rmofta .'fir 6i The proposal will curtail the range of future options available for the property. 7,4 Natural resources, including energy resourc I;s, will be committed, due to construction of streets and buildings. Xmplementation of the project would not eliminate any prime agricultural resources or limit access to any kmown mineral, oil or gas resources, or public park or recreational area.. The Growth Inding Impacts of the Prox�osed Action,: The growth g ucinducing potential of the of the 18th Street and, Plumarerced previously. Con - project has been refs Con- struction Avenue right -of' -way woula provide access to currently s non-accessabl.e areas. These vacant areas to the north and west of the subject site are planned f or lour density residential use and would 'bei more at- tractive for development with the growth of the Palm Crest Village subdivision.. The proximity of utilities within; Palm Crest'Village project development would provide additional impetus for inducing residential growth on adjacent vacant lands, Should'low detsiresidential development occur on these adjacent landsit is ,assumed that the number of dwelling units per acre and the number of residents per single family dwelling would be comparable to the 3.92 dwelling per acre and the 2.6 to 2.8'persons per dwelling figures ussd for Palm Crest Village projections. 13ased on these multipliers, the 80 acres directly north and northwest of the Plumas Avenue right -of ; way and the vacant 30 acres directly' west of the 18th Street ra.ht=- 6f-waycould generate population increases of 1100 - -1200 people (430dwellings) and local traffic increases of as much as 3000 vshicle trips per day. This would be in addition to the in. reases generated by this subject residential, aovelbpment T' iei^efore, c`i� UlUtIVO effects from all the development in the vicinity and in the Thermalito area will be generated as a re - salt of the imnacts anticipated which have been previously discussed in thio 1 .1r.Rd With the existing oapacity" 01 :Local utilities, public faci.l.i- ties and publ.i C schools y this _ growth induced population ill - , ll - c'rease coula "e aia6imila'�ed. withou,i; significant saga al or ti f t.cil.ity impact. Addi t;i onal btiy.n.g power and property tax „) rev�,nues would result with this growth. However, some nega- tive traffics air quality, noises water qual_i tvaxed drainage impacts would occur: Parcels of the proposed Palm. Crest subdivision Gould not be Xurthor subdivided after the current project is implemented. r '' } 514-4- Organizat oins and Persons 'Cons'al:ted., including BVILI`OGRAPHY u .1.. CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY. 'Inventory of Rare and Endangerud Vascular Plants of California". . Special: Publication No. 1.1 1974: " 2. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREA'TION "The: California History Plan, Volume Two - Inventory of Historic c Features", 'August, 1975. 3. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF VISH AND GOB: "At the Cross,- roads, Cal.i.foxii1.as I Endangered .and .'Rage Fish ,and Wildlife".1 January, 1974 4. ' CA:LTF.ORNTA DEFARTM8XT OF PARKS AND AECktATION "L:akd Orovill.e agate Recreation Area$ y 5. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION', DIVISION OF SOIL COMBRVATION: "Linvironmental Impacts of Uxbani- za'tio i on the Foothill and Moun'tainl.ands of California, November, 7.971. : s 6. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES. "Bulletin, No. 116-3, Earthquake Dam4go to Hydraulic Structures in California", Jane 1964 7. CALXFORN A AIR itESOUiiCE8 BOARD' California Air Quality Data Vol, V, VT, VIl (1973, 1974,, 1975), No. $. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 1VATtR' RESOURCES. ".tulletins No. 130-73 $ 130-74, Hydrologic ,Data 1973y 1974, Volume 11 - Northeastern Ca1.iXornia" December 1974, December 1975. 9. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF iO1JSIA0 AND COMUNITY M-MOPMENT "energy�y,Design Manual for Residential Buildings". :. peb ra'r b 1975. . u, 1.0'. CALIPORN'IA DIVISION OF-HICHWAY,; MATERIALS AND RPSEAR'CH DEPARTMENT6 ".Air quality Manual, Mathematical: Approach to Estimating Highway linpatt on .Air Qual :tyle, July, 1972. ill. CAS. VORN'IA AIR RESOURCES C6NTROL BOARDS "Supplement for vmvironmental Impact Reports," June, 1974 12. