HomeMy WebLinkAbout88-213 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 88-213
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA , CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL CERTIFY THE MASTER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE GENERAL PLAN
TECHNICAL UPDATE, AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT
THEREOF.
A. Recitals.
(i ) The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, adopted the
General Plan and certified the Environmental Impact Report for the General
Plan on April 6, 1981 by the approval of Resolution No. 81-40.
(ii ) There has been presented to this Commission in conjunction
with this Commission 's consideration of the recommended adoption of the
General Plan Technical Update, a final Master Environmental Assessment and
Environmental Impact Report.
(iii ) On September 28, 1988, the Planning Commission of the City of
Rancho Cucamonga conducted duly noticed public hearings on the above mentioned
General Plan Technical Update and Master Environmental Assessment and
Environmental Impact Report prepared for the General Plan Technical Update.
(iv) The final Master Environmental Assessment and Environmental
Impact Report referred to in this resolution consists of that draft document
dated July, 1988 entitled "City of Rancho Cucamonga Master Enironmental
Assessment and General Plan Environmental Impact Report", written comments on
that draft report 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 General Plan Technical Update insofar that the
testimony pertained to environmental matters. Hereinafter, the above-
mentioned documents will be referred to as "the final MEA/EIR". The entirety
of the final MEA/EIR hereby is incorporated in this Resolution by this
reference.
(v) All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this
Resolution have occurred.
B. Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby 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 MEA/EIR:
PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 88-213
MEA and EIR for the General Plan Technical Update
October 26, 1988
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(a) Certify that the final MEA/EIR has been prepared on the General
Plan Technical Update 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 is considered the contents of the final
EIR/MEA in considering the adoption of the General Plan Technical Update:
(b) Find that the General Plan Technical Update project is the
preparation, review, and adoption of technical amendments to the General Plan
consisting of the update of statistical information and implementation
measures, inclusion of provisions of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of
1975, and revisions to the Community design section of the Land Use and
Development Element.
(c) Find that the final MEA/EIR 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;
(d) Find that notwithstanding the unmitigrated adverse
environmental impacts specified in paragraph b above, that specific enonomic
and social considerations make unfeasible any project alternative specified in
the final EIR/MEA and constitutes an overriding basis for Council approval of
the project; and
(e) As to those impacts identified in the final MEA/EIR 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" hereto and incorporated by this reference.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 26TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1988.
PLANNING COMM SSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
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PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 88-213
MEA and EIR for the General Plan Technical Update
October 26, 1988
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I, Brad Buller, 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 26th day of October, 1988, by the following vote-to-wit:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS: BLAKESLEY, CHITIEA, EMERICK, MCNIEL,TOLSTOY
NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE
EXHIBIT "A"
STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS
The final Master Environmental Assessment and General Plan Environmental
Assessment identifies an impact which cannot feasibly be avoided by
mitigation measures. That impact consists of a cumulative contribution
to the degradation of air quality as a result of increased population,
commercial and industrial growth. Notwithstanding these impacts, the
project was approved based upon the finding that specific economic and
social considerations make infeasible any project alternatives specified
in the final Master Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact
Report, including the No Project and Land Use Alternatives, and
accordingly constitutes an overriding basis for project approval . Those
considerations are that the General Plan Technical Update is itself 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 General Plan
Technical Update includes current statistical information on the
Community and reflects changes in development policies as well as
established policies incorporated in the General Plan at its adoption in
1981. The General Plan provides appropriate guidance for the
establishment of zoning and development regulations to mitigate growth
induced impacts. Consequently, the adoption of the General Plan
Technical Update will result in potential environmental effects that are
substantially less significant in scope than would occur without General
Plan guidance, including each alternative analyzed in the Final Master
Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Report.