HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.1 Att 5 PC Reso CEQA Addendum RESOLUTION NO. 14-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A CEQA ADDENDUM FOR THE
TRANSIT CENTER SITE A-1 PROJECT
PLPA 2013-00046
WHEREAS, the Applicant, Summerhill Homes, proposes to develop a 2.86-acre site
known as Transit Center Site A-1 for 52 three-story condominium townhouses. The proposed
development and applications are collectively known as the "Project"; and
WHEREAS, the applications include a General Plan/Eastern Dublin Specific Plan
Amendment to change the land use designations from High Density Residential to Medium-
High Density Residential; and
WHEREAS, the applications also include Planned Development rezoning with a related
Stage 1 and Stage 2 Development Plan, Site Development Review, and Vesting Tentative
Subdivision Map 8167; and
WHEREAS, the Project Site is located at the southwest corner of Dublin Boulevard and
Campbell Lane within the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan area, and more specifically within the
Dublin Transit Center Village area (APN 986-0034-007); and
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), together with the State
guidelines and City environmental regulations, require that certain projects be reviewed for
environmental impacts and that environmental documents be prepared; 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, which resolution is 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 Project site is also within the project addressed by the Final
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH #2001120395) for the Dublin Transit Center, which
also identified significant unavoidable impacts for the related General Plan Amendment,
Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Amendment, Planned Development rezoning with related Stage 1
Development Plan, Tentative Parcel Map, and Development Agreement. The EIR was certified
and a Statement of Overriding Considerations adopted on November 19, 2002 by City Council
Resolution No. 215-02, which resolution is incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, based on the prior CEQA reviews and a related Initial Study, the City
prepared a CEQA Addendum, concluding and documenting that potential environmental effects
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of the Project are adequately addressed in the prior CEQA reviews, as further described in
attached Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, on August 12, 2014, the Planning Commission held a properly noticed
public hearing on the Project, at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to be
heard; and
WHEREAS, a Staff Report dated August 12, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference
described and analyzed the Project and related Addendum for the Planning Commission and
recommended adoption of the CEQA Addendum and approval of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered the Addendum, as well as the prior
EIRs and all above-referenced reports, recommendations, and testimony before making a
recommendation on the Project.
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 Planning Commission of the City of Dublin
recommends that the City Council adopt the CEQA Addendum and related Initial Study,
attached as Exhibit A (and incorporated herein by reference), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines
Sections 15162 and 15164 for the Transit Center Site A-1 project.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of August 2014 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Planning Commission Chairperson
ATTEST:
Assistant Community Development Director
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