HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 5167RESOLUTION NO. 5167
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN BY ADDING A RECREATION PARKS ELEMENT
AND FINDING THAT A NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS APPROPRIATE
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael in 1974 adopted a General
Plan containing all nine elements required under the Government Code
of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, immediately thereafter the City embarked upon
the implementation of said Plan; and
WHEREAS, Recreation Parks constitute a significant factor
of the local cultural and environmental balance that warrants the
detailed kind of analysis of goals and implementation as is repre-
sented in the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Parksand Recreation Commission, Planning
Commission and City Council held public hearings on said Element
in 1975 and in response to public comments proceeded with additions
and revisions to the draft of said Element; and
WHEREAS, the Parksand Recreation Commission has further
approved changes made in response to such public input and recom-
mended same to the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission published notice of a
public hearing on July 1, 1976 in the Independent Journal and held
said hearings at its regularly scheduled meeting of July 13, 1976;
and
WHEREAS, at said hearing the Planning Commission considered
both the amendment to the General Plan and the appropriateness of the
prepared Negative Declaration on the environmental impact of said
Plan and provided full opportunity to all who wished to be heard to
express themselves on same; and
WHEREAS, none appeared to comment on said Plan other than
the favorable comments of record from the Parkland Recreation Commission;
and
WHEREAS, on July 13, 1976 the Planning Commission of the
City of San Rafael made findings of fact that the adoption of the
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Recreation Parks Element would not have a significant negative
environmental impact and favorably recommended to the City Council
that an environmental impact Negative Declaration be issued; and
that the General Plan of the City of San Rafael be amended to add
thereto an additional Chapter which shall be known as Chapter VIII,
Recreation Parks, and that the content of said Chapter shall be the
Recreation Parks Plan herein adopted and made a part of the minutes
of the Planning Commission meeting of July 13, 1976; and
WHEREAS, this Council finds that the impact on the envi-
ronment will be favorable, no environmental impact report is needed,
and that the issuance of the environmental impact Negative Declaration
is appropriate;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of San Rafael does hereby:
1. Issue an environmental impact Negative Declaration for
the Recreation Parks Element of the General Plan;
2. Amend the General Plan of the City of San Rafael by
adding thereto an additional Chapter which will be numbered Chapter
VIII entitled "Recreation Parks". And further, the Council adopts
the contents of said Chapter as recommended by the Planning Commission
and made a part of their minutes of the meeting of July 13, 1976.
I, MARION A. GRADY, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly intro-
duced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of said City
held on Monday the 16th day of August
following vote, to wit:
, 1976, by the
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Jensen, Miskimen, Mulryan, Nixon and Mayor Bettini
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None
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MARION A. GRADY, City C1 rk