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City of Palm Springs Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration Revision CITY OF PALM SPRINGS INITIAL STUDY / MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION REVISION Palm Springs International Airport Master Plan Update City of Palm Springs Department of Planning Services 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, California 92262 HNTB Corporation LSA Associates, Inc September 2015 [This page is left intentionally blank] PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE INITIAL STUDY REVISION CITY OF PALM SPRINGS INITIAL STUDY – REVISION A. Project Title: Palm Springs International Airport Master Plan Update B. Lead Agency Name and Address: City of Palm Springs Department of Planning Services 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, California 92262 C. Contact Person and Phone Number: Flinn Fagg, AICP Director of Planning Services Phone: (760) 323-8269 D. Project Sponsor's Name and Address: City of Palm Springs Department of Aviation Palm Springs International Airport Suite OFC 3400 East Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA 92262 E. General Plan Designation: Airport Public/Quasi-Public F. Zoning: A: Airport CU: Civic Uses G. Project Location: City of Palm Springs (City) at 3400 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Assessor Parcel Numbers 502- 100-013, 502-100-024, 502-100-026, 502-100-027, 502-100-028, 502-100-029, 502-100-031, 502-100-032, 502-100-033, 502-100-034, 502-210-023, 677-270-019, 677-270-020, 677-270- 022, 677-270-029, 677-280-010, 677-280-029, 677-280-030, 677-280-040, and 677-280-042. The project site includes three separate sections of Palm Springs International Airport (PSP or Airport) and City property. The northernmost portion abuts North Civic Drive west of Aviation Road. The central portion is generally east of El Cielo Road and south of a line even with Livmor Avenue, extending southerly to near Bradshaw Lane, then easterly and southeasterly toward September 2015 Page 1 of 7 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE INITIAL STUDY REVISION Ramon Road. This central portion of the project also includes City property on the northwest corner of the intersection of El Cielo Road and East Baristo Road. The third portion is at the southeastern end of the airport’s main runway, 13R-31L, near the northeast corner of the intersection of Ramon Road and Gene Autry Trail; however, there is no longer any action proposed in this area under the revised plan. The regional and project location on a topographical base map is shown in Figure 1 of the Initial Study and the project site with aerial features is shown in Figure 2 of the Initial Study. Existing airport features are shown in Figure 3 of the Initial Study. H. Purpose of Addendum and Regulatory Background This document is an Addendum to the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Palm Springs International Airport Master Plan Update (MPU). Specifically, this is an Addendum to the Initial Study of January 2014 (State Clearinghouse #2002071114). The MPU was reviewed by the City Council on November 5, 2014. The following requests for revision were made: avoid modification of the west façade of the terminal; conduct all car rental expansion north of the terminal; and, retain the Baristo Road connection to Kirk Douglas Way. The Council also made a point of expressing support for relocating the USO facility back into the terminal upon expansion. Revisions to the MPU were made according to Council request and the revised MPU was presented to the Council on March 4, 2015 and received unanimous support. This addendum addresses the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) implications of those revisions. To comply with the CEQA (Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.) and State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations [CCR] Sections 15000 et seq., hereinafter referred to as “Guidelines”), the MPU was reviewed to determine applicability of Section 15073.5, Recirculation of a Negative Declaration Prior to Adoption. No new, avoidable significant effects were identified and the proposed mitigation measures have not been determined to be inadequate. Further discussion of impacts and mitigation follows the Project Description. I. Project Description: The City of Palm Springs is requiring improvements at Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) as identified in the MPU. This project consists of improvements to the passenger terminal building and to landside facilities and areas, including rental car facilities and parking. This project description (as shown in Figure 1-Updated) replaces that found in the full Initial Study (as shown in Figures 4 and 5). Essential terminal improvements include: Reconfigure the interior of the public ticketing area to increase circulation and passenger queue space and accommodate future air passenger forecast demand; Construct an accessory stand-alone building behind the Terminal to accommodate relocated Airline Ticket Offices (ATO); and Extend Terminal building to allow for expanded baggage claim devices and segregate car rental counter operations. September 2015 Page 2 of 7 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE