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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 2024-026 - Certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report Prepared for General Plan 2024RESOLUTION NO. 2024-026 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT PREPARED FOR GENERAL PLAN 2024 WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the General Plan on October 3, 2000; and WHEREAS, the City Council determined that it was necessary and desirable to comprehensively update various elements of the General Plan to address current statutory requirements and to ensure local relevancy; and WHEREAS, the 2000-2020 General Plan Housing Element has been certified by the State Department of Housing and Community Development for the period 2000-2028, and no revisions are made to that Element which will be incorporated into General Plan 2045; and WHEREAS, an addendum to the 2000-2020 General Plan Environmental Impact Report was adopted for the 2000-2028 Housing Element and, as such, it need not be addressed in the Final EIR; and WHEREAS, no land use changes to the General Plan Diagram are proposed within the reduced Planning Area of General Plan 2045; and WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; herein referred to as "CEQA"), the State of California Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (herein referred to as the "CEQA Guidelines"), the City is the "lead agency" for the preparation and consideration of environmental documents for the Proposed Actions; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission on August 8, 2023, prior to the end of the Draft EIR public review period, did conduct a public hearing, notice of said public hearing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of the Redding Municipal Code, to solicit comments from agencies and the general public regarding topics of concern to be addressed in the Draft EIR; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission on February 27, 2024, did conduct a public hearing, notice of said public hearing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of the Redding Municipal Code, and heard and considered all factors relating to the Final EIR dated February 2024, including the staff report, the comments and recommendations received on the Draft EIR from persons, organizations and public agencies that submitted comments on the Draft EIR, the responses of the City, as lead agency, to significant points raised in the review and consultation process concerning the contents and sufficiency of the Final EIR and affirmatively recommended adoption of said Final EIR; and WHEREAS, modifications made to the proposed updates to draft General Plan 2045 subsequent to publication of the Draft EIR were minor in nature and do not introduce the potential for additional environmental impacts not already addressed; and WHEREAS, the City Council on March 26, 2024, did conduct a public hearing, notice of said public hearing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of the Redding Municipal Code, to consider the Planning Commission's recommendation to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report, and heard and considered all factors relating to the Final EIR, including the staff report, the comments and recommendations received on the Draft EIR from persons, organizations and public agencies that submitted comments on the Draft EIR, the responses of the City, as lead agency, to significant points raised in the review and consultation process concerning the contents and sufficiency of the Final EIR; and WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the City Council considered all significant impacts, mitigation measures, and Project alternatives identified in the Final EIR and found that all potentially significant impacts of the Project have been lessened or avoided to the extent feasible; and WHEREAS, CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines provide that no public agency shall approve or carry out a project for which an EIR has been completed that identifies one or more significant effects of the project unless the public agency makes certain written findings for each of the significant effects, accompanied by a statement of facts supporting each finding; and WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15091, 15093, and 15097, the City of Redding has prepared Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring Program; and WHEREAS, Section 2.0 of Project's Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations (CEQA Review and Public Participation), documents that the Draft EIR, and the Final EIR were prepared, noticed, distributed, and published in accordance with the CEQA Guidelines; and WHEREAS, the City Council has balanced the benefits of the Project against its unavoidable environmental risks in making its determination on this Project as necessary to serve the existing and future needs of the City of Redding, has analyzed the information submitted by staff and considered any written and oral comments received at the public hearing, including all factors relating to the Project, and has determined that any remaining unavoidable significant impacts are outweighed by specific economic, legal, social, or other benefits of the Project; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Redding, in its independent judgment, hereby finds that: SECTION 1. The foregoing recitations are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference as though set forth in full. SECTION 2. The Final EIR provides good -faith disclosure of available information on the Project and all reasonable and feasible alternatives thereto. SECTION 3. The information provided in the various reports submitted in connection with the Project and in the responses to comments on the Draft EIR, and the evidence presented in written and oral testimony at public hearings on the Project, do not constitute significant new information that requires recirculation of the EIR pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21092.1 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15088.5. SECTION 4. The City Council finds and determines that the applicable provisions of CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines have been duly observed in conjunction with said hearing and the considerations of this matter and all of the previous proceedings related thereto. SECTION 5. The City Council finds and determines that (a) the Final EIR is complete and adequate in scope and has been completed in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines for implementation thereof, (b) the Final EIR was presented to the City Council, and the City Council has fully reviewed and considered the information in the Final EIR prior to approving the Project, (c) the Final EIR reflects the City Council's independent judgment and analysis, and, based on substantial evidence in the record therefore, the Final EIR is hereby declared to be certified. SECTION 6. The City Council hereby approves and adopts the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations and the Mitigation Monitoring Program which are appended hereto and made a part hereof by this reference. SECTION 7. This action is final on the date this Resolution is adopted by the City Council and shall take effect on the thirtieth calendar day after the City Clerk attests this Resolution. Time limits for judicial review, as governed by Public Resources Code Section 21167, shall apply. SECTION 8. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081.6(a)(2) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15091(e), all documents and other materials which constitute the record of proceedings are located at the City of Redding City Hall. The City Clerk, whose office is located at 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding California 96001, is hereby designated as the custodian of the documents and other materials which constitute the record of proceedings upon which the City Council's decision is based, which documents and materials shall be available for public inspection and copying in accordance with the provisions of the California Public Records Act. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted at a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 26th day of March, 2024, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: - Munns, Winter, and Audette NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: - Dacquisto, Mezzano ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: WNESSA AUDETTE, Mayor ATTEST: I _ ef'-IL-A SHARLENE TIPTON, CiClerk CHRISTIAN M. CURTIS, City Attorney