HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 10836 (Central SR Redevelopment Plan)CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
RESOLUTION NO. 10836
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
DESIGNATING THE SAN RAFAEL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS THE
RESPONSIBLE AGENCY AND DESIGNATING THE CITY AS THE LEAD
AGENCY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE
ADOPTION OF THE THIRD 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 San Rafael Redevelopment
Agency (the "Agency") are the public agencies involved in the preparation and adoption
of the Third 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 the 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 the "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
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby acknowledges that the
Agency shall serve as the 'Responsible Agency" in the preparation and consideration of the
environmental documentation for the Amended Plan, within the meaning of Public Resources
Code Section 21069.
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 21 st day of May, 2001, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Members: Heller, Miller, Phillips and Mayor Boro
NOES: Members: None
ABSENT: Members: Cohen
ABSTAIN: Members: None
• Jeanne M. Leoncini, City Clerk
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