INITIAL STUDY REVISION Proposed landside improvements include: Reconfigure and expand the existing ready/return (R/R) lot to accommodate additional ready/return stalls and integrate Quick Turn Around (QTA) operations; and Reconfigure and expand vehicle parking areas along Kirk Douglas Way. Terminal Improvements Justification The ticketing area at PSP, located in the south wing of the terminal, provides insufficient passenger queue and self-service kiosk space in front of the ticket counters, which causes congestion, inefficient passenger flow and throughput, and creates conflicts between overlapping of independent airline queues. As detailed in the MPU, the ticket counter area, queuing area and circulation area are already insufficient, and by 2018, the ticket counter length would be deficient by 34 linear feet and the total ticketing area will be deficient by 1,286 square feet. The project reconfigures the public ticketing area by pushing ticket counters back (to the east) and reducing Airline Ticketing Office (ATO) space inside the terminal, which would increase the additional space for ticketing circulation area width from 29 feet to 45 feet. The space allocated for ATO operations would be reduced from approximately 12,846 square feet to approximately 7,620 square feet, and to accommodate displaced ATO functional space (storage, break room, training areas), the project would construct an approximate 5,250 square foot building outside just east of the existing terminal building. The baggage claim area, located in the north wing of the terminal, currently lacks adequate space for efficient public baggage retrieval and airline unloading which causes baggage handling inefficiencies and congestion. The area includes rental car customer service queue lines and a general passenger circulation corridor. The baggage claim devices currently have insufficient frontage to accommodate demand, and passenger circulation in the area causes extended retrieval times and congestion during peak times. The problem is compounded when the rental car counters are processing customers adjacent to the belts. According to the MPU, the deficiency in baggage claim frontage linear feet necessitated another baggage claim in 2013 for a total of four devices, and a total of five devices in 2018. Passenger circulation space in the area is currently deficient as well, and will grow in deficiency as enplanements increase through 2018. The project is to extend the existing baggage claim devices to provide an additional 450 linear feet of frontage, made possible by constructing an approximate 60-foot building addition to the north to accommodate displaced rental car counters. The expanded building area would total approximately 8,425 square feet. In addition, the extension would allow relocation of the USO back within the terminal. Landside Improvements Justification On-airport rental car facilities include the customer service area (rental counters) adjacent to the baggage claim area inside the terminal, the ready / return (R/R) parking lot located adjacent to the north wall of the baggage claim area, and the remote rental car service, storage, fueling and maintenance facilities located along North Civic Drive. Rental car facilities are configured in a September 2015 Page 3 of 7 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE INITIAL STUDY REVISION way that cannot adequately handle the current demand and creates inefficient operations. These inefficiencies will compound considerably predicated on the 2018 and 2028 forecast demand. Rental car maintenance and service facilities are located remotely from the R/R lot, which requires rental car providers to employ staff to shuttle returned vehicles to the maintenance facility and to drive serviced vehicles back to the ready lot. The shuttling of rental cars between the facilities creates operational inefficiencies for the rental car providers, more foot traffic by employees into the congested baggage claim area, and additional traffic congestion for other airport vehicle roadway circulation. Vehicular traffic congestion is compounded due to inadequate queue space available for serviced rental cars waiting for available ready spaces. The project would consolidate the rental car R/R and create new QTA facilities within the footprint of the current R/R surface lot. A multi-level (2- to 3-story) parking garage will be required to house both the R/R and QTA operations. The heavy vehicle maintenance operations would remain in their current location along North Civic Drive. Rental car operators will only need to shuttle the vehicles that require maintenance between the remote and ready/return area, but at a much reduced rate. The landside improvements will meet long-term rental car facility requirements identified in the MPU. The current R/R surface lot is surrounded by the terminal, airside, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility attached to an abandoned hangar. The expansion of the rental car facilities will require the demolition of the hangar building and the relocation of the CBP facility. The project also includes reconfiguration and expansion of existing parking areas along Kirk Douglas Way to accommodate anticipated parking needs.
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