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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.2 Att 5 Exh A CC Reso RESOLUTION NO. XX - 15 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN ADOPTING 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 to develop 19 develop single family homes and open space on approximately 17.30 acres known as Schaefer Ranch Unit 3 in the planned community known as Schaefer Ranch. The proposed development and applications are collectively known as the "Project"; and WHEREAS, the application includes a General Plan and Amendment to change the land use designation on the 17.30 acre site from Estate Residential to 7.04 acres of Single Family Residential (SFR) and 10.26 acres of Open Space (OS); 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; and WHEREAS, the Project site is located in the Western Extended Planning Area at westerly portion of the Schaefer Ranch planned community at the westerly terminus of Dublin Boulevard, north of Interstate 580 and west of Schaefer Ranch Road; and WHEREAS, the Project Site currently is subdivided as Lots 297 thru 302, Parcel R, and a portion of Parcel "Q" of Tract 6765; and WHEREAS, a portion of Unit 1 located at the end of Ridgeline Place was also included in the Addendum and is currently designated as Open Space; 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 a 1996 EIR (Schaefer Ranch Project/General Plan Amendment Environmental Impact Report, State Clearinghouse No. 95033070, the "Schaefer Ranch EIR" or "1996 EIR"). The 1996 EIR identified significant unavoidable impacts that could apply to the Project; therefore, any Project approval must include a Statement of Overriding Considerations. The prior EIR is 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 Page 1 of 3 �,:1:iiii3IT A AT'TACHMEN'T 5 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 adopted Resolution 15-XX (incorporated herein by reference) recommending that the City Council adopt the CEQA Addendum for the Project; and WHEREAS, a Staff Report, dated , 2015 and incorporated herein by reference, described and analyzed the Project and related Addendum for the City Council and recommended adoption of the CEQA Addendum and approval of the Project; and WHEREAS, on , 2015 the City Council held a properly noticed public hearing on the Project, at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to be heard; and WHEREAS, the City Council considered the Addendum, as well as the prior EIR and all above-referenced reports, recommendations, and testimony before taking any action 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 City Council 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 City Council staff report, and all other information contained in the record before the City Council. 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 CEQA documents. 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. 2 of 3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin finds the following: 1. No further environmental review under CEQA is required for the proposed Project because there is no substantial evidence in the record as a whole that any of the standards under Sections 21166 or 15162/3 are met. 2. The City has properly prepared an Addendum and related Initial Study under CEQA Guidelines section 15164 to explain its decision not to prepare a subsequent or Supplemental EIR or conduct further environmental review for the proposed Project. 3. The City Council considered the information in the Addendum and prior EIR before approving the land use applications for the proposed Project. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin adopts 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 project. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin adopts the Statement of Overriding Considerations attached as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2015 by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk 3 of 3