HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 10211 (Central SR Redevelopment Plan)RESOLUTION NO. 10211
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
DESIGNATING THE SAN RAFAEL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS � �J e,
RESPONSIBLE AGENCY AND DESIGNATING THE CITY AS THE LEAD
AGENCY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE ADOPTION
OF AN AMENDED AND RESTATED CENTRAL SAN RAFAEL
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, Section 15050 of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines (the
"CEQA Guidelines") requires that when a project requiring environmental documentation is to
be carried out or approved by more than one public agency, one public agency shall be
responsible for preparing the environmental documentation for the project. This agency shall be
called the Lead Agency; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael (the "City") and the Redevelopment Agency of the
City of San Rafael (the "Agency") are the public agencies involved in the preparation and
adoption of the Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan for the Central San Rafael
Redevelopment Project (the "Amended Plan") for which environmental documentation shall be
prepared, and both agencies have responsibilities related to approving and carrying out the
Amended Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the standards set forth in Section 15051 of the CEQA
Guidelines, the City and the Agency each has a substantial claim to be Lead Agency; and
WHEREAS, Section 15051 of the CEQA Guidelines provides that where two or more
public agencies have a substantial claim to be the Lead Agency, the public agencies may by
agreement designate one of the agencies as the Lead Agency; and
WHEREAS, the City is the legal entity with final authority to approve and adopt the
Amended Plan pursuant to the California Community Redevelopment Law, and therefore should
serve as the "Lead Agency," as defined in the CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has less broadly-defined governmental powers than does the
City, and therefore should serve as a "Responsible Agency," as defined in the CEQA Guidelines.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby consents to its
designation as the Lead Agency for purposes of the preparation of environmental documentation
for the Amended Plan; and
BE IT FURTVER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby acknowledges that the
Agency shall serve as ¢''Responsible Agency" in the preparation and consideration of the
environmental documentation for the Amended Plan, within the meaning of Public Resources
Code Section 21069.
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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
Council of said City on Monday, the 18th day of May, 1998, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: COHEN, HELLER, PHILLIPS AND MAYOR BORO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: MILLER
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
JEWNE M. LEONCI I , City Clerk
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