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Home My WebLink AboutCC Res 4665 1998-11-23 RESOLUTION NO. ~ I A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AMENDING THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN (CIRCULATION 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 Ciub property and adjoining properties (collectively "application") with the City of Seal Beach. The Applicant seeks amendments to the General Plan to allow the implementation 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 and the General Plan, certain elements of the General Plan, including the Circulation Element, are proPosed to be amended. I Section 2. Pursuant to 14 Calif. Code of Regs. fi I5025(a) and fifi II.C and ill of the City's Local 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 EIR and public testimony thereto at a public hearing on November 9 and November 17, 1998, the City Council adopted City Council Resolution No. 4660, certifying the Final EIR and adopting a statement. of overriding considerations. City Council Resolution No. 4660 is hereby incolJlO'!lled by this reference. Section 3. After a duly noticed public hearing, the Planning Commission recommended denial of General Plan Amendment 98- I. 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 EIR Review - Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center FEIR, also dated September 9, 1998, all attachments thereto, and the Minutes of the September 9, 1998 Planning Commis.sion 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 EIR for the Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center Development Project; and Planning Commission Resolution 97-38, recommending denial - Resolution Number~~ CIty Council RfISO/uIio.. No. 4665 Clrculatio.. Hum.", AIIIendm..., 9/J-1 Bixby Old RatlCh Tow... C...,.r Dewlopm..., Pima Nowmber 23, 1998 of General Plan Amendment 98-1 regarding the Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center Development 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 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 information presented. The record of the hearings indicates the following: I (a) The necessary improvements to the Seal Beach Boulevard - San Diego Freeway interchange is to be funded through a combination of public and private funds, including Transportation' Facility and Program Development Fees from the Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center project. (b) The City Council has incorporated certain revisions into the Bixby Old Ranch Towne Center Development Plan to respond to concerns regarding Kcut- through" traffic into the unincorporated community of Rossmoor. Those revisions include the shifting of the entire twenty-five acre retail shopping center to the north so that no portion of the center is south of St. Cloud Drive and elimination of any exiting traffic from I the retail shopping center at the existing intersection of Seal Beach Boulevard and St Cloud Drive onto St. Cloud Drive. This results in relocation of the central driveway entrance into the proposed twenty-five acre retail shopping center to a point in line with an existing entrance into Rossmoor Center, providing a fully signalized intersection at this location. This modification results in the creation of an additional signalized entrance into the retail shopping centers along Seal Beach Boulevard. (c) An analysis of the traffic impacts from these proposed changes indicates there are no significant adverse impacts created, and that the modifications do not rise to the level 'of requiring a re-circuIation of the EIR for the project as revised. Section 5. Based upon substantial evidence in the record of the hearing, including the facts stated in ~ 4 of this resolution, and in the environmental documentation prepared in conjunction with this project, and pursuant to n 28-2600 and 28-2602 of the City's Code, the City Council hereby finds the proposed General Plan Amendments, as revised by the City Council: are beneficial to the short term and long term land use goals of the City of Seal Beach; promote the public health, safety and welfare; and are in the public interest. (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 I the project, its significant impacts, and the alternatives, and mitigation measures related to each significant environmental effect. No additional environmental documentation is needed. Section 6. amended as follows: Based on the foregoing, the Circulation Element is hereby Resolution Number~'~~ City Cou",,// R...oIl11lon No. 4665 Circulation EImu!III Amendmelll 98-1 Baby Old Ram:h Towne Celller o.veiopmelll Plan November 23. 1998 I. .Section Four: Implementation" , subsection titled .Capital Improvements Program", the second area of concern is revised to read as follows: I .SeaI Beach Boulevard - San Diego Freeway interchange improvements (This improvement is to be funded through a combination of public and private funds, including Transportation Facility and Program Development Fees from the Bixby Old Rancll Towne Center project)." Staff is hereby directed to revise the Circulation Element accordingly. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Co,ncil of th,e City of Seal Beach at ~ng th~~n the ~,JJ. day of '~),h~) , 1998, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmemb NOES: Councilmembers Councilmembers ~ ABSENT: I STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF SEAL BEACH } } } SS I, Joanne M. Yea, City Clerk of Seal Beach, California, do hW~ 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 o~ Beach,~ meeting thereof held on the ":;;~I1L day of '(/~-'N , 1998. ' I