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Home My WebLink AboutCC Res 4663 1998-11-23 RESOLUTION NO. 4'66.? I A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AMENDING THE BICYCLE ROUTE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN (BICYCLE ROUTE ELEMENT AMENDMENT 98-1, BIXBY OLD RANCH TOWNE CENTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN) THE CITY" COUNCIL OF .THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE: Section I. The. Bixby Ranch Company ("Applicant") has submitted applications for general plan amendments, zone changes, parcel maps and development agreement approvals for the Bixby Old Ranch Golf Course and Tennis Club property and adjoining properties (collectively "application") with the City of Seal Beach. The Applicant seeks amendments to the General Plan to aIiow the impIemeniation of the proposed Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center Plan, dated August 1997. To achieve consistency between zoning restrictions set forth in the Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center Development Plan, as revised by the City Council, and the General Plan, certain elements of the General Plan, including the Bicycle Route Element, are proposed to be amended. I Section 2. Pursuant to 14 Calif. Code of Regs. fi I5025(a) and U D.C and ill of the City's LocaI CEQA Guidelines, staff prepared an Initial Study and a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), to study the environmental impacts arising from the proposed Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center Development Plan and related General Plan amendments, including this amendment. The DEIR was circulated for public review and comment from April 15, 1998 to May 29, 1998, in compliance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City's Local CEQA Guidelines. Upon completion of the public review period, a Final Environmental Impact Report was reviewed by the Planning Commission at a public hearing held on September 9, October 21, and November 4, 1998. After the public hearing, the Planning Commission found, through the adoption of Planning Commission Resolution No. 98-37 that the Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center Development Plan Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is adequate under CEQA. After considering the Final ErR and public testimony ihereto at a public hearing on November 9 and November 17, 1998, the City Council adopted City Council Resolution No. 4660, certifying the Final ErR and adopting a statement of overriding considerations. City Council Resolution No. 4660 is hereby incorporated by this reference. Section 3. After a duly noticed public hearing, the Planning Commission recommended denial of General Plan Amendment 98-1. I Section 4. On November 9 and November 17, 1998, the City Council conducted a public hearing to consider the Planning Commission's recommendation. The City Council received into evidence the following reports and minutes: the Planning Commission Staff Report dated September 9, 1998, and a Memorandum re: Transmittal of Environmental Quality Control Board Documents Received re: Final E1R Review - Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center FEIR, also dated September 9, 1998, all attachments thereto, and the Minutes of the September 9, 1998 Planning Commission Meeting; Planning Commission Supplemental Staff Report and Planning Commission Supplemental Staff Report # 2, both dated October 21, 1998, all attachments thereto, and the Minutes of the October 21, 1998 Planning Commission Meeting; Planning Commission Resolution 98- 37, recommending certification of the ErR for the Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center- Resolution Numbe~~~ Cily Council Resolullo" No. 4663 Bkye" Rolli. E/nrro'" Am.ndm.", 98-1 Bixby Old Ranch TOWM C.",.. o...iopmmt Pia" Novomb.. 23. 1998 DeveIopment Project; and Planning Commission Resolution 97-38, recommending denial of General Plan Amendment 98-1 regarding the Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center DeveIopment Plan, and the draft Planning Commission Minutes of November 4, 1998; the Fnvironmental Quality Control Board Staff Report of August 26, 1998 with all attachments and Minutes; Memorandum to Fnvironmental Quality Control Board re: Communications to Include Within the Administrative Record, dated September 2, 1998, including all attachments; copies of handouts and overheads of the September 2 EQCB meeting and Minutes of the' September 2, 1998 EQCB Meeting; Memorandum to the I EQCB re: Transmittal of Archaeological Advisory Committee Recommendations, dated September 3, 1998, supplemental information received 'at the September 8 EQCB Meeting, and the Minutes of the Fnvironmental Quality Control Board of September 8, 1998: EQCB Resolution No. 98-1, recommending the adequacy of the EIR, with modifications, to the Planning Commission/City Council, adopted on September 30, 1998, and the Fnvironmental Quality Control Board Minutes of September 30, 1998; and, the Archaeological Advisory Committee Staff Report and Minutes of September 2, 1998, and Resolutions 98-1 and 98-2, adopted on September 2, 1998. The City Council also considered all public testimony and written informa!ion presented. The record of the hearings indicates the following: (a) As a result of the subject applications before the City, off-street , bike paths are proposed to be developed for the first time in the City, and that proposal is to be referenced in the appropriate portion of the Bicycle Route Element of the General Plan. Section 5. Based upon substantial evidence ,in the record of the hearing, including the f~ts stated in fi 4 of this resolution, and in the environmental documentation prepared in conjunction with this project, and pursuant to fifi 28-2600 and 28-2602 of th.e City's Code, the City Council hereby finds the proposed General Plan Amendments, as revised: are beneficial to the short term and long tenn land use goals of the City of Seal Beach; promote the public health, safety and welfare; and are in the public interest. ' I (a) Pursuant to Section 15168 of the CEQA Guidelines, an EIR has been prepared and has been certified by the City Council. This amendment is within the scope of the certified EIR, which adequately describes the general environmental setting of the project as revised, its significant impacts, and the alternatives, and mitigation measures related to each significant environmental effect. No additional environmental documentation is needed. Section 6. Based on the foregoing, the Bicycle Route Element is hereby amended as follows: 1. Page 7 of the Bicycle Route Element is revised to read as follows: "It appears that the bicycling trend is developing to the point where there would be substantial justification for bicycle routes on all arterial streets in the City. Bike routes could also become a part of the permanent design standards for the arterial street system. In addition to routes on arterial streets, a continuing program of providing off-street bicycle trails, similar to those proposed for the Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center development, will be pursued. The City would then end up with bike trail systems, combining off-street and on- street routes, to serve the bicycling needs of the community." I Staff is directed to revise the Bicycle Route Element accordingly. Resolution Number~~~ CiIy COlUlci/ Ruo/utiOll No. 4663 Bicyck Rout. E""'n/ Am.ndnunl 98-1 Bixby Old RDllCh TOWIU! CDI'" n."/opmDll Pion No..mb., 23, 1998 I PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City COJJncil of the City of Seal Beach at tin th held on the ~~Ad day of , 1998, by the following vote: Councilmemb AYES: NOES: CounciImemb ABSENT: ~?~ Mayor I STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF SEAL BEACH } } } SS I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California, do ~y certify that the foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number ~ on file in the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City Beach, at a . g thereof held on the c::2..eu day of , 1998. I