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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Res 03-09 - 2003-04-09 RESOLUTION NO. 03-9 Otf>/Sh W4( A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH FINDING THE PROPOSED BOLSA CHICA STREET WATERLINE EASEMENT (BRIGHTWATER PROPOSED WATER TRANSMISSION LINE ROUTE) NOT IN CONFO~NCE ~TH THE SEAL BEACH GENERAL PLAN (GENERAL PLAN CONFORMANCE NO. 03-1) THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: WHEREAS, Section 65402 of the California Government Code stipulates that no public structure shall be constructed within any city until the location, purpose and extent of such work has been submitted to the planning agency having jurisrnction and the planning agency issues a report on whether the structure is in confonnity with the city's adopted General Plan; and WHEREAS, the City has received a request from the County of Orange Public FacilIties & Resources Department for the City of Seal Beach to adopt a resolution finding the Bolsa Chica Street Waterline Easement (Brightwater Proposed Water Transmission Line Route) project in conformity with the Seal Beach General Plan; and WHEREAS, on January 20, 2000 the City Council considered a staff report regarding the Draft Supplemental EIR for the "Balsa Chica Water TransmlsslOn Line and Wastewater Servlce ProJect" Prepared By California PublIc Utilities Commission (ApplIcation Nos. 98-11-003 And 98-11-015). The City Council approved a comment letter at that meeting; and WHEREAS, On May 24, 2000 the Final EIR for this project was submItted to the Environmental Quality Control Board for receipt; and WHEREAS, the proposed project is designed to provide domestic water services to a large plalIDed reSIdential development in another community; and WHEREAS, the Circulation Element of the General Plan acknowledges that "transportation has been recognized as a problem of regional dimensions" and that development projects in other cities may impact transportation within the City; and WHEREAS, the Circulation Element of the General Plan further recognizes the "VItal function" of transportation in the City and that transportation is a "major factor in shaping the structure and activity of a city"; and WHEREAS, the Circulation Element of the General Plan assumes that development in the area will be of a "modest nature," and further provides that significant new development would require "major reconsideration of the Circulation Element," WHEREAS, the overall project will not benefit the City of Seal Beach and will create negative, adverse traffic impacts along Major Arterial Highways and Primary Streets identified in the Circulation Element of the General Plan, including Pacific Coast Highway, Bolsa Chica Avenue, and the 405 freeway; and WHEREAS, the implementation of the water transmission line through the City of Seal Beach to servIce the proposed project will ultimately result in the creation of a project which negatively affects the City 111 terms of traffic circulation; and 1 , Bolsa Chlca Waterlme General Plan Conforlllance 03-1 Aprtl 9, 2003 WHEREAS, the negative impacts of the project on traffic circulation in the City of Seal Beach are inconsistent with the policies of the Circulation Element, which is an mtegral part of the General Plan, NOW THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION FINDS, based on the facts and determinations set forth above, that the Bolsa Chica Street Waterline Easement (Brightwater Proposed Water Transmission Line Route) Project is not in confonnity with the City of Seal Beach General Plan. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 9th day of April 2003, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Deaton, Ladner, Shanks, Sharp NOES: Commissioners ABSENT: Commissioners ABSTAIN: Commissioners Hood a (2. m Sharp ice Chairman, Planmng Commission Mac Cummins, Secretary PlalIDing Commission 2 RESOLUTION NO. 03-9 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH FINDING THE PROPOSED BOLSA CHICA STREET WATERLINE EASEMENT (BRIGHTWATER PROPOSED WATER TRANSMISSION LINE ROUTE) NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE SEAL BEACH GENERAL PLAN (GENERAL PLAN CONFORMANCE NO. 03-1) THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: WHEREAS, Section 65402 of the California Government Code stipulates that no public structure shall be constructed wlthm any CIty until the location, purpose and extent of such work has been submItted to the planning agency having jurisdiction and the planning agency Issues a report on whether the structure is in conformity with the city's adopted General Plan; and WHEREAS, the City has receIved a request from the County of Orange PublIc Facilities & Resources Department for the City of Seal Beach to adopt a resolutIOn findmg the Bolsa Chica Street Waterline Easement (Brightwater Proposed Water Transmission Line Route) project in conformity with the Seal Beach General Plan; and WHEREAS, on January 20,2000 the City Council considered a staff report regardmg the Draft Supplemental EIR for the "Bo/sa Chlca Water TransmlSSlOn Lme and Wastewater Servlce ProJect" Prepared By Califoffila Public UtIlities Commission (ApplIcation Nos. 98-11-003 And 98-11-015). The City Counci I approved a comment letter at that meeting; and WHEREAS, On May 24, 2000 the Final EIR for this project was submitted to the Environmental Quality Control Board for receipt; and WHEREAS, the proposed project is designed to provide domestIc water services to a large planned residentIal development in another community; and WHEREAS, the Circulation Element of the General Plan acknowledges "transportatIon has been recognized as a problem of regional dImensions" and that development projects in other cities may impact transportatIon within the City; and WHEREAS, the CirculatIon Element of the General Plan further recogmzes the "vital functIon" of transportation m the City and that transportation is a "major factor in shaping the structure and activity of a CIty"; and WHEREAS, the Circulation Element of the General Plan assumes that development m the area will be of a "modest nature," and further provides that SIgnificant new development would require "major reconSIderation of the CIrculation Element," WHEREAS, the overall project will not benefit the City of Seal Beach and will create negative, adverse traffic impacts along Major Arterial Highways and Primary Streets identIfied m the Circulation Element of the General Plan, 1 Planmng COlllllllsslOn ResolutIOn 03-9 Bolsa Clllca Water/me General Plan Confornllfy Api'll 9. 2003 includmg Pacific Coast HIghway, Bolsa Chica Avenue, and the 405 freeway; and WHEREAS, the implementation of the water transmission line through the City of Seal Beach to service the proposed project will ultimately result in the creatIon of a project which negatively affects the City in terms of traffic circulation; and WHEREAS, the negative impacts of the project on traffic circulation in the City of Seal Beach are inconsistent WIth the policies of the Circulation Element, whIch IS an mtegral part ofthe General Plan, NOW THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION FINDS, based on the facts and determinations set forth above, that the Bolsa Chica Street Waterhne Easement (Bnghtwater Proposed Water TransmIssion Line Route) Project is not m conformity WIth the City of Seal Beach General Plan. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereof held on the 9lh day of April 2003, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners Deaton. Ladner. Shanks. and Sharp NOES: Commissioners ABSENT: CommiSSIOners ABSTAIN: Commissioners Hood e Wlnttenberg, Secretary lanning Commission 3