Thermal Community Park

Thermal Community Park

The Desert Recreation District (District) is proposing to develop the Thermal Community Park Project (proposed Project), located at the southeast corner of Olive Street and Church Street intersection in the unincorporated community of Thermal, County of Riverside, California. The proposed Project will consist of a new community park with ball fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, a fitness station, a playground, horseshoe pits, a picnic area, a splash pad, pond area, and parking lots in the area of Thermal, unincorporated Riverside County (County). The District will be requesting a General Plan Amendment (GPA) to be adopted by the County in order to change the proposed Project site’s land use designation from Light Industrial (LI) to Open Space-Recreation (OS-R). The District will also request for County adoption of a change of zone from the existing Manufacturing-Service Commercial (M-SC) to General Residential (R-3). Circulation on site will primarily be via pedestrian access. Parking will be located around the perimeter of the site along Church Street to the north and Olive Street to the east. Construction of the park is anticipated to occur in one phase from mid- to late-2023 to mid- to late-2024. In accordance with the disclosure requirements of CEQA Guidelines Section 15072, the Project site is not listed as a hazardous property as designated under Section 65962.5 of the Government Code.

unincorporated area

Riverside

Countywide, Southern California, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)

Recreational (Park )

General Plan Amendment, Rezone

Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Recreation, Tribal Cultural Resources