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RESOLUTION NO. 21-xx
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE FINDING THE
PROJECT EXEMPT FROM CEQA AND APPROVING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING
DISTRICT WITH RELATED STAGE 2 DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION
APPROVING A VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 8563 AND HERITAGE TREE
REMOVAL PERMIT RELATED TO THE EAST RANCH PROJECT
PLPA 2020-00068
(APNS 905-0002-001-01 AND 905-0002-002-00)
WHEREAS, the Applicant, Trumark Homes, LLC, proposes to develop a 573-unit
residential project with six neighborhoods, two neighborhood parks totaling 11.5 acres, and a two-
acre Public/Semi-Public site reserved for affordable housing located on Croak Road east of Fallon
Road. Requested approvals include a Planned Development Stage 2 Development Plan, Vesting
Tentative Tract Map No. 8563 and Heritage Tree Removal Permit. These planning and
implementing actions are collectively known as the “East Ranch Project” or the “Project;” and
WHEREAS,the 165.5-acre Project site (APN 905 -0002-002-00 and 905 -0002-001-01) is
located in eastern Dublin, directly east of the Jordan Ranch development and south of Positano
development, straddling the existing Croak Road; and
WHEREAS, a Heritage Tree Removal Permit is required to remove four heritage trees
(two coast live oaks, one river she-oak, and one cypress) necessary for the development of the
Project; and
WHEREAS,the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), together with the CEQA
Guidelines and City of Dublin CEQA Guidelines and Procedures require that certain projects be
reviewed for environmental impacts and that environmental documents be prepared; and
WHEREAS, prior CEQA analysis for the Project area includes: 1) the Eastern Dublin
General Plan Amendment and Specific Plan EIR (1993); 2) the East Dublin Properties Stage 1
Development Plan and Annexation Supplemental EIR (2002); and 3) the Fallon Village
Supplemental EIR (2005). Collectively, these three environmental review documents are referred
to as the “EDSP EIRs;”
WHEREAS, in compliance with CEQA, the City prepared a CEQA Analysis in Support of
Specific Plan Exemption; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends the Project be found exempt from CEQA pursuant to
Government Code Section 65457 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15182(c), which exempts
residential projects that are consistent with a specific plan for which an EIR has been certified.
The proposed Project is consistent with the EDSP EIRs and the General Plan and Eastern Dublin
Specific Plan land use designations for the project site. The CEQA Analysis in Support of Specific
Plan Exemption prepared for the Project determined that there is no part of the proposed Project
that triggers the need to prepare a subsequent EIR or negative declaration pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines Section 15162 or Public Resources Code section 21166. Therefore, the Project
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qualifies for a specific plan exemption and does not require subsequent environmental review or
the preparation of an additional CEQA document (EIR or MND); and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a properly noticed public hearing on the
Project, on November 9, 2021, at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to be heard;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission considered all above-referenced reports,
recommendations, and testimony to evaluate the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the foregoing recitals are true and correct
and made a part of this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Commission recommends that that the
City Council find the project exempt from CEQA pursuant to Government Code Section 65457
and adopt an Ordinance, attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference, approving
a Planned Development Zoning District and related Stage 2 Development Plan based on findings,
as set forth in Exhibit A.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Commission recommends that the City
Council approve the Resolution, attached as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference,
approving Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 8563 and a Heritage Tree Removal Permit, based on
the findings and conditions of approval, as set forth in Exhibit B.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 9th day of November 2021 by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Planning Commission Chair
ATTEST:
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Assistant Community Development Director
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