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARSES AND RECREATION,* "California: Historical Landmarks", ,Pune, 1973. { 13, CALIFORNIA BMPLOYMENT' DEVELOPMENT ,DEPARTMENT: '°A Area Man- ariPower PowerPwview,. Chito-Oroville Labor Maxket Area" March, 197'5. ' 14. CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. "Butte County- Labor,, Supply 4. Demand July-September, 197611, •' June, 1976. CALIFORN'I;A EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. "Area Manpower Review Butte County Fiscal Year 1976-1977", April, 19.76. 16. BUTTE COUNTY.ASSOCIATZON OF GOVERNMENTS; "The Butte County General Plan", June, 1976. 17. BUTTE COUNTY .PLANNING DEPARTMENT: "Regulations for Zoning Districts, Butte County Ca"lifornia", April., 1976. 18► BUTTE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION; "Butte County, Callfornia 19. BUTTE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT* "The Housing Element of the Butte County General Plan', September, 1973. 20, BUTTE COUNTY PLANNING. DEPARTMENT: "Draft Environmental Impact Report for The Oaks Subdivision". March, 1976. 2:1. FEATHER RIVER RECREATION F PARK DISTRICT: "Prograin and Facility Guide" 1916, _ y 22. OROVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COAINERCE; "Community Economic Profile for Oroville, Butte County, California„, July3. 1975 23, BUTTE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT: "Censu8f-1975 County of Butte Statistical Summary #1, Cities 4 Un into rporater, 24. UNITED STATES DEPAATMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT! "Noise Assessment Guidelines" August, 1971., 25. UNITED STATES DEPARTNItNT CF AGRICULTURE', FOREST SERVICE: "Trees and Shrubs for Noise Abatement", July, '1971. 26. PERSONAL CMWUNICATiON: ED CHIAPPARI, Manager, Oroville Solid Waste Disposal Company, August 1976 27 PERSONAL *COMMUNICATION; PAUL WILEY Engineer, Pacific Telephone (ompany,'`Chico Office), August] 1976: 28. PERSONAL CaOMUNUn Units : GA YeBUCa1NI, Deputy Chief Butt g s xfornia; August, 1976, 29. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 4 H. V. (BERT)" FLESKt9j Superintendent SeWa e Commission Oroville Region, August, 1976. s , �s , 34 PERSONA1 COMMUNICATION; LEONARIf' RATHBUN, Superintaa�dent Ti'hc'rmalito Union School District, August; 1976. 31. PERSONAL Cm,11IN I CATION; RICHARD BOYD, Orovil„1e Union High 'School District, August, 1976, 32. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION; THERNIALITO'IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Augus'`, ,1976. 33. PERSONAL Q(MMUNICATION; BUTTE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA, August;,. 1976 34. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION; BUTTE COUNTY ASSESSORS OFFICE, August, 1976. 35 PERSONAL COMUN'ICATION; BUTTE COUNTYPLANNING DEPARTMENT, August, 1976. U. ASSOCIATED HOMEBUILDERS OF THE 'GR'EATER EASTBAY: ►"Suggested Guidelines for Environmental Impart Reports for Housing Pro"eots of All Sipes", October, 1972. 37. PERSONAL CONMUNICATION; PACIFIC 'GAS'4 ELECTRIC COMPANY, August, 1976. b 38; DAY, JIM, Traffic Count Division, California Department Of Transportata ori 39% BURT, WILLIAM and RICHARD GR08SENHEIDBR, A Field Guide to Mammels 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston, 1964. 40 CHANLETT, EMIT ' T., Envitonmenta1 Prdtection, McGraw-Hill Bore Co., Sail. Francrsto,.1973,, p. 123. 47. CRAMPTON, EEECFItR, Gt�Lss"es in Califotnia, University of California Presso Berkeley, 1974. 42, CUMMINGS, EARLE IV., Associate Wildlate Biologist, California State Dept, of Fish and Game,, Region- 2 43 ICAMMETtER, .ED. Unit Wildlife rImi get/B116'16gis't, Calif, State Rept. of Fish Game, 44, MONAI)GHTON, S.J -and LARRY L. WOLP, General Ecology, Holt, Rinehart and 'Winston, Inc., :1973. 45. STEBI#INS, ROBERT C , A 'Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibian, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, ,1966. 