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HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-119 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 87-119 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CERTIFY THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE FOOTHILL BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN. A. Recitals. (i) There has been presented to this Commission in conjunction with this Commission's consideration of the recommended adoption of the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan, a final Environmental Impact Report. (ii) The final Environmental Impact Report referred to in this resolution consists of that document dated May, 1987 entitled "Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan" , together with Addendum, written comments on that draft report and Addendum and written responses thereto submitted by the staff of the City of Rancho Cucamonga and testimony presented during the hearings on the recommended adoption of said Specific Plan insofar as that testimony pertained to environmental matters. Hereinafter, the above- referenced documents will be referred to as "the final Environmental Impact Report. " The entirety of the final Environmental Impact Report hereby is incorporated in this Resolution by this reference. (iii) All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. B. Resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, it is found, determined and resolved by the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga as follows: 1. The Planning Commission does hereby recommend that the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga take the following actions with respect to the final Environmental Report: a. Certify that the final Environmental Impact Report has been prepared on the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, California Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq. and in accordance with the regulations promulgated thereunder. Further, that the Council certifies that it has considered the contents of the final Environmental Impact Report 1 in considering the adoption of the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan; b. Find that the final Environmental Impact Report does identify physical environmental impacts inherent in the project and that changes or alterations have been incorporated in the project which mitigate or avoid all significant environmental effects thereof other than a cumulative contribution to the degradation of air quality and noise and an incremental increase on the local traffic circulation system; c. Find that notwithstanding the unmitigated adverse environmental impacts specified in paragraph b above, that specific economic and social considerations make unfeasible any project alternative specified in the final Environmental Impact Report and constitutes an overriding basis for Council approval of the project; and, d. As to those impacts identified in the final Environmental Impact Report which cannot feasibly be avoided by mitigation measures and project alternatives, adopt a statement of overriding considerations in substantial form to that set forth in Exhibit "A" , attached hereto and incorporated by this reference. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of July, 1987 . PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA BY: ' A () a y T. cNiel,Chair an ATTEST: ACa___ B-ad -r,Teputy Secretary I, Brad Buller, Deputy Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced, passed, and adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission held on the 22nd day of July, 1987, by the following vote-to- wit: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: EMERICK, BLAKESLEY, CHITIEA, MCNIEL NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: TOLSTOY L\133\Resotion 2 STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS The final Environmental Impact Report identifies certain impacts which cannot feasibly be avoided by mitigation measures. Those impacts consist of a cumulative contribution to the degradation of air quality and noise, together with an incremental increase in impacts on the local traffic circulation system. Notwithstanding these impacts, the project should be approved based upon the findings that specific economic and social considerations make infeasible any project alternatives specified in the final Environmental Impact Report and, accordingly constitutes an overriding basis for project approval . Those considerations are that the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan itself is a measure to mitigate potential adverse impacts of development on the existing community which would otherwise occur without .a planned and comprehensive approach to future ' development. The Specific Plan contains provisions tailored to the'•Foothill Boulevard Corridor and is meant to replace existing City-wide zoning regulations that do not address the unique qualities and community traits of that portion of the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Consequently, the adoption of the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan will result in potential environmental effects that are substantially less significant in scope and extent than those effects which would otherwise occur under existing zoning regulations. 1 EXHIBIT "A"