For City Council Meeting [May 8, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Robb R. Steel, Interim City Administrator
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Request City Council to Receive and File the Sound Attenuation Language for Resolution No. 7258, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rialto, California, Approving the Draft Environmental Impact Report Prepared in Conjunction with the Proposed Pepper Avenue Specific Plan (Specific Plan 2017-0001) in Compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 and City Environmental Guidelines", which was approved by the City Council at the December 12, 2017 Public Hearing.
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BACKGROUND:
On December 12, 2017, the City Council approved Resolution No. 7258 with the following direction to staff: add language requiring construction of a sound attenuation wall to address potential noise impacts to properties with a direct line of sight to Pepper Avenue. The language obligates the City to expend capital improvement funds to construct or cause the construction of the mitigation measure. The following properties have a direct line of sight located on the bluff abutting Shirley Bright Road within the Pepper Avenue 60 dB noise contour and are eligible for sound attenuation:
1. 1550 Shirley Bright Road (APN: 0133-321-01);
2. 1518 N. Ash Avenue (APN: 0133-321-12);
3. 1519 N. Ash Avenue (APN: 0133-321-11);
4. 856 E. Scott Street (APN: 0133-321-08), and
5. 1499 N. Birch Road (APN: 0133-321-07).
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
Staff identified five properties potentially affected by an increase in ambient noise because of the Specific Plan. As directed by Council at the Public Hearing, the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan as follows:
Mitigation Measure NOISE-1: Prior to approval of building plans for development within the Specific Plan, a qualified acoustical consultant shall either: 1) design and implement a sound barrier wall, earthen berm, or landscaping to buffer outdoor sensitive uses (i.e., residential cour...
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