HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.2 Att 5 PC Reso CEQA RESOLUTION NO. 15-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A CEQA ADDENDUM AND A
RELATED STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE SCHAEFER
RANCH UNIT 3 AND A PORTION OF UNIT 1 PROJECT
PLPA 2012-00013
WHEREAS, the Applicant, Schaefer Ranch Holdings LLC (Discovery Builders), proposes
a General Plan and Amendment to change the land use designation on the 17.30 acre site from
Estate Residential (0.01 to 0.8 units) to 7.04 acres of Single-Family Residential (0.9-6.0
units/acre) and 10.26 acres of Open Space; and
WHEREAS, the application also includes consistent PD-Planned Development rezoning
with Stage 1 and Stage 2 Development Plan, Site Development Review, and Vesting Tentative
Map 8136 to allow development of 19 single-family detached homes. The proposed
development applications are collectively known as the "Project"; and
WHEREAS, the Project site is located in the Western Extended Planning Area at the
westerly terminus of Dublin Boulevard, north of Interstate 580 and west of Schaefer Ranch
Road; 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, development of the Project site was addressed in the 1996 (Schaefer Ranch
Project/General Plan Amendment Environmental Impact Report, State Clearinghouse No.
95033070, the "Schaefer Ranch EIR" or "1996 EIR". The prior reviews are further described in
the draft City Council resolution attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference;
and
WHEREAS, based on the proposed Single Family Residential and Open Space land use
designations the proposed Project remains less than the number of units initially analyzed in the
Schaefer Ranch EIR: and
WHEREAS, the City prepared an Initial Study to determine if additional review of the
proposed Project was required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15162. Based on the
Initial Study, the City prepared an Addendum dated October 2015 describing the project and
finding that the impacts of the proposed Project have been adequately addressed in the prior
EIR. The Addendum and its supporting Initial Study is attached as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, on October 13, 2015, 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
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WHEREAS, a Staff Report dated October 13, 2015 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
EIR 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 makes the following
findings to support the determination that no further environmental review is required under
CEQA for the proposed project. These findings are based on information contained in the
CEQA Addendum, the prior EIR, the staff report, and all other information contained in the
record before the Planning Commission. These findings constitute a summary of the
information contained in the entire record. The detailed facts to support the findings are set
forth in the CEQA Addendum and related Initial Study, the prior EIR, and elsewhere in the
record. Other facts and information in the record that support each finding that are not included
below are incorporated herein by reference:
1. The proposed Project does not constitute substantial changes to the previous projects
affecting the Project site as addressed in the prior EIR, that will require major revisions to the
prior documents due to new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in
severity of previously identified significant effects. Based on the Initial Study, all potentially
significant effects of the proposed Project are the same or less than the impacts for project
which were previously addressed. The proposed Project will not result in substantially more
severe significant impacts than those identified in the prior EIR. All previously adopted
mitigation measures from the Schaefer Ranch EIR continue to apply to the proposed Project
and project site as applicable.
2. The Addendum and its related Initial Study did not identify any new significant impacts
of the proposed Project that were not analyzed in the prior EIR.
3. The City is not aware of any new information of substantial importance or substantial
changes in circumstances that would result in new or substantially more severe impacts or meet
any other standards in CEQA Section 21166 and related CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162/3.
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 Schaefer Ranch Unit 3 and a portion of Unit 1 project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Commission City Council of the City of
Dublin recommends that the City Council adopt the Statement of Overriding Considerations
attached as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13t" day of October 2015 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Planning Commission Chairperson
ATTEST:
Assistant Community Development Director
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