HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCDC Resolution 2006-11 06/05/2006RESOLUTION NO. 2006-11
PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
ADOPTING FINDINGS THAT THE PROPOSED FISCAL MERGER AND
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS ARE EXEMPT FROM CEQA
WHEREAS, the Petaluma Community Development Commission ("PCDC") has been
designated as the official redevelopment agency in the City of Petaluma to carry out the
functions and requirements of the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California
(Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.) ("CRL"); and,
WHEREAS, the City Council. of the City of Petaluma (the "City Council") originally
approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the Petaluma Central Business District
Redevelopment Project Area ("CBD Project Area") by Ordinance 1221 N.C.S. on September 27,
1976, and subsequently amended such redevelopment plan by Ordinance 1973 N.C.S.
adopted November 21, 1994, Ordinance 2092 N.C.S. adopted July 21, 1999, Ordinance 21 16
N.C.S. adopted June 18, 2001, and Ordinance 2184 N.C.S. adopted June 7, 2004 (as so
amended, the "CBD Plan"); and,
WHEREAS, the City Council originally approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan
for the Petaluma Community Development Project (the "PCD Project Area") by Ordinance 1725
N.C.S. adopted on July 18, 1988, and subsequently amended such redevelopment plan by
Ordinance 1972 N.C.S. adopted November 21, 1994, Ordinance 2100 N.C.S. adopted April 3,
2000, and Ordinance 2183 N.C.S. adopted June 7, 2004 (as so amended, the ".PCD Plan"); and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33344.5, PCDC staff and
consultants have prepared a Preliminary Report which describes and analyzes existing
conditions in the CBD Project Area and the PCD Project Area, the financial resources and
projected revenue available to carry out redevelopment activities in the project areas, and the
proposed fiscal merger of the project areas and amendment of the redevelopment plans; and,
WHEREAS, PCDC staff and consultants have prepared proposed plan amendments that
would effectuate a fiscal merger of the CBD Project Area and the PCD Project Area; and,
WHEREAS, PCDC and City Planning Department staff have determined that (i) the fiscal
merger, as a financing mechanism for unspecified future projects which will itself have no
significant effect on the environment, is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines
Section 15061 (b) (3); (ii) the potential environmental effects of the redevelopment plans were
analyzed in previously certified environmental impact reports, including the Petaluma General
Plan Environmental Impact Report, the program level EIR for the Central Petaluma Specific Plan,
the PCD Project EIR and the CBD Plan Amendment EIR; and (iii) the proposed plan amendments
do not propose new projects, will not alter the implementation of the Redevelopment Plans, do
not propose any land use changes to those already analyzed in the current General Plan, and
do not modify the existing Redevelopment Programs; and,
WHEREAS, all specific projects that may be proposed for development within the CBD
Project Area or the PCD Project Area will require review pursuant to CEQA at the time that such
projects are proposed, and such project level review will include analysis of all potential
environmental effects of such projects which have not been addressed in the aforementioned
EIRs.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Petaluma Community Development Commission hereby:
Section 1. Finds that the proposed amendments and fiscal merger are exempt from
CEQA review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b) (3) because (i) the fiscal merger is a
financing mechanism for unspecified future projects and will itself have no significant effect on
the environment, (ii) the potential environmental effects of the redevelopment plans were
analyzed in previously certified environmental impact reports, including the Petaluma General
Plan Environmental Impact Report, the program level EIR for the Central Petaluma Specific Plan,
the PCD Project EIR and the CBD Plan Amendment EIR, and (iii) the proposed amendments do
not propose new projects, will not alter the implementation of the Redevelopment Plans, do not
propose any land use changes to those already analyzed in the current General Plan, and do
not modify the existing Redevelopment Programs.
Adopted this Si"day of June, 2006 by the following vote:
Commissioner Aye No Absent Abstain
Vice Chair Canevaro X
Chair Glass X
Harris X
Healy X
Nau X
O'Brien X
Torliatt X _ _ .
ATTEST:
Claire Cooper, Recording S~ cretary
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vid Glass,,Cha_ir_ .
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Eric W. Danly, G neral Counsel
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