CITY OF FONTANA NOTICE OF PREPARATION SOUTHWEST FONTANA LOGISTICS CENTER SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

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1 CITY OF FONTANA NOTICE OF PREPARATION SOUTHWEST FONTANA LOGISTICS CENTER SEPTEMBER 23, 2016 To: From: Subject: Public Agencies and Interested Parties Shannon Casey, Senior Planner, City of Fontana Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report The City of Fontana will be the Lead Agency and will prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the project identified herein. The project description, location, and probable environmental effects of the Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Project are described in the attached materials. The City of Fontana is soliciting comments from public agencies, organizations, and members of the public regarding the scope and content of the EIR, and the environmental issues and alternatives to be addressed in the EIR. Public agencies may need to use the EIR when considering permitting or other approvals that are germane to the agencies responsibilities in connection with the projects. Because of time limits mandated by state law, public agencies must submit any comments in response to this notice at the earliest possible date but not later than 30 days after receipt of this notice. Comments should identify the significant environmental issues and reasonable alternatives and mitigation measures the agency will need to have explored in the draft Environmental Impact Report; and, whether the commenting agency will be a responsible agency or a trustee agency, as defined by CEQA Guidelines Sections and 15386, respectively. The City also will accept comments from other interested parties regarding this notice during this time period. Accordingly, please provide your written response to the address shown below by 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 22, If you wish to be placed on the notification list for this project, or if you have any questions or need additional information, please contact the person below. Mr. Shannon Casey, Senior Planner City of Fontana 8533 Sierra Avenue Phone: (909) Fax: (909) scasey@fontana.org Public Scoping Meeting: A public scoping meeting will be held on Monday, October 17, 2016 starting at 6 p.m. at the Josephine Knopf Center, 8380 Cypress Avenue,. At this meeting, public agencies, organizations, and members of the public will be able to review the proposed project application materials and provide comments on the scope of the environmental review process.

2 Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Project September 23, 2016 Notice of Preparation Page 2 of 9 I. PROJECT LOCATION The project site is located in the southern portion of the City of Fontana (City) in western San Bernardino County. The City is bounded by the San Bernardino National Forest to the north; the City of Rialto to the east; the San Bernardino/Riverside County boundary to the south; and San Bernardino County unincorporated land, and the cities of Rancho Cucamonga and Ontario to the west. The City s Sphere of Influence (SOI) extends north to the San Bernardino National Forest and west to the cities of Rancho Cucamonga and Ontario. The project site sits approximately 1.25 miles south of Interstate 10 (I-10) at the Citrus off-ramp. The proposed project would develop two warehouse buildings immediately east of the Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan (SWIP). The 73.3-acre site is located south of Santa Ana Avenue, north of Jurupa Avenue, east of Oleander Avenue, and west of Cypress Avenue. The following 22 Assessor's Parcel Numbers (APNs) identify the site: , 04, 06, 07, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39, and 53. East of the industrial project site, a park site is proposed, which extends along Santa Ana Avenue from Cypress Avenue to Juniper Avenue. The proposed park site is acres and is comprised of the following seven (7) APNs: , 38, 40, 43, 58, 59, and 60. The entire project site is designated by the City General Plan and Zoning Ordinance as Planned Community (R-PC). Surrounding properties to the north, east, and south have the same General Plan land use. Additionally, land to the south is zoned Southridge Village SP. The General Plan designates land to the west for General Industrial (I-G) and Regional Mixed Use (R-MU) uses, and this area is zoned SWIP. II. PROJECT SETTING The project site currently primarily contains a mix of vacant land and low density single family residential properties. The Hohberg Poultry Ranch is also located in the northern portion of the site along Santa Ana Avenue. A residential community is located to the south; undeveloped land, a church, and low density residential properties are located to the east; a construction site with a small inclusion of residential properties are located to the west; a high school, undeveloped land, and low density residential uses are located to the north. III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project primarily consists of the construction and operation of two speculative industrial warehouse buildings, totaling approximately 1,628,936 square feet. The project applicant is GBNA in Irvine, California. The EIR may also examine an optional smaller floor plan with 1,272,150 square feet. Building 1 would occupy the northern portion of the site along Santa Ana Avenue and consist of 540,564 square feet of warehouse uses and 20,000 square feet of office uses. Building 2 would occupy the southern portion of the site and consist of 1,048,372 square feet of warehouse uses and 20,000 square feet of office uses. The office spaces would be located in the corners of the buildings, with warehouse uses taking up the center. The buildings are intended to be used as Warehouse Distribution facilities; however, end users have not been identified at this time, therefore, specific details about the future operation of the facilities are not currently available. Because the end users are not known at this time, the applicant has requested approval for future businesses to be open 24 hours a day/7 days per week depending on business/operational needs.

