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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCReso 96-26 E.DubStreamRestoraRESOLUTION NO. 96 - 26 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE EASTERN DUBLIN COMPREHENSIVE STREAM RESTORATION PROGRAM AND THE TASSAJARA CREEK LOWER REACH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 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 3.7/12.0, and the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan contains Action Program 6F that requires the City to prepare and approve a comprehensive stream corridor restoration program for the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment area; and WHEREAS, the Eastern Dublin Comprehensive Stream Restoration Program (Stream Restoration Program) implements Mitigation Measure 3.7/12.0 of the FEIR and Action Program 6F of the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan, 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 Stream Restoration Program will promote the restoration, enhancement and stabilization of Tassajara Creek and its tributaries; and WHEREAS, the Stream Restoration Program shall be applicable to the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment area and shall be enforced for all Eastern Dublin rezoning and tentative map/final map applications; and WHEREAS, the City of Dublin shall be the ultimate authority for determining and implementing appropriate guidelines for stream restoration; and WHEREAS, the Stream Restoration Program includes recommended guidelines and standards for stream restoration, and the City of Dublin may apply some flexibility when implementing these guidelines and standards and allow some guideline modifications and negotiations; and WHEREAS, trails, creek crossings and maintenance road extensions, as shown in the Stream Restoration Program, can be interrupted as a result of private property, topographical or other site constraints, as long as trail/maintenance road ingress and egress points are provided at these points of interruption; and WHEREAS, the Tassajara Creek Lower Reach Implementation Plan sets forth the framework for ownership, maintenance, and operation responsibilities for the portion of the Tassajara Creek between the 1-580 Freeway and Gleason Drive, and the City staff shall use this plan for implementing the Stream Restoration Program; and WHEREAS, the Stream Restoration Program 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 Stream Restoration Program document; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public meeting to consider this project on July 16, 1996; and WHEREAS, the Staff Report was submitted recommending that the Planning Commission recommend to the City Council approval of the Stream Restoration Program. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE Dublin Planning Commission does hereby recommend that the City Council approve the Stream Restoration Program and the Tassajara Creek Lower Reach Implementation Plan, as defined in Exhibits A and C, respectively, of the Planning Commission Staff Report dated July 16, 1996. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day &July, 1996, Commissioners Jennings, Geist, Johnson, Lockhart and Zika None None Planning' Commisgon Chairpersfffi Conirnunity Dev~tor g:/eastdubr~tream'~-~reso\crc