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City of Temecula NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Date: February 26, 2010 To: Responsible Agencies and Interested Parties and Organizations Subject: Notice
of Availability of a Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH 2009071049) for the Old Town Specific Plan Lead Agency: City of Temecula Project Location: Old Town Temecula,
generally located east of I-15 between Rancho California Road and Santiago Road ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The City of Temecula (City) has completed a Draft Program EIR for the proposed
amendment to the City of Temecula Old Town Specific Plan. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project involves an amendment to the Old Town Specific Plan and a General Plan Amendment. The primary
goal for the Specific Plan Amendment is to incorporate form-based code principles to more clearly define development regulations, to better facilitate pedestrian friendly development
through building placement and streetscapes, and to encourage mixed-use development within Old Town. The Specific Plan Amendment is intended to achieve these goals through changes to
site planning guidelines, streetscape standards and guidelines, land use district locations and titles, architectural standards and guidelines, parking lot guidelines, public art guidelines,
paving material guidelines, outdoor dining/sidewalk furniture guidelines, sign regulations and guidelines, alley guidelines, and landscape guidelines within the Specific Plan. The proposed
Specific Plan Amendment will also result in the annexation of approximately 2.4 acres into the Specific Plan area at a location south of First Street, along the west side of Old Town
Front Street, and the removal of approximately 2.3 acres from the Specific Plan area at a location west of the intersection of 6th Street and Pujol Street. The mixed-use aspect of the
Specific Plan Amendment is anticipated to result in commercial building floor space reduction in Old Town of approximately 1.4 million square feet and the addition of approximately 749
residential units within the Specific Plan area. The reduction of building floor space can be anticipated because residential uses require more open areas for parking, courtyards, balconies,
and other shared and private open spaces than commercial space would, particularly due to the fact that commercial space in the Downtown Core area of Old Town is not required to provide
parking, but residential uses are required to provide at least one parking space per residential unit. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS: The Draft Program EIR evaluates potential impacts of the
project and finds that potentially significant impacts could occur to the following resource areas: aesthetics, air quality, global warming/climate change, cultural resources, hydrology
and water quality, land use and planning, noise, utilities and services, and traffic and circulation. The Draft Program EIR identifies mitigation measures that would reduce or avoid
all potentially significant impacts of the proposed project. PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD: March 1 thru April 14, 2010 AVAILABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION: The Draft Program EIR is available
for public review and comment at the City of Temecula Community Development Department at 43200 Business Park Drive, Temecula. The Draft Program EIR is also available for public inspection
at the Temecula Public Library located at 30600 Pauba Road, Temecula. For additional information, contact: Stuart Fisk, AICP Tel: (951) 506-5159 City of Temecula e-mail: Stuart.Fisk@cityoftemecula.or
g Community Development Department P.O. Box 92589-9033 Temecula, CA 92589-9033