HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 80-10 Jordan Ranch CEQARESOLUTION NO. 80 -10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
**************
CONSIDERING A CEQA ADDENDUM TO THE EASTERN DUBLIN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT, AND THE 2002 EAST DUBLIN PROPERTY OWNERS (EDPO) AND 2005
FALLON VILLAGE SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS AND
APPROVING ITS FINDINGS THAT NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS
REQUIRED FOR THE JORDAN RANCH PROJECT
PA 09-011
WHEREAS, the Applicant proposes to devefop a 780-unit residential project on an
approximately 189.7 acre site. The Project consists of single and multi-family units, a 6.6 acre
residential/retail mixed use site, and a range of public parks, public and semi-public uses, open
spaces and roadways. The related applications include a PD-Planned Development Stage 2
Development Plan, Site Development Review, Vesting Tentative Map and Development
Agreement. The Project reduces a previous approval for 1,064 units by 284 units. 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 east of Fallon Road and Positano Parkway, south
of the Positano residential community under construction, west of the Croak property and north
of the Chen property; 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 911Q3064) on May
1Q, 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, the City prepared a Supplemental EIR in 2002 for the 1,120-acre East
Dublin Property Owners (EDPO} project in Eastern Dublin, including the Jordan Ranch property
("2002 SEIR", SCH # 2001052114). The 2002 SEIR assessed the impacts of annexing these
properties to the City of Dublin and the Dublin San Ramon Services District, detaching the
properties from the Livermore Area Parks and Recreation District, prezoning the properties to
the PD-Planned Development district and adopting a refated Stage 1 Development Plan for
future development of residential, retail, office, open space and other uses. The SEIR was
certified on April 2, 2002 by City Council Resolution No. 40-02; and
Page 1 of 4
WHEREAS, in 2005 the City prepared a second Supplemental EIR to analyze the Fallon
Village project, consisting of a General Plan and Eastern Dubtin Specific Plan amendment, and
a PD-rezoning and revised Stage 1 Development Plan for the same properties as the EDPO
project, including the Jordan Ranch site. The second SEIR ("2005 SEIR", SCH #2005062010)
was certified on December 5, 2005 by City Council Resolution No. 222-05. The 2005 SEIR
analyzed the revised Stage 1 Development Plan, including a maximum of 1,064 units on the
Jordan Ranch site, at a programmatic level anticipating that the analysis would be used for
approval of future development projects unless project or other changes were to require
additional environmental review under CEQA section 21166 and related CEQA Guidelines
sections 15162 and 15163; and
WHEREAS, the City prepared an Initia~ Study to determine if the Project required
additional environmental review pursuant to CEQA section 21166 and refated CEQA Guidelines
sections 15162 and 15163. Based on the Initial Study, the City prepared an Addendum dated
May 11, 2010 describing the Project, including the reduced number of units from the number
assumed in the 2005 SEIR, and finding that the impacts of the proposed Project have been
adequately addressed in the Eastern Dublin EtR, 2002 SEIR and 2005 SEIR. The Addendum
and related Initial Study are attached as Exhibit A and are incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, the Eastern Dublin EIR, the 2002 SEIR and 2005 SE{R identified significant
unavoidable impacts from development of the Eastern Dublin area and Fallon Village 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, the Planning Commission held a properly noticed public hearing on the
Project on May 11, 2010 and adopted Resolution No. 10-23 recommending the City Council
consider the Addendum and adopt its findings that no further environmental review is required
for the Project under CEQA; and
WHEREAS, on May 11, 2010, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 10-25
approving a site development review and a vesting tentative map for the Project, adopted
Resolution No. 10-24 recommending City Council approval of an Ordinance approving a Stage
2 Planned Development, and adopted Resolution No. 10-26 recommending City Council
approval of an Ordinance approving a Development Agreement. The Planning Commission
considered the Addendum as well as the Eastern Dublin EIR, 2002 SEIR and 2005 SEIR before
making recommendations or taking action on the Project applications.
WHEREAS, a staff report dated June 1, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference
analyzed the Project and recommended consideration of the CEQA Addendum and approval of
its findings, as well as approval of the applications for a Stage 2 Planned Development and
Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a properly noticed public hearing on the Project's
Stage 2 Planned Development, Development Agreement and CEQA Addendum on June 1,
2010 at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to be heard; and
Page 2 of 4
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the Addendum as well as the Eastern Dublin
EIR, 2002 SEIR and 2005 SEIR before taking action on the Project applications and further
considered all reports, recommendations and testimony; and
WHEREAS, all of the above resolutions, ordinances, the Addendum, Initial Study,
Eastern Dublin EIR, 2002 SEIR, and 2005 SEIR are incorporated by reference and are available
for public review during normal business hours at the Community Development Department,
Qublin 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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council make the following findings to
support the determination that no further environmentat 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 2002 SEIR and 2005 SEIR, the Planning
Commission staff report, the City Council staff report, and all other information contained in the
record before the Planning Commission and City Council. 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 tnitial Study, Eastern Dublin EIR, 2002 SEIR, 2005 SEIR
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, EDPO and Fallon Village projects that will require major revisions to
the EIRs 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 projects which
were addressed in the previous EIRs. The proposed Project will not result in substantially more
severe significant impacts than those identified in the prior EIRs. Afl 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, 2002 SEIR or 2005 SEIR.
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 and
15163.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED as follows:
1. The City Council finds that 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 CEQA section 21166 or CEQA Guidelines sections
15162 and 15163 are met.
Page 3 of 4
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, negative declaration, or conduct further environmental review for the
proposed Project.
3. The City Council considered the CEQA Addendum and related Initial Study
attached as Exhibit A, and approved its findings that no further environmental review is
required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15163 for the Jordan Ranch
Project prior to approving the land use applications for the Project.
4. The City Council hereby adopts the Statement of Overriding Considerations
attached as Exhibit B for those significant and unavoidable impacts identified in the certified
Eastern Dublin EfR, 2002 SEIR, and 2005 SEIR applicable to the Project.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 1St day of June, 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Biddle, Hart, Hildenbrand, Scholz, and Mayor Sbranti
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
`~ ~ -,~.
~~~ ~ -~
Mayor
ATTEST:
/// ~ ~.
W C I~
City Clerk
Reso No. 80-10, Adopted 6-1-10, Item 6.1 Page 4 of 4