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PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EVENTS

	Project Description
	Corridor Alternatives
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DECEMBER 2009 SPRTA BOARD HEARING
FINAL PROGRAM EIR AND CORRIDOR SELECTION

On December 3, 2009, the SPRTA Board of Directors:

Conducted a public hearing to take input on the Placer Parkway Corridor Preservation Project’s Final Program EIR.
Approved Resolution #09-06 – Certifying the Final Program EIR and Adopting Findings, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for CEQA compliance.
Approved Resolution #09-07 – Selecting the Placer Parkway Corridor – Alternative #5 with a No-Access Buffer.

No written comments on the Final Program EIR were received prior to the hearing. No public comments were made at the hearing.

See the Project Library for the November 17, 2009 staff memo and resolutions. A Notice of Determination was filed with Placer and Sutter County Clerks on December 4, 2009.

The availability of the Final Tier 1 EIS/EIR was noticed in the December 4 and 11, 2009 Federal Register. The public comment period will close on January 4, 2010. The Federal Highway Administration will then complete a Record of Decision on corridor selection in early 2010.

FEBRUARY 2009 PUBLIC HEARINGS – PARTIALLY REVISED DRAFT TIER 1 EIS/EIR
The SPRTA Board conducted public hearings to receive comments on the Partially Revised Draft Tier 1 EIS/EIR. The extended comment period for this document closed on May 11, 2009. Forty four sets of written and public hearing comments were received.

FEBRUARY 2008 PUBLIC WORKSHOP

AUGUST 2007 PUBLIC HEARINGS - DRAFT TIER 1 EIS/EIR

Public Meetings in Roseville (August 23, 2004) and Pleasant Grove (August 26, 2004)

Public scoping meetings in Roseville (October 6, 2003) and Pleasant Grove (October 9, 2003)

25 interagency meetings (modified NEPA/404 process) with federal resource agencies (meeting agendas, materials, and minutes are available - contact PCTPA)

Newsletters: July 2004; August 2005; February 2007; July 2007; January 2009; November 2009

Numerous meetings with FHWA, Caltrans, other State and regional agencies, local jurisdictions, community groups, special interest groups, property owners, and other interested organizations/individuals

Status reports to the SPRTA Board, Sutter County Board of Supervisors, and local jurisdictions (reports are available - contact PCTPA)

18 advisory committee meetings (Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), Study Advisory Committee (SAC), and Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting agendas, materials, and minutes are available - contact PCTPA)

Community stakeholder interviews (September 2003)

For information on when public outreach events took place, see the PROJECT SCHEDULE. Also, see Final Tier 1 EIS/ Program EIR (Appendix B) – Public Involvement Notices and Materials

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Placer County Transportation Planning Agency
299 Nevada Street ● Auburn, CA 95603
(530) 823-4030 ● (530) 823-4036 - fax
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