3 Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Project September 23, 2016 Notice of Preparation Page 3 of 9 In addition to the industrial buildings, the Project includes the dedication of approximately 17 acres to be set aside for the development of a public park. The proposed park site is east of Cypress Avenue adjacent to Santa Ana Avenue. The industrial project site would have access off Cypress, Jurupa, Oleander, and Santa Ana Avenues. For Building 1, two automobile/truck access driveways would be located on Oleander Avenue, two on Santa Ana Avenue, and two on Cypress Avenue. Emergency vehicle access is provided around each building through drive aisles, parking areas, and truck courts. The proposed project features the following street improvements: Cypress Avenue: Dedicate and widen to ultimate width per General Plan standards, install curb, gutter, sidewalk, parkway landscaping, and street trees Jurupa Avenue: Project proposes a break in the existing median at joint access driveway and installation of access driveways, parkway landscaping, and street trees. Oleander Avenue: Dedicate and widen to ultimate width per General Plan standards, install curb, gutter, sidewalk, parkway landscaping, and street trees. Santa Ana Avenue: Dedicate and widen to ultimate width per General Plan standards, install curb, gutter, sidewalk, parkway landscaping, and street trees. For Building 2, two automobile/truck access driveways would be located on Oleander Avenue, two on Jurupa Avenue, and two on Cypress Avenue. Building 1 would provide 312 automobile parking spaces and Building 2 would provide 420 automobile parking spaces. Additionally, Buildings 1 and 2 would provide 133 and 298 trailer parking spaces, respectively. The proposed project would require on-site water, sewer, and storm drain utility improvements. As described above, Cypress, Oleander, and Santa Ana Avenues would be improved with curb and gutter for capture of stormwater flows. The proposed project would develop on-site drainage improvements to convey and capture flows generated by the placement of new structures and pavement. III. REQUIRED DISCRETIONARY APPROVALS There are six approvals associated with the project: General Plan Amendment to change the General Plan Land Use Designation from Planned Community (R-PC) to General Industrial (I-G); Zone Change to change the Zoning District from Planned Community (R-PC) to Southwest Industrial Specific Plan (SWIP); Specific Plan Amendment to the Southwest Industrial Specific Plan (SWIP) to add the proposed project site to the SWIP area; Design Review to approve the site plan, site improvements, landscaping plans, and architectural elevations for the project; Development Agreement; and Tentative Parcel Map.

4 Project Location Los Angeles County!"a$ Regional Location San Bernardino County %&g(?l A»?q!"`$!"a$ %&h(?q A» Riverside County Project Area A Orange County!"a$ S!N Miles %&h( FIGURE 1 S!N FEET SOURCE: Bing Aerial, 2015; ESRI Streetmap, I:\CFN1601\Reports\EIR\fig1_RegLoc.mxd (4/19/2016) Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Environmental Impact Report Regional and Project Location

5 SLOVER AVENUE VALLEY BOULEVARD CITRUS AVENUE OLEANDER AVENUE 10 CYPRESS AVENUE SANTA ANA AVENUE JURUPA AVENUE Speedway Industrial District (SID) Freeway Industrial / Commercial District (FID ) Slover East Industrial District (SED) Slover West Industrial District (SWD ) Slover Central Manufacturing / Industrial District (SCD) Jurupa North Research and Development District (JND) Trucking District (RTD) Public Facilities District (PF) Jurupa South Industrial District (JSD ) Fontana City Limits District Boundary SWIP Boundary FIGURE 2 Project Boundary S!N FEET SOURCE: ESRI World Imagery, 2014: Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan Land Use Updated Plan; I:\CFN1601\Reports\EIR\fig2_SWIP_SP_LU.mxd (9/7/2016) Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Environmental Impact Report Southwest Industrial Park Specific Plan

