Stillwater Business Park Draft SEIS / EIR

The City of Redding is undertaking a roadway expansion and infrastructure improvement project along Venture Parkway, extending approximately 1.4 miles south from the northern bridge to just north of the southern bridge to accommodate existing and future development. The project involves trenching for utility conduits and lighting installation along 1.4 miles of the existing roadway and constructing 1 mile of new paved road with all corresponding wet and dry utilities, including water, wastewater, storm drains, electric, cable, and telephone lines. Construction activities will include excavation, tree removal, paving, striping, signage, drainage modifications, and the creation of new vegetated roadside swales. A total of 39 oak trees will be removed, categorized by diameter at breast height, and two culverts will be installed in ephemeral drainages beneath the new roadway section. Drainage System 1 will replace a 44.5-foot culvert with 138 linear feet of 48-inch concrete pipe, two inlets, a catch basin, two headwalls, and an energy dissipation pad with rock slope protection, resulting in a permanent impact of 0.002 acres to an ephemeral stream. Drainage System 4 will install 180 linear feet of 24-inch concrete pipe with similar components, causing a 0.001-acre permanent impact to another ephemeral stream. No compensatory mitigation is required, as prior mitigation for the Business Park area was completed in 2009 and verified through 2019, with approximately 320 acres of the site, including 249 acres of protected preserve open space, placed under a conservation easement. The project received regulatory approval under California Fish and Game Code section 1602 via Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification No. EPIMS-SHA-66645-R1, executed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. While extensive environmental and regulatory documentation exists, no procurement, pricing, or contractual performance details are available in the provided records.