HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 10614 (General Plan 2000 Amendment)RESOLUTION NO. 10614
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING A NEGATIVE
DECLARATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE SAN RAFAEL GENERAL PLAN 2000
TO UPDATE APPENDIX B (LAND USE TRAFFIC ALLOCATIONS)
(GPA 99-4)
The City Council of the City of San Rafael finds and determines that:
WHEREAS, Circulation Element Policy C-4 (Trip Allocations) of the San Rafael
General Plan 2000 notes that, in most traffic sensitive areas of the City, individual parcels/sites
have been assigned a proportion of area trips based on maximum development potential of such
sites and estimated PM peak hour trip generation. This trip assignment is necessary in order to
achieve and maintain City -adopted level -of -service standards at local intersections. The parcel -
by -parcel assignment of PM peak hour trips is presented in Appendix B (Land Use Traffic
Allocations) of the General Plan. Policy C-4 also recognizes that Appendix B must be updated
periodically to delete approved and built development projects. Appendix B was last updated in
1991; and
WHEREAS, in December 1999, the City of San Rafael initiated an update of Appendix
B of the San Rafael General Plan 2000, in order to recognize development projects that have
been approved and developed since 1991 and to update trip reserves; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the requirements of the City of San Rafael Environmental
Review Procedures and the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), an
Initial Study/Negative Declaration was prepared finding that the proposed update of Appendix B
would a) not result in significant environmental effects or b) not result in any changes in the
current traffic modeling assumptions for the planning area; and
WHEREAS, a notice regarding the availability of the Initial Study/Negative Declaration
was prepared and published, and the document was made available for public review; and
WHEREAS, on February 29, 2000, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on
the proposed Initial Study/Negative Declaration, accepting the written report of the Department
of Community Development. On a 5-0 vote (Atchison and O'Brien absent) recommended to the
City Council the adoption of the Negative Declaration; and
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2000, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed
Initial Study/Negative Declaration, accepting public testimony and the written report of the
Department Of Community Development.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the San Rafael City Council does
hereby adopt the Negative Declaration based on the findings that a) the Initial Study/Negative
Declaration has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the City of San Rafael
Environmental Review Procedures and the provisions of the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) and b) that the project will not result in a significant impact on the environment.
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the
City Council held on Monday, the twentieth of March, 2000, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cohen, Miller, Phillips and Vice -Mayor Heller
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Mayor Boro
JEANM. LEONCINI, City Clerk