6 Commercial Commercial CITRUS AVENUE Jurupa Hills High School OLEANDER AVENUE /Commercial Fontana Adult School Citrus High School CYPRESS AVENUE Church JUNIPER AVENUE Vacant Industrial Industrial SANTA ANA AVENUE / Commercial Retail SIERRA AVENUE Vacant Retail Church JURUPA AVENUE Jurupa Regional Park Project Boundary FIGURE 3 S!N FEET SOURCE: Google Earth, 2016; ESRI Streetmap, I:\CFN1601\Reports\EIR\fig3_ProjectLoc.mxd (4/19/2016) Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Environmental Impact Report Project Location

7 FIGURE 4 Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Environmental Impact Report SOURCE: HPA Architecture, 5/2/2016 I:\CFN1601\Reports\EIR\fig4_SitePlan.cdr (08/22/2016) Conceptual Site Plan

8 FIGURE 4A Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Environmental Impact Report SOURCE: HPA Architecture, 7/15/2016 I:\CFN1601\Reports\EIR\fig4a_OptionA.cdr (08/22/2016) Optional Site Plan

9 Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Project September 23, 2016 Notice of Preparation Page 9 of 9 V. POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT In accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15060, the City has determined that the project will have significant effects on the environment and an EIR is required to assess project impacts from such effects. The City has also decided to begin work directly on the EIR in lieu of further initial review of the project as part of an Initial Study. The EIR will contain a detailed project description, maps identifying the project s location and surrounding land uses, existing environmental setting, project-specific impacts, cumulative impacts, mitigation measures to reduce potential impacts to less than significant levels, mitigation monitoring plan, and an alternatives analysis. The EIR s environmental analysis will be based in part on the following technical studies that are being prepared for the proposed project: Air Quality; Arborist Report; Biological Resources; Cultural Resources; Geotechnical; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Hydrology Study Noise Impact Analysis; Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Traffic Impact Analysis; and Water Quality Management Plan. Because an Initial Study was not prepared for the project, the EIR will address all of the following environmental issues contained in CEQA Guidelines Appendix G: Aesthetics Agricultural and Forestry Resources Air Quality Biological Resources Cultural Resources Geology/Soils Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hazards and Hazardous Materials Hydrology/Water Quality VI. FUTURE PUBLIC MEETINGS Land Use/Planning Mineral Resources Noise Impact Population/Housing Public Services Recreation Transportation/Traffic Analysis Utilities/Service Systems. The City of Fontana Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the proposed project and EIR. Public notice will be provided in advance of this meeting as required by City Code and State law. ** The City of Fontana appreciates your conscientious attention to this Notice of Preparation **

