New School Site at Ferguson and Giddings
Summary
                SCH Number
            
            
                2014031001
            
        
                    Lead Agency
            
            
                Visalia Unified School District
                
            
        
                Document Title
            
            New School Site at Ferguson and Giddings
        
                Document Type
            
            
                MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
            
        
                Received
            
            
                    Present Land Use
                
                
                    Agriculture Use / 3000 / 6000 SF Min Site Area / Residential Medium Density
                
            
                Document Description
            
            The Visalia Unified School District plans to acquire 13 acres of land for construction of a new K-6 Elementary School.  The Site is currently cultivated agriculture land.  The Site is bordered by Ferguson Avenue to the north; Giddings Street to the east; West Vine Avenue to the south; and agriculture fields to the west.  The future Master Plan Capacity will be 850 K-6 students.  The project will include a total of 28 classrooms; 4 kindergarten and 24 1st-6th grades.  The total square footage of new construction buildings will be 48,770 sf.  An administration office and multi-purpose room are also planned for the new project.  Outdoor recreation area will include 4 hard courts, 2 ball fields, and a courtyard.  A 115 stall parking lot will be located on the north border along.  Bus drop off will be located on Giddings Street.
        Contact Information
                        Name
                    
                    
                        Robert Groeber
                    
                
                        Agency Name
                    
                    
                        Visalia Unified School District
                    
                
                        Contact Types
                    
                    
                        Lead/Public Agency
                    
                
                            Phone
                        
                        
                    Location
                    Cities
                
                Visalia
            
                    Counties
                
                Tulare
            
                    Cross Streets
                
                
                    Giddings Street and Ferguson Avenue
                
            
                    Zip
                
                
                    93277
                
            
                    Total Acres
                
                
                    13
                
            
                    Parcel #
                
                
                    090-31-001, 090-31-002, 090-31-032
                
            
                    State Highways
                
                
                    Hwy 198
                
            
                    Airports
                
                
                    No
                
            
                    Schools
                
                
                    Numerous
                
            
                    Waterways
                
                
                    No
                
            
                    Township
                
                
                    18S
                
            
                    Range
                
                
                    25E
                
            
                    Section
                
                
                    19
                
            Notice of Completion
                        State Review Period Start
                    
                    
                        State Review Period End
                    
                    
                        State Reviewing Agencies
                    
                    California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5  (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control
                
                            State Reviewing Agency Comments
                        
                        Department of Toxic Substances Control
                    
                        Development Types
                    
                    Educational 
                
                        Project Issues
                    
                    Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
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