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NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE ROCKETSHIP REDWOOD CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Redwood City (City) has completed an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the proposed Rocketship Redwood City Elementary School Project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. Project Location: The approximately 1.12-acre project site is located at 860 Charter Street in Redwood City and unincorporated San Mateo County and is generally bounded by Bay Road to the north, existing light industrial and commercial uses to the east and south, and Charter Street to the west. Proposed Project: The site is currently developed with an approximately 23,200-square-foot, one- story warehouse structure within the City boundaries and an associated surface parking lot and metal storage shed within the County boundaries. The project sponsor (Launchpad Development Fifteen LLC/Rocketship Education) proposes to convert the site into a public TK-5 charter elementary school, which would be operated by Rocketship Education. Associated improvements include new landscaping and playground areas and modifications to existing site access, circulation and parking. The proposed school would have a maximum enrollment of 480 students when it is fully operational. The proposed project also includes installation and operation of an active sub-slab depressurization system to eliminate the exposure pathway between contaminated soil vapors and indoor air sensitive receptors and inhibit soil gases from flowing into the building, thereby ensuring that indoor air concentrations of VOCs related to the underlying subsurface conditions are reduced to an acceptable level. Operation of this system would be conducted under DTSC oversight. Findings: The Initial Study prepared by the City was undertaken for the purpose of deciding whether the project may have a significant effect on the environment. On the basis of the Initial Study, City staff has concluded that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and, therefore, has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration. The project site is not on a list of hazardous waste sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5. Public Review: Copies of the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration are on file and available for review at the City of Redwood City, 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94065. Written comments will be accepted from September 30, 2016 to November 1, 2016. Comments from all Responsible Agencies and interested parties are requested. Any person wishing to comment on the Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration must submit written comments to the following: Lisa Costa Sanders 1017 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94063 650-780-7363 lcostasanders@redwoodcity.org ATTY/RESO.0032/PC RESO APPROVING CEQA - 860 CHARTER ST. EXHIBIT A REV: 06-15-17 PR Page 3 of 124