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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Reso 89-054 Making Findings Pursuant to CEQA and approving Mit. Neg. Dec (Hansen hill Ranch) RESOLUTION NO. 89-054 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN A RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) AND APPROVING MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION (HANSEN HILL RANCH PROJECT) Recitals 1. The Donald Bren Company ("Applicant") has made application to the City of Dublin for annexation, PD prezoning and tentative map approval for a residential development consisting of 180 single-family homes on the 147 acre site described in Attachment A-1, attached hereto and incorporated herein ("subject property") with 180 residential lots on approximately 51 acres and approximately 96 acres of open space (the "Project"). 2. The Project includes subdivision of 180 single-family lots, construction of a road from the subject property to Dublin Boulevard through the Valley Christian Center property and payment of the proposed project's proportionate share of the costs of (a) widening Dublin Boulevard between Hansen Drive and Silvergate Drive and restriping Dublin Boulevard between Hansen Drive and Donlan Way and (b) redesigning the Dublin Boulevard/Silvergate Drive intersection to make Dublin Boulevard a through route at such intersection and have Silvergate Drive controlled by a "stop" sign. 3. An Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 87050527) and Addendum ("General Plan EIR") was previously prepared and certified by the City Council for a general plan amendment entitled the "Hansen Hill Ranch General Plan Amendment", by Resolution No. 19-89, A RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) AND CERTIFYING FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, WITH STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS (GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT - PA 87-045 HANSEN HILL RANCH) approved on February 27, 1989. Resolution No. 19-89 including the findings made by said Resolution and the Statement of Overriding Considerations included therein, is hereby incorporated herein by this reference and made a part hereof. 4. The Hansen Hill Ranch General Plan Amendment designated the subject property as Low Density Single Family Residential, with a density range of 0.5 to 3.8 DU/acre, and as open space/stream corridor. 5. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the City adopted Resolution No. 020-89, A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM (HANSEN HILL RANCH), approved on February 27, 1989 to provide for the implementation of a mitigation monitoring program covering the Project. 6. The proposed Project is consistent with the Dublin General Plan, as amended by the Hansen Hill Ranch General Plan Amendment and the Project provides for a residential density significantly below the maximum density permitted by the Hansen Hill Ranch General Plan Amendment or the density analyzed in the General Plan EIR. 7. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21083.3(a) and Section 15183 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Title 14, California Administrative Code), an initial study dated October 23, 1989 (reso2/moh:ga/11-20-89) - 1 - (the "Initial Study") was prepared to determine whether there are effects on the environment peculiar to the proposed Project which were not addressed as significant in the General Plan EIR. 8. The Initial Study, based in part on a September 27, 1989 memorandum and traffic study generated by TJKM, the City's traffic consultant (the "TJKM Report"), identified the following effects on the environment as being peculiar to the proposed Project and not addressed as significant in the General Plan EIR: a. Reduction of level of service on Dublin Boulevard east of Silvergate Drive; and b. Significant adverse impacts on operating characteristics of Dublin Boulevard/Silvergate Drive intersection; and c. Visual impacts of grading/filling between the existing knolls in the southwest portion of the site. 9. The Initial Study indicated that the significant environmental effect listed in paragraph 8(a) could be mitigated by widening Dublin Boulevard between Hansen Drive and Silvergate Drive and re-striping Dublin Boulevard between Hansen Drive and Donlan Way; that the significant environmental effected listed in paragraph 8(b) could be mitigated by redesigning the Dublin Boulevard/Silvergate Drive intersection; and that the significant environmental effect listed in paragraph 8(c) could be mitigated by incorporating certain types of grading restrictions into the Project. 10. The proposed Project has been modified to include provision for (a) payment by the Applicant of its proportionate share of the costs of mitigating the effects described in paragraph 8(a) and (b) above in the manner described in the TJKM Report (collectively the "traffic mitigation measure, and (b) grading restrictions to mitigate the effects described in paragraph 8(c) above (the "visual impact mitigation measure"). 11. Based on the information contained in the General Plan RIR, the TJKM Report, the Initial Study and the Staff Report dated November 6, 1989 (the "Staff Report") all of which are incorporated herein by this reference, a Mitigated Negative Declaration, incorporating the traffic mitigation measures and the visual impact mitigation measures, was prepared for the proposed Project. Notice of Preparation of the Mitigated Negative Declaration was duly given prior to the Planning Commission hearing on November 6, 1989. 12. The Planning Commission held hearings on the proposed Project on November 6, 1989 and November 20, 1989, at which time the Planning Commission took testimony from interested persons regarding the proposed Project. NOW, THEREFORE, HE IT RESOLVED THAT THE Dublin Planning Commission does hereby resolve as follows: A. The foregoing Recitals are true and correct and are made a part hereof. B. The Planning Commission finds, on the basis of the record before it and the foregoing Recitals, (1) that feasible mitigation measures, including without limitation the traffic mitigation measures and the [reso2/moh:ga/11-20-89] - 2 - visual impact mitigation measures, have been incorporated into the Project to mitigate the significant environmental effects identified in paragraph 8 above; (2) that such mitigation measures will eliminate or reduce to a level of insignificance the significant environmental effects identified in paragraph 8; and (3) that uniformly applied development policies or standards will not mitigate the significant environmental effects identified in paragraph 8 above. C. The Planning Commission has reviewed and considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration, together with all comments received during the public comment period and all testimony at the public hearing. The Planning Commission hereby finds and recommends to the City Council that it find that there is no substantial evidence that the Project, as modified to incorporate the traffic mitigation measures and the visual impact mitigation measures, will have a significant effect on the environment and approves the Mitigated Negative Declaration. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of November, 1989. AYES: Commissioners Burnham, Mack, Okun and Zika NOES: None ABSENT: Commissioner Barnes ��� / Planning Commis o�irman ATTEST: 41, Planning Director [reso2/moh:ga/11-20-89] - 3 - Ced• ,r�+ No+.T2 001 72 009 t`ASSESSOR'S MAP 941 6 .0'.' scow t•.300' IIO _ z MAP CF A SLEW.C+ PLOT A OF THE I DOUGHERTY RANCH wok arn69xBhI5Py.'7I ' . ..- %. 112 \ +R,y,e� © !i - 12 la / .yT{Ji'� 1••.0 112 .....•• ' s=_'i¢ NOTICE - Y : THIS MAP MAY OR MAY N:.T BE A SU:',V'ZY CF THE LAND IF �.....----- ©,, o PiCTED HEREON. IT IS (':IT TO- EE RELIED 3:I F:.P. ANY - - •f. ' n (iV _= v PURPOSE CTiiER. 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