464 STORER., TRACY I. and ROB'EPT L. USINGEA, Sierra Nevada Natural History; University of California Press, Borkel.ey; 1968. w F i3 APPENDIX A L i at of Avian Sbeeles Whose Range is Known to Include the Study Area (R.) -- Resident (SV) = Summer Visitant (WM) - Winter Visitant (M) - Migrant COMMON NAME _ C0MMON-RAMAME Turkey vulture (R) Plain titmouse hawk (R) ;Co op er' s hawk (R) �R�$harp-shinned Oemmon busttit R F,eC, -tailed hawk (R) WY ate-brea.. ted nuthatch (R) Wilenti.t (R) Swai.nsoW s hawk (SV) BE+wick wren (`R) Rough legged hawkB GOIC enea 1 e R() House c; *`. Pere rine falc x� M -.g o ( ) wren American roba,n M) Sparrow hawk (SV) � Rock wren (R, "larch hawk. (R) faliforzia quail (R) Swainson I s t ,rush (SV) Mockingbird �R) 100k love (R) Short-sared owl (R.) Vestern bluebird (R) � mfAsend's sdilitai.re� (v►'4 Burn S�reechloVR)(R) Gc�lden�cxogna�tchatcher (SV) Tndd ki:nglst (WV) Creat horned ow]. (R) Rtiby-crowned AtingJ.et (141) Spotted owl �(R) Long-eared ow (R) Zc.ggerhead shbike (R) F itton' s Vi.,reb (R) Poorwi l(SV ' Warbling vireo (SV) owl R mm3 ( BUrrowi.ng owl (R) Orange crotaneA warbler (SV) Bullock oriole (SV) white -throated swif-b (SV) Rufous hummingbird M �R Utester l meadowlark (R) Brownr-hoaded cowbird (R) Anna Is humm:i.ngbi5od Red -shafted flicker (R) Black- headed grosbeak (SV.) tazuli bt�.�a.t �a (SV) C'ali.fornia 'woodpecker. (R) Purple fi_= &V) Bewi,,� woodpeckor (M) House finch (R) Yellow -billed sapsucker (Wit) Co=0n, Goldfinch (R) Dmmey woodpecker (R) Rufous• -sided towhee (R) Nuttall's woodpockor- (R) Rause sparrow (R) Ring-necked pheasant (R) Horned lark Chipping sparrow (SV) Ash~thron,ted fl tcatchor Golden -crowned sparrow (WV) Pox sparx;ow N) Black pi. , ebe kA Say's, phoebe ((WV`,) Oor=onncro��(R) (WV) r, r Avian Species (Continued) k `L"aail.l. f1yeatoher W) ' Eu:vopean starling 'Veste= wood peewee (SV) * Yellow-headed blackbird ('CIV) Cliff swallow * Red-winged blackbird. (R) * (R:)` `Bann. swallow (SV) Tri-colored blackbird Violet-green sviallow (SV) Brewer blackbird (R) Yellow-billed magpie .(R) Brown towhee (R) (SV) Scrub jay (R). $a-,.rannah sparrow Black-�,,al.l ed magpie (R)Lark sparro (R,) ?3ufolAs-crowned sparrow (R) Killdeer (Rj Site is within range) but occurrence is unlikely due to human acti- vity or lack of suitable habitat locally, ** Endangered spe.Cies. Note: The site is also within the range of several specie s of .bAgran.1:and .resident waterfowl. It is unlikely than d y would be attracted to the site. However, watevfowl Will ba'attracted t-o the area with the proximity of thr Tho=alito Forebay and Afterbay water bodies. APPEND IX A List Of h2P_ es Whose Range is KnOVM to luclude the utudy Area, ,COMMON NAME. Western fence lizard Western skink Gilbert's Skink Western 'Whiptail. California alligator lizard Racer Shaxp-tailed snake common k:inmsnake S"riped racer Gopher snake M.1jultain gartersnake * Sierra garter shake Western rattlesnake Vall-ey garter snake j * Site is within range, biit o0currence is unlikely due -o h oan activity or lack of suxtable habitat i locally. 1 VEHICLE EMISSION FAOTOal V CLE AV.LJli.,•..ry VEHICLE EK188101V EMISSION SPEm Cmph C_ ATE(�ORY RATE Light utility or PaM;,etge vehicle 25 bydroca3.,bozs 4.33 Light 'utility or Passenger vehicle 25 carbon monoxide a ?. 94 ;Light uti3.jty or 'passenger, veha.cle 25' Litrogen oxides 3.90 sour ei} data Env m=ental the 041iforn PrOtectioa Agency and a Air Resources CJcttrsl ji,I SUGGE6TED NOISE LEVELS LIMITS FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT' Maximum Oise .Level : Equipment at 5o ft. at(A) Earthmoving Vront Loader75 Backhoes 75 Dozers : • 75 Tractors 75 Scrapers 80 4Graders 75 Trucks s 75 Pavers 80 Materials Handling Concxote Mixers 75 Pumps75 Concrete.. Cranes 75 , a Der�xcls _ 75 Stationary Pumps 75 Generators 75 Compressors 75 xmoact Pile Drivers 95 Jackhammers 75 Tock Drills 80 Pneumatic tools 80 Other Saes 75 " Vibrators 75 lJne�a� Cdnse�yation Gasand Electricity The 1 State of California Department of Housing and Coinmunjty Development has established measures to reduce energy con- sumption in re,si.uential buildings (9) . Many of these measures, as, t utlined in the Department's Anergy Design Manual,, could be applied to the design of the proposed subdivision dwellings to °educe residential