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PUBLIC REVIEW OF AN INITIAL STUDY NOA NEG DEC: Won Meditation/Retreat Center Project
Published on Jun 2, 2020 16:40
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY FOR PUBLIC
REVIEW OF AN INITIAL STUDY / MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE WON
MEDITATION/RETREAT CENTER PROJECT
An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
(MND) has been prepared by the City of Wildomar for the proposed Won Meditation/Retreat
Center project (PA No. 19-0164). The IS/MND
and technical appendices will be available for public review/comment beginning
on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. All files can be downloaded from the City of
Wildomar Environmental Documents Center webpage at the following web address http://www.cityofwildomar.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=9894827&pageId=10911316. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and City Hall
closure, a printed/hard copy of the IS/MND document will not be available for
public review at the City of Wildomar Planning
Department.
The project address is
19993 Grand Avenue, Wildomar, CA in Riverside County and encompasses Assessor’s
Parcel Number (APN): 382-150-001 and APN: 382-140-002. The project site is at the southwest corner
of Corydon Road and Grande Avenue and is generally located southwest of
Interstate 15 (I-5) and southeast of Lake Elsinore in the City of Wildomar,
California. The project would construct
a meditation retreat center on 21.76 acres.
The project includes the following application for consideration by the
Wildomar Planning Commission:
1.
Plot Plan No. 19-0164 – The project requires approval of a plot plan by the Planning
Commission. The proposed project includes the construction
of three new independent structures for the Won Meditation Center. The three new structures include: a
Meditation Hall Building (8,738 square feet) with administration office, dining
room, prayer room and seminar rooms; Guesthouse #01 (3,404 square feet); and
Guesthouse #02 (2,687 square feet) with multiple sleeping units for short?term
stay guests during organized retreat/meditation program. The project would include parking for 52
spaces and an access driveway to the proposed structures. Off-site improvements
include the extension of the undeveloped Corydon Road, from Grand Avenue, to
the site entrance. The road improvements
include construction of a paved, two-lane roadway, approximately 600 feet long,
approximately 60 feet wide and cross APNs 3702-100-44 and 3702-100-36.
The IS/MND identifies
impacts that require mitigation in the following topic areas: Biological
Resources, Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Hazards and Hazardous
Materials, Noise, Tribal Cultural Resources, and Wildfire. Significant and unavoidable impacts and
cumulatively considerable impacts have not been identified in any of the
environmental issue areas. The project is not located on any hazardous
materials sites enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government
Code.
In accordance with Sections 15072(a) and (b) of the CEQA Guidelines, this
public notice is posted to officially notify the public, public agencies, and
responsible and trustee agencies that the required 30-day public review/comment
period will commence on Wednesday, June 3, 2020
and conclude on Thursday, July 2, 2020. Any written comments (via
email or letter) on the IS/MND must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on July 2,
2020. Written comments may be mailed to Matthew C. Bassi, Planning Director,
City of Wildomar Planning Department, 23873 Clinton Keith Road, Suite 201, Wildomar,
CA 92595. Email comments can be sent to [email protected]. The
Planning Commission is tentatively scheduled to review the IS/MND and proposed
development project at their regular meeting of August 5, 2020.
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