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RESOLUTION NO. 97- 5/
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY
COUNCIL ADOPTION OF NEGATIVE
DECLARATION 97-4, ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT 97-2 TO THE "CIRCULATION
ELEMENT' OF THE SEAL BEACH GENERAL
PLAN, AND APPROVAL OF THE SUBJECT
STREET VACATION
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE:
WHEREAS, the Ca1iforma Government Code mcludes certam pTOVlslons regarding the
content of the "Circulation Elernent" of the General Plan, and
WHEREAS, this proposed amendment of the CITCulat10n Element of the Seal Beach
General Plan IS an amendment which pTOVldeS mternal consistency With
Clrculatlon Element ReVISIon 97-1, approved by the City Council m
October 1997. CITCulatIon Element RevlSlon 97-1 was adopted to
maintam consistency between the ClTculatIon Element and the approved
Hellman Ranch Specific Plan. Circulation Element ReVISIOn 97-1 was
necessary to delete roadways WIthIn Hellman Ranch deSignated for
constructIon 10 the General Plan that will not be constructed when the
Hellman Ranch Spec1fic Plan project IS constructed; and
WHEREAS, Circulation Amendment 97-1 deleted the subject roadway from the
CJTCUiation Element as a future roadway, but left the roadway descnptlon
10 the "CapItal Improvement Program" portion of the ClTculatlon Element,
resulting 10 an internal mconSlStencY WIthm the Circulation Element; and
WHEREAS, the City is propoSlDg to amend the Circulation Element to ellmmate thiS
mtemai inconSistency and vacate the subject future roadway nght-of-way,
and
WHEREAS, staff has prepared and CIrculated an Imt1al EnVIronmental Assessment and
proposed Negative Declaration as reqUIred by the CalIfornia EnVIronmental
Quality Act (CEQA). The comment penod on Negative Declaration 97-4
will end on December 8, 1997. As of December 3, 1997, The City has
received responses on the proposed Negative DeclaratIOn from
1) State of CalIfornIa, Department of TransportatIon, DIstnct 12,
haVIng no comments on the project; and
2) Southern Callforma ASSOCIation of Governments, mmcatlng the
project IS not regionally Slgmficant and does not warrant
cleannghouse comments: and
WHEREAS, a duly noticed pubhc hearing was held by the Planmng ComffilsSlon on
December 3, 1997 to conSIder Negative Declaration 97-4, CITculabon
Element Amendment 97-2, and the subject street vacation; and
C \My Documcnls\RESO\Cuoulabon Amend 97-2. PC ReIO doo\LWlI2-03-97
PIa""'''1f CommISSI01I Reso/utw" No 97-...2.L
N'lfahve DeclaratlO" 97-4, AnlendmenJ 97-2 to tho
ClrculatlO" Ek....nJ of tho a....ral Plan, and s/,.., VacatlO"
D.cnnb" 3, 1997
WHEREAS, the Planmng ComffilsSlon receIved mto eVIdence the Staff Report of
December 3, 1997, along WIth all attachments thereto, and conSIdered all
pubhc testimony presented; and
WHEREAS, The Planning ComffilsSlon made the followmg findmgs and recommended
adoption of NegatIve Declaration 97-4, CITculatIon Element Amendment
97-2, and the subject street vacation by the City CouncIl on December 3,
1997'
1. The proposed Negative Declaration adequately discloses the
potential enVIronmental Impacts of the proposed CITCulatlon
Element amendment and street vacatIon, and no substantial adverse
enVIronmental Impacts WIll result upon the approval of the subject
requests
2. The proposed Circulation Element amendment will result 10 mtemal
conSIstency WIthm the CITCulatlon Element.
3. The proposed CITculat10n Element amendment recogmzes the
future roadway IS longer necessary due to the reductIon in future
traffic Impacts from the Hellman Ranch property, which WIll
compose only 70 smgle-faffilly residences. If 10 the future
Boemg proposes additIonal facIlitIes on theIr property which
would reqUITe additional roadway access, a future enVIronmental
evaluatIon of those projects would IdentIfy If the anticipated
traffic generatIon would require a publIc roadway or pnvate
dnveway access. If thIs environmental evaluatIon were to
determIne that a public roadway IS reqUired, that would be a
conditIon of approval of the proposed project
4. The proposed street vacation IS conSIStent WIth the CITculatlon
Element, as amended by Amendment 97-2 to the Circulation
Element, and
WHEREAS, in comphance WIth CEQA and local CEQA gUldehnes, staff WIll prepare
the required "Response to Comments on Negative Declaration No. 97-4",
mcludmg all responses receIved by the City to December 8, 1997, for
conSideration by the Clty CouncIl on December 8, 1997.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planmng CommISSion hereby
recommends that the City CounCil:
1. Adopt Negative Declaration 97-4,
2. Approve Circulation Element Amendment 97-2 as set forth below'
"Section Four: Implementation", subsection titled
"Capital Improvements Program" , the last area of
concern is deleted in its entirety. The deleted area of
concern reads as follows:
"First Skeet etieftsillll &611I Ptleifie C685l IlIghwllY 16
W~:Her Bl"..~."
3. Summarily vacate the subject vacant street nght-of-way in accordance with
Sections 8333 and 8334 of the Streets and Highways Code.
Cuoul.uon Amend 97-2, PC Rao doc
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Plannmg CommlSSlO1I Reso/utron No 97-_
NegaJ..e Dec/araJwn 97-4, AmendmeJll 97-2 to the
Clrculalwn ElemeJll of the General Plan, and Street VocaJwn
December 3, 1997
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planmng CommIsSion of the City
of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on 3'" day of December, 1997, by
the folloWlDg vote:
AYES:
Cornmisgoners Rrnwn, Hnnd, I ~r~nn, I~w ~nd Yn~t
NOES:
CommiSSIoners r~nn"
ABSENT:
Cornmisgoners None
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Planmng ComffilSSlon
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Whittenberg, retary
P1anmng CommisSIon
CIn:ulabOD AmeDd 97-2, PC ReIo doc
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