PROPOSED MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION HECKER PASS SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT – ROUNDABOUT, BIKE PATH, FENCING LANGUAGE, AND TRAFFIC MITIGATION Z 16‐02 PREPARED FOR City of Gilroy March 27, 2018 PROPOSED MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION HECKER PASS SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT – ROUNDABOUT, BIKE PATH, FENCING LANGUAGE, AND TRAFFIC MITIGATION Z 16‐02 PREPARED FOR City of Gilroy, Planning Division Susan O’Strander, Planning Manager 7351 Rosanna Street Gilroy, CA 95020 Tel 408 846‐0451 PREPARED BY EMC Planning Group Inc. 301 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite C Monterey, CA 93940 Tel 831.649.1799 Fax 831.649.8399 Stuart Poulter, MCRP, Associate Planner
[email protected] March 27, 2018 This document was produced on recycled paper. Community Development Department Planning Division (408) 846-0440 MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION City of Gilroy 7351 Rosanna St. Gilroy, CA 95020 City File Number: Z 16‐02 Project Description: Name of Project: Hecker Pass Specific Plan Amendment – Roundabout, Bike Path, Fencing Language, and Traffic Mitigation Nature of Project: The proposed project includes four components: 1) Changing the planned Hecker Pass Highway and Third Street intersection from a standard intersection to a one-lane roundabout; 2) Addition of a Class I bike path south of Hecker Pass Highway (State Route 152); 3) Changes to specific plan language related to fencing within the Hecker Pass Highway setback corridor, as well as other fencing restriction modifications in the specific plan; and 4) Elimination/modification of two specific plan EIR transportation-related