Spring 2025 Update

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The Phase 1 CEQA report should be finalized any day now.  EBRPD Staff is expected to present the results to the Board sometime this summer who will then decide whether to fund a Phase 2 study which would likely include further environmental reviews as well as stakeholder meetings.  We'll keep you posted on the date as this will be a critical vote.

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