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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 3, 2002
SUBJECT: Initiation of a General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan
Amendment Study for the Eastern Dublin Properties project area
Report prepared by: Andy Byde, Senior Planner and Kristi Bascom,
Associate Planner
ATTACHMENT 1. Eastern Dublin Properties Stage 1 Planned Development
Land Use Map
2. General Plan Eastern Extended Planning Area Land Use Map
(as amended May 21, 2002)
3. Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Land Use Map
4. Resolution approving initiation of a General Plan and
EaStern Dublin Specific Plan Amendment Study
5. Resolution denying initiation of a General Plan and Eastern
Dublin Specific Plan Amendment Study
RECOMMENDATIo 1. Receive Staff Presentation and public testimony.
2. Question Staff and the public.
3. Adopt Resolution approving Specific Plan Amendment
Study request o.j.r
4. Adopt Resolution denying Specific Plan Amendment Study
request
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The costs of preparing the General Plan Amendment shall be borne
by those affected property owners who have indicated a desire to
participate financially. The costs of preparing the Specific Plan
Amendment will ultimately be borne by all property owners within
the annexation area covered by the ultimate Specific Plan area.
DESCRIPTION:
In 1993 the City Council approved the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan and General Plan Amendment and
the accompanying Environmental Impact Report which the voters approved in January 1994. The Eastern
Dublin Specific Plan represented a comprehensive planning effOrt that established land use designations,
densities and development patterns for much of Dublin's Eastern Extended Planning Area. In so doing,
· the City approved a development area and a rural residential area located outside of the then-existing City
limits but within the City's Sphere of Influence. This approval anticipated future annexation and pre-
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The Eastern Dublin Properties project area, Consisting of 13 contiguous parcels totaling 1,120 acres with
11 different ownerships, subsequently requested annexation, pre-zoning, and related approvals. (See
Attachment 1 for a map of the property.) The City certified a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report
(SEIR) and approved the annexation, pre-zoning and related approvals on April 2, 2002. The project area
annexation received final approval by the Alameda County Local Agency Formation Commission
(LAFCo) on July 11, 2002 and steps by the property owners to implement the approved mitigation
measures have begun.
Additionally, the City entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Livermore,
dated May 1, 2002, regarding planning issues of mutual concern.. In the Memorandum of Understanding,
Dublin agreed to several items that require changes in text and maps of both the General Plan and Eastern
Dublin Specific Plan. Two of the important issues in the Memorandum of Understanding have already
been addressed, including removing the Doolan Canyon designation of "Future Study Area" from the
General Plan and correcting the conceptual alignment for Central Parkway in the General Plan. This
Amendment Study will address paragraph 5 of the Memorandum of Understanding.
Specifically, the amendments to the General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan would include:
1. Land Use Map Consistency. The land use designations for the Eastern Dublin Properties project
area are as shown in Attachment 1, the Eastern Dublin Properties Stage 1 Planned Development
Land Use Map. This Land Use Map (See Attachment 2) is consistent with the General Plan.
However, the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan does not currently cover the whole Eastern Dublin
Properties project area and needs to be amended in order to comply with the General Plan which
requires a specific plan for the area outside the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan.. (See Attachment 3)
2. Airport Protection Area. (Item no. 5 in the MOU) Dublin has agreed to amend the General Plan
to add a policy stating that future uses to the Eastern Dublin Properties project area noted as Future
Study Areas will be submitted to the Alameda County Airport Land Use Commission to determine
consistency with Livermore's Airport Protection Area. This policy should also be added to the
Eastern Dublin Specific Plan.
Additionally, the Eastern Dublin Property Owners and the City of Dublin have started the collaborative
process of preparing a Resource Management Plan for the Eastern Dublin Properties project area. This
Plan will assess the biological and physical resources of the properties in order to determine the
development opportunities and environmental constraints that exist in the project area as a whole
including the area to be studied for inclusion in the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan. The preparation of a
Resource Management Plan will involve soliciting the services of a conSulting firm with experience and
expertise in the areas of biological and physical resource analysis and permitting.
As a result of the Resource Management Plan opportunities and constraints analysis, it is possible that the
current land use plan for the Eastern Dublin Properties project area will change. A General Plan and
Eastern Dublin Specific Plan amendment will be required if land uses, infrastructure requirements, and
allowable densities are shifted around within the project area to accommodate the findings of the Resource
Management Plan. These issues will be a part of this Amendment Study.
Government Code section 56375(e) restricts changes to the general plan and zoning for a newly-annexed
area for a period of two years from the completion of the annexation. Simply the initiation of a general
. plan or specific plan amendment study in the area during the two-year period does not violate the statute.