energy usage. The California. Community Development regulations recognize the importance of glazilig as, it relates to energy cons on. The basic glazing area for a building should be no more than, 16 of the 'gross floor area.,exclud ng parking, garages and heated. basements. Cooled buildings should use tinted glass on any exposure which has more than zQ4 of its gross wall area in glazing. Tinted glass should have a maximum. shadingcoefficient of 0.55 foT all residential building permit applications filed after July, 1, 197.6w In general, axtemal shading devicos,.which eliminate all direct radiation and still permits free air movement of outer surfaces will, reduce the solar heat ,gain by as )ouch as 80%i Architectural trea.tments� such as ovexhaAks, wings, screen, galls as horizontal and Vertical louvers and, vetted awnings can be used to provide shading During certain seasons` of the yeatafid,,- for some exposures, horizontal projetti.ons carr result. in considerable reductions in solar heat gain b providing shade. This is: particularly "'appli- ca.bie to Soathi Sdutheast and Southwest eXposurr* during the late stir"sng, summer and early fall On Dast and West exposures during the ekttivt coati and -on southerly exposures during the ivintero tha solar altitude is generally so .low that'horitontal projections, in order to be effective,, woul,cd havre to be e5,cessively long. "Insul aation comes in many forris and, types of materials; The most -commbnly used materials for res;idontial. constr,tittti.ori are baits and blankets, rigid insul.atlon reflective insul.ation, loose ;fill y and spl*a.yed insulation. Batts and blankets should be installed so than 'the vapor 'barr,er silo, if any,faces 'wthe interior, of the home "Whalt caatod acv_xf t br foil vapor barriers shoul-d never be left as exposed finishes. All spaces of the building sections, jntludihig small spaces even 1 inch A -vide : should be insulated..,,,, Batt `and 'b4aAbt insulation should be placed on the cold side of pipes and ducts' .and the bl4 tket flanges should fit snugly against the framing members Rigid irisulati oii is available in bear;: of various sixes and hick esscs . This, type of irtsu.lation" is C-O)Wonly used for masonry consl,,ruction as perimeter' insulations around concrete slabs, as .y exterior slideta.ng and o)x top of roof decks ;,, y. p L g blown attic e as a g Thexe '.are ,several vars,�t�sle Factors erta�:n.zn to insulation that can cause d�.l£erencThe�importan4n its uchaxacteriStic ,and cooling energy saving device is weight per square foot, it should, be noted that thickness given by the in.8ulation manufacturer is the minimum thi;ckwl, S if. dhlY �;� s thickness is known, the density of insulation Or • th(, .,.umber of bags needod may have to be increased to acha ova* the ��esixed thermal. xesaatance value. .._ �or'Theblownminsulati.ap.soi.s Sped fxed by the Enexgy Design Manual ++ +19 When eay.e vents -are insta14ad adequate baffling Of the vent opening must be provided so .-s to deflect the incc►tting _ sulation. air above the surface o� the blown. in Reflzctivo^ instils'•..j,ons are only-effective in controlling adient heat energy' and must be installed so that, they race an air space. The' efficitacy of reflective insulation is increased when ttte heat ener flaw, is do�M. Por this reason, reflect �'�may not bee ationsmse '�sfac y reeduction criteria when used in a floor, but tc rk in walls or ceilings when the heat floi,+ ;is horizontal OT upward. Gare must be taken that the ;.nsula.tion, aye all Gavi.ties in such a manner that it is cont nuo .s 14*ithout tears or There are several types ofinsula.tian which can be sprayed against the surface of a building. Some of ,these are cellulo«e w1. th bander, `mineral wool with binder and cellular, foams such as p,iyu.rethan e . Those may be sprayed. directly ;on c,CII crete, jiuisonry or metal panels, or may be spraye-d between the framing members against tile exterior sheathing,, pipes and, duct ,'work should also Abe inguA,atecl to xedtxce energy =. loss 'Typical pipeline systems whi � h should 'be insulated In- elude steam and conaensate return piping.heating hod. water cir- cula�on piping. All such piping should be insulated when located in ve.nted attic>, vented crawl spates, the ceilings of garages which' aro: not enclosed .or not heated or on the •roofs or outside wads of a buildingaro. e. Pipo insulation shouldbecontinuous and wrapped facinundathethe p7a,ps Xnsul tiar should be fin" a t � with a jacket or g sealed wt'}i adhesive or staples ser as to secure the nsul.atiun on th6 `pipe.. ; Ail, supply duct and plenum. should be insUla teed Elrery' oG�nds.t�.