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RESOLUTION NO~ 89Z380
A RESOLUTION OF-THE 'CI.TY COUNCIL. OF .THE CITY OF. RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE .COUNTY OF SAN
BERNARDINO DENY A REQUEST FOR A TIME EXTENSION:OF'THE
SITE PLAN AND MINING RECLAMATION PLAN FOR THE PROJECT
COMMONLY KNOWN AS FOURTH STREET ROCK CRUSHER, TO BE
LOCATED ON SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL PROPERTY
GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHLAND AVENUE (ROUTE 30) BETWEEN
MILLIKEN AVENUE AND THE DAY CREEK CHANNEL
WHEREAS, the County Board of Supervisors approved a gravel, rock
mining operation on the subject site on August 18, 1986; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga has consistently opposed the
approval of said development; and
WHEREAS, the project applicant has ~o~ been able to secure the
necessary permits required by the Conditions of Approval during the three
years following County approval; and
.... WHEREAS, the previously prepared~ EIR' for the project utilized
.outdated information developed.four or more, years ago;.and
~ W~EREAS, the.su~dQndiflg'area~has- beeh developed with ~ap~oxima.tely
3,180 occupied residences with 12,655 more units planned for 'deve.lopment
within the next five years, which by the Admission of the Board of Supervisors
wi]l-..be adversely affected by,noise., dust, and hazardous traffic conditions,
directly attributal to this project; and ...
_WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga has been participating with a
consortium of property owners in the preparation of a specific plan and EIR
(N~rth .Eti.W~nda SpEcific Plan) for approximately 6,000 acres, which includes
the. subject area,, in,antic4pation of an annexation to the City, and that the
future development under this specific plan will be adversely affected by the
mining operation because of incompatible area traffic needs and land uses; and
WHEREAS, Section 21166(c) of the California Environmental Quality Act
Guidelines requires the County to consider new information, which was not
known and could not have been known at the time the Environmental Impact
Report was certified as complete, which later became available; and
WHEREAS, the draft Etiwanda Specific Plan and traffic study should be
considered as "new information" under CEQA, and a supplemental EIR should be
prepared with appropriate revised Conditions of Approval and mitigation
measures subsequently considered.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does
hereby request the County of San Bernardino deny a time extension for said
project, unless a supplemental or new Environmental Impact Report is prepared
and processed accordingly.
Resolution NoJ 89~380
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PASSED, APPROVEDj and ADOPTED this 16th'day of Augustj 1989J
AYES: Alexander, B.row, n,. Sl~out ..
.NOES: . No. ne ......
)~nn3s L. Stou , y
ATT EST:
D~y Clerk , ' .. ' ''
I, DEBRA J~ ADAMS, CITY CLERK Of the City of Ran_c.h.o. Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the for.egoing Resolut{on 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]l.6th day of
August, 1989.
Execu.ted this '17th 'da~ 'of ,August`, .1989 a.t' Rancho Cuqamonga,
'Cali fornia.