City Council

1.\nApprove the Community Preferred Alternative for the La Paz Road Mobility\nEnhancements and Permanent Repair Project, Direct Staff to Proceed with\nFinal Engineering Design, and Find the Project Categorically Exempt from\nCEQA\nRecommendation\nStaff recommends the City Council:\n1. Approve the Community Preferred Alternative for the improvements to La\nPaz Road from Aliso Creek Road to Crown Valley Parkway, consisting of\ntwo vehicular travel lanes, Class IV bikeways, pedestrian improvements,\nlandscape improvements, roundabouts at the intersections of La Paz Road\nat Rancho Niguel Road and La Paz Road at Yosemite Road, and earth\nmovement repair;\n2. Direct staff to proceed with final engineering design of Plans, Specifications,\nand Estimates (PS&E) for the project;\n3. Find the project categorically exempt from the California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301, Class 1\n(Existing Facilities), and Section 15304, Class 4 (Minor Alterations to Land);\nand,\n4. Direct staff to prepare, execute, and file with the County Clerk and State\nClearinghouse a Notice of Exemption documenting this categorically\nexempt finding within five working days of its approval.