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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 Page 1 of 2 ATTACHMENT 5 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 2307364.1 2 of 2