HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 5113 RESOLUTION NO. 5113
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
CERTIFYING THAN AN ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT CONCERNING SPECIFIC PLAN SP -88 -1 IS
COMPLETE AND ADEQUATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Downey hereby finds, determines
and declares that:
A. The County of Los Angeles ( "the County ") has proposed to convert 121
acres of the Rancho Los Amigos property owned by the County ( "the Site ")
from hospital activities to a light industrial park referred to as the
Rancho Los Amigos Business Center ( "the Project ").
B. The City, as lead agency for the project, caused to be prepared a Final
Environmental Impact Report FEIR for the Project pursuant to the California
Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") which the City Council certified as
having been prepared and completed in accordance with CEQA on July 12, 1988.
C. On July 12, 1988, the City Council adopted General Plan Amendment GP-
87 -3 which amended the Land Use Element of the General Plan by changing the
Site's General Plan designation from "Public Use" to "Light Manufacturing"
and which amended the Circulation Element of the General Plan by designating
a circulation plan for the Site specifying roadway alignments and roadway
widths.
D. Pursuant to the directive of the City Council in its resolution
adopting GP -87 -3 (Resolution No. 5043), the City Planning Division has
prepared a Specific Plan to guide the planning and development of the Site
(SP- 88 -1).
E. SP -88 -1 addresses development of three phases of the Rancho Los Amigos
Business Center (Phases II, III, and IV). Phase I of the development was
implemented pursuant to Specific Plan SP -85 -1 adopted by the City Council on
November 12, 1985. SP -88 -1 implements planning and development standards
for Phase II, consisting of approximately 501,000 square feet of industrial
construction on 25 acres, and discusses future Phases III and IV in a
conceptual manner.
F. Pursuant to CEQA, the City has caused to be prepared an addendum to the
FEIR to address SP -88 -1 ( "the Addendum ") . The Addendum identifies specific
impacts of the Phase II development discussed in the FEIR, and identifies
more specific mitigation measures than those discussed in the FEIR. These
mitigation measures equal or exceed those discussed in the FEIR. The
changes to the mitigation measures and changes in the Project will not
require important revision of the FEIR because no new significant
information or new significant environmental impacts have been identified
which were not previously addressed in the FEIR.
G. Preparation of the Addendum is consistent with CEQA, which encourages
addendum reports to address the changes to an environmental impact report
which do not raise important new issues about significant effects on the
environment.
H. The Planning Commission, at the continued public hearing concerning SP-
88-1 on January 18, 1989, received testimony on the Addendum.
I. The City Council has fully reviewed and carefully considered the FEIR
and the Addendum concerning SP -88 -1, including all information presented at
the Feb, 14 , 1989, public hearing concerning this matter.
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SECTION 2. In view of the foregoing, the City Council of the City of Downey
hereby certifies that the Addendum for SP -88 -1: (1) has been prepared and
completed in compliance with the requirements of CEQA and the City of Downey
Environmental Guidelines, (2) was presented to the City Council and the Council
has reviewed and considered the information contained herein, and (3) that any
---. mitigation measures suggested therein have been incorporated into the specific
plan. The mitigation measures shall be monitored by the Staff as part of the
review for Certificates of Occupancy and, thereafter as needed, in accordance with
the Addendum and the Specific Plan.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file a
Notice of Determination as required pursuant to CEQA.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 14 day of Fehrua ry , 1989 • /
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ert G. Cbrmack, Mayor
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 14 day
of February, 1989, by the following vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Paul, Barb, Hayden, Cormack
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
-- ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Boggs
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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