�ned the 1973 Uniform MOchanac * . p. al Code. ut� d$ a ors minimizes, the amount o�,. s ua#� t to �ectioh �. � Wea,thersttippilig o'f, ndbw,s and db infiltration) or toakagea-9 cold:air into a residential dwelling and exfi itrc�ti on, br loss cif 1�ta�rm air out of the bua lcl.ing Air . - y y g Murk nfiltratzor in a well insulated hquae ma account for 'ng doors as 35% of t�je total heating lood'kith �,�eatherstxipp and w�;zdo rs, ,nfi ltration• in th,e sa !e h(Aise may be reduced. to 15 cif th.e total 'heat load W. th a corresponding saving in energy caiisr 'mption ` CULTURAL -.AI S'.L TIc ANALYSIS The subjective nature of aesthetic quP lity defies a strict objective and quantitative treatment. Therefore; 'this topic will be discussed by making a subjective comparison of various aspects of environmental aesthetics before the project and after full, development. Impacts will be evaluated ac ordin.& to the following: +2. Project enhances considerably +1 Project enhances moderately 0 Project mould neither increase or decrease quality -I Project would degarao moderately _2 Project would &,grade considerably Aesthetic impacts will be grouped according to oxxe of five environmental components.- Land, Aiv, Water, Biota and Masi made or Cultural Objects~ Since the architectural designs and landscaping .for the proposed development are not yet available, it can only be assumed that marketable dwellings would have to be w� .least moderately attract Live. Evaluation of impacts was based on the assumption that full development will involve medium px11, ',red dwellings utili- zing modern architectural designs and lazdscapitg. The attached table presents the anticipated impacts. s Y ANTICIPATED PROJECT IMPACTS ON' EXISTING AESTHETIC QUALITIES OF TUE ENVIRONMENT .Aesthetic,Qualities Resulting Impact of the Environment Internal External 1 LAND A. Scenic yews and Vistas. - a view which Can be valued purely for its b eauty l U D' B. Wilderness ual .ti.ehh., the quality of beingu-` ninfluenced by man or appear- ig soy Animal occupancy is additive. 0 D C. Open -Space Qualities: "visual leg- room" that feature of allowing the eye to focus on distant objects because of lack of enclosure. -1 p D Unique Physical Features Q 0 - 11 AIR A. Odor and Visual Quality; gaseous and particulate pollutants produce regatve responses; positive odor "'responses" are possible by the presence of p,lesant scents. 0, 0 B. Sounds: relative to intonsity and, pleasant or unpleasant ;onnotation, 1 0 Ili., WATER (not relevant to pToject since there atee no bodies f water', IIIA N/A M BIOTA • A. Elora: Native or ornamental +l +1 D 4, +l C. UniquelRare�Seoies or Communities Q Y 0 V MAN-MADE OR CU.LTU1, kL OWECTS A 143stbrical or Archeolyargital Value0 6 B. Conconance a�tlth tnvi ronmerit +l Q a ."_ anVillub3- "L C UCLIV-cies . The Introduc- tion of ornamental trees May attract song birds, however. A. TABIB V -III (Continued) DISCUSSION OF IMPACT BVAtTlAtIONS A* The scenic qualities of the Vicinity are about average for the region and probably would not change as a result of the, prof ect. The area, is already. partially developed. Z. This quality is already absent.The project Will not E. change this. C. ree There is -a mar,,34-Inal degof pe--n-'space quality at the site Which will be lost yithinothe subdivic;ion after developmrnt. The project will have 14 1 ttle or no effect on this quality, inthe surround area. D. There are no unique physical features in the V' it., 3' ri i ty'. `ib A. The project will not change this, A. Odor and vistu 0 vista] qualities f the air wrt,c-ar-reint ati -A reason to 9U'SpOct the project will B, cfiange this B. 86tind levels at the site are. n6w quite te low. Increased occupancy can only increase ambient noise levels due to to take this into consideration, ."_ anVillub3- "L C UCLIV-cies . The Introduc- tion of ornamental trees May attract song birds, however. A. The eJ;:*Lsting -wild flora is not particularly captivating I except posgibiy l for a brief period in the spring When wildflowers are inbloom anti the grasses, are green. The introduction of ornamental trees, shrubs and f1owets, would enhance the site and the view from surrounding areas for a longer period of time. E. Existing, f . auna at the site are few and sirarely seen, except perhaps avian species. The introduction of ornamental trees,, s h r ubs , and :flowers would tend to attract avian species Which are adapted to humanoccupaftcy. Surrounding areas 'Would notice little or no change. C. There are no unique/rate species or t6mmun:'Lties at the site. `ib A. There are noman-made or cultural objects of historical or a-rehOological value at the site or Within its sphere of Influellcoo B, residences in the immediate Viciftity were constructed durlftg a period When consonance wiry onvironment was of littlb or no concern, . ModetTft Atchitectural designs tend to take this into consideration, C, Modern At,thitdctural.1de''slign and landscaping of the nov homes r',777 to Y z1,4 ted P. colbert den _nis j dale Hen registered civil engineers' Ersd .1 N E ERIN -excellence through environmental awareness" December 9, 1977 W.O. 7708-07 TO fir. Earl Nelson Butte County Environmental Coordinator FROM Dennis. J. Daleiden RE: dum to the Palm Crest Village Environmental 'Imoact ted 'Sep neer,' 1976 y, - The dr°:aOt EI:R was -7 . the original (1949) recorded subdivision map "Fa IM Crest ViIIagt:" Inis addendum is an update based upon the tentative �vu:� ii,Jtced to Butte County on November 15, '1977. Gage 1 - 134 lots in lieu of 98 .lots developed in two phases: page 2 - Typical lot frontage and depth will be 65' x 1051; density will be 3.92 single family units per acre. Page 14 - Population increase as the result of jjU units will be j�,.,people. Page 23 - The storm drainage system will be designed to meet current County standards and policy: It may be necessary to prof+ide some downstream improvements such as ditches, increased pipe: sizes and maintenance agreements. 'These would all. occur off-site and would require nego- tiations with other property owners. Page '25 Traffic: The increase to 134 residences will increase 'thn daily one-way traffic trips from 918 to 1206 daily trips Normal recomnendatio0s for urbanized roadway two-way capacity is 1500 trips per, hWui , per two travel lanes, this amounts to approximately 15,000 vehicles per day. Therefore the traffic from, this subdivision when fully developed will represent approximately 8% of the capacity of Tehema Avenue Page 27 - The air pollutants will increase by 87% over those shown due to the change in density; Page 37 - Property values for the land only upon full' development will increase to O5 000 to $55.0,000 over the`rxistitig value. Buying power would increase by 37% over that shown due to the added density, p 55,000 Page 45 - Property tax rdvenues can be exp ected t4lrl"��r�p 1r- X400 to '$ K , t ., ..�. +r.� FM ted 'p cdll e'rt 6 dei;. '�.,�.�da'leiden 9,� 1 enginOOrs re istor`ed crv,i E N G N E F RI " e.xcellen'ce through a Hess" environmental t�Ware Apri 1 11, 1978 {W'. 0. 7705-07 'Mr. Earl Nelson Butte County Environmental Coordinator 7 County Center Orive Oroville, California 95965 FROM: Denni-s J. palelden u„ Ri« Addendum No. 2 to the Palm Crest Village Envi ronmr:ntifl impact Report dated September, 1976 r This addendum provides additional traffic information and drainage information as r^eglaested through your. initial study dated February 6,, 1978, regarding the gbcve=refer�n�:ed project,' The following data and attached torretpondence should be sufficient to nswer the questions relating to the initial study and proposes any miti'ation measures that may be necessary to implement as a result of develop meat. of he proposed pr,.