However, City Council approval of such amendments would violate the statute unless the City Council
made a finding at a public hearing "that a substantial changes has occurred in circumstances that
necessitate a departure from the prezoning in the application to [LAFCO]." The timeline of this General
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Plan and Specific Plan Amendment Study and the associated Resource Management Plan work make it
very unlikely that the actual amendment would be back before the City Council before the two-year
waiting period has expired.
At this point, the City Council needs to determine whether a General Plan and Specific Plan Amendment
Study should be authorized for the project area. Both approval and denial resolutions have been included
for City Council consideration. (See Attachments 4 and 5)
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive the staff presentation and public testimony; question staff
and the public, and adopt a Resolution either authorizing or denying the General Plan and Specific Plan
Amendment Study request.
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RESOLUTION NO. - 02
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
APPROVING THE REQUEST FOR INITIATION OF A GENERAL PLAN AND EASTERN
DUBLIN SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT STUDY FOR THE EASTERN DUBLIN
PROPERTIES PROJECT AREA
WHEREAS, a General Plan and Specific Plan Amendment Study is being initiated by the City on
behalf of the Eastern Dublin Property Owners for 1,120 acres located generally east of Fallon Road to
the city limits and north of Highway 580, comprising thirteen parcels in eleven separate ownerships;
and
WHEREAS, General Plan and Specific Plan Amendments are necessary for several reasons,
including:
1. Ensuring land use map consistency between the Eastern Dublin Properties project
area boundaries, the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Land Use Map boundaries, and the
General Plan Eastern Extended Planning Area Land Use Map;
2. Clarifying Livermore Airport Protection Area requirements in the General Plan and
Specific Plan; ~J
3. Studying General Plan and Specific Plan land use changes that will likely result from
the findings of the Resource Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, the initiation request has been reviewed in accordance with the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and was found to be Categorically Exempt under
Section 15306, Class 6 of the State CEQA Guidelines for basic data collection, research, and resource
evaluation activities; and
WHEREAS, Government Code section 56375(e) restricts changes to the general plan and zoning
for a newly-annexed area for a period of two years from the completion of the annexation. It has been
determined that the simple initiation of a general plan or specific plan amendment study in the area
during the two-year period does not violate this statute; and
WHEREAS, a staff report was submitted outlining the issues surrounding the request; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did hear and consider all such reports, recommendations, and
testimony hereinabove set forth and supports the initiation of a General Plan and Eastern Dublin
Specific Plan Amendment Study for the Eastern Dublin Properties project area; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED 'THAT the City Council of the City of Dublin does
hereby approve the initiation request for a General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Amendment
Study for the Eastern Dublin Properties project area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Eastern Dublin Property Owners will be required to pay
all costs associated with the General Plan and Specific Plan Amendment Study.
ATTACHMENT 4
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Dublin on this 3rd
day of September 2002, by the following votes:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. - 02
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
DENYING THE REQUEST FOR INITIATION OF A GENERAL PLAN AND EASTERN
DUBLIN SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT STUDY FOR THE EASTERN DUBLIN
PROPERTIES PROJECT AREA
WHEREAS, a General Plan and Specific Plan Amendment Study is being initiated by the City on
behalf' of' the Eastern Dublin Property Owners for 1,120 acres located generally east of Fallon Road to
the city limits and north of Highway 580, comprising thirteen parcels in eleven separate ownerships;
and
WHEREAS, General Plan and Specific Plan Amendments are necessary for several reasons,
including:
1. Ensuring land use map consistency between the Eastern Dublin Properties project
area boundaries, the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Land Use Map boundaries, and the
General Plan Eastern Extended Planning Area Land Use Map;
2. Clarifying Livermore Airport Protection Area requirements in the General Plan and
Specific Plan;
3. Studying General Plan and Specific Plan land use changes that will likely result from
the findings of'the Resource Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, the initiation request has been reviewed in accordance with the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and was found to be Categorically Exempt under
Section 15306, Class 6 of'the State CEQA Guidelines for basic data collection, research, and resource
evaluation activities; and
WHEREAS, Government Code section 56375(e) restricts changes to the general plan and zoning
for a newly-annexed area for a period of two years from the completion of the annexation. It has been
determined that the simple initiation of' a general plan or specific plan amendment study in the area
during the two-year period does not violate this statute; and
WHEREAS, a staff report was submitted outlining the issues surrounding the request; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did hear and consider all such rePorts, recommendations, and
testimony hereinabove set forth and does not support the initiation of a General Plan and Eastern
Dublin Specific Plan Amendment Study for the Eastern Dublin Properties project area; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of Dublin does
hereby deny the initiation request for a General Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Amendment
Study for the Eastern Dublin Properties project area.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Dublin on this 3rd
day of September 2002, by the following votes:
ATTACHMENT 5
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk