HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 10019 (Fair, Isaac & Co EIR)RESOLUTION NO. 10019
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL CERTIFYING THE
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE
FAIR, ISAAC OFFICE PARK DEVELOPMENT
The City Council of the City of San Rafael finds and determines that:
WHEREAS, on March 31, 1997, the City of San Rafael (City) received applications from
Village Properties, applicants, requesting an amendment to the PD District, Use Permit,
Environmental and Design Review Permit and Tentative Map for the Fair, Isaac Office Park
development, located on 15 acres fronting Second Street, Lindaro Street and Lincoln Avenue (AP
13-012-120 [ptn.], 13-021-100 and 13-021-190); and
WHEREAS, the City, as lead agency for the preparation and consideration of
environmental documents for said project, completed an Initial Study, consistent with the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The Initial Study concluded that because the
project had the potential to adversely effect the environment an Environmental Impact Report
(EIR) would be required. A Notice of Preparation was distributed for a 30 -day public review,
which included a public scoping hearing with the Planning Commission on April 29, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the City has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Report, Volume I - EIR
Text and Appendices, dated August 18, 1997 (DEIR). The City observed a 45 -day period for
public review of the document, which included a public hearing held by the Planning Commission
on September 23, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the City has evaluated the comments received by public agencies,
organizations and persons who reviewed the DEIR and has prepared responses to comments
received during the 45 -day public review period; and
WHEREAS, said comments and recommendations received on the DEIR, either verbatim
or in summary, a list of agencies, organizations and persons commenting on the DEIR, and the
responses of the City have been attached to and made a part of the DEIR (Volume II, Response
to Comments, December 1, 1997) and a "Modifications to the Fair, Isaac Office Park FEIR
(December 23, 1997) to form the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for said project, as
required by Section 15132 of the State CEQA Guidelines. In addition, a Mitigation Monitoring
and Reporting Program has been prepared to outline procedures for implementing all mitigation
measures in the FEIR; and
WHEREAS, the City desires and intends to use the FEIR for the Fair, Isaac Office Park
project as the environmental documentation required by CEQA and the State Guidelines for each
of the above -referenced discretionary actions to the extent authorized by the law.
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WHEREAS, on January 7, 1998, the Planning Commission accepted public testimony on
the Volume II, Response to Comments and the Modifications to the Fair, Isaac Office Park FEIR.
Following closure of the public hearing, responses to comments on the FEIR/Response to
Comments document were read into the record by staff and the EIR consultant. The Planning
Commission, on a 6-0-1 vote, adopted Resolution 98-1 recommending to the City Council
certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report.
WHEREAS, on February 9, 1998, the City Council accepted public testimony on the
Volume II, Response to Comments and the Modifications to the Fair, Isaac Office Park FEIR. As
part of the hearing and review, the City council considered the agenda report, dated February 9,
1998, which includes several amendments to the FEIR.
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Final Environmental Impact Report for
the project in its entirety, as well as all staff and Planning Commission reports related to the
environmental review of the project, and all evidence received by the Planning Commission at the
duly noticed public hearings regarding the project, all of which are hereby incorporated by
reference into this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the San Rafael City Council finds that
the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Fair, Isaac Office Park development has been
prepared in accordance with the required CEQA and the State Guidelines and hereby certifies the
document.
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 special meeting of the
City Council of said meeting held on Monday, the ninth of February, 1998, by the following vote
to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
DISQUALIFIED/AB SENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Cohen, Heller, Miller and Vice Mayor Phillips
None
Mayor Boro (Due to Conflict of Interest)
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JE M. LEONC , City Clerk