HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-237 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 02-237
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE SAN
BERNARDINO COUNTY NON-MOTORIZED
TRANSPORTATION PLAN 2001 UPDATE AND LOCAL
SUPPLEMENT THERETO, AS THE CITY'S BICYCLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WHEREAS, the Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA) program provides funding
to City and County projects that improve safety and convenience for bicycle commuters; and
WHEREAS, the BTA program, and other grant programs, require that local
agencies prepare a local Bicycle Transportation Plan, which must be adopted after 1997 and
approved by the Caltrans Bicycle Facilities Unit; and
WHEREAS, the responsible agency for regional transportation planning, the San
Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG), has prepared a Non-Motorized Transportation
Plan 2001 Update for San Bernardino County, which fulfills all requirements of a Bicycle
Transportation Plan in Section 891.2 (a-k) of the Streets and Highways Code; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga's 2001 General Plan Update
envisions an extensive bicycle and pedestrian trail system consistent with the goals of the Non-
Motorized Transportation Plan 2001 Update for San Bernardino County, which local agencies
may adopt to qualify for funding; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of this Bicycle Transportation Plan implements the
transportation and air quality policies of the City of Rancho Cucamonga's 2001 General Plan
Update, in particular:
"2.3.10.8. We will promote non-motorized transportation.
"3.5.4. We shall evaluate proposed parking and circulation plans for
new school sites and will coordinate with school districts to provide for
safe pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular access to and around schools.
"3.5.5. We shall pursue trip reduction and transportation systems
management measures to reduce congestion on roadways and at
intersections.
"3.5.10. We should implement a safe and efficient system of bicycle
trails throughout our community."
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WHEREAS, on October 17, 2001, the City Council certified an Environmental
Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2000061027) for the General Plan Update and this
Bicycle Transportation Plan is consistent with the General Plan. This Environmental Impact
Report was as a Program Environmental Impact Report. The California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) provides that no further Environmental Impact Report or Negative Declaration is
required for subsequent projects within the scope of the Program Environmental Impact Report.
Based upon the facts and information contained in the certified Environmental Impact Report,
together with all written and oral reports, the City Council finds that there is no substantial
evidence that the adoption of the Bicycle Transportation Plan will have a significant effect upon
the environment; therefore, the proposed adoption is exempt pursuant to State CEQA
Guidelines, Section 15061.
a. There have not been substantial changes in the project that require
major revisions to the previous Environmental Impact Report because
of no new significant environmental effects or substantial increase in
the severity of the previously identified significant effects.
b. There have not been substantial changes with respect to the
circumstances under which the project is undertaken, which will
require major revisions to the previous Environmental Impact Report
because of the involvement of new significant environmental effects or
a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant
effects.
c. There is no new information of substantial importance, which was not
known and could not have been known with the exercise of
reasonable diligence at the time the Environmental Impact Report was
certified as complete, that shows any of the following: 1) the project
will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous
Environmental Impact Report; 2) significant effects previously
examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the
previous Environmental Impact Report; 3) mitigation measures or
alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be
feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant
effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the
mitigation measure or alternative; or 4) mitigation measures or
alternatives, which are considerably different from those analyzed in
the final Environmental Impact Report, would substantially reduce one
or more significant effects on the environment, but the project
proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA that it does hereby adopt the San Bernardino County Non-
Motorized Transportation Plan 2001 Update, and the attached supplemental information as the
City's Bicycle Transportation Plan.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 21"day of August 2002.
AYES: Alexander, Biane, Curatalo, Dutton, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
'Wif iam J. Alexand , Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kathryn L. Sett, Deputy City Clem
I, KATHRYN L. SCOTT, DEPUTY CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed,
approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, at a
Regular Meeting of said City Council held on the 215' day of August 2002.
Executed this 22n0 day of August 2002, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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a hryn L Scott, Deputy City Clerk