NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS (NOI-RROF)

NATIVIDAD CREEK PARK REHABILITATION PROJECT

NATIVIDAD CREEK PARK REHABILITATION PROJECT

The City of Salinas, Community Development Department, Housing Division, is planning to allocate Four Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Two Dollars ($ 401,882.00) towards the hard construction cost of the Project. An additional Forty Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars ($40,188.00) will be allocated for project delivery for a Project grand total of Four Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Seventy Dollars ($442,070.00) of Program Year 2019-20 HUD CDBG Funds (Grant#: B-19-MC-06-0005). The Project will rehabilitate the Natividad Creek Park Restroom facility located at 1395 Nogal Drive, Salinas, CA, 93905 (APN 153-102-044-000). Per the City's HUD approved Citizen Participation Plan (CPP) dated May 26, 2020, and shall there be additional CDBG funds, the City may fund this project an additional 24.99% or $110,430.00 for a total of $552,500.00 without the need for a substantial amendment. A full description of the Project can be found in the attached PDFs.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS

On or about July 1, 2021 the City of Salinas (City) will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383, as amended 42 U.S.C.-530.1 et seq, to undertake a project known as the Natividad Creek Park Restroom Rehabilitation (Project).

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

The City of Salinas has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment.  Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. The complete Environmental Review is attached below. 

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the City of Salinas, Community Development Department, Housing Division, Attn: Ana Ambriz, Community Development Analyst, 65 West Alisal St., 2nd Floor, Salinas, California, 93901 or by email to anaa@ci.salinas.ca.us. All comments received by June 30, 2021 will be considered by the City of Salinas prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds to HUD.  Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.