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City of Needles CITY OF NEEDLES 2019 Housing Element Update Draft Initial Study and Negative Declaration August 2019 City of Needles Planning Department 817 Third Street | Needles, California 92363 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page A. Background ...................................................................................................................................... 1 B. Project Description........................................................................................................................... 2 C. Determination .................................................................................................................................22 D. Project Setting .................................................................................................................................23 E. Other Agencies Approval ................................................................................................................23 F. Environmental Impacts ...................................................................................................................23 1. Aesthetics ................................................................................................................................ 24 2. Agriculture and Forestry Resources ........................................................................................ 27 3. Air Quality ................................................................................................................................ 29 4. Biological Resources ................................................................................................................ 33 5. Cultural Resources ................................................................................................................... 39 6. Energy ...................................................................................................................................... 43 7. Geology And Soils .................................................................................................................... 46 8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions...................................................................................................... 51 9. Hazards and Hazardous Materials ........................................................................................... 54 10. Hydrology and Water Quality .................................................................................................. 60 11. Land Use and Planning ............................................................................................................ 65 12. Mineral Resources ................................................................................................................... 68 13. Noise ........................................................................................................................................ 70 14. Population and Housing .......................................................................................................... 74 15. Public Services ......................................................................................................................... 77 16. Recreation ............................................................................................................................... 82 17. Transportation/Traffic .............................................................................................................. 84 18. Tribal Cultural Resources ......................................................................................................... 87 19. Utilities and Service Systems ................................................................................................... 90 20. Wildfire .................................................................................................................................... 96 21. Mandatory Findings of Significance ........................................................................................ 99 G. Discussion of Environmental Evaluation ...................................................................................... 101 H. Potentially Significant ................................................................................................................... 101 I. Mitigation of Potentially Significant Impacts ............................................................................... 102 J. References .................................................................................................................................... 102 Meridian Consultants i August 2019 City of Needles 2019 Housing Element Update Initial Study/Negative Declaration LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 1 Regional Location map ..................................................................................................................... 3 2 City of Needles – Jurisdictional Boundary ....................................................................................... 4 LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1 Housing Types Permitted by the Zoning District .............................................................................. 8 2 City of Needles 2014-2021 Regional Housing Needs Assessment ................................................. 12 3 Summary of Amended and Deleted Programs in the 2019 Housing Element ............................... 13 4 Regional Housing Needles Allocation Progress .............................................................................. 65 LIST OF APPENDICES A Tribal Consultation and Responses Meridian Consultants ii August 2019 INITIAL STUDY AND NEGATIVE DECLARATION A. BACKGROUND Project Title: City of Needles 2019 Housing Element Update Assessor’s Parcel Number: Citywide Lead agency name and address: City of Needles Planning Department 817 Third Street Needles, California 92363 Contact person and phone number: Cindy Semione, Associate Planner phone: (760) 326-5740 x127 email: [email protected] Project Location: Citywide Project sponsor’s name and address: City of Needles Planning Department 817 Third Street Needles, California 92363 General plan description: Citywide Zoning: Citywide Project Description Summary: The Project is the 2019 Housing Element Update of the City of Needles General Plan. See further discussion under section B, “Project Description.” Meridian Consultants 1 August 2019 City of Needles 2019 Housing Element Update Initial Study/Negative Declaration B. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The City of Needles is located in eastern San Bernardino County, California, United States. It lies on the western banks of the Colorado River in the Mohave Valley subregion of the Mojave Desert, near the borders of Arizona and Nevada and roughly 110 miles from the Las Vegas Strip as shown in Figure 1: Regional Location. The City is the easternmost city of the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area. Needles is geographically isolated from other cities in the County. Barstow, the nearest city within the County, is separated from Needles by over 140 miles of desert and 2 mountain ranges. The city is accessible via Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 95. The City is proposing to adopt the 2019 Housing Element Update as part of its General Plan and an update to its current 2005 Housing Element. The proposed 2019 Housing Element Update (Project) defines policies and goals for future housing within the corporate boundary limits of the City. The jurisdictional boundary of the Project includes the entirety of the jurisdictional limits of the City of Needles as shown in Figure 2: City of Needles – Jurisdictional Boundary. The Housing Element lists policies and programs in order to accommodate a variety of housing types for all income levels and needs of special population groups defined under State law (California Government Code Section 65583); analyzes governmental constraints to housing maintenance, improvement, and development; addresses conservation and improvement of the condition of the existing affordable housing stock; and outlines policies to promote housing opportunities for all persons. The Housing Element is adopted as part of the General Plan. The City adopted its current General Plan in 1986. An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 1986 General Plan1 was also completed and identified mitigation measures associated with the development and growth proposed in the General Plan.2 The City last updated and adopted their Housing Element in 2005.3 State law requires that each city in the State of California update their Housing Element every five years (California Government Code Section 65580-65589.8). The City last updated their Housing Element in 2005,4 and on December 14, 2018, the City received a “Notice of Non-Compliance” from the Department of Housing and Community Development. 1 The Environmental Assessment, Policy Document, and Technical Background Reports together constitute the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) under CEQA. 2 City of Needles General Plan Environmental Assessment, prepared by Urban Futures, Inc., January 1986. 3 Housing Element (Updated) of the City of Needles General Plan (next due 2007)(Ord. 473-AC, April 12, 2005). 4 Housing Element (Updated) of the City of Needles General Plan (next due 2007)(Ord. 473-AC, April 12, 2005). Meridian Consultants 2 August 2019 iv R l h e p i ra r T eg b el a sh L a G W o n a s t S C r e e k 178 I n y o C ount y Ridgecrest 127 k e re C Angeles NF D California k a City r y a k ree 15 C b C S a n n d a r Project 58 T i Barstow B e r n a r d i n o b Needles 395 g 40 C ount y Adelanto
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