HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCReso 96-19 E.DubGrazingMgmtRESOLUTION NO. 96 -19
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE GRAZING MANAGEMENT
PLAN FOR THE EASTERN DUBLIN GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AREA
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin adopted the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment and Specific Plan
on May 10, 1993 and the Dublin voters approved the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment and Specific Plan
on November 2, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Eastern Dublin General Plan
Amendment and Specific Plan contains Mitigation Measure 3.7/4.0 that requires the City to prepare and approve
a Grazing Management Plan for the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment area; and
WHEREAS, both the Grazing Management Plan for the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment Area
(GMP) implements Mitigation Measure 3.7/4.0 of the FEIR and is consistent with the policies and action
programs of the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment and Chapter 6 - Resource Management of the Eastern
Dublin Specific Plan to the extent that the guidelines and standards of the GMP document will promote the
protection of riparian and wetland areas while allowing grazing to continue within the Eastern Dublin area; and
WHEREAS, the GMP shall be applicable to the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment area and shall
be implemented on a voluntary basis until such time that Eastern Dublin land owners receive tentative map
approval, or are issued grading permits consistent with the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amend .ment.and Specific
Plan. Future grazing within the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment area shall be restrictecl to tlaose areas
zoned Open Space and Rural Residential/Agriculture. The GMP shall be enforced as conditions of rezone and
tentative map approval for areas zoned Open Space and Rural Residential/Agriculture; and
WHEREAS, the 'City shall initiate any voluntary, cooperative measures with Eastern Dublin land owners
for purposes of implementing the GMP, and shall monitor the progress of the GMP implementation; and
WHEREAS, the GMP project has been reviewed in accordance with the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines, and no new effects could occur and no new
mitigation measures would be required for the project that were not addressed in the Final Environmental Impact
Report (FEIR) for the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment and Specific Plan, and the project is within the
scope of the FEIR. The project implements mitigation measures of the FEIR and an initial study will be
conducted for each development application that is required to comply with the GMP document; and
WHEREAS, the StaffReport was submitted recommending that the Planning Commission recommend
to the City Council approval of the GMP; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE Dublin Planning Commission does hereby
recommend that the City Council approve the GMP as defined in Exhibit A of the Planning Commission Staff
Report dated June 4, 1996.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of June, 1996.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Commissioners Lockhart, Johnson, Zika and Geist
None ·
Commissioners Jennings
Coim~unity Devdlopment Di~tor ~
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