For City Council Meeting May 13, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: John Rossi, Interim Utilities Director
Toyasha Sebbag, Assistant to the City Manager
Title
Request City Council/Rialto Utility Authority Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Dr. June Hayes and Deborah Robertson Habitat Nature Center by Adopting Resolution No. 8344 Approving a Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the project, in Accordance With the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and RUA Resolution No. 08-41 Approving a Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared for the project, in Accordance With the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council/Rialto Utility Authority conduct a Public Hearing to consider adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Dr. June Hayes and Deborah Robertson Habitat Nature Center by adopting Resolutions approving a Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared for the project, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
BACKGROUND
This Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) has been prepared by the City of Rialto (City) to evaluate potential environmental effects resulting from the proposed Dr. June Hayes and Deborah Robertson Habitat Nature Center (Nature Center) Project.
The Nature Center involves constructing approximately 13-acres of outdoor public space, including an approximately 10-acre non-contact/non-watercraft lake consisting of two connected lakes, 1 mile of pedestrian perimeter trails, passive recreation, environmental education programming, and public outreach on a vacant portion of the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) property. The lakes would be created by intercepting tertiary treated effluent from the WWTP that is currently discharged into the lined Rialto Channel and routing a portion of the effluent f...
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