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RESOLUTION NO. XX-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ADOPTING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE
CITY OF DUBLIN CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
WHEREAS, on July 17, 2007, the Dubiin City Council passed Resolution 139-07
approving participation in the Climate Protection Project for Alameda County jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin committed to ICLEI's five milestone methodology for
reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the City, which includes the development of a
Climate Action Plan for reducing GHG emissions; and
WHEREAS, in June 2010, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
adopted CEQA air quality thresholds of significance for use within its jurisdiction, which included
an emission level threshold and an efficiency threshold for GHG emissions for development
projects; and
WHEREAS, alternatively, under CEQA and the BAAQMD CEQA thresholds, a City may
prepare a qualified GHG Reduction Strategy or Climate Action Plan to evaluate a community's
cumulative impact due to GHG emissions from future planned development; and
WHEREAS, if a project is consistent with an adopted, qualified GHG Reduction Strategy
or Climate Action Plan, the Strategy/Plan can be used as the basis for determining that the
project would have a less than significant impact on a community's cumulative GHG emissions
under CEQA; and
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2010/2011 City Council Goals and Objectives includes as a
high priority goal, the creation of a Climate Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has contracted with AECOM to assist Staff in preparing
the Draft Climate Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act certain projects
are required to be reviewed for environmental impacts and when applicable, environmental
documents prepared; and
WHEREAS, an Initial Study was prepared for the Climate Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of the Initial Study it was determined that there was no
substantial evidence that the Climate Action Plan would have a significant adverse effect on the
environment and a Negative Declaration should be prepared; and
WHEREAS, an Initial Study/Negative Declaration was prepared and circulated for public
review from July 7, 2010 to August 5, 2010; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Dublin received six comment letters during the public review
period, but only one letter (the letter from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District dated
August 5, 2010) raised concerns; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin worked cooperatively with BAAQMD and made minor
modifications to the Climate Action Plan and Negative Declaration to address the concerns
outlined in the BAAQMD letter dated August 5, 2010. The minor modifications to the Negative
Declaration do not require recirculation under CEQA Guidelines Section 15073.5; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a properly noticed public hearing on the Draft
Climate Action Plan and Negative Declaration on October 26, 2010 and adopted Resolution 10-
XX recommending that fhe City Council adopt the Negative Declaration; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a properly noticed public hearing on the Draft Climate
Action Plan and Negative Declaration on , 2010; and
WHEREAS, a Staff Report was submitted recommending that the City Council adopt the
Negative Declaration; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did review and consider the Initial Study/Negative
Declaration and related comments and responses, all said reports, recommendations and
testimony herein above set forth and used its independent judgment to evaluate the Negative
Declaration; and
WHEREAS, the location and custodian of the documents or other material which
constitute the record of proceedings for the Climate Action Plan is the City of Dublin City
Manager's Office, 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA 94568, Attn: Martha Aja.
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 of Dublin City Council does hereby adopt the
Negative Declaration attached as Exhibit , based on the following findings:
1. The City Council considered the Negative Declaration together with the comments
received during the public review process prior to taking action on the Climate Action Plan.
2. The City Council finds on the basis of the whole record before it that there is no
substantial evidence that the Climate Action Plan will have a significant effect on the
environment.
3. The Negative Declaration reflects the City's independent judgment and analysis as to
the potential environmental effects of the Climate Action Plan.
4. The Negative Declaration has been completed in compliance with CEQA and tFie
CEQA Guidelines.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _ day of 2010 by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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