HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 127-89 HansenHillCEQA Find RESOLUTION NO. 127 - 89
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
A RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) AND
APPROVING MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
(HANSEN HILL RANCH PROJECT)
Recitals
1. The Donald Bren Company ("Applicant") has made application
to the City of Dublin for annexation, PD prezoning and tentative
map approval for a residential development consisting of 180
single-family homes on the 147 acre site described in Attachment
A-l, attached hereto and incorporated herein ("subject property")
with 180 residential lots on approximately 51 acres and
approximately 96 acres of open space (the "Project").
2. The Project includes subdivision of 180 single-family lots,
construction of a road from the subject property to Dublin
Boulevard through the Valley Christian Center property and
payment of the proposed proJect's proportionate share of the
costs of (a) widening Dublin Boulevard between Hansen Drive and
Silvergate Drive and restriping Dublin Boulevard between Hansen
Drive and Donlan Way and (b) redesigning the Dublin
Boulevard/Silvergate Drive Intersection to make Dublin Boulevard
a through route at such intersection and have Silvergate Drive
controlled by a "stop" sign.
3. An Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 87050527) and
Addendum ("General Plan EIR") was previously prepared and
certified by the City Council for a general plan amendment
entitled the "Hansen Hill Ranch General Plan Amendment", by
Resolution No. 19-89, A RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) AND CERTIFYING FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, WITH STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING
CONSIDERATIONS (GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT - PA 87-045 HANSEN HILL
RANCH) approved on February 27, 1989. Resolution No. 19-89
including the findings made by said Resolution and the Statement
of Overriding Considerations included therein, is hereby
incorporated herein by this reference and made a part hereof.
4. The Hansen Hill Ranch General Plan Amendment designated the
subject property as Low Density Single Family Residential, with a
density range of 0.5 to 3.8 DU/acre, and as open space/stream
corridor.
5. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the City
adopted Resolution No. 020-89, A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A MITIGATION
MONITORING PROGRAM (HANSEN HILL RANCH), approved on February 27,
1989 to provide for the implementation of a mitigation monitoring
program covering the Project.
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6. The proposed Project is consistent with the Dublin General
Plan, as amended by the Hansen Hill Ranch General Plan Amendment
and the Project provides for a residential density significantly
below the maximum density permitted by the Hansen Hill Ranch
General Plan Amendment or the density analyzed in the General
Plan EIR.
7. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21083.3(a) and
Section 15183 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Title 14, California
Administrative Code), an initial study dated October 23, 1989
(the "Initial Study") was prepared to determine whether there are
effects on the environment peculiar to the proposed Project which
were not addressed as significant in the General Plan EiR.
8. The Initial Study, based in part.on a September 27, 1989
memorandum and traffic study generated by TJKM, the City's
traffic consultant (the "TJKM Report"), identified the following
effects on the environment as being peculiar to the proposed
Project and not addressed as significant in the General Plan EIR=
a. Reduction of level of service on Dublin Boulevard east
of Silvergate Drive~ and
b. Significant adverse impacts on operating
characteristics of Dublin Boulevard/Silvergate Drive
intersection~ and
c. Visual impacts of grading/filling between the existing
knolls in the southwest portion of the site.
9. The Initial Study indicated that the significant
environmental effect listed in paragraph 8(a) could be mitigated
by widening Dublin Boulevard between Hansen Drive and Silvergate
Drive and re-striping Dublin Boulevard between Hansen Drive and
Donlan Way~ that the significant environmental effect listed in
paragraph 8(b) could be mitigated by redesigning the Dublin
Boulevard/Silvergate Drive intersection~ and that the significant
environmental effect listed in paragraph 8(c) could be mitigated
by incorporating certain types of grading restrictions into the
Project.
10. The proposed Project has been modified to include provision
for (a) payment by the Applicant of its proportionate share of
the costs of mitigating the effects described in paragraph 8(a)
and (b) above in the manner described-in the TJKM Report
(collectively the "traffic mitigation measure), and (b) grading
restrictions to mitigate the effects described in paragraph 8(c)
above (the "visual impact mitigation measure").
11. Based on the information contained in the General Plan EIR,
the TJKM Report, the Initial Study and the Staff Report dated
November 27, 1989 (the "Staff Report") all of which are
incorporated herein by this reference, a Mitigated Negative
Declaration, incorporating the traffic mitigation measures and
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the visual impact mitigation measures, was prepared for the
proposed Project. Notice of Preparation of the Mitigated
Negative Declaration was duly given prior to the Planning
Commission hearing on November 6, 1989.
12. The Planning Commission held hearings on the proposed
Project on November 6, 1989 and November 20, 1989, at which time
the Planning Commission took testimony from interested persons
regarding the proposed Project and recommended approval of the
project to the City Council subject to specified conditions.
13. Notice of public hearing on the Mitigated Negative
Declaration was duly given and a public hearing was held before
the City Council on November 27, 1989.
14. Notice that the City Countil proposes to adopt the Mitigated
Negative Declaration and an opportunity for public review was
provided to the public by posting in public buildings, the notice
was mailed to adjacent Property Owners and published in the local
newspaper at least ten (10) days before the public hearing, in
accordance with Section 15072 of the State CEQA Guidelines.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE City Council of the
City of Dublin does hereby resolve as follows=
As
The foregoing Recitals are true and correct and are made a
part hereof.
The City Council finds, on the basis of the record before it
and the foregoing Recitals, (1) that feasible mitigation
measures, including without limitation the traffic
mitigation measures and the visual impact mitigation
measures, have been incorporated into the Project to
mitigate the significant environmental effects identified in
paragraph 8 above~ (2) that such mitigation measures will
eliminate or reduce to a level of insignificance the
significant environmental effects identified in paragraph 8~
and (3) that uniformly applied development policies or
standards will not mitigate the significant environmental
effects identified in paragraph 8 above.
The City Council has reviewed and considered the Mitigated
Negative Declaration, together with all comments received
during the public comment period and all testimony at the
public hearing. The City Council hereby finds that there
is no substantial evidence that the Project, as modified to
incorporate the traffic mitigation measures and the visual
impact mitigation measures, will have a significant effect
on the environment and approves the Mitigated Negative
Declaration.
Notice of Determination shall be filed by the City Manager
in accordance with Section 15075 of the State CEQA
Guidelines.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of November,
1989.
AYES:
Councilmembers Hegarty, Snyder, Vonheeder and
Mayor Moffatt
NOES:
ABSENT:
None
Counc i lmember Je f f~,/~2 /
x Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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