Notice is hereby given that the City of Eastvale, as lead agency, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the below referenced project. The Draft EIR analyzes the potential environmental effects associated with the proposed project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In accordance with Section 15087 of the CEQA Guidelines, the City of Eastvale has prepared this Notice of Availability (NOA) to provide responsible agencies and other interested parties with notice of the availability of the Draft EIR and solicit comments and concerns regarding the environmental issues associated with the proposed project.

The Draft EIR is available for public review and can be downloaded from the City of Eastvale’s website at www.EastvaleCA.gov. A printed copy of the Draft EIR is available for review at the City of Eastvale Planning Department, 12363 Limonite Avenue, Suite 910, Eastvale, CA 91725 (7:30 am – 5:30 pm, Monday – Thursday).

Lead Agency: City of Eastvale
12363 Limonite Avenue, Suite 910
Eastvale, CA 91752

Project Title: Leal Master Plan

Project Location: The project is located in the northeastern section of Eastvale. The site is bounded by 58th Street on the north, Hamner Avenue on the east, Limonite Avenue on the south, and Scholar Way on the west. The site is located immediately west and north of existing commercial and retail developments and south and east of existing and approved but not built residential neighborhoods of varying densities. The project area is approximately one-half mile west of the Interstate 15/Limonite Avenue interchange.

Project Description: The Draft EIR evaluates the potential significant environmental impacts that may result from adoption of the Leal Master Plan, a long-range planning document that identifies the general parameters for future development of the project site, an approximately 160-acre landholding that includes one of the city’s last operating dairies.

The Leal Master Plan envisions future development of the project site as the city’s town center, anchored by a “lifestyle” retail center as described in the Master Plan and also including a mix of complementary office, civic, hotel, residential, and recreation and entertainment uses. The proposed Master Plan identifies the specific parameters for the design and quality of overall future development of the project site, establishes permitted and conditionally permitted uses, and defines a staged development review process allowing for the future development of commercial, office, hotel, civic, and residential uses on land that is currently designated in the General Plan for residential and business park uses.

The specific mix of land uses that will be developed on the project site will be fully defined in Stages 2 and 3 of the Staged Development Process (described in Chapter 5 of the Master Plan).

The City has determined that the Leal Master Plan will require preparation of an EIR to address the potential environmental impacts resulting from the project. As a result, the City has not prepared an Initial Study as permitted in Section 15060(d) of the CEQA Guidelines.

Project Impacts: The Draft EIR evaluates the potential impacts that would result from implementation of the proposed project, including the short- and long-term effects of the changes on the environment. The Draft EIR also evaluates the potential for the project to cause direct and indirect growth-inducing impacts, as well as cumulative impacts. Mitigation has been proposed for those impacts that are determined to be significant.

The approach to mitigation in the Draft EIR consists of an inventory of mitigation measures that will apply to every subsequent development plan and/or project submitted in Stages 2 and 3 of the Staged Development Process within the Master Plan area (Leal Master Plan Mitigation Program).

The Draft EIR identifies impacts that require mitigation in the following topic areas: Transportation and Traffic; Air Quality; Aesthetics, Light, and Glare; Noise; Biological Resources; Cultural Resources; and Hazards and Hazardous Materials. Significant and unavoidable impacts and cumulatively considerable impacts have been identified for the following the environmental issue areas: Transportation and Traffic; Air Quality; and Noise.

The proposed project site is not on any of the sites enumerated under Government Code Section 65962.5 and is not a hazardous waste facility, land designated as hazardous waste property, or a designated hazardous waste disposal site as reported on the California Department of Toxic Substances Control EnviroStor website (http://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/).

Public Review Period: In accordance with Section 15087 of the CEQA Guidelines, this Public Notice is posted to officially notify the public, public agencies, responsible and trustee agencies, that the required 45-day public review period will commence on Thursday July 23, 2015 and conclude on Monday September 7, 2015. Any written comments (via e mail or letter) on the Draft EIR must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the closing day of the comment period. Written comments may be submitted to:

City of Eastvale Planning Department

Attn: Eric Norris, Planning Director

12363 Limonite Ave, Suite 910

Eastvale, CA 91752

Comments can be emailed to enorris@eastvaleca.gov (please include “Leal Master Plan EIR Comments” in the subject line). The deadline for mailed comments also applies to email comments.

Information Courtesy of the City of Eastvale. To view the map of the Leal Property, visit http://www.eastvaleca.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=3889