+ject, TRAFFIC INFORMATIOiV Reference is made to the attached torrespotidence�dated Apt^il 7:, 1978, and deceived from tht: Oopartment jof Transportation' in,Marysville, This corres- pondence supplies the traffic accident data for both the ,Grand Avenue and. Nelson Road i ntortectti on`s with Highway 70., This i nformat on covers the inter sections for 1975, 1976 and 1977 During the 'past. tWelve months from April of 197r,`th.^ough, April of 1978, there have been no accidents at these locations, this' t` mo t)tere wa's one very Leri ous acc:i�dent at the Grand Avenue intersection. With that HOAOexception, the accident rate at these locations has been very low: rwo Nelson Road intersections' glthelHighway 70f havetgoodnsight cdistance owith hone s;nal oxoeptibn There is a t.r�e at the southwest corner of Fourth and Nelson, and for a car that is stopped at that intersection it has somewhat 1imit6d Visibility to, the west, All other tt5a'ffi in�et�airotion appear to b� made ado with rel ati,'Io ease. Irjovemenirs at tr��s . A si mi 1 ar nevi evi at 't1►e 8�rand Avenue intersection .shows a slight sight 'd Stance problem to the west'�fbr the earthbound off -ramp traffic from Highway 70, There have been so le mi i4oVements- to this ,i nt6rse�ctibn wi=th,i n the 1 as.t few years �y tht Division of Highways xZ! (1 W April 11 1978 w.0. 7708-07 Addendum No. 2 to the Palm Crest Village EIR✓dated,'September, 1976 Page Two Or.tMarch ,3, 1970, 1 personally, reviewed both of these Tocations during bath the morning and evening rush 'hours as well as during the normally 'heavy noon time period. At no time during these periods did I vieW more than four cars backed up at any one of there individual stop signs., The intersections are designed to have a capability of passing approximately 10,000 cars a day through the intersections without signalized traffic control. However in many urban settings at such point in time that traffic reaches 7,000 to 8,000 cars per day.; traffic signals are installed; Discussions with the Division of Highways have revealed the following informa- tion A. At the Nelson Avenue intersection, the on and off -ramps have increased in ADT from 900 to 1,200 since 1974+ 0. At Grand Avenue,, the on and off -ramps have increased during the same timeframe from 2,500 to 3,000 ADT., C. The Highway 70 traffic between Nelson and Grand has increased from 6;000 to 7,0100 ADT during the same gime period. According to the Orovill'e City Engineer's Office, their 1977 ADTs for both Grand Avenue and Nelson. Road within the vicinity of Highway 70 were 3,680 ADT and 3,166 ADT', respectively. These traffic counts were taken daring the month of May. In discussions With both the Butte County Publ it Corks Director and the City of Orovi 11 e ,Engineer's, .Offi ce, there we`re no concerns expressed with 'these two i-titertections. it is estimated that the subdivision When ful iy develoPed would 'generate approximately 1,206 daily trips. A trip is defined as a single direc-tion traffic movement. In rev'iewi'ng the potential traffic movornentg as may be generated from this subdivision, it can be estimated that approximately 25 percent bf these trips will Utilize either the Nelson Avenue or Grand Avenite I ntersections, Assuming that the traff c.geherated from this subdivisiml was egually distributed, approximately 1150 additional vehicle movements per day would utilize, each of the ihtertOcti6hS. It scan therefore be estimated -that these `traffic movements. would represent ;a 4 p'erctht increase in the traffic Volume at the current time, Neithor of,these intersections would increase, past the 4,000 ADT level and therefare should not impact the intersection �t► tiny way, Sl`ORM `DRAINAGS INEOAMILWON, b`mr%g the toriths of February and March, this office made a thorough review' �of alto Ruddy Creek c&ainage basin' as 'it currently exists and as 'it existed prior to the construction of the Thermalito Forebay, this review paid particular At. ontibn to Ruddy Creek betWdeh Nelson Road a11d Oroville Dam Boulevard A 1evieW of the, dral'nage, structures at OroVille bath Boulevard, Biggs DriVe, ,rtathtrr Avenue, `Grand ,Avenue; Tehama Avenue and Nelson Road.was made. When the Forebay was constructed, it reduced the contributing water shed basin ,as currently exists at Oro Dam Boulevard from approximately 0,600 acres to approximately 1,800 acres. This reduction in water .t hed has a corresponding reduction in the ~flow discharge through this area: The reduction for a 100 year flow is from 1,600 efs to 660 cfs at the current time. The current flows are based upon an assumed reasonable development in the future of the Thermalito area. it was obvious that the structures constructed north and upstream of Oro Dam Boulevard were sized sufficiontly to pass the storm flows from a larger water shod, When the Oivisioi of 'Highways constructed the box culvert at Oro Dam Boulevard, the cross-seotional area was reduced to that ;which 'required to pass a 10 and '100 year storm with the reduced water shed characteristics. However the construction of this box culvert did not take into account the tremendous amount of debris that is generated within the Ruddy Creek basin. A review of the Iwx culvert i nd•r cates that its inability to pass normal debris and withno alternative debris collection the box culvert does not achieve the passage of the flows for which it eras designed. This, in fact; causes a back water effect in Ruddy Creek and cruatos a much stronger potential for a flood hazard to r adjacent properties thin would normally exist if water were efficiently routed through to the structure. Although a thorough,reviuw of the upstream creek bed showed numerous areas of heavy growth, weed collection and other potential debris -catching items, none `of the upstream road crossing had a similar problem as Oro Dam Boulevard. It becomes quite apparent that with some maintenance of Ruddy Creek and some main- tenance at the box culvert at Oro Dam Boulevard, a substantial amount of flooding potential of this creek would be greatly reduced: The, p-oposed development site in an undeveloped condition would yield a 100 year storm flow of approximately 87 cfs which would increase to 44 cfs after develop- ment occurs. This 7.cfs increase represents appproximately a one percent increase of the ultimate development flow lying within the entire water shed: The impact to Ruddy Creek from this development would increase the ultimate water surface elevation for 100 year storm by less than 1/2 inch. This, of course,_ is based on many assumptions such as the continued unmaintained con- dition of Ruddy Creek with a high roughness factor and that the flow through Ruddy Greek is of a free -flog condition without debris buildups constricting the natural flow. There are some residential structures that have been built within the obvious natural flood plain limits of Ruddy Creek. It always amazes ate that people do Construct where it is quite obvious, they could be impacted by storm runoff ift the foto re. However, this situation is quite common irs many communities 'hese structures would be no more. endangered than they currently are if the development occurs, Under the above field and design 4n,Iytis4 it can be projected that a very insignificant increase in runoff wood be caused by the development, particularly when considering the impacts to the entire Ruddy creek water shed basin: However it i sui to apparent .,;khat unl est`,. some form of annual maintenance It undertaken in the fUtur`# pr ,ertious al6hj Ruddy Creek will continue to flood' Uk !lie's whither or ncrt this dev l;apm � 4. .. ,.P �. • ' 0 '76 ;. EDMUND Cd. BROWN JR., Governor ST�NTE of CAttFORNIA�IRANSPORTATION AGENCY _. _,� _ - ©EPARTMEN'r of TIIRANSPORTA,TiON` 04-M DISTRICT 3 P.O. BOX 911, MARYSVILLE 95901 Telephone (916)- 674-4201 C April T,, 1978 03 -But-70 Terra Engineering 936 Enterprise Drive S cramentop CA 95825 Attention Mr. Dennis J._Daleiden Dear Ser:, Accident data £or the pears 1975-19772 in the area Tabulated below: between Grand Avenue and Nelson Road, on Highway 70, are ACCIDENTS Persons Total Fatal In ur ', PDO ilil�',.eT In ur`tc�- EES Off to Grand Ave. 9 2 2 5 2 3 ;4B On from Grand Ave. 2 " q r, WA Off to Nelson Rd. EB on from Nelson Rd. r Hwy. 70 between Grand 3 " . Ave. & Nelson Rd Very trUlY yours, R. M. Nelson District Traffic Engineer M. I .- Grr `', H,, O O. 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