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City of Santa Clarita August 2017

Dockweiler Drive at The Master’s University campus. In coordination with the proposed Railroad Bike
Path project, the new Dockweiler Drive extension will result in creating a vital Complete Street link
between the communities to the east of the railroad/ Newhall Creek (including The Master’s University)
and Old Town Newhall and Metrolink station.

A detailed description of the Proposed Project including specific street improvements is presented in
Section 2.0 Proposed Project.

B. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS

(a) Notice of Preparation/Scoping Meeting

In compliance with Section 15082 of the CEQA Guidelines, a Notice of Preparation (NOP) was prepared
by the City of Santa Clarita and distributed to the State Clearinghouse, Office of Planning and Research,
responsible agencies, and other interested parties on August 5, 2013. The NOP and Notice of a Public
Scoping Meeting was circulated for public review and comments for a 30-day period beginning on
August 5, 2013 and ending on September 3, 2013. Appendix A to this Draft EIR contains a copy of the
NOP and written responses to the NOP, respectively.

The public scoping meeting was held on August 21, 2013, to obtain the public’s initial views about
environmental issues that should be evaluated in the Draft EIR in connection with the Proposed Project.
City staff and representative technical consultants involved in the preparation of the EIR attended the
scoping meeting. Comment letters were received by the following governmental agencies and
organizations: (1) State of California, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR), (2) California
Native American Heritage Commission, (3) California Department of Fish and Wildlife; (4) California
Public Utilities Commission (5) County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office; (6) Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro); (7) Southern California Gas Company, (8) the Southern
California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink). In addition to the responding governmental agencies,
approximately 47 individuals provided written comments on the NOP. Appendix A to this Draft EIR
contains the written comments provided to the City during the public scoping meeting, and the names of
those in attendance at the scoping meeting who signed in requesting to be kept informed of the Project.

(b) Environmental Issues Analyzed in the Draft EIR

Based on a review of environmental issues by the City, the Initial Study, the responses to the NOP, and
the input received at the public scoping meeting, this Draft EIR analyzes the following environmental
issues:

• Aesthetics (Views, Light and Glare) • Land Use and Planning
• Air Quality • Hydrology and Water Quality
• Biological Resources • Noise
• Cultural Resources • Traffic and Transportation
• Geology and Soils

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