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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.2 Attch 4 Reso adopt CEQA AddendToEastDubEIRRESOLUTION NO. 10 - XX A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A CEQA ADDENDUM TO THE EASTERN DUBLIN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND 2000 DUBLIN RANCH AREA F MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE SORRENTO EAST PROJECT PA 08-002 WHEREAS, the Applicant proposes to develop a 581 unit residential project on an approximately 68 acre site. The project consists of 513 detached units and 68 attached units, a private recreational facility, a 5.6 acre Neighborhood Park site and other related improvements. The related applications include amendments to previous PD-Planned Development Stage 1 and Stage 2 Development Plan, Site Development Review, Vesting Tentative Map and Development Agreement approvals. The proposed project reduces the previously approved development from 694 units to 581 units and changes the mix of units from primarily attached to primarily detached. The above activities and applications are further described in applications on file with the City and are collectively referred to as the "Project"; and WHEREAS, the Project site is located between Gleason Drive and Central Parkway and between Grafton Street and Lockhart Street; and WHEREAS, the Project is in the General Plan Eastern Extended Planning Area and the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan area, for which the City Council certified a Program Environmental Impact Report by Resolution 51-93 ("Eastern Dublin EIR" or "EDEIR", SCH 91103064) on May 10, 1993 (incorporated herein by reference). The Eastern Dublin EIR identified significant impacts from development of the Eastern Dublin area, some of which could not be mitigated to less than significant. Upon approval of the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment and Specific Plan, the City Council adopted mitigations, a mitigation monitoring program and a Statement of Overriding Considerations (Resolution 53-93, incorporated herein by reference); and WHEREAS, on February 15, 2000, the City Council approved a Mitigated Negative Declaration ("2000 MND") for approximately 147 acres known as Dublin Ranch Area F in Eastern Dublin (Resolution No. 34-00 incorporated herein by reference). The City Council approved related General and Specific Plan amendments for Area F on March 7, 2000 (Resolution No. 35-00 incorporated herein by reference), and adopted PD-Planned Development zoning and related Development Plans on March 21, 2000 (Ordinance No. 6-00, incorporated herein by reference). The approvals anticipated low and medium density residential development in Area F with related parks and schools; and WHEREAS, in 2004, the City Council approved Resolution 47-04, a General/Specific Plan amendment to reallocate land uses in portions of Dublin Ranch Areas F, B and E. The Medium Density Residential land use designation for most of the Project site remained unchanged; approximately 4 acres of public/semi-public land on the Project site was redesignated to Medium Density Residential. The Council also approved Ordinance 12-04 adopting a revised PD-Stage 1 Development Plan for an approximately 285.4 acre planning area and a Stage 2 Development Plan for 88.5 acres north of the current Project site. The Page 1 of 4 Attachment 4 Council determined that any potentially significant impacts from the reallocation of uses was adequately addressed in the prior EDEIR and 2000 MND and that no further environmental review was required. The Council adopted a CEQA Addendum documenting this determination (Resolution 43-04, March 16, 2004). The above referenced resolutions and ordinance are incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, in 2005, the City Council approved Ordinance 24-05 for the 124.8 acre Sorrento East and West portion of Area F for a 1,111 unit residential development on either side of Grafton Street. The ordinance revised the previously approved PD-Stage 1 Development Plan by increasing the maximum number of potential residences in Area F from 1,290 to 1,351 and approved a PD-Stage 2 Development Plan for the Sorrento East and West development; companion Site Development Review as well as a Master Vesting Tentative Map and Vesting Tentative Maps for individual neighborhoods were also approved. The east and west portions of the residential development would be linked by a pedestrian and open space corridor and a pedestrian bridge across Grafton Street. The westerly portion of the development is nearing completion; the easterly portion of the approved development is the current Project site. The City Council approved a Development Agreement for the Sorrento East portion of the development on October 2, 2007; and WHEREAS, the City prepared an Initial Study to determine if additional review of the proposed Project modifications and development was required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15162. Based on the Initial Study, the City prepared an Addendum dated March 9, 2010 describing the modifications and development and finding that the impacts of the proposed Project have been adequately addressed in the Eastern Dublin EIR and 2000 MND. The Addendum and related Initial Study are attached as Exhibit A and are incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, the Eastern Dublin EIR identified significant unavoidable impacts from development of the Eastern Dublin area, some of which would apply to the Project; therefore, approval of the Project must be supported by a Statement of Overriding Considerations; and WHEREAS, a Planning Commission staff report dated March 9, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference analyzed the Project and recommended adoption of the CEQA Addendum and approval of the applications; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a properly noticed public hearing on the Project on March 9, 2010; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered the Addendum as well as the Eastern Dublin EIR and 2000 MND before taking action on the Project applications. The Planning Commission further considered all reports, recommendations and testimony before taking any action; and WHEREAS, all of the above resolutions and ordinances incorporated by reference are available for public review during normal business hours at the Community Development Department, Dublin City Hall, 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and made a part of this resolution. 2 of 4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Commission recommends that the City Council make the following findings to support the determination that no further environmental review is required under CEQA for the proposed Project. These findings are based on information contained in the Addendum and related Initial Study, the Eastern Dublin EIR, the 2000 MND, the Planning Commission staff report, and all other information contained in the record before the Planning Commission. These findings constitute a summary of the information contained in the entire record. The detailed facts to support the findings are set forth in the Addendum and related Initial Study, Eastern Dublin EIR, 2000 MND and elsewhere in the record. Other facts and information in the record that support each finding that are not included below are incorporated herein by reference: 1. The proposed Project does not constitute substantial changes to the previously approved Eastern Dublin and Area F projects that will require major revisions to the EIR or MND due to new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in severity of previously identified significant effects. Based on the Initial Study, all potentially significant effects of the proposed Project are the same or less than the impacts for the Eastern Dublin and Area F projects which were previously addressed in the EIR and MND. The proposed Project will not result in substantially more severe significant impacts than those identified in the prior EIR and MND. All previously adopted mitigation measures continue to apply to the proposed Project and project site as applicable. 2. The Initial Study did not identify any new significant impacts of the proposed Project that were not analyzed in the Eastern Dublin EIR and 2000 MND. 3. The City is not aware of any new information of substantial importance or substantial changes in circumstances that would result in new or substantially more severe impacts or meet any other standards in CEQA Section 21166 and related CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162/3. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Commission recommends the following to the City Council: 1. No further environmental review under CEQA is required for the proposed Project because there is no substantial evidence in the record as a whole that any of the standards under Sections 21166 or 15162/3 are met. 2. The City has properly prepared an Addendum and related Initial Study under CEQA Guidelines section 15164 to explain its decision not to prepare a subsequent or supplemental EIR or conduct further environmental review for the proposed Project. 3. The City Council adopt the CEQA Addendum and related Initial Study, attached as Exhibit A, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164 for the Regent/Sorrento East Project. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Commission recommends the City Council adopt any further required CEQA findings. 3 of 4 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of March, 2010 by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Planning Commission Chair ATTEST: Planning Manager 1380080 4of4