10 CITY OF FONTANA - NOTICE OF PREPARATION Southwest Fontana Logistics Center Project (SWFLC) Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) A PUBLIC DEIR SCOPING MEETING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING: MCN15-089; TPM15-010; GPA15-006; ZCA16-003; SPA16-002; DRP15-007; AGR Project Summary: Environmental Review: The 73.3-acre SWFLC site is located south of Santa Ana Avenue, north of Jurupa Avenue, east of Oleander Avenue, and west of Cypress Avenue in the City of Fontana. The project applicant is GBNA in Irvine, California. The SWFLC project proposes to construct and operate two speculative industrial warehouse buildings with a total of 1,628,936 square feet (Option A). The EIR will also examine an optional smaller floor plan with 1,272,150 square feet (Option B). Option A: Building 1 would occupy the northern portion of the site along Santa Ana Avenue and consist of 540,564 square feet of warehouse uses and 20,000 square feet of office uses. Building 2 would occupy the southern portion of the site and consist of 1,048,372 square feet of warehouse uses and 20,000 square feet of office uses. Option B: One building would occupy the southern portion of the site with 20,000 square feet of office uses. With both options, the buildings are intended to be used as Warehouse Distribution facilities; however, the end users are not known at this time, so the applicant has requested approval for future businesses to be open 24 hours a day/7 days per week depending on business/operational needs. The EIR will be comprehensive and examine all potential environmental impacts of the project. This site is comprised of the following 22 Assessor's Parcel Numbers (APN): , 04, 06, 07, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38, 39, and 53. East of the industrial project site, one net acre park site is proposed with Option A, which extends along Santa Ana Avenue from Cypress Avenue to Juniper Avenue and is comprised of the following seven (7) APNs: , 38, 40, 43, 58, 59, and 60. A second alternative park site will be located on site (with Option B mentioned above) on the northerly approximate acre site or at the approximate net acre (17.45 gross acre) site east of Cypress Avenue. Per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), agencies or members of the public who wish to comment on the scope of, or the issues to be addressed in, the EIR should send correspondence to: Mr. Shannon Casey, AICP Senior Planner City of Fontana, 8533 Sierra Avenue,. Phone: (909) scasey@fontana.org Comments to the City are due by October 22, Scoping Meeting: A public scoping meeting will be held on Monday, October 17, 2016 at 6 p.m. at the Josephine Knopf Center, 8380 Cypress Avenue in Fontana to solicit comments from the public or agency representatives on the scope and

11 content of the EIR.

12 State Clearinghouse Office of Planning and Research 1400 Tenth Street, Room 121 Sacramento, Ca Riverside County Planning Dept Lemon Street, 9 th Floor Riverside, CA CALTRANS District #8 Attn: Julie Lugaro 464 W. 4 th St, 11 h Floor San Bernardino, CA City of Ontario Planning Division 303 East B Street Ontario, CA Paul Letson, Facilities Manager Colton Joint Unified School District 1212 Valencia Street Colton, CA West Valley Water District 855 West Baseline Street Rialto, CA San Bernardino Association of Governments Attn: N. King, Executive Director 472 North Arrowhead Avenue San Bernardino, CA Fontana Library 8437 Sierra Avenue Attn: Michael Jimenez, Branch Manager Carrie Hyke, Senior Planner San Bernardino County Special Districts Department 157 West Fifth Street, 2 nd Floor San Bernardino, CA Pacific Bell Attention Larry Signaigo 3939 East Coronado Anaheim, CA Southern California Association of Governments 818 West 7 th Street, 12 th Floor Los Angeles, CA Central Valley Fire Department P.O. Box 1040 Fontana, CA Attn: BC Bush Anthony Wimenta, Zone 2 Coordinator, San Bernardino County Flood Control District 825 East Third Street, Room 122 San Bernardino, CA BURRTEC Attention: Debbie Hansen 9890 Cherry Avenue Christian Nelson, Manager Southern California Edison 2131 Walnut Grove Avenue G.O.3 - Second Floor Rosemead, CA Southern California Gas Company Valley Boulevard Attn: Mario Romero Inland Empire Utilities Agency Sylvie Lee, Plan. Dept Kimball Avenue, Building A Chino, CA San Bernardino Association of Governments Attn: Robert E. Wirts, P.E. 472 North Arrowhead Avenue San Bernardino, CA Omnitrans Bus Company 1700 W Fifth Street San Bernardino, CA Attn: Michelle Cox, Planning Dept. Union Pacific Railroad Duffy Exon 2015 S. Willow Bloomington, CA Adelphia Cable Television 1260 S. Dupont Street Ontario CA Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Attn: Rugulatory Branch Chief 915 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA Gordon E. Mize, Air Quality Specialist CEQA Section, Inter-Governmental Review South Coast Air Quality Management District E. Copley Drive Diamond Bar, CA California Dept of Fish and Wildlife Eastern Sierra-Inland Deserts Reg. Attn: Mr. Curt Taucher 3602 Inland Empire Blvd, Suite C-200 Ontario, CA California Dept of Fish and Wildlife Eastern Sierra-Inland Deserts Reg. Attn: Robin Maloney-Rames 3602 Inland Empire Blvd, Suite C-200 Ontario, CA U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Serv-Carlsbad Office Attn:Jim Bartel 2730 Loker Avenue West Carlsbad, CA Robin Laska San Bernardino County Museum Archaeological Information 2024 Orange Tree Lane Redlands, CA 92374

13 Mark Dvorak, Landfill Manager Mid Valley Landfill 222 West Hospitality Lane, 2 nd Floor San Bernardino, CA Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority J. Grindstaff, General Manager Sterling Avenue Riverside, CA County of San Bernardino Planning Department 385 N. Arrowhead San Bernardino, CA Regional Manager, Jeff Regney Special Districts Department 157 West Fifth Street San Bernardino San Bernardino County Waste Management Department 222 W. Hospitality Lane, 2 nd Fl San Bernardino, CA Attn: Pat Gallagher, Planning Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board 3737 Main Street, Suite 500 Riverside, CA City of Rancho Cucamonga Planning Department Civic Center Dr. Rancho Cucamonga, CA West San Bernardino County Waterworks District 855 West Baseline Rd. P.O. Box 920 Rialto, CA County of San Bernardino Regional Parks Division 777 East Rialto Avenue San Bernardino, CA San Bernardino LAFCO 175 West Fifth Street, 2 nd Fl San Bernardino, CA Attn: Kathleen Rollings-McDonald San Bernardino Community College District, Business Facilities Office 114 South Del Rosa Drive San Bernardino, CA City of Rialto Planning Department 150 South Palm Avenue Rialto, CA County of San Bernardino Terri Rahhal, Land Use Services Dept. 385 N. Arrowhead Ave. San Bernardino, CA Fontana Historical Society Spring Street Southern California Gas Co. Inland Empire Division 1981 West Lugonia Avenue Redlands, Ca Cucamonga Valley Water District Ashford Street Rancho Cucamonga, CA Attn: Rita Kurth International Edison Attn: Planning Department 287 Tennessee Street Redlands, CA Crawford Canyon Mutual Water Company 6101 Cherry Ave Fontana, CA Fontana Water Company Kris Olsen Arrow Blvd Kathleen Andrews Associate Oil and Gas Engineer CDC, Dept of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources 5816 Corporate Avenue, Suite 200 Cypress, CA Southern California Gas Co. Attn: Environmental Specialist 555 West 5 th Street, GT16G3 Los Angeles, Ca West San Bernardino County Water District 855 W. Baseline Avenue Rialto, CA West San Bernardino CWD Attn: LTSAI- Engineering Supervisor 855 West Baseline Avenue Rialto, CA U.S. Postal Service Office of Growth Management General Mail Facility San Bernardino, CA Fontana Unified School District Attn: Superintendent 9680 Citrus Ave. Fontana Chamber of Commerce Attn: Exec. Director Sierra Ave. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1001 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814

14 San Gabriel Valley Water Co Garvey Avenue El Monte, CA San Bernardino County Trans/Flood Control Attn: Water Res. Land Dev. Dir 825 East Third Street San Bernardino, CA San Bernardino County Trans/Flood Control Attn: Environ. Manage. Div. 825 East Third Street San Bernardino, CA State of California Department of Conservation 801 K Street, MS Sacramento, CA City of Jurupa Valley Planning Division 8930 Limonite Avenue Jurupa Valley, CA San Bernardino County Land Use Serv. Department 385 North Arrowhead Ave., 3 rd Fl San Bernardino, Ca San Bernardino County Public Health Department Environmental Health Services 385 North Arrowhead Avenue San Bernardino, CA City of San Bernardino Community Development Planning Division 300 North D Street San Bernardino CA, San Bernardino County Regional Parks Dept. Attn: Tom Potter, Chief 777 East Rialto Avenue San Bernardino, Ca City of Colton Development Services Planning Division 659 N. La Cadena Drive Colton, CA Bob Olson, Traffic Engineer City of Jurupa Valley Public Works Department 8304 Limonite Ave., Suite M Jurupa Valley, CA Marygold Mutual Water Company 9715 Alder Avenue Bloomington, CA 92316