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Skyline Heights City of Corona Scoping Meeting March 4, 2014 Skyline Heights Introductions Jason Moquin, Senior Planner, City of Corona • Role: City Project Manager/Point of Contact David A. Crook, AICP, Principal Planner, PCR Services Corporation • Role: City’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Consultant Skyline Heights Overview of Scoping Meeting/Process Overview of the Project CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act). Timeline We are here to LISTEN! Skyline Heights Project Area Skyline Heights Overview of the Project Applications Annexation 421.25 acres General Plan Amendment Designate 384 acres as LDR and 37 acres as Open Space Change of Zone Pre-zone the project site 270.91 acres – R-1-7.2 (Single Family Residential. Minimum Lot Size 7,200 square feet). 113.56 acres – Agriculture 36.73 acres –Open Space Skyline Heights Overview of the Project Tentative Tract Map Subdivide 270.91 acres into 292 lots Lot Sizes Range from 7,242 to 31,010 Sq. Ft. in area Open Space Approximately 149 acres 48 acres of manufactured slopes 101 acres of natural open space Skyline Heights Proposed Project Skyline Heights CEQA Overview CEQA Process Overview CEQA Timeline • Notice of Preparation (30-day comment period): February 4, 2013 – March 5, 2014 (extended to March 10th) • • Public Scoping Meeting: March 4, 2014 • • • Preparation of Final EIR: late August 2014 Draft EIR Public Review (45 day comment period): early July 2014 – mid/late August 2014 Planning Commission Meeting: September 2014 City Council Meeting: October 2014 Skyline Heights Environmental Topics of Study Aesthetics – visual simulations Agricultural & Forestry Resources Air Quality – traffic, global climate change Biological Resources – direct and indirect impacts Cultural and Paleontological Resources – direct and indirect impacts Geology and Soils Greehouse Gas Emissions Hazards and Hazardous Materials BEFORE AFTER Skyline Heights Environmental Topics of Study (continued) Hydrology/Water Quality Land Use Noise – construction, post-construction Population and Housing Public Services Traffic, Circulation Utilities Cumulative Impacts and Alternative Skyline Heights Closing Questions? Comments? Your Contact Information – please sign in City Contact Information: Jason Moquin, City of Corona Community Development Department 400 South Vicentia Avenue Corona, California 92882 Phone: 951-736-2268 Fax: 951-279-3550 Email: [email protected]