HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2006-108 N.C.S. 06/05/2006 Resolution No. 2006-108 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
ADOPTING FINDINGS THAT THE PROPOSED FISCAL MERGER AND
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS ARE EXEMPT FROM CEQA
WHEREAS, 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 2116 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,' Petaluma Community Development Commission ("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, 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 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 City Council of the City of Petaluma 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.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the. Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the prove as o
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 5`" day of June, 2006, fo
by the following vote:
ity Attor
AYES: Mayor Glass, Harris, Nau, O'Brien, Torliatt
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Vice Mayor Canevaro, Healy
ATTEST:
City Clerk ayor
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