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Santa Cruz Wharf Master Plan & Engineering Report Resource Page

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Notice of Availability Wharf Master Plan FEIR Volume 2

SANTA CRUZ WHARF MASTER PLAN - REVISED

Wharf Master Plan FEIR - Volume 2

Project Title: Santa Cruz Wharf Master Plan

Project Location/Address: Santa Cruz Wharf at Beach Street

Project Description: The project consists of adoption and implementation of the Santa Cruz Wharf Master Plan and construction of the two following projects recommended in the Master Plan within 2 to 5 years: Entry Gate Relocation and the East Promenade Renovation. The Wharf Master Plan includes policies and actions, recommendations for Wharf expansion, including new construction and improvements, circulation/parking improvements, and design standards for buildings on the wharf.

The City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Department has now completed the Final EIR, Volume 2, for the Santa Cruz Wharf Master Plan. The complete  EIR includes the Draft EIR (March 2020), Final EIR (September 2020), Recirculated Partial Draft EIR (April 2023), and the Final EIR, Volume 2 (August 2023).

Notice of Availability of FINAL EIR VOLUME 2: September 1, 2023

Lead Agency: City of Santa Cruz

Department/Division: Economic Development Department
Address: 337 Locust Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Contact Person: David McCormic, Asset and Development Manager
Phone: (831) 420-5156
Email: DMcCormic@santacruzca.gov

Addresses Where Copy of FINAL EIR - Volume 2 is Available (link above): A printed copy of the Draft EIR may be reviewed at: 

Planning and Community Development Department
809 Center Street, Room 101
Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am to 11:30 am.

Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown
224 Church Street
Monday through Sunday during normal business hours.

The Final EIR, Draft EIR, Recirculated Partial Draft EIR, and related Wharf Master Plan documents can also be accessed online at the links below.                            The Final EIR (volumes 1 & 2)  and Draft EIR together, comprise the complete Environmental Impact Report for the Wharf Master Plan.

For additional information, contact David McCormic at the Economic Development Office at (831) 420-5156. 

RECIRCULATED PARTIAL DRAFT EIR (RPDEIR) 

This Recirculated partial Draft EIR adds a new analytical Recreation section that considers the impacts of both the implementation of the Wharf Master Plan, as well as construction of the first two projects to be implemented pursuant to the Plan -- the Entry Gate Relocation and the East Promenade, on recreational facilities and uses, including consistency with plans and cumulative recreational impacts. This document also adds minor revisions and clarifying statements to Section 3, Project Description, as a result of public hearing conducted on the Plan in 2020. All other sections of the Draft EIR, dated March 2020 and Final EIR, dated September 2020 remain unchanged.