HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 8123 (East SR Neighborhood Plan)RESOLUTION NO. 8123
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL CERTIFYING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE
EAST SAN RAFAEL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT
WHEREAS, on December 18, 1988, the City Council adopted a work program for the East San
Rafael Neighborhood Plan noting that the recently adopted General Plan would be used as the
basis for most land use and intensity decisions; circulation standards and improvement needs;
and recreation, affordable housing, major environmental protection and safety standards; and
that the Neighborhood Plan would address more specific, unresolved issues of neighborhood
concern.
WHEREAS, a draft Neighborhood Plan was prepared with the assistance of a Neighborhood
Advisory Committee which proposed new neighborhood services and other policy and program
additions; and
WHEREAS, proposed new and revised programs and policies necessitated a General Plan
Amendment and a new environmental assessment; and
WHEREAS, an environmental assessment for program and policy changes resulting in a Negative
Declaration of Environmental Impacts, was prepared in September, 1989, and circulated for 30
days, with no comments received.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the environmental assessment identified no significant
environmental impacts resulting from new policies and programs, with incorporation of
program ESR-gggg to assure appropriate cleanup of City owned property at the end of Bellam
Blvd. The San Rafael City Council approves certification of the Negative Declaration of
Environmental Impacts per section 15168 (d) of the California Environmental Quality Act
Guidelines for the East San Rafael Neighborhood Plan General Plan Amendment, with inclusion of
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon review and consideration of the environmental assessment,
draft Neighborhood Plan and other documents prepared as part of the Neighborhood Plan process,
the City Council recommends making the following finding in accordance with Section 15092 of
the CEQA guidelines:
The Neighborhood Plan revision to the General Plan includes a reduction in the number of
housing units from the San Rafael General Plan 2000 (Adopted July, 1988) for the
following reasons:
Elimination of a portion of the 6.14 acre City site at the end of Bellam Blvd. for housing
was made in response to hazardous materials testing of the site which found hazardous
levels of lead on the site, and because increased population in the neighborhood increases
the need, under City park standards, for additional neighborhood parkland
with the City site being the only remaining site available and accessible to the
neighborhood to provide adequate parkland.
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 Tuesday , the 20th day of February1990, by the following vote, to wit :
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:Boro, Breiner, Shippey, Thayer & Mayor Mulryan
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERSNone
A E M. LEONCINI, CITY CLERK
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